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This page provides a selection of the specimens that have passed through the Fabre Minerals website and, due to their quality,
rarity, or significance as specimens from interesting locations, have been preserved as reference specimens in #MVM

The region where the Asturian Fluorites are found is very beautiful, as you can see in this view from Villaviciosa.
Loroñe, a pleasant village next to the Fito hill, which is where the Emilio mine is located.
Views of the village of Berbes, famous across the world for its Fluorites.
A typical 'hórreo' (grain store) in the village of Caravia Alta, which is very close to the Jaimina mine.



Fluorite
Fluorite. Fluorite.
 

LM36AF0: Druse of transparent cubic crystals with a pale yellow color, very bright, with unidentified green inclusions in some crystals and on a rocky matrix.
The sample is from the Carles Millán collection whose computer card we’ll send to the buyer.
Matagalls Mine (Sant Marçal Mines), Sant Marçal, Viladrau, Comarca Osona, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (21/03/1971)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 4.8 × 2.9 cm = 3.07” × 1.89” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 0.59” × 0.55”

Former collection of Carles Millan

Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV
Fluorite with Calcite
 

NF16T1: Group of cubic crystals of Fluorite whose faces and edges are very well defined. Transparent, with a pale green –yellow color, they are partially coated by scalenohedral crystals of Calcite. The Fluorite has an apparent phantom growth in the nucleus, due, surely, to a previous phase of recrystallization of the same Fluorite, a growth history that is clearly visible on the back.
Matagalls Mine (Sant Marçal Mines), Sant Marçal, Viladrau, Comarca Osona, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (02/2011)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 5.7 × 2.5 cm = 3.39” × 2.24” × 0.98”

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

Fluorescent long & short UV

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Calcite. Fluorite with Calcite.
Fluorite with Calcite
Fluorite with Calcite. Fluorite with Calcite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Fluorite with Calcite
 

TG99AM6: Druse of Fluorite crystals between translucent and transparent, shiny, with a pale green color with some small areas of a very intense green color. With coatings of small Calcite crystals, complex and very well defined, with the dominant forms of a scalenohedron. This specimen is of high quality and comes from the Jaume Vilalta collection (number 0176), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Matagalls Mine (Sant Marçal Mines), Sant Marçal, Viladrau, Comarca Osona, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (1997)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 9.4 × 6.8 cm = 3.82” × 3.70” × 2.68”

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

Fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Calcite
 

NC66T1: Group of cubic crystals of Fluorite whose faces and edges are very well defined. Transparent, with a pale green –yellow color, they are partially coated by scalenohedral crystals of Calcite. The Fluorite has an apparent phantom growth in the nucleus, due, surely, to a previous phase of recrystallization of the same Fluorite, a growth history that is clearly visible on the back.
Matagalls Mine (Sant Marçal Mines), Sant Marçal, Viladrau, Comarca Osona, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (02/2011)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 6.8 × 2.6 cm = 4.21” × 2.68” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2 cm = 0.94” × 0.79”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Calcite. Fluorite with Calcite.
Fluorite with Calcite
Fluorite with Calcite. Front
Front
Fluorite with Calcite. Side
Side
Fluorite with Calcite.
Fluorite with Calcite  

NR47AL3: Group of Fluorite crystals with cubic morphology, bright, translucent light green, and partially covered with small white scalenohedral Calcite crystals that are concentrated mainly on the edges. The specimen comes from the Jaume Vilalta collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Matagalls Mine (Sant Marçal Mines), Sant Marçal, Viladrau, Comarca Osona, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (1995)

Specimen size: 11 × 8.6 × 4.8 cm = 4.33” × 3.39” × 1.89”

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

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Jaume Vilalta
Fluorite with Calcite
 

NQ26T1: Group of cubic crystals of Fluorite with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, with pale green-yellow color and almost all coated by scalenohedral crystals of Calcite that also coat the back of the piece. The Fluorite crystals have an apparent phantom growth in their nucleus, due, surely, to a previous phase of recrystallization of the same Fluorite, a growth history that is clearly visible on the back.
Matagalls Mine (Sant Marçal Mines), Sant Marçal, Viladrau, Comarca Osona, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (09/2006)

Specimen size: 14.4 × 14.2 × 4.6 cm = 5.67” × 5.59” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.63”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Calcite. Fluorite with Calcite.
Fluorite
Fluorite. Fluorite.
 

TG96AJ5: Sharp cubic crystals on matrix, clear, very bright and colorless. The Fluorite from Gualba tends to be in small crystals and is currently rare.
Xauxa Quarry (Aymar Quarry), Turó de Xauxa / Sot de les Pedreres, Gualba, Comarca Vallès Oriental, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (1980)

Specimen size: 10.8 × 7.8 × 4.1 cm = 4.25” × 3.07” × 1.61”

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

Fluorite
 

M61FPI0: The locality is very uncommon for Fluorite. The crystals from this quarry tend to be small but, as in this case, colorless, bright and completely transparent.
Xauxa Quarry (Aymar Quarry), Turó de Xauxa / Sot de les Pedreres, Gualba, Comarca Vallès Oriental, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (1975)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 7.7 × 4.5 cm = 4.61” × 3.03” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”

Fluorite.
Fluorite.
Fluorite (octahedral) with Quartz
Fluorite (octahedral) with Quartz. Front
Front
Fluorite (octahedral) with Quartz. Side
Side

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

NPA26AO0: Two sharp octahedral Fluorite crystals with small and very well defined cubic polycrystalline recrystallizations, translucent, with good luster and a uniform green color and covered by small water-clear Quartz crystals. Of good quality and size for a deposit from which it is not common to see specimens like this.
Gloria Mine, La Hortezuela, Hornachuelos-Espiel, Comarca Valle Medio del Guadalquivir, Córdoba, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.1 × 3.6 cm = 1.93” × 1.61” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 3.2 cm = 1.65” × 1.26”

Fluorite with Quartz (variety chalcedony)

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

JBR14AP8: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, transparent, with good luster and an intense and uniform yellow color, on a Quartz matrix (chalcedony variety). The specimen is from a prolific locality but one from which such showy specimens are not usually seen.
It comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Gloria Mine, La Hortezuela, Hornachuelos-Espiel, Comarca Valle Medio del Guadalquivir, Córdoba, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.8 × 2 cm = 2.20” × 1.89” × 0.79”

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

Fluorescent short UV

Former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
Fluorite with Quartz (variety chalcedony). Fluorite with Quartz (variety chalcedony).
Fluorite with Quartz
Fluorite with Quartz. Fluorite with Quartz.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

NTV64AO0: Fluorite crystals of cubic shape with finely polycrystalline faces, and one of them aerial and clearly dominant, between translucent and transparent, with an intense lilac color, with geometric color zoning, on matrix, and partially covered by small crystals of Quartz.
The specimen, of excellent quality for the locality, comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 580) whose label we will send to the buyer.
San Roque Mine, Alumbres, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2018)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.4 × 2.6 cm = 1.46” × 1.34” × 1.02”

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

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
Fluorite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

NPQ13AN8: Floater Fluorite crystal of cubic habit, with finely polycrystalline surfaces, between translucent and transparent, with an intense and uniform lilac color, with cavities left by dissolved crystals, possibly of Calcite, on matrix and partially covered by microcrystals of Dolomite.
The specimen, of excellent quality for the locality, comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 579), whose label we will send to the buyer.
San Roque Mine, Alumbres, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2018)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3 × 2.6 cm = 1.54” × 1.18” × 1.02”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
Fluorite. Front
Front
Fluorite. Rear
Rear
Fluorite with Dolomite
Fluorite with Dolomite. Front
Front
Fluorite with Dolomite. Side
Side
 

NC56AL0: Fluorite crystal of cubic habit with finely polycrystalline faces, subtransparent, intense and uniform lilac color, on matrix, and partially covered by Dolomite microcrystals. The sample, of excellent quality for the locality, comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (No. 588), whose label we will send to the buyer.
San Roque Mine, Alumbres, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2018)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 4.1 × 2.5 cm = 1.65” × 1.61” × 0.98”

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
Fluorite
 

NY46AL0: Fluorite crystal with polycrystalline faces, between translucent and transparent, intense and uniform lilac color, with geometric color zoning, denser at the edges. The specimen, of very good quality for the locality, comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez (No. 39), whose label we will send to the buyer.
San Camilo Mine, Vista Alegre, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (1999)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.4 × 2.7 cm = 2.13” × 1.73” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 3.5 cm = 1.42” × 1.38”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
Fluorite. Front
Front
Fluorite. Side
Side
Fluorite with Baryte and Calcite
Fluorite with Baryte and Calcite.
 

NK11X9: Cubic Fluorite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very well defined faces and edges, very bright and transparent and showing a very well marked geometric color zoning. They are on matrix, with Baryte and small scalenohedral crystals of Calcite. Samples of such quality are rare at this mine.
Yanci Quarry, Unanue, Igantzi (Yanci), Comarca Cinco Villas, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre)  Spain (2003)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.2 × 2 cm = 1.97” × 1.26” × 0.79”

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

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Fluorite with Calcite
 

MB66M9: From an uncommon locality. Group of cubic crystals slightly beveled by the faces of a dodecahedron. They have excellent transparency, luster and color, lilac with mauve tones. The Fluorite group is partially surrounded by small scalenohedral, very acute and doubly terminated, crystals of Calcite.
Yanci Quarry, Unanue, Igantzi (Yanci), Comarca Cinco Villas, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre)  Spain (2008)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 5.8 × 3 cm = 2.60” × 2.28” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.28” × 0.24”

Fluorite & Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Calcite. Fluorite with Calcite.
Fluorite and Calcite
Fluorite and Calcite. Fluorite and Calcite.
 

NG14AJ8: Transparent and very bright Fluorite crystals that have a very intense violet color with a very well defined color zoning that is darker on the edges and in the centers of some of the crystals. They are on matrix with coal inclusions and partially coated by small white scalenohedral Calcite crystals. These Fluorites should be considered a rarity because they are from uncommon finds.
Yanci Quarry, Unanue, Igantzi (Yanci), Comarca Cinco Villas, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre)  Spain (2008)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.3 × 3.4 cm = 2.64” × 2.09” × 1.34”

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

Minor fluorescence short UV. Calcite fluorescent short UV.
Fluorite and Calcite
 

NJ59AJ8: Transparent and very bright Fluorite crystals that have a very intense violet color with very well defined color zoning that is darker on the edges and in the centers of some of the crystals. They are on matrix with coal inclusions and partially coated by Calcite and white thin laminar Baryte crystals. These Fluorites should be considered a rarity because they are from uncommon finds.
Yanci Quarry, Unanue, Igantzi (Yanci), Comarca Cinco Villas, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre)  Spain (2008)

Specimen size: 8 × 6 × 2.7 cm = 3.15” × 2.36” × 1.06”

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

Minor fluorescence short UV. Calcite fluorescent short UV.
Fluorite and Calcite. Fluorite and Calcite.
Fluorite with Baryte and Calcite
Fluorite with Baryte and Calcite. Fluorite with Baryte and Calcite.
 

NR14AJ5: Transparent and very bright Fluorite crystals that have a very intense violet color with a very well defined color zoning that is darker on the edges and in the centers of the crystals. They are on matrix, partially coated by Calcite and white thin laminar Baryte crystals. These Fluorites should be considered a rarity because they are from occasional finds.
Yanci Quarry, Unanue, Igantzi (Yanci), Comarca Cinco Villas, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre)  Spain (2011)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 6 × 2.4 cm = 3.39” × 2.36” × 0.94”

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

Minor fluorescence short UV. Calcite fluorescent short UV.
Fluorite
 

MA96M9: From an uncommon locality. Group of cubic crystals slightly beveled by the faces of a dodecahedron. They have excellent transparency, luster and color, lilac with mauve tones.
Yanci Quarry, Unanue, Igantzi (Yanci), Comarca Cinco Villas, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre)  Spain (2008)

Specimen size: 10.9 × 8.2 × 2.2 cm = 4.29” × 3.23” × 0.87”

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Fluorite. Fluorite.
Fluorite with Baryte
Fluorite with Baryte. Fluorite with Baryte.
 

NT96AJ5: Cubic Fluorite crystals slightly beveled by the dodecahedron. They are transparent, very bright and have a very intense violet color with a very well defined geometric zoning that is darker on the edges and in the centers of the crystals. They are on matrix and are partially coated by white laminar Baryte crystals. These Fluorites should be considered a rarity because they are from occasional finds.
Yanci Quarry, Unanue, Igantzi (Yanci), Comarca Cinco Villas, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre)  Spain (2011)

Specimen size: 11.6 × 8.6 × 4.2 cm = 4.57” × 3.39” × 1.65”

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

Minor fluorescence short UV
Fluorite with Calcite and Pyrite
 

NJ64S5: Aggregate on matrix of cubic crystals of Fluorite. They are vivid yellow, transparent and bright and bordered by a growth of white rhombohedral crystals of Calcite. The sample corresponds to the first findings at the Villabona mine (not to be confused with the Moscona mine), of which few pieces remain nowadays.
Villabona Mines, Barrio de la Estación, Villabona, Llanera, Comarca del Nora, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 9.5 × 8.4 × 4.3 cm = 3.74” × 3.31” × 1.69”

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Fluorite with Calcite and Pyrite. Fluorite with Calcite and Pyrite.
Fluorite with Pyrite and Calcite
Fluorite with Pyrite and Calcite. Fluorite with Pyrite and Calcite.
Fluorite with Pyrite and Calcite.
 

NA27Z1: Aggregate, on matrix, of cubic Fluorite crystals. They are transparent, bright, have a vivid yellow color, are partially coated by Pyrite microcrystals and are with twinned scalenohedral Calcite crystals. The sample corresponds to the first findings at the Villabona mine (not to be confused with the Moscona mine), of which few pieces remain nowadays.
Villabona Mines, Barrio de la Estación, Villabona, Llanera, Comarca del Nora, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (1971-1972)

Specimen size: 15.7 × 13.5 × 5.3 cm = 6.18” × 5.31” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.2 cm = 0.51” × 0.47”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Octahedral Fluorite
 

N8ZH5: We call attention to the locality. Crystals are octahedral and the faces and edges are well defined and deep violet, so dark that it is nearly black.
Arteixo, Comarca A Coruña, La Coruña / A Coruña, Galicia / Galiza  Spain (1999)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 3.3 × 2.3 cm = 2.72” × 1.30” × 0.91”

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

Octahedral Fluorite. Octahedral Fluorite.
Octahedral Fluorite
Octahedral Fluorite. Octahedral Fluorite.
 

NA10V5: Druze of small octahedral crystals with their faces and edges slightly curved. They are bright and have an extraordinarily deep violet color. They are transparent and are coating a rocky matrix.
Uxes, Arteixo, Comarca A Coruña, La Coruña / A Coruña, Galicia / Galiza  Spain (2011)

Specimen size: 10 × 6.3 × 2.1 cm = 3.94” × 2.48” × 0.83”

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



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