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TA27AM9: Hydroboracite with Celestine

New post-Easter 2021: Centered groups of acicular Hydroboracite crystals, transparent, on matrix, with bright luster and a white color. With minor Celestine. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Hisarcik Mine, Emet Borate deposit, Emet, Emet District, Kütahya Province, Aegean Region Turkey (2020)
Specimen size: 11.2 × 9.6 × 6.5 cm = 4.41” × 3.78” × 2.56”
Price: €220 / US$235 / ¥31230 / AUD$350

MR91AE5: Hydroboracite with Gypsum and Anhydrite

Aggregate of strongly elongated Hydroboracite crystals that are very sharp, colorless, completely clear and have an exceptional luster. They are on matrix, with transparent Gypsum crystals. Of the best quality for the species.
Kohnstein Quarry, Niedersachswerfen, Nordhausen District, Thuringia/Thüringen Germany (2009)
Specimen size: 11.5 × 9.7 × 6.9 cm = 4.53” × 3.82” × 2.72”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.12”
Price: €660 / US$706 / ¥93690 / AUD$1060

EX47AL4: Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) with Calcite, Hubeite and Quartz

Clusters of tabular Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) crystals, very sharp, transparent and shiny, with dark inclusions of small Hubeite crystals that are concentrated mainly on the edges. On matrix and with related Quartz and Calcite crystals.
Daye mining area, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province China
Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.5 × 3.8 cm = 2.68” × 2.17” × 1.50”
Price: €240 / US$256 / ¥34070 / AUD$380

TC2290NRF: Hydroxylapatite on Quartz

Isolated Hydroxylapatite crystals on a matrix of Quartz crystals. Hydroxylapatite forms crystals with a very flattened bipyramidal shape, almost lenticular. They are translucent and have a nice green color, with a much paler greenish yellow zoning in the center.
Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais Brazil
Specimen size: 19.8 × 12.1 × 6.2 cm = 7.80” × 4.76” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.3 cm = 0.87” × 0.51”
Price: €290 / US$310 / ¥41160 / AUD$460

TC290AB: Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce) with Calcite and Dolomite

Very sharp platy crystal of Hydroxylbastnäsite, aerial, transparent, honey-colored, on a matrix of massive Calcite and Dolomite crystals. There are also small sheets of Talc on the crystal, which is well terminated, but has some rough terminations on the top. A classic of French and world mineralogy.
Trimouns Mine, Luzenac, Haute-Ariège, Foix, Ariège Department, Occitanie France
Specimen size: 5.9 × 3.8 × 1.1 cm = 2.32” × 1.50” × 0.43”
Price: €290 / US$310 / ¥41160 / AUD$460

SV460TBM: Ilmenite with Albite

Rosette of small, very sharp tabular crystals of Ilmenite forming a spherical aggregate with very bright metallic bluish reflections, in a matrix formed by a large quantity of translucent, sharp and well-defined crystals of Albite with zones of dark color in the center of the crystals.
Tormiq Valley, Baltistan District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas) Pakistan
Specimen size: 9.8 × 7.8 × 4.3 cm = 3.86” × 3.07” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.8 cm = 0.75” × 0.71”
Price: €460 / US$492 / ¥65300 / AUD$730

XM160GF: Ilvaite

Very sharp individual crystal of Ilvaite, with very well defined crystal forms and perfect terminations. The specimen is of great quality and size for this classic American locality. It comes from the Pedro Goy collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Bay State Group Mine, South Mountain Mining District, Owyhee County, Alabama USA
Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.5 × 2.4 cm = 1.02” × 0.98” × 0.94”
Price: €160 / US$171 / ¥22710 / AUD$250

MX52X4: Ilvaite

Group of crystals with very well defined faces and edges, perfect terminations, a good size, and especially with a splendid luster. The supply of samples with these characteristics has currently decreased because most of the pieces now seen have a dull matte luster.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (10/2010)
Specimen size: 7.8 × 4 × 3.7 cm = 3.07” × 1.57” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 7.8 × 3.7 cm = 3.07” × 1.46”
Price: €660 / US$706 / ¥93690 / AUD$1060

DY39AE2: Ilvaite with Calcite and Pyrite

Aggregate of Ilvaite crystals with bright and very well defined faces and edges, on a matrix of very platy Calcite crystals partially coated by small cubic Pyrite crystals. The Ilvaites from Dalnegorsk, relatively abundant some years ago, are now scarce, even moreso in this quality.
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai Russia
Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.8 × 3.3 cm = 2.20” × 1.50” × 1.30”
Price: €460 / US$492 / ¥65300 / AUD$730

MA66AD2: Ilvaite with octahedral Fluorite and Quartz

Aggregate of very thick short prismatic crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They are partially coated by small octahedral Fluorite crystals and are on a Quartz matrix. The crystals are really large, and brighter than usual with Ilvaite from this mine whose samples are progressively scarce.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2013)
Specimen size: 10.5 × 8.5 × 10.5 cm = 4.13” × 3.35” × 4.13”
Price: €1500 / US$1605 / ¥212940 / AUD$2400

MR90AH3: Ilvaite with Quartz

The year 2010 saw the ringing of the bell of the first great samples arriving from Huanggang, a mining area of which little had been spoken of until that moment. Among the novelties there were some Ilvaite samples with crystals of great size with very well defined faces and frequently with Quartz crystals. In a very short time these samples became classic, not only for China but also for the rest of the world.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (10/2010)
Specimen size: 7 × 6.5 × 4.2 cm = 2.76” × 2.56” × 1.65”
Price: €380 / US$406 / ¥53940 / AUD$610

MB99R5: Ilvaite with Quartz

A novelty in Munich 2010. Divergent growths and parallel growths of bright crystals of Ilvaite, with very well defined faces and edges with perfect terminations and small coatings of Quartz.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (10/2010)
Specimen size: 6.4 × 2 × 2 cm = 2.52” × 0.79” × 0.79”
Price: €480 / US$513 / ¥68140 / AUD$770

MV34R5: Ilvaite with Quartz

A novelty in Munich 2010. Aggregate of prismatic crystals with slightly curved edges. They are very bright and have big polycrystalline terminations and small coatings of Quartz.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (10/2010)
Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.2 × 5.2 cm = 2.68” × 2.05” × 2.05”
Price: €880 / US$942 / ¥124920 / AUD$1410

18HC13: Ilvaite, Quartz, Galena

Crystalline mass formed of very bright black Ilvaite crystals with partial crystal faces, associated with a multitude of water-clear Quartz crystals, some of them with a truncated prism and partially covered by the Ilvaite itself. Finally, small crystalline fragments of lead-grey Galena adorn the piece. From an abandoned mine that exploited Cu-Pb-Zn minerals and which is also the type locality for two mineral species, Campigliaite and Johannsenite.
Temperino Mine, Campiglia Marittima, Campigliese, Livorno Province, Tuscany Italy
Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.0 × 2.4 cm = 2.05” × 1.57” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.4 cm = 0.31” × 0.16”
Price: €80 / US$85 / ¥11350 / AUD$120

MFR96AP3: Imayoshiite

Novelty of the summer of 2021 and, in all probability, the best known so far for the species. The Imayoshiite occurs as numerous very sharp crystals with a hexagonal lenticular habit, transparent, very lustrous and colorless to cream-colored, with a single large crystal. An exceptional specimen, worthy of any museum. These specimens have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. To learn more about this species and the rest of the paragenesis discovered so far in this mine it is essential to read the article ‘Rare Borate Minerals from the Shijiangshan-Shalonggou Deposits, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China', whose authors are César Menor-Salván, Berthold Ottens and Ed Richard, featured in Rocks & Minerals, September/October 2021, volume 96, number 5
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (09/2021)
Specimen size: 11.5 × 8.9 × 5.3 cm = 4.53” × 3.50” × 2.09”
Price: €1900 / US$2034 / ¥269720 / AUD$3050

EMX49AN6: Imayoshiite and Tobermorite (Group) with Fluorapophyllite-(K) and Datolite (bakerite variety)

A novelty from the summer of 2021: Very sharp crystals of Imayoshiite, a rare carbonate-borate of calcium and aluminum, many of them doubly terminated, with a prismatic hexagonal habit and very marked parallel growths, transparent, very lustrous and largely covered by white spheroidal growths of a Tobermorite group mineral. On matrix, associated with small reddish brown crystals of Datolite (variety bakerite) and Fluorapophyllite-(K). Very good quality for the species. The species have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (15/07/2021)
Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.7 × 3.3 cm = 2.91” × 2.24” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”
Price: €440 / US$471 / ¥62460 / AUD$700

TBF27AP3: Imayoshiite with Andradite

Novelty in the summer of 2021 and, in all probability, the best known so far for the species. The Imayoshiite occurs as numerous sharp crystals with a tabular habit and hexagonal outline, transparent and very lustrous, directly associated with crystalline Andradite that, due to its intense color, gives a good contrast to the Imayoshiite. An exceptional specimen, worthy of any museum. These specimens have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. To learn more about this species and the rest of the paragenesis discovered so far in this mine it is essential to read the article ‘Rare Borate Minerals from the Shijiangshan-Shalonggou Deposits, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China', whose authors are César Menor-Salván, Berthold Ottens and Ed Richard, featured in Rocks & Minerals, September/October 2021, volume 96, number 5
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (09/2021)
Specimen size: 11.7 × 9.6 × 6.8 cm = 4.61” × 3.78” × 2.68”
Price: €2200 / US$2355 / ¥312310 / AUD$3530

MAB88AO0: Imayoshiite with Axinite-(Fe)

New for 2021 and, in all probability, the best known so far for the species. Imayoshiite occurs as numerous very sharp crystals, with tabular shape and hexagonal contour, transparent, very lustrous and colorless to slightly yellow, together with small, very sharp Axinite-(Fe) crystals that are translucent and light brown. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. If you want to go deeper into the species and the paragenesis of this mine, you can consult the article by Menor-Salván, C.; Ottens, B.; Richard, E. “Rare borate minerals from the Shijiangshan-Shalonggou Deposits, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China.” Rocks & Minerals, 96(5) (September/October 2021)
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (09/2021)
Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.8 × 2.6 cm = 1.85” × 1.10” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.24” × 0.12”
Price: €460 / US$492 / ¥65300 / AUD$730

MRL46AO0: Imayoshiite with Bultfonteinite

New for 2021 and, in all probability, the best known so far for the species, with spheroidal growths of Bultfonteinite, of good size and pink color, with very sharp Imayoshiite crystals with tabular shape and hexagonal outline, transparent, very lustrous and colorless. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. If you want to go deeper into the species and the paragenesis of the mine, you can consult the article by Menor-Salván, C.; Ottens, B.; Richard, E. “Rare borate minerals from the Shijiangshan-Shalonggou Deposits, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China.” Rocks & Minerals, 96(5) (September/October 2021)
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (09/2021)
Specimen size: 7 × 6.2 × 4.7 cm = 2.76” × 2.44” × 1.85”
Price: €1400 / US$1498 / ¥198740 / AUD$2240

EPF67AN8: Imayoshiite with Bultfonteinite, Tobermorite (Group) and Andradite

A novelty in the summer of 2021 and, in all likelihood, the best known for the species thus far. Imayoshiite occurs in numerous very sharp crystals, with a tabular habit and hexagonal outline, transparent, very lustrous and colorless to slightly yellow, associated with spheroidal growths of pinkish Bultfonteinite, with small white fibrous coatings of Tobermorite (Group) and on an Andradite matrix. The specimens have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. To learn more about this species and the rest of the paragenesis discovered so far in this mine, it is essential to read the article 'Rare Borate Minerals from the Shijiangshan-Shalonggou Deposits, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China' whose authors are César Menor-Salván, Berthold Ottens and Ed Richard, featured in Rock & Minerals magazine of September/October 2021, volume 96, number 5
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (09/2021)
Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.7 × 2.8 cm = 1.34” × 1.06” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.6 cm = 0.51” × 0.24”
Price: €290 / US$310 / ¥41160 / AUD$460

EQT3AN6: Imayoshiite with Bultfonteinite, Tobermorite (Group) and Andradite

New in the summer of 2021 and by far the best known for the species thus far. Sharp crystals, of great size, with a tabular habit and hexagonal contour, very lustrous, transparent, colorless, with pinkish Bultfonteinite and small white coatings of Tobermorite (Group). The species have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (15/07/2021)
Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.3 × 2.9 cm = 2.05” × 1.30” × 1.14”
Price: €840 / US$899 / ¥119240 / AUD$1340

EFJ86AN6: Imayoshiite with Bultfonteinite, Tobermorite (Group) and Datolite (variety bakerite)

A novelty from the summer of 2021 and by far the best known for the species so far, in very sharp crystals, of large size, with a tabular habit and hexagonal outline, transparent, very lustrous, colorless, on matrix, associated with Andradite, pinkish Bultfonteinite and small white coatings of Tobermorite. The species have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (15/07/2021)
Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.4 × 2.8 cm = 2.09” × 1.73” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.5 cm = 0.31” × 0.20”
Price: €1600 / US$1712 / ¥227130 / AUD$2570

MZL29AO0: Imayoshiite with Bultfonteinite, Tobermorite (Group) y Andradite

New for 2021 and, in all probability, the best known so far for the species. Imayoshiite occurs as numerous very sharp crystals, with a tabular shape and hexagonal outline, transparent, very lustrous and colorless to slightly yellow, which occur together with spheroidal growths of pink-orange Bultfonteinite, with small white fibrous coatings of a Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite, on Andradite matrix. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. If you want to go deeper into the species and the paragenesis of this mine, you can consult the article by Menor-Salván, C.; Ottens, B.; Richard, E. “Rare borate minerals from the Shijiangshan-Shalonggou Deposits, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China.” Rocks & Minerals, 96(5) (September/October 2021)
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (09/2021)
Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.1 × 1.9 cm = 1.65” × 0.83” × 0.75”
Price: €440 / US$471 / ¥62460 / AUD$700

MFG10AO0: Imayoshiite with Bultfonteinite, Tobermorite (Group) y Andradite

New for 2021 and, in all probability, the best known so far for the species. Imayoshiite occurs as numerous very sharp crystals, with a tabular shape and hexagonal outline, transparent, very lustrous and colorless to slightly yellow, which occur together with spheroidal growths of pink-orange Bultfonteinite, with small white fibrous coatings of a Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite, on Andradite matrix. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. If you want to go deeper into the species and the paragenesis of this mine, you can consult the article by Menor-Salván, C.; Ottens, B.; Richard, E. “Rare borate minerals from the Shijiangshan-Shalonggou Deposits, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China.” Rocks & Minerals, 96(5) (September/October 2021).
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (09/2021)
Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.7 × 1.9 cm = 1.61” × 1.46” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.5 cm = 0.35” × 0.20”
Price: €580 / US$620 / ¥82330 / AUD$930

EJM67AN6: Imayoshiite with Bultfonteinite, Tobermorite (Group), Datolite (variety bakerite) and Andradite

A novelty from the summer of 2021 and by far the best known for the species so far, in very sharp crystals, of large size, with a tabular habit and hexagonal outline, transparent, with very bright luster, colorless, on matrix, associated with pinkish Bultfonteinite, Andradite and small white coatings of Tobermorite. A good size piece worthy of any Museum. The species have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (15/07/2021)
Specimen size: 9.7 × 5.8 × 3.6 cm = 3.82” × 2.28” × 1.42”
Price: €2300 / US$2462 / ¥326500 / AUD$3690

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