XM160GF: Very sharp individual crystal of Ilvaite, with very well defined crystal forms and perfect terminations. The specimen is of great quality and size for this classic American locality. It comes from the Pedro Goy collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Bay State Group Mine, South Mountain Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho  USA

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.5 × 2.4 cm = 1.02” × 0.98” × 0.94”

MT97AL5: Group of highly profiled laminar and tabular crystals of Clintonite, with a very well defined hexagonal outline, translucent, very deep green, on matrix. High quality for the locality
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Borough, Alaska  USA

Specimen size: 7.4 × 4.7 × 2.3 cm = 2.91” × 1.85” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.39” × 0.24”

MA13AM8: Parallel growth of two Epidote crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very sharp crystal forms and excellent terminations, translucent, very lustrous and with a very deep green color, on matrix, with water-clear Quartz crystals. The specimen comes from one of the great classical localities for the species.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Borough, Alaska  USA

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.3 × 1.5 cm = 0.94” × 0.91” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.94” × 0.43”

MF14AM6: Group of Epidote crystals with very well defined faces and edges, some of them doubly terminated, translucent, with bright luster and a very deep green color. On matrix, with water-clear Quartz crystals. The specimen comes from one of the great classical localities for the species. We will send the buyer the specimen in its original perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, which shows that the specimen was previously in the Frank Melanson collection.
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Borough, Alaska  USA

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.5 × 1.7 cm = 1.06” × 0.98” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.8 cm = 0.79” × 0.31”

TP26AN1: Sharp Epidote crystal, with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, with bright luster and an intense color, implanted in a transparent Quartz crystal. A fine miniature from a classic locality for the species.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, which shows that it was previously in the Sullivan collection.
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Borough, Alaska  USA

Specimen size: 2.9 × 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 1.14” × 0.63” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.4 cm = 0.75” × 0.55”

TAR6AO0: Epidote crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with well defined faces and edges, translucent, with good luster and a very deep green color. On matrix, with water-clear Quartz crystals.
We will ship the specimen, from one of the great classic localities for the species, in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.

Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Borough, Alaska  USA

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.5 × 1.7 cm = 1.14” × 0.98” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1 cm = 0.71” × 0.39”

TF96Z5: Very sharp doubly terminated, twinned, Epidote crystal on a matrix of Quartz crystals. The sample is a fine miniature from a classic locality.
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Borough, Alaska  USA (2013)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.2 × 2.6 cm = 1.65” × 1.26” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.9 cm = 1.06” × 0.75”

TD9AE3: Fanlike aggregate of crystals with a very elongated prismatic shape and acute and very bright pyramidal terminations. With some small Quartz crystals. Both the crystal morphology and the type of aggregate are different than usual for samples from Prince of Wales Island.
Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Borough, Alaska  USA (2003-2005)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm = 1.89” × 0.98” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 0.2 cm = 1.38” × 0.08”

TFA99AN4: Isolated crystal of Epidote, of good size for the locality, with excellent terminations, very lustrous and with very deep pistachio-green reflections on the edges. A good American classic.
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Borough, Alaska  USA

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.6 × 2.7 cm = 2.09” × 1.81” × 1.06”

EC67AL5: Fan-like aggregates, one of them clearly dominant and very aerial, with very elongated Epidote crystals with very well defined faces and edges, bright, translucent, with a very deep pistachio-green color and on a group of Quartz crystals.
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Borough, Alaska  USA (2003-2005)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 3.7 × 2 cm = 2.44” × 1.46” × 0.79”

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

MT48AA8: Parallel aggregate of elongated Epidote crystals, one of them clearly dominant. They are translucent, with a very deep color and perfect termination. The sample is from a very recent find at the locality, a great classic for the species.
This sample has been photographed and published as a novelty at the 2014 Munich Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 120, page 51
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Borough, Alaska  USA (07/2014)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 2.4 × 2.4 cm = 2.56” × 0.94” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 6.5 × 1.8 cm = 2.56” × 0.71”

TBR27AO7: Parallel growths of elongated Epidote crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with sharp crystal forms and excellent terminations. Translucent, shiny, colored deep green, and with small Quartz crystals. An American classic.
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Borough, Alaska  USA

Specimen size: 7.3 × 3.2 × 1.6 cm = 2.87” × 1.26” × 0.63”

TB47T8: Group of really huge crystals, one of them doubly terminated, with an extraordinarily deep green color and very intense luster, with some Quartz crystals and on matrix. Extraordinary sample, an American classic.
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Borough, Alaska  USA (±1970)

Specimen size: 10.3 × 9.5 × 7 cm = 4.06” × 3.74” × 2.76”

Main crystal size: 6.7 × 5.7 cm = 2.64” × 2.24”

TC66AN2: Parallel growth on a tiny bit of matrix of two Wulfenite crystals with pyramidal faces, well developed, with bright luster and a very vivid and uniform red color.
We will ship the specimen, from one of the great classic American localities, in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Red Cloud Mine, Trigo Mountains, Silver District, La Paz County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 1.7 × 1.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.67” × 0.55” × 0.08”

TE47E0: A very esthetic Wulfenite that is very upright on the matrix, shows a well-defined crystal form, is partially gemmy, and has a good, slightly redder than normal color.
Red Cloud Mine, Trigo Mountains, Silver District, La Paz County, Arizona  USA (2001)

Specimen size: 3 × 2 × 1 cm = 1.18” × 0.79” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.51” × 0.12”

MB96AJ4: Isolated and grouped tabular Wulfenite crystals on matrix. They are translucent and bright with a good reddish orange color. An American classic.
Red Cloud Mine, Trigo Mountains, Silver District, La Paz County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 7.8 × 4.6 × 2 cm = 3.07” × 1.81” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.39” × 0.28”

MB13AM7: Floater group with rosette growths of lamellar Hematite crystals, extraordinarily sharp and lustrous.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label, which indicates that it was in the Sullivan collection.
Big Bertha Mine (Veta Grande Mine), Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 1.4 × 1.4 × 0.5 cm = 0.55” × 0.55” × 0.20”

MF37AH6: Very sharp and fine crystal with very well defined faces and edges, extraordinarily bright and on a bit of matrix.
We’ll send the sample in its original Perkin’s box from the R.J. Noble collection, also containing the collection label on which it appears that it had previously been in the Sullivan collection.
Big Bertha Mine (Veta Grande Mine), Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.5 × 0.7 cm = 0.83” × 0.59” × 0.28”

TRH37AN3: Groups of Fluorite crystals with an octahedral habit with very marked polycrystalline growths and with the vertices truncated by cube faces. They are translucent, shiny, and very deep green. The specimen comes from a little-known US locality.
Heson Mine (Hesson Mine), Buckskin Mountains, Santa Maria District (Planet District), La Paz County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.6 × 2.7 cm = 2.68” × 2.20” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.5 cm = 1.02” × 0.98”

TB14AN2: Nodular growths of Minium, a rare species in mineral collections, uniform bright red in color, on matrix, with Quartz and Galena in cavernous and grainy aggregates.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Tonopah-Belmont Mine, Belmont Mountain, Tonopah, Osborn District, Bighorn Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.3 × 1.4 cm = 1.02” × 0.91” × 0.55”

TRA62AN4: Very aerial group of lamellar Wulfenite crystals that are transparent, with the bright luster and a very vivid orange color which have made the specimens from this deposit famous. This Wulfenite appears on a matrix partially covered by small yellow Vanadinite crystals with a short prismatic habit.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Rowley Mine, Theba, Painted Rock District, Painted Rock Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.9 × 1.2 cm = 1.10” × 0.75” × 0.47”

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

TD87AJ3: Dendritic growth of extraordinarily sharp cubo-octahedral native Copper crystals that are extremely elongated, with a very well defined spinel-law twin and partially coated by Malachite. A classic from Arizona.
Ray Mines, Scott Mountain area, Mineral Creek District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.4 × 0.8 cm = 1.26” × 0.94” × 0.31”

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

NA80C9: Shape, luster and color of the best quality for the locality.
Ray Mines, Scott Mountain area, Mineral Creek District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3 × 2.4 cm = 1.50” × 1.18” × 0.94”

EM96AA5: Very aerial dendritic growth of elongated and flattened Copper crystals showing very well defined Spinel-law twins and partially coated by cubo-octahedral Cuprite crystals. An excellent American classic.
Ray Mines, Scott Mountain area, Mineral Creek District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.1 × 0.8 cm = 1.50” × 1.22” × 0.31”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.55” × 0.12”

TT73AF0: Dendritic Copper crystals that are very elongated and bright with well-defined faces and edges with very visible spinel law twinning. They are partially coated by reddish Cuprite.
The sample is with an old Copper City Rock Shop label that we’ll send to the buyer.
Ray Mines, Scott Mountain area, Mineral Creek District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 9 × 5.2 × 4.3 cm = 3.54” × 2.05” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.08”

NL97AM5: Very aerial dendritic growth of elongated Copper crystals, with the dominant forms of the dodecahedron. From one of the most classic American copper mines. The specimen is from the Pedro Hernández collection.
Ray Mines, Scott Mountain area, Mineral Creek District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 14.3 × 7.5 × 4.2 cm = 5.63” × 2.95” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.63” × 0.12”

VA47Y9: Dendritic growth of flattened Copper crystals that, in some areas on the sample, show very well defined faces and edges. The piece, very aerial and with remains of the rocky matrix, is from a classic American mine.
Ray Mines, Scott Mountain area, Mineral Creek District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 15.5 × 10 × 7 cm = 6.10” × 3.94” × 2.76”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.6 cm = 0.47” × 0.24”

TA91N0: Group of Gypsum crystals comletely replaced by Chrysocolla. The crystals are on a botryoidal-concentric formation of the same Chrysocolla but the color is more intense.
The sample is from the exceptional collection of Dr. Marvin D. Rausch, which label we’ll send to the buyer.
Ray Mines, Scott Mountain area, Mineral Creek District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona  USA (1976-1977)

Specimen size: 19 × 10 × 5 cm = 7.48” × 3.94” × 1.97”

BMR70AQ0: Very sharp Boleite crystal, with a little limonite matrix. Its very well defined faces have brilliant luster and a very deep color. The crystal is of high quality for the deposit, from which it is very rare to be able to obtain a specimen.
The label, from an important European collection, has been applied to both of the pieces into which we split the original piece, as previously the two crystals seemed a bit lost.
Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 0.9 × 0.8 × 0.9 cm = 0.35” × 0.31” × 0.35”

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

BMM91AQ0: Very sharp Boleite crystal, with a little limonite matrix. Its very well defined faces have brilliant luster and a very deep color. The crystal is of high quality for the deposit, from which it is very rare to be able to obtain a specimen.
The label, from an important European collection, has been applied to both of the pieces into which we split the original piece, as previously the two crystals seemed a bit lost.
This specimen has been published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the 'What’s New on the Internet Reports' section, report 67, July 24, 2023 edition, page 17
Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 1.2 × 1.1 × 1.3 cm = 0.47” × 0.43” × 0.51”

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

TM67X2: Elongated spheroidal growths, on matrix, of small dipyramidal crystals. They are very bright and have a color between dark brown and reddish brown.
The sample, very significant and of excellent quality for the mine, is with a Schortmann’s Minerals label that we'll send to the buyer.
Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 4.4 × 4.2 × 2.7 cm = 1.73” × 1.65” × 1.06”

TF86H7: Crystals occupy the vugs on the clearer matrix. They are very well defined, bright and transparent. The locality is, furthermore, a classic.
Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona  USA

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

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

TH92AE9: Aggregates of Caledonite crystals with a color between clear blue, slightly greenish and deep green. They have a dipyramidal shape with very well defined faces and edges, and they are on matrix, with deep blue Linarite crystals and small Chlorargyrite (variety embolite) crystals. An American classic from the R.W. Thomssen collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 5.5 × 5.2 × 3.3 cm = 2.17” × 2.05” × 1.30”

TX93G1: It is really difficult to obtain a specimen of Azurite from this locality, especially one of excellent quality. The parallel group of prismatic crystals partially doubly terminated is outstanding. Several Cerussite crystals are on the matrix as well as some on the Azurite. A classic. It comes with two old labels.
Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 6.8 × 6.2 × 7.4 cm = 2.68” × 2.44” × 2.91”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 2.5 cm = 1.30” × 0.98”

MA6AM7: A floater crystal of Pyrite dominated by pyritohedron forms in distinct parallel growths, with a hopper on one of the faces. This specimen, from a little-known American locality, will be shipped in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label, indicating that it was in the Melanson collection.
Magma Mine, Superior, Pioneer District, Pinal Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.94” × 0.59” × 0.39”

CMB46CD3: Aggregate of equant Copper crystals, one of them aerial, with deformed and curved faces and edges, and well-defined morphology.
The specimen comes from the collection of duplicates of Carles Curto (number 1970.18) whose digital catalogue file we will send to the buyer of the specimen.
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo District, Pima County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 1.6 × 1.4 × 0.8 cm = 0.63” × 0.55” × 0.31”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.39” × 0.20”

MF46AM9: Very aerial dendritic growth of Copper crystals with well defined faces and edges. The specimen, from one of the most classic localities for the species, comes from the Robert J. Noble collection and we will send it to the buyer in its original Perky box from that collection, which also contains the label.
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo District, Pima County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.7 × 0.6 cm = 1.06” × 0.67” × 0.24”

TP67G0: A floater group of crystals with good color and some skeletal growths.
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo District, Pima County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.9 × 1.6 cm = 1.10” × 0.75” × 0.63”

MA12AM7: Dendritic growth of sharp, lustrous Copper crystals with the typical reddish tone of pieces from this classic American deposit.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo District, Pima County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 3.1 × 1.6 × 1 cm = 1.22” × 0.63” × 0.39”

MA46AN0: Aerial group of Copper crystals dominated by octahedral and dodecahedral forms, lustrous, with curvatures and polycrystalline growths.
We will ship the specimen, which comes from a classic American locality for the species, in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, stating that it was previously in the Sullivan collection.
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo District, Pima County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.6 × 1.4 cm = 1.30” × 1.02” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.6 cm = 0.94” × 0.63”

EY48AK8: Malachite pseudomorphic after Azurite crystals, very sharp and aerial, with simple crystal forms with fibrous surfaces and satin sheen. Highlighted by small Copper crystals that accompany the Malachite - a rare association. An excellent American classic.
This specimen, from Doug Toland's collection, is accompanied by an old Roberts Minerals label that we will send to the buyer.


New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo District, Pima County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.1 × 2.5 cm = 1.73” × 0.83” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.8 cm = 0.98” × 0.71”

NE98AM5: Polycrystalline growth of very sharp Wulfenite crystals, translucent, with great luster and a deep and uniform orange color. A classic USA piece that comes from the Ignacio Gaspar collection, whose collection card we will send to the buyer.
Old Yuma Mine, Saguaro National Monument, Amole District, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.7 × 1.3 cm = 1.38” × 1.06” × 0.51”

TP6AL4: Spheroidal aggregates of Rosasite, one of them clearly dominant, very deep and uniform in color, on matrix and with botryoidal Goethite.
We will deliver the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Silver Bill Mine, Costello Mine group, Gleeson, Turquoise District, Dragoon Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.4 × 0.8 cm = 1.34” × 0.94” × 0.31”

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

MP96: A nice old classic specimen: a floater copper, complete in all sides, pretty rich and with minor Cuprite crystals on the rear. Excellent for the locality!
Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.4 × 2.9 cm = 2.83” × 1.73” × 1.14”

MZ69AM3: Parallel growths of Azurite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, good luster and a very vivid color. On matrix, with small acicular Malachite crystals.
The specimen, from one of the great classic American localities, comes from the Ignacio Gaspar collection (number AZU-12), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 4 × 3 × 3 cm = 1.57” × 1.18” × 1.18”

TX30AH2: Equant Azurite crystals with the dominant forms of the lateral pinacoid and prism. They are translucent, very bright, have a very intense and deep color and are on a limonite matrix, with small fan-like Malachite aggregates. An American classic, with very good quality for the locality.
Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 8.5 × 6 × 3.8 cm = 3.35” × 2.36” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.24” × 0.16”

EXR46CD1: Granted, more spectacular azurites came out of Milpillas, but for a great classic locality like the Copper Queen mine, this piece is not bad at all, with a lot of luster, very perfect and with the Azurite crystals grouped in rosettes.
The piece is a floater and has Malachite on both sides.
Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 9.4 × 7.8 × 6.2 cm = 3.70” × 3.07” × 2.44”

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

TE47H3: Good arborescent group, very aerial, with sharp Copper crystals in a pocket filled with very small crystals of Calcite. Even considering Copper as a common species for the locality, good samples are actually rare.
Cole Mine (Cole shaft), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 6.9 × 4.4 × 4.5 cm = 2.72” × 1.73” × 1.77”

TZ86V2: Group of crystals of Azurite with a slightly unusual habit, being very flat. They are transparent with a deep blue color, and are on matrix, with bundles of acicular crystals of Malachite. A very good sample from one of the most classic American localities.
Sacramento Pit, Sacramento Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 5 × 3.7 × 3.7 cm = 1.97” × 1.46” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 0.87” × 0.59”

EP51AF7: Spheroidal and rosette aggregates of very sharp and flat, lenticular Azurite crystals that have very well defined faces and edges. They are very bright with a very deep color and are with small spherulitic Malachite.
The sample, an American classic, is from the collection of René Hubin from Neupré in Belgium, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 6.3 × 5.7 × 5 cm = 2.48” × 2.24” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.08”

TB27AL4: Druse of lustrous lenticular crystals, with an intense and vivid color, which formed as the last phase of concentric growths of the Azurite, forming fine layers of different intensity of color.
An American classic, with a label from the Anthony J. Albini collection and another from Schortmann’s that we will send with the specimen.
Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 8.2 × 5.6 × 4.6 cm = 3.23” × 2.20” × 1.81”

TR47H3: A very esthetic floater group. Malachite, velvety and fibrous, has different green tones and it completely pseumomorped prismatic crystals of Azurite, some of them doubly terminated. A classic of XXth century.
Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3 × 2 cm = 1.46” × 1.18” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 0.7 cm = 0.83” × 0.28”

TX96AJ8: Fan-like aggregates of acicular Malachite crystals with a silky luster and a uniform clear green color.
The sample, typical of the best Bisbee era, is from the Lee Hogg collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 4.2 × 4 × 1.1 cm = 1.65” × 1.57” × 0.43”

TD51AM5: Vug with botryoidal growths of acicular Malachite crystals with an intense silky luster and a very deep color. The specimen is from the Mark Mauthner collection (number 4579), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 7.6 × 4.6 × 2.7 cm = 2.99” × 1.81” × 1.06”

MC10I2: The crystals are rhombohedrons, very defined and have yellowish-white color. They made subparallel groups forming attractive curvatures.
The specimen is from John. S. White collection and we’ll send the label with the sample.
Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.6 × 3.1 cm = 2.17” × 1.42” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.55” × 0.47”

TJ6AJ8: Very aerial growth, on matrix, of very sharp octahedral Cuprite crystals that are beveled by the dodecahedron. They are translucent, bright and have a very deep red color. A classic from Bisbee of great quality.
From the Thomas P. Moore collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 3 × 2 × 1.4 cm = 1.18” × 0.79” × 0.55”

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

TM47AH6: Elongated prismatic Atacamite crystals that are very fine, transparent and extraordinarily bright, with small spray-like aggregates of acicular Brochantite crystals that have a lighter color, all on a Cuprite matrix. The Atacamite has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Cole Mine (Cole shaft), 700 ft level, 110 stope, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 2.6 × 3.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.02” × 1.26” × 0.67”

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

TQ48M2: This Azurite specimen is from a classic North American locality. A perfect floater formed by divergent crystals, with very differentiated and sharp faces and edges. Color is really excellent. The specimen was mined probably 10 years ago, when the Morenci mine works engulfed older workings, like the Detroit mine from over 100 years before.
Morenci Mine, Morenci, Copper Mountain District, Shannon Mountains, Greenlee County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4 × 3.8 cm = 1.77” × 1.57” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.8 cm = 0.63” × 0.31”

TQ69AM9: Druse of lenticular Azurite crystals, with bright luster and a vivid and uniform color, partially covered by acicular Malachite crystals. This very characteristic specimen comes from one of the great classic American localities for the species.
Morenci, Copper Mountain District, Shannon Mountains, Greenlee County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.3 × 2.8 cm = 2.05” × 1.69” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.67” × 0.28”

MN91AL3: Group of slightly flattened Azurite crystals, with the dominant forms of the rhombohedron and polycrystalline growths on the faces, of a very vivid blue color, on matrix and partially covered with Malachite. From one of the great classic localities in Arizona, and with more color and better luster than usually found there.
Morenci Mine, Morenci, Copper Mountain District, Shannon Mountains, Greenlee County, Arizona  USA (±1995)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.4 × 2.9 cm = 2.17” × 1.73” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.4 cm = 0.79” × 0.55”

MFB36AP5: Very elongated spheroidal and stalactitic microcrystalline growths of Azurite with deep, vivid and uniform color, in a limonite matrix with botryoidal coatings of Malachite. A U.S. classic, with rare unusual characteristics for specimens from this locality.
Morenci Mine, Morenci, Copper Mountain District, Shannon Mountains, Greenlee County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 6 × 4.4 × 3.2 cm = 2.36” × 1.73” × 1.26”

EM67AE8: Rosettes, on a rocky matrix, of tabular crystals with a very vivid blue color. An American classic.
Morenci, Copper Mountain District, Shannon Mountains, Greenlee County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 10 × 9.5 × 6.5 cm = 3.94” × 3.74” × 2.56”

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

TP16AD3: Rosette aggregates of flattened lenticular crystals with very well defined crystalline forms and an intense color. They are on matrix, with limonite and with Malachite coatings. An American classic, with the added interest of the very specific locality details, noting the precise mine and the exact area where the sample was found.
Morenci Mine, Northwest Extension, Morenci, Copper Mountain District, Shannon Mountains, Greenlee County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 13.5 × 7.8 × 5.2 cm = 5.31” × 3.07” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.28” × 0.12”

TP99Z7: Aggregates of small Dioptase crystals on a Chrysocolla matrix. They are very elongated, bright and have an intense color. The sample has a very good quality for the locality, an American classic.
Morenci Mine, Morenci, Copper Mountain District, Shannon Mountains, Greenlee County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.2 × 1.8 cm = 2.52” × 2.05” × 0.71”

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

MLR66CD4: Rich group of Kinoite crystals forming a coating on an andesitic rock matrix. They are very lustrous and have vivid reflections of an intense light blue color. It comes from the well-known Christmas mine in Arizona, USA.
The specimen was from the collection of Jean-François Demaizière, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Gila County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.4 × 2.3 cm = 1.69” × 1.34” × 0.91”

TPM86AQ1: Radial growths of acicular crystals of Aurichalcite, with very good luster and an intense and uniform color on a limonite matrix.
The specimen is from the collection of Dr. Collin Kaeder.
79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Gila County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.9 × 1 cm = 1.34” × 1.14” × 0.39”

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

MTJ16CD3: In thin, crisscrossed “stockwork”-like plates formed of a ferruginous matrix completely covered by botryoidal masses of Goethite, groups of very bright Aurichalcite crystals have been deposited, predominantly grass-green, giving a beautiful chromatic contrast with the matrix.
Without claiming to be among the best from this famous locality, this piece is very fine and elegant. A little beauty.
79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Gila County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.6 × 3.1 cm = 1.89” × 1.42” × 1.22”

TA37AN1: Groups of acicular crystals of Aurichalcite with bright luster and an intense green color, implanted on a botryoidal surface of bluish green Smithsonite that partially covers the rock matrix. An American classic different from others as the Aurichalcite is located on the Smithsonite.
79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Gila County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 7 × 5 × 4.7 cm = 2.76” × 1.97” × 1.85”

MC76L1: Groups of fan-shaped acicular crystals with intense color, between blue and greenish, on a Limonite matrix. A very pleasant and luminous specimen from a classic locality.
79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Gila County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 8.6 × 5.5 × 4.4 cm = 3.39” × 2.17” × 1.73”

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

MH46AM6: Hemimorphite druse, on a limonite matrix, which forms botryoidal growths of a uniform sky blue color. From a classic US locality. We will send the buyer the specimen in its original perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, which shows that the specimen was previously in the Sullivan collection.
79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Gila County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.6 × 1.6 cm = 0.94” × 0.63” × 0.63”

TR69AL7: Group of flattened Azurite crystals, sharp, translucent, lustrous and with a very vivid color. The best quality for what is known from here, a mine where quality specimens are not so common.
Bluebird Mine, Miami, Miami-Inspiration District (Globe-Miami District), Gila County, Arizona  USA

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

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.55” × 0.47”

TB6AK3: Group of very sharp Calcite crystals on matrix, with prismatic habit and good rhombohedral terminations, transparent, colorless, and very lustrous. The specimen is from a very rare locality and comes from the Lee Hogg collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Portland Mine, Lost Cabin Wash, Black Mountains, Mining District Pilgrim, Mohave County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 6 × 4 × 2.4 cm = 2.36” × 1.57” × 0.94”

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

TR89AM5: Group of translucent octahedral crystals with a pale green color with polycrystalline surfaces and partially covered by small groups of white Quartz crystals. Among the best possible quality for what is known from this mine.
Homestake-Jack Pot Mine, Black Mountains, Oatman District-San Francisco District, Mohave County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.7 × 4.9 cm = 2.87” × 2.24” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 2.7 cm = 1.34” × 1.06”

XM80TQ: Radial aggregates of acicular Linarite crystals, translucent, with great luster and a very vivid color, on a Quartz-coated matrix. The specimen is from the Lee Hogg collection.
Grand Reef Mine, Laurel Canyon, Grand Reef Mountain, Klondyke, Aravaipa District, Graham County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.9 × 1.3 cm = 1.22” × 1.14” × 0.51”

TCM16AN4: Druse of Vanadinite crystals with dipyramidal habit, lustrous, and red with orange tones.
We will send this specimen, from a known but little published locality for mineral collecting, in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label stating that it was previously in the Sullivan collection.
J.C. Holmes Mine, Temporal Gulch area, Patagonia, Wrightson District, Santa Rita Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.2 × 2 cm = 1.10” × 0.87” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”

SV160EBR: Group of Cerussite crystals on a ferruginous rock matrix with marked complete multiple twins and with a morphology reminiscent of snowflakes, but with scattered crystals and some stacking, which makes this type of Cerussite popularly known as 'jackstraw'.
The specimen is a classic for this American Mine in Arizona, although in this case the crystals are more transparent than is usual in this locality.
Flux Mine, Flux Gulch, Alum Gulch, Patagonia Mountains, Harshaw District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 4.4 × 4 × 1.3 cm = 1.73” × 1.57” × 0.51”

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

TFH47AQ1: Group of Quartz crystals with two growth phases, one of transparent crystals and a second, as a coating, translucent and white, in which there are growths of Opal in some areas. The two main crystals, clearly differentiated, form a japan-law twin.
Washington Camp-Duquesne Mines, Patagonia Mountains, Washington Camp-Duquesne District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 6.5 × 6.3 × 5.3 cm = 2.56” × 2.48” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 4.9 × 2.2 cm = 1.93” × 0.87”

TH92AM5: Group of flattened Quartz crystals with a distinct Japan-law twin. The crystals are transparent and lustrous and of a size and transparency greater than usual in specimens from this mine.
Washington Camp-Duquesne Mines, Patagonia Mountains, Washington Camp-Duquesne District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 6.6 × 5.3 × 4.8 cm = 2.60” × 2.09” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 3.3 cm = 1.77” × 1.30”

TXL89AP3: Microbotryoidal growths of Mottramite with a grey-green color that partially cover tabular Wulfenite crystals that have good luster and an orange color. An excellent American classic from a classic locality.
Glove Mine, Glove Mine group, Devil's Cash Box Ridge, Cottonwood Canyon, Amado, Tyndall District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 11.1 × 6.1 × 4.1 cm = 4.37” × 2.40” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.9 cm = 0.79” × 0.75”

TA16AN2: Crust, on matrix, of Vanadinite crystals with a prismatic habit, many of them doubly terminated, with bright luster and an intense and uniform color between red and orange.
We will ship the specimen, from a classic American locality, in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Puzzler Mine, Adams Mine group, Kofa Game Range, Castle Dome District, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 3.1 × 1.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.22” × 0.67” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”

EG14X0: Druse on matrix of very sharp, short prismatic crystals of simple forms with very well defined faces and edges and very bright. From a classic locality for the species.
Mistake Mine, Sam Powell Peak, Box Canyon, Yavapai County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.2 × 1.9 cm = 1.50” × 1.26” × 0.75”

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

MFB87AP6: Group of twinned (sixlings) crystals of Cerussite, translucent, with very good luster and snow-white color. On matrix, with deformed cubic Fluorite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, translucent and pale green.
Of the best quality known for the locality.
Hull Mine, Hull Mine group, Buckeye vein group, Castle Dome Mine group, Castle Dome District, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2 × 1.5 cm = 1.61” × 0.79” × 0.59”

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