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
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 |
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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”
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Pyromorphite |
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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”
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Pyromorphite |
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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
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Pyromorphite |
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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
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Pyromorphite |
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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”
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Pyromorphite with Baryte |
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Fluorescent light (daylight)
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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”
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Pyromorphite on Baryte |
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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”
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Wulfenite |
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Fluorescent light (daylight)
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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
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Chalcostibite with Siderite |
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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”
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Wulfenite |
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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”
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Siderite |
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Fluorescent light (daylight)
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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
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Plumbian Baryte |
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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
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Plumbian Baryte |
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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
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Chalcopyrite with Dolomite and Calcite |
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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”
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Chalcopyrite with Calcite |
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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”
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Chalcopyrite on Baryte, Dolomite, Calcite and Pyrite |
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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”
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Chalcopyrite with Dolomite and Calcite |
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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”
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Chalcopyrite with Dolomite and Calcite |
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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”
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Chalcopyrite with Gypsum, Dolomite and Calcite |
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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”
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Chalcopyrite with Gypsum, Dolomite and Calcite |
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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”
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Covellite |
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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
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Covellite |
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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
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Sulfur on Covellite |
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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”
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Sulphur on Covellite |
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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
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Gold on Quartz |
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Fluorescent light (daylight)
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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
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Quartz with inclusions of Plancheite |
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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
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Olivenite |
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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
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Clinoclase with Malachite and Quartz |
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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
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Copper with Malachite |
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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”
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Stibnite with Quartz |
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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
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Azurite |
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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”
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Azurite |
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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”
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Azurite |
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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”
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Azurite |
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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”
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Azurite |
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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”
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Azurite |
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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”
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Mimetite with Beudantite |
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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”
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Mimetite with Beudantite |
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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”
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Mimetite and Beudantite |
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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”
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Mimetite |
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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”
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Mimetite and Beudantite |
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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”
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Mimetite with Beudantite |
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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”
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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”
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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
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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”
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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
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Iridescent Goethite |
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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”
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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
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Fluorescent light (daylight)
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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
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Fluorescent light (daylight)
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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
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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”
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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”
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Fluorescent light (daylight)
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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
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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”
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Iridescent Goethite |
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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”
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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”
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