N7CK0: Crystal of tabular habit partially covered by small Pyrite crystals. The base is a group of Quartz crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1997)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.1 × 6.2 cm = 2.28” × 2.01” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 3.5 cm = 1.61” × 1.38”

NP86AB8: Elongated Siderite crystal with very well defined growth striations and good terminations, the lower one bordered by small cubic pyrite crystals. It is on a matrix of leafy Muscovite with Pyrite crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (11/2014)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.9 × 2.3 cm = 2.48” × 1.93” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 3 cm = 1.73” × 1.18”

N12TK0: Group of first generation crystals, so they are translucent and have an excellent color and luster. On the Siderite there is a small group of tabular Fluorapatite crystals and Quartz crystals. This type of first generation Siderite is very uncommon at Panasqueira.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1995)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4.4 × 2.1 cm = 2.60” × 1.73” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 6.1 × 2 cm = 2.40” × 0.79”

NJ62G1: An very attractive group of tabular Siderite crystals with defined color zones in its peripheries. The group is on a matrix in of Arsenopyrite, Sphalerite, Quartz and Pyrite.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2004)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5 × 4.5 cm = 2.83” × 1.97” × 1.77”

NB86AC4: Parallel aggregates of very flattened rhombohedral Siderite crystals on matrix, with leafy Muscovite aggregates and very well defined and bright Arsenopyrite crystals partially coated by small Pyrite crystals. The upper levels of Panasqueira are currently offering surprising and pleasant novelties, with samples that are different from what is already known.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (08/2015)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.5 × 3 cm = 2.83” × 2.17” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 3.4 cm = 1.38” × 1.34”

NA59AM8: Group of very sharp lenticular crystals of Siderite with polycrystalline growths, with good luster and a light cream color. On matrix, with crystals of Fluorapatite, Quartz and small acicular crystals of Dravite-Schorl. Very original and with a higher quality than usual in this locality.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1998)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 4.1 × 6 cm = 3.03” × 1.61” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 4.1 cm = 2.05” × 1.61”

MG56AB1: Group of lenticular Siderite crystals partially coated by Calcite crystals and with a notable aggregate of white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with geometric growths. It is also with a small aggregate of poorly defined Ferberite crystals and is partially coated by Pyrite microcrystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 9.4 × 5.2 × 3.6 cm = 3.70” × 2.05” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 6 × 3.9 cm = 2.36” × 1.54”

NM16F4: The Siderite has formed an intensely colored, rose-like spray of crystals, which cover the Quartz. On these lenticular crystals there are some crystals of Arsenopyrite.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2004)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 7 × 8.5 cm = 4.21” × 2.76” × 3.35”

MAE46AP6: Group of tabular Siderite crystals bordered by a second generation of Siderite, with a perfect Quartz crystal, without the typical small dings prevalent in specimens from this locality, transparent, very lustrous, with inclusions of Siderite and Arsenopyrite and a well-defined phantom growth whose visibility is accentuated by inclusions growing oriented on the faces of the successive phantom growths.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 11.2 × 8.1 × 7.6 cm = 4.41” × 3.19” × 2.99”

Main crystal size: 8.9 × 3.6 cm = 3.50” × 1.42”

N96CG3: A very large crystal. Its color is lovely and the trigonal symmetry is clearly revealed by its triangular central face. On the surface of its faces appear, recrystallized and with color zoning, some little crystals of the same Siderite with Fluorapatite and Quartz.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1999)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 9.5 × 5.5 cm = 4.53” × 3.74” × 2.17”

WZP50CD2: Group of hyaline Quartz crystals, all doubly terminated, with very defined faces, and some with polycrystalline terminations. They have a sharper and 'cleaner' appearance than the typical Panasqueira quartz, with coatings of Siderite and leafy aggregates 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

Specimen size: 14.7 × 7.2 × 5.4 cm = 5.79” × 2.83” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 14.2 × 3.5 cm = 5.59” × 1.38”

NC36C3: Something very different for the common stuff from this mine. Very brilliant and a little bit transparent groups of parallel crystals of very white Dolomite. The quality is much better than the others and the form is totally different from the regular ones from this mine.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2002)

Specimen size: 10 × 5 × 5.5 cm = 3.94” × 1.97” × 2.17”

NZR47AN4: Group of large, very sharp rhombohedral Siderite crystals with a dark brown color, translucent on the edges and with small partial coatings of a second generation of Siderite with a lighter cream color. They are associated with leafy muscovite aggregates. We highlight the unusual fact that the first generation of Siderite is dominant in this piece, since in Panasqueira it is very rare that this first generation, with its darker color and a certain transparency, is not covered by a second generation of Siderite with a lighter color but much more opaque, which is what gives the siderites there their characteristic appearance.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (10/2017)

Specimen size: 14.3 × 10.8 × 5.2 cm = 5.63” × 4.25” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 6 × 5 cm = 2.36” × 1.97”

MB96AA9: Polycrystalline growths with a lenticular shape that are coating a very sharp rhombohedral phantom crystal. It is with small Pyrite crystals and a Muscovite matrix. The crystal is complete (recrystallized) and the polycrystalline growths decorate only four of the six crystal faces.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (10/2014)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.9 × 3 cm = 2.09” × 1.93” × 1.18”

NRA66AN7: Very curious white lamellar Calcite crystals with geometric color zoning and a small group of Pyrite crystals, very lustrous and rich in faces, dominated by pyritohedra. The upper levels of Panasqueira continue to provide surprising novelties, with specimens different from what was previously known.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (06/2021)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 5.2 × 2.7 cm = 3.39” × 2.05” × 1.06”

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

N4ACA0: A very transparent doubly terminated quartz crystal.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1996)

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

AA86Y6: Clear Quartz crystal with very clean and well defined faces and edges and partially coated by clusters of platy Siderite crystals, a very clear cream color and partially coated by Pyrite crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1987-2013)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 3.1 × 2.2 cm = 2.80” × 1.22” × 0.87”

AC100Y8: Very transparent and bright Quartz crystals, some of them coated by a second generation of Quartz microcrystals, with very rich included areas and with a bright Ferberite crystal, leafy Muscovite and small Sphalerite, Arsenopyrite, Pyrite, Siderite and clear green Fluorapatite crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1987-2013)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 7.3 × 2.6 cm = 3.03” × 2.87” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 5.6 × 1.3 cm = 2.20” × 0.51”

TA46H4: Typical crystal from Panasqueira. On the termination on a bed of Siderite crystals there is a group of green, very bright and short prismatic crystals of Fluorapatite.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 8.5 × 4.8 × 3.3 cm = 3.35” × 1.89” × 1.30”

NRA96AN5: Group of Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant, translucent and lustrous, with Siderite crystals and small Pyrite crystals.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 790), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (05/2008)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 5.9 × 5.3 cm = 3.43” × 2.32” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 7 × 4.6 cm = 2.76” × 1.81”

NZ46E6: Very transparent crystals of Quartz. So you can see the well-defined crystals of Arsenopyrite and sprays of Mica inside it. They were trapped in it as the Quartz grew. The Quartz itself is a floater (with a recrystallized base) and has a totally undamaged tip, which is not that common in specimens from Panasqueira given the way they are collected. On the outside there are similar minerals to those inside: Mica and Arsenopyrite.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2004)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 8.3 × 3.2 cm = 3.86” × 3.27” × 1.26”

TPA16ASN1: A curious and aesthetic specimen formed by two recrystallized Quartz crystals in an acrobatic position, with one resting horizontally on the first in a vertical position. Both partially covered by lilac Fluorite cubic crystals that vary from light to intense tones, and greenish Chlorite, completing a very unusual specimen from the Panasqueira mines.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 10 × 6.2 × 3.8 cm = 3.94” × 2.44” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 7 × 3.7 cm = 2.76” × 1.46”

NG96AB5: Parallel growth of completely clear, colorless and very bright Quartz crystals of great quality. They are partially coated by aggregates of lenticular Siderite crystals and leafy Muscovite aggregates.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2004)

Specimen size: 11.4 × 6.1 × 4.8 cm = 4.49” × 2.40” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 10.5 × 3 cm = 4.13” × 1.18”

NM47AC6: Strongly etched Quartz crystal with very deep dissolutions forms. It is transparent and is partially coated by small Siderite crystals. Very different from the usual Quartzes from Panasqueira, if it was not for the distinctive associated Siderite, it could seem an Alpine Quartz. The upper levels of Panasqueira are currently offering surprising and pleasant 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 (03/2014)

Specimen size: 12.7 × 5.5 × 4.7 cm = 5.00” × 2.17” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 12.7 × 4.5 cm = 5.00” × 1.77”

AB50Y8: Doubly terminated short prismatic Fluorapatite crystals implanted on a transparent and bright Quartz crystal with small leafy Muscovite aggregates and a Ferberite crystal at the base.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1987-2013)

Specimen size: 13 × 4.3 × 3.4 cm = 5.12” × 1.69” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.47” × 0.43”

EK27AI8: Group of very clear and bright Quartz crystals with coatings of Siderite and Fluorapatite on their terminal faces and Muscovite, Cassiterite and Arsenopyrite on their base.
The sample is from the Raúl Sanabria collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (±2004)

Specimen size: 14.2 × 5.3 × 5.1 cm = 5.59” × 2.09” × 2.01”

Main crystal size: 13.4 × 2.7 cm = 5.28” × 1.06”

NA13AA4: Parallel polycrystalline growth of cubic Fluorite crystals beveled by the dodecahedron. They are translucent, have a sky-blue color with violet shades and are implanted on a Ferberite crystal partially coated by Siderite. The sample is an excellent example of the variety of forms and colors on the recent samples found at the upper levels at Panasqueira.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (07/2014)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.1 × 1.5 cm = 1.06” × 0.83” × 0.59”

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

NH11AB1: Aggregate of cubic Fluorite crystals with a very intense violet color and with very well defined geometric zones of color, with deeper shades. They are on matrix with Quartz, Arsenopyrite, small Siderite crystals and leafy Muscovite aggregates.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (11/2014)

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

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

MR12Z7: Aggregate of Fluorite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with the very well defined faces of the dodecahedron without other combined faces, which is very rare for the species. The Fluorite crystals have a slightly pink color and are on matrix, with Arsenopyrite, Marcasite, platy yellow Fluorapatite crystals and leafy Muscovite aggregates.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.5 × 2.1 cm = 1.26” × 0.98” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.63” × 0.59”

AM17AC1: Single cubic Fluorite crystal with a considerable size for the locality. It has echeloned growths on the vertices and phantom growths. It is on a Muscovite matrix, with partially doubly terminated Fluorapatite crystals that are pale green in color.
The sample previously was in the well known Fluorite collection of Christian Lucas, whose label we’ll send to the buyer with that of the Martaud collection.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1987-2013)

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

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2.3 cm = 0.94” × 0.91”

NF14AA9: Small spheroidal aggregates of cubo-octahedral Fluorite crystals with a color between blue and lilac. They are partially coating the faces of a group of translucent and bright Fluorapatite crystals, with an intense green color, with Arsenopyrite and Muscovite. 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 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (11/2014)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.7 × 1.7 cm = 1.30” × 1.06” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.43” × 0.39”

MD57Z4: Cubic Fluorite crystal with very well defined faces and edges. It is translucent, with a pale violet color, and has laminar Muscovite inclusions. On Pyrite matrix partially coated by Chlorite and with two small very well defined Topaz crystals. The sample is an excellent representative of the old, and scarce, Fluorite with Topaz from Panasqueira.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3.2 × 2.7 cm = 1.30” × 1.26” × 1.06”

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

NQ57AJ5: Quartz crystals on matrix and a single Ferberite crystal almost fully coated by cubic Fluorite crystals with a uniform blue color. Very unusual for the locality.
Minas da Panasqueira, levels 0-1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (04/2017)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3 × 2.5 cm = 1.34” × 1.18” × 0.98”

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

NP14AB5: Translucent and bright thick tabular Fluorapatite crystals with a deep green color, with small Arsenopyrite crystals and small Muscovite aggregates and partially coated by spheroidal Fluorite aggregates with a color between blue and lilac. 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 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (11/2014)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.4 × 1.5 cm = 1.54” × 1.34” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.63” × 0.59”

ND86AB6: Small spheroidal aggregates of cubo-octahedral Fluorite crystals, with a color between blue and lilac that are partially coating the faces of a clear and bright Quartz crystal also partially coated by Chlorite, with small Muscovite aggregates. 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 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (03/2015)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.7 × 2.6 cm = 1.69” × 1.06” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 1.6 cm = 1.65” × 0.63”

NC6AB6: Small spheroidal aggregates of cubo-octahedral Fluorite crystals, with a color between blue and lilac that are partially coating the faces of a clear and bright Quartz crystal also partially coated by Chlorite, with small Muscovite aggregates. 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 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (03/2015)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm = 1.81” × 0.98” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 1.2 cm = 1.77” × 0.47”

NF86AB6: Aggregate of cubic Fluorite crystals with a larger size than usual for this mine. They have very well defined faces and edges, are translucent, with a deep lilac color and are on matrix. 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 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (11/2014)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.9 × 2.8 cm = 2.13” × 1.54” × 1.10”

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

MC27AL3: Translucent cubic Fluorite crystals, bluish in color with very intense and uniform violet tints, implanted on a Quartz crystal partially covered by a very dark coating of Chlorite and groups of light cream colored lenticular Siderite crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, levels 0-1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (10/2019)

Specimen size: 6 × 4 × 3.7 cm = 2.36” × 1.57” × 1.46”

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

NG46AC9: Aggregate of cubic Fluorite crystals with polycrystalline surfaces on the faces, translucent, with an intense lilac color and on matrix, with leafy Muscovite aggregates. 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 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (08/2015)

Specimen size: 6 × 5 × 3.5 cm = 2.36” × 1.97” × 1.38”

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

NH37AF3: Group of very flattened Fluorite crystals with the very well defined forms of the cube and dodecahedron. The Fluorite, with a lilac-blue color, has grown partially following the forms of the Quartz, Topaz and Arsenopyrite crystals where it is covering them. 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.
The Fluorite and the Topaz have been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of both analysis to the buyer.
Minas da Panasqueira, levels 0-1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (04/2017)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.5 × 3.6 cm = 2.40” × 1.77” × 1.42”

NJ90AA7: Small spheroidal aggregates of cubo-octahedral Fluorite crystals with a color between blue and lilac. They are partially coating the faces of a group of translucent and very bright Fluorapatite crystals with a very intense green color. The upper levels of Panasqueira are currently offering surprising and pleasant novelties, with samples that are very different from what is already known.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (11/2014)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.2 × 2.2 cm = 2.64” × 2.05” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.4 cm = 1.02” × 0.55”

NF97AF3: Group of very flattened Fluorite crystals with the very well defined forms of the cube and dodecahedron. The Fluorite, with a lilac-blue color, has grown partially following the forms of the Quartz, Topaz and Arsenopyrite crystals where it is covering them. 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.
The Fluorite and the Topaz have been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of both analysis to the buyer.
Minas da Panasqueira, levels 0-1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (04/2017)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.3 × 2.9 cm = 2.68” × 1.69” × 1.14”

EX99AA2: Fluorite crystals with an octahedral shape, very uncommon at Panasqueira, with rough polycrystalline surfaces cut by the smooth faces of the cube. They have an intense lilac color and are implanted on a matrix of Quartz crystals coated by Muscovite and small Pyrite crystals. Fluorite from Panasqueira, considered rare some time ago, is currently a more common species sometimes as elegant as this one.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (03/2014)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.7 × 3.1 cm = 2.68” × 2.24” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.63” × 0.59”

NB67Z7: Very sharp cubic Fluorite crystals whose white cubic faces have a curious glassy aspect and are translucent on the edges. They are on a Quartz matrix, with columnar Clinochlore growths and small leafy Muscovite aggregates.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2014)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 5.7 × 3.3 cm = 3.07” × 2.24” × 1.30”

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

MT47AB8: Druse of Fluorite by the well balanced cube and dodecahedron faces. Their exterior is pale blue but they have a deep violet octahedral center. They are on matrix, with Muscovite, aggregates of laminar Siderite and small Arsenopyrite. 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 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (01/2015)

Specimen size: 8 × 6.3 × 4.3 cm = 3.15” × 2.48” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.3 cm = 1.02” × 0.91”

MF46AH7: Polycrystalline Fluorite growths with a very vivid color, between blue and lilac, partially coated by doubly terminated acicular Fluorapatite crystals and with clear Quartz crystals on the back. Being unusual, these Fluorapatite crystals have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (08/2015)

Specimen size: 8.1 × 6.4 × 1.2 cm = 3.19” × 2.52” × 0.47”

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

TX48AF1: Cubic Fluorite crystals beveled by the dodecahedron. They are translucent, have an intense bluish-lilac color and are on a matrix of Quartz crystals partially coated by Muscovite. The upper levels of Panasqueira are currently offering surprising and pleasant novelties, with samples that are different from what is already known.
Minas da Panasqueira, levels 0-1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (02/2017)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 6.4 × 4.5 cm = 3.35” × 2.52” × 1.77”

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

NG98AB5: Transparent and very bright thick tabular Fluorapatite crystals with a very deep green color, with small Arsenopyrite crystals and Muscovite aggregates and partially coated by spheroidal Fluorite aggregates with a color between blue and lilac. 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 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (11/2014)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 7.3 × 3.5 cm = 3.43” × 2.87” × 1.38”

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

MD99AL3: Group of cubic Fluorite crystals modified by rhombododecahedron and octahedron faces, with well defined forms, translucent, with an intense violet-blue color and partially covered with Chlorite, leafy aggregates of Muscovite, and small pyrite crystals that are mainly concentrated on the edges.
Minas da Panasqueira, levels 0-1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2019)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 6.6 × 2.3 cm = 3.86” × 2.60” × 0.91”

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

TK47AM5: Very sharp Fluorite crystals, transparent, with bright luster and an intense violet color, partially covered by lenticular crystals of Siderite. On matrix, with tabular crystals of Fluorapatite, Arsenopyrite, and leafy aggregates of Muscovite.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 10 × 6.4 × 4.6 cm = 3.94” × 2.52” × 1.81”

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

TLR99AP3: Fluorite crystals with a cubic shape, one of them clearly dominant, translucent and with intense violet color, on a Quartz crystal partially coated by Muscovite, which is covered in turn by a thin uniform layer of Chlorite.
Minas da Panasqueira, levels 0-1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (12/2021)

Specimen size: 10.1 × 7.9 × 7 cm = 3.98” × 3.11” × 2.76”

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

EC27AG0: Fluorite crystals in cubes beveled by the dodecahedron. They are translucent, have an intense bluish-lilac color and are on a matrix of Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant, partially coated by Muscovite coated in turn by Chlorite.
Minas da Panasqueira, levels 0-1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (02/2017)

Specimen size: 10.4 × 4.3 × 3.8 cm = 4.09” × 1.69” × 1.50”

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

AK57Y8: Group of cubo-octahedral Fluorite crystals coated by a second generation forming white globular growths of the same mineral. They are on a matrix of Quartz crystals, showing very well defined corrosion shapes, and are with aggregates of lenticular Siderite crystals. The globular Fluorite has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. The sample previously was on the collections of Christophe Lucas and Jacques Maupas.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1987-2013)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 6.5 × 5.7 cm = 3.35” × 2.56” × 2.24”

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

NP76AA5: Quartz crystals coated by small Siderite crystals and aggregates, on which rest isolated Fluorite crystals with a very deep violet color and showing the cube and dodecahedron forms in about equal proportions. This specimen offers a fine example of the variety of forms and colors seen in the Fluorite recently found on the upper levels at Panasqueira.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (07/2014)

Specimen size: 11 × 6.5 × 3.9 cm = 4.33” × 2.56” × 1.54”

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

EX88AK1: Octahedral crystal with the edges truncated by the faces of the cube and polycrystalline growths that give it the morphology known as "Aztec pyramid." The octahedral Fluorites are extremely rare at Panasqueira. The crystal, translucent and with an intense lilac-bluish color, has on its back remains of a matrix of crystalline Calcite and molds of missing Calcite crystals. The specimen comes from a recent find in the upper levels of Panasqueira.
Minas da Panasqueira, levels 0-1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (12/2018)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.3 × 3.5 cm = 2.17” × 1.69” × 1.38”

TZ57AB6: Aggregate of very sharp octahedral Fluorite crystals, a very rare shape for Panasqueira. They are almost colorless, transparent, and have deep violet cubic phantoms. They are on a crystalline Quartz matrix partially coated by Chlorite, with small Muscovite aggregates and Pyrite crystals. 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 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (01/2015)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3 × 3.2 cm = 2.20” × 1.18” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 0.55” × 0.51”