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Thick tabular Vanadinite crystals that are bright and have a very intense and uniform color. They are on aggregates of white laminar Baryte crystals and are on matrix. The sample has been recovered from an old find in 1995 when only a few samples of good quality were recovered
ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (08/1995)
Specimen size: 6.6 × 4.5 × 2.5 cm = 2.6” × 1.8” × 1.0”
Price: €180 / US$195 / JPY21430 / AUD$290

MH86AF3: Vanadinite with Baryte

Thick tabular Vanadinite crystals, very well defined, translucent, bright and with a very deep color. They are on a matrix of white Barite crystals with small black oxide coatings. Really spectacular.
Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (± 2014)
Specimen size: 10.2 × 7.7 × 5.4 cm = 4.0” × 3.0” × 2.1”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.9 cm = 0.6” × 0.4”
Price: €1500 / US$1626 / JPY178660 / AUD$2420

TM52Y0: Vanadinite with Gypsum

Very aerial aggregates of crystals, some of them partially doubly terminated, showing an unusual crystalline shape for Vanadinite, with a prism and an acute dipyramid. They have very well defined faces and edges, a creamy color and are on matrix, with small crystals of Gypsum.
San Antonio Mine (San Antonio el Grande Mine), chimenea Cox, level 4, East Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua Mexico (2011)
Specimen size: 16 × 9.7 × 6.5 cm = 6.3” × 3.8” × 2.6”
Price: €660 / US$715 / JPY78610 / AUD$1060

AB16AK1: Vanadinite with Gypsum and Baryte

The best possible color for the Vanadinite! The crystals on a white Baryte matrix have very sharp faces and edges, some very marked hopper growths and they are translucent and extraordinarily bright. A specimen that can compete wonderfully with the best quality of the latest finds of Vanadinite in Morocco and that comes from the collection of Josep Amigó (Silvane) whose label we will send to the buyer.
ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2001)
Specimen size: 6.3 × 5.2 × 3.1 cm = 2.5” × 2.0” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.1 cm = 0.6” × 0.4”
Price: €1100 / US$1192 / JPY131020 / AUD$1770

EP27AE1: Vanadinite with Mottramite

A novelty at Ste. Marie 2012. Aggregate of tabular Vanadinite crystals with polycrystalline growths on the pinacoidal faces and very well defined pyramidal faces. They are bright, have a very vivid and uniform color and are implanted on a sandstone matrix partially coated by black Mottramite microcrystals. The Mottramite, a novelty for the Mibladen area, has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Adeghoual (Aderhoual), Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (05/2012)
Specimen size: 10 × 6.2 × 5 cm = 3.9” × 2.4” × 2.0”
Price: €240 / US$260 / JPY28580 / AUD$380

TZ6AJ4: Vésigniéite

Aggregate of crystals whose shape is between tapered and fibrous, very well defined for this very uncommon vanadate, with a yellowish-green color and on matrix with Malachite. A rarity from Milpillas. The sample has been analyzed and we will send a copy of this analysis to the buyer.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (2015)
Specimen size: 1 × 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.4” × 0.2” × 0.1”
Price: €90 / US$97 / JPY10710 / AUD$140

TC26AJ4: Vésigniéite

Aggregate of crystals whose shape is between tapered and fibrous, very well defined for this very uncommon vanadate, with a yellowish-green color and on matrix. A rarity from Milpillas. The sample has been analyzed and we will send a copy of this analysis to the buyer.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (2015)
Specimen size: 0.8 × 0.8 × 0.3 cm = 0.3” × 0.3” × 0.1”
Price: €120 / US$130 / JPY14290 / AUD$190

TM26AJ4: Vésigniéite

Aggregate of crystals whose shape is between tapered and fibrous, very well defined for this very uncommon vanadate, with a yellowish-green color and on matrix. A rarity from Milpillas. The sample has been analyzed and we will send a copy of this analysis to the buyer.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (2015)
Specimen size: 1.1 × 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.4” × 0.2” × 0.2”
Price: €120 / US$130 / JPY14290 / AUD$190

TQ46AD0: Vésigniéite

A novelty at Tucson 2016. Aggregate of fibrous crystals, very well defined for this unusual vanadate, with a yellowish-green color and on matrix. A new rarity from Milpillas. The sample has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of this analysis to the buyer.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (2015)
Specimen size: 1.1 × 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.4” × 0.4” × 0.4”
Price: €140 / US$151 / JPY16670 / AUD$220

TQ68AK7: Vesuvianite

Group of elongated crystals, with very well defined faces and edges and perfect terminations, transparent, extraordinarily lustrous and very intense yellow, with shades of green. A Canadian classic that we will send in its original Perky box from the collection of Robert J. Noble, which also contains his label.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec Canada
Specimen size: 3.4 × 1.7 × 2.7 cm = 1.3” × 0.7” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.3 cm = 0.5” × 0.1”
Price: €320 / US$346 / JPY38110 / AUD$510

TZ91AB3: Vesuvianite

Aggregate of very well shaped Vesuvianite crystals, some of them partially doubly terminated, translucent, very bright and with a vivid greenish yellow color.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec Canada (2004)
Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.1 × 2 cm = 2.0” × 1.6” × 0.8”
Price: €580 / US$628 / JPY69080 / AUD$930

MC51J7: Vesuvianite with Diopside

The crystal habit is rare: they are apparently tabular but the fine vertical striation and the presence of the pinacoid show that they really are very flat prisms. Their color and luster are excellent. They are implanted on a group of prismatic crystals of greenish-yellow Vesuvianite with deep violet terminations.
Jeffrey Mine, ↓200 m, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec Canada (09/2005)
Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.7 × 4.5 cm = 2.1” × 1.5” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.6 cm = 0.2” × 0.2”
Price: €580 / US$628 / JPY69080 / AUD$930

MD3K0: Vesuvianite with Diopside

Group of crystals, a lot of them doubly terminated, with an excellent luster and color, moving from green to mauve but basically yellow. The tips of the pyramids are transparent. The specimen, with the presence of small tabular and transparent crystals of Diopside, is a floater.
Jeffrey Mine, ↓200 m, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec Canada (09/2005)
Specimen size: 7.6 × 5.8 × 5.4 cm = 3.0” × 2.3” × 2.1”
Price: €890 / US$964 / JPY106000 / AUD$1430

1N06: Villamanínite, Calcita

Octahedral crystals, one of them clearly dominant, of Villamanínita. The crystals are firmly seated in the matrix of Calcite. Found in the area of the La Divina Providencia Mine, the type locality for the species.
Providencia Mine (La Divina Providencia), La Foceja, Villanueva de Pontedo, Cármenes (Villamanín), Comarca Los Argüellos, León, Castile and León Spain (2010-2011)
Specimen size: 1.6 × 3.0 × 2.3 cm = 0.6” × 1.2” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.1” × 0.1”
Price: €100 / US$108 / JPY11910 / AUD$160

EK57AI9: Volborthite

Milpillas Volborthite specimens are without doubt the world’s best: with their large crystal size and high luster they set a new standard for this rare species. This small specimen shows a rosette-shaped growth of flattened Volborthite crystals on matrix; the rosette is very sharp and deeply colored.
Milpillas Mine, level 26, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (04/2015)
Specimen size: 1.3 × 1.3 × 0.7 cm = 0.5” × 0.5” × 0.3”
Price: €220 / US$238 / JPY26200 / AUD$350

TD89AG1: Volborthite

Not all Volborthites are expensive! This group of crystals with a color change on top is not bad at all. The change of color, which may look like a break, makes its price reasonable.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (2015)
Specimen size: 4.3 × 4.2 × 2.3 cm = 1.7” × 1.7” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1 cm = 0.7” × 0.4”
Price: €460 / US$498 / JPY54790 / AUD$740

TC93AJ4: Volborthite

Very aerial group of sharp flattened crystals that are very bright and with a deep green color. The Milpillas Volborthites are without doubt the world's best for their luster, shape, good contrast with the white clay matrix and crystal size, so all together these are a new standard for this species.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (2015)
Specimen size: 3.2 × 3 × 1.5 cm = 1.3” × 1.2” × 0.6”
Price: €840 / US$910 / JPY100050 / AUD$1350

TR13AG1: Volborthite

The Volborthites of Milpillas are among the most spectacular discoveries that have happened in the mineral world in recent years. In general they are of an enormous quality and in aspects this great rosette of crystals with Malachite and on matrix stands out among all others. If someone wants a definitive piece, here it is.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 69 of the 2017/01 edition
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (2015)
Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.9” × 1.4” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 1.4 cm = 1.3” × 0.6”
Price: €7800 / US$8456 / JPY929050 / AUD$12590

EV67AC1: Volborthite with Malachite

Volborthite was the new sensation in the Tucson Show 2015 as well as in Ste. Marie, but the number of them seems to be somewhat limited.
The Milpillas ones are without doubt the world's best for their luster, shape, good contrast with the white clay matrix and the crystal size of the best ones, so all together these are a new standard for this species. We are proud to offer this one which has a very reasonable balance quality / price.
Milpillas Mine, level 26, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (04/2015)
Specimen size: 1.3 × 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.5” × 0.4” × 0.4”
Price: €260 / US$281 / JPY30960 / AUD$410

MX76AH6: Whiteite-(CaFeMg) with Lazulite and Quartz

Whiteite-(CaFeMg) crystals with thick tabular shape and very well defined parallel growths. They have a clear cream color and are partially coated by small Lazulite and Quartz crystals.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory Canada (07/1995)
Specimen size: 7.6 × 5.6 × 2.3 cm = 3.0” × 2.2” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.6 cm = 0.6” × 0.2”
Price: €180 / US$195 / JPY21430 / AUD$290

TP86AB6: Whiteite-(CaFeMg) with Quartz, Siderite and Lazulite

Individual Whiteite-(CaFeMg) crystals, one of them clearly dominant, flattened and very elongated due to repeated parallel growths. They have a light cream color and are on matrix, with small Quartz, Siderite and Lazulite crystals.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory Canada (07/1995)
Specimen size: 6 × 5.2 × 2 cm = 2.4” × 2.0” × 0.8”
Price: €210 / US$227 / JPY25010 / AUD$330

MH46AH3: Willemite after Descloizite with Mimetite

Seen and unseen, these samples that appeared at the Munich Show in 2015 are currently a rarity. They form arborescent growths of Willemite crystals pseudomorphous after Descloizite and have partial coatings of small barrel-shaped Mimetite crystals with an intense orange color.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What's New’ section, report 49, May 7, 2018 edition.
Chah Milleh Mine, Chah Milleh, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province Iran (08/2015)
Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.6 × 3.6 cm = 1.7” × 1.4” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1 cm = 1.1” × 0.4”
Price: €190 / US$205 / JPY22630 / AUD$300

MC60AC6: Willemite after Descloizite with Mimetite

A novelty at Munich 2015. Arborescent growths of Willemite crystal pseudomorphous after Descloizite that, as a novelty, have partial coatings of small barrel-shaped Mimetite crystals with an intense reddish yellow color.
Chah Milleh Mine, Chah Milleh, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province Iran (08/2015)
Specimen size: 9.8 × 7.6 × 7.4 cm = 3.9” × 3.0” × 2.9”
Price: €550 / US$596 / JPY65510 / AUD$880

MJ67AF0: Willemite after Descloizite with Mimetite and Calcite

Arborescent growths of Willemite crystals pseudomorphous after Descloizite that have partial coatings of small barrel-shaped Mimetite crystals with an intense reddish yellow color.
Chah Milleh Mine, Chah Milleh, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province Iran (08/2015)
Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.8 × 2.9 cm = 2.2” × 1.9” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.7 cm = 1.2” × 0.7”
Price: €270 / US$292 / JPY32150 / AUD$430

MK87AJ9: Willemite after Descloizite with Mimetite and Hemimorphite

Very aerial and esthetic arborescent and flattened growth of Willemite crystals after Descloizite, partially coated by small barrel-shaped Mimetite crystals, a lot of them doubly terminated, with an intense reddish yellow color.
Chah Milleh Mine, Chah Milleh, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province Iran (08/2015)
Specimen size: 7.6 × 5.4 × 5.3 cm = 3.0” × 2.1” × 2.1”
Price: €260 / US$281 / JPY30960 / AUD$410

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