TT86Q6: Tabular crystals, two of them clearly dominant, very bright and with an excellent green color, with dipyramidal faces and geometrical color zoning, darker on pinacoidal faces. They are on a matrix of Albite crystals.
Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±2007)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.8 × 1.8 cm = 1.14” × 1.10” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.9 cm = 0.67” × 0.35”

TE98Z3: Uniaxial and spike-like growths of crystals formed by a dominant short prism, a pyramid and the pinacoid with a very deep and beautiful green color. The piece is very esthetic.
Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±2010)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 2.20” × 0.55” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.8 cm = 0.71” × 0.31”

MA46K4: A novelty from Munich 2007. We have had this Apatite analyzed and it is really Fluorapatite, as we guessed.
Uniaxial growth of crystals formed by the prism, the pyramid and the pinacoid, of beautiful green color and excellent luster. We are waiting an analysis to confirm the species, but we believe, due the morphology and the general aspect, they are Fluorapatite, but we are still uncertain because there is Hydroxylapatite at the locality.
Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2007)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 2.28” × 0.55” × 0.47”

TA53X2: Group of parallel growths of elongated prismatic crystals with dipyramidal terminations, most of them doubly terminated. They have clear green color and good luster. A nice natural sculpture.
Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (10/2010)

Specimen size: 10 × 7.5 × 4.2 cm = 3.94” × 2.95” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.87” × 0.28”

TBB47AO2: A very sharp and lustrous floater crystal with sharp crystal forms of Wodginite, a rare oxide of tin, tantalum and manganese, of large size and sharp for the species.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the collection of Robert J. (Bob) Noble, which
also contains the label.
Itatiaia, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.2 × 1.3 cm = 0.94” × 0.87” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.5 cm = 0.75” × 0.59”

TML46AO4: Group of very sharp Wodginite crystals, a rare oxide of tin, tantalum and manganese. One of the crystals is clearly dominant and aerial, with very well defined crystal forms, lustrous, and of great size for the species. We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Itatiaia, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.02” × 0.87” × 0.67”

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

TY48AL5: Floater crystal (sharp for the species) of Wodginite, a rare oxide of tin, tantalum and manganese, with sharp faces and edges, shiny and large for the species.
We will send the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Itatiaia, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2 × 1 cm = 1.06” × 0.79” × 0.39”

MD12L0: Very esthetic specimen, very rich in yellow laminar crystals, with well defined outlines, some of them forming rosettes.
Proberil Mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (06/2007)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 8.3 × 6 cm = 3.70” × 3.27” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 2.8 cm = 1.34” × 1.10”

TD16P9: Deeply striated pseudocubic crystal with small parallel growths on its faces. Luster is excellent.
Casa de Pedra Mine, Congonhas (Congonhas do Campo), Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.1 × 2.7 cm = 1.38” × 0.83” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 0.87” × 0.67”

TC87J3: Group of very complex crystals, extraordinarily rich in faces, with delicate striations and triangular forms of growth. It is very bright.
Casa de Pedra Mine, Congonhas do Campo, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.8 × 4 cm = 1.50” × 1.10” × 1.57”

TZ87J0: Groups of small crystals of very well defined faces and edges and excellent intense yellow color, on a group of laminar crystals of Albite and with small sheets of Mica (probably Muscovite).
Jenipapo District, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2003)

Specimen size: 12.2 × 8.2 × 5.4 cm = 4.80” × 3.23” × 2.13”

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

TM47K9: Great specimen! Probably one of the best ones ever found. Groups of small crystals, with excellent intense yellow color and well defined faces and edges. All on parallel and “book” growths of laminar Albite crystals. Matrix is coated by laminar crystals of Mica (probably Muscovite). A Museum display specimen.
Jenipapo District, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2003)

Specimen size: 13.5 × 12.5 × 8 cm = 5.31” × 4.92” × 3.15”

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

TK6K9: On the same specimen there are two very rare species. Beige crystals of Kosnarite with pinkish, radial aggregates of Zanazziite, on white Albite matrix. The Zanazziite has been carefully analyzed and the result is surprising: iron is nearly replaced by manganese (thus its pinkish shade), so we present it as manganoan Zanazziite. Matrix is Albite. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jenipapo District, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2002-2003)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 1.9 × 2.2 cm = 1.81” × 0.75” × 0.87”

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

TE96H4: On the same specimen there are two very rare species. Kosnarite in pseudo-octahedral, creamy, crystals with very sharp and bright faces and edges. The Zanazziite has been carefully analyzed and the result is surprising: iron is nearly replaced by manganese (thus its pinkish shade), so we present it as manganoan Zanazziite. Matrix is Albite. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jenipapo District, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2002-2003)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.6 × 6.1 cm = 2.52” × 2.20” × 2.40”

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

TG46AM5: Polycrystalline radial aggregates of Zanazziite, a rare phosphate of calcium, magnesium, and beryllium, translucent and pink and on an Albite matrix with Elbaite crystals. The analysis, of which we will send a copy to the buyer, shows an almost complete substitution of manganese for the normal subordinate iron, which is why we call it manganese-rich Zanazziite.
Jenipapo District, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2002-2003)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 5.4 × 4.2 cm = 2.72” × 2.13” × 1.65”

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

TF14W4: Single crystal with very well defined faces and edges, partially doubly terminated, translucent and with two well marked and contrasting colors, a dominant honey yellow and an intensely pinkish - almost mauve - shade at the right of the prism.
  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2 × 2.4 cm = 1.10” × 0.79” × 0.94”

GF27AD4: Floater and doubly terminated crystal. It is transparent and colorless, very bright and has polycrystalline forms on both terminations, suggesting that it must be from Teófilo Otoni area, although we cannot be sure of the locality.
Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 6.2 × 2.7 × 1.5 cm = 2.44” × 1.06” × 0.59”

RK63M3: Very transparent 'saramenha' Topaz with an uncommon light lilac color, and pink to violet tones. A gemmy miniature.
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 1.8 × 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.71” × 0.31” × 0.24”

EA96J8: The color it is exceptional, between deep pink and reddish with honey yellow shades. It has very well defined faces and edges, an intense luster and excellent transparency. Unlike the orange 'saramenha' Topaz, a classic locality, this has a neat fluorescence.
Rodrigo Silva District, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais  Brazil (03/2007)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 1.3 × 1.1 cm = 1.42” × 0.51” × 0.43”

EB76I5: Prismatic crystal which has very well marked forms of dissolution and some well defined faces. It forms a very interesting association, not previously observed, with the very rare Zanazziite. It is on a thin layer of Mica forming a coverage of small brown crystals, whose analysis will be sent to the buyer.
Teixerinha Mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3 × 2.8 cm = 1.46” × 1.18” × 1.10”

MB68T2: Crystal of Topaz with corroded forms on alternating flat and smooth crystalline surfaces. It is very transparent and has an excellent blue color, very vivid and uniform, and has small growths of Albite on its surface.
Teixerinha Mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais  Brazil (06-07/2006)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 2.5 × 2.1 cm = 2.05” × 0.98” × 0.83”

MF10L5: Topaz crystal with intense color and good brilliance. With a complex termination very rich in faces, where we can observe at least two pyramid forms and the pinacoid, along with two prisms. The base is a cleavage surface.
Topaz Mine, Antonio Pereira District, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais  Brazil (10/11/2007)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 1.3 × 1 cm = 1.69” × 0.51” × 0.39”

TL67J7: Doubly terminated prismatic crystal, transparent and with slight forms of dissolution on faces and edges giving it a rounded shape with abundant curves. The matrix is a group of prismatic crystals of Orthoclase, with recrystallization of Albite, small groups of Muscovite crystals and groups of small crystals of Fluorapatite, very fluorescent.
Sitio do Paraiso, Padre Paraiso, Minas Gerais  Brazil (02/2006)

Specimen size: 12.7 × 9 × 8 cm = 5.00” × 3.54” × 3.15”

Main crystal size: 8.5 × 3 cm = 3.35” × 1.18”

EE16J5: Floater crystal with complexly grooved surface typical of Spodumene. The color and transparency are magnificent.
Lavra do Urucum, Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 6.3 × 3 × 1.2 cm = 2.48” × 1.18” × 0.47”

TE13AH6: Very perfect floater with a very evident contact twin, transparent, bright and with a very intense and uniform color.
Capelinha, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.5 × 0.7 cm = 1.06” × 0.59” × 0.28”

MC26J4: A clear prismatic crystal with very well defined faces and edges and curious inclusions. Its luster is excellent.
Mãe dos Homens, Capelinha, Jequitinhonha , Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1970)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.4 × 1 cm = 1.30” × 0.94” × 0.39”

TR49H6: A sample of high quality, with a magnificent crystal, doubly terminated, transparent, bright and of an excellent aquamarine color. It is implanted on a floater group of flat Quartz crystals.
Equador, Parelhas, Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 15 × 6.2 × 2.7 cm = 5.91” × 2.44” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.8 cm = 0.59” × 0.31”

TA46I8: Very well-defined flat crystal with sharp outline and faces, transparent, bright and of an extraordinary color. The quality is rare for the species.
Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais  Brazil (06/1998)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.3 × 0.4 cm = 0.91” × 0.51” × 0.16”

TR56I8: A very well-defined flat crystal, on matrix, with sharp outline and faces, transparent, bright and of an extraordinary color. The quality is rare for the species. On the upper right termination there is a small, neat curved notch that on first impression looks like a fracture but, after a detailed observation, we think it is a growth defect.
Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais  Brazil (06/1998)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.5 × 2.1 cm = 1.57” × 1.38” × 0.83”

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

TB64L2: Esthetic group of Brazilianite crystals, all of them doubly terminated, good transparency and excellent luster and yellow greenish color. With a small Muscovite matrix.
João Lopes Claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (09/2007)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3 × 1.6 cm = 1.30” × 1.18” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 1 cm = 1.22” × 0.39”

TR36L1: Very sharp Brazilianite crystals, many of them doubly terminated, with excellent transparency, color and brilliance. On a white Albite matrix.
João Lopes Claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (11/2007)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4 × 3.5 cm = 1.85” × 1.57” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 1.2 cm = 1.38” × 0.47”

EP88T5: Group of elongated crystals, some of them doubly terminated. They are transparent, very bright and with a very intense yellow color and they are with leafy aggregates of Muscovite.
João Lopes Claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2011)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 2.5 × 3 cm = 2.09” × 0.98” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.94” × 0.47”

EQ78T5: Elongated crystal of Brazilianite partially doubly terminated. It is transparent, very bright and with a very intense yellow color. Its matrix is a leafy aggregate, with a star shape, of Muscovite crystals.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What’s New in the Mineral World?’ section, report #30, November 25, 2011 edition.
João Lopes Claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2011)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 2.8 × 1.4 cm = 2.09” × 1.10” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 4 × 1.8 cm = 1.57” × 0.71”

TK87J6: The crystal shows a parallel growth, with very well defined faces and edges, an excellent luster and a considerable transparency. The sample is almost complete except on its base, which clearly is a flat contact.
Jenipapo District, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (06/2005)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.5 × 3.3 cm = 2.01” × 1.77” × 1.30”

M58HA8: Brazilianite with Orthoclase. Different color from the usual Brazilianite (greener) and also aerial on top of the Orthoclase matrix.
Córrego Frio Mine, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (07/2000)

Specimen size: 7 × 4 cm = 2.76” × 1.57”

TBC93AO4: Druse of Brazilianite crystals, with sharp crystal forms, translucent, with good luster and an intense yellow color with greenish tones, and with leafy Muscovite aggregates on the back.
The specimen is from the type locality for the species.
Córrego Frio Mine, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±2000)

Specimen size: 12.4 × 11 × 4.7 cm = 4.88” × 4.33” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.8 cm = 1.02” × 0.71”

TG98H9: Doubly terminated crystal of very well defined faces and edges, on a matrix of Albite partially covered by thin prismatic, yellowish-green crystals of Muscovite. Curiously the faces of the crystal are brighter on the back, which is not clearly shown in the picture. The color is excellent.
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 2.8 × 2.3 cm = 1.77” × 1.10” × 0.91”

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

MR69: Bottom of the crystals are recrystallized. White Albite on its left hand corner and with the typical luster, partial transparency and sharp form of the best specimens from this find.
Afranio Mine, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2002)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.7 × 2.9 cm = 1.22” × 1.06” × 1.14”

MP60: Two doubly terminated parallel crystals, a little bit more brilliant than the others. The most esthetic specimen form of this find in our opinion. White Albite on its rear and on its bottom.
Afranio Mine, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2002)

Specimen size: 5 × 2.7 × 3.9 cm = 1.97” × 1.06” × 1.54”

MR99Q1: Complete crystal with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, of greenish-yellow color and having a very well marked twin. The crystal is on a thin matrix of pinkish Orthoclase. Of excellent quality for the species.
Virgem da Lapa, Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais  Brazil (07/2009)

Specimen size: 6 × 6 × 4 cm = 2.36” × 2.36” × 1.57”

MD51AB9: Doubly terminated and large (for the locality) crystal, with growth lines and very well defined dissolution forms. Its blue color is more intense than usual in samples from Virgem da Lapa. It has small aggregates of leafy Muscovite crystals.
Virgem da Lapa, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1970)

Specimen size: 10.3 × 9.5 × 7.5 cm = 4.06” × 3.74” × 2.95”

Main crystal size: 8 × 7.3 cm = 3.15” × 2.87”

TL48AL5: Group of Brazilianite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and very aerial, transparent, very lustrous, with a uniform and vivid color and on a matrix of lamellar Muscovite crystals.
We will send the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Telírio claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.2 × 1.4 cm = 1.34” × 0.87” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 1.5 cm = 1.34” × 0.59”

TXM97AN9: Very aerial group of prismatic Brazilianite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, transparent, with a very bright luster and an intense yellow color, on an Albite matrix.
This specimen is from the Richard M. Meiners III collection (number B008), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Telírio claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 5.9 × 2.8 × 2.3 cm = 2.32” × 1.10” × 0.91”

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

EFQ88AN7: Good size, doubly terminated and very sharp crystals of Brazilianite. They are transparent, with a bright luster and a very vivid color, on an Albite matrix. With small, very sharp crystals of Greifensteinite, a rare calcium, iron and beryllium phosphate.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 877), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Telírio claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2018)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.4 × 4.4 cm = 2.83” × 1.73” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.1 cm = 0.83” × 0.43”

EHJ50AP2: Group of sharp and profiled crystals of Brazilianite, some of them very rich in faces and terminations, others partially doubly terminated. Yellowish and lustrous, with some translucent crystals and on a matrix of white Albite. From the well-known pegmatite region of Aimores in Brazil, one of the classic deposits for this type of specimen.
Telírio claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 10.6 × 8.3 × 4.4 cm = 4.17” × 3.27” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 1.1 cm = 1.61” × 0.43”

TW49L7: Excellent twinned crystal of this rare lithium phosphate. Very transparent and intense yellow color, with well defined faces and edges and excellent brilliance, that makes clear the twin plane.
This specimen is accompanied by the label of the Wendy and Frank Melanson collection, from Canada. We will send the label to the buyer.
Telírio claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±2001)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.3 × 0.6 cm = 1.69” × 0.91” × 0.24”

NV60G8: Pyrrothite forms very sharp lamellar crystals of a marked hexagonal contour, all over white lenticular crystals of Calcite, all covering a group of clear prisms of Quartz.
Morro Velho, Nova Lima, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1970)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.5 × 3.8 cm = 2.32” × 1.77” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.24” × 0.12”

TQ66G0: Globular growth, practically spherical, a floater, of platy crystals. The development of the crystals and their luster are excellent for this rare calcium and tin silicate.
Corrego do Urucum, Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2004)

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

NM26L1: Double spheroidal growth of well defined crystals of this rare calcium and tin silicate. With small Plumbomicrolite orange crystals.
Corrego do Urucum, Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2007)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.2 × 2.3 cm = 1.18” × 0.87” × 0.91”

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

MG57J7: The locality is very uncommon for the species and the crystals, that form acute dipyramids, also have an uncommon color. The matrix is a parallel growth of two Quartz crystals with abundant inclusions.
Cuiabá, Gouveia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2004)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2 × 1.9 cm = 1.38” × 0.79” × 0.75”

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

EA10E6: Very aerial crystals that are spread out nicely across the matrix of Albite. The fact that the latter is white gives a good contrast to the specimen and makes what is a rare, but often not that appealing, mineral into an esthetic specimen.
Navegadora claim (Orozimbo claim), Penha do Norte, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (03/03)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.3 × 1.7 cm = 1.97” × 1.69” × 0.67”

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

EH36H8: Crystals have a tetrahedral habit, they are well defined and form groups esthetically aligned and contrasting on a white matrix of Albite.
Navegadora claim (Orozimbo claim), Penha do Norte, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (05/2004)

Specimen size: 7 × 4.5 × 3 cm = 2.76” × 1.77” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.28” × 0.24”

TA89V1: Very sharp tetrahedral crystals of Helvine whose color changes between yellow and black, suggesting the presence of more than a single species on each crystal. They are implanted on a matrix of Albite (Cleavelandite), with leafy aggregates and crystals of Muscovite.
Navegadora claim (Orozimbo claim), Penha do Norte, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2004)

Specimen size: 15 × 12 × 8.5 cm = 5.91” × 4.72” × 3.35”

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

MD63L0: Groups of very acute Olivenite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, totally or partially covered by botryoidal Malachite and a color that contrasts with the dark Limonite matrix. The specimen comes from a locality not yet well known.
Núbia, Ibitiara, Bahia  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.4 × 5.5 cm = 3.03” × 2.52” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.2 cm = 0.35” × 0.08”

MR13K4: A sharp crystal of very sharp faces and edges and good color and luster. On Quartz matrix.
Novo Horizonte, Bahia  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 4 × 2.8 × 2.5 cm = 1.57” × 1.10” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.55” × 0.16”

MC10I8: Prismatic crystal, small but perfectly defined, that has an uncommon degree of transparency. Color and luster are excellent. The crystal is on a partially doubly terminated crystal of Quartz with included needles of Rutile.
Novo Horizonte, Bahia  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.3 × 1.5 cm = 1.65” × 0.91” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.4 cm = 0.31” × 0.16”

EM29Y1: A very recently discovered new species that has been approved by the IMA this year. The sample, a flattened crystal with very well defined faces and edges, gray color with brownish shades and a good luster, was personally collected by Luiz Menezes, first author of the article that describes the species.
With the sample we’ll send a signed Luiz Menezes label.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What’s New in the Mineral World?’ section, report #35, August 14, 2013 edition and in the magazine ‘Lapis’ on page 48, volume 40, number 9, September 2015
Novo Horizonte, Bahia  Brazil (04/2013)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.5 × 0.7 cm = 0.79” × 0.59” × 0.28”

VP37AB8: Multiple “elbow” Rutile twin. It is bright, has very well defined faces and edges, a fine growth striation and it has a reddish color. The sample is from a not widely reported Brazilian locality but that is well known for its complex Rutile twins.
Pirenópolis, Goiás, Central-West Region  Brazil

Specimen size: 6 × 5 × 4,8 cm = 2.36” × 1.97” × 1.57”

EE63R4: Aggregates of small crystals of Fluorapatite, most of them doubly terminated. The crystals are very bright and have a vivid blue color. They are with Quartz, Muscovite and crystals of Albite partially coated by small groups of Bertrandite crystals, visible under a magnifying glass, that are of excellent quality, clear, bright and many of them doubly terminated. We'll send a copy of the Bertrandite analysis to the buyer.
Machadão pegmatite, Golconda pegmatite, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (05/2010)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.1 × 2.7 cm = 1.73” × 1.22” × 1.06”

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

EB12R4: Aggregates of small crystals of Fluorapatite, most of them doubly terminated. The crystals are very bright and have a vivid blue color. They are with Quartz, Muscovite and crystals of Albite partially coated by small groups of Bertrandite crystals, visible under a magnifying glass, that are of excellent quality, clear, bright and many of them doubly terminated. We'll send a copy of the Bertrandite analysis to the buyer.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 45 in number 2011/1
Machadão pegmatite, Golconda pegmatite, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (05/2010)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 3.2 × 2.4 cm = 2.60” × 1.26” × 0.94”

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

TF99G9: The color and the development of crystals are magnificent, typical for the locality, and also their disposition on the Albite matrix. But we must specially emphasize its size, very much bigger than usual.
Ipê Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais  Brazil (11/2005)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4 × 2.5 cm = 1.77” × 1.57” × 0.98”

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

TX60H3: A recent find. Crystal has bigger size than usual for this uncommon species and has faces and edges quite sharp and bright and contrasting with the matrix of Quartz and Muscovite.
Quixabá Mine, Frei Martinho, Paraíba  Brazil (2005-2006)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.6 × 3.1 cm = 1.10” × 1.02” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.39” × 0.31”

MA51J8: Curious group of crystals with dissolution forms that partially mask a large number of very well defined faces. Its color, transparency and, especially the luster are excellent.
Corrego do Urucum, Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±2000)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.1 × 3.4 cm = 2.01” × 1.22” × 1.34”

EQ52S1: Thick tabular floater crystal of Beryl (Morganite), with completely transparent areas and of very intense pink color, with small crystals of Elbaite and with Albite (Cleavelandite).
Corrego do Urucum, Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1972)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.3 × 3.7 cm = 2.91” × 2.09” × 1.46”

TC17G1: Two prismatic crystals with well-defined faces and edges, of very good color, on a small matrix of Albite. On the tips there is very clear zonation of color, going to near colorless. Very esthetic.
Xanda Mine, Virgem da Lapa, Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2005)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.3 × 1.2 cm = 1.30” × 0.91” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 0.8 cm = 1.22” × 0.31”

NA27D7: Nice natural golden color in this Brazilian heliodor. Quite transparent as it is not that thick, which is almost certainly the reason for which it was not cut and can be offered as a collector's specimen.
Pau Alto, Coronel Murtra  Brazil (2002)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 1.8 × 0.9 cm = 2.87” × 0.71” × 0.35”

MM86AM6: Group of Chrysoberyl crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with the complete cyclic twins known as “sixlings”. Transparent, lustrous, and deep yellow 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.
Itaguaçu, Espirito Santo, Sudeste Region  Brazil

Specimen size: 1.4 × 1.3 × 1 cm = 0.55” × 0.51” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.39” × 0.28”

EB88X0: Floater group of Topaz crystals unusually sharp and all doubly terminated and complete, transparent, very bright and with parallel growths.
Mimoso do Sul, Espirito Santo  Brazil

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.8 × 2.7 cm = 2.01” × 1.89” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 2.3 cm = 1.77” × 0.91”

NA89AJ8: A Chrysoberyl crystal with an unusual, not twinned, elongated prismatic shape with perfect terminal faces. It is between translucent and transparent, and is very bright.
The sample is from the Carlos Prieto collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Colatina, Espirito Santo, Sudeste Region  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.94” × 0.47” × 0.39”

TC27N9: A twin of two crystals, of a good size for the species, of very intense color and luster. At the bottom, the crystal is thiner and elongated giving its shape a very aerial form.
Tancredo, Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo  Brazil (1990)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 1.06” × 0.59” × 0.47”

TH90S1: Complete cyclic twin, tabular and on matrix. The twin, with the typical profile of a six pointed star, is translucent, of deep green color under daylight (fluorescent), acquiring reddish shades when it is under an incandescence light.
Carnaíba mining district, Campo Formoso ultramafic complex, Pindobaçu, Centro-Norte Baiano, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil (±2000)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.7 × 1.1 cm = 1.30” × 1.06” × 0.43”

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

TT96F2: Both the faces and the edges of this crystal are perfectly defined. The change in color between sunlight and bulb light is very typical of this variety of Chrysoberyl.
Carnaíba mining district, Campo Formoso ultramafic complex, Pindobaçu, Centro-Norte Baiano, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil (2004)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.2 × 1.2 cm = 1.38” × 0.87” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.51”

EV64V1: Group of crystals, one of them clearly dominant, formed by a very short prism and a very much flattened rhombohedron on the terminations. They are colorless, transparent and bright. From a Brazilian locality that is a classic for the species.
São Miguel de Piracicaba, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.75” × 0.55” × 0.43”

TC76F6: Doubly-terminated growth on a single axis, in which various forms of the double pyramid dominate. The lack of matrix is compensated for by the great definition and brilliance of this floater.
The specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Rocks & Minerals’ on page 312 in the volume 82, number 4.
Santa Teresinha  Brazil

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.3 × 2 cm = 1.30” × 0.91” × 0.79”

EX46T4: Very bright transparent gemmy trapezohedral crystals of Spessartine. They have a vivid orange color and are on Albite matrix with a small crystal of Spodumene (variety kunzite).
The sample is with a Deyrolle (Paris) label that we'll send to the buyer.
Araçuaí, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3 × 2.4 cm = 1.46” × 1.18” × 0.94”

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

VR47Z4: Parallel aggregates of very sharp Albite (variety cleavelandite) crystals. They are between transparent and translucent and are partially coated by white sharp feldspar (probably Orthoclase) crystals.
Paraná  Brazil (±1973)

Specimen size: 16.5 × 9.5 × 4.6 cm = 6.50” × 3.74” × 1.81”

TA27AC5: Floater 0.48 carat complete Diamond crystal. It is octahedral, transparent, bright and slightly yellow.
Areinha claim, Jequitinhonha river, Diamantina, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 0.4 × 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12” × 0.12”

TB97AC5: Floater 0.53 carat complete Diamond crystal. It has the predominant dodecahedron form and it is transparent, bright and slightly yellow.
Areinha claim, Jequitinhonha river, Diamantina, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 0.4 × 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.16” × 0.12”

EC36H9: The sample is from a recent find of this rare manganese phosphate. Its crystals are very well defined, have an excellent color and luster and are very big for the species. They are with pink crystals of Hureaulite. This is a magnificent opportunity to obtain the two species but we especially note the Correianevesite, really of an exceptional quality.
We will deliver to the buyer a copy of the analysis.
The specimen has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Lapis’ on page 43, volume 39, number 3, March 2014 and in the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ page 81 of number 4/2014
Cigana Mine (Jocão Mine), Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (04-05/2006)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 4.3 × 4.4 cm = 1.73” × 1.69” × 1.73”

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

MG16P4: A very rich group of small crystals of Hureaulite, well defined and of excellent color, very deep, and lustrous, partially coated by dark small crystals of Correianevesite and on a matrix very rich in Rockbridgeite. A recent study of the crystals from the Cigana Mine that in 2006 were identified as Reddingite has shown the discovery of the rare species Correianevesite. So, the old Reddingite from Cigana must be renamed as Correianevesite, being Cigana Mine, at Galiléia, the type locality. We’ll send a copy of the analysis of the original “Reddingite” to the buyer.
Cigana Mine (Jocão Mine), Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (08-09/2006)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.9 × 4.2 cm = 2.28” × 1.54” × 1.65”

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

EF26J1: The specimen is form the recent find in 2006. The crystals, grouped as fans, are very well defined, have an excellent color and are very bright. They are with very deep pink crystals of Hureaulite. As we usually do with species, or we rare samples, we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Cigana Mine (Jocão Mine), Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (04-05/2006)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 4 × 2.8 cm = 2.87” × 1.57” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.20” × 0.12”

MZ26L2: Excellent specimen of this uncommon manganese phosphate. Correianevesite crystals are well defined, with good color, brilliance and size for the species. The matrix consisists of delicate rosettes of prismatic Hureaulite crystals, very sharp and with good brilliance, with pinkish tones. On the base there is a growth of crystalline and deep blue Strengite with small Triphylite crystals. As we usually do with rare species, we will send a copy of the analysis of the Correianevesite and Triphylite to the buyer.
Cigana Mine (Jocão Mine), Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (08-09/2006)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 5.3 × 7.4 cm = 2.99” × 2.09” × 2.91”

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

EX49Y3: Very well defined Correianevesite crystals on matrix with a considerable size and quality in some areas on the sample, with a dark brown color, and with groups of pink Hureaulite crystals and dark green, almost black, botryoidal growths of Rockbridgeite. A recent study of the crystals from the Cigana Mine that in 2006 were identified as Reddingite has shown the discovery of this new and rare species. So, the old Reddingite from Cigana must be renamed as Correianevesite, being Cigana Mine, at Galiléia, the type locality. We’ll send a copy of the analysis of the original “Reddingite” to the buyer.
Cigana Mine (Jocão Mine), Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (04-05/2006)

Specimen size: 9.1 × 7 × 6.7 cm = 3.58” × 2.76” × 2.64”

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

TT96AL5: Complete, highly profiled, bright, transparent tabular crystal with color zoning, more concentrated in the central area, on a Quartz matrix.
We will send the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.87” × 0.75” × 0.31”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 0.67” × 0.63”

MR26AL2: Crystal with very well defined faces and edges, with perfect termination, clear and much richer in crystalline forms than usual. The crystal, transparent and with very good luster, is polychrome, with two very marked color zones, red at the base and green at the terminal zone, and is partially covered with small 'lepidolite' crystals. A beauty.
Pederneira claim, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2 × 2 cm = 1.38” × 0.79” × 0.79”

TQ26Q6: Very bright and transparent crystal of very well defined faces and edges and an excellent rhombohedral termination. The color is uniform green with neat bluish shades.
Pederneira claim, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 1.54” × 0.28” × 0.24”

TX87Q1: Group of transparent crystals of excellent luster and color, very deep and uniform. Most of the crystals have acute terminations rich in faces. They are with small mauve crystals of 'lepidolite'
Pederneira claim, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.4 × 3.2 cm = 2.20” × 1.34” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 1.2 cm = 1.65” × 0.47”

TE28: Thick Elbaite crystal recrystallized on its bottom and with another Elbaite crystal crossing it. Minor 'lepidolite' is associated with it. The feature of this specimen is its unusual blue tip.
An original label from the collector Steve Smale will be provided to the customer.
Pederneira claim, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 6 × 3 × 2.8 cm = 2.36” × 1.18” × 1.10”

MD13P4: Very aerial and esthetic group of three transparent crystals of a color between green and blue and with small crystals of Albite. In very good condition, all terminations are complete except one which is fixed to the metacrylate base.
Pederneira claim, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (1995)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 4.3 × 1.6 cm = 2.72” × 1.69” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 6 × 0.7 cm = 2.36” × 0.28”

EG49AK8: Doubly terminated floater polychrome Elbaite crystal, transparent and lustrous, more blue in the center of the crystal and green at the ends, together with a sharp Hydroxylherderite crystal.
Virgem da Lapa, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 6.5 × 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 2.56” × 0.28” × 0.24”

EF89AM4: Sharp Elbaite crystal with parallel growths and a sharp pinacoidal termination. Translucent, with good luster and an intense green color, on a matrix of Albite with 'lepidolite' Mica.
The specimen is from the Peter Rosewarne collection (number Rc550), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Urubu Mine, Monte Belo, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 7.5 × 6.7 × 4.5 cm = 2.95” × 2.64” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 1.8 cm = 1.61” × 0.71”

MF30AL5: Elongated Elbaite crystal with polycrystalline terminations, transparent, bright, deep bluish green and with small coatings of lamellar 'lepidolite' crystals at the base and on the terminations.
Pederneira claim, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 7.6 × 1 × 1 cm = 2.99” × 0.39” × 0.39”

TK26Q6: The piece is as esthetic as mineralogically interesting. Elongated, with very well defined faces and edges and green color with bluish areas on its intermediate zone. Its termination is sharp and complete, formed by the flat face of the pinacoid and the faces of a rhombohedron. In its lower termination the crystal is partially hollowed and has acicular growths of the same Elbaite and furthermore it is joined on its back to a skeletal wall of a second crystal, also with acicular growths.
Pederneira claim, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 3.3 × 2.3 cm = 3.39” × 1.30” × 0.91”

EF46AM5: Group of Elbaite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, between transparent and translucent, lustrous, and with geometric color zoning. The main crystal is complete and several of the secondary ones show the typical pegmatite formation fractures. This piece comes from the Peter Rosewarne collection (number Rc560) whose label we will send to the buyer.

Cruzeiro Mine, Santa Maria do Suaçui, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 9.3 × 5.6 × 5 cm = 3.66” × 2.20” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 8.1 × 2 cm = 3.19” × 0.79”

TJ68D8: Great crystal of twin color Tourmaline (Elbaite) which stands upright on the lightly smoky Quartz. As often happens with pegmatite minerals, the bottom of the Elbaite and Quartz shows a natural fracture that was then healed. So while one cannot call it doubly terminated it is not broken either. Great esthetics.
Pederneira claim, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (1999)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 4 × 3.8 cm = 2.91” × 1.57” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 1.2 cm = 1.46” × 0.47”

TE66H3: Scepter growth of a double parallel prism with a complex termination with rhombohedral faces. Its color is extraordinary, deep blue without green shades, so common in this type of crystal.
Pederneira claim, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2005)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 1.8 × 1.4 cm = 1.34” × 0.71” × 0.55”

TP66H3: Two prismatic crystals, one of them doubly terminated, with excellent color and luster on a crystal of doubly terminated Quartz and the presence of minor Albite.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2020, page 68
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2004-2006)

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

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 0.7 cm = 0.98” × 0.28”

TM49K1: The crystal has an excellent, deep and very uniform color and extraordinary transparency. Its termination, very rich in faces, has a small coverage of an unidentified silicate.
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 1 × 0.8 cm = 2.91” × 0.39” × 0.31”

TR87J3: This specimen is especially esthetic. The prismatic crystals of very well defined faces and edges, of deep green color and extraordinary luster, are with doubly terminated 'lepidolite' crystals and they strongly contrast with the matrix of Feldspar (probably Orthoclase).
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 10.8 × 7 × 3.6 cm = 4.25” × 2.76” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 3 × 0.5 cm = 1.18” × 0.20”

TP97J5: The crystal is partially doubly terminated. One of its terminations has the bright and very well defined face of the pedion, meanwhile the faces of the opposite termination are clearly rhombohedral. The central zone of this termination is rough due to a contact.
Do Boqueirão Mine, Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2002)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 3.1 × 3.1 cm = 2.60” × 1.22” × 1.22”

TF96J5: Group of curious aspect because it is formed by very short prisms in which the triangular terminal form is dominant. Its color is very intense.
Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2007)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.50” × 1.34” × 0.55”

MX66M8: The crystal has a recrystallized termination while the other is complete. It has uniform green color, a good transparency and it is partially coated by small crystals of the variety Rubellite.
Cruzeiro Mine, Santa Maria do Suaçui, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (03-04/2008)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 1.7 × 1.3 cm = 1.89” × 0.67” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 4..4 × 0.9 cm = 1.57” × 0.35”

MT73N4: A curious growth in which the crystals, with a marked zonation of color, start successively one after one. The two most well-defined crystals are perfectly doubly terminated and show two different terminations, one with a flat pedion and the other with a pyramid. It is not repaired or reinforced and appears as Nature and the pegmatites made it.
Cruzeiro Mine, Santa Maria do Suaçui, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (03-04/2008)

Specimen size: 13 × 5.5 ×  3.2 cm = 5.12” × 2.17” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 11.7 × 1.7 cm = 4.61” × 0.67”

TE37J3: Prismatic crystal of very well defined faces and edges, both on the prism and on the pinacoidal termination. The crystal has a rich blue-green color and a considerable transparency (under intense light) and it is partially covered by 'lepidolite' and Quartz crystals.
Cruzeiro Mine, Santa Maria do Suaçui, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 5.6 × 2.3 × 2.7 cm = 2.20” × 0.91” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 5.6 × 1.6 cm = 2.20” × 0.63”

VC29Y9: A crystal with simple forms including the very well-marked curved trigonal prism and smooth pinacoidal termination. It has a very intense, uniform and deep blue color, masked by the crystal's thickness but easily visible with an intense light.
Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1973)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 3 × 2.5 cm = 3.31” × 1.18” × 0.98”

MM13P8: Deeply striated crystals with very well defined rhombohedral terminations. This feature gives the group a distinct velvet luster and an attractive clear greenish color. The sample is from Pirineus Mine, currently closed.
Lavra Pirineus, Monte Belo, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1995)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 2.9 × 2.3 cm = 1.81” × 1.14” × 0.91”

TH16J3: Prismatic crystal, very transparent, bright and blue with green shades. Its faces and edges are very well defined, especially on terminations with a zone deeper colored.
Lavra Pirineus, Monte Belo, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 5.3 × 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 2.09” × 0.35” × 0.28”

TK67J5: Group of two prismatic crystals, one of them doubly terminated and having one of the terminations unusually acute for the species. The color is very deep and its transparency is very good.
Lavra Pirineus, Monte Belo, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 5.9 × 1.3 × 0.7 cm = 2.32” × 0.51” × 0.28”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 0.6 cm = 2.05” × 0.24”

AH92P1: Very well defined Elbaite (Rubellite) crystal, not thick, with good uniform color, transparency and luster. The crystal grew implanted on a doubly terminated curious crystal of Quartz. The upper termination of the Elbaite crystal is recrystallized and the termination below is broken.
Virgem da Lapa, Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2007)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 3.1 × 1.7 cm = 2.44” × 1.22” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 1.1 cm = 1.77” × 0.43”

TH46AK5: A very free-standing crystal of Elbaite (verdelite variety) on Quartz matrix, with excellent termination, transparent, very bright and green with zoning of different
The specimen will be sent mounted in the original Perky box from the Bob Noble collection, which also contains the label that says Bob bought it in 1997 in Tucson from the Sullivan collection.
Santa Rosa Mine, Itambacuri, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 3.3 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 1.30” × 0.71” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 3 × 0.4 cm = 1.18” × 0.16”

TE49F3: A prismatic crystal typical of Santa Rosa, with notable transparency and brilliance. This makes the contrast between the red interior and green exterior more notable. A classic that is now hard to find.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2020, page 61
Santa Rosa Mine, Itambacuri, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1980)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 0.9 × 1 cm = 1.89” × 0.35” × 0.39”

EA56P5: Excellent crystallization for this variety, well known as "Paraiba" in gemology, whose characteristic is that it is almost unknown in complete crystals. For that reason, this piece must be considered as very unusual. The crystal is a doubly terminated floater, with two different terminations, one of them is acute and the opposite is flattened. Color and transparency are very good.
São José da Batalha, Paraíba  Brazil

Specimen size: 1.2 × 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.47” × 0.16” × 0.12”

EP47P3: Excellent crystallization for this variety, well known as "Paraíba" in gemology, whose characteristic is that it is almost unknown in defined crystals. For that reason, the piece must be considered as very unusual. The sample is an irregular prismatic crystal with a neat pinacoidal termination, transparent, bright and of excellent color. This variety is rare in collections because most of the crystals have been faceted as gems.
São José da Batalha, Paraíba  Brazil

Specimen size: 1.2 × 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.47” × 0.20” × 0.16”

EJ68P3: Excellent crystallization for this variety, well known as "Paraíba" in gemology, whose characteristic is that it is almost unknown in defined crystals. For that reason, the piece must be considered as very unusual. The sample is a doubly terminated floater crystal with very acute terminations of very well defined faces, transparent and with an excellent color. This variety is rare in collections because most of the crystals have been faceted as gems.
São José da Batalha, Paraíba  Brazil

Specimen size: 2 × 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.79” × 0.16” × 0.12”

EM88P5: Excellent crystallization for this variety, well known as "Paraiba" in gemology, which characteristic is that it is almost unknown in defined crystals. For that reason, the piece must be considered as very unusual. Doubly terminated floater crystal, the prism is progressively thicker and both terminations have a very pronounced curvature. Color and transparency are very good.
São José da Batalha, Paraíba  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.6 × 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 1.02” × 0.12” × 0.12”

TN66F5: In the form of a scepter with a pleasant mix of color, so this is an Elbaite with class. The color is gentle and also intense, especially given the luminous green, which is difficult to describe. A classic beauty.
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (1994)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 1.38” × 0.31” × 0.24”

TJ47D8: This one takes the first prize in originality. Not only is the main crystal gemmy, in its upper region there is another scepter crystal that crosses the first. All of them are doubly terminated, undamaged and floaters. The best of this unique find.
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (1994)

Specimen size: 4 × 1.9 × 1.3 cm = 1.57” × 0.75” × 0.51”

TB67N9: A bicolor crystal, typical of the locality, with excellent definition of its faces and a perfect, very sharp termination very rich in faces on the upper end, and more fibrous on the lower.
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2002-2003)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 1.3 × 1.2 cm = 2.13” × 0.51” × 0.47”

TW47M5: The crystal is formed by the six faces of the hexagonal prism and a very acute terminal pyramid. The color shows gradual changes, from the yellow at the base to reddish on the termination, passing through slight orange in the central zone.
Baixao Mine, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2001)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 1.54” × 0.35” × 0.28”

TU9B6: As you can see in the photo the color varies between red-yellow-green. The dominant color is a greenish yellow color and the crystal is totally gemmy. The crystal is not complete at the bottom but its tip is perfect.
Baixao Mine, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2001)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 1.42” × 0.28” × 0.24”

TNY6: As you can see in the photo the color varies between red-yellow-green. The dominant color is a greenish yellow color and the crystal is totally gemmy. The crystal is not complete at the bottom but its tip is perfect.
Baixao Mine, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2001)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 1 × 1 cm = 2.20” × 0.39” × 0.39”

EC99K6: Group of Aquamarine crystals of good color with an unusual morphology; clear curvatures of the prism faces, and terminated by a small pyramid. On Albite matrix with Muscovite.
Mimoso do Sul, Espirito Santo  Brazil (±1990)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.1 × 3.9 cm = 1.89” × 1.61” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 1.1 cm = 1.34” × 0.43”

TG16C5: Floater, complete in all sides, different with its etched faces but nevertheless with a good form. An old classic.
Jaqueto, Bahía  Brazil

Specimen size: 9.5 × 2.5 × 2 cm = 3.74” × 0.98” × 0.79”

TX76Q1: Parallel growth of intense green color and extraordinarily rich in terminal faces consisting of three pyramids and the pinacoid.
Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2004)

Specimen size: 3 × 1.6 × 1.6 cm = 1.18” × 0.63” × 0.63”

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

TD69J7: Doubly terminated prismatic crystal, transparent and of an good color. The main termination is very rich in pyramidal faces, combined with the flat pinacoidal face. The other termination is more complex and it is partially hidden by a second crystal, smaller and with abundant faces of dissolution.
Pancas, Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2005)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 2.6 × 3 cm = 2.83” × 1.02” × 1.18”

EE66L7: Doubly terminated Aquamarine crystal showing two different terminations. One of them with very curious rounded dissolution forms and the opposite has pyramid terminations. The prism faces are very rich in growth pits. Excellent transparency, good color and brilliance make this specimen a very interesting one.
Pica Pau deposit, Marambainha, Caraí, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2007)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 2.01” × 0.28” × 0.24”

MF97L7: Excellent specimen, both its size and the excellent state of preservation. Doubly terminated crystal with very different terminations. One of them is very acute with multiple pyramid faces showing curious dissolution curved forms; the opposite is flat deliniated by small pyramid faces crossed by pinacoid planes. Excellent transparency, good color and brilliance make this specimen a very exceptional one.
Pica Pau deposit, Marambainha, Caraí, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2007)

Specimen size: 15.3 × 1.3 × 1.1 cm = 6.02” × 0.51” × 0.43”

MA10J0: A parallel growth of two prismatic crystals with quite acute and very well defined pyramidal terminations. Color, luster and transparency are excellent. A small bit of Albite matrix appears at the base.
We especially like this specimen.
Catuji, Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±2005)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 2.4 × 2.1 cm = 2.09” × 0.94” × 0.83”

VR28Y9: Crystal with very well defined faces and edges and a very deep hollow termination. The color is quite deep blue, with a very well defined color zoning at the top and Muscovite inclusions on the prism faces.
Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1975)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.61” × 1.02” × 1.02”

VE72Y4: A floater and doubly terminated crystal. It is transparent and has a uniform blue color. Both terminations of the crystal are very different, one of them showing an excellent growth of pyramidal faces and a small pinacoidal surface and the opposite is flat, completely pinacoidal and with fine polycrystalline growths.
Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1975)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 2 × 1.6 cm = 2.01” × 0.79” × 0.63”

EGH87AN7: Beryl crystal with very sharp crystal forms, terminated by two pyramids with slight curvatures and beveled by the pinacoid. Transparent (gem quality), with internal dissolution channels, very lustrous and with an intense and uniform yellow color (heliodor variety)
Padre Paraíso, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 5.1 × 1 × 0.9 cm = 2.01” × 0.39” × 0.35”

EFX92AN7: Beryl crystal with very sharp crystal forms, terminated by two pyramids with slight curvatures and beveled by the pinacoid. Transparent (gem quality), with internal dissolution channels, very lustrous and with an intense and uniform yellow color (heliodor variety)
Padre Paraíso, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 7.1 × 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 2.80” × 0.63” × 0.59”

TM87L0: An interesting novelty of Tucson 2008 due to the quality and locality. Group of smoky Quartz crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with well defined faces and edges. Crystals are quite transparent with several inclusions, among others Chlorite.
Diamantina, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (11/2007)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 5.6 × 3.5 cm = 2.24” × 2.20” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 2.2 cm = 1.61” × 0.87”

CB99AD3: Very aerial drusy aggregate of partially doubly terminated crystals with parallel growths and deformations and curvatures on their faces and edges and with an intense color and a coating a matrix of smoky Quartz.
Ilha claim, Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2002)

Specimen size: 7 × 5 × 3.7 cm = 2.76” × 1.97” × 1.46”

TT98L0: An interesting novelty of Tucson 2008 due to the quality and locality. Group of smoky Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant and doubly terminated, with well defined faces and edges. Crystals are transparent with several inclusions, among others Chlorite.
Diamantina, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (11/2007)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 6.8 × 5.6 cm = 3.82” × 2.68” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 7.7 × 3.3 cm = 3.03” × 1.30”

TM70P9: Doubly terminates crystal of excellent transparency, luster and color and with abundant and esthetic inclusions. We must note slight damage on one of the terminal faces but we are sure it does not detract from the quality of this excellent sample.
Diamantina, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (11/2007)

Specimen size: 15.2 × 4.2 × 3.7 cm = 5.98” × 1.65” × 1.46”

VD38AA7: Aggregate of very sharp dipyramidal crystals without prism faces and with the dark color, almost black, typical of these samples, naturally irradiated by uranium minerals scattered throughout the rocks of the locality. An excellent Brazilian classic.
Recruta, Vitória da Conquista, Bahia  Brazil

Specimen size: 13.2 × 8.5 × 7.7 cm = 5.20” × 3.35” × 3.03”

Main crystal size: 9 × 6.5 cm = 3.54” × 2.56”

TR66J0: Beautiful miniature. A crown of well defined crystals of very deep color caps the matrix, a prismatic crystal of Quartz.
The specimen is from the Dick Nelson collection and it is with two labels, the original collection and another from the Mineral Cabinet of MaD Minerals.
Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.7 × 1.7 cm = 1.46” × 1.06” × 0.67”

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

DR67P4: Divergent group of crystals better defined and more elongated than usual in this kind of sample. Color and luster are, furthermore, excellent.
The piece is with a label from the former collection: Kern Material, that we’ll send to the buyer.
Alto da Pitorra, Laranjeiras, Galiléia, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.4 × 2.3 cm = 1.69” × 1.34” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.35” × 0.24”

MB96L3: Druse of Quartz crystals with exceptionally sharp faces and edges, without the curvatures or deformation that we usually see in these specimens. Very intense color as well.
Alto da Pitorra, Laranjeiras, Galiléia, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (11/2007)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.5 × 3.3 cm = 1.97” × 1.38” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.6 cm = 0.47” × 0.24”

TQ96P5: A group of crystals with a considerable size for this variety. The crystals, that are very well defined, have zones of deep color, alternating with areas of clearer pink.
Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (04-05/2008)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 4.2 × 3.8 cm = 3.07” × 1.65” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.5 cm = 0.47” × 0.20”

TL70H7: The crystals of pink Quartz, well defined, of intense color, bright and some perfectly transparent, form an elegant crown contrasting on a matrix of yellowish-white Quartz.
Ilha claim, Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 9.6 × 8 × 7.5 cm = 3.78” × 3.15” × 2.95”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.4 cm = 0.35” × 0.16”

TA97AL5: Group of crystals of Quartz (variety rose quartz), very lustrous, transparent and with an intense and vivid pink color. What stands out most in the piece, in addition to its beauty, is how sharp the crystals are since rose Quartz very rarely presents so much definition. A Brazilian classic from the Rock Currier collection (No. 5105), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Berilo Branco claim, Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 11.1 ×5.9 × 3.9 cm = 4.37” × 2.32” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 1.1 cm = 1.34” × 0.43”

TA73J0: Group of crystals of quite well defined faces and edges and very deep color on a base of uncolored crystals. On the pink Quartz there are small prismatic and doubly terminated crystals of Eosphorite.
Teixerinha Mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 11.6 × 7.8 × 3 cm = 4.57” × 3.07” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.47” × 0.31”

TY27H3: A dense growth of prismatic crystals forming fan groups. Color is very intense. The base is a group of pink crystals of Quartz.
Ilha claim, Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.6 × 1.3 cm = 1.61” × 1.02” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.1 cm = 0.12” × 0.04”

TD67H3: The crystals of Eosphorite are prismatic and doubly terminated and are more individualized than usual. The base is a doubly terminated crystal of Smoky Quartz. At one end it is progressively milky and at the opposite end it has a crown of pink crystals. The specimen is completed by a fine white matrix of Feldspar (probably Orthoclase)
Ilha claim, Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 7.3 × 3.7 × 4 cm = 2.87” × 1.46” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.1 cm = 0.28” × 0.04”

MR92AL3: Elongated crystals of Eosphorite, many of them doubly terminated, with very well defined crystalline forms and easily visible terminations, transparent, bright, with an intense and uniform brown color with violet shades, on a matrix of crystallized rose Quartz.
Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 7.9 × 4.9 × 4.1 cm = 3.11” × 1.93” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.1 cm = 0.28” × 0.04”

MH54R8: A real Brazilian "old timer" (collected in the year 1975), the piece is notable for its aerial growth. On a leafy aggregate of very well defined crystals of Muscovite and flattened white crystals of Quartz, there is a group of pink crystals of Quartz of intense color and luster, all this partially coated by small crystals of Eosphorite, most of them doubly terminated, transparent, bright and with a deep color.
Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1975)

Specimen size: 12.7 × 11 × 7.5 cm = 5.00” × 4.33” × 2.95”

TE66G3: The locality is especially interesting and also the specimen. It forms a clear, sharp scepter with inner zones of different intensity of color and attractive inclusions.
Santa Maria do Jetiba, Espirito Santo  Brazil (12/2004)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.5 × 3.2 cm = 1.77” × 1.38” × 1.26”

MD16P6: Floater crystal of very well marked polycrystalline growths, etch dodecahedron faces and with a very small Quartz crystal. Color, luster and
transparency are excellent.
Navegadora claim (Orozimbo claim), Penha do Norte, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (10-11/2006)

Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.75” × 0.63” × 0.51”

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

TM66E0:
Navegadora claim (Orozimbo claim), Penha do Norte, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2003)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 1.7 × 0.7 cm = 1.02” × 0.67” × 0.28”

TC86L1: Spessartine crystals, one of them dominant, very transparent, notable for their color intensity and extraordinary brilliance. With very marked stepped faces produced by etching. On a Quartz matrix, which is rare.
This specimen comes from the private collection of the well-known Wendy and Frank Melanson, from Canada.
Navegadora claim (Orozimbo claim), Penha do Norte, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (10-11/2006)

Specimen size: 3 × 1.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.18” × 0.67” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.63” × 0.55”

TM36D8: From the famous find of gem Spessartine from Lavra do Navegadora we obtained this enormous crystal that shows of all the great features of the find. Intense color, great transparency, a floater, complete and with dissolution marks on its faces. In this piece, just to add to everything else, the brilliance is extraordinary and, even though it is quite thick, the gem quality of the crystal is very visible when lit from the front and spectacular when lit from the rear. There is a little bit of Albite on this powerful specimen.
Navegadora claim (Orozimbo claim), Penha do Norte, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2003)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.7 × 3.5 cm = 2.44” × 1.85” × 1.38”

TC60AB5: Mossy and dendritic growths on a Quartz matrix. The sample was found at the beginning of the twenties of the last century in a rural area, at this time, on the São Paulo periphery, an area that was afterwards absorbed and built up with the quick growth of the city. It is obviously a rarity, very difficult to obtain today.
Morro Doce area, Jaraguá, Perus, São Paulo, São Paulo State  Brazil (±1920)

Specimen size: 0.7 × 0.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.28” × 0.20” × 0.08”

TD10AB5: Mossy and dendritic growths on a Quartz matrix. The sample was found at the beginning of the twenties of the last century in a rural area, at this time, on the São Paulo periphery, an area that was afterwards absorbed and built up with the quick growth of the city. It is obviously a rarity, very difficult to obtain today.
Morro Doce area, Jaraguá, Perus, São Paulo, São Paulo State  Brazil (±1920)

Specimen size: 0.6 × 0.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.24” × 0.16” × 0.16”

TE60AB5: Mossy and dendritic growths on a Quartz matrix. The sample was found at the beginning of the twenties of the last century in a rural area, at this time, on the São Paulo periphery, an area that was afterwards absorbed and built up with the quick growth of the city. It is obviously a rarity, very difficult to obtain today.
Morro Doce area, Jaraguá, Perus, São Paulo, São Paulo State  Brazil (±1920)

Specimen size: 0.6 × 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.24” × 0.20” × 0.16”

TA59AB5: Mossy and dendritic growths on a Quartz matrix. The sample was found at the beginning of the twenties of the last century in a rural area, at this time, on the São Paulo periphery, an area that was afterwards absorbed and built up with the quick growth of the city. It is obviously a rarity, very difficult to obtain today.
Morro Doce area, Jaraguá, Perus, São Paulo, São Paulo State  Brazil (±1920)

Specimen size: 0.8 × 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.31” × 0.16” × 0.08”

TC56X5: Mossy and dendritic growths on Quartz matrix. The sample was found, at the beginning of the twenties of the last century, on a rural area, at this time, on the São Paulo periphery, area that was afterwards absorbed and built up when the quick growing of the city. It is obviously a rarity, very difficult to obtain today.
Morro Doce area, Jaraguá, Perus, São Paulo, São Paulo State  Brazil (±1920)

Specimen size: 1 × 0.5 × 0.6 cm = 0.39” × 0.20” × 0.24”

TB76AB3: Slightly rounded pebble, very rich in cavities and relief, with diffuse parallel aggregates and feebly defined, but present, crystalline forms.
Small creek at right of the Braço Norte river, Novo Mundo, Amazonas, Mato Grosso  Brazil (2014)

Specimen size: 1 × 0.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.39” × 0.28” × 0.12”

TD90AB3: Slightly rounded pebble, very rich in cavities and relief, with diffuse parallel aggregates and feebly defined, but present, crystalline forms and included Quartz fragments.
Peixoto de Azevedo River, Terra Nova do Norte, Amazonas, Mato Grosso  Brazil

Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.1 × 0.8 cm = 0.75” × 0.43” × 0.31”

TA16AB8: Floater and flattened dendritic growth with very well defined crystals on the edges, some of them with hollowed faces.
Fanado river claims, Minas Novas, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2013)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.94” × 0.91” × 0.12”

TM8AF0: Floater specimen of octahedral crystals with very well defined spinel law twinning and deep skeletal growths. The site is currently not supplying new specimens for collectors so new finds are not expected. We analyzed these Golds and they are really special. They contains a 99.1% Gold and about a 0.5 % Rhodium, which is quite uncommon. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
If you want to know more about these Golds you can use this link
Serra do Caldeirão claims, Pontes e Lacerda, Alto Guaporé District, Mato Grosso  Brazil (9-12/2015)

Specimen size: 1.2 × 0.8 × 0.5 cm = 0.47” × 0.31” × 0.20”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”

TF7AD3: A novelty at Tucson 2016. Floater and very aerial aggregate of flattened cubic crystals that have very well defined skeletal growths. According to our sources the site is not supplying new specimens for collectors so new finds are not expected. We analyzed these Golds and they are really special. They contains a 99.1% Gold and about a 0.5 % Rhodium, which is quite uncommon. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. We analyzed these Golds and they are really special. They contains a 99.1% Gold and about a 0.5 % Rhodium, which is quite uncommon. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
If you want to know more about these Golds you can use this link
Serra do Caldeirão claims, Pontes e Lacerda, Alto Guaporé District, Mato Grosso  Brazil (2015)

Specimen size: 1.4 × 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.55” × 0.28” × 0.20”

TE12AD3: A novelty at Tucson 2016. Floater and very aerial aggregate of flattened crystals that have very well defined skeletal growths. According to our sources the site is not supplying new specimens for collectors so new finds are not expected. We analyzed these Golds and they are really special. They contains a 99.1% Gold and about a 0.5 % Rhodium, which is quite uncommon. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
If you want to know more about these Golds you can use this link
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What's New’ section, number 43, May 8, 2016 edition.
Serra do Caldeirão claims, Pontes e Lacerda, Alto Guaporé District, Mato Grosso  Brazil (2015)

Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.1 × 0.6 cm = 0.75” × 0.43” × 0.24”

EE97AE5: Very aerial floater of elongated and spinel law twinned octahedral crystals with very well defined skeletal growths. The luster and color are both excellent. Such samples seem destined to be, in a short time, a World Classic. We analyzed these Golds and they are really special. They contains a 99.1% Gold and about a 0.5 % Rhodium, which is quite uncommon. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
If you want to know more about these Golds you can use this link
Serra do Caldeirão claims, Pontes e Lacerda, Alto Guaporé District, Mato Grosso  Brazil (9-12/2015)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.7 × 1.1 cm = 0.87” × 0.67” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.2 cm = 0.28” × 0.08”

TQ57AH2: Floater sample with arborescent growths of very elongated octahedral crystals with very sharp skeletal parallel forms. The site is currently not supplying new specimens for collectors so new finds are not expected. We analyzed these Golds and they are really special. They contain 99.1% Gold and about 0.5 % Rhodium, which is quite uncommon. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
If you want to know more about these Golds you can use this link
Serra do Caldeirão claims, Pontes e Lacerda, Alto Guaporé District, Mato Grosso  Brazil (9-12/2015)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.1 × 1.2 cm = 1.06” × 0.83” × 0.47”

EB47AD6: A novelty at Tucson 2016. Floater and very aerial aggregate of flattened crystals that have very well defined skeletal growths. According to our sources the site is not supplying new specimens for collectors so new finds are not expected. We analyzed these Golds and they are really special. They contains a 99.1% Gold and about a 0.5 % Rhodium, which is quite uncommon. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
If you want to know more about these Golds you can use this link
Serra do Caldeirão claims, Pontes e Lacerda, Alto Guaporé District, Mato Grosso  Brazil (9-12/2015)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.5 × 1.3 cm = 1.06” × 0.98” × 0.51”

TG6AH0: A novelty at Tucson 2018. The sample is from a new place, not so far from the better known Serra do Caldeirão where the gold samples have different morphological characteristics. In this case this is a floater group of elongated crystals with slight curvatures on some of their faces and edges and a Spinel law twin.
Serra Dourada, Pontes e Lacerda, Alto Guaporé District, Mato Grosso  Brazil (12/2017)

Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 0.75” × 0.55” × 0.51”

TH28AH0: A novelty at Tucson 2018. The sample is from a new place, not so far from the better known Serra do Caldeirão where the gold samples have different morphological characteristics. In this case this is a great floater group of crystals with dominant dodecahedron and octahedron faces and very well defined skeletal growths.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 42 of the 2018/01 edition.
Serra Dourada, Pontes e Lacerda, Alto Guaporé District, Mato Grosso  Brazil (12/2017)

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.7 × 1 cm = 0.83” × 0.67” × 0.39”

TH46H4: This Apatite has finally been correctly identified as the species Hydroxylapatite, very less common than Fluorapatite. Crystals, on a matrix of Orthoclase, are flat hexagonal dipyramids with almost no prism faces, a habit that is not often seen with Apatite. Faces of a short prism can be seen on this crystal, a rarity with this material. The Hydroxylapatite is also attractively color zoned.
This specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 286 in the volume 40, number 4.
Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.4 × 2.8 cm = 1.38” × 0.94” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 0.71” × 0.47”

TX26H7: Very aerial group of dipyramidal crystals of very well defined faces and edges, of deep green color, on a matrix of Quartz.
Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2005)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.2 × 1.8 cm = 1.54” × 1.26” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.1 cm = 0.98” × 0.83”

TE63H4: This Apatite has finally been correctly identified as the species Hydroxylapatite, very less common than Fluorapatite. Crystals, on a matrix of Orthoclase, are flat hexagonal dipyramids with no prism faces, a habit that is not often seen with Apatite.
This specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 287 in the volume 40, number 4.
Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.9 × 1.7 cm = 1.57” × 1.54” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.4 cm = 0.98” × 0.55”

TB96J3: The specimen is very esthetic. It has a unique crystal of a considerable size implanted on the Orthoclase matrix. The crystal, dipyramidal, has deep green color, especially intense and very much uniform as usual on this material.
Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2004)

Specimen size: 11.3 × 4.5 × 5.6 cm = 4.45” × 1.77” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 1.8 cm = 1.42” × 0.71”

EY46AK0: Druse of equidimensional crystals of Ludlamite with very well defined faces and edges, transparent, bright, with a very intense green color and on matrix. With spheroidal Siderite. A relative novelty in Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2019, with better quality than the previous ones seen so far from this locality.
Cabeça do Cachorro claim, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Cabeça do Cachorro area, Amazonas  Brazil (2019)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.1 × 1.2 cm = 1.02” × 0.83” × 0.47”

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

EV96AK0: Ludlamite crystals with parallel growths and very well defined faces and edges, translucent, very bright, with a very intense green color and on matrix. With spheroidal Siderite. A relative novelty in Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2019, with better quality than the previous ones seen so far from this locality.
Cabeça do Cachorro claim, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Cabeça do Cachorro area, Amazonas  Brazil (2019)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.4 × 2.1 cm = 1.85” × 1.34” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.6 cm = 0.43” × 0.24”

EX47AK0: Ludlamite crystals with parallel growths and very well defined faces and edges, translucent, very bright, with a very intense green color and on matrix. With spheroidal Siderite. A relative novelty in Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2019, with better quality than the previous ones seen so far from this locality.
Cabeça do Cachorro claim, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Cabeça do Cachorro area, Amazonas  Brazil (2019)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 2.7 × 2.2 cm = 2.05” × 1.06” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.8 cm = 0.59” × 0.31”

ET88AK0: Ludlamite crystals with parallel growths and very well defined faces and edges, translucent, very bright, with a very intense green color and on matrix. With spheroidal Siderite. A relative novelty in Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2019, with better quality than the previous ones seen so far from this locality.
Cabeça do Cachorro claim, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Cabeça do Cachorro area, Amazonas  Brazil (2019)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4.2 × 2.4 cm = 2.60” × 1.65” × 0.94”

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

TC66AJ3: A cluster of Hureaulite crystals that have very well defined faces and edges. They are translucent and bright with a very intense salmon-pink color and are on matrix, with small black Rockbridgeite crystals.
We’ll send the sample in its original Perkin’s box from the R.J. Noble collection, also containing the collection label.
Cigana Mine (Jocão Mine), Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.10” × 1.06” × 0.94”

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

MK26I8: Nice miniature, very aerial and esthetic, that forms a group of short prismatic crystals of excellent color, bright and partially covered by small black crystals of Rockbridgeite.
Cigana Mine (Jocão Mine), Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (08-09/2006)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.4 × 2.7 cm = 1.22” × 0.94” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.20” × 0.12”

MM6I5: Very well defined bright crystals, between translucent and transparent and having an exceptional color. The base is Correianevesite, also crystallized and in some zones of the specimen there are small black crystals of Rockbridgeite. A recent study of the crystals from the Cigana Mine that in 2006 were identified as Reddingite has shown the discovery of the rare species Correianevesite. So, the old Reddingite from Cigana must be renamed as Correianevesite, being Cigana Mine, at Galiléia, the type locality. We’ll send a copy of the analysis of the original “Reddingite” to the buyer.
Cigana Mine (Jocão Mine), Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (08-09/2006)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.4 × 2.7 cm = 2.32” × 1.73” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.4 cm = 0.31” × 0.16”