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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, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya Spain (12/2001)
Specimen size: 11.0 × 5.7 × 2.7 cm = 4.33” × 2.24” × 1.06”
Price: €50 / US$53 / ¥7090 / AUD$80

10DQ: Quartz (variety smoky), Chlorite

Quartz crystals (variety smoky), one of them clearly dominant, doubly terminated, with well-defined faces and edges, with external and internal inclusions of deep green Chlorite crystals, which give some of the Quartz crystal faces a rough appearance
Dodo Mine, Saranpaul, Khanty-Mansi Okrug, Tyumen Oblast Russia
Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.0 × 1.9 cm = 1.54” × 0.79” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 1.9 cm = 1.42” × 0.75”
Price: €40 / US$42 / ¥5670 / AUD$60

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 / ¥12770 / AUD$140

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 / ¥19870 / AUD$220

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”
Price: €230 / US$246 / ¥32650 / AUD$360

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”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.02” × 0.94”
Price: €280 / US$299 / ¥39740 / AUD$440

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”
Price: €560 / US$599 / ¥79490 / AUD$890

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”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 2 cm = 0.83” × 0.79”
Price: €420 / US$449 / ¥59620 / AUD$670

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, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya Spain (2003-2008)
Specimen size: 7.1 × 4 × 2.9 cm = 2.80” × 1.57” × 1.14”
Price: €50 / US$53 / ¥7090 / AUD$80

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$171 / ¥22710 / AUD$250

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$182 / ¥24130 / AUD$270

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”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.6 cm = 1.02” × 0.63”
Price: €230 / US$246 / ¥32650 / AUD$360

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”
Price: €130 / US$139 / ¥18450 / AUD$200

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”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 1.1 cm = 1.73” × 0.43”
Price: €110 / US$117 / ¥15610 / AUD$170

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$1177 / ¥156150 / AUD$1760

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$182 / ¥24130 / AUD$270

NMP87AO6: Quartz with Calcite

Very elongated individual Quartz crystal, with the characteristic Dauphine habit. Transparent, lustrous, with inclusions and very aerial and complex Calcite crystals with selective color zoning, implanted between the prism and the terminations of the Quartz.The specimen comes from the Santiago Jiménez collection, basically dedicated to Spanish localities but with good specimens from other countries too.
Diamantina, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais Brazil
Specimen size: 13.7 × 2.9 × 2.3 cm = 5.39” × 1.14” × 0.91”
Price: €280 / US$299 / ¥39740 / AUD$440

JFD196AP3: Quartz with Calcite

Its form is a luxury. The Quartz crystal is long and has a deep twist enabling us to imagine it as a very showy arch, even more so for being on a kind of natural base, also formed of Quartz. Of all the Alpine finds in the Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne area, this one stands out for its attractive deformity.
Le Noirey, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France (1980)
Specimen size: 11.7 × 7.7 × 4.6 cm = 4.61” × 3.03” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 11.2 × 2.3 cm = 4.41” × 0.91”
Price: €340 / US$364 / ¥48260 / AUD$540

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), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2014)
Specimen size: 12.4 × 4.4 × 2.8 cm = 4.88” × 1.73” × 1.10”
Price: €220 / US$235 / ¥31230 / AUD$350

SV260MRB: Quartz with Calcite and Pyrite inclusions

Quartz crystal with well developed prism and termination, slightly translucent, with very sharp faces and edges and partially covered by small rhombohedral Calcite crystals, and with Pyrite inclusions visible mainly on the back of the piece.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2022)
Specimen size: 11.2 × 8.2 × 6.8 cm = 4.41” × 3.23” × 2.68”
Price: €260 / US$278 / ¥36900 / AUD$410

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, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain
Specimen size: 12.2 × 8.2 × 5.8 cm = 4.80” × 3.23” × 2.28”
Price: €230 / US$246 / ¥32650 / AUD$360

EXT37AP3: Quartz with Chalcopyrite

A good size druse of elongated, transparent, colorless and very lustrous Quartz crystals with a very well defined La Gardette habit, associated with partially altered disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals. An important find from one of the great classic French localities.
À Giraud Mine, La Gardette mining area, Villard-Nôtre-Dame, Le Bourg d'Oisans, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France (2018-2019)
Specimen size: 16 × 14.2 × 6.1 cm = 6.30” × 5.59” × 2.40”

Main crystal size: 5.7 × 1 cm = 2.24” × 0.39”
Price: €2200 / US$2355 / ¥312310 / AUD$3530

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$149 / ¥19870 / AUD$224

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, Lérida / Lleida, Catalonia / Catalunya 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$128 / ¥17030 / AUD$190

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$364 / ¥48260 / AUD$540

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