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A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Bundles of elongated lathe-like Azurite crystals, transparent, with a very bright luster and vivid blue color reminiscent of the “electric blue” of the best specimens from Milpillas. On matrix, with Quartz. The specimen comes from finds in 2021 in the Tazalarht area.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region Morocco (2021)
Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.4 × 3.9 cm = 1.89” × 1.34” × 1.54”
Price: €340 / US$364 / ¥48260 / AUD$540

TJ68AN2: Azurite with Quartz

A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Bundles of elongated lathe-like Azurite crystals, transparent, with a very bright luster and vivid blue color reminiscent of the “electric blue” of the best specimens from Milpillas. On matrix, with Quartz. The specimen comes from finds in 2021 in the Tazalarht area.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region Morocco (2021)
Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.6 × 5.8 cm = 2.52” × 2.20” × 2.28”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.2 cm = 0.28” × 0.08”
Price: €390 / US$417 / ¥55360 / AUD$620

TF49AN2: Azurite with Quartz

A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Bundles of elongated lathe-like Azurite crystals, transparent, with a very bright luster and vivid blue color reminiscent of the “electric blue” of the best specimens from Milpillas. On matrix, with Quartz. The specimen comes from finds in 2021 in the Tazalarht area.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region Morocco (2021)
Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.3 × 4.2 cm = 2.44” × 1.69” × 1.65”
Price: €420 / US$449 / ¥59620 / AUD$670

E76ZI7: Azurite with Quartz

Groups of short prismatic crystals. They are very bright and have an exceptional color that enhances the contrast with the matrix of white Quartz. Oumjrane (or Oumjerane) is less well known than Touissit and it produced few very interesting specimens.
Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (1996)
Specimen size: 8.6 × 6.5 × 6.6 cm = 3.39” × 2.56” × 2.60”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”
Price: €110 / US$117 / ¥15610 / AUD$170

11TX87: Azurite, Malachite

Aggregate of thick lenticular azurite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, with slight curvatures and the deep "electric blue" color typical of the best Milpillas specimens, somewhat transparent on the edges, with an intense luster. This aggregate is partially covered by fibrous Malachite crystals with a silky luster. A very balanced and aesthetic piece, from an already closed locality.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (12/2013)
Specimen size: 3.2 × 3.1 × 2.2 cm = 1.26” × 1.22” × 0.87”
Price: €260 / US$278 / ¥36900 / AUD$410

9EK56: Azurite, Malachite after Cuprite

Nodule of Azurite crystals of simple shapes, very sharp, with Malachite pseudomorphs after small octahedral crystals of Cuprite. A French classic, the type locality for azurite, with sharper and brighter crystals than usual.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France
Specimen size: 3.0 × 2.9 × 2.3 cm = 1.18” × 1.14” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.24” × 0.16”
Price: €150 / US$160 / ¥21290 / AUD$240

21NBX36: Azurite, Quartz, Fluorite

Crystalline mass of quartz with an open vug carpeted by Quartz and Fluorite crystals, where elongated individual crystals of translucent Azurite stand out with a very vivid and deep color, most of them doubly terminated, offering a beautiful color contrast with the matrix. From the Llamas Quarry, where Azurite was already known but not with this quality.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias) Spain (2018)
Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.1 × 3.3 cm = 2.44” × 2.01” × 1.30”
Price: €120 / US$128 / ¥17030 / AUD$190

SM70MF: Ba-rich Microcline (variety hyalophane)

Crystal with multiple Manebach twins, translucent and shiny.
Zagradski Potok Mine, Zagradski Creek, Busovača, Central Bosnia, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia-Herzegovina (1989-1990)
Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.8 × 2.4 cm cm = 1.14” × 1.10” × 0.94”
Price: €70 / US$74 / ¥9930 / AUD$110

EFE88AP2: Babingtonite on Prehnite and Quartz

Botryoidal growths of Prehnite, translucent and intense green in color, with coatings of small, very sharp Babingtonite crystals, on a matrix of very lustrous water-clear Quartz crystals.
Babingtonite occurrences, Qiaojia, Zhaotong Prefecture, Yunnan Province China (06/2022)
Specimen size: 8 × 3.1 × 3.3 cm = 3.15” × 1.22” × 1.30”
Price: €350 / US$374 / ¥49680 / AUD$560

MX97G5: Babingtonite with Calcite and Quartz

Crystals, very definite and bright, grown on a Quartz group standing on a Calcite crystal. We’ll give a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Babingtonite occurrences, Qiaojia, Zhaotong Prefecture, Yunnan Province China (2005)
Specimen size: 6.5 × 4 × 4.3 cm = 2.56” × 1.57” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”
Price: €290 / US$310 / ¥41160 / AUD$460

MD89AK0: Babingtonite with Quartz, Prehnite and Analcime

Group of very sharp Babingtonite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with very well defined faces and edges, very bright and on a matrix of transparent Quartz crystals. Also there are groups of green spheroidal Prehnite crystals and white trapezohedral Analcime crystals. Specimens of such quality are already classics for global mineralogy.
Babingtonite occurrences, Qiaojia, Zhaotong Prefecture, Yunnan Province China (2010)
Specimen size: 14.7 × 12.5 × 5.9 cm = 5.79” × 4.92” × 2.32”
Price: €3800 / US$4068 / ¥539440 / AUD$6100

9MJ47: Babingtonite, Quartz

Group of Quartz crystals, the largest of them doubly terminated, with transparent terminations, among which Babingtonite crystals have grown with well-defined black faces and edges, with a good luster. The group with the two largest Quartz crystals has grown on a spheroidal Prehnite crystal, with a pale green color that gives subtlety to the whole piece. This type of specimen appears in cavities in basalt that covers a large part of the provinces of Sichuan and Yunnan, in China.
Babingtonite occurrences, Qiaojia, Zhaotong Prefecture, Yunnan Province China (2005)
Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.4 × 3.7 cm = 1.89” × 1.34” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 0.9 cm = 1.22” × 0.35”
Price: €220 / US$235 / ¥31230 / AUD$350

TC65NT: Baryte

Group of very sharp tabular Baryte crystals, translucent and with a white color. The specimen comes from the first finds of quality material at the locality (between September 2002 and March 2003)
El Telegrama adit, La Beltraneja concession, Cortijuelo Mines, Bacares, Comarca Valle del Almanzora, Almería, Andalusia Spain (09/2002-03/2003)
Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.6 × 2.4 cm = 2.01” × 1.42” × 0.94”
Price: €65 / US$69 / ¥9220 / AUD$104

21DBX11: Baryte

Aggregate of leafy Baryte crystals with well-defined faces and edges of a creamy white color with intense pink tonalities. Coming from a classic Catalan locality in the Montseny massif, this specimen comes from the Lluís Daunis collection which in the 1970s to ‘80s was a reference collection for local field collectors in the Barcelona area.
Matagalls Mine (Sant Marçal Mines), Sant Marçal, Viladrau, Comarca Osona, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya Spain
Specimen size: 6.9 × 5.6 × 3.0 cm = 2.72” × 2.20” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.47” × 0.31”
Price: €70 / US$74 / ¥9930 / AUD$110

10TP13: Baryte

Aggregate of tabular crystals with very well defined faces and edges, transparent, with bright luster and yellow color, with darker color zoning at the crystal terminations. The mine was operated to extract lead from Galena. A classic of Italian mineralogy.
Silius, Metropolitan City of Cagliari, Sardinia/Sardegna Italy
Specimen size: 7 × 5.5 × 4.0 cm = 2.76” × 2.17” × 1.57”
Price: €85 / US$91 / ¥12060 / AUD$130

TTA14AN4: Baryte

Group of very sharp lamellar Baryte crystals, translucent, with good luster and a uniform yellow color. The specimen, of high quality for the locality, comes from the Alain Martaud collection.
La Barre Mine, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, Pontgibaud, Saint-Ours, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France (1997)
Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.3 × 2.4 cm = 2.56” × 2.09” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.87” × 0.43”
Price: €90 / US$96 / ¥12770 / AUD$140

TC90NX: Baryte

Very aerial and perfect group of sharp Baryte crystals, between lamellar and tabular, translucent, with good luster and a uniform celestial blue color. The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 400), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias) Spain (2015)
Specimen size: 5.9 × 3.8 × 3.7 cm = 2.32” × 1.50” × 1.46”
Price: €90 / US$96 / ¥12770 / AUD$144

SM90N: Baryte

Rosette growths of highly profiled tabular crystals, orange to reddish in color.
Victoria Mine, Cabezo de San Ginés, El Estrecho de San Ginés, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (1985)
Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.9 × 2.5 cm cm = 2.32” × 1.93” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.2 cm cm = 1.22” × 0.87”
Price: €90 / US$96 / ¥12770 / AUD$140

TLM16AP2: Baryte

Aggregate of Baryte crystals with a tabular habit, one of them clearly dominant and doubly terminated, with a slight bluish color and more transparent areas towards the termination of the crystal. The specimen has a somewhat higher quality than what is usually found in that mine, where Baryte is not the most prominent species. This specimen comes from the collection of Alain Martaud whose label we will send to the buyer.
Marsanges Mine, La Grande Faille, Langeac, Brioude, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France (±1965)
Specimen size: 7.4 × 4.5 × 3.2 cm = 2.91” × 1.77” × 1.26”
Price: €95 / US$101 / ¥13480 / AUD$150

HM120ND: Baryte

Druse of very sharp lamellar Baryte crystals, translucent and with a light cream color. A classic of Spanish mineralogy.
Julia Mine, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (2020)
Specimen size: 12 × 8 × 2.3 cm = 4.72” × 3.15” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.59” × 0.39”
Price: €120 / US$128 / ¥17030 / AUD$192

NR16AC9: Baryte

Aggregate of very sharp tabular Baryte crystals with zones that have a dominant sky blue color and others with a white color and geometric zones on the edges.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias) Spain (2011)
Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.6 × 3 cm = 2.44” × 2.20” × 1.18”
Price: €120 / US$128 / ¥17030 / AUD$190

TC2140NR: Baryte

Floater group of fine tabular Baryte crystals, one of them clearly dominant, translucent and with an intense and uniform sea-blue color.
San Jorge mining group, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (2015)
Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.9 × 2.7 cm = 2.05” × 1.93” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 2.4 cm = 1.38” × 0.94”
Price: €140 / US$149 / ¥19870 / AUD$220

TJE56AP4: Baryte

Aggregate of Baryte crystals between lamellar and tabular, very sharp, with good luster and a deep blue color and with 'phantoms'. The specimen comes from a locality that was once very popular due to the intense color of its barytes, and was in the Miguel David Martínez collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
San Jorge mining group, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (2005)
Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.2 × 3.7 cm = 1.77” × 1.26” × 1.46”
Price: €150 / US$160 / ¥21290 / AUD$240

TC150NY: Baryte

Group of very sharp tabular Baryte crystals, translucent and with a white color with areas of pale blue. This specimen comes from the first finds of quality material at the locality (between September 2002 and March 2003)
El Telegrama adit, La Beltraneja concession, Cortijuelo Mines, Bacares, Comarca Valle del Almanzora, Almería, Andalusia Spain (09/2002-03/2003)
Specimen size: 9.4 × 5.4 × 4.5 cm = 3.70” × 2.13” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1 cm = 0.79” × 0.39”
Price: €150 / US$160 / ¥21290 / AUD$240

EFM66AO0: Baryte

Very aerial growth with book-like aggregates of lamellar Baryte crystals, flattened, very sharp, with curvatures, translucent and with a color between yellow and brown.
Lubin Mine, Lubin, Lubin District, Legnica, Lower Silesia Poland
Specimen size: 8.3 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm = 3.27” × 0.98” × 0.59”
Price: €160 / US$171 / ¥22710 / AUD$250

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