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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


Almadén

Almadén is dead – long live Almadén!
A mine that has been in operation for over 20 centuries – it was first worked by the Romans from 372-287 BC – has recently been closed down. All work in the mine has stopped and the waste tips have been re-processed, so it will no longer be possible to find more specimens from this classic locality. As the old galleries have now been made safe so that they can be used as a new mining museum we don’t think they will find anything underground either. Before the Chinese Cinnabar appeared it was the locality that produced the best Cinnabar samples in the world. From our stock we have selected some examples, thus giving people who do not already have one the chance to add an Almadén sample to their collection.

Cinnabar with Mercury, Calcite and Pyrite
Cinnabar with Mercury, Calcite and Pyrite. Cinnabar with Mercury, Calcite and Pyrite.
 

NQ46AM9: Groups of very sharp Cinnabar crystals, with the dominant forms of a rhombohedron, fine striations, translucent, with bright luster and a vivid color. With small drops of native Mercury, Calcite crystals and small Pyrite coatings.
Almaden Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain

Specimen size: 3.1 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 1.22” × 0.67” × 0.63”

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

Cinnabar with Quartz
 

NB37AL9: Groups of twinned rhombohedral crystals of Cinnabar on matrix with Quartz crystals, translucent, bright and with a very vivid color.
Almaden Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain

Specimen size: 3.8 × 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 1.50” × 0.59” × 0.55”

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

Cinnabar with Quartz. Cinnabar with Quartz.
Cinnabar with Dolomite and Mercury
Cinnabar with Dolomite and Mercury. Cinnabar with Dolomite and Mercury.
Cinnabar with Dolomite and Mercury  

NQ91AK0: Group of complex crystals of Cinnabar with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, very bright, with a very vivid and deep color, with coatings of small white crystals of Dolomite and on matrix. Also with small drops of native Mercury.
An old classic from the collection of Ignacio Gaspar, which was previously in the collection of Martín Oliete. We will send the buyer the cards from both collections.
Almaden Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (1980)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.7 × 1.2 cm = 1.93” × 1.85” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.39” × 0.20”

Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar
Cinnabar with Calcite and Mercury
Cinnabar with Calcite and Mercury  

EM59AI8: Group of Cinnabar crystals whose definition on their faces and edges is very much better than usual. They are translucent, extraordinarily bright and have a very intense and vivid color. On matrix, with Calcite and native Mercury drops and inclusions.
The sample is from the Raúl Sanabria collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
San Teodoro Shaft, Almadén Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (±1970)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 2.5 × 3.8 cm = 2.44” × 0.98” × 1.50”

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

Former collection of Raúl Sanabria
Cinnabar with Calcite and Mercury. Cinnabar with Calcite and Mercury.
Cinnabar
Cinnabar. Cinnabar.
 

NG86S5: Aggregate of Cinnabar crystals with a dominant rhombohedron, typically striated on specimens from this locality. Color is very rich and deep and the luster is excellent. It is in a fine-grained Cinnabar matrix with interstitial native Mercury.
San Teodoro Shaft, Almadén Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.4 × 4.7 cm = 2.68” × 2.13” × 1.85”

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

Cinnabar with Calcite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Cinnabar with Calcite
 

TC21500NMR: Group of Cinnabar crystals very rich in faces, one of the crystals clearly dominant, transparent, with very bright luster and a bright red color. On matrix, with white Calcite coatings.
The specimen comes from the collection of Ignacio Gaspar Sintes (number CIN-52), whose label, accompanied by others that show a good history, we will send to the buyer.
Of the best quality for Almadén.
Almaden Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain

Specimen size: 7.5 × 4 × 4 cm = 2.95” × 1.57” × 1.57”

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

Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar
Cinnabar with Calcite.
Cinnabar
Cinnabar. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Cinnabar. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Cinnabar. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Cinnabar. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén

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TLM1AO6: Cinnabar crystals with much sharper than usual crystal forms, translucent, with a very good luster and vivid color, on matrix.
A Spanish classic that comes from the Jean-Louis Goux collection.
Distrito Minero de Almadén, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain

Specimen size: 9 × 5.4 × 1.6 cm = 3.54” × 2.13” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.4 cm = 0.43” × 0.16”

Former collection of Jean-Louis Goux
Cinnabar with Quartz

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EFF49AQ1: Individualized Cinnabar crystals with sharp crystal forms dominated by the prism. Translucent, with good luster and a deep color, on matrix, with small crystals of transparent Quartz. A Spanish classic.
Almaden Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain

Specimen size: 10.2 × 7.2 × 3.5 cm = 4.02” × 2.83” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.28” × 0.20”

Cinnabar with Quartz. Cinnabar with Quartz.
Cinnabar with Quartz.
Cinnabar with Mercury and Calcite
Cinnabar with Mercury and Calcite. Cinnabar with Mercury and Calcite.
Cinnabar with Mercury and Calcite.
 

VB70Z1: Cinnabar crystals with very well defined faces and edges, with excellent color and extraordinary luster. They are on matrix, with Quartz and small Mercury spheres. One of the main crystals, that at first appearance may seem foliated, is a twin, as one of the images attests, showing a small aggregate of microcrystalline Quartz and a small Cinnabar crystal occupying part of both twin faces.
San Teodoro Shaft, Almadén Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (±1978)

Specimen size: 10.8 × 10.4 × 4 cm = 4.25” × 4.09” × 1.57”

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

Former collection of A. Mayor
Cinnabar
 

EB63K1: Small group of small but very well defined and bright crystals. The specimen is from the El Entredicho mine, in Almadenejos which is some distance from Almadén and whose crystallizations are very infrequent.
El Entredicho Mine, Almadenejos, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (±1980)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.3 × 2.8 cm = 1.54” × 0.91” × 1.10”

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

Cinnabar.
Cinnabar with Quartz and Calcite
Cinnabar with Quartz and Calcite. Cinnabar with Quartz and Calcite.
Cinnabar with Quartz and Calcite  

NA96AL9: Cinnabar crystals on matrix with Quartz and Calcite crystals. With a dominant group in parallel growth, with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, very lustrous and with a particularly vivid color for the locality where they are usually darker.
The specimen comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection (number CIN-45), whose collection card we will send to the buyer.
Las Cuevas Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (±2004)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 1.6 × 2.1 cm = 1.65” × 0.63” × 0.83”

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

Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar
Cinnabar with Mercury and Quartz
 

NM14X9: Rhombohedral Cinnabar crystals, one of them clearly dominant, bright, with a very intense color and on matrix with native Mercury drops and small Quartz crystals.
Las Cuevas Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (2006)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.2 × 2.5 cm = 1.85” × 1.26” × 0.98”

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

Cinnabar with Mercury and Quartz. Cinnabar with Mercury and Quartz.
Cinnabar with Dolomite
Cinnabar with Dolomite. Cinnabar with Dolomite.
Cinnabar with Dolomite  

NA94AL9: Group of twinned rhombohedral crystals of Cinnabar, translucent, very lustrous and with a particularly vivid color. Due to its quality, it is among the best ever found at the classic Almadén locality, currently only open for tourist visits.
The specimen comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection (number CIN-37), whose collection card we will send to the buyer, accompanied by a label from Mark Mauthner, in which it appears to have previously been in the Griffin collection and in the Smithsonian (former Carl Bosch collection)
Almaden Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.4 × 3.3 cm = 2.13” × 1.34” × 1.30”

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

Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar
Cinnabar with Chalcopyrite and Dolomite
 

NB27AG9: Druse of translucent white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with included small Cinnabar crystals with a very vivid color and bright small twinned Chalcopyrite crystals. We note that the samples from Almadén with well crystallized accessory species are very rare, and even moreso if included and very visible in clear Dolomite.
Almaden Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (±1960-70)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.9 × 2.9 cm = 2.76” × 2.32” × 1.14”

Cinnabar with Chalcopyrite and Dolomite. Cinnabar with Chalcopyrite and Dolomite.
Cinnabar
Cinnabar. Cinnabar.
Cinnabar.
 

MA91AL0: Cinnabar crystal group with prismatic habit, finely striated, with rhombohedral terminations, transparent, very bright luster, and a surprisingly lively color. A Spanish classic that comes from the Luís Barea collection in Madrid.
Almaden Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain

Specimen size: 9.5 × 9.3 × 6.5 cm = 3.74” × 3.66” × 2.56”

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

Former collection of Luis Barea
Pyrite with Calcite-Dolomite
 

NA14AH4: Clusters of small Pyrite crystals with complex crystalline forms, with dominant cube faces. They have grown on a botryoidal growth of linear Dolomite crystals that, on the back, have geometric hollows left by an unknown disappeared mineral that had trigonal geometry. Extraordinarily unusual for the locality, currently extinct.
Almaden Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (±1980)

Specimen size: 13.2 × 9 × 2.9 cm = 5.20” × 3.54” × 1.14”

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

Pyrite with Calcite-Dolomite. Front
Front
Pyrite with Calcite-Dolomite. Rear
Rear
Pyrite with Calcite-Dolomite.

CATALONIA


Microcline with Quartz (variety smoky)
Microcline with Quartz (variety smoky). Front
Front
Microcline with Quartz (variety smoky). Side
Side
 

NC14AL3: Microcline crystal with very well defined faces and edges, with clear double twinning according to both the Baveno and Manebach twin laws, and implanted in a translucent smoky Quartz crystal with deep and uniform color. Can Vernenc, close to Gualba, is an area that has produced very few collector quality specimens.
Can Vernenc, Montnegre Mountains, La Batllòria, Sant Celoni, Comarca Vallès Oriental, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (1980-1985)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 4 × 4.7 cm = 3.07” × 1.57” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 7.8 × 4 cm = 3.07” × 1.57”

Quartz with Pyrophyllite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Quartz with Pyrophyllite
 

JXF36AP8: Group of Quartz crystals, all of them doubly terminated, transparent, very lustrous and partially covered by white Pyrophyllite microcrystals.
This very old specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly and is accompanied by a card handwritten by Joaquín Folch Girona that we will send to the buyer.
Baiasca, Llavorsí, Comarca Pallars Sobirà, Lérida / Lleida, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (±1956)

Specimen size: 6 × 5 × 4.1 cm = 2.36” × 1.97” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 5.4 × 2.7 cm = 2.13” × 1.06”

Former collection Folch (duplicates)

Former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
Quartz with Pyrophyllite. Front
Front
Quartz with Pyrophyllite. Side
Side
Quartz with Pyrophyllite. Rear
Rear
Gahnite with Quartz
Gahnite with Quartz.
 

NX9R7: From a recent rediscovery of this Spanish classic, with nice bluish color and a more individualized crystal than usual.
Victoria Mine, Arrés, Vall d'Aran, Lérida / Lleida, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (09/2009)

Specimen size: 3 × 3.3 × 2.3 cm = 1.18” × 1.30” × 0.91”

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

Gahnite with Quartz
 

NL12W8: Flattened octahedral crystals, one of them clearly dominant with a grayish blue color and on a matrix of massive Quartz. A Spanish “oldie”.
Victoria Mine, Arrés, Vall d'Aran, Lérida / Lleida, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (09/2009)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.1 × 2 cm = 1.50” × 0.83” × 0.79”

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

Gahnite with Quartz.
Celestine with Calcite
Celestine with Calcite.
 

NK16M9: Lance-like crystals of Celestine that have excellent luster and sky blue color. They are in a geode upholstered by small "hedgehogs" of white crystals of Calcite. The sample is from a 2007 find.
Celestine deposit, Torà, Comarca Solsonès, Lérida / Lleida, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (09-11/2007)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 5.2 × 7.3 cm = 2.95” × 2.05” × 2.87”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.3 cm = 0.79” × 0.12”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Celestine with Calcite
 

NB16K9: Vug of sword-shaped Celestine crystals, with excellent luster and sky-blue color, coated by small white creamy hedgehoglike Calcite crystals. The specimen is a recent and exceptional find in the same locality as old findings, in Torà, but the new specimen’s quality is much better.
Celestine deposit, Torà, Comarca Solsonès, Lérida / Lleida, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (09-11/2007)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 5.2 × 5 cm = 3.46” × 2.05” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.98” × 0.20”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Celestine with Calcite.
Galena with Calcite
Galena with Calcite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Galena with Calcite
 

JAA36AP8: Cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena with very sharp crystal forms and of considerable size for the deposit. Quality galenas from La Martorellense must be considered historic.
The specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
La Martorellense Mine, Martorell-Castellví de Rosanes, Comarca Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.1 × 3.3 cm = 2.05” × 1.61” × 1.30”

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

Former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
Calcite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

NGX11AQ0: Growth of very acute scalenohedral Calcite crystals, water-clear and with a second generation of less well defined crystals, smaller in size and yellowish in color.
Can Palomeres Mines, Malgrat de Mar, Comarca Maresme, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (2017)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.1 × 3.5 cm = 2.40” × 1.61” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.67” × 0.24”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Calcite.
Calcite
Calcite.
 

NE26AM1: Delicate and very aerial growth of two generations of Calcite crystals, one of them as white crystals with the crystal forms of a very acute scalenohedron, translucent and with a pearly luster, and a second generation whose crystals have curved terminations and a yellowish color. Such quality specimens are rare from this locality.
Can Palomeres Mines, Malgrat de Mar, Comarca Maresme, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (2017)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 6.7 × 6.1 cm = 3.46” × 2.64” × 2.40”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.5 cm = 0.79” × 0.20”

Very fluorescent long & short UV
Wulfenite (variety chillagite) with Baryte and Fluorite
 

RA13AM8: Deformed lamellar crystals of Wulfenite (variety chillagite) with a light cream color. On matrix and with crystalline Baryte and Fluorite. A historical classic of Spanish mineralogy.
Teresita Mine, Can Donadeu, Sant Fost de Campsentelles, Comarca Vallès Oriental, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (±1955)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 0.98” × 0.55” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.43” × 0.39”

Fluorite fluorescent long & short UV
Wulfenite (variety chillagite) with Baryte and Fluorite.
Wulfenite (variety chillagite) with Cerussite, Baryte, Fluorite and Galena
Wulfenite (variety chillagite) with Cerussite, Baryte, Fluorite and Galena. Wulfenite (variety chillagite) with Cerussite, Baryte, Fluorite and Galena.
 

RG76AM8: Deformed lamellar crystals of Wulfenite (variety chillagite) with a light cream color. On matrix, with Baryte, Fluorite, and small crystals of Cerussite associated with Galena. A historical classic of Spanish mineralogy with the peculiarity of the presence of Cerussite that did not usually appear in this deposit associated with chillagite.
Teresita Mine, Can Donadeu, Sant Fost de Campsentelles, Comarca Vallès Oriental, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (±1955)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.6 × 3.4 cm = 1.77” × 1.81” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1 cm = 0.55” × 0.39”

Fluorite and Cerussite fluorescent long & short UV
Wulfenite (variety chillagite)
 

N57ZJ0: Laminar, very thin, crystals of this rare variety of Wulfenite (Chillagite is tungstenian wulfenite). They are enhanced by a white matrix. The locality is a classic of Spanish mineralogy.
Teresita Mine, Can Donadeu, Sant Fost de Campsentelles, Comarca Vallès Oriental, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (1983)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.85” × 1.46” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.3 cm = 0.39” × 0.12”

Wulfenite (variety chillagite).
Wulfenite (variety chillagite) with Baryte, Fluorite, Cerussite and Galena
Wulfenite (variety chillagite) with Baryte, Fluorite, Cerussite and Galena. Wulfenite (variety chillagite) with Baryte, Fluorite, Cerussite and Galena.
 

RC36AM8: Deformed lamellar crystals of Wulfenite (variety chillagite) with a light cream color. On matrix, with Baryte and very small crystals of Fluorite and small crystals of Cerussite associated with Galena. A historical classic of Spanish mineralogy with the peculiarity of the presence of Cerussite that did not usually appear in this deposit and associated with chillagite.
Teresita Mine, Can Donadeu, Sant Fost de Campsentelles, Comarca Vallès Oriental, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (±1955)

Specimen size: 5 × 2.6 × 1.9 cm = 1.97” × 1.02” × 0.75”

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

Fluorite and Cerussite fluorescent long & short UV
Wulfenite (variety chillagite) with Baryte, Fluorite, Cerussite and Galena
 

RE36AM8: Deformed lamellar crystals of Wulfenite (variety chillagite) with a light cream color. On matrix, with Baryte and very small crystals of Fluorite and small crystals of Cerussite associated with Galena. A historical classic of Spanish mineralogy with the peculiarity of the presence of Cerussite that did not usually appear in this deposit and associated with chillagite.
Teresita Mine, Can Donadeu, Sant Fost de Campsentelles, Comarca Vallès Oriental, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (±1955)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 3 × 3.3 cm = 2.24” × 1.18” × 1.30”

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

Fluorite and Cerussite fluorescent long & short UV
Wulfenite (variety chillagite) with Baryte, Fluorite, Cerussite and Galena. Wulfenite (variety chillagite) with Baryte, Fluorite, Cerussite and Galena.
Wulfenite (variety chillagite) with Baryte, Fluorite, Cerussite and Galena
Wulfenite (variety chillagite) with Baryte, Fluorite, Cerussite and Galena. Wulfenite (variety chillagite) with Baryte, Fluorite, Cerussite and Galena.
 

RF46AM8: Deformed lamellar crystals of Wulfenite (variety chillagite) with a light cream color. On matrix, with Baryte and very small crystals of Fluorite and small crystals of Cerussite associated with Galena. A historical classic of Spanish mineralogy with the peculiarity of the presence of Cerussite that did not usually appear in this deposit associated with chillagite.
Teresita Mine, Can Donadeu, Sant Fost de Campsentelles, Comarca Vallès Oriental, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (±1955)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.6 × 3.6 cm = 2.48” × 1.81” × 1.42”

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

Fluorite and Cerussite fluorescent long & short UV
Wulfenite (variety chillagite) with Baryte, Fluorite, Cerussite and Galena
 

RR56AM8: Deformed lamellar crystals of Wulfenite (variety chillagite) with a light cream color. On matrix, with Baryte, very small crystals of Fluorite and small crystals of Cerussite associated with Galena. A historical classic of Spanish mineralogy with the peculiarity of the presence of Cerussite that did not usually appear in this deposit associated with chillagite.
Teresita Mine, Can Donadeu, Sant Fost de Campsentelles, Comarca Vallès Oriental, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (±1955)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 5.5 × 5.3 cm = 3.27” × 2.17” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.63” × 0.16”

Fluorite and Cerussite fluorescent long & short UV
Wulfenite (variety chillagite) with Baryte, Fluorite, Cerussite and Galena. Front
Front
Wulfenite (variety chillagite) with Baryte, Fluorite, Cerussite and Galena. Side
Side
Wulfenite (variety chillagite) with Baryte, Fluorite, Cerussite and Galena.
Wulfenite (variety chillagite) with Baryte, Cerussite and Galena
Wulfenite (variety chillagite) with Baryte, Cerussite and Galena. Wulfenite (variety chillagite) with Baryte, Cerussite and Galena.
 

RT96AM8: Deformed lamellar crystals of Wulfenite (variety chillagite) with a light cream color. On matrix, with Baryte, Fluorite and small crystals of Cerussite associated with Galena. A historical classic of Spanish mineralogy with the peculiarity of the presence of Cerussite that did not usually appear in this deposit associated with chillagite.
Teresita Mine, Can Donadeu, Sant Fost de Campsentelles, Comarca Vallès Oriental, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (±1955)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 6.4 × 5.1 cm = 3.35” × 2.52” × 2.01”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.71” × 0.28”

Fluorite and Cerussite fluorescent long & short UV
Calcite with Fluorite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

JRM16AP8: Complex Calcite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, very rich in faces, transparent, lustrous, colorless, and implanted on a matrix covered with small octahedral crystals of green Fluorite.
This quite old specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Berta Quarry, Can Domènech Hill, Roques Blanques Mountains, Sant Cugat del Vallès-El Papiol, Comarca Vallès Occidental / Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (1996)

Specimen size: 9 × 4.7 × 4.7  cm = 3.54” × 1.85” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.8 cm = 0.79” × 0.71”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
Calcite with Fluorite. Calcite with Fluorite.
Montgomeryite
Montgomeryite.
 

N58DKJ0: The specimen has a higher quality than usual. It has a nice green color, silky luster and it is on matrix. Montgomeryite is one of the classic species from this locality near Barcelona.
Turó de Montcada Quarry, Montcada i Reixac, Comarca Vallès Occidental, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (07/1994)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.4 × 3.1 cm = 1.97” × 1.73” × 1.22”

Fluorescent short UV
Millerite with Calcite and Pyrite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Millerite with Calcite and Pyrite
 

SV2240NXH: Fan of fibrous-radiated Millerite crystals, with a golden color and great luster, on a Calcite matrix offering a beautiful color contrast, with small Pyrite crystals and remnants of limestone matrix. Note that this specimen has not been acid-etched, as can be seen from the good condition of its Calcite.
The specimen is a classic of Catalan mineralogy, and comes from the collection of Ignacio Gaspar Sintes, whose handwritten label we will send to the buyer.
Eugenia Mine, Bellmunt del Priorat, Comarca Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.5 × 4 cm = 2.13” × 1.77” × 1.57”

Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar
Millerite with Calcite and Pyrite. Front
Front
Millerite with Calcite and Pyrite. Side
Side
Millerite with Calcite and Pyrite. Millerite with Calcite and Pyrite.
Millerite with Pyrite and Calcite
Millerite with Pyrite and Calcite. Millerite with Pyrite and Calcite.

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Millerite with Pyrite and Calcite
 

JBM98AP8: Centered sprays of acicular Millerite crystals, very lustrous, on a pink Calcite matrix with Pyrite microcrystals.
This very fine specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Eugenia Mine, Bellmunt del Priorat, Comarca Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain

Specimen size: 6.9 × 6.5 × 3.3 cm = 2.72” × 2.56” × 1.30”

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

Former collection of Moutet (Marseille)

Former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
Millerite, Jamborite, Chalcopyrite and Calcite
 

N7BGJ5: Divergent groups of acicular crystals on a Calcite matrix rich of Chalcopyrite.
Eugenia Mine, Bellmunt del Priorat, Comarca Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.1 × 3.3 cm = 0.98” × 0.83” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 0.1 cm = 0.75” × 0.04”

Millerite, Jamborite, Chalcopyrite and Calcite. Front
Front
Millerite, Jamborite, Chalcopyrite and Calcite. Side
Side
Galena with Dolomite and Baryte
Galena with Dolomite and Baryte. Front
Front
Galena with Dolomite and Baryte. Side
Side

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JPR66AP8: Very sharp octahedral crystal of Galena, with the vertices truncated by cube faces, and partially covered by Barite at the base and by Dolomite on the side faces.
The specimen, which corresponds to a relatively modern find, comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Regia Mine, Bellmunt del Priorat, Comarca Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (06/2002)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 3.1 × 3.1 cm = 1.26” × 1.22” × 1.22”

Former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
Galena with Siderite

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Galena with Siderite
 

TBS96AP8: Group of cubo-octahedral Galena crystals, on matrix, one of them clearly dominant, very aerial and of good size, lustrous, and with fine polycrystalline growths on the faces.
The specimen, a great classic of Spanish mineralogy and of high quality, comes from the collection of the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes (number GAL-1019) and was previously in those of Jordi Povill and Josep Monné Porqueras.
Regia Mine, Bellmunt del Priorat, Comarca Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain

Specimen size: 9 × 8.5 × 7 cm = 3.54” × 3.35” × 2.76”

Main crystal size: 6 × 5 cm = 2.36” × 1.97”

Former collection of Josep Monné Porqueras

Former collection of Jordi Povill

Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar
Galena with Siderite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Galena with Siderite. Front
Front
Galena with Siderite. Side
Side
Cerussite with Galena
Cerussite with Galena. Front
Front
Cerussite with Galena. Side
Side
Cerussite with Galena.

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Cerussite with Galena
 

JMA96AP8: Tabular and twinned crystals of Cerussite, translucent, with very good luster and a slightly pinkish white color, on matrix, with Galena.
This very old specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly and was previously in the Folch collection's duplicates.
Raimunda Mine, El Molar, Comarca Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (1959)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.2 × 4.3 cm = 2.80” × 1.65” × 1.69”

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

Former collection Folch (duplicates)

Former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
Silver
 

NF59H1: The growth is laminar which is uncommon in the samples from Falset. Another aspect to distinguish the specimen is that it hasn’t been etched out with acid because the Silver is found in fissures and is not included in Calcite.
Balcoll Mine, Shaft 2, Falset, Comarca Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (10/2004)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.2 × 1 cm = 0.98” × 0.87” × 0.39”

Silver.
Silver with Acanthite and Calcite
Silver with Acanthite and Calcite. Front
Front
Silver with Acanthite and Calcite. Rear
Rear
Silver with Acanthite and Calcite.
 

PX76AJ5: Dendritic growths of very well defined, bright and elongated native Silver crystals, with small crystals and aggregates of Acanthite on a massive Calcite matrix.
Balcoll Mine, Falset, Comarca Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (11/2004)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 2.8 × 1.5 cm = 1.81” × 1.10” × 0.59”

Silver with Acanthite and Calcite

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PD89AM7: Dendritic growths of very elongated Silver crystals, well defined, bright, and partially covered by groups and small isolated crystals of darker Acanthite, on a massive Calcite matrix. The best possible quality for the locality.
Balcoll Mine, Falset, Comarca Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (11/2004)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.7 × 5.2 cm = 2.05” × 1.46” × 2.05”

Silver with Acanthite and Calcite. Front
Front
Silver with Acanthite and Calcite. Rear
Rear
Silver with Acanthite and Calcite.
Silver with Acanthite
Silver with Acanthite. Silver with Acanthite.
 

NF87H1: Native Silver crystals are elongated and form a complex “nest” in which they are partially covered by small dark crystals of Acanthite. The group is very aerial and stands prominently on a matrix etched with acid to expose the Silver.
Balcoll Mine, Shaft 2, Falset, Comarca Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (10/2004)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 5.3 × 5.5 cm = 2.20” × 2.09” × 2.17”

Silver with Acanthite and Calcite
 

ND27M5: Dendritic growths of very well defined and bright elongated crystals of native Silver with small crystals and aggregates of Acanthite, on massive Calcite matrix.
Balcoll Mine, Shaft 2, Falset, Comarca Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (15/09/2006)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.6 × 2.2 cm = 2.28” × 1.81” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.1 cm = 0.94” × 0.04”

Silver with Acanthite and Calcite. Front
Front
Silver with Acanthite and Calcite. Rear
Rear
Silver with Acanthite and Calcite.
Silver with Acanthite and Calcite
Silver with Acanthite and Calcite. Silver with Acanthite and Calcite.
 

PT48AI5: Dendritic growths, on a matrix of massive Calcite, of elongated native Silver crystals that are very well defined and bright, partially coated by Acanthite crystals. The Calcite matrix has been etched with acid to expose the Silver.
Balcoll Mine, Falset, Comarca Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (11/2004)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 5.2 × 3.5 cm = 2.40” × 2.05” × 1.38”

Calcite minor fluorescence short UV
Silver with Acanthite and Calcite
 

PR38AH8: Fine dendritic growths of native Silver with the well-known “feather-like” shape. They are on matrix with Calcite. The Silver, even though a long time has passed since this was collected when the first discoveries were done at the locality, is very well preserved. It is clean and bright and contrasts nicely with the deformed octahedral Acanthite black crystals.
Balcoll Mine, Falset, Comarca Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (11/2004)

Specimen size: 7 × 4.7 × 3.2 cm = 2.76” × 1.85” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.1 cm = 0.39” × 0.04”

Silver with Acanthite and Calcite. Silver with Acanthite and Calcite.
Silver with Acanthite and Calcite
Silver with Acanthite and Calcite. Front
Front
Silver with Acanthite and Calcite. Rear
Rear
Silver with Acanthite and Calcite.
 

PR89AH8: Fine dendritic growths of native Silver on a small Calcite matrix. The Silver, even though a long time has passed since this was collected when the first discoveries were done at the locality, is very well preserved. It is clean and bright and contrasts nicely with the deformed octahedral Acanthite black crystals.
Balcoll Mine, Falset, Comarca Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (11/2004)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 4.2 × 2.7 cm = 2.99” × 1.65” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.43” × 0.39”

Acanthite on Calcite
 

PT37AJ5: Group of cubo-octahedral Acanthite crystals with very well defined faces and edges and on a Calcite matrix. Well crystallized and well-shaped Acanthite crystals are a rarity at the Balcoll mine, better known for its magnificent samples of native Silver.
Balcoll Mine, Falset, Comarca Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.46” × 0.98” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”

Calcite fluorescent short UV
Acanthite on Calcite. Acanthite on Calcite.
Nickeline with Calcite and Acanthite
Nickeline with Calcite and Acanthite. Nickeline with Calcite and Acanthite.
Nickeline with Calcite and Acanthite.
 

MH96AM7: Aggregates of small Nickeline crystals on a Calcite matrix, lustrous, with a grey color with reddish tones. With the Nickeline there is also a very sharp and bright Acanthite crystal.
Balcoll Mine, Falset, Comarca Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain

Specimen size: 4.2 × 4.2 × 2.5 cm = 1.65” × 1.65” × 0.98”


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