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

TFA9AN4: Goethite pseudomorph after a complete pyritohedral floater crystal of Pyrite.
We will send this specimen, from a little known locality among mineral collectors, in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Stonyfell Quarry, Stonyfell, South Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia  Australia

Specimen size: 2 × 1.7 × 1.9 cm = 0.79” × 0.67” × 0.75”

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”

TDM76AO2: Centered aggregates of acicular white Minyulite crystals of high quality, on a limonitic matrix, lustrous and transparent. Minyulite is a rare phosphate, but classic at this locality.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the collection of Robert J. (Bob) Noble, which
also contains the label.
Tom's Quarry, Kapunda, North Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia  Australia

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.5 × 2.1 cm = 1.02” × 0.98” × 0.83”

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

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”

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”

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”

TMF76AO3: Concretions with microcrystals of Decrespignyite-(Y), a rare chlorocarbonate of copper and rare earth elements, with bright luster and an intense and uniform blue color, on matrix.
The specimen, from the type locality for the species, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Paratoo Mine, Yunta, Olary Province, South Australia  Australia

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.1 × 3.7 cm = 2.17” × 1.61” × 1.46”

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, City of Mount Isa, 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”

TZX13AO0: Scepter growth of two transparent, lustrous Quartz crystals (smoky variety) with very deep and with zones of variable intensity.
An Australian classic that we will ship in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Mooralla, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria  Australia

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.3 × 1.1 cm = 0.94” × 0.51” × 0.43”

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

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”

TVR11AO0: Complete doubly terminated crystal of Quartz (smoky variety), on matrix, transparent, with good luster and very deep and uniform smoky tones.
An Australian classic that we will ship in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Mooralla, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria  Australia

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.8 × 1.8 cm = 1.30” × 1.10” × 0.71”

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

TGB13AO1: Doubly terminated Quartz crystals, with very well defined parallel growths, transparent, with good luster and an intense smoky color with darker zoning on the terminations. On a colorless Quartz matrix.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.

Mooralla, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria  Australia

Specimen size: 3.6 × 1.8 × 1.4 cm = 1.42” × 0.71” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.4 cm = 0.79” × 0.55”

TDM11AO0: Polished section of Quartz (agate variety) with concentric banding that alternates between the dominant white, and gray and reddish tones.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Wave Hill, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory  Australia

Specimen size: 3 × 2.7 × 1.6 cm = 1.18” × 1.06” × 0.63”

TAF16AN4: Two short prismatic Mimetite crystals, very well doubly terminated, translucent and with a uniform pale yellow color, on a little bit of limonite matrix.
We will ship this specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains a label stating 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: 1.9 × 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 0.75” × 0.55” × 0.51”

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

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”

THM14AN9: Twinned crystals of Cerussite with very sharp, translucent and lustrous crystal forms. They are white in color and on matrix with Malachite.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Brown's open pit, Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory  Australia

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.1 × 1.6 cm = 0.98” × 0.83” × 0.63”

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

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”

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”

TFR50AN4: Rhodonite crystals of good size, with very sharp crystal forms and with one of the crystals clearly dominant, on matrix. They have an intense and uniform color, with steps, lustrous and with translucent edges. A classic, very characteristic of the locality.
North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales  Australia

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.2 × 3.4 cm = 2.52” × 1.65” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 2.1 cm = 1.85” × 0.83”

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”

TPP27AO0: Coating, on matrix, of Smithsonite crystals with very pronounced curvatures, the so-called “rice grain” habit, translucent and greenish in color due to copper salts. An excellent Australian classic.
Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales  Australia

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.6 × 2.4 cm = 2.32” × 1.81” × 0.94”

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”

EJB27AO5: Floater and partially doubly terminated Stibnite crystal, with good terminations and parallel growths with slight twists, lustrous, and finely vertically striated. High quality for the deposit.
Eleanora Mine (Hillgrove Mine), Hillgrove, Sandon County, New South Wales  Australia

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4.9 × 2.1 cm = 2.60” × 1.93” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.94” × 0.08”

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”

TYM16AN4: Group of twinned chromium-rich Cerussite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, with great luster and an intense and uniform lemon-yellow color.
We will ship this piece, an Australian classic, in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Dundas Extended Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, West Coast Council, Tasmania  Australia

Specimen size: 2.5 × 0.8 × 1.1 cm = 0.98” × 0.31” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 0.6 cm = 0.87” × 0.24”

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”

MFG87AO3: Druse of twinned Cassiterite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, with good luster and a deep greenish yellow color, on matrix.
It is outstanding for the locality of origin, since not many specimens of this quality have been seen in recent years.
Aberfoyle Mine (Rossarden Tin Mine), Rossarden District, Tasmania  Australia

Specimen size: 7 × 5.3 × 2.9 cm = 2.76” × 2.09” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2.2 cm = 1.26” × 0.87”

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, with crystals of Stilbite-Ca and on Quartz 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”

TBL11AN8: Elongated crystal of Fluorapophyllite-(K), very sharp, formed by the prism and a bipyramid, transparent and green, on matrix, with lamellar pink Heulandite crystals.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label stating that it was previously in the Sullivan collection.
Nashik District (Nasik), Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 2.9 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 1.14” × 0.67” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 0.7 cm = 1.14” × 0.28”

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”

NNM49AN7: Very well defined spheroidal growth of small dipyramidal Cavansite crystals, with sharp crystal forms, centered on a basalt matrix covered by Stilbite-Ca crystals.
This piece comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 711), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Wagholi Quarry, Wagholi, Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra  India (2004)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.6 × 4.2 cm = 3.31” × 2.20” × 1.65”

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

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”

NTX74AO1: Very aerial bipyramidal crystal of Powellite of very good size. Sharp, with very well defined parallel growths, translucent, with good luster and a light cream color and on a matrix of pink Stilbite-Ca crystals. High quality for the species.
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.2 × 3.3 cm = 2.64” × 1.65” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 2.5 cm = 1.46” × 0.98”

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”

TJX62AN7: Floater aggregate with very aerial spheroidal shapes, translucent and with an intense and uniform lilac color. We highlight, apart from the color, the finesse and elegance of this specimen.
We will ship this specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi  Indonesia

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 0.87” × 0.71” × 0.47”

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”

NGT67AO3: Andradite crystals (demantoid variety) with very well defined trapezohedron and rhombododecahedron forms, translucent, with a bright luster and an intense and deep green color, on matrix. Worth noting is its abundance of crystals since these Iranian demantoids usually occur as isolated crystals.
Belqeys Mountain, Takab, West Azerbaijan Province  Iran

Specimen size: 6 × 4.2 × 3.8 cm = 2.36” × 1.65” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.47” × 0.31”

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”

EJA49AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Floater group of Zunyite crystals, a rare sorosilicate and fluoride of aluminum, that form interpenetration twins with the forms of a tetrahedron beveled by cube faces, very sharp and smooth, reddish to mauve in color.
The specimen comes from a modern find in the locality, which has already become a mineralogical classic.
Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province  Iran (05/2022)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.6 × 1.6 cm = 0.87” × 0.63” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 0.59” × 0.55”

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”

MNX87AO5: Isolated Zunyite crystal, a rare aluminum sorosilicate and fluoride, on a Hematite matrix. The crystal, tetrahedral and beveled on the faces of the cube, has very well defined and smooth faces. With a color between reddish and dark brown and with lamellar Hematite inclusions, which distinguish it from the first Iranian zunyites found.
Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province  Iran (07/2019)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.5 × 2 cm = 1.02” × 0.98” × 0.79”

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

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”

EFG96AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Zunyite crystal, a rare aluminum sorosilicate and fluoride, on matrix, isolated and very aerial, with the dominant forms of the tetrahedron, beveled by cube faces, with good luster, between reddish and dark brown in color and with lamellar inclusions of Hematite.
The specimen comes from a modern find at the locality, which has already become a mineralogical classic.
Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province  Iran (05/2022)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.9 × 1.4 cm = 1.61” × 1.14” × 0.55”

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

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”

MFR47AO3: Encrustations, microcrystalline concretions and acicular crystals of Sarabauite, a rare calcium sulphantimonide with a vivid and uniform red color, on matrix. The specimen, from the type locality for the species and among the highest quality known, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Sarabau Mine, Bau, Kuching, Kuching District, Kuching Division, Sarawak State, Borneo Island  Malaysia

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.8 × 2.9 cm = 2.05” × 1.89” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.1 cm = 0.20” × 0.04”

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”

TFM14AO3: Fan-shaped groups of acicular Enstatite crystals, translucent, with great luster and a golden yellow color, on a matrix of ultrabasic igneous rock.
A Japanese classic rarely seen in the mineralogical world.
Oguni-michimata, Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island  Japan

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3 × 2.1 cm = 2.13” × 1.18” × 0.83”

TRL56AO0: Globular growths of Rhodochrosite, on matrix, with a silky luster and an intense reddish pink color. It is associated with black Sphalerite in lamellar crystals.
The specimen comes from a classic Japanese deposit that, like many others in that country, was scarcely disclosed until its rhodochrosites became famous when they reached the international market.
Oppu Mine, Nishimeya-mura, Naka-Tsugaru-gun, Aomori Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island  Japan

Specimen size: 24.7 × 13.4 × 4.8 cm = 9.72” × 5.28” × 1.89”

TXZ46AN8: Two very sharp Quartz crystals, flattened and somewhat transparent, twinned according to the Japan-law, and very aerial on a small group of other Quartz crystals.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Naru island (Narushima), Gotoh Islands, Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyushu Region  Japan

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 0.87” × 0.67” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.08”

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”

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”

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”