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MV37AJ6: Copper with Calcite and Malachite

Surely this ample offers the most classic image of what a native Copper sample should be, with delicate and very well balanced arborescent growths of crystals with rounded faces and edges and with the precise matrix to give it the necessary esthetic character.
Manto Cuba Mine, San Pedro de Cachiyuyo, Inca de Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region Chile
Specimen size: 7 × 4.5 × 3.4 cm = 2.76” × 1.77” × 1.34”
Price: €220 / US$267 / JPY27710 / AUD$350

TT73AF0: Copper with Cuprite

Dendritic Copper crystals that are very elongated and bright with well-defined faces and edges with very visible spinel law twinning. They are partially coated by reddish Cuprite.
The sample is with an old Copper City Rock Shop label that we’ll send to the buyer.
Ray Mines, Scott Mountain area, Mineral Creek District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona USA
Specimen size: 9 × 5.2 × 4.3 cm = 3.54” × 2.05” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.08”
Price: €840 / US$1021 / JPY105830 / AUD$1350

EM96AA5: Copper with Cuprite

Very aerial dendritic growth of elongated and flattened Copper crystals showing very well defined Spinel-law twins and partially coated by cubo-octahedral Cuprite crystals. An excellent American classic.
Ray Mines, Scott Mountain area, Mineral Creek District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona USA
Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.1 × 0.8 cm = 1.50” × 1.22” × 0.31”
Price: €190 / US$231 / JPY23930 / AUD$300

VF99AI8: Copper with Cuprite and Silver

Native Copper crystals that have very well defined faces and edges with the dominant octahedral form, very bright, associated with groups of octahedral Cuprite crystals that have coatings of Silver.
The sample is from the Jordi Vilallonga collection.
Poteryaevskoe Mine, block 2-1, ↓100 m., Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai Russia (06-08/2008)
Specimen size: 5 × 3.2 × 2.7 cm = 1.97” × 1.26” × 1.06”
Price: €460 / US$559 / JPY57950 / AUD$740

TJ87AF6: Copper with Cuprite, Calcite and Malachite

Arborescent growth of native Copper crystals on matrix, with small octahedral Cuprite crystals which are very bright and intensely red. The Copper has coatings of Calcite and Malachite.
The sample is from the Vallecillo collection, Madrid.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region Namibia
Specimen size: 9.5 × 6.3 × 3.8 cm = 3.74” × 2.48” × 1.50”
Price: €250 / US$304 / JPY31490 / AUD$400

EB66AK9: Copper with Quartz

Outstanding double arborescent growth of deformed and flattened copper crystals, three-dimensional and sharp on the octahedral terminations, in a crystalline Quartz matrix.
The specimen is from the Christian Mondeilh collection (No. 0755/2014), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2014)
Specimen size: 13.2 × 6.8 × 4.3 cm = 5.20” × 2.68” × 1.69”
Price: €170 / US$206 / JPY21410 / AUD$270

MB36AJ5: Corkite on Goethite

Small flattened dipyramidal Corkite crystals with a pale brown color on a matrix of botryoidal Goethite.
Serra da Mina Mine, Cercal, Santiago do Cacém, Setúbal District Portugal (2016-2017)
Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.6 × 3.4 cm = 3.31” × 2.20” × 1.34”
Price: €130 / US$158 / JPY16370 / AUD$200

ME12AM2: Corkite with Plumbogummite

Coatings of very sharp and lustrous microcrystals of Corkite, a rare sulfate-phosphate of lead and iron, of olive-green color, implanted on greyish green plumbogummite that is somewhat lighter than the Corkite, on a Goethite - limonite matrix.
Serra da Mina Mine, Cercal, Santiago do Cacém, Setúbal District Portugal (2016-2017)
Specimen size: 9.3 × 3.9 × 4.1 cm = 3.66” × 1.54” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”
Price: €80 / US$97 / JPY10070 / AUD$120

EX88AM1: Corundum with Calcite

Doubly terminated crystals of red Corundum, one of them clearly dominant, with very well defined faces and edges and curvatures on the edges. They are embedded in a gneissic rock matrix.
Mysore District, Karnataka India
Specimen size: 10.4 × 8.7 × 7.6 cm = 4.09” × 3.43” × 2.99”
Price: €380 / US$462 / JPY47870 / AUD$610

MC51AM3: Covellite with Quartz

Aggregates of sharp lamellar Covellite crystals, with edges in an excellent state of preservation, with an intense and vivid metallic blue color, on matrix and with Quartz. High quality for the locality.
The specimen comes from the Ignacio Gaspar collection (number COV-2), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Summitville Mine, Summitville District, Rio Grande County, Colorado USA
Specimen size: 5.2 × 4 × 3.5 cm = 2.05” × 1.57” × 1.38”
Price: €640 / US$778 / JPY80630 / AUD$1030

EV26AM1: Cr-bearing Clinochlore (variety kämmererite)

Druse on matrix of twinned crystals of Chromium-bearing Clinochlore (variety kämmererite) They have a bipyramidal habit, translucent, with good luster and an intense deep mauve color. A classic of Turkish mineralogy.
Kop Krom Mine, Kop Daglari, Erzurum Province, Eastern Anatolia Region Turkey
Specimen size: 8 × 6.8 × 3.1 cm = 3.15” × 2.68” × 1.22”
Price: €140 / US$170 / JPY17630 / AUD$220

EM86AM1: Cr-bearing Clinochlore (variety kämmererite)

Druse on matrix of twinned crystals of Chromium-bearing Clinochlore (variety kämmererite) They have a bipyramidal habit, translucent, with good luster and an intense deep mauve color. A classic of Turkish mineralogy.
Kop Krom Mine, Kop Daglari, Erzurum Province, Eastern Anatolia Region Turkey
Specimen size: 4 × 3.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.57” × 1.46” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”
Price: €190 / US$231 / JPY23930 / AUD$300

EP27AM1: Cr-bearing Clinochlore (variety kämmererite)

Druse on matrix of twinned crystals of Chromium-bearing Clinochlore (variety kämmererite) They have a bipyramidal habit, translucent, with good luster and an intense deep mauve color. A classic of Turkish mineralogy.
Kop Krom Mine, Kop Daglari, Erzurum Province, Eastern Anatolia Region Turkey
Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.3 × 1.9 cm = 2.83” × 1.69” × 0.75”
Price: €220 / US$267 / JPY27710 / AUD$350

MP51AF0: Creedite

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”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.24” × 0.12”
Price: €580 / US$705 / JPY73070 / AUD$930

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”
Price: €1900 / US$2311 / JPY239380 / AUD$3060

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”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0..4 cm = 0.71” × 0.00”
Price: €780 / US$948 / JPY98270 / AUD$1250

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”
Price: €1300 / US$1581 / JPY163780 / AUD$2090

HM90DC: Cuarzo (variedad ahumado) con Albita

Quartz crystal (smoky variety), very aerial, transparent, with good luster and a very deep color, on a matrix of small, sharp white crystals of Albite.
The specimen comes from the Daunis collection, which in the 70-80s was a reference for field collectors, especially for Catalan localities.
Les Mallorquines, Sils, Comarca La Selva, Girona / Gerona, Catalonia Spain
Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.2 × 2.6 cm = 2.01” × 1.26” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 4.9 × 2.5 cm = 1.93” × 0.98”
Price: €90 / US$109 / JPY11330 / AUD$140

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$194 / JPY20150 / AUD$250

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”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.4 cm = 0.39” × 0.16”
Price: €440 / US$535 / JPY55430 / AUD$700

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”
Price: €480 / US$583 / JPY60470 / AUD$770

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”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”
Price: €490 / US$596 / JPY61730 / AUD$780

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”
Price: €490 / US$596 / JPY61730 / AUD$780

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”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.8 cm = 0.31” × 0.31”
Price: €560 / US$681 / JPY70550 / AUD$900

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”
Price: €1000 / US$1216 / JPY125990 / AUD$1610

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