GF37Q0: Botryoidal aggregate of crystals of extraordinarily curved faces, of vivid reddish orange color and a very intense luster. An American classic now.
Bunker Hill Mine, Bunker Hill properties, Kellogg, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho  USA (±1982)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.6 × 2.1 cm = 2.01” × 1.81” × 0.83”

GM69Q0: Botrioydal growths of intense greenish blue color and excellent luster, on matrix. An American classic.
Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico  USA (±1982)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.2 × 3.4 cm = 2.28” × 1.65” × 1.34”

GF87Q0: Very aerial arborescent growth of deformed but very well defined faces and edges, with Cuprite and on matrix.
Ray Mines, Scott Mountain area, Mineral Creek District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 10.9 × 4.6 × 3.7 cm = 4.29” × 1.81” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.6 cm = 0.47” × 0.24”

GA26R0: Bluish globular growths of Chrysocolla covered by microcrystalline aggregates of transparent Quartz that fill a cavity in the matrix. It is from a classic North American locality.
Bagdad Mine, Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai County, Arizona  USA (±1982)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.4 × 4.2 cm = 2.68” × 2.13” × 1.65”

GG14Q5: White spheroidal aggregates with silky luster on Limonite matrix. We note the locality, very uncommon and unknown by most collectors.
Silver Hill Mine group, Waterman District, Waterman Mountains, Pima County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 7.4 × 6.5 × 3.4 cm = 2.91” × 2.56” × 1.34”

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

GQ16Q5: Very aerial group of distorted crystals but they have perfectly defined faces and edges. They have an excellent luster, a characteristic of the samples from this mine.
San Juan de Rayas Mine, Guanajuato, Municipio Guanajuato  Mexico (±1980)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.6 × 1 cm = 0.94” × 0.63” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.6 cm = 0.43” × 0.24”

GB67R0: Crystals of Tennantite, of very good quality, implanted on a group of white Quartz crystals. The Tennantite crystals have good size, are bright and rich in faces. Predominating are the faces of the tetrahedron, some of which have hollow growths occupied by small twinned crystals of Chalcopyrite.
Concepción del Oro, Municipio Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas  Mexico

Specimen size: 8 × 5.1 × 2.4 cm = 3.15” × 2.01” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.5 cm = 0.55” × 0.20”

GG11Q0: Thick tabular crystals of deep orange Wulfenite with very well marked forms of a flattened dipyramid, which is very uncommon on the samples from Los Lamentos. On matrix, with Calcite and small crystals of Vanadinite (Endlichite). An excellent Mexican classic.
Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mountain Range, Municipio Ahumada, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 11 × 10 × 6.7 cm = 4.33” × 3.94” × 2.64”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1 cm = 0.63” × 0.39”

GR64R6: Polycrystalline growths of laminar crystals of Molybdenite with a small group of rhombohedral crystals of Calcite.
Moly Hill Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec  Canada (±1982)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3 × 0.5 cm = 1.38” × 1.18” × 0.20”

GE7Q5: Dendritic growths of thin elongated crystals that have a very good luster and color. On matrix, with Calcite.
El Bonanza Mine, Port Radium District, Great Bear Lake, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories  Canada (±1981)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.6 × 2.7 cm = 2.13” × 1.81” × 1.06”

GE69P9: Very well defined crystals of Cinnabar that have excellent color and luster. They are on a matrix of quartzite with fine granular Cinnabar and with small tabular crystals of Baryte and small drops of interstitial native Mercury. An excellent Spanish classic.
San Teodoro Shaft, Almadén Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain

Specimen size: 9 × 8.3 × 5.1 cm = 3.54” × 3.27” × 2.01”

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

GX68Q0: Group of well developed prismatic crystals with hollow terminations and deep green color (Les Farges green) and on matrix. A good French classic.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.8 × 3.8 cm = 2.05” × 1.89” × 1.50”

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

GK88R0: Flattened sharp crystals of Axinite-(Fe) that are transparent, bright and have excellent color. They are on matrix, with Quartz and thin prismatic crystals of Epidote. A French classic. Before the Russian Axinites appeared, the French samples were considered the best.
Rochers de l'Armentier, Le Bourg d'Oisans, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (±1989)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 9.5 × 2.8 cm = 4.02” × 3.74” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.55” × 0.47”

GR51Q0: Group of crystals, a lot of them doubly terminated, with Clinochlore phantoms and inclusions of the same mineral. We specially note the perfection of the piece and the locality which is not so well known as other alpine localities.
Maurienne Valley, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (1993)

Specimen size: 16 × 10.7 × 6.2 cm = 6.30” × 4.21” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 8.2 × 1.7 cm = 3.23” × 0.67”

GC47R6: Very well defined pseudo-cubical crystals of Perovskite, dark Brown and very bright for the species. On a Chlorite matrix, with dodecahedral crystals of Magnetite.
Rocca Sella, Almese, Susa Valley, Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy

Specimen size: 11 × 8.4 × 3.6 cm = 4.33” × 3.31” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.31” × 0.24”

GR89AD4: Rough Metastibnite coatings with strong color changes, on very elongated Stibnite crystals. An Italian classic currently difficult to find, especially in such large crystals.
Manciano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany  Italy

Specimen size: 18.1 × 1.8 × 1.4 cm = 7.13” × 0.71” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 14.5 × 1 cm = 5.71” × 0.39”

GK7P9: Very well defined and deep-colored crystals on a matrix coated by a layer of very small crystals of the same Kämmererite.
Kop Krom Mine, Kop Daglari, Erzurum Province, Eastern Anatolia Region  Turkey (±1982)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 3.8 × 3.8 cm = 3.03” × 1.50” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.31” × 0.24”

GX13P9: Excellent miniature. A group of crystals of very deep color and intense luster and partially pseudomorphed by Malachite.
Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (±1980)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.4 × 1.5 cm = 1.10” × 0.94” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.87” × 0.28”

GM86R6: A group of four elongated crystals with very well defined faces and edges, and with excellent and very deep color, showing intense blue reflections and very bright. A miniature of special quality.
Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (±1980)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2 × 0.7 cm = 1.38” × 0.79” × 0.28”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 0.7 cm = 1.38” × 0.28”

GE90W3: Group of unusually sharp prismatic crystals on limonite matrix. They are doubly terminated and one of them is clearly dominant. The sample, of great quality due to the perfection and sharpness of the crystalline forms, has a small geometric contact on one of the terminations of the main crystal, a contact that we clearly show in the close-up photography.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (±1981)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 3.6 × 4.2 cm = 2.32” × 1.42” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 5.9 × 1.8 cm = 2.32” × 0.71”

GJ86P9: Very well defined crystal, extraordinary for its transparency, luster and color. It is on a rough Galena matrix.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (±1984)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 6.2 × 6.4 cm = 2.64” × 2.44” × 2.52”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.6 cm = 0.55” × 0.24”

GP67R0: Group of cream-colored twinned crystals of this lead-bearing variety of Aragonite (6-7 % PbO in the samples from Morocco). They have very well defined faces and edges and are on a matrix with small crystals of Smithsonite. Such samples, found around 1988, are actually very scarce.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (±1988)

Specimen size: 9 × 7.4 × 4.4 cm = 3.54” × 2.91” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.67” × 0.20”

GM29R6: A classic for Touissit. Groups of doubly terminated crystals with slightly curved faces and edges, typical brown color and very bright. On matrix, with small black crystals of Mottramite coating the vugs.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (±1984)

Specimen size: 16.2 × 9.3 × 5.8 cm = 6.38” × 3.66” × 2.28”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.5 cm = 0.43” × 0.20”

GH86Q5: Very aerial and esthetic botryoidal growth with very deep, vivid and uniform color.
L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (±1981)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 6.6 × 5.2 cm = 3.86” × 2.60” × 2.05”

GA37AD4: Aggregate on matrix of sharp, translucent and very bright crystals. They have a very uniform greenish yellow color and the typical shape of the first crystals found at Linópolis.
Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4 × 4.4 cm = 2.05” × 1.57” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.7 cm = 0.83” × 0.67”

GP98W3: Gemmy blue Topaz, with a very rich color, very sharp but with several "scars" (contacts, rehealing...) that are typical of pegmatite minerals.

Virgem da Lapa, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1980)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.9 × 3.7 cm = 1.93” × 1.93” × 1.46”

GQ11R6: The sample is very representative of the Siderite from the Morro Velho gold mine, samples that were relatively abundant a few decades ago and very scarce today. The lenticular crystals, very sharp, have an excellent color and intense luster.
Morro Velho Mine, Nova Lima, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 5 × 4.8 × 3.8 cm = 1.97” × 1.89” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.6 cm = 0.47” × 0.24”

GY7P9: Lenticular crystals of very well defined faces and edges. They have an unusual deep red color with high transparency and are on a matrix coated by rhombohedral crystals of Magnesite.
Pomba Pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil (±1996)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 5.4  × 1.9 cm = 3.11” × 2.13” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.47” × 0.31”

GF64Q5: Lenticular crystals of Fluor-uvite formed by a very flattened rhombohedron and a very short prism. They have intense green color and are very transparent, with small rhombohedra of Magnesite and on a very transparent crystal of Quartz. The association of Fluor-uvite and Quartz is infrequent at this locality and even more with crystals of the quality and the size of this one.
Pomba Pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil (±1994)

Specimen size: 17.4 × 4.6 × 3.9 cm = 6.85” × 1.81” × 1.54”

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

GV96V9: Very sharp acicular crystals of Rutile that are really bright and have a golden yellow color. They are included in a very bright partially doubly terminated crystal of smoky Quartz.
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil (±1988)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 4.6 × 2.7 cm = 3.46” × 1.81” × 1.06”

GM67P9: Extraordinary group of crystals in parallel growths, rich in faces and having very well defined forms. The sample has been well analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Itambé, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil

Specimen size: 7 × 4.2 × 3.9 cm = 2.76” × 1.65” × 1.54”

GB26Q1: An excellent miniature from a not well known locality for Scheelite with a parallel growth of crystals of very deep orange color and partially included in a translucent crystal of Quartz.
Morro Velho Mine, Nova Lima, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1980)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 1.9 × 1.4 cm = 1.02” × 0.75” × 0.55”

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

GB27W3: Group of Hübnerite crystals that are elongated and with perfect terminations. They have a dark red color, with intense vivid red reflections under a strong light, and are with a group of thin crystals of Quartz on the back. A Peruvian classic.
Huayllapon Mine (Huallapon Mine), Pasto Bueno, Pampas District, Pallasca Province, Ancash Department  Peru (±1985)

Specimen size: 8 × 3.1 × 2.4 cm = 3.15” × 1.22” × 0.94”

GH61T2: Classical aggregate of Orpiment from Quiruvilca, with well developed crystals that have polycrystalline terminations. They are translucent and a very vivid orange color. On matrix, with minor Pyrite.
Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department  Peru (±1985)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 7.4 × 4.3 cm = 3.31” × 2.91” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 2 cm = 0.83” × 0.79”

GB86Q1: Group of octahedral crystals with very bright and very well defined faces and edges, rich in accessory faces and polycrystalline growths on some of the octahedral faces.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department  Peru (±1985)

Specimen size: 13.2 × 10 × 5.3 cm = 5.20” × 3.94” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 3 cm = 1.65” × 1.18”

GP96P9: Good sized and very well defined crystals partially coated by microcrystals of Quartz on matrix.
San Cristobal Mine, San Cristobal District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (±1983)

Specimen size: 14.2 × 10.2 × 4.9 cm = 5.59” × 4.02” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 4 × 1.8 cm = 1.57” × 0.71”

GJ56R9: Complex crystals of Fluorite, very rich in faces with predominant forms of the cube, octahedron and dodecahedron. They are extraordinarily transparent and bright with a delicate clear green color. They are on matrix, with Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite, Sphalerite and small white lenticular crystals of Calcite.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department  Peru (1986)

Specimen size: 15.4 × 9.8 × 6.5 cm = 6.06” × 3.86” × 2.56”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 2.5 cm = 1.38” × 0.98”

GB49R6: Doubly terminated crystal of Aquamarine with very well defined faces and edges, good color, excellent luster, partially coated by Muscovite, and doubly terminated crystals of Quartz.
Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (±1989)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 6.3 × 4.2 cm = 2.64” × 2.48” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 5.7 × 4.6 cm = 2.24” × 1.81”

GA16Q1: Floater and complete crystal of excellent color, greenish yellow, with deep indentations produced by the disappearance of another mineral.
Laghman Province  Afghanistan (±1990)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 6 × 2.4 cm = 3.74” × 2.36” × 0.94”

GB67P9: One of the best samples that we can remember from the locality due to its crystals which are very much larger than usual. Faces and edges are very well defined, the twin is evident but slightly marked, and are translucent, having a very deep color.
Aberfoyle Mine (Rossarden Tin Mine), Rossarden District, Tasmania  Australia (±1980)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 2.8 × 2.5 cm = 2.28” × 1.10” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2 cm = 1.18” × 0.79”

GF49AD4: Scepter growths of short Quartz (amethyst) crystals on translucent smoky Quartz crystals with the amethyst having a very intense violet color. The locality was famous in the past but never prolific even at its better times.
Jae IL Mine, Eonyang, Gyeongsangnam-do  South Korea

Specimen size: 6 × 3.9 × 3.2 cm = 2.36” × 1.54” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 1.7 cm = 1.77” × 0.67”