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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


Malachite with Libethenite
Malachite with Libethenite. Malachite with Libethenite.
Malachite with Libethenite.

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Malachite with Libethenite
 

SV290TFX: Globular Malachite aggregates, one of them clearly dominant, with a velvety appearance, deep green color and satiny luster, with an outer layer of a lighter tone in a matrix partially carpeted by a multitude of olive-green crystals of Libethenite, which stands out for its intense luster.
The specimen is from the collection of the Bally Museum in Switzerland, with an attached label that gives the species as “Lunnite” (old German name for Pseudomalachite). Recent analyses have confirmed that it is Malachite, whose results and old label we will send to the buyer.
Altai Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 5 × 3.7 × 3 cm = 1.97” × 1.46” × 1.18”

With analysis copy

Former collection of Bally Museum



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Beryl (variety heliodor)
 

EF56AM2: Floater doubly terminated Beryl crystal (variety heliodor), with good terminal faces at the upper end, polycrystalline growths at the opposite end, and very marked growth forms (“edged”) on the prism faces. Transparent, very lustrous and with an intense yellow color. An European classic.
Khoroshiv (Volodarsk-Volynskii), Zhytomyr Oblast  Ukraine

Specimen size: 5.2 × 2 × 1.7 cm = 2.05” × 0.79” × 0.67”

Weight: 17 grams



Beryl (variety heliodor). Front
Front
Beryl (variety heliodor). Rear
Rear
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Calcite
Calcite.

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TXA66AP9: Druse of very sharp Calcite crystals with the dominant forms of a trapezohedron, transparent, with good luster and an intense and uniform yellow color.
With the usual quality for what is known from this locality, but with a very different crystallography.
Sokolovskoe Mine (Sokolovskiy Mine), Rudny, Kostanay Region  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 14.7 × 11.2 × 8.2 cm = 5.79” × 4.41” × 3.23”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 2.5 cm = 1.77” × 0.98”

Former collection of Paul Muse



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Chalcopyrite with Arsenopyrite
 

TAM16AO1: Very sharp and shiny disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystal, with Arsenopyrite crystals and on a metallic matrix,
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Sarbaiskoe deposit, Rudny, Kostanay Region  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.4 × 1.9 cm = 1.26” × 0.94” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.63”

Former collection of Bob Noble



Chalcopyrite with Arsenopyrite. Front
Front
Chalcopyrite with Arsenopyrite. Side
Side
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Copper
Copper. Front
Front
Copper. Rear
Rear
Copper. Copper.

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Copper
 

MXL90AO2: Very aerial dendritic growth of elongated octahedral Copper crystals, with a very sharp spinel-law twin. The exact locality of the specimen is difficult to determine because of its age, but according Russian experts it belongs to the Dzezkhazgan copper zone of the former USSR.
Satpayev, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 10.8 × 5.3 × 2 cm = 4.25” × 2.09” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 0.7 cm = 1.06” × 0.28”




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Bornite with Quartz
 

MJ66AN0: Group of Bornite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very sharp crystal forms, with bright luster and blue metallic iridescence, on a Quartz crystal matrix.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Dzhezkazgan Mine, Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.7 × 2.6 cm = 1.06” × 1.06” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.39” × 0.35”

Former collection of Bob Noble



Bornite with Quartz. Bornite with Quartz.
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Chalcocite
Chalcocite. Chalcocite.
Chalcocite  

EV87AG0: Very sharp and platy Chalcocite crystals with a black color and blue metallic reflections. They are on a rock matrix with small white Calcite crystals. A classic from Kazakhstan, each day scarcer.
The sample is from the René Hubin collection from Neupré in Belgium, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Dzhezkazgan Mine, Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 9.2 × 5.4 × 2.1 cm = 3.62” × 2.13” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.39” × 0.24”

Former collection of René Hubin

Calcite fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV. Opal Fluorescent short UV



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Cosalite with Fluorite
Cosalite with Fluorite  

TF73AL5: Very aerial aggregate of needle-shaped Cosalite crystals, a sulphosalt of lead and bismuth, rare in quality collection specimens. The Cosalite crystals, with good terminations and luster, are covered with transparent Fluorite crystals. This piece comes from the Rock Currier collection (no.6166), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Solnechnoye Mine, Kara-Oba, Betpak-Dala (Bet-Pak-Dala) Desert, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.4 × 2.3 cm = 1.61” × 0.94” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 0.7 cm = 1.61” × 0.28”

Former collection of Rock Currier

minID: 6UR-11E



Cosalite with Fluorite. Front
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Cosalite with Fluorite. Rear
Rear
Cosalite with Fluorite. Cosalite with Fluorite.
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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

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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
Kyanite with Muscovite (variety fuchsite)
Kyanite with Muscovite (variety fuchsite). Front
Front
Kyanite with Muscovite (variety fuchsite). Side
Side
Kyanite with Muscovite (variety fuchsite). Detail
Detail

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MXE96AP3: Elongated prismatic Kyanite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, transparent, lustrous, and intense blue, on a matrix of Muscovite (fuchsite variety).
Borisovskie Sopki, Plast, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Ural Federal District  Russia

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.1 × 2.2 cm = 2.40” × 1.61” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.94” × 0.08”




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Galena on Hedenbergite
 

THJ64AN4: Cubo-octahedral Galena crystal with very balanced crystal forms, lustrous, on Hedenbergite matrix.
We will ship the piece in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Nikolaevski Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Far-Eastern Region  Russia

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.9 × 1.4 cm = 1.06” × 0.75” × 0.55”

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

Former collection of Bob Noble



Galena on Hedenbergite. Front
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Galena on Hedenbergite. Top
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Sphalerite with Quartz and Siderite
Sphalerite with Quartz and Siderite. Sphalerite with Quartz and Siderite.

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NRM29AO0: Sphalerite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, in which the forms of the tetrahedron and the polysynthetic twinning typical of this species predominate. On matrix, with fine, very lustrous, water-clear Quartz crystals and small groups of brown rhombohedral Siderite crystals.
Very fine and elegant piece.
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.4 × 3.4 cm = 2.05” × 1.73” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.2 cm = 1.22” × 0.87”




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Octahedral Fluorite on Pyrrhotite
 

TL96AL7: Parallel growth of two octahedral crystals beveled by the dodecahedron, very sharp, transparent, colorless and on a matrix of Pyrrhotite.
The specimen comes from the Robert J. Noble collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Second Sovetskii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.2 × 1.8 cm = 1.02” × 0.87” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.63” × 0.51”

Former collection of Bob Noble

minID: 227-EXE



Octahedral Fluorite on Pyrrhotite. Front
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Octahedral Fluorite on Pyrrhotite. Side
Side
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Datolite
Datolite. Front
Front
Datolite. Side
Side
 

MK63AN0: Isolated floater crystal of Datolite with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, with good luster and pale green color.
We will ship the specimen in the original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk B deposit, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.6 × 2.2 cm = 1.10” × 1.02” × 0.87”

Former collection of Bob Noble



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Datolite
 

TK14AN2: Group of Datolite crystals very rich in faces, translucent, with good luster and a pale green color with slightly bluish tones.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk B deposit, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

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

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2 cm = 0.94” × 0.79”

Former collection of Bob Noble



Datolite. Front
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Datolite. Side
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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



Pyrrhotite
 

MH13AM8: Very sharp doubly terminated crystal of Pyrrhotite, with distinct parallel growths and intense luster. On matrix, with Quartz and Sphalerite crystals.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Nikolaevski Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Far-Eastern Region  Russia

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.3 × 2.5 cm = 1.10” × 0.91” × 0.98”

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

Former collection of Bob Noble



Pyrrhotite. Front
Front
Pyrrhotite. Side
Side
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Calcite
Calcite. Calcite.
 

TBX13AN8: Doubly terminated scalenohedral crystals of Calcite, one of them clearly dominant, between transparent and colorless, very lustrous, oriented and on matrix.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label that states that it was previously in the Melanson collection.
Verkhnii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 3.7 × 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 1.46” × 0.67” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.2 cm = 1.02” × 0.47”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV

Former collection of Bob Noble



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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



Calcite
 

DM89AE3: The crystal, very large for the locality, combines a prism and a terminal rhombohedron, with very well defined polycrystalline faces. I It is translucent and bright with a very intense and uniform pink color. There is a small bit of Sphalerite at its base.
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 10.2 × 8.8 × 7.8 cm = 4.02” × 3.46” × 3.07”

Very fluorescent long & short UV

With handwritten label from the Desmond Sacco Collection



Calcite. Front
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Calcite. Top
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Ilvaite with Calcite and Pyrite
Ilvaite with Calcite and Pyrite. Front
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Ilvaite with Calcite and Pyrite. Top
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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



Axinite (Group)
 

TFB16AO0: Group of sharp Axinite (Group) crystals, with a very elongated habit, uncommon in Russian specimens, translucent, with good luster and a very deep color, with purplish reflections, and covered by Quartz microcrystals.
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: 2.9 × 1.6 × 1 cm = 1.14” × 0.63” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.67” × 0.28”

Former collection of Bob Noble



Axinite (Group). Axinite (Group).
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Axinite (Group)
Axinite (Group). Front
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Axinite (Group). Side
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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



Quartz (variety red quartz) with Magnetite
 

LE36AK2: Quartz crystals with an unusual habit, curious "double" rhombohedral terminations, brilliant, bright red due to inclusions of Hematite and partially recrystallized. The specimen is one of the few that could be recovered in Magnetite matrix. From the Philippe Morelon collection (No. 593), whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Second Sovetskii Mine, 230↓, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 8.4 × 8.2 × 8.3 cm = 3.31” × 3.23” × 3.27”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 1 cm = 1.65” × 0.39”

Former collection of Philippe Morelon



Quartz (variety red quartz) with Magnetite. Front
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Quartz (variety red quartz) with Magnetite. Side
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Quartz (variety red quartz) with Magnetite.
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Galena with Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite
Galena with Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite. Galena with Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite.
Galena with Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite. Galena with Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite.

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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



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

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



Quartz (variety prase) with Andradite. Front
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Quartz (variety prase) with Andradite. Rear
Rear
Scheelite with Quartz and Cassiterite
Scheelite with Quartz and Cassiterite. Front
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Scheelite with Quartz and Cassiterite. Side
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TRT68AO8: Group of very sharp dipyramidal Scheelite crystals, with very marked parallel growths, translucent, with good luster and an intense orange color. On matrix, with Quartz crystals and Cassiterite. The specimen comes from a little-known locality that had its moment in the years when Russian minerals were just emerging on the mineralogical market, but about which little else became known later.
Tenkergin Mine, Iul'tinskiy Mining Complex, Iultinsky District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug  Russia

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.4 × 2.3 cm = 1.93” × 1.34” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.1 cm = 1.06” × 0.83”

Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV



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Topaz

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TTA69AP9: Topaz crystal with very sharp crystal forms and of gem quality, transparent, with very good luster and a very uniform and especially intense blue color. With a small ding in one of the corners of the pinacoid termination.
Alabashka pegmatite field, Yuzhakovo, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural  Russia

Specimen size: 2 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 0.79” × 0.71” × 0.67”

Weight: 8.1 grams



Topaz.
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Beryl (variety emerald) with Phlogopite
Beryl (variety emerald) with Phlogopite. Front
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Beryl (variety emerald) with Phlogopite
 

EXM87AQ1: Beryl crystal (emerald variety) with a rough termination (but without fractures) between transparent and translucent, lustrous, with an intense and uniform color, on a Phlogopite matrix.
The specimen comes from the Thomas P. Moore collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Malyshevo, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural  Russia

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.1 × 1 cm = 1.10” × 0.43” × 0.39”

Former collection of Thomas P. Moore



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Beryl (variety emerald) with Phlogopite

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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
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Beryl (variety emerald) with Phlogopite. Side
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Beryl (variety emerald) with Phlogopite. Beryl (variety emerald) with Phlogopite. Side
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Beryl (variety emerald) with Phlogopite
Beryl (variety emerald) with Phlogopite. Front
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Beryl (variety emerald) with Phlogopite. Rear
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Beryl (variety emerald) with Phlogopite.

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ERB69AP0: Beryl crystals (emerald variety) with very sharp crystal forms, growth interruptions and some with twisted growth. Intense chrome-green color and on Phlogopite matrix.
A Russian classic.
Krupskoye deposit, Izumrudnye Kopi area, Malyshevo, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural  Russia

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.2 × 3.5 cm = 3.07” × 2.44” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 4.9 × 2 cm = 1.93” × 0.79”




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Topaz
 

THJ86AN4: Pale blue Topaz crystal very rich in crystal forms and with excellent terminations, transparent and lustrous.
We will send the specimen, from one of the great classical localities for the species, in the original Perkins box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Murzinka Mine, Sarapulka District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural  Russia

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.1 × 2 cm = 1.10” × 0.83” × 0.79”

Former collection of Bob Noble



Topaz. Front
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Topaz. Side
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Topaz. Top
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Pyromorphite with Crocoite
Pyromorphite with Crocoite. Pyromorphite with Crocoite.

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TTB46AP7: Pyromorphite crystals with a prismatic shape, good luster, and an intense green color, on matrix, with small Crocoite crystals.
The specimen, from the type locality for Crocoite, comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and is accompanied by an old handwritten label which we will send to the buyer.
Berezovskoe Mines, Uspenskaya Mountain, Berezovskii, Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural  Russia

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.5 × 3 cm = 1.54” × 0.98” × 1.18”

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Former collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon



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Andradite
 

AB14AL8: Group of Andradite crystals on matrix, with the dominant forms of the dodecahedron beveled by the trapezohedron and lustrous black color with brownish reflections. Of excellent quality for the locality.
Berezovskoe Mines, Uspenskaya Mountain, Berezovskii, Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural  Russia

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.93” × 1.85” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.43” × 0.39”


minID: D6C-NT9



Andradite. Andradite.
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Crocoite with Vauquelinite
Crocoite with Vauquelinite. Crocoite with Vauquelinite.
 

ER94AL5: Crocoite crystals with a very different habit to that of the Australian Crocoites, with a very short prism and almost equidimensional, on matrix, with small deep green Vauquelinite crystals. The specimen is from the type locality for both species.
Berezovskoe Mines, Uspenskaya Mountain, Berezovskii, Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural  Russia

Specimen size: 7.8 × 5 × 2 cm = 3.07” × 1.97” × 0.79”

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

Type locality

minID: MJV-AL9



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Sulphur with Calcite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TFR68AO6: Parallel growth of two Sulphur crystals with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, with parallel growths, good luster and a very vivid color. On matrix, with transparent scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
Vodinskoe deposit, Samaraskaya Oblast, Povolzhsky Region  Russia

Specimen size: 8 × 4.8 × 4.5 cm = 3.15” × 1.89” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.98” × 0.51”

Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV



Sulphur with Calcite. Sulphur with Calcite.
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Andradite
Andradite. Front
Front
Andradite. Side
Side
 

ME14AM7: A complete floater crystal of Andradite with elongated dodecahedron shapes, very lustrous and with a deep black color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label, indicating that it was in the Melanson collection.
Vilyui River Basin, Vilyuysky, Sakha Republic (Yakutia)  Russia

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.91” × 0.43” × 0.39”

Former collection of Bob Noble



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Wiluite
Wiluite  

NC87AJ8: Pair of Wiluite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very well defined faces and edges and with an olive Green color. A Russian classic from the type locality for the species that is from the Carlos Prieto collection whose handwritten label we will send to the buyer.
Vilyui River Basin, Vilyuysky, Sakha Republic (Yakutia)  Russia

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.4 × 3.1 cm = 1.50” × 1.34” × 1.22”

Type locality

Former collection of Carlos Prieto Paramio



Wiluite. Front
Front
Wiluite. Side
Side
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Uvarovite with Amesite
Uvarovite with Amesite. Uvarovite with Amesite.
 

MC37AH2: Very sharp dodecahedral Uvarovite crystals that are very bright with a very deep color. Some of them are more isolated and larger than usual for the locality. They are on a rocky matrix.
Saranovskii Mine, Saranovskaya (Sarany), Gornozavodskii, Perm Krai, Ural  Russia

Specimen size: 9.5 × 5.5 × 2.1 cm = 3.74” × 2.17” × 0.83”

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




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Elbaite with Feldspar
 

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 with Feldspar. Front
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Elbaite with Feldspar. Rear
Rear
Elbaite with Feldspar. Top
Top
Elbaite with Mica and Quartz
Elbaite with Mica and Quartz. Front
Front
Elbaite with Mica and Quartz. Light behind
Light behind
Elbaite with Mica and Quartz. Side
Side
Elbaite with Mica and Quartz. Top
Top
 

TD94AG4: Group of crystals in parallel growth, translucent, very rich in terminal faces, whose color is between olive-green and honey brown and that are partially coated by Quartz crystals.
Oktyabrskaya vein, Malkhan (Malchan), Krasnyi Chikoy, Zabaykalsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.1 × 3.3 cm = 2.68” × 1.61” × 1.30”

Former collection of José Luis Vallecillo



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Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Mica and Feldspar
Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Mica and Feldspar  

EH89AI5: Elbaite (rubellite variety) with simple and very well defined faces and edges and a very smooth pinacoidal termination. It is translucent, bright, has a very intense and uniform color and it is with a tiny Feldspar matrix with leafy Mica aggregates.
Mokhovaya pegmatite, Malkhan (Malchan), Krasnyi Chikoy, Zabaykalsky Krai  Russia (±2004)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 2.4 × 2.3 cm = 2.99” × 0.94” × 0.91”

Minor fluorescence short UV

Former collection of Raúl Sanabria



Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Mica and Feldspar. Front
Front
Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Mica and Feldspar. Side
Side
Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Mica and Feldspar. Rear
Rear
Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Mica and Feldspar. Top
Top
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Elbaite (variety rubellite)
Elbaite (variety rubellite). Front
Front
Elbaite (variety rubellite). Rear
Rear
Elbaite (variety rubellite). 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”




Fluorapatite with Calcite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

NLR67AO5: Two doubly terminated Fluorapatite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, with good luster and a yellow-green color, on a matrix of pink Calcite.
The specimen comes from the collection of Santiago Jiménez who, especially in the 1980s and '90s, put together an excellent collection with a very good representation of the mineralogy of northern Spain.

Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal area, Irkutsk Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 7.7 × 6 × 3.2 cm = 3.03” × 2.36” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 1 cm = 1.61” × 0.39”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Santiago Jiménez García



Fluorapatite with Calcite. Fluorapatite with Calcite.
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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)



Brookite with Calcite
 

AY98P4: Group of crystals, the main one doubly terminated, on matrix and with Calcite crystals. The specimen has the highest possible quality for the locality.
Dodo Mine, Saranpaul, Khanty-Mansi Okrug, Tyumen Oblast  Russia (04/2000)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.4 × 1.5 cm = 1.50” × 1.34” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.9 cm = 0.59” × 0.35”

Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV

Former collection of Josep Amigó (Silvane)



Brookite with Calcite. Brookite with Calcite.
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Quartz (variety citrine)
Quartz (variety citrine). Front
Front
Quartz (variety citrine). Side
Side
 

EC87AE5: Quartz crystals in parallel growth with very well defined faces and edges, transparent and bright, with inclusions, and with an intense yellow color that has areas of different color intensities and shades.
Olkhovka, Tyumen Oblast  Russia (05-06/2010)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 3.5 × 2.7 cm = 4.53” × 1.38” × 1.06”




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Eudialyte with Calcite
 

MA88AL4: Eudialyte crystals, one of them clearly dominant, on a Calcite matrix, with highly profiled faces and edges and very lustrous, translucent, of an intense red color with mauve tones. A Russian classic of higher quality than usual.
Eveslogchorr Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region  Russia

Specimen size: 8.3 × 5.4 × 5.6 cm = 3.27” × 2.13” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.47” × 0.43”

Calcite fluorescent short UV

minID: AV1-GEL



Eudialyte with Calcite. Eudialyte with Calcite.
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Cassiterite with Feldspar and Muscovite
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.
 

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”




Gold
Gold  

NE74AJ8: A native Gold pebble, complete and bright from one of the most classic gold localities in Russia.
The sample is from the Carlos Prieto collection whose handwritten label we will send to the buyer.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published in the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 71 in the volume 24, number 3
Asachinskoe deposit, Kamchatka Territory  Russia

Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.1 × 0.4 cm = 0.75” × 0.43” × 0.16”

Former collection of Carlos Prieto Paramio

Weight: 5.1 grams



Gold. Front
Front
Gold. Rear
Rear
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Gold with Quartz
Gold with Quartz. Front
Front
Gold with Quartz. Rear
Rear
 

EV57AK7: A nugget of considerable size that still retains in some areas a few rounded cube-octahedral faces, and enclosing remnants of Quartz matrix. The specimen, which comes from Michel Jouty's collection, has been depicted in the magazine Mineral Observer, vol. 24 (3) of 2019, p. 71, figure 4, in an article about Ste. Marie 2019.
Siberia  Russia

Specimen size: 3.3 × 1.4 × 1.9 cm = 1.30” × 0.55” × 0.75”

Weight: 28 gram



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Sperrylite with Chalcopyrite
 

MA89AE7: Cubo-octahedral Sperrylite crystals, a rare platinum arsenide much desired by collectors. The crystals, that have the very well balanced faces of the cube and octahedron, are very well defined, extraordinarily bright, and on a Chalcopyrite matrix.
Talnakh, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Zabaykalsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 3.8 × 1.8 × 2.7 cm = 1.50” × 0.71” × 1.06”

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




Sperrylite with Chalcopyrite. Sperrylite with Chalcopyrite.
Sperrylite with Chalcopyrite. Sperrylite with Chalcopyrite.
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Anapaite
Anapaite. Anapaite.
Anapaite  

MF27AL3: Doubly terminated polycrystalline growths of bright, translucent crystals, with a vivid and uniform color, implanted inside a fossil bivalve shell in matrix.
Chernomorsky Mine, Eltigen-Ortel' Trough, Kerchenskoe deposit, Kerch peninsula, Crimea peninsula, Crimea Oblast  Russia

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.9 × 2.5 cm = 1.65” × 1.54” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1 cm = 0.51” × 0.39”


minID: R5U-KN2



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Fluorite

Fluorite with Quartz
 

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 Quartz. Front
Front
Fluorite with Quartz. Rear
Rear
Fluorite with Calcite
Fluorite with Calcite.
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 inclusions
 

EF92AL9: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, one of them clearly dominant. Transparent, shiny, with an intense green color and very rich in inclusions in the core of the crystal, with a marked dissolution channel. The specimen is from the prestigious collection of Fluorite by Pierre-Marie Guy.
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3 × 4.5 cm = 1.85” × 1.18” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.2 cm = 0.98” × 0.87”

Minor fluorescence long UV

minID: FEV-MDU



Fluorite with inclusions. Front
Front
Fluorite with inclusions. Rear
Rear
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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”




Octahedral Fluorite with Quartz (variety smoky) and Microcline
 

GX96AK0: Two octahedral crystals, one of them dominant, translucent with a uniform light green color and perched in a Microcline matrix partially covered by white Quartz crystals. The sample is from the Casado Margolles collection (number FRM 136) whose record we will send to the buyer.
Kent Massif, Karkaraly District, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 9.2 × 7.5 × 3,2 cm = 3.62” × 2.95” × 1.18”

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

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Casado Margolles



Octahedral Fluorite with Quartz (variety smoky) and Microcline. Octahedral Fluorite with Quartz (variety smoky) and Microcline.
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Itauz Mine

Cuprite
Cuprite. Cuprite.
 

TR86AL6: Floater cube-octahedral crystal of Cuprite with very balanced cube and rhombododecahedron faces, with hopper growths on some of the faces and with very intense translucent red internal reflections.
We will send the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Itauz Mine, Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan

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

Former collection of Bob Noble

minID: TGT-F93



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Copper
 

TRN46AN3: Floater group of Copper crystals, very lustrous, with unusually sharp crystal forms in which the dodecahedron and octahedron predominate.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
This specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 482 in the volume 53, number 4, July-August 2022
Itauz Mine, Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.1 ×  1.4 cm = 0.71” × 0.43” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.5 cm = 0.35” × 0.20”

Former collection of Bob Noble



Copper. Front
Front
Copper. Top
Top
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Cuprite with Copper
Cuprite with Copper. Front
Front
Cuprite with Copper. Rear
Rear
Cuprite with Copper.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

NFR66AO8: Dendritic growth of elongated Copper crystals, with the crystal forms of the octahedron and the rhombododecahedron, very balanced and partially covered by plates and cubo-octahedral micro-crystals of Cuprite with translucent reflections of an intense red color.
The specimen is both aesthetic and representative of the locality, and comes to us from the collection of Santiago Jiménez García.
Itauz Mine, Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.1 × 0.5 cm = 2.52” × 1.61” × 0.20”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.5 cm = 0.35” × 0.20”

Former collection of Santiago Jiménez García



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Rubtsovsky District

Cuprite
 

TQM63AN3: Floater polycrystalline group of very sharp Cuprite crystals, with bright luster and intense reddish flashes around the edges.
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: 1.8 × 1.7 × 1.7 cm = 0.71” × 0.67” × 0.67”

Former collection of Bob Noble



Cuprite. Front
Front
Cuprite. Top
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Cuprite with Copper
Cuprite with Copper. Front
Front
Cuprite with Copper. Side
Side
 

TXF96AO1: Complete octahedral floater Cuprite crystal, very sharp, with parallel growths, good luster, intense reddish sparkling reflections on the edges and related small Copper crystals.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Rubtsovskoe Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.94” × 0.79” × 0.63”

Former collection of Bob Noble



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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 and Copper after Cuprite
Cuprite and Copper after Cuprite. Front
Front
Cuprite and Copper after Cuprite. Side
Side
 

MD66AM6: Very sharp octahedral Cuprite crystals, translucent, with good luster and a deep red color, with some of the crystals totally or partially covered by small crystallizations of Copper. 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: 3.3 × 1.8 × 1.8 cm = 1.30” × 0.71” × 0.71”

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

Former collection of Bob Noble



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Copper with Cuprite and Silver
 

VF99AI8: Native Copper crystals that have very well defined faces and edges with the dominant octahedral form, very bright, associated with groups of octahedral Cuprite crystals that have coatings of Silver.
The sample is from the Jordi Vilallonga collection.
Poteryaevskoe Mine, block 2-1, ↓100 m., Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai  Russia (06-08/2008)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.2 × 2.7 cm = 1.97” × 1.26” × 1.06”

Former collection of Jordi Vilallonga



Copper with Cuprite and Silver. Front
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Copper with Cuprite and Silver. Rear
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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”




Miersite on Cuprite
 

TJJ66AN9: Complete polycrystalline floater growth of octahedral Cuprite crystals, finely beveled by the faces of the dodecahedron, lustrous, and with abundant aggregates of microcrystals of the rare species Miersite.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 2.9 × 1.7 × 1.9 cm = 1.14” × 0.67” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.28” × 0.20”

Former collection of Bob Noble



Miersite on Cuprite. Miersite on Cuprite.
Miersite on Cuprite.
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Miersite with Azurite
Miersite with Azurite. Miersite with Azurite.
 

TD36AJ1: Spheroidal aggregates of small cubic Miersite crystals with a greenish-yellow color spread on an aggregate of platy translucent very bright Azurite crystals on a limonite matrix.
We will send the sample in its original Perkin’s box from the R.J. Noble collection, also containing the collection label.
Rubtsovskoe Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.4 × 1.1 cm = 1.06” × 0.94” × 0.43”

Former collection of Bob Noble



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Express Minerals by Carles Manresa
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