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HM90DC: Quartz (variety smoky) with Albite

Quartz crystal (smoky variety), very aerial, transparent, with good luster and a very deep color, on a matrix of small, sharp white crystals of Albite.
The specimen comes from the Daunis collection, which in the 70-80s was a reference for field collectors, especially for Catalan localities.
Les Mallorquines, Sils, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya Spain
Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.2 × 2.6 cm = 2.01” × 1.26” × 1.02”
Price: €90 / US$96 / ¥14550 / AUD$151

NA47AM7: Quartz (variety smoky) with Albite and Microcline

Very sharp smoky Quartz crystal, between transparent and translucent, with bright luster and very intense and uniform smoky tones, on a matrix of Albite and Microcline. From a little-known locality from which very few specimens were preserved, this being one of the best.
Els Saulons Quarry, Bigues i Riells, Comarca Vallès Oriental, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya Spain (2015)
Specimen size: 11.1 × 6.7 × 6 cm = 4.37” × 2.64” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 11 × 6.7 cm = 4.33” × 2.64”
Price: €240 / US$256 / ¥38820 / AUD$400

LK91AK2: Quartz (variety smoky) with Epidote

A good example of what is expected of an Alpine fissure Smoky Quartz, for its transparency, intense luster and depth of color. Associated with some small Epidote crystals. The sample is from the Philippe Morelon collection (No. 766), whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Pointe des Périades, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France (07/2010)
Specimen size: 10.9 × 9.7 × 9.2 cm = 4.29” × 3.82” × 3.62”
Price: €640 / US$683 / ¥103530 / AUD$1070

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”

Main crystal size: 8.8 × 5.7 cm = 3.46” × 2.24”
Price: €460 / US$491 / ¥74410 / AUD$770

9TN37N4: 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. Highlight the large number of inclusions of an unknown nature. For specialized collectors in minerals rich in inclusions.
Diamantina, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais Brazil (2007)
Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.4 × 4.2 cm = 3.31”
Price: €170 / US$181 / ¥27500 / AUD$280

SM130DAJ: Quartz (variety smoky) with inclusions and Orthoclase

Group of Quartz crystals (smoky variety), one of them clearly dominant and partially doubly terminated, with a normal termination at the lower end and a parallel polycrystalline growth in the upper part. The group, very rich in inclusions, conserves remains of an Orthoclase matrix. The specimen comes from the Lluís Daunis collection.
(La Cabrera pluton), La Cabrera, Comarca Sierra Norte, Community of Madrid Spain (±1970)
Specimen size: 9.6 × 4.3 × 4 cm = 3.78” × 1.69” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 8.2 × 4.3 cm = 3.23” × 1.69”
Price: €130 / US$138 / ¥21030 / AUD$210

TC280DGR: Quartz (variety smoky) with Mica and Microcline

Single crystal of Quartz (smoky variety) bright, transparent, with a dense smoky color and with a little bit of Microcline matrix with Mica. We will send the buyer the autographed label from the Daunis collection.
Les Mallorquines, Sils, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya Spain
Specimen size: 6.5 × 2 × 1.6 cm = 2.56” × 0.79” × 0.63”
Price: €80 / US$85 / ¥12940 / AUD$130

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, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya 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$117 / ¥17790 / AUD$180

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 / Catalunya Spain (2015)
Specimen size: 13.7 × 9.5 × 6.6 cm = 5.39” × 3.74” × 2.60”
Price: €210 / US$224 / ¥33970 / AUD$350

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, 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$85 / ¥12940 / AUD$130

21DLX14: Quartz (variety smoky), Quartz, Microcline

Group of Quartz crystals (smoky variety), two of them clearly dominant and interpenetrated, one of them with polycrystalline growths and with the peculiarity of being partially covered by a second generation of Quartz. With traces of Microcline and some contacts in the upper part of the specimen that do not affect the beauty of the whole, one more curiosity obtained by Lluís Daunis from whom the specimen comes and whose handwritten label we will send to the buyer.
Sils, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya Spain
Specimen size: 8.3 × 4.9 × 3.4 cm = 3.27” × 1.93” × 1.34”
Price: €90 / US$96 / ¥14550 / AUD$150

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, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (1980-1985)
Specimen size: 10.5 × 7.8 × 9 cm = 4.13” × 3.07” × 3.54”
Price: €140 / US$149 / ¥22640 / AUD$230

SV31600EEE: Quartz after Fluorite

We've been offering minerals through a screen for 27 years. What better way to end our offers online than by offering a mineralogical screen!

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Goodbye, it's been fantastic!!!

Akassi, Tazarout, Sidi Rahal area, El Kelaâ des Sraghna Province, Marrakech-Safi Region Morocco (03/2023)
Specimen size: 28 × 21 × 11.5 cm = 11.02” × 8.27” × 4.53”
Price: [SOLD]

SV3120ETX: Quartz after Fluorite

Not something new, but with this delicate color and amazing architecture these Quartz/Fluorite pseudomorphs caught my attention at Sainte Marie 2023 for being so different from what was known before. The Sidi Rahal area seems to be a source of unimaginable structures that only Nature knows how to create.
Akassi, Tazarout, Sidi Rahal area, El Kelaâ des Sraghna Province, Marrakech-Safi Region Morocco (01/2023)
Specimen size: 8 × 6.2 × 5.9 cm = 3.15” × 2.44” × 2.32”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3.5 cm = 1.57” × 1.38”
Price: €120 / US$128 / ¥19410 / AUD$200

SV3150EPX: Quartz after Fluorite

Not something new, but with this delicate color and amazing architecture these Quartz/Fluorite pseudomorphs caught my attention at Sainte Marie 2023 for being so different from what was known before. The Sidi Rahal area seems to be a source of unimaginable structures that only Nature knows how to create.
Akassi, Tazarout, Sidi Rahal area, El Kelaâ des Sraghna Province, Marrakech-Safi Region Morocco (01/2023)
Specimen size: 12.4 × 9.4 × 7.2 cm = 4.88” × 3.70” × 2.83”
Price: €150 / US$160 / ¥24260 / AUD$250

SV3220EZP: Quartz after Fluorite

Not something new, but with this delicate color and amazing architecture these Quartz/Fluorite pseudomorphs caught my attention at Sainte Marie 2023 for being so different from what was known before. The Sidi Rahal area seems to be a source of unimaginable structures that only Nature knows how to create.
Akassi, Tazarout, Sidi Rahal area, El Kelaâ des Sraghna Province, Marrakech-Safi Region Morocco (01/2023)
Specimen size: 12.1 × 8.7 × 9.8 cm = 4.76” × 3.43” × 3.86”

Main crystal size: 10.2 × 6 cm = 4.02” × 2.36”
Price: €220 / US$235 / ¥35580 / AUD$360

MRB52AP9: Quartz after Fluorite with Quartz

Complete sphere of microcrystalline Quartz, pseudomorph after a spheroidal Fluorite, blue-green in color, on a Quartz matrix. Unlike any other we have seen before.
Anxi, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province China (2017)
Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.8 × 6.4 cm = 3.03” × 2.68” × 2.52”
Price: €740 / US$790 / ¥119700 / AUD$1240

SV230MLH: Quartz coating Fluorite

Group of octahedral Fluorite crystals completely covered by microcrystals of very lustrous Quartz that perfectly preserves the morphology of the Fluorite crystals. They are arranged on a rock matrix fully carpeted by an earlier generation of Quartz crystals. This material was unknown until now from this locality.
Ruijin, Ganzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province China (09/2022)
Specimen size: 10.1 × 8 × 5.4 cm = 3.98” × 3.15” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.9 cm = 0.79” × 0.75”
Price: €230 / US$245 / ¥37200 / AUD$380

SV280MFF: Quartz coating Fluorite

Group of octahedral Fluorite crystals completely coated by very lustrous Quartz microcrystals that perfectly preserve the morphology of the Fluorite crystals. One of the crystals preserves part of the original greenish Fluorite, as can be seen on the left side of the specimen. They are arranged in a matrix of rock completely coated by an earlier generation of Quartz crystals. This material was unknown until now at this locality.
Ruijin, Ganzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province China (09/2022)
Specimen size: 9.3 × 5.4 × 4.4 cm = 3.66” × 2.13” × 1.73”
Price: €280 / US$299 / ¥45290 / AUD$470

SV560MXA: Quartz coating Fluorite

Group of octahedral Fluorite crystals completely covered by microcrystals of very lustrous Quartz that perfectly preserves the morphology of the Fluorite crystals. They are arranged in a rock matrix fully covered by an earlier generation of Quartz crystals.
Ruijin, Ganzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province China (09/2022)
Specimen size: 11.3 × 7.6 × 5.1 cm = 4.45” × 2.99” × 2.01”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.02” × 1.02”
Price: €560 / US$598 / ¥90590 / AUD$940

SV420MMB: Quartz coating Fluorite with Hematite

Pair of very sharp octahedral Fluorite crystals completely covered by very lustrous Quartz microcrystals that perfectly preserve the Fluorite crystal morphology. They are arranged in a matrix of rock totally covered by an earlier generation of Quartz crystals, some of them with dark inclusions of Hematite. This material was unknown until now at this locality.
Ruijin, Ganzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province China (09/2022)
Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.1 × 3.5 cm = 1.93” × 1.61” × 1.38”
Price: €420 / US$448 / ¥67940 / AUD$700

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$170 / ¥25880 / AUD$260

XM2230RTF: Quartz scepter (variety amethyst)

Triplet of Quartz (amethyst variety) scepter crystals on Quartz (smoky variety) crystals with well-defined faces and edges and an intense amethyst hue on the crystal termination. A curiosity, since the specimen comes from an abandoned locality that has now been converted into an amusement park.
Eonyang, Gyeongsangnam-do South Korea
Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.5 × 2 cm = 1.34” × 0.98” × 0.79”
Price: €230 / US$245 / ¥37200 / AUD$380

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$138 / ¥21030 / AUD$210

NQQ16AO0: Quartz with Albite

Group of Quartz crystals with Albite, very aerial, translucent and lustrous. From a little-known locality from which not too many specimens have been preserved.
Embalse de Orellana, Orellana la Vieja, Comarca Vegas Altas, Badajoz, Extremadura Spain
Specimen size: 6.9 × 6.6 × 5.4 cm = 2.72” × 2.60” × 2.13”
Price: €110 / US$117 / ¥17790 / AUD$180

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