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A novelty at Munich 2018. Group of scalenohedral crystals with rhombohedral terminal faces and very well defined polycrystalline growths. They are translucent, white, have slightly pink reflections and are on a matrix of more Calcite. It shows an intense red fluorescence under long wave light and very intense red under short wave light.
Aït Ahmane, Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Drâa Region Morocco (07/2018)
Specimen size: 8.3 × 6.9 × 5.3 cm = 3.3” × 2.7” × 2.1”
Price: Euro:180 / US$205 / Yen:22460 / AUD$280

NT67AE2: Calcite with Dolomite

Complex Calcite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with many faces, among which the acute rhombohedron and shortened scalenohedra stand out, giving them an equant and rounded shape. The crystals, transparent and colorless, are on a matrix of Dolomite crystals with Sphalerite and smaller Calcite crystals with an acute scalenohedral shape.
La Florida mining area, Herrería-Valdáliga-Rionansa, Cantabria Spain (±2000)
Specimen size: 11.4 × 8.6 × 4.2 cm = 4.5” × 3.4” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 2.7 cm = 1.1” × 1.1”
Price: Euro:180 / US$205 / Yen:22460 / AUD$280

ND7AF0: Calcite with Dolomite

A complex crystal with many faces, among which are those of the acute rhombohedra and shortened scalenohedra which stand out, giving it an equant and rounded shape. Above all, the uniform yellow color, the transparency, brilliance and position on the Dolomite matrix are all great.
La Florida mining area, Herrería-Valdáliga-Rionansa, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 7.8 × 4.4 × 5.3 cm = 3.1” × 1.7” × 2.1”
Price: Euro:200 / US$228 / Yen:24950 / AUD$310

DX27AG7: Calcite with Dolomite

Complex Calcite crystals, very rich in faces. They are transparent and bright, have a very intense honey yellow color and are on a rocky matrix coated by small Dolomite crystals. Different from recent pieces, this one has a more complex crystallography and a more intense color.
La Florida mining area, Herrería-Valdáliga-Rionansa, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 9.8 × 7.7 × 4.9 cm = 3.9” × 3.0” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.1 cm = 1.0” × 0.8”
Price: Euro:220 / US$250 / Yen:27450 / AUD$340

NV57AD2: Calcite with Dolomite

Complex Calcite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, rounded, with the dominant forms of a scalenohedron and a flattened rhombohedron, transparent, bright, with a very pale yellow color and on a rocky matrix with pink Dolomite.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What's New’ section, number 43, May 8, 2016 edition.
La Florida mining area, Herrería-Valdáliga-Rionansa, Cantabria Spain (±2000)
Specimen size: 5.6 × 5 × 3.6 cm = 2.2” × 2.0” × 1.4”
Price: Euro:240 / US$273 / Yen:29940 / AUD$380

ND47AD2: Calcite with Dolomite

Complex Calcite crystals, rounded, with the dominant forms of a scalenohedron and a flattened rhombohedron, transparent, bright, with a yellow color and on a rocky matrix with pink Dolomite.
La Florida mining area, Herrería-Valdáliga-Rionansa, Cantabria Spain (±2006)
Specimen size: 6.8 × 6.2 × 4 cm = 2.7” × 2.4” × 1.6”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 3.7 cm = 1.7” × 1.5”
Price: Euro:260 / US$296 / Yen:32440 / AUD$410

ME13AE3: Calcite with Dolomite and Quartz

Spheroidal aggregates of white rhombohedral Calcite crystals on a matrix of Quartz crystals partially coated by tabular Dolomite crystals with a very pale cream color.
Boldut Mine, Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures Romania (±1980)
Specimen size: 10.5 × 8 × 5.9 cm = 4.1” × 3.1” × 2.3”
Price: Euro:90 / US$102 / Yen:11230 / AUD$140

ME97R8: Calcite with Hematite

Scalenohedral crystal of Calcite with polycrystalline surfaces on its faces. The base is a group of very bright Hematite crystals with very well defined faces and edges.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa (2008)
Specimen size: 6.3 × 6.3 × 3.8 cm = 2.5” × 2.5” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 5.4 × 4.1 cm = 2.1” × 1.6”
Price: Euro:260 / US$296 / Yen:32440 / AUD$410

TT51AE9: Calcite with inclusions

Floater aggregate of thick tabular Calcite crystals with clear and very bright prismatic faces and a greatly flattened terminal rhombohedron, transparent in the interior and whitish and translucent on their borders. We especially note the unusual crystalline morphology of the sample, but typical for this locality.
Lishui Prefecture, Zhejiang Province China (2009)
Specimen size: 6 × 4.3 × 5.2 cm = 2.4” × 1.7” × 2.0”
Price: Euro:620 / US$706 / Yen:77360 / AUD$980

TA71AF1: Calcite with inclusions

Floater aggregate of crystals that have a thick tabular shape, with clear and very bright prismatic faces, with inclusions, and a greatly flattened terminal rhombohedron, transparent in the interior and whitish and translucent on their borders. We especially note the unusual morphology of the crystals and, typical for this locality, the curious “mossy” inclusions of, very probably, iron oxides.
Lishui Prefecture, Zhejiang Province China (2009)
Specimen size: 8.6 × 3.4 × 3.8 cm = 3.4” × 1.3” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 2.7 cm = 1.7” × 1.1”
Price: Euro:620 / US$706 / Yen:77360 / AUD$980

SB87AB8: Calcite with inclusions

Aggregate of transparent crystals with dominant scalenohedron and terminal rhombohedron faces, with scalenohedral phantom growths and very well defined parallel growths. A sample of great quality to the world level. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Matlock, Derbyshire England, United Kingdom
Specimen size: 11.4 × 9.8 × 5.6 cm = 4.5” × 3.9” × 2.2”
Price: Euro:280 / US$319 / Yen:34930 / AUD$440

TY99AE9: Calcite with iron oxide inclusions

Aggregate of complex Calcite crystals, very rich in faces, with a predominant scalenohedron and a terminal rhombohedron. They are colorless, clear and very bright but have deep red Hematite inclusions in some parts of the sample. This one, an English classic, is from the Buck Keller collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Pallaflat Mine, Bigrigg, West Cumberland Iron Field, former Cumberland, Cumbria England, United Kingdom
Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.3 × 5.4 cm = 2.4” × 2.1” × 2.1”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.6” × 0.4”
Price: Euro:480 / US$547 / Yen:59890 / AUD$760

TT89AE3: Calcite with Pyrite

Two generations of Calcite crystals, one of them in small white scalenohedral crystals and the other in two large, colorless, clear and very bright crystals with the faces of a dominant scalenohedron and terminal rhombohedron. They are on matrix, with cubic Pyrite crystals. A very elegant sample, very different from specimens previously seen from the locality.
Fengjiashan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province China (2015)
Specimen size: 11.7 × 7.4 × 8.6 cm = 4.6” × 2.9” × 3.4”
Price: Euro:460 / US$524 / Yen:57390 / AUD$720

MA68Z8: Calcite with Pyrite

Aggregate of very sharp rhombohedral Calcite crystals with a second generation of lenticular crystals of the same mineral and druses of small Pyrite crystals that almost completely coat the rhombohedral faces. The sample is representative of the very varied mineralogical richness of Dalnegorsk.
Dalnegorsk, Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region Russia
Specimen size: 9.6 × 8.6 × 4.7 cm = 3.8” × 3.4” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 3.3 cm = 1.7” × 1.3”
Price: Euro:330 / US$376 / Yen:41170 / AUD$520

CC50AE1: Calcite with Quartz

Aggregate of complex equant Calcite crystals that are transparent and very bright, with oriented dark colored inclusions and implanted on a basalt matrix coated by white Quartz microcrystals.
Malad, Mumbai (Bombay), Mumbai District (Bombay District),, Maharashtra India
Specimen size: 13.5 × 12.7 × 6 cm = 5.3” × 5.0” × 2.4”
Price: Euro:540 / US$615 / Yen:67380 / AUD$850

TV87L3: Calcite with Quartz (variety amethyst) and Hematite

Rhombohedral Calcite crystal (due to its false cubic shape it looks like Fluorite) fully covered by small but brilliant and intensely colored Quartz (amethyst) crystals, in a thin crust geode.
Santiño Quarry, Tres Cerros de Santiño area, Artigas Department Uruguay (11/2007)
Specimen size: 11.8 × 7.8 × 5.5 cm = 4.6” × 3.1” × 2.2”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 3 cm = 1.5” × 1.2”
Price: Euro:290 / US$330 / Yen:36180 / AUD$450

SB27AF0: Calcite with Siderite, Dolomite and Hematite

Parallel growths of translucent Calcite crystals tinted by reddish Hematite inclusions with very flattened Siderite crystals that have a pale cream color, and white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals on the back.
The sample is from the Francesco S. Stoppani collection (catalog number 0440), whose label we’ll send to the buyer with another from Mineralien N. Stötzel, of Siegen. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality
Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen Germany
Specimen size: 13.3 × 10.5 × 4.8 cm = 5.2” × 4.1” × 1.9”
Price: Euro:220 / US$250 / Yen:27450 / AUD$340

ET46AF1: Calcite with Sphalerite

Druse of flattened rhombohedral Calcite crystals that have the surfaces of their faces finely recrystallized, with a snowy white color. They are on matrix with small and very bright Sphalerite crystals and also Quartz crystals.
Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District Kosovo (2000-2005)
Specimen size: 12.4 × 9.5 × 4.6 cm = 4.9” × 3.7” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.3 cm = 1.0” × 0.9”
Price: Euro:130 / US$148 / Yen:16220 / AUD$200

CQ27AD2: Calcite with Sphalerite, Fluorite and Quartz

Rhombohedral Calcite crystal with fine polycrystalline growths on its faces. It has a white color and is implanted on a matrix of colorless Fluorite crystals, twinned Sphalerite crystals and aggregates of small Quartz crystals. A Mexican classic.
Naica, Municipio Saucillo, Chihuahua Mexico
Specimen size: 8 × 7 × 5.7 cm = 3.1” × 2.8” × 2.2”
Price: Euro:220 / US$250 / Yen:27450 / AUD$340

SD46AC7: Canavesite with Pyrite

Radial aggregates of Canavesite crystals, an uncommon borate. They are white, have a silky luster and are between acicular and fibrous. The crystals, in excellent condition, are on a matrix with iridescent micro-granular Pyrite.
Brosso Mine, Cálea, Léssolo, Canavese District, Torino Province, Piedmont (Piemonte) Italy
Specimen size: 6 × 2.3 × 1.2 cm = 2.4” × 0.9” × 0.5”
Price: Euro:160 / US$182 / Yen:19960 / AUD$250

EJ26AG5: Carletonite with Feldspar, Calcite and Arfvedsonite

A group of very well defined crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with parallel growths on the faces, very bright and with a very vivid blue color. There are also small Feldspar and Calcite crystals and aggregates of small, black, acicular, Arfvedsonite crystals. The sample is with a label of a Canadian collection.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec Canada (2013)
Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.3 × 4.3 cm = 1.8” × 1.3” × 1.7”
Price: Euro:1100 / US$1254 / Yen:137250 / AUD$1740

TH43AH0: Carrollite with Mica

A novelty at Tucson 2018. Very sharp and aerial cubo-octahedral crystal, complete and on matrix, with Mica. It has two small contacts on the left side, recrystallized by the Carrollite itself. The sample is from a recent find of samples of a great quality.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 44 of the 2018/01 edition.
Kamoya South II Mine, Kamoya, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba) Congo DR (Zaire) (2016-2017)
Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.8 × 1.8 cm = 0.9” × 0.7” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.9 cm = 0.7” × 0.7”
Price: Euro:780 / US$889 / Yen:97320 / AUD$1230

EH93AI8: Cassiterite with Feldspar and Muscovite

Twinned Cassiterite crystals with very well defined parallel growths. They are between transparent and translucent, very bright, have a dark brown color with golden reflections, and they are on matrix, with Muscovite and a white Albite crystal. Exceptional for the locality.
Merekski District, Bureya Massif, Khabarovskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region Russia
Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.5 × 3.4 cm = 2.6” × 1.8” × 1.3”
Price: Euro:840 / US$957 / Yen:104810 / AUD$1330

TM37AF6: Cassiterite with Muscovite

Isolated groups of twinned Cassiterite crystals with very well defined forms. The highly lustrous crystals are implanted on a rocky matrix coated by sharp, bright, laminar Muscovite crystals. Because of its size and quality, this could be called a “museum” specimen.
Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu County, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province China
Specimen size: 16.7 × 16.5 × 6.2 cm = 6.6” × 6.5” × 2.4”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 3.6 cm = 1.5” × 1.4”
Price: Euro:2200 / US$2508 / Yen:274510 / AUD$3480

MQ47AH0: Cassiterite with Quartz

Twinned Cassiterite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, bright and with a brown color with reddish reflections. They are implanted on a group of Quartz crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with Pyrite and Muscovite. The sample is old, found more than twenty years ago.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal
Specimen size: 12.3 × 11 × 7 cm = 4.8” × 4.3” × 2.8”
Price: Euro:220 / US$250 / Yen:27450 / AUD$340

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