TAB16AP9: Fine arborescent growths of Silver with very marked parallel growths, in a Calcite matrix.
The specimen comes from the Jean Béhier collection, whose original label we will send to the buyer.
Batopilas, Andrés del Río District, Municipio Batopilas, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.75” × 0.55” × 0.47”

TBX56AP7: Dendritic growth of elongated Silver crystals with very marked spinel-law twinning, very aerial and on a Calcite matrix.
The specimen comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Batopilas, Andrés del Río District, Municipio Batopilas, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.5 × 0.9 cm = 0.91” × 0.59” × 0.35”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.47” × 0.08”

TAC14AP9: Fine arborescent growths of Silver with very marked parallel growths, in a Calcite matrix.
The specimen comes from the Jean Béhier collection and we will send the buyer a copy of the collection label.
Batopilas, Andrés del Río District, Municipio Batopilas, Chihuahua  Mexico

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

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”

EFR61AN8: Dendritic growths of Silver crystals, with dominant cube and octahedron faces, lustrous and on matrix. The mine of origin of the piece has been credited by a recognized collector of minerals of Mexico.
Batopilas, Andrés del Río District, Municipio Batopilas, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 5.9 × 5.5 × 4.5 cm = 2.32” × 2.17” × 1.77”

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

BYA61AO6: Dendritic growths and cubic Silver crystals, with extraordinarily sharp crystal forms, lustrous, on a Calcite matrix.
The specimen comes from an important European collection and was sold by the well-known Dr. Wilke.
Batopilas, Andrés del Río District, Municipio Batopilas, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.2 × 4 cm = 2.80” × 2.05” × 1.57”

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

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”

CRF54CD1: Descriptive text by Carles Curto: Feathery dendritic aggregates of deformed crystals in a Calcite matrix.

To which we should add: Very rich in Silver, picturesque, with partial coatings of black Acanthite. In general, of higher quality than most specimens seen from this locality.
New Nevada Mine, Cerro San Antonio, San Miguel, Batopilas, Andrés del Río District, Municipio Batopilas, Chihuahua  Mexico (±1980)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 5.3 × 2.3 cm = 2.48” × 2.09” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 2.6 cm = 1.85” × 1.02”

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”

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”

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”

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”

TB89AL3: Botryoidal growth, very aesthetic, of Mimetite with an intense fatty luster and zones of distinct colors that range from an intense lemon-yellow to orange-yellow. A Mexican classic.
San Pedro Corralitos, Municipio Casas Grandes, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 3 × 1.5 × 2 cm = 1.18” × 0.59” × 0.79”

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

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”

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”

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”

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”

TG93AJ2: A novelty at Tucson 2017. Parallel growths of thick lenticular Calcite crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They are clear pink colored and coated by dark brown manganese oxides. There is a second botryoidal Calcite growth with a lovely pastel-pink color.
Palmarejo Mine, Palmarejo, Municipio Chinipas, Chihuahua  Mexico (10/2016)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 6.9 × 4 cm = 4.02” × 2.72” × 1.57”

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”

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”

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”

TQ26AJ1: A novelty at Tucson 2019. Floater group of bright Chalcopyrite crystals with very well defined parallel growths, with white Quartz crystals and doubly terminated scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
El Bolivar Mine, Piedras Verdes (Triguito), Municipio Urique, Chihuahua  Mexico (10/2018)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.6 × 4.2 cm = 2.83” × 1.81” × 1.65”

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

TM14AJ1: A novelty at Tucson 2019. Group of bright Chalcopyrite crystals with very well defined parallel growths partially coated by small epigenetic Galena crystals and implanted on a group of white, doubly terminated Quartz crystals.
El Bolivar Mine, Piedras Verdes (Triguito), Municipio Urique, Chihuahua  Mexico (10/2018)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 4.5 × 3.2 cm = 3.39” × 1.77” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.8 cm = 0.98” × 0.71”

TP6AJ1: A novelty at Tucson 2019. Bright Chalcopyrite crystals with very well defined parallel growths partially coated by small epigenetic Galena crystals and implanted on a group of white, doubly terminated Quartz crystals with very acute and well defined scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
El Bolivar Mine, Piedras Verdes (Triguito), Municipio Urique, Chihuahua  Mexico (10/2018)

Specimen size: 9 × 6.4 × 5.1 cm = 3.54” × 2.52” × 2.01”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2.1 cm = 0.91” × 0.83”

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”

GV86AK2: Parallel growth of very sharp, colorless transparent, lustrous, tabular to lamellar Celestine crystals, with a group of Fluorite crystals of cubic habit, one of them clearly dominant, with polycrystalline growths, transparent, lustrous, and a uniform lilac color. The specimen is from the Casado Margolles collection (reg. FRM80), whose card we will send to the buyer.
Tule Mine, Melchor Múzquiz, Municipio Melchor Múzquiz, Coahuila (Coahuila de Zaragoza)  Mexico

Specimen size: 9.2 × 7.3 × 1.5 cm = 3.62” × 2.87” × 0.59”

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

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”

TTV14AP4: Complete floater rhombododecahedral crystal of Grossular, translucent and with an intense pink color.
The specimen is from a very classic locality for the species, and comes to us via the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 781), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Sierra de las Cruces, Sierra Mojada mining district, Municipio Sierra Mojada, Coahuila (Coahuila de Zaragoza)  Mexico

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

TT13AN1: Floater group of Vesuvianite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and doubly terminated, with the forms of two prism faces and a sharp dipyramid, with bright luster and a yellow-brown color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Sierra de las Cruces, Sierra Mojada mining district, Municipio Sierra Mojada, Coahuila (Coahuila de Zaragoza)  Mexico

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.8 × 1.4 cm = 0.94” × 0.71” × 0.55”

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”

TFM16AN9: Doubly terminated complete crystal of Adamite with parallel growths. It is translucent, lustrous and pale greenish yellow in color, on a limonite matrix.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label stating that it was previously in the Sullivan collection.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 2 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.79” × 0.59” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1 cm = 0.79” × 0.39”

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”

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”

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”

TGG64AN3: Spheroidal aggregates of Adamite crystals with very sharp terminations, translucent, with good luster and an intense yellow color. Very aerial on its limonite matrix.
We will ship the piece in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.22” × 0.98” × 0.87”

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

TJA66AP9: Centered and fan-shaped groups of prismatic Adamite crystals, lustrous, yellow all along the crystal except for the intense green color (copper-bearing variety) in the terminations. In limonite matrix.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.6 × 2 cm = 1.50” × 1.02” × 0.79”

CTX77CD6: Group of Adamite crystals on matrix, with faces and edges well defined, arranged radially, with uniform yellow color, becoming more reddish towards the terminations.
The specimen comes from the collection of duplicates of Carles Curto (number 1986.46), whose digital catalogue file we will send to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (+1986)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.8 × 2.4 cm = 1.73” × 1.50” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1 cm = 0.67” × 0.39”

NR27AM5: Fan-shaped groups of fine prismatic Adamite crystals with very well defined faces and edges and with perfect terminations, with bright luster and a very intense yellow color. The specimen is from the Pedro Hernández collection.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.4 × 2.6 cm = 1.77” × 1.73” × 1.02”

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”

TF86AG1: Divergent groups of crystals of Adamite on a limonite matrix, with the centers of the crystals violet and a yellow body. Good display of the crystals and in general a different aspect from the usual one. It is not an Adamite like others.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.9 × 2.9 cm = 1.93” × 1.54” × 1.14”

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

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”

NTB86AO1: Radial groups of Adamite crystals on limonite matrix, translucent, with good luster and an intense yellow color. A Mexican classic.
The specimen comes from the Carlos Prieto Paramio collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

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

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

NNP87AO1: Spheroidal growths of Adamite crystals on a limonite matrix, translucent, with a bright luster and intense yellow color with green hues. The specimen, very aerial, has the curiosity of some crystals that seem to be individualized from the group. They are transparent and have very sharp crystal forms.
The specimen comes from the Carlos Prieto Paramio collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 7.1 ×  3.2 × 1.9 cm = 2.80” × 1.26” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.1 cm = 0.75” × 0.43”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

TBB48AO8: Spheroidal growths of Adamite crystals, on a limonite matrix, with well-defined crystal forms, translucent, lustrous and yellowish green in color (cuproadamite variety)
The specimen comes from an important European collection.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 9.2 × 6.4 × 4 cm = 3.62” × 2.52” × 1.57”

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

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”

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”

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”

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”