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EF92AA2: Quartz with Fluorapatite inclusions and with Muscovite, Siderite and Calcite

Thin laminar Fluorapatite crystal included in a Quartz crystal partially coated by Siderite and Muscovite. Visible crystalline inclusions of Fluorapatite are very rare. In this the sample, approximately half of a crystal can be seen and it has concentric geometrical color zones with a dominant yellowish-green color.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal (05/2014)
Specimen size: 9.5 × 5.1 × 3.8 cm = 3.74” × 2.01” × 1.50”
Price: €690 / US$838 / JPY87070 / AUD$1080

SM120NQ: Quartz with Galena

Partially doubly terminated, transparent, brilliant Quartz crystal, with inclusions and on a crystalline Galena matrix partially altered to light colored lead oxides. Of the best possible quality for this Quartz find.
Former collection of Miguel David Martínez. Number 366
Works of the Alumbres-Cartagena highway, Alumbres, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Murcia, Region of Murcia Spain (2014)
Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.4 × 3.1 cm cm = 2.20” × 1.34” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 1 cm cm = 1.14” × 0.39”
Price: €120 / US$145 / JPY15140 / AUD$180

MT87AL3: Quartz with Hematite

Single crystal of Quartz, very large and also very special for two reasons: it comes from a deposit from which only a few pieces are known and the Hematite inclusions give it a very attractive reddish color. The presence of small Hematite iron roses also completes its appeal.
East Ujimqin Banner (Dongwu Qi), Xilin Gol League (Xilinguole Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2016)
Specimen size: 23 × 4.8 × 4.6 cm = 9.06” × 1.89” × 1.81”
Price: €280 / US$340 / JPY35330 / AUD$440

MR50AE9: Quartz with Hematite

A novelty at Tucson 2017. Translucent quartz crystals that are between white and colorless, with zones of intense pinkish color due to Hematite staining, and with rosette aggregates (iron rose variety) of laminar Hematite crystals. We’ll send a copy of the Hematite analysis to the buyer. Due to their similarity to the samples from the Huanggang mines they can easily be confused with those.
East Ujimqin Banner (Dongwu Qi), Xilin Gol League (Xilinguole Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2016)
Specimen size: 21.5 × 8.5 × 7.8 cm = 8.46” × 3.35” × 3.07”

Main crystal size: 21.5 × 4.8 cm = 8.46” × 1.89”
Price: €490 / US$595 / JPY61830 / AUD$770

MX76AL3: Quartz with Hematite and Dolomite

Druze of Quartz crystals with bipyramidal habit, with almost non-existent prisms, with inclusions of small lenticular crystals of Hematite, on matrix with rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. An English classic.
Florence Mine, Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, former Cumberland, Cumbria England / United Kingdom
Specimen size: 5.4 × 5.4 × 3.3 cm = 2.13” × 2.13” × 1.30”
Price: €160 / US$194 / JPY20190 / AUD$250

EA49AK0: Quartz with inclusions

Group of Quartz crystals with very well defined faces and one of them, clearly dominant, with polycrystalline terminations. The crystals, mostly colorless and clear, are very rich in inclusions of a clayey aspect and yellow-orange color in the terminal part. It has been said that these inclusions were Humboldtine but this has already been discredited (see: Quartz and Humboldtine? from Colombia )
Cabiche, Quípama, Boyacá Department Colombia (01/2019)
Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.1 × 1.9 cm = 2.05” × 1.22” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 1.5 cm = 2.05” × 0.59”
Price: €440 / US$534 / JPY55520 / AUD$690

EV97AJ9: Quartz with inclusions, Calcite-Dolomite and Magnetite

Perhaps simply Quartz but it has a surprising variety of forms and morphological changes, with parallel growths on the scepter terminations, dipyramidal, with a short prism (in some cases those faces are nonexistent or poorly visible and such crystals have sometimes been erroneously described as β-Quartz). The Quartz group is very rich in inclusions and partially coated by small, white Calcite-Dolomite crystals.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2014)
Specimen size: 11.2 × 3.5 × 4.8 cm = 4.41” × 1.38” × 1.89”
Price: €260 / US$316 / JPY32800 / AUD$410

EF97AA5: Quartz with inclusions, Calcite-Dolomite and Magnetite

Parallel growths of dipyramidal Quartz crystals with sceptered terminations, some of them doubly terminated. Some of the crystals have no prism faces and such crystals have sometimes been erroneously described as β-Quartz. The crystals are very rich in inclusions and are partially coated by aggregates of acicular carbonate crystals and by Magnetite.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2014)
Specimen size: 11.6 × 6.9 × 4.2 cm = 4.57” × 2.72” × 1.65”
Price: €320 / US$389 / JPY40380 / AUD$500

EV50AA8: Quartz with inclusions, Magnetite and Calcite

Divergent parallel growths of Quartz crystals with dipyramidal-shaped sceptered terminations, and very rich with inclusions, with Magnetite and Calcite. Most of the crystals have no prism faces and such crystals have sometimes been erroneously described as β-Quartz.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2014)
Specimen size: 15.5 × 7.1 × 4.6 cm = 6.10” × 2.80” × 1.81”
Price: €480 / US$583 / JPY60570 / AUD$750

N17PQZ4: Quartz with inclusions, Sphalerite and Siderite

Group of Quartz crystals, some of them forming parallel growths, with inclusions and partially coated by lenticular Siderite crystals and small tetrahedral Sphalerite crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal (1994)
Specimen size: 13.4 × 7.8 × 6.2 cm = 5.28” × 3.07” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 11.5 × 2.8 cm = 4.53” × 1.10”
Price: €190 / US$231 / JPY23970 / AUD$290

8ME76W8: Quartz with Muscovite inclusions, Fluorite, Dolomite

Floater group of Quartz crystals with phantom growths. They are partially coated by transparent cubic crystals of Fluorite, extraordinarily bright and with a neat sky blue color, and by small White crystals of Dolomite on the back. We’ll send the Jan Buma collection card to the buyer of the sample.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province China (±2008)
Specimen size: 9.6 × 6.8 × 3.3 cm = 3.78”
Price: €150 / US$182 / JPY18920 / AUD$230

TR47AH1: Quartz with Rutile and Mica

A novelty at Tucson 2018. Group of Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant, transparent, with included acicular Rutile crystals and small leafy Mica aggregates.
Sainj Valley, Manihar Valley, Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh India (06/2017)
Specimen size: 8.9 × 6.9 × 4.5 cm = 3.50” × 2.72” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 6 × 2.4 cm = 2.36” × 0.94”
Price: €240 / US$291 / JPY30280 / AUD$370

TE76AG0: Quartz with Siderite

Group of Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with a very short prism and coated by a second generation of micro-crystalline Quartz. With small Siderite crystals.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Murcia, Region of Murcia Spain
Specimen size: 9.8 × 7.2 × 6 cm = 3.86” × 2.83” × 2.36”
Price: €160 / US$194 / JPY20190 / AUD$250

ET27AK6: Quartz with Siderite

Doubly terminated Quartz crystal, between translucent and transparent, very lustrous, with inclusions and on a matrix of sharp rhombohedral crystals of Siderite. Although it was found in the Taouz area, it is not from the group of mines at that locality but rather appeared on a nearby mountain that has no relation to the mining complex.
Jebel Tazoult Nehra, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (±1999)
Specimen size: 8.8 × 5.2 × 3.6 cm = 3.46” × 2.05” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 7.6 × 4.7 cm = 2.99” × 1.85”
Price: €220 / US$267 / JPY27760 / AUD$340

XM160TC: Quartz with Siderite

Group of Quartz crystals with dominant dipyramidal forms and a short prism, translucent, lustrous and with a pale amethyst color, partially covered by small crystals of Siderite. The specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Murcia, Region of Murcia Spain
Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.1 × 4.7 cm = 2.28” × 2.01” × 1.85”
Price: €50 / US$60 / JPY6300 / AUD$70

HM560NX: Quartz with Siderite

Group of Quartz crystals with a very short prism, good luster, and almost completely covered by a thin sheet of Siderite microcrystals.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (nº 601) whose label we will send to the buyer.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Murcia, Region of Murcia Spain (1990)
Specimen size: 10.7 × 9.8 × 7.3 cm = 4.21” × 3.86” × 2.87”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 3.4 cm = 1.38” × 1.34”
Price: €560 / US$680 / JPY70660 / AUD$880

E13DE2: Quartz with Siderite

Neat and brilliant Quartz with neat and brilliant Siderite. A floater with the base of the Quartz and Siderite re-crystallized.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal (1997)
Specimen size: 7 × 5 × 4.5 cm = 2.76” × 1.97” × 1.77”
Price: €85 / US$103 / JPY10720 / AUD$130

HM80NG: Quartz with Siderite and Dolomite

Parallel growth of Quartz crystals on matrix, transparent, lustrous, very rich in inclusions and with lenticular Siderite and Dolomite crystals in which rhombohedral forms dominate.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal (1997)
Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.7 × 3.7 cm = 2.68” × 2.24” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 5.5 × 3.5 cm = 2.17” × 1.38”
Price: €80 / US$97 / JPY10090 / AUD$120

NG96AB5: Quartz with Siderite and Muscovite

Parallel growth of completely clear, colorless and very bright Quartz crystals of great quality. They are partially coated by aggregates of lenticular Siderite crystals and leafy Muscovite aggregates.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal (2004)
Specimen size: 11.4 × 6.1 × 4.8 cm = 4.49” × 2.40” × 1.89”
Price: €190 / US$231 / JPY23970 / AUD$290

NH57AD6: Quartz with Siderite, Pyrite, Ferberite and Fluorapatite

Floater aggregate of two Quartz crystals with the most typical forms on the front side and polycrystalline growths on the back. They are partially coated by Siderite, Pyrite and Fluorapatite and have some small inclusions of very well defined Arsenopyrite.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal (1999)
Specimen size: 22 × 11 × 5.5 cm = 8.66” × 4.33” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 17.8 × 5.5 cm = 7.01” × 2.17”
Price: €240 / US$291 / JPY30280 / AUD$370

TK48AF7: Quartz with Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite

Chalcopyrite crystals with tetrahedral morphology superficially substituted for and recrystallized by Sphalerite. The Chalcopyrite-Sphalerite crystals are implanted on a transparent Quartz crystal.
East Ujimqin Banner (Dongwu Qi), Xilin Gol League (Xilinguole Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (05/2016)
Specimen size: 20.3 × 3.2 × 3.4 cm = 7.99” × 1.26” × 1.34”
Price: €320 / US$389 / JPY40380 / AUD$500

TX69AF7: Quartz with Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite

Chalcopyrite crystals with tetrahedral morphology superficially substituted for and recrystallized by Sphalerite. The Chalcopyrite-Sphalerite crystals are implanted on a transparent Quartz crystal.
East Ujimqin Banner (Dongwu Qi), Xilin Gol League (Xilinguole Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (05/2016)
Specimen size: 19.8 × 5 × 4.1 cm = 7.80” × 1.97” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 0.59” × 0.55”
Price: €420 / US$510 / JPY52990 / AUD$660

HM120TP: Rhodochrosite

Growth of very sharp rhombohedral crystals, with polycrystalline surfaces, good luster, and a more intense and vivid pink color than usual. On matrix.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department Peru (03/2019)
Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.8 × 4.2 cm = 3.31” × 2.68” × 1.65”
Price: €120 / US$145 / JPY15140 / AUD$180

HM120TN: Rhodochrosite

Growth of very sharp rhombohedral crystals, with polycrystalline surfaces, good luster, and a more intense and vivid pink color than usual. On matrix.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department Peru (03/2019)
Specimen size: 7 × 6.2 × 4.6 cm = 2.76” × 2.44” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.39” × 0.31”
Price: €120 / US$145 / JPY15140 / AUD$180

TC6AJ9: Rhodochrosite

Druse on matrix of sharp rhombohedral crystals with polycrystalline surfaces, bright and with a very intense and vivid pink color. The sample is from a recent find very deep in the Manuelita mine that has offered samples of better quality that those previously known.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department Peru (03/2019)
Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.6 × 2.2 cm = 1.61” × 1.02” × 0.87”
Price: €120 / US$145 / JPY15140 / AUD$180

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