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ET99AK7: Cerussite after Anglesite with Goethite

Fans of twinned Cerussite crystals pseudomorphing Anglesite and subsequently coated by iridescent Goethite with a rainbow of colors dominated by yellow. This piece comes from the Mariano Guillén collection and both for the size of the crystals and the intensity of color represents just about the best known for this locality, which in fact is the only one that yields these curious formations.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Murcia, Region of Murcia Spain (±1995)
Specimen size: 5.5 × 4 × 4.3 cm = 2.2” × 1.6” × 1.7”
Price: 480€ / US$533 / Yen:58700 / AUD$770

E56EI7: Cerussite with Galena

Flattened, prismatic crystals, one of them dominant. They have very well-defined faces and edges and yellowish brown shades, on a Galena matrix.
Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region Morocco (1997)
Specimen size: 5.3 × 5.1 × 4.2 cm = 2.1” × 2.0” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 0.9” × 0.6”
Price: 155€ / US$172 / Yen:18950 / AUD$240

MR6AC9: Cerussite with Mimetite and Malachite

Single Cerussite crystal with slightly curved faces and edges, translucent, with a rough aspect on its faces, on matrix with minor Malachite and small yellow Mimetite crystals. The sample is from the Desmond Sacco collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region Namibia
Specimen size: 9.1 × 8.9 × 6.2 cm = 3.6” × 3.5” × 2.4”
Price: 120€ / US$133 / Yen:14670 / AUD$190

EV87AG0: Chalcocite

Very sharp and platy Chalcocite crystals with a black color and blue metallic reflections. They are on a rock matrix with small white Calcite crystals. A classic from Kazakhstan, each day scarcer.
The sample is from the René Hubin collection from Neupré in Belgium, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Dzhezkazgan Mine, Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Region Kazakhstan
Specimen size: 9.2 × 5.4 × 2.1 cm = 3.6” × 2.1” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”
Price: 340€ / US$377 / Yen:41580 / AUD$540

TP6AJ1: Chalcopyrite on Quartz and with Calcite

A novelty at Tucson 2019. Bright Chalcopyrite crystals with very well defined parallel growths partially coated by small epigenetic Galena crystals and implanted on a group of white, doubly terminated Quartz crystals with very acute and well defined scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
El Bolivar Mine, Piedras Verdes (Triguito), Municipio Urique, Chihuahua Mexico (10/2018)
Specimen size: 9 × 6.4 × 5.1 cm = 3.5” × 2.5” × 2.0”
Price: 110€ / US$122 / Yen:13450 / AUD$170

TQ26AJ1: Chalcopyrite with Calcite

A novelty at Tucson 2019. Floater group of bright Chalcopyrite crystals with very well defined parallel growths, with white Quartz crystals and doubly terminated scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
El Bolivar Mine, Piedras Verdes (Triguito), Municipio Urique, Chihuahua Mexico (10/2018)
Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.6 × 4.2 cm = 2.8” × 1.8” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 2 × 2 cm = 0.8” × 0.8”
Price: 150€ / US$166 / Yen:18340 / AUD$240

NB26AJ7: Chalcopyrite with Dolomite and Calcite

Very sharp disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals with a pseudotetrahedral shape, twinned and with an iridescent superficial patina. They are on matrix with Dolomite, Calcite and Quartz. The sample has been sawed on the base to reduce the matrix. This kind of Chalcopyrite was not known at the locality until now.
Salomón Cut, bench 290, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia Spain
Specimen size: 5.5 × 4 × 2.8 cm = 2.2” × 1.6” × 1.1”
Price: 120€ / US$133 / Yen:14670 / AUD$190

NK36AJ7: Chalcopyrite with Dolomite and Calcite

Sharp disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals with a pseudotetrahedral shape. They are twinned and have a superficial metallic patina and are on a matrix with Dolomite and Calcite. This kind of Chalcopyrite was not known at the locality until now.
Salomón Cut, bench 290, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia Spain
Specimen size: 7.2 × 6 × 3.2 cm = 2.8” × 2.4” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.2” × 0.2”
Price: 130€ / US$144 / Yen:15900 / AUD$200

NH56AJ7: Chalcopyrite with Dolomite and Calcite

Sharp disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals with a pseudotetrahedral shape. They are twinned and have a superficial metallic patina and are on a matrix with Dolomite and Calcite. The sample has been sawed on the lower part to reduce the matrix. This kind of Chalcopyrite was not known at the locality until now.
Salomón Cut, bench 290, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia Spain
Specimen size: 7.8 × 5.6 × 5.2 cm = 3.1” × 2.2” × 2.0”
Price: 150€ / US$166 / Yen:18340 / AUD$240

NG46AJ7: Chalcopyrite with Dolomite and Calcite

Sharp disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals with a pseudotetrahedral shape. They are twinned and have a superficial metallic patina and are on a matrix with Dolomite and Calcite. This kind of Chalcopyrite was not known at the locality until now.
Salomón Cut, bench 290, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia Spain
Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.1 × 4.9 cm = 2.8” × 1.6” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”
Price: 150€ / US$166 / Yen:18340 / AUD$240

TA78Z0: Chalcopyrite with Ferberite and Boulangerite (variety plumosite)

Spheroidal, almost a floater, aggregate of twinned Chalcopyrite crystals with parallel growths of Ferberite crystals and small mossy Boulangerite (variety plumosite) aggregates.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province China (2006)
Specimen size: 4 × 4 × 3.9 cm = 1.6” × 1.6” × 1.5”
Price: 340€ / US$377 / Yen:41580 / AUD$540

EB96W2: Chalcopyrite with Quartz

A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Drusy growth, on matrix, of short disphenoidal crystals of Chalcopyrite. They have a second phase of crystallization, of granular aspect, that coats the faces of the first crystalline growth. They are with comb-shaped growths of Quartz crystals.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif, Tarhbalt, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (12/2011-01/2012)
Specimen size: 13 × 7.6 × 3.7 cm = 5.1” × 3.0” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”
Price: 230€ / US$255 / Yen:28130 / AUD$370

EA70W2: Chalcopyrite with Quartz

A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Drusy growth, on matrix, of short disphenoidal crystals of Chalcopyrite, They have a second phase of crystallization, of granular aspect, that coats the faces of the first crystalline growth. They are with comb-shaped growths of Quartz crystals.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif, Tarhbalt, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (12/2011-01/2012)
Specimen size: 20.5 × 14 × 7.5 cm = 8.1” × 5.5” × 3.0”
Price: 540€ / US$599 / Yen:66040 / AUD$870

NA14AJ7: Chalcopyrite with Quartz, Dolomite and Calcite

Very sharp disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals with a pseudotetrahedral shape, some of them with very well defined parallel growths. They are very bright and are on a matrix with Dolomite, Calcite and Quartz. The sample has been sawed on the lower part to reduce the matrix. This kind of Chalcopyrite was not known at the locality until now.
Salomón Cut, bench 290, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia Spain
Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.4 × 2.5 cm = 2.5” × 1.7” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”
Price: 90€ / US$99 / Yen:11000 / AUD$140

ED27W2: Chalcopyrite with Siderite

A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Drusy growth, on matrix, of sharp short disphenoidal crystals of Chalcopyrite with a false appearance of the tetrahedron. They have very well defined faces and edges, are extraordinarily bright and some of them are very individualized.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif, Tarhbalt, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (12/2011-01/2012)
Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.7 × 3.6 cm = 2.6” × 2.2” × 1.4”
Price: 230€ / US$255 / Yen:28130 / AUD$370

TF88X5: Chalcopyrite with Siderite

Sharp short disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals with a false appearance of the tetrahedron. They have parallel growths, are extraordinarily bright and have very well defined faces and edges. They are on matrix with brown strongly flattened lenticular Siderite crystals and with small white Dolomite crystals and colorless crystals of Calcite on the back.
Kaiwu Mine, Hezhang, Bijie Prefecture, Guizhou Province China (2012)
Specimen size: 8 × 6.5 × 6.3 cm = 3.1” × 2.6” × 2.5”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”
Price: 340€ / US$377 / Yen:41580 / AUD$540

NV27X9: Chalcopyrite with Stannite, Arsenopyrite and Muscovite

Brass-colored Chalcopyrite crystals with superficial iridescence, with slightly golden dark gray Stannite intergrowths. They are on matrix, with Arsenopyrite crystals and Muscovite coatings. We’ll send a copy of the analysis of the Stannite to the buyer.
This specimen has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Lapis’ on page 49, volume 39, number 7-8, July-August 2014
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal (2004)
Specimen size: 10.5 × 8.8 × 6.3 cm = 4.1” × 3.5” × 2.5”
Price: 220€ / US$244 / Yen:26900 / AUD$350

TD47Z2: Chalcopyrite with Tetrahedrite

Parallel Chalcopyrite growths coating two large Tetrahedrite crystals. The Chalcopyrite crystals along the Tetrahedrite edges are clearly more developed. This Chalcopyrite-Tetrahedrite association is very scarce at the locality, better known for very good Chalcopyrite with Siderite.
Kaiwu Mine, Hezhang, Bijie Prefecture, Guizhou Province China (2013)
Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.7 × 3.1 cm = 1.5” × 1.5” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 3 cm = 1.3” × 1.2”
Price: 220€ / US$244 / Yen:26900 / AUD$350

TK7AI0: Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite

Floater parallel growth of Chalcostibite crystals with excellent terminal faces and superficially substituted by Azurite. The color, the quality and the crystal definition are unusual for the species.
Rar el Anz, Oued Cherrat (Cherrat Wadi), Chaouia-Ouardigha, Casablanca Prefecture, Casablanca-Settat Region Morocco (2017)
Specimen size: 2 × 1.4 × 0.9 cm = 0.8” × 0.6” × 0.4”
Price: 210€ / US$233 / Yen:25680 / AUD$330

TR86AF3: Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite

Single Chalcostibite crystal with a flattened prismatic shape, finely striated and with good upper terminal faces. It is on matrix and is coated and partially substituted by Azurite and, to a lesser extent, Malachite.
The sample is from the Jordi Fabre collection (number F1287) and it was previously acquired at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines from Alberto Ancillotti, who rediscovered the Chalcostibites (as collectible samples) at their classic type locality, Rhar el Anz, between the eighties and the nineties. We’ll send the Jordi Fabre collection label to the buyer.
Rar el Anz, Oued Cherrat (Cherrat Wadi), Chaouia-Ouardigha, Casablanca Prefecture, Casablanca-Settat Region Morocco (09/2002)
Specimen size: 4.1 × 4 × 2.8 cm = 1.6” × 1.6” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.4 cm = 1.0” × 0.6”
Price: 260€ / US$288 / Yen:31800 / AUD$410

TN68AF4: Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite

A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2017. Group of Chalcostibite crystals, some of them with parallel growths, with excellent terminal faces, superficially replaced by Azurite and with Malachite impregnations. The quality of the sample and the definition of the crystals are very high and unusual for the species.
Rar el Anz, Oued Cherrat (Cherrat Wadi), Chaouia-Ouardigha, Casablanca Prefecture, Casablanca-Settat Region Morocco (2017)
Specimen size: 3 × 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 1.2” × 0.9” × 0.6”
Price: 360€ / US$399 / Yen:44030 / AUD$580

TJ58AF4: Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite

A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2017. Parallel growth, on matrix, of Chalcostibite crystals with excellent terminal faces, superficially replaced by Azurite and with Malachite impregnations. The quality of the sample and the definition of the crystals are very high and unusual for the species.
Rar el Anz, Oued Cherrat (Cherrat Wadi), Chaouia-Ouardigha, Casablanca Prefecture, Casablanca-Settat Region Morocco (2017)
Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.2 × 1 cm = 1.3” × 0.9” × 0.4”
Price: 360€ / US$399 / Yen:44030 / AUD$580

TF99AK1: Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite

A rare species with many attractions including the profiled and simple shapes of the two crystals, and their blue color, and dramatized by the partial substitution by Azurite and the subsequent substitution in some areas by green Malachite. An excellent classic from Morocco.
Rar el Anz, Oued Cherrat (Cherrat Wadi), Chaouia-Ouardigha, Casablanca Prefecture, Casablanca-Settat Region Morocco
Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.6 × 2.4 cm = 2.1” × 1.8” × 0.9”
Price: 480€ / US$533 / Yen:58700 / AUD$770

TF10AI0: Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite

Parallel growth of Chalcostibite crystals with good terminations, superficially substituted by Azurite and with Malachite impregnations. The color, the quality and the crystal definition are unusual for the species.
Rar el Anz, Oued Cherrat (Cherrat Wadi), Chaouia-Ouardigha, Casablanca Prefecture, Casablanca-Settat Region Morocco (2017)
Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.5 × 1.2 cm = 1.7” × 1.0” × 0.5”
Price: 480€ / US$533 / Yen:58700 / AUD$770

TR89AF4: Chalcostibite with Azurite and Malachite

A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2017. Group of Chalcostibite crystals on matrix, some of them doubly terminated, with excellent terminal faces and superficially replaced by Malachite and Azurite. The quality of the sample and the definition of the crystals are very high and unusual for the species.
Rar el Anz, Oued Cherrat (Cherrat Wadi), Chaouia-Ouardigha, Casablanca Prefecture, Casablanca-Settat Region Morocco (2017)
Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.7 × 3.4 cm = 2.1” × 1.5” × 1.3”
Price: 480€ / US$533 / Yen:58700 / AUD$770

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