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PM96AJ5: Silver with Acanthite and Calcite

The sample on a massive Calcite matrix is uncommonly large. It has dendritic growths of very well defined elongated and bright crystals of native Silver with small crystals and aggregates of Acanthite.
Balcoll Mine, Falset, Comarca Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia Spain (11/2004)
Specimen size: 15.2 × 12.6 × 4.7 cm = 5.98” × 4.96” × 1.85”
Price: €1900 / US$2235 / JPY235730 / AUD$3070

TV27AL3: Silver with Acanthite and Calcite

Aggregate of very elongated Silver crystals, with pronounced twists (“wire”), recognizable terminal faces, along with isolated Acanthite crystals, all implanted on a matrix covered with transparent, bright and colorless Calcite crystals. An excellent high quality German classic.
Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen Germany (±1930)
Specimen size: 5 × 3.7 × 2.9 cm = 1.97” × 1.46” × 1.14”
Price: €2200 / US$2588 / JPY272950 / AUD$3550

ER94AK9: Silver with Acanthite and Quartz

Arborescent and aerial hooked growths of bright native Silver, on Quartz matrix with cuboid growths of Acanthite.
The specimen comes from the Christian Mondeilh collection (No. 0760/2006), whose label we will send to the buyer. Unlike other Imiter Silvers, it has very good aesthetics and good definition in the arborescent crystals.
Imiter Mine, shaft P3, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (±2006)
Specimen size: 6.6 × 4.9 × 2.7 cm = 2.60” × 1.93” × 1.06”
Price: €960 / US$1129 / JPY119100 / AUD$1550

EA9Y2: Silver with Actinolite

From an exceptional find in 2010 that provided excellent samples of Silver with Actinolite. In this case it is an aggregate of thick and elongated Silver crystals with very well defined faces and edges that are on a matrix of fibrous Actinolite. The Actinolite has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Bouismas, Tazenakht, Bou Azzer District, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2010)
Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.7 × 2.7 cm = 1.85” × 1.46” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”
Price: €400 / US$470 / JPY49620 / AUD$640

EB89Y2: Silver with Actinolite

From an exceptional find in 2010 that provided excellent samples of Silver with Actinolite. In this case it is an aggregate of thick and elongated Silver crystals with very well defined faces and edges that are on a matrix of fibrous Actinolite. The Actinolite has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Bouismas, Tazenakht, Bou Azzer District, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2010)
Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.1 × 2.3 cm = 1.85” × 1.22” × 0.91”
Price: €490 / US$576 / JPY60790 / AUD$790

ED51Y2: Silver with Actinolite

From an exceptional find in 2010 that provided excellent samples of Silver with Actinolite. In this case with an aggregate of thick and elongated Silver crystals with very well defined faces and edges and on a matrix of fibrous Actinolite. The Actinolite has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What’s New in the Mineral World?’ section, report #35, August 14, 2013 edition.
Bouismas Mine, Bouismas, Tazenakht, Bou Azzer District, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2010)
Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.4 × 2.5 cm = 2.13” × 1.73” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.4 cm = 0.39” × 0.16”
Price: €640 / US$753 / JPY79400 / AUD$1030

AA63P9: Silver with amorphous hydrated (Si-Mn)

Wire growths of very much elongated crystals that have a good luster and are on matrix.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru (01/2001)
Specimen size: 4.2 × 4 × 4.4 cm = 1.65” × 1.57” × 1.73”
Price: €650 / US$764 / JPY80640 / AUD$1050

ET10AA7: Silver with Arsenopyrite silver-rich Tennantite and Pearceite

A curiosity: columnar Silver growths with only slightly defined crystalline surfaces, on matrix, with associated Arsenopyrite, silver-rich Tennantite and Pearceite. All the species on the sample have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the results to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Bouismas, Tazenakht, Bou Azzer District, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (04/2014)
Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.9 × 1.3 cm = 0.87” × 0.75” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.6 cm = 0.51” × 0.24”
Price: €70 / US$82 / JPY8680 / AUD$110

EH92AD7: Silver with Calcite

A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux- Mines 2016. Very aerial arborescent growth, on a Calcite matrix, of bright crystals with their faces slightly deformed but well defined. No similar samples are known from this mine.
Tamdrost Mine, Bou Azzer District, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (01-02/2016)
Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.6 × 2.6 cm = 2.24” × 1.81” × 1.02”
Price: €780 / US$917 / JPY96770 / AUD$1260

SM390NZ: Silver with Calcite

Native Silver plate with fine granules on the surface and Calcite coatings. Of excellent color despite the passing of the years, which seems to indicate the absence of the mercury that usually accompanies Imiter specimens.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco
Specimen size: 12.5 × 5.2 × 1.4 cm = 4.92” × 2.05” × 0.55”
Price: €390 / US$458 / JPY48380 / AUD$630

DM48AI0: Silver with Copper

Floater and dendritic growth of very well defined and bright Silver crystals partially coated, especially at the tips of each crystal, by native Copper.
White Pine Mine, White Pine, Ontonagon County, Michigan USA
Specimen size: 2.9 × 2 × 0.2 cm = 1.14” × 0.79” × 0.08”
Price: €380 / US$447 / JPY47140 / AUD$610

CR46AI3: Smithsonite

Druse of rhombohedral Smithsonite crystals on matrix. They are well defined with fine growth striations and are translucent, bright and have a uniform and attractive pinkish color.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region Namibia
Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.7 × 3.1 cm = 1.65” × 1.46” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.39” × 0.28”
Price: €110 / US$129 / JPY13640 / AUD$170

NA86AK5: Smithsonite

From a collection displayed for the first time at Munich 2019: Doubly terminated Smithsonite crystals with the morphology known as “rice grain” caused by pronounced curvatures of the faces and edges, on matrix. The crystals are translucent, bright, and white.
The specimen is from the Miguel David Martínez collection (No. 543), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Mina el Lirio, Cabezo de Ponce, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Murcia, Region of Murcia Spain (2018)
Specimen size: 10.7 × 5.2 × 4.8 cm = 4.21” × 2.05” × 1.89”
Price: €180 / US$211 / JPY22330 / AUD$291

MM37AG9: Smithsonite

Botryoidal Smithsonite with a very aerial character, with a pale blue color and areas with intense blue shades. The sample is very typical for Kelly Mine samples, an American classic.
Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico USA
Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.8 × 3 cm = 2.01” × 1.89” × 1.18”
Price: €220 / US$258 / JPY27290 / AUD$350

NY77AL5: Smithsonite

Aggregate of sharp Smithsonite crystals with a rhombohedral habit, between translucent and transparent and much brighter than usual in Smithsonite. A Namibian classic from a historic locality.
Berg Aukas, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region Namibia
Specimen size: 5 × 4.3 × 2.9 cm = 1.97” × 1.69” × 1.14”
Price: €270 / US$317 / JPY33490 / AUD$430

TR98AL3: Smithsonite

Aggregate of rhombohedral Smithsonite crystals with lenticular habit that form very marked uniaxial growths. The crystals, translucent and bright, have a yellowish-white color.
The sample has been analyzed and comes from the Rock H. Currier collection (No. 3399) whose label we will send to the buyer.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region Namibia
Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.8 × 3.2 cm = 1.61” × 1.10” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.20” × 0.20”
Price: €360 / US$423 / JPY44660 / AUD$580

XM45NX: Smithsonite

Spheroidal growths of small Smithsonite crystals with distinct forms, translucent, lustrous, yellowish in color, on matrix. Excellent quality for a Spanish Smithsonite.
Hermosa Mine (Sel de Haya Mine), Sel del Haya, Cobijón, Udías, Comarca Costa occidental, Cantabria Spain (2006)
Specimen size: 4.8 × 4 × 2.6 cm = 1.89” × 1.57” × 1.02”
Price: €45 / US$52 / JPY5580 / AUD$72

HM90NB: Smithsonite

Doubly terminated Smithsonite crystals, on matrix, with the classic “rice grain” morphology caused by the pronounced curvatures on the faces and edges.
The crystals are translucent white, with good luster. The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (nº 542) whose label we will send to the buyer.
Mina el Lirio, Cabezo de Ponce, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Murcia, Region of Murcia Spain (2018)
Specimen size: 7.6 × 6.8 × 2.5 cm = 2.99” × 2.68” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.20” × 0.12”
Price: €90 / US$105 / JPY11160 / AUD$140

XM150TA: Smithsonite

Botryoidal aggregate of Smithsonite, actually formed by crystals with completely rounded faces and edges. It is deep green in color, with good luster, on matrix.
El Refugio Mine, Choix, Municipio Choix, Sinaloa Mexico
Specimen size: 9.2 × 5.8 × 5.7 cm = 3.62” × 2.28” × 2.24”
Price: €150 / US$176 / JPY18610 / AUD$242

HM1800MC: Smithsonite

Botryoidal growth of Smithsonite, translucent, lustrous, and of an intense blue color with greenish tones. An American classic of excellent quality and size.
Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico USA
Specimen size: 14.7 × 10.8 × 8 cm = 5.79” × 4.25” × 3.15”
Price: €1800 / US$2117 / JPY223320 / AUD$2910

TM27AB5: Smithsonite

Aggregate, on matrix, of translucent rhombohedral Smithsonite crystals with a deep brown color and slightly orange shades. A classic from Namibia with great quality.
Berg Aukas, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region Namibia
Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.2 × 2.9 cm = 1.89” × 1.65” × 1.14”
Price: €230 / US$270 / JPY28530 / AUD$370

TP50AH6: Smithsonite (variety cadmium)

Druse of Smithsonite crystals on matrix. They have the dominant form of a rhombohedron, with very well defined faces and edges and a soft orange color due to the presence of cadmium. This cadmian Smithsonite variety is surely the rarest found at Tsumeb.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region Namibia
Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.9 × 3 cm = 2.09” × 1.54” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.39” × 0.39”
Price: €450 / US$529 / JPY55830 / AUD$720

MR50AL6: Smithsonite (variety cobaltoan) with Quartz and Pyrite

Group of rhombohedral crystals, with a lenticular habit, of Smithsonite with slight curvatures on faces and edges and of a uniform and intense pink color (cobalt-bearing variety), on matrix. Associated with small crystals of transparent Quartz and Pyrite.
This high quality specimen comes from the prestigious Desmond Sacco collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region Namibia (±1980)
Specimen size: 10 × 8.8 × 3.7 cm = 3.94” × 3.46” × 1.46”
Price: €4600 / US$5412 / JPY570720 / AUD$7430

NF56AF2: Smithsonite after Calcite

Smithsonite growths pseudomorphous after scalenohedral Calcite crystals. The color is between brown and yellow and their edges are bordered by botryoidal growths which are partially coated by white Hemimorphite. In spite of the fact that the Smithsonite and the Hemimorphite from this mine are well known, to our knowledge there are no references about these Smithsonite-Calcite pseudomorphs.
Argayón Mine, Robriguero, Panes, Peñamellera Baja, Comarca Oriente, Asturias, Principality of Asturias Spain (12/2016)
Specimen size: 11.3 × 9.4 × 5.6 cm = 4.45” × 3.70” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 6.6 × 4.5 cm = 2.60” × 1.77”
Price: €160 / US$188 / JPY19850 / AUD$250

EM92AA5: Smithsonite after Calcite

Perimorphic microbotryoidal Smithsonite growths, very rich in reddish inclusions, very probably of Hematite, coating the scalenohedral forms of a group of Calcite crystals. Like so many specimens in this collection, this one is of great quality for the locality.
Tiny-Arenas Mine, Oridda Valley, Fluminimaggiore, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna Italy
Specimen size: 11 × 8.8 × 4.5 cm = 4.33” × 3.46” × 1.77”
Price: €780 / US$917 / JPY96770 / AUD$1260

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