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EH16R1: Bultfonteinite with Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) and Calcite

Fanlike groups of snowy white acicular crystals of Bultfonteinite replacing the faces of short elongated crystals of Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) which has a pseudocubic habit. In some cases the replacement is deeper and forms a more or less complete pseudomorph of the preexisting Hydroxyapophyllite-(K). All are on a matrix of clear, complex, crystals of Calcite.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa (2006)
Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.7 × 2.3 cm = 1.85” × 1.06” × 0.91”
Price: €110 / US$117 / ¥15610 / AUD$170

EK26R1: Bultfonteinite with Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) and Calcite

Fanlike groups of snowy white acicular crystals of Bultfonteinite replacing the faces of short elongated crystals of Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) which has a pseudocubic habit. In some cases the replacement is deeper and forms a more or less complete pseudomorph of the preexisting Hydroxyapophyllite-(K). All are on a matrix of clear, complex, crystals of Calcite. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the piece.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa (2006)
Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.4 × 2.7 cm = 1.85” × 1.34” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.4 cm = 0.55” × 0.55”
Price: €120 / US$128 / ¥17030 / AUD$190

EW26R1: Bultfonteinite with Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) and Calcite

Fanlike groups of snowy white acicular crystals of Bultfonteinite replacing the faces of short elongated crystals of Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) which has a pseudocubic habit. In some cases the replacement is deeper and forms a more or less complete pseudomorph of the preexisting Hydroxyapophyllite-(K). All are on a matrix of clear, complex, crystals of Calcite. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the piece.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Rivista Mineralogica Italiana’ on page 51 in number 2011/1
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa (2006)
Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.6 × 2.5 cm = 1.61” × 1.02” × 0.98”
Price: €120 / US$128 / ¥17030 / AUD$190

MHR27AO2: Bultfonteinite with Tobermorite (Group)

Spheroidal and centered growths of white acicular Bultfonteinite crystals, covered almost entirely by a subsequent growth of pink Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite. The specific spot at the locality where the find was made has already been closed, so no new discoveries can be expected in that specific place.
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (09/2021)
Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.3 × 1.5 cm = 1.10” × 0.91” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.8 cm = 0.31” × 0.31”
Price: €220 / US$235 / ¥31230 / AUD$350

TFR50AP2: Bultfonteinite with Tobermorite (Group) and Andradite

Spheroidal growths of Bultfonteinite, of good size, on matrix, with Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite that forms small fibrous spheroidal coatings of white color associated with Andradite on the matrix. The specific area in the locality where the discovery took place has now been covered over, so no new finds are expected at that specific location.
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (09/2021)
Specimen size: 8.2 × 6.1 × 4.6 cm = 3.23” × 2.40” × 1.81”
Price: €680 / US$728 / ¥96530 / AUD$1090

SV360TAR: Bultfonteinite with Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite

A novelty for 2021: Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite, on matrix, forms small fibrous spheroidal coatings of intense pink color that accompany spheroidal growths of orange-brown Bultfonteinite. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. If you wish to delve deeper into the species and parageneses of this mine, you can consult the article by Menor-Salván, C.; Ottens, B.; Richard, E. “Rare borate minerals from the Shijiangshan-Shalonggou Deposits, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China”. Rocks & Minerals, 96(5) (September/October 2021).
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (09/2022)
Specimen size: 8.2 × 4.3 × 4.3 cm = 3.23” × 1.69” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.6 cm = 0.24” × 0.24”
Price: €360 / US$385 / ¥51100 / AUD$570

HM180NR: Calcita

Coralloidal growth of Calcite, very aerial and aesthetic, lustrous, and snow-white. The specimen is from a locality little known to collectors and comes to us via the collection of Miguel David Martínez (nº 181) whose label we will send to the buyer.
Cabezo de San Ginés, El Estrecho de San Ginés, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (2004)
Specimen size: 11.2 × 8.3 × 5.7 cm = 4.41” × 3.27” × 2.24”
Price: €180 / US$192 / ¥25550 / AUD$280

2S08: Calcite

Prismatic Calcite crystal, translucent, with slightly curved faces and edges, well defined, and terminated by a rhombohedron.
Bleiberg mining area, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia/Kärnten Austria
Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.6 × 1.2 cm = 0.98” × 0.63” × 0.47”
Price: €45 / US$48 / ¥6380 / AUD$70

TFM11AO6: Calcite

Group of Calcite crystals, with dominant scalenohedron forms, with very well defined parallel growths, between translucent and transparent, with good luster and a uniform pale lilac color. From a unique find in Aït Ahmane where this type of Calcite was not known before and has not been seen since.
Aït Ahmane (auxiliary shaft), Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (07/2018)
Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.3 × 3.1 cm = 2.05” × 1.69” × 1.22”
Price: €60 / US$64 / ¥8510 / AUD$90

TC70NL: Calcite

A vug with very sharp scalenohedral Calcite crystals, translucent, with good luster, and a white color, on matrix.
Clay Quarry, La Cañada de Verich, Comarca del Bajo Aragón, Teruel, Aragon Spain (10/2011)
Specimen size: 14.2 × 8.5 × 4.2 cm = 5.59” × 3.35” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1 cm = 0.79” × 0.39”
Price: €70 / US$74 / ¥9930 / AUD$110

XM290EMA: Calcite

A novelty at Sainte-Marie 2022 Two interpenetrating Calcite crystals, with sharp crystal forms showing acute scalenohedron and pinacoid terminations, transparent and yellow in color.
De Tasarte Ravine, La Aldea de San Nicolás, Gran Canaria, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands Spain (12/2021)
Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.9 × 1.3 cm = 1.50” × 1.14” × 0.51”
Price: €90 / US$96 / ¥12770 / AUD$140

TAP14AO3: Calcite

Very aerial group of complex Calcite crystals with a spheroidal shape, extraordinarily transparent and lustrous, completely water-clear and with a uniform faintly violet tone. We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramures Romania
Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.4 × 1.5 cm = 0.94” × 0.94” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 0.67” × 0.47”
Price: €90 / US$96 / ¥12770 / AUD$140

4N06: Calcite

Growth of Calcite crystals, whitish in color with satin luster, with coraloidal morphology at the terminations and scalenohedral crystals at the base.
Can Palomeres Mines, Malgrat de Mar, Comarca Maresme, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya Spain (2017)
Specimen size: 6.8 × 6.4 × 4.7 cm = 2.68” × 2.52” × 1.85”
Price: €90 / US$96 / ¥12770 / AUD$140

XM2110EBE: Calcite

A novelty at Sainte-Marie 2022 Two Calcite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and doubly terminated, with sharp crystal forms showing acute scalenohedron and pinacoid terminations, transparent and yellow in color, with polycrystalline terminations at the base.
De Tasarte Ravine, La Aldea de San Nicolás, Gran Canaria, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands Spain (12/2021)
Specimen size: 5.6 × 1.9 × 1.7 cm = 2.20” × 0.75” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 5.3 × 1.6 cm = 2.09” × 0.63”
Price: €110 / US$117 / ¥15610 / AUD$170

TBR26AO6: Calcite

Group of Calcite crystals, with dominant scalenohedron forms, with very well defined parallel growths, between translucent and transparent, with good luster and a uniform pale lilac color. From a unique find in Aït Ahmane where this type of Calcite was not known before and has not been seen since.
Aït Ahmane (auxiliary shaft), Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (07/2018)
Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.6 × 3.6 cm = 2.48” × 1.81” × 1.42”
Price: €120 / US$128 / ¥17030 / AUD$190

TC2120EBM: Calcite

Druse of scalenohedral crystals, many of them doubly terminated, transparent, with good luster and an intense yellow color. The specimen, of the best quality for the locality, comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Bagard Quarry, Bagard, Alès, Gard, Occitanie France (2017)
Specimen size: 8.8 × 6.4 × 4 cm = 3.46” × 2.52” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.51”
Price: €120 / US$128 / ¥17030 / AUD$190

9TA66Q0: Calcite

Very aerial polycrystalline botryoidal growths with white, slightly pinkish, color, on Limonite matrix. This mine has contributed with 72 type locality (TL) species to the mineralogy.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region Namibia
Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.9 × 2.2 cm = 1.85”
Price: €120 / US$128 / ¥17030 / AUD$190

NE26AM1: Calcite

Delicate and very aerial growth of two generations of Calcite crystals, one of them as white crystals with the crystal forms of a very acute scalenohedron, translucent and with a pearly luster, and a second generation whose crystals have curved terminations and a yellowish color. Such quality specimens are rare from this locality.
Can Palomeres Mines, Malgrat de Mar, Comarca Maresme, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya Spain (2017)
Specimen size: 8.8 × 6.7 × 6.1 cm = 3.46” × 2.64” × 2.40”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.5 cm = 0.79” × 0.20”
Price: €120 / US$128 / ¥17030 / AUD$190

JFD159AO8: Calcite

From a prolific mine for Calcite, I kept this one because it is more transparent than what is usually seen from there.
Herculano Mine, El Puntal, Campos de Golf, Atamaría, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (2010)
Specimen size: 10.8 × 5 × 3.7 cm = 4.25” × 1.97” × 1.46”
Price: €130 / US$139 / ¥18450 / AUD$200

TT36AM9: Calcite

Calcite crystal with a hexagonal prismatic habit, pinacoid termination and very distinct parallel growths, a form that is unusual in isolated Calcites. The crystal is transparent, lustrous, colorless and is on matrix.
Iraí, Alto Uruguai region, Rio Grande do Sul Brazil
Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.9 × 4.6 cm = 1.81” × 1.54” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 4.6 × 1.6 cm = 1.81” × 0.63”
Price: €130 / US$139 / ¥18450 / AUD$200

5FT86: Calcite

Two generations of Calcite. The first generation is stalactitic Calcite, while in the second generation the Calcite takes the more classic crystalline form for the locality. Crystals of both generations have good luster, and both appear partially colored by brown iron oxides. A very decorative piece originating in the Cretaceous carbonate strata of the Sierra de Santa Eulalia.
Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua Mexico (1988)
Specimen size: 13.5 × 9 × 7.8 cm = 5.31”
Price: €140 / US$149 / ¥19870 / AUD$220

EK86AL4: Calcite

Matrix group of complex Calcite crystals very rich in crystalline forms, some of them doubly terminated, with well defined phantoms that delimit two different growth phases. From a locality that has become a classic for Calcite.
Malmberget, Gällivare, Norrbotten, Lappland Province Sweden
Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.4 × 4.9 cm = 2.52” × 2.13” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 2 cm = 1.34” × 0.79”
Price: €180 / US$192 / ¥25550 / AUD$280

EF96AI8: Calcite

Group of thick tabular Calcite crystals with very well defined geometrical zoning and on a Quartz matrix. The crystals have a considerable size for the locality.
The sample is from the Raúl Sanabria collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Los Taberneros Quarry, (La Cabrera pluton), Los Taberneros, El Berrueco, Comarca Sierra Norte, Community of Madrid Spain (05/2004)
Specimen size: 5.1 × 5 × 3.8 cm = 2.01” × 1.97” × 1.50”
Price: €180 / US$192 / ¥25550 / AUD$280

SH96AE3: Calcite

Druse, on a rocky matrix, of crystals showing single prisms and terminal rhombohedra in very well defined parallel growths. The crystals have very well defined color zones due to reddish Hematite inclusions.
The sample is with a label from the Stoppani collection that we’ll send to the buyer.
Cadacu Quarry, Laval-Pradel, La Grand-Combe, Alès, Gard, Occitanie France
Specimen size: 10.5 × 9.4 × 3.2 cm = 4.13” × 3.70” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 2 × 2 cm = 0.79” × 0.79”
Price: €180 / US$192 / ¥25550 / AUD$280

TXX86AP6: Calcite

From a 2022 discovery in the Daye area. Parallel growths of lenticular Calcite crystals, very aerial, on matrix. They are translucent, shiny, yellow in color with red inclusions and geometric color zoning. Very aesthetic.
Daye mining area, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province China (03/2022)
Specimen size: 5.2 × 5.1 × 2.8 cm = 2.05” × 2.01” × 1.10”
Price: €190 / US$203 / ¥26970 / AUD$300

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