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Cascading globular growths and well individualized crystals, of yellow color and intense brilliance, that contrast with the ocher limonite matrix. Adamite is a secondary mineral found in zinc deposits that also contain arsenic minerals.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango Mexico
Specimen size: 9.2 × 7 × 3.9 cm = 3.62”
Price: €180 / US$192 / ¥25550 / AUD$280

TFX16AP5: Adamite (variety Cu-bearing adamite)

Druse, on matrix, of short prismatic Adamite crystals, translucent and with a green color (copper-bearing variety). This specimen, very old and from one of the great classic Greek localities, comes from the collection of the Bally Museum.
Lavrion, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture Greece
Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.7 × 2.6 cm = 2.64” × 2.24” × 1.02”
Price: €100 / US$107 / ¥14190 / AUD$160

MA54AE9: Adamite (variety Cu-bearing adamite) with Calcite

Dipyramidal Adamite (cuprian variety) crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They have an intense green color with whitish areas, partially coated by colorless Calcite crystals and on a limonite matrix. A Mexican classic, very rare at Mapimí.
Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango Mexico
Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.3 × 3.2 cm = 2.52” × 2.09” × 1.26”
Price: €840 / US$899 / ¥119240 / AUD$1340

EA11Y6: Adamite (variety cuprian)

A novelty for 2013. Globular aggregates of micro-crystals with very intense green color, somewhat clearer in some areas, with very good luster and on a limonite matrix. The quality is excellent for the locality
Hilarion Mine, Hilarion area, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture Greece (05/2013)
Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.5 × 3.8 cm = 2.01” × 1.77” × 1.50”
Price: €60 / US$64 / ¥8510 / AUD$90

EB14Y6: Adamite (variety cuprian)

A novelty for 2013. Globular aggregates of micro-crystals with very intense and uniform green color, with very good luster and on limonite matrix. The quality is excellent for the locality.
Hilarion Mine, Hilarion area, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture Greece (05/2013)
Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.8 × 4.3 cm = 2.64” × 2.28” × 1.69”
Price: €90 / US$96 / ¥12770 / AUD$140

MC11X8: Adamite (variety cuprian) with Smithsonite

Spheroidal growths of Adamite (variety cuprian) in micro-crystals whose color is between green and bluish green. They are on limonite matrix, with white botryoidal Smithsonite. It is a rarity at the small Serpieri mine at Lavrion, not well known for collectible samples.
Serpieri Mine, Kamariza Mines, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture Greece (01/2013)
Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.4 × 1.6 cm = 1.38” × 1.34” × 0.63”
Price: €70 / US$74 / ¥9930 / AUD$110

JRM10AN8: Aegirine

Parallel growth of very sharp and lustrous complex Aegirine crystals with perfect terminations. Given its morphological rarity, the specimen has been analyzed, and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mount Malosa, Zomba District Malawi
Specimen size: 9.2 × 6.6 × 6.3 cm = 3.62” × 2.60” × 2.48”
Price: €580 / US$620 / ¥82330 / AUD$930

EM48AF8: Alabandite with Calcite

Group, on matrix, of octahedral Alabandite crystals that have their vertices truncated by cube faces and that show very well the Spinel-law twin. The length of the main crystal, clearly dominant, is extraordinary and it is unquestionably one of the largest ever found.
Uchucchacua Mine, level 300, ↓895 m., Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru (2010)
Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.6 × 3.6 cm = 2.05” × 1.81” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 3.4 cm = 1.38” × 1.34”
Price: €2700 / US$2890 / ¥383290 / AUD$4330

MC92T6: Alabandite with Calcite and Rhodochrosite

A really big crystal with a neat spinel law twin, a luster more intense than usual for the species, and partially coated by small crystals of Calcite.
Uchucchacua Mine, level 300, ↓895 m., Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru (09/2009)
Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.85” × 1.42” × 1.02”
Price: €740 / US$792 / ¥105050 / AUD$1180

TF16AN1: Alabandite with Rhodochrosite

Octahedral Alabandite crystals with a very well defined spinel-law twin, lustrous, on a Rhodochrosite matrix. We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru
Specimen size: 3 × 2.1 × 2.2 cm = 1.18” × 0.83” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.8 cm = 0.43” × 0.31”
Price: €110 / US$117 / ¥15610 / AUD$170

TX17S1: Alabandite with Rhodochrosite

Group of sharp octahedral crystals of Alabandite on matrix, with slightly pink Rhodochrosite.
Uchucchacua Mine, level 300, ↓895 m., Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru (09/2009)
Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.5 × 3 cm = 1.42” × 0.98” × 1.18”
Price: €220 / US$235 / ¥31230 / AUD$350

TD34S1: Alabandite with Rhodochrosite

Group of cubo-octahedral crystals of Alabandite with the spinel law twin. The crystals, of good size, are with slightly pink Rhodochrosite.
Uchucchacua Mine, level 300, ↓895 m., Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru (09/2009)
Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.8 × 2.8 cm = 1.89” × 1.89” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 0.71” × 0.47”
Price: €920 / US$984 / ¥130600 / AUD$1470

TFR86AP6: Albite with Chlorite

Parallel growth of two very sharp Albite crystals, extraordinarily flattened, transparent and very rich in Chlorite inclusions with a mossy habit. The specimen comes from the collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Pizzo Centrale, Airolo, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin) Switzerland
Specimen size: 5 × 3.5 × 0.7 cm = 1.97” × 1.38” × 0.28”
Price: €180 / US$192 / ¥25550 / AUD$280

22TRM10: Albite, Chlorite

Druse of Albite crystals, two of them clearly dominant, sharp and with well defined terminations, lustrous and snow-white, all of them dotted with multitudes of small Chlorite crystals. The specimen comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Pizzo Centrale, Airolo, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin) Switzerland
Specimen size: 3.0 × 2.3 × 1.2 cm = 1.18” × 0.91” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.9 cm = 0.43” × 0.35”
Price: €50 / US$53 / ¥7090 / AUD$80

TLM74AP5: Allargentum after Dyscrasite on Calcite

Arborescent growth of Allargentum pseudomorphs after Dyscrasite crystals, with the Dyscrasite crystal forms cleary visible, on a Calcite matrix. This specimen, from a very recent find last year, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2022)
Specimen size: 7.8 × 4.1 × 3.1 cm = 3.07” × 1.61” × 1.22”
Price: €790 / US$845 / ¥112140 / AUD$1260

MBH91AP5: Allargentum after Dyscrasite with Sphalerite, Pyrargyrite and Schachnerite on Calcite

Arborescent growth of Allargentum pseudomorphs after Dyscrasite crystals with easily visible Dyscrasite crystal forms. It sits on a Calcite matrix, with Sphalerite and small black crystals of Pyrargyrite and Schachnerite. This specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco
Specimen size: 6.6 × 3.6 × 2.7 cm = 2.60” × 1.42” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.6 cm = 0.59” × 0.24”
Price: €790 / US$845 / ¥112140 / AUD$1260

MHE96AP5: Allargentum on Calcite

Elongated parallel growths of very large and spectacular Allargentum crystals with mechanical curvatures, with brilliant luster, on a Calcite matrix. This specimen, from a very recent find last year, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (07/2022)
Specimen size: 12 × 5.7 × 4.4 cm = 4.72” × 2.24” × 1.73”
Price: €1700 / US$1820 / ¥241330 / AUD$2730

MLM47AP5: Allargentum on Calcite

Elongated parallel growths of very large and spectacular Allargentum crystals with mechanical curvatures, with brilliant luster, on a Calcite matrix. This specimen, from a very recent find last year, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (07/2022)
Specimen size: 13.4 × 8.8 × 5.1 cm = 5.28” × 3.46” × 2.01”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 1 cm = 1.65” × 0.39”
Price: €2200 / US$2355 / ¥312310 / AUD$3530

10TR46: Almandine

Very sharp dodecahedral Almandine crystals, one of them dominant, lustrous, and brown in color with reddish tones. The crystals sit in a metamorphic rock matrix formed of innumerable Muscovite crystals. Contrary to the common practice with almandines from this region, the crystals in this piece are not glued, nor have they had their faces retouched or polished, so their natural surface is preserved. A classic Tyrolean specimen.
Granatenkogel north slope, Gaisberg Valley, Obergurgl, Gurgler Valley, Ötz Valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol/Tirol Austria
Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.2 × 4.7 cm = 2.91” × 2.05” × 1.85”
Price: €140 / US$149 / ¥19870 / AUD$220

HM90EJ: Analcime

Group of shiny trapezohedral crystals of Analcime, with very well defined faces and edges and on a rock matrix. The color, between white and reddish orange, is selectively distributed on some faces.
Mount Kahovan, Moalleman, Qohab-e Rastaq, Amirabad District, Damghan, Torud Region, Semnan Province Iran (90)
Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.4 × 3 cm = 2.24” × 1.73” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.5 cm = 0.91” × 0.59”
Price: €90 / US$96 / ¥12770 / AUD$144

EFH36AP3: Analcime with Natrolite, Rhodochrosite and Serandite

Group of trapezohedral crystals of snow-white Analcime, with small lenticular crystals of Rhodochrosite, prismatic microcrystals of pink Serandite, and elongated Natrolite crystals.
Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec Canada
Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.89” × 1.42” × 0.94”
Price: €130 / US$139 / ¥18450 / AUD$200

EML88AP1: Analcime with Quartz

Very sharp trapezohedral Analcime crystals, transparent, lustrous, on matrix, with small quartz crystals. The specimen comes from a find from the year 2021, and is characterized by an unusual transparency of the crystals.
Fengjiashan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province China (2021)
Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.3 × 2.7 cm = 1.34” × 0.91” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.8 cm = 0.79” × 0.71”
Price: €380 / US$406 / ¥53940 / AUD$610

TF87AF4: Andorite

Group of crystals with very well defined faces and edges, with a very well defined and fine vertical striation and with a luster that is unusual for the species.
The sample is from the Vallecillo collection, from Madrid.
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department Bolivia
Specimen size: 2 × 1.9 × 1 cm = 0.79” × 0.75” × 0.39”
Price: €240 / US$256 / ¥34070 / AUD$380

TR88AJ3: Andorite

Parallel growth of flattened and doubly terminated Andorite crystals that have very well defined faces and edges and are bright, with a fine striation.
A Bolivian classic that we will send in its original Perkin’s box from the R.J. Noble collection, also containing the collection label.
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department Bolivia
Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.6 × 0.6 cm = 1.10” × 1.02” × 0.24”
Price: €390 / US$417 / ¥55360 / AUD$620

ND56AN0: Andorite with Zinkenite

Parallel growth of flattened Andorite crystals, very sharp, with good luster, and partially covered by acicular Zinkenite crystals. The specimen comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection (number AND-7), whose catalogue card we will send to the buyer.
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department Bolivia
Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.5 × 0.8 cm = 1.26” × 0.98” × 0.31”
Price: €150 / US$160 / ¥21290 / AUD$240

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