MG12AM9: Complete tabular floater crystal of Fluorapatite. Translucent, lustrous, light green in color, and with geometric zoning very visible on the prism faces. With coatings of Arsenopyrite and groups of lamellar Muscovite crystals.
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.

Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 1.6 × 1.5 × 0.8 cm = 0.63” × 0.59” × 0.31”

TTR14AN9: Group of translucent, lustrous, pale green tabular Fluorapatite crystals with twinned Cassiterite crystals and small Arsenopyrite crystals.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.3 × 2.5 cm = 1.02” × 0.91” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.7 cm = 0.51” × 0.28”

AH37Y6: Two Fluorapatite crystals with Quartz on Muscovite matrix. The crystals of Fluorapatite, between short prismatic and thick tabular, show a very well-marked geometrical color zoning, deep violet on the central area and clear blue terminations.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1987-2013)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.9 × 2.5 cm = 1.18” × 1.14” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.4 cm = 0.71” × 0.55”

NP14AL5: A novelty at the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Group of elongated Fluorapatite crystals with a pale yellow to violet color, with zoning that forms white geometric bands in the terminal areas and small Chlorite coatings. The specimen, completely different from those known so far from Panasqueira, comes from a small vug that produced few pieces.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (02/2020)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.6 × 2.1 cm = 1.26” × 1.02” × 0.83”

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

NF66AH7: Very aerial single crystals, doubly terminated, between transparent and translucent, bright, with a zoned violet color and on a matrix coated by Chlorite, with Muscovite and lenticular Siderite crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (10/2017)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.5 × 2 cm = 1.34” × 0.98” × 0.79”

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

AJ27Y6: Aggregate of Fluorapatite crystals on Quartz and with a group of Siderite crystals. The crystals of Fluorapatite, between short prismatic and thick tabular, are very bright and transparent and show a very well-marked geometrical color zoning, blue in the central area and almost colorless on the terminations. The sample has been photographed for a long article in Mineral Up magazine devoted to the mineralogy of Portugal, although we cannot assure that the image will be definitely published.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1987-2013)

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

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

NF76AL5: A novelty at Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Group of elongated pale yellow to violet Fluorapatite crystals with zoning that forms white geometric bands in the terminal areas, on a transparent Quartz crystal with small leafy aggregates of Muscovite. The specimen, completely different from what had been known so far in Panasqueira, comes from a small vug that produced few pieces.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (02/2020)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.7 × 2 cm = 1.50” × 1.46” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.75” × 0.24”

NM6AL5: A novelty at Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Group of elongated Fluorapatite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, pale yellow to violet in color with zoning that forms white geometric bands in the terminal areas, with leafy aggregates of Muscovite and little Chlorite coatings. The specimen, completely different from those known so far from Panasqueira, comes from a small vug that produced few specimens.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (02/2020)

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

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 0.7 cm = 1.26” × 0.28”

NG76AL5: A novelty at the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Group of elongated pale yellow to violet Fluorapatite crystals with zoning that forms white geometric bands in the terminal areas, on a transparent Quartz crystal, with small Chlorite coatings and leafy aggregates of Muscovite . This piece, completely different from those known until now from Panasqueira, comes from a small vug that produced few specimens.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (02/2020)

Specimen size: 4 × 2.5 × 2.8 cm = 1.57” × 0.98” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.71” × 0.24”

XPR47CD5: Lustrous thick tabular crystals of Fluorapatite, two of them clearly dominant, with very well defined faces and marked hexagonal contours and with an obvious geometric color zoning, green in the center of the crystal and intense lilac around the entire perimeter. Associated with small Muscovite and Pyrite crystals. A floater.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 4 × 4 × 2.2 cm = 1.57” × 1.57” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 2.4 cm = 1.30” × 0.94”

NQ6AL5: A novelty at Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Group of elongated Fluorapatite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, of a color between pale yellow and violet with zoning that forms white geometric bands in the terminal areas, with small leafy aggregates of Muscovite and lamellar Chlorite coatings . The specimen, completely different from those known so far from Panasqueira, comes from a small vug that produced few pieces.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (02/2020)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.4 × 2.3 cm = 1.73” × 0.94” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.6 cm = 0.94” × 0.24”

HM60EY: Group of tabular Fluorapatite crystals between transparent and translucent, with good luster and an intense green color, on matrix, with Siderite. Partially covered by small acicular crystals of Dravite.
Minas da Panasqueira, levels 0-1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2017)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.8 × 1.7 cm = 1.81” × 1.50” × 0.67”

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

NM40E2: A perfect, floater Fluorapatite, with the base of the crystal healed. It is a nice intense blue-violet color, which is very sought after and difficult to find. On the rear edges of the crystal you can see areas of re-crystallization on which small amounts of Mica, Siderite and Chalcopyrite have formed. A really great specimen.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (±1988)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 2.6 × 2.9 cm = 1.89” × 1.02” × 1.14”

ND16Z4: Very aerial group of bright tabular crystals with an uncommon very clear cream-pink color, very different than usual for Panasqueira.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2004)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.4 × 2.8 cm = 1.89” × 1.34” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.9 cm = 0.51” × 0.35”

NF90AJ5: Group of short prismatic Fluorapatite crystals with good pinacoidal terminations. They are translucent and bright with a violet color and are on a matrix with Muscovite coated by Chlorite. The sample is from a very recent find.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2018)

Specimen size: 5 × 2.8 × 2.8 cm = 1.97” × 1.10” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.5 cm = 0.79” × 0.59”

NE50AG4: Very aerial Fluorapatite crystal, very rich in faces, transparent and very bright with very well defined faces and edges and implanted on a group of Ferberite crystals partially coated by Siderite and Muscovite and with Pyrite crystal cubes. Both the color and the crystallographic shape of the Fluorapatite are different than usual for this mine.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (10/2017)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.5 × 3.9 cm = 1.97” × 1.77” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.5 cm = 0.67” × 0.59”

ML27AC8: Aggregate of short prismatic Fluorapatite crystals that are translucent and have a greenish blue color with a more intensely colored zone in the central area of the prism. They are on a matrix partially coated by white carbonates and with Pyrite micro-crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (07/2015)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.7 × 2.8 cm = 2.09” × 1.46” × 1.10”

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

CV49AD4: Aggregate of tabular Fluorapatite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, translucent, and very bright with a clear lilac color. The crystals are implanted on a matrix with leafy aggregates of Muscovite crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.9 × 3.7 cm = 2.13” × 1.54” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.8 cm = 0.87” × 0.71”

NL48AL5: A novelty at the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Group of elongated and doubly terminated Fluorapatite crystals between pale yellow and violet with zoning that forms white geometric bands in the terminal areas, on a transparent Quartz crystal with Chlorite and Muscovite coatings. The specimen, completely different from those known so far from Panasqueira, comes from a small vug that produced few pieces.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (02/2020)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 5.1 × 3.4 cm = 2.17” × 2.01” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 0.6 cm = 1.14” × 0.24”

NR76AB5: Aggregate of thick tabular Fluorapatite crystals, between translucent and transparent, with a clear green color and on a matrix of Muscovite, with Arsenopyrite and a doubly terminated Quartz crystal with a polycrystalline growth at one of its terminations.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (04/2014)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.3 × 2.7 cm = 2.20” × 1.30” × 1.06”

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

NFF89AO6: Two doubly terminated Fluorapatite crystals with very well defined parallel growths, with recrystallization and contact zones on the back, without breakage, translucent, lustrous, and with color zoning, more intense in the central part. With Ferberite and small Siderite crystals on the back.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2021)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 3.7 × 1.8 cm = 2.24” × 1.46” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 3 cm = 1.50” × 1.18”

NA94AC4: Aggregate of Fluorapatite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, with a uniform color with darker areas on the pinacoid and partially coated by Calcite and small Pyrite crystals. Although it has been recently recovered this sample can be, considering its general aspect, as a “classic”.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (07/2014)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 5.7 × 3.5 cm = 2.32” × 2.24” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 3.9 × 3.4 cm = 1.54” × 1.34”

NC36: Delicate rosette of Fluorapatite perched on a brilliant Ferberite crystal partially covered by Siderite.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2002)

Specimen size: 6 × 3.5 × 2 cm = 2.36” × 1.38” × 0.79”

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

TF10Z2: Group of very bright translucent crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with an intense clear blue color. The have the dominant forms of a prism and the pinacoid and less developed but clearly visible pyramidal faces. The aggregate is partially coated by Siderite, Muscovite and small cubic Pyrite crystals. A classic from a private collection and slightly different than more recent samples.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 6 × 4.1 × 2.6 cm = 2.36” × 1.61” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.2 cm = 0.63” × 0.47”

XM240NR: Group of Fluorapatite crystals with elongated habit, translucent, of deep green color and with a very marked concentric color zoning of much denser tones in the central axis of the crystal. This concentric growth is known in Panasqueira as olho de boi (“ox eye”). The crystals are partially covered by small brown lenticular crystals of Siderite and microcrystals of Chlorite.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2019)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.3 × 4.9 cm = 2.68” × 2.09” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 2.3 cm = 1.14” × 0.91”

WRM47CD2: Crystals of Fluorapatite with a short prismatic habit, partially biterminated, shiny, and of a beautiful violet color, the most desired color for fluorapatites from Panasqueira. They are on matrix, with flattened crystals of Ferberite, Quartz crystals, and coatings of Muscovite.
Like all specimens in Raúl Sanabria's collection, it was chosen with great care, always aiming to have something special that sets it apart.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (02/2021)

Specimen size: 9.6 × 8 × 6.7 cm = 3.78” × 3.15” × 2.64”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 2 cm = 1.14” × 0.79”

N14CKF4: A neat group of brilliant, sharp Quartz crystals, some of which are doubly terminated, accompanied by tabular green Fluorapatite and small lenticular crystals of Siderite.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1994)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.5 × 5.5 cm = 2.76” × 2.17” × 2.17”

NW47AL5: A novelty at the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Group of elongated and doubly terminated Fluorapatite crystals between pale yellow and violet with zoning that forms white geometric bands in the terminal areas, on a transparent Quartz crystal partially coated with Chlorite. The specimen, completely different from those known so far from Panasqueira, comes from a small vug that produced few specimens.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (02/2020)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.2 × 2.8 cm = 2.80” × 1.65” × 1.10”

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

TQF87AN6: Druse of Fluorapatite crystals with a short prismatic habit, doubly terminated, translucent, with bright luster and an intense and uniform green color. On a matrix of Arsenopyrite crystals and leafy Muscovite aggregates with coatings of lenticular crystals of Siderite, very curious as they seem to be epitactic on another larger crystal of Siderite, as can be seen in the photo.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 7.1 × 6.5 × 4.2 cm = 2.80” × 2.56” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.5 cm = 1.18” × 0.98”

NT92AJ5: Druse on matrix of short prismatic Fluorapatite crystals with good terminal faces. They are transparent, bright, and have a uniform pale Green color. They are with Muscovite and small Pyrite crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (±2015)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 4.8 × 4.7 cm = 2.91” × 1.89” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.47” × 0.28”

NG91AJ5: Short prismatic Fluorapatite crystals, one of them dominant, very aerial and doubly terminated, translucent and bright, with a violet color and on matrix with Muscovite coated by Chlorite and small cubic Pyrite crystals. The sample is from a very recent find.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2018)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.3 × 3.8 cm = 2.91” × 2.09” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.3 cm = 0.71” × 0.51”

MA87AC9: Very elongated Fluorapatite crystals, some of them doubly terminated. They are translucent, the faces have a fibrous aspect, and they have a very pale yellow color. On a matrix of very sharp Arsenopyrite crystals, with Quartz and spheroidal chlorite growths. The upper levels of Panasqueira are currently offering surprising and pleasant novelties, with samples that are very different from what has been known from this mine.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (07/2015)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 6 × 2.8 cm = 2.91” × 2.36” × 1.10”

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

ET26AD4: Two isolated Fluorapatite crystals with a green color and violet zones. Under the ultra-violet lamp they have two different and very intense fluorescent colors. They are on matrix, with leafy aggregates of Muscovite crystals, Chlorite and small Pyrite crystals. The upper levels of Panasqueira are currently offering surprising novelties, with samples that are different from what is already known.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (06/2014)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 7.4 × 3.7 cm = 2.95” × 2.91” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.4 cm = 0.98” × 0.94”

ND92AC6: Aggregate of tabular, translucent and bright crystals with a very well defined color zoning, pale green on the outer area and darker in their interior. They are with small Quartz crystals. At Panasqueira, this kind of Fluorapatite is well known as “olho de boi” (ox eye) and this sample is of very high quality compared with most of the pieces showing this feature.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (02/2015)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 5.8 × 2.9 cm = 2.99” × 2.28” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 2.4 cm = 1.50” × 0.94”

ND28AL5: A novelty at the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Elongated pale yellow to violet Fluorapatite crystals with zoning that forms white geometric bands in the terminal areas, on matrix, with spheroidal aggregates of Muscovite coated with Chlorite. The specimen, completely different from those known so far from Panasqueira, comes from a small vug that produced few pieces.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (02/2020)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 5.8 × 5.6 cm = 3.03” × 2.28” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 1.0 cm = 1.38” × 0.39”

NC10AL5: A novelty at the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Groups of elongated and doubly terminated Fluorapatite crystals between pale yellow and violet between pale yellow and violet with zoning that forms white geometric bands in the terminal areas, on matrix, with Quartz, small crystals of Arsenopyrite, Chlorite coatings and leafy Muscovite aggregates. The specimen, completely different from those known until now from Panasqueira, comes from a small vug that produced few pieces.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (02/2020)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 7.6 × 4.7 cm = 3.07” × 2.99” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.85” × 0.71”

NK46AL5: A novelty at the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Group of elongated pale yellow to violet Fluorapatite crystals with zoning that forms white geometric bands in the terminal areas, on matrix, with Sphalerite, Quartz crystals, leafy aggregates of Muscovite and small coatings of Chlorite. The specimen, completely different from those known until now from Panasqueira, comes from a small vug that produced few specimens.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (02/2020)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 4.2 × 3.3 cm = 3.11” × 1.65” × 1.30”

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

AC99Y6: Partially doubly terminated Fluorapatite crystal, very bright and with an intense green color. It is on two polycrystalline growths of Sphalerite, with laminar Siderite crystals, leafy aggregates of Muscovite and small Calcite and Pyrite crystals. The sample has been photographed for a long article in Mineral Up magazine devoted to the mineralogy of Portugal, although we cannot ensure that the image will be definitely published.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1987-2013)

Specimen size: 8 × 5.4 × 2.9 cm = 3.15” × 2.13” × 1.14”

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

NA50AH7: Druse of crystals whose shape varies between tabular and short prismatic, very bright, between transparent and translucent, with very well defined geometric zones and with clear Quartz crystals. Their intense color and the luster of the crystals make the sample just “different”
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (04/2017)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 6.1 × 4.4 cm = 3.23” × 2.40” × 1.73”

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

WWE16CD1: Notable for several reasons. Due to its pedigree, since it belonged to the Natural History Museum of Los Ángeles and was later in the Raúl Sanabria collection, and for the Fluorapatite / Sphalerite association, which is rare in Panasqueira, and for its perfection, without the slightest defect or damage.
An excellent piece, which carries with it a lot of added value.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 9 × 6.7 × 8.2 cm = 3.54” × 2.64” × 3.23”

Main crystal size: 4 × 1.9 cm = 1.57” × 0.75”

TP93T3: Group of short crystals of Fluorapatite, one of them clearly dominant, with unusually and extraordinarily bright terminal faces, a clear concentric color zoning and showing Ferberite inclusions. It is on matrix, with Arsenopyrite, Siderite, Ferberite and Schorl-Dravite. A great classic from a classic mine.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (±1990)

Specimen size: 9 × 8.9 × 6.6 cm = 3.54” × 3.50” × 2.60”

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

AB91Y8: Group of bright and extraordinarily transparent Quartz crystals with Fluorapatite crystals showing a curious double growth, with smooth surfaces on the terminal pinacoid and with fibrous parallel aggregates on the prismatic faces.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1987-2013)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 6.2 × 4.6 cm = 3.62” × 2.44” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.3 cm = 0.87” × 0.51”

TN91AB6: Aggregate of tabular Fluorapatite crystals that are very bright, with a light green color, a very well defined white geometric zone and bordered by lenticular Siderite crystals that completely coat the back of the sample. Partially coated by very sharp Arsenopyrite crystals and small Muscovite aggregates, this sample is a classic that comes with a label of the Richard Shupe collection and an old label (1996) of Fabre Minerals.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (±1996)

Specimen size: 10 × 8.8 × 2.3 cm = 3.94” × 3.46” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.7 cm = 0.63” × 0.28”

NB57AL5: A novelty at Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Groups of elongated and doubly terminated Fluorapatite crystals between pale yellow and violet with zoning that forms white geometric bands in the terminal areas, on matrix, with Quartz, small crystals of Arsenopyrite and spheroidal aggregates of Muscovite, and Chlorite coatings. This piece, completely different from those known until now from Panasqueira, comes from a small vug that produced few specimens.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (02/2020)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 7.4 × 4.2 cm = 4.21” × 2.91” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1.8 cm = 1.26” × 0.71”

NPQ96AN9: Tabular Fluorapatite crystal with a very rare and complete, almost platy habit in all terminations, although the posterior one is recrystallized. It is transparent green, with geometric zoning and good luster, and is in a matrix of globular Muscovite.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 11 × 3.7 × 6.3 cm = 4.33” × 1.46” × 2.48”

Main crystal size: 5.5 × 3.2 cm = 2.17” × 1.26”

JC94F0: A great classic. Flat crystals, perfect, excellent color and brilliance, and on a base of fine needle like crystals of Schorl-Dravite. We have analyzed these crystals and they show a composition that is somewhere between Schorl and Dravite. We will give the purchaser a copy of the analysis.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1998)

Specimen size: 11 × 7.3 × 2.5 cm = 4.33” × 2.87” × 0.98”

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

NE43E7: Look out for this one: it is marvelous. The prismatic Fluorapatite crystals are large, aerial and have a great color that is somewhere between blue and green. That said please note that, as you can see in the detailed photo, there is a significant contact on one of the upper faces of crystals. This is where there used to be some Siderite (I know this as I removed it). When you display this specimen the contact is not visible, but you see it when you hold it in your hands. So the importance you give to this contact will affect your wish to have this one in your collection. For me, given the beauty and quality, the fact that there is a contact (this is not damage) due to the former Siderite is acceptable, especially given that it is very difficult to find such specimens at a reasonable price.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2001)

Specimen size: 11 × 7.5 × 5.2 cm = 4.33” × 2.95” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2 cm = 1.06” × 0.79”

WRA96CD2: Well-developed Quartz crystal, translucent and shiny, coated with shiny and bluish Fluorapatite crystals; with Siderite and a coating of small Pyrite crystals on the back. Noteworthy, in addition to its beauty, are the Fluorapatite inclusions inside the Quartz crystal, which, due to their partial fusion at the Quartz formation temperature, have a very unusual appearance.
Like all specimens in Raúl Sanabria's collection, it was chosen with great care, always aiming to have something special that sets it apart.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (12/2016)

Specimen size: 12.4 × 11.5 × 8.4 cm = 4.88” × 4.53” × 3.31”

Main crystal size: 11.5 × 4.2 cm = 4.53” × 1.65”

N58WA0: Fluorapatite well positioned on its matrix of quartz covered with siderite. Although the color of the Fluorapatite is not intense the photo does not do it justice.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1997)

Specimen size: 13 × 4.5 × 6.6 cm = 5.12” × 1.77” × 2.60”

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

PB54AJ5: Group of flattened Quartz crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with two tabular Fluorapatite crystals that are translucent and very bright with a very intense blue-violet color. With lenticular Siderite crystals and small cubic Pyrite crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 13.4 × 4.9 × 3.6 cm = 5.28” × 1.93” × 1.42”

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

NP4AD9: Thick tabular Fluorapatite crystal with concentric zonal growths showing color changes. The single crystal is between transparent and translucent, it is very bright and it is implanted on a matrix of small cubic Pyrite crystals with Muscovite and partially coated by white Calcite-Dolomite aggregates.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2013)

Specimen size: 15.3 × 9.8 × 7.7 cm = 6.02” × 3.86” × 3.03”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 2.4 cm = 1.10” × 0.94”

WRW97CD2: Druse of Fluorapatite crystals of good size, with a prismatic habit, many of them totally or partially doubly terminated, translucent, shiny, and deep green. Some, especially the main crystal, have recrystallized fibrous-looking faces in white. On matrix, with lenticular Siderite crystals and well-colored shiny Chalcopyrite crystals.
Like all specimens in Raúl Sanabria's collection, it was chosen with great care, always aiming to have something special that sets it apart.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 15.4 × 13.4 × 6.9 cm = 6.06” × 5.28” × 2.72”

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