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TA77H3: Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Mica

A curious and interesting sample not easy to define. A close study reveals a multiple prismatic growth forming a scepter. Color is very deep and luster is very good.
Coronel Murta, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais Brazil (2006)
Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.6 × 2.5 cm = 1.6” × 1.4” × 1.0”
Price: Euro:225 / US$247 / Yen:26420 / AUD$360

EH89AI5: Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Mica and Feldspar

Elbaite (rubellite variety) with simple and very well defined faces and edges and a very smooth pinacoidal termination. It is translucent, bright, has a very intense and uniform color and it is with a tiny Feldspar matrix with leafy Mica aggregates.
Mokhovaya pegmatite, Malkhan (Malchan), Krasnyi Chikoy, Chitinskaya Oblast', Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), East Siberia Region Russia (±2004)
Specimen size: 7.6 × 2.4 × 2.3 cm = 3.0” × 0.9” × 0.9”
Price: Euro:540 / US$593 / Yen:63410 / AUD$880

TA47AK3: Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Quartz

Polycrystalline aggregate of Elbaite (rubellite variety) with a curious morphology known as a "mushroom", translucent, with very deep and uniform color. In a matrix of massive Quartz and with some Quartz crystals partially covering the rubellite.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel Village, Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State Burma (2003-2004)
Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.2 × 3.1 cm = 2.2” × 1.3” × 1.2”
Price: Euro:240 / US$263 / Yen:28180 / AUD$390

TG96E2: Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Quartz

Brilliant spheres of Elbaite that stand out on the white matrix.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel Village, Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State Burma (2003-2004)
Specimen size: 3 × 2.7 × 1.9 cm = 1.2” × 1.1” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1.1 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”
Price: Euro:190 / US$208 / Yen:22310 / AUD$310

TQ37V7: Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Quartz and Schorl

Polycrystalline aggregates (“mushroom” shaped) of Elbaite (rubellite) with very well developed curvatures on the faces and edges that confer this curious appearance to the aggregate. The sample is very aerial, with deep color and it is on Quartz matrix, with small bits of Schorl on the back.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel Village, Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State Burma (2003-2004)
Specimen size: 4.2 × 4.1 × 2.7 cm = 1.7” × 1.6” × 1.1”
Price: Euro:235 / US$258 / Yen:27590 / AUD$380

TV47H5: Elbaite with Mica

Classic prismatic crystal from Pederneira terminated wit three faces of a very acute rhombohedron. Color is very deep and the transparency is excellent. The esthetic equilibrium is due to the coverage of Muscovite on the right side of the sample.
Pederneira Claim, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais Brazil (2006)
Specimen size: 5.8 × 2.5 × 1.4 cm = 2.3” × 1.0” × 0.6”
Price: Euro:195 / US$214 / Yen:22900 / AUD$310

TF90AI2: Elbaite with Mica and Quartz

The gemstone deposits of the Brazilian pegmatites will never cease to amaze us. This is the case with this specimen, rich in elongated crystals of Elbaite with a considerable variety of terminal forms (many recrystallized), a bright green color and in a Quartz matrix, and with leafy aggregates of a Mica which, according their violet shades, could be Lepidolite.
Araçuaí, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais Brazil
Specimen size: 11.7 × 8.2 × 5 cm = 4.6” × 3.2” × 2.0”
Price: Euro:480 / US$527 / Yen:56370 / AUD$780

TD67H3: Eosphorite on Quartz with Feldspar

The crystals of Eosphorite are prismatic and doubly terminated and are more individualized than usual. The base is a doubly terminated crystal of Smoky Quartz. At one end it is progressively milky and at the opposite end it has a crown of pink crystals. The specimen is completed by a fine white matrix of Feldspar (probably Orthoclase)
Lavra da Ilha, Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais Brazil
Specimen size: 7.3 × 3.7 × 4 cm = 2.9” × 1.5” × 1.6”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.1 cm = 0.3” × 0.0”
Price: Euro:260 / US$285 / Yen:30530 / AUD$420

EP66AG9: Epididymite with Aegirine

A single floater crystal that has extraordinarily well defined faces and edges. It is translucent, white and has small black acicular crystals on its base. Due to the singularity and perfection of the crystal it has been analyzed to positively identify the species. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Machinga, Machinga District Malawi (02/2017)
Specimen size: 1.6 × 1.6 × 0.9 cm = 0.6” × 0.6” × 0.4”
Price: Euro:180 / US$197 / Yen:21130 / AUD$290

EA86S9: Epidote

A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2011. Group of crystals, of pistachio green color, with very simple forms but with a very uncommon habit, the predominance of a very well developed frontal pinacoid that results in the crystal being really smooth. The crystals are bright and deep green, almost black.
Raywoo Mine, Quetta District, Balochistan (Baluchistan) Pakistan (2011)
Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.9 × 3 cm = 2.0” × 1.9” × 1.2”
Price: Euro:190 / US$208 / Yen:22310 / AUD$310

EF87T2: Epidote

A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2011. Floater group of pistachio green color but with a very unusual habit, pseudo-octahedral, and with a feebly developed frontal pinacoid.
Raywoo Mine, Quetta District, Balochistan (Baluchistan) Pakistan (2011)
Specimen size: 9.6 × 6.4 × 6.4 cm = 3.8” × 2.5” × 2.5”
Price: Euro:240 / US$263 / Yen:28180 / AUD$390

MA97AK4: Epidote with Calcite and Quartz

Fan-shaped growth of elongated Epidote crystals, with perfect terminations, in calcite matrix with small colorless and transparent Quartz crystals.
Pampa Blanca, Ticrapo District, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department Peru
Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.5 × 3.8 cm = 2.3” × 1.8” × 1.5”
Price: Euro:260 / US$285 / Yen:30530 / AUD$424

TB67AF6: Epidote with Stilbite-Ca

Group of dark green (almost black), doubly terminated, very aerial Epidote crystals that are partially coated by small white crystals, most of them doubly terminated, of Stilbite-Ca.
The sample is from the Vallecillo collection, Madrid.
Commune Diakon, Arrondissement Diakon, Bafoulabé Circle, Kayes Region Mali
Specimen size: 9.8 × 7.5 × 5.4 cm = 3.9” × 3.0” × 2.1”
Price: Euro:230 / US$252 / Yen:27010 / AUD$370

EK86AK1: Erythrite

An atypical Erythrite in which two generations coexist, a first generation of very sharp crystals with a very intense and vivid color, and a second generation with small elongated crystals with a much lighter color.
The sample is from the Raúl Sanabria collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Bou Azzer (Bou Azzer District), Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Drâa Region Morocco (±2003)
Specimen size: 5.8 × 5 × 4.8 cm = 2.3” × 2.0” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 0.4 cm = 0.8” × 0.2”
Price: Euro:180 / US$197 / Yen:21130 / AUD$290

EV69V9: Erythrite

Fanlike aggregates, on matrix, of sharp flattened prismatic crystals with a very deep color and intense luster.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Agoudal, Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Drâa Region Morocco (04-05/2010)
Specimen size: 10.7 × 7.7 × 7.4 cm = 4.2” × 3.0” × 2.9”
Price: Euro:460 / US$505 / Yen:54020 / AUD$750

E84LA5: Erythrite

The small pink rosettes associated with the main crystals are a second generation of Erythrite.
Bou Azzer (Bou Azzer District), Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Drâa Region Morocco (06/2000)
Specimen size: 4.5 × 5 cm = 1.8” × 2.0”
Price: Euro:210 / US$230 / Yen:24660 / AUD$340

ER73AK1: Erythrite on Skutterudite

Very sharp and large crystals of Erythrite with fine parallel growths, bright and with a very dense and deep color. On a matrix of massive Skutterudite in which another species with salmon-pink crystals also appears and which we believe may be Talmessite. This specimen is a Moroccan classic with great quality and a very peculiar appearance.
Bou Azzer Mine, Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Drâa Region Morocco (05/2019)
Specimen size: 6.7 × 6.7 × 2.8 cm = 2.6” × 2.6” × 1.1”
Price: Euro:860 / US$945 / Yen:100990 / AUD$1400

MA16AI0: Erythrite with Bariopharmacosiderite

Druse of very Sharp Erythrite crystals on matrix. They have a very vivid color and some of them are coated by greenish white Bariopharmacosiderite microaggregates. The Bariopharmacosiderite has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bou Azzer (Bou Azzer District), Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Drâa Region Morocco
Specimen size: 13.6 × 7.3 × 4.4 cm = 5.4” × 2.9” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.7” × 0.2”
Price: Euro:1100 / US$1209 / Yen:129180 / AUD$1790

GQ13AK2: Erythrite with Calcite

Very sharp Erythrite crystal, with distinct parallel growths, very bright and uniform color and implanted on matrix, with small crystals of Calcite. The specimen is from the Casado Margolles collection (reg. V37), whose collection card we will send to the buyer.
Bou Azzer Mine, Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Drâa Region Morocco (±2005)
Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.7 × 3.9 cm = 2.0” × 1.5” × 1.5”
Price: Euro:110 / US$120 / Yen:12910 / AUD$170

EF16AC2: Erythrite with Phlogopite

A novelty at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2015. Aggregate of very elongated crystals that have a quite different shape than the better known Erythrite from Bou Azzer. These crystals in a Phlogopite-rich matrix are notable by their luster and color, very intense and uniform.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa-Drâa Region Morocco (01/2015)
Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.2 × 3.2 cm = 2.4” × 1.7” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.1 cm = 0.6” × 0.0”
Price: Euro:110 / US$120 / Yen:12910 / AUD$170

EX87AC2: Erythrite with Phlogopite

A novelty at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2015. Aggregate of very elongated crystals, of good size, that has a quite different shape than the better known Erythrite from Bou Azzer. These crystals in a Phlogopite-rich matrix, are notable by their luster and color, very intense and uniform.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa-Drâa Region Morocco (01/2015)
Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.1 × 4.2 cm = 2.5” × 1.6” × 1.7”
Price: Euro:280 / US$307 / Yen:32880 / AUD$450

EA77AE1: Erythrite with Phlogopite

A novelty at Ste. Marie 2015, a new worldwide locality for fine Erythrite! The very thin and elongated Erythrite crystals are in radial aggregates whose shape is quite different from those from the better known Bou Azzer. The crystals, on a matrix partially coated by Phlogopite (analyzed) have very good transparency, luster and color, very intense and uniform.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa-Drâa Region Morocco (01/2015)
Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.1 × 3.5 cm = 2.3” × 1.6” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.5” × 0.0”
Price: Euro:280 / US$307 / Yen:32880 / AUD$450

EY88AC2: Erythrite with Phlogopite

A novelty at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2015. Aggregate of very elongated crystals that have a quite different shape than the better known Erythrite from Bou Azzer. These crystals in a Phlogopite-rich matrix and with iridescent metallic sulphides, are notable by their luster and color, very intense and uniform.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa-Drâa Region Morocco (01/2015)
Specimen size: 6 × 5.6 × 3.7 cm = 2.4” × 2.2” × 1.5”
Price: Euro:360 / US$395 / Yen:42270 / AUD$580

EC37AB9: Erythrite with Phlogopite and Quartz

A novelty at Ste. Marie 2015, a new worldwide locality for fine Erythrite! Although it looks very similar to the famous Bou Azzer ones, the deposit of this specimen is located about 500 Km. from the Bou Azzer Mine and in a different geological environment. As far as we know these Erythrites were not known before and they come not from the Tazalarht quarries but in a new shaft/prospect located very close to the Tazalarht quarries. Related species are Quartz, Phlogopite (analyzed) and a mix of Chalcocite-Djurleite-Digenite in the matrix.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa-Drâa Region Morocco (01/2015)
Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.2 × 2.9 cm = 1.9” × 1.7” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.3 cm = 0.4” × 0.1”
Price: Euro:210 / US$230 / Yen:24660 / AUD$340

ED86AB9: Erythrite with Phlogopite and Quartz

A novelty at Ste. Marie 2015, a new worldwide locality for fine Erythrite! Although it looks very similar to the famous Bou Azzer ones, the deposit of this specimen is located about 500 Km. from the Bou Azzer Mine and in a different geological environment. As far as we know these Erythrites were not known before and they come not from the Tazalarht quarries but in a new shaft/prospect located very close to the Tazalarht quarries. Related species are Quartz, Phlogopite (analyzed) and a mix of Chalcocite-Djurleite-Digenite in the matrix.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa-Drâa Region Morocco (01/2015)
Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.2 × 3 cm = 2.1” × 1.7” × 1.2”
Price: Euro:220 / US$241 / Yen:25830 / AUD$350

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