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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


San Andrés Mine Pyromorphite (Geoda del Túnel - 11/1998)

The small San Andrés Mine in Villaviciosa, Córdoba, produced, over the period 1997-1998, some really great Pyromorphite! The color is a fantastic apple green and their brilliance is typical of the specimens that in the past have made this mine famous. These are, without doubt, the best Pyromorphite found in Europe during the last few years, and they really compete well with the famous American Bunker Hill Pyromorphite, and with the new Chinese ones. The specimens were found in two different pockets. The first one was found in November 1997 and it was called 'Realces' pocket. The second (and last) one was found in November 1998. It was called the 'Geoda del Túnel' pocket. Unfortunately, after these two pockets the mine entrance was blocked by tons of rubble.

Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite.
 

N46JD0: Group of doubly terminated, prismatic crystals with multiple hexagonal terminations.
San Andrés Mine, del tunel pocket, Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba, Andalusia  Spain (11/1998)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.71” × 0.47”

Pyromorphite
 

N76KD0: Doubly terminated crystals of slightly curved edges and an uncommon yellow color.
The specimen has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Bocamina’ on page 76 in number 18, year 2006.
San Andrés Mine, del tunel pocket, Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba, Andalusia  Spain (11/1998)

Specimen size: 3 × 3.3 × 2.5 cm = 1.18” × 1.30” × 0.98”

Pyromorphite.
Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.
 

N38FK9: Group of prismatic crystals, many of them doubly terminated, with well defined faces and edges and excellent color and luster, on matrix.
San Andrés Mine, del tunel pocket, Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba, Andalusia  Spain (11/1998)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.4 × 3.3 cm = 1.85” × 1.34” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.24” × 0.16”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Pyromorphite
 

N4DQ7: Group of prismatic crystals on matrix, most of them doubly terminated, with an excellent definition of faces and edges and with flat pinacoidal terminations. The color and luster are excellent. A glory of the past, from one of the best pockets ever found at the San Andrés Mine.
San Andrés Mine, del tunel pocket, Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba, Andalusia  Spain (11/1998)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.3 × 3.8 cm = 2.44” × 2.09” × 1.50”

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.
Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite.
Pyromorphite.
 

N76AE8: This is one of the best samples from the pocket given its color (which is a little more intense than the others) and the position of the crystals on the Baryte matrix. As they are very aerial you can see the form perfectly. A great specimen.
The specimen has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Bocamina’ on page 71 in number 18, year 2006.
San Andrés Mine, del tunel pocket, Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba, Andalusia  Spain (11/1998)

Specimen size: 8 × 8 × 6 cm = 3.15” × 3.15” × 2.36”

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

Pyromorphite with Baryte

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

NBC10AP7: Groups of prismatic Pyromorphite crystals, many of them doubly terminated, with brilliant luster and an intense green color, on a Baryte matrix.
It comes from the Tunnel pocket which, of the two great finds of Pyromorphite in this mine, was the one that produced specimens with the most vivid color.
San Andrés Mine, del tunel pocket, Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba, Andalusia  Spain (11/1998)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 7.4 × 5.3 cm = 3.66” × 2.91” × 2.09”

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

Pyromorphite with Baryte. Pyromorphite with Baryte.
Pyromorphite on Baryte
Pyromorphite on Baryte.
Pyromorphite on Baryte.
 

N76XD1: Aerial crystals, good color and luster and, although the crystal size is not that large, the specimen looks pretty good.
The specimen has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Bocamina’ on page 74 in number 18, year 2006.

San Andrés Mine, del tunel pocket, Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba, Andalusia  Spain (11/1998)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 7.5 × 6 cm = 3.74” × 2.95” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 0.7 cm = 0.28”


GRANADA

Wulfenite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

JBL26AP8: Wulfenite crystals, on matrix, between tabular and lamellar, very rich in forms, with good luster and an intense yellow-orange color. Something different from what is normally found in this mine, they are reminiscent in a way of the specimens from Mibladen.
This specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
La Peza, Comarca Guadix, Granada, Andalusia  Spain (1995)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.9 × 2.9 cm = 2.05” × 1.54” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.9 cm = 0.51” × 0.35”

Former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
Wulfenite. Wulfenite.
Chalcostibite with Siderite
Chalcostibite with Siderite. Chalcostibite with Siderite.
 

NA14I7: Magnificent (for the locality) prismatic crystal of very well defined faces and edges and a very fresh surface with small green alteration. The Crystals occupy the center of a vug on a Siderite matrix, crystallized in some zones.
El Vagón Mine (Tío Seguro Mine), Lanteira, Comarca Guadix, Granada, Andalusia  Spain (05/2000)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3 × 4.1 cm = 1.46” × 1.18” × 1.61”

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

Wulfenite
 

N9AI0: The crystals, small, are laminar and have very well defined faces and edges and octagonal outlines. Their luster and intense yellow color are excellent and some of them have transparent edges.
Los Lastonares Mines, Albuńuelas, Comarca Valle de Lecrín, Granada, Andalusia  Spain (04/2000)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 3.4 × 1.2 cm = 2.44” × 1.34” × 0.47”

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

Wulfenite.
Siderite
Siderite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

JXA12AP8: Druse of very sharp rhombohedral crystals of Siderite, with good luster and a very dark brown color, almost black.
A typical specimen from the Sierra Nevada that comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Corral del Veleta, Sierra Nevada, Güéjar Sierra, Comarca Vega de Granada, Granada, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 6.2 × 3.8 × 1.2 cm = 2.44” × 1.50” × 0.47”

Former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly

HUELVA

Plumbian Baryte
 

FC11Z9: Stalactite-like growth of thick tabular crystals. They are transparent, very bright and have a slightly pink color. Their analysis revealed a high content of lead. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Salomón Cut, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (2010)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.8 × 4.9 cm = 1.89” × 1.89” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.3 cm = 0.31” × 0.12”

Former collection of Fermín Clemente
Plumbian Baryte. Plumbian Baryte.
Plumbian Baryte
Plumbian Baryte. Plumbian Baryte.
 

FG10Z9: Stalactite-like growth of thick tabular crystals. They are transparent, very bright and have a slightly pink color. Their analysis revealed a high content of lead. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Salomón Cut, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (2010)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 3.2 × 1.5 cm = 2.83” × 1.26” × 0.59”

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

Former collection of Fermín Clemente
Chalcopyrite with Dolomite and Calcite
 

ND56AJ7: Sharp disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals with a pseudotetrahedral shape. They are twinned, very bright and on a matrix with Dolomite and Calcite. This kind of Chalcopyrite was not known at the locality until now.
Salomón Cut, bench 290, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.2 × 6.4 cm = 2.44” × 1.65” × 2.52”

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

Chalcopyrite with Dolomite and Calcite. Chalcopyrite with Dolomite and Calcite.
Chalcopyrite with Calcite
Chalcopyrite with Calcite. Chalcopyrite with Calcite.
 

NF76AJ7: Sharp disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals with a pseudotetrahedral shape. They are twinned, very bright and are on a Calcite matrix. The sample has been sawed on the lower part to reduce the matrix. This kind of Chalcopyrite was not known at the locality until now.
Salomón Cut, bench 290, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.3 × 4.3 cm = 2.44” × 1.69” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.35” × 0.28”

Chalcopyrite on Baryte, Dolomite, Calcite and Pyrite
 

NC46AJ7: Very sharp disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals with a pseudotetrahedral shape, twinned and with an iridescent superficial patina with dominant blue shades. Most of the crystals are on a matrix with Dolomite, Calcite and Pyrite and are implanted on a parallel growth of very sharp Baryte crystals. This kind of Chalcopyrite was not known at the locality until now.
Salomón Cut, bench 290, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.9 × 3.6 cm = 2.48” × 1.93” × 1.42”

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

Chalcopyrite on Baryte, Dolomite, Calcite and Pyrite. Chalcopyrite on Baryte, Dolomite, Calcite and Pyrite.
Chalcopyrite with Dolomite and Calcite
Chalcopyrite with Dolomite and Calcite. Chalcopyrite with Dolomite and Calcite.
 

NG46AJ7: Sharp disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals with a pseudotetrahedral shape. They are twinned and have a superficial metallic patina and are on a matrix with Dolomite and Calcite. This kind of Chalcopyrite was not known at the locality until now.
Salomón Cut, bench 290, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.1 × 4.9 cm = 2.83” × 1.61” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.35” × 0.24”

Chalcopyrite with Dolomite and Calcite
 

NH56AJ7: Sharp disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals with a pseudotetrahedral shape. They are twinned and have a superficial metallic patina and are on a matrix with Dolomite and Calcite. The sample has been sawed on the lower part to reduce the matrix. This kind of Chalcopyrite was not known at the locality until now.
Salomón Cut, bench 290, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 7.8 × 5.6 × 5.2 cm = 3.07” × 2.20” × 2.05”

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

Chalcopyrite with Dolomite and Calcite. Chalcopyrite with Dolomite and Calcite.
Chalcopyrite with Gypsum, Dolomite and Calcite
Chalcopyrite with Gypsum, Dolomite and Calcite. Chalcopyrite with Gypsum, Dolomite and Calcite.
 

NA14AM7: Very sharp disphenoidal crystals of Chalcopyrite with a pseudotetrahedral habit, twinned and with a superficial metallic tarnish. On matrix, with a large, very transparent and lustrous Gypsum crystal, and also Dolomite and Calcite crystals. This type of specimen was unknown until very recently at this locality.
Salomón Cut, bench 290, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.9 × 4.8 cm = 3.31” × 2.72” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.63” × 0.59”

Chalcopyrite with Gypsum, Dolomite and Calcite
 

NG12AM7: Very sharp disphenoidal crystals of Chalcopyrite with a pseudotetrahedral habit, twinned and with a superficial metallic tarnish. On matrix, with a large, very transparent and lustrous Gypsum crystal, and also Dolomite and Calcite crystals. This type of specimen was unknown until very recently at this locality.
Salomón Cut, bench 290, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 8.8 × 7.3 × 3.6 cm = 3.46” × 2.87” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.7 cm = 0.79” × 0.28”

Chalcopyrite with Gypsum, Dolomite and Calcite. Chalcopyrite with Gypsum, Dolomite and Calcite.
Covellite
Covellite. Covellite.
 

FJ10Z8: Aggregate, on matrix, of very well defined and bright Covellite microcrystals. They have an intense metallic blue iridescence. The sample is from a find in 1996. Subsequent finds have been sporadic, practically non-existent, either in that zone or the rest of the mine, which currently is now completely inactive.
Atalaya cut, 14-16 level, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (1996)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.1 × 2.8 cm = 1.42” × 0.83” × 1.10”

Former collection of Fermín Clemente
Covellite
 

FM16Z8: Aggregate, on matrix, of very well defined and bright Covellite microcrystals. They are larger than usual for the locality, they have an intense brassy color and a small oval area that shows an intense metallic-blue iridescence. The sample is from a find in 1996. Subsequent finds have been sporadic, practically non-existent, either in that zone or the rest of the mine, which currently is now completely inactive.
Atalaya cut, 14-16 level, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (1996)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.3 × 1.6 cm = 2.24” × 1.69” × 0.63”

Former collection of Fermín Clemente
Covellite. Covellite.
Covellite.
Sulfur on Covellite
Sulfur on Covellite.
Sulfur on Covellite.
Sulfur on Covellite.
 

NX26K0: Surface covered by small Covellite crystals with a magnificent color. We especially note the presence of crystallized native Sulfur in wide zones of the specimen.
Atalaya cut, 14-16 level, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (1996)

Specimen size: 14 × 6.7 × 4.8 cm = 5.51” × 2.64” × 1.89”

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

Sulphur on Covellite
 

FE26AA1: Bright small Sulphur crystals with very well defined faces and edges and deep hollowed growths. The Sulfur has been formed, very probably, at the expense of the deep blue crystalline Covellite that coats the matrix. Very unusual, as are many of the samples from this collection.
Atalaya cut, 14-16 level, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (1996)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 2.3 × 1.6 cm = 2.20” × 0.91” × 0.63”

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

Former collection of Fermín Clemente
Sulphur on Covellite. Sulphur on Covellite.
Gold on Quartz
Gold on Quartz.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

JMP56AP8: Growths of Gold crystals with hooked and spheroidal shapes, with brilliant luster, in a matrix of Quartz.
The specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Mina Sultana, Grupo Minero Sultana-San Rafael, Los Lomos, Cala, Comarca Sierra de Huelva, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.87” × 0.47” × 0.39”

Former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
Quartz with inclusions of Plancheite
 

FZ86AA1: A vug on a rocky matrix filled by small very bright and transparent Quartz crystals with a slight green color due to microscopic Planchéite inclusions.
The Planchéite has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. Very unusual, as are many of the samples from this collection.

Juanito Mine, Jarrama, Zufre, Comarca Sierra de Huelva, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (09/2005)

Specimen size: 10.8 × 8.6 × 7.8 cm = 4.25” × 3.39” × 3.07”

Former collection of Fermín Clemente
Quartz with inclusions of Plancheite. Front
Front
Quartz with inclusions of Plancheite. Side
Side
Quartz with inclusions of Plancheite.
Olivenite
Olivenite.
 

FK10AA1: Aggregates, on matrix, of rod-shaped crystals, most of them doubly terminated, with an olive-green color, typical for most of the samples of the species. The sample has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. Very unusual, as are many of the samples from this collection.
Ángeles 1Ş Mine, Paterna del Campo, Comarca El Condado, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (03/2011)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.2 × 1.2 cm = 1.81” × 1.26” × 0.47”

Former collection of Fermín Clemente
Clinoclase with Malachite and Quartz
 

FQ56Z9: Radial and fan-like aggregates of very well defined Clinoclase crystals. They have very acute terminations, a very intense and uniform dark green color and are on a Quartz matrix, with Malachite that has an appreciably clearer green. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. Very unusual, as are many of the samples from this collection.
Ángeles 1Ş Mine, Paterna del Campo, Comarca El Condado, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (03/2011)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 5.8 × 3.2 cm = 2.40” × 2.28” × 1.26”

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

Former collection of Fermín Clemente
Clinoclase with Malachite and Quartz. Clinoclase with Malachite and Quartz.
Copper with Malachite
Copper with Malachite. Front
Front
Copper with Malachite. Rear
Rear
Copper with Malachite. Side
Side
 

NF14AL4: Very aerial dendritic growth of deformed Copper crystals, totally covered by Malachite. Of good quality for the deposit, where this type of Copper specimen with Malachite is scarce.
Herrerías Mines, Puebla de Guzmán, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (2015)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 2.9 × 0.7 cm = 2.28” × 1.14” × 0.28”

Stibnite with Quartz
 

FA63Z9: Parallel aggregates of Stibnite crystals with very well defined curvatures. They are very large for the locality as is also true for their definition and luster. They are on a Quartz matrix with some very well defined crystals. Very unusual, as are many of the samples from this collection.
Nerón Mine, El Cerro de Andévalo, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (01/2009)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.7 × 4.6 cm = 2.52” × 1.85” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 0.3 cm = 0.83” × 0.12”

Former collection of Fermín Clemente
Stibnite with Quartz. Stibnite with Quartz.

HUELVA / Azurite from San Telmo and Poderosa Mines

Azurite
Azurite.
 

NL59Y5: A Spanish novelty. Very aerial floater group with spheroidal growths of small, very sharp, lenticular crystals. Those are very bright, translucent, finely striated and have a very intense blue color. The size and quality of the sample are very superior to all previously known for the locality.
San Telmo Mining Group, El Cerro de Andévalo, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (05/2013)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.6 × 1.8 cm = 1.65” × 1.02” × 0.71”

Azurite
 

NM14Y5: Spanish novelty. Floater nodule with spheroidal growths of small, very sharp, lenticular crystals. Those are very bright, translucent, finely striated and their color is clearer and as vivid as usual on the samples from the San Telmo Mine. The size and quality of the sample are very superior to all previously known for the locality.
San Telmo Mining Group, El Cerro de Andévalo, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (05/2013)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 3.9 × 2 cm = 2.44” × 1.54” × 0.79”

Azurite.
Azurite
Azurite.
 

ND11AB9: A Spanish novelty from a mine in which only the Pyrite had been noted before. Spheroidal aggregates of very well defined crystals, some of them platy and sharp, bright and with a very vivid color.
Poderosa Mine, El Campillo, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (03/2015)

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.4 × 1.7 cm = 0.71” × 0.55” × 0.67”

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

Azurite
 

NB11AB9: A Spanish novelty from a mine in which only the Pyrite had been noted before. Spheroidal aggregates of very well defined crystals, some of them platy and sharp, bright and with a very vivid color.
Poderosa Mine, El Campillo, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (03/2015)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.8 × 1.5 cm = 0.98” × 0.71” × 0.59”

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

Azurite.
Azurite
Azurite.
 

NF11AB9: A Spanish novelty from a mine in which only the Pyrite had been noted before. Spheroidal aggregates of very well defined crystals, some of them platy and sharp, bright and with a very vivid color.
Poderosa Mine, El Campillo, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (03/2015)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2 × 1.4 cm = 1.14” × 0.79” × 0.55”

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

Azurite
 

NL11AB9: A Spanish novelty from a mine in which only the Pyrite had been noted before. Spheroidal aggregates of very well defined crystals, some of them platy and sharp, bright and with a very vivid color.
Poderosa Mine, El Campillo, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (03/2015)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.7 × 2.5 cm = 1.50” × 1.06” × 0.98”

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

Azurite.

HUELVA / Mimetite specimens from Tharsis, Spain

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Mimetite with Beudantite
Mimetite with Beudantite.
Mimetite with Beudantite.
Mimetite with Beudantite  

SM65NXB: Small but very sharp tabular Mimetite crystals of excellent quality. In groups or isolated, they have very well defined faces and edges, bright luster, and an intense and uniform yellow color, on a limonite matrix with botryoidal growths of Beudantite microcrystals. Both the Mimetite and Beudantite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of both analyses to the buyer.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (09-10/2011)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.87” × 0.67” × 0.16”

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

Mimetite with Beudantite
 

NR10AA3: Small but very sharp tabular Mimetite crystals of excellent quality. Grouped or isolated, they always have very well defined faces and edges, are bright and have a very intense and uniform yellow color and are on a limonite matrix with botryoidal growths of Beudantite in micro-crystals. Both the Mimetite and Beudantite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (09-10/2011)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.6 × 0.9 cm = 1.14” × 1.02” × 0.35”

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

Mimetite with Beudantite. Mimetite with Beudantite.
Mimetite and Beudantite
Mimetite and Beudantite. Mimetite and Beudantite.
 

NB12V3: Although Mimetites have been previously found in Tharsis, between September and October 2011 some specimens of great quality appeared in the Filón Sur open pit. The size of the crystals is small, but the quality and definition is very high and they are also accompanied by Beudantites, whose analysis we will send to the buyer of the specimen.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (9-10/2011)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.1 × 1.7 cm = 1.61” × 1.22” × 0.67”

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

Mimetite
 

ND16AG0: Druse of Mimetite crystals on a rock matrix that resemble the English campylites, with a spheroidal shape but very well-defined faces and edges. They are bright, with a color between yellow and deep olive green. The sample is from a recent find at Tharsis.
Filón Sur open pit (external), Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (30/04/2017)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.9 × 2.4 cm = 1.77” × 1.54” × 0.94”

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

Mimetite. Mimetite.
Mimetite and Beudantite
Mimetite and Beudantite. Mimetite and Beudantite.
 

NE11V3: Although Mimetites have been previously found in Tharsis, between September and October 2011 some specimens of great quality appeared in the Filón Sur open pit. The size of the crystals is small, but the quality and definition is very high and they are also accompanied by Beudantites, whose analysis we will send to the buyer of the specimen.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (9-10/2011)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 2.2 × 4.1 cm = 1.89” × 0.87” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.24” × 0.16”

Mimetite with Beudantite
 

NB60AA3: Small but very sharp tabular Mimetite crystals of excellent quality. Grouped or isolated, they always have very well defined faces and edges, are bright and have a very intense and uniform yellow color and are on a limonite matrix with botryoidal growths of Beudantite in micro-crystals. Both the Mimetite and Beudantite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (09-10/2011)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.4 × 1.3 cm = 2.13” × 1.34” × 0.51”

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

Mimetite with Beudantite. Mimetite with Beudantite.
Mimetite with Beudantite
Mimetite with Beudantite. Mimetite with Beudantite.
 

NA14AA3: Small but very sharp tabular Mimetite crystals of excellent quality. Grouped or isolated, they always have very well defined faces and edges, are bright and have a very intense and uniform yellow color and are on a limonite matrix with botryoidal growths of Beudantite in micro-crystals. Both the Mimetite and Beudantite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (09-10/2011)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 6.1 × 1.9 cm = 3.70” × 2.40” × 0.75”

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

Mimetite
 

FH14Z9: Short prismatic crystals, a different shape from the most usual for samples from this locality. They are sharp, with very well defined faces and edges and are on a limonite matrix. Very unusual, as are many of the samples from this collection.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (09-10/2011)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.8 × 1.4 cm = 1.85” × 1.50” × 0.55”

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

Former collection of Fermín Clemente
Mimetite. Mimetite.
Mimetite
Mimetite. Mimetite.
 

NC14AG0: Druse of Mimetite crystals on a rock matrix that resemble the English campylites, with a spheroidal shape but very well-defined faces and edges. They are bright, with a color between yellow and deep olive green. The sample is from a recent find at Tharsis.
Filón Sur open pit (external), Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (30/04/2017)

Specimen size: 6 × 4 × 3.1 cm = 2.36” × 1.57” × 1.22”

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

Mimetite
Mimetite  

NF14AG0: Druse of Mimetite crystals on a rock matrix that resemble the English campylites, with a spheroidal shape but very well-defined faces and edges, and with a very intense uniform yellow color. The sample is from a recent find at Tharsis.
Filón Sur open pit (external), Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (11/2011)

Specimen size: 8.9 × 5.3 × 2.9 cm = 3.50” × 2.09” × 1.14”

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

Minor fluorescence short UV

Former collection of Fermín Clemente
Mimetite. Mimetite.

HUELVA / Iridescent Goethite

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Iridescent Goethite
Iridescent Goethite.
 

NJ58K8: Stalactitic-botryoidal growth with intense iridescence, very bright, metallic reflections, whose dominant colors vary between red, blue and gold. These growths contrast with a later formed phase with smaller and very bright botryoidal growths. The specimen is from a recent find in Tharsis. This locality hasn't produced significant samples in the last twenty years.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.3 × 2.2 cm = 1.73” × 1.30” × 0.87”

Goethite
Goethite  

MA26AL3: Botryoidal growth of very aerial Goethite, with variegated metallic iridescence, of dominant reddish blue, golden and green tones.
We will send the label of the Fermín Clemente collection to the buyer of the copy.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (09-10/2011)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.2 × 1 cm = 1.89” × 1.26” × 0.39”

Former collection of Fermín Clemente
Goethite. Front
Front
Goethite. Rear
Rear
Goethite
Goethite. Goethite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

NNB16AO8: Stalactitic-botryoidal aggregate of Goethite with intense iridescence, very lustrous and with metallic reflections, with dominant yellow, orange and reddish tones.
The specimen comes from the collection of Santiago Jiménez who, especially in the 1980s and 1990s, brought together an excellent collection with a very good representation of the mineralogy of Northern Spain.
Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 5.3 × 2.6 × 2.8 cm = 2.09” × 1.02” × 1.10”

Former collection of Santiago Jiménez García
Goethite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

NFM26AO8: Stalactitic-botryoidal aggregate with intense iridescence, very lustrous and with metallic reflections, with dominant reddish, green and blue tones.
The specimen comes from the collection of Santiago Jiménez who, especially in the 1980s and 90s, assembled an excellent collection with a very good representation of the mineralogy of Northern Spain.
Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.9 × 3.4 cm = 2.13” × 1.93” × 1.34”

Former collection of Santiago Jiménez García
Goethite. Goethite.
Iridescent Goethite
Iridescent Goethite. Front
Front
Iridescent Goethite. Rear
Rear
 

NA61L5: Stalactitic-botryoidal growth forming curious concretions and elongated growths. With intense metallic pastel color iridescence and a later formed phase, also with intense iridescence.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4.8 × 4.2 cm = 2.60” × 1.89” × 1.65”

Iridescent Goethite
 

NB12K4: A novelty from Munich 2007. Stalactitic-botryoidal growth with intense, very bright, iridescence, with metallic reflections of dominant colors between golden and blue. The specimen is from a recent find on Tharsis (Filón Sur Mine) that hasn't produced significant samples in the last twenty years.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.5 × 4 cm = 2.64” × 1.77” × 1.57”

Iridescent Goethite.
Goethite
Goethite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

JRA37AP8: Botryoidal growth of Goethite with intense metallic iridescence dominated by green, mauve and grey, and with cavities on the back that are typical of Rio Tinto specimens. The specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Cerro Colorado Mine, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (1980)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.6 × 2.8 cm = 2.80” × 1.81” × 1.10”

Former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
Goethite
 

NY57AC2: Botryoidal stalactitic aggregate with intensely metallic-iridescent patinas, very bright and showing strongly contrasting coloration, with dominant yellowish and orange shades. These growths contrast with a later phase with smaller and grayish-red botryoidal forms. The sample is from a famous 2007 find.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 4.7 × 4 cm = 3.27” × 1.85” × 1.57”

Goethite.
Iridescent Goethite
Iridescent Goethite. Front
Front
Iridescent Goethite. Rear
Rear
Iridescent Goethite.
 

ND80K4: A novelty from Munich 2007. Stalactitic-botryoidal growth with intense, very bright, iridescence, of dominant colors between pink and red and bluish. On the back it has laminar concretions, also iridescent, formed latterly to the botryoidal phase. The specimen is from a recent find on Tharsis (Filón Sur Mine) that hasn't produced significant samples in the last twenty years.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 11 × 4 × 3.2 cm = 4.33” × 1.57” × 1.26”

Iridescent Goethite
 

NH36N7: The colorful Goethite from Tharsis is a classic in Spain. From the find of 2007, this one is a fine example of its quality.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 12 × 4.8 × 2.9 cm = 4.72” × 1.89” × 1.14”

Iridescent Goethite.

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