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”

TZB37AN5: Isolated crystal of Euclase, very rich in faces and with excellent terminations. It is transparent, very lustrous, rich in inclusions, colorless and with small white coatings of matrix.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.8 × 1.4 cm = 1.06” × 0.71” × 0.55”

TPB27AO4: Group of very sharp crystals of Wodginite, 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 a very large size and good definition 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: 2.9 × 2.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.14” × 0.94” × 0.55”

MQ13AN0: Two thick tabular crystals with very aerial growth on a matrix of white Albite crystals. The crystals have very sharp crystal forms, and are translucent, with bright luster, deep green color, with geometric color zoning.
We will ship 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: 2.7 × 2.4 × 2.4 cm = 1.06” × 0.94” × 0.94”

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

MK26AM7: Very aerial group of sharp tetrahedral crystals of Helvine. From a classic Brazilian locality 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.
Navegadora claim (Orozimbo claim), Penha do Norte, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.7 × 0.9 cm = 0.98” × 0.67” × 0.35”

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

TN16AN2: Very rich Topaz crystal with sharp terminations. Colorless and with a selectively variable luster, very intense on the prism faces and more matte on the terminations.
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.
Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 2 × 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.67” × 0.47”

TR49Z2: A novelty at Tucson 2014. Aggregate of prismatic Fluorapatite crystals with a dominant prism and complex terminations, very rich with crystalline forms. They are translucent, extraordinarily bright and are with small Tourmaline crystals. The color, clearly pink in daylight, acquires brownish shades under electric lightning.
The sample has been noted and photographed in the monograph "Golconda!" of the Mineralogical Record magazine on page 619 in the volume 50, number 5, September-October 2019
Golconda pegmatite, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (11/2013)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.2 × 2.7 cm = 1.69” × 1.26” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.2 cm = 1.18” × 0.87”

EC66R4: 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: 6.3 × 4.4 × 2.2 cm = 2.48” × 1.73” × 0.87”

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

MJ96AM7: Very sharp crystal of Columbite-(Fe) with excellent crystal forms, partially doubly terminated, lustrous.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label. It also contains the label, which indicates that it was in the Melanson collection.
Golconda pegmatite, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.3 × 0.8 cm = 1.10” × 0.51” × 0.31”

EPP87CD3: Aggregate of Orthoclase crystals of delicate cream color, one of them clearly dominant, with perfectly defined faces and edges, crowned by a group of Stellerite crystals of different orange tones, with thickened growths towards the crystal terminations, sharp and with good luster. Small Quartz crystals (smoky variety) complete the piece. A combination of species which is not very common but for which unfortunately we do not know the precise locality beyond the country level.
Given the unusual nature of the specimen, we had it analyzed and will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
  Brazil

Specimen size: 8.4 × 7.1 × 2.8 cm = 3.31” × 2.80” × 1.10”

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

EA11C9: Although the camera don't show it very well, the color is very nice, sort of a golden bronze, and its luster is very special with a lot of reflections. As with the other specimens that we had selected this one is floater, doubly terminated and great!
Anatase-Rutile occurrence, Cuiabá District, Gouveia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (03/2003)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 1.06” × 0.63” × 0.59”

EA97AN2: Floater parallel growth of very acute dipyramidal Anatase crystals completely epitaxially covered by fibrous Rutile crystals, with a reddish yellow color.
Anatase-Rutile occurrence, Cuiabá District, Gouveia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (03/2003)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 1.6 × 1.1 cm = 1.26” × 0.63” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1 cm = 1.26” × 0.39”

EA10C9: Although the camera don't show it very well, the color is very nice, sort of a golden bronze, and its luster is very special with a lot of reflections. As with the other specimens that we had selected this one is floater, doubly terminated and great!
Anatase-Rutile occurrence, Cuiabá District, Gouveia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (03/2003)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 1.9 × 1.6 cm = 1.26” × 0.75” × 0.63”

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, Vale do Rio Doce, 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”

VD49AD9: Floater and doubly terminated crystal with a pinacoidal termination at one end and with polycrystalline regrowth at the other end. It is transparent, has a uniform green color and inclusions of leafy Muscovite aggregates. The original information has no specific data on the locality but, due the characteristics of the sample we believe it must be from the Virgem da Lapa area. From the A. Mayor collection.
Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1977)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.9 × 3,7 cm = 2.09” × 1.54” × 1.18”

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”

EPM68AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Beryl (variety heliodor) crystal with very sharp crystal forms, with a termination that combines the pinacoid with pyramid faces. Transparent, with bright luster and an intense golden yellow color.
Catuji, Mucuri Valley, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 5.6 × 1.3 × 1.2 cm = 2.20” × 0.51” × 0.47”

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”

MJX69AP4: Beryl crystal with very sharp crystal forms and excellent terminations, transparent, with great luster and an intense pink color (morganite variety), on a matrix of snow-white Albite crystals (cleavelandite variety) with small Columbite-Tantalite crystals associated with it.
Pederneira claim, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 13.5 × 9.5 × 8.7 cm = 5.31” × 3.74” × 3.43”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2.1 cm = 0.91” × 0.83”

TQ94AH4: Beryl (emerald variety) crystals with very well defined faces and edges and with a very deep color. They are on a rock matrix, partially imbedded in Quartz and with laminar Molybdenite crystals, a very uncommon association.
The sample is from the Vallecillo collection, in Madrid.
Carnaíba mining district, Campo Formoso ultramafic complex, Pindobaçu, Centro-Norte Baiano, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil

Specimen size: 12.3 × 12 × 5.7 cm = 4.84” × 4.72” × 2.24”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.1 cm = 0.98” × 0.43”

TPQ27AP9: Thick prismatic crystal of Brazilianite, transparent, with good luster and an intense color, on matrix with leafy aggregates of lamellar Muscovite crystals.
João Lopes Claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 3 × 2.6 × 2.9 cm = 1.18” × 1.02” × 1.14”

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”

XM180TE: Incomplete crystal of Brazilianite but with very well defined crystal forms, translucent, extraordinarily shiny and with an intense yellow color, with a small leafy aggregate of Muscovite.
Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 6 × 4.2 × 2.2 cm = 2.36” × 1.65” × 0.87”

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”

TBR91AO8: Group of Brazilianite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, with good luster and an intense green color, with a base of lamellar Muscovite crystals.
From the type locality for the species.
Córrego Frio Mine, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 7.9 × 5.8 × 3.3 cm = 3.11” × 2.28” × 1.30”

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

GMG67AN3: Group of very sharp Brazilianite crystals with an unusually sharp habit, translucent, with bright luster and an intense yellow color. A Brazilian classic that comes from the Pedro Goy collection.
Divino das Laranjeiras, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 9.4 × 5.6 × 2.9 cm = 3.70” × 2.20” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 2.2 cm = 2.44” × 0.87”

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”

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”

EZR90AP2: Sharp and elongated crystals of Brazilianite, one of them clearly dominant and perfectly terminated, transparent, with a color between yellow and greenish and an intense luster, in Albite matrix. Coming 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: 5.8 × 5.7 × 3.8 cm = 2.28” × 2.24” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 1.4 cm = 1.69” × 0.55”

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”

JV47G3: A floater. Crystal is very well shaped and in one of its front faces has a negative crystal forming a geometrical entrance. The group of crystals forming the base is partially covered by little rhombohedra of Magnesite. This sample is from an accredited collection and we'll send the corresponding label with it.
Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm = 1.30” × 1.26” × 0.87”

A31CB2: Large crystal size, not a bad color and good position on the Magnesite matrix. So it is a perfect sample for a classic mineralogical specimen.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2020, page 64
Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil

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

TY7B6: Huge and well colored crystal of Fluor-uvite very well placed on the typical white Magnesite matrix.
Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil

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

MG56M9: Very short doubly terminated crystals of Fluor-uvite. They have perfect rhombohedral terminations that are bright, transparent and have excellent deep green color and are on a matrix of white sharp rhombohedral crystals of Magnesite, with orange Calcite and right-handed crystals of Quartz, the biggest one with an included small crystal of Fluor-uvite.
Pomba Pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil (09/2008)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.9 × 5.7 cm = 2.17” × 1.93” × 2.24”

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

MR12M5: Very short prismatic Fluor-uvite crystals of almost equidimensional aspect resembling a garnet. The crystals are very transparent and have good color that contrasts with a matrix of rhombohedral pink crystals of Magnesite and with Calcite.
Pomba Pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil (09/2008)

Specimen size: 6 × 5.9 × 4.7 cm = 2.36” × 2.32” × 1.85”

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

MT12M5: Very short prismatic Fluor-uvite crystals of almost equidimensional aspect resembling a garnet. The crystals are very transparent and have good color that contrasts with a matrix of rhombohedral pink crystals of Magnesite and with Calcite.
The specimen has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Lapis’ on page 11, volume 36, number 11, November 2011
Pomba Pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil (09/2008)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 2.9 × 2.8 cm = 2.44”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20”

AM86AE4: Aggregate of Fluor-uvite crystals with a prismatic shape, transparent, very bright with an intense red color, and with colorless and transparent rhombohedral Magnesite crystals.
Pomba Pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.4 × 4.1 cm = 2.44” × 2.13” × 1.61”

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

TXR61AN3: Group of Uvite crystals formed by a very short prism, with sharp dipyramid terminations. Transparent, yellowish green, and on matrix.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Pedra Preta pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.9 × 1 cm = 0.98” × 0.75” × 0.39”

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

TMF56AN4: Parallel floater growth of two flattened Uvite crystals, with a very short prism and the dominant faces being the terminal rhombohedron. Its color looked rather dark for Uvite, so we had it analyzed. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
The specimen will be shipped in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains a label indicating that it was previously in the Melanson collection.
Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 0.94” × 0.71” × 0.47”

TL90AF5: Very sharp dipyramidal Florencite-(Ce) crystals, with a very good length for the species, very well defined faces and edges and a clear cream color. They are implanted on Quartz crystals with colorless transparent Milarite crystals, a lot of them doubly terminated.


Pomba Pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil

Specimen size: 7.9 × 3.2 × 2.5 cm = 3.11” × 1.26” × 0.98”

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

MG14AM6: Elongated rhombohedral crystal of Magnesite, very sharp, transparent, very lustrous, colorless and with a small complete lenticular crystal, translucent and lustrous, of green Uvite series tourmaline. We will send the buyer the specimen in its original perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.6 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 1.02” × 0.71” × 0.67”

MA63M9: Very aerial and esthetic group of rhombohedral crystals of Magnesite. They are white, very bright and are with a clear Quartz crystal and another crystal of Quartz very rich in orange inclusions, probably Calcite.
Pomba Pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil (09/2008)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5 × 3 cm = 2.28” × 1.97” × 1.18”

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

TG26G5: The sample has a very interesting association of Magnesite, with dark, beveled crystals, which co-exist with a very aerial group of Dolomite, in white rhombohedral and very sharp crystals.
Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil (2005)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.5 × 5.8 cm = 2.76” × 2.17” × 2.28”

Main crystal size: 5 × 5 cm = 1.97” × 1.97”

TB37J8: Big rhombohedral crystal of very well defined faces and edges on a bed of smaller crystals of the same species. The locality produced some of the best samples of Magnesite and this one honors that tradition.
Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil (2005)

Specimen size: 13 × 11.2 × 8.3 cm = 5.12” × 4.41” × 3.27”

Main crystal size: 7.4 × 4.7 cm = 2.91” × 1.85”

TP36J8: Thick tabular crystal tabular formed by dominant pinacoid faces and those of the rhombohedron, giving it a hexagonal shape. The frosted crystal is implanted on a neat and bright, doubly terminated, prism of Quartz.
Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 2.8 × 2.7 cm = 3.66” × 1.10” × 1.06”

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

MQ14AM8: Polycrystalline rosette growths, with parallel stacks of very sharp lamellar Hematite crystals, with rough prismatic faces. A Brazilian classic that we will send to the buyer in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Pedra Preta pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.4 × 1.6 cm = 1.06” × 0.94” × 0.63”

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

TN66AK8: Aggregate of extraordinarily profiled thin tabular crystals with marked parallel growths.
We will send the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains a label stating that the piece was previously in the Sullivan collection, with the annotation "Tucson 1997"
Pomba Pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.7 × 0.2 cm = 1.22” × 1.06” × 0.08”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.06” × 0.94”

AH67N6: Floater group of very thin tabular crystals of Hematite. Extraordinarily bright, they are very rich in side faces, all them perfect.
Pomba Pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil

Specimen size: 4 × 3.6 × 1.1 cm = 1.57” × 1.42” × 0.43”

NH66AI3: Group of platey and very aerial Hematite crystals. They have a curious outline with a rectangular aspect. They are complete, very bright and are with small and transparent rhombohedral Magnesite crystals.
The sample is from the Ignacio Hernández collection (num. 28) whose original label we’ll send to the buyer.
Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil

Specimen size: 4.2 × 4.1 × 2.1 cm = 1.65” × 1.61” × 0.83”

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

TB11N8: Small doubly terminated crystal, transparent and of deep pink color. It is on a Quartz crystal. From a recent and lucky find at this classic locality.
Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil (10-11/2008)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 1 × 0.9 cm = 1.02” × 0.39” × 0.35”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.24” × 0.08”

TY11N8: Small doubly terminated crystal, transparent and of deep pink color. It is on a Quartz crystal. From a recent and lucky find at this classic locality.
Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil (10-11/2008)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 1.2 × 1 cm = 1.30” × 0.47” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.1 cm = 0.20” × 0.04”

MR27M9: Rhombohedral yellowish brown, very well defined, crystals of this very rare phosphate. They are very big for the species, have excellent luster and color and are with a small group of Fluor-uvite crystals, on a matrix of rhombohedral crystals of Magnesite. The species has been accurately analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Pomba Pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil (09/2008)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.6 × 3.8 cm = 2.91” × 2.20” × 1.50”

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