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Hemispherical druse formed of a group of interpenetrating Fluorite crystals with well defined faces and edges and a deep blue color, almost mauve, with semi-transparent crystals that show color zoning, and with reddish inclusions in some of them. Small scattered crystals of Quartz and Pyrite dot the piece. Comes from a mine that exploits tungsten and tin, hosted in quartz veins.
Piaotang Mine, Dayu, Ganzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province China (03/2022)
Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.7 × 2.9 cm = 2.20” × 1.85” × 1.14”
Price: €140 / US$149 / ¥19870 / AUD$220

20FMX47: Fluorite, Schorl, Herderite

Group of Fluorite crystals that show the forms of the rhombododecahedron with curved faces, between transparent and translucent, of a slightly greenish color with some violet reflections, arranged on a network of black, lustrous, acicular crystals of Schorl, with more prismatic schorls forming the matrix at the base of the piece. Small, very transparent crystals of Herderite complete the combo. Some of the Fluorite crystals also have Schorl inclusions. The specimen is from the Jan Buma former fluorite collection (number 050607).
Davib East Farm (Davib Ost Farm), Karibib District, Erongo Region Namibia (±2005)
Specimen size: 13.3 × 11.8 × 7.2 cm = 5.24” × 4.65” × 2.83”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.55” × 0.43”
Price: €230 / US$246 / ¥32650 / AUD$360

TXL13AN7: Franckeite

Radiated groups of Franckeite crystals with a flattened prismatic habit, sharp, well defined and with good luster, associated with small elongated Zinkenite crystals. We will ship this piece in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Itos Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department Bolivia
Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.4 × 1.9 cm = 1.26” × 0.94” × 0.75”
Price: €90 / US$96 / ¥12770 / AUD$140

NE27AJ0: Franckeite with Stannite

Spheroidal growths of small Franckeite crystals that are metallic dark gray, almost black, and are very well defined and bright. They are on matrix with Pyrite and very well defined Stannite crystals. An excellent sample of this rare mineral.
The sample was in the Gilbert Gautier collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department Bolivia
Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.77” × 1.34” × 0.55”
Price: €220 / US$235 / ¥31230 / AUD$350

CF69AJ4: Franckeite with Stannite and Zinkenite

Radial groups of very sharp and well defined flattened prismatic Franckeite crystals with an implanted dipyramidal Stannite crystal and small acicular Zinkenite crystals.
The sample is from the Carles Curto collection whose label and catalog card we will send to the buyer.
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department Bolivia (±1987)
Specimen size: 7.6 × 3.9 × 5.6 cm = 2.99” × 1.54” × 2.20”
Price: €440 / US$471 / ¥62460 / AUD$700

CR66AJ0: Franklinite with Calcite

Octahedral Franklinite crystal on matrix with the classical shape of the samples from Franklin in the sixties of the last century. It has very well defined faces and edges which are slightly curved. An American classic from the type locality for the species.
The sample is from the Carles Curto collection whose label and catalog card we will send to the buyer.
Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey USA
Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.5 × 2.1 cm = 0.98” × 0.98” × 0.83”
Price: €140 / US$149 / ¥19870 / AUD$224

MMX96AN9: Franklinite with Calcite

Octahedral crystals of Franklinite with very sharp crystal forms and with the dominant octahedron beveled by the dodecahedron. One of the crystals is clearly dominant and very aerial on a Calcite matrix. We emphasize that the crystal, in addition to being very aerial and complete, is practically free of damage, something really unusual in this type of specimen. To all this we must add that the specimen comes from the prestigious collections of John Kolic and Chester Lemanski.
East Limb Fill Quarry, Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin mining district, Sussex County, New Jersey USA (16/06/2004)
Specimen size: 5.5 × 2.7 × 3.4 cm = 2.17” × 1.06” × 1.34”
Price: €1900 / US$2034 / ¥269720 / AUD$3050

MDE47AO3: Franklinite with Calcite and Willemite

Two groups of octahedral Franklinite crystals with sharp crystal forms, somewhat lustrous, on a Calcite matrix and with Willemite. From one of the type localities for the species.
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin mining district, Sussex County, New Jersey USA
Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.6 × 3.8 cm = 2.83” × 2.20” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.5 cm = 0.59” × 0.59”
Price: €220 / US$235 / ¥31230 / AUD$350

MXT94AO3: Franklinite with Calcite and Willemite

Octahedral Franklinite crystals of considerable size for the species, with very sharp crystal forms, with better luster than usual and on a Calcite matrix with Willemite. A USA classic of very good quality. From one of the type localities for the species.
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin mining district, Sussex County, New Jersey USA
Specimen size: 10.1 × 6.4 × 5.4 cm = 3.98” × 2.52” × 2.13”
Price: €980 / US$1049 / ¥139120 / AUD$1570

TJ14AN2: Galena

Group of very shiny cubic Galena crystals, with surfaces showing dissolution forms, Pyrite intergrowths and small Calcite crystal coatings. We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, which shows that it was previously in the Melanson collection.
Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast Bulgaria
Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm = 1.22” × 0.98” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.3 cm = 0.79” × 0.51”
Price: €85 / US$91 / ¥12060 / AUD$130

SV90RCX: Galena

Intergrowth formed by a group of three main Galena crystals with visible and very smooth cube faces, along with figures of the cube-octahedron with graphic texture. Very clean and with a satiny metallic luster characteristic for the species. This specimen comes from a classic deposit of Spanish mineralogy, the La Cruz mine group in Jaén, Andalusia, from which not too many specimens are seen anymore on the mineralogical circuit.
La Cruz mining group, La Cruz vein, Linares, Comarca Sierra Morena, Jaén, Andalusia Spain
Specimen size: 6.3 × 5 × 2.2 cm = 2.48” × 1.97” × 0.87”
Price: €90 / US$96 / ¥12770 / AUD$140

EB46T5: Galena

Aggregate, on a metallic matrix, of cuboctahedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges in which the forms of the cube and the octahedron have an equal size. It is from a find by Frank de Wit in 2007 from which we offer all of the available samples. The piece is with a label signed by Frank that we'll send to the buyer.
Meyer Quarry, Hastenrath, Eschweiler, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany (07/04/2007)
Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.8 × 2 cm = 2.40” × 1.89” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.28” × 0.24”
Price: €150 / US$160 / ¥21290 / AUD$240

TK67T2: Galena

Fine “oldie” with a group of cube-octahedral crystals on matrix, some of them with very well marked spinel law twins, that display a good luster considering it is an ancient sample from a classic locality. The piece is from the collection of John Marshall. The collection card is lost, but the pedigree remains testified by the number of small labels on the back side.
Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen Germany
Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.85” × 1.46” × 0.94”
Price: €260 / US$278 / ¥36900 / AUD$410

NX86AJ7: Galena after Pyrrhotite and with Sphalerite

Cubo-octahedral Galena crystals in tabular growths, pseudomorphous after Pyrrhotite, with Sphalerite. Although they were previously known in the area the specimen is from a very recent find.
Sultana open pit, Cabezo de Ponce, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (11/2018)
Specimen size: 10.1 × 5.7 × 4.1 cm = 3.98” × 2.24” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.1 cm = 0.98” × 0.43”
Price: €170 / US$182 / ¥24130 / AUD$270

HM190ED: Galena after Pyrrhotite with Pyrite, Sphalerite and Calcite

Druse of Galena pseudomorphs after Pyrrhotite crystals, partially covered by Pyrite with a deformed cubic habit. On matrix, with twinned crystals of Sphalerite and crystals of Calcite.
Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District Kosovo (2018)
Specimen size: 8.7 × 7.6 × 4.2 cm = 3.43” × 2.99” × 1.65”
Price: €190 / US$203 / ¥26970 / AUD$305

TFA66AO5: Galena with Arsenopyrite and Rhodochrosite

Shiny cubo-octahedral Galena crystals, with very sharp crystal forms, on matrix, with very sharp and lustrous Arsenopyrite crystals and small rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals.
Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District Kosovo (2000-2021)
Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.4 × 4.2 cm = 3.31” × 2.13” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.28” × 0.28”
Price: €170 / US$182 / ¥24130 / AUD$270

HM190TF: Galena with Baryte, Pyrite and Quartz

Cubo-octahedral Galena crystal with very balanced faces of both forms. With bright luster, on matrix, with tabular crystals of Baryte, transparent, shiny and with a yellowish color, and with Quartz crystals.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (01/2018)
Specimen size: 8 × 5.8 × 5.2 cm = 3.15” × 2.28” × 2.05”
Price: €190 / US$203 / ¥26970 / AUD$305

SV440NVX: Galena with Cerussite and Dolomite (variety Fe-bearing dolomite)

Interesting specimen formed by Galena crystals with the predominant forms of the cube and partially covered by Cerussite crystals as an alteration product, accompanied by a rich group of small crystals of Dolomite rich in iron with a very deep brown color. Finally, decorated with small, very sharp Quartz crystals on the Dolomite. Very different from what has been known previously from this mine.
Mina Rómulo, Collado La Mina, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain
Specimen size: 11.8 × 8.8 × 5.2 cm = 4.65” × 3.46” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 3.1 cm = 1.61” × 1.22”
Price: €440 / US$471 / ¥62460 / AUD$700

TV36AN2: Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz and Wulfenite

A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Group of equant Galena crystals with coatings of white Cerussite microcrystals, partially covered by Plumbogummite with a slightly bluish color, Quartz microcrystals and, on top of this, small crystals of transparent yellow Wulfenite with a bipyramidal habit. At the top there are Quartz crystals. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Georges vein in the Sidi Ayad area. It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses of the different species to the buyer.
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region Morocco (03/2021)
Specimen size: 7 × 5.4 × 4.7 cm = 2.76” × 2.13” × 1.85”
Price: €130 / US$139 / ¥18450 / AUD$200

TD13AN2: Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte

A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Group of equant Galena crystals with coatings of white Cerussite microcrystals, partially covered by Plumbogummite with a slightly bluish color, Quartz microcrystals and, on top of this, small crystals of transparent yellow Wulfenite with a bipyramidal habit. At the top there are Quartz crystals and lamellar salmon-colored Baryte crystals. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Georges vein in the Sidi Ayad area. It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses of the different species to the buyer.
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region Morocco (03/2021)
Specimen size: 6.8 × 6.7 × 4.9 cm = 2.68” × 2.64” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 4 × 4 cm = 1.57” × 1.57”
Price: €80 / US$85 / ¥11350 / AUD$120

TY12AN2: Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte

A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Group of equant Galena crystals with coatings of white Cerussite microcrystals, partially covered by Plumbogummite with a slightly bluish color, Quartz microcrystals and, on top of this, small crystals of transparent yellow Wulfenite with a bipyramidal habit. At the top there are Quartz crystals and lamellar salmon-colored Baryte crystals. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Georges vein in the Sidi Ayad area. It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses of the different species to the buyer.
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region Morocco (03/2021)
Specimen size: 7 × 5.1 × 4.6 cm = 2.76” × 2.01” × 1.81”
Price: €80 / US$85 / ¥11350 / AUD$120

TJ13AN2: Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte

A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Group of equant Galena crystals with coatings of white Cerussite microcrystals, partially covered by Plumbogummite with a slightly bluish color, Quartz microcrystals and, on top of this, small crystals of transparent yellow Wulfenite with a bipyramidal habit. At the top there are Quartz crystals and lamellar salmon-colored Baryte crystals. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Georges vein in the Sidi Ayad area. It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses of the different species to the buyer.
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region Morocco (03/2021)
Specimen size: 5.6 × 4 × 3 cm = 2.20” × 1.57” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 3 cm = 1.34” × 1.18”
Price: €80 / US$85 / ¥11350 / AUD$120

TE6AN2: Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte

A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Group of equant Galena crystals with coatings of white Cerussite microcrystals, partially covered by Plumbogummite with a slightly bluish color, Quartz microcrystals and, on top of this, small crystals of transparent yellow Wulfenite with a bipyramidal habit. At the top there are Quartz crystals and lamellar salmon-colored Baryte crystals. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Georges vein in the Sidi Ayad area. It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses of the different species to the buyer.
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region Morocco (03/2021)
Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.6 × 3.9 cm = 2.52” × 2.20” × 1.54”
Price: €90 / US$96 / ¥12770 / AUD$140

TC14AN2: Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte

A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Group of equant Galena crystals with coatings of white Cerussite microcrystals, partially covered by Plumbogummite with a slightly bluish color, Quartz microcrystals and, on top of this, small crystals of transparent yellow Wulfenite with a bipyramidal habit. At the top there are Quartz crystals and lamellar salmon-colored Baryte crystals. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Georges vein in the Sidi Ayad area. It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses of the different species to the buyer.
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region Morocco (03/2021)
Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.6 × 5.2 cm = 2.80” × 2.20” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.8 cm = 1.18” × 1.10”
Price: €90 / US$96 / ¥12770 / AUD$140

TY14AN2: Galena with Cerussite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Wulfenite and Baryte

A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Group of equant Galena crystals with coatings of white Cerussite microcrystals, partially covered by Plumbogummite with a slightly bluish color, Quartz microcrystals and, on top of this, small crystals of transparent yellow Wulfenite with a bipyramidal habit. At the top there are Quartz crystals and lamellar salmon-colored Baryte crystals. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Georges vein in the Sidi Ayad area. It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses of the different species to the buyer.
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region Morocco (03/2021)
Specimen size: 7 × 5.3 × 3.9 cm = 2.76” × 2.09” × 1.54”
Price: €90 / US$96 / ¥12770 / AUD$140

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