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This page provides a selection of the specimens that have passed through the Fabre Minerals website and, due to their quality,
rarity, or significance as specimens from interesting locations, have been preserved as reference specimens in #MVM


Olmiite

From the great Olmiite finds made in N'Chwaning Mine we offer this further material. The quality is, as you can see, much better than the Poldervaartites found in the Wessels Mine. Notably the color is much more intense and redder. On the subject of the color it is necessary to warn you that some of these new Olmiites show an intense color change depending of the kind of light used: in day light they become yellowish but in artificial light they are a spectacular strawberry red color.

Olmiite
Olmiite. Bulb light
Bulb light
Olmiite. Bulb light
Bulb light
 

AX49AD6: Doubly terminated crystal on matrix. It is very individualized, translucent, bright and with a good color, with fine polycrystalline growths on the surface of its faces.
The sample is from the Sylvane collection, which label we’ll send to the buyer.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (01/2002)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2.2 × 2.2 cm = 0.91” × 0.87” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.5 cm = 0.79” × 0.59”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Josep Amigó (Silvane)
Olmiite
 

EQ99: Excellent color, perfection, and esthetic: the form is really nice, it looks like a snowman. A exclusive and funny thing.
N'Chwaning II Mine, section 5 south, stope 46-47 roof, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (01/2002)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.7 × 1.7 cm = 0.98” × 0.67” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.9 cm = 0.94” × 0.75”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Type locality
Olmiite.
Olmiite with Calcite and Oyelite
Olmiite with Calcite and Oyelite. Front
Front
Olmiite with Calcite and Oyelite. Side
Side
 

MG96AL5: Group of extraordinarily defined rhombic habit crystals, of a good size for the species, translucent and shiny and with an excellent reddish color, much more intense than usual in this type of specimen. With small Calcite crystals and globular white Oyelite aggregates.
N'Chwaning II Mine, level 45 south, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (13-15/08/2009)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 1.6 × 2.1 cm = 1.14” × 0.63” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.5 cm = 0.71” × 0.59”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Olmiite with Calcite
 

TM96N2: A novelty of Tucson 2009. Unusual groups of crystals of irregular contour, more or less oval-shaped. They are pink, and more intense on the terminations. They are on very acute scalenohedrons of Calcite and on matrix. They have come from a single geode. At first we believed they could be Poldervaartite due to the presence of the accompanying Calcite and the pinkish color of the crystals, but the analysis confirms that they are Olmiite (the manganoan end of the series) and not Poldervaartite (the calcian end). We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the sample.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 29 in number 2009/2.
N'Chwaning II Mine, upper levels, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (12/2008)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.3 × 3.8 cm = 1.34” × 0.91” × 1.50”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Type locality
Olmiite with Calcite. Front
Front
Olmiite with Calcite. Side
Side
Olmiite with Calcite
Olmiite with Calcite. neon light (day light)
neon light (day light)
Olmiite with Calcite. bulb light
bulb light
Olmiite with Calcite.
 

MA27AH0: Complex and very aerial Olmiite crystal with parallel and polycrystalline growths, with very well defined faces and edges, translucent with a pink color changing to reddish in incandescent light. It is on matrix, with white Calcite crystals.
The sample, a South African classic, is from the Desmond Sacco collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (2017)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.4 × 3.2 cm = 1.38” × 1.34” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.8 cm = 0.94” × 0.71”

With handwritten label from the Desmond Sacco Collection
Olmiite
 

EB54E8: This one stands out for the crystalline terminations, pyramidal and in complex groups that give it a spherical look, and the sharpness of the forms of the prismatic faces. Both the color and brilliance are magnificent. The position of the group on the matrix makes it very esthetic and adds the definitive touch.
N'Chwaning II Mine, section 5 south, stope 46-47 roof, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (01/2002)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 2 × 3.4 cm = 1.89” × 0.79” × 1.34”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Type locality
Olmiite. neon light (day light)
neon light (day light)
Olmiite. bulb light
bulb light
Olmiite. bulb light
bulb light
Olmiite with Calcite
Olmiite with Calcite. neon light (day light)
neon light (day light)
Olmiite with Calcite. bulb light
bulb light
Olmiite with Calcite.
 

MB27AH0: A very aerial Olmiite crystal with polycrystalline growths, with very well defined faces and edges, translucent with a pink color that changes to reddish under an incandescent light. It is on matrix, with white Calcite crystals.
The sample, a South African classic, is from the Desmond Sacco collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (2017)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.4 × 2.7 cm = 1.93” × 1.34” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.4 cm = 0.55” × 0.55”

With handwritten label from the Desmond Sacco Collection
Olmiite
 

EB2B9: Two photos showing its spectacular color change. Just minor matrix on its rear, almost a floater specimen complete in all sides with perfect form and excellent luster-color perfection. The crystals have a spherical form, they are gemmy and are formed by hundreds of small parallel grow crystals. A beauty!.
This specimen was photographed for the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 18 of number 1/2009.
N'Chwaning II Mine, section 5 south, stope 46-47 roof, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (01/2002)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.7 × 3.2 cm = 2.17” × 1.46” × 1.26”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Type locality
Olmiite. neon light (day light)
neon light (day light)
Olmiite. bulb light
bulb light
Olmiite with Calcite
Olmiite with Calcite.
 

TM98D8: Recently new Olmiites were found in N'chwaning. The color is a little more orange than the first ones, and the crystals are a little bit smaller. But these ones are on a matrix of small crystals of gemmy Calcite, making the whole specimen esthetically pleasing. The prices are also lower than they were for the first ones, so we think they are a good deal. In this case the crystals of Poldervaarite are well positioned on the matrix, nicely separated, aerial, and have good contrast with the matrix.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (11/2003)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 6.3 × 2.2 cm = 3.23” × 2.48” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 0.67” × 0.47”

Extremely fluorescent long & short UV

Type locality
Olmiite with Quartz
 

MA88N6: Globular growths of small crystals of Olmiite whose faces are very well defined and very bright, with two degrees of color, clear cream in some areas and slightly orange in others. On matrix, with small crystals of white Quartz.
N'Chwaning II Mine, 45 level, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape  South Africa (10/2008)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.7 × 3.3 cm = 1.89” × 1.85” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV

Type locality
Olmiite with Quartz. Olmiite with Quartz.
Olmiite
Olmiite.
Olmiite.
 

MH31M5: A novelty of Munich 2008. The sample forms globular growths of well defined terminations of crystals. The deeper color is similar to the older pieces, classified then as Poldervaartite.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘what’s new at Munich 2008’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 18 of number 1/2009.
N'Chwaning II Mine, 45 level, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape  South Africa (10/2008)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 5.8 × 3 cm = 3.62” × 2.28” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 2.1 cm = 1.10” × 0.83”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV

Type locality

Tanzania

Spessartine with Mica
 

ER86P2: Very aerial on its small Muscovite matrix, the trapezohedral crystal is almost complete and has an excellent definition of its faces and edges. Color, luster and transparency are magnificent.
Sangulungulu Hill, Naan, Loliondo, Ngorongoro, Arusha region  Tanzania (2008)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.9 × 1.9 cm = 0.98” × 0.75” × 0.75”

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

Spessartine with Mica. Front
Front
Spessartine with Mica. Side
Side
Spessartine with Kyanite and Muscovite
Spessartine with Kyanite and Muscovite.
Spessartine with Kyanite and Muscovite  

TG66AI8: Group of trapezohedral Spessartine crystals with very well defined faces and edges, with a very intense orange color and on orange Kyanite with small Muscovite crystals.
The sample is from the mineral reserve of John S. White whose label we will send to the buyer.
Sangulungulu Hill (Nani Hill), Naan village, Loliondo, Ngorongoro District, Arusha Region  Tanzania

Specimen size: 3 × 2.5 × 1.7 cm = 1.18” × 0.98” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.63” × 0.59”

John S. White mineral reserve
Spessartine with Kyanite and Mica
 

MG27N6: Trapezohedral crystal of Spessartine with very well defined faces and edges, translucent and having an excellent color and standing on a matrix of Mica with brownish Kyanite.
Sangulungulu Hill, Naan, Loliondo, Ngorongoro, Arusha region  Tanzania (2008)

Specimen size: 4 × 2.7 × 2 cm = 1.57” × 1.06” × 0.79”

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

Spessartine with Kyanite and Mica. Front
Front
Spessartine with Kyanite and Mica. Top
Top
Marialite-Meionite (Scapolite Group)
Marialite-Meionite (Scapolite Group). Marialite-Meionite (Scapolite Group).
 

MM26AM8: Scapolite (Group) crystal, very rich in crystal forms, with excellent terminations and very transparent and lustrous, gem quality, with a uniform yellow color.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Mpwapwa District, Dodoma Region  Tanzania

Specimen size: 2 × 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.79” × 0.35” × 0.31”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Former collection of Bob Noble
Alabandite
 

TB87AL5: Alabandite crystal, highly profiled, practically a floater, with light contacts that conserve remains of Calcite matrix and formed by the dominant octahedron with the vertices truncated by the faces of the cube.
We will send the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region  Tanzania

Specimen size: 2.2 × 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 0.87” × 0.87” × 0.63”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Alabandite. Alabandite.
Alabandite with Zoisite (variety tanzanite) and Quartz
Alabandite with Zoisite (variety tanzanite) and Quartz. Front
Front
Alabandite with Zoisite (variety tanzanite) and Quartz. Side
Side
Alabandite with Zoisite (variety tanzanite) and Quartz.
 

MF89AK6: Very sharp Alabandite crystal, octahedral with cube faces, with a transparent Quartz crystal with inclusions, and two Zoisite crystals (tanzanite variety) with very well defined faces and edges, bright, transparent and with blue-violet to yellow colors.
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region  Tanzania (2019)

Specimen size: 3 × 3 × 2.7 cm = 1.18” × 1.18” × 1.06”

Diopside
 

TYB47AN5: Floater group of Diopside crystals with very sharp crystal forms and excellent terminations, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and a uniform light green color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Karo Pit, D-Block Mine, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region  Tanzania

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.4 × 1.6 cm = 1.22” × 0.94” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.4 cm = 0.79” × 0.55”

Minor fluorescence short UV

Former collection of Bob Noble
Diopside. Diopside.
Grossular (variety tsavorite) with Pyrite
Grossular (variety tsavorite) with Pyrite. Front
Front
Grossular (variety tsavorite) with Pyrite. Rear
Rear

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EBX87AP0: Parallel growths of rhombododecahedral Grossular crystals (tsavorite variety) extraordinarily elongated, transparent, with great luster and an intense emerald-green color, associated with Pyrite microcrystals.
A very fine specimen, uncommon in its morphology, both for the crystals and for the group.
Merelani mines, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region  Tanzania

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.4 × 0.9 cm = 1.06” × 0.55” × 0.35”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Grossular (variety tsavorite) with Pyrite and Graphite
 

ML90AG7: Dodecahedral Grossular (tsavorite variety) crystal, translucent, very bright, with a very well defined green color and on matrix, with Pyrite crystals and radial aggregates of Graphite crystals.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2018, page 90
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region  Tanzania

Specimen size: 3 × 1.9 × 3.5 cm = 1.18” × 0.75” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 0.55” × 0.51”

Extremely fluorescent short UV
Grossular (variety tsavorite) with Pyrite and Graphite. Front
Front
Grossular (variety tsavorite) with Pyrite and Graphite. Light behind
Light behind
Prehnite with Calcite
Prehnite with Calcite. Front
Front
Prehnite with Calcite. Rear
Rear
Prehnite with Calcite  

TE86AL4: Group of tabular Prehnite crystals with well defined faces and edges, translucent, with an intense and uniform light blue color, good luster and a small group of Calcite crystals.
The specimen comes from the inventory of John Sampson White (# 23-10-17) whose label we will send to the buyer.
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region  Tanzania

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.3 × 2.2 cm = 1.34” × 0.91” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.94” × 0.16”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV

John S. White mineral reserve
Prehnite with Calcite
 

MF68AK7: Spheroidal growth of Prehnite crystals with very well defined terminal faces, translucent, very bright and very intense yellow. On rock matrix, with Calcite.
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region  Tanzania (2019)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.7 × 4.2 cm = 1.85” × 1.85” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.5 cm = 0.51” × 0.20”

Prehnite with Calcite. Prehnite with Calcite.
Zoisite (variety tanzanite)
Zoisite (variety tanzanite). Front
Front
Zoisite (variety tanzanite). Side
Side
Zoisite (variety tanzanite). Rear
Rear
 

EFR68AP0: Zoisite crystal (tanzanite variety) with very sharp crystal forms, with perfect terminations, transparent, with great luster and an intense, deep and uniform lavender-blue color.
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region  Tanzania

Specimen size: 1.7 × 0.9 × 0.9 cm = 0.67” × 0.35” × 0.35”

Weight: 2.5 grams
Zoisite (variety tanzanite)
 

MA27AM6: Crystal of Zoisite (tanzanite variety) very sharp, with sharp crystal forms, perfect terminations (with a contact in one of them), transparent, with good luster and different shades of color between intense lavender blue and violet. We will send the buyer the specimen in its original perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region  Tanzania

Specimen size: 2 × 1.4 × 0.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.55” × 0.24”

Former collection of Bob Noble

Weight: 3.3 grams
Zoisite (variety tanzanite). Zoisite (variety tanzanite).
Zoisite (variety tanzanite)
Zoisite (variety tanzanite). Front
Front
Zoisite (variety tanzanite). Rear
Rear
Zoisite (variety tanzanite). Side
Side
 

EB26AK7: Parallel growth of Zoisite crystals (Tanzanite variety), of gem quality, transparent, very bright, and exhibiting dichroic color, deep and uniform navy blue that turns reddish according to the orientation of the light.
D-Block Mine, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region  Tanzania (2016)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 1.9 × 0.9 cm = 1.34” × 0.75” × 0.35”

Zoisite (variety tanzanite)
 

NG61AI3: Single crystal with very well defined faces and edges, with very transparent and bright (gem quality) terminal faces and an excellent color, intense blue with violet shades. The transition between the different colored areas on the crystal indicates it has not suffered any heat treatment.
The sample is from the Ignacio Hernández collection (num. 84) whose original label we’ll send to the buyer.
Merelani mines, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region  Tanzania

Specimen size: 3.5 × 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 1.38” × 0.55” × 0.51”

Former collection of Ignacio Hernández
Zoisite (variety tanzanite). Front
Front
Zoisite (variety tanzanite). Rear
Rear
Zoisite (variety tanzanite). Side
Side
Zoisite (variety tanzanite). Side
Side
Zoisite (variety tanzanite) with Prehnite
Zoisite (variety tanzanite) with Prehnite. Front
Front
Zoisite (variety tanzanite) with Prehnite. Side
Side
 

MX89AA8: Parallel growth of two Zoisite (tanzanite variety) crystals, one of them very elongated. They are transparent, with a very intense and uniform color and small white Prehnite crystals, whose existence testifies that the sample has not been heated to increase its color intensity.
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region  Tanzania (±2011)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 1.6 × 0.8 cm = 1.38” × 0.63” × 0.31”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 0.7 cm = 1.38” × 0.28”

Zoisite (variety tanzanite) with Prehnite
 

EM63T0: A crystal with very well defined faces and edges, transparent, very bright and with a doubly terminated crystal. The color is especially intense and, due to some details, we believe it is natural, not induced by heating. The "fresh" appearance of related Prehnite crystal, with some white areas that must change color when heated, and the grayish shades at the bottom of the piece, that must also turned to blue-violet, are reasons why we offer this sample as natural, not heated.
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region  Tanzania (2010)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 1 × 1.2 cm = 1.42” × 0.39” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 1.2 cm = 1.42” × 0.47”

Zoisite (variety tanzanite) with Prehnite. Front
Front
Zoisite (variety tanzanite) with Prehnite. Rear
Rear
Zoisite (variety tanzanite)
Zoisite (variety tanzanite). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Zoisite (variety tanzanite). Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Zoisite (variety tanzanite). Top / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Top / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

MFB26AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Zoisite crystal (tanzanite variety) with very well defined faces and edges, very transparent and lustrous terminations, gem quality, and an excellent intense blue color with violet shades. The transition between the dichroic tones of the crystal indicates that it has not suffered heat treatment.
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region  Tanzania (2019-2022)

Specimen size: 4 × 1.9 × 0.8 cm = 1.57” × 0.75” × 0.31”

Weight: 11.5 grams
Zoisite (variety tanzanite) with Prehnite and Chabazite
 

EG14T0: Group of two crystals. One of them, the left one, is doubly terminated, blue with slightly greenish areas. They are transparent, very bright and with crystals of Chabazite and well formed Prehnite crystals completely coating the back side and the top of the Zoisite crystals.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2011 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’, special edition, number 100, page 132, and has been referenced and figured in the book "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés" (page 430)
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region  Tanzania (2010)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 4.1 × 1.5 cm = 1.65” × 1.61” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 1.4 cm = 1.38” × 0.55”

Zoisite (variety tanzanite) with Prehnite and Chabazite. Front
Front
Zoisite (variety tanzanite) with Prehnite and Chabazite. Rear
Rear
Zoisite
Zoisite. Front
Front
Zoisite. Rear
Rear
 

EF59T0: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2011. Very transparent and bright parallel growth with a pink! color that appears with special intensity in some areas of the crystal.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2011 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’, special edition, number 100, page 132, the magazine ‘Rivista Mineralogica Italiana’ on page 191 in number 2011/3, and in the book "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés" (page 431)
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region  Tanzania (2011)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.2 × 0.5 cm = 0.87” × 0.47” × 0.20”

Diopside
 

TM81AH6: A very sharp Diopside crystal with very well defined faces and edges and a perfect termination, very rich in faces. It is bright, completely transparent, with a very intense and uniform color and has small Graphite inclusions.
We’ll send the sample in its original Perkin’s box from the R.J. Noble collection, also containing the collection label.
Samax Mine, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region  Tanzania

Specimen size: 2 × 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.79” × 0.28” × 0.16”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Diopside. Diopside.
Diopside with Titanite and Graphite
Diopside with Titanite and Graphite. Front
Front
Diopside with Titanite and Graphite. Side
Side
Diopside with Titanite and Graphite. Top
Top
 

TH26S3: A novelty at Tucson 2010. With the exceptional Tanzanite with Prehnite also appeared from Merelani some crystals of Diopside of notable size. This one has an excellent development of the upper terminal faces. It is transparent with an intense color and has an associated curious dark Titanite crystal that we analyzed. It also has small crystals of graphite on the back side.
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region  Tanzania (2010)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.5 × 1.7 cm = 1.73” × 0.98” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1.6 cm = 1.26” × 0.63”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Tremolite
 

EA27W1: Aggregate of very elongated and flattened prismatic crystals with good terminations. They are translucent, bright and have an unusual and really intense green color, very rare for the species. Another representative species from Merelani.
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region  Tanzania (2011)

Specimen size: 7 × 1.6 × 1 cm = 2.76” × 0.63” × 0.39”

Fluorescent short UV
Tremolite. Front
Front
Tremolite. Rear
Rear
Dravite
Dravite. Front
Front
Dravite. Rear
Rear
 

TD47AI8: Floater parallel aggregate of doubly terminated Dravite crystals that are between transparent and translucent, very bright, with inclusions and that have a uniform dark brown color.
The sample is from the mineral reserve of John S. White whose label we will send to the buyer.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2020, page 60
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region  Tanzania

Specimen size: 4.7 × 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 1.85” × 0.63” × 0.59”

John S. White mineral reserve

Tunisia

Tyrolite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Tyrolite
 

TBC27AP9: Centered aggregates on matrix of bright lamellar crystals with an intense color. The specimen comes from an undetermined locality, although Tyrolite has been reported from Tunisia.
Oued Mahisser, Sidi Ali Ben Abdallah, Zatfoura, Jendouba Governorate  Tunisia

Specimen size: 8.4 × 4.9 × 3.4 cm = 3.31” × 1.93” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.20” × 0.08”

Tyrolite. Tyrolite.
Tyrolite.
Cerussite
Cerussite. Front
Front
Cerussite. Rear
Rear

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Cerussite
 

EPK97AP6: Cerussite crystals with a very well developed cyclic twin, with prismatic and pseudo pyramidal faces, totally or partially doubly terminated and translucent. Very lustrous and on matrix.
The specimen, a rarity of great quality for the locality, comes from the collection of Michel Perraudin (number 177)
Ressas-Touireuf Mine, Touireuf mines, Djebel Touireuf, Jendouba, Jendouba Governorate  Tunisia

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3 × 2.3 cm = 1.65” × 1.18” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.4 cm = 0.91” × 0.55”

Very fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Michel Perraudin
Anglesite with Galena
 

ED68V0: Group of short prismatic crystals, rich in faces, between transparent and translucent, with a lemon yellow color and on Galena matrix. The sample is from a very classic locality for the species. Only very rarely is it possible to obtain old samples of this quality, and still more infrequently with a yellow color. It’s from a well known European collection whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Sidi Amor ben Salem Mine, Slata, Tajerouine  Tunisia

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.1 × 2.9 cm = 2.28” × 1.22” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.6 cm = 0.83” × 0.63”

Anglesite with Galena. Front
Front
Anglesite with Galena. Side
Side
Fluorite with inclusions
Fluorite with inclusions. Front
Front
Fluorite with inclusions. Top
Top
 

LP89AK0: Group of very sharp, transparent and very bright crystals with small inclusions, almost colorless but with intense and fine violet colors on the edges. The specimen, of extraordinary quality for what is known at the site, is from the Philippe Morelon collection (number 803) whose label, which includes more information on the back, will be sent to the buyer.
Hammam-Zriba Mine, Zriba, Zaghouan Governorate  Tunisia (2008)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.3 × 4.5 cm = 2.44” × 1.69” × 1.77”

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

Former collection of Philippe Morelon

Zambia

Twinned Rutile
 

MA63L8: Group of Rutile crystals that show perfect cyclic twins on a matrix of Limonite and Quartz. Very bright, striated faces and deep red color transparency and reflections visible under an intense light. Although the first locality given in the market was D.R. of Congo, we can give the correct locality as Zambia, close to the D.R. of Congo border.
Kinyanfumbe  Zambia (2007)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.3 × 2.6 cm = 1.22” × 0.91” × 1.02”

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

Twinned Rutile.
Twinned Rutile
Twinned Rutile.
Twinned Rutile.
Twinned Rutile.
 

MB60L8: Group of Rutile crystals, one of them with a good size. On a Limonite matrix that resembles a conglomerate. Rutile crystals display a perfect example of the classic cyclic twin. Very bright, striated faces and deep red color transparency and reflections visible under an intense light. Although the first locality given in the market was D.R. of Congo, we can give the correct locality as Zambia, close to the D.R. of Congo border.
Kinyanfumbe  Zambia (2007)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 4.1 × 3.2 cm = 1.26” × 1.61” × 1.26”

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

Twinned Rutile
 

MA61L8: Group of Rutile crystals that show perfect cyclic twins on a matrix formed by Rutile, Limonite and a bit of Quartz. Very bright, striated faces and deep red color transparency and reflections visible under an intense light. Although the first locality given in the market was D.R. of Congo, we can give the correct locality as Zambia, close to the D.R. of Congo border.
Kinyanfumbe  Zambia (2007)

Specimen size: 5 × 4 × 2.9 cm = 1.97” × 1.57” × 1.14”

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

Twinned Rutile.
Twinned Rutile.
Malachite with Chrysocolla
Malachite with Chrysocolla. Malachite with Chrysocolla.
 

MX66S3: Centered and fanlike growths of acicular crystals of Malachite with very deep, intense and uniform color, and with scoriaceous growths of very clear green Chrysocolla.
Nkana Mine, Kitwe  Zambia

Specimen size: 11.2 × 9 × 2.6 cm = 4.41” × 3.54” × 1.02”

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

Libethenite
 

TV96AL8: Group of very sharp dipyramidal Libethenite crystals with well defined faces and edges, bright and with a deep and uniform green color. On matrix with Chrysocolla.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Nkana Mine (Rokana Mine), Mindola pit, Kitwe, Kitwe District, Copperbelt Province  Zambia

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

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

Former collection of Bob Noble
Libethenite. Libethenite.
Libethenite
Libethenite. Front
Front
Libethenite. Top
Top
 

TG89L3: The definitive thumbnail. Extremely well defined Libethenite crystals, with marked pseudo-octahedral habit. Very deep green color, excellent luster and on matrix.
This sample was collected by K. J. Reid in November, 1976, and there is a good paper about this deposit on The Mineralogical Record (Vol. 9 n. 6, Nov.-Dec. 1978)
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 26 in number 2008/2
Nkana Mine (Rokana Mine), Mindola pit, Kitwe, Kitwe District, Copperbelt Province  Zambia (11/1976)

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.83” × 0.63” × 0.55”

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

Libethenite
 

EB36AL8: Elongated crystal of Libethenite on matrix, doubly terminated, and very rich in polycrystalline growths. With good luster and a very deep and uniform green color.
The specimen is accompanied by the collector's card, Dr. K.J. Reid, in which the date of the find is handwritten and signed.
Nkana Mine (Rokana Mine), Mindola pit, Kitwe, Kitwe District, Copperbelt Province  Zambia (06/11/1976)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.4 × 1.1 cm = 1.18” × 0.94” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.5 cm = 0.43” × 0.20”

Former collection of K.J. Reid
Libethenite. Libethenite.
Libethenite
Libethenite. Libethenite.
 

TV6AK7: Group of tetrahedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges, lustrous, very deep and uniform green color, on matrix. A Zambian classic that we will send in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also includes a label indicating that the piece was previously in the Sullivan collection.
Nkana Mine (Rokana Mine), Kitwe, Kitwe Dstrict, Copperbelt Province  Zambia

Specimen size: 3.2 × 1.9 × 1.4 cm = 1.26” × 0.75” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Libethenite with Malachite
 

EA14AL8: Group of very sharp dipyramidal Libethenite crystals with well defined faces and edges, bright and with an intense and vivid green color. On matrix and with Malachite.
The specimen is accompanied by the collector's card, Dr. K.J. Reid, in which the date of the find is handwritten and signed.
Nkana Mine (Rokana Mine), Mindola pit, Kitwe, Kitwe District, Copperbelt Province  Zambia (06/11/1976)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.4 × 1.9 cm = 1.34” × 0.94” × 0.75”

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

Former collection of K.J. Reid
Libethenite with Malachite. Libethenite with Malachite.
Libethenite
Libethenite. Libethenite.
 

EC67AL8: Elongated crystal of Libethenite on matrix, doubly terminated, very rich in polycrystalline growths, good luster and a very deep and uniform green color.
The specimen is accompanied by the collector's card, Dr. K.J. Reid, in which the date of the find is handwritten and signed.
This specimen has been published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What's New’ section, report 57, August 30, 2020 edition, page 5
Nkana Mine (Rokana Mine), Mindola pit, Kitwe, Kitwe District, Copperbelt Province  Zambia (06/11/1976)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.8 × 2.1 cm = 1.42” × 1.10” × 0.83”

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

Former collection of K.J. Reid
Libethenite
 

ED67AL8: Polycrystalline growth of Libethenite crystals with very sharp faces and edges, good luster and a very deep and uniform green color. On matrix.
The specimen is accompanied by the collector's card, Dr. K.J. Reid, in which the date of the find is handwritten and signed.
Nkana Mine (Rokana Mine), Mindola pit, Kitwe, Kitwe District, Copperbelt Province  Zambia (06/11/1976)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3 × 2.3 cm = 1.61” × 1.18” × 0.91”

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

Former collection of K.J. Reid
Libethenite. Libethenite.
Libethenite
Libethenite. Libethenite.
 

TE99L1: Very sharp, complex and excellent luster Libethenite crystals on matrix. The specimen comes from a one of the most classical Libethenite localities, where nowadays it is quite difficult to find fresh and high quality specimens.
This sample was collected by K. J. Reid in November, 1976, and there is a good paper about this deposit on The Mineralogical Record (Vol. 9 n. 6, Nov.-Dec. 1978)
Nkana Mine (Rokana Mine), Mindola pit, Kitwe, Kitwe District, Copperbelt Province  Zambia (11/1976)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.6 × 3 cm = 1.77” × 1.42” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 0.59” × 0.55”

Libethenite
 

EE86AL8: Polycrystalline growth of Libethenite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, very lustrous and with a very deep and uniform green color. On matrix.
The specimen is accompanied by the collector's card, Dr. K.J. Reid, in which the date of the find is handwritten and signed.
Nkana Mine (Rokana Mine), Mindola pit, Kitwe, Kitwe District, Copperbelt Province  Zambia (06/11/1976)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.5 × 3.5 cm = 2.64” × 2.17” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”

Former collection of K.J. Reid
Libethenite. Libethenite.
Libethenite
Libethenite. Libethenite.
 

MC57S3: Druse of dipyramidal crystals, with very well defined faces and edges and deep and uniform green color, on matrix.
Nchanga Mine, Chingola  Zambia

Specimen size: 10.2 × 7.5 × 3.6 cm = 4.02” × 2.95” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 0.15 × 0.15 cm = 0.06” × 0.06”

Libethenite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TFA87AO7: Druse, on matrix, of very sharp dipyramidal crystals with well defined faces and edges, with bright luster and a deep and uniform green color.
Nchanga Mine, Chingola, Chingola District, Copperbelt Province  Zambia

Specimen size: 11.4 × 8.4 × 6.2 cm = 4.49” × 3.31” × 2.44”

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

Libethenite. Libethenite.
Tarbuttite
Tarbuttite. Tarbuttite.
Tarbuttite.
 

TXA66AO0: Group of Tarbuttite crystals with unusually sharp crystal forms, transparent, highly lustrous, colorless, and on a limonite matrix. Its history is fascinating since Bob Noble's label states that its origin was the 1929 Vaux expedition and that the specimen belonged to the Philadelphia Academy collection.
We will send the specimen, from the type locality for the species, in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the aforementioned label.
Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Kabwe-Ka Mukuba), Kabwe District, Central Province  Zambia (±1929)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2 × 1.5 cm = 1.10” × 0.79” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”

Type locality

Former collection of Bob Noble
Tarbuttite
 

TA37AL5: Very aerial group of highly profiled Tarbuttite crystals, unusually transparent and sharp and on matrix. We will send the specimen, from the type locality for the species, in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, on which it appears that it was previously in the Jim & Dawn Minette collection.
Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Kabwe-Ka Mukuba), Kabwe District, Central Province  Zambia

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2 × 2.7 cm = 1.22” × 0.79” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.08”

Type locality

Former collection of Bob Noble

Fluorescent long UV & minor fluorescence short UV
Tarbuttite. Tarbuttite.
Tarbuttite
Tarbuttite. Front
Front
Tarbuttite. Rear
Rear
 

EB46AL9: Elongated crystals of Tarbuttite with sharp faces and edges, on a limonite matrix. Translucent, white and covered with small crystals of a second generation of lenticular crystals of the same Tarbuttite, with a color between reddish and creamy due to inclusions.
The specimen, from the type locality for the species, is accompanied by a card from the prospector and collector, Dr. K.J. Reid, in which the date of the find is handwritten and signed.
Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Kabwe-Ka Mukuba), Kabwe District, Central Province  Zambia (07/1976)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.5 × 1.8 cm = 1.57” × 1.38” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.3 cm = 0.39” × 0.12”

Type locality

Minor fluorescence short UV

Former collection of K.J. Reid
Tarbuttite
 

EB97AL9: Elongated crystals of Tarbuttite with sharp faces and edges, on a limonite matrix. Translucent, white and covered with small crystals of a second generation of lenticular crystals of the same Tarbuttite, with a color between reddish and creamy due to inclusions. The specimen, from the type locality for the species, is accompanied by a card from the prospector and collector, Dr. K.J. Reid, in which the date of the find is handwritten and signed.
Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Kabwe-Ka Mukuba), Kabwe District, Central Province  Zambia (07/1976)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.8 × 2 cm = 1.97” × 1.50” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.4 cm = 0.43” × 0.16”

Type locality

Minor fluorescence short UV

Former collection of K.J. Reid
Tarbuttite. Tarbuttite.
Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite. Front
Front
Pyromorphite. Rear
Rear
Pyromorphite.
Pyromorphite  

TY26T3: Aggregate of very acute crystals with slightly curved faces and edges, with clear green color and white areas and on limonite matrix. We note the locality, where the Pyromorphite is a not so common.
The sample is from John Marshall’s collection, whose label and card we’ll send to the buyer.
Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Kabwe-Ka Mukuba), Kabwe District, Central Province  Zambia

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.2 × 4.7 cm = 2.64” × 2.05” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.3 cm = 0.39” × 0.12”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

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