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
Cobaltarthurite is a relatively new (2002) mineral species found for the first time in Spain. It is a cobalt arsenate and a member of the Arthurite group. The specimen presented here is from the type locality, the Dolores mine, Pastrana, Murcia, and the Cobaltarthurite appears as leafy and globular aggregates.
The new species was fully described by Jambor, Viñals, and other authors in a detailed work published in The Canadian Mineralogist:
Jambor, J.J., Viñals, J. 2002. Cobaltarthurite, Co2+Fe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O, a new member of the Arthurite group. The Canadian Mineralogist. 40: 725-732.
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ND8I9: Small globular and leafy aggregates of yellowish and black color, on matrix.
The sample has a label of the collection of Juan Viñals, one of the describers of the species.
Dolores outcrop, Pastrana, Mazarrón-Águilas, Comarca Alto Guadalentín, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (1999)
Specimen size: 2.3 × 2 × 1.5 cm = 0.91” × 0.79” × 0.59”
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NH97I9: Small globular and leafy aggregates of yellowish and black color, on matrix. On the Cobaltarthurite there are small green spherules of Conichalcite.
The sample has a label of the collection of Juan Viñals, one of the describers of the species.
Dolores outcrop, Pastrana, Mazarrón-Águilas, Comarca Alto Guadalentín, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (1999)
Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.9 × 1.1 cm = 0.94” × 0.75” × 0.43”
Type locality
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NV14AA4: Globular growths of small Fluellite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, with an excellent violet color, very intense, plus excellent bright intergrowths of clearer Metavariscite. We especially note the color of this Fluellite, very unusual because earlier examples were colorless.
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (1998-2000)
Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.4 × 4.2 cm = 1.89” × 1.73” × 1.65”
Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”
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NJ16AA4: Very sharp, individualized Fluellite crystals showing very well defined faces and edges. They have a very deep bright violet color, and are partially coated by small globular aggregates of Metavariscite. We especially note the color on this Fluellite, very unusual because earlier examples were colorless.
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (1998-2000)
Specimen size: 7.2 × 3.3 × 2.5 cm = 2.83” × 1.30” × 0.98”
Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.08” × 0.04”
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NG13E8: A mineralogical rarity. The Crandallite has been totally substituted by the Fluellite. This one is even more interesting given the size of the crystals and the fact that they are well separated from each other and are on the contrasting dark matrix.
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (±1998)
Specimen size: 8.7 × 4 × 1.7 cm = 3.43” × 1.57” × 0.67”
Minor fluorescence long & short UV
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NF36D1: An interesting Spanish find from the famous Eugui Quarry, the white crystals are Crandallite pseudormophosing Minyulite, the green crystals are Minyulite, and some minor Fluellite also pseudomorphosed by Crandallite is present. A lovely specimen to look at with a magnifying glass!
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (1998-1999)
Specimen size: 6.5 × 6.5 × 3.3 cm = 2.56” × 2.56” × 1.30”
Crandallite fluorescent long & short UV
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JPR16AP8: Stalactitic growth of copper-bearing Aragonite, translucent and bluish green in color, from a known locality, but one from which very few specimens are seen.
This one comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
Lanz, Municipio Lanz, Comarca Ultzamaldea, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (1993)
Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.2 × 4.2 cm = 2.83” × 1.65” × 1.65”
Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
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The Eugui quarry in Navarre is famous for its specimens of twinned, transparent or translucent Dolomite. While the quarry is still active, specimens are only found from time to time. In 1997 to 1998 a significant number were found and over the last few years a few more have appeared.
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ED27R3: Group of sharp twinned rhombohedral crystals on matrix with very well defined faces and edges. The main crystal has a curious geometrical zoning that leaves one of its quadrants completely clear while the other three have gray inclusions.
The sample comes from the Museum of Luxembourg (register CK015) whose label will be sent to the buyer.
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain
Specimen size: 4.9 × 4 × 3.4 cm = 1.93” × 1.57” × 1.34”
Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2.2 cm = 0.94” × 0.87”
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N11CI0: Nice miniature of rhombohedra, one of them very aerial, of very well defined faces and edges, with color changes between bluish-gray and white and between translucent and completely transparent. Crystals clearly show the interpenetrating twin of two rhombohedra.
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (1998)
Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.1 × 2.7 cm = 2.01” × 1.61” × 1.06”
Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.9 cm = 0.47” × 0.35”
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SV2240TFG: Group of sharp rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with distinct interpenetration twins, transparent, lustrous and colorless, with striations on the crystal faces and fine geometric zoning in the interior. A classic of Spanish mineralogy, from the “el pozo” area; where the best specimens of this species came from. It was in the Paul Fitte collection.
Asturreta Quarry, 'el pozo', Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (±1970)
Specimen size: 5.4 × 5.2 × 3 cm = 2.13” × 2.05” × 1.18”
Main crystal size: 3 × 2.8 cm = 1.18” × 1.10”
Former collection of Paul Fitte
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EM99AI7: Group of very sharp rhombohedral crystals, one of them clearly dominant. They are interpenetration twins and are transparent, very bright and have gray phantom growths. A Spanish classic really fine and of great quality. The sample is from the Daunis collection.
Asturreta Quarry, 'el pozo', Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (±1970)
Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.5 × 4.3 cm = 2.20” × 1.38” × 1.69”
Main crystal size: 3 × 3 cm = 1.18” × 1.18”
Former collection of Lluís Daunis
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NLR27AO4: Very sharp rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with a very well defined interpenetration twin, transparent, lustrous, colorless and on matrix.
Excellent Spanish classic, from the collection of Santiago Jiménez.
Asturreta Quarry, 'el pozo', Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (±1970)
Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.4 × 3.2 cm = 2.28” × 1.73” × 1.26”
Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.9 cm = 0.91” × 0.75”
Former collection of Santiago Jiménez García
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NC11G8: Group of rhombohedral crystals. They are twinned and have very well marked triangular growth figures. On the matrix there are little lenticular crystals of Magnesite. Different from the usual.
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (09/2005)
Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.3 × 3.8 cm = 2.44” × 1.69” × 1.50”
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TC2180NMB: Very aerial group of Dolomite crystals with two rhombohedra forming an interpenetrating twin, transparent and lustrous, on matrix.
Asturreta Quarry, 'el pozo', Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain
Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.6 × 3.4 cm = 2.52” × 2.20” × 1.34”
Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2.3 cm = 0.94” × 0.91”
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NZ66AL0: Group of very sharp Dolomite crystals, rhombohedral, with interpenetration twins, between transparent and translucent, very bright luster, and on matrix. A Spanish classic that comes from the Carlos Prieto Paramio collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Asturreta Quarry, 'el pozo', Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (±1970)
Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.1 × 4.5 cm = 2.56” × 2.01” × 1.77”
Main crystal size: 3.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.38” × 0.87”
Former collection of Carlos Prieto Paramio
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TCB47AP9: Group of very sharp rhombohedral Dolomite crystals, with well defined interpenetrating twins, between translucent and transparent and with colorless areas alternating with grey.
The specimen comes from the Paul Fitte collection.
Asturreta Quarry, 'el pozo', Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (±1970)
Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.7 × 5.6 cm = 2.80” × 2.24” × 2.20”
Former collection of Paul Fitte
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JAL27AP8: Very aerial group of twinned rhombohedral Dolomite crystals, translucent, very lustrous, bluish grey in color, on matrix.
A Spanish classic that comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Asturreta Quarry, 'el pozo', Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (1958)
Specimen size: 7.6 × 6 × 7.3 cm = 2.99” × 2.36” × 2.87”
Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2 cm = 0.87” × 0.79”
Former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
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MAX51CD2: Intergrown crystals of well-defined, transparent, shiny, and aerial Dolomite on its matrix.
The dolomites from Eugui are one of the hallmarks of Spanish mineralogy, and this particular piece stands out for the great transparency of its crystals and their aerial and individualized shape.
Asturreta Quarry, 'el pozo', Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (+1970)
Specimen size: 7.9 × 7.3 × 5.7 cm = 3.11” × 2.87” × 2.24”
Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.63” × 0.55”
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MC93AJ5: Very aerial groups of rhombohedral twinned crystals that are transparent, very bright and colorless. An excellent Spanish classic with great quality and very esthetic.
Asturreta Quarry, 'el pozo', Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (±1970)
Specimen size: 9 × 8.7 × 6.8 cm = 3.54” × 3.43” × 2.68”
Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.1 cm = 1.46” × 1.22”
Former collection of Raúl Sanabria
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JJR37AP8: Very aerial group of twinned rhombohedral Dolomite crystals, water-clear, very lustrous, and in matrix.
A Spanish classic that comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (1982)
Specimen size: 9.3 × 6.6 × 3.5 cm = 3.66” × 2.60” × 1.38”
Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2.1 cm = 0.91” × 0.83”
Former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
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TT51AJ5: A group, on matrix, of sharp rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with very well defined interpenetration twins. They are transparent, very bright and colorless. A Spanish classic of great quality.
Asturreta Quarry, 'el pozo', Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (±1970)
Specimen size: 9.5 × 8.1 × 6.7 cm = 3.74” × 3.19” × 2.64”
Main crystal size: 3.6 × 3.6 cm = 1.42” × 1.42”
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TLM53AO4: Very sharp rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with a very well defined interpenetration twin, of considerable size, water-clear, lustrous, and with geometric zoning on the edges. Excellent Spanish classic.
Asturreta Quarry, 'el pozo', Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (±1970)
Specimen size: 11.7 × 10.3 × 4.9 cm = 4.61” × 4.06” × 1.93”
Main crystal size: 6.1 × 4.6 cm = 2.40” × 1.81”
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EM90AK5: Group of very sharp, colorless, transparent and brilliant rhombohedral crystals of Dolomite, on matrix, with some Pyrite microcrystals. A Spanish classic of excellent quality.
Asturreta Quarry, 'el pozo', Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (±1970)
Specimen size: 12.8 × 7.4 × 4 cm = 5.04” × 2.91” × 1.57”
Main crystal size: 4.1 × 3.4 cm = 1.61” × 1.34”
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ET66AM7: Large group of very sharp rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. Transparent, very lustrous, with geometric color zoning, bluish grey tones and rainbows. A Spanish classic, difficult to find with this size of crystals and with such quality.
Asturreta Quarry, 'el pozo', Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (±1970)
Specimen size: 16.6 × 14 × 6 cm = 6.54” × 5.51” × 2.36”
Main crystal size: 7.4 × 6.7 cm = 2.91” × 2.64”
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NA59Q1: Very acute crystals with very well defined faces and edges, yellow colored and on matrix. Crystals are different and of superior quality to those that are more common at Eugui.
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (2001)
Specimen size: 5.7 × 5.2 × 2.9 cm = 2.24” × 2.05” × 1.14”
Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.3 cm = 0.31” × 0.12”
Very fluorescent long & short UV
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NE76V5: Centered aggregates of Aragonite, one of them clearly dominant, with slightly spindled acicular crystals , transparent, very bright and on matrix, with Quartz and Calcite.
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (2006)
Specimen size: 9.5 × 5.7 × 4.8 cm = 3.74” × 2.24” × 1.89”
Main crystal size: 2 × 0.1 cm = 0.79” × 0.04”
Very fluorescent long & short UV
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NR66M0: Very esthetic specimen. Acicular white to creamy color Aragonite crystals with curved edges. Crystals are forming a centered and divergent group over a rocky matrix covered with botryoidal Calcite.
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (08/2007)
Specimen size: 10.8 × 8.8 × 5 cm = 4.25” × 3.46” × 1.97”
Main crystal size: 3 × 0.3 cm = 1.18” × 0.12”
Extremely fluorescent long & short UV
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NA66Q1: Very acute, almost acicular, crystals with very well defined faces and edges, transparent, bright and implanted on Dolomite crystals and on matrix. Crystals are different and of superior quality to those that are more common at Eugui.
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (08/2007)
Specimen size: 11 × 7.3 × 4 cm = 4.33” × 2.87” × 1.57”
Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.3 cm = 0.47” × 0.12”
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NC12J8: A curiosity from Eugui. The groups of white acicular crystals are not individualized but they cover a group of perfectly defined rhombohedral crystals of Dolomite.
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (1996)
Specimen size: 9.6 × 5.3 × 4.8 cm = 3.78” × 2.09” × 1.89”
Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.08” × 0.04”
Extremely fluorescent long & short UV
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N57EI0: Lenticular white crystals, very aerial, of Magnesite on a group of gray rhombohedrons of Dolomite. Even though being known from Eugui, crystallized Magnesite is very much rarer than Dolomite.
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (1999)
Specimen size: 8.7 × 4.8 × 6 cm = 3.43” × 1.89” × 2.36”
Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.63”
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M46JN6: On this piece white Dolomite rhombohedrons and lenticular yellowish crystals of Magnesite have grown together. We especially note the rare richness of Magnesite crystals in the sample.
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (1999)
Specimen size: 10 × 8.8 × 5.7 cm = 3.94” × 3.46” × 2.24”
Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.59” × 0.39”
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MT89AJ5: Groups of very sharp lenticular Magnesite crystals, translucent and bright with a pale pink color and on matrix with white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. With a better definition than usual for Eugui Magnesites.
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (±1990)
Specimen size: 11.2 × 8.1 × 4.9 cm = 4.41” × 3.19” × 1.93”
Main crystal size: 5.2 × 2.5 cm = 2.05” × 0.98”
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NC87H5: Not so well known as the more famous Dolomite, Eugui Malachite is sporadically found, completely coating sharp crystals of Chalcopyrite.
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (1993)
Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.8 × 1.7 cm = 1.38” × 1.10” × 0.67”
Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.8 cm = 0.94” × 0.71”
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NH11I0: Group of crystals of Chalcopyrite of tetrahedral habit, one of them clearly dominant, pseudomorphed by crystalline Malachite, contrasting with the matrix of Dolomite rhombohedra.
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (1990)
Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.1 × 2.5 cm = 1.85” × 1.22” × 0.98”
Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 0.87” × 0.67”
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NC12K0: Chalcopyrite crystals of very well defined faces and edges, pseudomorphed by Malachite, on a rhombohedral crystal of Dolomite whose faces have overgrowths with slight curvatures. Unusual.
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (2006)
Specimen size: 8.3 × 4.3 × 3.7 cm = 3.27” × 1.69” × 1.46”
Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.28” × 0.20”
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NP8Q1: Deep red-colored sharp crystal with very well defined faces and edges on a reddish Gypsum matrix. The sample is from a very recent find, February 2010, in a zone well known for the quality of its “Jacintos”.
Domeño, Comarca Los Serranos, Valencia / València, Valencian Community / Comunitat Valenciana Spain (06/02/2010)
Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.2 × 3.4 cm = 2.05” × 1.26” × 1.34”
Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.47” × 0.31”
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NA8Q1: Sharp, doubly terminated deep red-colored crystal on a reddish Gypsum matrix. The sample is from a very recent find, February 2010, in a zone well known for the quality of its “Jacintos”.
Domeño, Comarca Los Serranos, Valencia / València, Valencian Community / Comunitat Valenciana Spain (06/02/2010)
Specimen size: 6.9 × 5 × 3.4 cm = 2.72” × 1.97” × 1.34”
Main crystal size: 2 × 0.7 cm = 0.79” × 0.28”
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ND14AL5: Spheroidal growth of Quartz crystals (Jacinto de Compostela variety) on a Gypsum matrix. The sharp crystals have very fine, almost non-existent prismatic faces and are shiny and of an intense and uniform color.
Chella, Comarca Canal de Navarrés, Valencia / València, Valencian Community / Comunitat Valenciana Spain
Specimen size: 6 × 3.8 × 3.4 cm = 2.36” × 1.50” × 1.34”
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AR11AM1: Group of doubly terminated Quartz crystals (Jacinto de Compostela variety), one of them dominant and very aerial, with sharp faces and edges, and a uniform color, on a Gypsum matrix.
Chella, Comarca Canal de Navarrés, Valencia / València, Valencian Community / Comunitat Valenciana Spain
Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.4 × 2.2 cm = 2.48” × 1.73” × 0.87”
Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.4 cm = 0.98” × 0.55”
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JBC27AP8: Elongated spheroidal aggregate, on matrix, of small, very lustrous Quartz crystals of intense red color due to inclusions of Hematite (jacinto de compostela variety).
A Spanish classic that comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Chella, Comarca Canal de Navarrés, Valencia / València, Valencian Community / Comunitat Valenciana Spain
Specimen size: 7 × 4.4 × 3.5 cm = 2.76” × 1.73” × 1.38”
Main crystal size: 4.3 × 2.4 cm = 1.69” × 0.94”
Former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
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TJ27AF7: Very sharp, transparent and bright Gypsum crystals on marl that are very rich in hematite inclusions.
The sample is from the collection of La Unión area minerals of Alain Martaud, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Chella, Comarca Canal de Navarrés, Valencia / València, Valencian Community / Comunitat Valenciana Spain
Specimen size: 15.7 × 12 × 8.5 cm = 6.18” × 4.72” × 3.35”
Main crystal size: 6.4 × 3.6 cm = 2.52” × 1.42”
Former collection of Alain Martaud
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AQ62AF2: A group of Celestine crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very sharp faces, clear, bright and with a uniform light blue color.
Serreta Larga Quarry (Cemex Quarry), Serreta Llarga, Fontcalent, Alicante/Alacant city, Alicante/Alacant, Comarca Campo de Alicante, Alicante / Alacant, Valencian Community / Comunitat Valenciana Spain
Specimen size: 3.4 × 2 × 1.8 cm = 1.34” × 0.79” × 0.71”
Main crystal size: 3.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.34” × 0.55”
Minor fluorescence short UV
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Fluorescent light (daylight)
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NRT63AN9: Quartz crystals with a very short prism, transparent and lustrous, on a matrix covered by Clinozoisite-Epidote (Series) crystals.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 864) whose label we will send to the buyer.
Sierra y Lomas Quarry (Los Serranos Quarry), Cabezo Negro, Albatera, Comarca Vega Baja del Segura, Alicante / Alacant, Valencian Community / Comunitat Valenciana Spain (2008)
Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.6 × 2.9 cm = 1.85” × 1.42” × 1.14”
Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.4 cm = 0.71” × 0.55”
Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
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Fluorescent light (daylight)
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NBR14AN7: Very aerial and parallel polycrystalline growth of translucent and very lustrous Celestine crystals, with sharp crystal forms and excellent terminations.
The specimen, an occasional find, comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez (number 823), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Celestine deposit, Hurchillo floodgates, Tajo-Segura irrigation system, Arneva, Orihuela, Comarca Vega Baja del Segura, Alicante / Alacant, Valencian Community / Comunitat Valenciana Spain (2014)
Specimen size: 8.8 × 3.1 × 3 cm = 3.46” × 1.22” × 1.18”
Very fluorescent and phosphorescent
Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
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PM89AK4: Celestine crystals with very well defined faces and edges, some curved, totally or partially doubly terminated, with intense color, and zoned. On matrix with small white, very acute white scalenehedral crystals of Calcite. The specimen is of the best possible quality for the locality.
Serreta Larga Quarry (Cemex Quarry), Serreta Llarga, Fontcalent, Alicante/Alacant city, Alicante/Alacant, Comarca Campo de Alicante, Alicante / Alacant, Valencian Community / Comunitat Valenciana Spain
Specimen size: 8.9 × 8.7 × 3.8 cm = 3.50” × 3.43” × 1.50”
Main crystal size: 4.4 × 1.6 cm = 1.73” × 0.63”
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