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DC89AJ0: Quartz (variety smoky) with Ferberite

Parallel growth of very sharp Quartz (smoky variety) crystals. They are partially doubly terminated, transparent, very bright, with inclusions, and are on a matrix of crystallized Ferberite with small Pyrite crystals.
The sample was in the Desmond Sacco collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Kara-Oba, Betpak-Dala (Bet-Pak-Dala) Desert, Karaganda Region Kazakhstan
Specimen size: 10.3 × 5.4 × 6.8 cm = 4.06” × 2.13” × 2.68”
Price: €460 / US$546 / JPY59580 / AUD$700

EX76AD2: Quartz (variety smoky) with Hematite inclusions

Single smoky Quartz crystal, transparent, very bright and with a very deep and uniform color, with Hematite inclusions on its terminal faces and with very visible right-handed rhombohedral faces.
Uri Switzerland (1992)
Specimen size: 6.5 × 3.6 × 2.7 cm = 2.56” × 1.42” × 1.06”
Price: €180 / US$214 / JPY23310 / AUD$270

TN37N4: Quartz (variety smoky) with inclusions and Chlorite

Floater group of crystals, all them doubly terminated, bright, with very well defined faces and edges and very rich in Chlorite inclusions.
Diamantina, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais Brazil (11/2007)
Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.4 × 4.2 cm = 3.31” × 2.52” × 1.65”
Price: €230 / US$273 / JPY29790 / AUD$350

DD16AH2: Quartz (variety smoky) with Microcline

Quartz crystal with very well defined parallel growths, with a very deep smoky color, very bright and with Microcline on the matrix.
The Daunis collection was, in the 70’s and the 80’s, a reference for the local prospectors of the Barcelona area.
Les Mallorquines, Sils, Comarca La Selva, Girona / Gerona, Catalonia Spain
Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.4 × 3.6 cm = 2.68” × 1.73” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 6.8 × 3.9 cm = 2.68” × 1.54”
Price: €110 / US$130 / JPY14240 / AUD$160

NB27AJ5: Quartz (variety smoky) with Microcline

Very well defined smoky Quartz crystals with shades between gray and brown and on matrix with sharp Microcline crystals. From a more or less well-known locality but where only a few samples of this quality were collected.
Can Berenguer Hill, Gualba, Comarca Vallès Oriental, Barcelona, Catalonia Spain (2015)
Specimen size: 13.7 × 9.5 × 6.6 cm = 5.39” × 3.74” × 2.60”
Price: €210 / US$249 / JPY27200 / AUD$320

DL13AH2: Quartz (variety smoky) with Orthoclase

Two partially doubly terminated Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant, very flattened, with fine superficial recrystallization of the same Quartz, and with parallel growths of Orthoclase crystals.
The Daunis collection was, in the 70’s and the 80’s, a reference for the local prospectors of the Barcelona area.
(La Cabrera pluton), La Cabrera, Comarca Sierra Norte de Madrid, Madrid, Community of Madrid Spain (±1970)
Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.8 × 2.7 cm = 2.48” × 1.89” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 6.3 × 3 cm = 2.48” × 1.18”
Price: €80 / US$95 / JPY10360 / AUD$120

3N57: Quartz (variety smoky), Albite, Microcline

Crystals of very deeply colored smoky Quartz, transparent and shiny, with a little Microcline and Albite matrix, with some leafy growths of Muscovite.
Mas Sever Quarry, Massabè (Mas Ceber), Sils, Comarca La Selva, Girona / Gerona, Catalonia Spain (12/2001)
Specimen size: 11.0 × 5.7 cm = 4.33” × 2.24”
Price: €50 / US$59 / JPY6470 / AUD$70

XM140TC: Quartz after Aragonite

Group of crystals, very aerial and on matrix, of Quartz pseudomorphs after Aragonite, an unusual substitution and, in this case, also very aesthetic. The crystals have recognizable crystal shapes, and are translucent and white. The specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Los Pajaritos-Cabezo de Don Juan Ravine, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Murcia, Region of Murcia Spain (1980-1985)
Specimen size: 10.5 × 7.8 × 9 cm = 4.13” × 3.07” × 3.54”
Price: €140 / US$166 / JPY18130 / AUD$210

TC190TR: Quartz double terminated with inclusions

Floater doubly terminated Quartz crystal, transparent, lustrous, and with abundant hydrocarbon inclusions. A Spanish classic.
Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Asturias, Principality of Asturias Spain
Specimen size: 8.4 × 4 × 3.3 cm = 3.31” × 1.57” × 1.30”
Price: €190 / US$225 / JPY24610 / AUD$290

TC50NM: Quartz on Microcline

Doubly terminated Quartz crystal with curiously deformed faces in which different growth phases can be appreciated, marked by changes in transparency and coloration. On a Microcline matrix with highly recrystallized faces.
Mas Sever Quarry, Massabè (Mas Ceber), Sils, Comarca La Selva, Girona / Gerona, Catalonia Spain (2003-2008)
Specimen size: 7.1 × 4 × 2.9 cm = 2.80” × 1.57” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 2.8 cm = 1.85” × 1.10”
Price: €50 / US$59 / JPY6470 / AUD$70

EB16AL8: Quartz scepter (variety amethyst)

Scepter growth of a transparent Quartz crystal very lustrous, with phantom growths, abundant inclusions and a very vivid amethyst color with smoky colored areas distributed irregularly in the crystal. Of the best possible quality for the locality, which is not very well known.
Chibuku Mine, Zambezi Valley, Mashonaland West Zimbabwe (2018)
Specimen size: 4.2 × 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 1.65” × 0.55” × 0.47”
Price: €110 / US$130 / JPY14240 / AUD$160

EG66AL8: Quartz scepter (variety amethyst)

Scepter growth of a transparent Quartz crystal very shiny, with phantom growths, abundant inclusions and a very vivid color, between dominant smoky tones and amethyst violet irregularly distributed in the crystal. On a doubly terminated crystal of colorless Quartz with abundant inclusions. Of the best possible quality for the locality, which is not very well known.
Chibuku Mine, Zambezi Valley, Mashonaland West Zimbabwe (2018)
Specimen size: 7.4 × 2.1 × 1.4 cm = 2.91” × 0.83” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.63” × 0.51”
Price: €160 / US$190 / JPY20720 / AUD$240

EE76AL8: Quartz scepter (variety amethyst)

Scepter growth of a dominant Quartz crystal with a smaller doubly terminated lateral crystal, both transparent. Very lustrous, with phantom growths, abundant inclusions and a very vivid color distributed unevenly in the crystal. Of the best possible quality for the locality, which is not very well known.
Chibuku Mine, Zambezi Valley, Mashonaland West Zimbabwe (2018)
Specimen size: 6 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 2.36” × 0.87” × 0.67”
Price: €170 / US$202 / JPY22020 / AUD$260

EC36AL8: Quartz scepter (variety smoky and amethyst)

Scepter growth of a transparent Quartz crystal with good luster and phantom growths, abundant inclusions and a very vivid amethyst color with smoky colored areas distributed irregularly in the crystal. Of the best possible quality for the locality, which is not very well known.
Chibuku Mine, Zambezi Valley, Mashonaland West Zimbabwe (2018)
Specimen size: 4.7 × 1.8 × 1.5 cm = 1.85” × 0.71” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.8 cm = 0.91” × 0.71”
Price: €130 / US$154 / JPY16840 / AUD$199

TA26AH1: Quartz with Anatase and Chlorite inclusions

A novelty at Tucson 2018. Group of Quartz crystals that are transparent, bright, have cavernous forms on some of their faces and one of them a very well defined scepter. They have Chlorite inclusions and small and very bright Anatase crystals on their surfaces. Just superb!
Sainj Valley, Manihar Valley, Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh India (06/2017)
Specimen size: 20 × 11.3 × 8.3 cm = 7.87” × 4.45” × 3.27”
Price: €1100 / US$1308 / JPY142490 / AUD$1690

NK96AJ5: Quartz with Arsenopyrite, Marcasite, Siderite, Calcite and Muscovite

Single Quartz crystal with a very aerial growth of Marcasite-Arsenopyrite, leafy Muscovite growths, and crystals of small lenticular Siderite and white Calcite.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal (2004)
Specimen size: 10.1 × 8.8 × 3.9 cm = 3.98” × 3.46” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 9.1 × 6.3 cm = 3.58” × 2.48”
Price: €170 / US$202 / JPY22020 / AUD$260

TC220MF: Quartz with Calcite and Dolomite

Parallel growths of Quartz crystals with dipyramidal habit and scepter terminations. Some of the crystals apparently lack prism faces, which has sometimes led to the erroneous belief that they are β-Quartz. The crystals, rich in inclusions, are partially covered by small white Calcite-Dolomite crystals.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2014)
Specimen size: 12.4 × 4.4 × 2.8 cm = 4.88” × 1.73” × 1.10”
Price: €220 / US$261 / JPY28490 / AUD$330

TT67AG0: Quartz with Calcite and Siderite

Group of Quartz crystals on matrix. They have a very short prism and are translucent with a pale amethyst color, and they are partially encrusted by white Calcite crystals and with small spheroidal Siderites.
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: 12.2 × 8.2 × 5.8 cm = 4.80” × 3.23” × 2.28”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.5 cm = 1.46” × 1.38”
Price: €230 / US$273 / JPY29790 / AUD$350

HM140EQ: Quartz with Chalcopyrite and Sphalerite

Water-clear Quartz crystals on a matrix of twinned Sphalerite crystals (variety marmatite) with very sharp disphenoidal crystals of Chalcopyrite
Former collection of Ignacio Hernández
Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures Romania
Specimen size: 8.3 × 4.5 × 2.3 cm = 3.27” × 1.77” × 0.91”
Price: €140 / US$166 / JPY18130 / AUD$210

DZ14AH6: Quartz with Chlorite

A prominent very clear and bright Quartz crystal that is partially coated by spheroidal Chlorite aggregates.
The Daunis collection was, in the 70’s and the 80’s, a reference for the local prospectors of the Barcelona area.
Llavorsí, Comarca Pallars Sobirà, Lleida / Lérida, Catalonia Spain
Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.8 × 7.5 cm = 2.83” × 2.28” × 2.95”

Main crystal size: 5 × 2.3 cm = 1.97” × 0.91”
Price: €120 / US$142 / JPY15540 / AUD$180

DB96AF9: Quartz with Chlorite

Parallel growth of doubly terminated, colorless and very clear crystals with a very visible faden nucleus and small Chlorite coatings. The area where these quartzes were found is currently buried by roadwork.
Llavorsí, Comarca Pallars Sobirà, Lleida / Lérida, Catalonia Spain
Specimen size: 6.3 × 6.2 × 3.9 cm = 2.48” × 2.44” × 1.54”
Price: €190 / US$225 / JPY24610 / AUD$290

TP62AD2: Quartz with Chlorite and Chlorite inclusions

Aggregate of Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant. They are very rich in Chlorite inclusions except in the terminal areas, where they are free of inclusions and completely transparent.
Ganesh Himal, Dhading District, Bagmati Pradesh Nepal (2014)
Specimen size: 8 × 3.1 × 2.5 cm = 3.15” × 1.22” × 0.98”
Price: €80 / US$95 / JPY10360 / AUD$120

TB88AJ3: Quartz with Chlorite inclusions

Group of Quartz crystals, two of them clearly dominant and having very different morphologies, some of them doubly terminated and flattened, and the other with de “Dauphiné” shape and rich with Chlorite inclusions.
Ganesh Himal, Dhading District, Bagmati Pradesh Nepal (12/2018)
Specimen size: 10.7 × 8.2 × 2.6 cm = 4.21” × 3.23” × 1.02”
Price: €340 / US$404 / JPY44040 / AUD$520

EQ14R9: Quartz with Fe-Mn oxides

Growths of Quartz crystals forming irregular bundles. The crystals are completely coated by intensely bright and iridescent oxides of iron and manganese. On a matrix of Quartz and Limonite.
Banská Štiavnica (Schemnitz), Banská Štiavnica District, Banská Bystrica Region Slovak Republic (2009)
Specimen size: 8.3 × 6.4 × 3.5 cm = 3.27” × 2.52” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.20” × 0.08”
Price: €90 / US$107 / JPY11650 / AUD$130

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$820 / JPY89380 / AUD$1060

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