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Floater group of octahedral Cuprite crystals, with minor shapes of the cube and the dodecahedron, one of them dominant and very aerial, translucent, with good luster and a deep red color. We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the collection of Robert J. (Bob) Noble, which also contains the label.
Rubtsovskoe Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai Russia
Specimen size: 2.5 × 2 × 1.8 cm = 0.98” × 0.79” × 0.71”
Price: €190 / US$202 / ¥30730 / AUD$310

TC190TG: Cuprite

Very sharp Cuprite crystals, dominated by the octahedron and the cube and beveled by the dodecahedron and with very well defined faces and edges. The crystals, which are on a matrix of rock and massive Cuprite, are translucent and have a deep red color partially masked by their extraordinary luster.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (12/2015-01/2016)
Specimen size: 5.7 × 3.3 × 2.1 cm = 2.24” × 1.30” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.20” × 0.12”
Price: €190 / US$202 / ¥30730 / AUD$310

MD69AJ8: Cuprite

Very sharp octahedral Cuprite crystals that are bright with vivid reddish reflections and are on matrix. An English classic of great quality for the locality and that is with an old handwritten label that we will send to the buyer.
Cornwall England / United Kingdom
Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.4 × 2.1 cm = 1.73” × 1.34” × 0.83”
Price: €440 / US$470 / ¥71170 / AUD$730

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$470 / ¥71170 / AUD$730

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$512 / ¥77640 / AUD$800

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”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.39” × 0.31”
Price: €490 / US$523 / ¥79260 / AUD$820

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”
Price: €560 / US$598 / ¥90590 / AUD$940

TZ99N0: Cuprite

A novelty for Tucson 2009. Group of octahedral crystals with slight curvatures of faces and edges. They have excellent luster, with reddish reflections especially vivid under a strong light. The sample is from a recent find (July and August of 2008) at a Russian locality practically unknown until now.
Poteryaevskoe Mine, block 2-1, ↓100 m., Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai Russia (06-08/2008)
Specimen size: 3.3 × 3.2 × 2.5 cm = 1.30” × 1.26” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 0.87” × 0.63”
Price: €490 / US$523 / ¥79260 / AUD$820

EGL54AO9: Cuprite on Malachite and Chrysocolla

Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022 Group of very sharp Cuprite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with crystal forms of the octahedron and, to a lesser extent, of the cube. With finely polycrystalline striations, translucent, with an intense red color by transmitted light, on matrix partially covered by Chrysocolla, which in turn is covered by Malachite microcrystals.
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba) Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
Specimen size: 9 × 6.9 × 5.7 cm = 3.54” × 2.72” × 2.24”
Price: €960 / US$1025 / ¥155290 / AUD$1610

MB67AF2: Cuprite with Calcite

Very sharp octahedral Cuprite crystals. They are very bright, and have a very intense and deep red color visible under an intense light. The Cuprite esthetically contrasts with the white Calcite coating the vug on a rocky matrix.
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba) Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
Specimen size: 6.5 × 5 × 4.4 cm = 2.56” × 1.97” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.28” × 0.24”
Price: €230 / US$245 / ¥37200 / AUD$380

BBT94AO8: Cuprite with Dickite

Druse with very sharp Cuprite crystals with the dominant octahedron and with smaller forms of the rhombododecahedron and the cube, translucent, with great luster and a bright red color. On matrix and with white fibrous aggregates of Dickite. With better color and luster than usual, it is of great quality for the locality. It comes from an important European collection.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (12/2015-01/2016)
Specimen size: 7.5 × 4.2 × 2.8 cm = 2.95” × 1.65” × 1.10”
Price: €880 / US$940 / ¥142350 / AUD$1470

TC2260BRB: Cuprodongchuanite on Quartz with Calcite, Veszelyite and Hemimorphite

Spherical aggregates of translucent Cuprodongchuanite, with good luster and a pale green color, on Quartz matrix, with Calcite, and with by pale sky-blue botryoidal Hemimorphite crystals and Veszelyite crystals. Cuprodongchuanite is a new species recently approved by the IMA (reference number IMA 2021-065), but still pending publication. A find made at the end of the year 2021, it is a curious phosphate of Pb, Cu and Zn, the copper analog of Dongchuanite, and comes from the type locality (TL)
Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province China (28/12/2021)
Specimen size: 5.8 × 5 × 2.9 cm = 2.28” × 1.97” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”
Price: €260 / US$277 / ¥42060 / AUD$430

TVX46AO3: Cuprodongchuanite with Hemimorphite and Veszelyite

Translucent, lustrous pale bluish green spheroidal aggregates of Cuprodongchuanite, a rare phosphate of lead, copper and zinc, discovered very recently and approved by the IMA as a new species in 2021. On matrix, with white aggregates of Hemimorphite and small blue crystals of Veszelyite. The specimen is from the type locality for the species.
Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province China (12/2021)
Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.6 × 1.8 cm = 1.42” × 1.02” × 0.71”
Price: €150 / US$160 / ¥24260 / AUD$250

MJR99AO3: Cuprodongchuanite with Veszelyite

Translucent and lustrous spheroidal aggregates with a pale bluish green color of Cuprodongchuanite, a rare phosphate of lead, copper and zinc, discovered very recently and approved by the IMA as a new species in 2021. On matrix, accompanied by numerous Veszelyite crystals, very sharp and deep blue. The specimen is from the type locality for the species.
Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province China (12/2021)
Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.1 × 1.6 cm = 1.38” × 1.22” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”
Price: €480 / US$512 / ¥77640 / AUD$800

TC2140HMR: Cuprodongchuanite with Veszelyite and Hemimorphite

Spherical aggregates of translucent Cuprodongchuanite, with good luster and a pale green color, on a matrix covered by sky-blue botryoidal Hemimorphite crystals and Veszelyite crystals. Cuprodongchuanite is a new species recently approved by the IMA (IMA no. 2021-065), but still pending publication. A find from the end of the year 2021, it is a curious phosphate of Pb, Cu and Zn, the copper analog of Dongchuanite, and comes from the type locality (TL)
Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province China (28/12/2021)
Specimen size: 3.4 × 3.1 × 1.5 cm = 1.34” × 1.22” × 0.59”
Price: €140 / US$149 / ¥22640 / AUD$230

SM60TR: Cyanotrichite with Malachite

Aggregates of fibrous crystals of an intense blue, on matrix and with concretionary Malachite. From a classic French locality.
Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Toulon, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur France
Specimen size: 3.2 × 3.1 × 1.1 cm cm = 1.26” × 1.22” × 0.43”
Price: €60 / US$64 / ¥9700 / AUD$100

20CBX66: Cylindrite

Aggregate of fine Cylindrite crystals in parallel groups of silvery grey color and metallic luster. This deposit exploits veins of tin, lead and silver, and is the type locality (TL) for this specie. The specimen comes from the former collection (duplicates) of Carles Curto (number 1984.37), whose label and computer file we will send to the buyer.
Trinacria Mine, Callipampa, Poopó Province, Oruro Department Bolivia
Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.4 × 2.2 cm = 1.38” × 1.34” × 0.87”
Price: €140 / US$149 / ¥22640 / AUD$230

VB99AI0: Datolite with Ilvaite

Group of flattened Datolite crystals that are bright, translucent, have a uniform clear green color and are with black and very bright Ilvaite crystals. A Russian classic.
First Sovetskii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai Russia (1996)
Specimen size: 12.4 × 10.3 × 3.9 cm = 4.88” × 4.06” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 4.6 × 2.3 cm = 1.81” × 0.91”
Price: €480 / US$512 / ¥77640 / AUD$800

TX51AG7: Datolite with Quartz

Aggregate of equant Datolite crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They are translucent, very bright and partially coated by clear Quartz crystals.
It is an old sample from the Richard Shupe collection (cat. nr. 6374) to whom we sold it in the past and whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk B deposit, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai Russia
Specimen size: 14.3 × 12.5 × 7.2 cm = 5.63” × 4.92” × 2.83”
Price: €640 / US$683 / ¥103530 / AUD$1070

XM70TKA: Datolite with Quartz

Group of Datolite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, transparent, lustrous and with a green color with slightly bluish reflections. On matrix, with white Quartz crystals.
Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk B deposit, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai Russia
Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.4 × 2.3 cm = 3.07” × 2.52” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.87” × 0.47”
Price: €70 / US$74 / ¥11320 / AUD$110

8AA150V2: Datolite, Quartz

Group of transparent crystals of Datolite with very well defined faces and edges, with extraordinary luster and transparency, light green color with slightly bluish reflections. They are on a matrix of white crystals of Quartz, some of them doubly terminated.
Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk B deposit, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai Russia (2001)
Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.3 × 3.5 cm = 2.17”
Price: €140 / US$149 / ¥22640 / AUD$230

8TA140W4: Datolite, Quartz

Partially doubly terminated short prismatic crystal of Datolite, bright and with a clear green color and fine striations, perpendicular to the main axis due to the geometrical insertion of completely flat crystals of smoky Quartz, also present as well developed small and doubly terminated crystals.
Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk B deposit, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai Russia
Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.4 × 3.9 cm = 2.28”
Price: €140 / US$149 / ¥22640 / AUD$230

EYP66AP9: Descloizite

Vug of very sharp lanceolate Descloizite crystals, with bright luster and a reddish brown color. From a locality little known to mineral collectors.
Venus Mine, El Guaico Mining District, Minas Department, Córdoba Province Argentina
Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.6 × 3.3 cm = 2.48” × 1.81” × 1.30”
Price: €170 / US$181 / ¥27500 / AUD$280

BRM88AP1: Descloizite

Descloizite crystal groups much more flattened and sharp than usual in the deposit. Translucent on the edges, shiny, and on matrix. The specimen, a classic of great quality, comes from an important European collection.
Berg Aukas, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region Namibia
Specimen size: 14.2 × 8.3 × 4.6 cm = 5.59” × 3.27” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.59” × 0.39”
Price: €380 / US$405 / ¥61470 / AUD$630

TRH68AP9: Descloizite

Coatings of Descloizite microcrystals on matrix, with an extraordinary luster and a color between red and deep garnet-red. The specimen, of high quality due to its extraordinary color, comes from the Moutet collection, from Marseille. We will send the buyer, together with the specimen, a label from the prestigious Deyrolle house in Paris where Moutet bought it many years ago.
Hochobir mining district, Hochobir Mountain, Eisenkappel-Vellach, Völkermarkt District, Carinthia/Kärnten Austria
Specimen size: 10.1 × 7.7 × 3.9 cm = 3.98” × 3.03” × 1.54”
Price: €480 / US$512 / ¥77640 / AUD$800

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