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TC85TE: Andradite (variety topazolite) with Clinochlore

Andradite crystals (variety topazolite) with the dominant crystal forms of the rhombohedron, with accessory cube and trapezohedron faces. Translucent, with a bright luster and very uniform honey-yellow color. On a rock matrix, with small spheroidal aggregates of Clinochlore of a very deep green color, almost black. An American classic.
Yellow Cat Mine, New Idria, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito County, California USA (11/1998)
Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm = 1.81” × 1.26” × 0.87”
Price: €85 / US$103 / JPY10860 / AUD$130

TC100TM: Andradite (variety topazolite) with Clinochlore

Andradite crystals (variety topazolite) with the dominant crystal forms of the rhombohedron, with accessory cube and trapezohedron faces. Translucent, with a bright luster and very uniform honey-yellow color. On a rock matrix, with small spheroidal aggregates of Clinochlore of a very deep green color, almost black. An American classic.
Yellow Cat Mine, New Idria, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito County, California USA (11/1998)
Specimen size: 6.4 × 3.3 × 2 cm = 2.52” × 1.30” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”
Price: €100 / US$121 / JPY12780 / AUD$150

TC85TV: Andradite (variety topazolite) with Clinochlore

Andradite crystals (variety topazolite) with the dominant crystal forms of the rhombohedron, with accessory cube and trapezohedron faces. Translucent, with a bright luster and very uniform honey-yellow color. On a rock matrix, with small spheroidal aggregates of Clinochlore of a very deep green color, almost black. An American classic.
Yellow Cat Mine, New Idria, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito County, California USA (11/1998)
Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.1 × 1.4 cm = 1.46” × 1.22” × 0.55”
Price: €85 / US$103 / JPY10860 / AUD$130

TQ94Q0: Andradite (variety topazolite) with Stilbite

A novelty at Tucson 2010. Druse on matrix of crystals very rich of faces, with the dominant forms of the dodecahedron and the trapezohedron and brown color, slightly greenish. Their luster is extraordinary and they are with small white concretions of Stilbite. The Topazolite variety has been well defined on this kind of samples and this will be reflected in a future article in The Mineralogical Record.
Antetezambato outcrop, Antetezambato, Maherivaratra Commune, Ambanja District, Antsiranana Province Madagascar (05-06/2009)
Specimen size: 8.7 × 7.2 × 2.9 cm = 3.43” × 2.83” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.59” × 0.47”
Price: €980 / US$1189 / JPY125250 / AUD$1510

HM140NG: Andradite with Calcite

Very aerial group of Andradite crystals with polycrystalline growths on its lustrous faces. Significantly larger and sharper than usual for this locality. Partially included on a Calcite matrix.
Cala Mines, Cala, Comarca Sierra de Huelva, Huelva, Andalusia Spain
Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.7 × 3.4 cm = 2.17” × 1.85” × 1.34”
Price: €140 / US$169 / JPY17890 / AUD$210

GM66R9: Andradite with Clinochlore

Group of dodecahedral crystals slightly beveled by trapezohedral faces and partially coated by Clinochlore.
Vizze Valley, Bolzano Province, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Südtirol) Italy (±1984)
Specimen size: 7.8 × 5.2 × 3.8 cm = 3.07” × 2.05” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.28” × 0.16”
Price: €160 / US$194 / JPY20440 / AUD$240

TC90NF: Andradite with Epidote and Quartz

Groups of reddish dodecahedral Andradite crystals associated with Epidote crystals and white Quartz crystals. From a locality that is only sparsely represented in collections, this is from an area in which some Epidote specimens associated with Andradite, Pyrite, Quartz and Calcite appeared in September 2006.
Aguablanca Mine, Monesterio, Comarca Tentudía, Badajoz, Extremadura Spain (09/2006)
Specimen size: 13.5 × 6 × 6.4 cm = 5.31” × 2.36” × 2.52”
Price: €90 / US$109 / JPY11500 / AUD$130

MH9AL3: Andradite with Feldspar and Magnetite

Group of black rhombododecahedral Andradite crystals, very sharp, on a Feldspar matrix, with small octahedral Magnetite crystals.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2010)
Specimen size: 3 × 2.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.18” × 1.06” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 0.67” × 0.63”
Price: €50 / US$60 / JPY6390 / AUD$70

TF48AF2: Anglesite

A group of very sharp elongated Anglesite crystals, between translucent and transparent, very bright and with plenty of dark Galena inclusions.
An excellent Italian classic that is with a label of the Eugeni Bareche collection (number 744).
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna Italy (03/1979)
Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.6 × 2.5 cm = 2.52” × 1.81” × 0.98”
Price: €380 / US$461 / JPY48560 / AUD$580

TF90V7: Anglesite

Irregular aggregate of translucent and bright prismatic crystals with very well defined faces and edges, a slightly pink color and on matrix. We note that Anglesite, in well developed crystals, is a quite rare species at this locality. The sample is from the Natural History Museum in London, which obtained it from the H.S. Gordon collection from which it passed to the Earl L. Calvert collection. We’ll send the original label from the Mineral Department, British Museum, to the buyer.
Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales Australia
Specimen size: 11.8 × 8 × 3.8 cm = 4.65” × 3.15” × 1.50”
Price: €520 / US$631 / JPY66460 / AUD$800

SM760M: Anglesite after Cerussite on Goethite

Elongated prismatic crystals of Cerussite pseudomorphs after Anglesite, translucent, white in color and on an iridescent Goethite matrix. A classic of the San Valentin mine and Spanish mineralogy.
Former collection of Miguel David Martínez. Number 633
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Murcia, Region of Murcia Spain (±1995)
Specimen size: 13.7 × 13.3 × 5.2 cm cm = 5.39” × 5.24” × 2.05”
Price: €760 / US$922 / JPY97130 / AUD$1170

TC380ET: Anglesite on Galena

Very sharp crystals of Anglesite, transparent, with bright luster and yellow color, on a Galena matrix. Without any damage, which for this locality is very rare.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region Morocco
Specimen size: 7 × 6.7 × 4.3 cm = 2.76” × 2.64” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1 cm = 0.63” × 0.39”
Price: €380 / US$461 / JPY48560 / AUD$580

MA47AL4: Anglesite with Galena

Group of Anglesite crystals, two of them clearly dominant, rich in faces, much more transparent and lustrous than usual for the locality and on a matrix of granular Galena. A European classic both for the species and the locality.
The specimen comes from an old WWII era German collection. Along with the specimen we will send the buyer the old label.
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna Italy
Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.1 × 2.6 cm = 2.09” × 1.61” × 1.02”
Price: €220 / US$267 / JPY28110 / AUD$330

LQ88AE6: Anglesite with Galena

Pair of short blocky crystals, one of them clearly dominant and partially doubly terminated, with very well defined dipyramidal terminations. The crystals, between transparent and translucent, have an intense lemon-yellow color, are very bright and they are on a Galena matrix.
The sample is from the Carles Millán collection whose catalog card we’ll send to the buyer.
Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region Morocco (±2001)
Specimen size: 5.4 × 4 × 2.4 cm = 2.13” × 1.57” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 4 × 2.8 cm = 1.57” × 1.10”
Price: €360 / US$437 / JPY46010 / AUD$550

ER90AL8: Anglesite with Galena

Extraordinarily elongated dipyramidal Anglesite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and doubly terminated, translucent, with a slightly yellowish white color and on a granular and microcrystalline Galena matrix. A rare Monteponi classic. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna Italy
Specimen size: 12.1 × 7.6 × 7.5 cm = 4.76” × 2.99” × 2.95”
Price: €540 / US$655 / JPY69010 / AUD$830

TP70AE1: Anglesite with Galena

Aggregate of crystals, one of them clearly dominant and partially doubly terminated. The crystals, with very well defined parallel growths, have very sharp terminal faces, a pale yellow color, are translucent and very bright and are on a granular Galena matrix. An excellent Moroccan classic due to the perfection and definition of the crystals.
Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region Morocco (±1979)
Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.3 × 3.2 cm = 2.52” × 2.09” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 5.1 × 2.5 cm = 2.01” × 0.98”
Price: €540 / US$655 / JPY69010 / AUD$830

N54NAL5: Anglesite with Galena

Very sharp Anglesite crystals, rich in faces, between transparent and translucent, lemon yellow and on a massive Galena matrix. A Moroccan classic.
Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region Morocco (1997)
Specimen size: 12.4 × 7.9 × 7.2 cm = 4.88” × 3.11” × 2.83”
Price: €940 / US$1141 / JPY120140 / AUD$1450

GV96R9: Anhydrite with Calcite and Pyrite

A fanlike group of flat prismatic crystals. They have uniform sky blue color and good terminations.
Naica, Municipio Saucillo, Chihuahua Mexico (±1987)
Specimen size: 14 × 7.7 × 3.6 cm = 5.51” × 3.03” × 1.42”
Price: €220 / US$267 / JPY28110 / AUD$330

NP6AM1: Antimony with Quartz

Very sharp and shiny crystalline growths and cleavages of Antimony on a massive Quartz matrix. A Spanish classic, from a locality from which it is currently extremely difficult to get specimens.
La Viñuela reservoir, La Viñuela, Comarca La Axarquía, Málaga, Andalusia Spain (1987)
Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.9 × 1.6 cm = 1.30” × 1.14” × 0.63”
Price: €90 / US$109 / JPY11500 / AUD$130

3N14: Antimony, Quartz

Crystalline growths and very sharp and bright cleavages of native Antimony on a matrix of massive Quartz. A Spanish classic from a locality where it is currently very difficult to obtain specimens.
La Viñuela reservoir, La Viñuela, Comarca La Axarquía, Málaga, Andalusia Spain (1987)
Specimen size: 5.2 × 7.2 cm = 2.05” × 2.83”
Price: €80 / US$97 / JPY10220 / AUD$120

4M05: Aragonite (flos ferri variety)

Coraloidal crystal growths of the flos ferri variety, dark at the base and snow white at the terminations. The larger crystal displays an empty cavity inside.
Bovegno, Trompia Valley, Brescia Province, Lombardy Italy (2009-2010)
Specimen size: 6.5 × 8.0 cm = 2.56” × 3.15”
Price: €90 / US$109 / JPY11500 / AUD$130

SM99AM3: Aragonite (variety cuprian)

Fine coralloid growths of Aragonite with stalactitic forms, pale blue due to the copper content. The specimen is from the Francesco S. Stoppani collection (number 0515), whose label we will send to the buyer together with other old labels from the Rosenkranz and N. Stotzel collections. As with many of the specimens in this collection, this one is of high quality for the locality, a classic of Italian mineralogy.
San Giovanni Mine, Punta della Torre, Iglesias, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna Italy
Specimen size: 17.3 × 8.6 × 11 cm = 6.81” × 3.39” × 4.33”
Price: €480 / US$582 / JPY61340 / AUD$740

1M06: Aragonite (variety flos ferri)

Coraloidal crystal growths of the flos ferri variety, with dark color at the base and snow white at the terminations. The larger crystal displays an empty cavity inside.
Bovegno, Trompia Valley, Brescia Province, Lombardy Italy (2009-2010)
Specimen size: 6.0 × 5.0 cm = 2.36” × 1.97”
Price: €100 / US$121 / JPY12780 / AUD$150

TG69AL3: Aragonite (variety tarnowitzite)

Aggregate of very elongated elongated crystals, with two generations of growth, the first having very elongated white crystals, with slight curvatures on the faces and edges, and a second, with reddish orange tints. A classic salvaged from Touissit‘s glorious era.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region Morocco
Specimen size: 11.1 × 10.9 × 5.6 cm = 4.37” × 4.29” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 0.6 cm = 1.30” × 0.24”
Price: €460 / US$558 / JPY58790 / AUD$710

EC90AH4: Arfvedsonite with Aegirine and Orthoclase

Very well defined Arfvedsonite crystals with acute polycrystalline terminations. They are bright with a very deep green color and are on a matrix of Orthoclase crystals that very well defined Baveno twins, and black prismatic Aegirine crystals around the base of the Arfvedsonite crystal.
Mount Malosa, Zomba District Malawi (2014)
Specimen size: 14 × 10.5 × 6.8 cm = 5.51” × 4.13” × 2.68”
Price: €780 / US$946 / JPY99690 / AUD$1200

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