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”

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”

TB38AL4: Dendritic floater, flattened in the form of a leaf, with identifiable crystal faces, especially on the edges of the specimen and some of them with hopper growths.
Fanado river claims, Minas Novas, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2013)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 0.9 × 0.4 cm = 1.06” × 0.35” × 0.16”

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”

TH9AF0: 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: 1.3 × 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.51” × 0.28” × 0.24”

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

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”

EZR62AP1: Floater Gold specimen with arborescent growths of elongated octahedral-rhombododecahedral crystals and with very sharp parallel skeletal forms. The deposit is no longer productive and it will be difficult for new specimens from there to appear on the market. We have analyzed these Golds and they are very special, containing 99.1% gold and about 0.5% rhodium, which is rare.
We will 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

Specimen size: 2 × 1.3 × 0.9 cm = 0.79” × 0.51” × 0.35”

TT46AL4: Floater specimen with arborescent growths of elongated octahedral-rhombododecahedral crystals and with highly profiled parallel skeletal forms. The deposit is no longer in production and new specimens from there will be hard to come by. We have analyzed these Golds and they are very special, containing 99.1% Gold and about 0.5% Rhodium, which is rare. We will 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 (09-12/2015)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.5 × 0.8 cm = 0.87” × 0.59” × 0.31”

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”

TB87AF7: Very aerial floater and complete specimen with deep skeletal growths of octahedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges. 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: 2.4 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm = 0.94” × 0.59” × 0.59”

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

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”

TW48AI3: Floater and very aerial aggregate of strongly elongated octahedral crystals with Spinel twins and very well defined hooked and skeletal growths. Luster and color are excellent. Such samples seem destined to be, in a short time, a worldwide classic. We analyzed these Gold samples 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 of these Golds 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: 3.5 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm = 1.38” × 0.59” × 0.59”

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”

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”

TMR87AO0: Druse of very well defined and sharp Hureaulite crystals, from translucent to transparent, lustrous and with an intense pink color. On matrix, with small black Rockbridgeite crystals.
Cigana Mine (Jocão Mine), Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2021)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4.1 × 3.7 cm = 2.60” × 1.61” × 1.46”

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

MB16K9: Very well defined aerial Hureaulite crystals. Acute terminations and excellent brilliance and deep pink color. On the base there is a growth of crystaline Strengite. As we usually do with rare species, we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Cigana Mine (Jocão Mine), Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (08-09/2006)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.4 × 2.3 cm = 2.64” × 1.73” × 0.91”

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

MA37I5: Very well defined bright crystals, between translucent and transparent and having an exceptional color, that have grown on a base of crystalline, very deep blue, Strengite.
Cigana Mine (Jocão Mine), Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (08-09/2006)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 7 × 3.8 cm = 2.95” × 2.76” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.28” × 0.12”

MY50I8: The specimen is high quality. It has short prismatic crystals, very sharp and of excellent color. They are bright and partially covered by small black crystals of Rockbridgeite and brownish crystals of Correianevesite. The matrix is Strengite's rich. 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: 8.3 × 5.5 × 4 cm = 3.27” × 2.17” × 1.57”

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

MB37L7: Group of small but well defined Hureaulite crystals. Excellent color and brilliance, with some small black green globular slag-like Rockbridgeite growths. On a blue Strengite-rich matrix.
Cigana Mine (Jocão Mine), Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (08-09/2006)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 5.4 × 5.2 cm = 3.66” × 2.13” × 2.05”

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

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”

ER87AK0: 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.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What's New’ section, report 53, August 10, 2019 edition, page 10
Cabeça do Cachorro claim, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Cabeça do Cachorro area, Amazonas  Brazil (2019)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 1.26” × 0.87” × 0.63”

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

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”

EFF73AO1: Divergent group of Quartz crystals with a very well defined La Gardette habit, completely water-clear and very lustrous. The world famous quartzes from Corinto have an impressive aesthetic and even more so when, as in this case, they are perfect floaters.
Corinto, Curvelo, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 10.1 × 8.4 × 4.8 cm = 3.98” × 3.31” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 7.3 × 1.7 cm = 2.87” × 0.67”

MR12AM8: Transparent and lustrous Quartz crystal with abundant oriented inclusions of acicular Rutile crystals. 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.
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.7 × 2.6 cm = 1.22” × 1.06” × 1.02”

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”

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”

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”

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”

TC46AN1: Group of Quartz crystals (variety pink quartz) of greater size and with much better defined faces and edges than usual in specimens from this locality. They are between transparent and translucent, with bright luster and an intense and uniform pink color.
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.
Pitorra claim, Alto da Pitorra, Laranjeiras, Galiléia, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.8 × 1 cm = 1.10” × 0.71” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.24”

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”

MW13AM7: Parallel floater growth of two smoky Quartz crystals, transparent, with great luster and a very deep smoky color which is distributed in zones of variable intensity.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label, indicating that it was in the Melanson collection.
Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.2 × 1.9 cm = 0.94” × 0.87” × 0.75”

TV73AM9: Group of Quartz crystals (pink variety) with irregular crystal forms, something typical in this type of specimen, but nevertheless sharp, between transparent and translucent, with bright luster and an intense and uniform color, and capped by a group of doubly terminated white translucent Quartz crystals. Very aesthetic.
Berilo Branco claim, Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 6.9 × 4.7 × 3.6 cm = 2.72” × 1.85” × 1.42”

ELL93AP2: Very aerial polycrystalline growth of Quartz (pink quartz variety) with transparent crystals, very lustrous and deep pink, which seem to grow around an isolated and centered crystal of transparent Quartz (variety smoky quartz).
A classic, fine and elegant Brazilian specimen.
Ilha claim, Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 7 × 6.7 × 3.6 cm = 2.76” × 2.64” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 4 × 2.4 cm = 1.57” × 0.94”

THA67AP8: Druse of transparent Quartz crystals, with very good luster and an intense pink color (variety pink quartz), with small spherical aggregates of Eosphorite.
Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 7.7 × 4.8 × 1.8 cm = 3.03” × 1.89” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.7 cm = 0.43” × 0.28”

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”

TGR10AO2: Group of Quartz crystals (variety pink quartz), many of them doubly terminated, with an intense pink color, with transparent terminations and on a slightly smoky Quartz matrix.
Galiléia, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.1 × 4.1 cm = 3.07” × 2.40” × 1.61”

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

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.
The sample has been noted and photographed in the article 'Espirito Santo' of the ‘Mineralogical Record‘ magazine on page 735 in the volume 54, number 6, November-December 2023
Santa Maria do Jetibá, Espirito Santo, Sudeste Region  Brazil (12/2004)

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

XM2180NTL: Druse of Quartz (amethyst variety) crystals, on a small matrix of basalt rock. Thick aerial crystals, with very sharp faces and edges and an intense amethyst color, with partial coatings of small Calcite crystals very visible on the back of the piece.
The specimen belonged to Santiago Jiménez who, especially in the 1980s and 90s, assembled an excellent collection.
Rio Grande do Sul  Brazil

Specimen size: 8.5 × 7.4 × 7.2 cm = 3.35” × 2.91” × 2.83”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.7 cm = 1.18” × 1.06”

TR14AM2: Coralloid growth, very aerial and aesthetic, of Quartz, chalcedony variety. Translucent and uniform white in color.
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 14.8 × 3.3 × 3.3 cm = 5.83” × 1.30” × 1.30”