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On this page we have shown a good representation of the specimens that, because of their quality, rarity or interesting locality, we wish to maintain on our web site as reference specimens although they have been sold.

Mexico


BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR

Cumengeite
Cumengeite. Front
Front
Cumengeite. Rear
Rear
 

TMF99AO1: Dipyramidal Cumengeite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, with great luster and an intense color. A rarity, from the type locality for the species,
Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalía (El Boleo), Boleo District, Municipio Mulegé, Baja California Sur  Mexico

Specimen size: 0.6 × 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.24” × 0.24” × 0.16”

Type locality
Boleite
 

TC98D6: Great crystal that is intensely blue and has very brilliant faces, so this Boleite is very representative of the species and locality.
Mina Amelia, Santa Rosalía, Boleo, Baja California Sur  Mexico

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

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

Type locality
Boleite.
Boleite.
Boleite with Paratacamite and Gypsum
Boleite with Paratacamite and Gypsum. Boleite with Paratacamite and Gypsum.
 

TM10AD0: A novelty at Tucson 2016. Aggregates of small and very sharp cubic Boleite crystals that are translucent, very bright and on matrix, with Gypsum and Paratacamite. The sample is from recent preparation works at the mine.
Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalía (El Boleo), Boleo District, Municipio Mulegé, Baja California Sur  Mexico (2016)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.8 × 2.3 cm = 1.93” × 1.50” × 0.91”

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

Boleite with Quartz, Gypsum and Brochantite
 

TY88Q0: A novelty at Tucson 2010. This group of cubic crystals of Boleite was discovered in recent work in the classic Santa Amelia mine. The crystals are sharp, with very well defined faces and edges, bright and with a deep color on a Quartz matrix rich with Gypsum, with minor Brochantite.
Mina Amelia, Santa Rosalía, Boleo, Baja California Sur  Mexico (03-09/2009)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.4 × 2.4 cm = 2.17” × 1.73” × 0.94”

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

Type locality
Boleite with Quartz, Gypsum and Brochantite. Boleite with Quartz, Gypsum and Brochantite.
Boleite and Pseudoboleite
Boleite and Pseudoboleite. Boleite and Pseudoboleite.
 

TZ87W8: The sample is from the type locality for the species. It consists of a very sharp and aerial cubic crystal of boleite upon which "plates" of Pseudoboleite have grown epitactically on each cube face. The matrix has been reinforced because it is unstable.
Mina Amelia, Santa Rosalía, Boleo, Baja California Sur  Mexico

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.7 × 3.6 cm = 2.32” × 1.85” × 1.42”

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

Type locality
Chrysocolla after Boleite
 

TF13S0: A novelty at Tucson 2011. Spheroidal aggregates on matrix of Chrysocolla pseudomorphous after cubic crystals of Boleite. This rare pseudomorph was discovered years ago, on much paler samples, in an area nearer to the Amelia Mine (not at the mine itself) but until the end of 2010 they have not been able to recover new specimens.
Manto 3, Santa Rosalía (El Boleo), Boleo District, Municipio Mulegé, Baja California Sur  Mexico (10-12/2010)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 1.06” × 0.71” × 0.67”

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

Chrysocolla after Boleite.
Chrysocolla after Boleite
Chrysocolla after Boleite.
 

TJ76X3: Aggregate, on matrix, of Chrysocolla pseudomorphs after cubo-octahedral Boleite crystals. This rare pseudomorph was discovered a few years ago in an area near Amelia (not in the mine itself), but until the end of 2010 new samples had not been recovered.
Manto 3, Santa Rosalía (El Boleo), Boleo District, Municipio Mulegé, Baja California Sur  Mexico (10-12/2010)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.6 × 1.5 cm = 1.26” × 1.02” × 0.59”

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

Chrysocolla after Boleite
 

TX6S7: Aggregates on matrix of Chrysocolla pseudomorphous after cubo-octahedral crystals of Boleite. This rare pseudomorph was discovered years ago, but on paler samples, in an area near Amelia (not in the mine itself), but until the end of 2010 new samples had not been recovered.
Manto 3, Santa Rosalía (El Boleo), Boleo District, Municipio Mulegé, Baja California Sur  Mexico (10-12/2010)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 1.6 × 3.2 cm = 2.05” × 0.63” × 1.26”

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

Chrysocolla after Boleite. Chrysocolla after Boleite.
Chrysocolla after Boleite
Chrysocolla after Boleite. Chrysocolla after Boleite.
 

TP27S0: A novelty at Tucson 2011. Spheroidal aggregates on matrix of Chrysocolla pseudomorphous after cubo-octahedral crystals of Boleite. This rare pseudomorph was discovered years ago, on much paler samples, in an area nearer to the Amelia Mine (not at the mine itself) but until the end of 2010 they have not been able to recover new specimens.
Manto 3, Santa Rosalía (El Boleo), Boleo District, Municipio Mulegé, Baja California Sur  Mexico (10-12/2010)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.8 × 2.3 cm = 2.13” × 1.50” × 0.91”

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

Sulphur
 

EA56Y4: Druse, on matrix, of crystals showing very well defined faces and edges, between translucent and transparent and excellently preserved.
San Felipe, Mexicali, Baja California, Baja California  Mexico (1970-1980)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 6.7 × 4.7 cm = 3.43” × 2.64” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.39” × 0.20”

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer
Sulphur. Sulphur.

CHIHUAHUA / Los Lamentos

Wulfenite
Wulfenite. Wulfenite.
 

TT87AH5: Group of thick tabular crystals that have simple crystalline forms with very well defined faces and edges and with a color and luster among the best known for the locality.
A beautiful Mexican classic that we’ll send in its original Perkin’s box from the R.J. Noble collection, also containing the collection label in which it appears that it had previously been in the Sullivan collection.
Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mountain Range, Municipio Ahumada, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.2 × 2 cm = 0.94” × 0.87” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.9 cm = 0.43” × 0.35”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Wulfenite
 

TY36L3: Thick tabular crystal group, perfectly defined, very bright, with the best color known for this locality. Crystals are positioned on a small matrix of Limonite with a very aerial shape.
Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mountain Range, Municipio Ahumada, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.5 × 1.6 cm = 1.14” × 0.98” × 0.63”

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

Wulfenite.
Wulfenite with As rich Vanadinite and Calcite
Wulfenite with As rich Vanadinite and Calcite. Front
Front
Wulfenite with As rich Vanadinite and Calcite. Rear
Rear
Wulfenite with As rich Vanadinite and Calcite. Top
Top
 

TB27AH4: Thick tabular isolated crystals on matrix with minor As rich Vanadinite. With simple forms, very well defined faces and edges and with a color and luster among the best known for the locality. A beautiful Mexican classic.
Los Lamentos Mountain Range, Municipio Ahumada, Chihuahua  Mexico

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

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

Wulfenite with Calcite
 

VD67Z4: Druse of very bright equant Wulfenite crystals. They have a very intense and uniform orange color and are on matrix, with aggregates of small Calcite crystals.
Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mountain Range, Municipio Ahumada, Chihuahua  Mexico (±1968)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.5 × 4 cm = 2.13” × 1.77” × 1.57”

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

Former collection of A. Mayor
Wulfenite with Calcite. Wulfenite with Calcite.
Wulfenite with Mimetite-Pyromorphite (solid solution)
Wulfenite with Mimetite-Pyromorphite (solid solution). Wulfenite with Mimetite-Pyromorphite (solid solution).
 

MR67AC8: Aggregate of thick tabular crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They are bright, have a very vivid color and are partially coated by Mimetite-Pyromorphite (solid solution) forming a crust with a color between pale green and yellow. We'll send copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mountain Range, Municipio Ahumada, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 6 × 5.2 × 2.4 cm = 2.36” × 2.05” × 0.94”

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

Wulfenite on Calcite
 

MB96AB8: Very well defined crystals, between tabular and dipyramidal, with polycrystalline terminations, very well defined with an intense color and on a Calcite matrix.
Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mountain Range, Municipio Ahumada, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5 × 3.5 cm = 2.56” × 1.97” × 1.38”

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

Calcite fluorescent short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Wulfenite on Calcite. Wulfenite on Calcite.
Wulfenite with Willemite
Wulfenite with Willemite.
Wulfenite with Willemite.
 

FA66J5: Isolated tabular crystal of excellent color on matrix of microcrystalline Willemite. Willlemite is known from Los Lamentos, but it is rare for the locality. The specimen is from Martín Oliete collection and we’ll send the collection card to the buyer of the sample.

Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mountain Range, Municipio Ahumada, Chihuahua  Mexico (1982)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.9 × 4.9 cm = 2.80” × 1.93” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.35” × 0.31”

Willemite fluorescent short UV & low fluorescence long UV

Oliete's collection number: 298, bought in 1982
Wulfenite with Willemite
 

MF36AE7: Aggregate of Wulfenite crystals between thick tabular and equant. They are bright, have a very intense orange color and are partially coated by white botryoidal Willemite aggregates.
Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mountain Range, Municipio Ahumada, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.2 × 3.5 cm = 2.80” × 2.05” × 1.38”

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

Wulfenite with Willemite. Wulfenite with Willemite.
Wulfenite with Calcite
Wulfenite with Calcite. Wulfenite with Calcite.
 

TK46AE9: Aggregate of tabular crystals, translucent and with an unusual quality on its color, luster and size. They are on matrix and with Calcite. The sample, of great quality, is especially aesthetic.
Los Lamentos Mountain Range, Municipio Ahumada, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 11.7 × 6.7 × 3.6 cm = 4.61” × 2.64” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.3 cm = 0.67” × 0.51”

Wulfenite
 

EE89V9: Notable aggregate of tabular crystals of Wulfenite. They have an orange-yellow color, a darker horizontal geometrical color zoning and they are on limonite matrix.
Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mountain Range, Municipio Ahumada, Chihuahua  Mexico (1970-1980)

Specimen size: 13 × 10 × 8.5 cm = 5.12” × 3.94” × 3.35”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.9 cm = 0.43” × 0.35”

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer
Wulfenite. Wulfenite.
Arsenic-bearing Vanadinite (variety endlichite)
Arsenic-bearing Vanadinite (variety endlichite). Front
Front
Arsenic-bearing Vanadinite (variety endlichite). Rear
Rear
Arsenic-bearing Vanadinite (variety endlichite). Top
Top
 

ME47AF3: Irregular aggregate of greatly elongated crystals with a spindle-like shape, most of them doubly terminated with very acute pyramidal terminations. The crystals are brighter than usual for Los Lamentos and have a dark greenish-brown color. These Vanadinites, whose arsenic content is quite higher than usual, are well known as the endlichite variety.
Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mountain Range, Municipio Ahumada, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.6 × 3.1 cm = 1.93” × 1.42” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.24” × 0.08”


CHIHUAHUA / Naica

Calcite with Galena and Pyrite
Calcite with Galena and Pyrite  

TQ16H3: The Calcite crystal has simple forms but has a completely recrystallized surface emphasizing the esthetic effect on matrix rich of Galena, Pyrite and Calcite. Specimen with pedigree, as labels of first supplier and collection of origin shows (they misidentified the species, which appears as Dolomite)
Naica, Municipio Saucillo, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 11 × 5.3 × 5..2 cm = 4.33” × 2.09” × 1.97”

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Calcite with Galena and Pyrite.
Fluorite with Galena and Calcite
Fluorite with Galena and Calcite. Fluorite with Galena and Calcite.

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Fluorite with Galena and Calcite
 

TP86R9: Groups of transparent cubic crystals of a deeper color than usual for this kind of sample. The crystals show surfaces with polycrystalline growths on the octahedron faces and are implanted on a matrix with bright cub-octahedral crystals of Galena.
The sample is from the prestigious collection of Dr. Marvin D. Rausch (Massachusetts), whose label we'll send to the buyer.
Naica, Municipio Saucillo, Chihuahua  Mexico (±1986)

Specimen size: 15 × 13 × 11 cm = 5.91” × 5.12” × 4.33”

Main crystal size: 7.2 × 6.6 cm = 2.83” × 2.60”


CHIHUAHUA / Santa Eulalia District

Calcite
 

ET46AM3: Druse of sharp scalenohedral Calcite crystals with sharp crystal forms, lustrous, with very visible phantom growths rich in inclusions and with a second generation of Calcite crystals at the vertices of the scalenohedron. An elegant Mexican classic.
Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 8.4 × 4.7 × 3.2 cm = 3.31” × 1.85” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.59” × 0.39”

Calcite. Front
Front
Calcite. Top
Top
Calcite.
Octahedral Fluorite with Calcite
Octahedral Fluorite with Calcite.
 

TP96F6: The complex and numerous faces frame the octahedral crystals, which are considerably transparent and a neat lilac color that contrasts with the scalenohedra of Calcite. While Fluorite from this locality is known, it is not normally of this quality.
This sample has been noted and photographed in the Mineralogical Record magazine (January-February 2018, pg. 92)
Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 5.6 × 5.5 × 4.8 cm = 2.20” × 2.17” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2 cm = 0.87” × 0.79”

Fluorite and Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Hemimorphite
 

TV66K0: Group of white prismatic crystals, very well defined and bright, on a dark matrix partially limonitized. On the lower part of the crystals there is a black phantom zonation.
Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 7.5 × 7.3 × 3.4 cm = 2.95” × 2.87” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 0.7 cm = 1.14” × 0.28”

Hemimorphite.
Hemimorphite.
Creedite
Creedite. Creedite.
 

CA17F2: The group is very rich in classic violet crystals so typical of this locality, with ochre zones caused by iron oxides. Nowadays it is very difficult to obtain Creedite from Santa Eulalia.
Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 8 × 5.5 × 3.5 cm = 3.15” × 2.17” × 1.38”

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

Smithsonite
 

TD67Q1: Clear green botryoidal aggregate on matrix. We note the excellent quality of this sample considering its locality of origin.
San Antonio Mine (San Antonio el Grande Mine), level 8, East Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico (±1990)

Specimen size: 9.1 × 7.1 × 4.5 cm = 3.58” × 2.80” × 1.77”

Minor fluorescence long UV
Smithsonite. Smithsonite.
Smithsonite
Smithsonite. Smithsonite.
 

TR90AA2: Botryoidal growths on a limonite matrix of crystalline surfaces with a clear yellow color with slightly greenish shades and an intense silky luster. We especially note the uniform quality of the Smithsonite, very rare in a sample of this size.
San Antonio Mine (San Antonio el Grande Mine), East Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico (11/2012)

Specimen size: 15.8 × 9.2 × 6.9 cm = 6.22” × 3.62” × 2.72”

Smithsonite pseudo Calcite with Calcite
 

TA96Y0: A novelty at St. Marie 2013. Astounding Smithsonites replacing Calcite. They show successive replacement shells indicating that the Calcite was partially replaced, some was dissolved and the next layer was attacked. Its color, its size and shape make these specimens one of the great finds of 2013. We'll send a copy of the analysis of the Smithsonite to the buyer.
San Antonio Mine (San Antonio el Grande Mine), level 8, East Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico (04/2013)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.8 × 3.2 cm = 1.89” × 1.50” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 0.87” × 0.67”

Smithsonite pseudo Calcite with Calcite.
Smithsonite pseudo Calcite with Calcite
Smithsonite pseudo Calcite with Calcite.
 

TF47Y1: A novelty at St. Marie 2013. Astounding Smithsonites replacing Calcite. They show successive replacement shells indicating that the Calcite was only partially replaced during a first phase, and later completely replaced by Smithsonite. Its color, size and shape make these specimens one of the great finds of 2013. We'll send a copy of the analysis of the Smithsonite to the buyer.
San Antonio Mine (San Antonio el Grande Mine), level 8, East Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico (04/2013)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.7 × 3 cm = 2.24” × 1.85” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.2 cm = 1.02” × 0.47”

Smithsonite pseudo Calcite on Calcite
 

TE7Y0: A novelty at St. Marie 2013. Astounding Smithsonites replacing Calcite. They show successive replacement shells indicating that the Calcite was partially replaced, some was dissolved and the next layer was attacked. Its color, its size and shape make these specimens one of the great finds of 2013. We'll send a copy of the analysis of the Smithsonite to the buyer.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What’s New in the Mineral World?’ section, report #35, August 14, 2013 edition.
San Antonio Mine (San Antonio el Grande Mine), level 8, East Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico (04/2013)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.1 × 2.9 cm = 2.44” × 1.61” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.1 cm = 0.91” × 0.43”

Smithsonite pseudo Calcite on Calcite.
Smithsonite pseudo Calcite on Calcite
Smithsonite pseudo Calcite on Calcite. Front
Front
Smithsonite pseudo Calcite on Calcite. Side
Side
 

TP98Y0: A novelty at St. Marie 2013. Astounding Smithsonites replacing Calcite. They show successive replacement shells indicating that the Calcite was partially replaced, some was dissolved and the next layer was attacked. Its color, its size and shape make these specimens one of the great finds of 2013. We'll send a copy of the analysis of the Smithsonite to the buyer.
San Antonio Mine (San Antonio el Grande Mine), level 8, East Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico (04/2013)

Specimen size: 8.9 × 5.9 × 4.5 cm = 3.50” × 2.32” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 1.5 cm = 1.30” × 0.59”

Rhodochrosite with Pyrrhotite and Galena
 

TC13AF1: Botryoidal Rhodochrosite with a vivid pink color and on matrix, with Galena and Pyrrhotite crystals.
Potosí Mine, Santo Domingo (Francisco Portillo), Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 1.14” × 0.87” × 0.63”

Rhodochrosite with Pyrrhotite and Galena.
Rhodochrosite with Pyrrhotite and Galena
Rhodochrosite with Pyrrhotite and Galena.
 

TD13AF1: Botryoidal Rhodochrosite with a vivid pink color and on matrix, with Galena and Pyrrhotite crystals.
Potosí Mine, Santo Domingo (Francisco Portillo), Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.7 × 1.6 cm = 1.34” × 1.06” × 0.63”

Rhodochrosite with Pyrrhotite and Galena
 

TE13AF1: Botryoidal Rhodochrosite with a vivid pink color and on matrix, with Galena and Pyrrhotite crystals.
Potosí Mine, Santo Domingo (Francisco Portillo), Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.6 × 1.8 cm = 1.38” × 1.02” × 0.71”

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

Rhodochrosite with Pyrrhotite and Galena.
Rhodochrosite with Pyrrhotite and Galena
Rhodochrosite with Pyrrhotite and Galena. Rhodochrosite with Pyrrhotite and Galena.
 

TH14AF1: Botryoidal Rhodochrosite with a vivid pink color and on matrix, with Galena and Pyrrhotite crystals.
Potosí Mine, Santo Domingo (Francisco Portillo), Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3 × 2.7 cm = 1.38” × 1.18” × 1.06”

Rhodochrosite with Hisingerite-Neotocite (Series)
 

NZ27AL5: Isolated Rhodochrosite spheroidal aggregates, bright and very intense and uniform pink color. On matrix, with botryoidal Hisingerite-Neotocite (Series)
Potosí Mine, Santo Domingo (Francisco Portillo), Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.3 × 3.1 cm = 1.61” × 1.30” × 1.22”

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

Rhodochrosite with Hisingerite-Neotocite (Series). Rhodochrosite with Hisingerite-Neotocite (Series).
Rhodochrosite with Quartz
Rhodochrosite with Quartz.
 

TB26N4: Superficial growths and rhombohedral crystals of uniform pink color with clear sharp crystals of Quartz.
Potosí Mine, level 10, Santo Domingo (Francisco Portillo), Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.5 × 2.4 cm = 1.73” × 0.98” × 0.94”

Rhodochrosite
 

TR27Z8: Vug, on a rocky matrix, filled by short prismatic crystals with flat rhombohedral terminations. The crystals are transparent, bright, with very uniform color and have small, pale yellow, globular coatings, probably Smithsonite.
Potosí Mine, level 10, Santo Domingo (Francisco Portillo), Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico (19/09/2013)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.8 × 1.4 cm = 1.81” × 1.50” × 0.55”

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

Rhodochrosite. Rhodochrosite.
Mimetite
Mimetite. Mimetite.
 

TC56W7: Elongated crystals with pyramidal terminations and a very intense yellow color, bright and on a limonite matrix. It comes from a specific find in shaft 5 at Santa Eulalia.
Shaft 5, Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4 × 1.4 cm = 2.32” × 1.57” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.1 cm = 0.20” × 0.04”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Vanadinite
 

TD14V4: A novelty at Tucson 2012. Unusual crystalline shape for the Vanadinite, whose aggregates are formed by dipyramidal crystals of very well defined faces and edges. They show a creamy color and are on matrix.
San Antonio Mine (San Antonio el Grande Mine), chimenea Cox, level 4, East Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico (2011)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.8 × 2.2 cm = 1.46” × 1.10” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.2 cm = 0.31” × 0.08”

Vanadinite.
Cinnabar with Quartz and Calcite
Cinnabar with Quartz and Calcite. Cinnabar with Quartz and Calcite.
 

TA14AL1: A novelty at Tucson 2020. Cinnabar crystals with dominant rhombohedral habit, along with other minor crystal forms, translucent, extraordinarily brilliant and very bright in color, on matrix with small crystals of Calcite and Quartz. The specimen comes from a recent find and has been carefully analyzed and determined to be Cinnabar. It has been said that in specimens from this find there could be Metacinnabar too, but our analyses have not detected any. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Cocineras Mine, West Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico (2019)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 1.6 × 1.2 cm = 1.26” × 0.63” × 0.47”

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

Calcite fluorescent short UV
Cinnabar with Gypsum, Quartz and Calcite
 

TE26AL1: A novelty at Tucson 2020. Cinnabar crystals with dominant rhombohedral habit and with minor crystalline forms, translucent, extraordinarily bright and very bright in color, in matrix of white saccharoidal Gypsum, and with small crystals of Calcite and Quartz. The specimen comes from a recent find and has been carefully analyzed and determined to be Cinnabar. It has been said that in specimens from this find there could be Metacinnabar too, but our analyses have not detected any. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Cocineras Mine, West Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico (2019)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.9 × 2 cm = 1.30” × 1.14” × 0.79”

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

Calcite fluorescent short UV
Cinnabar with Gypsum, Quartz and Calcite. Cinnabar with Gypsum, Quartz and Calcite.
Cinnabar with Gypsum, Quartz and Calcite
Cinnabar with Gypsum, Quartz and Calcite. Cinnabar with Gypsum, Quartz and Calcite.
 

TD16AL1: A novelty at Tucson 2020. Cinnabar crystals with dominant rhombohedral habit and with minor crystalline forms, translucent, extraordinarily bright and very bright in color, in matrix of lamellar Gypsum, and with small crystals of Calcite and Quartz. The specimen comes from a recent find and has been carefully analyzed and determined to be Cinnabar. It has been said that in specimens from this find there could be Metacinnabar too, but our analyses have not detected any. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Cocineras Mine, West Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico (2019)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.2 × 2.3 cm = 1.93” × 1.26” × 0.91”

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

Calcite fluorescent short UV

CHIHUAHUA / other localities

Silver
 

TE7Z3: Floater aggregate of strongly elongated Silver crystals with very well defined terminal faces and one of them doubly terminated. A very nice and fine piece.
Batopilas, Andrés del Río District, Municipio Batopilas, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3 × 1.6 cm = 1.30” × 1.18” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.98” × 0.08”

Silver. Front
Front
Silver. Rear
Rear
Silver with Acanthite
Silver with Acanthite. Front
Front
Silver with Acanthite. Rear
Rear
Silver with Acanthite.
Silver with Acanthite  

NF89AN0: Floater dendritic aggregate of bright and extraordinarily elongated Silver crystals, with a very well defined spinel-law twin and darker Acanthite coatings.
The specimen comes from the collection of Ignacio Gaspar Sintes (number PL-33), whose catalogue entry states that it was previously in the collection of Robert E. Jenkins II (number 8554). We will send the buyer the catalogue entry and the labels from both collections.
New Nevada Mine, Cerro San Antonio, San Miguel, Batopilas, Andrés del Río District, Municipio Batopilas, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 5.4 × 2.3 × 2 cm = 2.13” × 0.91” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.51” × 0.08”

Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar
Silver (spinel twin)
 

TZ26F3: This is a really great sample, very esthetic, with the branches of the Silver very aerial, and clearly showing the Spinel twinning. This form is not that uncommon in the silvers from Mexico, but it is not normally this obvious. So, as we said, a great one.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published in the magazine ‘Rivista Mineralogica Italiana’ on page 245 in number 2005/4.
San Antonio Mine, Cerro de las Animas, Todos Santos-Roncevalles, Batopilas, Andrés del Río District, Municipio Batopilas, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 7 × 3.2 × 2.9 cm = 2.76” × 1.26” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 4.8 × 0.7 cm = 1.89” × 0.28”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Silver (spinel twin). Silver (spinel twin).
Baryte
Baryte. Baryte.
 

TP47AH0: A novelty at Tucson 2018. Druse of remarkably transparent elongated Baryte crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with very well defined faces and edges, extraordinarily bright and showing a curious color change, from pale blue to yellow shades. Although in the find a lot of samples were recovered, our selection was reduced to just two of them, the only ones having our requisite quality and integrity requirements.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 02/2018, page 90
San Diego Mine, vein volcán, Santa Bárbara, Municipio Santa Bárbara, Chihuahua  Mexico (05-06/2017)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.3 × 3.7 cm = 2.56” × 2.09” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.55” × 0.43”

Calcite with Pyrite
 

TP27AD1: A novelty at Tucson 2016. Scalenohedral Calcite crystals with very well defined faces and edges and with very well defined polycrystalline growth. The crystals, translucent, with a snowy white color and with a silky luster, are implanted on a matrix with Quartz and Pyrite.
San Diego Mine, Santa Bárbara, Municipio Santa Bárbara, Chihuahua  Mexico (11/2015)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 7.8 × 5.2 cm = 3.86” × 3.07” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 7.8 × 6.7 cm = 3.07” × 2.64”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Calcite with Pyrite. Front
Front
Calcite with Pyrite. Side
Side
Chalcopyrite with Quartz and Calcite
Chalcopyrite with Quartz and Calcite. Chalcopyrite with Quartz and Calcite.
 

TR96AJ1: A novelty at Tucson 2019. Groups of bright Chalcopyrite crystals with very well defined faces and edges and parallel growths, implanted on a group of white, doubly terminated Quartz crystals coated by small epigenetic Galena crystals and with small and very well defined scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
El Bolivar Mine, Piedras Verdes (Triguito), Municipio Urique, Chihuahua  Mexico (10/2018)

Specimen size: 12.1 × 7 × 3.8 cm = 4.76” × 2.76” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.63” × 0.51”

Calcite fluorescent short UV
Vanadinite with Calcite
 

TX97Q8: Very aerial group of crystals, most of them doubly terminated, with hollowed terminations, pale orange color, and with small crystals of Calcite, on matrix. We especially note, as unusual, the locality.
The sample is from the Gary Murdock collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Mina San Carlos (Mina Apex), San Carlos, Manuel Benavides, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 6 × 3.9 × 3.5 cm = 2.36” × 1.54” × 1.38”

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

Vanadinite with Calcite. Vanadinite with Calcite.
Vanadinite
Vanadinite. Vanadinite.
 

EZ68W7: Aggregate of crystals with parallel growths, hollow terminations and typical brown color. In spite of its color this Vanadinite should not be confused with the arsenical Vanadinite (endlichite variety) from Los Lamentos.
Mina San Carlos (Mina Apex), San Carlos, Manuel Benavides, Chihuahua  Mexico (1960-1970)

Specimen size: 10.3 × 7 × 3.4 cm = 4.06” × 2.76” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.39” × 0.20”

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer
Azurite with Dolomite
 

TF67N0: From a very uncommon and not well-known locality in Chihuahua. The main group forms a rosette of very platy crystals, that are bright, of a very deep color and implanted on a Dolomite matrix.
Sierra Rica, Municipio Manuel Benavides, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4 × 3.7 cm = 2.24” × 1.57” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.3 cm = 0.67” × 0.51”

Azurite with Dolomite.
Azurite with Dolomite. Azurite with Dolomite.
Mimetite
Mimetite. Mimetite.
 

MZ87S7: Very well defined globular growths of Mimetite with a particularly intense yellow color and on Limonite matrix.
San Pedro Corralitos, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.2 × 1.2 cm = 2.44” × 1.65” × 0.47”

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

Minor fluorescence short UV
Mimetite
 

LK1AK2: Spherulitic growths of Mimetite, very bright yellow, with small white rhombohedral crystals of Calcite. A Mexican classic of high quality that comes from the collection of Philippe Morelon (No. 1089), whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
San Pedro Corralitos, Municipio Casas Grandes, Chihuahua  Mexico (±1994)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 6.3 × 5 cm = 2.52” × 2.48” × 1.97”

Former collection of Philippe Morelon
Mimetite. Mimetite.
Twinned Calcite with Calcite, Palygorskite and manganese oxides
Twinned Calcite with Calcite, Palygorskite and manganese oxides. Front
Front
Twinned Calcite with Calcite, Palygorskite and manganese oxides. Side
Side
Twinned Calcite with Calcite, Palygorskite and manganese oxides.
 

TB62AG9: A novelty at Tucson 2017. Thick lenticular Calcite crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They are translucent with parallel growths and an easily visible interpenetration twin. They have grown around acute scalenohedral crystals of a first Calcite generation that are coated by Palygorskite. The related black material are manganese oxides.
Palmarejo Mine, Palmarejo, Municipio Chinipas, Chihuahua  Mexico (10/2016)

Specimen size: 18.3 × 10.7 × 10 cm = 7.20” × 4.21” × 3.94”

Main crystal size: 6.5 × 4.8 cm = 2.56” × 1.89”

Romanèchite
 

TE56R1: A very well defined botryoidal aggregate. It has a matte luster and is on a rocky matrix. We present it as a novelty due to the knowledge of the exact place of the find, unusually precise. This material has been analyzed by Marcus Origlieri at the University of Arizona.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 26 in number 2010/2
Km 2 road Chihuahua -> Cuauhtémoc, Ciudad Chihuahua, Chihuahua  Mexico (2010)

Specimen size: 9 × 7 × 5.2 cm = 3.54” × 2.76” × 2.05”

Romanèchite.
Romanèchite
Romanèchite.
 

TB86R1: A very well defined botryoidal aggregate. It has a matte luster and is on a rocky matrix. We present it as a novelty due to the knowledge of the exact place of the find, unusually precise. This material has been analyzed by Marcus Origlieri at the University of Arizona.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Rivista Mineralogica Italiana’ on page 264 in number 2010/4
Km 2 road Chihuahua -> Cuauhtémoc, Ciudad Chihuahua, Chihuahua  Mexico (2010)

Specimen size: 9 × 7.8 × 5.2 cm = 3.54” × 3.07” × 2.05”

Scepter Quartz
 

TY16I2: Two main crystals have very sharp scepter growths. The crystal on the left forms an inverse scepter from the prism on the base and finishes with a very well-defined normal scepter.
Previously in the Thomas P. Moore collection.
Liliana Mine, Municipio Chihuahua, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 3 × 2.9 × 1.9 cm = 1.18” × 1.14” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.24”

Scepter Quartz.

COAHUILA DE ZARAGOZA

Fluorite
Fluorite.
 

TF56L5: A group of transparent and excellent color Fluorite cubic crystals whose faces show polysynthetic growths, that gives to the specimen an aesthetic appearance. Very aerial and on matrix.
Tule Mine, Melchor Múzquiz, Municipio Melchor Múzquiz, Coahuila (Coahuila de Zaragoza)  Mexico

Specimen size: 7.7 × 5.6 × 4.8 cm = 3.03” × 2.20” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.2 cm = 0.98” × 0.87”

Vesuvianite
 

FX96D3: It seems blocky but, although the photo doesn't shows it that well, this classic Vesuvianite has neither bad form nor poor luster, and it clearly does have good color.
Sierra de las Cruces, Sierra Mojada mining district, Municipio Sierra Mojada, Coahuila (Coahuila de Zaragoza)  Mexico (±1972)

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

Former Oliete collection. Number 259, bought in 1972
Vesuvianite. Vesuvianite.

DURANGO / Ojuela Mine (Adamite)

Adamite
Adamite.
Adamite  

TN36G9: A nice miniature consisting of two radial groups almost perfectly circular, with crystals of lemon yellow color, more intense on terminations. This sample was in the collection of John S. White, and we’ll send his label to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.98” × 0.47” × 0.47”

Extremely fluorescent long & short UV
Adamite
 

MT67AM9: Two partially doubly terminated Adamite crystals, with very well defined faces and edges and perfect terminations, translucent, with bright luster and an intense yellow color, on matrix.
We will send the specimen, which comes from the Robert J. Noble collection, in its original Perky box from that collection, which also contains the label, which shows that it was previously in the Bob Sullivan collection.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.6 × 1.1 cm = 1.10” × 0.63” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.9 cm = 0.63” × 0.35”

Very fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Bob Noble
Adamite. Adamite.
Adamite doubly terminated
Adamite doubly terminated.
 

TF4B6: Like a seed head, the form of this Adamite makes it different from other ones. The good color and luster make for a final perfect result.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.9 cm = 1.14” × 1.14”

Fluorescent long UV
Adamite
 

MC12AK7: Aerial growths, on limonite matrix, of very sharp crystals, some of them doubly terminated, translucent, very lustrous, yellow with greenish tones.
The specimen comes from the Carles Manresa collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 4.6 × 4.2 × 3.4 cm = 1.81” × 1.65” × 1.34”

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

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Carles Manresa
Adamite. Adamite.
Adamite
Adamite. Adamite.
 

EP6Y6: Fan-like aggregates, more isolated than usual, of prismatic crystals with excellent terminations, a very vivid yellow color and an excellent luster that contrasts with the dark limonite matrix.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 5.2 × 2.3 × 2.6 cm = 2.05” × 0.91” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.2 cm = 0.28” × 0.08”

Very fluorescent long & short UV
Cuprian Adamite
 

TD68Y0: Botryoidal growths with superficial recrystallizations and a very well marked fanlike growth of Adamite itself. The sample has intense luster and a very uniform color, yellow with green shades.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 8.8 × 6.4 × 2 cm = 3.46” × 2.52” × 0.79”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Cuprian Adamite. Cuprian Adamite.
Adamite
Adamite. Front
Front
Adamite. Side
Side
Adamite.
 

MB89AK7: Spheroidal growths, with good crystal terminations, on limonite matrix, translucent, very bright and very intense yellow. A Mexican classic.
This specimen has been photographed and published in the Bulletin ‘MiniBul A.G.A.B.’ on page 24 of number 1/2023
Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 9.3 × 5.6 × 5.3 cm = 3.66” × 2.20” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2.4 cm = 1.26” × 0.94”

Very fluorescent long & short UV
Adamite on Limonite
 

TP27K4: On the sample coexist spherical growths, almost globular, and individual crystals of perfectly defined faces and edges. The Adamite esthetically contrasts with the Limonite matrix.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 9.5 × 6.5 × 3 cm = 3.74” × 2.56” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 0.67” × 0.63”

Extremely fluorescent long & short UV
Adamite on Limonite. Adamite on Limonite.
Adamite
Adamite. Front
Front
Adamite. Side
Side
Adamite.
 

TF16K0: A complete globular growth, free of damage and on matrix. On this growth a second generation of Adamite crystals has formed. They are thin prismatic, perfectly defined, individuals (some of them are doubly terminated) forming fanlike groups. Very esthetic.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 10.5 × 4.4 × 1.5 cm = 4.13” × 1.73” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.1 cm = 0.20” × 0.04”

Very fluorescent long & short UV
Adamite with Limonite
 

EE99F2: The Adamites from Mapimí never seem to run out, but one cannot get bored with them. This one shows why with its sprays, so typical of the locality, which are a perfect color, very brilliant and contrast strongly with the red Limonite matrix.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 11 × 10 × 5.5 cm = 4.33” × 3.94” × 2.17”

Extremely fluorescent long & short UV
Adamite with Limonite.
Adamite with Limonite.
Adamite (variety cuprian)
Adamite (variety cuprian).
Adamite (variety cuprian)  

TG63V2: Aggregate of dipyramidal crystals of simple morphology, green color, slightly yellowish. They are on limonite matrix.
The sample was in the collection of Chris Cowan, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.9 × 2.1 cm = 1.22” × 1.14” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.8 cm = 0.51” × 0.31”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Adamite (variety cuprian)
 

TB96F3: The crystals have good size, are very uniform, well defined, and are green-blue. They are aerial, accompanied by colorless Calcite, and have an intense contrast with the dark Limonite matrix. A very esthetic classic.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 3.7 × 4 × 2.6 cm = 1.46” × 1.57” × 1.02”

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

Very fluorescent long & short UV
Adamite (variety cuprian).
Adamite (variety cuprian)
Adamite (variety cuprian). Front
Front
Adamite (variety cuprian). Top
Top
 

TA20X4: Curved and interpenetrating aggregates with poorly defined crystals, and with a yellow color with greenish tones due to the presence of copper. Very aerial and on limonite matrix. An excellent Mexican classic.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.5 × 3.9 cm = 2.28” × 2.17” × 1.54”

Extremely fluorescent long & short UV
Adamite (variety cuprian)
 

EA13M1: This esthetic cuprian Adamite specimen is from an important vug that was mined last March at the venerable Ojuela Mine, in Durango, a mine that is being worked again. The specimen consists of well defined crystals of very brilliant cuprian Adamite, with an interesting green color with bluish tones. Of special appeal is the pseudo-octahedral Adamite crystal shape due to well developed terminal faces to the detriment of the prism. Also, with some olive green Austinite crystals in spherical growths, on a rust-red Limonite matrix.
We will provide a copy of the cuprian Adamite analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (03/2008)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.7 × 2.7 cm = 1.65” × 1.06” × 1.06”

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

Adamite (variety cuprian).
Adamite (variety cuprian).
Adamite (variety cuprian)
Adamite (variety cuprian).
 

EG11L9: A novelty from the Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Mineral Show. Well defined and very brilliant small cuprian Adamite crystals, with an interesting green color with bluish tones, on a matrix of Limonite. We will provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘Ste. Marie-aux-Mines 2008’ section of the magazine ‘Lapis’ and appears on page 45 of number 9/2008.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (03/2008)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.5 × 2.6 cm = 1.65” × 1.38” × 1.02”

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

Adamite (variety cuprian)
 

ED6L9: A novelty from the Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Mineral Show. Group of very sharp, brilliant and attractive green to yellowish color cuprian Adamite crystals, on a Limonite matrix. We will provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘Ste. Marie-aux-Mines 2008’ section of the magazine ‘Lapis’ and appears on page 45 of number 9/2008, and also in the magazine ‘Rivista Mineralogica Italiana’ on page 188 in number 2008/3.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (03/2008)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 3.9 × 3.6 cm = 2.24” × 1.54” × 1.42”

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

Adamite (variety cuprian).
Adamite (variety cuprian)
Adamite (variety cuprian). Adamite (variety cuprian).
 

EF56L9: A novelty from the Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Mineral Show. Globular aggregates of small but very sharp and brilliant cuprian Adamite crystals, with an excellent and uniform green color. On a Limonite matrix. We will provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Rivista Mineralogica Italiana’ on page 188 in number 2008/3.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (03/2008)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 6.4 × 5.6 cm = 2.64” × 2.52” × 2.20”

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

Adamite (variety cuprian)
 

EC46L9: A novelty from the Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Mineral Show. Globular aggregates of small but very sharp and brilliant cuprian Adamite crystals, with an excellent and uniform green color. On a Limonite matrix. We will provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2008 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 82, page 27.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (03/2008)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 6.7 × 4.5 cm = 3.11” × 2.64” × 1.77”

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

Adamite (variety cuprian).
Adamite (variety cuprian)
Adamite (variety cuprian). Adamite (variety cuprian).
 

PQ94AH5: A limonite matrix coated by Adamite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, extraordinarily bright and with a very intense and deep color. A very esthetic Mexican classic.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (±1990)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 8.2 × 3.8 cm = 3.82” × 3.23” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.4 cm = 0.39” × 0.16”

Very fluorescent long & short UV
Adamite (variety manganoan)
Adamite (variety manganoan)  

TR27AJ8: Group of very sharp Adamite (manganoan variety) crystals on matrix. The crystals, translucent and very bright, have a zoned pale lilac color that had been famous with this variety at Mapimí and is currently considered a Mexican classic.
The sample is from the Thomas P. Moore collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.2 × 2.1 cm = 0.94” × 0.87” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.39” × 0.20”

Minor fluorescence short UV

Former collection of Thomas P. Moore
Adamite (variety manganoan). Adamite (variety manganoan).
Adamite (variety manganoan) on Goethite
Adamite (variety manganoan) on Goethite. Adamite (variety manganoan) on Goethite.
 

TR96Z5: A mushroom-like growth on a botryoidal Goethite matrix of Adamite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, a deep yellow color and violet shades on terminal faces. An excellent “oldie” from Mapimí.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4 × 3.4 cm = 1.85” × 1.57” × 1.34”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Adamite (variety manganoan)
 

TD67: Very gemmy and very brilliant, the combination of the colors of the manganoan Adamite and the regular Adamite make an extremely attractive display specimen.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 9.3 × 5.7 × 2.2 cm = 3.66” × 2.24” × 0.87”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Adamite (variety manganoan).

DURANGO/ Ojuela Mine (Duftite)

Duftite with Calcite
Duftite with Calcite. Duftite with Calcite.
 

MX9X2: Botryoidal growths of micro-crystals of Duftite, some of them very well defined under a binocular microscope. They are clear green to slightly darker green and their luster varies from bright to dull, with transparent and colorless crystals of Calcite, and they coat a limonite matrix. Due to the absence of previous data about notable samples of Duftite at the Ojuela mine, we consider this find as an interesting "novelty" for this mine. The samples have been analyzed, and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.9 × 2 cm = 1.38” × 1.14” × 0.79”

Duftite with Calcite
 

MC10X2: Botryoidal growths of micro-crystals of Duftite, some of them very well defined under a binocular microscope. They are clear green to slightly darker green and their luster varies from bright to dull, with transparent and colorless crystals of Calcite, and they coat a limonite matrix. Due to the absence of previous data about notable samples of Duftite at the Ojuela mine, we consider this find as an interesting "novelty" for this mine. The samples have been analyzed, and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.50” × 1.34” × 0.55”

Duftite with Calcite. Duftite with Calcite.
Duftite with Calcite
Duftite with Calcite. Duftite with Calcite.
 

MV11X2: Botryoidal growths of micro-crystals of Duftite, some of them very well defined under a binocular microscope. They are clear green to slightly darker green and their luster varies from bright to dull, with transparent and colorless crystals of Calcite, and they coat a limonite matrix. Due to the absence of previous data about notable samples of Duftite at the Ojuela mine, we consider this find as an interesting "novelty" for this mine. The samples have been analyzed, and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.73” × 1.42” × 1.02”


DURANGO / Ojuela Mine (Hemimorphite)

Hemimorphite
 

MX26W5: Fan-like aggregates, on limonite matrix, of transparent crystals of Hemimorphite. They are sharp, bright, have excellent terminations and are with small rhombohedral crystals of calcite with reddish inclusions of Hematite.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2011)

Specimen size: 10.4 × 8.5 × 4 cm = 4.09” × 3.35” × 1.57”

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

Hemimorphite. Hemimorphite.
Hemimorphite
Hemimorphite.
Hemimorphite.
 

TM67N0: Fanlike growths of Hemimorphite crystals. They are flattened, transparent with sharp faces and edges. The Hemimorphite is with small clear crystals of Calcite on a matrix of Limonite.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (±1990)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 8.5 × 6 cm = 4.53” × 3.35” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.5 cm = 0.51” × 0.20”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Hemimorphite
 

MC13Y7: Aggregates of short prismatic crystals, thicker than usual on samples from the Ojuela mine. They are on a limonite matrix and some of them have red inclusions. The sample, apart from its mineralogical and historical interest, is really esthetic.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (1970-1980)

Specimen size: 13 × 9 × 8.5 cm = 5.12” × 3.54” × 3.35”

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

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Hemimorphite. Front
Front
Hemimorphite. Top
Top
Hemimorphite.
Hemimorphite with Mimetite
Hemimorphite with Mimetite. Hemimorphite with Mimetite.
Hemimorphite with Mimetite.
 

MF66AB4: Fan-like aggregates and radial groups of flattened Hemimorphite crystals with excellent terminations. They are very well defined, separate, transparent, and bright and are on a limonite matrix, with small and intense yellow bow-tie Mimetite groups.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (1970-1980)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 4.7 × 6 cm = 3.23” × 1.85” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.5 cm = 0.47” × 0.20”

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer
Hemimorphite with Mimetite
Hemimorphite with Mimetite  

TM76L3: Fan-shaped groups of transparent Hemimorphite crystals, with a very good brilliance and excellent terminations. Accompanied by very small aggregates of yellow greenish Mimetite crystals. On a Limonite matrix.
We will send the handwritten label of the sample, from T. L. Potucek, to the buyer of this esthetic specimen.
Ojuela Mine, level 7, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (12/2004)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 6 × 4.3 cm = 3.27” × 2.36” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.4 cm = 0.51” × 0.16”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Hemimorphite with Mimetite.
Hemimorphite with Mimetite.
Hemimorphite with Adamite
Hemimorphite with Adamite. Hemimorphite with Adamite.
 

MG6AG3: Radial groups of thin, separate and very sharp laminar crystals. They are transparent and very bright, with very well defined faces and edges and on a limonite matrix.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 8.6 × 5.9 × 3.2 cm = 3.39” × 2.32” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.39” × 0.20”

Adamite fluorescent short UV

DURANGO / Ojuela Mine (Wulfenite)

Wulfenite with Mimetite
 

TZ27N0: Crystals of Wulfenite of short prismatic habit. They have excellent luster and color, very intense. On a Limonite matrix and with coatings of green botryoidal Mimetite.
Ojuela Mine, level 6, San Juan Poniente, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.7 × 2.3 cm = 1.14” × 1.06” × 0.91”

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

Wulfenite with Mimetite.
Wulfenite with Calcite
Wulfenite with Calcite.
 

TL6L1: Novelty from Tucson 2008. Unusual morphology. Wulfenite crystals formed by elongated and curved prism faces. Color is yellow, slightly orange. With small Calcite crystals on a Limonite matrix.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘Börsen-News / Tucson '08’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 16 of number 3/2008.
Ojuela Mine, level 6, San Juan Poniente, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2007)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.7 × 2.6 cm = 1.46” × 1.06” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.55” × 0.12”

Wulfenite with Mimetite
 

TZ96N9: Very aerial doubly terminated prismatic crystal of Wulfenite of excellent color and good luster on a matrix of Limonite partially coated by growths of green botryoidal Mimetite.
Ojuela Mine, level 6, San Juan Poniente, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.8 × 1.9 cm = 1.57” × 1.50” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.4 cm = 0.79” × 0.16”

Mimetite minor fluorescence long & short UV
Wulfenite with Mimetite. Front
Front
Wulfenite with Mimetite. Rear
Rear
Wulfenite with Mimetite
Wulfenite with Mimetite.
Wulfenite with Mimetite.
 

TY47N0: Crystals of Wulfenite of very elongated prismatic habit. The crystals, very well defined, have excellent luster and color, very intense. On a Limonite matrix and with coatings of green botryoidal Mimetite.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘what’s new at Tucson 2009’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 4 of number 3/2009.
Ojuela Mine, level 6, San Juan Poniente, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.1 × 3.2 cm = 1.89” × 1.61” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.55” × 0.12”

Wulfenite
 

TH36Y7: Very unusual pineapple-like aggregate. The crystals, showing the forms of a single prism and the pinacoid, have slightly curved edges. They are on limonite matrix and show excellent color and luster.
Ojuela Mine, level 6, San Juan Poniente, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2009)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.2 × 2.2 cm = 2.28” × 1.65” × 0.87”

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

Wulfenite. Wulfenite.
Wulfenite with Mimetite
Wulfenite with Mimetite. Wulfenite with Mimetite.
 

TG16AD5: Wulfenite crystals whose shape is between tabular and equant. The crystals, very well defined, have an excellent luster and very intense color. They are on a limonite matrix with small green botryoidal Mimetite.
Ojuela Mine, level 6, San Juan Poniente, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2009)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 6.1 × 3.3 cm = 2.56” × 2.40” × 1.30”

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

Wulfenite
 

TC27N4: A very esthetic sample, very rich with unusually elongated Wulfenitecrystals, most of them doubly terminated. The crystals consist of a steepdipyramid of slightly curved edges and terminated by the pinacoid. They are on Limonite matrix.
Ojuela Mine, level 6, San Juan Poniente, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 7.2 × 5 cm = 3.43” × 2.83” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.4 cm = 0.47” × 0.16”

Wulfenite. Wulfenite.
Wulfenite with Mimetite
Wulfenite with Mimetite.
Wulfenite with Mimetite.
 

TQ70N0: Crystals of Wulfenite of very acute dipyramidal habit. Color and luster are excellent and they are on a Limonite matrix partially coated by botryoidal green Mimetite.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘what’s new at Tucson 2009’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 7 of number 3/2009.
Ojuela Mine, level 6, San Juan Poniente, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 7 × 3.8 cm = 3.74” × 2.76” × 1.50”

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

Wulfenite on Mottramite
 

TQ96X4: A novelty at Tucson 2013. Wulfenite crystals formed by the prism and the terminal pinacoid, some of them doubly terminated, implanted on a botryoidal matrix of Mottramite.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (10/2012)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.69” × 1.46” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.4 cm = 0.31” × 0.16”

Wulfenite on Mottramite. Front
Front
Wulfenite on Mottramite. Side
Side
Wulfenite on Mottramite
Wulfenite on Mottramite. Front
Front
Wulfenite on Mottramite. Rear
Rear
 

TR46X4: A novelty at Tucson 2013. Small crystals of Wulfenite formed by the prism and terminal pinacoid, some of them doubly terminated, implanted on a columnar growth of Mottramite.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (10/2012)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 2.5 × 1.3 cm = 2.64” × 0.98” × 0.51”

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

Wulfenite on Mottramite
 

TF66X6: A novelty at Tucson 2013. Dark olive-green botryoidal growths of Mottramite with yellow Wulfenite crystals consisting of a prism and the terminal pinacoid. We will provide a copy of the analysis of the Mottramite to the buyer of the specimen.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (10/2012)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 3.9 × 2.7 cm = 2.87” × 1.54” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.9 cm = 0.47” × 0.35”

Wulfenite on Mottramite.

DURANGO / Ojuela Mine (Rosasite)

Rosasite
Rosasite. Rosasite.
 

TQ66AC5: A bizarre formation of botryoidal Rosasite with an intense and uniform bluish green color and on a limonite matrix. Such a sample is almost an “oldie” because no more have been recovered since this Rosasite was mined in 2010.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2010)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.6 × 2.8 cm = 1.89” × 1.42” × 1.10”

Rosasite
 

TG96S0: Botryoidal aggregate of Rosasite with color banding at the top and concentric growths, on limonite matrix.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2010)

Specimen size: 5 × 4 × 2.4 cm = 1.97” × 1.57” × 0.94”

Rosasite.
Rosasite with Conichalcite and Calcite
Rosasite with Conichalcite and Calcite. Rosasite with Conichalcite and Calcite.
 

TP86S1: Botryoidal growths of Rosasite of rich greenish blue color, very uniform, on which are columnar growths of green Conichalcite with white rhombohedral crystals of Calcite, on a limonitic matrix.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2010)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.5 × 3.4 cm = 2.09” × 1.38” × 1.34”

Rosasite with Calcite
 

TH76S1: Columnar-botryoidal growth of Rosasite of rich greenish blue color, very uniform, with small white rhombohedral crystals of Calcite on limonitic matrix. The "Mouse"!
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2010)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 2.6 × 2.8 cm = 2.52” × 1.02” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1 cm = 0.94” × 0.39”

Rosasite with Calcite. Rosasite with Calcite.
Rosasite with Wulfenite
Rosasite with Wulfenite. Front
Front
Rosasite with Wulfenite. Side
Side
 

TJ66S2: Botryoidal aggregate of Rosasite of intense greenish-blue on Limonite matrix. A recent discovery at the classic Ojuela mine.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2010)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 6.2 × 6.3 cm = 2.52” × 2.44” × 2.48”

Rosasite
 

TX64S2: Botryoidal aggregate of Rosasite of intense greenish-blue on Limonite matrix. A recent discovery at the classic Ojuela mine.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2010)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 5.2 × 3.1 cm = 2.72” × 2.05” × 1.22”

Rosasite. Rosasite.
Rosasite
Rosasite. Front
Front
Rosasite. Rear
Rear
 

TD26S2: Botryoidal aggregate of Rosasite of intense greenish-blue on Limonite matrix. A recent discovery at the classic Ojuela mine.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2010)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 4.5 × 4.3 cm = 3.39” × 1.77” × 1.69”


DURANGO / Ojuela Mine (Mottramite)

Mottramite
 

TF6V2: A novelty at Tucson 2012. These Mottramites are totally new for Ojuela Mine where they never were seen before. Also the quality is quite competitive due to its richness and the botryoidal forms, so they are not only a "locality sample" but also a good representation of the species.
We will provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the specimen.
Ojuela Mine, level 35, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (11/2011)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.7 × 4 cm = 2.09” × 1.46” × 1.57”

Mottramite.
Mottramite
Mottramite. Mottramite.
 

TZ8AB7: These Mottramites were found in 2011 at the Ojuela mine, where the species never before had been observed. A lot of samples were recovered in that find, but never again so the find was unique. The quality of this sample is quite competitive due to its botryoidal forms which make it comparable to the good quality samples from other localities. We’ll provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, level 35, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (11/2011)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 5.2 × 3.8 cm = 2.72” × 2.05” × 1.50”

Mottramite
 

TD17V1: A novelty at Tucson 2012. These Mottramites are totally new for Ojuela Mine where they never were seen before. Also the quality is quite competitive due to its richness and the botryoidal forms, so they are not only a "locality sample" but also a good representation of the species.
We will provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the specimen.
Ojuela Mine, level 35, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (11/2011)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 7.2 × 4.4 cm = 2.91” × 2.83” × 1.73”

Mottramite. Mottramite.
Mottramite
Mottramite. Mottramite.
 

TT96AB7: These Mottramites were found in 2011 at the Ojuela mine, where the species never before had been observed. A lot of samples were recovered in that find, but never again so the find was unique. The quality of this sample is quite competitive due to its botryoidal forms which make it comparable to the good quality samples from other localities. We’ll provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, level 35, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (11/2011)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 7 × 4.8 cm = 3.74” × 2.76” × 1.89”

Mottramite
 

TX28V7: A novelty at Tucson 2012. These Mottramites are totally new for the Ojuela Mine where they never were seen before. Also the quality is quite competitive due to its richness and the botryoidal forms, so they are not only a "locality sample" but also a good representation of the species.
We will provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the specimen.
Ojuela Mine, level 35, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (11/2011)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 7.3 × 5.7 cm = 3.86” × 2.87” × 2.24”

Mottramite. Mottramite.
Mottramite
Mottramite. Mottramite.
 

TP66V7: A novelty at Tucson 2012. These Mottramites are totally new for the Ojuela Mine where they never were seen before. Also the quality is quite competitive due to its richness and the botryoidal forms, so they are not only a "locality sample" but also a good representation of the species.
We will provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the specimen.
Ojuela Mine, level 35, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (11/2011)

Specimen size: 10 × 7.8 × 4.2 cm = 3.94” × 3.07” × 1.65”

Mottramite
 

TQ91AJ0: Very well defined spheroidal growths of Mottramite on a limonite matrix with a greasy luster and a very deep olive green color. The sample is from the famous find in November, 2011, when Mottramite was firstly noted in a collectible form at Mapimí. We will provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, level 35, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (11/2011)

Specimen size: 13.4 × 9.6 × 6.4 cm = 5.28” × 3.78” × 2.52”

Mottramite. Mottramite.

DURANGO / Ojuela Mine

Duftite with Calcite
Duftite with Calcite. Duftite with Calcite.
 

MY26X2: Botryoidal growths of micro-crystals of Duftite, some of them very well defined under a binocular microscope. They are clear green to slightly darker green and their luster varies from bright to dull, with transparent and colorless crystals of Calcite, and they coat a limonite matrix. Due to the absence of previous data about notable samples of Duftite at the Ojuela mine, we consider this find as an interesting "novelty" for this mine. The samples have been analyzed, and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.4 × 2.7 cm = 2.52” × 1.73” × 1.06”

Duftite with Calcite
 

MB56X2: Botryoidal growths of micro-crystals of Duftite, some of them very well defined under a binocular microscope. They are clear green to slightly darker green and their luster varies from bright to dull, with transparent and colorless crystals of Calcite, and they coat a limonite matrix. Due to the absence of previous data about notable samples of Duftite at the Ojuela mine, we consider this find as an interesting "novelty" for this mine. The samples have been analyzed, and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 7.8 × 3.9 cm = 3.74” × 3.07” × 1.54”

Duftite with Calcite. Duftite with Calcite.
Duftite with Calcite
Duftite with Calcite. Duftite with Calcite.
 

MD76X2: Botryoidal growths of micro-crystals of Duftite, some of them very well defined under a binocular microscope. They are clear green to slightly darker green and their luster varies from bright to dull, with transparent and colorless crystals of Calcite, and they coat a limonite matrix. Due to the absence of previous data about notable samples of Duftite at the Ojuela mine, we consider this find as an interesting "novelty" for this mine. The samples have been analyzed, and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 10.8 × 10.7 × 4.3 cm = 4.25” × 4.21” × 1.69”

Conichalcite
 

EV67V1: Spheroidal aggregates of Conichalcite with very intense green color, on a limonite matrix with scalenohedral crystals of Calcite. Of better quality than usual for this locality.
Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (1970-1980)

Specimen size: 10.5 × 5.3 × 4.8 cm = 4.13” × 2.09” × 1.89”

Minor fluorescence short UV

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer
Conichalcite. Conichalcite.
Mimetite with Wulfenite
Mimetite with Wulfenite. Mimetite with Wulfenite.
Mimetite with Wulfenite.
 

EQ87AA3: Botryoidal Mimetite aggregates, on matrix, with an intense and deep yellow color and with implanted laminar Wulfenite crystals that are very bright with a pale yellow color. A sample of very good quality for the Ojuela mine.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.9 × 2.6 cm = 2.13” × 1.93” × 1.02”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Mimetite
 

TW99AA2: Botryoidal growths and isolated Mimetite crystals, on matrix, with an intense yellow color. Contrary to our usual policy, we offer this sample despite some small broken crystals, because the main group is above normal in size and quality, and it is in perfect condition. Also for the special quality and esthetics of the piece in comparison with the best-known samples from this mine.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (09/2013)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 4.5 × 3.7 cm = 2.99” × 1.77” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 0.71” × 0.47”

Mimetite. Mimetite.
Mimetite.
Mimetite
Mimetite. Front
Front
Mimetite. Side
Side
Mimetite.
 

MM96AL3: Growth, on matrix, of spheroidal crystals that are more individualized than usual, and yellowish green, unusual in specimens from this deposit.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 8.2 × 7 × 2.1 cm = 3.23” × 2.76” × 0.83”

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

Aurichalcite with Gypsum
Aurichalcite with Gypsum  

E11DG4: This Aurichalcite has good color quality, but draws specially our attention the paragenesis with Gypsum crystals on the central part of the specimen. It comes from an old collection and we add the two labels.
Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.85” × 1.46” × 0.87”

Aurichalcite with Gypsum.
Aurichalcite
Aurichalcite.
Aurichalcite. Aurichalcite.
 

EM96V1: Radial aggregates of acicular crystals of Aurichalcite on limonite matrix. They are very bright and have a very vivid greenish blue color.
Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (±1980)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.7 × 4 cm = 2.68” × 2.24” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.1 cm = 0.28” × 0.04”

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer
Aurichalcite with Hemimorphite
 

EC46V0: Radial growths of acicular crystals of Aurichalcite with a deeper color in the center and clearer on the crystal terminations. They are on a limonite matrix, with fanlike aggregates of colorless and transparent crystals of Hemimorfite.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (±1970)

Specimen size: 10 × 5.4 × 3.4 cm = 3.94” × 2.13” × 1.34”

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

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer
Aurichalcite with Hemimorphite. Aurichalcite with Hemimorphite.
Calcite
Calcite.
 

TB14R9: An especially aerial and esthetic sample, with sharp rhombohedral crystals of Calcite on Limonite matrix. The crystals have very well marked color zoning enhanced by reddish inclusions of Hematite.
Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.8 × 2.4 cm = 2.24” × 1.89” × 0.94”

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

Cuprian Calcite
 

TP27Z5: Rhombohedral Calcite crystals on a limonite matrix with very well defined faces and edges. They are very rich in blue inclusions of an undetermined secondary copper mineral. The crystals have been analyzed and, although their aspect suggests it could be another species, it is an unusual Calcite with inclusions. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 8.6 × 4.4 × 4 cm = 3.39” × 1.73” × 1.57”

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

Cuprian Calcite. Cuprian Calcite.
Dolomite with Hemimorphite
Dolomite with Hemimorphite.
 

MV10W4: Very well defined rhombohedral crystals of simple forms, bright and with snowy white color. They are implanted on a base of flattened crystals of Hemimorphite, also very well defined, and on a limonite matrix. Such samples were quite common at the Ojuela Mine in the eighties.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (1970-1980)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 6.1 × 4.1 cm = 3.23” × 2.40” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.1 cm = 1.06” × 0.83”

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer
Mimetite
 

MB57Y3: Botryoidal Mimetite growth, on matrix, with very intense and uniform yellow color and very notable relief. It is on a limonite matrix and is of an excellent quality for Ojuela Mine.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.9 × 2 cm = 1.73” × 1.54” × 0.79”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Mimetite.
Mimetite
Mimetite. Mimetite.
 

TV90V4: Spheroidal aggregates of acute dipyramidal crystals with intense yellow color and on matrix.
The sample, of high quality for the locality, is with a label of the Chris Cowan collection that we will send to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.2 × 3 cm = 3.07” × 2.44” × 1.18”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Austinite with cuprian Adamite

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NR59AB7: Translucent globular Austinite growths with a very intense and uniform green color. They are on a limonite matrix, with small cuprian Adamite crystals that have a clearer green color. Due to its color and shape the sample is very esthetic. Both the Austinite and Adamite have been analyzed and we’ll provide a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 4.1 × 4 × 2.9 cm = 1.61” × 1.57” × 1.14”

Adamite intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV
Austinite with cuprian Adamite.
Austinite (variety cuprian) with Calcite
Austinite (variety cuprian) with Calcite. Austinite (variety cuprian) with Calcite.
Austinite (variety cuprian) with Calcite.
 

VH47AF0: Botryoidal Austinite (cuprian variety) on a limonite matrix. They are bright, have a deep and uniform green color and are with a white rhombohedrally terminated Calcite crystal. The sample has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 5 × 4.5 × 3.2 cm = 1.97” × 1.77” × 1.26”

Calcite fluorescent short UV
Austinite
Austinite  

TD89AL4: Globular growths of lenticular Austinite crystals, with sharp crystal forms and strong curvatures on the faces and edges, translucent and on a limonite matrix.
The specimen comes from the Rock Currier collection (No. 7994) with a collection label and an identifying note on the back of the specimen.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 7.9 × 5.4 × 4.8 cm = 3.11” × 2.13” × 1.89”

Minor fluorescence long UV

Former collection of Rock Currier
Austinite. Austinite.
Austinite.
Austinite with Adamite
Austinite with Adamite. Austinite with Adamite.
 

NP47AB5: Spheroidal aggregates of translucent crystals with a clear green color and on a limonite matrix, with small Adamite crystals. The Austinite has a level of transparency that is unusual for the samples from the Ojuela mine. The sample has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, level 5, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.4 × 4 cm = 2.17” × 1.73” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.39” × 0.35”

Legrandite
 

TM42J3: Legrandite is an uncommon arsenate. In this specimen it forms a centered group, fan-shaped, of prismatic crystals with excellent terminations and extraordinary color and luster. They are on Limonite matrix.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 3.1 × 3 × 1.6 cm = 1.22” × 1.18” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.08”

Legrandite.
Legrandite.
Legrandite.
Ferrian Köttigite with Pharmacosiderite
Ferrian Köttigite with Pharmacosiderite. Ferrian Köttigite with Pharmacosiderite.
Ferrian Köttigite with Pharmacosiderite  

TT47AB8: Centered aggregate of Köttigite crystals with very well defined terminations and a deep bluish-green color. It is on matrix, with microscopic coatings of yellowish Pharmacosiderite. The Raman analysis indicates values in the Köttigite-Parasymplesite series and concludes it is an iron bearing Köttigite. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 3 × 2.6 × 1,7 cm = 1.18” × 1.02” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 0.59” × 0.55”

Former collection of David L. Stoudt
Paradamite
Paradamite  

EH10AA1: Aggregate of very sharp and exceptionally well developed Paradamite crystals, rare and unmistakable with Adamite, with an intense and uniform yellow color and on limonite matrix.
The sample is from the type locality for the species and it is with a label of the very well-known collection of Ronald J. Pellar that we will send to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 1.7 × 1.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.67” × 0.47” × 0.47”

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

Type locality
Paradamite. Front
Front
Paradamite. Top
Top
Scorodite
Scorodite. Front
Front
Scorodite. Rear
Rear

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TF90Z8: Aggregate of very sharp dipyramidal crystals with the dipyramid truncated by the pinacoid. They are large for the species (and very large for the locality) and are translucent, bright and have a very deep greenish-blue color, but it varies depending of the kind of incident light, more blue in daylight. A thumbnail of high quality.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (08/2013)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2 × 1,3 cm = 1.06” × 0.79” × 0.39”

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


DURANGO / other localities

Topaz with Opal
 

ET16X1: Two single crystals, one of them clearly dominant, that combine two vertical prisms, a very sharp pinacoid and some smaller forms. The crystals, translucent and with an intense color that is deeper on the terminations and on the edges, are on a matrix of volcanic rock with spheroidal growths of Opal.
Mina Artroyos, Potrillos, Coneto de Comonfort, Durango  Mexico (±1970)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.4 × 1.7 cm = 1.02” × 0.94” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.3 cm = 0.67” × 0.51”

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer
Topaz with Opal.
Fluorapatite with Quartz (Chalcedony) and Calcite
Fluorapatite with Quartz (Chalcedony) and Calcite.
Fluorapatite with Quartz (Chalcedony) and Calcite.
 

MA50K1: Very well defined crystals, one of them clearly dominant and of considerable length and with very good color and luster on a matrix which is a Chalcedony formation, uncommon for Cerro de Mercado specimens.
Mina Cerro de Mercado, Cerro de los Remedios, Victoria de Durango, Municipio de Durango, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 11.2 × 8.5 × 7 cm = 4.41” × 3.35” × 2.76”

Main crystal size: 5.3 × 1.5 cm = 2.09” × 0.59”

Chalcedony fluorescent long & short UV
Creedite with Fluorite
 

TR99AL2: A novelty at Tucson 2020. Druse of short prismatic Creedite crystals, with very sharp and profiled terminal faces, with good luster and light violet, on matrix, with crystallized Fluorite in green and violet colors. The specimen is very different from those known from this locality in recent years, although there are similar specimens from this mine in an old collection, which coincides with the indications that this find came from old mine galleries.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a novelty from Tucson 2020 in the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 60 in the volume 25, number 2

Navidad Mine, Abasolo, Rodeo, Municipio de Rodeo, Durango  Mexico (10-12/2019)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.3 × 3.2 cm = 2.17” × 1.69” × 1.26”

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

Fluorite fluorescent long & short UV
Creedite with Fluorite. Front
Front
Creedite with Fluorite. Rear
Rear
Creedite with Fluorite.
Creedite
Creedite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Creedite. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Creedite. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Recorded under neon light
 

TB27AL7: A novelty at Tucson 2020: Druse, on matrix, of bipyramidal Creedite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with sharp pointed terminations, between transparent and translucent, lustrous, and light violet in color. The specimen is quite different from those known from this locality in recent years, although in some old collections there are similar specimens from the same source, which coincides with the indications that this find was made in old galleries of the mine.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 43 of the 2020/02 edition.
Navidad Mine, Abasolo, Rodeo, Municipio de Rodeo, Durango  Mexico (10-12/2019)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 6.2 × 5.5 cm = 3.39” × 2.44” × 2.17”

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

Octahedral Fluorite
 

TM26D8: While this locality has produced lots of material and quite often produces good ones, this octahedral Fluorite is really nice. This is due to the crystal size, their definition and the intensity of their color. A major sample for a reasonable price.
Mina Navidad, Abasolo, Rodeo, Municipio de Rodeo, Durango  Mexico (2003)

Specimen size: 12.2 × 10.5 × 3 cm = 4.80” × 4.13” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 2.4 cm = 1.14” × 0.94”

Octahedral Fluorite.
Octahedral Fluorite.

GUANAJUATO

Acanthite
Acanthite. Front
Front
Acanthite. Top
Top
 

FR76: Unusual form: first elongated crystals and then pseudocubic sharp crystals. As in many other cases in this collection, different from the usual.
La Sirena Mine, 590 level, Guanajuato, Municipio Guanajuato  Mexico

Specimen size: 4 × 3.2 × 2.7 cm = 1.57” × 1.26” × 1.06”

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

Former Oliete collection. Number 127, bought in 1999
Acanthite with Quartz and Pyrite
Acanthite with Quartz and Pyrite  

TF86AH5: Acanthite crystals with the dominant forms of the cube some of whose faces have very deep hollowed growths. One of the more dominant and very aerial crystals is extraordinarily elongated. They are on matrix with Quartz and small and very bright Pyrite crystals.
The sample, a great classic, is from the David and Emily Stoudt collection of Houston, Texas, and previously in the Kenneth C. Raba and Arson collections in New York. We’ll send the three labels to the buyer.
San Juan de Rayas Mine, Guanajuato, Municipio Guanajuato  Mexico

Specimen size: 6.5 × 3.2 × 3.5 cm = 2.56” × 1.26” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 0.9 cm = 0.87” × 0.35”

Acanthite with Quartz and Pyrite. Front
Front
Acanthite with Quartz and Pyrite. Rear
Rear
Acanthite with Quartz and Pyrite.
Acanthite with Calcite
Acanthite with Calcite. Acanthite with Calcite.
 

TV69Z7: Aggregate of very sharp cubic Acanthite crystals that coexist with skeletal and hooked forms of the same mineral. The aggregate, on a Calcite matrix, shows a magnificent contrast between the snowy white Calcite and the luster and relief of the very aerial Acanthite.
San Juan de Rayas Mine, Guanajuato, Municipio Guanajuato  Mexico (03/2013)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 6.1 × 3.4 cm = 3.43” × 2.40” × 1.34”

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

Acanthite after Pyrargyrite
Acanthite after Pyrargyrite  

TM47AJ3: Very aerial group of Acanthite crystals after Pyrargyrite, with short-prismatic shape and coated by a last phase of Acanthite microcrystals.
The sample is from the Thomas P. Moore collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Guanajuato, Municipio Guanajuato  Mexico

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 1.10” × 0.63” × 0.55”

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

Former collection of Thomas P. Moore
Acanthite after Pyrargyrite. Acanthite after Pyrargyrite.
Chalcopyrite after Polybasite with Acanthite
Chalcopyrite after Polybasite with Acanthite. Front
Front
Chalcopyrite after Polybasite with Acanthite. Rear
Rear
Chalcopyrite after Polybasite with Acanthite.

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TK74AE8: Aggregate of very bright Chalcopyrite crystals, pseudomorphous after Polybasite with a hexagonal contour and partially coated by small cubic Acanthite crystals.
The sample has a great quality and it has been noted and photographed in the monograph “Mexico Special Issue VII” of the Mineralogical Record magazine (September-October 2016, pg. 545)
Guanajuato, Municipio Guanajuato  Mexico

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.8 × 3.5 cm = 1.77” × 1.50” × 1.38”

Quartz (variety amethyst) with Calcite
Quartz (variety amethyst) with Calcite  

EP49AC6: Floater aggregate of transparent and very bright Quartz (variety amethyst) crystals, with phantom growths and with a very vivid and intense color. On the back, the aggregate is completely coated by Calcite and there is a very sharp, white, Calcite scalenohedron.
An excellent sample of the F. y C. Gilbert collection whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
This specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 556 in the volume 47, number 5 (September-October 2016)
Guanajuato, Municipio Guanajuato  Mexico (±1960)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.5 × 2.6 cm = 2.91” × 2.17” × 1.02”

Quartz (variety amethyst) with Calcite. Quartz (variety amethyst) with Calcite.
Quartz (variety amethyst) with Calcite
Quartz (variety amethyst) with Calcite. Quartz (variety amethyst) with Calcite.
 

TP63AI7: Druse of transparent and bright Quartz (amethyst) crystals with very short prisms with strong color zoning and phantom growths. Between the amethyst crystals there are white scalenohedral Calcite crystals. An extraordinary sample, undoubtedly among the best from this well-known locality.
Cata Mine, Guanajuato, Municipio de Guanajuato  Mexico (±1980)

Specimen size: 22.8 × 14.2 × 5.6 cm = 8.98” × 5.59” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.4 cm = 0.75” × 0.55”

Calcite fluorescent short UV

GUERRERO

Galena with Quartz, Fluorite and Sphalerite

Recorded under neon light
 

EB87AM3: Intergrowth of twinned Sphalerite crystals with skeletal Galena crystals. On matrix, with small white Quartz crystals and polycrystalline Fluorite growths. Very old and unusual piece.
Los Remedios Mine, Taxco de Alarcón, Municipio Taxco, Guerrero  Mexico

Specimen size: 10.9 × 10.4 × 2.9 cm = 4.29” × 4.09” × 1.14”

Fluorite fluorescent long & short UV
Galena with Quartz, Fluorite and Sphalerite. Galena with Quartz, Fluorite and Sphalerite.
Galena with Quartz, Fluorite and Sphalerite.
Stibnite
Stibnite.
Stibnite  

NV36AJ8: Aggregate of very bright Stibnite crystals that have an uncommon morphology for the species because they are very short, some of them doubly terminated and have very well developed terminal faces. We also note that well crystallized Stibnite is rare at Taxco.
The sample is from the Carlos Prieto collection whose handwritten label we will send to the buyer.
Taxco de Alarcón, Municipio Taxco, Guerrero  Mexico

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.9 × 1.6 cm = 2.17” × 1.54” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.1 cm = 0.20” × 0.04”

Former collection of Carlos Prieto Paramio

NUEVO LEON

Legrandite with Smithsonite
 

TD76L5: Group of Legrandite crystals with perfect terminations. Luster, color intensity and transparency increase from the base to the upper termination. On botryoidal Smithsonite and all on a Limonite matrix.
The specimen has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Lapis’ on page 41, volume 33, number 7-8, August 2008.
Flor de Peña Mine, Lampazos (Lampazos de Naranjo), Municipio Lampazos (Lampazos de Naranjo), Nuevo Leon  Mexico

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.5 × 3.2 cm = 1.85” × 1.77” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.24” × 0.08”

Type locality
Legrandite with Smithsonite. Legrandite with Smithsonite.
Legrandite
Legrandite.
Legrandite.
 

TM87K8: Group of prismatic crystals with uncommon flat terminations. Good color and brilliance making a high contrast with the dark Limonite matrix. The specimen, from the type locality, has a different habit than the more common Mapimí Legrandites.
The specimen has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Lapis’ on page 41, volume 33, number 7-8, August 2008.
Flor de Peña Mine, Lampazos (Lampazos de Naranjo), Municipio Lampazos (Lampazos de Naranjo), Nuevo Leon  Mexico

Specimen size: 6 × 3.3 × 1.4 cm = 2.36” × 1.30” × 0.55”

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

Type locality
Legrandite with Smithsonite
 

TA47P9: The sample is from the Flor de Peña Mine, the type locality. The small crystals with very well defined faces and edges, form sheaf like growths on a matrix partially coated by botryoidal yellowish-white Smithsonite. Color and luster of the Legrandite crystals are excellent.
Flor de Peña Mine, Lampazos (Lampazos de Naranjo), Municipio Lampazos (Lampazos de Naranjo), Nuevo Leon  Mexico

Specimen size: 8 × 4 × 3.8 cm = 3.15” × 1.57” × 1.50”

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

Type locality
Legrandite with Smithsonite. Legrandite with Smithsonite.
Legrandite with Smithsonite
Legrandite with Smithsonite.
Legrandite with Smithsonite.
 

TC40J7: The short prismatic crystals on dark Smithsonite matrix, that we analyzed, are very sharp and have an unusual transparency for the species. The different groups of crystals have two different shades of yellow. With the specimen we’ll send a copy of the analysis of the Smithsonite.
Flor de Peña Mine, Lampazos (Lampazos de Naranjo), Municipio Lampazos (Lampazos de Naranjo), Nuevo Leon  Mexico

Specimen size: 8.1 × 5.3 × 5.3 cm = 3.19” × 2.09” × 2.09”

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

Type locality

OAXACA

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Miargyrite with Quartz

Recorded under neon light
 

TRA27AO4: Very aerial group of flattened Miargyrite crystals, with very sharp crystal forms, with intense luster, on a crystalline Quartz matrix.
This specimen has been individually analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
San José Mine, San José del Progreso, Municipìo San José del Progreso, Ocotlán District, Valles Centrales Region, Oaxaca  Mexico (01/2018)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.5 × 1.6 cm = 0.87” × 0.59” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.1 cm = 0.16” × 0.04”

With analysis copy
Miargyrite with Quartz. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Miargyrite with Quartz. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Miargyrite
Miargyrite. Miargyrite.
Miargyrite.
Miargyrite  

TA54AI7: A group of Miargyrite crystals with a good size for the species, with unusually well defined faces and edges, fine growth striations and very bright. An extraordinary miniature that has been analyzed. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
The sample has been referenced in the 'Mineral Up' magazine (2018/2, pages 36-37).
San José Mine, San José del Progreso, Municipìo San José del Progreso, Ocotlán District, Valles Centrales Region, Oaxaca  Mexico (01/2018)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 2.1 × 1.5 cm = 0.87” × 0.83” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.4 cm = 0.39” × 0.16”

Miargyrite
 

TC89AH1: A novelty at Tucson 2018. Group of Miargyrite crystals with an extraordinary definition and length for the species. They are very bright and have fine growth striations. The sample has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of its analysis to the buyer.
San José Mine, San José del Progreso, Municipìo San José del Progreso, Ocotlán District, Valles Centrales Region, Oaxaca  Mexico (01/2018)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.1 × 1.2 cm = 0.98” × 0.83” × 0.47”

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

Miargyrite. Miargyrite.
Miargyrite with Pyrargyrite
Miargyrite with Pyrargyrite. Front
Front
Miargyrite with Pyrargyrite. Rear
Rear
Miargyrite with Pyrargyrite.
 

TB71AH1: A novelty at Tucson 2018. Aggregate of mixed Miargyrite and Pyrargyrite crystals. The Pyrargyrite crystals are short with flat terminations and the Miargyrite has smooth surfaces with fine striations and very bright crystal faces. The sample has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of its analysis to the buyer.
San José Mine, San José del Progreso, Municipìo San José del Progreso, Ocotlán District, Valles Centrales Region, Oaxaca  Mexico (01/2018)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.7 × 4.1 cm = 1.65” × 1.46” × 1.61”

Miargyrite with Quartz and Chalcopyrite

Recorded under neon light
 

TC66AJ8: Spheroidal aggregates of very sharp Miargyrite crystals with a good size for the species and they are very bright. They are on matrix with Quartz and Chalcopyrite crystals. The sample, of great quality, is from a recent find in the San José mine and it has been analyzed. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
San José Mine, San José del Progreso, Municipìo San José del Progreso, Ocotlán District, Valles Centrales Region, Oaxaca  Mexico (2018)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.6 × 2.8 cm = 2.28” × 1.81” × 1.10”

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

Miargyrite with Quartz and Chalcopyrite. Miargyrite with Quartz and Chalcopyrite.
Miargyrite with Quartz and Chalcopyrite.
Tennantite with Quartz and Chalcopyrite
Tennantite with Quartz and Chalcopyrite. Tennantite with Quartz and Chalcopyrite.
 

TC11Z6: Group, on a Chalcopyrite matrix, of complex Tennantite crystals with a tetrahedral shape and very rich with faces, very bright and partially coated by small Quartz crystals. The analysis of the crystals indicates that they are basically silvery Tennantite, but the presence of other silver minerals such as Miargyrite, Pyrargyrite or Freibergite has been detected. The sample is from a Mexican zone that is scarcely known in mineralogical circles, so we indicate the locality as approximate because we don’t know if all the samples are from a single mine, different mines, or from a wider mining area. We will send a copy of the analysis of the Tennantite to the buyer.
San José Mine, San José del Progreso, Municipìo San José del Progreso, Ocotlán District, Valles Centrales Region, Oaxaca  Mexico (2013)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.6 × 1.1 cm = 1.14” × 1.02” × 0.43”

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

Tennantite with Quartz and Chalcopyrite
 

TB6Z6: Group, on a Chalcopyrite matrix, of complex Tennantite crystals with a tetrahedral shape and very rich with faces, very bright and partially coated by small Quartz crystals. The analysis of the crystals indicates that they are basically silvery Tennantite, but the presence of other silver minerals such as Miargyrite, Pyrargyrite or Freibergite has been detected. The sample is form a Mexican zone that is scarcely known in mineralogical circles, so we indicate the locality as approximate because we don’t know if all the samples are from a single mine, different mines, or from a wider mining area. We will send a copy of the analysis of the Tennantite to the buyer.
San José Mine, San José del Progreso, Municipìo San José del Progreso, Ocotlán District, Valles Centrales Region, Oaxaca  Mexico (2013)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.81” × 1.26” × 0.67”

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

Tennantite with Quartz and Chalcopyrite. Tennantite with Quartz and Chalcopyrite.

SAN LUIS POTOSI

Topaz with Opal
Topaz with Opal.
 

MC26V1: Doubly terminated crystal on matrix. It has very well defined faces and edges and is transparent, with a very deep color. It also has a small aggregate of Opal (variety hyalite) near its upper termination.
Tepetate, Villa de Arriaga, San Luis Potosí  Mexico

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3.1 × 2.1 cm = 1.34” × 1.22” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 0.6 cm = 0.87” × 0.24”

Stibiconite
 

EM49F4: Two pseudomorphic crystals of Stibiconite after Stibnite, very large, prismatic, and perfect. As is normal in the examples from Mexico, Stibiconite has completely replaced the Stibnite, not just coated it.
Real de Catorce (Catorce), Catorce Mountains, Municipio Catorce, San Luis Potosí  Mexico (±1970)

Specimen size: 19 × 5 × 6 cm = 7.48” × 1.97” × 2.36”

Stibiconite. Front
Front
Stibiconite. Side
Side
Fluor-Buergerite
Fluor-Buergerite. Fluor-Buergerite.
Fluor-Buergerite  

EG46Y8: Doubly terminated crystals of Fluor-Buergerite on matrix. They show a combination of a dominant ditrigonal prism and rhombohedral terminations. The crystals are very bright, have dark a brown, almost black, color with translucent reflections. The sample, from the type locality for the species, is with a label from John. S. White that indicates it previously was in the Luther Thomas collection. We’ll send both labels to the buyer.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2020, page 62
Municipio Mexquitic de Carmona, San Luis Potosí  Mexico

Specimen size: 6.6 × 5.4 × 3 cm = 2.60” × 2.13” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.5 cm = 0.31” × 0.20”

Type locality

Former collection of John S. White
Calcite
 

EY7V0: Aggregate of tabular crystals (poker chip habit) with hexagonal shape and triangular growth forms on the pinacoid. They have a very well defined color zoning, white on the terminations and creamy in the center.
Mina San Bartolo, Charcas, San Luis Potosí  Mexico (1970-1980)

Specimen size: 12.6 × 7.8 × 4.6 cm = 4.96” × 3.07” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.42” × 1.02”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer
Calcite.

SAN LUIS POTOSI / Danburite with Quartz (variety amethyst)

At Tucson 2005, for the first time some Quartz Amethyst associated with classical Danburite from Charcas, Mexico, appeared. Specimens of high quality in which the color of the Amethyst is more intense showed up in Ste. Marie this year.
The samples are very original and esthetic and we must add that some of them are on groups and not single crystals as it usually happens.

Danburite with Quartz (variety amethyst)
Danburite with Quartz (variety amethyst).
 

ER96I1: The crystals of Danburite are completely clear and form a contact visible both for the form of wedge on the termination and the fine suture all along the prism. The group is densely covered by amethyst crystals of excellent color.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 28 in number 2006/2.
Mina San Bartolo, Charcas, San Luis Potosí  Mexico (2005-2006)

Specimen size: 4 × 2.8 × 3 cm = 1.57” × 1.10” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.6 cm = 0.59” × 0.24”

Danburite with Quartz (variety amethyst)
 

EL30H7: The sample is very esthetic, formed by prismatic crystals of Danburite, one of them clearly dominant, with very sharp faces and edges and clear terminations. On the base of the specimen there are groups of amethyst Quartz of a nice color, contrasting with the white Danburite.
This sample has been reviewed, photographed and published as news from Ste. Marie 2006 by the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ on page 47, number 70.
Mina San Bartolo, Charcas, San Luis Potosí  Mexico (2005-2006)

Specimen size: 7 × 6.5 × 4.5 cm = 2.76” × 2.56” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 8.3 × 2.2 cm = 3.27” × 0.87”

Danburite with Quartz (variety amethyst). Danburite with Quartz (variety amethyst).

SINALOA

Smithsonite
Smithsonite.
 

TB16G9: We specially love the vivid green color of his fine and esthetic botryoidal growth, really formed of crystals with completely rounded faces and edges.
Mina Santa Anita, Choix, Sinaloa  Mexico (2005)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 5 × 2.5 cm = 2.17” × 1.97” × 0.98”


SONORA / Milpillas Mine (Olivenite)

Olivenite
 

TA50AL2: A novelty at Tucson 2020. Two outstanding Olivenite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, flattened, with very well defined faces and edges and perfect terminations, lustrous and very deep olive green. As on so many other occasions in Milpillas, among the best of the species.
Milpillas Mine, level 992, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (11-12/2019)

Specimen size: 1.8 × 0.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.71” × 0.35” × 0.24”

Olivenite. Front
Front
Olivenite. Rear
Rear
Olivenite
Olivenite.
 

TT49AL2: A novelty at Tucson 2020. Matrix group of outstanding Olivenite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, flattened, with very well defined faces and edges and perfect terminal faces, lustrous and very deep olive green. As on so many other occasions in Milpillas, among the best of the species.
The sample has been noted and photographed in the monograph 'The Milpillas Mine' of the ‘Mineralogical Record‘ magazine on page 608 in the volume 52, number 5, September-October 2021 and in the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 58 in the volume 25, number 2

Milpillas Mine, level 992, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (11-12/2019)

Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 0.75” × 0.55” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 0.5 cm = 0.75” × 0.20”

Olivenite
 

TX99AL2: A novelty at Tucson 2020. Two outstanding Olivenite crystals, flattened, with sharp faces and edges and perfect terminal faces, lustrous and very deep olive green. As on so many other occasions in Milpillas, the best for the species. As on so many other occasions in Milpillas, among the best of the species.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a novelty from Tucson 2020 in the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 58 in the volume 25, number 2

Milpillas Mine, level 992, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (11-12/2019)

Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.8 × 0.9 cm = 0.75” × 0.71” × 0.35”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.75” × 0.28”

Olivenite.
Olivenite
Olivenite. Front
Front
Olivenite. Side
Side
 

TV99AL2: A novelty at Tucson 2020. Group, on matrix, of highly profiled, flattened Olivenite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with very well defined faces and edges and perfect terminal faces, lustrous and very deep olive green. As on so many other occasions in Milpillas, among the best of the species.
Milpillas Mine, level 992, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (11-12/2019)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.6 × 1.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.63” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.5 cm = 0.71” × 0.20”

Olivenite with Quartz
 

TR92AL2: A novelty at Tucson 2020. Very aerial group, on matrix, of highly profiled, flattened, doubly terminated Olivenite crystals, with sharp faces and edges and perfect terminal faces, lustrous and with a very deep olive-green color. As on so many other occasions in Milpillas, among the best of the species.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 43 of the 2020/02 edition.
Milpillas Mine, level 992, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (11-12/2019)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.6 × 2 cm = 1.30” × 1.02” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 0.3 cm = 0.75” × 0.12”

Olivenite with Quartz. Front
Front
Olivenite with Quartz. Side
Side
Olivenite with Quartz.
Olivenite with Quartz
Olivenite with Quartz. Front
Front
Olivenite with Quartz. Side
Side
Olivenite with Quartz.
 

TT51AL2: A novelty at Tucson 2020. Matrix group of acicular Olivenite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, lustrous and very deep olive green. As on so many other occasions in Milpillas, among the best of the species.
Milpillas Mine, level 992, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (11-12/2019)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3 × 1.9 cm = 1.85” × 1.18” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.1 cm = 0.16” × 0.04”


SONORA / Milpillas Mine (Azurite)

Azurite with Malachite
 

TT6Y4: Group of sharp doubly terminated crystals, one of them clearly dominant. They have the extraordinary deep blue color (“electric blue”) typical of the best samples from Milpillas and are slightly coated by Malachite. Nice miniature.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (2011-2012)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.5 × 0.7 cm = 0.79” × 0.59” × 0.28”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.47”

Azurite with Malachite.
Azurite
Azurite. Front
Front
Azurite. Light behind
Light behind
 

TA68AJ2: A novelty at Tucson 2019. Very sharp Azurite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with a morphology that is unusual until now at Milpillas. The crystals, on matrix, are extremely flattened, between translucent and transparent, extraordinarily bright and have a very deep color with vivid reflections.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (12/2018)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2 × 1.1 cm = 0.94” × 0.79” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.1 cm = 0.63” × 0.43”

Azurite

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TJ51AD0: Single Azurite crystal on matrix. It is doubly terminated, very rich in faces, very bright, and with the extraordinary deep blue color (electric blue) that has made the Azurites from this locality famous.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2016, page 80
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (04/2015)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.7 × 1.5 cm = 1.26” × 1.06” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 1.3 cm = 1.10” × 0.51”

Azurite.
Azurite
Azurite. Front
Front
Azurite. Light behind
Light behind
 

TT69AJ2: A novelty at Tucson 2019. Very sharp Azurite crystals with a morphology that is unusual until now at Milpillas. The crystals, on matrix, are very flattened, between translucent and transparent, extraordinarily bright and have a very deep color, with vivid reflections.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What's New’ section, report 52, April 13, 2019 edition, page 5
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (12/2018)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.8 × 1.9 cm = 1.30” × 1.10” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1 cm = 0.71” × 0.39”

Azurite
 

EB63Q8: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2010. Two individualized sharp doubly terminated crystals on matrix of very well defined faces and edges and having the very intense luster from Milpillas. Their incredible blue color (“electric blue”) is typical of the samples of this very special find.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2010 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 94, page 57, for the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ page 11 of number 5/2010 and for the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 29 in number 2010/2 as well as in the special "Milpillas" of the "Lapis" magazine number 07-08/2017, page 4
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (05/2010)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.4 × 2.4 cm = 1.50” × 1.34” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.3 cm = 1.18” × 0.51”

Azurite. Front
Front
Azurite. Top
Top
Azurite with Malachite and Baryte
Azurite with Malachite and Baryte. Front
Front
Azurite with Malachite and Baryte. Side
Side

Recorded under neon light
 

TP94AK6: Very aerial group of complex crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with well defined faces and edges, translucent and with the extraordinary deep blue color (“electric blue”) typical of the best specimens from Milpillas, with bright reflections and transparency under intense light. On matrix, with Malachite and small Baryte crystals.
Milpillas Mine, level 1140, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (2010)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.6 × 2.7 cm = 1.65” × 1.02” × 1.06”

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

Azurite with Malachite
 

TR98V4: Parallel aggregates of Azurite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, very bright and with a very deep color. They are on a base of fibrous crystals of Malachite.
Milpillas Mine, level 1100, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (05/2010)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.4 × 2.7 cm = 2.09” × 1.73” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 0.67” × 0.63”

Azurite with Malachite. Front
Front
Azurite with Malachite. Rear
Rear
Azurite with Malachite.
Azurite with Malaquite
Azurite with Malaquite. Front
Front
Azurite with Malaquite. Rear
Rear
Azurite with Malaquite.
 

TZ64Z3: Very aerial aggregate of complex crystals with slightly curved faces, very bright, translucent and with a vivid, deep and uniform blue color. The sample is especially esthetic because it is crowning a matrix very rich in small acicular Malachite crystals.
This specimen has been reviewed and published in the special "Milpillas" of the magazine ‘Lapis’ number 07-08/2017, page 23
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (11-12/2013)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.4 × 2.4 cm = 2.28” × 1.73” × 0.94”

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

Azurite with Malachite
 

EH66Q8: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2010. Very aerial and esthetic group of very well defined faces and edges and having the very intense luster from Milpillas. Their incredible blue color (“electric blue”) is typical of the samples of this very special find. With Malachite growths and on matrix.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (05/2010)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.2 × 3.3 cm = 2.36” × 1.65” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 2.4 cm = 1.34” × 0.94”

Azurite with Malachite. Azurite with Malachite.
Azurite
Azurite.
Azurite. Azurite.
 

TX66S0: Individual crystals of simple and very well defined forms. Two of the crystals are clearly dominant, bright and deep blue colored, with transparent edges. A very beautiful sample, with an uncommon presentation for the locality, where crystals usually are grouped.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (2010)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 6 × 3.2 cm = 2.48” × 2.36” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.4 cm = 0.87” × 0.55”

Azurite with Malachite
 

TB14Z2: Very aerial group of Azurite crystals on matrix, with aggregates of acicular Malachite crystals. The crystals, one of them clearly dominant, are translucent and have the vivid and deep blue color (“electric blue”) typical of the best samples from Milpillas.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (11-12/2013)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.9 × 1.7 cm = 2.64” × 1.93” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.63”

Azurite with Malachite. Azurite with Malachite.
Azurite with Dickite
Azurite with Dickite. Azurite with Dickite.
 

TQ46AB3: A novelty at Tucson 2015. Aggregate of very sharp Azurite crystals with a thick tabular shape called “chewing gum” due their particular profile. The crystals are transparent, very bright and have the extraordinary deep blue color (“electric blue”) typical of the best samples from Milpillas. Azurite is implanted on white Dickite coating a rocky matrix.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a novelty at the 2015 Tucson Show in the magazine "Lapis" number 03/2015, page 28 and in the monograph 'The Milpillas Mine' of the ‘Mineralogical Record‘ magazine on page 552 in the volume 52, number 5, September-October 2021
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (2014)

Specimen size: 7 × 4.5 × 1.4 cm = 2.76” × 1.77” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.4 cm = 0.47” × 0.16”

Azurite
 

TE0W4: Thick tabular crystals of azurite on matrix. They are much more isolated than usual, are very bright and have the vivid blue color (electric blue) that has made the Azurites from this locality famous.
Milpillas Mine, level 1100, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (10/2011)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5 × 3.4 cm = 2.91” × 1.97” × 1.34”

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

Azurite. Front
Front
Azurite. Top
Top
Azurite.
Azurite with Malachite
Azurite with Malachite. Azurite with Malachite.

Recorded under neon light
 

TT27AI4: Aggregate of very sharp Azurite crystals, one of them clearly dominant. These crystals, between translucent and transparent, are very bright and have the extraordinarily deep and vivid blue color (“electric blue”) typical of the best samples from Milpillas and they are implanted on a rough Malachite band coating the matrix. The esthetic blue-green contrast between Azurite and Malachite is not too common at Milpillas.

Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (07-08/2014)

Specimen size: 9.9 × 6.7 × 4.2 cm = 3.90” × 2.64” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.3 cm = 1.06” × 0.51”


SONORA / Milpillas Mine (Malachite)

Malachite after Azurite
 

TC56X1: Aerial sample of Malachite pseudomorphous after Azurite. They have a very deep color, an excellent luster for the species and the biggest crystal of the former Azurite is doubly terminated.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (2009)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3.3 × 1.9 cm = 1.34” × 1.30” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2.2 cm = 0.91” × 0.87”

Malachite after Azurite. Front
Front
Malachite after Azurite. Top
Top
Malachite after Azurite
Malachite after Azurite. Front
Front
Malachite after Azurite. Side
Side
Malachite after Azurite.
 

TN78AB3: Aggregate of thick Malachite crystals pseudomorphous after Azurite whose faces have a fibrous aspect and silky luster. They are very well defined and sharp, especially considering they are pseudomorphs.
Milpillas Mine, level 1140, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 5.4 × 3.7 cm = 3.39” × 2.13” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 2 cm = 1.10” × 0.79”

Malachite after Azurite
 

TR59AH6: Group of Malachite crystals pseudomorphous after Azurite, with very well defined faces and edges, some of them doubly terminated and with a velvety aspect on the surface of their faces.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (2014)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 7 × 3.6 cm = 3.39” × 2.76” × 1.42”

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

Malachite after Azurite. Malachite after Azurite.
Malachite after Azurite with Baryte
Malachite after Azurite with Baryte. Malachite after Azurite with Baryte.
 

TR62AB3: A novelty at Tucson 2015. Aggregate, on a rocky matrix, of thick Malachite crystals pseudomorphous after Azurite. They have faces with a fibrous aspect and silky luster and are partially coated by laminar, colorless, clear and very bright Baryte crystals.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (09-10/2014)

Specimen size: 10 × 7.4 × 2.2 cm = 3.94” × 2.91” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 1.6 cm = 1.30” × 0.63”

Malachite pseudo Azurite with Quartz and Chrysocolla
 

TV48N0: A novelty for Tucson 2009. The Malachite has replaced very well defined crystals of Azurite, some of them doubly terminated. The matrix is a thin layer of very bright crystals of Chrysocolla. This association is very rare at Milpillas and only a very few specimens arrived to the market.
The specimen has been published in the magazine ‘extraLAPIS’ on page 83, number 45, "Kupfer Mineralien" and in the monograph 'The Milpillas Mine' of the ‘Mineralogical Record‘ magazine on page 596 in the volume 52, number 5, September-October 2021
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.4 × 1.8 cm = 2.17” × 1.34” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.5 cm = 0.47” × 0.20”

Malachite pseudo Azurite with Quartz and Chrysocolla.
Malachite pseudo Azurite with Quartz and Chrysocolla.
Malachite pseudo Azurite with Plancheite
Malachite pseudo Azurite with Plancheite.
 

TE88N0: A novelty for Tucson 2009. The Malachite has replaced very well defined crystals of Azurite, some of them doubly terminated. On the piece the dark green color of the Malachite contrasts with the botryoidal concretions of Plancheite. This association is very rare at Milpillas and only a few specimens arrived to the market.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.3 × 2.2 cm = 1.34” × 0.91” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.71” × 0.28”

Malachite pseudo Azurite with Plancheite
 

TZ98N0: A novelty for Tucson 2009. The Malachite has replaced very well defined crystals of Azurite, some of them doubly terminated. On the piece the dark green color of the Malachite contrasts with the botryoidal concretions of Plancheite. This association is very rare at Milpillas and only a few specimens arrived to the market.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.1 × 2.4 cm = 2.05” × 1.22” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.75” × 0.28”

Malachite pseudo Azurite with Plancheite.
Malachite pseudo Azurite with Plancheite.
Malachite after Azurite with Plancheite
Malachite after Azurite with Plancheite. Malachite after Azurite with Plancheite.
 

TF74AB3: Aggregate of thick Malachite crystals pseudomorphous after Azurite, better defined than usual, whose faces have a fibrous aspect and silky luster and small blue Planchéite aggregates.
Milpillas Mine, level 1140, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 8 × 7.2 × 3.2 cm = 3.15” × 2.83” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 5.4 × 2 cm = 2.13” × 0.79”


SONORA / Milpillas Mine (Brochantite)

Brochantite
 

TH88AE9: Aggregate of elongated idiomorphic crystals with very well defined faces and edges and sharp chisel-like terminations. Their definition, crystal size, as well as their color and luster and, in general, very high quality, make them the world's best for this species.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (2015)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.5 × 1 cm = 1.42” × 0.98” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.5 cm = 0.47” × 0.20”

Brochantite. Brochantite.
Brochantite
Brochantite. Front
Front
Brochantite. Rear
Rear
 

TW89AB2: A novelty at Tucson 2015. Fibrous Brochantite is very well known at the Milpillas mine but this sample has aggregates of elongated idiomorphic crystals with very well defined faces and edges and chisel like well-terminations. In our opinion, the world's best for the species for their definition, crystal size, as well as their color and luster and, in general, very high quality.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (07-08/2014)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.1 × 1.7 cm = 1.77” × 1.22” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.63” × 0.12”

Brochantite
 

TD73AB1: A novelty at Tucson 2014. Although the Brochantites from the Milpillas Mine are well-known, this time they appear in solid, chisel like well-terminated crystals, which makes them, in our opinion, the world's best for the species for their luster, sharpness and, in general, very high quality.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ number 01/2015, page 43
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (07-08/2014)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.8 × 0.7 cm = 1.93” × 1.89” × 0.28”

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

Brochantite. Brochantite.
Brochantite
Brochantite. Front
Front
Brochantite.
Brochantite. Top
Top
 

TC40AC9: Aggregates of very elongated idiomorphic crystals with very well defined faces and edges coated by a later generation with a satin luster and lighter green fibrous Brochantite growths. The main crystal has a perfect termination, as shown in the close-up photo. In our opinion, the world's best for the species for their definition, crystal size, as well as their color and luster and, in general, very high quality.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (07-08/2014)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.1 × 1.4 cm = 2.64” × 1.61” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 6.6 × 0.4 cm = 2.60” × 0.16”

Brochantite
 

TA26AB1: A novelty at Tucson 2014. Although the Brochantites from the Milpillas Mine are well-known, this time they appear in solid, chisel like well-terminated crystals, which makes them, in our opinion, the world's best for the species for their luster, sharpness and, in general, very high quality.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (07-08/2014)

Specimen size: 11 × 7 × 3.4 cm = 4.33” × 2.76” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.12”

Brochantite. Brochantite.
Brochantite
Brochantite. Brochantite.

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TA97AD3: Aggregate, on matrix, of elongated crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with very well defined faces and edges and sharp chisel-like terminations. The crystals are very bright and have a very deep color. Due these characteristics, in our opinion, they can be considered as the best for the species.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (07-08/2014)

Specimen size: 13.2 × 12.2 × 7 cm = 5.20” × 4.80” × 2.76”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.4 cm = 0.51” × 0.16”


SONORA / Milpillas Mine (Volborthite)

Volborthite
 

TV68AE9: Rosette aggregate, on matrix, of flattened and very well defined crystals that are bright with a deep green color. The Milpillas Volborthite samples are probably the world's best for their quality, luster, and crystal size, and they are considered a new standard for this species. An excellent thumbnail.
This specimen has been reviewed and published in the special "Milpillas" of the magazine ‘Lapis’ number 07-08/2017, page 38
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (2015)

Specimen size: 1 × 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.39” × 0.35” × 0.31”

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

Volborthite.
Volborthite
Volborthite.
 

EY37AC1: Volborthite was the new sensation in the Tucson Show 2015 as well as in Ste. Marie, but the number of them seems to be somewhat limited.
The Milpillas ones are without doubt the world's best for their luster, shape, good contrast with the white clay matrix and the crystal size of the best ones, so all together these are a new standard for this species. We are proud to offer this one which has a very reasonable balance quality / price.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What’s New in the Mineral World?’ section, report #41, August 22, 2015 edition, page 8
Milpillas Mine, level 26, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (04/2015)

Specimen size: 1.5 × 1.1 × 0.6 cm = 0.59” × 0.43” × 0.24”

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

Volborthite with Malachite
 

TC67AB3: A novelty at Tucson 2015. Big and thick Volborthite crystal with deep olive-green color with yellowish shades, partially coated by aggregates of small acicular crystal of the same Volborthite. It is on Malachite, and on matrix. Due to the size and the definition of the crystal this sample has an extraordinary quality for the species, a rare copper vanadate. In fact, we are not aware of better Volborthite than those found at the Milpillas mine.
The sample has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ number 01/2015, page 43
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (2014)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.5 × 1.6 cm = 0.91” × 0.59” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1 cm = 0.55” × 0.39”

Volborthite with Malachite. Front
Front
Volborthite with Malachite. Rear
Rear
Volborthite
Volborthite. Front
Front
Volborthite. Front
Front
Volborthite. Rear
Rear

Recorded under neon light
 

TJ86AK3: Rosette of sharp, flattened, bright Volborthite crystals, deep olive-green, with a little matrix on the back. The specimens of Volborthite from Milpillas are considered the best of the species for their quality, luster and crystal size, setting a new standard for the species. An excellent miniature of great quality.
Milpillas Mine, level 26, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (04/2015)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.2 × 1.3 ×  cm = 1.06” × 0.87” × 0.51”

Volborthite with Brochantite
 

TX66AE8: Very aerial aggregate of unusually sharp, isolated and complete Volborthite crystals. They have very well defined forms, are bright, have a deep green color and are on matrix, with fibrous Brochantite aggregates.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (2015)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 1.9 × 1.5 cm = 1.22” × 0.75” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.9 cm = 0.71” × 0.35”

Volborthite with Brochantite. Volborthite with Brochantite.
Volborthite
Volborthite. Volborthite.
 

EC67AC1: Volborthite was the new sensation in the Tucson Show 2015 as well as in Ste. Marie, but the number of them seems to be somewhat limited.
The Milpillas ones are without doubt the world's best for their luster, shape, good contrast with the white clay matrix and the crystal size of the best ones, so all together these are a new standard for this species. We are proud to offer this one which has a very reasonable balance quality / price.
This specimen has been reviewed and published in the special "Milpillas" of the magazine ‘Lapis’ number 07-08/2017, page 37
Milpillas Mine, level 26, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (04/2015)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.9 × 1.9 cm = 1.26” × 1.14” × 0.75”

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

Volborthite with Azurite and Malachite

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EF67AE4: Flattened rosette-like aggregates of very large (for the species) Volborthite crystals. They have a uniform deep green color and are with translucent and bright Azurite crystals and small spherical Malachite aggregates. A miniature of special quality.
Milpillas Mine, level 1280, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (2014)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3 × 2.7 cm = 1.34” × 1.18” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.7 cm = 1.18” × 0.67”

Volborthite with Azurite and Malachite. Front
Front
Volborthite with Azurite and Malachite. Rear
Rear
Volborthite
Volborthite. Front
Front
Volborthite. Front
Front
Volborthite. Top
Top
Volborthite.

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TB92AF5: Rosette growths on matrix of flattened Volborthite crystals that are well defined, bright with a deep green color. The Milpillas Volborthite samples are considered among the world's best for their quality, luster, and crystal size, and they are a new standard for this species. Furthermore, this particular sample is from the selected group of the best Volborthites found there.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (2015)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 3.9 × 2.7 cm = 2.64” × 1.54” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.6 cm = 1.18” × 0.63”


SONORA / Milpillas Mine (Cuprite)

Cuprite
 

TK46AD2: A novelty at Tucson 2016. Very isolated Cuprite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and larger than usual on Milpillas samples. The crystals, translucent and with an intense red color, are formed by the dominant octahedron with cube and dodecahedron faces and they are on a rocky matrix with massive Cuprite.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (06/2015)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 7 × 4.7 cm = 3.39” × 2.76” × 1.85”

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

Cuprite. Cuprite.
Cuprite
Cuprite. Cuprite.
 

TH56AD2: A novelty at Tucson 2016. Polycrystalline aggregate that forms a “paved” like surface of Cuprite crystals formed by the dominant octahedron with small cube faces. They have very well defined faces and edges. The crystals, on a rocky matrix with massive Cuprite, are translucent, and have a very deep red color that is partially masked by their extraordinary luster.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (08-09/2015)

Specimen size: 9.6 × 5.4 × 4.7 cm = 3.78” × 2.13” × 1.85”

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


SONORA / Milpillas Mine (Vésigniéite)

Vésigniéite
 

TZ6AJ4: Aggregate of crystals whose shape is between tapered and fibrous, very well defined for this very uncommon vanadate, with a yellowish-green color and on matrix with Malachite. A rarity from Milpillas. The sample has been analyzed and we will send a copy of this analysis to the buyer.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (2015)

Specimen size: 1 × 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.39” × 0.24” × 0.08”

Vésigniéite.
Vésigniéite
Vésigniéite.
 

TX36AJ4: Aggregate of crystals whose shape is between tapered and fibrous, very well defined for this very uncommon vanadate, with a yellowish-green color and on matrix. A rarity from Milpillas. The sample has been analyzed and we will send a copy of this analysis to the buyer.
The sample has been noted and photographed in the monograph 'The Milpillas Mine' of the ‘Mineralogical Record‘ magazine on page 616 in the volume 52, number 5, September-October 2021
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (2015)

Specimen size: 1 × 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.39” × 0.28” × 0.24”

Vésigniéite with Malachite
 

TB56AD0: A novelty at Tucson 2016. Aggregate of crystals whose shape is between tapered and fibrous, very well defined for this very uncommon vanadate, with a yellowish-green color and on matrix, with Malachite. A new rarity from Milpillas. The sample has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of this analysis to the buyer.
This specimen has been reviewed and published in the special "Milpillas" of the magazine ‘Lapis’ number 07-08/2017, page 38
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (2015)

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.1 × 0.4 cm = 0.71” × 0.43” × 0.16”

Vésigniéite with Malachite.

SONORA / Milpillas Mine (Shattuckite)

Shattuckite with Quartz and Chrysocolla
Shattuckite with Quartz and Chrysocolla. Shattuckite with Quartz and Chrysocolla.
 

TR53AL2: A novelty at Tucson 2019. Spherulitic growths and felted aggregates of Shattuckite, with an extraordinarily intense and deep color, encompassed in small Quartz crystals that protect them. On Quartz matrix, with Chrysocolla. We highlight, apart from the beauty of the specimen, the presence of crystallized Quartz, a very rare species in Milpillas. We will send the buyer a copy of the Shattuckite analysis.
Milpillas Mine, level 1100, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (01/2019)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.8 × 2.7 cm = 2.28” × 1.50” × 1.06”

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

Shattuckite with Quartz and Malachite
 

TG99AL1: A novelty at Tucson 2019. Spherulitic growths and felty aggregates of Shattuckite, with intense and deep color, enclosed in small Quartz crystals that protect them. In Quartz matrix, with Chrysocolla and centered aggregates of acicular Malachite crystals. We emphasize, apart from the beauty of the specimen, the presence of Quartz crystals, a very rare species in Milpillas. We will send the buyer a copy of the Shattuckite analysis.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a novelty from Tucson 2020 in the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 60 in the volume 25, number 2

Milpillas Mine, level 1100, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (01/2019)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.1 × 1.9 cm = 2.64” × 2.01” × 0.75”

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

Shattuckite with Quartz and Malachite. Shattuckite with Quartz and Malachite.
Shattuckite with Quartz
Shattuckite with Quartz. Shattuckite with Quartz.
 

TP98AL1: A novelty at Tucson 2019. Spherulitic growths and felty aggregates of Shattuckite, with intense and deep color, enclosed in small Quartz crystals that protect them, in Quartz matrix. We highlight, apart from the beauty of the specimen, the presence of Quartz crystals, a very rare species in Milpillas. We will send the buyer a copy of the Shattuckite analysis.
Milpillas Mine, level 1100, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (01/2019)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 4.8 × 1.7 cm = 2.95” × 1.89” × 0.67”

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

Shattuckite with Quartz, Chrysocolla and Malachite
 

TV52AL2: A novelty at Tucson 2019. Spherulitic growths and felted aggregates of two generations of Shattuckite with different shades of blue, the second one more intense and deep, encompassed in small Quartz crystals that protect them. On Quartz matrix, with Chrysocolla and Malachite. We highlight, apart from the beauty of the specimen, the presence of crystallized Quartz, a very rare species in Milpillas. We will send the buyer a copy of the Shattuckite analysis.
Milpillas Mine, level 1100, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (01/2019)

Specimen size: 8 × 5.3 × 3.8 cm = 3.15” × 2.09” × 1.50”

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

Shattuckite with Quartz, Chrysocolla and Malachite. Shattuckite with Quartz, Chrysocolla and Malachite.
Shattuckite with Quartz, Chrysocolla and Malachite.
Shattuckite with Quartz and Chrysocolla
Shattuckite with Quartz and Chrysocolla. Shattuckite with Quartz and Chrysocolla.
 

TC63AJ2: A novelty at Tucson 2019. Shattuckite surfaces with two concentric generations, a first one felted and with a very intense deep color, and a second one botryoidal with a sky blue color. The first one is included in very bright Quartz crystals on a matrix partially coated by pale green Chrysocolla. As well as their beauty, we must note that, as a novelty, the presence of the well-crystallized Quartz at Milpillas is very rare.
We’ll send a copy of the analysis of the Shattuckite to the buyer.
Milpillas Mine, level 1100, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (01/2019)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 5.7 × 1.9 cm = 3.35” × 2.24” × 0.75”

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

Shattuckite with Quartz and Chrysocolla
 

TB14AJ2: A novelty at Tucson 2019. Shattuckite surfaces with two concentric generations, a first one felted and with a very intense deep color, and a second one botryoidal with a sky blue color. The first one is included in very bright Quartz crystals on a matrix partially coated by pale green Chrysocolla. As well as their beauty, we must note that, as a novelty, the presence of the well-crystallized Quartz at Milpillas is very rare.
We’ll send a copy of the analysis of the Shattuckite to the buyer.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2019, page 78
Milpillas Mine, level 1100, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (01/2019)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 6.2 × 2.2 cm = 3.82” × 2.44” × 0.87”

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

Shattuckite with Quartz and Chrysocolla. Shattuckite with Quartz and Chrysocolla.
Shattuckite with Quartz, Chrysocolla and Malachite
Shattuckite with Quartz, Chrysocolla and Malachite. Shattuckite with Quartz, Chrysocolla and Malachite.
 

TT52AL2: A novelty at Tucson 2019. Spherulitic growths and felted aggregates of Shattuckite, with an intense and deep color and encompassed in small Quartz crystals that protect them. On Quartz matrix, with Chrysocolla and Malachite. We highlight, apart from the beauty of the specimen, the presence of crystallized Quartz, a very rare species in Milpillas. We will send the buyer a copy of the Shattuckite analysis.
Milpillas Mine, level 1100, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (01/2019)

Specimen size: 10.5 × 5.6 × 2.2 cm = 4.13” × 2.20” × 0.87”

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

Shattuckite with Quartz and Chrysocolla
 

TA36AJ2: A novelty at Tucson 2019. Shattuckite surfaces with two concentric generations, a first one felted and with a very intense deep color, and a second one botryoidal with a sky blue color. The first one is included in very bright Quartz crystals on a matrix partially coated by pale green Chrysocolla. As well as their beauty, we must note that, as a novelty, the presence of the well-crystallized Quartz at Milpillas is very rare.
We’ll send a copy of the analysis of the Shattuckite to the buyer.
Milpillas Mine, level 1100, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (01/2019)

Specimen size: 11 × 8.7 × 1.6 cm = 4.33” × 3.43” × 0.63”

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

Shattuckite with Quartz and Chrysocolla. Shattuckite with Quartz and Chrysocolla.

SONORA / Milpillas Mine (other Species)

Tangeite with Malachite after Azurite
Tangeite with Malachite after Azurite. Tangeite with Malachite after Azurite.
Tangeite with Malachite after Azurite.
 

TX46AB3: Olive-green Tangeite microcrystals on an aggregate of Malachite crystals pseudomorphous after Azurite. The sample, representing the best known for this rare copper and calcium vanadate, has been analyzed, the result that Tangeite is a new species for Milpillas.
We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This specimen has been reviewed and published in the special "Milpillas" of the magazine ‘Lapis’ number 07-08/2017, page 36 and in the monograph 'The Milpillas Mine' of the ‘Mineralogical Record‘ magazine on page 615 in the volume 52, number 5, September-October 2021
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (2010)

Specimen size: 19.3 × 13.5 × 5.2 cm = 7.60” × 5.31” × 2.05”

Chalcocite coating Pyrite
 

TD16AD0: A novelty at Tucson 2016 (but found in 2013). Complex Pyrite crystal, very rich in faces that are black colored due to a uniform Chalcocite coating, very bright and on matrix, with small (not coated) Pyrite crystals.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (2013)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 5.7 × 3.7 cm = 2.24” × 2.24” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.8 cm = 0.75” × 0.71”

Chalcocite coating Pyrite. Chalcocite coating Pyrite.
Chalcocite coating Pyrite
Chalcocite coating Pyrite. Chalcocite coating Pyrite.
 

TB46AD0: A novelty at Tucson 2016 (but found in 2013). Complex Pyrite crystal, very rich in faces that are black colored due to a uniform Chalcocite coating, very bright and on matrix, with small (not coated) Pyrite crystals.
This specimen has been reviewed and published in the special "Milpillas" of the magazine ‘Lapis’ number 07-08/2017, page 26
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (2013)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.7 × 4.8 cm = 3.31” × 2.24” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.6 cm = 0.83” × 0.63”


SONORA / other localities

Clinozoisite (variety clinothulite) with Grossular and Quartz
 

EH66Y4: Radial aggregates of salmon pink acicular crystals. They are on a Quartz matrix, with small dodecahedral Grossular crystals. The color of this Clinozoisite is very unusual and very typical of this Mexican locality.
Álamos, Municipio Álamos, Sonora  Mexico

Specimen size: 5 × 3.9 × 2.1 cm = 1.97” × 1.54” × 0.83”

Clinozoisite (variety clinothulite) with Grossular and Quartz.
Gold
Gold.
 

TA88F3: The branch is formed of a tight group of small crystals, but some of them have perfectly defined faces. Gold from this locality is also not at all common, which makes this one even more interesting.
Municipio Álamos, Sonora  Mexico

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.98” × 0.71” × 0.24”

Gold with Quartz
 

EA68Y4: Laminar, skeletal and spongy Gold growths. The color and luster, both are very intense, contrast with the Quartz matrix that in some areas is well crystallized and shows a good development of pyramidal faces. The locality is very unusual.
Municipio Nacozari de García, Sonora  Mexico

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.9 × 2.7 cm = 1.69” × 1.54” × 1.06”

Gold with Quartz. Gold with Quartz.
Turquoise pseudo Apatite with Muscovite
Turquoise pseudo Apatite with Muscovite. Front
Front
Turquoise pseudo Apatite with Muscovite. Side
Side
 

TG97N0: A curious pseudomorph in which Turquoise completely replaces Apatite but clearly preserving the shape and the forms of the prism and the pyramid of the pre-existing Apatite crystal.
Mina la Caridad, La Caridad, Nacozari Garcia, Sonora  Mexico

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.7 × 4.3 cm = 2.64” × 1.85” × 1.69”

Wulfenite with Mimetite

Recorded under neon light
 

TC53AL6: Group of lamellar crystals of Wulfenite, on matrix, with very well defined faces, transparent, bright, uniform orange in color and partially covered with very intense and deep orange spheroidal Mimetite aggregates. A Mexican classic.
San Francisco Mine, Cerro Prieto, Cucurpe, Municipio Cucurpe, Sonora  Mexico

Specimen size: 6.7 × 6 × 3.6 cm = 2.64” × 2.36” × 1.42”

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

Wulfenite with Mimetite. Front
Front
Wulfenite with Mimetite. Side
Side
Wulfenite with Mimetite.

VERACRUZ

Quartz (variety amethyst)
Quartz (variety amethyst). Quartz (variety amethyst).
 

MC6AM9: Scepter growth of a doubly terminated Quartz crystal, amethyst variety, transparent, with inclusions and phantoms. It has very bright luster and a uniform violet color.
We will send the specimen, which comes from the Robert J. Noble collection, in its original Perky box from that collection, which also contains the label.
Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Municipio Tatatila, Veracruz (Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave)  Mexico

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.1 × 1 cm = 1.10” × 0.43” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1 cm = 0.87” × 0.39”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Quartz (variety amethyst)
 

HA7N4: Group of crystals, some of them doubly terminated and some with scepter growths but all them with good transparency, color zoning and excellent luster. They are on matrix.
The sample is from Martí Rafel collection whose label will be sent to the buyer.
Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Municipio Tatatila, Veracruz (Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave)  Mexico

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3 × 3 cm = 1.73” × 1.18” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 0.8 cm = 1.02” × 0.31”

Quartz (variety amethyst). Front
Front
Quartz (variety amethyst). Top
Top
Quartz (variety amethyst)
Quartz (variety amethyst).
 

TB7B6: Sharp crystal with a deep color on a small matrix of Epidote, but the highlight of this specimen are the series of phantoms close to the top of the specimen. It is as good as it looks (or maybe even better)
Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Municipio Tatatila, Veracruz (Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave)  Mexico

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

Quartz (variety amethyst) with Calcite
 

TR67Y3: Group of crystals, one of them clearly dominant and partially doubly terminated, transparent, with a very uniform color and on a matrix of Calcite crystals, very uncommon with Las Vigas samples.
Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Municipio Tatatila, Veracruz (Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave)  Mexico

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.1 × 4.7 cm = 2.44” × 1.61” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 1.5 cm = 1.14” × 0.59”

Calcite fluorescence short UV & low fluorescence long UV
Quartz (variety amethyst) with Calcite. Quartz (variety amethyst) with Calcite.
Quartz (variety amethyst) with Epidote
Quartz (variety amethyst) with Epidote.
 

TY96P1: A very esthetic group of crystals on matrix. The crystals have very well defined faces and edges and are very transparent, bright and a uniform and intense color.
Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Municipio Tatatila, Veracruz (Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave)  Mexico

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.4 × 3.7 cm = 2.48” × 1.73” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1 cm = 0.94” × 0.39”


ZACATECAS / Fresnillo

Pyrargyrite with Quartz
 

MT13AE2: Aggregate of prismatic crystals with a very well defined hexagonal shapes, excellent terminations, very neat and bright, and partially coated by small Quartz crystals. A little Mexican jewel.
Proaño Mine, Fresnillo de González Echeverría (Fresnillo), Municipio Fresnillo, Zacatecas  Mexico

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2 × 1.4 cm = 0.91” × 0.79” × 0.55”

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

Pyrargyrite with Quartz.
Pyrargyrite with Calcite
Pyrargyrite with Calcite. Front
Front
Pyrargyrite with Calcite. Close-up
Close-up
Pyrargyrite with Calcite. Top
Top
Pyrargyrite with Calcite. Rear
Rear

Recorded under neon light
 

TT14AJ3: Aerial Pyrargyrite crystal with very well defined faces and edges and excellent terminal forms. It is translucent with vivid red reflections and implanted on a matrix of scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 43 of the 2019/02 edition.
Proaño Mine, Fresnillo de González Echeverría (Fresnillo), Municipio Fresnillo, Zacatecas  Mexico (2018)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.10” × 0.67” × 0.87”

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

Pyrargyrite with Calcite and Quartz
 

MY99AC8: Rounded aggregates of short prismatic Pyrargyrite crystals with very well defined faces and edges and some of them are doubly terminated. They are reddish and are on a matrix with spheroidal aggregates of small scalenohedral Calcite and Quartz crystals. A Mexican classic.
Proaño Mine, Fresnillo de González Echeverría (Fresnillo), Municipio Fresnillo, Zacatecas  Mexico

Specimen size: 5.7 × 5.3 × 5.1 cm = 2.24” × 2.09” × 2.01”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.4 cm = 0.47” × 0.16”

Pyrargyrite with Calcite and Quartz. Pyrargyrite with Calcite and Quartz.
Pyrargyrite with Polybasite
Pyrargyrite with Polybasite. Pyrargyrite with Polybasite.
Pyrargyrite with Polybasite.
 

TF49AI8: Group of very bright Pyrargyrite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, with an associated group of very sharp small Polybasite crystals and on a matrix of Quartz crystals.
Proaño Mine, Fresnillo de González Echeverría (Fresnillo), Municipio Fresnillo, Zacatecas  Mexico

Specimen size: 8.5 × 7.4 × 3.4 cm = 3.35” × 2.91” × 1.34”

Stephanite with Pyrite

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TA99E0: An excellent, really shiny Stephanite that is well positioned on the matrix and has complex crystal forms. There are also some large crystals of Stephanite on the rear of the specimen. There are no dings or scratches anywhere on it and there is a small amount of Pyrite matrix. As we often do, we will send the buyer of this one a copy of the analysis of this tempting specimen.
San Luis shaft, Fresnillo de González Echeverría (Fresnillo), Municipio Fresnillo, Zacatecas  Mexico

Specimen size: 3 × 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 1.18” × 0.63” × 0.51”

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

Stephanite with Pyrite. Stephanite with Pyrite.

ZACATECAS / Fluorescent Opal (variety hyalite)

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Opal (variety hyalite)
Opal (variety hyalite). LED light
LED light
Opal (variety hyalite). Day light
Day light
 

TP27Z1: A novelty at Tucson 2014. These Opals (variety hyalite) appeared for first time during the Tucson Show and in addition to the fact that they are gemmy and quite aesthetic, standing up on their matrix, their main feature is that they fluoresce even in daylight! In fact, they fluoresce in almost all kinds of light, neon light, LED light, daylight and, of course,UV light. The only light with which they don't react is incandescent. As they are so new the locality is still very vague, sorry for that, but we are sure that time will clarify the locality as well as the reason why they fluoresce so strongly.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2014 Tucson Show in the magazine "Lapis" number 03/2014, page 32, and in the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 62 in the volume 19, number 3
Zacatecas  Mexico (2013-2014)

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.8 × 1.3 cm = 0.71” × 0.71” × 0.51”

First generation Fluorite fluorescent long & short UV
Opal (variety hyalite)
 

TL63Z2: A novelty at Tucson 2014. These Opals (variety hyalite) appeared for first time during the Tucson Show and in addition to the fact that they are gemmy and quite aesthetic, standing up on their matrix, their main feature is that they fluoresce even in daylight! In fact, they fluoresce in almost all kinds of light, neon light, LED light, daylight and, of course,UV light. The only light with which they don't react is incandescent. As they are so new the locality is still very vague, sorry for that, but we are sure that time will clarify the locality as well as the reason why they fluoresce so strongly.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What’s New in the Mineral World?’ section, report #37, April 14, 2014 edition.

Zacatecas  Mexico (2013-2014)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.6 × 1.1 cm = 0.87” × 0.63” × 0.43”

Extremely fluorescent long & short UV
Opal (variety hyalite). LED light
LED light
Opal (variety hyalite). Day light
Day light
Opal (variety hyalite)
Opal (variety hyalite). LED light
LED light
Opal (variety hyalite). Day light
Day light
 

TM14Z6: A novelty at Tucson 2014. Transparent botryoidal growth on matrix. This kind of Opal (variety hyalite), in addition to the fact that it is gemmy and quite aesthetic, standing up on its matrix, has the extraordinary property of fluorescing in daylight! In fact, it fluoresces in almost all types of light, neon light, LED light, daylight and, of course, UV light. The only light with which it doesn’t react is incandescent. As they are so new the locality is still very vague, sorry for that, but we are sure that time will clarify the locality as well as the reason why they fluoresce so strongly.
Zacatecas  Mexico (2013-2014)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.87” × 0.59” × 0.39”

Extremely fluorescent long & short UV
Opal (variety hyalite)
 

TX26Z6: A novelty at Tucson 2014. Transparent botryoidal growth on matrix. This kind of Opal (variety hyalite), in addition to the fact that it is gemmy and quite aesthetic, standing up on its matrix, has the extraordinary property of fluorescing in daylight! In fact, it fluoresces in almost all types of light, neon light, LED light, daylight and, of course, UV light. The only light with which it doesn’t react is incandescent. As they are so new the locality is still very vague, sorry for that, but we are sure that time will clarify the locality as well as the reason why they fluoresce so strongly.
Zacatecas  Mexico (2013-2014)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.8 × 0.9 cm = 1.06” × 0.71” × 0.35”

Extremely fluorescent long & short UV
Opal (variety hyalite). LED light
LED light
Opal (variety hyalite). Day light
Day light
Opal (variety hyalite)
Opal (variety hyalite). LED light
LED light
Opal (variety hyalite). Day light
Day light
 

TJ14Z2: A novelty at Tucson 2014. These Opals (variety hyalite) appeared for first time during the Tucson Show and in addition to the fact that they are gemmy and quite aesthetic, standing up on their matrix, their main feature is that they fluoresce even in daylight! In fact, they fluoresce in almost all kinds of light, neon light, LED light, daylight and, of course, UV light. The only light with which they don't react is incandescent. As they are so new the locality is still very vague, sorry for that, but we are sure that time will clarify the locality as well as the reason why they fluoresce so strongly.
Zacatecas  Mexico (2013-2014)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.6 × 1.6 cm = 1.38” × 1.02” × 0.63”

Extremely fluorescent long & short UV
Opal (variety hyalite)
 

TV67AA2: A novelty at Tucson 2014. Transparent botryoidal growths on matrix. This kind of Opal (variety hyalite), in addition to the fact that it is gemmy and quite aesthetic standing up on its matrix, has the extraordinary property of fluorescing in daylight! In fact, it fluoresces in almost all types of light, neon light, LED light, daylight and, of course, UV light. The only light with which it doesn’t react is incandescent. As these are so new the locality is still very vague, sorry for that, but we are sure that time will clarify the locality as well as the reason why they fluoresce so strongly.
Zacatecas  Mexico (2013-2014)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.85” × 1.46” × 0.87”

Extremely fluorescent long & short UV
Opal (variety hyalite). LED light
LED light
Opal (variety hyalite). Day light
Day light
Opal (variety hyalite)
Opal (variety hyalite). LED light
LED light
Opal (variety hyalite). Day light
Day light
 

TC16AA2: A novelty at Tucson 2014. Transparent botryoidal growths on matrix. This kind of Opal (variety hyalite), in addition to the fact that it is gemmy and quite aesthetic standing up on its matrix, has the extraordinary property of fluorescing in daylight! In fact, it fluoresces in almost all types of light, neon light, LED light, daylight and, of course, UV light. The only light with which it doesn’t react is incandescent. As these are so new the locality is still very vague, sorry for that, but we are sure that time will clarify the locality as well as the reason why they fluoresce so strongly.
Zacatecas  Mexico (2013-2014)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.1 × 3.3 cm = 2.36” × 1.61” × 1.30”

Extremely fluorescent long & short UV
Opal (variety hyalite)
 

TB47Z2: A novelty at Tucson 2014. These Opals (variety hyalite) appeared for first time during the Tucson Show and in addition to the fact that they are gemmy and quite aesthetic, standing up on their matrix, their main feature is that they fluoresce even in daylight! In fact, they fluoresce in almost all kinds of light, neon light, LED light, daylight and, of course,UV light. The only light with which they don't react is incandescent. As they are so new the locality is still very vague, sorry for that, but we are sure that time will clarify the locality as well as the reason why they fluoresce so strongly.
Zacatecas  Mexico (2013-2014)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.9 × 3.4 cm = 2.91” × 2.32” × 1.34”

Extremely fluorescent long & short UV
Opal (variety hyalite). LED light
LED light
Opal (variety hyalite). Day light
Day light
Opal (variety hyalite)
Opal (variety hyalite). LED light
LED light
Opal (variety hyalite). Day light
Day light
Opal (variety hyalite).
 

TE26AA5: A novelty at Tucson 2014. Transparent botryoidal growths on matrix, with small sprays of whitish, elongated and tubular forms. This kind of Opal (variety hyalite), in addition to the fact that it is gemmy and quite aesthetic and stands up well on its matrix, has the extraordinary property of fluorescing in daylight! In fact, it fluoresces in almost all types of light: neon light, LED light, daylight and, of course, UV light. The only light with which it doesn’t react is incandescent. As the find is so new the locality is still very vague; sorry for that, but we are sure that time will clarify the locality as well as the reason why the specimens fluoresce so strongly. On this sample the peculiar tubular growths above cited, which you can see on the close-up image, caught our attention. We had them analyzed, and they proved to be an unspecified form of silica. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Zacatecas  Mexico (2013-2014)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 5.1 × 4.5 cm = 3.23” × 2.01” × 1.77”

Intense fluorescence long & short UV
Opal (variety hyalite)
 

TF66AC6: Very transparent and bright botryoidal growth on matrix. One of the best samples of this find. This type of Opal (variety hyalite), in addition to the fact that it is gemmy and quite aesthetic and stands up well on its matrix, has the extraordinary property of fluorescing in daylight! In fact, it fluoresces in almost all types of light: neon light, LED light, daylight and, of course, UV light. The only light with which it doesn’t react is incandescent. As the find is so new the locality is still very vague; sorry for that, but we are sure that time will clarify the locality as well.
Zacatecas  Mexico (2013-2014)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 9.3 × 4 cm = 3.74” × 3.66” × 1.57”

Very fluorescent long & short UV
Opal (variety hyalite). LED light
LED light
Opal (variety hyalite). Day light
Day light
Opal (variety hyalite). LED light
LED light
Opal (variety hyalite). Day light
Day light

ZACATECAS / other localities

Fluorite with Calcite and Chalcopyrite
Fluorite with Calcite and Chalcopyrite.
Fluorite with Calcite and Chalcopyrite.
 

TR11G8: Crystals combine faces of cube and octahedron. Lilac color and transparency are very good. On the matrix there are some Tetrahedrite crystals and small formations of Calcite and Chalcopyrite.
San Martín Mine, San Martín, San Martín-Sabinas District, Municipio Sombrerete, Zacatecas  Mexico (01/2005)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5 × 4.8 cm = 2.91” × 1.97” × 1.89”

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

Tennantite
 

FX26: Good and sharp Tennantite crystal faces, good disposition on the white Quartz matrix. As frequent in Oliete's specimens: a good esthetic choice. Minor Pyrite is also present.
Mina El Cobre, Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas  Mexico

Specimen size: 7 × 5 × 6.7 cm = 2.76” × 1.97” × 2.64”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.9 cm = 0.55” × 0.35”

Former Oliete collection. Number 241, bought in 1971
Tennantite.

Canada


Quartz (japan law twin)
Quartz (japan law twin). Front
Front
Quartz (japan law twin). Rear
Rear
 

EQ13AI1: From a find between 2008 and 2011 by local prospectors on a not well known, until today, mineral locality. Floater and very flattened japan law twinned crystal with very sharp crystal edges, transparent, colorless and bright.
Harrison Lake, Chilliwack, Regional District Fraser Valley, British Columbia  Canada (2008-2011)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.4 × 0.5 cm = 1.02” × 0.94” × 0.20”

Quartz (japan law twin)
 

EL26AI1: From a find between 2008 and 2011 by local prospectors on a not well known, until today, mineral locality. Group of crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with a very well defined japan law twin, with very sharp crystal forms. They are clear, colorless and bright with reddish shades in some areas due to iron oxide inclusions.
Harrison Lake, Chilliwack, Regional District Fraser Valley, British Columbia  Canada (2008-2011)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.8 × 2.6 cm = 1.38” × 1.10” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.2 cm = 0.51” × 0.47”

Quartz (japan law twin). Front
Front
Quartz (japan law twin). Rear
Rear
Quartz (japan law twin).
Quartz (japan law twin)
Quartz (japan law twin). Front
Front
Quartz (japan law twin). Rear
Rear
Quartz (japan law twin).
 

EJ46AI1: From a find between 2008 and 2011 by local prospectors on a not well known, until today, mineral locality. Group of crystals, one of them dominant and very aerial, with a very well defined japan law twin and very sharp crystal forms. It is transparent, colorless and bright with reddish shades in some areas due to iron oxide inclusions.
Harrison Lake, Chilliwack, Regional District Fraser Valley, British Columbia  Canada (2008-2011)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.2 × 2.3 cm = 1.65” × 0.87” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.2 cm = 0.63” × 0.47”

Quartz (japan law twin)
 

EK36AI1: From a find between 2008 and 2011 by local prospectors on a not well known, until today, mineral locality. Group of crystals, two of them clearly dominant and, of these, one having a very well defined japan law twin. They have very sharp crystal forms and are clear, colorless and bright with reddish shades in some areas due to iron oxide inclusions.
Harrison Lake, Chilliwack, Regional District Fraser Valley, British Columbia  Canada (2008-2011)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 2.6 × 3.2 cm = 1.93” × 1.02” × 1.26”

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

Quartz (japan law twin). Quartz (japan law twin).
Cubanite
Cubanite. Front
Front
Cubanite. Rear
Rear
Cubanite. Side
Side
Cubanite  

EE69AA4: Floater crystal consisting of a complete tabular cyclic twin, very bright and with a considerable size for the species. An excellent Canadian classic whose old label we will send to the buyer.
Henderson #2 Mine, Chibougamau, Nord-du-Québec, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.75” × 0.63” × 0.16”

Cubanite with Calcite
 

MF93AA7: Complete tabular Cubanite crystal with a very sharp twin forming a hexagonal shape, perfectly defined and on a matrix of lenticular Calcite crystals, indicating that the sample has not been acid-treated, so it has preserved its original intense luster.
Henderson No. 2 Mine, Chibougamau, Nord-du-Québec, Québec  Canada (1985)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.3 × 1.7 cm = 2.83” × 1.69” × 0.67”

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

Calcite fluorescent short UV & low fluorescence long UV
Cubanite with Calcite. Cubanite with Calcite.
Grossular
Grossular.
 

TX86F2: Green Grossular, and above all as intense a green as this one, is uncommon. As well as that the dodecahedral crystal is very well defined. Specimens from this locality are not that common anymore.
LAB mine, Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Québec  Canada

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

Andradite with Pectolite
 

TC12R9: Deep green transparent and bright dodecahedral crystals of Andradite. They are implanted on a surface of small white crystals of Pectolite.
LAB mine, Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Québec  Canada (15/08/1997)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.8 × 1.3 cm = 1.14” × 1.10” × 0.51”

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

Andradite with Pectolite.
Andradite with Pectolite
Andradite with Pectolite.
 

TQ96S7: Dodecahedral crystals of Andradite on matrix. They are very bright, completely transparent, have a deep, intense and uniform green color, and are on a matrix of white Pectolite. The sample is typical for this mine in Québec, that must not be confused with the classic Jeffrey Mine.
British Canadian Mine, Black Lake, Thetford Mines, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec  Canada (10/09/1995)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 3.4 × 0.9 cm = 1.26” × 1.34” × 0.35”

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

Andradite with Pectolite
 

TT96R9: Dodecahedral crystals of Andradite. They are transparent, very bright and of an extraordinarily deep green color. On matrix, with white crystals of Pectolite.
British Canadian mine, Black Lake, Thetford Mines, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec  Canada (10/09/1995)

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

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

Andradite with Pectolite. Andradite with Pectolite.
Andradite
Andradite. Andradite.
 

EQ17I1: Group of dodecahedral crystals, of well defined faces and edges. They have excellent luster and creamy color. On the lower part there are a few crystals of Epidote. Notable for the locality.
Black Lake, Thetford Mines, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec  Canada (1999)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 7.4 × 5 cm = 4.21” × 2.91” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.39” × 0.31”

Suolunite
 

TP67AF1: Excellent botryoidal specimen of Suolunite, a very rare calcium sorosilicate. On the sample, translucent and with a pale lilac color, it is possible to recognize crystal faces although they are poorly defined. Of the best possible quality for this species.
Black Lake, Thetford Mines, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec  Canada

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

Fluorescent short UV
Suolunite. Front
Front
Suolunite. Side
Side
Zircon
Zircon.
 

TT62M0: Two excellent doubly terminated Zircon crystals formed by a prism and a dipyramid, with an excellent luster and on a very rich undetermined amphibole matrix.
Kipawa complex, Sheffield Lake, Témiscamingue County, Québec  Canada (±1995)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2 × 1.6 cm = 1.30” × 0.79” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.9 cm = 0.67” × 0.35”

Very fluorescent long & short UV
Molybdenite on Quartz
 

NE63E6: It is hard to get Molibdenite with well-defined crystals, as it is a soft mineral that often deforms, either when it forms or when it is collected. This hexagonal crystal clearly shows the typical shape of Molibdenite crystals and is well placed on the Quartz matrix.
Moly Hill Mine, Abitibi County, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.1 × 1.6 cm = 1.38” × 0.83” × 0.63”

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

Molybdenite on Quartz.
Catapleiite with Aegirine inclusions and Siderite
Catapleiite with Aegirine inclusions and Siderite. Catapleiite with Aegirine inclusions and Siderite.
 

MG47AM6: Very sharp Catapleiite crystal, transparent, lustrous, colorless, with inclusions of Aegirine crystals, on matrix, with rhombohedral Siderite crystals. The specimen is from the most classic locality for the species. We will send the buyer the specimen in its original perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.87” × 0.59” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1 cm = 0.71” × 0.39”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Analcime with Natrolite
 

TL26AK8: A trapezohedral crystal of Analcime, with small black Aegirine crystals, and partially coated with prismatic Natrolite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with excellent terminal faces, an unusual association in Mont Saint-Hilaire.
The specimen will be sent in the original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.1 × 1.7 cm = 1.10” × 0.83” × 0.67”

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

Former collection of Bob Noble
Analcime with Natrolite. Analcime with Natrolite.
Analcime with Siderite pseudo Natrolite
Analcime with Siderite pseudo Natrolite.
 

TV12F7: As white as a snow ball, with perfect form, the crystals of Analcime grew on earlier ones of Natrolite that have been pseudomorphosed by Siderite to give it delicate architecture and to make it a neat specimen.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada (05/2000)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3 × 1.8 cm = 1.30” × 1.18” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 0.67” × 0.63”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Serandite with Aegirine inclusions
 

ME76AM8: Complete floater crystal of Serandite with very sharp crystal forms and good terminations, unusually translucent, with a bright luster and intense color, and acicular inclusions of Aegirine.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.5 × 0.9 cm = 0.71” × 0.59” × 0.35”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Serandite with Aegirine inclusions. Serandite with Aegirine inclusions.
Serandite on Aegirine
Serandite on Aegirine. Front
Front
Serandite on Aegirine.
Serandite on Aegirine. Side
Side
 

TQR27AN5: Very sharp and complete crystal of Serandite, partially doubly terminated, with good luster and a very intense and uniform pink-red color, implanted in a crystal of Aegirine. A curious freak of Nature.
We will ship the specimen, from one of the great classic localities for this rare inosilicate, in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.91” × 0.39” × 0.20”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.4 cm = 0.39” × 0.16”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Serandite with Aegirine
 

MD14G8: Group of very sharp little crystals with Quartz and a prismatic crystal of Aegirine, well finished in one of its terminations.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.7 × 2.5 cm = 1.30” × 1.06” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: Mont St. Hilaire cm = 0.00”

Serandite with Aegirine.
Serandite with Aegirine and Natrolite
Serandite with Aegirine and Natrolite. Front
Front
Serandite with Aegirine and Natrolite. Rear
Rear
 

EG56J5: A group of sharp, flat, prismatic crystals of very well defined faces and edges and perfect terminations. Serandite is with prismatic Aegirine and small yellowish-white prismatic crystals of Natrolite.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada (1980)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.2 × 2.3 cm = 1.85” × 1.26” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 1.1 cm = 1.22” × 0.43”

Polylithionite with Serandite
 

TA46D8: Polylithionite is normally not a great looking mineral. In this case the spray of crystals, nice pearly color, and the Serandite matrix make it appealing. It is an undamaged floater. A nice sample of an uncommon mineral.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada (09/03)

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

Polylithionite with Serandite.
Polylithionite with Serandite, Aegirine and Leucophanite
Polylithionite with Serandite, Aegirine and Leucophanite. Front
Front
Polylithionite with Serandite, Aegirine and Leucophanite. Side
Side
Polylithionite with Serandite, Aegirine and Leucophanite. Leucophanite
Leucophanite
 

TQ16E4: A very complete specimen in which not only do the magnificent crystals of Polylithonite stand out but also the large (for this locality) crystal of Aegirine and the reasonably well-colored Serandite. Just to complete this mix there are also some small yellow crystals of Leucophanite. It is a floater that is complete and it shows the best characteristics of Mont St. Hilaire: complexity, rarity, and beauty all at the same time. A great specimen.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada (09/03)

Specimen size: 13.5 × 5.8 × 5 cm = 5.31” × 2.28” × 1.97”

Leucophanite extremely fluorescent long UV
Polylithionite fluorescent short UV
Carletonite
 

MX90W9: The sample is from the type locality. Group of translucent equant crystals with a very deep and intense blue color and very individualized as usual with this kind of sample. A great classic.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada (2002)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.8 × 1.9 cm = 1.42” × 1.10” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.59” × 0.39”

Type locality
Carletonite. Carletonite.
Carletonite with Feldspar
Carletonite with Feldspar. Front
Front
Carletonite with Feldspar. Side
Side
Carletonite with Feldspar. Side
Side
Carletonite with Feldspar.
 

MD64AD3: Aggregate of equant tetragonal crystals that have very well defined faces and edges. They are translucent and bright and have an unusually intense, deep and uniform color and are with small white feldspar crystals. A great Canadian classic, from the type locality.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada (2002)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.8 × 3.6 cm = 1.50” × 1.10” × 1.42”

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

Type locality
Carletonite with Calcite and Feldspar
 

MC89AA9: Aggregate of very sharp prismatic tetragonal Carletonite crystals, some of them more isolated than usual, whose color is unusually intense, deep and uniform. They are on a Calcite matrix and partially coated by small, white, Feldspar crystals. The three minerals have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada (2003)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3 × 2.4 cm = 1.54” × 1.18” × 0.94”

Type locality
Carletonite with Calcite and Feldspar. Front
Front
Carletonite with Calcite and Feldspar. Rear
Rear
Carletonite with Calcite and Feldspar
Carletonite with Calcite and Feldspar. Front
Front
Carletonite with Calcite and Feldspar. Side
Side
 

MD90AA9: Aggregate of prismatic tetragonal Carletonite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, whose color is unusually intense, deep and uniform. They are partially coated by small yellowish Calcite crystals, with white Feldspar crystals. The three minerals have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
The specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Rocks & Minerals’ on page 51 in the volume 91, number 1, Jan/Feb 2016
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada (2003)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.85” × 1.02” × 0.94”

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

Type locality
Narsarsukite
 

E86K: Always trying to offer uncommon minerals we got this rare specimen from a private French collection (the original label will be supplied). We saw some specimens a few years ago, then this mineral disappear completely from the market, because no more finds were made. Color and crystal form of this specimen is of the best quality for this old find.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 4.5 × 2.8 cm = 1.77” × 1.10”

Narsarsukite.
Rhodochrosite
Rhodochrosite. Front
Front
Rhodochrosite. Light behind
Light behind
 

TR59AI0: Floater twinned complete Rhodochrosite crystals that have a very flattened morphology, so typical at the Poudrette quarry. Aside from their deep and uniform color we note their transparency, not so usual with the Poudrette samples.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.9 × 0.2 cm = 0.83” × 0.75” × 0.08”

Rhodochrosite
Rhodochrosite  

TB64L3: Classic Rhodochrosite specimen from the Poudrette quarry, showing a well developed rhombohedral crystal in the lower part and other very flattened crystals due to the presence of a very prominent pinacoidal face.
We will send the handwritten label from the thumbnail collection of Thomas P. Moore to the buyer of this specimen.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.4 × 1.4 cm = 0.98” × 0.94” × 0.55”

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

Rhodochrosite.
Rhodochrosite
Rhodochrosite. Front
Front
Rhodochrosite. Side
Side
Rhodochrosite. Top
Top
 

EV88AD7: Very sharp, twinned rhombohedral crystals, one of them clearly dominant, bright and with a very intense deep color. This morphology, so well defined, is unusual with samples from Mont Saint-Hilaire.
Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada (08/2015)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.14” × 0.98” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.2 cm = 0.98” × 0.87”

Rhodochrosite with Natrolite, Aegirine and amphibole
 

MB68W9: Rhodochrosite crystals with very well defined faces and edges and intense pink color, with transparent colorless crystals of Natrolite and on a not determined amphibole matrix, with Aegirine. Different than usual.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2012 Munich Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 108, page 39
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 5 × 4.3 × 4.5 cm = 1.97” × 1.69” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.35” × 0.31”

Rhodochrosite with Natrolite, Aegirine and amphibole.
Sabinaite with Analcime and Aegirine
Sabinaite with Analcime and Aegirine. Sabinaite with Analcime and Aegirine.
Sabinaite with Analcime and Aegirine  

TE12T6: Aggregate of very flattened crystals of Sabinaite. They have a clear cream color, they are bright and on matrix, with Analcime and Aegirine. The sample is with a label signed by Ann Sabina, in whose honor the species was named.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada

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

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

Smoky Quartz with Calcite
 

TJ88X4: Group of crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with window growths on rhombohedron faces and a particularly intense luster, well known as "glassy". The good samples from Grant Quarry, aside from their scarcity, are specially appreciated by advanced collectors due to their quality, and the neat inner forms of growth and dissolution.
Grant Quarry, Greely, Ontario  Canada (06/2004)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.9 × 3.9 cm = 2.36” × 1.93” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 5 × 3.5 cm = 1.97” × 1.38”

Smoky Quartz with Calcite. Front
Front
Smoky Quartz with Calcite. Side
Side
Quartz (variety smoky) with Calcite
Quartz (variety smoky) with Calcite. Quartz (variety smoky) with Calcite.
Quartz (variety smoky) with Calcite.
 

TH59AD3: Aggregate of crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with window (“fenster”) growths in some of their faces and a particularly intense “glassy” luster. The better samples from the Grant Quarry, aside from their scarcity, are especially appreciated by advanced collectors due to their quality, and the neat inner growth forms.
Grant Quarry, Greely, Gloucester Township, Carleton County, Ontario  Canada (06/2004)

Specimen size: 7 × 4.5 × 3.8 cm = 2.76” × 1.77” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 5.5 × 3.4 cm = 2.17” × 1.34”

Calcite fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Smoky Quartz with Calcite
 

TE89J0: An unusual specimen from a not so usual locality. The transparency and color of this Quartz scepter are excellent. Some negative faces appear on the termination and also as inclusions, adding interest to the piece. The specimen is a floater, partially covered by small brownish Calcite crystals. Considering the typical quality level of specimens from this locality we can consider this one among the best.
Grant Quarry, Greely, Ontario  Canada (06/2004)

Specimen size: 9 × 5.5 × 5 cm = 3.54” × 2.17” × 1.97”

Smoky Quartz with Calcite. Front
Front
Smoky Quartz with Calcite. Side
Side
Manganite with Quartz
Manganite with Quartz.
 

TP16F0: Excellent specimen for a locality that is not well known for this mineral. The crystals are very brilliant and prismatic, and appear cylindrical as they have formed by the parallel growth of many needles, which gives them fine markings. At the ends they have pinacoid terminations that are not continuous due to the way they formed. Very good contrast with the Quartz.
Caland Pit, Steep Rock Lake area, Atikokan, Rainy River District, Ontario  Canada

Specimen size: 4 × 2.7 × 2.5 cm = 1.57” × 1.06” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.8 cm = 0.43” × 0.31”

Manganite
 

VA71Z3: Druse-like growth of very well defined crystals with simple forms and extraordinarily bright. A Manganite sample from a little known Canadian locality, unusual in mineral collecting for an obscure locality to produce a great quality sample. The crystals have been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Caland Pit, Steep Rock Lake area, Atikokan, Rainy River District, Ontario  Canada (±1978)

Specimen size: 9 × 7.5 × 4.4 cm = 3.54” × 2.95” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.39” × 0.20”

Former collection of A. Mayor
Manganite. Manganite.
Bismuth on Quartz
Bismuth on Quartz. Bismuth on Quartz.
 

TX63G1: This parallel group of well-formed crystals stands out on a matrix of clear Quartz.
Cobalt, Ontario  Canada

Specimen size: 7 × 5.2 × 4 cm = 2.76” × 2.05” × 1.57”

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

Sphalerite with Calcite
Sphalerite with Calcite  

TX50AD2: Aggregate of translucent and bright crystals with very well defined forms and polycrystalline growths. They have a very uniform honey color and are on a small matrix, with microcrystalline Calcite. The sample is from a classic Canadian locality where it’s currently difficult to obtain samples of such quality.
From the John D. Elliot collection whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Flamboro Quarry, West Flamborough Township, Hamilton, Ontario  Canada (16/03/2012)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.8 × 4.1 cm = 2.44” × 1.89” × 1.61”

Sphalerite with Calcite. Sphalerite with Calcite.
Tremolite
Tremolite. Front
Front
Tremolite. Top
Top
 

GB16R9: Sharp prismatic crystal with very well defined faces and edges. It is deep green and has a very good luster.
Miners Bay, Haliburton County, Ontario  Canada (±1984)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 1.5 × 1.1 cm = 1.42” × 0.59” × 0.43”

Former collection of Pedro Goy. Number 309
Gypsum
 

MJ26AJ0: Radial aggregate of very sharp, colorless, transparent and very bright Gypsum crystals from a classic Canadian locality.
Red River floodway, Winnipeg, Winnipeg Capital Region, Manitoba  Canada (1996)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 5.2 × 3.6 cm = 2.48” × 2.05” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 6.3 × 3.1 cm = 2.48” × 1.22”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Gypsum.
Gypsum
Gypsum. Front
Front
Gypsum. Rear
Rear
 

TB76Q6: Floater group of thick prismatic crystals. They are bright, very transparent and have a neat yellow color and have the particularity that they are both fluorescent and phosphorescent under an ultraviolet light.
Red River floodway, Winnipeg, Winnipeg Capital Region, Manitoba  Canada (2009)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.6 × 4.5 cm = 2.52” × 2.20” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.06” × 0.87”

Very fluorescent and phosphorescent
Gypsum
 

MB47AJ1: Floater radial aggregate of thick Gypsum crystals that are very transparent and bright and have a pale yellow color. They have the particularity in that they are both fluorescent and phosphorescent under an ultraviolet light. The sample is from a classic Canadian locality.
Red River floodway, Winnipeg, Winnipeg Capital Region, Manitoba  Canada (1996)

Specimen size: 8.1 × 7.4 × 6.1 cm = 3.19” × 2.91” × 2.40”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3.2 cm = 1.57” × 1.26”

Very fluorescent and phosphorescent
Gypsum. Front
Front
Gypsum. Rear
Rear
Chabazite-Ca with Heulandite-Ca
Chabazite-Ca with Heulandite-Ca.
 

EG9P9: The samples of Chabazite (probably Chabazite-Ca) from this locality are scarce. The crystals, on matrix, are small, with a pseudocubic appearance, good transparency and luster and slightly pinkish color, contrasting with the white crystals of Heulandite-Ca.
Two Islands, Parrsboro, Bay of Fundy, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia  Canada

Specimen size: 5 × 3 × 1.7 cm = 1.97” × 1.18” × 0.67”

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

Analcime
 

EG59P9: The crystals from this not so well known locality are on matrix, are trapezohedral and are white with yellowish shades in some areas of the piece.
Wasson Bluff, Parrsboro, Bay of Fundy, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia  Canada

Specimen size: 7 × 3.9 × 2.8 cm = 2.76” × 1.54” × 1.10”

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

Analcime.

Jeffrey Mine

Grossular (variety hessonite)
Grossular (variety hessonite). Grossular (variety hessonite).
 

ET27AC4: Very aerial aggregate, on matrix, of very transparent, bright and very well defined Grossular crystals, formed by the faces of the trapezohedron, finely striated and echeloned, and those of the dodecahedron.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (±1980)

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

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

Grossular (variety hessonite) with Diopside
 

TL88Q8: Group of dodecahedral crystals of very well defined faces and edges. They are transparent, very bright and have an unusual pale pink color and are bordering a matrix rich of small crystals of Diopside.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (31/10/1998)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.6 × 1.4 cm = 1.77” × 1.42” × 0.55”

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

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Diopside. Front
Front
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Diopside. Top
Top
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Diopside
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Diopside.
 

TJ27Q8: Two crystals, clearly dominant, formed by the faces of the dodecahedron and trapezohedron, bright and very well defined. The matrix is a group of aerial and well defined prismatic crystals of Diopside.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (31/10/1998)

Specimen size: 5 × 2.6 × 1.5 cm = 1.97” × 1.02” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.51”

Grossular (variety hessonite) with Chlorite
 

MK38AJ0: Single crystals, on matrix, with very well defined faces and edges formed by a dominant dodecahedron beveled by a trapezohedron with fine growth striations. They are extraordinarily transparent and luminous and have a deep and uniform honey color. A Canadian classic of great quality.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 5 × 4.4 × 2.3 cm = 1.97” × 1.73” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.43” × 0.39”

Grossular (variety hessonite) with Chlorite. Grossular (variety hessonite) with Chlorite.
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Clinochlore
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Clinochlore. Grossular (variety hessonite) with Clinochlore.
 

TQ30R8: Trapezohedral crystals that have very well defined faces and edges, transparent, very bright and an excellent color. They are on matrix, with small crystals of Clinochlore.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (20/01/1995)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.8 × 2 cm = 2.17” × 1.89” × 0.79”

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

Grossular (variety hessonite) with Diopside
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Diopside  

TA46L1: Totally transparent dodecahedral crystals, with a delicate pinkish color and extraordinary brilliance. On a Diopside crystal matrix.
This specimen is from the private collection of the well-known Wendy and Frank Melanson from Canada.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (±1982)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.2 × 1.2 cm = 2.36” × 1.65” × 0.47”

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

Grossular (variety hessonite) with Diopside.
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Diopside. Grossular (variety hessonite) with Diopside.
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Pectolite
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Pectolite. Grossular (variety hessonite) with Pectolite.
 

MG90AK7: Druse of dodecahedral hessonite crystals beveled by trapezohedron faces. The crystals are very transparent, highly lustrous, very uniform in color and partially covered by transparent, white and exceptionally defined bladed Pectolite crystals. An unusual specimen for the quality of both components.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (14/06/1985)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.6 × 3.9 cm = 2.91” × 2.20” × 1.54”

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

Grossular (variety hessonite) with Diopside
 

TC87V1: Druse of dodecahedral crystals of Grossular (hessonite). They are clear, slightly pinkish and very bright. In their center they have small phantom growths of a very deep green color. They are on matrix with white flattened crystals of Diopside.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (09/01/1982)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 5 × 1.9 cm = 2.95” × 1.97” × 0.75”

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

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Diopside. Grossular (variety hessonite) with Diopside.
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Wollastonite
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Wollastonite.
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Wollastonite.
 

EF10I1: The dodecahedral crystals completely cover the matrix. They are transparent and very bright. On them is a delicate white prism of Wollastonite, unusually defined. The specimen is very esthetic.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (1990)

Specimen size: 10.6 × 7.7 × 2.6 cm = 4.17” × 3.03” × 1.02”

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

Grossular (variety hessonite) with Wollastonite and Fluorapophyllite-(K)
 

EP91AA3: Crystals with very well defined faces and edges consisting of a dominant dodecahedron finely beveled by the trapezohedron. They are very transparent and bright, have a deep and uniform honey color and are with very sharp, white and thin Wollastonite crystals and small equant Fluorapophyllite-(K) crystals. A gorgeous sample.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 13.9 × 6.8 × 4 cm = 5.47” × 2.68” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.1 cm = 0.51” × 0.43”

Grossular (variety hessonite) with Wollastonite and Fluorapophyllite-(K) . Grossular (variety hessonite) with Wollastonite and Fluorapophyllite-(K) .
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Pectolite
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Pectolite.
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Pectolite.
 

TL49J0: The crystals are composed of the dodecahedron and trapezohedron. They have a honey-yellow color, are very clear, and have very well defined faces and edges. With the Grossular, and no less important, there are small white crystals of Pectolite, exceptionally defined. A magnificent specimen.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (±1996)

Specimen size: 14 × 5.6 × 4.7 cm = 5.51” × 2.20” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.35” × 0.31”

Pectolite very fluorescent long & short UV
Grossular
 

TR27S3: Aggregate of transparent dodecahedral crystals. They have a very intense and uniform green color and present fine striations of the surface of their faces. In contrast with the usual habit for this kind of sample, most of the crystals also show faces on the back of the piece.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (31/10/1998)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3.1 × 0.9 cm = 1.34” × 1.22” × 0.35”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.39” × 0.28”

Grossular.
Grossular with Pectolite
Grossular with Pectolite. Grossular with Pectolite.
 

TF26R9: Dodecahedral crystals of Grossular, one of them clearly dominant, transparent, bright and a deep green color. They are on matrix, with crystals of Pectolite.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (31/10/1998)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3.5 × 1.3 cm = 1.42” × 1.38” × 0.51”

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

Grossular
 

TV67S3: Dodecahedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges. On matrix, they are transparent, very bright and have a very pale green color with deep green phantom growths.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (31/10/1998)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.2 × 2.3 cm = 2.13” × 1.65” × 0.91”

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

Vesuvianite minor fluorescence long & short UV
Grossular. Grossular.
Vesuvianite
Vesuvianite. Front
Front
Vesuvianite. Top
Top
 

TJJ64AN3: Vesuvianite crystal with very sharp crystal forms and perfect terminations, translucent, and with a very marked color zoning, yellow on the outside of the crystal and intense violet on the inside.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 2 × 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.79” × 0.43” × 0.39”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Vesuvianite
 

TFA14AN7: Two Vesuvianite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and thick, with very sharp crystal forms and perfect terminal faces, with a highly developed pinacoid. Between transparent and translucent, with bright luster and a uniform yellow color
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 2 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.79” × 0.63” × 0.55”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Vesuvianite. Vesuvianite.
Vesuvianite
Vesuvianite. Vesuvianite.
 

TY86AL8: Very aesthetic aggregate of prismatic Vesuvianite crystals with excellent terminations, transparent, with great luster and an intense greenish yellow color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.4 × 2 cm = 0.98” × 0.94” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.7 cm = 0.43” × 0.28”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Vesuvianite
 

TC16G9: Nice miniature with a group of doubly terminated prismatic crystals, very bright and with an excellent violet color deeper on terminations.
Jeffrey Mine, ↓200 m, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (09/2005)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.9 × 1.5 cm = 1.06” × 0.75” × 0.59”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Vesuvianite.
Vesuvianite
Vesuvianite. Vesuvianite.
 

TH76AL6: Elongated Vesuvianite crystal, with parallel growth of a second crystal, with very well defined faces and edges of the prism and excellent termination at the top. Between translucent and transparent, very lustrous and deep yellow.
We will send the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection which also contains the label.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 2.9 × 1 × 0.9 cm = 1.14” × 0.39” × 0.35”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Vesuvianite doubly terminated
 

EH66E9: The eight faces making up the sides of the crystal, which are very well-defined and brilliant, correspond to the two tetragonal prisms. Its upper termination diverges into an attractive spray of small prisms with the same characteristics. Doubly terminated, good color, brilliance and transparency characterize this very bright specimen.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 3.2 × 0.8 × 0.8 cm = 1.26” × 0.31” × 0.31”

Vesuvianite doubly terminated. Front
Front
Vesuvianite doubly terminated. Top
Top
Vesuvianite
Vesuvianite. Vesuvianite.
 

TQ68AK7: Group of elongated crystals, with very well defined faces and edges and perfect terminations, transparent, extraordinarily lustrous and very intense yellow, with shades of green. A Canadian classic that we will send in its original Perky box from the collection of Robert J. Noble, which also contains his label.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 3.4 × 1.7 × 2.7 cm = 1.34” × 0.67” × 1.06”

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

Former collection of Bob Noble
Vesuvianite
 

MM70L1: Group of thick crystals, forming polysynthetic aggregates with well defined lateral faces and terminations. Crystal terminations show well defined light green color zonations. The other terminations are contacted but not fractured. Excellent and intense color.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘Die Jeffrey Mine’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 64 of number 1/2009
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (1980)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.4 × 3.3 cm = 1.38” × 1.34” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 3 × 0.8 cm = 1.18” × 0.31”

Vesuvianite. Front
Front
Vesuvianite. Rear
Rear
Vesuvianite.
Vesuvianite
Vesuvianite. Vesuvianite.
Vesuvianite.
 

TE66AC4: Floater sample with aggregates of short prismatic crystals, a lot of them doubly terminated, transparent, bright and with areas of a very vivid violet color on terminations. A small jewel.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (2000)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.77” × 1.42” × 0.94”

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

Vesuvianite
 

TJ89C5: This particular specimen doesn't shows any color except green but it is doubly terminated, sharp, with huge crystal size, and the whole specimen is quite nice!
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (07/02)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.5 × 1.8 cm = 1.89” × 1.38” × 0.71”

Vesuvianite.
Vesuvianite
Vesuvianite. Front
Front
Vesuvianite. Rear
Rear
 

TZ91AB3: Aggregate of very well shaped Vesuvianite crystals, some of them partially doubly terminated, translucent, very bright and with a vivid greenish yellow color.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (2004)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.1 × 2 cm = 2.01” × 1.61” × 0.79”

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

Minor fluorescence short UV
Vesuvianite
 

TF51G3: A splendid group of crystals formed by the prism and a very acute pyramid, with an excellent color and luster. In some places some mauve colors appear. Although they may look like breaks, they really are recrystallizations.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (09/2003)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.5 × 3.3 cm = 2.05” × 1.38” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 1.1 cm = 1.14” × 0.43”

Vesuvianite.
Vesuvianite.
Vesuvianite
Vesuvianite. Front
Front
Vesuvianite. Rear
Rear
Vesuvianite.

Recorded under neon light
 

TR27AI3: Floater aggregate of Vesuvianite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, a lot of them totally or partially doubly terminated, translucent, bright and with well differentiated color areas, between yellow and an intense violet. A Canadian classic.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (2005)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.6 × 3.2 cm = 2.05” × 1.81” × 1.26”

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

Vesuvianite
 

TC70F9: The crystals of this group, with an excellent color and exceptional brightness, are doubly terminated. The pyramid tips are, in addition, transparent. The specimen is a floater, with a recrystallized base.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (07/2002)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 3.5 × 1.7 cm = 2.48” × 1.38” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.98” × 0.47”

Vesuvianite. Front
Front
Vesuvianite. Rear
Rear
Vesuvianite
Vesuvianite. Front
Front
Vesuvianite. Front
Front
Vesuvianite. Rear
Rear
Vesuvianite.
 

AB89N4: Group of crystals of very good color, very uniform, and excellent transparency. Furthermore, a lot of the crystals on the group are doubly terminated. A floater.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (1998)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 3 × 2 cm = 2.64” × 1.18” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.24”

Former collection of Josep Amigó (Silvane)
Vesuvianite
 

TB30G1: An especially attractive group in which coexist crystals of two very different colors, greenish-yellow and violet. The crystals, most of them doubly terminated, are bright and perfectly defined.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (2004)

Specimen size: 7 × 5 × 2.8 cm = 2.76” × 1.97” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.6 cm = 0.47” × 0.63”

Vesuvianite.
Vesuvianite. Vesuvianite.
Chromium-rich Vesuvianite
Chromium-rich Vesuvianite.
 

TJ46: The great Jeffrey Quarry in Asbestos, Canada is now closed, so we don't expect to get any more fine material from there in the future. In the last few days of its glorious history the Jeffrey Mine nevertheless gave us one small pocket with extremely intensely green Chromium rich Vesuvianite: this elongated crystal with a nice termination at the top, comes from this pocket.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (05/02)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.5 × 1.6 cm = 1.10” × 0.59” × 0.63”

Chromium-rich Vesuvianite
 

ED88: The best green color for Jeffrey's Vesuvianite. Deep and dramatic, just a few specimens came with this quality color.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (05-07 /2002)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.7 × 2.8 cm = 1.85” × 1.46” × 1.10”

Chromium-rich Vesuvianite.
Diopside with Diopside
Diopside with Diopside.
 

MG37H1: The main crystal is exceptionally aerial adding to its unusual prismatic habit, which is very much shorter than usual. The base is formed of small purple crystals of Vesuvianite and prismatic completely transparent crystals of Diopside.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (07/2005)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.1 × 1.8 cm = 1.22” × 0.83” × 0.71”

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

Diopside intense fluorescence short & long UV
Diopside with Vesuvianite
 

MM88G7: The specimen is from a recent find by local searchers at the Jeffrey Quarry, now closed. Even considering that the cavity was very big very few pieces have such high quality. The tabular habit of the crystals is very uncommon, the fine vertical striations and the presence of the pinacoid demonstrate they are very flat prisms. Their color and brightness are excellent and the transparency exceptional. Even more, their association with minor violet Vesuvianite adds more interest and glamour to the sample.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (09/2005)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3 × 2.5 cm = 1.38” × 1.18” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.9 cm = 0.63” × 0.35”

Diopside intense fluorescence short & long UV
Diopside with Vesuvianite. Front
Front
Diopside with Vesuvianite. Rear
Rear
Vesuvianite with Diopside
Vesuvianite with Diopside. Front
Front
Vesuvianite with Diopside. Rear
Rear
Vesuvianite with Diopside.

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MB26L5: Group of Vesuvianite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, whose color varies between the yellowish green to mauve. Accompanied by flattened Diopside crystals with excellent creamy color, good transparency and brilliance.
Jeffrey Mine, ↓200 m, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (09/2005)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.6 × 4.2 cm = 2.83” × 2.60” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 0.6 cm = 0.83” × 0.24”

Diopside intense fluorescence short & long UV
Diopside with Vesuvianite
 

MA16H8: The sample has great quality. It is very esthetic because the Diopside crystals are more aerial and distinguishable than usual at this find. Perfectly defined, transparent and bright, they are placed on a base of prismatic crystals of Vesuvianite sharing yellow and violet colors.
Jeffrey Mine, ↓200 m, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (09/2005)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 6.5 × 5.2 cm = 3.62” × 2.56” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.39” × 0.28”

Diopside intense fluorescence short & long UV
Diopside with Vesuvianite. Front
Front
Diopside with Vesuvianite. Rear
Rear
Diopside with Vesuvianite
Diopside with Vesuvianite. Front
Front
Diopside with Vesuvianite. Side
Side
Diopside with Vesuvianite. Diopside with Vesuvianite.
 

MJ87G9: The sample, exceptional, is from a recent find in the now closed Jeffrey Quarry. The pocket, being big, produced very few specimens of such high quality. Diopside crystals have an uncommon habit: they are apparently tabular, but fine vertical striations and the presence of the pinacoid show they really are very flat prisms. The color and luster are excellent and the transparency extraordinary. If all this seems not enough, their association with prismatic greenish-yellow and violet Vesuvianite crystals adds even more interest and visual appeal to the sample.
Jeffrey Mine, ↓200 m, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (09/2005)

Specimen size: 12 × 7 × 5.5 cm = 4.72” × 2.76” × 2.17”

Diopside intense fluorescence short & long UV
Diopside with Vesuvianite
 

MF16G7: The specimen is from a recent find by local searchers at the Jeffrey Quarry, now closed. Even considering that the cavity was very big very few pieces have such high quality. The tabular habit of the crystals is very uncommon, the fine vertical striations and the presence of the pinacoid demonstrate they are very flat prisms. Their color and brightness are excellent and the transparency exceptional. Even more, their association with good quality Vesuvianite of different color, green and violet adds more interest and glamour to the sample.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (09/2005)

Specimen size: 12.7 × 6 × 5.5 cm = 5.00” × 2.36” × 2.17”

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

Diopside intense fluorescence short & long UV
Diopside with Vesuvianite. Front
Front
Diopside with Vesuvianite. Rear
Rear
Diopside with Vesuvianite.
Pectolite with Grossular
Pectolite with Grossular. Pectolite with Grossular.
 

TM87AH6: Groups of elongated and flattened Pectolite crystals, some of them doubly terminated. They have a snowy white color, pearly luster and have fine coatings of Grossular microcrystals. Of a great quality for the species.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (±1995)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.3 × 2.5 cm = 2.52” × 2.09” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.4 cm = 0.51” × 0.16”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Pectolite
Pectolite  

ED86AA1: Fibrous aggregates of white acicular crystals with pearly luster and on matrix. The sample is from the Pierre Léo Montreuil collection, whose label we will send to the buyer. A very fine piece.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.7 × 4.7 cm = 2.80” × 2.24” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.3 cm = 0.39” × 0.12”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Pectolite. Pectolite.
Fluorapophyllite-(K)
Fluorapophyllite-(K). Front
Front
Fluorapophyllite-(K). Top
Top
 

TD13S3: Floater prismatic crystal of equant habit. It is white with brown areas irregularly distributed throughout the crystal: This species is rare for the locality, more due to its size and the excellent crystalline development of the sample.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (20/10/1994)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.2 × 2 cm = 1.02” × 0.87” × 0.79”


Andradite (variedad demantoid) from Jeffrey Quarry

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Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole
 

EG96P5: The crystals combine the dodecahedron and trapezohedron. They are transparent, very bright and have deep green color and have very well defined faces and edges that strongly contrast with the white fibrous matrix.
Jeffrey Mine, ↓200 m, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 1.06” × 0.59” × 0.47”

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

Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole.
Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole
Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole. Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole.
 

TE47N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. Two crystals that combine a dominant dodecahedron with the trapezohedron. The crystals have a very deep green color, excellent transparency and luster, contrasting with a white amphibole matrix. The species has been accurately analyzed.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Rivista Mineralogica Italiana’ on page 280 in number 2009/4
Jeffrey Mine, ↓200 m, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 1.4 × 2 cm = 1.22” × 0.55” × 0.79”

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

Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole
 

ET46Q0: Isolated and clustered crystals that have the dominant form of the dodecahedron modified by the trapezohedron. They have an excellent transparency and luster and are a very deep green color that contrasts with a matrix of a white, indeterminate amphibole. The species has been properly analyzed.
Jeffrey Mine, ↓200 m, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4 × 2.9 cm = 1.77” × 1.57” × 1.14”

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

Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole. Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole.
Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole
Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole. Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole.
 

TY76N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. The crystals combine a dominant dodecahedron with the trapezohedron. The crystals have a very deep green color, excellent transparency and luster, contrasting with a white amphibole matrix with Serpentine. The species has been accurately analyzed.
Jeffrey Mine, ↓200 m, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.8 × 2.2 cm = 1.93” × 1.89” × 0.87”

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

Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole
 

TV17N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. The crystals combine a dominant dodecahedron with the trapezohedron. The crystals have a very deep green color, excellent transparency and luster, contrasting with a white amphibole matrix with Serpentine. The species has been accurately analyzed.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a novelty from Ste. Marie 2009 in the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 60 in the volume 14, number 3
Jeffrey Mine, ↓200 m, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.7 × 3.8 cm = 3.07” × 2.64” × 1.50”

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

Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole. Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole.
Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole
Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole. Front
Front
Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole. Front
Front
Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole.
 

TR50N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. The crystals combine a dominant dodecahedron with the trapezohedron. The crystals have a very deep green color, excellent transparency and luster, contrasting with a white amphibole matrix with Serpentine. The species has been accurately analyzed.
Jeffrey Mine, ↓200 m, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 13.5 × 8.3 × 4.2 cm = 5.31” × 3.27” × 1.65”

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


Yukon Territory

Lazulite
 

ED13J3: Good miniature. Crystals are considerably large, of very well defined faces and edges and of a very deep blue color, translucent and the luster is very good.
Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (1998)

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.3 × 1.6 cm = 0.83” × 0.51” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.47” × 0.28”

Lazulite.
Lazulite with Siderite and Quartz
Lazulite with Siderite and Quartz. Lazulite with Siderite and Quartz.
 

MM26AD3: Aggregate of twinned Lazulite crystals, considerably large for the locality, translucent and very bright, with Quartz crystals and small rhombohedral Siderite crystals, translucent and bright, on the back of the piece.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.1 × 2.2 cm = 1.46” × 1.22” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.5 cm = 0.47” × 0.20”

Lazulite with Quartz and Siderite
 

MB56AF1: Druse of very well defined Lazulite crystals that are twinned, have a very bright luster and a deep color and are on matrix with translucent rhombohedral Siderite crystals and small clear Quartz crystals.
Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.4 × 2.2 cm = 2.05” × 1.73” × 0.87”

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

Lazulite with Quartz and Siderite. Lazulite with Quartz and Siderite.
Lazulite with Augelite, Siderite and Quartz
Lazulite with Augelite, Siderite and Quartz. Lazulite with Augelite, Siderite and Quartz.
 

MG87AD2: Aggregate of twinned Lazulite crystals, larger than usual for the locality, partially coated by Augelite micro-crystals and with translucent bright rhombohedral Siderite crystals and small Quartz crystals.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.6 × 5.1 cm = 2.64” × 2.20” × 2.01”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.9 cm = 0.67” × 0.35”

Lazulite with Quartz
 

GZ26AM2: Druse of twinned Lazulite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, lustrous, with an intense color and with small water-clear Quartz crystals and rhombohedral Siderite microcrystals.
The specimen comes from the Pedro Goy collection, whose very detailed catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (±1981)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 3.6 × 0.9 cm = 2.91” × 1.42” × 0.35”

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

Former collection of Pedro Goy
Lazulite with Quartz. Lazulite with Quartz.
Lazulite with Fluorapatite and Siderite
Lazulite with Fluorapatite and Siderite. Lazulite with Fluorapatite and Siderite.
Lazulite with Fluorapatite and Siderite.
 

ML56AC9: Twinned Lazulite crystals, very bright, with very well defined faces and edges, and on matrix with transparent Siderite crystals and an aggregate of colorless Fluorapatite crystals.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 8 × 5.3 × 3.3 cm = 3.15” × 2.09” × 1.30”

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

Lazulite with Siderite and Quartz
 

MB47AL5: Druse of very well defined Lazulite crystals, twinned, of intense color and luster, on matrix, with translucent rhombohedral Siderite crystals and small water-clear Quartz crystals. Especially beautiful due to the slight separation of the crystals that allows us to see the matrix and the Quartz and Siderite crystals on which the Lazulite grew.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 8.1 × 4.3 × 3.1 cm = 3.19” × 1.69” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.28” × 0.16”

Lazulite with Siderite and Quartz. Lazulite with Siderite and Quartz.
Doubly terminated Quartz with Lazulite
Doubly terminated Quartz with Lazulite. Front
Front
Doubly terminated Quartz with Lazulite. Side
Side
Doubly terminated Quartz with Lazulite. Rear
Rear
 

EB56AC8: An uncommon association of two doubly terminated Quartz crystals, forming a parallel growth, with twinned Lazulite crystals and small rhombohedral Siderite crystals. Some Lazulite microcrystals also appear as inclusions in the Quartz.
Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1996)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.1 × 2 cm = 1.42” × 0.83” × 0.79”

Fluorapatite with Lazulite, Quartz and Siderite
 

MB86AB8: Doubly terminated Fluorapatite crystals with polycrystalline terminations. It is on matrix, with twinned, very bright and with very deep colored Lazulite crystals and small Quartz crystals. An unusual association on a sample with very good quality.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.9 × 2.1 cm = 1.30” × 1.14” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.39” × 0.20”

Fluorapatite with Lazulite, Quartz and Siderite. Fluorapatite with Lazulite, Quartz and Siderite.
Kulanite with Siderite
Kulanite with Siderite. Kulanite with Siderite.
 

ME13AD3: Isolated Kulanite crystal with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, extraordinarily bright and with a very deep color. It is on matrix, with a translucent rhombohedral Siderite crystal, quite large for the locality.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.5 × 1.7 cm = 1.54” × 0.98” × 0.67”

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

Type locality
Kulanite with Siderite
Kulanite with Siderite  

EE27AI5: Extraordinarily well defined tabular Kulanite crystals with a very dark, almost black, color, very bright and on matrix, with small rhombohedral Siderite crystals.
The sample, from the type locality for the species, has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer, and also the label from the Jean-Luc Dubare collection.
Stoneman Camp, Young's Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1996)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm = 1.85” × 1.26” × 0.87”

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

Type locality

Former collection of Jean-Luc Dubare
Kulanite with Siderite. Kulanite with Siderite.
Augelite
Augelite.
 

T30N: From the 07/98 find at Rapid Creek. A wonderful apple green Augelite with semi-transparent, well developed, brilliant crystals which are better than those that have been found in the past.
Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (1998)

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

Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Lazulite and Quartz
 

MN36AD4: Aggregate of Whiteite-(CaMnMg) crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very sharp edges and slightly elongated due to parallel growths. The Whiteite-(CaMnMg) is a clear cream color and is on matrix, with Quartz and small Lazulite crystals.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.9 × 2.3 cm = 1.34” × 1.14” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1 cm = 0.87” × 0.39”

Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Lazulite and Quartz. Front
Front
Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Lazulite and Quartz. Rear
Rear
Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Lazulite, Quartz and Siderite
Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Lazulite, Quartz and Siderite.
 

EV86I1: The crystal has a good size and it is quite well defined. It is partially covered by Quartz, Siderite and small crystals of Lazulite, also present on the matrix.
Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (1998)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3 × 2.4 cm = 1.42” × 1.18” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.47”

Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Lazulite and Quartz
 

MP26AD4: Aggregate of Whiteite-(CaMnMg) crystals with very sharp edges and slightly elongated due to parallel growths. They have a clear cream color and are on matrix, with small Quartz and Lazulite crystals.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.2 × 2.6 cm = 1.50” × 0.87” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.8 cm = 0.43” × 0.31”

Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Lazulite and Quartz. Front
Front
Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Lazulite and Quartz. Rear
Rear
Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Siderite, Lazulite and Quartz
Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Siderite, Lazulite and Quartz. Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Siderite, Lazulite and Quartz.
Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Siderite, Lazulite and Quartz  

MV46V4: Doubly terminated creamy crystals of Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with curved faces and edges. They are on matrix with well developed crystals of Lazulite, Quartz and Siderite. The sample is with a John. S. White collection label in whose honor the species was named.
Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada

Specimen size: 6 × 4.7 × 3.4 cm = 2.36” × 1.85” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.59” × 0.47”

Former collection of John S. White
Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Quartz, Siderite and Lazulite
 

TP86AB6: Individual Whiteite-(CaMnMg) crystals, one of them clearly dominant, flattened and very elongated due to repeated parallel growths. They have a light cream color and are on matrix, with small Quartz, Siderite and Lazulite crystals.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 6 × 5.2 × 2 cm = 2.36” × 2.05” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1 cm = 0.98” × 0.39”

Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Quartz, Siderite and Lazulite. Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Quartz, Siderite and Lazulite.
Wardite with Lazulite and Siderite
Wardite with Lazulite and Siderite.
 

ER56I1: An excellent miniature of dipyramidal crystals with sharp edges and well defined faces. It has a splendid green color, very intense for the species. The matrix is formed by rhombohedral crystals of Siderite and crystals of Lazulite.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (1996)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.1 × 1.3 cm = 1.02” × 0.83” × 0.51”

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

Wardite with Childrenite
 

MD56AB1: Two dipyramidal crystals on matrix, very aerial and sharp, translucent, with a pale green color and with some faces partially coated by microcrystals of Childrenite.
Stoneman Camp, Young's Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.2 × 3 cm = 1.50” × 1.26” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.2 cm = 0.51” × 0.47”

Wardite with Childrenite. Wardite with Childrenite.
Wardite
Wardite. Wardite.
 

MA48AA7: Aggregate of very sharp dipyramidal crystals, translucent and bright, with a pale green color and a considerable size for the species.
Stoneman Camp, Young's Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.6 × 1.6 cm = 1.65” × 1.02” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 0.71” × 0.67”

Wardite with Childrenite
 

MC14AI4: Two dipyramidal crystals on matrix, very aerial and sharp, translucent with a pale green color and with some faces partially coated by microcrystals of Childrenite.
Stoneman Camp, Young's Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.5 × 2.7 cm = 1.85” × 0.98” × 1.06”

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

Wardite with Childrenite. Wardite with Childrenite.
Wardite with Childrenite
Wardite with Childrenite. Wardite with Childrenite.
 

MA14AL4: Clusters of very sharp Wardite crystals with a dipyramidal habit, translucent with transparent points, from white to pale green. On matrix, with coatings of small Childrenite crystals with an intense brown color.
Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.7 × 2.8 cm = 2.05” × 1.46” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.35” × 0.31”

Wardite with Childrenite
 

ME86AL6: Sharp bipyramidal Wardite crystals, ivory-white to very pale yellow, with slightly greenish tones, on matrix, with small Childrenite crystals.
Stoneman Camp, Young's Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.7 × 4 cm = 2.44” × 2.24” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.35” × 0.31”

Wardite with Childrenite. Wardite with Childrenite.
Wardite with Childrenite
Wardite with Childrenite. Wardite with Childrenite.
 

MF86AB1: Aggregate of dipyramidal crystals on matrix. Very sharp, translucent, and with transparent vertices, they have a pale green color and have some of their faces are partially coated by microcrystals of Childrenite, also present on the matrix.
Stoneman Camp, Young's Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.2 × 2.9 cm = 2.52” × 1.65” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.2 cm = 0.51” × 0.47”

Childrenite
 

EN27I2: Radial groups whose development and size is bigger than usual for the locality. The prisms, very flattened, have good color and luster.
Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (1993)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.5 × 1.2 cm = 2.68” × 2.17” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.2 cm = 0.39” × 0.08”

Childrenite. Childrenite.
Gormanite with Siderite and Wardite
Gormanite with Siderite and Wardite. Gormanite with Siderite and Wardite.
 

MF6AD4: Sprays and radial aggregates of acicular Gormanite crystals that have a grayish-green color. They are on matrix with brown rhombohedral Siderite crystals and small white dipyramidal Wardite crystals. A very fine piece.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.2 × 2.6 cm = 1.57” × 1.26” × 1.02”

Gormanite with Quartz
Gormanite with Quartz  

MF11AA6: Fan-shaped aggregates of grayish green, acicular Gormanite crystals on matrix with small Quartz crystals. The locality is a classic one for the species. The specimen has a label of John. S. White that we will send to the buyer.
Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.3 × 2.6 cm = 2.91” × 2.09” × 1.02”

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

Former collection of John S. White
Gormanite with Quartz. Gormanite with Quartz.
Mitridatite with Lazulite, Whiteite-(CaMnMg) and Quartz
Mitridatite with Lazulite, Whiteite-(CaMnMg) and Quartz.
 

MY10AF3: Very aerial, white globular mass of this very rare calcium iron phosphate, not cited from Rapid Creek before. The Mitridadite is on a matrix with a single Whiteite-(CaMnMg) crystal, twinned Lazulite crystals and small Quartz crystals. The sample has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 1.4 × 1 × 1 cm = 0.55” × 0.39” × 0.39”



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