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”

NB6E6: Very well defined, floater crystals of Ferberite. There is also some Mica and Siderite with them. Given their brilliance and perfection you can consider them to be one of the better quality Ferberites from the Panasqueira mines.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2004)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 5.3 × 2.5 cm = 2.24” × 2.09” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 5.5 × 3.4 cm = 2.17” × 1.34”

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”

WAQ27CD2: Flattened crystal of Ferberite, partially doubly terminated with well-defined parallel growths. It is very shiny and is on a matrix covered with Muscovite crystals, lenticular Siderite crystals, and shiny and sharp Arsenopyrite crystals.
Although in one area, the crystal appears less defined, it has no breaks or impacts; it simply did not grow under the same conditions as the rest of the crystal, conditions that, as seen, created a high-quality crystal.
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 (05/2021)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 8 × 4.6 cm = 4.61” × 3.15” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 7.4 × 6.2 cm = 2.91” × 2.44”

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”

EBB67ASN4: Ferberite with Pyrite, Quartz, Muscovite, and Arsenopyrite: Very aerial and well-defined groups of Ferberite crystals of black color and metallic luster, accompanied by hyaline Quartz crystals, as well as small Pyrite crystals partially coating the Ferberite. To complete the association, Muscovite and Arsenopyrite crystals are present—a classic combination in specimens from Minas da Panasqueira.
The specimen, of exceptional quality both in the definition and perfection of the Ferberite crystals, as well as in the overall aesthetics, is numbered and comes from an old exchange in the Folch collection. It is accompanied by a typewritten card and a handwritten note, which will be provided together to the purchaser of the piece.​
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (+1965)

Specimen size: 15.2 × 11.7 × 10.7 cm = 5.98” × 4.61” × 4.21”

Main crystal size: 7 × 6.7 cm = 2.76” × 2.64”

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”

HM220NJA: Group of Arsenopyrite crystals with very well defined crystal forms and good terminations, together with toothed aggregates of the “cockscomb” variety of Marcasite. Partially covered by very sharp lamellar crystals of Muscovite.


Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (±2005)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.3 × 4.8 cm = 2.68” × 2.09” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 2.5 cm = 1.38” × 0.98”

NG27AL3: Aggregate of iridescent, complete, epitactic Arsenopyrite-Marcasite crystals with polycrystalline cockscomb growths, very lustrous, on matrix, with elongated Arsenopyrite crystals and small brown rhombohedral Siderite crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (±2005)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.8 × 4 cm = 2.76” × 2.28” × 1.57”

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

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”

AH90Z0: Fan-like aggregates with a first metallic-gray growth phase of Arsenopyrite that progressively passes to a second phase of very sharp Arsenopyrite-Marcasite crystals, with a very clear and bright Quartz crystal, rich in inclusions, and with small leafy Muscovite aggregates.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1987-2013)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 9.4 × 5.5 cm = 3.70” × 3.70” × 2.17”

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”

NF47AN2: Fan-shaped aggregates of crystals formed by a first phase of Arsenopyrite with a metallic gray color, followed by a second phase with very sharp crystals of Arsenopyrite-Marcasite with the typical “cockscomb” habit. With lenticular crystals of Siderite of light cream color and leafy aggregates of Muscovite crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1999)

Specimen size: 13.4 × 8.8 × 3 cm = 5.28” × 3.46” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.6 cm = 1.18” × 1.02”

NE58AB5: Aggregate of complete and sharp epitaxial Arsenopyrite-Marcasite crystals that have cockscomb shaped polycrystalline growths. They are very bright and are on matrix, with small white Calcite crystals and leafy Muscovite aggregates.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2004)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 6 × 3.8 cm = 4.61” × 2.36” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2 cm = 0.91” × 0.79”

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”

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”

TA57AH7: Very sharp isolated Marcasite aggregates with the typical “cockscomb” shape. They have very well defined faces and edges and are implanted on a polycrystalline Fluorite growth with Siderite.
That sample from the Alain Martaud collection came from François Lietard (Minerive) and we will send both labels to the buyer.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 7.4 × 6.3 × 2.9 cm = 2.91” × 2.48” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 0.71” × 0.67”

ST86AJ5: Very sharp “cockscomb-like” aggregates of Marcasite crystals that are very bright and on a matrix of massive Chalcopyrite with white growths of Calcite-Dolomite crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 11.2 × 7.8 × 3.6 cm = 4.41” × 3.07” × 1.42”

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

NB47AL9: Pyrites with diverse morphologies that range from crystals with a hexahedral habit to flattened ones and even crystals finely perpendicular to each other and with a very elongated aspect. On matrix with Quartz and Calcite-Dolomite crystals and leafy Muscovite aggregates. The specimen is from a very recent find in Panasqueira.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (07-08/2020)

Specimen size: 10.5 × 8.7 × 5.6 cm = 4.13” × 3.43” × 2.20”

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”

EN86AM1: Spheroidal polycrystalline growths of Pyrite with cubic crystal habit, very lustrous and with brass-colored reflections. On matrix, with white lenticular Calcite crystal coatings and leafy Muscovite aggregates.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 6 × 5.4 × 3.2 cm = 2.36” × 2.13” × 1.26”

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”

TBX17CD5: Pyrite is not the most common mineral in the Panasqueira mines, but from time to time curious samples like this one have been found, formed by a group of very lustrous pineapple-shaped crystals with a cavity that shows a crystal of cubic morphology, also of Pyrite, adorning the entire specimen, which comes from the former collection of Francisco Fernández Ortega. A floater.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 7.7 × 7 × 4.8 cm = 3.03” × 2.76” × 1.89”

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

MQ28AL3: Group of cubic Pyrite crystals modified by pyritohedron faces, with polycrystalline growths and slight curvatures of the edges, on a Quartz matrix. Despite being such a common mineral, Pyrites of this quality are not so common in Panasqueira.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 8.3 × 6.5 × 5.4 cm = 3.27” × 2.56” × 2.13”

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

NC27AL9: Polycrystalline aggregates of hexahedral Pyrite crystals, with good luster and curious color variations, ranging from greenish yellow to brassy. An unusually aesthetic specimen from a very recent find in Panasqueira.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (07-08/2020)

Specimen size: 9.6 × 6.4 × 3.5 cm = 3.78” × 2.52” × 1.38”

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

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”

HM190NV: Druse of cubic Pyrite crystals with polycrystalline growths, partially covered by white lenticular Calcite crystals with concentric zoning, on matrix, with dentate aggregates of “cockscomb” Marcasite, and leafy aggregates of Muscovite.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (±2005)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 7.5 × 4 cm = 3.11” × 2.95” × 1.57”

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”

NAT27AN7: Group of large Chalcopyrite crystals with the typical curvatures of Panasqueira specimens, very aerial, lustrous and on matrix. Along with the Chalcopyrite there are also very sharp and lustrous Sphalerite crystals and the whole is bordered by lenticular crystals of Siderite. 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: 8.7 × 4.7 × 3.1 cm = 3.43” × 1.85” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 4.8 × 3.1 cm = 1.89” × 1.22”

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”

MR27AM3: Group of large Chalcopyrite crystals with the typical curvatures seen in Panasqueira specimens, very aerial, lustrous, and on matrix. With sharp and lustrous Arsenopyrite crystals and small coatings of lenticular Siderite crystals. As a whole, it is a very high level piece both for its perfection and for the quality of the Chalcopyrite crystals, a species that in this mine does not usually yield very good specimens.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 13.1 × 10.4 × 7.1 cm = 5.16” × 4.09” × 2.80”

Main crystal size: 5 × 3.3 cm = 1.97” × 1.30”

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”

EY28AK1: Parallel growths of complex Sphalerite crystals, very bright, with fine striated edges, white lenticular crystals of Siderite, spheroidal aggregates of laminar crystals of Muscovite and hyaline crystals of Quartz. Although Sphalerite is not a rare species in this mine it rarely occurs in such well-formed 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 (06/2019)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 5.4 × 3.2 cm = 2.48” × 2.13” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.8 cm = 1.18” × 1.10”

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”