EPP89AQ1: Floater group of transparent and very lustrous Phenakite crystals with sharp crystal forms of short prismatic habit.
A Brazilian classic that comes from the Edmond Landais collection.
Rio Piracicaba (São Miguel de Piracicaba), Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.6 × 3 cm = 1.65” × 1.42” × 1.18”

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

TR14AN2: Complete and doubly terminated crystal of Schorl, with a lustrous and water-clear Quartz crystal, also doubly terminated.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, which shows that it was previously in the Melanson collection.
Goiabeira, Aimorés, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 2 × 1.8 × 1.1 cm = 0.79” × 0.71” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.3 cm = 0.79” × 0.51”

TRT37AO8: Doubly terminated floater crystal of Spodumene (hiddenite variety) with unusually complete and sharp terminations, transparent, with good luster and a uniform green color. Very complete and high quality specimen.
Resplendor, Aimorés, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 20.4 × 2.5 × 2 cm = 8.03” × 0.98” × 0.79”

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”

CBB87CD3: Spodumene doubly terminated floater crystal (kunzite variety) with marked growth striations and rich faces at the upper termination. Between translucent and transparent, it has an intense pink color.
This specimen comes from the collection of duplicates of Carles Curto (number 1985.13) whose digital catalogue file we will send to the buyer of the piece.
Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 9.0 × 3.7 × 1.6 cm = 3.54” × 1.46” × 0.63”

TZB13AO0: Centered growths of elongated and flattened Eosphorite crystals with good terminations, transparent, lustrous, with a brown color with intense and uniform violet tones, on a Quartz matrix.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Poço Dantas Mine, Piauí Valley, Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.9 × 1.7 cm = 0.83” × 0.75” × 0.67”

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

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”

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”

XM2180NHB: Doubly terminated floater crystal of 'saramenha' Topaz with well-defined faces and edges, between transparent and translucent, with a deep uniform color, very lustrous, with inclusions.
The specimen belonged to Santiago Jiménez who, especially in the 1980s and 90s, assembled an excellent collection.
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1 × 0.9 cm = 1.10” × 0.39” × 0.35”

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”

MV92AL4: Complete floater crystal of Spodumene (var. Kunzite), with polycrystalline growths, typical of specimens from this locality, very transparent, gem quality, brilliant and with a very intense color.
Urucum Mine, Galiléia, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 6 × 4.6 × 4.6 cm = 2.36” × 1.81” × 1.81”

TH28AM5: Globular growths of Stokesite with well-formed lenticular crystals on an Albite matrix, with Microlite and Cookeite. Stokesite is a rare calcium tin silicate.
Urucum Mine, Galiléia, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.4 × 3.9 cm = 2.48” × 1.73” × 1.54”

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”

TTX49AQ0: Large twinned floater crystal of Titanite with an extraordinarily flattened habit, but with a very well defined twin plane on the fine lateral faces. Transparent and uniform green with shades of yellow, and darker inclusions in some areas.
Capelinha, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 4.5 × 2.4 × 1 cm = 1.77” × 0.94” × 0.39”

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”

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”

TRL56AO4: Floater group of very sharp Columbite-(Fe) crystals, one of them clearly dominant and doubly terminated, twinned and with very sharp crystal forms.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label, stating that it was previously in the Melanson collection.
João Modesto dos Santos Mine, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 2 × 1.1 × 1.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.43” × 0.47”

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”

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”

EXX74CD2: Very aerial parallel growth of tabular Fluorapatite crystals, transparent, very shiny, and intensely pink. On matrix, with white lenticular Calcite crystals.
Fluorapatites from this mine were very difficult to obtain, and it is a small surprise that this piece from the past comes with such quality when very few specimens were seen in its time.
Morro Velho Mine, Nova Lima, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 7.9 × 3.6 × 4.4 cm = 3.11” × 1.42” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 1.5 cm = 1.10” × 0.59”

MP96AM9: Very aerial group of sharp tabular crystals of Pyrrhotite, extraordinarily lustrous, on matrix with white lenticular crystals of Magnesite.
We will send the specimen, which comes from the Robert J. Noble collection, in its original Perky box from that collection, which also contains the label, which shows that it was previously in the Martin Zinn collection.
Morro Velho Mine, Nova Lima, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.6 × 1.7 cm = 1.14” × 1.02” × 0.67”

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

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”

MF76AM6: Parallel group of very sharp Xenotime crystals, one of them doubly terminated, with excellent terminations, good luster and the intense color characteristic of the best Brazilian specimens. Based on the locality we suppose that it must be Xenotime-(Y). We will send the buyer the specimen in its original perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.1 × 0.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.83” × 0.28” × 0.28”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 0.4 cm = 0.83” × 0.16”

NB98AF2: Floater parallel growth of Quartz crystals with fibrous blue Dumortierite inclusions grouped in stripes with very well defined different color intensities.
Vaca Morta Quarry, Serra da Vereda, Boquira, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil (10/2016)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 2.2 × 0.9 cm = 2.09” × 0.87” × 0.35”

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”

MMB14AN9: Isolated and aerial crystal of Tapiolite-(Fe), with fine parallel growth striations, lustrous, and of good size for this rare species, contrasting with the Quartz and Muscovite matrix.
Joaquim Cigano claim, Quixabá, Paraíba, Northeast Region  Brazil

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.8 × 3.2 cm = 1.85” × 1.10” × 1.26”

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

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”

TAH93AN3: Parallel growth of two very sharp Topaz crystals, one of them clearly dominant. Between translucent and transparent, lustrous, with an intense and uniform sky-blue color, and with some inclusions of Elbaite crystals.
Xanda Mine, Virgem da Lapa, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (1978)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 3.9 × 4.5 cm = 2.52” × 1.54” × 1.77”

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”

NXX96AO0: Floater group of Chrysoberyl crystals that form cyclic twins, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and an intense yellow color with greenish reflections. Excellent specimen. The specimen is a historical classic that comes from the Carlos Prieto collection, whose handwritten label we will send to the buyer.
Espirito Santo, Sudeste Region  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2 × 1.5 cm = 1.02” × 0.79” × 0.59”

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”

GM47AM9: Isolated crystal of Marialite with sharp and finely striated prisms and polycrystalline terminations, transparent (gem quality), with good luster and an intense yellow color. This specimen, from a classic Brazilian locality, comes from the Pedro Goy collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Aracruz, Espirito Santo, Sudeste Region  Brazil (±1980)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 1.7 × 1.7 cm = 1.61” × 0.67” × 0.67”

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”

TTM14AO0: Complete floater of a very sharp double twin of Rutile, rich in crystal forms, translucent, with great luster and a deep red color visible in transmitted light.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Diamantina, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 1.3 × 0.9 × 0.3 cm = 0.51” × 0.35” × 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”