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Perimorphic microbotryoidal Smithsonite growths, very rich in reddish inclusions, very probably of Hematite, coating the scalenohedral forms of a group of Calcite crystals. Like so many specimens in this collection, this one is of great quality for the locality.
Tiny-Arenas Mine, Oridda Valley, Fluminimaggiore, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia / Sardegna Italy
Specimen size: 11 × 8.8 × 4.5 cm = 4.3” × 3.5” × 1.8”
Price: Euro:780 / US$857 / Yen:91600 / AUD$1270

NK14AF0: Smithsonite after Calcite with Hemimorphite

A novelty at MineralExpo Sants (Barcelona) 2017. Smithsonite replacing Calcite crystals. It is yellowish and partially coated by small white Hemimorphite crystals. Both the Smithsonite and the Hemimorphite have been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Moriazo Mine, Casamaría, Herrerías, Comarca Saja-Nansa, Cantabria Spain (2016)
Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.8 × 2.7 cm = 2.5” × 2.3” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 2.2 cm = 1.3” × 0.9”
Price: Euro:90 / US$98 / Yen:10560 / AUD$140

NL16AE8: Smithsonite after Calcite with Hemimorphite

A novelty at MineralExpo Sants (Barcelona) 2017. Aggregate of Smithsonite replacing and partially coating Calcite crystals. It is yellowish and partially coated by small white Hemimorphite crystals. Both the Smithsonite and the Hemimorphite have been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Moriazo Mine, Casamaría, Herrerías, Comarca Saja-Nansa, Cantabria Spain (2016)
Specimen size: 7.1 × 5 × 4.4 cm = 2.8” × 2.0” × 1.7”
Price: Euro:110 / US$120 / Yen:12910 / AUD$170

NG56AF0: Smithsonite after Calcite with Hemimorphite

A novelty at MineralExpo Sants (Barcelona) 2017. Smithsonite replacing Calcite crystals. It is yellowish and partially coated by small white Hemimorphite crystals. Both the Smithsonite and the Hemimorphite have been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Moriazo Mine, Casamaría, Herrerías, Comarca Saja-Nansa, Cantabria Spain (2016)
Specimen size: 6.2 × 6 × 3 cm = 2.4” × 2.4” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.1 cm = 0.7” × 0.4”
Price: Euro:150 / US$164 / Yen:17610 / AUD$240

TC89AD5: Smithsonite pseudo Calcite with Calcite

Aggregate of Smithsonite crystals replacing Calcite. They show successive replacement shells indicating that the Calcite was only partially replaced during a first phase, and later completely replaced by Smithsonite. We'll send a copy of the analysis of the Smithsonite to the buyer.
San Antonio Mine (San Antonio el Grande Mine), level 8, East Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua Mexico (04/2013)
Specimen size: 8.5 × 6.3 × 3.5 cm = 3.3” × 2.5” × 1.4”
Price: Euro:460 / US$505 / Yen:54020 / AUD$750

ME14AJ6: Smithsonite with Calcite

Fine and aerial botryoidal growth of rhombohedral crystals that are between yellow and orange, contrasting nicely with white Calcite coatings.
Kamaritza Mines, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture Greece (±1985)
Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.1 × 3.2 cm = 2.1” × 1.6” × 1.3”
Price: Euro:90 / US$98 / Yen:10560 / AUD$140

MF9AC6: Smithsonite with Hemimorphite

Botryoidal aggregates of small white Smithsonite crystals on a matrix coated by small and very bright Hemimorphite crystals.
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Lüderitz District, Karas Region Namibia (2007-2010)
Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.9 × 5.9 cm = 2.8” × 2.3” × 2.3”
Price: Euro:380 / US$417 / Yen:44620 / AUD$620

MC14F5: Smoky Quartz

One can see different crystals that have grown in various directions. To me it looks like it is the very complex crystallization that gives the specimen so many faces, which means that any movement creates numerous reflections. It is a very original floater with zones of smoky color and multi-colored reflection from its interior.
Sâo Geraldo do Baixio, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais Brazil (09/2002)
Specimen size: 9 × 5 × 7 cm = 3.5” × 2.0” × 2.8”
Price: Euro:90 / US$98 / Yen:10560 / AUD$140

TF96X4: Smoky Quartz with Calcite

Group of crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with a very short prism, very well marked window growths on rhombohedron faces and a particularly intense glassy luster. Good samples from the Grant Quarry, aside from their scarcity, are specially appreciated by advanced collectors due to their high quality, and the neat inner forms of growth and dissolution.
Grant Quarry, Greely, Gloucester Township, Carleton County, Ontario Canada (06/2004)
Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.9 × 3.2 cm = 1.7” × 1.5” × 1.3”
Price: Euro:190 / US$208 / Yen:22310 / AUD$310

NQ66W4: Smoky Quartz with Microcline and Albite

Single crystal of very deep colored smoky Quartz. It is transparent and bright and it is on a small matrix of Microcline and Albite, with leafy growths of Muscovite. The crystal shows a notable phantom growth at its termination.
Mas Sever Quarry, Massabè (Mas Ceber), Sils, Comarca La Selva, Girona / Gerona, Catalonia Spain (04/2004)
Specimen size: 9.1 × 3.7 × 3.2 cm = 3.6” × 1.5” × 1.3”
Price: Euro:160 / US$175 / Yen:18790 / AUD$260

TV68Q8: Spessartine

A floater flattened dodecahedral crystal with parallel faces due to etching typical for the specimens from this locality. The crystal is transparent and has a very deep and uniform color that acquires a special quality under an intense light.
Navegadora claim (Orozimbo claim), Penha do Norte, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais Brazil (10-11/2006)
Specimen size: 4 × 2.7 × 1.9 cm = 1.6” × 1.1” × 0.7”
Price: Euro:360 / US$395 / Yen:42270 / AUD$580

ME36Z9: Spessartine with Feldspar

Druse with spheroidal aggregates of very well defined trapezohedral Spessartine crystals. On a feldspar matrix, they are between translucent and transparent, very bright and have a very intense and uniform orange color. Relatively common just a few years ago, this kind of Spessartine is quickly disappearing from the mineral market.
Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province China
Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.5 × 2.3 cm = 2.4” × 2.2” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.1” × 0.1”
Price: Euro:150 / US$164 / Yen:17610 / AUD$240

NM58AJ5: Sphalerite

Polycrystalline growths of complex crystals with notable curvatures on faces and edges, transparent and with an excellent deep honey color. The back is a contact surface with a disappeared crystal, probably a scalenohedral Calcite.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 3.3 × 2 × 1.2 cm = 1.3” × 0.8” × 0.5”
Price: Euro:60 / US$65 / Yen:7040 / AUD$90

NB37AK4: Sphalerite

Group of complex crystals of Sphalerite with faces and edges much more defined than usual at this locality, very bright, between translucent and transparent and very bright and deep color tones.
The specimen comes from the collection of Carlos González Bargueño, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Las Mánforas Mine, nivel 3, Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain (2004)
Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.7 × 1.9 cm = 1.7” × 1.1” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.8 cm = 0.7” × 0.7”
Price: Euro:230 / US$252 / Yen:27010 / AUD$375

ME92AF2: Sphalerite

Aggregate of complex Sphalerite crystals, very rich in faces that combine smooth and rough surfaces. The crystals, bright and between translucent and transparent, have a very intense orange color, easily visible with intense lightning.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 9.3 × 7.8 × 4.8 cm = 3.7” × 3.1” × 1.9”
Price: Euro:780 / US$857 / Yen:91600 / AUD$1270

NR12R9: Sphalerite

A complex crystal with curvatures on its faces and edges. It is transparent and has an excellent deep honey color. The back side shows exfoliated surfaces.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 2.9 × 2 × 1 cm = 1.1” × 0.8” × 0.4”
Price: Euro:70 / US$76 / Yen:8220 / AUD$110

TP91AI3: Sphalerite (variety cleiophane) with Calcite

Group of complex Sphalerite crystals on a Calcite matrix. They are transparent, extraordinarily bright and have the intense greenish color that characterizes the cleiophane variety. Of the best quality for the locality.
Krushev dol Mine, Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast Bulgaria (±2011)
Specimen size: 14.5 × 6.8 × 3.2 cm = 5.7” × 2.7” × 1.3”
Price: Euro:660 / US$725 / Yen:77510 / AUD$1070

TT37AC4: Sphalerite on Arsenopyrite

Very aerial aggregate, on matrix, of Sphalerite crystals with rounded and poorly defined faces. The crystals are translucent, with a clear yellow color, and with small but very sharp Arsenopyrite crystals.
Huanggang Mines, shaft 5, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (10/2014)
Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.1 × 2.9 cm = 2.0” × 1.6” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.5 cm = 0.8” × 0.6”
Price: Euro:240 / US$263 / Yen:28180 / AUD$390

TJ29AC4: Sphalerite with Arsenopyrite, Calcite and Magnetite

Twinned Sphalerite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, with a greenish-yellow color and on matrix, with very sharp and bright Arsenopyrite crystals, lenticular Calcite and small Magnetite crystals.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2013)
Specimen size: 5.5 × 5.5 × 2.5 cm = 2.2” × 2.2” × 1.0”
Price: Euro:390 / US$428 / Yen:45800 / AUD$630

AA66AG9: Sphalerite with Calcite

Druse of complex Sphalerite crystals, very rich with faces, clearly twinned and with very well defined forms. They are translucent, very bright, have a very deep color and are on a rocky matrix with small scalenohedral Calcite crystals. An American classic, typical of past samples from the Elmwood mine.
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee USA
Specimen size: 7.9 × 7.4 × 4.4 cm = 3.1” × 2.9” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”
Price: Euro:170 / US$186 / Yen:19960 / AUD$270

EP88AE5: Sphalerite with Calcite

Aggregate of very sharp Sphalerite (marmatite variety) crystals with a very well defined spinel law twinning. They have an intense black color and are very bright and partially coated by Calcite.
Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District Kosovo (2014)
Specimen size: 13.2 × 12.4 × 4.8 cm = 5.2” × 4.9” × 1.9”
Price: Euro:340 / US$373 / Yen:39920 / AUD$550

CF86AD3: Sphalerite with Calcite and Dolomite

Druse of complex Sphalerite crystals that are very rich in faces and have very well defined forms. They are translucent, very bright and have a very deep color. On a rocky matrix with small rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. An American classic.
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee USA
Specimen size: 9.7 × 7.2 × 5.2 cm = 3.8” × 2.8” × 2.0”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.2 cm = 0.5” × 0.5”
Price: Euro:180 / US$197 / Yen:21130 / AUD$290

EA27R3: Sphalerite with Calcite and Galena

Group of complex crystals of Sphalerite. They are transparent, bright and with an excellent red color, being on matrix, partially coated by white lenticular crystals of Calcite and small cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena.
Rucheng Mine, Caojia, Nuanshui, Rucheng, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province China (2010)
Specimen size: 8.2 × 7.7 × 3.3 cm = 3.2” × 3.0” × 1.3”
Price: Euro:210 / US$230 / Yen:24660 / AUD$340

AD66Z0: Sphalerite with Chalcopyrite, Arsenopyrite and Siderite

Sphalerite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, with very well marked growth striations and superficial Chalcopyrite, and with very sharp Arsenopyrite crystals and lenticular Siderite crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal (1987-2013)
Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.2 × 2.8 cm = 1.5” × 1.3” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.7 cm = 1.2” × 1.1”
Price: Euro:160 / US$175 / Yen:18790 / AUD$260

TA66AD4: Sphalerite with Dolomite

Aggregate of complex Sphalerite crystals, some with smooth faces and others with echeloned forms due to parallel growth. The crystals, partially coated by small white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals, are translucent, very bright and have a uniform honey color. A Spanish classic.
Las Mánforas Mine, nivel 2, Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 5 × 4.9 × 3.4 cm = 2.0” × 1.9” × 1.3”
Price: Euro:160 / US$175 / Yen:18790 / AUD$260

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