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MR16AM3: Gold microcrystals scattered on a Quartz matrix. The specimen is from one of the most classic deposits for Gold in Spain, and comes to us via the Ignacio Gaspar collection (number ORO-88), whose label we will send to the buyer.
340 vein, Rodalquilar, Níjar, Comarca Metropolitana de Almería, Almería, Andalusia Spain (±2013)
Specimen size: 5.7 × 3.5 × 4.3 cm = 2.24” × 1.38” × 1.69”
Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar
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Fülöppite |
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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, Almería, Andalusia 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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MN26AL3: 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, Almería, Andalusia Spain (2014-2015)
Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.9 × 2 cm = 1.85” × 1.54” × 0.79”
Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”
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Baryte |
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NK13AJ4: Group of very sharp laminar crystals, transparent and colorless. 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, Almería, Andalusia Spain (09/2002-03/2003)
Specimen size: 7.5 × 4 × 2.1 cm = 2.95” × 1.57” × 0.83”
Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.2 cm = 0.71” × 0.08”
Fluorescent long & short UV
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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, Almería, Andalusia 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, Almería, Andalusia 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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Pyromorphite |
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NC26AE3: 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: 2.9 × 2.4 × 2.5 cm = 1.14” × 0.94” × 0.98”
Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.5 cm = 0.35” × 0.20”
Minor fluorescence long & short UV
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Pyromorphite |
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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, Córdoba, Andalusia 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, Córdoba, Andalusia 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, 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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Andalusite with Quartz and Mica |
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NR86AJ5: Andalusite crystals with simple forms and very well defined faces and edges and with excellent terminal faces. With an intense pink color with some lilac tonalities. They are on a matrix partially coated by leafy Muscovite aggregates. The sample is from a find, many years ago, in an area where access is currently prohibited.
Los Torilejos area, Hornachuelos, Comarca Valle Medio del Guadalquivir, Córdoba, Andalusia Spain (1992)
Specimen size: 10.2 × 9 × 5.7 cm = 4.02” × 3.54” × 2.24”
Main crystal size: 4 × 1.2 cm = 1.57” × 0.47”
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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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NB10AI5: Clusters of prismatic and very acute elongated crystals, a very unusual habit for San Andrés Pyromorhite, similar to the samples from El Horcajo. This sample is from the Ignacio Gaspar collection and we’ll send to the buyer a copy of the original label.
San Andrés Mine, Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba, Andalusia Spain (1987)
Specimen size: 1.4 × 1.4 × 1 cm = 0.55” × 0.55” × 0.39”
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 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, Córdoba, Andalusia 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, Córdoba, Andalusia 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, 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”
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, Córdoba, Andalusia 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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N36XX3: Irregular aggregate, on matrix of crystals formed by a short prism and the pinacoide, with very well defined faces and edges and showing apple-green color and a very intense luster. Some of the crystals are doubly terminated. The sample is from the excellent, and already famous, find in 1997.
San Andrés Mine, Realces pocket (Victoria), Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba, Andalusia Spain (10/11-1997)
Specimen size: 8 × 5.3 × 3.7 cm = 3.15” × 2.09” × 1.46”
Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.31” × 0.24”
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 Túnel' pocket. Unfortunately, after these two pockets the mine entrance was blocked by tons of rubble.
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N46JD0: Group of doubly terminated, prismatic crystals with multiple hexagonal terminations.
San Andrés Mine, Del Tunel pocket, Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba, Andalusia Spain (11/1998)
Specimen size: 2 × 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.71” × 0.47”
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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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Chalcopyrite with Dolomite and Calcite |
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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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Chalcopyrite with Quartz, Dolomite and Calcite |
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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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Chalcopyrite with Dolomite and Calcite |
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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, Huelva, Andalusia 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, 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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Chalcopyrite with Dolomite and Calcite |
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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, Huelva, Andalusia 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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NJ14AJ7: 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: 8.7 × 6.2 × 5.3 cm = 3.43” × 2.44” × 2.09”
Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.20” × 0.08”
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NC9AM1: Compared to other Goethites in southern Spain, those from the La Lapilla mine stand out for their delicate lattice growths and very fine arched structures, sometimes almost filamentous, which adds to the quality of their soft iridescence, with pastel blue, ocher, and reddish, although greyish metallic reflections predominate.
La Lapilla Mine, La Lapilla, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia Spain (03-04/2008)
Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.2 × 0.7 cm = 2.44” × 1.65” × 0.28”
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NB46AM1: Compared to other Goethites in southern Spain, those from the La Lapilla mine stand out for their delicate lattice growths and very fine arched structures, sometimes almost filamentous, which add to the quality and lively brilliance of their iridescence in metallic, blue, ocher, and reddish tones, with greyish metallic reflections predominating.
La Lapilla Mine, La Lapilla, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia Spain (03-04/2008)
Specimen size: 14.8 × 8.3 × 5.1 cm = 5.83” × 3.27” × 2.01”
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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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NP8AC2: 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: 4.2 × 4.1 × 2.4 cm = 1.65”
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MA26AL3: Botryoidal growth of very aerial Goethite, with variegated metallic iridescence, of dominant reddish blue, golden and green tones. We will send the label of the Fermín Clemente collection to the buyer of the copy.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia Spain (09-10/2011)
Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.2 × 1 cm = 1.89” × 1.26” × 0.39”
Former collection of Fermín Clemente
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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, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia Spain (05-10/2007)
Specimen size: 8.3 × 4.7 × 4 cm = 3.27” × 1.85” × 1.57”
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NR10AA3: 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: 2.9 × 2.6 × 0.9 cm = 1.14” × 1.02” × 0.35”
Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.20” × 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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ND16AG0: 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: 4.5 × 3.9 × 2.4 cm = 1.77” × 1.54” × 0.94”
Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 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), 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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NC14AG0: 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: 6 × 4 × 3.1 cm = 2.36” × 1.57” × 1.22”
Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”
€100 / US$121 / JPY12590 / AUD$161
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NF11AB9: A Spanish novelty from a mine in which only the Pyrite had been noted before. Spheroidal aggregates of very well defined crystals, some of them platy and sharp, bright and with a very vivid color.
Poderosa Mine, El Campillo, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia Spain (03/2015)
Specimen size: 2.9 × 2 × 1.4 cm = 1.14” × 0.79” × 0.55”
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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GH66AK6: Globular and rosette-like growths of pale green Prehnite on ophite matrix, with small acicular crystals of Augite. A Spanish classic from the Casado Margolles collection (reg. AC Various 37), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Oficarsa Quarry, De las Culebras Hill, Carchelejo, Cárcheles, Comarca Sierra Mágina, Jaén, Andalusia Spain
Specimen size: 7.1 × 6.4 × 1.9 cm = 2.80” × 2.52” × 0.75”
Main crystal size: 2.8 × 2.2 cm = 1.10” × 0.87”
Former collection of Casado Margolles
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NG12T9: This is a Spanish novelty because in the Los Amigos Mine Chrysocolla wasn't mentioned before. We should also mention that the appearance of this Chrysocolla is very attractive as it isn’t just a crust as usual but it has nice forms covering what seem to be crystals of Quartz and probably Chalcedony. These nice forms together with their great color, generate what is, in our opinion, the best Chrysocolla found in Spain and nearly as fine as the nicer ones from other countries. As usual when we offer unusual things like this, we will send a copy of the analysis to the customer.
Pit San Enrique, Los Amigos Mine, La Cruz Group of Mines, La Cruz vein, Mesa de Valdelloso, Linares, Comarca Sierra Morena, Jaén, Andalusia Spain (11/2011)
Specimen size: 5.2 × 2 × 2.5 cm = 2.05” × 0.79” × 0.98”
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Antimony with Quartz |
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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, Málaga, Andalusia Spain (1987)
Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.9 × 1.6 cm = 1.30” × 1.14” × 0.63”
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Spinel with Calcite and Mica |
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MG86AJ5: Surficial aggregate of very sharp and bright octahedral Spinel crystals whose color is between mauve and violet. They are on a matrix with Calcite and Mica. Spinels from the Mijas area are undoubtably the best on the Iberian Peninsula.
Mijas Mountains, Mijas, Comarca Costa del Sol Occidental, Málaga, Andalusia Spain
Specimen size: 8.7 × 6.9 × 3.8 cm = 3.43” × 2.72” × 1.50”
Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.12” × 0.12”
Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
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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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N9HW1: Crystals with a dipyramidal shape, prism faces scarcely developed, good luster and bluish color due to inclusions of Magnesioriebeckite. They are on a serpentinite matrix.
Acedo Claim (Juanona Quarry), Juanona, Antequera, Comarca de Antequera, Málaga, Andalusia Spain (2000)
Specimen size: 6 × 3.5 × 4.7 cm = 2.36” × 1.38” × 1.85”
Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”
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Bornite after Chalcocite and Tennantite-(Fe) |
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NC57AM4: Bornite crystals pseudomorphic after Chalcocite twins, with a bronze color, with tetrahedral crystals of Tennantite-(Fe) and twins of Chalcocite that are shiny and have bluish metallic tones. 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 This material 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, Seville, Andalusia Spain (01/2020)
Specimen size: 7.4 × 6.6 × 5 cm = 2.91” × 2.60” × 1.97”
Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.28” × 0.12”
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Tennantite-(Fe) |
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NB14AM4: Very sharp tetrahedral crystals of Tennantite-(Fe), lustrous, with dark gray tones and on matrix. The specimen comes from the last find before the definitive closure of the open pit exploitation 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, Seville, Andalusia Spain (01/2020)
Specimen size: 5.6 × 2.9 × 2.2 cm = 2.20” × 1.14” × 0.87”
Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”
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Sb-rich Tennantite-(Fe) with Pyrite |
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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, Seville, Andalusia Spain
Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.2 × 1.3 cm = 1.50” × 1.26” × 0.51”
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Tennantite-(Fe) |
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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, 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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Tennantite-(Fe) coating Chalcocite |
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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, 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) |
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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, Seville, Andalusia 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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Chalcocite with Bornite after Chalcocite and Pyrite |
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ND47AM4: Very sharp crystals of Chalcocite as sharp twins, shiny, with a metallic gray tone, on Bornite pseudomorphic after Chalcocite, with an intense metallic blue color and with Pyrite microcrystals. 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 from this locality. This material 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, Seville, Andalusia Spain (01/2020)
Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.9 × 3.3 cm = 2.20” × 1.93” × 1.30”
Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.28” × 0.24”
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Chalcocite |
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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, Seville, Andalusia 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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Chalcocite with Pyrite |
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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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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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Chalcocite with Sb-rich Tennantite-(Fe) and Pyrite |
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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 |
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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, Seville, Andalusia 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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Chalcocite |
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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, Seville, Andalusia 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, Seville, Andalusia 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, 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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Chalcocite with Pyrite |
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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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Chalcocite with Calcite |
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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 |
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NP89AL5: 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. This sample has been referenced and pictured, as a novelty in Ste. Marie Virtual 2020, in the magazine 'Le Règne Minéral' number 154, page 45
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia Spain
Specimen size: 5.8 × 4 × 3.7 cm = 2.28” × 1.57” × 1.46”
Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”
Calcite very fluorescent and phosphorescent short UV
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ND86AL5: Growth on matrix of highly profiled Chalcocite crystals that form flattened twins with a hexagonal outline, with very well defined faces and edges, bright, bluish in color, on matrix, with coatings of 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 × 4 × 2.7 cm = 2.36” × 1.57” × 1.06”
Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.24” × 0.12”
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Chalcocite with Pyrite |
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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, Seville, Andalusia 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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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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Chalcocite with Sb-rich Tennantite-(Fe) and Pyrite |
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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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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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Chalcocite |
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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, Seville, Andalusia 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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NR48AM4: Reticulated floater growth of flattened and twinned prismatic crystals of Cerussite, with good white terminations with slightly pinkish tones. In a perfect state of conservation, unusual in specimens from this locality. It comes to us from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection (number CER-46), whose catalogue entry 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 (10/2013)
Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.7 × 1.2 cm = 1.69” × 1.06” × 0.47”
Main crystal size: 2.1 × 0.6 cm = 0.83” × 0.24”
Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar
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NR89AI7: Floater reticulated group of flattened prismatic and twinned Cerussite crystals with slightly pinkish shades. It has been perfectly preserved, something not usual on samples from this The sample is from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection (reg. CER-36) whose card we’ll send to the buyer.
Luis Mine, "fisura de las Velas", Norte vein, Del General Mines, Cabezarrubias del Puerto, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha Spain (06/2013)
Specimen size: 4.6 × 2.3 × 0.4 cm = 1.81” × 0.91” × 0.16”
Fluorescent 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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NF62X6: A novelty at the Escuela de Minas de Madrid Show 2013. Aggregates of very bright vivid yellow crystals with well defined faces of a short prism and the terminal pinacoid. They are on a limonite matrix.
Luis Mine, Norte vein, Del General Mines, Cabezarrubias del Puerto, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha Spain (01/03/2013)
Specimen size: 6.2 × 2.6 × 1.8 cm = 2.44” × 1.02” × 0.71”
Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.08” × 0.04”
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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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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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NB37AL9: Groups of twinned rhombohedral crystals of Cinnabar on matrix with Quartz crystals, translucent, bright and with a very vivid color.
Almaden Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha Spain
Specimen size: 3.8 × 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 1.50” × 0.59” × 0.55”
Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.08”
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NA96AL9: Cinnabar crystals on matrix with Quartz and Calcite crystals. With a dominant group in parallel growth, with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, very lustrous and with a particularly vivid color for the locality where they are usually darker. The specimen comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection (number CIN-45), whose collection card we will send to the buyer.
Las Cuevas Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha Spain (±2004)
Specimen size: 4.2 × 1.6 × 2.1 cm = 1.65” × 0.63” × 0.83”
Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.4 cm = 0.35” × 0.16”
Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar
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NA94AL9: Group of twinned rhombohedral crystals of Cinnabar, translucent, very lustrous and with a particularly vivid color. Due to its quality, it is among the best ever found at the classic Almadén locality, currently only open for tourist visits. The specimen comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection (number CIN-37), whose collection card we will send to the buyer, accompanied by a label from Mark Mauthner, in which it appears to have previously been in the Griffin collection and in the Smithsonian (former Carl Bosch collection)
Almaden Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha Spain
Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.4 × 3.3 cm = 2.13” × 1.34” × 1.30”
Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”
Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar
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Cinnabar with Calcite and Quartz |
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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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Cinnabar with Dolomite |
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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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Cinnabar with Quarz and Dolomite |
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TR96AG9: Isolated Cinnabar crystals on matrix, with very well defined faces and edges, clearly twinned, translucent, very bright and with a very intense color. A Spanish classic.
Almaden Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha Spain (±1973)
Specimen size: 6.3 × 5 × 2.2 cm = 2.48” × 1.97” × 0.87”
Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”
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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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MA91AL0: Cinnabar crystal group with prismatic habit, finely striated, with rhombohedral terminations, transparent, very bright luster, and a surprisingly lively color. A Spanish classic that comes from the Luís Barea collection in Madrid.
Almaden Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha Spain
Specimen size: 9.5 × 9.3 × 6.5 cm = 3.74” × 3.66” × 2.56”
Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.28” × 0.24”
Former collection of Luis Barea
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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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NT47AM4: Group of acicular Pyromorphite crystals in parallel growths that form thicker crystals with hopper terminations A Spanish classic that comes from the Ignacio Gaspar collection (number PIF-45), 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 × 2.5 × 2.3 cm = 1.57” × 0.98” × 0.91”
Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.47” × 0.28”
Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar
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NN96AJ8: Floater group of short prismatic Pyromorphite crystals that are doubly terminated, with good terminal faces that are partially polycrystalline. They are bright and have a uniform yellowish-green color. A classic of Spanish mineralogy.
El Horcajo Mines, El Horcajo, Almodóvar del Campo, Comarca Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha Spain
Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 0.83” × 0.59” × 0.55”
Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.39” × 0.28”
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