TB16S7: Wide (for the locality) leafy growths of gold with a vivid luster and intense yellow color that contrasts with the green color of the copper salts on the matrix.
The sample was previously in the John H. Marshall collection and has a considerable pedigree, supported by joined labels and cards that we’ll send to the buyer.
La Compañía Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta Region  Chile

Specimen size: 7.8 × 5.4 × 4.1 cm = 3.07” × 2.13” × 1.61”

MR46AA8: Spheroidal aggregates, very much more isolated than usual for the species, with a very intense greenish-blue color, with small Malachite crystals and on a limonite matrix. A very esthetic miniature.
Manto Tres Gracias Mine, Diego de Almagro, El Salado, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region  Chile

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.6 × 1.3 cm = 1.02” × 1.02” × 0.51”

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

MZ71X2: Groups of platy crystals of the rare species Szenicsite. The crystals, with excellent color and luster, form fanlike growths and are on matrix.
The sample is from the personal collection of Terry Szenics, in whose honor the species was named, and it is with a label signed by him that we'll send to the buyer.
Jardinera número 1 Mine, Inca de Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region  Chile

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.7 × 3 cm = 1.73” × 1.06” × 1.18”

JA56AF0: Radial and irregular clusters of Atacamite crystals, between fine prismatic and acicular, many of them doubly terminated. They are translucent, extraordinarily bright and on a rocky matrix partially coated by clear Halloysite.
La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region  Chile

Specimen size: 7.9 × 5.6 × 2 cm = 3.11” × 2.20” × 0.79”

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

EQ26M8: Radial growths of crystals very much better defined than usual for the locality. They are bright, have an excellent color and make a strong contrast with the lighter Halloysite.
La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region  Chile (±1985)

Specimen size: 9 × 7.5 × 4.2 cm = 3.54” × 2.95” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.1 cm = 0.20” × 0.04”

EA11M9: Globular growths on matrix of very clear bluish green tones, almost coated by globular growths of tiny crystals of Quartz.
La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region  Chile (±1985)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 6.5 × 3.5 cm = 3.39” × 2.56” × 1.38”

MX14AJ0: Radial aggregates on matrix of acicular Atacamite crystals, very bright and with a very deep color.
A Chilean classic that was in the Enrique Moës collection.
La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region  Chile

Specimen size: 9.2 × 7.1 × 4.2 cm = 3.62” × 2.80” × 1.65”

TFG10AP4: Druse, on matrix, very rich in acicular Atacamite crystals, translucent, with very bright luster and a deep green color, with areas with white Halloysite coatings.
La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region  Chile

Specimen size: 19 × 11.8 × 4.8 cm = 7.48” × 4.65” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.1 cm = 0.31” × 0.04”

ER37N4: Dendritic growth of elongated crystals, small but with very well defined faces. The locality is very uncommon for native Copper.
La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region  Chile (±1985)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 10.5 × 4.3 cm = 4.53” × 4.13” × 1.69”

EJ11T4: Aggregates of acicular crystals with a green color clearer than usual, on limonite matrix. We specially note the locality, not well known for the species.
La Verde Mine, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region  Chile

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.5 × 2.6 cm = 1.89” × 1.38” × 1.02”

TC140EA: Coming from a mine little known until now, Brochantite forms fan-like aggregates of finely acicular crystals, with an intense silky luster and a very vivid color. Accompanied by Linarite crystals with brilliant luster and a very vivid color.
Los Azules Mine, Quebrada San Miguel, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region  Chile (2019)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.7 × 3.3 cm = 1.50” × 1.06” × 1.30”

MK86AE7: A novelty at Munich 2016. Spray-like aggregates of finely acicular crystals with a very intense silky luster. The Brochantite is with small Atacamite crystals that have a darker green color. They are on a rocky matrix with Quartz (variety chalcedony) coatings. The sample is from a formerly poorly known mine.
Los Azules Mine, Quebrada San Miguel, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region  Chile (11-12/2015)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 5 × 3.9 cm = 2.05” × 1.97” × 1.54”

TM69AJ9: A novelty at Sainte-Marie 2019. Botryoidal and stalactitic growths of black Murdochite microcrystals on matrix with Goethite and coated by felted aggregates of Brochantite crystals and a group of small Linarite crystals, very bright and with a very intense blue color. The two main species had been analyzed and we will send a copy of both analyses to the buyer. Murdochite has not been cited at the locality until now.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a novelty at the 2019 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine "Lapis" number 07-08/2019, page 62, in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ July/August 2019, number 148, page 29 and ‘Mineral Up’ on page 61 of the 2019/02 edition.
Los Azules Mine, Quebrada San Miguel, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region  Chile (2019)

Specimen size: 11 × 7 × 4.6 cm = 4.33” × 2.76” × 1.81”

EB36Y4: Irregular aggregates, on limonite matrix, of acicular crystals with an intense color and an excellent luster.
Copiapó Province, Atacama Region  Chile (1960-1970)

Specimen size: 10.5 × 9.5 × 6.3 cm = 4.13” × 3.74” × 2.48”

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

ETR67AQ1: Proustite crystals with a prismatic habit and very sharp terminations, between translucent and transparent and with very vivid color.
The specimen comes from one of the most well-known orebodies for the species.
Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region  Chile

Specimen size: 3 × 1.8 × 2 cm = 1.18” × 0.71” × 0.79”

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

EF27T4: Very acute dipyramidal crystals, typical for the locality, and one of them clearly dominant. They are extraordinarily bright and show a splendid red color. On Calcite matrix. The sample is included in a box with an old stamp of the Dirección de Geología del Ministerio de Minas e Hidrocarburos de Venezuela, that we'll send to the buyer. A universal classic.
Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region  Chile

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4 × 2.9 cm = 2.05” × 1.57” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.24” × 0.08”

ER87V4: Aggregate of small prismatic crystals of Proustite. They have an intense red color, they are very bright and are on matrix, with Chalcopyrite and lenticular white crystals of Calcite. An old classic, it comes with a box with the stamp of the Dirección de Geología de la República de Venezuela.
Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region  Chile

Specimen size: 6.7 × 2.9 × 1.7 cm = 2.64” × 1.14” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.15 cm = 0.16” × 0.06”

TRR66AN7: Aggregates on matrix of twinned crystals, with a fibrous appearance, many of them with good terminations, with bright luster and an intense red color. An ‘oldie’ from Chile that has not been seen for many years.
Agua Colgada Quarry, Sierra La Totora District, Freirina, Huasco Province, Atacama Region  Chile

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4 × 4.7 cm = 2.28” × 1.57” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 0.9 cm = 1.02” × 0.35”

MX47AJ4: A coating on matrix of acicular and prismatic and very well defined Rodalquilarite crystals with very acute terminations. They are bright with a very intense green color. The Rodalquilarite, a rare iron and tellurium hydroxide, is rarely found in significant samples.
Wendy open pit, Tambo Mine, El Indio, Elqui, Coquimbo  Chile

Specimen size: 3 × 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 1.18” × 0.55” × 0.47”

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

ET13W7: Aggregates of very acute acicular crystals of Rodalquilarite. They have a very deep olive green color and are on a Quartz matrix coated by very well defined yellow Alunite crystals. The locality is a classic both for the Alunite and the Rodalquilarite.
The sample is with a label from the William Pinch collection that we'll send to the buyer.
Wendy open pit, Tambo Mine, El Indio, Elqui, Coquimbo  Chile

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3.2 × 1 cm = 1.42” × 1.26” × 0.39”

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

EQ37W7: Spheroidal aggregates of Rodalquilarite with a clear olive green color. They are implanted on a matrix of Quartz which is almost completely coated by very well defined lenticular yellow Alunite crystals. The locality is a classic both for the Alunite and the Rodalquilarite.
The sample is with a label from the William Pinch collection that we'll send to the buyer.
Wendy open pit, Tambo Mine, El Indio, Elqui, Coquimbo  Chile

Specimen size: 6.5 × 3.7 × 1.9 cm = 2.56” × 1.46” × 0.75”

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

ET66M8: Arborescent growth with rounded terminations corresponding to deformed crystals. The mine is not well-known and such coppers are uncommon in international collections.
Coca-Cola Mine, Mining District Talcuna, La Serena, Coquimbo Region  Chile (±1985)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 8.2 × 2.2 cm = 3.35” × 3.23” × 0.87”

ER49P6: Twinned very well defined and bright crystals of Chalcopyrite, with tetrahedral crystals of Tetrahedrite and small white crystals of Dolomite. We specially note the locality, a Chilean mine that isn't well known for such good collection pieces.
Teniente Mine (Braden Mine), El Teniente, Rancagua, Municipio Rancagua, Cachapoal Province, Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region  Chile (±1990)

Specimen size: 18.5 × 11.5 × 5 cm = 7.28” × 4.53” × 1.97”

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

TD14K0: Both the locality and the shape of the specimens are really unusual. From an old collection, these four gold nuggets, flat and oval, are conserved in their original case, on whose back there is the label that we show.
Lennox Island, Tierra del Fuego Archipiélago, Chilena Province, Magallanes y Antártica Region  Chile

Specimen size: 8 × 7 cm = 3.15” × 2.76”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.4 cm = 0.39” × 0.16”

MFB86AO4: Coatings of translucent acicular Caledonite crystals, with great luster and an intense blue color. Of the best quality for the species.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Victoria Segunda Mine, Cerros Pintados, Salar de Pintados, Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region  Chile

Specimen size: 7 × 4.2 × 2.1 cm = 2.76” × 1.65” × 0.83”

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

MRB37AO4: Coatings of translucent acicular Caledonite crystals, with great luster and an intense blue color. Of the best quality for the species.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Victoria Segunda Mine, Cerros Pintados, Salar de Pintados, Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region  Chile

Specimen size: 7.4 × 4.7 × 2.6 cm = 2.91” × 1.85” × 1.02”

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

MJR98AP3: Elongated alluvial Gold nugget with rounded edges but still retaining part of the original crystal forms. The specimen comes from one of the most classic localities for the species.
Chocó River, Antioquia Department  Colombia

Specimen size: 1.2 × 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.47” × 0.24” × 0.16”

MD16AK0: Very aerial growth of elongated and laminar crystals of native Gold on a Quartz matrix. The sample, from an extremely unusual location, is accompanied by a very old handwritten label that we will send to the buyer.
Santa Isabel Mine, Municipio Remedios, Antioquia Department  Colombia

Specimen size: 5.7 × 3.8 × 2.1 cm = 2.24” × 1.50” × 0.83”

EV93AK9: Group of Quartz crystals with very sharp faces, transparent in a good part of the prism faces, colorless and clear. The yellow-orange argillaceous inclusions in the terminations provide color contrast. This group of crystals is quite large compared to most pieces from this locality, which are usually just loose crystals or small specimens.
Cabiche, Quípama, Boyacá Department  Colombia (06/2019)

Specimen size: 16.3 × 9.3 × 7.6 cm = 6.42” × 3.66” × 2.99”

Main crystal size: 3.9 × 0.9 cm = 1.54” × 0.35”

NB26AF1: Parallel aggregate of very sharp Euclase crystals with very well defined faces and edges, transparent, bright, with a nice and uniform blue color. Partially coated by small white Calcite crystals. An excellent miniature.
This specimen has been photographed and published in the Bulletin ‘MiniBul A.G.A.B.’ on page 18 of number 2/2021
La Marina Mine, Municipio Pauna, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department  Colombia (06-07/2015)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 1.5 × 0.8 cm = 1.22” × 0.59” × 0.31”

Main crystal size: 3 × 0.8 cm = 1.18” × 0.31”

TM98V4: Irregular aggregate of deformed rhombohedral crystals with slightly curved faces and edges. They are completely transparent, with a nice, very intense and uniform blue color (really unusual for the species) and they are on matrix. The sample has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ Jan-Feb 2016, page 56, volume 47, number 1
Peñas Blancas Mine, Municipio San Pablo de Borbur, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department  Colombia (2008-2009)

Specimen size: 6 × 3.5 × 4.2 cm = 2.36” × 1.38” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.9 cm = 0.55” × 0.35”

TR64V2: A novelty at Tucson 2012. Group on matrix of laminar crystals between translucent and transparent with very intense yellow color. The sample is from a locality and a mine that is quite new.
La Pava Mine, Municipio Supía, Caldas Department  Colombia (11/2011)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 3.6 × 2.3 cm = 2.52” × 1.42” × 0.91”

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

EK28AF9: A very rich Gold surfaces with platy growths that are very bright and are on a Quartz matrix. The sample is from a not yet well-known Colombian mining area.
Real Minera claim, Las Arañas cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia

Specimen size: 3 × 2.4 × 2.2 cm = 1.18” × 0.94” × 0.87”

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

EL50AF9: Elongated and very well defined cubo-octahedral Gold crystals with dodecahedral faces that are very bright with an unusual reddish copper color on a rocky matrix. The sample is from a not yet well-known Colombian mining area.
Trompeteros claim, Trompeteros Mine, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 1.22” × 0.87” × 0.63”

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

NG57AM9: Very aerial dendritic growth of elongated and very sharp Gold crystals, with marked window growths on some of the faces. Sharper than usual in these local deposits.
The specimen comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection (number GOLD-C1), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Los Delirios claim, Delirios III cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia

Specimen size: 2 × 1.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.55” × 0.08”

EP68AH1: Very aerial laminar Gold growth, on a rocky matrix with black Sphalerite crystals and aggregates of micro-crystalline Quartz. The sample is from a not yet well-known Colombian mining area.
Los Delirios claim, Delirios III cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia (02/2017)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.91” × 0.55” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.4 cm = 0.39” × 0.16”

NF98AM9: Very aerial dendritic growth of elongated and very sharp Gold crystals, with distinct window growths on some of the faces. Sharper than usual in these local deposits, and with small remnants of Quartz matrix.
The specimen comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection (number GOLD-C), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Los Delirios claim, Delirios III cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2.1 × 0.3 cm = 0.91” × 0.83” × 0.12”

EX98AM7: Skeletal crystals and leafy growths of Gold, very bright and contrasting with the rock matrix. The specimen comes from a recent find in a mining district in Colombia which is still little known.
Los Delirios claim, Delirios I cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia (15/08/2020)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2 × 1.8 cm = 1.10” × 0.79” × 0.71”

MD48AL4: Rock matrix with microcrystalline Quartz coatings and a surface rich in lamellar growths and acicular crystals of Gold. The specimen comes from a mining area in Colombia that is so far very little known.
Los Delirios claim, Delirios III cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia (01/2018)

Specimen size: 4 × 1.8 × 1.6 cm = 1.57” × 0.71” × 0.63”

ME13AL8: Dendritic growths of elongated Gold crystals, some of them hooked, flattened or with skeletal growths and on matrix.
The specimen comes from the Raúl Sanabria collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Los Delirios claim, Delirios III cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia (01/2018)

Specimen size: 4 × 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 1.57” × 0.87” × 0.63”

NA46AL6: Dendritic growths of Gold with dominant hackly, skeletal and lamellar shapes and very sharp small octahedral crystals. Very bright and on a Quartz matrix with small deformed sphalerite crystals.
The specimen comes via the collections of Raúl Sanabria Orellana and Ignacio Gaspar Sintes, whose labels we will send to the buyer.
Los Delirios claim, Delirios III cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia (±2018)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.5 × 1.8 cm = 1.85” × 1.38” × 0.71”

EH90AG5: Leafy growths of Gold on a rocky matrix with black Sphalerite crystals and aggregates of Quartz micro-crystals. The sample is from a Colombian mining area not well known until now.
Los Delirios claim, Delirios III cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia (02/2017)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.1 × 2.9 cm = 2.09” × 1.22” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.3 cm = 0.35” × 0.12”

EV89AM7: Skeletal crystals and leafy growths of Gold, very bright and contrasting with the rock matrix. The specimen comes from a recent find in a mining district in Colombia which is still little known.
Los Delirios claim, Delirios I cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia (15/08/2020)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.3 × 1.8 cm = 2.17” × 1.30” × 0.71”

EJ92AF9: A surface that is very rich with platy growths and acicular Gold crystals on a rocky matrix coated by micro-crystalline Quartz. The sample is from a not yet well-known Colombian mining area.
Los Delirios claim, Delirios III cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia (04/2017)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.9 × 1.5 cm = 2.13” × 1.54” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.1 cm = 0.16” × 0.04”

ERX67AO0: Skeletal crystals and leafy growths of Gold that are lustrous and contrast with their rock matrix. The specimen comes from finds made in a previously little-known mining area in Colombia.
Los Delirios claim, Delirios I cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia (15/08/2020)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 4.6 × 2.6 cm = 3.39” × 1.81” × 1.02”

EE48AL4: Arborescent growths and acicular and lamellar Gold crystals, with very good luster, on matrix and with Quartz (variety chalcedony) coatings. The specimen comes from a mining area in Colombia that is very little known so far.
La Peter II concession,La Peter open pit, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia

Specimen size: 7.6 × 4.1 × 2.3 cm = 2.99” × 1.61” × 0.91”

EP91AF9: Elongated cubo-octahedral gold crystals with very well defined and bright faces and edges in a very rare association with rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals that partially coat a rocky matrix. The sample is from a not yet well-known Colombian mining area.
The specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Rocks & Minerals’ on page 224 in the volume 96, number 3, May/Jun 2021, and it has been published in the book 'Gold - monograph -', by Joaquim Callén, on page 219
Potosí claim, La Tosca cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia (2017)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.67” × 0.47”

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

EA27AM8: Very lustrous and contrasted skeletal crystals and leafy growths of Gold on the rock matrix. The specimen comes from a recent find in a mining area of Colombia that was very little known until recently.
Potosí claim, La Tosca cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia (2017)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3 × 1.2 cm = 1.61” × 1.18” × 0.47”

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

EG90AF9: Very sharp growth of flattened Gold crystals, very bright and on a rocky matrix partially coated by micro-crystalline Quartz. The sample is from a not yet well-known Colombian mining area.
Potosí claim, La Tosca cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia (03/2017)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.1 × 2.6 cm = 2.20” × 1.61” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.28” × 0.16”