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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

AG27Y6: Short prismatic Fluorapatite crystals partially doubly terminated, with very well defined faces and edges, transparent, with clear green color and implanted on a group of sharp and bright Ferberite crystals with Quartz and partially coated by small Siderite crystals on the back. 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: 4.3 × 3.1 × 2 cm = 1.69” × 1.22” × 0.79”

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

NT86AA4: Parallel growth of flattened Ferberite crystals partially coated by leafy Muscovite aggregates and small tabular Siderite crystals with concentric geometric color zoning.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (07/2014)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 6.1 × 1.3 cm = 2.28” × 2.40” × 0.51”

AB48Y8: Parallel polycrystalline Ferberite growth with a sharp shape and very well defined terminal faces. The Ferberite crystals are with leafy Muscovite and small Pyrite crystals. The back side of the sample is completely coated by rhombohedral Dolomite crystals partially coated by white lenticular Calcite crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1987-2013)

Specimen size: 6 × 5.6 × 4 cm = 2.36” × 2.20” × 1.57”

AA30Y8: Thick Ferberite crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They are very bright, have very well defined parallel growths and are on a matrix of Quartz crystals, with Arsenopyrite crystals and partially coated by Muscovite.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1987-2013)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.4 × 5.7 cm = 2.87” × 2.13” × 2.24”

AC51AB8: Ferberite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with parallel growths, with very well defined forms and with widely developed pyramidal faces, rare for samples from Panasqueira. They are very bright and are on a Siderite matrix, with Muscovite and small Arsenopyrite crystals. A classic of great quality for the locality.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1987-2013)

Specimen size: 8 × 5.9 × 5 cm = 3.15” × 2.32” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 6.8 × 5.5 cm = 2.68” × 2.17”

ND30F3: Crystals of doubly terminated Ferberite are not common from Panasqueira, especially with this one's size and definition. In this case we can add that it is neatly and esthetically placed on a complex crystal of doubly terminated Quartz, which has a coating of Siderite.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2004)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 6.5 × 4 cm = 4.61” × 2.56” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 6.5 × 5 cm = 2.56” × 1.97”

MJ94AG4: Doubly terminated Ferberite crystals with parallel growths, very well defined faces and edges, very bright and on a matrix of Arsenopyrite crystals partially coated by Muscovite and with Calcite and Quartz crystals on the back.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (10/2017)

Specimen size: 12.5 × 9.7 × 3.6 cm = 4.92” × 3.82” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 3 cm = 1.85” × 1.18”

NE14M9: Very aerial growth of doubly terminated crystals of Arsenopyrite that are partially coated by lenticular crystals of Siderite and by Muscovite, all this growth is at the apex of a Quartz crystal.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2004)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.9 × 3.6 cm = 2.52” × 2.32” × 1.42”

TY6AD4: Parallel aggregate of Arsenopyrite with iridescent colors, dominantly blue, and small Pyrite crystals. The group is implanted on a matrix with leafy aggregates of Muscovite 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 (02/2016)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.4 × 2.4 cm = 1.77” × 1.73” × 0.94”

TF56H4: The group, very aerial, is a floater group of prismatic crystals of Arsenopyrite, most of them doubly terminated and forming a kind of wall with small crystallized nucleus of Pyrite and Siderite.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 7.1 × 3.5 × 2.8 cm = 2.80” × 1.38” × 1.10”

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

TY76H9: Parallel growth of elongated crystals with small crystals of Siderite and Muscovite. The parallel growth is evident on the terminal faces.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 7.3 × 4 × 4.4 cm = 2.87” × 1.57” × 1.73”

ER96AE6: Very aerial and esthetic group of Arsenopyrite crystals that have a short prismatic shape, with very well defined polycrystalline growths that are bright with superficial iridescence, and are on a matrix of Quartz crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2014-2016)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 6.3 × 2.4 cm = 2.91” × 2.48” × 0.94”

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

NP88AF2: Very esthetic group of Arsenopyrite crystals with very well defined faces and edges and parallel growths. The Arsenopyrite crystals, very bright, are with clear Quartz crystals and leafy aggregates of Muscovite crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, levels 0-1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (04/2017)

Specimen size: 9.6 × 8 × 2.8 cm = 3.78” × 3.15” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.8 cm = 1.18” × 0.71”

TF90AD4: Irregular aggregate of Arsenopyrite crystals with iridescent colors, dominantly blue, and small Pyrite crystals. The group is implanted on a matrix with crystallized Quartz and leafy aggregates of Muscovite crystals and small Siderite 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 (02/2016)

Specimen size: 10.3 × 8 × 4.2 cm = 4.06” × 3.15” × 1.65”

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

NB47G4: Extraordinary group both for crystal size, very bright and sharply defined, and for its contrast with a crystallized Muscovite matrix. Between Arsenopyrite crystals appears, very centered, a little cube of Pyrite.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2004)

Specimen size: 10.8 × 7.8 × 4.9 cm = 4.25” × 3.07” × 1.93”

AX86Y8: Very bright and sharp parallel growths of transitional Arsenopyrite-Marcasite with leafy Muscovite aggregates.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1987-2013)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 5.4 × 3.7 cm = 2.17” × 2.13” × 1.46”

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

MZ27AE7: Metallic gray prismatic Arsenopyrite crystals that are very bright, some of them doubly terminated, and have parallel epigenetic Marcasite growth with greenish color. They are on matrix, with small tabular 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

Specimen size: 7.3 × 6.9 × 3.8 cm = 2.87” × 2.72” × 1.50”

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

RF96N4: Multiple parallel growths of Arsenopyrite and Marcasite of very sharp and well defined forms, epigenetic on Pyrite.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (±1982)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.9 × 5.2 cm = 3.07” × 2.72” × 2.05”

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

TP88P3: Epitactic growths of very well defined crystals of Marcasite, with excellent luster, on prismatic crystals of Arsenopyrite and with thin coatings of small crystals of Siderite in some areas.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1997)

Specimen size: 13 × 8.2 × 6.2 cm = 5.12” × 3.23” × 2.44”

TG69X8: Epitaxial Marcasite on parallel growths of sharp Arsenopyrite crystals showing the so-called “key” shape. They are on matrix, with small white Calcite crystals, small 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 (1997)

Specimen size: 13.7 × 10.7 × 8.2 cm = 5.39” × 4.21” × 3.23”

Main crystal size: 7 × 2.6 cm = 2.76” × 1.02”

TB10AH6: Unusually individualized Arsenopyrite crystals, elongated with very well defined faces and edges and implanted on a matrix coated by tabular, transparent, Fluorapatite crystals, also with clear Quartz crystals, groups of lenticular Siderite crystals and Pyrite microcrystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 20 × 13.5 × 7.5 cm = 7.87” × 5.31” × 2.95”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 0.67” × 0.47”

MR14AA8: Unusually elongated cubic Pyrite crystals with very well defined faces and edges and on a matrix of white lenticular Calcite-Dolomite 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 (10/2014)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.5 × 4.7 cm = 1.38” × 1.38” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.20” × 0.08”

MV96AA7: Rodlike Pyrite crystals, extraordinarily elongated, very bright and scattered on a group of two divergent Quartz crystals partially coated by small, creamy, lenticular Siderite crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (06/2014)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.6 × 2.4 cm = 2.13” × 1.81” × 0.94”

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

MB16AA7: Aggregate of cubic Pyrite crystals modified by the pyritohedron that produces a slight curvature on the edges. The Pyrite crystals, very bright, are on a matrix with small white Calcite-Dolomite crystals coating a lenticular Siderite crystal.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (10/2014)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 3 × 2.1 cm = 2.24” × 1.18” × 0.83”

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

NM10F2: The cubic crystals of Pyrite are piled on top of each other on a single axis, forming very interesting and attractive features. Very different from other ones from this mine.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2004)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.5 × 2.5 cm = 2.56” × 1.77” × 0.98”

AG27Z0: Aggregate of short prismatic Fluorapatite crystals with very well marked color zoning, partially coated by very bright small, very elongated, Pyrite crystals and with Siderite on the back.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1987-2013)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.6 × 3.2 cm = 2.56” × 1.81” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.3 cm = 0.79” × 0.51”

E9GK0: Group of complex crystals with a notable domination of the pentadodecahedron (pyritohedron) forms and with small but very evident faces of the octahedron. At the base there is a small group of white crystals of Calcite.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1997)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.8 × 2.3 cm = 2.83” × 1.89” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.6 cm = 0.71” × 0.63”

N91HB4: Nice isn't it? Just sulphides on Quartz but the esthetics are superb!
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 8.6 × 6 × 3.5 cm = 3.39” × 2.36” × 1.38”

AF96Y8: Isolated very bright cubic Pyrite crystals slightly modified by the pyritohedron. They are on a growth of white Calcite-Dolomite crystals partially coating a clear Quartz crystal. 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: 8.8 × 3 × 2.8 cm = 3.46” × 1.18” × 1.10”

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

NB96AB5: Aggregates of Pyrite crystals mainly consisting of the cube and the pyritohedron, with strongly iridescent surfaces, small Calcite crystals and 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 (11/2014)

Specimen size: 12 × 8.9 × 5 cm = 4.72” × 3.50” × 1.97”

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

AP27Y8: Very bright Pyrite crystals combining the octahedron, the cube and some other minor forms. They are isolated and are implanted on a matrix of Quartz and Dolomite crystals coated by white, small lenticular Calcite-Dolomite crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1987-2013)

Specimen size: 15.2 × 9.7 × 4 cm = 5.98” × 3.82” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.5 cm = 0.75” × 0.59”

N3BA2: Chalcopyrite with Quartz. Sharp crystal.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1997)

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

TG27P3: Parallel growth of two large crystals of Chalcopyrite with excellent luster (for the locality) whose matrix is a group of prismatic crystals of Arsenopyrite, some of them doubly terminated, and with lenticular crystals of Siderite and leafy aggregates of Muscovite.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2004)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 5.2 × 4.1 cm = 2.48” × 2.05” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 3.2 cm = 1.38” × 1.26”

NJ56AF2: Group of Chalcopyrite crystals on matrix. They are very bright, with fine striations on their faces and they are coated by Arsenopyrite micro-crystals and lenticular Siderite crystals.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2017, page 86
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2004)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.2 × 3.8 cm = 3.03” × 2.44” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 4 × 2.4 cm = 1.57” × 0.94”

ND37AF2: Group of Chalcopyrite crystals that show the dominant forms of a ditetragonal scalenohedron. They are coated by small, very bright Arsenopyrite crystals, Muscovite aggregates, platy Siderite crystals that fully cover the back side and a doubly terminated Fluorapatite crystal. 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, levels 0-1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (03/2017)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 7.8 × 4.7 cm = 3.86” × 3.07” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 3 cm = 1.69” × 1.18”

NB12AA4: Aggregate of Sphalerite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, with a deep black color and very well marked growth striations. The aggregate has a superficial Pyrite patina and small leafy Muscovite growths on the back. Current mining works on the 0 level at Panasqueira are characterized by good samples of species relatively rare in other areas and levels.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (07/2014)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.9 × 2.2 cm = 1.18” × 1.14” × 0.87”

N13BF2: A real rarity for this mine, as we think that almost no one has ever noted the presence of Tetrahedrite at Panasqueira. The small brilliant crystals are gray-black and are on prismatic Siderite. There is also some green Fluorapatite, which adds to the interest of the specimen. We will give the buyer a copy of the analysis of the Tetrahedrite.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2000)

Specimen size: 8 × 6.5 × 3 cm = 3.15” × 2.56” × 1.18”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

NE60M7: Very well defined twin on matrix with small crystals of Fluorapatite, Siderite and Quartz. The Cassiterite crystal has a contact on the back.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 1.7 × 1.3 × 1.2 cm = 0.67” × 0.51” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.1 cm = 0.51” × 0.43”

AF38Y6: Group of very bright crystals with notable transparency. They form complex cyclic twins and are slightly coated by Muscovite micro-crystals. The Cassiterite crystals have a very notable size for the locality.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1987-2013)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.7 × 2 cm = 1.46” × 1.06” × 0.79”

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

NB94AF5: Single Cassiterite crystal with an unusual size for the locality. It forms a cyclic twin with very well defined faces and edges, and on the terminal faces is a parallel growth of Ferberite crystals. Exceptional for Panasqueira.
Minas da Panasqueira, levels 0-1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (04/2017)

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

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.5 cm = 1.06” × 0.98”

ND68AA7: Isolated twinned Cassiterite crystals that are very well defined and with a considerable size for the locality. They are on an Arsenopyrite matrix with tabular Fluorapatite crystals and spheroidal Muscovite aggregates. The back side could be almost considered as a different sample because it is dominated by an aggregate of very bright Arsenopyrite crystals with an excellent development and partially coated by Muscovite.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (07/2014)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.8 × 3.6 cm = 2.56” × 2.28” × 1.42”

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

AB47Y6: Very aerial and almost floater group of very bright crystals that have notable transparency and form complex cyclic twins. They are on a rocky matrix, with Muscovite and small acicular tourmaline (Schorl-Dravite) crystals.
This specimen has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Lapis’ on page 43, volume 39, number 7-8, July-August 2014
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1987-2013)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 6.8 × 4.5 cm = 4.02” × 2.68” × 1.77”

AD96Y6: Group of bright Cassiterite crystals forming complex cyclic twins. They are on a matrix of transparent Quartz crystals with some rough Siderite. This sample was in the Folch duplicates collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer. It has an added interest because it is from Vale da Ermida, a zone somewhat away from the main mining area and is currently abandoned and awash.
Vale da Ermida, Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Centro  Portugal (±1964)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 5.7 × 4.9 cm = 3.03” × 2.24” × 1.93”

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

NA96AA9: Aggregate of Topaz crystals, one of them clearly dominant, partially doubly terminated and of a considerable size for the known on the locality. The crystals have very well defined faces and edges, are very rich in Chlorite inclusions, are partially coated by small leafy Muscovite and are with Arsenopyrite and Chalcopyrite. 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: 4.5 × 3.7 × 3.8 cm = 1.77” × 1.46” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.1 cm = 0.79” × 0.43”

NG36AF0: Irregular aggregate of Topaz crystals with very well defined faces and edges, colorless, bright and on matrix, with twinned Cassiterite, Quartz, Fluorite, small cubic Pyrite crystals and Chlorite infilling around the Topaz 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 (2015)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 3.8 × 2.3 cm = 2.48” × 1.50” × 0.91”

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

NA97AB6: Small spheroidal aggregates of cubo-octahedral Fluorite crystals, with a color between blue and lilac, that are partially coating the faces of a group of clear and bright Quartz crystals partially coated by Chlorite, with Arsenopyrite crystals, small Muscovite aggregates and an aggregate of Topaz crystals with very well defined faces and edges. 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 (04/2015)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 5.9 × 4.8 cm = 2.48” × 2.32” × 1.89”

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

MA87AC8: Aggregate of Topaz crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They are colorless, transparent and bright and are on a matrix with Arsenopyrite and Quartz crystals. The sample has the whole back coated by chlorite, with Fluorite 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 (05/2015)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 7.5 × 2.7 cm = 3.11” × 2.95” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1 cm = 0.51” × 0.39”

NQ60F4: A curious and unusual form. The crystals of Sphalerite have such curved edges and faces that they appear to be almost spherical. The Stannite is a fine coating, which makes the Sphalerite appear satin. At the base there are some prismatic, well-developed crystals of Arsenopyrite that make this one seem aerial and esthetic.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2004)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.2 × 2.7 cm = 1.65” × 1.26” × 1.06”

NF11X9: Stannite and Chalcopyrite intergrowths. The Stannite is slightly golden dark gray and the Chalcopyrite shows a brass color. The complexity of these growths, the poor definition of crystalline forms and the fact that Stannite also frequently substitutes for Sphalerite, resulted in Stannite having been almost unnoticed at Panasqueira. We’ll send a copy of the analysis 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: 5 × 2.1 × 3.3 cm = 1.97” × 0.83” × 1.30”

AB68AD6: Epigenic growth of very small Stannite crystals on a single Chalcopyrite crystal, with Siderite crystals, Calcite coatings and small Marcasite and Pyrite crystals partially coating the Stannite. We’ll send a copy of the analysis of the Stannite to the buyer of this sample.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1987-2013)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 5.7 × 2.9 cm = 3.35” × 2.24” × 1.14”

NC16I7: Complex crystals of Chalcopyrite, very bright and with clearly curved faces and edges, covered by Stannite forming a crust, with minor Galena and prismatic crystals of Arsenopyrite. Interesting and original.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2004)

Specimen size: 10.8 × 7.3 × 5.3 cm = 4.25” × 2.87” × 2.09”

NA10J1: Very aerial and esthetic columnar growths of small but extraordinarily defined and bright crystals. Those are dipyramidal and have very well defined faces and edges and most of them are doubly terminated. The matrix is a group of crystals of white Calcite.
Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Baixo Alentejo, Alentejo  Portugal (2005-2006)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.3 × 2.1 cm = 1.54” × 0.91” × 0.83”

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

NV9I8: Columnar and arborescent groups, very aerial and esthetic, of dipyramidal crystals, most of them doubly terminated, with very well-defined faces and edges. They have good luster.
This specimen was photographed in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 75, page 23.
Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Baixo Alentejo, Alentejo  Portugal (2005-2006)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.8 × 1.4 cm = 1.65” × 1.10” × 0.55”

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

NJ57I8: Columnar, very aerial growths of dipyramidal crystals, most of them doubly terminated, with very well-defined faces and edges. They have good luster and are on white Calcite crystals.
This specimen was photographed in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 75, page 23.
Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Baixo Alentejo, Alentejo  Portugal (2005-2006)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 2.9 × 1.4 cm = 1.93” × 1.14” × 0.55”

NF13I7: Group on Limonite matrix of small bright crystals, most of them doubly terminated, forming dipyramids with very well-defined faces and edges. The specimen is very esthetic due its columnar growths, with very attractive crests and vugs.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2007 Tucson Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 74, page 9.
Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Baixo Alentejo, Alentejo  Portugal (2005-2006)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.8 × 3.1 cm = 1.93” × 1.50” × 1.22”

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

NA26J1: Columnar growths of very bright small crystals, many of them doubly terminated and forming dipyramids of very well defined faces and edges. The groups contrast on a wall of scalenohedral crystals of white Calcite on a matrix of Limonite.
Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Baixo Alentejo, Alentejo  Portugal (2005-2006)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 5 × 3 cm = 2.05” × 1.97” × 1.18”

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

NE6I8: Columnar, very aerial growths of dipyramidal crystals, most of them doubly terminated, with very well-defined faces and edges. They have good luster and are on white Calcite crystals.
The specimen has been published in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 19 in number 2008/2.
Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Baixo Alentejo, Alentejo  Portugal (2005-2006)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.6 × 2.5 cm = 2.32” × 1.81” × 0.98”

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

NV86M9: Very aerial and esthetic columnar growths of small, extraordinarily sharp and very bright crystals. They are dipyramidal and most of them doubly terminated. A group of white crystals of Calcite is on the Descloizite groups.
Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Baixo Alentejo, Alentejo  Portugal (2005-2006)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.5 × 2.7 cm = 2.64” × 2.17” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 1 cm = 0.04” × 0.39”

ND66I7: Group of columnar growths of small, very bright crystals, most of them doubly terminated, forming dipyramids with very well defined faces and edges. On one of the growths there is an esthetic group of lenticular crystals of white Calcite.
Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Baixo Alentejo, Alentejo  Portugal (2005-2006)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 4.9 × 5 cm = 2.87” × 1.93” × 1.97”

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

NB28V8: Group on Limonite matrix of small bright crystals, most of them doubly terminated, forming dipyramids with very well-defined faces and edges. The specimen is very esthetic due its columnar growths, with very attractive crests and vugs.
Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Baixo Alentejo, Alentejo  Portugal (2005-2006)

Specimen size: 9 × 4.5 × 3.3 cm = 3.54” × 1.77” × 1.30”

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

NG50I7: Flattened group of columnar growths of small very bright crystals, most of them doubly terminated, forming dipyramids with very well-defined faces and edges. On one of the sides, in which Descloizite is more visible, there is a botryoidal growth of Calcite, while the opposite side is completely covered by very acute scalenohedral crystals of white Calcite.
Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Baixo Alentejo, Alentejo  Portugal (2005-2006)

Specimen size: 12.3 × 6.7 × 4.4 cm = 4.84” × 2.64” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 01 cm = 0.04” × 0.39”

NE11M9: Parallel growths of acute rhombohedral crystals, white and showing a slightly silky luster.
Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Baixo Alentejo, Alentejo  Portugal (2005-2006)

Specimen size: 8.1 × 7.2 × 5.1 cm = 3.19” × 2.83” × 2.01”

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

MR10M9: Small but well defined and bright crystals of this very uncommon species. They are partially covered by stalagmitic growths of Calcite whose color is between orange and creamy.
Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Baixo Alentejo, Alentejo  Portugal (03/2007)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 3 × 2.2 cm = 2.64” × 1.18” × 0.87”

MQ10M9: Small but well defined and bright crystals of this very uncommon species. They are partially covered by stalagmitic growths of Calcite whose color is between orange and creamy.
Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Baixo Alentejo, Alentejo  Portugal (03/2007)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 3.2 × 3 cm = 2.68” × 1.26” × 1.18”

MB62M9: Irregular aggregate of black crystals, small but very well defined and bright, of this very uncommon species. They are on globular Calcite whose color is between orange and creamy.
Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Baixo Alentejo, Alentejo  Portugal (03/2007)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 5.2 × 2.4 cm = 3.62” × 2.05” × 0.94”

NF57J1: At this locality where the most well known mineral is Descloizite, there are other interesting samples. This Willemite has small but very well defined crystals whose clear color contrasts with the dark Limonite matrix. The specimen is intensely fluorescent under ultraviolet light. The sample has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Baixo Alentejo, Alentejo  Portugal (2005-2006)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 3.9 × 2.4 cm = 2.64” × 1.54” × 0.94”

NL57J5: One of the novelties of the year from Preguiça Mine. Willemite replaced small crystals that we suppose were Cerussite, not analytically confirmed because Willemite completely replaced the preexisting species.
Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Baixo Alentejo, Alentejo  Portugal (2005-2006)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2 × 2.2 cm = 1.50” × 0.79” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.1 cm = 0.12” × 0.04”

NA9J5: One of the novelties of the year from Preguiça Mine. Willemite replaced small crystals that we suppose were Cerussite, not analytically confirmed because Willemite completely replaced the preexisting species. With the Willemite there are also small crystals of Plattnerite that we analyzed. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Baixo Alentejo, Alentejo  Portugal (2005-2006)

Specimen size: 10 × 7.5 × 4 cm = 3.94” × 2.95” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.1 cm = 0.24” × 0.04”

NC7N7: The Preguiça Mine is currently well known and the species from there well described. Anyway, an unusual find was made there in 2006, a pseudomorph of Descloizite after Vanadinite. The analysis we did shows only Descloizite but the crystal form is without doubt that of former Vanadinite.
This specimen was photographed in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 88, page 42.
Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Baixo Alentejo, Alentejo  Portugal (2006)

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

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

NH9N7: The Preguiça Mine is currently well known and the species from there well described. Anyway, an unusual find was made there in 2006, a pseudomorph of Descloizite after Vanadinite. The analysis we did shows only Descloizite but the crystal form is without doubt that of former Vanadinite.
Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Baixo Alentejo, Alentejo  Portugal (2006)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 5 × 3 cm = 2.48” × 1.97” × 1.18”

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

NP8N7: The Preguiça Mine is currently well known and the species from there well described. Anyway, an unusual find was made there in 2006, a pseudomorph of Descloizite after Vanadinite. The analysis we did shows only Descloizite but the crystal form is without doubt that of former Vanadinite.
Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Baixo Alentejo, Alentejo  Portugal (2006)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 6.4 × 3.1 cm = 3.35” × 2.52” × 1.22”

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

NX10N7: The Preguiça Mine is currently well known and the species from there well described. Anyway, an unusual find was made there in 2006, a pseudomorph of Descloizite after Vanadinite. The analysis we did shows only Descloizite but the crystal form is without doubt that of former Vanadinite.
Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Baixo Alentejo, Alentejo  Portugal (2006)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 8.8 × 3.3 cm = 3.66” × 3.46” × 1.30”

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

MG64AG3: Coatings of very well defined micro-crystals of Corkite, a rare lead and iron sulfate-phosphate. They have an olive-green color, are very bright and are implanted on a clearer grayish-green Plumbogummite and on a limonite matrix.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 64 in number 2017/2
Serra da Mina Mine, Cercal, Santiago do Cacém, Setúbal District  Portugal (2016-2017)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 5.4 × 4.6 cm = 2.40” × 2.13” × 1.81”

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

MJ36AJ5: Corkite microcrystals whose color is between brown and olive green, with Plumbogummite growths that are brown with orange and blue shades. On a matrix of botryoidal Goethite.
Serra da Mina Mine, Cercal, Santiago do Cacém, Setúbal District  Portugal (2016-2017)

Specimen size: 7 × 4.8 × 5.4 cm = 2.76” × 1.89” × 2.13”

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

MB36AJ5: Small flattened dipyramidal Corkite crystals with a pale brown color on a matrix of botryoidal Goethite.
Serra da Mina Mine, Cercal, Santiago do Cacém, Setúbal District  Portugal (2016-2017)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.6 × 3.4 cm = 3.31” × 2.20” × 1.34”

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

NA47AH2: Cubic crystal with two very well differentiated growth phases, the first one a cubic nucleus with a very deep violet color, and a second, a peripheral polycrystalline growth, transparent and with sky blue color. The sample is from the collection of Pedro Alves, the author of the article “Vale das Gatas Mining District” in the Mineral Up magazine (2017/1). We’ll send the collection label to the buyer.
Vinheiros Mine, level 4, Vale das Gatas mining group, Sabrosa, Vila Real District, Norte Region  Portugal (08/2011)

Specimen size: 1.7 × 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.67” × 0.63” × 0.51”

NB67AH2: Polycrystalline growth of cubic crystals finely beveled by the dodecahedron. They are transparent and with a sky-blue color with irregular areas with a deep violet color. The sample is from the collection of Pedro Alves, the author of the article “Vale das Gatas Mining District” in Mineral Up magazine (2017/1). We’ll send the collection label to the buyer.
Vinheiros Mine, level 4, Vale das Gatas mining group, Sabrosa, Vila Real District, Norte Region  Portugal (08/2011)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.87” × 0.63” × 0.55”

NE88AH2: Polycrystalline growth of Fluorite crystals clearly beveled by the dodecahedron. They are transparent, bright, have a very intense sky-blue color and are on Quartz matrix, with small Muscovite blades. The sample is from the collection of Pedro Alves, the author of the article “Vale das Gatas Mining District” in Mineral Up magazine (2017/1). We’ll send the collection label to the buyer.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What's New’ section, report 49, May 7, 2018 edition.
Vinheiros Mine, level 4, Vale das Gatas mining group, Sabrosa, Vila Real District, Norte Region  Portugal (08/2011)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.7 × 2.8 cm = 1.06” × 1.06” × 1.10”

NL28AH4: Polycrystalline growth of Fluorite crystal cubes beveled by the dodecahedron. They are transparent, bright and have a very intense sky-blue color and a central nucleus with a very deep violet color and are on a Quartz matrix.
The sample is from the mineral collection of Pedro Alves, the author of the article “Vale das Gatas Mining District” in Mineral Up magazine (2017/1). We’ll send the collection label to the buyer.
Vinheiros Mine, level 4, Vale das Gatas mining group, Sabrosa, Vila Real District, Norte Region  Portugal (08/2011)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.3 × 2.3 cm = 1.30” × 0.91” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.5 cm = 0.75” × 0.59”

NG49AH2: Polycrystalline growth of Fluorite crystals clearly beveled by the dodecahedron. They are transparent, bright and have a very intense sky-blue color and a central nucleus with a very deep violet color. A picture of this sample has been published in the article “Vale das Gatas Mining District” in Mineral Up magazine (2017/1, pg. 23), and it is from the collection of Pedro Alves, the article’s author, whose samples have been used to illustrate it. We’ll send the collection label to the buyer.
Vinheiros Mine, level 4, Vale das Gatas mining group, Sabrosa, Vila Real District, Norte Region  Portugal (08/2011)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.9 × 2.2 cm = 1.42” × 1.14” × 0.87”

NC97AH2: Very sharp Fluorite crystal cubes. They are transparent and colorless but with deeply violet colored areas mainly concentrated on the edges. The Fluorite has grown on a doubly terminated and complete Quartz crystal. A picture of this sample has been published in the article “Vale das Gatas Mining District” in Mineral Up magazine (2017/1, pg. 35), and it is from the collection of Pedro Alves, the article’s author, whose samples have been used to illustrate it. We’ll send the collection label to the buyer.
Pontinha 3 Mine, Vale das Gatas Mine group, Sabrosa, Vila Real District, Norte Region  Portugal (03/2012)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.2 × 1.4 cm = 1.46” × 0.87” × 0.55”

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

ND96AH2: A crystal with polycrystalline growths and rich with skeletal and dissolution shapes, translucent, bright, and with a very intense and deep violet color. We note the scarcity of samples from the Codeceira mine. A picture of this sample has been published in the article “Vale das Gatas Mining District” in Mineral Up magazine (2017/1, pg. 21), it is from the collection of Pedro Alves, the article’s author, whose samples have been used to illustrate it. We’ll send the collection label to the buyer.
Codeceira Mine, Vale das Gatas Mine group, Sabrosa, Vila Real District, Norte Region  Portugal

Specimen size: 2.2 × 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.87” × 0.79” × 0.63”

AE47Z1: Complete, untwinned, floater crystals showing the very well defined faces of two prisms and a dipyramid. The sample is from a known but very little disclosed Portuguese locality from which there have been scarce pieces of this quality.
Boticas, Vila Real District, Alto Trás-os-Montes, Norte Region  Portugal (1987-2013)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.6 × 2.7 cm = 1.10” × 1.02” × 1.06”

AA59Y8: Curious tubular Quartz growing with twists and curves whose surface is coated by small white crystals. The sample is from a locality that is very little known on the international collecting circuits.
Mina da Senhora da Assunção, Aldeia Nova, Sátão, Viseu  Portugal (2011)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 1.5 × 2.3 cm = 2.56” × 0.59” × 0.91”

N6AI7: Botryoidal and microcrystalline growths on matrix of this relatively rare phosphate. Its green color is quite variable, darker when more crystalline. The specimen is very rich in Pseudomalachite.
Miguel Vacas Mine, Pardais and Conceição Parish, Vila Viçosa, Évora District  Portugal (1997)

Specimen size: 10.3 × 8 × 6.5 cm = 4.06” × 3.15” × 2.56”

AM47Z0: Aggregate of twinned and complex Calcite crystals with the clearly dominant scalenohedron. They are transparent, bright and come from a Portuguese locality from which usually are not many samples.
Cantera Vale Rodrigues, Moita do Poço, Turquel, Alcobaça, Leiria  Portugal (2009)

Specimen size: 10.6 × 8.2 × 4.8 cm = 4.17” × 3.23” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 2 cm = 1.38” × 0.79”