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Group of very sharp and translucent octahedral crystals, with a very intense green color, that partially coat a granite matrix. A Spanish classic from a currently closed locality that only sporadically produces samples of this quality. This piece is from an old collection.
Berta Quarry, Can Domènech Hill, Roques Blanques Mountains, Sant Cugat del Vallès-El Papiol, Comarca Vallès Occidental / Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia Spain
Specimen size: 6.2 × 6.1 × 4.3 cm = 2.44” × 2.40” × 1.69”
Price: €55 / US$62 / ¥7030 / AUD$80

TP86N0: Octahedral Fluorite

Group of very sharp octahedral crystals. They are transparent, bright and have an excellent, very intense green color. From a recent find in Riemvasmaak in 2008.
Riemvasmaak, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province South Africa (2008)
Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.7 × 2.1 cm = 2.13” × 1.85” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.3 cm = 0.71” × 0.51”
Price: €180 / US$203 / ¥23030 / AUD$280

AF98Z8: Octahedral Fluorite with Cassiterite

Octahedral crystal, a very rare crystalline form for Fluorite from Panasqueira. It is translucent, with a bluish-green color and white areas on the vertices. There is also a small and very bright group of cyclic Cassiterite twins on the underside of the crystal.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal (1987-2013)
Specimen size: 4 × 3.9 × 2.9 cm = 1.57” × 1.54” × 1.14”
Price: €380 / US$429 / ¥48620 / AUD$600

TX98AL5: Octahedral Fluorite with Chlorite

Octahedral crystal of Fluorite very rich in polycrystalline growths, transparent, bright, unusually intense in color and with Chlorite inclusions. A high quality French alpine classic.
Aiguille Verte, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France (±2010)
Specimen size: 2.8 × 2 × 2 cm = 1.10” × 0.79” × 0.79”
Price: €360 / US$406 / ¥46060 / AUD$570

FC6H5: Octahedral Fluorite with Pectolite

Green octahedral crystals of well defined faces and edges on a matrix of Sphalerite. Between the Sphalerite and Fluorite there is a bed of radial groups of white fibrous crystals of Pectolite, also partially covering Fluorite.
Second Sovetskii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai Russia (12/1996)
Specimen size: 7 × 4.7 × 4.4 cm = 2.76” × 1.85” × 1.73”
Price: €100 / US$112 / ¥12790 / AUD$150

MT56AG7: Octahedral Fluorite with Quartz

Very sharp octahedral Fluorite crystals, between transparent and translucent, bright and with a very intense, deep and uniform green color. They are on a Quartz matrix.
Riemvasmaak, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province South Africa (±2015)
Specimen size: 17.4 × 9.5 × 4.6 cm = 6.85” × 3.74” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.9 cm = 0.79” × 0.75”
Price: €1200 / US$1354 / ¥153560 / AUD$1910

SM430FR: Octahedral Fluorite with Quartz

Octahedral Fluorite crystal, translucent, uniform green in color, on matrix, with Quartz.
Former collection of Jan Buma. Number 061016
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Baltistan District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas) Pakistan (±2006)
Specimen size: cm =
Price: €430 / US$485 / ¥55020 / AUD$680

JR50X5: Octahedral Fluorite with Quartz and Calcite

Group of very well defined octahedral crystals with clear green color, polycrystalline growths on their faces and small cubic recrystallizations on some of their octahedral points.
Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province China (±2000)
Specimen size: 9.5 × 6.5 × 6 cm = 3.74” × 2.56” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 6 × 4.5 cm = 2.36” × 1.77”
Price: €460 / US$519 / ¥58860 / AUD$730

TG76L1: Octahedral Fluorite with Quartz and Mica

Group of translucent octahedral Fluorite crystals, on a smoky Quartz crystal. The sample is from a locality where nowadays is quite difficult to obtain specimens.
Kara-Oba, Betpak-Dala (Bet-Pak-Dala) Desert, Karaganda Region Kazakhstan (±1993)
Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.4 × 3.3 cm = 2.64” × 1.73” × 1.30”
Price: €175 / US$197 / ¥22390 / AUD$270

10TK68: Olivenite

A novelty at Tucson 2020. Matrix group of outstanding Olivenite crystals, two of them clearly dominant, flattened, with defined faces and edges and terminal faces, lustrous and very deep olive green. The crystals show some small damage but don't make the entire piece look wrong.
Milpillas Mine, level 992, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (11-12/2019)
Specimen size: 2.0 × 2.0 × 1.1 cm = 0.79” × 0.79” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.1 cm = 0.35” × 0.04”
Price: €140 / US$158 / ¥17910 / AUD$220

SM190TAQ: Olivenite

A novelty at Tucson 2020: Group on matrix of flattened Olivenite crystals with sharp crystal forms and perfect terminations, with bright luster and a very deep olive-green color. As for so many other finds in Milpillas, one of the best for the species.
Milpillas Mine, level 992, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (11-12/2019)
Specimen size: 2.9 × 1.6 × 1.1 cm = 1.14” × 0.63” × 0.43”
Price: €190 / US$214 / ¥24310 / AUD$300

TD88AM3: Olivenite

A novelty at Tucson 2020. Group of Olivenite crystals on matrix, one of them clearly dominant and very aerial and sharp, flattened, with very well defined faces and edges and perfect terminations. With good luster and a very deep olive-green color. As on so many other occasions in Milpillas, among the best for the species.
Milpillas Mine, level 992, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (11-12/2019)
Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.4 × 0.8 cm = 0.87” × 0.55” × 0.31”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.3 cm = 0.43” × 0.12”
Price: €360 / US$406 / ¥46060 / AUD$570

TF49AM0: Olivenite

A novelty at Tucson 2020. Very aerial group of sharp, flat, doubly terminated Olivenite crystals on matrix. With very well defined faces and edges and perfect terminations, lustrous and very deep olive green. As with so many other things from Milpillas, among the best for the species.
Milpillas Mine, level 992, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (11-12/2019)
Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.98” × 0.75” × 0.24”
Price: €360 / US$406 / ¥46060 / AUD$570

MB89AJ8: Olivenite

Groups of dipyramidal Olivenite crystals on Quartz matrix, with very well defined faces and edges and polycrystalline growths. An English classic, unusually well crystallized. It is with an old handwritten label that we will send to the buyer.
Cornwall England / United Kingdom
Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.4 × 2.4 cm = 2.09” × 1.34” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”
Price: €380 / US$429 / ¥48620 / AUD$600

TY90AM0: Olivenite

A novelty at Tucson 2020. Isolated crystals of Olivenite on matrix, flat and most of them doubly terminated. With very well defined faces and edges and perfect terminal faces, lustrous and very deep olive green. As with so many things from Milpillas, among the best for the species.
Milpillas Mine, level 992, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (11-12/2019)
Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.2 × 3.2 cm = 1.77” × 1.65” × 1.26”
Price: €540 / US$609 / ¥69100 / AUD$860

TA50AL2: Olivenite

A novelty at Tucson 2020. Two outstanding Olivenite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, flattened, with very well defined faces and edges and perfect terminations, lustrous and very deep olive green. As on so many other occasions in Milpillas, among the best of the species.
Milpillas Mine, level 992, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (11-12/2019)
Specimen size: 1.8 × 0.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.71” × 0.35” × 0.24”
Price: €540 / US$609 / ¥69100 / AUD$860

TT96AL9: Olivenite

A novelty at Tucson 2020. Druse of elongated Olivenite crystals on matrix with sharp faces and edges and good terminal faces, with good luster and a very deep olive green color. As with so many other finds fromn Milpillas, among the best for the species.
Milpillas Mine, level 992, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (11-12/2019)
Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.5 × 1.6 cm = 2.83” × 2.17” × 0.63”
Price: €1800 / US$2032 / ¥230340 / AUD$2870

TV87AL2: Olivenite

A novelty at Tucson 2020. Matrix group of acicular Olivenite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, lustrous and very deep olive green. As on so many other occasions in Milpillas, among the best of the species.
Milpillas Mine, level 992, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (11-12/2019)
Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.6 × 2.4 cm = 3.03” × 2.60” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.43” × 0.04”
Price: €2400 / US$2709 / ¥307120 / AUD$3830

EW11AD8: Olivenite and Azurite

A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux- Mines 2016. Aggregates of acicular Olivenite crystals, individualized or forming radial aggregates, with the olive-green color typical for the species, on limonite matrix and with rosette aggregates of lenticular Azurite crystals with a vivid and deep color. The Olivenite has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. As usual with the Moroccan novelties, the locality is not yet completely confirmed, but it is very plausible that it is Tazalarht.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region Morocco (2016)
Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.6 × 2.3 cm = 1.54” × 1.42” × 0.91”
Price: €70 / US$79 / ¥8950 / AUD$110

TR48AL5: Olivenite with Quartz and Hydroniumjarosite

A novelty at Tucson 2020. Groups of very sharp Olivenite crystals, many of them doubly terminated, with very well defined faces and edges and perfect terminal faces, transparent or translucent, bright and with a very deep olive-green color. On matrix with coatings of small yellowish-white botryoidal aggregates of Hydroniumjarosite. As in so many other occasions with Milpillas, among the best for the species.
This sample has been referenced and pictured, as a novelty in Ste. Marie Virtual 2020, in the magazine 'Le Règne Minéral' number 154, page 45
Milpillas Mine, level 992, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (11-12/2019)
Specimen size: 9.6 × 6.4 × 4 cm = 3.78” × 2.52” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.55” × 0.12”
Price: €3200 / US$3613 / ¥409500 / AUD$5110

EC97AK3: Olmiite

Group of crystals of short prismatic habit, well developed, of good size for the species, translucent and lustrous, color between pink and reddish, as was typical of the first finds of this species.
N'Chwaning II Mine, section 5 south, stope 46-47 roof, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa (01/2002)
Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.8 × 2.1 cm = 1.26” × 1.10” × 0.83”
Price: €280 / US$316 / ¥35830 / AUD$440

EG6K9: Olmiite

Excellent miniature. The prismatic crystals are similar to a wheatsheaf with good brilliance and color. On rocky matrix.
N'Chwaning II Mine, section 5 south, stope 46-47 roof, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa (01/2002)
Specimen size: 2.5 × 2 × 1.4 cm = 0.98” × 0.79” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.47” × 0.31”
Price: €110 / US$124 / ¥14070 / AUD$170

MG96AL5: Olmiite with Calcite and Oyelite

Group of extraordinarily defined rhombic habit crystals, of a good size for the species, translucent and shiny and with an excellent reddish color, much more intense than usual in this type of specimen. With small Calcite crystals and globular white Oyelite aggregates.
N'Chwaning II Mine, level 45 south, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa (13-15/08/2009)
Specimen size: 2.9 × 1.6 × 2.1 cm = 1.14” × 0.63” × 0.83”
Price: €220 / US$248 / ¥28150 / AUD$350

EV28AI0: Olshanskyite

Druse, on matrix, of well-differentiated elongated crystals that are transparent, colorless and extraordinarily bright with very sharp crystalline forms. On the Olshanskyite small Andradite crystals have grown. The Olshanskyite from the Shijiangshan mine was previously well-known for its quality, largely overtaking the best known to date for the species, but a recent find has raised the roof of quality to unforeseen levels. The sample has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (04/2017)
Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.4 × 3.8 cm = 1.89” × 1.73” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.2 cm = 0.35” × 0.08”
Price: €320 / US$361 / ¥40950 / AUD$510

CC10AI3: Opal (variety hyalite)

Clear and colorless botryoidal aggregate that is very bright, on matrix and is fluorescent with an UV lamp. A precursor of the current hyalites from Central Europe.
Valeč, Doupov, Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia Czech Republic
Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.4 × 2.6 cm = 1.65” × 1.34” × 1.02”
Price: €50 / US$56 / ¥6390 / AUD$70

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