Express Minerals by Carles Manresa

FIN52_27FIN: This is the last mineral that is published on this website

Color burst in blue at its finest! Crystals of a monumental Fluorite with the best possible blue for the La Viesca mine.
This is a very special piece for several reasons, both for me and for Jordi. It is the last specimen that will be for sale on the Fabre Minerals website and it is an honor to be able to describe it, although unlike all the others published so far, its description cannot be merely systematic. I was lucky enough to accompany Jordi on a trip through Asturias in which he was able to obtain this specimen, a large Asturian Fluorite, one of our greatest weaknesses and, I believe, a weakness of many collectors.
During the time that I have been collaborating with Jordi, this page has been offering minerals with a restrained price, always seeking a balance to make all types of specimens more accessible and thus contribute to their dissemination. A farewell like this certainly deserves a splendid mineral to end it.

Thank you all for this beautiful trip, it's been incredible!

La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2007-2008)

Specimen size: 21.7 × 21.5 × 15.5 cm = 8.54” × 8.46” × 6.10”

Main crystal size: 8.0 × 6.6 cm = 3.15” × 2.60”

19CDX59: Dendritic aggregate formed by deformed Copper crystals and small remnants of Quartz crystals. From the Ojibway mine in Keweenaw County, which was active between 1907 and 1913.
The specimen comes from the former collection (duplicates) of Carles Curto (number 1985.67), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Ojibway Mine, Ojibway, Keweenaw County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.2 × 0.7 cm = 1.02” × 0.87” × 0.28”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.31” × 0.28”

10TH7: Bluish green crystalline aggregates of Orthoserpierite, a hydrated calcium, copper and zinc sulphate that is a member of the Devilline Group.
Copper Creek, Galiuro Mountains, Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Pinal County, Arizona  USA (±1995)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.5 × 1.8 cm = 1.61” × 1.38” × 0.71”

9JR16: Topaz crystals, one of them clearly dominant, doubly terminated, of excellent luster and very transparent, with remnants of rhyolitic rock matrix. The smallest crystals are very rich in crystal faces as can be seen in the close-up photo.
The piece is repaired on the left side of the main crystal, being a fracture perpendicular to the axis of the prism, but it does'nt affect to the beauty of the specimen as a whole.
The sample is from the James Catmur collection (number B667) whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah  USA (1999)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.5 × 1.5  cm = 1.85” × 1.38” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 1.4 cm = 1.85” × 0.55”

2L86: Quartz crystal (herkimer variety) implanted on a small bit of matrix and with a short and poorly developed prism, doubly terminated, with sharp faces and edges, shiny and translucent.
Middleville, Town of Newport, Herkimer County, New York  USA (2004)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 7.1 × 5.0 cm = 2.05” × 2.80” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 5.0 × 7.0 × 4.2 cm = 1.97” × 2.76” × 1.65”

10TA7: Bluish green crystalline aggregates of Orthoserpierite, a hydrated calcium, copper and zinc sulphate that is a member of the Devilline Group.
Copper Creek, Galiuro Mountains, Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Pinal County, Arizona  USA (±1995)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.6 × 1.5 cm = 2.64” × 1.81” × 0.59”

2E12: Doubly terminated scalenohedral Calcite crystal with very well defined polycrystalline growths. It is translucent, very bright, with an intense yellow color, with Dolomite and Chalcopyrite on matrix.
Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri  USA

Specimen size: 6.1 × 2.2 × 4.0 cm = 2.40” × 0.87” × 1.57”

1T13: Graphite as thin platy crystals, very lustrous and profiled, some with marked hexagonal contours, implanted in Calcite matrix and accompanied by greenish yellow aggregates of Flouro-edenite, a rare inosilicate of calcium, sodium, magnesium, aluminum and fluorine.
Rhein property, Amity, Town of Warwick, Orange County, New York  USA (2010)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.2 cm = 2.17” × 1.65”

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

1M26: Arborescent growths of native Copper with some crystals having defined edges and rhombododecahedron faces.
Copper Harbor, Lake Superior, Keweenaw County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.2 × 2.6 cm = 2.05” × 1.65” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.28” × 0.24”

19TFX10: Botryoidal growths of Rhodochrosite, lustrous, colored intense pink, on matrix, with Galena and lenticular Pyrrhotite crystals.
Potosí Mine, Santo Domingo (Francisco Portillo), Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.9 × 1.4 cm = 0.94” × 0.75” × 0.55”

2M14: Globular growths that have a yellowish green color, shiny, that contrasts with the dark Limonite matrix.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (03/2008)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.2 × 4.2 cm = 2.28” × 1.65” × 1.65”

20MJX66: Group of Adamite crystals in a fan shape around the perimeter of the piece, with well defined faces and sharp terminations, translucent and lustrous with a yellowish color, while the crystals in the center of the piece are more greenish, with very sharp bipyramids, all this on a limonitic matrix.
Adamite is a secondary mineral found in zinc deposits that also contain arsenic minerals.
A Mexican classic from a legendary mine.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 8.7 × 4.0 × 3.6 cm = 3.43” × 1.57” × 1.42”

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

20CBR14: Groups of Mimetite crystals with a prismatic "mushroom" habit, with acute pyramidal termination, good luster, and a uniform yellow-orange color.
The specimen comes from the former collection (duplicates) of Carles Curto (number 1985.68), whose label and computer file we will send to the buyer.
Potosí Mine, Santo Domingo (Francisco Portillo), Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.9 × 1.8 cm = 1.22” × 1.14” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.2 × 1.0 cm = 0.47” × 0.47” × 0.39”

20TLB66: Group of Mimetite crystals in arborescent growths which are more marked in the more yellowish crystals and less developed in the paler yellowish crystals. The crystals are lustrous, with a uniform color, and the most aerial ones have acute pyramidal endings. Comes from the well-known Ojuela mine in Mexico, which has been exploited for more than 350 years for silver, lead and zinc.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 6.6 × 3.8 × 2.2 cm = 2.60” × 1.50” × 0.87”

11EN13: With a presentation different from that of other more common Mexican Mimetites, this one forms spheroidal aggregates, on a Goethite matrix, of crystals with a very acute pyramidal habit, with good terminations, with a bright luster and an intense yellow-orange color, highlighting the color contrast with the darker limonitic matrix.
Potosí Mine, Santo Domingo (Francisco Portillo), Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 11.0 × 10.5 × 4.0 cm = 4.33” × 4.13” × 1.57”

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

2M13: Wulfenite crystals formed by the prism and the terminal pinacoid, some of them doubly terminated, deep yellow color and implanted on a limonitic matrix.
Ojuela Mine, level 6, San Juan Poniente, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 5.6 ×3.9 × 3.6 cm = 2.20” × 1.54” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.5 cm = 0.51” × 0.20”

18NB14: Aggregate of dipyramidal Wardite crystals with perfectly defined faces and edges, aerial, pale green in color and with striations on the pyramid faces, partially coated by small Childrenite crystals with a bright luster. Both species are rare aluminum phosphates, with sodium and iron respectively. The Wardites from this locality can be considered among the best ever found.
Stoneman Camp, Young's Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1996)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.0 × 3.0 cm = 2.13” × 1.18” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.0 × 0.8 cm = 0.39” × 0.31”

19MDX12: Group of Kulanite crystals, two of them with very sharp faces and edges, translucent, extraordinarily lustrous and of a very deep green color with bright flashes. On matrix, with brown rhombohedral crystals of Siderite and some Quartz crystals too. From a classic locality for phosphates that is also the type locality (TL) for the Kulanite, as well as Barićite.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 4.0 × 3.0 × 2.0 cm = 1.57” × 1.18” × 0.79”

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

10MF13: Aggregate of very sharp Lazulite crystals, twinned, very shiny, with an intense luster and a deep blue color, on matrix with translucent light brown rhombohedral Siderite crystals, and small water-clear Quartz crystals. Lazulite is a rare magnesium aluminum phosphate. Some of the best known examples of this species have been found in this remote area, accessible only during the summer months as they are under snow and ice the rest of the year.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 1.06” × 0.67” × 0.47”

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

11TE08: Group of Edingtonite crystals, a mineral of the Zeolite Group, with well-defined faces and edges and complete and translucent crystal terminations. The area where this piece comes from covers 29 km2, most of it within natural parks. The Edingtonite specimens from this locality are recognized worldwide for their significance.
Ice River Alkaline Complex, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia  Canada

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.9 × 1.3 cm = 1.06” × 0.75” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.08” × 0.04”

1N58: Fibrous crystals of greenish-gray Ferropargasite in matrix of pink calcite. This mineralization corresponds to a skarn caused by contact metamorphism.
Mercedes cut, Cala Mines, Cala, Comarca Sierra de Huelva, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 6.4 × 7.4 cm = 2.52” × 2.91”

9NJ62: Mimetite crystals of a spheroidal habit with curved faces and edges, greenish yellow in color, on a rock matrix. This lead arsenate-chloride specimen comes from the outer zone of the South Filón cut in Tharsis.
Filón Sur open pit (external), Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (30/04/2017)

Specimen size: 7.0 × 3.2 × 1.9 cm = 2.76” × 1.26” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.35 cm = 0.20” × 0.14”

3N13: Complex sphalerite crystals, dark in color, shiny, on small very bright Quartz crystals, on limestone matrix. From a not so well-known locality.
María Luisa Mine, La Mesa y Cortijo del Perete, La Nava, Comarca Sierra de Huelva, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (09/2014)

Specimen size: 11.2 × 8.0 × 3.5 cm = 4.41” × 3.15” × 1.38”

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

21PRX61: In the classic Las Herrerías Mine, works done in 1999 has revealed new Silvers in the zone of secondary enrichment, quite similar to those found many years ago in that mine and which are represented in the world's most important museums. The new pieces have a very high content (±10%) of Mercury. In addition, when analyzing them, we saw that they had a large amount of Chlorargyrite scattered throughout. As always, we will send a copy of these analyses to whoever buys the piece. This particular specimen is very solid, unlike the more 'fluffy' classical pieces, and exhibits very aerial growths.
Santa Matilde cut, Berja mining group, Las Herrerías, Almagrera Range, Cuevas del Almanzora, Comarca Levante Almeriense, Almería, Andalusia  Spain (08/1999)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.98” × 0.87” × 0.43”

3N14: Crystalline growths and very sharp and bright cleavages of native Antimony on a matrix of
massive Quartz. A Spanish classic from a locality where it is currently very difficult to obtain specimens.
La Viñuela reservoir, La Viñuela, Comarca La Axarquía, Málaga, Andalusia  Spain (1987)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.6 × 5.2 cm = 2.83” × 2.20” × 2.05”

17NRM16: Fan-shaped aggregates of bright, light green Prehnite crystals forming globular groups implanted on an ophitic rock matrix. From a classic Spanish mineral deposit very close to the well-known sulphur mines of Conil de la Frontera, in Cádiz, where ophitic bodies outcrop between Triassic sedimentary rocks, specifically in the Keuper facies. A specimen difficult to find nowadays on the commercial mineral circuit.
Conil de la Frontera, Comarca La Janda, Cádiz, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 11.1 × 9.0 × 6.2 cm = 4.37” × 3.54” × 2.44”

21NTX63: Group of Pyromorphite crystals, on matrix, with an elongated habit, hexagonal shape, and hopper terminations, some grouped as parallel growths and others divergent and with a little bit greener color than the specimens previously known from this locality. Comes from an old lead mining area that was already being exploited in Roman times.
Resuperferolítica claim, Cerro de la Canaleja, Santa Eufemia, Comarca Los Pedroches, Córdoba, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.8 × 3.4 cm = 1.73” × 1.50” × 1.34”

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

1N99: Irregular aggregate, on matrix, of crystals formed by a short prism and the pinacoid, with well defined faces and edges, apple-green color and very intense luster. The specimen is from the excellent, and already famous, find of 1997.
San Andrés Mine, Realces pocket (Victoria), Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba, Andalusia  Spain (10-11/1997)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.6 × 3.0 cm = 2.13” × 1.42” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.20” × 0.12”

4N10: Irregular aggregate, on matrix, of crystals formed by a short prism and the pinacoid, with well defined faces and edges, apple-green color and intense luster. The specimen is from the excellent and already famous find of 1997.
San Andrés Mine, Realces pocket (Victoria), Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba, Andalusia  Spain (10-11/1997)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.6 × 3.2 cm = 2.17” × 1.42” × 1.26”

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

21NBX36: Crystalline mass of quartz with an open vug carpeted by Quartz and Fluorite crystals, where elongated individual crystals of translucent Azurite stand out with a very vivid and deep color, most of them doubly terminated, offering a beautiful color contrast with the matrix. From the Llamas Quarry, where Azurite was already known but not with this quality.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2018)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.1 × 3.3 cm = 2.44” × 2.01” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.1 cm = 0.16” × 0.04”

22NBX13: Group of barrel-shaped crystals of deep grass-green Pyromorphite, some of them doubly terminated, with hexagonal outline and flat terminations, on a schistose rock matrix with small remnants of limonite offering a beautiful color contrast.
This piece comes from a locality from which it is not easy to obtain specimens.
Monte Bedures, Meredo, Vegadeo, Comarca Eo-Navia, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.8 × 2.1 cm = 1.77” × 1.50” × 0.83”

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

4N47: Parallel growths of doubly terminated and polycrystalline, scalenohedral Calcite crystals with a slightly yellowish color and of considerable size, with very well defined faces and edges, from a mine that was very famous for its Fluorites.
Coroña Shaft, Josefa-Veneros Norte vein, La Collada mining area, zona minera de La Collada, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (1980)

Specimen size: 21.2 × 16.7 × 5.5 cm = 8.35” × 6.57” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 18.7 × 12.3 cm = 7.36” × 4.84”

3N11: Group of slightly yellow tabular crystals, an unusual color for specimens of Baryte from this mine, on massive Fluorite and Dolomite matrix. A quality specimen.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (1995)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 6.6 × 5.2 cm = 2.95” × 2.60” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.5 cm = 0.51” × 0.20”

21NFR16: Group of complex Sphalerite crystals with a very distinct and smooth face. They are transparent, with good luster and a very vivid honey color that contrasts with the matrix of snow-white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals.
A classic of Spanish mineralogy.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 4.3 × 4.2 × 1.8 cm = 1.69” × 1.65” × 0.71”

3T12: Aggregate of cubic Fluorite crystals with well-defined tetrahexahedron faces. They are bluish in color, transparent and shiny.
Jaimina Mine, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Trechorio, Carrales, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2016)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.1 × 3.8 cm = 2.05” × 1.61” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.9 cm = 0.87” × 0.75”

1N51: Group of transparent crystals between colorless and slightly blue. The crystals are very sharp and some of them have a marked color zonation on the cube edges, with hydrocarbon inclusions.
Emilio Mine, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, La Rubiera, Loroñe, Colunga, Comarca de la Sidra, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (10/2004)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 6.0 × 5.2 cm = 3.35” × 2.36” × 2.05”

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

3N97: Druse of cubic Fluorite crystals, pale purple color, with dark color zoning on the edges of some cubes, on matrix, with Quartz and Calcite crystals.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2010-2011)

Specimen size: 9.6 × 9.5 × 5.0 cm = 3.78” × 3.74” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.7  cm = 0.87” × 0.67”

4N09: Small but very sharp and shiny Anatase crystals, black and delicately striated, having the simple forms of the dipyramid, scattered over a rock matrix.
De la Baña Lake (Lago de la Baña), La Baña, Encinedo, Comarca La Cabrera, León, Castile and León  Spain (1996)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.5 cm = 1.30” × 0.98”

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

1N06: Octahedral crystals, one of them clearly dominant, of Villamanínite. The crystals are firmly seated in the Calcite matrix. Found in the area of the La Divina Providencia Mine, the type locality for the species.
Providencia Mine (La Divina Providencia), La Foceja, Villanueva de Pontedo, Cármenes (Villamanín), Comarca Los Argüellos, León, Castile and León  Spain (2010-2011)

Specimen size: 3.0 × 1.6 × 2.3 cm = 1.18” × 0.63” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”

21NKX56: Group of Pyromorphite crystals formed by a short prism and a terminal pinacoid with very sharp faces and edges, lustrous and with greenish tones, on a rock matrix on a layer of dark brown limonite offering a beautiful color contrast.
The specimen comes from an old mine where lead was exploited.
Del General Mines, Cabezarrubias del Puerto, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (12/2011)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 3.7 × 1.9 cm = 2.60” × 1.46” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”

7NE45: Minas de El Horcajo will forever be associated with legendary Pyromorphites. Hearing or reading this name transports us to a mineralogical myth, often a source of desire. At the beginning of the 20th century, the El Horcajo mine produced excellent specimens of Pyromorphites of various shapes and colors. It is exciting to be able to offer a number of this type of pieces past more than 100 years, a true oldie.

Miniature formed by prismatic crystals, of excellent color, some of them doubly terminated and with color zoning.
El Horcajo Mines, El Horcajo, Almodóvar del Campo, Comarca Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (±1910)

Specimen size: 1.5 × 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.59” × 0.47” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.24” × 0.08”

7NP60: Minas de El Horcajo will forever be associated with legendary Pyromorphites. Hearing or reading this name transports us to a mineralogical myth, often a source of desire. At the beginning of the 20th century, the El Horcajo mine produced excellent specimens of Pyromorphites of various shapes and colors. It is exciting to be able to offer a number of this type of pieces past more than 100 years, a true oldie.

Miniature formed by prismatic crystals, of excellent color, some of them doubly terminated and with color zoning.
El Horcajo Mines, El Horcajo, Almodóvar del Campo, Comarca Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (±1910)

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

7NT80: Minas de El Horcajo will forever be associated with legendary Pyromorphites. Hearing or reading this name transports us to a mineralogical myth, often a source of desire. At the beginning of the 20th century, the El Horcajo mine produced excellent specimens of Pyromorphites of various shapes and colors. It is exciting to be able to offer a number of this type of pieces past more than 100 years, a true oldie.

Miniature formed by prismatic crystals, of excellent color, some of them doubly terminated and with color zoning.
El Horcajo Mines, El Horcajo, Almodóvar del Campo, Comarca Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain

Specimen size: 2.0 × 1.5 × 0.8 cm = 0.79” × 0.59” × 0.31”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.59” × 0.08”

7NB60: Minas de El Horcajo will forever be associated with legendary Pyromorphites. Hearing or reading this name transports us to a mineralogical myth, often a source of desire. At the beginning of the 20th century, the El Horcajo mine produced excellent specimens of Pyromorphites of various shapes and colors. It is exciting to be able to offer a number of this type of pieces past more than 100 years, a true oldie.

Miniature formed by prismatic crystals, of excellent color, some of them doubly terminated and with color zoning.
El Horcajo Mines, El Horcajo, Almodóvar del Campo, Comarca Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (±1910)

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

Main crystal size: 1.0 × 0.4 cm = 0.39” × 0.16”

7NG70: Minas de El Horcajo will forever be associated with legendary Pyromorphites. Hearing or reading this name transports us to a mineralogical myth, often a source of desire. At the beginning of the 20th century, the El Horcajo mine produced excellent specimens of Pyromorphites of various shapes and colors. It is exciting to be able to offer a number of this type of pieces past more than 100 years, a true oldie.

Miniature formed by prismatic crystals, of excellent color, some of them doubly terminated and with color zoning.
El Horcajo Mines, El Horcajo, Almodóvar del Campo, Comarca Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (±1910)

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.8 × 1.3 cm = 0.71” × 0.71” × 0.51”

7NR90: Minas de El Horcajo will forever be associated with legendary Pyromorphites. Hearing or reading this name transports us to a mineralogical myth, often a source of desire. At the beginning of the 20th century, the El Horcajo mine produced excellent specimens of Pyromorphites of various shapes and colors. It is exciting to be able to offer a number of this type of pieces past more than 100 years, a true oldie.

Miniature formed by prismatic crystals, of excellent color, some of them doubly terminated and with color zoning.
El Horcajo Mines, El Horcajo, Almodóvar del Campo, Comarca Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (±1910)

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.6 × 1.2 cm = 0.83” × 0.63” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.63” × 0.08”

7NC40: Minas de El Horcajo will forever be associated with legendary Pyromorphites. Hearing or reading this name transports us to a mineralogical myth, often a source of desire. At the beginning of the 20th century, the El Horcajo mine produced excellent specimens of Pyromorphites of various shapes and colors. It is exciting to be able to offer a number of this type of pieces past more than 100 years, a true oldie.

Miniature formed by prismatic crystals, of excellent color, some of them doubly terminated and with color zoning.
El Horcajo Mines, El Horcajo, Almodóvar del Campo, Comarca Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (±1910)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.0 × 0.8 cm = 0.87” × 0.39” × 0.31”

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

7NJJ70: Minas de El Horcajo will forever be associated with legendary Pyromorphites. Hearing or reading this name transports us to a mineralogical myth, often a source of desire. At the beginning of the 20th century, the El Horcajo mine produced excellent specimens of Pyromorphites of various shapes and colors. It is exciting to be able to offer a number of this type of pieces past more than 100 years, a true oldie.

Miniature formed by prismatic crystals, of excellent color, some of them doubly terminated and with color zoning.
El Horcajo Mines, El Horcajo, Almodóvar del Campo, Comarca Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (±1910)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.0 × 1.0 cm = 0.94” × 0.39” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.47” × 0.08”

7NY60: Minas de El Horcajo will forever be associated with legendary Pyromorphites. Hearing or reading this name transports us to a mineralogical myth, often a source of desire. At the beginning of the 20th century, the El Horcajo mine produced excellent specimens of Pyromorphites of various shapes and colors. It is exciting to be able to offer a number of this type of pieces past more than 100 years, a true oldie.

Miniature formed by prismatic crystals, of excellent color, some of them doubly terminated and with color zoning.
El Horcajo Mines, El Horcajo, Almodóvar del Campo, Comarca Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (±1910)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.6 × 2.0 cm = 1.02” × 1.02” × 0.79”

7NM70: Minas de El Horcajo will forever be associated with legendary Pyromorphites. Hearing or reading this name transports us to a mineralogical myth, often a source of desire. At the beginning of the 20th century, the El Horcajo mine produced excellent specimens of Pyromorphites of various shapes and colors. It is exciting to be able to offer a number of this type of pieces past more than 100 years, a true oldie.

Miniature formed by prismatic crystals, of excellent color, some of them doubly terminated and with color zoning.
El Horcajo Mines, El Horcajo, Almodóvar del Campo, Comarca Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (±1910)

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

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.35 cm = 0.51” × 0.14”

7NC140: Minas de El Horcajo will forever be associated with legendary Pyromorphites. Hearing or reading this name transports us to a mineralogical myth, often a source of desire. At the beginning of the 20th century, the El Horcajo mine produced excellent specimens of Pyromorphites of various shapes and colors. It is exciting to be able to offer a number of this type of pieces past more than 100 years, a true oldie.

Miniature formed by prismatic crystals, of excellent color, some of them doubly terminated and with color zoning.
El Horcajo Mines, El Horcajo, Almodóvar del Campo, Comarca Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (±1910)

Specimen size: 3.0 × 2.3 × 2.0 cm = 1.18” × 0.91” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.51” × 0.08”

7NA130: Minas de El Horcajo will forever be associated with legendary Pyromorphites. Hearing or reading this name transports us to a mineralogical myth, often a source of desire. At the beginning of the 20th century, the El Horcajo mine produced excellent specimens of Pyromorphites of various shapes and colors. It is exciting to be able to offer a number of this type of pieces past more than 100 years, a true oldie.

Miniature formed by acicular crystals of green color, on matrix, with very good luster and perfect state of conservation.

El Horcajo Mines, El Horcajo, Almodóvar del Campo, Comarca Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (±1910)

Specimen size: 3.0 × 2.3 × 1.5 cm = 1.18” × 0.91” × 0.59”

7NG90: Minas de El Horcajo will forever be associated with legendary Pyromorphites. Hearing or reading this name transports us to a mineralogical myth, often a source of desire. At the beginning of the 20th century, the El Horcajo mine produced excellent specimens of Pyromorphites of various shapes and colors. It is exciting to be able to offer a number of this type of pieces past more than 100 years, a true oldie.

Miniature formed by prismatic crystals, of excellent color, some of them doubly terminated and with color zoning.
El Horcajo Mines, El Horcajo, Almodóvar del Campo, Comarca Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (±1910)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.2 × 2.2 cm = 1.30” × 0.87” × 0.87”

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

7NQ80: Minas de El Horcajo will forever be associated with legendary Pyromorphites. Hearing or reading this name transports us to a mineralogical myth, often a source of desire. At the beginning of the 20th century, the El Horcajo mine produced excellent specimens of Pyromorphites of various shapes and colors. It is exciting to be able to offer a number of this type of pieces past more than 100 years, a true oldie.

Group of prismatic crystals, many of them fine, with gree-brown tones, bright and on matrix.
El Horcajo Mines, El Horcajo, Almodóvar del Campo, Comarca Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (±1910)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 2.3 × 3.2 cm = 1.93” × 0.91” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.20” × 0.12”

7NZ80: Minas de El Horcajo will forever be associated with legendary Pyromorphites. Hearing or reading this name transports us to a mineralogical myth, often a source of desire. At the beginning of the 20th century, the El Horcajo mine produced excellent specimens of Pyromorphites of various shapes and colors. It is exciting to be able to offer a number of this type of pieces past more than 100 years, a true oldie.

Miniature formed by prismatic crystals, of excellent color, some of them doubly terminated and with color zoning.
El Horcajo Mines, El Horcajo, Almodóvar del Campo, Comarca Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (±1910)

Specimen size: 5.0 × 5.0 × 2.9 cm = 1.97” × 1.97” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.08” × 0.04”

18NBM66: Lamellar, deformed crystals of Wulfenite (variety chillagite) with a light cream color, on matrix, with crystalline Baryte and Cerussite. A historical classic of Spanish mineralogy with the peculiarity of the Cerussite, which is uncommon in this deposit and not usually associated with chillagite.
Teresita Mine, Can Donadeu, Sant Fost de Campsentelles, Comarca Vallès Oriental, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain

Specimen size: 7.7 × 5.2 × 4.7 cm = 3.03” × 2.05” × 1.85”

18NA13: Flattened crystal of Quartz, smoky variety, with more intense color in the center of the crystal and polycrystalline terminations on one of its faces. From a classic deposit for Catalan mineralogy.
Mas Sever Quarry, Massabè (Mas Ceber), Sils, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (2004-2010)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 6.1 × 2.7 cm = 2.87” × 2.40” × 1.06”

3N03: The most notable thing about these crystals is the way the rhombohedral faces of the termination
are much larger than the prism faces. The color is intense and displays unevenly distributed zoning. The
back side has re-crystallized.
Mas Sever Quarry, Massabè (Mas Ceber), Sils, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (09/2005)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.0 × 2.2 cm = 2.68” × 1.97” × 0.87”

21DLX14: Group of Quartz crystals (smoky variety), two of them clearly dominant and interpenetrated, one of them with polycrystalline growths and with the peculiarity of being partially covered by a second generation of Quartz. With traces of Microcline and some contacts in the upper part of the specimen that do not affect the beauty of the whole, one more curiosity obtained by Lluís Daunis from whom the specimen comes and whose handwritten label we will send to the buyer.
Sils, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain

Specimen size: 8.3 × 4.9 × 3.4 cm = 3.27” × 1.93” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 5.7 × 4.1 cm = 2.24” × 1.61”

21DBX11: Aggregate of leafy Baryte crystals with well-defined faces and edges of a creamy white color with intense pink tonalities.
Coming from a classic Catalan locality in the Montseny massif, this specimen comes from the Lluís Daunis collection which in the 1970s to ‘80s was a reference collection for local field collectors in the Barcelona area.
Matagalls Mine (Sant Marçal Mines), Sant Marçal, Viladrau, Comarca Osona, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain

Specimen size: 6.9 × 5.6 × 3.0 cm = 2.72” × 2.20” × 1.18”

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

21DPX61: Fine leafy aggregates of translucent Baryte crystals with a pale yellowish tone on a crystalline Quartz matrix. The Baryte crystals are perfectly sharp and much more transparent than most specimens from this classic deposit which closed in 1979 and is flooded today, so it is not easy to obtain quality specimens anymore.
Osor Mines, Osor, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.3 × 2.8 cm = 2.64” × 1.69” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.3 cm = 0.43” × 0.12”

16NMB56: Polished section, on each faces, translucent with banded growth patterns and intensely colored nuclei. The specimen preserves on some of the edges part of its original matrix, which contrasts with the deep color of the Calcite. A classic of Catalan mineralogy.
Solita Mine, Peramea, Baix Pallars, Comarca Pallars Sobirà, Lérida / Lleida, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain

Specimen size: 9.0 × 6.6 × 0.8 cm = 3.54” × 2.60” × 0.31”

1E13: Banded growths of pink cobaltoan Calcite alternating with fine bands of white and yellowish Calcite on a Permo-Triassic age conglomerate matrix. The specimen, despite its fine surface, has not been acid-etched, as proven by its rough surfaces in most areas and the existence of easily altered carbonates.
Solita Mine, Peramea, Baix Pallars, Comarca Pallars Sobirà, Lérida / Lleida, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (2016)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.0 × 3.6 cm = 2.64” × 1.97” × 1.42”

4N06: Growth of Calcite crystals, whitish in color with satin luster, with coraloidal morphology at the terminations and scalenohedral crystals at the base.
Can Palomeres Mines, Malgrat de Mar, Comarca Maresme, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (2017)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 6.4 × 4.7 cm = 2.68” × 2.52” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.87” × 0.31”

3N96: Druse of small, complex, twinned Sphalerite crystals, shiny and transparent and with a very deep honey color. The matrix is partially coated by small, white Dolomite crystals and rhombohedral Siderite crystals. This mine is currently abandoned and flooded, and its old galleries are completely inaccessible.
Troya Mine, Mutiloa, Comarca Goyerri, Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (1985)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 9.8 × 5.5 cm = 4.02” × 3.86” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.7 cm = 0.43” × 0.28”

21NAX60: Very sharp Quartz crystal (smoky variety), with parallel and staggered growths, transparent, with good luster and an intense and uniform smoky tone, on a Microcline matrix with preferred orientations, creating a graphic texture.
The specimen comes from the quarries of Monte Xiabre in Galicia, and was found in 2015.
Xiabre Mountain, Vilagarcía de Arousa, Comarca O Salnés, Pontevedra, Galicia / Galiza  Spain (10/2015)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 5.7 × 4.7 cm = 2.99” × 2.24” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 7.6 × 4.7 cm = 2.99” × 1.85”

23TJX14: Group of cubo-octahedral Galena crystals with metallic luster, one of them clearly dominant and implanted in a matrix formed by Sphalerite and small aggregates of Calcite.
The specimen comes from the La Unión-Cartagena mining district, a classic for mining in Murcia.
The specimen has been sawn on the back to remove excess matrix.
La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.5 × 2.7 cm = 1.73” × 1.38” × 1.06”

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

23NPP46: A book-like aggregate of tabular Baryte crystals that have been completely pseudomorphed by Quartz crystals, some of them doubly terminated, water-clear and lustrous and growing on a small ferruginous matrix on which there are Quartz crystals of greater development than those that have pseudomorphed the Baryte.
The specimen comes from the Virginio Moreno collection and later the Miguel David Martínez collection, number 812, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Cabezo de San Juan, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2014)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 7.2 × 4.4 cm = 3.27” × 2.83” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 3.4 cm = 1.65” × 1.34”

21TFL26: On a matrix formed of sharp Dolomite crystals with a whitish, slightly cream, color dotted with several crystals of Chalcopyrite with well-defined faces and edges and practically covered by a thin layer of millimeter-size Malachite crystals that give it a deep greenish tone, creating a nice color contrast with the matrix.
From a classic locality for Spanish mineralogy, Eugi, nearly extinct and undergoing reclamation.
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre)  Spain

Specimen size: 10.2 × 6.9 × 5.2 cm = 4.02” × 2.72” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.51”

22TRM61: Group of bipyramidal Andradite crystals with marked striations on the crystal faces, with very bright luster and an intense honey color, associated with a multitude of Pyrite crystals arranged along the perimeter on top of the Andradite crystals, all of it encompassed in a whitish matrix formed by Dolomite crystals.
This specimen, a real oldie from the 19th century, comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon accompanied by an old handwritten label that we will send to the buyer.
Campolungo, Piumogna Valley, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin)  Switzerland (07/1881)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.7 × 2.6 cm = 1.73” × 1.46” × 1.02”

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

22TRM10: Druse of Albite crystals, two of them clearly dominant, sharp and with well defined terminations, lustrous and snow-white, all of them dotted with multitudes of small Chlorite crystals. The specimen comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Pizzo Centrale, Airolo, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 3.0 × 2.3 × 1.2 cm = 1.18” × 0.91” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.9 cm = 0.43” × 0.35”

22TBF13: Clinochlore crystal with very sharp crystal forms, prismatic habit, with satin luster and a very deep green color with reddish tones (variety pennine).
The specimen comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Rimpfischwäng Range, Findel Glacier area, Zermatt, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee, Wallis (Valais)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.06” × 0.71”

22TTX13: Quartz Crystal (smoky variety), perfectly doubly terminated with well-defined faces and edges and with marked growth striations parallel to the more developed prism. One of the terminations has a mossy appearance due to being partially covered by microcrystals of Chlorite.
This specimen comes from the old Robert-Auguste Touchon collection.
Pizzo Centrale, Airolo, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 5.5 × 2.0 × 1.7 cm = 2.17” × 0.79” × 0.67”

22TVR36: Isolated crystals of Fluorapatite were deposited on a matrix formed by a crystalline mass of Albite completely covered by a layer of Chlorite microcrystals with a mossy habit. The Fluorapatite displays a perfectly sharp hexagonal outline, tabular with highly developed and rough bevels but with very smooth faces, translucent and very lustrous.
A very elegant specimen that comes from the old Robert-Auguste Touchon collection.
Pizzo Centrale, Airolo, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.2 × 3.5 cm = 2.28” × 1.65” × 1.38”

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

22TCB14: Octahedral Magnetite crystal, with bright luster, smooth faces and perfectly sharp edges, from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Zermatt, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee, Wallis (Valais)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.71” × 0.63” × 0.55”

23TJA14: Group of doubly terminated Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant and adorned by a Siderite crystal of considerable size with a hexagonal outline and light brown tone on the back. Other smaller Siderite crystals associated with Pyrite crystals are sprinkled over it.
A classic paragenesis for the Panasqueira Mines from where this specimen came.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 6.3 × 2.9 × 2.9 cm = 2.48” × 1.14” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 2.0 × 1.5 cm = 0.79” × 0.59”

16NTL63: Group of interpenetrating Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant and doubly terminated, slightly transparent, with the typical crystallization on one side and polycrystalline growths on the back partially covered by Siderite crystals, leafy crystals of Muscovite and small traces of Ferberite crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2000)

Specimen size: 13.2 × 7.8 × 3.7 cm = 5.20” × 3.07” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 13.2 × 5.2 cm = 5.20” × 2.05”

16NA14: Parallel growth of brilliant, striated Arsenopyrite crystals, partially terminated, embedded in lenticular Siderite crystals with well defined faces and edges and a pseudo-hexagonal outline. Small black shiny Ferberite crystals adorn one of the Siderite crystals. Coming from the Minas da Panasqueira, a world-class locality in which mining continues.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (±2005)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.4 × 3.4 cm = 2.28” × 2.13” × 1.34”

16NF13: A plate formed by an aggregate of Muscovite crystals, interspersed with some lustrous Arsenopyrite crystals with well defined faces and edges, as well as water-clear Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant and with very marked growth striations. This combo is further adorned by a group of light brown lenticular Siderite crystals with a darker outline, some of them scattered and more isolated while others have grown on the Quartz crystals. Finally, a small group of Pyrite crystals completes the specimen. As so often happens with Panasqueira specimens, we can observe part of the paragenesis of the mine in a single piece.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 11.0 × 10.0 × 3.0 cm = 4.33” × 3.94” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.0 × 0.9 cm = 0.39” × 0.35”

3N56: Microcrystalline growths of this relatively rare phosphate on matrix. Its green color is quite variable, darker when more crystalline. The specimen is rich in Pseudomalachite.
Miguel Vacas Mine, Pardais and Conceição Parish, Vila Viçosa, Évora District  Portugal (1997)

Specimen size: 4.0 × 3.5 × 1.6 cm = 1.57” × 1.38” × 0.63”

2E16: Rhombohedral Azurite crystals with vivid color and luster. Associated with a few little Malachite crystals.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 3.6 × 6.5 × 2.5 cm = 1.42” × 2.56” × 0.98”

18EFA14: Quartz crystals forming a druse with cubic morphologies corresponding to old Galena crystals that have now totally disappeared, and some pseudomorphed by grass-green Pyromorphite crystals partially carpeting the old Galena cube. In other cubic cavities, a second generation of Pyromorphite crystals developed, with well-defined faces and edges and a uniform green-yellow color. From an old French lead mine.
The specimen is from the Alain Martaud collection
Nuissière Mine, Chénelette, Thizy-les-Bourgs, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (1980)

Specimen size: 11.0 × 7.3 × 5.6 cm = 4.33” × 2.87” × 2.20”

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

17EG13: Druse of Quartz crystals without a developed prism, adorned with globular growths of lustrous and very isolated Pyromorphite crystals with a greenish yellow color.
La Vidale Mine (Brezies), Asprières, Saint-Martin de Bouillac, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie  France (03/2011)

Specimen size: 8.1 × 4.2 × 2.9 cm = 3.19” × 1.65” × 1.14”

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

22TBT11: Twinned Cassiterite crystal with sharp and lustrous crystal forms, with polycrystalline growths on the back of the crystal. On a matrix formed by Quartz grains, something not very common in specimens from this classic French locality, worked since Roman times.
The specimen comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
La Villeder, Le Roc-Saint-André, Vannes, Morbihan, Brittany/Bretagne  France (±1900)

Specimen size: 1.4 × 1.2 × 1.0 cm = 0.55” × 0.47” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.0 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”

19EPB86: Two generations of Cerussite crystals, the first formed by white, aerial crystals with a prismatic habit and with cyclic twin, terminated, with a satin luster. The second generation is formed by cream colored Cerussite crystals, smaller, but with bipyramidal terminations. Small remnants of limonitic matrix give a color contrast to the specimen. Habit different and sharper than usual for specimens from this locality. Comes from a mine exploited since Roman times for lead and silver, and finally closed in 1951.
Lescure Mine, Mayres, Thueyts, Largentière, Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (±2014)

Specimen size: 5.0 × 3.8 × 3.7 cm = 1.97” × 1.50” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 3.0 × 0.3 cm = 1.18” × 0.12”

22ELR12: Very clear floater crystal of alpine-type Quartz recrystallized on the base, with smooth and well defined faces and very sharp edges, and a small scratch on the termination.
This specimen, very clear for the locality, comes from the collection of Alain Martaud.
Fresnay-sur-Sarthe, Mamers, Sarthe Department, Pays de la Loire  France

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.1 × 2.3 cm = 2.48” × 1.61” × 0.91”

2L14: Sharp rhombohedral crystals of Dolomite, twinned, accompanied by lenticular crystals of light brown Siderite with very marked edges, in a matrix carpeted with water-clear crystals of Quartz.
La Mure coal mines, La Mure, Matheysine-Trièves, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (1994)

Specimen size: 5.0 × 3.7 × 3.2 cm = 1.97” × 1.46” × 1.26”

23TFB06: Floater group of sharp rhombohedral Calcite crystals with quartz sand inclusions inside the Calcite crystals.
A good representative of a French classic.
Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.4 × 2.3 cm = 1.34” × 0.94” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.3 cm = 1.06” × 0.51”

19TTR14: Floater group of acute rhombohedral Calcite crystals with sand inclusions formed by grains of Quartz included into Calcite crystals. An excellent French classic.
Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.5 × 2.3 cm = 1.65” × 0.98” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.9 cm = 0.94” × 0.75”

21EXB12: Botryoidal aggregates formed by Smithsonite crystals with a pearly luster and with color tones that vary from the lightest to the deepest browns. The have grown on very sharp rhombohedral crystals of Dolomite, one of them clearly dominant, in clear color contrast to the Smithsonite.
This specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.

La Grande Vernissière (Fressac), Durfort Mines, Durfort-et-Saint-Martin-de-Sossenac, Sauve, Le Vigan, Gard Department, Occitanie  France (2010)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 3.1 × 2.3 cm = 1.26” × 1.22” × 0.91”

23TYB37: Aggregates of acicular Pyromorphite crystals with an intense and uniform color and with fan-shaped growths, in a rock matrix formed of small Quartz crystals.
A European classic of which one only sees specimens from old finds. This one comes from the collection of Yvan Delqué.
Saint-Salvy Mine, Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 8.7 × 6.2 × 4.7 cm = 3.43” × 2.44” × 1.85”

18AFT11: Globular growths of greenish Pyromorphite crystals forming rosettes, with silky luster, on a Quartz matrix. A second generation of crystals - also Pyromorphite - stands out on top of the older flattened generation, with a hexagonal outline and more yellowish in color. Both generations consist of an arsenic-rich variety of Pyromorphite, something not very common in this deposit. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the specimen.
La Vidale Mine area, Asprières, Saint-Martin de Bouillac, Aveyron, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 4.0 × 2.5 × 2.3 cm = 1.57” × 0.98” × 0.91”

18EYM64: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, transparent and lustrous. From a locality from which few quality specimens are known.
This specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Font d'Arques, Cabrières-Péret mining district, Mèze, Béziers District, Hérault, Occitanie  France (2021)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.6 × 2.3 cm = 1.65” × 1.02” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.3 cm = 1.06” × 0.91”

2V10: Octahedral Pyrite crystal, with sharp faces and edges and slightly rounded vertices, rusty appearance, implanted in Dolomite matrix and accompanied by small Calcite crystals.
Trimouns Mine, Luzenac, Haute-Ariège, Foix, Ariège Department, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.8 × 2.7 cm = 1.77” × 1.50” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.31” × 0.28”

2E14: Aggregate, on a metallic matrix, of cuboctahedral crystals with sharp faces and edges and in which the forms of the cube and the octahedron appear very balanced. From a discovery by Frank de Wit in 2007.
Meyer Quarry, Hastenrath, Eschweiler, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen  Germany (07/04/2007)

Specimen size: 9.0 × 5.5 × 3.2 cm = 3.54” × 2.17” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1.6 cm = 0.43” × 0.63”

10TR46: Very sharp dodecahedral Almandine crystals, one of them dominant, lustrous, and brown in color with reddish tones. The crystals sit in a metamorphic rock matrix formed of innumerable Muscovite crystals. Contrary to the common practice with almandines from this region, the crystals in this piece are not glued, nor have they had their faces retouched or polished, so their natural surface is preserved. A classic Tyrolean specimen.
Granatenkogel north slope, Gaisberg Valley, Obergurgl, Gurgler Valley, Ötz Valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol/Tirol  Austria

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.2 × 4.7 cm = 2.91” × 2.05” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 3.2 cm = 1.65” × 1.26”

2S08: Prismatic Calcite crystal, translucent, with slightly curved faces and edges, well defined, and terminated by a rhombohedron.
Bleiberg mining area, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia/Kärnten  Austria

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.6 × 1.2 cm = 0.98” × 0.63” × 0.47”

2E63: Small disseminated Gudmundite crystals, some of them with well-defined faces and edges, shiny, embedded in Calcite matrix and accompanied by Quartz crystals. This piece will be delivered with a label from the Slovak Mineralogical Society.
Kolársky vrch, Sirková adit, Pezinok, Pezinok District, Bratislava Region  Slovak Republic (04/2017)

Specimen size: 4.0 × 6.3 × 5.0 cm = 1.57” × 2.48” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.08 cm = 0.04” × 0.03”

2E64: Small disseminated Gudmundite crystals, some of them with well-defined faces and edges, shiny, embedded in Calcite matrix and accompanied by Quartz crystals. This piece will be delivered with a label from the Slovak Mineralogical Society.
Kolársky vrch, Sirková adit, Pezinok, Pezinok District, Bratislava Region  Slovak Republic (04/2017)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 4.5 × 5.3 cm = 3.70” × 1.77” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.24” × 0.08”

2E10: Radial and fanlike aggregates of acicular Kermesite crystals. They are extraordinarily bright and have a grey metalic color. They are on matrix, with small Calcite crystals.
Kolársky vrch, Pezinok, Pezinok District, Bratislava Region  Slovak Republic (2005)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 7.0 × 3.0 cm = 2.83” × 2.76” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.1 cm = 0.51” × 0.04”

23TRB13: A deep green crystalline band of Smithsonite with yellowish reflections, partially covered by whitish botryoidal aggregates of Hemimorphite, which in turn are covered by small reddish stains caused by iron oxides.
From a mining district exploited since ancient times for its silver, lead and other metals and it belonged to the Robert-Auguste Touchon collection with an original handwritten label on the back of the specimen.
Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece

Specimen size: 8.3 × 6.2 × 3.8 cm = 3.27” × 2.44” × 1.50”

10MA13: Botryoidal growths, which vary from a cream-orange color to blue-gray, along with some white areas, of Smithsonite crystals from a classic Hellenic mine.
Hilarion Mine, Hilarion area, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece (12/2014)

Specimen size: 11.2 × 6.4 × 4.5 cm = 4.41” × 2.52” × 1.77”

19MTX56: Group of Smithsonite crystals in aerial globular aggregates with the crystals displaying great definition, with light shades between cream and a pale green with a pearly luster. An aesthetic piece from a small mine in the Lavrion mining district in Greece.
Jean Baptiste Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece (09/2015)

Specimen size: 13.5 × 7.7 × 3.2 cm = 5.31” × 3.03” × 1.26”

22TXG86: Rhombohedral crystals of Rhodochrosite of considerable size for the locality, completely covered by a second generation of uniformly pink lenticular crystals of the same species, and dotted with small water-clear Quartz crystals, along with more opaque larger ones. And finally this old piece is adorned with small, very bright Pyrite crystals with golden reflections.
Madem-Lakko Mine, Stratoni operations, Cassandra Mines, Chalkidiki Prefecture, Macedonia Department  Greece

Specimen size: 8.2 × 5.5 × 4.0 cm = 3.23” × 2.17” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 3.0 × 2.4 cm = 1.18” × 0.94”

1E15: Fan-like aggregate of very sharp, brilliant, and brightly colored, acicular Linarite crystals, in a limonite matrix with Brochantite and Caledonite growths and small Quartz crystals.
King Arthur Mine, Kirki Mines, Évros Prefecture, Thrace (Thráki) Department  Greece (03-04/2013)

Specimen size: 4.0 × 3.0 cm = 1.57” × 1.18”

18EQ14: Fan-shaped aggregate of very sharp acicular Linarite crystals, with good luster and a very vivid color. On a limonite matrix with green Brochantite crystals. The presence of a terminated Caledonite crystal of light blue color stands out in the best crystallized area of the specimen. An interesting combo of secondary copper minerals.
King Arthur Mine, Kirki Mines, Évros Prefecture, Thrace (Thráki) Department  Greece (03-04/2013)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.2 ×3.9 cm = 2.83” × 1.65” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”

4J26: Fan-like aggregate of very sharp, brilliant and brightly colored acicular Linarite crystals, in a limonite matrix with Brochantite and small Quartz crystals.
King Arthur Mine, Kirki Mines, Évros Prefecture, Thrace (Thráki) Department  Greece (03-04/2013)

Specimen size: 8.0 × 7.6 × 3.7 cm = 3.15” × 2.99” × 1.46”

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

17NNF63: Aggregates of tabular Baryte crystals with well defined faces and edges, with reddish tones due to micro-inclusions of Hematite. On a previous generation of tabular white crystals which are also Baryte, although with less development than the reddish crystals.
Mine 18, Paleokamariza Mines, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece

Specimen size: 5.9 × 5.7 × 2.7 cm = 2.32” × 2.24” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.28” × 0.24”

22TAB14: Bipyramidal crystal of yellowish-greenish Scheelite with very sharp crystal forms and flat terminations truncated by the pinacoid.
A classic of Italian mineralogy where a skarn was mined from the Middle Ages to the mid-20th century, from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Traversella Mine, Traversella, Chiusella Valley, Canavese District, Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.0 × 1.6 cm = 0.98” × 0.79” × 0.63”

22TXA62: Sulphur crystal of rhombic morphology with irregular faces and rounded edges, with an intense and uniform yellowish tone, partially carpeted by whitish, opaque to semi-translucent Celestine crystals, a typical association for these mineral species at this classic Italian deposit.
The specimen comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and is accompanied by a handwritten label that will be sent to the buyer.
Agrigento (Girgenti) Province, Sicily  Italy

Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.9 × 3.0 cm = 2.83” × 1.93” × 1.18”

22TAL26: Doubly terminated and slightly flattened Quartz crystal, with well defined faces and edges, between transparent and translucent, completely covered by Chlorite microcrystals on the upper termination.
The specimen, an Italian alpine classic, comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Monte Bianco Massif (Mont Blanc Massif)  Italy

Specimen size: 6.0 × 4.5 × 2.5 cm = 2.36” × 1.77” × 0.98”

18HC13: Crystalline mass formed of very bright black Ilvaite crystals with partial crystal faces, associated with a multitude of water-clear Quartz crystals, some of them with a truncated prism and partially covered by the Ilvaite itself. Finally, small crystalline fragments of lead-grey Galena adorn the piece. From an abandoned mine that exploited Cu-Pb-Zn minerals and which is also the type locality for two mineral species, Campigliaite and Johannsenite.
Temperino Mine, Campiglia Marittima, Campigliese, Livorno Province, Tuscany  Italy

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.0 × 2.4 cm = 2.05” × 1.57” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.4 cm = 0.31” × 0.16”

10TP13: Aggregate of tabular crystals with very well defined faces and edges, transparent, with bright luster and yellow color, with darker color zoning at the crystal terminations. The mine was operated to extract lead from Galena. A classic of Italian mineralogy.
Silius, Metropolitan City of Cagliari, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 7 × 5.5 × 4.0 cm = 2.76” × 2.17” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.0 cm = 0.91” × 0.39”

2M09: Crystals and groups of crystals, some of them doubly terminated, very transparent, bright and of a very uniform color, on globular Calcite and matrix. The Quartz exhibits good transparency. The sample is from a recent find on May 1, 2008.
Capurru Quarry, Osilo, Sassari Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy (01/05/2008)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.3 × 1.7  cm = 1.65” × 1.30” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.2 cm = 0.31” × 0.08”

1M06: Coraloidal crystal growths of the flos ferri variety, with dark color at the base and snow white at the terminations. The larger crystal displays an empty cavity inside.
Bovegno, Trompia Valley, Brescia Province, Lombardy  Italy (2009-2010)

Specimen size: 6.0 × 5.0 × 4.6 cm = 2.36” × 1.97” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 4.6 × 0.8 cm = 1.81” × 0.31”

1M13: Rhombohedral Calcite crystals aggregate, completely upholstered by a layer of bright pyrite crystals. A second generation of Calcite crystals has been deposited on the Pyrite layer offering a good color contrast.
Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2005)

Specimen size: 14.0 × 11.6 × 3.0 cm = 5.51” × 4.57” × 1.18”

21TRM12: Two generations of Pyrite crystals, an older generation of shiny crystals of cubic habit, one of them clearly dominant in the center, with marked curvatures on the edges and polycrystalline growths, and that has been partly covered by a tapestry of Calcite crystals with a fine outer layer of bluish tones. The second generation of Pyrite crystals has a much more vivid color and golden reflections, deposited on the limestone, with the crystals being smaller than those of the first generation.
The Trepča mining complex is one of the largest polymetallic deposits in the world and for many years produced exceptional specimens of Sphalerite as well as various combinations of sulphides and carbonates, as shown in this specimen from the former collection of Ferat Voca.
Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 6.5 × 5.4 cm = 3.43” × 2.56” × 2.13”

19TXL36: Druse formed by complex twinned crystals of lustrous deep black Sphalerite with perfectly defined faces and edges, with marked striations on some of the crystal faces and some dissolution figures. These are associated with groups of complex and scattered twinned crystals of Arsenopyrite with a metallic grey color, as well as Quartz crystals. Finally, a globular growth formed by a multitude of slightly pinkish white Dolomite crystals adorn the piece with their color contrast.
The Trepča mining complex is one of the largest polymetallic deposits in the world and for many years produced exceptional specimens, and still now, of Sphalerite as well as various combinations of sulphides and carbonates, as shown by this specimen from the former Ferat Voca collection.
Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.1 × 4.9 cm = 2.83” × 2.40” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.0 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”

19TVR14: Isolated crystals of Galena with pentadodecahedral forms modified by cube faces, and showing dissolution and corrosion figures on some faces and polycrystalline growths on others, on a matrix covered by slightly pink carbonates formed by intergrowths of Rhodochrosite and Calcite. Finally, the combination is adorned with a good number of water-clear Quartz crystals, some of them aerial. The Trepča mining complex is one of the largest polymetallic deposits in the world and for many years produced exceptional pieces, and still now, of Sphalerite as well as various combinations of sulphides and carbonates, as displayed in this specimen from the former collections of Ferat Voca.
Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 4.5 × 2.9 cm = 3.86” × 1.77” × 1.14”

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

19TTX62: Aggregate of complex twinned crystals of Sphalerite with a deep black color, good luster, and perfectly defined faces and edges, with marked striations on some of the crystal faces and some dissolution figures. Partially covered by a multitude of whitish Calcite crystals in rosette-like aggregates with strong color contrast. The Trepča mining complex is one of the largest polymetallic deposits in the world and for many years it has provided exceptional Sphalerites as well as varied combinations of sulphides and carbonates as shown in this specimen from the former collection of Ferat Voca.
Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 6.6 × 3.3 cm = 3.23” × 2.60” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 0.67” × 0.63”

18TFL12: Group of Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant and upright in the center of the piece, with marked growth striations on the prism, terminated and partially covered by rosettes of cubic Pyrite crystals. The Trepča mining complex, from where this specimen comes, is one of the largest polymetallic deposits in the world, from the former collection of Ferat Voca.
Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 4.8 × 4.0 cm = 2.87” × 1.89” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 6.9 × 1.7 cm = 2.72” × 0.67”

18EB74: Group of divergent crystals with the hexagonal outline of Pyrrhotite, totally pseudomorphed by Pyrite, with a second generation
of smaller brighter crystals, and a multitude of scattered small cream-colored crystals of Dolomite. A cascade of very sharp Sphalerite crystals (marmatite variety), with very well defined spinel-law twin planes, intense black and very lustrous, completes the piece, along with small traces of Pyrite with a markedly golden color. The old Herja mine, where this piece comes from, processed metals such as antimony, lead, silver and zinc.

Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures  Romania (1964)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 4.7 × 4.0 cm = 2.95” × 1.85” × 1.57”

17TRX96: Group of Calcite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and very aerial, white in color and outlined with slight twists. The crystals of Calcite grew on a matrix of Pyrite and Sphalerite, and on cream-colored rhombohedral Dolomite crystals, clearly differentiating the area of sulfides from that of carbonates, the latter having precipitated later. A very 'geological' specimen.

Boldut Mine, Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures  Romania

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.3 × 5.6 cm = 2.68” × 2.09” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 5.0 × 3.0 cm = 1.97” × 1.18”

16MD96: Group of tabular Baryte crystals, with a slightly bluish color, with well-defined faces and edges and with geometric reddish Realgar inclusions. The specimen comes from a historic mining district, where mining continued uninterrupted from the 14th century until its final closure in 2006.
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramures  Romania (±1970)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.4 × 4.2 cm = 2.80” × 2.13” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.0 cm = 1.46” × 1.18”

16MF13: A cubic Pyrite crystal implanted on matrix, with marked striations on the cube faces, partially covered by small iridescent Chalcopyrite crystals and associated with druses of sharp, water-clear Quartz crystals, all on matrix. The Pyrite crystal is arranged in the center of the piece and in an aerial manner. It comes from a classic mining district that began extracting sulphides in the 14th century.
Cavnic Mine, Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures  Romania

Specimen size: 11.5 × 7.0 × 3.0 cm = 4.53” × 2.76” × 1.18”

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

1E06: Aggregate of very bright Stibnite crystals on a Calcite matrix, with very well defined faces and edges and showing the characteristic habit of the Stibnite crystals from this mine, very short, flattened and with excellent terminations. They are on a Calcite matrix.
Baiut, Maramures  Romania (1970)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 5.2 × 4.5 cm = 1.93” × 2.05” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.55 cm = 0.51” × 0.22”

10EE58: Staurolite crystals showing the typical cross-shaped twin with well defined faces and edges, doubly terminated, with a deep brown color highlighting the contrast with the whitish mica-schist matrix. Specimens of Staurolite from this locality in most cases exhibit cross-shaped twins at 90 or 120 degrees, as is the case here, there being few specimens of non-twinned crystals.
Semiostrov'e, Keivy Mountains, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region  Russia

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.0 × 1.4 cm = 1.54” × 1.18” × 0.55”

22TTX12: Single crystal of Staurolite from a classic Russian locality for this mineral species, with sharp crystal forms and with a well marked mold left by a now disappeared crystal of the same species but which perfectly displays the iron cross twinning.
The specimen comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Keivy Mountains, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region  Russia

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 1.30” × 0.87” × 0.59”

10ED58: Staurolite crystals showing the typical cross-shaped twin with well defined faces and edges, doubly terminated, with a deep brown color highlighting the contrast with the whitish mica-schist matrix. Specimens of Staurolite from this locality in most cases exhibit cross-shaped twins at 90 or 120 degrees, as is the case here, there being few specimens of non-twinned crystals.
Semiostrov'e, Keivy Mountains, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region  Russia

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.0 × 1.4 cm = 1.54” × 1.18” × 0.55”

10DQ: Quartz crystals (variety smoky), one of them clearly dominant, doubly terminated, with well-defined faces and edges, with external and internal inclusions of deep green Chlorite crystals, which give some of the Quartz crystal faces a rough appearance
Dodo Mine, Saranpaul, Khanty-Mansi Okrug, Tyumen Oblast  Russia

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.0 × 1.9 cm = 1.54” × 0.79” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 1.9 cm = 1.42” × 0.75”

23MTX13: Hematite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with equant habit and well defined faces, blackish in tone but with reddish reflections, embedded in a matrix formed of yellowish green crystals of Lizardite and whitish masses of Hydrotalcite.
This type of specimen is a classic for the mineralogy of Norway and are already scarce on the mineralogical market.
Øvre Dypingdal Mine, Dypingdal serpentine-magnesite deposit, Snarum, Modum, Viken  Norway (2020)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 5.0 × 4.5 cm = 2.20” × 1.97” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 1.0 × 0.9 cm = 0.39” × 0.35”

23MRB36: Hematite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with equant habit and well defined faces, blackish in tone but with reddish reflections, embedded in a matrix formed of yellowish green crystals of Lizardite and whitish masses of Hydrotalcite.
This type of specimen is a classic for the mineralogy of Norway and are already scarce on the mineralogical market.
Øvre Dypingdal Mine, Dypingdal serpentine-magnesite deposit, Snarum, Modum, Viken  Norway (2020)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.5 × 4.0 cm = 2.32” × 1.77” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1,.6 cm = 0.63” × 0.39”

22EMB14: Druse of tabular Microcline crystals with very sharp crystal forms, good luster and an intense pink color, and covered with small Quartz crystals.
The specimen was obtained in Munich 2022 and comes from discoveries made in the Imilchil area between August and September 2022.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08-09/2022)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 6.1 × 4.7 cm = 2.87” × 2.40” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 2.7 cm = 1.34” × 1.06”

22MRZ14: Group of Microcline crystals of short prismatic habit, with reddish terminations and accompanied by a group of Quartz crystals (smoky variety), one of them clearly dominant.
The specimen comes from a very unusual find made in Aouli, where the presence of feldspars was unknown until now.
Aouli, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2022)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 5.3 × 2.4 cm = 3.82” × 2.09” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.1 cm = 0.63” × 0.43”

22MGR76: Aragonite crystal with cyclic twinning, transparent, lustrous and colorless, in an ignimbritic volcanic matrix.
The specimen comes from finds made in Mamsa in April 2022.
Mamsa, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (04/2022)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 2.6 × 2.2 cm = 2.13” × 1.02” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 1.3 cm = 2.05” × 0.51”

22MFB76: Group of Aragonite crystals with cyclic twinning, transparent, lustrous and colorless, on an ignimbritic volcanic matrix.
This specimen comes from finds made in Mamsa in April 2022.
Mamsa, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (04/2022)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.2 × 3.1 cm = 2.80” × 2.05” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 1.2 cm = 1.42” × 0.47”

23MFA27: Group of cyclically twinned Aragonite crystals, transparent, lustrous and colorless, on ignimbritic volcanic rock matrix.
Mamsa, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (04/2022)

Specimen size: 8.0 × 4.9 × 3.7 cm = 3.15” × 1.93” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 7.6 × 1.7 cm = 2.99” × 0.67”

22MXR48: Group of tabular and very sharp Baryte crystals that are transparent, one of them clearly dominant, lustrous, and blue in color with fine yellowish areas on the edges of the crystals, associated with small white coatings of Quartz and very shiny microcrystals of Pyrite.
The specimen was obtained in Munich 2022 and comes from finds made at the Bou Nahas mine between August and September 2022.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08-09/2022)

Specimen size: 12.5 × 7.4 × 6.5 cm = 4.92” × 2.91” × 2.56”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 3.0 cm = 1.69” × 1.18”

23TXZ56: Group of tabular Baryte crystals with rhombic-shaped faces, two of them clearly dominant and parallel, and very sharp edges, transparent and with small dark Chalcopyrite crystals inclusions. Comes from a classic locality for Baryte in Morocco at which Baryte crystals have been found greater than 40 cm in length.
The specimen comes from the collection of Bill and Diana Dameron.
Mefis, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 7.99 × 2.9 × 2.8 cm = 3.15” × 1.14” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 7.9 × 2.7 cm = 3.11” × 1.06”

19MZA11: Small very shiny Pyrite crystals have completely pseudomorphed old Baryte crystals, of which only their original morphology remains, especially in the basal part of the piece, as can be seen in the video. Coming from the Bou Nahas mine in Morocco, which never ceases to amaze us with the multiple presentations of its sulfides, with pyrite being the premier exhibit.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2020)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.3 × 2.2 cm = 2.17” × 1.69” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2.0 cm = 0.87” × 0.79”

16MJM11: A novelty from Morocco, from a discovery in the summer of 2020. White tabular crystals of Baryte partially covered by a perimorphic growth of a mosaic of very lustrous small cubic and octahedral Pyrite crystals. The Bou Nahas Mine, a polymetallic hydrothermal deposit, continues to provide pleasant mineral surprises.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2020)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.0 × 1.6 cm = 1.81” × 1.18” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.0 cm = 0.98” × 0.79”

21ERR56: Single crystal of Elbaite-Schorl series, perfectly terminated, with well-defined faces and edges, between transparent and translucent, with reddish tones, becoming more yellowish in the center of the crystal and small remnants of matrix formed by feldspars.
These specimens have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2022)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.3 × 1.2 cm = 0.91” × 0.51” × 0.47”

21ELB86: Two interpenetrating crystals of Elbaite-Schorl series, one of them dominant and perfectly terminated, with well defined faces and edges, between transparent and translucent, with reddish tones and striations on the faces, with the upper termination and some faces completely covered by feldspar crystals.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2022)

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

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.6 cm = 0.83” × 0.63”

21TTX13: A novelty at the Sainte Marie 2021 Virtual show. Group of equant Galena crystals coated with white Cerussite microcrystals. They are also partially covered by Plumbogummite with a slightly bluish color and Quartz microcrystals, and on top of this small bipyramidal Wulfenite crystals, transparent and yellow. Above this there are Quartz crystals. The specimen comes from a 2021 find in the Georges vein in the Sidi Ayad area.
It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses of the various species to the buyer.
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (03/2021)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.6 × 3.2 cm = 2.17” × 1.42” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.42” × 1.02”

21TQX36: A novelty at the Sainte Marie 2021 Virtual show. Group of equant Galena crystals coated with white Cerussite microcrystals. They are also partially covered by Plumbogummite with a slightly bluish color and Quartz microcrystals, and on top of this small bipyramidal transparent yellow Wulfenite crystals. Above this ensemble are salmon-colored Quartz crystals and lamellar Baryte crystals. The specimen comes from a 2021 find in the Georges vein in the Sidi Ayad area.
It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses of the various species to the buyer.
Georges vein, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (03/2021)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 5.5 × 5.0 cm = 3.23” × 2.17” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 3.1 cm = 1.34” × 1.22”

19TXE14: Groups and isolated crystals of Vanadinite, many of them doubly terminated, with sharp crystal forms of short prismatic habit, some with hoppered terminations, translucent and with an intense and uniform orange-red color, in a matrix of manganese oxides forming spherical aggregates. From the most productive vein in the Taouz deposit but with an unusual quality for that deposit.
Tadaout, vein 12, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3.2 × 3.1 cm = 1.30” × 1.26” × 1.22”

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

18EKD11: Group of Calcite crystals with very sharp pseudohexagonal outlines, completely covered by a second generation of small crystals, also of Calcite, partially dissolved and with small Quartz crystals. At the base there are remnants of matrix reminiscent of the Brazilian or Uruguayan basalts that host amethyst crystals.
We have analyzed this type of specimen due to its genetic complexity and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (09-10/2021)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.8 × 5.4 cm = 2.87” × 2.28” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 2.9 cm = 1.77” × 1.14”

18EKB16: Group of Calcite crystals with very sharp pseudohexagonal outlines, covered by a second generation of small crystals, also of Calcite, partially dissolved, and with small Quartz crystals. We have analyzed this type of specimen due to its genetic complexity and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (09-10/2021)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 7.1 × 5.2 cm = 2.99” × 2.80” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 7.4 × 4.0 cm = 2.91” × 1.57”

21TLX13: A novelty at the Sainte Marie Virtual 2021 Show.
Bundles of elongated and terminated Azurite crystals that are transparent, with great luster and a very vivid blue color reminiscent of the "electric blue" of the best specimens from Milpillas.
This specimen, in a matrix with Quartz and small remnants of Malachite, comes from finds made in 2021 in the Tazalarht area.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.7 × 2.1 cm = 1.42” × 1.06” × 0.83”

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

21TZX46: A novelty at the Sainte Marie 2021 Virtual Show.
Coatings of deep green primary Malachite crystals with irregular but distinguishable shapes, with a second generation of centered growths of fine acicular crystals with a silky luster and very vivid color. On limonite matrix.
The specimen comes from recent finds in the Tazalarht area.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 6.2 × 2.9 cm = 2.80” × 2.44” × 1.14”

2M76: Spheroidal aggregates of crystals with good terminations, a light green color and good luster, on matrix with some small Quartz crystal. It is currently difficult to obtain good specimens from this mine, as it is now abandoned.
Jebel Melh, Bou Arfa, Figuig Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 8.5 × 5.5 × 3.0 cm = 3.35” × 2.17” × 1.18”

22TBT86: Primary crystals of Dioptase with a very deep emerald-green color, with great luster and well defined faces and edges, on a matrix of limonitic rock. It comes from Mindouli, the type locality for plancheite, in the 'African copper belt'.
Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department  Republic of the Congo

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.6 × 3.0 cm = 2.28” × 1.42” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.0 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”

16TP56: A common species like Calcite is not usually world class, but in this case we observe a group of crystals from the August 2004 discovery in Madagascar, formed by an attractive aggregate, in which the sharpness of the crystals, their color and luster, and especially the appearance of extraordinarily unusual twins, formed by the interpenetration of two rhombohedra, are outstanding.
Basalt Quarry, Ambariomiambana, Sambava District, Sava Region  Madagascar (08/2004)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.1 × 2.5 cm = 1.38” × 1.22” × 0.98”

2N10: Quartz crystal of tessin habit, with stretch marks and Tourmaline crystals both outside and inside the Quartz crystal.
Mamapa, Nampula Province  Mozambique (2016)

Specimen size: 1.7 × 6.7 × 1.5 cm = 0.67” × 2.64” × 0.59”

22TBR13: Botryoidal aggregate of Malachite, with one of the spheres clearly dominant and of a deep green tone, with remnants of the surrounding concretion that is distinguished by lighter greenish hues. The specimen is from a known African locality, but one from which such fine quality specimens are rare.
It comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and once had a handwritten label attached that due to the passage of time was already illegible, so it has been removed from the specimen.
Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape  South Africa

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.9 × 2.3 cm = 1.50” × 1.14” × 0.91”

20FMX47: Group of Fluorite crystals that show the forms of the rhombododecahedron with curved faces, between transparent and translucent, of a slightly greenish color with some violet reflections, arranged on a network of black, lustrous, acicular crystals of Schorl, with more prismatic schorls forming the matrix at the base of the piece. Small, very transparent crystals of Herderite complete the combo. Some of the Fluorite crystals also have Schorl inclusions.
The specimen is from the Jan Buma former fluorite collection (number 050607).
Davib East Farm (Davib Ost Farm), Karibib District, Erongo Region  Namibia (±2005)

Specimen size: 13.3 × 11.8 × 7.2 cm = 5.24” × 4.65” × 2.83”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.55” × 0.43”

20CMP14: Globular Duftite aggregates with a uniform pistachio-green color, partially covering a rock matrix, along with scattered spherical aggregates of grass-green malachite. The Tsumeb mine –the origin of this piece- is the type locality (TL) for Duftite.
The specimen comes from the former collection (duplicates) of Carles Curto (number 1982.19), whose label and computer file we will send to the buyer.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

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

17EA12: Floater and very aerial parallel growths of sharp tabular Descloizite crystals, translucent, with a bright luster and chocolate color, partially coated by small rhombohedral Dolomite crystals.
The specimen comes from the Claus Hedegaard collection (number 10517), whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Berg Aukas, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 1.06” × 0.67” × 0.47”

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

11AF11: Partially doubly terminated crystal of Cerussite, twinned, with well defined faces and edges and slightly transparent. The specimen comes from a world famous locality, the Tsumeb mine, which exploited several metals, including copper, lead, zinc, silver, germanium and cadmium.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 2.6 × 1.7 × 1.4 cm = 1.02” × 0.67” × 0.55”

2T26: Fine botryoidal Shattuckite aggregate, with a felted surface and a uniform color, with deep blue borders, that include deep green malachite acicular crystals.
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region  Namibia (2009)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 4.5 × 3.0 cm = 2.95” × 1.77” × 1.18”

11EB11: Very fine tabular crystals of Tarbuttite, a rare zinc hydroxy-phosphate, on a limonite matrix. It has a greenish coloration with light and bright tones. The specimen comes from the type locality for this species. The Kabwe mine, now closed, processed lead, zinc and silver ores.
Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Kabwe-Ka Mukuba), Kabwe District, Central Province  Zambia (07/1976)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.2 × 1.4 cm = 1.46” × 1.26” × 0.55”

3A57: Floater dendritic growth, with some crystals having defined faces and accompanied by small Quartz crystals. The sample was found at the beginning of the 20th century in São Paulo City! A rarity very difficult to obtain today.
Morro Doce area, Jaraguá, Perus, São Paulo, São Paulo State  Brazil (1920)

Specimen size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”