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NK14AM5: Lamellar and hackly growths of native Gold, on a Quartz matrix. The specimen comes from the most emblematic gold deposit in Spain, of which few specimens are preserved. This specimen comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection, whose collection card we will send to the buyer.
340 vein, Rodalquilar, Níjar, Comarca Metropolitana de Almería Spain (±2019)
Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.4 × 1.9 cm = 1.02” × 0.94” × 0.75”
Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar
€90 / US$109 / JPY11350 / AUD$141
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NZ46AM5: Parallel groups and centered growths of Paratellurite crystals, a rare oxide of tellurium. Tetragonal, in sharp crystals of good size for the species, with good luster and a very vivid greenish yellow color. On matrix, with small crystals of Jarosite. This specimen comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection, whose collection file we will send to the buyer as well as a copy of the analysis.
340 vein, Rodalquilar, Níjar, Comarca Metropolitana de Almería Spain (±2016)
Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.5 × 0.9 cm = 0.91” × 0.59” × 0.35”
Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar
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MD26AL3: Good specimen of this rare lead sulphantimonate, with rosette-like crystal aggregates on matrix, dark metallic grey in color. Fülöppite is one of the rare species associated with Stibnite in this mine.
Casualidad Mine, Cordillera de los Picachos, Baños de Sierra Alhamilla, Pechina, Comarca Metropolitana de Almería Spain (2014-2015)
Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.4 × 1.9 cm = 1.14” × 0.94” × 0.75”
Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”
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NB86AJ4: Group of very sharp laminar crystals, transparent and colorless, with small, white, rhombohedral Calcite crystals. The sample is from the initial finds of good quality material from the locality between September 2002 and March 2003.
El Telegrama adit, La Beltraneja concession, Cortijuelo Mines, Bacares, Comarca Valle del Almanzora Spain (09/2002-03/2003)
Specimen size: 10.2 × 7 × 3.7 cm = 4.02” × 2.76” × 1.46”
Main crystal size: 2 × 1.8 cm = 0.79” × 0.71”
Fluorescent long & short UV
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NV66AJ4: Group of very sharp laminar crystals, translucent and white. The sample is from the initial finds of good quality material from the locality between September 2002 and March 2003.
El Telegrama adit, La Beltraneja concession, Cortijuelo Mines, Bacares, Comarca Valle del Almanzora Spain (09/2002-03/2003)
Specimen size: 12.7 × 8 × 3.9 cm = 5.00” × 3.15” × 1.54”
Main crystal size: 3 × 2.7 cm = 1.18” × 1.06”
Fluorescent long & short UV
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NK36R2: From an unexpected find in an old lead mining area of Roman time where the Pyromorphites appeared previously, although with a different shape than this specimen. Its habit and color, very distinctive, make this find unmistakable. It has become a Spanish classic. This specimen comes from a first selection of the specimens when they were found.
Resuperferolítica Claim, Cerro de la Canaleja, Santa Eufemia, Comarca Los Pedroches Spain (04/1995)
Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.4 × 2.7 cm = 1.46” × 1.34” × 1.06”
Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.28” × 0.16”
Minor fluorescence long & short UV
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NT16AE3: Aggregate, on matrix, of prismatic crystals, some with deep hollowed terminations, and very well defined parallel growths. Its habit and brown color with greenish shades are very distinctive and make the samples from this find unmistakable and it has become a Spanish classic. The specimen is from a cavity in an old lead mining area of Roman time where Pyromorphites appeared previously.
Resuperferolítica Claim, Cerro de la Canaleja, Santa Eufemia, Comarca Los Pedroches Spain (04/1995)
Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.7 × 2.9 cm = 1.34” × 1.06” × 1.14”
Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.4 cm = 0.31” × 0.16”
Minor fluorescence long & short UV
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NM16AE3: Aggregate, on matrix, of prismatic crystals, some with deep hollowed terminations, and very well defined parallel growths. Its habit and brown color with greenish shades are very distinctive and make the samples from this find unmistakable and it has become a Spanish classic. The specimen is from a cavity in an old lead mining area of Roman time where Pyromorphites appeared previously.
Resuperferolítica Claim, Cerro de la Canaleja, Santa Eufemia, Comarca Los Pedroches Spain (04/1995)
Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.6 × 1.6 cm = 1.46” × 1.42” × 0.63”
Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”
Minor fluorescence long & short UV
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The small San Andrés Mine in Villaviciosa, Córdoba, produced, over the period 1997-1998, some really great Pyromorphite! The color is a fantastic apple green and their brilliance is typical of the specimens that in the past have made this mine famous. These are, without doubt, the best Pyromorphite found in Europe during the last few years, and they really compete well with the famous American Bunker Hill Pyromorphite, and with the new Chinese ones. The specimens were found in two different pockets. The first one was found in November 1997 and it was called 'Realces' pocket. The second (and last) one was found in November 1998. It was called the 'Geoda del Tunel' pocket. Unfortunately, after these two pockets the mine entrance was blocked by tons of rubble.
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TM89AM1: Group of Pyromorphite crystals with sharp faces and edges, with parallel growths and hopper terminations, with good luster and a very vivid apple-green color. On matrix, with Baryte.
San Andrés Mine, Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato Spain
Specimen size: 5.5 × 5.2 × 2.9 cm = 2.17” × 2.05” × 1.14”
Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.28” × 0.20”
Minor fluorescence long & short UV
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The small San Andrés Mine in Villaviciosa, Córdoba, produced, over the period 1997-1998, some really great Pyromorphite! The color is a fantastic apple green and their brilliance is typical of the specimens that in the past have made this mine famous. These are, without doubt, the best Pyromorphite found in Europe during the last few years, and they really compete well with the famous American Bunker Hill Pyromorphite, and with the new Chinese ones. The specimens were found in two different pockets. The first one was found in November 1997 and it was called 'Realces' pocket. The second (and last) one was found in November 1998. It was called the 'Geoda del Tunel' pocket. Unfortunately, after these two pockets the mine entrance was blocked by tons of rubble.
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N36KD0: A very aerial group with green doubly terminated crystals with multiple hexagonal terminations.
San Andrés Mine, Realces pocket (Victoria), Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato Spain (10-11/1997)
Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.06” × 0.94” × 0.55”
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N67VD0: Group of doubly terminated crystals with slightly curved edges. The sample has two different colors, yellow and green.
San Andrés Mine, Realces pocket (Victoria), Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato Spain (10-11/1997)
Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.1 × 2 cm = 1.38” × 1.22” × 0.79”
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N91YAB8: Aggregate of short prismatic crystals, a lot of them doubly terminated and with very well defined faces and edges. They are green in color with slightly yellowish shades and are on matrix. A Spanish classic of a well-known find in 1997.
San Andrés Mine, Realces pocket (Victoria), Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato Spain (10-11/1997)
Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.9 × 3.7 cm = 2.05” × 1.93” × 1.46”
Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.39” × 0.31”
Minor fluorescence short UV
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NB16AI5: Groups of mainly prismatic Pyromorphite crystals that coexist with very acute elongated crystals, a very unusual habit for San Andrés Pyromorphite, similar to the samples from El Horcajo.
This sample is from the Ignacio Gaspar collection and we’ll send to the buyer the original label.
San Andrés Mine, Realces pocket (Victoria), Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato Spain (10-11/1997)
Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.7 × 3.6 cm = 2.52” × 1.85” × 1.42”
Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”
Minor fluorescence short UV
Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar
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The small San Andrés Mine in Villaviciosa, Córdoba, produced, over the period 1997-1998, some really great Pyromorphite! The color is a fantastic apple green and their brilliance is typical of the specimens that in the past have made this mine famous. These are, without doubt, the best Pyromorphite found in Europe during the last few years, and they really compete well with the famous American Bunker Hill Pyromorphite, and with the new Chinese ones. The specimens were found in two different pockets. The first one was found in November 1997 and it was called 'Realces' pocket. The second (and last) one was found in November 1998. It was called the 'Geoda del Túnel' pocket. Unfortunately, after these two pockets the mine entrance was blocked by tons of rubble.
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NP74AL0: Group of prismatic crystals on matrix, many of them doubly terminated, with excellent development of faces and edges, some with flat pinacoidal terminations and others with acute polycrystalline terminations. The color and luster are very good. A glory from the past, coming from one of the best vugs found in the San Andrés mine.
The specimen is from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published in the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 64 in the volume 25, number 2
San Andrés Mine, Del Tunel pocket, Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato Spain (11/1998)
Specimen size: 9 × 6 × 4.5 cm = 3.54” × 2.36” × 1.77”
Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.28” × 0.20”
Minor fluorescence short UV
Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar
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NB26AJ7: Very sharp disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals with a pseudotetrahedral shape, twinned and with an iridescent superficial patina. They are on matrix with Dolomite, Calcite and Quartz. The sample has been sawed on the base to reduce the matrix. This kind of Chalcopyrite was not known at the locality until now.
Salomón Cut, bench 290, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera Spain
Specimen size: 5.5 × 4 × 2.8 cm = 2.17” × 1.57” × 1.10”
Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.39” × 0.24”
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NA14AJ7: Very sharp disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals with a pseudotetrahedral shape, some of them with very well defined parallel growths. They are very bright and are on a matrix with Dolomite, Calcite and Quartz. The sample has been sawed on the lower part to reduce the matrix. This kind of Chalcopyrite was not known at the locality until now.
Salomón Cut, bench 290, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera Spain
Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.4 × 2.5 cm = 2.48” × 1.73” × 0.98”
Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”
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NG46AJ7: Sharp disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals with a pseudotetrahedral shape. They are twinned and have a superficial metallic patina and are on a matrix with Dolomite and Calcite. This kind of Chalcopyrite was not known at the locality until now.
Salomón Cut, bench 290, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera Spain
Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.1 × 4.9 cm = 2.83” × 1.61” × 1.93”
Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.35” × 0.24”
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NK36AJ7: Sharp disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals with a pseudotetrahedral shape. They are twinned and have a superficial metallic patina and are on a matrix with Dolomite and Calcite. This kind of Chalcopyrite was not known at the locality until now.
Salomón Cut, bench 290, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera Spain
Specimen size: 7.2 × 6 × 3.2 cm = 2.83” × 2.36” × 1.26”
Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”
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NH56AJ7: Sharp disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals with a pseudotetrahedral shape. They are twinned and have a superficial metallic patina and are on a matrix with Dolomite and Calcite. The sample has been sawed on the lower part to reduce the matrix. This kind of Chalcopyrite was not known at the locality until now.
Salomón Cut, bench 290, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera Spain
Specimen size: 7.8 × 5.6 × 5.2 cm = 3.07” × 2.20” × 2.05”
Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.39” × 0.39”
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NH7AC2: Botryoidal growths with intense metallic-iridescent patinas, very bright and showing strongly contrasting coloration, with dominant red, yellowish and orange shades. These growths contrast with a later phase with smaller and grayish botryoidal forms. The sample is from a famous 2007 find.
Filón Sur open pit, (Filón Sur Mine), Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo Spain (05-10/2007)
Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.7 × 1.7 cm = 1.26” × 1.06” × 0.67”
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NY57AC2: Botryoidal stalactitic aggregate with intensely metallic-iridescent patinas, very bright and showing strongly contrasting coloration, with dominant yellowish and orange shades. These growths contrast with a later phase with smaller and grayish-red botryoidal forms. The sample is from a famous 2007 find.
Filón Sur open pit, (Filón Sur Mine), Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo Spain (05-10/2007)
Specimen size: 8.3 × 4.7 × 4 cm = 3.27” × 1.85” × 1.57”
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NY60AA3: Small but very sharp tabular Mimetite crystals of excellent quality. Grouped or isolated, they always have very well defined faces and edges, are bright and have a very intense and uniform yellow color and are on a limonite matrix with botryoidal growths of Beudantite in micro-crystals. Both the Mimetite and Beudantite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Filón Sur open pit, (Filón Sur Mine), Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo Spain (09-10/2011)
Specimen size: 3.1 × 1.9 × 2.2 cm = 1.22” × 0.75” × 0.87”
Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.08”
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NA13AG0: Druse of Mimetite crystals on a rock matrix that resemble the English campylites, with a spheroidal shape but very well-defined faces and edges. They are bright, with a color between yellow and deep olive green. The sample is from a recent find at Tharsis.
Filón Sur open pit (external), (Filón Sur Mine), Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo Spain (30/04/2017)
Specimen size: 3.2 × 3.2 × 1.9 cm = 1.26” × 1.26” × 0.75”
Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.08” × 0.08”
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NB12AG0: Druse of Mimetite crystals on a rock matrix that resemble the English campylites, with a spheroidal shape but very well-defined faces and edges. They are bright, with a color between yellow and deep olive green. The sample is from a recent find at Tharsis.
Filón Sur open pit (external), (Filón Sur Mine), Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo Spain (30/04/2017)
Specimen size: 4.6 × 2.3 × 3.3 cm = 1.81” × 0.91” × 1.30”
Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”
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An ophite quarry in Carchelejo, Jaén, Spain produced good Prehnite, some of which are intensely green, with spherical forms, and often associated with brilliant Augite.
The quarry is now closed, so new specimens are unlikely to be found in the future.
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TK14AM5: Globular growths of Prehnite crystals with visible terminal faces, translucent, with a uniform light green color, on an ophite matrix. The locality is closed and has been inaccessible for a long time.
Oficarsa Quarry, De las Culebras Hill, Carchelejo, Cárcheles, Comarca Sierra Mágina Spain
Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.7 × 4.2 cm = 2.64” × 1.85” × 1.65”
€80 / US$97 / JPY10090 / AUD$126
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NP6AM1: Very sharp and shiny crystalline growths and cleavages of Antimony on a massive Quartz matrix. A Spanish classic, from a locality from which it is currently extremely difficult to get specimens.
La Viñuela reservoir, La Viñuela, Comarca La Axarquía Spain (1987)
Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.9 × 1.6 cm = 1.30” × 1.14” × 0.63”
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NA12AM5: Very aerial group on matrix of Tennantite-(Fe) crystals with the dominant faces of a tetrahedron accompanied by minor forms. The specimen, which has an unusual crystallographic habit, came from the last find before the final closure of open-pit mining at this mine. It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Fase 6, level 130-135, ↓175 m., Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte Spain (01/2020)
Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.6 × 1.4 cm = 1.02” × 1.02” × 0.55”
Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.08” × 0.08”
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NC14AM5: Groups of small crystals of Tennantite-(Fe), with very bright luster, forming parallel growths in some areas and with the dominant faces of a tetrahedron accompanied by minor forms. On matrix, associated with lustrous twinned crystals of Chalcocite. This specimen, which came from the last find before the definitive closure of open pit exploitation at this mine, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Fase 6, level 130-135, ↓175 m., Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte Spain (01/2020)
Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.6 × 0.7 cm = 1.73” × 1.42” × 0.28”
Main crystal size: 1 × 0.2 cm = 0.39” × 0.08”
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NC47AM5: Groups of small crystals of Tennantite-(Fe), with very bright luster, forming parallel growths in some areas and with the dominant faces of a tetrahedron accompanied by minor forms. On matrix, associated with lustrous twinned crystals of Chalcocite. This specimen, which came from the last find before the definitive closure of open pit exploitation at this mine, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Fase 6, level 130-135, ↓175 m., Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte Spain (01/2020)
Specimen size: 7.5 × 6.6 × 1 cm = 2.95” × 2.60” × 0.39”
Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.28” × 0.20”
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NA26AL4: Globular growth of antimony-richTennantite-(Fe), very lustrous, on matrix, with growths of iridescent Pyrite in dominant blue, red and brassy tones, and twinned Chalcocite crystals. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte Spain
Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.2 × 1.3 cm = 1.50” × 1.26” × 0.51”
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NF16AM4: Shiny, dark gray crystals of Tennantite-(Fe) with a very unusual crystallographic habit.
The specimen comes from the last find before the definitive closure of the open pit operations at this mine. It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Fase 6, level 130-135, ↓175 m., Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte Spain (01/2020)
Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.3 × 2.7 cm = 2.40” × 1.69” × 1.06”
Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.16” × 0.16”
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NT14AM4: Shiny Tennantite-(Fe) crystals with dark gray tones, with a very unusual crystallographic habit and covering twinned Chalcocite crystals.
The specimen comes from the last find before the definitive closure of the open pit operations at this mine. It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Fase 6, level 130-135, ↓175 m., Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte Spain (01/2020)
Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.6 × 4.1 cm = 2.44” × 1.81” × 1.61”
Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.16” × 0.16”
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NR27AM4: Very sharp tetrahedral crystals of Tennantite-(Fe), with good luster and dark gray tones, on matrix. The specimen comes from the last find before the definitive closure of open pit operations in this mine.
It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Fase 6, level 130-135, ↓175 m., Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte Spain (01/2020)
Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.3 × 3.6 cm = 2.91” × 2.09” × 1.42”
Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”
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NF28AM5: Very sharp crystals of Chalcocite that form hexagonal cyclic twins with well defined faces and edges. They are flattened, with bright luster, and are on matrix with Calcite crystals. The specimen comes from the first finds in this mine and is from the Ignacio Gaspar collection (number CAC-8), whose collection file we will send to the buyer together with a copy of the analysis.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte Spain (±2011)
Specimen size: 5 × 3.5 × 4 cm = 1.97” × 1.38” × 1.57”
Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar
€320 / US$389 / JPY40380 / AUD$504
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NA14AL4: Very sharp Chalcocite crystals that form hexagonal cyclic twins with well defined faces and edges, flattened, brilliant, and on matrix. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte Spain
Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.87” × 0.63” × 0.16”
Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.08” × 0.08”
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NV13AL4: Very sharp Chalcocite crystals that form flattened twins with well defined faces and edges, brilliant, on matrix, with very vivid metallic blue iridescent Pyrite coatings. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte Spain
Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.5 × 0.8 cm = 0.94” × 0.59” × 0.31”
Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.16” × 0.16”
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NX16AL4: Very sharp Chalcocite crystals that form hexagonal cyclic twins with well defined faces and edges, flattened, shiny, on matrix. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte Spain
Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.9 × 0.3 cm = 1.10” × 0.75” × 0.12”
Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”
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NF56AL4: Very sharp Chalcocite crystals that form hexagonal cyclic twins with well defined faces and edges, flattened, bright, on matrix with crystalline Pyrite inclusions. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte Spain
Specimen size: 3.6 × 3.2 × 1.1 cm = 1.42” × 1.26” × 0.43”
Main crystal size: 0.4 × o.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.00”
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NH47AL5: Growth on matrix of highly profiled Chalcocite crystals that form flattened twins with a hexagonal outline, with very well defined faces and edges, lustrous, on matrix, with antimony-rich Tennantite- (Fe) and Pyrite coatings. These pieces were analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte Spain
Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.4 × 1.5 cm = 1.54” × 1.34” × 0.59”
Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.28” × 0.16”
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NR11AL4: Very sharp Chalcocite crystals that form hexagonal cyclic twins with well defined faces and edges, flattened, shiny, on matrix. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte Spain
Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.2 × 1.3 cm = 1.61” × 0.87” × 0.51”
Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”
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NC27AL4: Very sharp Chalcocite crystals, twinned, with well defined faces and edges, flattened, shiny, and on matrix. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte Spain
Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.6 × 3.2 cm = 1.61” × 1.42” × 1.26”
Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.4 cm = 0.35” × 0.16”
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Chalcocite with Calcite |
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NF13AL4: Very sharp Chalcocite crystals that form flattened twins with well defined faces and edges, brilliant, on matrix, with coatings of Calcite crystals. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte Spain
Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.9 × 2.4 cm = 1.73” × 1.54” × 0.94”
Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”
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| Chalcocite with Sb-rich Tennantite-(Fe) and Pyrite |
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NG66AL4: Very sharp Chalcocite crystals that form hexagonal cyclic twins with well defined faces and edges, flattened, lustrous, on matrix, with antimony-rich Tennantite-(Fe) and coatings of iridescent botryoidal Pyrite dominated by purple tones. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte Spain
Specimen size: 4.4 × 4 × 3.3 cm = 1.73” × 1.57” × 1.30”
Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.24” × 0.16”
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NB97AL5: Growth on matrix of highly profiled Chalcocite crystals that form flattened twins with a hexagonal outline, with very well defined faces and edges, with good luster, on matrix, with iridescent Pyrite crystal coatings of mauve and dominant blue tones. These specimens were analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte Spain
Specimen size: 4.9 × 2.7 × 3.4 cm = 1.93” × 1.06” × 1.34”
Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.28” × 0.24”
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NJ13AL4: Very sharp Chalcocite crystals that form hexagonal cyclic twins with well defined faces and edges, flattened, shiny, on matrix, with very vivid metallic blue iridescent Pyrite coatings. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte Spain
Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.5 × 0.7 cm = 1.93” × 1.38” × 0.28”
Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”
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ND26AL4: Very sharp Chalcocite crystals that form hexagonal cyclic twins with well defined faces and edges, flattened, with good luster, on a matrix covered with small white Calcite crystals. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte Spain
Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.5 × 1.6 cm = 2.17” × 1.38” × 0.63”
Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”
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NB14AL4: Very sharp Chalcocite crystals that form flattened twins with well defined faces and edges, bright, and on matrix. With Pyrite coatings. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte Spain
Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.6 × 3.1 cm = 2.40” × 1.81” × 1.22”
Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”
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Chalcocite with Calcite and Pyrite |
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NA49AL5: Growth on matrix of highly profiled Chalcocite crystals that form thick twins with a hexagonal outline, with very well defined faces and edges, bright, on matrix, with Calcite crystal coatings and Pyrite microcrystals. These specimens were analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte Spain
Specimen size: 6.1 × 5.7 × 5.4 cm = 2.40” × 2.24” × 2.13”
Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.31” × 0.28”
Calcite very fluorescent and phosphorescent short UV
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NE11AL4: Very sharp Chalcocite crystals that form hexagonal cyclic twins with well defined faces and edges, flattened, lustrous, on matrix, with tetrahedral crystals of antimony-rich Tennantite-(Fe) and coatings of botryoidal pyrite. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte Spain
Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.4 × 2.7 cm = 2.56” × 1.73” × 1.06”
Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”
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NZ89AL5: Growth on matrix of highly profiled Chalcocite crystals that form thick twins with a hexagonal outline, with very well defined faces and edges, bright, on matrix, with Calcite crystal coatings. These specimens were analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte Spain
Specimen size: 8.5 × 6.3 × 3.6 cm = 3.35” × 2.48” × 1.42”
Calcite very fluorescent and phosphorescent short UV
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NA86AL4: Very sharp Chalcocite crystals, twinned, with well defined faces and edges, flattened, shiny, and on matrix. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte Spain
Specimen size: 9.1 × 8.3 × 2.7 cm = 3.58” × 3.27” × 1.06”
Main crystal size: 1 × 0.4 cm = 0.39” × 0.16”
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NG37AM1: Octahedral Galena crystals with the vertices cut by cube faces, very well defined, lustrous and on matrix with spheroidal growths of small crystals of Sphalerite and small crystals of Marcasite. Different from what you usually see from this locality.
Reocín Mine, Reocín, Comarca Saja-Nansa Spain
Specimen size: 12.3 × 8.6 × 6.4 cm = 4.84” × 3.39” × 2.52”
Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”
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NV57AD2: Complex Calcite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, rounded, with the dominant forms of a scalenohedron and a flattened rhombohedron, transparent, bright, with a very pale yellow color and on a rocky matrix with pink Dolomite.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What's New’ section, number 43, May 8, 2016 edition.
La Florida Mining Area, Herrería-Valdáliga-Rionansa, Comarca Costa Occidental/Saja-Nansa Spain (±2000)
Specimen size: 5.6 × 5 × 3.6 cm = 2.20” × 1.97” × 1.42”
Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.4 cm = 1.46” × 1.34”
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ND7AF0: A complex crystal with many faces, among which are those of the acute rhombohedra and shortened scalenohedra which stand out, giving it an equant and rounded shape. Above all, the uniform yellow color, the transparency, brilliance and position on the Dolomite matrix are all great.
La Florida Mining Area, Herrería-Valdáliga-Rionansa, Comarca Costa Occidental/Saja-Nansa Spain
Specimen size: 7.8 × 4.4 × 5.3 cm = 3.07” × 1.73” × 2.09”
Main crystal size: 3.4 × 3.4 cm = 1.34” × 1.34”
Minor fluorescence short UV
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NT67AE2: Complex Calcite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with many faces, among which the acute rhombohedron and shortened scalenohedra stand out, giving them an equant and rounded shape. The crystals, transparent and colorless, are on a matrix of Dolomite crystals with Sphalerite and smaller Calcite crystals with an acute scalenohedral shape.
La Florida Mining Area, Herrería-Valdáliga-Rionansa, Comarca Costa Occidental/Saja-Nansa Spain (±2000)
Specimen size: 11.4 × 8.6 × 4.2 cm = 4.49” × 3.39” × 1.65”
Main crystal size: 2.8 × 2.7 cm = 1.10” × 1.06”
Minor fluorescence short UV
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N46YH5: Small prismatic crystals of Hemimorphite, dark brown, very sharp and bright, partially covered by a botryoidal uniform bed of white Hydrozincite.
La Florida Mining Area, Herrería-Valdáliga-Rionansa, Comarca Costa Occidental/Saja-Nansa Spain (1997)
Specimen size: 14.3 × 11 × 4 cm = 5.63” × 4.33” × 1.57”
Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”
Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV
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NG56AF0: A novelty at MineralExpo Sants (Barcelona) 2017. Smithsonite replacing Calcite crystals. It is yellowish and partially coated by small white Hemimorphite crystals. Both the Smithsonite and the Hemimorphite have been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Moriazo Mine, Casamaría, Herrerías, Comarca Saja-Nansa Spain (2016)
Specimen size: 6.2 × 6 × 3 cm = 2.44” × 2.36” × 1.18”
Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.1 cm = 0.67” × 0.43”
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NK14AF0: A novelty at MineralExpo Sants (Barcelona) 2017. Smithsonite replacing Calcite crystals. It is yellowish and partially coated by small white Hemimorphite crystals. Both the Smithsonite and the Hemimorphite have been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Moriazo Mine, Casamaría, Herrerías, Comarca Saja-Nansa Spain (2016)
Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.8 × 2.7 cm = 2.52” × 2.28” × 1.06”
Main crystal size: 3.4 × 2.2 cm = 1.34” × 0.87”
Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
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NE62X7: Aggregate of complex equant crystals, translucent, bright, and with a very deep dark honey color. They are on matrix, with small Quartz crystals and white scalenohedral Calcite crystals on the back side. It has been discovered in a recent find on an abandoned mine, well known for Calcite and Baryte and now offering this Sphalerite samples of very much better quality than all previously known.
María Jesús Mine (Lobeto Mine), Sol Viejo, Cabanzón, Herrerías, Comarca Saja-Nansa Spain (2012-2013)
Specimen size: 6 × 5 × 3.4 cm = 2.36” × 1.97” × 1.34”
Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.35” × 0.24”
Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV
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Áliva, in the Picos de Europa, Cantabria, Spain is one of the classic worldwide localities. The best red Sphalerite in the world comes from here! The mines are now closed and there is no access to the galleries (especially as many of them are flooded)
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NB7AM5: Polycrystalline growth of complex Sphalerite crystals with curvatures and with the smooth forms of the tetrahedron. The crystals, between transparent and translucent, have a very dense, deep and uniform caramel color.
Las Mánforas Mine, (Áliva Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana Spain
Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.4 × 2.7 cm = 1.50” × 1.34” × 1.06”
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NF57AM5: Group of complex crystals of Sphalerite, transparent, with good luster and a very vivid orange color that contrasts with the matrix of rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with a snow-white color. A classic of Spanish mineralogy that comes from the Ignacio Gaspar collection (number BLD-4), whose collection card we will send to the buyer.
Las Mánforas Mine, (Áliva Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana Spain
Specimen size: 5 × 4.5 × 1.3 cm = 1.97” × 1.77” × 0.51”
Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar
€250 / US$303 / JPY31540 / AUD$394
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NG67AM5: Polycrystalline growth of complex Sphalerite crystals with curvatures and with the smooth forms of the tetrahedron. The crystals, between transparent and translucent, are very lustrous, with a very dense, deep and uniform caramel color. The specimen comes from the Ignacio Gaspar collection (number BLD-2), whose collection card we will send to the buyer.
Las Mánforas Mine, (Áliva Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana Spain
Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.5 × 2.5 cm = 2.40” × 1.77” × 0.98”
Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar
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MF98AL5: Groups of crystals of Sphalerite with the dominant forms of the tetrahedron, transparent, with good luster and a very intense and vivid green color (variety cleiophane) on a matrix covered by white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. The specimen is very different from what is usually seen at this locality both in color and in general appearance.
Las Mánforas Mine, (Áliva Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana Spain
Specimen size: 13.2 × 8.8 × 6.9 cm = 5.20” × 3.46” × 2.72”
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NB16AM5: Druse of complex Sphalerite crystals that are very rich in shapes, from transparent to translucent, with good luster and a very intense and vivid caramel color, coated with white Dolomite crystals. A Spanish classic of good size and quality.
Las Mánforas Mine, (Áliva Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana Spain
Specimen size: 12.5 × 10.5 × 8 cm = 4.92” × 4.13” × 3.15”
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NR12R9: A complex crystal with curvatures on its faces and edges. It is transparent and has an excellent deep honey color. The back side shows exfoliated surfaces.
Las Mánforas Mine, (Áliva Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana Spain
Specimen size: 2.9 × 2 × 1 cm = 1.14” × 0.79” × 0.39”
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NM58AJ5: Polycrystalline growths of complex crystals with notable curvatures on faces and edges, transparent and with an excellent deep honey color. The back is a contact surface with a disappeared crystal, probably a scalenohedral Calcite.
Las Mánforas Mine, (Áliva Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana Spain
Specimen size: 3.3 × 2 × 1.2 cm = 1.30” × 0.79” × 0.47”
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NT13AB1: Complex crystal with curvatures on its faces and edges, twinned, with parallel growths, transparent, with an excellent deep honey color and partially coated by small white Dolomite crystals. From a Spanish mine, inaccessible for many of years, that is considered as a classic for the Sphalerite.
Las Mánforas Mine, (Áliva Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana Spain
Specimen size: 3.5 × 3 × 2.2 cm = 1.38” × 1.18” × 0.87”
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NL13AL3: Polycrystalline growths with complex forms, with sharp edges and faces, slightly curved, transparent, very lustrous, with deep and uniform honey-brown color. This piece comes from some small artisanal finds that were made after the mine closed. There is currently no access to the galleries.
Las Mánforas Mine, (Áliva Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana Spain
Specimen size: 3.6 × 3.3 × 2.3 cm = 1.42” × 1.30” × 0.91”
Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.6 cm = 0.75” × 0.63”
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NP27AL5: Complex Sphalerite crystals with very well defined and slightly curved faces and edges, transparent, very bright and with a very deep toasted honey color. On matrix with white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals
Las Mánforas Mine, (Áliva Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana Spain
Specimen size: 5 × 3.6 × 3.6 cm = 1.97” × 1.42” × 1.42”
Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.4 cm = 0.67” × 0.55”
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NA27AL9: Complex crystals of Sphalerite on a Dolomite matrix. The crystal is transparent, lustrous and with an intense and lively honey color. With contacts but no damage. Small parts of the back of the matrix have been cut to reduce the size of the specimen without damage to the crystals.
Las Mánforas Mine, (Áliva Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana Spain
Specimen size: 7 × 5.5 × 4.4 cm = 2.76” × 2.17” × 1.73”
Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 0.87” × 0.63”
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NM8AB1: Complex equidimensional crystals, translucent and with a very deep toasted honey color. They are on matrix, with Dolomite. From a Spanish mine, inaccessible for many of years, that is considered as a classic for the Sphalerite.
Las Mánforas Mine, (Áliva Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana Spain
Specimen size: 7.7 × 5.6 × 3 cm = 3.03” × 2.20” × 1.18”
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ME92AF2: Aggregate of complex Sphalerite crystals, very rich in faces that combine smooth and rough surfaces. The crystals, bright and between translucent and transparent, have a very intense orange color, easily visible with intense lightning.
Las Mánforas Mine, (Áliva Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana Spain
Specimen size: 9.3 × 7.8 × 4.8 cm = 3.66” × 3.07” × 1.89”
Main crystal size: 4.1 × 3.1 cm = 1.61” × 1.22”
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N96EK0: Group of very sharp, twinned crystals of excellent color and luster on a matrix very rich in Galena and Dolomite. Due to the appearance and the association with Galena it looks different that the usual specimens from Áliva, but it is really from there.
Las Mánforas Mine, (Áliva Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana Spain
Specimen size: 9.4 × 6.6 × 4.6 cm = 3.70” × 2.60” × 1.81”
Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.20” × 0.20”
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NM93AE6: An aggregate of complex Sphalerite crystals with curved faces, some smooth and others with polycrystalline growths. These crystals, between transparent and translucent, are very bright, have a very dense, deep and uniform honey color and are partially coated by white Dolomite rhombohedra.
Las Mánforas Mine, (Áliva Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana Spain
Specimen size: 13 × 12 × 7 cm = 5.12” × 4.72” × 2.76”
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