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Groups of Proustite crystals of elongated prismatic habit, with excellent terminations, some of them polycrystalline, in Calcite matrix. These high quality crystals are transparent, brilliant, and with an extraordinary ruby red color with mauve tones, very characteristic of this find.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (12/2018)
Specimen size: 11.7 × 8.8 × 5.7 cm = 4.61” × 3.46” × 2.24”
Price: €3800 / US$4068 / ¥539440 / AUD$6100

EG91AM1: Proustite with Silver, Acanthite and Quartz

Very sharp, transparent, brilliant Proustite crystals with an intense and vivid color that partially cover hooked Silver wires. On matrix, with white Quartz crystals and small but very sharp octahedral crystals of Acanthite. In Imiter, it is very rare to find free-standing specimens in a vug like this one, which also has the unusual detail of the Silver wire coated with red Proustite crystals.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 43 of the 2020/02 edition.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (±2019)
Specimen size: 17.3 × 8.5 × 6.7 cm = 6.81” × 3.35” × 2.64”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”
Price: €6400 / US$6851 / ¥908540 / AUD$10280

AD6Z1: Pseudomalachite with Quartz

Botryoidal and microcrystalline growths of this relatively rare phosphate. They have a very deep and uniform color, are brighter than usual and they are on a Quartz matrix.
Miguel Vacas Mine, Vila Viçosa, Évora Portugal (±1980)
Specimen size: 6.5 × 6.3 × 5.7 cm = 2.56” × 2.48” × 2.24”
Price: €80 / US$85 / ¥11350 / AUD$120

TAM37AO3: Pyrargyrite

Group of Pyrargyrite crystals with elongated and very sharp prismatic crystal forms and excellent terminations, lustrous and aerial. We will send the specimen to the buyer in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Proaño Mine, Fresnillo de González Echeverría (Fresnillo), Municipio Fresnillo, Zacatecas Mexico
Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 0.71” × 0.55” × 0.51”
Price: €220 / US$235 / ¥31230 / AUD$350

NF48AN2: Pyrargyrite

Pyrargyrite crystal of good size with very marked parallel growths and flat terminations, and with a second generation of microcrystals of more Pyrargyrite. The specimen comes from the Ignacio Gaspar collection (number PIR-18), whose label we will send to the buyer. The crystal has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer too.
Zacatecas Mexico
Specimen size: 3 × 3 × 2 cm = 1.18” × 1.18” × 0.79”
Price: €280 / US$299 / ¥39740 / AUD$440

CV68AM5: Pyrargyrite

Group of crystals with a short prismatic habit and a very sharp hexagonal outline, with good terminations, and a bright luster. The specimen comes from the Carles Curto collection (number 1976.23), whose label and computer file we will send to the buyer.
Bad Schlema (Schlema), Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen Germany
Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.5 × 1.6 cm = 1.10” × 0.98” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.55” × 0.47”
Price: €360 / US$385 / ¥51100 / AUD$570

TV89AJ3: Pyrargyrite

Group of Pyrargyrite crystals with parallel growths, one of them clearly dominant, with very well defined faces and edges and with good terminal faces. They are translucent, extraordinarily bright, with vivid red reflections and are on a Quartz matrix.
San José Mine, San José del Progreso, Municipìo San José del Progreso, Ocotlán District, Valles Centrales Region, Oaxaca Mexico (2018)
Specimen size: 1.4 × 1.3 × 1.6 cm = 0.55” × 0.51” × 0.63”
Price: €440 / US$471 / ¥62460 / AUD$700

TK49AI5: Pyrargyrite

Aggregate of crystals, on a little matrix, with a prismatic shape and flat terminations that are very bright, translucent and have reddish reflections. It is from a locality that is very new in the mineral world and that is producing very good silver sulphosalts. The sample has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 37 of the 2018/02 edition.
San José Mine, San José del Progreso, Municipìo San José del Progreso, Ocotlán District, Valles Centrales Region, Oaxaca Mexico (01/2018)
Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.87” × 0.47” × 0.47”
Price: €440 / US$471 / ¥62460 / AUD$700

SM240VAE: Pyrargyrite on Calcite

Centered groups of prismatic Pyrargyrite crystals with very marked parallel growths, sharp crystal forms and excellent terminations. Translucent and on matrix, with rhombohedral Calcite crystals.
Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia Czech Republic
Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.6 × 2.7 cm = 2.24” × 1.81” × 1.06”
Price: €240 / US$256 / ¥34070 / AUD$380

EV97AI8: Pyrargyrite with Miargyrite

Group of very well defined and bright Pyrargyrite crystals partially coated by white Quartz and small but very well defined Miargyrite crystals. The Miargyrite has been analyzed. An excellent miniature. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
San José Mine, San José del Progreso, Municipìo San José del Progreso, Ocotlán District, Valles Centrales Region, Oaxaca Mexico (01/2018)
Specimen size: 2.5 × 2 × 1.2 cm = 0.98” × 0.79” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.67” × 0.12”
Price: €320 / US$342 / ¥45420 / AUD$510

SM90TR: Pyrargyrite with Miargyrite and Quartz

Short prismatic Pyrargyrite crystals, very well defined and with good terminations. On matrix, with Quartz, plus small crystals and coatings of Miargyrite.
San José Mine, San José del Progreso, Municipìo San José del Progreso, Ocotlán District, Valles Centrales Region, Oaxaca Mexico (01/2018)
Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.7 × 1.2 cm cm = 0.94” × 0.67” × 0.47”
Price: €90 / US$96 / ¥12770 / AUD$140

MP12AM8: Pyrite

Very aerial group on matrix of Pyrite crystals with cubic habit, with iridescence and very bright luster.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Roger Quarries, João Pessoa, Paraíba Brazil
Specimen size: 3.2 × 1.8 × 1.4 cm = 1.26” × 0.71” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.08” × 0.04”
Price: €60 / US$64 / ¥8510 / AUD$90

EV8AL0: Pyrite

Three-dimensional floater group of cubo-octahedral Pyrite crystals, lustrous, with very well defined faces and edges, growing as markedly parallel aggregates. An elegant miniature.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2017)
Specimen size: 1.7 × 1.6 × 1 cm = 0.67” × 0.63” × 0.39”
Price: €60 / US$64 / ¥8510 / AUD$90

EA13AM1: Pyrite

Very aerial aggregate of cubic Pyrite crystals with distinct polycrystalline growths, brilliant, and with curved faces and edges. Partially covered by small white Quartz crystals.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2020)
Specimen size: 5.4 × 5.2 × 2.8 cm = 2.13” × 2.05” × 1.10”
Price: €80 / US$85 / ¥11350 / AUD$120

TC140EK: Pyrite

Aggregate of cubic Pyrite crystals with distinct polycrystalline growths, very lustrous, with curved faces and edges.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2020)
Specimen size: 8.6 × 4.8 × 5.4 cm = 3.39” × 1.89” × 2.13”
Price: €140 / US$149 / ¥19870 / AUD$220

JFD106AO3: Pyrite

A very old Pyrite from Ambas Aguas, from the 1970s-80s, which not only has an oblong appearance, quite different from what we usually see from there, but has also maintained its pristine condition all these years, both in its previous collection as in mine, and it has even kept its original luster.
Ambas Aguas (Ambasaguas), Muro de Aguas, Comarca Arnedo, La Rioja Spain (±1970)
Specimen size: 4.8 × 4 × 3.8 cm = 1.89” × 1.57” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 3 cm = 1.22” × 1.18”
Price: €160 / US$171 / ¥22710 / AUD$250

TC2160NYM: Pyrite

Very sharp Pyrite crystals, aerial on the matrix and free from damage, something not always a given for specimens from this locality. The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 900), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Ampliación a Victoria Mine, De Alcarama Range, Navajún, Comarca Cervera, La Rioja Spain (2021)
Specimen size: 11.6 × 11.3 × 7.2 cm = 4.57” × 4.45” × 2.83”
Price: €160 / US$171 / ¥22710 / AUD$250

JFD75AO0: Pyrite

When I bought this very unusual piece I had many illusions because of its alleged rarity and, as often happens, analyses demolished my illusions. It's a Pyrite, just Pyrite, but it's weird as hell, right?
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal (±1988)
Specimen size: 7.1 × 3.9 × 3.7 cm = 2.80” × 1.54” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.6 cm = 1.22” × 1.02”
Price: €230 / US$246 / ¥32650 / AUD$360

EDX48AO0: Pyrite

Spheroidal nodules of Pyrite crystals with the dominant faces of the octahedron, very shiny, included in a carbonaceous matrix.
State Bridge area, Rocky Mountain, Eagle County, Colorado USA
Specimen size: 7.6 × 6.3 × 4.4 cm = 2.99” × 2.48” × 1.73”
Price: €320 / US$342 / ¥45420 / AUD$510

TF59AC9: Pyrite

Aggregate of very bright Pyrite crystals with dominant cube faces but very rich in other forms and with very well defined growth striations.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department Peru (08/2014)
Specimen size: 9.2 × 8.1 × 3.5 cm = 3.62” × 3.19” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.2 cm = 1.46” × 1.26”
Price: €390 / US$417 / ¥55360 / AUD$620

SV640MTF: Pyrite

Isolated crystal of Pyrite, very aerial on the matrix, with perfect shapes and marked striations on the faces of the cube, free of damage and very bright. A Spanish classic of great quality for the deposit.
Ampliación a Victoria Mine, De Alcarama Range, Navajún, Comarca Cervera, La Rioja Spain (2022)
Specimen size: 12.6 × 10.4 × 10.6 cm = 4.96” × 4.09” × 4.17”
Price: €640 / US$685 / ¥90850 / AUD$1020

CK36D3: Pyrite

Colored Pyrite with curved cubes covering a flat Calcite matrix.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal
Specimen size: 12 × 10 × 1.3 cm = 4.72” × 3.94” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.39” × 0.35”
Price: €135 / US$144 / ¥19160 / AUD$210

SM120NHB: Pyrite (octahedral)

Very sharp and lustrous octahedral Pyrite crystal growths. Curiously, octahedral pyrite is quite a rarity in Spanish mineralogy, especially in this case since it comes from a little-known Aragonese locality.
Carmen y Pura Group of mines, Foz-Calanda, Comarca Bajo Aragón, Teruel, Aragon Spain (01/2013)
Specimen size: 10.8 × 9.4 × 5.2 cm = 4.25” × 3.70” × 2.05”
Price: €120 / US$128 / ¥17030 / AUD$190

SV220NBX: Pyrite after Pyrrhotite

Group of Pyrrhotite crystals with hexagonal outlines, fully pseudomorphed by small, but very bright, Pyrite crystals covering the old crystals of Pyrrhotite, and with small carbonate crystals scattered on top of the Pyrite crystals. This association of sulfides and carbonates is a classic of this old mine in the La Union mining district.
Tomasa Mine, La Fortuna, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain
Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.5 × 4.4 cm = 3.31” × 2.56” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.9 cm = 1.18” × 0.75”
Price: €220 / US$235 / ¥31230 / AUD$350

HM140EC: Pyrite after Pyrrhotite and with Sphalerite

Druse of Pyrite crystals with a bright luster and a deformed cubic habit along with small faces of other crystal forms, pseudomorphic after Pyrrhotite crystals with a clearly hexagonal outline, and partially covered by twinned Sphalerite crystals.
Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District Kosovo (2012)
Specimen size: 8.6 × 5.6 × 3.7 cm = 3.39” × 2.20” × 1.46”
Price: €140 / US$149 / ¥19870 / AUD$224

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