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


Fluorapatite
Fluorapatite. Fluorapatite.
 

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”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Bob Noble
Euclase
 

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”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Euclase. Front
Front
Euclase. Front
Front
Euclase. Side
Side
Wodginite
Wodginite. Wodginite.
 

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”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Fluorapatite with Albite
 

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”

Zoned fluorescence long & short UV

Former collection of Bob Noble
Fluorapatite with Albite. Fluorapatite with Albite.
Helvine
Helvine. Helvine.
 

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”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Bob Noble
Topaz
 

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”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Former collection of Bob Noble
Topaz. Topaz.
Fluorapatite with Tourmaline
Fluorapatite with Tourmaline. Front
Front
Fluorapatite with Tourmaline. Top
Top
 

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”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Fluorapatite with Bertrandite, Albite, Muscovite and Quartz
 

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”

Bertrandite fluorescent short UV & low fluorescence long UV
Fluorapatite with Bertrandite, Albite, Muscovite and Quartz. Fluorapatite with Bertrandite, Albite, Muscovite and Quartz.
Fluorapatite with Bertrandite, Albite, Muscovite and Quartz. Electron microscope
Electron microscope
Columbite-(Fe)
Columbite-(Fe). Columbite-(Fe).
 

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”

Former collection of Bob Noble

Anatase and Rutile epitaxial

One of the main novelties during the Ste. Marie-aux-mines Show 2003 was the new find of huge Anatase crystals groups which are epitaxial with their polymorph Rutile. To our knowledge these new crystals have never been found before in this shape and size. It is not only something very aesthetic and totally different from other forms of Anatase but, considering its size, beauty, perfection and also that the crystals are doubly terminated and floaters, it could be considered to be one of the best finds for this species. Enjoy them!

Anatase and Rutile epitaxial
 

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”

Anatase and Rutile epitaxial.
Doubly terminatad Anatase with epitaxial Rutile
Doubly terminatad Anatase with epitaxial Rutile . Front
Front
Doubly terminatad Anatase with epitaxial Rutile . Rear
Rear
 

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”

Anatase and Rutile epitaxial
 

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”

Anatase and Rutile epitaxial.

Beryl

Beryl (variety aquamarine)
Beryl (variety aquamarine). Front
Front
Beryl (variety aquamarine). Top
Top
 

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”

Beryl (variety aquamarine)
 

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”

Beryl (variety aquamarine).
Beryl (variety aquamarine)
Beryl (variety aquamarine). Front
Front
Beryl (variety aquamarine). Rear
Rear
 

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

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

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

Beryl (variety aquamarine)
 

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”

Former collection of A. Mayor
Beryl (variety aquamarine). Front
Front
Beryl (variety aquamarine). Side
Side
Beryl (variety aquamarine). Top
Top
Beryl (variety aquamarine). Bottom
Bottom
Beryl (variety aquamarine)
Beryl (variety aquamarine). Front
Front
Beryl (variety aquamarine). Rear
Rear
 

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”

Doubly terminated Beryl (variety aquamarine)
 

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”

Doubly terminated Beryl (variety aquamarine). Front
Front
Doubly terminated Beryl (variety aquamarine). Rear
Rear
Doubly terminated Beryl (variety aquamarine). Top
Top
Doubly terminated Beryl (variety aquamarine)
Doubly terminated Beryl (variety aquamarine). Front
Front
Doubly terminated Beryl (variety aquamarine). Rear
Rear
Doubly terminated Beryl (variety aquamarine). Top
Top
Doubly terminated Beryl (variety aquamarine). Bottom
Bottom
 

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”

Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Albite
 

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”

Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Albite. Front
Front
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Albite. Top
Top
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Muscovite and Quartz
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Muscovite and Quartz. Front
Front
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Muscovite and Quartz. Top
Top
 

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”

Former collection of A. Mayor
Beryl (variety aquamarine)
 

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”

Former collection of A. Mayor
Beryl (variety aquamarine). Front
Front
Beryl (variety aquamarine). Bottom
Bottom
Beryl (variety heliodor)
Beryl (variety heliodor). Front
Front
Beryl (variety heliodor). Rear
Rear
Beryl (variety heliodor). Top
Top

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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”

Beryl (variety heliodor)

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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”

Weight: 14.8 grams
Beryl (variety heliodor). Front
Front
Beryl (variety heliodor). Rear
Rear
Beryl (variety heliodor). Top
Top
Beryl (variety heliodor)
Beryl (variety heliodor). Front
Front
Beryl (variety heliodor). Rear
Rear
Beryl (variety heliodor). Top
Top

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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”

Beryl (variety morganite) with Albite (variety cleavelandite) and Columbite-Tantalite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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”

Beryl (variety morganite) with Albite (variety cleavelandite) and Columbite-Tantalite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Beryl (variety morganite) with Albite (variety cleavelandite) and Columbite-Tantalite. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Beryl (variety emerald) with Molybdenite and Quartz
Beryl (variety emerald) with Molybdenite and Quartz. Front
Front
Beryl (variety emerald) with Molybdenite and Quartz. Rear
Rear
Beryl (variety emerald) with Molybdenite and Quartz. Side
Side
Beryl (variety emerald) with Molybdenite and Quartz.
 

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”

Former collection of José Luis Vallecillo

Brazilianite

Brazilianite with Muscovite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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”

Brazilianite with Muscovite.
Brazilianite with Mica
Brazilianite with Mica.
 

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”

Fluorescent short UV
Brazilianite with Albite
 

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”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Brazilianite with Albite. Front
Front
Brazilianite with Albite. Top
Top
Brazilianite with Muscovite
Brazilianite with Muscovite. Front
Front
Brazilianite with Muscovite. Rear
Rear
Brazilianite with Muscovite. Side
Side
 

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”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Brazilianite with Muscovite
 

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”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Brazilianite with Muscovite. Front
Front
Brazilianite with Muscovite. Rear
Rear
Brazilianite with Muscovite
Brazilianite with Muscovite.
Brazilianite with Muscovite  

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”

Brazilianite with Albite
 

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”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Brazilianite with Albite. Front
Front
Brazilianite with Albite. Rear
Rear
Brazilianite with Orthoclase
Brazilianite with Orthoclase.
 

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”

Brazilianite with Muscovite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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”

Type locality
Brazilianite with Muscovite. Brazilianite with Muscovite.
Brazilianite
Brazilianite. Front
Front
Brazilianite. Rear
Rear
 

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”

Former collection of Pedro Goy
Brazilianite with Muscovite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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”

Type locality
Brazilianite with Muscovite. Brazilianite with Muscovite.
Brazilianite
Brazilianite. Front
Front
Brazilianite. Front
Front
Brazilianite. Rear
Rear
 

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”

Zoned fluorescence long & short UV

Former collection of Bob Noble
Brazilianite with Albite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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”

Brazilianite with Albite. Brazilianite with Albite.
Brazilianite with Albite
Brazilianite with Albite. Brazilianite with Albite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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”

Brazilianite with Albite and Greifensteinite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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”

Albite fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
Brazilianite with Albite and Greifensteinite. Brazilianite with Albite and Greifensteinite.
Brazilianite on Albite
Brazilianite on Albite. Brazilianite on Albite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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”


Brumado

Fluor-uvite with Magnesite
 

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”

Fluor-uvite with Magnesite.
Fluor-uvite with Magnesite
Fluor-uvite with Magnesite.
 

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”

Fluor-uvite on Magnesite
 

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”

Fluor-uvite on Magnesite.
Fluor-uvite with Quartz, Magnesite and Calcite
Fluor-uvite with Quartz, Magnesite and Calcite. Front
Front
Fluor-uvite with Quartz, Magnesite and Calcite. Rear
Rear
Fluor-uvite with Quartz, Magnesite and Calcite.
 

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”

Fluor-uvite with Magnesite and Calcite
 

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”

Fluor-uvite with Magnesite and Calcite. Fluor-uvite with Magnesite and Calcite.
Fluor-uvite with Magnesite and Calcite
Fluor-uvite with Magnesite and Calcite. Fluor-uvite with Magnesite and Calcite.
 

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”

Fluor-uvite with Magnesite
 

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”

Fluor-uvite with Magnesite. Fluor-uvite with Magnesite.
Uvite
Uvite. Uvite.
 

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”

Fluorescent short UV

Former collection of Bob Noble
Uvite
 

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”

With analysis copy

Former collection of Bob Noble
Uvite. Uvite.
Florencite-(Ce) with Milarite and Quartz
Florencite-(Ce) with Milarite and Quartz. Front
Front
Florencite-(Ce) with Milarite and Quartz. Side
Side
Florencite-(Ce) with Milarite and Quartz.
 

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”

Magnesite with Uvite
 

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”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Magnesite with Uvite. Front
Front
Magnesite with Uvite. Side
Side
Magnesite with Quartz and inclusions
Magnesite with Quartz and inclusions. Front
Front
Magnesite with Quartz and inclusions. Top
Top
 

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”

Magnesite with Dolomite
 

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”

Magnesite with Dolomite. Front
Front
Magnesite with Dolomite. Top
Top
Magnesite
Magnesite. Front
Front
Magnesite. Top
Top
 

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”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Dolomite with doubly terminated Quartz
 

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”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Dolomite with doubly terminated Quartz. Front
Front
Dolomite with doubly terminated Quartz. Rear
Rear
Hematite
Hematite. Hematite.
 

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”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Hematite
 

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”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Hematite. Hematite.
Hematite
Hematite. Front
Front
Hematite. Rear
Rear
Hematite. Top
Top
 

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”

Former collection of Josep Amigó (Silvane)
Hematite
 

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”

Former collection of Ignacio Hernández
Hematite. Front
Front
Hematite. Rear
Rear
Topaz with Quartz
Topaz with Quartz. Front
Front
Topaz with Quartz. Side
Side
Topaz with Quartz.
 

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”

Topaz with Quartz
 

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”

Topaz with Quartz. Topaz with Quartz.
Svanbergite with Magnesite and Fluor-uvite
Svanbergite with Magnesite and Fluor-uvite.
Svanbergite with Magnesite and Fluor-uvite. Svanbergite with Magnesite and Fluor-uvite.
 

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”


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