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Acute Creedite crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They are transparent, very bright, with an intense and uniform violet color and, in some areas on the sample there are reddish Hematite inclusions. The sample is from the famous cavity opened at Santa Eulalia in 1984 that provided the best Creedite samples at the locality.
Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua Mexico (1984)
Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.5 × 4.3 cm = 2.48” × 1.77” × 1.69”
Price: €580 / US$678 / JPY71280 / AUD$950

TB27AL7: Creedite

A novelty at Tucson 2020: Druse, on matrix, of bipyramidal Creedite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with sharp pointed terminations, between transparent and translucent, lustrous, and light violet in color. The specimen is quite different from those known from this locality in recent years, although in some old collections there are similar specimens from the same source, which coincides with the indications that this find was made in old galleries of the mine.
Navidad Mine, Abasolo, Rodeo, Municipio de Rodeo, Durango Mexico (10-12/2019)
Specimen size: 8.6 × 6.2 × 5.5 cm = 3.39” × 2.44” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.24” × 0.12”
Price: €1900 / US$2221 / JPY233520 / AUD$3120

TR13AL1: Creedite with Fluorite

A novelty at Tucson 2020. Fan-shaped growths of short prismatic crystals of light violet Creedite, with very sharply pointed terminal faces, good luster, on matrix, with green Fluorite. This specimen is quite different from those that were known from this locality in recent years, although there are similar pieces from this mine in some old collections, which supports the indications that this find was made in old galleries of the mine.
Navidad Mine, Abasolo, Rodeo, Municipio de Rodeo, Durango Mexico (10-12/2019)
Specimen size: 8 × 6.3 × 3.2 cm = 3.15” × 2.48” × 1.26”
Price: €780 / US$911 / JPY95860 / AUD$1280

TE16AL7: Creedite with Fluorite

A novelty at Tucson 2020. Druse of bipyramidal Creedite crystals with sharp pointed terminations, between transparent and translucent, lustrous, and with a light violet color. On matrix with crystallized green and violet Fluorite. This specimen is quite different from the others known from this locality in recent years, although some old collection have similar specimens from the same place, which coincides with the indications that this find was made in old mine galleries.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 494 in the volume 51, number 3, May-June 2020
Navidad Mine, Abasolo, Rodeo, Municipio de Rodeo, Durango Mexico (10-12/2019)
Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.6 × 4.9 cm = 2.83” × 2.60” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.24” × 0.12”
Price: €1300 / US$1519 / JPY159780 / AUD$2130

TR96AD6: Cuprite

A novelty at Tucson 2016. Polycrystalline aggregate of Cuprite crystals showing the dominant octahedron beveled by the dodecahedron, with very well defined faces and edges. The crystals, on a rocky matrix with massive Cuprite, are translucent and have a very deep red color that is partially masked by their extraordinary luster.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (12/2015-01/2016)
Specimen size: 2.1 × 1 × 1.1 cm = 0.83” × 0.39” × 0.43”
Price: €160 / US$187 / JPY19660 / AUD$260

CG57AL3: Cuprite

Polycrystalline complete floater of very sharp octahedral Cuprite crystals, with brilliant, slightly curved faces and edges and with minor crystals of Marshite The specimen comes from the Carles Curto collection (no. 2011.36), whose label and information sheet we will send to the buyer.
Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai Russia (2011)
Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.3 × 3.2 cm = 1.65” × 1.30” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 3.2 cm = 1.26” × 1.26”
Price: €250 / US$292 / JPY30720 / AUD$410

TA49AH5: Cuprite

Polycrystalline surface of crystals with the dominant octahedron, but also with the faces of the dodecahedron and the cube. The crystals are translucent, very bright with a vivid red color and are on matrix. Of the best quality for that mine.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (2012-2013)
Specimen size: 3.3 × 3.1 × 2.6 cm = 1.30” × 1.22” × 1.02”
Price: €440 / US$514 / JPY54080 / AUD$720

TR99AC9: Cuprite

A novelty at Tucson 2016. Very bright and sharp Cuprite crystals from recent finds at the Milpillas mine.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (12/2015-01/2016)
Specimen size: 5.6 × 5 × 2.5 cm = 2.20” × 1.97” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.35” × 0.24”
Price: €480 / US$561 / JPY58990 / AUD$780

TF99AH6: Cuprite

Druse of very sharp cubo-octahedral crystals that are bright, have very intense reddish reflections and are partially coated by small Cerussite crystals.
The sample is from the Chris Amo collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region Namibia
Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.5 × 2.9 cm = 2.28” × 2.17” × 1.14”
Price: €490 / US$572 / JPY60220 / AUD$800

TA30AG1: Cuprite

Milpillas is in recent times a kind of lighthouse for the fans of minerals from all over the world. Within the extensive catalog of spectacular minerals their Cuprites are not the most recognized, but their quality is very high.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (2015)
Specimen size: 8.7 × 8 × 4.8 cm = 3.43” × 3.15” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.39” × 0.31”
Price: €490 / US$572 / JPY60220 / AUD$800

TK70AE9: Cuprite

Cuprite crystals formed by a dominant cube and octahedron, and beveled by the dodecahedron with some hoppered faces and, in general, with very well defined faces and edges. The crystals, on a rocky matrix, are translucent and have a very deep red color that is partially masked by their extraordinary luster.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (2015)
Specimen size: 5 × 3.4 × 1.7 cm = 1.97” × 1.34” × 0.67”
Price: €560 / US$654 / JPY68820 / AUD$920

TC16AH5: Cuprite

Polycrystalline surface of crystals with the dominant octahedron, but also with the faces of the dodecahedron and the cube. The crystals are translucent, very bright with a vivid red color and are on matrix. Of the best quality for that mine.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (2012-2013)
Specimen size: 6.4 × 3.7 × 2.3 cm = 2.52” × 1.46” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.39” × 0.28”
Price: €1000 / US$1169 / JPY122910 / AUD$1640

TZ99N0: Cuprite

A novelty for Tucson 2009. Group of octahedral crystals with slight curvatures of faces and edges. They have excellent luster, with reddish reflections especially vivid under a strong light. The sample is from a recent find (July and August of 2008) at a Russian locality practically unknown until now.
Poteryaevskoe Mine, block 2-1, ↓100 m., Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai Russia (06-08/2008)
Specimen size: 3.3 × 3.2 × 2.5 cm = 1.30” × 1.26” × 0.98”
Price: €490 / US$572 / JPY60220 / AUD$800

MB67AF2: Cuprite with Calcite

Very sharp octahedral Cuprite crystals. They are very bright, and have a very intense and deep red color visible under an intense light. The Cuprite esthetically contrasts with the white Calcite coating the vug on a rocky matrix.
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba) Congo DR (Zaire)
Specimen size: 6.5 × 5 × 4.4 cm = 2.56” × 1.97” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.28” × 0.24”
Price: €230 / US$268 / JPY28260 / AUD$370

MD69AJ8: Cuprite with Calcite

Very sharp octahedral Cuprite crystals that are bright with vivid reddish reflections and are on matrix with small Calcite crystals. An English classic of great quality for the locality and that is with an old handwritten label that we will send to the buyer.
Cornwall England / United Kingdom
Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.4 × 2.1 cm = 1.73” × 1.34” × 0.83”
Price: €440 / US$514 / JPY54080 / AUD$720

AH16Q6: Cuprite with Calcite

Groups of octahedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges and a deep red color on internal reflection. They are in a cavity that protects them.
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba) Congo DR (Zaire) (1994)
Specimen size: 8.5 × 7.4 × 5.4 cm = 3.35” × 2.91” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”
Price: €110 / US$128 / JPY13520 / AUD$180

EB56Y6: Cuprite with Calcite and Chrysocolla

Group, of very sharp octahedral Cuprite crystals that are extraordinarily bright and have a deep red color. On matrix with Calcite and Chrysocolla.
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba) Congo DR (Zaire)
Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.2 × 2.4 cm = 1.26” × 0.87” × 0.94”
Price: €140 / US$163 / JPY17200 / AUD$230

TQ89W8: Cuprite with Copper after Cuprite

Aggregate of Copper crystals that are pseudomorphs and perimorphs after octahedral crystals of Cuprite, with a second generation of small octahedral crystals of Cuprite with vivid reddish reflections.
Poteryaevskoe Mine, block 2-1, ↓100 m., Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai Russia (20-25/11/2010)
Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.3 × 2.8 cm = 1.77” × 1.69” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.59” × 0.47”
Price: €480 / US$561 / JPY58990 / AUD$780

TB16AH5: Cuprite with Dickite

Polycrystalline surface of crystals with the dominant octahedron, but also with the faces of the dodecahedron and the cube. The crystals are translucent, very bright with a vivid red color and are on matrix, with white fibrous Dickite aggregates. Of the best quality for that mine.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (2012-2013)
Specimen size: 7 × 4.8 × 1.8 cm = 2.76” × 1.89” × 0.71”
Price: €1200 / US$1403 / JPY147490 / AUD$1970

VB99AI0: Datolite with Ilvaite

Group of flattened Datolite crystals that are bright, translucent, have a uniform clear green color and are with black and very bright Ilvaite crystals. A Russian classic.
First Sovetskii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai Russia (1996)
Specimen size: 12.4 × 10.3 × 3.9 cm = 4.88” × 4.06” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 4.6 × 2.3 cm = 1.81” × 0.91”
Price: €480 / US$561 / JPY58990 / AUD$780

TX51AG7: Datolite with Quartz

Aggregate of equant Datolite crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They are translucent, very bright and partially coated by clear Quartz crystals.
It is an old sample from the Richard Shupe collection (cat. nr. 6374) to whom we sold it in the past and whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk B deposit, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai Russia
Specimen size: 14.3 × 12.5 × 7.2 cm = 5.63” × 4.92” × 2.83”
Price: €640 / US$748 / JPY78660 / AUD$1050

TA96W4: Datolite with Quartz

Partially doubly terminated short prismatic crystal of Datolite, bright and with a clear green color and fine striations, perpendicular to the main axis due to the geometrical insertion of completely flat crystals of smoky Quartz, also present as well developed small and doubly terminated crystals.
Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk B deposit, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai Russia
Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.4 × 3.9 cm = 2.28” × 1.73” × 1.54”
Price: €190 / US$222 / JPY23350 / AUD$310

AA47V2: Datolite with Quartz

Group of transparent crystals of Datolite with very well defined faces and edges, with extraordinary luster and transparency, light green color with slightly bluish reflections. They are on a matrix of white crystals of Quartz, some of them doubly terminated.
Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk B deposit, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai Russia (2001)
Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.3 × 3.5 cm = 2.17” × 1.69” × 1.38”
Price: €190 / US$222 / JPY23350 / AUD$310

TM67X2: Descloizite

Elongated spheroidal growths, on matrix, of small dipyramidal crystals. They are very bright and have a color between dark brown and reddish brown.
The sample, very significant and of excellent quality for the mine, is with a Schortmann’s Minerals label that we'll send to the buyer.
Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona USA
Specimen size: 4.4 × 4.2 × 2.7 cm = 1.73” × 1.65” × 1.06”
Price: €220 / US$257 / JPY27040 / AUD$360

NH9N7: Descloizite after Vanadinite

The Preguiça Mine is currently well known and the species from there well described. Anyway, an unusual find was made there in 2006, a pseudomorph of Descloizite after Vanadinite. The analysis we did shows only Descloizite but the crystal form is without doubt that of former Vanadinite.
Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Baixo Alentejo, Alentejo Portugal (2006)
Specimen size: 6.3 × 5 × 3 cm = 2.48” × 1.97” × 1.18”
Price: €40 / US$46 / JPY4910 / AUD$60

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