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MV29AG9: Sphalerite with Quartz, Pyrite and Galena

Very sharp and twinned Sphalerite crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They are very bright and are on matrix with small Quartz and Pyrite crystals, and colorless very clear Fluorite crystals. The shape of this Sphalerite is quite different than other Sphalerites from this mine.
Naica Mine, Naica, Municipio Saucillo, Chihuahua Mexico
Specimen size: 11.5 × 6.3 × 6 cm = 4.53” × 2.48” × 2.36”
Price: €380 / US$404 / ¥62000 / AUD$620

NVA13AN9: Sphalerite with Siderite

Twinned crystals of Sphalerite with very sharp and extraordinarily lustrous crystal forms, on a matrix covered by rhombohedral Siderite crystals. Very unusual for the locality. This specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 775) whose label we will send to the buyer.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (2012)
Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.46” × 1.38” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”
Price: €80 / US$85 / ¥13050 / AUD$130

19TXL36: Sphalerite, Arsenopyrite, Quartz, Dolomite

Druse formed by complex twinned crystals of lustrous deep black Sphalerite with perfectly defined faces and edges, with marked striations on some of the crystal faces and some dissolution figures. These are associated with groups of complex and scattered twinned crystals of Arsenopyrite with a metallic grey color, as well as Quartz crystals. Finally, a globular growth formed by a multitude of slightly pinkish white Dolomite crystals adorn the piece with their color contrast. The Trepča mining complex is one of the largest polymetallic deposits in the world and for many years produced exceptional specimens, and still now, of Sphalerite as well as various combinations of sulphides and carbonates, as shown by this specimen from the former Ferat Voca collection.
Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District Kosovo (2000-2021)
Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.1 × 4.9 cm = 2.83” × 2.40” × 1.93”
Price: €110 / US$117 / ¥17940 / AUD$180

19TTX62: Sphalerite, Calcite

Aggregate of complex twinned crystals of Sphalerite with a deep black color, good luster, and perfectly defined faces and edges, with marked striations on some of the crystal faces and some dissolution figures. Partially covered by a multitude of whitish Calcite crystals in rosette-like aggregates with strong color contrast. The Trepča mining complex is one of the largest polymetallic deposits in the world and for many years it has provided exceptional Sphalerites as well as varied combinations of sulphides and carbonates as shown in this specimen from the former collection of Ferat Voca.
Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District Kosovo (2000-2021)
Specimen size: 8.2 × 6.6 × 3.3 cm = 3.23” × 2.60” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 0.67” × 0.63”
Price: €70 / US$74 / ¥11420 / AUD$110

21NFR16: Sphalerite, Dolomite

Group of complex Sphalerite crystals with a very distinct and smooth face. They are transparent, with good luster and a very vivid honey color that contrasts with the matrix of snow-white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. A classic of Spanish mineralogy.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 4.3 × 4.2 × 1.8 cm = 1.69” × 1.65” × 0.71”
Price: €95 / US$101 / ¥15500 / AUD$150

3N96: Sphalerite, Dolomite, Siderite

Druse of small, complex, twinned Sphalerite crystals, shiny and transparent and with a very deep honey color. The matrix is partially coated by small, white Dolomite crystals and rhombohedral Siderite crystals. This mine is currently abandoned and flooded, and its old galleries are completely inaccessible.
Troya Mine, Mutiloa, Comarca Goyerri, Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Euskadi) Spain (1985)
Specimen size: 10.2 × 9.8 × 5.5 cm = 4.02” × 3.86” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.7 cm = 0.43” × 0.28”
Price: €180 / US$191 / ¥29360 / AUD$290

9N96EK0: Sphalerite, Galena, Dolomite

Group of very sharp, twinned crystals of excellent honey color and luster on a matrix very rich in Galena and Dolomite. Due to the appearance and the association with Galena it looks different that the usual specimens from Áliva, but it is really from there
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 9.4 × 6.6 × 4.6 cm = 3.70”
Price: €170 / US$181 / ¥27730 / AUD$270

3N13: Sphalerite, Quartz

Complex sphalerite crystals, dark in color, shiny, on small very bright Quartz crystals, on limestone matrix. From a not so well-known locality.
María Luisa Mine, La Mesa y Cortijo del Perete, La Nava, Comarca Sierra de Huelva, Huelva, Andalusia Spain (09/2014)
Specimen size: 11.2 × 8.0 × 3.5 cm = 4.41” × 3.15” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”
Price: €80 / US$85 / ¥13050 / AUD$130

BLA86AO5: Spinel with Calcite

Very sharp octahedral crystal of Spinel (ruby spinel variety), whose growth appears flattened by one of the faces being more developed than the rest. Between transparent and translucent, with good luster and a very vivid and uniform red color, on Calcite matrix.
Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division) Myanmar (Burma)
Specimen size: 5.1 × 5 × 4.5 cm = 2.01” × 1.97” × 1.77”
Price: €1800 / US$1917 / ¥293680 / AUD$2950

EAR26AP3: Spinel with Clintonite

Floater group of very sharp octahedral Spinel crystals, translucent, with good luster and an intense pink color and with small white coatings of Clintonite. Its “architecture” is great!
An Phu, Luc Yen, Yenbai Province Vietnam (±2006)
Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.9 × 3 cm = 2.05” × 1.54” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2 × 2 cm = 0.79” × 0.79”
Price: €1200 / US$1278 / ¥195790 / AUD$1960

TAZ76AO3: Stannite with Muscovite and Arsenopyrite

Group on matrix of lustrous dark grey Stannite crystals whose faces and edges show very pronounced curvatures. The Stannite contrasts with the lamellar crystals of Muscovite and the crystals of Arsenopyrite, which are very sharp and have a lighter metallic tone. We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province China
Specimen size: 2.3 × 2 × 2.1 cm = 0.91” × 0.79” × 0.83”
Price: €170 / US$181 / ¥27730 / AUD$270

TFR1AO8: Stibiconite

Very aerial Stibiconite pseudomorph after a Stibnite crystal, with perfectly defined crystal forms and excellent terminations. On matrix, covered by pale pink scalenohedra of Calcite.
Real de Catorce (Catorce), Catorce Mountains, Municipio Catorce, San Luis Potosí Mexico
Specimen size: 15 × 9.1 × 5 cm = 5.91” × 3.58” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 10 × 1.8 cm = 3.94” × 0.71”
Price: €680 / US$724 / ¥110940 / AUD$1110

MD87AH7: Stibiconite with Calcite

Stibiconite pseudomorph after a previous Stibnite crystal with an elongated prismatic shape, with a double termination and partially coated by small Calcite crystals. Because the definitive species designation is still under discussion, we prefer to use the classic name Stibiconite for these samples, a Mexican classic.
Real de Catorce (Catorce), Catorce Mountains, Municipio Catorce, San Luis Potosí Mexico
Specimen size: 19 × 2 × 1.4 cm = 7.48” × 0.79” × 0.55”
Price: €280 / US$298 / ¥45680 / AUD$450

XM130EC: Stibnite with Calcite

Very aerial radial aggregate of Stibnite crystals, on a Calcite matrix, with very well defined crystal forms, excellent terminations and with the typical Baiut habit, short and flattened.
The specimen comes from the Uwe Niemeyer collection.
Baiut, Maramures Romania (±1970)
Specimen size: 6 × 4.8 × 3.8 cm = 2.36” × 1.89” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.9 cm = 0.79” × 0.35”
Price: €130 / US$138 / ¥21210 / AUD$210

EJ27AC5: Stibnite with Calcite

Aggregate of very bright Stibnite crystals on a Calcite matrix, with very well defined faces and edges and showing the characteristic habit of the crystals of Stibnite from this mine, very short, flattened and with excellent terminations. They are on a Calcite matrix, with Baryte.
Baiut, Maramures Romania (±1970)
Specimen size: 5.6 × 5.4 × 5.6 cm = 2.20” × 2.13” × 2.20”
Price: €220 / US$234 / ¥35890 / AUD$360

TBF56AP8: Stibnite with Quartz

Centered groups of elongated and slightly flattened Stibnite crystals, lustrous and very aesthetic. Bolivian stibnites from this locality are not very common.
Salvadora Mine, Yarvicoya, Municipio Caracollo, Cercado Province, Oruro Department Bolivia
Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.6 × 1.4 cm = 2.52” × 1.81” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 0.3 cm = 1.77” × 0.12”
Price: €150 / US$159 / ¥24470 / AUD$240

HM220TA: Strontianite with Dolomite and Calcite

Parallel growths of Strontianite crystals, many of them doubly terminated, translucent, with bright luster, and slightly yellow color. On a matrix covered by rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with small twinned Chalcopyrite crystals.
Dreislar Mine, Dreislar, Winterberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.4 × 3.5 cm = 2.87” × 2.13” × 1.38”
Price: €220 / US$234 / ¥35890 / AUD$360

SR29AL8: Strontianite with Magnesite

Centered aggregate of Strontianite crystals with a very acute dipyramidal habit unusual in this deposit that is a great classic for the species and on Magnesite matrix.
The specimen is from the Francesco S. Stoppani collection (no. 1089), whose label we will send to the buyer. As is usual in this collection, the specimen is of high quality for the locality.
Oberdorf an der Laming, Laming Valley, Bruck an der Mur, Styria/Steiermark Austria
Specimen size: 10.7 × 6.8 × 4.2 cm = 4.21” × 2.68” × 1.65”
Price: €360 / US$383 / ¥58730 / AUD$590

TC80AA: Sulphur

On matrix, a large crystal of Sulphur with relatively well defined faces and edges and hopper growths, between translucent and transparent, in an excellent state of preservation.
San Felipe, Mexicali, Baja California, Baja California Mexico
Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.1 × 1.6 cm = 1.42” × 0.83” × 0.63”
Price: €80 / US$85 / ¥13050 / AUD$130

NVX68AO5: Sulphur with Calcite

Isolated Sulphur crystals with very sharp crystal forms and with polycrystalline growths, translucent, with good luster and a very vivid color. On a matrix of Calcite microcrystals. The specimen comes from the collection of Santiago Jiménez who, especially in the 1980s and '90s, put together an excellent collection with a very good representation of the mineralogy of northern Spain.
Agrigento (Girgenti) Province, Sicily Italy
Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.6 × 3.7 cm = 3.31” × 2.60” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.3 cm = 0.98” × 0.91”
Price: €340 / US$362 / ¥55470 / AUD$550

TG67AL5: Sulphur with Calcite

Group on matrix of Calcite of Sulphur crystals with sharp faces and edges, bright and with changes in color, between yellow and orange. A Sicilian classic. The specimen is accompanied by an old label that does not include the original collection.
Enna (Castrogiovanni), Enna Province, Sicily Italy
Specimen size: 9.2 × 6.8 × 2.5 cm = 3.62” × 2.68” × 0.98”
Price: €480 / US$511 / ¥78310 / AUD$780

TC2120DLM: Sulphur with Celestine

Floater Sulphur crystal with a truncated bipyramidal shape, with polycrystalline growths on their faces, translucent, with good luster and a very vivid color and with small white Celestine coatings. With label from the Lluís Daunis collection.
Racalmuto Mine, Racalmuto, Agrigento (Girgenti) Province, Sicily Italy
Specimen size: 3.4 × 3.2 × 2.1 cm = 1.34” × 1.26” × 0.83”
Price: €120 / US$127 / ¥19570 / AUD$190

TC2150DRB: Sulphur with Celestine

Group of Sulphur crystals with a truncated bipyramidal shape and with sharp crystal forms. Translucent, with good luster, a very vivid color and a small matrix with Celestine crystals. With a label from Lluís Daunis collection.
Racalmuto Mine, Racalmuto, Agrigento (Girgenti) Province, Sicily Italy
Specimen size: 5 × 4.4 × 2.8 cm = 1.97” × 1.73” × 1.10”
Price: €150 / US$159 / ¥24470 / AUD$240

22TXA62: Sulphur, Celestine

Sulphur crystal of rhombic morphology with irregular faces and rounded edges, with an intense and uniform yellowish tone, partially carpeted by whitish, opaque to semi-translucent Celestine crystals, a typical association for these mineral species at this classic Italian deposit. The specimen comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and is accompanied by a handwritten label that will be sent to the buyer.
Agrigento (Girgenti) Province, Sicily Italy
Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.9 × 3.0 cm = 2.83” × 1.93” × 1.18”
Price: €75 / US$79 / ¥12230 / AUD$120

EPT99AP1: Talmessite coating Calcite and with Calcite

A novelty from China. Calcite crystals coated by Talmessite with pinkish tones, more or less reddish depending on the area of the specimen. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Lanping, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province China (07/2022)
Specimen size: 11.8 × 11.6 × 9.2 cm = 4.65” × 4.57” × 3.62”
Price: €780 / US$830 / ¥127260 / AUD$1280

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