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A little-known mine, La Paloma, in the district of Quiruvilca, Peru, gives some curious specimens like this botryoidal Arsenic, with a certain beauty despite the modest aesthetics that this species usually has. Also on matrix, visible since it is white.
La Paloma Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department Peru (2008)
Specimen size: 12.3 × 9.6 × 4.8 cm = 4.8” × 3.8” × 1.9”
Price: €460 / US$510 / Yen 56260 / AUD$740

AA7Y8: Arsenopyrite with Calcite

Parallel growths of short prismatic Arsenopyrite crystals with perfect terminal faces. They are very bright and are on Calcite matrix.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal (1987-2013)
Specimen size: 9.5 × 5.9 × 3 cm = 3.7” × 2.3” × 1.2”
Price: €200 / US$222 / Yen 24460 / AUD$320

TB10AH6: Arsenopyrite with Pyrite, Fluorapatite and Siderite

Unusually individualized Arsenopyrite crystals, elongated with very well defined faces and edges and implanted on a matrix coated by tabular, transparent, Fluorapatite crystals, also with clear Quartz crystals, groups of lenticular Siderite crystals and Pyrite microcrystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal
Specimen size: 20 × 13.5 × 7.5 cm = 7.9” × 5.3” × 3.0”
Price: €860 / US$955 / Yen 105180 / AUD$1380

NP88AF2: Arsenopyrite with Quartz and Muscovite

Very esthetic group of Arsenopyrite crystals with very well defined faces and edges and parallel growths. The Arsenopyrite crystals, very bright, are with clear Quartz crystals and leafy aggregates of Muscovite crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0-1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal (04/2017)
Specimen size: 9.6 × 8 × 2.8 cm = 3.8” × 3.1” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.8 cm = 1.2” × 0.7”
Price: €360 / US$399 / Yen 44030 / AUD$580

NH16X9: Arsenopyrite with Stannite, Calcite and Pyrite

Parallel polycrystalline Arsenopyrite growths with dark gray Stannite intergrowths and leafy Muscovite aggregates, partially coated by small white Calcite crystals and aggregates of cubic Pyrite crystals. We’ll send a copy of the analysis of the Arsenopyrite to the buyer.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal (2001)
Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.4 × 4.1 cm = 2.6” × 2.1” × 1.6”
Price: €120 / US$133 / Yen 14670 / AUD$190

NE58AB5: Arsenopyrite-Marcasite with Calcite and Muscovite

Aggregate of complete and sharp epitaxial Arsenopyrite-Marcasite crystals that have cockscomb shaped polycrystalline growths. They are very bright and are on matrix, with small white Calcite crystals and leafy Muscovite aggregates.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal (2004)
Specimen size: 11.7 × 6 × 3.8 cm = 4.6” × 2.4” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2 cm = 0.9” × 0.8”
Price: €330 / US$366 / Yen 40360 / AUD$530

AX86Y8: Arsenopyrite-Marcasite with Muscovite

Very bright and sharp parallel growths of transitional Arsenopyrite-Marcasite with leafy Muscovite aggregates.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal (1987-2013)
Specimen size: 5.5 × 5.4 × 3.7 cm = 2.2” × 2.1” × 1.5”
Price: €180 / US$199 / Yen 22010 / AUD$290

AH90Z0: Arsenopyrite-Marcasite with Quartz with inclusions and Muscovite

Fan-like aggregates with a first metallic-gray growth phase of Arsenopyrite that progressively passes to a second phase of very sharp Arsenopyrite-Marcasite crystals, with a very clear and bright Quartz crystal, rich in inclusions, and with small leafy Muscovite aggregates.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal (1987-2013)
Specimen size: 9.4 × 9.4 × 5.5 cm = 3.7” × 3.7” × 2.2”
Price: €580 / US$644 / Yen 70930 / AUD$930

MZ27AE7: Arsenopyrite-Marcasite with Siderite and Muscovite

Metallic gray prismatic Arsenopyrite crystals that are very bright, some of them doubly terminated, and have parallel epigenetic Marcasite growth with greenish color. They are on matrix, with small tabular Siderite crystals and leafy Muscovite aggregates.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal
Specimen size: 7.3 × 6.9 × 3.8 cm = 2.9” × 2.7” × 1.5”
Price: €220 / US$244 / Yen 26900 / AUD$350

MX87AK6: Atacamite with Chrysocolla and Quartz

Globular growths, on matrix, of very deep and uniform green Atacamite crystals, encompassed in Quartz, and much lighter green Chrysocolla growths, also encompassed in microcrystalline Quartz.
Lily Mine, Umay District, Pisco Province, Ica Department Peru (2015)
Specimen size: 5.2 × 5.1 × 4.7 cm = 2.0” × 2.0” × 1.9”
Price: €280 / US$311 / Yen 34240 / AUD$450

ED59AE5: Augelite with Quartz

Very sharp and isolated Augelite crystals that have very well defined faces and edges, are bright, with a pale green color and are implanted on a matrix of transparent Quartz crystals.
Mundo Nuevo mining area, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sánchez Carrión Province, La Libertad Department Peru (2013)
Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.6 × 2.2 cm = 2.9” × 2.2” × 0.9”
Price: €440 / US$488 / Yen 53810 / AUD$700

EL89AA3: Augelite with Siderite

Aggregate of very sharp and very well defined Augelite crystals, between translucent and transparent, with a nice green color zoned by brown Siderite inclusions and on matrix, with Siderite.
Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory Canada (1998)
Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm = 1.5” × 1.0” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”
Price: €460 / US$510 / Yen 56260 / AUD$740

TA47AA2: Austinite

Spheroidal aggregates of small but very sharp Austinite crystals that are translucent, bright, with curved edges, and with slightly-bluish green color. They are on limonite matrix, with small Adamite crystals. The sample has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango Mexico
Specimen size: 7.7 × 5 × 4.2 cm = 3.0” × 2.0” × 1.7”
Price: €230 / US$255 / Yen 28130 / AUD$370

VH47AF0: Austinite (variety cuprian) with Calcite

Botryoidal Austinite (cuprian variety) on a limonite matrix. They are bright, have a deep and uniform green color and are with a white rhombohedrally terminated Calcite crystal. The sample has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango Mexico
Specimen size: 5 × 4.5 × 3.2 cm = 2.0” × 1.8” × 1.3”
Price: €240 / US$266 / Yen 29350 / AUD$380

TB17AH1: Axinite (Group)

A novelty at Tucson 2018. Aggregate of very sharp Axinite (Group) crystals, translucent and bright with a deep and uniform brown color in violet shades. The sample is from a new Peruvian locality, not yet well known.
Raipa, Aija Province, Ancash Department Peru (09/2017)
Specimen size: 12.3 × 7.7 × 9 cm = 4.8” × 3.0” × 3.5”
Price: €1900 / US$2110 / Yen 232380 / AUD$3060

LM77AE5: Axinite-(Fe)

Very aerial aggregate, on matrix, of sharp flattened crystals that are between transparent and translucent, very bright, with inclusions, and that have a dark plum color with mauve shades. Russian Axinite-(Fe) specimens were famous for their size, deep color and sharpness of the crystals.
The sample is from the Carlos Millan collection (catalog #8123) who’s computer card we’ll send to the buyer. Previously it was in the Silvane collection.
Puiva Mount, Saranpaul, Khanty-Mansi Okrug, Tyumenskaya Oblast', Polar Urals, Western-Siberian Region Russia
Specimen size: 6.2 × 5 × 3.8 cm = 2.4” × 2.0” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2 cm = 1.3” × 0.8”
Price: €270 / US$299 / Yen 33020 / AUD$430

TD14W1: Axinite-(Fe)

Parallel growth of very elongated crystals. They are translucent and have a brown color with mauve shades. A Japanese classic. The sample is with a handmade label of an unknown collection that we'll send to the buyer.
Obira Mine, Bungo-Ohno City, Oita Prefecture, Kyushu Region Japan
Specimen size: 3.9 × 1.7 × 1 cm = 1.5” × 0.7” × 0.4”
Price: €95 / US$105 / Yen 11610 / AUD$150

TV47AA2: Axinite-(Fe) with Calcite

Very sharp floater Axinite-(Fe) crystal with small remnants of a feldspar matrix. The crystal is translucent, bright and has a considerable length for the locality.
Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas) Pakistan (2012)
Specimen size: 6.2 × 3.9 × 1.7 cm = 2.4” × 1.5” × 0.7”
Price: €240 / US$266 / Yen 29350 / AUD$380

TF89AD1: Axinite-(Mn) with Epidote

A novelty at Tucson 2016. Aggregates of very sharp brown-colored Axinite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, between transparent and translucent, very bright and on matrix, with Epidote crystals. We have two different analysis, so we will send copy of both analysis to the buyer.
Canta, Canta District, Canta Province, Lima Department Peru (09-11/2015)
Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.4 × 3 cm = 2.6” × 2.1” × 1.2”
Price: €480 / US$533 / Yen 58700 / AUD$770

NQ90AK7: Axinite-(Mn) with Epidote

Group of extremely sharp, lustrous and translucent Axinite-(Mn) crystals, many of them doubly terminated, with polycrystalline growths, partially coated by deep green Epidote crystals.
The specimen is from the Miguel David Martínez collection (No. 524), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Canta, Canta District, Canta Province, Lima Department Peru (2018)
Specimen size: 13.2 × 8.1 × 6.3 cm = 5.2” × 3.2” × 2.5”

Main crystal size: 5.4 × 1.7 cm = 2.1” × 0.7”
Price: €580 / US$644 / Yen 70930 / AUD$930

CT9AJ7: Azurite

Equant Azurite crystals with a thick lenticular shape. They are bright with a very intense color and are on matrix with Quartz crystals.
Berta Quarry, Can Domènech Hill, Roques Blanques Mountains, Sant Cugat del Vallès-El Papiol, Comarca Vallès Occidental / Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia Spain (05/1971)
Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.7 × 1.7 cm = 0.7” × 0.7” × 0.7”
Price: €40 / US$44 / Yen 4890 / AUD$60

CV11AJ7: Azurite

Equant Azurite crystals with a thick lenticular shape. They are bright with a very intense color and are on matrix with Quartz crystals.
Berta Quarry, Can Domènech Hill, Roques Blanques Mountains, Sant Cugat del Vallès-El Papiol, Comarca Vallès Occidental / Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia Spain (05/1971)
Specimen size: 2 × 1 × 1.3 cm = 0.8” × 0.4” × 0.5”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.2” × 0.2”
Price: €60 / US$66 / Yen 7330 / AUD$90

TM13AD6: Azurite

Two nodular clusters of small crystals with a very vivid and uniform color. On a rocky matrix.
Plaka Mines, Plaka, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture Greece (20/02/2013)
Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.1 × 2.8 cm = 1.5” × 1.2” × 1.1”
Price: €80 / US$88 / Yen 9780 / AUD$120

NH6AE3: Azurite

Parallel growth, on matrix, of doubly terminated crystals with curvatures. They are bright and have a very deep and vivid color.
Kerrouchen, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region Morocco (2007)
Specimen size: 7.1 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 2.8” × 0.9” × 0.7”
Price: €180 / US$199 / Yen 22010 / AUD$290

EQ96AD9: Azurite

Floater aggregate with rosette growths of tabular crystals with very well defined faces and edges and quite large for the locality. It has an intense and deep blue color and has a small spherulitic microcrystalline Malachite growth. A French classic.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France
Specimen size: 3.7 × 3 × 3 cm = 1.5” × 1.2” × 1.2”
Price: €180 / US$199 / Yen 22010 / AUD$290

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