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Druse of very sharp dodecahedral Grossular crystals, translucent, with good luster and orange color and on a matrix covered by lamellar Chlorite crystals. The specimen comes from finds from the year 2023 in the Kayes region.
Koukouri diggins, Trantimou, Commune Diakon, Arrondissement Diakon, Bafoulabé Circle, Kayes Region Mali (2023)
Specimen size: 5.2 × 2.4 × 1.7 cm = 2.05” × 0.94” × 0.67”
Price: €230 / US$245 / ¥37200 / AUD$380

NXM10AQ0: Gypsum

Very sharp floater crystal of Gypsum, doubly terminated and with an “arrow” habit. Completely transparent and very lustrous.
Segorbe, Comarca Alto Palancia, Castellón / Castelló, Valencian Community / Comunitat Valenciana Spain
Specimen size: 4.5 × 2 × 1.4 cm = 1.77” × 0.79” × 0.55”
Price: €60 / US$64 / ¥9700 / AUD$100

JAF14AP8: Gypsum

Prismatic Gypsum crystals on matrix, many of them very elongated, with good terminations, transparent, with good luster and a deep red color due to clay inclusions stained by Hematite. A Spanish classic that comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Chella, Comarca Canal de Navarrés, Valencia / València, Valencian Community / Comunitat Valenciana Spain
Specimen size: 7.4 × 5 × 4.7 cm = 2.91” × 1.97” × 1.85”
Price: €140 / US$149 / ¥22640 / AUD$230

SV150EBX: Gypsum

Very elongated Gypsum floater crystal, perfectly terminated and transparent, with well-defined faces and edges and coming from a quarry exploited for clays, and where crystals longer than 1 meter have been found.
Carresse Quarry, Carresse-Cassaber, Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine France (1975)
Specimen size: 13.4 × 0.9 × 0.4 cm = 5.28” × 0.35” × 0.16”
Price: €150 / US$160 / ¥24260 / AUD$250

TC2110TRF: Gypsum (sand-filled)

Group of very sharp Gypsum crystals with good luster and a reddish color, totally filled with sand inclusions. A geological curiousity.
Great Salt Plains, Jet, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma USA
Specimen size: 8.6 × 7.8 × 6.3 cm = 3.39” × 3.07” × 2.48”
Price: €110 / US$117 / ¥17790 / AUD$180

HM160EK: Gypsum with inclusions

Group of Gypsum crystals, one of them clearly dominant and doubly terminated, with a very distinct “swallowtail” twin and abundant inclusions, on matrix.
La Dificultad Mine, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (1981-1985)
Specimen size: 13.7 × 7.2 × 4.5 cm = 5.39” × 2.83” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 12 × 5.2 cm = 4.72” × 2.05”
Price: €160 / US$170 / ¥25880 / AUD$268

TJ74W1: Helvine with Quartz

Group of very sharp tetrahedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They are brown, with reddish reflections, and are locally coated by small crystals of Quartz. Analysis indicates that it is really Helvine, both externally and in the interior. We'll send both analytical results (external and internal) to the buyer.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2011)
Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.1 × 3.5 cm = 1.89” × 1.61” × 1.38”
Price: €960 / US$1025 / ¥155290 / AUD$1610

TK16W1: Helvine with Quartz

Group of very sharp tetrahedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They are brown, with reddish reflections, and are with a group of Quartz crystals in parallel growths. Careful analyses indicate it is really Helvine, both externally and in the interior. We'll send both analytical results (external and internal) to the buyer.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2011)
Specimen size: 8.9 × 6 × 6.2 cm = 3.50” × 2.36” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 3 cm = 1.38” × 1.18”
Price: €1100 / US$1175 / ¥177940 / AUD$1840

MJ27Z5: Helvine with Quartz

Aggregate of very sharp tetrahedral Helvine crystals with very well defined parallel growths and partially coated by Quartz crystals. The crystals have been Raman analyzed on their surface and in the interior, both analyses giving Helvine. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. Due the size and perfection of the crystals it is a sample worthy being in a Museum.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2013)
Specimen size: 6.1 × 5 × 4.1 cm = 2.40” × 1.97” × 1.61”
Price: €2200 / US$2350 / ¥355890 / AUD$3690

BRB49AO6: Helvine with Quartz, Calcite and Chlorite

Aggregate of tetrahedral crystals with very marked and deep polycrystalline growths, lustrous, dark brown with reddish tones. On matrix with transparent and lustrous Quartz crystals, white platy Calcite crystals and Chlorite coatings. This specimen has a size and luster superior to that of other pieces, comes from an important European collection, has been analyzed, and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2013)
Specimen size: 11.5 × 6.8 × 6.4 cm = 4.53” × 2.68” × 2.52”

Main crystal size: 7.4 × 5.7 cm = 2.91” × 2.24”
Price: €4200 / US$4486 / ¥679430 / AUD$7050

TQ87Z7: Helvine-Genthelvite with Quartz

Aggregate of very sharp tetrahedral crystals, bright with dark a brown color and with small parallel Quartz aggregates. They are between transparent and translucent, as the picture under intense light shows, and this confers a special quality to the samples from this cavity. The sample has been analyzed showing dominant Helvine forming a solid solution with Genthelvite. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2013)
Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 1.14” × 0.87” × 0.63”
Price: €280 / US$299 / ¥45290 / AUD$470

TB98Z7: Helvine-Genthelvite with Quartz

Aggregate of very sharp tetrahedral crystals, bright with a dark brown color and with small parallel Quartz aggregates. They are between transparent and translucent, as the picture under intense light shows, and this confers a special quality to the samples from this cavity. The sample has been analyzed showing dominant Helvine forming a solid solution with Genthelvite. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2013)
Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.9 × 2.6 cm = 1.50” × 1.14” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.9 cm = 0.43” × 0.35”
Price: €420 / US$448 / ¥67940 / AUD$700

TP88Z7: Helvine-Genthelvite with Quartz and Calcite

Aggregate of very sharp tetrahedral crystals, bright with a dark brown color and with small parallel Quartz aggregates and a strongly flattened Calcite crystal with its contour complete. They are between transparent and translucent, as the picture under intense light shows, and this confers a special quality to the samples from this cavity. The sample has been analyzed showing dominant Helvine forming a solid solution with Genthelvite. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2013)
Specimen size: 3.2 × 3.1 × 2.3 cm = 1.26” × 1.22” × 0.91”
Price: €380 / US$405 / ¥61470 / AUD$630

TZM63AN8: Hematite

A complex floater crystal of Hematite, very rich in crystal forms and extraordinarily shiny. We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa
Specimen size: 2 × 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.67” × 0.47”
Price: €85 / US$90 / ¥13750 / AUD$140

MJ6AM8: Hematite

Floater group of outlined thin platy Hematite crystals, with very marked parallel growths, hopper growths on some faces and extraordinarily brilliant surfaces.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region Morocco
Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.3 × 0.6 cm = 1.06” × 0.91” × 0.24”
Price: €100 / US$106 / ¥16170 / AUD$160

TVR46AN9: Hematite

Aggregate of lamellar crystals of lustrous Hematite, extraordinarily sharp and with very marked parallel growths. We will send the specimen in its original Perky box from the R.J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region Brazil
Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.1 × 0.7 cm = 1.30” × 0.83” × 0.28”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2 cm = 0.94” × 0.79”
Price: €150 / US$160 / ¥24260 / AUD$250

DP66AG7: Hematite

Druse of very sharp lenticular Hematite crystals that are extraordinarily bright and are coating a botryoidal growth of primary Hematite. An English classic, very typical for the locality.
Beckermet Mine, Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, former Cumberland, Cumbria England / United Kingdom
Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.6 × 1.6 cm = 2.17” × 1.81” × 0.63”
Price: €150 / US$160 / ¥24260 / AUD$250

CFR86AP9: Hematite

Group of tabular Hematite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, very lustrous, with fine striations and geometric growth forms. A classic of Brazilian mineralogy. The specimen comes from the Carles Curto collection of duplicates (number 1988.28) whose label and computer file we will send to the buyer.
Pedra Preta pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region Brazil
Specimen size: 3.2 × 3.1 × 0.6 cm = 1.26” × 1.22” × 0.24”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2.5 cm = 1.26” × 0.98”
Price: €180 / US$192 / ¥29110 / AUD$300

TC2280EPQ: Hematite

Vug with thick tabular crystals of very bright Hematite, in matrix, with small Quartz crystals (smoky variety). The specimen, from a little-known French locality, comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Brézouard, Les Vosges Massif, Lapoutroie, Ribeauvillé, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est France
Specimen size: 9.3 × 8.4 × 4.7 cm = 3.66” × 3.31” × 1.85”
Price: €280 / US$299 / ¥45290 / AUD$470

TJ88AL5: Hematite

Thick tabular Hematite crystal, very sharp, shiny and rich in faces.
We will send the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa
Specimen size: 3 × 2.3 × 1 cm = 1.18” × 0.91” × 0.39”
Price: €340 / US$363 / ¥55000 / AUD$570

TD53AL7: Hematite (variety iron rose) with Quartz

Rosette-like growths of very flattened sharp lenticular Hematite crystals with good luster and on a matrix of Quartz crystals. A modern classic which is now scarce due to the disappearance of the locality where they used to be found.
Jinlong Hill, Longchuan, Heyuan Prefecture, Guangdong Province China
Specimen size: 18.1 × 10.2 × 7.3 cm = 7.13” × 4.02” × 2.87”
Price: €780 / US$833 / ¥126180 / AUD$1310

1E14: Hematite after Magnetite (variety martite)

Aggregate of Hematite pseudomorphs after Magnetite crystals, with sharp octahedral shape and almost completely coated by small lenticular recrystallized Hematites.
Payún Matru Volcano, Malargüe, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province Argentina (2008)
Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.1 × 2.3 cm = 2.52” × 2.01” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 2.0 cm = 1.30” × 0.79”
Price: €90 / US$96 / ¥14550 / AUD$150

TD89AL6: Hematite after Magnetite (variety martite)

Very aerial group of Hematite pseudomorphs after octahedral crystals of Magnetite (a variety known as martite) with a second generation of small lamellar crystals of the same species.
Payún Matru Volcano, Malargüe, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province Argentina (2008)
Specimen size: 10.1 × 6.2 × 5.6 cm = 3.98” × 2.44” × 2.20”
Price: €480 / US$512 / ¥77640 / AUD$800

TR72AL6: Hematite after Magnetite (variety martite)

Very aerial group of Hematite pseudomorphs after octahedral crystals of Magnetite (a variety also known as martite) with a second generation of small lamellar crystals of the same species.
Payún Matru Volcano, Malargüe, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province Argentina (2008)
Specimen size: 11.6 × 9.7 × 0.7 cm = 4.57” × 3.82” × 0.28”
Price: €660 / US$705 / ¥106760 / AUD$1100

TT72AL6: Hematite after Magnetite (variety martite)

Very aerial group of well defined Hematite (martite variety) pseudomorphs after unusually flat octahedral crystals of Magnetite, with a second generation of small lamellar crystals of the same species.
Payún Matru Volcano, Malargüe, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province Argentina (2008)
Specimen size: 11.4 × 8.7 × 4.6 cm = 4.49” × 3.43” × 1.81”
Price: €760 / US$811 / ¥122940 / AUD$1270

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