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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


HUELVA / Goethite specimens from La Lapilla

Goethite
Goethite. Front
Front
Goethite. Rear
Rear
 

FZ62Z9: Very aerial parallel columnar growths with strongly iridescent areas that have a dominant green color, with red and blue on the tips and on the base.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.1 × 0.4 cm = 1.73” × 0.83” × 0.16”

Former collection of Fermín Clemente
Iridescent Goethite
 

NE9M1: If the Tharsis Goethite samples are well known for their intense colors and defined stalactitic growths, La Lapilla Goethite specimens stand out because of their delicate crossed stalactitic growths and filament-like structures. Also, a highlight is the pale pastel color iridescence, whose colors vary between green, deep blue to slight pink, and gray reflections with ocher zones.
La Lapilla Mine is well known by the rich base metals “gossan”, above all its high Gold content, but is not so known for Goethites.
La Lapilla Mine, La Lapilla, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (03-04/2008)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.3 × 1.6 cm = 2.05” × 1.30” × 0.63”

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

MN37AL4: Compared to other Goethites from southern Spain, those from the La Lapilla Mine stand out for their delicate network growths and finely arched structures, sometimes almost filamentous, added to that their quality and luster and their faint iridescence in pastel tones of ocher, green, intense bluish, and pink, on predominantly greyish metallic reflections.
We will send the Fermín Clemente collection label to the buyer of the specimen.
La Lapilla Mine, La Lapilla, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (04/2008)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.7 × 3.1 cm = 2.68” × 1.85” × 1.22”

Former collection of Fermín Clemente
Iridescent Goethite
 

NA60M1: If the Tharsis Goethite samples are well known for their intense colors and defined stalactitic growths, La Lapilla Goethite specimens stand out because of their delicate crossed stalactitic growths and very thin filament-like structures. Also, a highlight is the pale pastel color iridescence, whose colors vary between green, deep blue to slight pink, and gray reflections with ocher zones.
La Lapilla Mine is well known by the rich base metals “gossan”, above all its high Gold content, but is not so known for Goethites.
La Lapilla Mine, La Lapilla, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (03-04/2008)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 7.7 × 4.2 cm = 3.62” × 3.03” × 1.65”

Iridescent Goethite.
Goethite
Goethite. Goethite.
 

FB6Z8: Botryoidal and arborescent growths with intensely metallic-iridescent patinas showing strongly contrasted coloration, between pink-mauve and greenish and bluish shades. These samples have more elegant forms that those that are better known from Filón Sur, at Tharsis, and they are very rare because they appeared in the year 2008, and quickly disappeared from the mineral market.
La Lapilla Mine, La Lapilla, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (03-04/2008)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 7.2 × 4.1 cm = 4.02” × 2.83” × 1.61”

Former collection of Fermín Clemente
Goethite
 

FA67Z8: Fine columnar aggregates with patinas forming banded areas with vivid iridescent luster and strongly contrasted shades, predominating red, green and yellow. These samples have more elegant forms that those that are better known from Filón Sur, at Tharsis, and they are very rare because they appeared in the year 2008, and quickly disappeared from the mineral market.
La Lapilla Mine, La Lapilla, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (03-04/2008)

Specimen size: 12.1 × 8.4 × 3.8 cm = 4.76” × 3.31” × 1.50”

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

NB46AM1: Compared to other Goethites in southern Spain, those from the La Lapilla mine stand out for their delicate lattice growths and very fine arched structures, sometimes almost filamentous, which add to the quality and lively brilliance of their iridescence in metallic, blue, ocher, and reddish tones, with greyish metallic reflections predominating.
La Lapilla Mine, La Lapilla, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (03-04/2008)

Specimen size: 14.8 × 8.3 × 5.1 cm = 5.83” × 3.27” × 2.01”


HUELVA / Goethite specimens from Riotinto

Goethite
 

NB13AB5: Small botryoidal growth on a matrix of the same Goethite, with iridescences of very vivid colors and predominating reddish shades. The sample, from a very unique find in 1980, it comes from a Spanish private collection.
Cerro Colorado Mine, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (±1980)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.30” × 1.02” × 1.02”

Goethite.
Iridescent Goethite
Iridescent Goethite.
 

NB58S8: The iridescent Goethite from Rio Tinto is different from the Tharsis iridescent Goethite, it is not stalactitic and is much more colorful.
From an old find at the classic Rio Tinto mines, this Goethite surprises us with its rich and varied colors.
Cerro Colorado Mine, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (±1985)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.3 × 3.6 cm = 2.52” × 1.69” × 1.42”

Iridescent Goethite
 

NK6S8: The iridescent Goethite from Rio Tinto is different from the Tharsis iridescent Goethite, it is not stalactitic and is much more colorful.
From an old find at the classic Rio Tinto mine, this Goethite surprises us with its rich and varied colors.
Cerro Colorado Mine, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (±1985)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 8.7 × 5.5 cm = 4.53” × 3.43” × 2.17”

Iridescent Goethite. Iridescent Goethite.

JAÉN

Celestine
Celestine.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

JMF63AP8: Botryoidal Celestine aggregates with concentric growths showing two distinct phases of formation: an interior one, white in color, and an exterior that is a uniform pale sky-blue.
The specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly, and is different from the characteristic crystals of this mine.
Minerama II claim, Puente Tablas, Jaén city, Jaén, Comarca Metropolitana de Jaén, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 7 × 4.3 × 2.4 cm = 2.76” × 1.69” × 0.94”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
Galena with Calcite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

JTB66AP8: Group of cubo-octahedral Galena crystals with white Calcite coatings.
This exemplary Spanish classic, now very rare, comes from the collection of Andrés Jimenez Shelly.
Pit number 1, El Cobre vein, El Cobre-Igualdad-Matacabras mining group, Matacabras-Dehesa de las Yeguas, Bailén, Comarca Sierra Morena, Jaén, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.1 × 3.2 cm = 2.24” × 1.61” × 1.26”

Former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
Galena with Calcite. Front
Front
Galena with Calcite. Side
Side
Galena with Dolomite
Galena with Dolomite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Galena with Dolomite. Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

JTM99AP8: Group of Galena crystals, one of them clearly dominant and very aerial, with cube faces and with the vertices beveled by octahedron faces, very lustrous and on matrix, with white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals.
The specimen, a rare Spanish classic, comes from the collection of Andrés Jimenez Shelly.
El Cobre vein, El Cobre-Igualdad-Matacabras group of mines, Matacabras-Dehesa de las Yeguas, Bailén-Guarromán-Linares, Comarca Sierra Morena, Jaén, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 8 × 5.9 × 3.8 cm = 3.15” × 2.32” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.4 cm = 1.46” × 1.34”

Former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
Galena with Quartz

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

JBC91AP8: Druse of cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena, very sharp and lustrous and with some of their faces covered with white microcrystalline Quartz.
The specimen, a very rare Spanish classic, even harder to get with this quality, comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Pit number 1, El Cobre vein, El Cobre-Igualdad-Matacabras mining group, Matacabras-Dehesa de las Yeguas, Bailén, Comarca Sierra Morena, Jaén, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 9.4 × 5.3 × 4.7 cm = 3.70” × 2.09” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2 cm = 0.98” × 0.79”

Former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
Galena with Quartz. Galena with Quartz.
Galena
Galena. Galena.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Galena
 

JST96AP8: Very aerial group of Galena crystals with dominant cube faces and with octahedron faces, not always visible, on the vertices. These crystal faces, despite the antiquity of the piece, have still preserved their very bright luster.
The specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly, and was previously in the Folch collection (duplicates), whose handwritten label we will attach.
Jesús María Mine (El Soldado Mine), Los Guindos mining group, Dehesa de Cielo Abierto, Baños de la Encina, Comarca Sierra Morena, Jaén, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 4 × 2.4 × 2.4 cm = 1.57” × 0.94” × 0.94”

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

Former collection Folch (duplicates)

Former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
Chrysocolla
 

NA59T9: This is a Spanish novelty because in the Los Amigos Mine Chrysocolla wasn't mentioned before. We should also mention that the appearance of this Chrysocolla is very attractive as it isn’t just a crust as usual but it has nice forms covering what seem to be crystals of Quartz and probably Chalcedony. These nice forms together with their great color, generate what is, in our opinion, the best Chrysocolla found in Spain and nearly as fine as the nicer ones from other countries.
As usual when we offer unusual things like this, we will send a copy of the analysis to the customer.
Pit San Enrique, Los Amigos Mine, La Cruz Group of Mines, La Cruz vein, Mesa de Valdelloso, Linares, Comarca Sierra Morena, Jaén, Andalusia  Spain (11/2011)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2 × 1.2 cm = 0.91” × 0.79” × 0.47”

Chrysocolla.
Chrysocolla
Chrysocolla.
 

NB11T9: This is a Spanish novelty because in the Los Amigos Mine Chrysocolla wasn't mentioned before. We should also mention that the appearance of this Chrysocolla is very attractive as it isn’t just a crust as usual but it has nice forms covering what seem to be crystals of Quartz and probably Chalcedony. These nice forms together with their great color, generate what is, in our opinion, the best Chrysocolla found in Spain and nearly as fine as the nicer ones from other countries.
As usual when we offer unusual things like this, we will send a copy of the analysis to the customer.
Pit San Enrique, Los Amigos Mine, La Cruz Group of Mines, La Cruz vein, Mesa de Valdelloso, Linares, Comarca Sierra Morena, Jaén, Andalusia  Spain (11/2011)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.1 × 1.6 cm = 1.38” × 1.22” × 0.63”

Chrysocolla
 

NG12T9: This is a Spanish novelty because in the Los Amigos Mine Chrysocolla wasn't mentioned before. We should also mention that the appearance of this Chrysocolla is very attractive as it isn’t just a crust as usual but it has nice forms covering what seem to be crystals of Quartz and probably Chalcedony. These nice forms together with their great color, generate what is, in our opinion, the best Chrysocolla found in Spain and nearly as fine as the nicer ones from other countries.
As usual when we offer unusual things like this, we will send a copy of the analysis to the customer.
Pit San Enrique, Los Amigos Mine, La Cruz Group of Mines, La Cruz vein, Mesa de Valdelloso, Linares, Comarca Sierra Morena, Jaén, Andalusia  Spain (11/2011)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 2 × 2.5 cm = 2.05” × 0.79” × 0.98”

Chrysocolla.
Chrysocolla
Chrysocolla.
Chrysocolla.
 

NK13T9: This is a Spanish novelty because in the Los Amigos Mine Chrysocolla wasn't mentioned before. We should also mention that the appearance of this Chrysocolla is very attractive as it isn’t just a crust as usual but it has nice forms covering what seem to be crystals of Quartz and probably Chalcedony. These nice forms together with their great color, generate what is, in our opinion, the best Chrysocolla found in Spain and nearly as fine as the nicer ones from other countries.
As usual when we offer unusual things like this, we will send a copy of the analysis to the customer.
Pit San Enrique, Los Amigos Mine, La Cruz Group of Mines, La Cruz vein, Mesa de Valdelloso, Linares, Comarca Sierra Morena, Jaén, Andalusia  Spain (11/2011)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.5 × 1.7 cm = 2.05” × 1.38” × 0.67”

Chrysocolla
 

NH62T9: This is a Spanish novelty because in the Los Amigos Mine Chrysocolla wasn't mentioned before. We should also mention that the appearance of this Chrysocolla is very attractive as it isn’t just a crust as usual but it has nice forms covering what seem to be crystals of Quartz and probably Chalcedony. These nice forms together with their great color, generate what is, in our opinion, the best Chrysocolla found in Spain and nearly as fine as the nicer ones from other countries.
As usual when we offer unusual things like this, we will send a copy of the analysis to the customer.
Pit San Enrique, Los Amigos Mine, La Cruz Group of Mines, La Cruz vein, Mesa de Valdelloso, Linares, Comarca Sierra Morena, Jaén, Andalusia  Spain (11/2011)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 2.13” × 0.87” × 0.63”

Chrysocolla.
Chrysocolla.

JAÉN / Prehnite from Carchelejo

An ophite quarry in Carchelejo, Jaén, Spain produced good Prehnite, some of which are intensely green, with spherical forms, and often associated with brilliant Augite.
The quarry is now closed, so new specimens are unlikely to be found in the future.

Prehnite
Prehnite. Prehnite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

NMF14AN9: Globular aggregates of Prehnite, one of them clearly dominant and very aerial, on an ophite matrix, with very sharp and lustrous crystal terminations, which is unusual in specimens from this deposit, which is currently closed.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 876) whose label we will send to the buyer.
Oficarsa Quarry, De las Culebras Hill, Carchelejo, Cárcheles, Comarca Sierra Mágina, Jaén, Andalusia  Spain (2005)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4 × 3 cm = 1.85” × 1.57” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2.3 cm = 0.91” × 0.91”

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
Prehnite with Augite
 

NA11AB6: Botryoidal and fan-shaped Prehnite growths with a uniform light green color and on rocky matrix. The quarry has been closed for years.
Oficarsa Quarry, De las Culebras Hill, Carchelejo, Cárcheles, Comarca Sierra Mágina, Jaén, Andalusia  Spain (2002-2005)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.6 × 1.9 cm = 1.89” × 1.42” × 0.75”

Prehnite with Augite.
Prehnite
Prehnite.
 

NJ13L3: Globular light green aggregate, with well defined and very bright crystal terminal faces. These brilliant specimens are quite unusual in this closed quarry. On matrix.
Oficarsa Quarry, De las Culebras Hill, Carchelejo, Cárcheles, Comarca Sierra Mágina, Jaén, Andalusia  Spain (2004)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.8 × 1.5 cm = 1.97” × 1.50” × 0.59”

Prehnite with Augite
 

GH66AK6: Globular and rosette-like growths of pale green Prehnite on ophite matrix, with small acicular crystals of Augite. A Spanish classic from the Casado Margolles collection (reg. AC Various 37), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Oficarsa Quarry, De las Culebras Hill, Carchelejo, Cárcheles, Comarca Sierra Mágina, Jaén, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 7.1 × 6.4 × 1.9 cm = 2.80” × 2.52” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 2.2 cm = 1.10” × 0.87”

Former collection of Casado Margolles
Prehnite with Augite. Prehnite with Augite.
Prehnite
Prehnite. Prehnite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

NFM56AO8: Very aerial globular aggregates of Prehnite, on an ophite matrix, with very sharp and lustrous crystal terminations, which is not very common in specimens from this locality, which is currently closed.
Oficarsa Quarry, De las Culebras Hill, Carchelejo, Cárcheles, Comarca Sierra Mágina, Jaén, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 7.4 × 6.7 × 5 cm = 2.91” × 2.64” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 3 cm = 1.42” × 1.18”

Prehnite with Augite
 

NF61G8: Beautiful globular growths of Prehnite with central cavities occupied by Augite in groups of acicular crystals. Augite is also omnipresent on the whole surface of the matrix.
Oficarsa Quarry, De las Culebras Hill, Carchelejo, Cárcheles, Comarca Sierra Mágina, Jaén, Andalusia  Spain (±2001)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 5.3 × 4 cm = 3.11” × 2.09” × 1.57”

Prehnite with Augite. Prehnite with Augite.

MÁLAGA

Axinite-(Fe)
Axinite-(Fe).
 

N8KG8: Good group of crystals on matrix, of an excellent quality for the locality. Perfection of forms, color and luster are also good for the locality.
Acedo Claim (Juanona Quarry), Juanona, Antequera, Comarca de Antequera, Málaga, Andalusia  Spain (1999)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.1 × 1.5 cm = 1.18” × 0.83” × 0.59”

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

Antimony with Quartz
 

NL6AH7: Sharp, very bright and isolated crystalline growths with very neat exfoliation of native Antimony on a Quartz matrix. The specimen is from an old find and today it is very difficult to obtain samples from this locality which can be yet considered a Spanish classic.
La Viñuela reservoir, La Viñuela, Comarca La Axarquía, Málaga, Andalusia  Spain (1987)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 1.30” × 0.71” × 0.67”

Antimony with Quartz. Antimony with Quartz.
Antimony with Quartz
Antimony with Quartz.
 

NP6AM1: Very sharp and shiny crystalline growths and cleavages of Antimony on a massive Quartz matrix. A Spanish classic, from a locality from which it is currently extremely difficult to get specimens.
La Viñuela reservoir, La Viñuela, Comarca La Axarquía, Málaga, Andalusia  Spain (1987)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.9 × 1.6 cm = 1.30” × 1.14” × 0.63”

Antimony with Quartz
 

NA62J8: The mineral forms sharp and very bright crystalline growths and very neat exfoliation on Quartz matrix. The specimen is from an old find and actually it is very difficult to obtain samples from this locality that can be yet considered as classic.
La Viñuela reservoir, La Viñuela, Comarca La Axarquía, Málaga, Andalusia  Spain (±1995)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.5 × 4.5 cm = 1.38” × 0.98” × 1.77”

Antimony with Quartz. Front
Front
Antimony with Quartz. Side
Side
Antimony
Antimony. Antimony.
 

M7RH5: The surface of crystal growths, on Quartz matrix, is intensely bright and it is not altered. The sample is from an old find and actually it is quite difficult to obtain specimens from this locality.
La Viñuela reservoir, La Viñuela, Comarca La Axarquía, Málaga, Andalusia  Spain (1999)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.8 × 3.8 cm = 2.13” × 1.50” × 1.50”

Antimony with Quartz
 

NG14AJ5: Sharp and very bright Antimony crystalline growths showing very neat exfoliation on a massive Quartz matrix. A Spanish classic from a locality where it is currently very difficult to obtain samples.
La Viñuela reservoir, La Viñuela, Comarca La Axarquía, Málaga, Andalusia  Spain (1987)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.9 × 3 cm = 2.24” × 1.93” × 1.18”

Antimony with Quartz. Antimony with Quartz.
Scheelite
Scheelite. Front
Front
Scheelite. Side
Side
 

TF14AJ8: A complete Scheelite crystal with a polycrystalline base that has small matrix remains. It has a dipyramidal shape, is bright, translucent, and has a deep and uniform orange color. The sample, from a Spanish locality that is classic for the species, is from a relatively recent find.
Conchita Mine, Puerto del Lentisco-Arroyo Bosquecillo, Estepona, Comarca Costa del Sol Occidental, Málaga, Andalusia  Spain (2017)

Specimen size: 1.3 × 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.51” × 0.43” × 0.39”

Extremely fluorescent short UV
Scheelite
 

NA56AJ0: Floater Scheelite crystal with well defined faces and edges and rich in parallel and polycrystalline growths. It is translucent to transparent, bright, and has a uniform yellow color with slightly orange shades. The sample is from the most classic Spanish locality for Scheelite and this one has been recently found thanks to local prospector’s diggings.
Conchita Mine, Puerto del Lentisco-Arroyo Bosquecillo, Estepona, Comarca Costa del Sol Occidental, Málaga, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.83” × 0.59” × 0.47”

Extremely fluorescent short UV
Scheelite. Front
Front
Scheelite. Top
Top
Scheelite
Scheelite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Scheelite
 

EEZ70AQ1: Scheelite crystal with very marked polycrystalline growths, between transparent and translucent, and with very bright luster and intense orange color.
This specimen, of the best quality for the locality, comes from the collection of Jean Chervet (number 7813) whose label we will send to the buyer.
Conchita Mine, Puerto del Lentisco-Arroyo Bosquecillo, Estepona, Comarca Costa del Sol Occidental, Málaga, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.2 × 3.3 cm = 2.05” × 1.65” × 1.30”

Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV

Former collection of Jean Chervet

MÁLAGA / Blue Quartz with Magnesioriebeckite

In the Ofite quarries in the provinces of Málaga and Jaén they find these blue Quartz, whose color is due to inclusions of Magnesioriebeckite. The crystals are often doubly terminated.

Blue Quartz with Magnesioriebeckite inclusions
 

N58KI0: Color and luster are especially intense. Crystals are practically dipyramidal due to the minor development of prism faces. Blue color is due to the presence of fibrous Magnesioriebeckite.
Acedo Claim (Juanona Quarry), Juanona, Antequera, Comarca de Antequera, Málaga, Andalusia  Spain (1988)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.3 × 2.4 cm = 2.13” × 1.69” × 0.94”

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

Blue Quartz with Magnesioriebeckite inclusions.
Blue Quartz with Magnesioriebeckite inclusions
Blue Quartz with Magnesioriebeckite inclusions. Blue Quartz with Magnesioriebeckite inclusions.
 

N9HW1: Crystals with a dipyramidal shape, prism faces scarcely developed, good luster and bluish color due to inclusions of Magnesioriebeckite. They are on a serpentinite matrix.
Acedo Claim (Juanona Quarry), Juanona, Antequera, Comarca de Antequera, Málaga, Andalusia  Spain (2000)

Specimen size: 6 × 3.5 × 4.7 cm = 2.36” × 1.38” × 1.85”

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

Blue Quartz with Magnesioriebeckite inclusions
 

N11TL3: On an ophitic rock matrix, a group of Quartz crystals showing an equidimensional shape, some of them with cubic shape, due to the minor development of prism faces. Precise analysis showed that their deep blue color is due to fibrous inclusions of Magnesioriebeckite.
The specimen has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Lapis’ on page 50, volume 37, number 6, June 2012
Acedo Claim (Juanona Quarry), Juanona, Antequera, Comarca de Antequera, Málaga, Andalusia  Spain (2000)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm = 2.87” × 2.01” × 0.87”

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

Blue Quartz with Magnesioriebeckite inclusions.
Blue Quartz with Magnesioriebeckite inclusions.
Blue Quartz with Magnesioriebeckite inclusions
Blue Quartz with Magnesioriebeckite inclusions. Blue Quartz with Magnesioriebeckite inclusions.
 

N10DH5: Group very rich in crystals with dominant apparently dipyramidal shape (made by two rhombohedra) because prismatic faces are nearly not existing which is uncommon in Quartz crystals. The luster of its faces is excellent.
Acedo Claim (Juanona Quarry), Juanona, Antequera, Comarca de Antequera, Málaga, Andalusia  Spain (1988)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 7 × 5 cm = 3.27” × 2.76” × 1.97”

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


MÁLAGA / Spinel

Local collectors found Spinel on Dolomite matrix. The crystal form is not excellent, but their color is not bad and the contrast with the white matrix is good. Plus they are fluorescent (red). Some minor yellow Clinohumite crystals are also present, these are fluorescent too, in this case yellow.

Spinel
 

NE10R7: This Spinel comes from the first discovery in the Mijas area of this species, which is quite rare in Spain. It is characterized by its color, distinct from other Spinels from this area, as well as its good crystal definition.
As a plus, we can give the precise name of the place where it was found (El Chambao)
Sierra de Mijas deposit, "Chambao", Mijas Mountains, Mijas, Comarca Costa del Sol Occidental, Málaga, Andalusia  Spain (06/2004)

Specimen size: 1.5 × 1.3 × 1.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.51” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”

Spinel.
Spinel with Calcite and Mica
Spinel with Calcite and Mica. Spinel with Calcite and Mica.
 

MG86AJ5: Surficial aggregate of very sharp and bright octahedral Spinel crystals whose color is between mauve and violet. They are on a matrix with Calcite and Mica. Spinels from the Mijas area are undoubtably the best on the Iberian Peninsula.
Mijas Mountains, Mijas, Comarca Costa del Sol Occidental, Málaga, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 8.7 × 6.9 × 3.8 cm = 3.43” × 2.72” × 1.50”

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Spinel
 

NY59V5: Aggregate of octahedral crystals with red tile color. They are bright, tabular, with a considerable size for the locality and showing clearly the typical twin of the species.
Sierra de Mijas deposit, "El Repetidor", Mijas Range, Mijas, Comarca Costa del Sol Occidental, Málaga, Andalusia  Spain (2007)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 1.9 × 1.4 cm = 1.22” × 0.75” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.3 cm = 0.47” × 0.12”

Spinel. Front
Front
Spinel. Rear
Rear
Spinel
Spinel. Spinel.
 

NP14AH5: Very sharp octahedral Spinel crystals, translucent, very bright with a very uniform magenta-red color and on matrix. Of the best quality for the locality.
Sierra de Mijas deposit, "El Repetidor", Mijas Range, Mijas, Comarca Costa del Sol Occidental, Málaga, Andalusia  Spain (2007)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.9 × 2.2 cm = 1.81” × 1.54” × 0.87”

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Spinel on Dolomite
 

N41M: With minor Clinohumite.
Sierra de Mijas deposit, Mijas Range, Mijas, Comarca Costa del Sol Occidental, Málaga, Andalusia  Spain (03/2001)

Specimen size: 6 × 3 cm = 2.36” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.31” × 0.28”

Fluorescent long UV
Spinel on Dolomite. Spinel on Dolomite.

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Goethite with Azurite and Malachite
Goethite with Azurite and Malachite. Front
Front
Goethite with Azurite and Malachite. Rear
Rear
 

FE14Z8: Botryoidal Goethite aggregates with a metallic iridescence and aggregates of small lenticular Azurite crystals and velvety aggregates of acicular Malachite crystals. We especially note the locality, now extinct, and the association of Malachite and Azurite with the Goethite.
Santa Flora Mine, El Madroño, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain (06/2005)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.2 × 3.3 cm = 2.05” × 1.26” × 1.30”

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

Former collection of Fermín Clemente
Goethite with Azurite and Malachite
 

FA13Z8: Botryoidal Goethite aggregates with a metallic iridescence and aggregates of small lenticular Azurite crystals and acicular Malachite crystals. We especially note the locality, now extinct, and the association of Malachite and Azurite with the Goethite.
Santa Flora Mine, El Madroño, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain (06/2005)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.4 × 4.1 cm = 2.05” × 1.34” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.3 cm = 0.43” × 0.12”

Former collection of Fermín Clemente
Goethite with Azurite and Malachite. Goethite with Azurite and Malachite.
Baryte with Goethite
Baryte with Goethite. Baryte with Goethite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

JMF14AP8: Fine, very sharp crystals of Baryte, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and sky-blue color, on a Goethite matrix. These were sometimes called "hokutolites" (lead-rich barite variety) because of their curious crystallography, but it has been established that they are lead-free barytes.
The specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Londres mining group, El Pedroso, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain (±1973)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.4 × 3.3 cm = 2.20” × 1.34” × 1.30”

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

Former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
Baryte with Goethite
 

FB8Y0: Very sharp small Baryte crystals, colorless, completely transparent, extraordinarily bright and on Goethite matrix forming very aerial dendritic aggregates.
This sample is from the Martín Oliete collection (num. 193) whose label and card we’ll send to the buyer.
Londres mining group, El Pedroso, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain (±1973)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 5.7 × 3.4 cm = 2.24” × 2.24” × 1.34”

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

Oliete's collection number: 193
Baryte with Goethite. Baryte with Goethite.
Chalcocite
Chalcocite. Front
Front
Chalcocite. Side
Side
 

NE86AL5: Group of Chalcocite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and partially doubly terminated, with an elongated habit and a pyramidal termination, with very well defined faces and edges. These specimens were analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 1.6 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm = 0.63” × 0.43” × 0.43”

Chalcocite
 

NA14AL4: Very sharp Chalcocite crystals that form hexagonal cyclic twins with well defined faces and edges, flattened, brilliant, and on matrix. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.87” × 0.63” × 0.16”

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

Chalcocite. Chalcocite.
Chalcocite with Pyrite
Chalcocite with Pyrite. Front
Front
Chalcocite with Pyrite. Side
Side
 

NC37AL5: Very sharp Chalcocite crystals that form flattened twins with a hexagonal outline, with very well defined faces and edges, good luster, on matrix, with Pyrite coatings. These specimens were analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.4 × 2.3 cm = 0.94” × 0.94” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.7 cm = 0.55” × 0.28”

Chalcocite
 

NW16AL4: Very sharp Chalcocite crystals that form hexagonal cyclic twins with well defined faces and edges, flattened, shiny, on matrix. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This specimen has been published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What's New’ section, report 56, June 6, 2020 edition, page 2
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.1 × 0.7 cm = 1.22” × 0.83” × 0.28”

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

Chalcocite. Chalcocite.
Chalcocite with Pyrite
Chalcocite with Pyrite. Chalcocite with Pyrite.
 

NM48AL5: Growth on matrix of highly profiled Chalcocite crystals that form flattened twins with a hexagonal outline, with very well defined faces and edges, bright, bluish in color, on matrix, with iridescent Pyrite crystal coatings. These pieces were analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.4 × 2.1 cm = 1.34” × 0.94” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.39” × 0.24”

Chalcocite with Pyrite
Chalcocite with Pyrite  

TC80NE: Growth on matrix of very sharp Chalcocite crystals that form thick twins of hexagonal outline, with very well defined and brilliant faces and edges, covered with Pyrite microcrystals. These specimens have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, fase 6, levels 130-135, ↓175 m., Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain (09-11/2019)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.2 × 2.7 cm = 1.50” × 1.26” × 1.06”

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

Chalcocite with Pyrite.
Chalcocite with Pyrite.
Chalcocite with Pyrite
Chalcocite with Pyrite. Chalcocite with Pyrite.
 

NR11AL4: Very sharp Chalcocite crystals that form hexagonal cyclic twins with well defined faces and edges, flattened, shiny, on matrix. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.2 × 1.3 cm = 1.61” × 0.87” × 0.51”

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

Chalcocite on Pyrite
 

NC27AL4: Very sharp Chalcocite crystals, twinned, with well defined faces and edges, flattened, shiny, and on matrix. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.6 × 3.2 cm = 1.61” × 1.42” × 1.26”

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

Chalcocite on Pyrite. Chalcocite on Pyrite.
Chalcocite with Calcite
Chalcocite with Calcite. Chalcocite with Calcite.
 

NF13AL4: Very sharp Chalcocite crystals that form flattened twins with well defined faces and edges, brilliant, on matrix, with coatings of Calcite crystals. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.9 × 2.4 cm = 1.73” × 1.54” × 0.94”

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

Chalcocite with Calcite
Chalcocite with Calcite  

NF28AM5: Very sharp crystals of Chalcocite that form hexagonal cyclic twins with well defined faces and edges. They are flattened, with bright luster, and are on matrix with Calcite crystals. The specimen comes from the first finds in this mine and is from the Ignacio Gaspar collection (number CAC-8), whose collection file we will send to the buyer together with a copy of the analysis.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain (±2011)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.5 × 4 cm = 1.97” × 1.38” × 1.57”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar
Chalcocite with Calcite. Chalcocite with Calcite.
Chalcocite with Bornite after Chalcocite and Pyrite
Chalcocite with Bornite after Chalcocite and Pyrite. Chalcocite with Bornite after Chalcocite and Pyrite.
Chalcocite with Bornite after Chalcocite and Pyrite.
 

ND47AM4: Very sharp crystals of Chalcocite as sharp twins, shiny, with a metallic gray tone, on Bornite pseudomorphic after Chalcocite, with an intense metallic blue color and with Pyrite microcrystals. The specimen comes from the last find before the definitive closure of open-pit mining here, and this is the first time that collector quality Bornite has appeared from this locality.
This material has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, fase 6, levels 130-135, ↓175 m., Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain (01/2020)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.9 × 3.3 cm = 2.20” × 1.93” × 1.30”

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

Chalcocite with Calcite
 

NP89AL5: Growth on matrix of highly profiled Chalcocite crystals that form thick twins with a hexagonal outline, with very well defined faces and edges, bright, on matrix, with Calcite crystal coatings. These specimens were analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This sample has been referenced and pictured, as a novelty in Ste. Marie Virtual 2020, in the magazine 'Le Règne Minéral' number 154, page 45
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4 × 3.7 cm = 2.28” × 1.57” × 1.46”

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

Calcite very fluorescent and phosphorescent short UV
Chalcocite with Calcite. Chalcocite with Calcite.
Chalcocite with Pyrite
Chalcocite with Pyrite. Chalcocite with Pyrite.
 

NB14AL4: Very sharp Chalcocite crystals that form flattened twins with well defined faces and edges, bright, and on matrix. With Pyrite coatings. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.6 × 3.1 cm = 2.40” × 1.81” × 1.22”

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

Chalcocite with Calcite
 

NJ16AL5: Growth on matrix of highly profiled Chalcocite crystals, of considerable size for the species, which form thick twins with a hexagonal outline, with very well defined faces and edges, bright, on matrix, with coatings of Calcite crystals. These specimens were analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 8.6 × 8 × 7.6 cm = 3.39” × 3.15” × 2.99”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.6 cm = 1.02” × 0.63”

Calcite very fluorescent and phosphorescent short UV
Chalcocite with Calcite. Chalcocite with Calcite.
Chalcocite with Calcite.
Chalcocite with Pyrite
Chalcocite with Pyrite. Chalcocite with Pyrite.
Chalcocite with Pyrite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

NAF72AO0: Very sharp Chalcocite crystals that form very well defined twins, lustrous, with a metallic grey tone. On matrix with coatings of Pyrite microcrystals which are very lustrous and with vivid iridescent metallic tones. The specimen, very unusual, comes from the last find before the final closure of this open pit mine. Specimens from this find have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2022, page 74
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain (01/2020)

Specimen size: 12.5 × 10.5 × 8.7 cm = 4.92” × 4.13” × 3.43”

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

Tennantite-(Fe)
 

NA12AM5: Very aerial group on matrix of Tennantite-(Fe) crystals with the dominant faces of a tetrahedron accompanied by minor forms. The specimen, which has an unusual crystallographic habit, came from the last find before the final closure of open-pit mining at this mine. It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, fase 6, levels 130-135, ↓175 m., Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain (01/2020)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.6 × 1.4 cm = 1.02” × 1.02” × 0.55”

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

Tennantite-(Fe). Tennantite-(Fe).
Sb-rich Tennantite-(Fe) with Pyrite
Sb-rich Tennantite-(Fe) with Pyrite. Sb-rich Tennantite-(Fe) with Pyrite.
 

NA26AL4: Globular growth of antimony-richTennantite-(Fe), very lustrous, on matrix, with growths of iridescent Pyrite in dominant blue, red and brassy tones, and twinned Chalcocite crystals. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, fase 6, levels 130-135, ↓175 m., Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain (09-11/2019)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.2 × 1.3 cm = 1.50” × 1.26” × 0.51”

Tennantite-(Fe)
 

NB14AM4: Very sharp tetrahedral crystals of Tennantite-(Fe), lustrous, with dark gray tones and on matrix.
The specimen comes from the last find before the definitive closure of the open pit exploitation at this mine. It has been analyzed, and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, fase 6, levels 130-135, ↓175 m., Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain (01/2020)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 2.9 × 2.2 cm = 2.20” × 1.14” × 0.87”

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

Tennantite-(Fe). Tennantite-(Fe).
Tennantite-(Fe)
Tennantite-(Fe). Tennantite-(Fe).
 

NR27AM4: Very sharp tetrahedral crystals of Tennantite-(Fe), with good luster and dark gray tones, on matrix. The specimen comes from the last find before the definitive closure of open pit operations in this mine.
It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, fase 6, levels 130-135, ↓175 m., Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain (01/2020)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.3 × 3.6 cm = 2.91” × 2.09” × 1.42”

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

Pyrite
 

NH12AL4: Curious crowded aggregates of Pyrite, which are actually very lustrous, highly polycrystalline octahedral crystals. On matrix, with twinned Chalcocite crystals.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 5.9 × 3.4 × 3.1 cm = 2.32” × 1.34” × 1.22”

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

Pyrite. Pyrite.
Djurleite with Calcite
Djurleite with Calcite. Djurleite with Calcite.
 

NK6W4: Group of crystals of Djurleite, an uncommon sulphide, with very well defined faces and edges and simple crystalline forms, whose surfaces show bluish reflections. The group, on matrix, is partially coated by white crystals of Calcite. The sample has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
The specimen has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Lapis’ on page 11, volume 39, number 5, May 2014
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain (±2011)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.2 × 2.8 cm = 1.85” × 1.65” × 1.10”

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Bornite after Chalcocite
 

NGB27AN4: Bluish Bornite pseudomorphs after twinned Chalcocite crystals. The specimen comes from the last find before the definitive closure of open-pit mining at this mine and shows, for the first time from this locality, Bornite in collection-quality specimens.
These specimens have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This specimen has been published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the 'What's New' section, report 61, August 30, 2021 edition, page 9
Las Cruces Mine, fase 6, levels 130-135, ↓175 m., Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain (01/2020)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.8 × 1.4 cm = 0.98” × 0.71” × 0.55”

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

With analysis copy
Bornite after Chalcocite. Front
Front
Bornite after Chalcocite. Side
Side
Bornite after Chalcocite.
Bornite after Chalcocite and Tennantite-(Fe)
Bornite after Chalcocite and Tennantite-(Fe). Bornite after Chalcocite and Tennantite-(Fe).
 

NC57AM4: Bornite crystals pseudomorphic after Chalcocite twins, with a bronze color, with tetrahedral crystals of Tennantite-(Fe) and twins of Chalcocite that are shiny and have bluish metallic tones. The specimen comes from the last find before the definitive closure of open-pit mining here, and this is the first time that collector quality Bornite has appeared at this locality.
This material has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 206 in the volume 52, number 2, March-April 2021
Las Cruces Mine, fase 6, levels 130-135, ↓175 m., Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain (01/2020)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 6.6 × 5 cm = 2.91” × 2.60” × 1.97”

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

Bornite after Chalcocite with Pyrite
 

NMC62AN4: Bluish Bornite pseudomorphs after twinned Chalcocite crystals. The specimen comes from the last find before the definitive closure of open-pit mining at this mine and shows, for the first time from this locality, Bornite in collection-quality specimens.
These specimens have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, fase 6, levels 130-135, ↓175 m., Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain (01/2020)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.6 × 3.5 cm = 3.07” × 2.60” × 1.38”

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

With analysis copy
Bornite after Chalcocite with Pyrite. Bornite after Chalcocite with Pyrite.

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