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TC150NY: Group of very sharp tabular Baryte crystals, translucent and with a white color with areas of pale blue. This specimen comes from the first finds of quality material at the locality (between September 2002 and March 2003)
El Telegrama adit, La Beltraneja concession, Cortijuelo Mines, Bacares, Comarca Valle del Almanzora, Almería, Andalusia Spain (09/2002-03/2003)
Specimen size: 9.4 × 5.4 × 4.5 cm = 3.70” × 2.13” × 1.77”
Main crystal size: 2 × 1 cm = 0.79” × 0.39”
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TC180NL: Group of very sharp tabular Baryte crystals, translucent and with a soft blue color. The specimen comes from the first finds of quality material in the locality (between September 2002 and March 2003) pale.
El Telegrama adit, La Beltraneja concession, Cortijuelo Mines, Bacares, Comarca Valle del Almanzora, Almería, Andalusia Spain (09/2002-03/2003)
Specimen size: 13.8 × 8.4 × 5.4 cm = 5.43” × 3.31” × 2.13”
Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.9 cm = 0.98” × 0.75”
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TC2250NRP: Group of tabular Baryte crystals, with good luster and a color between yellow and brown, on a matrix of Quartz crystals that also largely cover the Baryte. From a classic Spanish locality on which, curiously, despite having been very extensive and having worked for many years, very few quality specimens remain.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 794), whose label we will send to the buyer.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 2023-2, page 36
Guillermín Mine, Guillermín Mining Group, Alcaracejos, Comarca Los Pedroches, Córdoba, Andalusia Spain (11/2011)
Specimen size: 13 × 9.4 × 2.7 cm = 5.12” × 3.70” × 1.06”
Main crystal size: 7.2 × 4.8 cm = 2.83” × 1.89”
Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
Former collection of Jaume Vilalta
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XM65NL: Aggregate of elongated Pyromorphite crystals with deep hopper terminations and very marked parallel growths, with good luster and a slightly greenish brown color, which makes the pieces from this pocket unmistakable. They have become a Spanish classic. The specimen comes from a pocket in an old lead mining area, already exploited in Roman times, and known for previous Pyromorphite finds.
Resuperferolítica claim, Cerro de la Canaleja, Santa Eufemia, Comarca Los Pedroches, Córdoba, Andalusia Spain (04/1995)
Specimen size: 2.9 × 1.8 × 1.3 cm = 1.14” × 0.71” × 0.51”
Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.39” × 0.31”
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TC95NP: Group of Pyromorphite crystals, on matrix, with a prismatic habit, many of them doubly terminated, with good luster and a yellowish brown color. The specimen comes from an unexpected find in 1995 in an old lead mining area already exploited in Roman times and known for previous Pyromorphite finds, although with a different appearance from this specimen.
Resuperferolítica claim, Cerro de la Canaleja, Santa Eufemia, Comarca Los Pedroches, Córdoba, Andalusia Spain (04/1995)
Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.8 × 2.4 cm = 1.22” × 1.10” × 0.94”
Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.2 cm = 0.31” × 0.08”
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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, Córdoba, Andalusia 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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TC95NA: Very aerial group of Pyromorphite crystals with a prismatic habit, many of them doubly terminated, with good luster and a yellowish brown color. The specimen comes from an unexpected find in 1995 in an old lead mining area already worked in Roman times and known for previous Pyromorphite finds, although with a different appearance from this specimen.
Resuperferolítica claim, Cerro de la Canaleja, Santa Eufemia, Comarca Los Pedroches, Córdoba, Andalusia Spain (04/1995)
Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.2 × 1.8 cm = 1.54” × 0.87” × 0.71”
Main crystal size: 1 × 0.3 cm = 0.39” × 0.12”
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JAF16AP8: Group of rhombododecahedral Almandine crystals, with very well defined faces and edges, in a mica schist matrix.
The specimen, from a place where few good quality almandines are known, comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly, and was previously in the collection of José Luís Otero.
Cerro de la Sal Quarry. Dos Puntos claim, Sierra Albarrana, Hornachuelos, Comarca Valle Medio del Guadalquivir, Córdoba, Andalusia Spain
Specimen size: 8 × 4.8 × 2.7 cm = 3.15” × 1.89” × 1.06”
Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.2 cm = 1.22” × 0.87”
Former collection of José Luís Otero
Former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
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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, Córdoba, Andalusia 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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SV170NTR: Group of elongatedc crystals of Pyromorphite, very aerial, many of them doubly terminated, with well defined faces and edges and flattened pinacoidal terminations with an extraordinary color and luster.
It comes from one of the best pockets in the San Andrés Mine, in Cordoba, Andalusia.
San Andrés Mine, Realces pocket (Victoria), Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba, Andalusia Spain (11/1997)
Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.9 × 1.4 cm = 0.87” × 0.75” × 0.55”
Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.6 cm = 0.24” × 0.24”
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NBX76AP6: Aerial group of Pyromorphite crystals with a short prismatic habit, many of them totally or partially doubly terminated. Of a uniform light green color and on a Baryte matrix.
With sharper and more isolated crystals than usual in this deposit.
San Andrés Mine, Realces pocket (Victoria), Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba, Andalusia Spain (10-11/1997)
Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.7 × 3.7 cm = 1.73” × 1.46” × 1.46”
Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.08” × 0.08”
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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, Córdoba, Andalusia 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”
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BRM66AO8: Group of prismatic Pyromorphite crystals on matrix, most of them doubly terminated, with an excellent development of faces and edges and with flat pinacoidal terminations. Color and luster are excellent. A glory from the past, coming from one of the best vugs found in the San Andrés mine.
Of great quality, the specimen comes from an important European collection.
San Andrés Mine, Realces pocket (Victoria), Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba, Andalusia Spain (10-11/1997)
Specimen size: 7.6 × 5.1 × 3.5 cm = 2.99” × 2.01” × 1.38”
Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.28” × 0.24”
Minor fluorescence long & short UV
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NRM49AP6: Well individualized crystals of Pyromorphite with a short prismatic habit, many of them totally or partially doubly terminated, of a uniform light green color and on a Baryte matrix.
A specimen of good size and with abundant Pyromorphite throughout the piece.
San Andrés Mine, Realces pocket (Victoria), Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba, Andalusia Spain (10-11/1997)
Specimen size: 9.9 × 7.4 × 6.7 cm = 3.90” × 2.91” × 2.64”
Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.24” × 0.16”
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SV350NBX: Group of prismatic crystals on matrix, many of them doubly terminated, with excellent development of faces and edges and flat pinacoidal terminations. The color and brightness are very good.
A glory from the past, coming from one of the best pockets found in the San Andrés Mine.
San Andrés Mine, del tunel pocket, Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba, Andalusia Spain (11/1998)
Specimen size: 5 × 4 × 2.4 cm = 1.97” × 1.57” × 0.94”
Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.6 cm = 0.24” × 0.24”
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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, Córdoba, Andalusia 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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HM140NG: Very aerial group of Andradite crystals with polycrystalline growths on its lustrous faces. Significantly larger and sharper than usual for this locality. Partially included on a Calcite matrix.
Cala Mines, Cala, Comarca Sierra de Huelva, Huelva, Andalusia Spain
Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.7 × 3.4 cm = 2.17” × 1.85” × 1.34”
Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.5 cm = 1.06” × 0.98”
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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, Huelva, Andalusia 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, Huelva, Andalusia 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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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, Huelva, Andalusia 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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NC13AM7: Very sharp disphenoidal crystals of Chalcopyrite with a pseudotetrahedral habit, twinned and with a superficial metallic tarnish. On matrix, with Gypsum and Dolomite and Calcite crystals. This type of specimen was unknown from the locality until this find.
Salomón Cut, bench 290, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia Spain
Specimen size: 8.7 × 4.8 × 6 cm = 3.43” × 1.89” × 2.36”
Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.39” × 0.24”
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SV120RCX: Very sharp bisphenoidal crystals of Chalcopyrite with a pseudotetrahedral habit, twinned and with the good color and luster characteristic of the species. They appear with Dolomite crystals embedded in a matrix of Calcite. This type of specimen was unknown at the locality until this find.
Salomón Cut, bench 290, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia Spain
Specimen size: 8.9 × 5 × 4.7 cm = 3.50” × 1.97” × 1.85”
Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”
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If you want to know more about these Goethites please follow this link
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JAL66AP8: Compared with other goethites from southern Spain, those found in the La Lapilla mine stand out for their delicate latticed growths and very fine arched structures, sometimes almost filamentous, that add to the quality and vivid brilliance of its metallic iridescences, with blue, ocher and reddish reflections, with a predominance of metallic greyish.
The specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
La Lapilla Mine, La Lapilla, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia Spain (03-04/2008)
Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.5 × 5.2 cm = 3.03” × 2.56” × 2.05”
Former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
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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, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia Spain (05-10/2007)
Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.7 × 1.7 cm = 1.26” × 1.06” × 0.67”
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If you want to know more about the Beudantite please follow this link
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SM65NTB: Small but very sharp tabular Mimetite crystals of excellent quality. In groups or isolated, they have very well defined faces and edges, with a bright luster and an intense and uniform yellow-orange color. On a limonite matrix with botryoidal growths of Beudantite microcrystals. Both the Mimetite and Beudantite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of both analyses to the buyer.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia Spain (09-10/2011)
Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.4 × 0.9 cm = 1.06” × 0.94” × 0.35”
Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”
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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, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia 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), Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia 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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SM65NBA: Small but very sharp tabular Mimetite crystals of excellent quality. In groups or isolated, they have very well defined faces and edges, bright luster, and an intense and uniform yellow color, on a limonite matrix with botryoidal growths of Beudantite microcrystals. Both the Mimetite and Beudantite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of both analyses to the buyer.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia Spain (09-10/2011)
Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.7 × 3.6 cm = 1.30” × 1.06” × 1.42”
Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.1 cm = 0.12” × 0.04”
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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), Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia 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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SM230VAB: Thick tabular crystals of Mimetite, very sharp and of excellent quality, in groups or isolated, with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, with great luster and an intense color between orange and yellow, on a limonite matrix with botryoidal growths of Beudantite microcrystals. Both the Mimetite and Beudantite were analyzed and we will send a copy of both analyses to the buyer.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia Spain (9-10/2011)
Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.4 × 1.6 cm = 2.01” × 1.34” × 0.63”
Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”
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SM70NHZ: Small but very sharp tabular Mimetite crystals of excellent quality. In groups or isolated, they have very well defined faces and edges, with a bright luster and an intense and uniform yellow-orange color. On a limonite matrix with botryoidal growths of Beudantite microcrystals. Both the Mimetite and Beudantite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of both analyses to the buyer.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia Spain (09-10/2011)
Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.2 × 3.7 cm = 2.28” × 2.05” × 1.46”
Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.08” × 0.04”
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HM60NA: Group of very sharp Celestine crystals with a short prismatic habit, translucent, shiny and with a vivid and uniform sky-blue color.
Minerama II claim, Puente Tablas, Jaén city, Jaén, Comarca Metropolitana de Jaén, Andalusia Spain (2003)
Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.5 × 3.7 cm = 1.93” × 1.77” × 1.46”
Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.5 cm = 1.02” × 0.59”
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SV90RCX: Intergrowth formed by a group of three main Galena crystals with visible and very smooth cube faces, along with figures of the cube-octahedron with graphic texture. Very clean and with a satiny metallic luster characteristic for the species. This specimen comes from a classic deposit of Spanish mineralogy, the La Cruz mine group in Jaén, Andalusia, from which not too many specimens are seen anymore on the mineralogical circuit.
La Cruz mining group, La Cruz vein, Linares, Comarca Sierra Morena, Jaén, Andalusia Spain
Specimen size: 6.3 × 5 × 2.2 cm = 2.48” × 1.97” × 0.87”
Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.1 cm = 1.06” × 0.83”
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HM170NA: Groups of Cerussite crystals with good terminations, translucent, shiny and on a Galena matrix. The specimen comes from one of the great classical localities of the Spanish mineralogy.
La Cruz mining group, La Cruz vein, shaft 5, Linares, Comarca Sierra Morena, Jaén, Andalusia Spain
Specimen size: 5.4 × 3 × 2.1 cm = 2.13” × 1.18” × 0.83”
Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.4 cm = 0.55” × 0.55”
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JJK26AP8: Sharp and flattened rhombohedral crystals of Calcite with geometric phantom growths, between transparent and translucent, with bright luster, on a limonite matrix in parallel columnar growth due to its pseudomorphing the original Goethite.
The specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Trinidad Mine, Cerros del Romeral y Pechón, Benalmádena-Mijas, Comarca Costa del Sol Occidental, Málaga, Andalusia Spain
Specimen size: 8.1 × 5.9 × 3 cm = 3.19” × 2.32” × 1.18”
Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.43” × 0.39”
Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
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In the Ofite quarries in the provinces of Málaga and Jaén they find these blue Quartz, whose color is due to inclusions of Magnesioriebeckite. The crystals are often doubly terminated.
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SM60NAT: Quartz crystals, on matrix, with a clearly bipyramidal habit formed by two rhombohedra with very thin prism faces, practically non-existent, which is rare in Quartz. The crystals are lustrous and exhibit an intense blue color due to Magnesioriebeckite inclusions.
Acedo Claim (Juanona Quarry), Juanona, Antequera, Comarca de Antequera, Málaga, Andalusia Spain
Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.4 × 1.8 cm = 1.54” × 1.34” × 0.71”
Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.8 cm = 0.43” × 0.31”
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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, Seville, Andalusia 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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Chalcocite |
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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, Seville, Andalusia 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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TC2220NKF: Very sharp lamellar Chalcocite crystals with a hexagonal outline and on Pyrite matrix. The specimen came from the last finds before the definitive closure of the open pit operations at this mine. Them were analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, fase 6, levels 130-135, ↓175 m., Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia Spain (09-11/2019)
Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.3 × 2 cm = 1.38” × 0.91” × 0.79”
Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.24” × 0.08”
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Chalcocite with Pyrite |
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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, Seville, Andalusia 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, Seville, Andalusia 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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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, Seville, Andalusia 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, Seville, Andalusia 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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Chalcocite with Pyrite |
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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, Seville, Andalusia 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, Seville, Andalusia 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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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, Seville, Andalusia 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, Seville, Andalusia 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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Chalcocite with Calcite and Pyrite |
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TC280NC: Growth of very sharp crystals of Chalcocite that form thick twins with a hexagonal outline, with very well defined and shiny faces and edges, on matrix, covered by Calcite crystals and Pyrite microcrystals. These specimens have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia Spain (01/2019)
Specimen size: 7.1 × 6.4 × 3.6 cm = 2.80” × 2.52” × 1.42”
Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.39” × 0.39”
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| Chalcocite with Pyrite |
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JXR92AP8: Very sharp crystals of Chalcocite, of very good size, twinned, with faces and edges very well defined, flattened, extraordinarily lustrous and on a Pyrite matrix. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
It comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Las Cruces Mine, fase 6, levels 130-135, ↓175 m., Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia Spain (01/2020)
Specimen size: 8.2 × 4.1 × 4.7 cm = 3.23” × 1.61” × 1.85”
Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.7 cm = 0.94” × 0.28”
Former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
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Chalcocite with Calcite |
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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, Seville, Andalusia 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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TMA1AP8: Very sharp crystals of Chalcocite, of very good size, twinned, with faces and edges very well defined, flattened, very lustrous, and on a Pyrite matrix.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, fase 6, levels 130-135, ↓175 m., Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia Spain (01/2020)
Specimen size: 8.7 × 5 × 4.2 cm = 3.43” × 1.97” × 1.65”
Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.5 cm = 0.59” × 0.59”
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NMB27AP0: Druse of very sharp Chalcocite crystals that form hexagonal cyclic twins with very well defined faces and edges, flattened, lustrous, and on an unaltered Pyrite matrix.
This specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, fase 6, levels 130-135, ↓175 m., Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia Spain (01/2020)
Specimen size: 9.8 × 9.5 × 8.3 cm = 3.86” × 3.74” × 3.27”
Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.20” × 0.20”
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TC2110NCY: Very sharp lamellar Chalcocite crystals with a hexagonal outline and on Pyrite matrix. The specimen came from the last finds before the definitive closure of the open pit operations at this mine. Them were analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, fase 6, levels 130-135, ↓175 m., Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia Spain (01/2020)
Specimen size: 10.5 × 9.1 × 4.8 cm = 4.13” × 3.58” × 1.89”
Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”
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Bornite after Chalcocite |
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SM160NLN: Bornite with bluish metallic tones pseudomorphic after twinned crystals of Chalcocite. The specimen comes from the last find before the definitive closure of open-pit mining here, and this is the first time that collector quality Bornite has appeared at this locality.
These specimens has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, fase 6, levels 130-135, ↓175 m., Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia Spain (01/2020)
Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.3 × 2 cm = 0.94” × 0.91” × 0.79”
Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.1 cm = 0.51” × 0.43”
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SM160NYG: Bornite with bluish metallic tones pseudomorphic after twinned crystals of Chalcocite. The specimen comes from the last find before the definitive closure of open-pit mining here, and this is the first time that collector quality Bornite has appeared at this locality.
These specimens has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, fase 6, levels 130-135, ↓175 m., Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia Spain (01/2020)
Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.4 × 1 cm = 1.65” × 0.94” × 0.39”
Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.24” × 0.16”
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TC220NZ: Group of very sharp Bornite pseudomorphs after Chalcocite crystals, as thick twins with a hexagonal outline, with very well defined faces and edges, brilliant and with intense metallic iridescence. The Bornite appears on a matrix with Calcite crystal coatings. These specimens have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, fase 6, levels 130-135, ↓175 m., Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia Spain (01/2020)
Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.3 × 2.6 cm = 2.80” × 2.09” × 1.02”
Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.24” × 0.12”
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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, levels 130-135, ↓175 m., Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia 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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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, levels 130-135, ↓175 m., Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia 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, levels 130-135, ↓175 m., Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia 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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Tennantite-(Fe) (variety Sb-bearing tennantite) with Chalcocite and Pyrite |
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TC290NXM: Groups of small Tennantite-(Fe) crystals, with the dominant crystal forms of the tetrahedron accompanied by minor forms. On matrix, with shiny twinned Chalcocite crystals and small groups of Pyrite crystals. The specimen comes from the lasts discoveries before the definitive closure of open pit operations at this mine. It is an antimony-bearing variety, as analysis showed a significant antimony content. We will send a copy of this analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, fase 6, levels 130-135, ↓175 m., Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia Spain (09-11/2019)
Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.5 × 1.4 cm = 2.68” × 1.77” × 0.55”
Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 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, levels 130-135, ↓175 m., Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia 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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JAL14AP8: Druse of trapezohedral Calcite crystals, many of them doubly terminated, with phantom growths, lustrous, and partially covered by small, very shiny groups of Pyrite crystals.
The specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
La Cuerre Mine, La Florida mining area, Rionansa-Herrerías, Comarca Saja-Nansa, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 9.4 × 5.8 × 2.7 cm = 3.70” × 2.28” × 1.06”
Main crystal size: 2 × 0.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.24”
Minor fluorescence short UV
Former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
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SV280NGR: Group of Galena crystals with dominant cube forms, with the vertices truncated by octahedron faces, with small remnants of honey-colored Sphalerite and whitish crystals of Dolomite.
Comes from a mining district where zinc and lead were exploited from Sphalerite and Galena ores respectively.
La Florida mining area, Herrería-Valdáliga-Rionansa, Comarca Costa Occidental/Saja-Nansa, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.6 × 3 cm = 2.13” × 1.42” × 1.18”
Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 0.87” × 0.63”
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XM290NMB: A sulphide and carbonate festival! Group of Galena crystals that have been practically completely covered by a multitude of small pyrite crystals. There was subsequent precipitation of very sharp and profiled Dolomite crystals, some of them with sheaf-like curvatures, and finally small cream-toned crystals of Calcite complete the piece.
La Florida mining area, Herrería-Valdáliga-Rionansa, Comarca Costa Occidental/Saja-Nansa, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 11.4 × 8.6 × 4.1 cm = 4.49” × 3.39” × 1.61”
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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, Cantabria 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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TC265ND: Complex crystal, very rich in faces, in which those of the rhombohedron and the scalenohedron stand out, which gives it a rounded equant shape. Especially noteworthy is the uniform yellow color, the transparency, the luster, and the very aerial position of the crystal on the matrix with Dolomite.
La Florida mining area, Herrería-Valdáliga-Rionansa, Comarca Costa Occidental/Saja-Nansa, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 7.3 × 4.9 × 5.3 cm = 2.87” × 1.93” × 2.09”
Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.2 cm = 0.98” × 0.87”
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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, Cantabria 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”
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HM80NB: Group of Calcite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, rounded, with scalenohedral and rhombohedral faces, transparent, lustrous, with a more yellow color than usual, and with Dolomite crystals.
La Florida mining area, Herrería-Valdáliga-Rionansa, Comarca Costa Occidental/Saja-Nansa, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 7.9 × 3.9 × 2 cm = 3.11” × 1.54” × 0.79”
Main crystal size: 2.1 × 2 cm = 0.83” × 0.79”
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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, Cantabria 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”
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XM60NG: A novelty at MineralExpo Sants (Barcelona) 2017: Aggregate of Smithsonite pseudomorphs after scalenohedral Calcite crystals, with a color between brown and yellow, partially covered by small white Hemimorphite crystals. Both the Smithsonite and Hemimorphite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Herrerías area, Comarca Saja-Nansa, Cantabria Spain (2016)
Specimen size: 6 × 4.4 × 3.2 cm = 2.36” × 1.73” × 1.26”
Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.4 cm = 0.83” × 0.55”
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XM120NM: A novelty at MineralExpo Sants (Barcelona) 2017: Aggregate of Smithsonite pseudomorphs after scalenohedral Calcite crystals, with a color between brown and yellow, partially covered by small white Hemimorphite crystals. Both the Smithsonite and Hemimorphite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Herrerías area, Comarca Saja-Nansa, Cantabria Spain (2016)
Specimen size: 9.4 × 9 × 3.2 cm = 3.70” × 3.54” × 1.26”
Main crystal size: 4.2 × 2.4 cm = 1.65” × 0.94”
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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, Cantabria 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, Cantabria 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, Cantabria 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”
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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, Cantabria 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”
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TC100NV: Druse of complex equant crystals of Sphalerite, translucent, with good luster and a very deep toasted honey color, on matrix, with Calcite. From a find from the beginning of the second decade of this century in an abandoned mine whose Calcites and Barytes were already known, and which has now offered these specimens of Sphalerite of better quality than previous ones.
María Jesús Mine (Lobeto Mine), Sol Viejo, Cabanzón, Herrerías, Comarca Saja-Nansa, Cantabria Spain (2012-2013)
Specimen size: 8.1 × 6.4 × 4.4 cm = 3.19” × 2.52” × 1.73”
Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.43” × 0.39”
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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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XM2120NLX: Complex crystal of Sphalerite, translucent, with a very uniform honey color, showing parallel growths with visible smooth tetrahedron faces and small Dolomite crystals.
A classic of Cantabrian mining from Las Mánforas, located at a spectacular site next to Picos de Europa National Park.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.3 × 1.7 cm = 1.02” × 0.91” × 0.67”
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XM2110NNX: Complex crystal of Sphalerite, translucent, with a very uniform honey color, showing parallel growths with visible smooth tetrahedron faces and small Dolomite crystals.
A classic of Cantabrian mining from Las Mánforas, located at a spectacular site next to Picos de Europa National Park.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 2.7 × 2 × 1.9 cm = 1.06” × 0.79” × 0.75”
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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.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 2.9 × 2 × 1 cm = 1.14” × 0.79” × 0.39”
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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.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 3.5 × 3 × 2.2 cm = 1.38” × 1.18” × 0.87”
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TC9NBX: Polycrystalline growths of complex shapes, with well defined edges and faces, slightly curved, transparent, very lustrous and with a very deep and uniform honey-brown color, with small coatings of white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. This piece comes from some small artisanal finds that were made in the mine after its closure. There is currently no access to the galleries.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.42” × 0.94” × 0.55”
Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.39” × 0.39”
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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.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria 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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NBC96AQ0: Group of Sphalerite crystals with strange curvatures and deformations, between transparent and translucent, with brilliant luster and an intense and deep color, on a matrix of white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with small coatings of Calcite.
The specimen comes from the Antonino Bueno collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), level 4, Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain (2006)
Specimen size: 3.7 × 3 × 1.8 cm = 1.46” × 1.18” × 0.71”
Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.8 cm = 0.87” × 0.71”
Former collection of Antonino Bueno
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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.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.4 × 2.7 cm = 1.50” × 1.34” × 1.06”
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TC170NY: Polycrystalline growths of complex shapes, with well-defined edges and faces, slightly curved, transparent, very lustrous and with a very deep and uniform honey-brown color, with small coatings of white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. This piece comes from some small artisanal finds that were made in this mine after its closure. There is currently no access to the galleries.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.6 × 2.8 cm = 1.54” × 1.42” × 1.10”
Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.5 cm = 0.98” × 0.98”
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XM2130NJB: Floater group of Sphalerite crystals, translucent and of a very uniform honey color, with smooth faces corresponding to the tetrahedron and partially coated by a multitude of very sharp and outlined Dolomite crystals, creating a beautiful color contrast.
A classic of Cantabrian mining from Las Mánforas, located at a spectacular site next to Picos de Europa National Park.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 4 × 2.9 × 2.3 cm = 1.57” × 1.14” × 0.91”
Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2.1 cm = 0.87” × 0.83”
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TC110NK: Polycrystalline growths with complex shapes, defined slightly curved edges and faces, transparent, very lustrous and with a deep and uniform toasted honey color. On matrix, with white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. This piece comes from some small artisanal finds that were made in this mine after its closure. There is currently no access to the galleries.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 4 × 3 × 2.6 cm = 1.57” × 1.18” × 1.02”
Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.39” × 0.24”
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NRP46AP6: Crystals of Sphalerite that are deformed but with sharp crystal forms, transparent, with good luster and an intense honey color, between yellow and orange.
An old Spanish classic.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.9 × 0.6 cm = 1.61” × 1.14” × 0.24”
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XM2160NNB: Floater group of Sphalerite crystals, translucent and of a very deep and uniform honey color, with faces that show polycrystalline growths, partially covered by a multitude of very sharp and profiled Dolomite crystals that give a nice color contrast.
A classic of Cantabrian mining from Las Mánforas, at a spectacular location next to the Picos de Europa National Park.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.3 × 2.9 cm = 1.65” × 1.30” × 1.14”
Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.7 cm = 1.22” × 1.06”
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SV190NBF: Polycrystalline growth of complex Sphalerite crystals with curvatures and with smooth tetrahedron faces. They are translucent, with very bright luster and an intense honey color and with the uncommon peculiarity of being accompanied by a scalenohedral Calcite crystal and rhombohedral crystals of snow-white Dolomite.
A classic of Cantabrian mining from Las Mánforas, located in a spectacular setting next to the Picos de Europa National Park.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain (±1991)
Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.7 × 2.6 cm = 1.89” × 1.46” × 1.02”
Main crystal size: 4.4 × 2.1 cm = 1.73” × 0.83”
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TBM37AP8: Very aerial group of complex Sphalerite crystals, translucent and with an intense and uniform orange color, on matrix, with white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.9 × 2.7 cm = 1.93” × 1.54” × 1.06”
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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
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria 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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XM2190NTX: Floater group of Sphalerite crystals, translucent and of a very uniform honey color, with smooth faces corresponding to the tetrahedron and partially coated by a multitude of very sharp and outlined Dolomite crystals, creating a beautiful color contrast.
A classic of Cantabrian mining from Las Mánforas, located at a spectacular site next to Picos de Europa National Park.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 5.3 × 4 × 2.6 cm = 2.09” × 1.57” × 1.02”
Main crystal size: 4.3 × 2.7 cm = 1.69” × 1.06”
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SV3180NXF: Antonino Bueno, one of the great field collectors in the Áliva area, had it in his collection, and although the crystals are rough, when you shine a little light behind it, the miracle appears!
A floater, complete, and undamaged, we will give the buyer Antonino's original label.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), level 4, Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain (2002)
Specimen size: 5.6 × 4 × 2.1 cm = 2.20” × 1.57” × 0.83”
Former collection of Antonino Bueno
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NV27AM8: Polycrystalline growth of complex shapes, with defined edges and faces and with fine curvatures, transparent, very lustrous and with a very deep and uniform toasted honey color. On matrix, with white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. The specimen comes from small artisanal finds in the mine after its closure. There is currently no access to the galleries.
The specimen comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection (number BLD-7) whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 5.5 × 4 × 3 cm = 2.17” × 1.57” × 1.18”
Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.63”
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SV160NNP: Polycrystalline growth of complex Sphalerite crystals with curvatures and with smooth tetrahedron forms. The crystals, between transparent and translucent, have a dense, deep and uniform caramel color and grew on a matrix of sharp white Dolomite crystals. From a classic Spanish mine for Sphalerite located in a spectacular setting next to Los Picos de Europa National Park, and which has been inaccessible for many years as the galleries were flooded.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain (±1990)
Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.7 × 2.6 cm = 2.20” × 1.85” × 1.02”
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XM2580NTR: A floater that shows two main complex and interpenetrating spherical groups of Sphalerite, with well defined faces and edges. They are translucent, with marked polysynthetic twins and an intense honey color, and are joined at the base with Dolomite crystals as the matrix. A classic of Cantabrian mining from Las Mánforas, located in a spectacular setting next to the Picos de Europa National Park.
It belonged to Santiago Jiménez who, especially in the 1980s and 90s, assembled an excellent collection with a very good representation of the mineralogy of Northern Spain.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.2 × 4.1 cm = 2.28” × 1.65” × 1.61”
Main crystal size: 3.9 × 3.8 cm = 1.54” × 1.50”
Former collection of Santiago Jiménez García
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SV2640NTZ: A powerful piece. Perfectly sharp and outlined Sphalerite crystal group, of complex and twinned crystallography, of very deep toasted honey color, transparent and implanted in a rock matrix, on very well defined Dolomite crystals with a snow-white color and small crystals of Calcite.
The specimen comes from the Antonino Bueno collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), level 3, Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain (2006)
Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.4 × 4.2 cm = 2.28” × 1.73” × 1.65”
Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1 cm = 0.55” × 0.39”
Former collection of Antonino Bueno
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XM2220NPX: Single crystal of Sphalerite, translucent and with a very uniform honey color, showing smooth tetrahedron faces, very lustrous, with polycrystalline growths and dotted with white Dolomite crystals that give a nice color contrast.
A classic of Cantabrian mining from Las Mánforas, in a spectacular location next to the Picos de Europa National Park.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 6 × 5 × 2.6 cm = 2.36” × 1.97” × 1.02”
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JPB37AP8: Group of Sphalerite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, between translucent and transparent, lustrous and honey-yellow. On matrix, with white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals and unusual flattened Galena crystals.
This very aesthetic specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain (1990)
Specimen size: 6.3 × 5.8 × 3.8 cm = 2.48” × 2.28” × 1.50”
Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.63” × 0.59”
Former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
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SV3220NNM: Elegant, with good definition of the main crystal, an undamaged floater.
A great choice by Antonino Bueno to have it in his collection. With the very white Dolomite providing contrast, it reminds us of how splendid a metallic sulfide can be.
We will give Antonino's original label to the buyer.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), level 2, Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain (2007)
Specimen size: 6.7 × 3.3 × 2.9 cm = 2.64” × 1.30” × 1.14”
Main crystal size: 3 × 2.2 cm = 1.18” × 0.87”
Former collection of Antonino Bueno
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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.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria 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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XM2390TBM: Group of lustrous and complex twinned crystals of Sphalerite, very deep honey colored, almost dark, sprinkled randomly with Dolomite crystals that give it a very marked color contrast.
A classic of Cantabrian mining from Las Mánforas, in a spectacular location next to Picos de Europa National Park.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 7 × 6.9 × 5.2 cm = 2.76” × 2.72” × 2.05”
Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2.4 cm = 0.94” × 0.94”
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SV180NFR: Druse of complex Sphalerite crystals, very rich in crystal forms, from transparent to translucent, lustrous, and with a very intense and lively caramel color, covered with white Dolomite crystals. A Spanish classic from a classic mine for Sphalerite located in a spectacular setting next to Picos de Europa National Park, already inaccessible for many years as the galleries were flooded.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain (±1990)
Specimen size: 7.6 × 3.9 × 2.6 cm = 2.99” × 1.54” × 1.02”
Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”
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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.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 7.7 × 5.6 × 3 cm = 3.03” × 2.20” × 1.18”
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SV180NNG: Druse of complex Sphalerite crystals with curvatures and smooth tetrahedron forms. The crystals, between transparent and translucent, have a dense, deep and uniform caramel color, and are in matrix with white Dolomite crystals and small partially dissolved Calcite crystals. From a classic Spanish mine for Sphalerite, located in a spectacular setting next to Los Picos de Europa National Park, inaccessible for many years already after the galleries were flooded.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain (±1990)
Specimen size: 7.8 × 4 × 2.8 cm = 3.07” × 1.57” × 1.10”
Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.63”
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SV740NBB: Very marked polycrystalline growth of complex Sphalerite crystals with curvatures and with smooth tetrahedron forms. The crystals, between transparent and translucent, have a very deep and uniform honey color, and grew on and between sharp white crystals of Dolomite on a limestone matrix. From a classic Spanish mine for Sphalerite, located in a spectacular setting next to Los Picos de Europa National Park, inaccessible already for many years since the galleries were flooded.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain (±1990)
Specimen size: 11.8 × 9 × 8.7 cm = 4.65” × 3.54” × 3.43”
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SV660NCA: Very marked polycrystalline growth of complex Sphalerite crystals with curvatures and with smooth tetrahedron forms. The crystals, between transparent and translucent, have a very deep and uniform honey color, and grew on and between sharp white crystals of Dolomite on a limestone matrix. From a classic Spanish mine for Sphalerite, located in a spectacular setting next to Los Picos de Europa National Park, inaccessible already for many years since the galleries were flooded.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain (±1990)
Specimen size: 12.8 × 9.5 × 5 cm = 5.04” × 3.74” × 1.97”
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MF98AM5: 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.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 13.2 × 8.8 × 6.9 cm = 5.20” × 3.46” × 2.72”
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SV640NDR: Polycrystalline growth of complex Sphalerite crystals with curvatures and with smooth tetrahedron forms. The crystals, between transparent and translucent, have a deep and uniform dense caramel color, and are on and between sharp white crystals of Dolomite, with small remnants of a limestone matrix. From a classic Spanish mine for Sphalerite located in a spectacular setting next to Los Picos de Europa National Park, inaccessible already for many years since its galleries were flooded.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain (±1990)
Specimen size: 16.6 × 13.5 × 6.2 cm = 6.54” × 5.31” × 2.44”
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TFX13AQ0: Cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena, very sharp and on matrix, with Calcite, Dolomite and transparent orange crystals of Sphalerite.
The specimen comes from the Antonino Bueno collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), level 2, Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.9 × 1.2 cm = 1.73” × 1.54” × 0.47”
Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.5 cm = 0.31” × 0.20”
Former collection of Antonino Bueno
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SV390ETY: Floater group of twinned Aragonite crystals, with a thick tabular habit, translucent, lustrous and purple.
A classic of Spanish mineralogy with higher quality than usual.
The specimen has been reinforced to avoid the separation of the crystals from each other due to local changes in climate that cause the clay between the crystals to expand and contract and end up drying out. This procedure is common for this type of Aragonite and it is generally accepted for specimens with very large aerial crystals.
Keuper outcrop, Los Molinillos, Minglanilla, Comarca Manchuela Conquense, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha Spain (12/2022)
Specimen size: 4.1 × 4 × 2.8 cm = 1.61” × 1.57” × 1.10”
Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.2 cm = 1.02” × 0.87”
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SV390ETX: Floater group of twinned Aragonite crystals, with a thick tabular habit, translucent, lustrous and purple.
A classic of Spanish mineralogy with higher quality than usual.
The specimen has been reinforced to avoid the separation of the crystals from each other due to local changes in climate that cause the clay between the crystals to expand and contract and end up drying out. This procedure is common for this type of Aragonite and it is generally accepted for specimens with very large aerial crystals.
Keuper outcrop, Los Molinillos, Minglanilla, Comarca Manchuela Conquense, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha Spain (12/2022)
Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.7 × 3.4 cm = 1.81” × 1.46” × 1.34”
Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.9 cm = 1.22” × 1.14”
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EFA14AQ0: Floater group of twinned Aragonite crystals, with a thick tabular habit, translucent, lustrous and purple.
A classic of Spanish mineralogy with higher quality than usual. Unlike most specimens from this find and previous finds, this specimen has not needed to be reinforced to prevent the crystals from separating from each other.
Keuper outcrop, Los Molinillos, Minglanilla, Comarca Manchuela Conquense, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha Spain (12/2022)
Specimen size: 5.4 × 4 × 4 cm = 2.13” × 1.57” × 1.57”
Main crystal size: 3.5 × 2.9 cm = 1.38” × 1.14”
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EFB14AQ0: Floater group of twinned Aragonite crystals, with a short prismatic habit, translucent, lustrous and purple. A classic of Spanish mineralogy with higher quality than usual.
Unlike most specimens from this find and previous finds, this specimen has not needed to be reinforced to prevent the crystals from separating from each other.
Keuper outcrop, Los Molinillos, Minglanilla, Comarca Manchuela Conquense, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha Spain (12/2022)
Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.5 × 4.2 cm = 2.20” × 1.77” × 1.65”
Main crystal size: 4.7 × 3.9 cm = 1.85” × 1.54”
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TCL96AP9: Group of doubly terminated Aragonite crystals with very defined parallel growths, with good luster and lilac color. Unlike many other such aragonite crystal groups, this one has its crystals in sufficiently stable positions that it has not been necessary to reinforce them.
The specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Keuper outcrops, Enguídanos, Comarca Manchuela Conquense, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha Spain
Specimen size: 9.2 × 6.4 × 6.4 cm = 3.62” × 2.52” × 2.52”
Main crystal size: 8 × 3.9 cm = 3.15” × 1.54”
Former collection of Alain Martaud
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NTD69AO3: Very aerial reticulated growth of flattened and elongated prismatic Cerussite crystals. The crystals, twinned and with good terminations, are translucent and have a satiny luster.
This specimen comes from the collection of Ignacio Gaspar Sintes (number CER-39) and we will send its catalogue file to the buyer.
Luis Mine, Norte vein, Del General Mines, Cabezarrubias del Puerto, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha Spain (10/2013)
Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.7 × 1.4 cm = 1.42” × 1.06” × 0.55”
Minor fluorescence short UV
Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar
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NGX97AP3: Very aerial, reticulated growth of flattened and twinned prismatic Cerussite crystals with a white color. The specimen comes from the collection of Ignacio Gaspar Sintes (number CER-56) whose label we will send to the buyer.
Luis Mine, Norte vein, Del General Mines, Cabezarrubias del Puerto, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha Spain (06/11/2013)
Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.5 × 2.1 cm = 1.73” × 0.98” × 0.83”
Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar
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NJ70AL9: Floater growth of flattened reticulated prismatic twins of Cerussite whose white color shows a slightly brownish-pinkish tinge. In perfect condition, with a rosette-like appearance different from other specimens commonly seen from this locality.
The specimen comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection.
Luis Mine, 88 m.↓ Norte vein, Del General Mines, Cabezarrubias del Puerto, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha Spain (10/2013)
Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.8 × 2.9 cm = 1.85” × 1.50” × 1.14”
Main crystal size: 3.5 × 0.6 cm = 1.38” × 0.24”
Minor fluorescence short UV
Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar
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Almadén is dead – long live Almadén!
A mine that has been in operation for over 20 centuries – it was first worked by the Romans from 372-287 BC – has recently been closed down. All work in the mine has stopped and the waste tips have been re-processed, so it will no longer be possible to find more specimens from this classic locality. As the old galleries have now been made safe so that they can be used as a new mining museum we don’t think they will find anything underground either. Before the Chinese Cinnabar appeared it was the locality that produced the best Cinnabar samples in the world. From our stock we have selected some examples, thus giving people who do not already have one the chance to add an Almadén sample to their collection.
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NQ27AL3: Rhombohedral Cinnabar crystals, one of them clearly dominant and individual, translucent, shiny, very deep in color, on matrix, with small crystals of Calcite and Quartz
Almaden Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha Spain (±1960-70)
Specimen size: 4.6 × 4 × 1.2 cm = 1.81” × 1.57” × 0.47”
Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.24” × 0.16”
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HM90NR: Group of very sharp crystals of Cinnabar, on a matrix of the same mineral, with coatings of small transparent Quartz crystals and small cubic Pyrite crystals.
Almaden Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha Spain
Specimen size: 6.1 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm = 2.40” × 2.01” × 0.87”
Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”
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NR68AM1: Polycrystalline Cinnabar growth with very well defined crystal forms, dominated by the rhombohedron. Transparent, very lustrous, with bright red color, on a matrix with small Quartz crystals.
Almaden Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha Spain (±1960-70)
Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.1 × 3.8 cm = 2.40” × 1.61” × 1.50”
Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.6 cm = 0.47” × 0.24”
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NT69AI7: Group of crystals with well-defined faces and edges and very well defined skeletal and parallel growths. They are translucent, very bright, have a very vivid color and they are on a matrix of white Quartz microcrystals.
Almaden Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha Spain (±1960-70)
Specimen size: 6.2 × 3.3 × 1.3 cm = 2.44” × 1.30” × 0.51”
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NP89AL3: Polycrystalline growths of transparent rhombohedral Cinnabar crystals, brilliant, on matrix, with aggregates of white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals.
Almaden Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha Spain (±1960-70)
Specimen size: 7 × 6 × 2.5 cm = 2.76” × 2.36” × 0.98”
Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.43” × 0.39”
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NT69AG9: Parallel growth of Cinnabar crystals with polycrystalline surfaces and slight curvatures on the edges. They are translucent, bright, with an intense color and are on matrix with small Quartz crystals. A Spanish classic. The sample is from the Eugeni Bareche collection (num. 692) and we’ll send the label to the buyer.
Almaden Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha Spain (±1960-70)
Specimen size: 8.1 × 5.7 × 4.3 cm = 3.19” × 2.24” × 1.69”
Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.8 cm = 0.67” × 0.31”
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During the last century a mine at El Horcajo, Ciudad Real, produced great Pyromorphite with a very large variety of forms. Specimens from the locality are very well represented in major European Museums. Unfortunately little of this material is available and it is very difficult to get hold of specimen from this mine. We obtained a few small specimens from an old Spanish collection and we are able to offer them :
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TC280NEE: This specimen shows the very classic morphology of El Horcajo, with typical groups of parallel prismatic crystals that form palisades. It is an intense green color with the classic zoning on the tips.
El Horcajo Mines, El Horcajo, Almodóvar del Campo, Comarca Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha Spain (±1910)
Specimen size: 1.6 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm = 0.63” × 0.43” × 0.43”
Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.08” × 0.04”
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NFT89AQ0: Group, on matrix, of very sharp prismatic crystals of Pyromorphite that in some areas of the specimen form very close parallel aggregates and, in others, short hexagonal crystals with very deep hoppers.
This specimen, from one of the largest classical Spanish deposits, comes from the collection Ignacio Gaspar Sintes (number PiF-49), whose label we will send to the buyer.
El Horcajo Mines, El Horcajo, Almodóvar del Campo, Comarca Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha Spain (±1910)
Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.5 × 3 cm = 1.69” × 1.38” × 1.18”
Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar
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JXE9AP8: Floater tabular Baryte crystal with parallel growths, translucent, with very good luster and an intense and uniform yellow color.
The specimen, from a quarry little known for collection-quality specimens, comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Armasa Quarry, Lesaka, Comarca Cinco Villas, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain
Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.8 × 0.7 cm = 1.06” × 0.71” × 0.28”
Former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
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JBF76AP8: Calcite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and very aerial on the matrix, with a very evident, transparent, lustrous and colorless contact twin.
The specimen, from a quarry little known for twinned specimens, comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Arambeltz Quarry, Ziordia (Ciordia), Comarca Barranca, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain
Specimen size: 5.7 × 5 × 3.9 cm = 2.24” × 1.97” × 1.54”
Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2 cm = 1.26” × 0.79”
Former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
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The Eugui quarry in Navarre is famous for its specimens of twinned, transparent or translucent Dolomite. While the quarry is still active, specimens are only found from time to time. In 1997 to 1998 a significant number were found and over the last few years a few more have appeared.
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JEM96AP8: Rhombohedral Dolomite crystals, transparent, very lustrous, colorless and on matrix, with lenticular Magnesite crystals.
This specimen has a very different crystallography than usual, and comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly and was previously in the Folch collection (duplicates) whose handwritten label we will attach.
Asturreta Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (±1970)
Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.9 × 3.3 cm = 2.48” × 1.93” × 1.30”
Main crystal size: 2.8 × 2.4 cm = 1.10” × 0.94”
Former collection Folch (duplicates)
Former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
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MR90AH7: Aerial group of sharp rhombohedral Dolomite crystals that are twinned and bright, between transparent and translucent, with phantom growths and fine alignments of black globular growths, probably Graphite, a Spanish classic.
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain
Specimen size: 8 × 7 × 5.5 cm = 3.15” × 2.76” × 2.17”
Main crystal size: 3.4 × 3 cm = 1.34” × 1.18”
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SV490MRX: Group of very sharp Dolomite crystals, two of them clearly dominant, rhombohedral and
with very marked, transparent and lustrous penetration twins. With internal growth figures and external sprinklings of very tiny Chalcopyrite crystals.
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (1998)
Specimen size: 10.4 × 9.7 × 9 cm = 4.09” × 3.82” × 3.54”
Main crystal size: 7.5 × 5.4 cm = 2.95” × 2.13”
Former collection of Jaume Vilalta
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SV480EFX: Group of very sharp Dolomite crystals, two of them clearly dominant, rhombohedral, with
very marked penetration twins, between transparent and translucent, in rock matrix. Worthy of note is a great dark phantom in the main crystal, quite uncommon in such a size in specimens from this locality. A classic for Spanish mineralogy and especially for this species.
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain
Specimen size: 12.5 × 11.8 × 10.2 cm = 4.92” × 4.65” × 4.02”
Main crystal size: 6.6 × 4 cm = 2.60” × 1.57”
Former collection of Raúl Sanabria
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HM780EM: Group of very sharp rhombohedral Dolomite crystals, transparent, with good luster, a slightly gray color and on matrix. An excellent Spanish classic.
Asturreta Quarry, 'el pozo', Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (±1970)
Specimen size: 14.5 × 11.8 × 6.8 cm = 5.71” × 4.65” × 2.68”
Main crystal size: 5.5 × 3 cm = 2.17” × 1.18”
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JLX27AP8: Very aerial group of tapered Aragonite crystals with very sharp terminations, between transparent and translucent and cream-colored.
A Spanish classic that comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (1999)
Specimen size: 10.2 × 5.9 × 4.2 cm = 4.02” × 2.32” × 1.65”
Main crystal size: 4 × 1.1 cm = 1.57” × 0.43”
Very fluorescent long & short UV
Former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
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