Mineral Specimens - page 14
Turkey - Asia (excl. China) - Australia

TA48AN1: A novelty from Turkey: Spherulitic growths of Rosasite with an intense bluish green color, with small centered growths of Aurichalcite of a lighter green color, small white Hydrozincite crystals with a pearly luster, and scattered acicular Hemimorphite crystals. All four species have been analyzed and we will send the buyer a copy of the analyses. A very recent find in a mine that is also producing excellent Smithsonites and from which Rosasite had not been reported before, which gives hope for more new and interesting discoveries.
Aladağ Mine, Zamanti River area, Denizovasi, Yahyalı District, Kayseri Province, Central Anatolia Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 11.1 × 10.3 × 5.9 cm = 4.37” × 4.06” × 2.32”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.39” × 0.35”

TA16AN1: A novelty from Turkey: Botryoidal Smithsonite growths, with remnants of rock matrix, translucent, lustrous and pale green with bluish tones. The specimen comes from a 2020 find at a locality not known until now in the world of collecting for quality Smithsonites. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aladağ Mine, Zamanti River area, Denizovasi, Yahyalı District, Kayseri Province, Central Anatolia Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 5.9 × 4.3 cm = 3.07” × 2.32” × 1.69”

TFA86AN2: A novelty from Turkey. Botryoidal Smithsonite growths, translucent, lustrous and with remnants of rock matrix. The specimen comes from a find in 2020 at a locality not known until now in the world of collecting for quality Smithsonites.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aladağ Mine, Zamanti River area, Denizovasi, Yahyalı District, Kayseri Province, Central Anatolia Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 6.2 × 3.5 cm = 3.35” × 2.44” × 1.38”

TB27AN0: A novelty from Turkey. Botryoidal Smithsonite growths, with remnants of rock matrix, translucent, with good luster and an intense and uniform yellow color. The specimen comes from a 2020 find made in a locality not known until now in the world of collecting for quality specimens of Smithsonite. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aladağ Mine, Zamanti River area, Denizovasi, Yahyalı District, Kayseri Province, Central Anatolia Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 10 × 5.6 × 2.7 cm = 3.94” × 2.20” × 1.06”

TD89AN0: A novelty from Turkey. Botryoidal Smithsonite growths, with remnants of rock matrix, translucent, lustrous and of a uniform greenish blue color with white areas. The specimen comes from a 2020 find made in a locality not known until now in the world of collecting for quality Smithsonite specimens. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This specimen has been published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the 'What's New' section, report 60, May 23, 2021 edition, page 4
Aladağ Mine, Zamanti River area, Denizovasi, Yahyalı District, Kayseri Province, Central Anatolia Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 10.6 × 9.4 × 3.1 cm = 4.17” × 3.70” × 1.22”

TC87AN1: A novelty from Turkey: Botryoidal Smithsonite growths, with remnants of rock matrix, translucent, lustrous and pale green in color with bluish tones, and small white festoons. The specimen comes from a find in 2020 at a locality not known until now in the world of collecting for quality Smithsonites. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aladağ Mine, Zamanti River area, Denizovasi, Yahyalı District, Kayseri Province, Central Anatolia Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 9.1 × 5 cm = 4.61” × 3.58” × 1.97”

TE26AN0: A novelty from Turkey. Botryoidal Smithsonite growths, with remnants of rock matrix, translucent, lustrous and of an intense bluish green color with white areas. The specimen, which is beautiful, comes from a find made in 2020 at a locality not known until now in the world of collecting for quality specimens of Smithsonite. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aladağ Mine, Zamanti River area, Denizovasi, Yahyalı District, Kayseri Province, Central Anatolia Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 12 × 10.3 × 8.6 cm = 4.72” × 4.06” × 3.39”

TD67AN1: A novelty from Turkey: Botryoidal Smithsonite growths, with remnants of rock matrix, translucent, lustrous and pale green with bluish tones. The specimen comes from a 2020 find at a locality not known until now in the world of collecting for quality Smithsonites. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aladağ Mine, Zamanti River area, Denizovasi, Yahyalı District, Kayseri Province, Central Anatolia Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 12.2 × 4.7 × 5.8 cm = 4.80” × 1.85” × 2.28”

TE68AN1: A novelty from Turkey. Botryoidal Smithsonite growths, with remnants of rock matrix, translucent, lustrous and pale green with bluish tones. The specimen comes from a find in 2020 at a locality not known until now in the world of collecting for quality Smithsonites. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aladağ Mine, Zamanti River area, Denizovasi, Yahyalı District, Kayseri Province, Central Anatolia Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 14.2 × 7.8 × 4.5 cm = 5.59” × 3.07” × 1.77”

TF94AN1: A novelty from Turkey: Botryoidal Smithsonite growths, with remnants of rock matrix, translucent, lustrous and of an intense green color with bluish tones and white festoons. This specimen comes from a 2020 find at a locality not known until now in the collecting world for quality Smithsonites. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aladağ Mine, Zamanti River area, Denizovasi, Yahyalı District, Kayseri Province, Central Anatolia Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 14.6 × 10.4 × 4 cm = 5.75” × 4.09” × 1.57”

TD11AM9: A novelty post-Easter 2021: Aggregates of very sharp crystals of Hydroboracite, highly elongated and with perfect terminations, water-clear, very lustrous, and on matrix. Of excellent quality for the species. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Hisarcik Mine, Emet Borate deposit, Emet, Emet District, Kütahya Province, Aegean Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.5 × 0.8 cm = 0.87” × 0.59” × 0.31”

TF11AM9: A novelty post-Easter 2021: Aggregates of very sharp crystals of Hydroboracite, highly elongated and with perfect terminations, water-clear, very lustrous, and on matrix. Of excellent quality for the species. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Hisarcik Mine, Emet Borate deposit, Emet, Emet District, Kütahya Province, Aegean Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.6 × 0.8 cm = 0.98” × 0.63” × 0.31”

TMA87AN2: On matrix centered groups of transparent and very lustrous acicular Hydroboracite crystals, with small transparent and colorless crystals of Celestine and orange spheroidal growths of Calcite. Of excellent quality for the species.
Both Hydroboracite and Celestine and Calcite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Hisarcik Mine, Emet Borate deposit, Emet, Emet District, Kütahya Province, Aegean Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 10.3 × 6.9 × 5.7 cm = 4.06” × 2.72” × 2.24”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.47” × 0.04”

TA27AM9: New post-Easter 2021: Centered groups of acicular Hydroboracite crystals, transparent, on matrix, with bright luster and a white color. With minor Celestine. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Hisarcik Mine, Emet Borate deposit, Emet, Emet District, Kütahya Province, Aegean Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 11.2 × 9.6 × 6.5 cm = 4.41” × 3.78” × 2.56”

TC89AM9: A novelty post-Easter 2021: On matrix, centered groups of transparent and very lustrous acicular Hydroboracite crystals, with small transparent and colorless crystals of Celestine and orange spheroidal growths of Calcite. Of excellent quality for the species. Both Hydroboracite and Celestine and Calcite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
This specimen has been published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the 'What's New' section, report 60, May 23, 2021 edition, page 5, and in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 159/2021, page 34
Hisarcik Mine, Emet Borate deposit, Emet, Emet District, Kütahya Province, Aegean Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 8.5 × 8.2 cm = 4.61” × 3.35” × 3.23”

TB87AM9: A novelty post-Easter 2021: On matrix, centered groups of acicular Hydroboracite crystals, between transparent and translucent, lustrous, white in color and with larger, transparent, lustrous and colorless Celestine crystals. Of excellent quality for the species. Both the Hydroboracite and Celestine have been analyzed and we will send a copy of both analyses to the buyer.
Hisarcik Mine, Emet Borate deposit, Emet, Emet District, Kütahya Province, Aegean Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 12.5 × 12.3 × 5.8 cm = 4.92” × 4.84” × 2.28”

MT69AM7: Druse of Colemanite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, between transparent and translucent, very lustrous, and rich in inclusions of acicular Realgar crystals with a vivid red color. The specimen comes from a recent find.
Hisarcik Mine, Emet Borate deposit, Emet, Emet District, Kütahya Province, Aegean Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 11.9 × 8.4 × 4.4 cm = 4.69” × 3.31” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.39” × 0.39”

GT47R6: Druse growth of crystals with very well defined faces and edges, transparent, bright and on matrix.
Bigadiç, Balikesir, Marmara Region  Turkey

Specimen size: 11.2 × 9 × 6.5 cm = 4.41” × 3.54” × 2.56”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.3 cm = 0.47” × 0.51”

EV10AL9: Mostly new after the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual Show, from a classic Turkish locality but with a different transparency and color. A twin of two crystals with different terminations, one of them with visible faces and the other with very acute polycrystalline growths. The longest crystal has a partially incomplete termination. The crystals are transparent, with good luster and abundant Rutile inclusions. They have an intense yellow-green color with focused natural light and more yellow under halogen light, and with clearly visible dichroism changing color between soft red and green.
Ilbir Mountain, Pinarcik, Milâs District, Muğla Province, Aegean Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 2.4 × 1.9 cm = 2.05” × 0.94” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 1 cm = 2.05” × 0.39”

ER98AL9: Mostly new after the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual Show, from a classic Turkish locality but with a different transparency and color. The crystal is incomplete at the bottom, but has very sharp polycrystalline upper terminations. It is transparent, lustrous, deep yellow-green in focused natural light and more yellow under halogen lights, with very clearly visible dichroism shifting between soft red and green.
Ilbir Mountain, Pinarcik, Milâs District, Muğla Province, Aegean Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 1.8 × 1 cm = 2.24” × 0.71” × 0.39”

ET29AM1: Two flattened and doubly terminated crystals of Diaspore that form a markedly angular twin, with polycrystalline terminations and fine striations on the prism faces. The two crystals are transparent to translucent, lustrous, and greenish-yellow in color.
Ilbir Mountain, Pinarcik, Milâs District, Muğla Province, Aegean Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 3.4 × 2 cm = 2.52” × 1.34” × 0.79”

EL26AM2: Two crystals of Diaspore, one of them clearly dominant, with good terminal faces and recrystallization forms. The crystals are transparent, very lustrous, and have an intense and uniform greenish yellow color.
Ilbir Mountain, Pinarcik, Milâs District, Muğla Province, Aegean Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 7 × 4.1 × 3.1 cm = 2.76” × 1.61” × 1.22”

EV96AL7: Partially new after the Sainte Marie Virtual Show 2020. A doubly terminated and floater crystal with polycrystalline terminations that have intergrowths of Mica (probably Margarite) and small acicular crystals of Rutile. The specimen comes from a classic Turkish locality but is distinguished by its great transparency and color, an intense yellow-green under focused natural light and a more yellow under halogen light and with an easily visible dichroism changing between soft red and green tones.
This specimen has been photographed and published in the front cover of the Bulletin ‘MiniBul A.G.A.B.’ number 3/2021
Ilbir Mountain, Pinarcik, Milâs District, Muğla Province, Aegean Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 3.3 × 1.5 cm = 3.39” × 1.30” × 0.59”

EQ46AM1: 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: 6.2 × 6 × 2.1 cm = 2.44” × 2.36” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.08”

EP27AM1: 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”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.3 cm = 0.31” × 0.12”

ER86AM1: 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: 7.4 × 3.7 × 2.1 cm = 2.91” × 1.46” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.24” × 0.12”

MY11AN0: Group of two doubly terminated Quartz crystals (smoky variety), with very sharp crystal forms and inverse scepter growths, transparent and very lustrous.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Mooralla, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria  Australia

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.4 × 1.7 cm = 1.26” × 0.94” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1.3 cm = 1.26” × 0.51”

ME46AM9: Spheroidal groups of white lamellar Aldermanite crystals, a rare phosphate of magnesium and aluminum, on matrix and with transparent colorless crystals of Minyulite, another phosphate, this one of potassium and aluminum.
We will send the specimen, which comes from the Robert J. Noble collection, in its original Perky box from that collection, which also contains the label.
Tom's Quarry, Kapunda, North Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia  Australia

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2.3 × 2.4 cm = 0.91” × 0.91” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”

MT27AM7: Centered groups of excellent Atacamite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, very lustrous, with an intense and deep green color, on matrix. An Australian classic with more transparency than usual. We will ship it in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Mount Gunson Copper mines, Pernatty Lagoon, Stuart Shelf, South Australia  Australia

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.3 × 1.4 cm = 1.02” × 0.91” × 0.55”

MJ13AM6: Dendritic growth, very aerial, of flattened Copper crystals. The specimen is from a classic Australian locality and will be shipped to the buyer in its original perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Kapunda Mine, Kapunda, North Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia  Australia

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2 × 0.4 cm = 1.14” × 0.79” × 0.16”

MK14AM6: Floater rosette growth of very sharp tabular Azurite crystals with some areas partially pseudomorphed by Malachite. This specimen is from a classic Australian locality and will be shipped in its original perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Sir Dominick Mine, Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola Region, South Australia  Australia

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.94” × 0.63” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”

MM13AM6: Crystalline aggregate of Sulvanite, a very rare copper and vanadium sulfide, lustrous, metallic gray with bronze reflections and partially covered by an unidentified green species, probably Vésigniéite. This specimen, from the type locality for the species, is from the Robert J. Noble collection and will be shipped to the buyer in its original perky collection box, which also contains the label.
Edelweiss Mine, Burra, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia  Australia

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.8 × 1 cm = 1.10” × 0.71” × 0.39”

TX66AL4: Atacamite as polycrystalline spheroidal growths, with sharp faces, translucent and with very deep color. The specimen comes from one of the historical localities for the species, via the Robert J. Noble collection, and we will deliver it in its original Perky box from that collection, which also contains the label.
House East pit, Mount Gunson Copper mines, Pernatty Lagoon, Stuart Shelf, South Australia  Australia

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.8 × 2.5 cm = 0.94” × 0.71” × 0.98”

TPB16AN3: Complete floater nodule of lustrous and deep colored Atacamite crystals. An Australian classic.
We will ship the piece in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
House East pit, Mount Gunson Copper mines, Pernatty Lagoon, Stuart Shelf, South Australia  Australia

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2 × 2.4 cm = 1.14” × 0.79” × 0.94”

TP68AJ3: Aerial group of Malachite crystals after Azurite. They are very sharp and flattened, with polycrystalline growths.
We will send the sample in its original Perkin’s box from the R.J. Noble collection, also containing the collection label.
Sir Dominick Mine, Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola Region, South Australia  Australia

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.6 × 2 cm = 1.42” × 1.02” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.7 cm = 0.79” × 0.67”

TT56AM9: Parallel growths of Molybdenite crystals with much sharper crystal forms than usual for the species, with very bright luster, on a Quartz matrix.
Wolfram camp, Dimbulah, Mareeba Shire, Queensland  Australia

Specimen size: 6 × 5.7 × 4.2 cm = 2.36” × 2.24” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 2.7 cm = 1.50” × 1.06”

TY69AN2: Pyromorphite crystals, many of them doubly terminated, with an elongated prismatic habit, slight curvatures on the edges and some hopper terminations. The crystals, on a limonite matrix, are of a uniform yellowish cream color. The specimen is old and of great quality for the locality.
Black Star pit, Mount Isa, Mount Isa City, Queensland  Australia

Specimen size: 7.8 × 7 × 3.9 cm = 3.07” × 2.76” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.3 cm = 0.39” × 0.12”

TRC16AN3: Thick tabular crystals of Mimetite, very sharp, translucent, lustrous and white, which is quite exceptional for the species. On a limonite matrix.
We will send the piece in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, which shows that it was previously in the Robinson collection.
Mount Bonnie Mine, Sabine's Shaft, Grove Hill, Victoria Daly Regional Council, Katherine Region, Northern Territory  Australia

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 0.98” × 0.87” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”

NG86AM5: Globular growths of microcrystalline Malachite with a silky luster and a very deep color. On a matrix of twinned white Cerussite crystals of good size for the locality. This specimen is from the Pedro Hernández collection.
Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory  Australia

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.4 × 2 cm = 2.64” × 2.13” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.39” × 0.20”

EM26AM3: Botryoidal Malachite aggregate with a silky luster and a very deep color and concentric growths. On matrix, with coatings of small greenish yellow crystals of Pyromorphite on the back and small white crystals of Cerussite on both sides.
Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory  Australia

Specimen size: 11.3 × 10.3 × 7.2 cm = 4.45” × 4.06” × 2.83”

TF27AN2: Group, on matrix, of twinned Cassiterite crystals, translucent and lustrous. From a locality that was known but little publicized in the collecting world, and of excellent quality for this locality.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Elsmore Hill, Gough County, New South Wales  Australia

Specimen size: 2 × 2 × 2 cm = 0.79” × 0.79” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 0.67” × 0.47”

MB47AM9: Very aerial growth of three extraordinarily elongated Silver crystals that originate from a single common crystal. Very lustrous and with good terminal faces.
We will send the specimen, which comes from the Robert J. Noble collection, in its original Perky box from that collection, which also contains the label.
Endeavor Mine (Elura Mine), Cobar, Robinson County, New South Wales  Australia

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.1 × 0.2 cm = 0.94” × 0.83” × 0.08”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.1 cm = 0.94” × 0.04”

TX58AK5: Very aerial arborescent growth of elongated octahedral copper crystals whose terminations show very sharp octahedral faces. A fine miniature from a classic Australian deposit, which we will send to the buyer in its original Bob Noble collection Perky box, which also contains the label.
Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales  Australia

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.7 × 1.2 cm = 1.50” × 1.06” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.1 cm = 0.79” × 0.04”

MY26AM8: Very sharp crystals of Azurite, some of them doubly terminated, translucent, with a very bright luster and vivid color, on matrix, with globular growths of Malachite.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales  Australia

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.3 × 1.4 cm = 1.46” × 0.91” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.5 cm = 0.31” × 0.20”

MX66AN0: Floater group of trapezohedral Spessartine crystals, one of them clearly dominant, translucent, with great luster and a deep and intense color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales  Australia

Specimen size: 2.6 × 1.9 × 1.6 cm = 1.02” × 0.75” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.5 cm = 0.59” × 0.59”

EA14AM5: Rhodonite crystal with well defined faces and edges, translucent, with good luster and a uniform and vivid red color and with inclusions of Galena. An Australian classic.
Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales  Australia

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2 × 1.7  cm = 1.02” × 0.79” × 0.67”

TW14AN2: Curious group of small crystals of Gypsum in parallel and elongated columnar growths with distinct curvatures.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Southern operations Mine (NBHC Mine), 18 level, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales  Australia

Specimen size: 3.7 × 1.7 × 1.1 cm = 1.46” × 0.67” × 0.43”

TQ87AL5: Shiny, cream-colored, Chlorargyrita-(Br) crystal coatings on matrix. The richness of the material and the excellent state of conservation of the specimen are surprising. We will send it in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales  Australia

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.4 × 2.2 cm = 1.02” × 0.94” × 0.87”

TE91AL5: Fine prismatic crystals of Raspite, a very rare lead wolframate, isolated and in groups, most of them doubly terminated, with sharp faces and edges, transparent, very lustrous, with an intense and uniform color, on matrix. We will send the specimen, which comes from the type locality for the species, in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales  Australia

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.9 × 1.9 cm = 0.94” × 0.75” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.1 cm = 0.12” × 0.04”

TF90V7: 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”

TZB14AN3: Lenticular crystals of Calcite, doubly terminated, with the dominant forms of a terminal flattened rhombohedron and a short prism. Translucent, with good luster and a pale yellow-white color, on matrix with cubo-octahedral Galena crystals. Among the best quality for the locality.
We will ship the piece in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Cadjebut Mine, Fitzroy Crossing, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia  Australia

Specimen size: 3 × 2.8 × 1.8  cm = 1.18” × 1.10” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2 cm = 0.87” × 0.79”

TD16AN2: Columbite group crystal, partially doubly terminated, very sharp and rich in faces. Based on its origin it is probably Columbite-(Fe). Of excellent quality for the locality.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Londonderry pegmatite, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia  Australia

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.83” × 0.39” × 0.31”

TA16AJ8: Floater group of very well defined octahedral crystals, some of them also showing the forms of the dodecahedron. The sample is from an Australian locality that is not well known. We will send the sample in its original Perkin’s box from the R.J. Noble collection, also containing the collection label on which appears “Kalgoorlie 2015” and that it had previously been in the Bill Powell collection.
Burbanks Gold Mine, Coolgardie, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia  Australia

Specimen size: 1.5 × 1.2 × 1.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.47” × 0.51”

TR67AL1: Group of well-defined cubo-octahedral crystals, with parallel and skeletal growths, and very marked hopper faces, from an unusual locality. We will send the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Boronia Gully, Ironcap Bluff, Coolgardie, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia  Australia

Specimen size: 2 × 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.59” × 0.47”

TG93AJ8: Complete laminar Gold crystal with a sharp crystalline profile and edged by very well defined octahedral geometrical forms and fine striations. The sample is from an Australian locality that is not well known. We will send the sample in its original Perkin’s box from the R.J. Noble collection, also containing the collection label on which appears “Normandy 2007”
Bronzewing Mine, Bronzewing Goldfield (Mount McClure), Leonora Shire, Western Australia  Australia

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1 × 0.1 cm = 0.87” × 0.39” × 0.04”

TB73AK8: Very elongated growth, with parallel growths and slight twists, of Gold crystals with defined terminal faces, from one of the great classic Australian localities.
We will send the specimen in the original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Slug Hill, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia  Australia

Specimen size: 2.5 × 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.98” × 0.12” × 0.08”

TY43AJ8: Platy and dendritic, aerial and on matrix, Gold. The sample is from an Australian locality that is not well known. We will send the sample in its original Perkin’s box from the R.J. Noble collection, also containing the collection label on which appears “Kalgoorlie, 2007”
Idaho South pit, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia  Australia

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.1 × 1.5 cm = 0.98” × 0.83” × 0.59”

TG49AD2: Complete flattened Azurite nodule on matrix. It’s contour resembles a medallion, a shape typical of the locality, with diffuse rosette growths on its surface and a very intense and uniform color. Due to the intensity of its color and the excellent definitions of the nodule this sample is better than usual for the locality.
Malbunka copper Mine, Western Aranda, Ltalaltuma  Australia (2015)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 7 × 1.8 cm = 3.11” × 2.76” × 0.71”

TE46AN2: Very aerial group of twinned Chalcopyrite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, shiny, with small Quartz crystal coatings. Of excellent quality for the locality.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown District, West Coast Council, Tasmania  Australia

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2 × 2.1 cm = 0.98” × 0.79” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.5 cm = 0.75” × 0.59”

TX87AE8: An unusual association. Parallel growths of Cerussite crystals with a prismatic shape, a color that varies between different grades of yellowish color and that are partially coated by small acicular Crocoite crystals. Traditionally such Cerussite is well known as “chrome-cerussite” but recent analyses demonstrate that it’s a regular Cerussite. An uncommon sample, very esthetic.
Dundas, Zeehan District, West Coast Council, Tasmania  Australia

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.3 × 3.2 cm = 1.46” × 1.30” × 1.26”

TE66AM5: Druse of rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals with very distinct parallel growths, blackened by the abundance of Boulangerite inclusions.
Hercules Mine, Mount Read, Williamsford, Rosebery District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania  Australia

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.2 × 3 cm = 2.44” × 1.65” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1  cm = 0.47” × 0.39”

NP66AN0: Native Tellurium crystals, the best known for this species, have developed in well-formed groups, with sharp crystal forms and larger than usual. The results of the analyses, which will be provided to the buyer, define the mineral as pure native Tellurium. The locality of origin is also interesting, little known to most mineralogists.
Emperor Mine, Vatukoula, Tavua, Viti Levu Island  Fiji (±2004)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.1 × 1.3 cm = 1.50” × 0.83” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”

TMA61AN3: Floater group of sharp Heulandite-Ca crystals with very well defined faces and edges, between transparent and translucent and with an intense pearly luster.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Aurangabad, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.4 × 2.3 cm = 1.10” × 0.94” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.2 cm = 1.02” × 0.47”

TM13AN1: Isolated crystal of Heulandite-Ca, very sharp, translucent, with good luster and a light pink color, on a Stilbite-Ca matrix.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Nashik District (Nasik), Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2 × 1.8 cm = 1.65” × 0.79” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.8 cm = 1.18” × 0.71”

TP14AN1: Floater group of sharp Heulandite-Ca crystals with sharp crystal forms, bright luster, and a uniform light green color due to Celadonite inclusions.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Shakur Quarry, Nashik District (Nasik), Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 3 × 2 × 1.6 cm = 1.18” × 0.79” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.7 cm = 0.94” × 0.28”

MB10AM9: Spheroidal growth of fine filiform crystals of Okenite, with a silky luster and a snow-white color, on matrix. Relatively abundant decades ago, Okenite is nowadays a rare species in India.
We will send the specimen, which comes from the Robert J. Noble collection, in its original Perky box from that collection, which also contains the label, which shows that it was previously in the Bob Sullivan collection.
Nashik District (Nasik), Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.1 × 2.3 cm = 0.94” × 0.83” × 0.91”

TC13AN2: Spheroidal growth of Stellerite on matrix, translucent, lustrous and opaline white.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Aurangabad, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.8 × 2.2 cm = 1.10” × 1.10” × 0.87”

MV13AM8: Floater aggregate with a sheaf-like habit of Stellerite crystals with sharp crystal forms, translucent, white in color and with a pearly luster.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Aurangabad, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 3 × 2.2 × 1.9 cm = 1.18” × 0.87” × 0.75”

TC16AN2: Spheroidal growth of Epistilbite on matrix, translucent, with good luster and a uniform pale blue color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.4 × 1.8 cm = 1.10” × 0.94” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2.2 cm = 0.91” × 0.87”

TB62AJ1: Bundle-like aggregates of very well defined Epistilbite crystals, translucent, bright and implanted on a basalt matrix.
We will send the sample in its original Perkin’s box from the R.J. Noble collection, also containing the collection label.
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 3 × 2.7 × 1.4 cm = 1.18” × 1.06” × 0.55”

TYZ62AN3: Centered group of Fluorapophyllite-(K) crystals with sharp crystal forms, translucent, with good luster and an intense and uniform blue-green color, on a small basalt matrix. Different!
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Momim Pada, Rahuri, Ahmadnagar District, Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2 × 2.4 cm = 1.10” × 0.79” × 0.94”

CB87AI8: A small group of Fluorapophyllite-(K) crystals, one of them clearly dominant, translucent, with a deep green color and on a matrix of slightly pinkish Stilbite-Ca and also with prismatic acicular Scolecite crystals that are clear and colorless.
Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 10.7 × 7.9 × 7.7 cm = 4.21” × 3.11” × 3.03”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.6 cm = 0.94” × 0.63”

HM47AN2: Group of Fluorapophyllite-(K) crystals with the forms of a prism and a very steep sharp bipyramid, transparent, with a bright luster and an extraordinarily vivid and intense green color. On a basalt matrix covered with white spheroidal aggregates of Stilbite-Ca and white lamellar crystals, with a silky luster, of Heulandite-Ca. Old piece, from the 1970s.
Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 14.4 × 10.4 × 5.8 cm = 5.67” × 4.09” × 2.28”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.7 cm = 0.55” × 0.28”

TV91AE1: Aggregates of very sharp Fluorapophyllite-(K) crystals that are very transparent and bright, with an intense and uniform green color and on a basalt matrix coated by nice pink Stilbite-Ca crystals.
Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 23 × 16 × 7 cm = 9.06” × 6.30” × 2.76”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 2 cm = 1.38” × 0.79”

HA37AM6: Centered groups of fine prismatic Scolecite crystals, with visible terminal faces, translucent, with a silky luster and a snow-white color. Very elegant.
Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 11.4 × 9.8 × 10.2 cm = 4.49” × 3.86” × 4.02”

Main crystal size: 11 × 0.9 cm = 4.33” × 0.35”

MM16S7: Very well defined spherical growth of small dipyramidal crystals of Cavansite, on a matrix of basalt coated by crystals of Stilbite.
Wagholi Quarry, Wagholi, Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 8.5 × 7.9 × 4.7 cm = 3.35” × 3.11” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.63” × 0.55”

NV68AL5: Centered growths of very fine and elongated prismatic crystals, almost acicular but with very well defined faces and edges, with excellent color and luster. On a basaltic matrix with small white Stilbite-Ca crystals. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Wagholi Quarry, Wagholi, Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra  India (±2016)

Specimen size: 9 × 8.2 × 3.6 cm = 3.54” × 3.23” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.55” × 0.08”

MF12R9: Slightly globular (so called "mushroom") growths of acicular crystals of Mesolite on a matrix of sharp Heulandite-Ca crystals and white aggregates of Laumontite.
Kannad, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra  India (08/2009)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 9.6 × 4.2 cm = 4.61” × 3.78” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 3.2 cm = 1.50” × 1.26”

CC50AE1: Aggregate of complex equant Calcite crystals that are transparent and very bright, with oriented dark colored inclusions and implanted on a basalt matrix coated by white Quartz microcrystals.
Malad, Mumbai (Bombay), Mumbai District (Bombay District),, Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 13.5 × 12.7 × 6 cm = 5.31” × 5.00” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 2.8 cm = 1.30” × 1.10”

EX66AM2: Group of Prehnite crystals perimorphic after Laumontite. The Prehnite, in translucent pale green crystals, has covered, and partly replaced, the pre-existing Laumontite crystals that ended up dehydrating and disappearing completely.
Malad, Mumbai (Bombay), Mumbai District (Bombay District),, Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 20.5 × 15.7 × 4.6 cm = 8.07” × 6.18” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 5.5 × 0.6 cm = 2.17” × 0.24”

GY27AK6: Isolated globular growths of Fluorite, translucent, with dominant yellow tones on a basalt matrix coated with Quartz and grey Opal.
The specimen is from the Casado Margolles collection (reg. FRM 38), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Mahodari, Nashik District (Nasik), Maharashtra  India (2003)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 7 × 3.5 cm = 3.31” × 2.76” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.6 cm = 0.63” × 0.63”

LV29AK6: Spheroidal crystalline growth of Fluorite with fine radial striations and curious deformations, very unusual in this type of specimen. The Fluorite, translucent and with yellow tones, has grown on a matrix of Quartz crystals (amethyst variety), with growths of white microcrystalline Quartz.
This unusual piece comes from the Philippe Morelon collection (No. 374), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Mahodari, Nashik District (Nasik), Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 9.4 × 6.8 × 6.3 cm = 3.70” × 2.68” × 2.48”

Main crystal size: 5.4 × 4.6 cm = 2.13” × 1.81”

TC87AL5: Very sharp dipyramidal Powellite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with sharp crystal forms, translucent, shiny, orange in color, on matrix, with small Stilbite-Ca crystals.
We will send the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Pandulena Hills, Nashik District (Nasik), Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.6 × 2.5 cm = 1.34” × 1.02” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.63” × 0.51”

EK92AF9: Very sharp Powellite crystals in parallel growth, translucent with a cream color. They are on a basalt matrix with Stilbite-Ca crystals, partially doubly terminated white Fluorapophyllite-(K) crystals and transparent rhombohedral Calcite crystals, one of them clearly dominant.
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra  India (± 2010)

Specimen size: 12.8 × 9.7 × 6.3 cm = 5.04” × 3.82” × 2.48”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.55” × 0.47”

EX88AM1: 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”

Main crystal size: 5.4 × 0.7 cm = 2.13” × 0.28”

TJ56AH2: Druse with a fan-like aggregate of very sharp crystals that are transparent, very bright and with a very deep color. A fine sample, very esthetic.
Kakamunurle Quarry, Karur District, Tamil Nadu  India

Specimen size: 6.6 × 5 × 2.3 cm = 2.60” × 1.97” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.67” × 0.28”

TD47AH1: A novelty at Tucson 2018. Very sharp Quartz Crystal, extraordinarily clear and bright and with an esthetic inclusion, probably of Mica.
Manihar Valley, Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh  India (06/2017)

Specimen size: 8 × 6.2 × 6.1 cm = 3.15” × 2.44” × 2.40”

TR47AH1: A novelty at Tucson 2018. Group of Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant, transparent, with included acicular Rutile crystals and small leafy Mica aggregates.
Sainj Valley, Manihar Valley, Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh  India (06/2017)

Specimen size: 8.9 × 6.9 × 4.5 cm = 3.50” × 2.72” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 6 × 2.4 cm = 2.36” × 0.94”

TA26AH1: A novelty at Tucson 2018. Group of Quartz crystals that are transparent, bright, have cavernous forms on some of their faces and one of them a very well defined scepter. They have Chlorite inclusions and small and very bright Anatase crystals on their surfaces. Just superb!
Sainj Valley, Manihar Valley, Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh  India (06/2017)

Specimen size: 20 × 11.3 × 8.3 cm = 7.87” × 4.45” × 3.27”

Main crystal size: 15.5 × 6.8 cm = 6.10” × 2.68”

EE66AE2: Aggregate, on matrix, with very aerial spheroidal forms that are translucent and have a very intense and uniform lilac color. We note, aside from the color, the fineness and the elegance of the simple, uncommon for the chalcedony.
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi  Indonesia (2016)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 5.9 × 6.2 cm = 4.53” × 2.32” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”

MQ62AL4: Group of highly profiled lamellar crystals of Wulfenite on matrix, very rich in crystal forms, translucent, very lustrous and with an extremely vivid and intense red color.
Chah Kharboze Mine, Chah Kharboze, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (08/2015)

Specimen size: 1.2 × 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.47” × 0.39” × 0.28”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.31” × 0.24”

MZ62AL4: Group of highly profiled lamellar crystals of Wulfenite on matrix, very rich in crystal forms, translucent, very lustrous and with an extremely vivid and intense red color.
Chah Kharboze Mine, Chah Kharboze, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (08/2015)

Specimen size: 1.2 × 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.47” × 0.47” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.39” × 0.35”

MR62AL4: Group of highly profiled lamellar crystals of Wulfenite on matrix, one of them clearly dominant, very rich in crystal forms, translucent, with very good luster and with an extremely vivid and intense red color.
Chah Kharboze Mine, Chah Kharboze, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (08/2015)

Specimen size: 1.3 × 1.1 × 0.5 cm = 0.51” × 0.43” × 0.20”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.43” × 0.39”

MF6AC5: Aggregate of two tabular crystals. They are translucent, very bright, have an extraordinarily vivid and intense red color and are on a small matrix.
Chah Kharboze Mine, Chah Kharboze, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (08/2015)

Specimen size: 1.6 × 1.1 × 0.7 cm = 0.63” × 0.43” × 0.28”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1.1 cm = 0.43” × 0.43”

TE57AE7: Very sharp Mimetite crystals that are mostly tabular, with a yellowish-orange color, translucent, extraordinarily bright and on a matrix of white Calcite crystals.
Gowd Mine, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (08/2015)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.9 × 3.5 cm = 1.42” × 1.14” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”

TA87AD4: Aggregate, on matrix, of thick tabular Mimetite crystals, many of them doubly terminated. They have a bright lemon yellow color with slightly orange shades. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Gowd Mine, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (08/2015)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.2 × 2.3 cm = 2.05” × 1.65” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.20” × 0.20”

TP96AL3: Very sharp tabular crystals, with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, bright, with an intense yellow color and on matrix.
Gowd Mine, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (08/2015)

Specimen size: 6 × 5.9 × 1.9 cm = 2.36” × 2.32” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.12” × 0.12”

TB88AD4: Aggregate, on matrix, of thick tabular Mimetite crystals, many of them doubly terminated. They have a bright lemon yellow color with slightly orange shades. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Gowd Mine, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (08/2015)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.5 × 3.2 cm = 2.52” × 2.17” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.39” × 0.31”

TC50AD4: Aggregate, on matrix, of thick tabular Mimetite crystals, many of them doubly terminated. They have a bright lemon yellow color with slightly orange shades. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Gowd Mine, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (08/2015)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.2 × 4.3 cm = 2.83” × 2.44” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.35” × 0.28”

MD86AC9: A novelty at Munich 2015. Dendritic growths of Willemite after Descloizite that, as a novelty, have partial coatings of small barrel-shaped Mimetite crystals with an intense reddish yellow color.
Chah Milleh Mine, Chah Milleh, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (08/2015)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.5 × 3 cm = 1.69” × 1.38” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.63”

MJ67AF0: Arborescent growths of Willemite crystals pseudomorphous after Descloizite that have partial coatings of small barrel-shaped Mimetite crystals with an intense reddish yellow color.
Chah Milleh Mine, Chah Milleh, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (08/2015)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.8 × 2.9 cm = 2.24” × 1.89” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.7 cm = 1.18” × 0.67”

MC60AC6: A novelty at Munich 2015. Arborescent growths of Willemite crystal pseudomorphous after Descloizite that, as a novelty, have partial coatings of small barrel-shaped Mimetite crystals with an intense reddish yellow color.
Chah Milleh Mine, Chah Milleh, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (08/2015)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 7.6 × 7.4 cm = 3.86” × 2.99” × 2.91”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 3.4 cm = 1.69” × 1.34”

TQ76AD9: Andradite (demantoid variety) crystals that are distinctly isolated. They display very well defined trapezohedral and dodecahedral forms and they are bright, and have a very intense and deep green color.
Belqeys Mountain, Takab, West Azerbaijan Province  Iran (03/2016)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.4 × 3.2 cm = 2.40” × 1.73” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.35” × 0.31”

ED13AF5: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2017. A group, on a rocky matrix, of bright trapezohedral crystals that have very well defined faces and edges. The color, orange-red, is selectively distributed over some faces.
Mount Kahovan, Moalleman, Qohab-e Rastaq, Amirabad District, Damghan, Torud Region, Semnan Province  Iran (2017)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.9 × 3.2 cm = 1.77” × 1.54” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1 cm = 0.55” × 0.39”

EM36AL3: Trapezohedral crystals of Analcime on matrix, translucent, very shiny, with very well defined faces and edges and whose color varies from pure white to intense and uniform orange-reddish.
Mount Kahovan, Moalleman, Qohab-e Rastaq, Amirabad District, Damghan, Torud Region, Semnan Province  Iran (2017)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 6.1 × 4.7 cm = 2.52” × 2.40” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.39” × 0.31”

TH46AN2: Floater reticulated aggregate of Cerussite with multiple twins of crystals between lamellar and tabular, very sharp, transparent and lustrous.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Nakhlak Mine, Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.38” × 1.06” × 0.94”

TQ96AL3: Floater reticulated Cerussite aggregate with multiple twinned crystals between lamellar and tabular, highly profiled, transparent, bright and more limpid and perfect than is usually the case in the Cerussites from this deposit.
Nakhlak Mine, ↓180 m., Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (03/2016)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.2 × 2.4 cm = 1.73” × 1.26” × 0.94”

TN56AL3: Floater reticulated Cerussite aggregate with multiple twinned crystals between lamellar and tabular, highly profiled, transparent, bright and more limpid and perfect than is usually the case in the Cerussites from this deposit.
Nakhlak Mine, ↓180 m., Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (03/2016)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.3 × 1.9 cm = 1.73” × 1.30” × 0.75”

TE57AL3: Floater reticulated Cerussite aggregate on matrix, with multiple twinned crystals between lamellar and tabular, highly profiled, transparent, bright and more limpid and perfect than is usual in specimens from this deposit.
Nakhlak Mine, ↓180 m., Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (03/2016)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.3 × 3 cm = 1.81” × 1.30” × 1.18”

TA66AL3: Floater reticulated Cerussite aggregate with multiple twinned crystals between lamellar and tabular, highly profiled, transparent, bright and more limpid and perfect than is usually the case in the Cerussites from this deposit.
Nakhlak Mine, ↓180 m., Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (03/2016)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.7 × 3.5 cm = 1.93” × 1.46” × 1.38”

EL38AL3: Reticulated Cerussite aggregates with cyclic twins. The Cerussite crystals, between lamellar and tabular, are outlined by very fine and sharp elongated microcrystals of Mimetite with a very vivid orange-red color. These Mimetites have been analyzed in detail and turned out to be the rare chromium-bearing variety. We will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer of the specimen.
Nakhlak Mine, ↓200 m., Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (01/2015)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.9 × 2.6 cm = 1.73” × 1.14” × 1.02”

EP38AL3: Reticulated Cerussite aggregates with cyclic twins. The Cerussite crystals, between lamellar and tabular, are outlined by very fine and sharp elongated microcrystals of Mimetite with a very vivid orange-red color. These Mimetites have been analyzed in detail and turned out to be the rare chromium-bearing variety. We will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer of the specimen.
This specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 159/2021, page 34
Nakhlak Mine, ↓200 m., Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (01/2015)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.5 × 3.2 cm = 1.97” × 1.77” × 1.26”

EF68AC2: Different and aesthetic. Aggregates of cyclic twins with Cerussite crystals that are laminar and tabular, and are finely bordered by very thin and acute Mimetite microcrystals with a very vivid orange-red color. These Mimetites have been analyzed in depth and have proven to be the rare chromium-rich variety. We'll send copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Nakhlak Mine, ↓200 m., Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (01/2015)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.3 × 3.4 cm = 2.13” × 1.69” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 4.8 × 2.8 cm = 1.89” × 1.10”

EH48AC2: Different and aesthetic. Aggregates of cyclic twins with Cerussite crystals that are laminar and tabular, and are finely bordered by very thin and acute Mimetite microcrystals with a very vivid orange-red color. These Mimetites have been analyzed in depth and have proven to be the rare chromium-rich variety. We'll send copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Nakhlak Mine, ↓200 m., Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (01/2015)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 3.7 × 2.7 cm = 2.40” × 1.46” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 2.5 cm = 1.69” × 0.98”

MA70AI7: Aggregates of cyclic twins of Cerussite crystals, between laminar and tabular, that are finely bordered by very thin and prismatic-shaped Mimetite microcrystals with a very vivid orange-red color. These Mimetites have been analyzed and shown to be a rare chromium-rich variety. We'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Nakhlak Mine, ↓200 m., Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (01/2015)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 4.8 × 4.4 cm = 3.43” × 1.89” × 1.73”

MY77AM0: Floater pair of two Zunyite crystals, a rare aluminum sorosilicate-fluoride. These tetrahedral crystals, with edges beveled by cube faces, have well defined and smooth faces, a color between reddish and dark brown and lamellar Hematite inclusions, which makes it different from the first Zunyites from Iran that reached the collecting world at Munich 2018.
Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province  Iran (07/2019)

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 0.83” × 0.67” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.2 cm = 0.51” × 0.47”

MM88AN0: Floater crystal of Zunyite, a rare aluminum sorosilicate-fluoride, tetrahedral and beveled by cube faces, of good size, has very well defined and smooth faces and a color between reddish and dark brown. With lamellar inclusions of Hematite, which makes it different from the first Zunyites from Iran that came to the world of collecting at Munich 2018.
Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province  Iran (07/2019)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2.2 × 1.9 cm = 0.91” × 0.87” × 0.75”

ML49AK6: Zunyite crystal, a rare aluminum fluoride and sorosilicate, on matrix. The crystal, tetrahedral and bevelled by cube faces, has very defined and smooth reddish-brown faces, with dark lamellar inclusions of Hematite, which makes it different from the first Zunyites from Iran that came to the world of collecting in Munich 2018.
Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province  Iran (07/2019)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.4 × 2 cm = 1.22” × 0.94” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.5 cm = 0.67” × 0.59”

MK97AL8: Zunyite crystal, a rare aluminum fluoride-sorosilicate, on matrix. The tetrahedral crystal beveled by cube faces has very well defined and smooth faces, a color between reddish and dark brown and scaly inclusions of Hematite, which makes it different from the first Zunyites from Iran that reached the collecting world in 2018.
Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province  Iran (07/2019)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3.2 × 1.6 cm = 1.30” × 1.26” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”

MV87AK6: Zunyite crystal, a rare aluminum fluoride and sorosilicate, on matrix. The crystal, tetrahedral and bevelled by cube faces, has very defined and smooth reddish-brown faces, with dark lamellar inclusions of Hematite, which makes it different from the first Zunyites from Iran that came to the world of collecting in Munich 2018.
Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province  Iran (07/2019)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.9 × 1.3 cm = 1.73” × 1.54” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.39” × 0.39”

MG38AM3: Zunyite, a rare aluminum sorosilicate-fluoride, on matrix. One of the dominant crystals, tetrahedral and beveled by cube faces, with very well defined and smooth faces, a color between reddish and dark brown and with lamellar inclusions of Hematite, which makes it different from the first Zunyites from Iran that came to the world of collecting at Munich 2018.
Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province  Iran (07/2019)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.8 × 3.8 cm = 1.97” × 1.50” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.63” × 0.51”

MQ16AM7: Botryoidal Stibarsen growth with gray microcrystalline surfaces and a little matrix.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Sarabau Mine, Bau, Kuching, Kuching District, Kuching Division, Sarawak State, Borneo Island  Malaysia

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.7 × 1.9 cm = 1.30” × 1.06” × 0.75”

TP90AB8: Aggregate of very sharp Azurite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, extraordinarily bright and deep colored and on matrix, with botryoidal and fibrous Malachite. The sample has a better quality than the usual for the locality.
Khanong open pit, Sepon Mine, Vilabouly District, Savannakhét Province  Laos (Lao P.D.R.) (2015)

Specimen size: 9 × 6.2 × 3.3 cm = 3.54” × 2.44” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.39” × 0.35”

NL90AL5: Bright, reniform malachite growth with silky surfaces and intense color changes, which can range from darker, denser green to lighter, brighter green.
Khanong open pit, Sepon Mine, Vilabouly District, Savannakhét Province  Laos (Lao P.D.R.)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 8.2 × 3.5 cm = 4.53” × 3.23” × 1.38”

TM9AK3: Sharp Microcline crystal, elongated and clearly twinned by the Baveno law. This specimen comes from a classic Japanese locality via the collection of Thomas P. Moore whose label we will send to the buyer.
, Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture, Chubu Region, Honshu Island  Japan

Specimen size: 4 × 0.9 × 0.9 cm = 1.57” × 0.35” × 0.35”

ET67AM2: Group of very sharp Axinite-(Fe) crystals with very well defined faces and edges, and large for the locality. Translucent, shiny, and brown with mauve tones. A Japanese classic.
Obira Mine, Bungo-Ohno City, Oita Prefecture, Kyushu Region  Japan

Specimen size: 6.3 × 3.6 × 2 cm = 2.48” × 1.42” × 0.79”

EF26AM4: Sharp, doubly terminated crystal of Phlogopite, translucent, with good luster and a bronze color that contrasts with the intense white of the Calcite matrix.
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division)  Myanmar (Burma)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.9 × 4.2 cm = 2.68” × 1.93” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.5 cm = 0.79” × 0.59”

TK86AN1: Topaz crystal, very rich in forms, with defined faces and edges, water-clear, and very lustrous.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Pan-taw, Kyatpyin North, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division)  Myanmar (Burma)

Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.7 × 1.4 cm = 0.75” × 0.67” × 0.55”

TJ87AL8: Water-clear and extremely lustrous crystal of Topaz, very rich in terminal faces and with polycrystalline growths in the lower part. The deposit is unusual for quality Topaz crystals.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Pan-taw, Kyatpyin North, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division)  Myanmar (Burma)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.3 × 1.5 cm = 1.22” × 0.91” × 0.59”

MX14AM8: Very aerial crystal of Topaz, rich in crystal forms and partially doubly terminated, very transparent, lustrous, on a matrix of Quartz crystals.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Pan-taw, Kyatpyin North, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division)  Myanmar (Burma)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 1.7 × 2.7 cm = 1.30” × 0.67” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.67” × 0.28”

TF69AL5: Very sharp Phenakite crystal formed by a hexagonal prism with pyramidal terminations. The crystal is colorless, transparent and very shiny.
We will send the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label
Palelni Mine, Khetchel Village, Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State  Myanmar (Burma)

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.71” × 0.47” × 0.39”

TX71X5: Crystal of this rare borate of which very few significant samples are known. With very well defined faces and edges, the crystal shows a very well developed hexagonal prism that is almost completely coated by small crystals of red Corundum.
Hinthar Hill, Wet-loo, Kyauk-Pyat-That, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division)  Myanmar (Burma)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 0.7 × 0.7 cm = 1.34” × 0.28” × 0.28”

TZ26Y0: Elbaite polycrystalline growths with a shape well known as “mushroom”, with a very deep and uniform red color and on Calcite matrix.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel Village, Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State  Myanmar (Burma) (2003-2004)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2.3 × 2.2 cm = 0.91” × 0.91” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.4 cm = 0.67” × 0.55”

TG96E2: Brilliant spheres of Elbaite that stand out on the white matrix.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel Village, Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State  Myanmar (Burma) (2003-2004)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.7 × 1.9 cm = 1.18” × 1.06” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1.1 cm = 0.43” × 0.43”

TP88E2: Very appealing with a lively color. One of the spheres of Elbaite is not complete (but it is re-crystallized) while the others are.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel Village, Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State  Myanmar (Burma) (2003-2004)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.8 × 2.1 cm = 1.65” × 1.10” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.8 cm = 0.79” × 0.71”

MB14J5: Globular growth, almost botryoidal, uncommon for the species, on Calcite matrix. The color, between red and pink, is enhanced by the magnificent luster.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel Village, Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State  Myanmar (Burma) (2003-2004)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.4 × 3.5 cm = 2.17” × 1.34” × 1.38”

TC88V7: Polycrystalline aggregates (“mushroom” shaped) of Elbaite (rubellite) with very well developed curvatures on the faces and edges that confer this curious appearance to the aggregate. The crystals have three very different shades of color: pale pink on the prism faces, of fibrous aspect, and the terminal faces that present two different red tones. The growth of Elbaite is coating a crystal of Schorl as a hood.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel Village, Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State  Myanmar (Burma) (2003-2004)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.4 × 5 cm = 2.17” × 1.73” × 1.97”

TA47AK3: Polycrystalline aggregate of Elbaite (rubellite variety) with a curious morphology known as a "mushroom", translucent, with very deep and uniform color. In a matrix of massive Quartz and with some Quartz crystals partially covering the rubellite.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel Village, Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State  Myanmar (Burma) (2003-2004)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.2 × 3.1 cm = 2.20” × 1.26” × 1.22”

TD76Y0: Botryoidal aggregate, very rare for Elbaite, bright, with an intense and uniform pink color, and on matrix.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel Village, Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State  Myanmar (Burma) (2003-2004)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4.4 × 3.7 cm = 2.60” × 1.73” × 1.46”

TC27E2: An arborescent Elbaite on Calcite with two colors: pink and deep red. An unusual specimen.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel Village, Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State  Myanmar (Burma) (2003-2004)

Specimen size: 7 × 3.8 × 4.2 cm = 2.76” × 1.50” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2 cm = 0.87” × 0.79”

DX70AF2: A single octahedral crystal that has some extraordinarily elongated faces that confer to it its prismatic shape. The crystal, on a Calcite matrix, is translucent, bright and has a deep red color, especially vivid when it is under an intense light. An excellent sample, very esthetic.
Pein-Pyit, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division)  Myanmar (Burma)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.6 × 3.3 cm = 1.89” × 1.42” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.7 cm = 1.18” × 0.67”

TL14AN1: Floater group of two Dravite crystals with a short prismatic habit, doubly terminated, formed by a prism and the terminal faces of a rhombohedron. Translucent, with bright luster and uniform yellow-brown color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Pajaru, Jajarkot District, Karnali Pradesh  Nepal

Specimen size: 1.7 × 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.67” × 0.35” × 0.28”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.39” × 0.35”

TP62AD2: Aggregate of Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant. They are very rich in Chlorite inclusions except in the terminal areas, where they are free of inclusions and completely transparent.
Ganesh Himal, Dhading District, Bagmati Pradesh  Nepal (2014)

Specimen size: 8 × 3.1 × 2.5 cm = 3.15” × 1.22” × 0.98”

TB88AJ3: Group of Quartz crystals, two of them clearly dominant and having very different morphologies, some of them doubly terminated and flattened, and the other with de “Dauphiné” shape and rich with Chlorite inclusions.
Ganesh Himal, Dhading District, Bagmati Pradesh  Nepal (12/2018)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 8.2 × 2.6 cm = 4.21” × 3.23” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 9.4 × 4.1 cm = 3.70” × 1.61”

TJ88AB2: A novelty at Tucson 2015. Extraordinarily sharp japan law twin with very well defined and transparent crystals. We note that the japan law twin, already rare, is even more rare in Alpine type crevices where this Quartz is formed. The sample is a floater with a recrystallized base.
Arun Valley, Mount Makalu, Mahalangur Himalayas  Nepal (2014)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.6 × 1.5 cm = 2.52” × 2.20” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 6 × 3 cm = 2.36” × 1.18”

TH29AB2: A novelty at Tucson 2015. Extraordinarily sharp japan law twin with very well defined and transparent crystals. We note that the japan law twin, already rare, is even more rare in Alpine type crevices where this Quartz is formed. The sample is a floater with a recrystallized base.
Arun Valley, Mount Makalu, Mahalangur Himalayas  Nepal (2014)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 6 × 3.4 cm = 2.52” × 2.36” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 5.6 × 3.4 cm = 2.20” × 1.34”