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Group of reticulated twins of flattened prismatic Cerussite crystals with sharp terminations, white, lustrous, and on matrix. From a locality where good cerussites are rarely seen, much less of this size and quality.
Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco
Specimen size: 6.7 × 3.4 × 2.6 cm = 2.64” × 1.34” × 1.02”
Price: €280 / US$299 / ¥45290 / AUD$470

XM2290MEE: Cerussite (twinned)

V-shaped twin of sharp and lustrous Cerussite crystals, with polycrystalline terminations and remnants of a matrix formed of iron oxides. It comes from a Congolese mining district which produces lead, zinc and, to a lesser extent, copper.
M'Fouati, M'Fouati District, Bouenza Department Republic of the Congo (2022)
Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.9 × 2.8 cm = 2.20” × 1.54” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 5.1 × 2.7 cm = 2.01” × 1.06”
Price: €290 / US$309 / ¥46910 / AUD$480

NGX97AP3: Cerussite (twinned)

Very aerial, reticulated growth of flattened and twinned prismatic Cerussite crystals with a white color. The specimen comes from the collection of Ignacio Gaspar Sintes (number CER-56) whose label we will send to the buyer.
Luis Mine, Norte vein, Del General Mines, Cabezarrubias del Puerto, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha Spain (06/11/2013)
Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.5 × 2.1 cm = 1.73” × 0.98” × 0.83”
Price: €290 / US$309 / ¥46910 / AUD$480

HM130TZ: Cerussite (twinned)

Floater reticulated aggregate of Cerussite crystals with multiple twinning, between lamellar and tabular. Very sharp, transparent, lustrous and more limpid and perfect than is usual for specimens from this deposit.
Nakhlak Mine, ↓180 m., Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province Iran (03/2016)
Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.4 × 1.2 cm = 1.34” × 0.94” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1 cm = 0.63” × 0.39”
Price: €130 / US$138 / ¥21030 / AUD$210

SM760M: Cerussite after Anglesite on Goethite

Elongated prismatic crystals of Cerussite 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, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (±1995)
Specimen size: 13.7 × 13.3 × 5.2 cm cm = 5.39” × 5.24” × 2.05”
Price: €760 / US$811 / ¥122940 / AUD$1270

ET99AK7: Cerussite after Anglesite with Goethite

Fans of twinned Cerussite crystals pseudomorphing Anglesite and subsequently coated by iridescent Goethite with a rainbow of colors dominated by yellow. This piece comes from the Mariano Guillén collection and both for the size of the crystals and the intensity of color represents just about the best known for this locality, which in fact is the only one that yields these curious formations.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (±1995)
Specimen size: 5.5 × 4 × 4.3 cm = 2.17” × 1.57” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2 cm = 1.18” × 0.79”
Price: €480 / US$512 / ¥77640 / AUD$800

TRB66AP9: Cerussite coating Galena

Growth of white Cerussite microcrystals that completely cover a group of cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena. A genetic curiosity, very unusual, but typical of this deposit.
Mina Rómulo, Collado La Mina, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (±1992)
Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.8 × 3.6 cm = 2.40” × 1.89” × 1.42”
Price: €180 / US$192 / ¥29110 / AUD$300

ELY14AP6: Cerussite on Galena

Group of superficially altered Galena crystals covered by small twinned Cerussite crystals, between transparent and translucent and of a light cream color. A true classic of European mineralogy, which comes from the collection of Michel Perraudin (number 055) and is accompanied by a handwritten note stating that it was obtained in an exchange with the Cracow Mineralogical Group in 1993.
Trzebionka Mine, Trzebinia, Chrzanów District , Małopolskie Poland
Specimen size: 5.6 × 5.2 × 3.1 cm = 2.20” × 2.05” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.39” × 0.39”
Price: €90 / US$96 / ¥14550 / AUD$150

NRF89AN8: Cerussite on Goethite

Cyclic twins of second generation yellowish white tabular crystals of Cerussite, with very sharp and translucent crystal forms that contrast with the Goethite matrix that presents low iridescence with mostly reddish brown colors. This specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 822), whose label we will send to the buyer.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (±1995)
Specimen size: 12 × 7.3 × 8.5 cm = 4.72” × 2.87” × 3.35”
Price: €480 / US$512 / ¥77640 / AUD$800

HM90NTA: Cerussite on Goethite

Flattened crystals of Cerussite, very sharp, twinned, between translucent and transparent and with a yellowish white color.On matrix, with Goethite.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (1990)
Specimen size: 7.3 × 6.9 × 5.5 cm = 2.87” × 2.72” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.7 cm = 0.63” × 0.28”
Price: €90 / US$96 / ¥14550 / AUD$150

JFD80AO0: Cerussite on Quartz with iron oxides inclusions

Less famous than Touissit or Mibladen, Taouz cerussites can be attractive too. In this case, although the very aerial crystals are small, their snow-white color contrasts with the dark matrix in which there are small Quartz crystals with inclusions of iron oxides.
Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (±1990)
Specimen size: 6.4 × 3.7 × 2 cm = 2.52” × 1.46” × 0.79”
Price: €110 / US$117 / ¥17790 / AUD$180

ENX98AP2: Cerussite with Duftite

Cyclic twins of very sharp, transparent and lustrous smoky-colored Cerussite crystals, on matrix, with pale green Duftite microcrystal coatings.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region Namibia
Specimen size: 6 × 4.1 × 3.3 cm = 2.36” × 1.61” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.5 cm = 0.94” × 0.59”
Price: €380 / US$405 / ¥61470 / AUD$630

HM170NA: Cerussite with Galena

Groups of Cerussite crystals with good terminations, translucent, shiny and on a Galena matrix. The specimen comes from one of the great classical localities of the Spanish mineralogy.
La Cruz mining group, La Cruz vein, shaft 5, Linares, Comarca Sierra Morena, Jaén, Andalusia Spain
Specimen size: 5.4 × 3 × 2.1 cm = 2.13” × 1.18” × 0.83”
Price: €170 / US$181 / ¥27500 / AUD$280

NBR27AO8: Cerussite with limonite

Twinned Cerussite crystals with very well defined crystal forms, between transparent and translucent, lustrous, and covering a stalactitic growth of limonite. Not so common in this quality from the Ojuela Mine. It comes from the Santiago Jiménez collection, which not only had specimens from Spain but also a good representation of minerals from all over the world.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango Mexico
Specimen size: 7.4 × 4.4 × 2.1 cm = 2.91” × 1.73” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.9 cm = 0.43” × 0.35”
Price: €220 / US$235 / ¥35580 / AUD$360

SV390EFH: Cerussite with Malachite

Aggregate of elongated crystals of Cerussite, on matrix, and almost entirely coated by deep green Malachite microcrystals. The specimen comes from the collection of Michel Perraudin and was found in an old German mine that benefited from lead and zinc.
Glücksrad Mine, Oberschulenberg, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen Germany
Specimen size: 10.8 × 6.7 × 4 cm = 4.25” × 2.64” × 1.57”
Price: €390 / US$416 / ¥63090 / AUD$650

TT48AL5: Cerussite with Malachite

Group of flattened, twinned crystals, with lattice growths, colorless, transparent, with good luster and small inclusions of Malachite. Of the best quality for a historical locality, especially for its perfection since these specimens are usually very fragile, often have damage, but this piece is nevertheless perfect. The sample comes from the Dick Norris collection (no. 179) whose label, together with a previous one by Dave Bunk, we will send to the buyer.
Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona USA
Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.4 × 3.2 cm = 1.85” × 1.34” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 4.6 × 3.1 cm = 1.81” × 1.22”
Price: €3400 / US$3632 / ¥550010 / AUD$5710

MR6AC9: Cerussite with Mimetite and Malachite

Single Cerussite crystal with slightly curved faces and edges, translucent, with a rough aspect on its faces, on matrix with minor Malachite and small yellow Mimetite crystals. The sample is from the Desmond Sacco collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region Namibia
Specimen size: 9.1 × 8.9 × 6.2 cm = 3.58” × 3.50” × 2.44”
Price: €120 / US$128 / ¥19410 / AUD$200

SV230ELP: Cerussite with Wulfenite

Aggregate of single Cerussite crystals, some of them with a very marked V-twin. On matrix, bright and translucent, accompanied by small Wulfenite crystals, product of oxidation of the metallic part of the matrix, formed mainly by Galena.
Adami Mine No. 2, Plaka Mines, Plaka, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture Greece
Specimen size: 9.6 × 6.3 × 2.8 cm = 3.78” × 2.48” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.39” × 0.20”
Price: €230 / US$245 / ¥37200 / AUD$380

NX16AL4: Chalcocite

Very sharp Chalcocite crystals that form hexagonal cyclic twins with well defined faces and edges, flattened, shiny, on matrix. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia Spain
Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.9 × 0.3 cm = 1.10” × 0.75” × 0.12”
Price: €110 / US$117 / ¥17790 / AUD$180

EGR46AN4: Chalcocite

New discovery: very aerial floater group of very sharp platy crystals of Chalcocite, with a pseudo-hexagonal outline, lustrous, with parallel and polycrystalline growths. The specimen, of high quality for the species, comes from new workings in the M'Passa area where a group of small mines used to yield, in their glorious past, specimens with big sharp crystals. With the cessation of exploitation in the 1980s, that glory was lost, but fortunately it has now returned with specimens as magnificent as those and, moreover, with a great variety of crystallographic habits.
M'Passa Mines, Mindouli District, Pool Department Republic of the Congo (2021)
Specimen size: 5.5 × 5.2 × 3.1 cm = 2.17” × 2.05” × 1.22”
Price: €1400 / US$1495 / ¥226470 / AUD$2350

ERB96AN4: Chalcocite

New discovery: very aerial group of Chalcocite crystals, huge for the species, between platy and tabular, very sharp, with a pseudo-hexagonal outline and great luster. This specimen, of high quality for the species, comes from new workings in the M'Passa area where a group of small mines used to produce, in their glorious past, specimens with large sharp crystals. With the closure of the workings in the 1980s, that glory was lost, although fortunately it has now returned with specimens as magnificent as those and, moreover, with a great variety of crystallographic habits.
This specimen has been published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the 'What's New' section, report 61, August 30, 2021 edition, page 10
M'Passa Mines, Mindouli District, Pool Department Republic of the Congo (2021)
Specimen size: 6.6 × 5 × 1.2 cm = 2.60” × 1.97” × 0.47”
Price: €1900 / US$2029 / ¥307360 / AUD$3190

ND26AL4: Chalcocite with Calcite

Very sharp Chalcocite crystals that form hexagonal cyclic twins with well defined faces and edges, flattened, with good luster, on a matrix covered with small white Calcite crystals. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia Spain
Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.5 × 1.6 cm = 2.17” × 1.38” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”
Price: €120 / US$128 / ¥19410 / AUD$200

NZ89AL5: Chalcocite with Calcite

Growth on matrix of highly profiled Chalcocite crystals that form thick twins with a hexagonal outline, with very well defined faces and edges, bright, on matrix, with Calcite crystal coatings. These specimens were analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia Spain
Specimen size: 8.5 × 6.3 × 3.6 cm = 3.35” × 2.48” × 1.42”
Price: €480 / US$512 / ¥77640 / AUD$800

TMB94AQ0: Chalcocite with Calcite

Twinned very sharp Chalcocite crystals, with very sharp terminations, between shiny and matte, on matrix, with small white Calcite crystals. The specimen comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection (number CAC-1) and was previously in that of Martín Oliete Fontela (number 157). We will send the buyer the labels from both collections.
Copiapó Province, Atacama Region Chile
Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.7 × 3.7 cm = 3.31” × 2.64” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.4 cm = 0.75” × 0.55”
Price: €880 / US$940 / ¥142350 / AUD$1470

TC280NC: Chalcocite with Calcite and Pyrite

Growth of very sharp crystals of Chalcocite that form thick twins with a hexagonal outline, with very well defined and shiny faces and edges, on matrix, covered by Calcite crystals and Pyrite microcrystals. These specimens have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia Spain (01/2019)
Specimen size: 7.1 × 6.4 × 3.6 cm = 2.80” × 2.52” × 1.42”
Price: €280 / US$299 / ¥45290 / AUD$470

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