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Carles Curto Text: Carles Curto (formerly curator of the Geology Museum, Barcelona) & Jordi Fabre
Alfredo Petrov Translation: Alfredo Petrov
Assistance from John S. White (former Smithsonian curator) John S. White


Quartz (variety smoky) with Ferberite
Quartz (variety smoky) with Ferberite. Front
Front
Quartz (variety smoky) with Ferberite. Rear
Rear
 

DC89AJ0: Parallel growth of very sharp Quartz (smoky variety) crystals. They are partially doubly terminated, transparent, very bright, with inclusions, and are on a matrix of crystallized Ferberite with small Pyrite crystals.
The sample was in the Desmond Sacco collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Kara-Oba, Betpak-Dala (Bet-Pak-Dala) Desert, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 10.3 × 5.4 × 6.8 cm = 4.06” × 2.13” × 2.68”

Main crystal size: 8.8 × 5.7 cm = 3.46” × 2.24”

With handwritten label from the Desmond Sacco Collection



Tremolite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Tremolite
 

TR37AL7: Flattened crystal between translucent and transparent with a fibrous appearance and a pearly luster and with curious very aerial polycrystalline recrystallizations. The specimen, of great quality for the species, comes from the prestigious Rock Currier collection (No. 6722), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Pamir Mountains, Viloyati Mukhtori Gorno-Badakhshan  Tajikistan

Specimen size: 10.3 × 2.3 × 0.8 cm = 4.06” × 0.91” × 0.31”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV

Former collection of Rock Currier

minID: MQ2-KUM



Tremolite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Tremolite. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Tremolite. Top / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Top / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Datolite with Quartz
Datolite with Quartz.
Datolite with Quartz.
Datolite with Quartz  

XM70TKA: Group of Datolite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, transparent, lustrous and with a green color with slightly bluish reflections. On matrix, with white Quartz crystals.
Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk B deposit, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.4 × 2.3 cm = 3.07” × 2.52” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.87” × 0.47”




Datolite with Ilvaite
 

VB99AI0: Group of flattened Datolite crystals that are bright, translucent, have a uniform clear green color and are with black and very bright Ilvaite crystals. A Russian classic.
First Sovetskii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia (1996)

Specimen size: 12.4 × 10.3 × 3.9 cm = 4.88” × 4.06” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 4.6 × 2.3 cm = 1.81” × 0.91”

Former collection of Jordi Vilallonga



Datolite with Ilvaite. Datolite with Ilvaite.
Datolite with Ilvaite.
Datolite with Quartz
Datolite with Quartz. Datolite with Quartz.
Datolite with Quartz  

TX51AG7: Aggregate of equant Datolite crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They are translucent, very bright and partially coated by clear Quartz crystals.
It is an old sample from the Richard Shupe collection (cat. nr. 6374) to whom we sold it in the past and whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk B deposit, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 14.3 × 12.5 × 7.2 cm = 5.63” × 4.92” × 2.83”

Main crystal size: 6.5 × 4.5 cm = 2.56” × 1.77”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV



Calcite
 

M17L: Calcite with an unusual habit.
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia (1997)

Specimen size: 8 × 6 cm = 3.15” × 2.36”




Calcite.
Calcite with Pyrite
Calcite with Pyrite. Calcite with Pyrite.
 

MA68Z8: Aggregate of very sharp rhombohedral Calcite crystals with a second generation of lenticular crystals of the same mineral and druses of small Pyrite crystals that almost completely coat the rhombohedral faces. The sample is representative of the very varied mineralogical richness of Dalnegorsk.
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 9.6 × 8.6 × 4.7 cm = 3.78” × 3.39” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 3.3 cm = 1.65” × 1.30”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV



Ilvaite with Calcite and Pyrite
 

DY39AE2: Aggregate of Ilvaite crystals with bright and very well defined faces and edges, on a matrix of very platy Calcite crystals partially coated by small cubic Pyrite crystals. The Ilvaites from Dalnegorsk, relatively abundant some years ago, are now scarce, even moreso in this quality.
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.8 × 3.3 cm = 2.20” × 1.50” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 1.8 cm = 1.50” × 0.71”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV

With handwritten label from the Desmond Sacco Collection



Ilvaite with Calcite and Pyrite. Front
Front
Ilvaite with Calcite and Pyrite. Top
Top
Axinite (Group)
Axinite (Group). Front
Front
Axinite (Group). Side
Side
 

TBR56AO0: Parallel growth of sharp Axinite (Group) crystals, translucent, with good luster and an excellent smoky color with violet tones.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk B deposit, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 3.1 × 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 1.22” × 0.71” × 0.47”

Former collection of Bob Noble



Galena with Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

LFY94AO5: Cuboctahedral Galena crystals, very shiny, on matrix, with twinned Sphalerite crystals and lustrous trapezohedral Chalcopyrite crystals.
This 'museum size' specimen comes from the collection of Philippe Morelon (number 780), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 21 × 16 × 7.5 cm = 8.27” × 6.30” × 2.95”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.8 cm = 0.79” × 0.71”

Former collection of Philippe Morelon



Galena with Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite. Galena with Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite.
Galena with Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite. Galena with Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite.
Quartz (variety prase)
Quartz (variety prase). Quartz (variety prase).
 

ML16AN0: Group of Quartz crystals (prase variety) with distinct polycrystalline surfaces, with good luster and a deep and uniform color, and with small Andradite crystals at the base.
We will ship the specimen in the original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Second Sovetskii Mine, 230↓, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 3.6 × 1.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.42” × 0.67” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1 cm = 1.18” × 0.39”

Former collection of Bob Noble



Quartz (variety prase) with Andradite
 

MT66AL5: Very aerial crystals of prase Quartz with polycrystalline surfaces with the typical tapered shape of local specimens, deep in color, on matrix, with small Andradite crystals.
Sinerechenskoe, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 6.1 × 3.7 × 3.9 cm = 2.40” × 1.46” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1 cm = 1.18” × 0.39”


minID: VVM-CH0



Quartz (variety prase) with Andradite. Quartz (variety prase) with Andradite.
Quartz (variety prase) with Andradite
Quartz (variety prase) with Andradite. Front
Front
Quartz (variety prase) with Andradite. Rear
Rear
 

DR67AC4: Aggregate of crystals that have polycrystalline surfaces and with the tapered shape typical of the samples from the locality. The sample, very aerial and esthetic, is bordered, at the base, by small Andradite crystals. The sample is from the Desmond Sacco collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Sinerechenskoe, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.5 × 3.3 cm = 2.56” × 2.17” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 5.8 × 2 cm = 2.28” × 0.79”

With handwritten label from the Desmond Sacco Collection



Beryl (variety emerald) with Phlogopite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

ERP91AQ1: Individual crystals of Beryl (emerald variety) between transparent and translucent, with good luster and an intense and uniform color, on a Phlogopite matrix.
Very old piece with more transparency than is usual in emeralds from this locality.
Izumrudnye Kopi area, Malyshevo, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural  Russia

Specimen size: 6.7 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm = 2.64” × 1.26” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1 cm = 0.67” × 0.39”




Beryl (variety emerald) with Phlogopite. Front
Front
Beryl (variety emerald) with Phlogopite. Side
Side
Beryl (variety emerald) with Phlogopite. Beryl (variety emerald) with Phlogopite. Side
Side
Elbaite with Feldspar
Elbaite with Feldspar. Front
Front
Elbaite with Feldspar. Rear
Rear
Elbaite with Feldspar. Top
Top
 

MX89AK6: Elbaite crystal with very well defined faces and edges, with perfect terminal faces, with pyramid and pinacoid forms. The crystal, translucent and bright, is a different color from those known to date in this pegmatite, with pinkish-yellow tones that accompany the usual red color that is very intense on the terminal faces.
Sosedka vein, Malkhan (Malchan), Krasnyi Chikoy, Zabaykalsky Krai  Russia (2019)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.2 × 2.1 cm = 1.46” × 0.87” × 0.83”




Elbaite (variety rubellite)
 

EX74AH6: Two single Elbaite (rubellite variety) crystals, one of them doubly terminated and hemihedral. The crystals are with Albite and tabular Muscovite crystals and are translucent with an intense reddish-pink color with stripes of slightly yellowish shades.
Malkhan (Malchan), Krasnyi Chikoy, Zabaykalsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 7.8 × 4 × 2.7 cm = 3.07” × 1.57” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 6.9 × 2 cm = 2.72” × 0.79”




Elbaite (variety rubellite). Front
Front
Elbaite (variety rubellite). Rear
Rear
Elbaite (variety rubellite). Elbaite (variety rubellite).
Axinite-(Fe)
Axinite-(Fe). Front
Front
Axinite-(Fe). Rear
Rear
Axinite-(Fe).
 

LM77AE5: Very aerial aggregate, on matrix, of sharp flattened crystals that are between transparent and translucent, very bright, with inclusions, and that have a dark plum color with mauve shades. Russian Axinite-(Fe) specimens were famous for their size, deep color and sharpness of the crystals.
The sample is from the Carlos Millan collection (catalog #8123) who’s computer card we’ll send to the buyer. Previously it was in the Silvane collection.
Puiva Mount, Saranpaul, Khanty-Mansi Okrug, Tyumen Oblast  Russia

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5 × 3.8 cm = 2.44” × 1.97” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2 cm = 1.26” × 0.79”

Former collection of Josep Amigó (Silvane)



Cassiterite with Feldspar and Muscovite
 

EH93AI8: Twinned Cassiterite crystals with very well defined parallel growths. They are between transparent and translucent, very bright, have a dark brown color with golden reflections, and they are on matrix, with Muscovite and a white Albite crystal. Exceptional for the locality.
Merekski District, Bureya Massif, Khabarovsk Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.5 × 3.4 cm = 2.56” × 1.77” × 1.34”

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




Cassiterite with Feldspar and Muscovite. Front
Front
Cassiterite with Feldspar and Muscovite. Side
Side
Cassiterite with Feldspar and Muscovite. Side
Side
Cassiterite with Feldspar and Muscovite.

Fluorite

Fluorite with Quartz
Fluorite with Quartz. Front
Front
Fluorite with Quartz. Rear
Rear
 

DD57AM1: Group of Fluorite crystals with clearly dominant dodecahedron forms and with cube faces. Transparent, lustrous, colorless, on matrix, with Quartz crystals. A classic from Dalnegorsk.
Nikolaevski Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Far-Eastern Region  Russia (07/2003)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.7 × 4.4 cm = 2.01” × 1.85” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.4 cm = 1.46” × 1.34”


minID: D34-84V



Fluorite with Calcite
Fluorite with Calcite  

XM80NA: Group of dodecahedral crystals of Fluorite with small cube faces at the vertices. One of the crystals is clearly dominant, aerial, transparent, lustrous and colorless. On matrix, with Calcite.
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia (2009)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.8 × 3 cm = 1.26” × 1.10” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.8 cm = 0.79” × 0.71”




Fluorite with Calcite.
Fluorite with Calcite.
Octahedral Fluorite with Quartz and Mica
Octahedral Fluorite with Quartz and Mica. Front
Front
Octahedral Fluorite with Quartz and Mica. Top
Top
 

TG76L1: Group of translucent octahedral Fluorite crystals, on a smoky Quartz crystal. The sample is from a locality where nowadays is quite difficult to obtain specimens.
Kara-Oba, Betpak-Dala (Bet-Pak-Dala) Desert, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan (±1993)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.4 × 3.3 cm = 2.64” × 1.73” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.6 cm = 1.18” × 1.02”





Rubtsovsky District

Cuprite
 

TJB86AO2: Floater group of octahedral Cuprite crystals, with minor shapes of the cube and the dodecahedron, one of them dominant and very aerial, translucent, with good luster and a deep red color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the collection of Robert J. (Bob) Noble, which
also contains the label.
Rubtsovskoe Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2 × 1.8 cm = 0.98” × 0.79” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.9 cm = 0.79” × 0.75”

Former collection of Bob Noble



Cuprite. Cuprite.
Cuprite
Cuprite. Front
Front
Cuprite. Top
Top
 

ME86AM6: Floater group of octahedral Cuprite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, beveled by the faces of the rhombic dodecahedron. Translucent, lustrous and deep red in color. We will send the buyer the specimen in its original perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Rubtsovskoe Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 2.6 × 1.7 × 2 cm = 1.02” × 0.67” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 0.87” × 0.63”

Former collection of Bob Noble



Cuprite
 

TLL96AO4: Polycrystalline growth of Cuprite with very sharp octahedral faces, with slight curvatures on the edges, with good luster and intense reddish internal reflections.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.

Rubtsovskoe Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.2 × 2.2 cm = 1.14” × 0.87” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.7 cm = 0.79” × 0.67”

Former collection of Bob Noble



Cuprite. Front
Front
Cuprite. Front
Front
Cuprite. Side
Side
Cuprite
Cuprite. Front
Front
Cuprite. Side
Side
 

TZ99N0: A novelty for Tucson 2009. Group of octahedral crystals with slight curvatures of faces and edges. They have excellent luster, with reddish reflections especially vivid under a strong light. The sample is from a recent find (July and August of 2008) at a Russian locality practically unknown until now.
Poteryaevskoe Mine, block 2-1, ↓100 m., Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai  Russia (06-08/2008)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3.2 × 2.5 cm = 1.30” × 1.26” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 0.87” × 0.63”






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