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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 = 2.36” × 1.69” × 2.05”
Price: €620 / US$669 / JPY71620 / AUD$1040

NK67AL0: Calcite with inclusions and Fluorite

Two generations of Calcite coexist in the specimen, partially covering a group of transparent, lustrous and intense yellow Fluorite crystals. The later of these Calcite generations forms poorly defined white crystals, while the first forms a coating of translucent, bright, scalenohedral crystals, colored reddish by Hematite inclusions.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Asturias, Principality of Asturias Spain (2010)
Specimen size: 14.2 × 7.9 × 7.6 cm = 5.59” × 3.11” × 2.99”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.39” × 0.28”
Price: €240 / US$259 / JPY27720 / AUD$400

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 = 4.61” × 2.91” × 3.39”
Price: €460 / US$496 / JPY53140 / AUD$770

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 = 3.78” × 3.39” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 3.3 cm = 1.65” × 1.30”
Price: €330 / US$356 / JPY38120 / AUD$550

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 = 5.31” × 5.00” × 2.36”
Price: €540 / US$583 / JPY62380 / AUD$900

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 = 4.65” × 3.07” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 3 cm = 1.50” × 1.18”
Price: €290 / US$313 / JPY33500 / AUD$480

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 = 5.24” × 4.13” × 1.89”
Price: €220 / US$237 / JPY25410 / AUD$360

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 = 4.88” × 3.74” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.3 cm = 0.98” × 0.91”
Price: €130 / US$140 / JPY15010 / AUD$210

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 = 3.15” × 2.76” × 2.24”
Price: €220 / US$237 / JPY25410 / AUD$360

2N13: Calcite, Dolomite

Complex crystal, very rich in faces, among which a sharp rhombohedron and a flattened scalenohedron stand out, which gives it an overall equidimensional and rounded habit. Above all, the uniform yellow color, the transparency, the luster and the elegant position of the crystal in the pink Dolomite matrix stand out.
La Florida Mining Area, Herrería-Valdáliga-Rionansa, Comarca Costa Occidental/Saja-Nansa, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 6.0 × 5.3 × 5.0 cm = 2.36” × 2.09” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.59” × 0.51”
Price: €70 / US$75 / JPY8080 / AUD$117

2N17: Calcite, Dolomite

Complex crystal, very rich in faces, in which those of a sharp rhombohedron and a flattened scalenohedron stand out, which gives the whole an equidimensional and rounded habit. Above all, the uniform yellow color, the transparency, the luster and the elegant position of the crystal in the pink Dolomite matrix stand out.
La Florida Mining Area, Herrería-Valdáliga-Rionansa, Comarca Costa Occidental/Saja-Nansa, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm = 1.77” × 1.38” × 0.98”
Price: €70 / US$75 / JPY8080 / AUD$117

2N63: Calcite, Dolomite

Doubly terminated scalenohedral Calcite crystal, twinned, transparent, bright, with a light yellow color, with inclusions, implanted on a matrix with pink Dolomite crystals.
La Florida Mining Area, Herrería-Valdáliga-Rionansa, Comarca Costa Occidental/Saja-Nansa, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 4.2 × 4.0 × 2.6 cm = 1.65” × 1.57” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 4.0 × 2.9 cm = 1.57” × 1.14”
Price: €75 / US$80 / JPY8660 / AUD$120

2N56: Calcite, Dolomite

Complex crystal, very rich in faces, in which those of a sharp rhombohedron and a flattened scalenohedron stand out, which gives the whole an equidimensional and rounded habit. Above all, the uniform yellow color, the transparency, the luster and the elegant position of the crystal in the pink Dolomite matrix stand out.
La Florida Mining Area, Herrería-Valdáliga-Rionansa, Comarca Costa Occidental/Saja-Nansa, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 7.5 × 5.9 × 4.5 cm = 2.95” × 2.32” × 1.77”
Price: €120 / US$129 / JPY13860 / AUD$201

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, Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte) Italy
Specimen size: 6 × 2.3 × 1.2 cm = 2.36” × 0.91” × 0.47”
Price: €160 / US$172 / JPY18480 / AUD$260

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 = 1.81” × 1.30” × 1.69”
Price: €1100 / US$1187 / JPY127080 / AUD$1840

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 = 0.94” × 0.71” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.9 cm = 0.75” × 0.75”
Price: €780 / US$842 / JPY90110 / AUD$1310

MV68AL3: Cassiterite

Multiple twin of Cassiterite with elongated habit, very rich in crystal forms, partially doubly terminated, translucent, shiny and of uniform dark brown color. From a locality that has given just few specimens.
Amo deposit, Ximeng, Pu'er Prefecture, Yunnan Province China
Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.1 × 2.8 cm = 1.46” × 1.22” × 1.10”
Price: €360 / US$388 / JPY41590 / AUD$600

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 = 2.56” × 1.77” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.5 cm = 0.67” × 0.59”
Price: €840 / US$907 / JPY97040 / AUD$1410

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, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province China
Specimen size: 16.7 × 16.5 × 6.2 cm = 6.57” × 6.50” × 2.44”
Price: €2200 / US$2375 / JPY254160 / AUD$3690

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 = 4.84” × 4.33” × 2.76”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.28” × 0.24”
Price: €220 / US$237 / JPY25410 / AUD$360

TP70AA0: Cassiterite with Quartz

Transparent cyclic twinned crystals with very well defined faces and edges, transparent, with a brown color and toasted honey reflections and on a Quartz matrix. Good Cassiterite samples from this locality are currently very scarce, especially, as in this case, for crystals free of damage.
Amo, Ximeng, Yunnan China (2013)
Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.8 × 4.4 cm = 2.13” × 1.89” × 1.73”
Price: €560 / US$604 / JPY64690 / AUD$940

DJ27AF9: Cassiterite with Quartz and Siderite

Group of very bright Cassiterite crystals with very visible multiple twinning, on matrix with clear Quartz crystals and partially coated by Siderite.
It was previously in the Folch collection and it probably was an exchange.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal
Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.8 × 2.4 cm = 1.26” × 1.10” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.59” × 0.47”
Price: €220 / US$237 / JPY25410 / AUD$360

TR96AL3: Cassiterite with Quartz, Fluorapatite and Arsenopyrite

Groups of twinned Cassiterite crystals, very sharp, shiny and translucent on the edges. On matrix, with short elongated Fluorapatite crystals of almost white color, aggregates of elongated crystals of Arsenopyrite and Quartz crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal (2018)
Specimen size: 10.4 × 6.8 × 3.9 cm = 4.09” × 2.68” × 1.54”
Price: €190 / US$205 / JPY21950 / AUD$310

NV14AL3: Celestine

Elongated prismatic Celestine crystals, very sharp and some doubly terminated, colorless translucent, on matrix.
Barranco del Mulo Deposit, Barranco del Mulo, Ulea, Comarca Valle de Ricote, Murcia, Region of Murcia Spain (1992)
Specimen size: 11.3 × 7.1 × 3.3 cm = 4.45” × 2.80” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.7 cm = 0.94” × 0.28”
Price: €80 / US$86 / JPY9240 / AUD$130

LM71AL0: Celestine

Aggregate of thick and extraordinarily elongated Celestine crystals, which form very marked, translucent, parallel growths of very dense golden to smoky color. A classic from Poland that comes from the Philippe Morelon collection (No. 1013), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Machów Mine, Tarnobrzeg, Subcarpathian Voivodeship Poland
Specimen size: 12 × 5.4 × 4.9 cm = 4.72” × 2.13” × 1.93”
Price: €540 / US$583 / JPY62380 / AUD$900

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