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Small but very sharp tabular Mimetite crystals of excellent quality. Grouped or isolated, they always have very well defined faces and edges, are bright and have a very intense and uniform yellow color and are on a limonite matrix with botryoidal growths of Beudantite in micro-crystals. Both the Mimetite and Beudantite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia Spain (09-10/2011)
Specimen size: 3.1 × 1.9 × 2.2 cm = 1.22” × 0.75” × 0.87”
Price: €70 / US$74 / ¥9930 / AUD$110

TP96AL3: Mimetite with Calcite

Very sharp tabular crystals, with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, bright, with an intense yellow color and on matrix.
Gowd Mine, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province Iran (08/2015)
Specimen size: 6 × 5.9 × 1.9 cm = 2.36” × 2.32” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.12” × 0.12”
Price: €190 / US$203 / ¥26970 / AUD$305

TM96AH3: Mimetite with Calcite

The most innovative of this Iranian Mimetite sample is, undoubtedly, its sharpness and that its tabular crystals have a color, a transparency and a luster that are unusual for the species. In this concrete case we must note their esthetic growth on a matrix of white Calcite crystals.
Gowd Mine, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province Iran (08/2015)
Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.5 × 4 cm = 1.93” × 1.77” × 1.57”
Price: €220 / US$235 / ¥31230 / AUD$350

TC2230TDT: Mimetite with Calcite

Druse of Mimetite crystals with a short prismatic habit, many of them doubly terminated, with a bright luster and an intense yellow color, on a Calcite matrix. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Gowd Mine, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province Iran (08/2015)
Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.4 × 2.7 cm = 1.46” × 0.94” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.39” × 0.20”
Price: €230 / US$246 / ¥32650 / AUD$360

TE57AE7: Mimetite with Calcite

Very sharp Mimetite crystals that are mostly tabular, with a yellowish-orange color, translucent, extraordinarily bright and on a matrix of white Calcite crystals.
Gowd Mine, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province Iran (08/2015)
Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.9 × 3.5 cm = 1.42” × 1.14” × 1.38”
Price: €230 / US$246 / ¥32650 / AUD$360

ME97Y3: Mimetite with Calcite

Short arborescent growths of dipyramidal crystals with notable curved faces and edges. They have an intense yellow color and are on a limonite matrix with small Calcite crystals. Of very good quality for the locality.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango Mexico
Specimen size: 8.5 × 5.2 × 3.9 cm = 3.35” × 2.05” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”
Price: €260 / US$278 / ¥36900 / AUD$410

TC86AK0: Mimetite with Goethite

With a different presentation than other more common Mexican Mimetites, here it forms spheroidal aggregates on a Goethite matrix of crystals with a very sharp pyramidal habit, with good terminations, very bright and with a very intense yellow-orange color.
The piece comes from the collection of José Luis Vallecillo, from Madrid.
Potosí Mine, Santo Domingo (Francisco Portillo), Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua Mexico
Specimen size: 9.4 × 8.1 × 5.1 cm = 3.70” × 3.19” × 2.01”
Price: €260 / US$278 / ¥36900 / AUD$410

11EN13: Mimetite, limonite

With a presentation different from that of other more common Mexican Mimetites, this one forms spheroidal aggregates, on a Goethite matrix, of crystals with a very acute pyramidal habit, with good terminations, with a bright luster and an intense yellow-orange color, highlighting the color contrast with the darker limonitic matrix.
Potosí Mine, Santo Domingo (Francisco Portillo), Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua Mexico
Specimen size: 11.0 × 10.5 × 4.0 cm = 4.33” × 4.13” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.20” × 0.20”
Price: €90 / US$96 / ¥12770 / AUD$140

NNB16AO6: Nagyágite on Rhodochrosite

Groups of lamellar and lustrous Nagyágite crystals on a matrix with pale pink Rhodochrosite coatings. The specimen, a European classic from the type locality for the species, comes from the collection of Ignacio Gaspar Sintes (number NAG-2), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Sacarîmb (Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara Romania
Specimen size: 5.5 × 5.5 × 3.5 cm = 2.17” × 2.17” × 1.38”
Price: €1100 / US$1177 / ¥156150 / AUD$1760

NP46AN0: Nagyágite with Quartz

Unusually sharp lamellar crystals of Nagyágite and large for the species, somewhat lustrous, on a Quartz matrix. The specimen, from one of the great classical localities for the species, comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection (number NAG-8), whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Sacarîmb (Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara Romania (±1850)
Specimen size: 8.5 × 7.5 × 4.5 cm = 3.35” × 2.95” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.59” × 0.39”
Price: €2400 / US$2569 / ¥340700 / AUD$3850

TZ66AK3: Nickeline

Aggregate of well defined crystals, some of them extraordinarily sharp, something quite rare for the species. Lustrous and with a little matrix on the back. A rarity from a classic locality.
Pöhla, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen Germany
Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.8 × 1.9 cm = 0.91” × 0.71” × 0.75”
Price: €150 / US$160 / ¥21290 / AUD$240

NH60Z1: Octahedral Fluorite

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 / Catalunya Spain
Specimen size: 6.2 × 6.1 × 4.3 cm = 2.44” × 2.40” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.28” × 0.28”
Price: €55 / US$58 / ¥7800 / AUD$80

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$406 / ¥53940 / AUD$610

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)

Price: €430 / US$460 / ¥61040 / AUD$690

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”
Price: €460 / US$492 / ¥65300 / 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”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.6 cm = 1.18” × 1.02”
Price: €175 / US$187 / ¥24840 / AUD$280

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”
Price: €140 / US$149 / ¥19870 / AUD$220

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$385 / ¥51100 / AUD$570

MZF99AO2: Olivenite

Growths of small acicular Olivenite crystals with a very vivid satiny luster, a deep and uniform green color, on matrix and with Quartz. This specimen is an excellent English classic from the Paul Sainfeld collection.
Wheal Gorland, Saint Day, Camborne - Redruth - Saint Day District, Cornwall England / United Kingdom
Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.1 × 2.7 cm = 2.20” × 1.61” × 1.06”
Price: €540 / US$578 / ¥76650 / AUD$860

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”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.47” × 0.08”
Price: €540 / US$578 / ¥76650 / 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$1927 / ¥255520 / AUD$2890

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$2569 / ¥340700 / AUD$3850

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$74 / ¥9930 / AUD$110

MB89AJ8: Olivenite with Quartz

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$406 / ¥53940 / AUD$610

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”
Price: €3200 / US$3425 / ¥454270 / AUD$5140

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