TF48N9: Octahedral crystals of considerable size, very well defined with a deep and uniform color and good luster, which not so frequent in the samples of this locality.
The number mark on the sample indicates it was on the collection of John H. Marshall, well known collector of Pyromorphite but who also collected Fluorites.
William Wise Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire  USA (1990)

Specimen size: 8.9 × 5.7 × 4.6 cm = 3.50” × 2.24” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 6.3 × 4.5 cm = 2.48” × 1.77”

TC47Y6: Very rounded, almost spherical, Prehnite crystals with a very clear green color on a surface of transparent and extraordinarily bright Datolite crystals with very well defined faces and edges and on a rocky matrix. A good American classic of which currently circulate very few samples.
This piece is from the Tichelman collection (num. 309) whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey  USA (±1970)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 6.1 × 3 cm = 2.99” × 2.40” × 1.18”

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

MP27J0: Spherical growths of laminar crystals on a serpentine matrix. We especially note the rich green shades of the group. This Prehnite is from a classic locality and good specimens are very scarce today.
Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey  USA

Specimen size: 11 × 8.2 × 3.7 cm = 4.33” × 3.23” × 1.46”

TT47AL3: Equidimensional Fluorapophyllite-(K) crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with an apparently cubic habit, with very well defined faces and edges, translucent white, on matrix, with Quartz and small white botryoidal aggregates of Prehnite. The specimen comes from a classic American locality for the species.
Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey  USA (±1930)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5 × 3.2 cm = 2.56” × 1.97” × 1.26”

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

TJ40AF7: Spheroids of almost white Pectolite with radial sections. On matrix with small pale green crystals of a not identified species (probably Datolite).
The sample is from the inventory of Charles Key and has a great quality for the species and the locality.
Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey  USA

Specimen size: 9.2 × 5.1 × 5 cm = 3.62” × 2.01” × 1.97”

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

EXJ47AQ1: Lamellar Heindricksite crystals with very well developed crystal forms for the species, shiny and dark green, almost black. On matrix, with dodecahedral crystals of Andradite, the “polyadelphite” variety, which contains a wide range of elements.
The specimen, from the type locality for Hendricksite, comes from the Moutet collection, from Marseille, and is accompanied by an old label from Deyrolle, from Paris, which we will send to the buyer.
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey  USA

Specimen size: 4.2 × 4 × 2.6 cm = 1.65” × 1.57” × 1.02”

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

TJ27H7: The crystal is doubly terminated and its faces and edges have an excellent definition, much better than most usual for this classic material. The matrix of white Calcite contrasts with the darker shades of the crystal.
The sample is from Thomas P. Moore collection.
Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey  USA

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

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.5 cm = 0.79” × 0.59”

TV87AL3: Arborescent growth of flattened Copper, on matrix, very aerial, with poorly defined crystalline forms. High quality Coppers like this one are very rare in Franklin.
The specimen comes from the Rock Currier collection (No. 3070), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey  USA

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.7 × 2.3 cm = 1.61” × 1.06” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.1 cm = 0.75” × 0.43”

RF16S7: Bright nodular growths typical of Zincite from Franklin. Very intense red color, with pinkish Tephroite on a white Calcite matrix.
Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey  USA

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.2 × 3.6 cm = 2.40” × 1.65” × 1.42”

MDE47AO3: Two groups of octahedral Franklinite crystals with sharp crystal forms, somewhat lustrous, on a Calcite matrix and with Willemite.
From one of the type localities for the species.
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin mining district, Sussex County, New Jersey  USA

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.6 × 3.8 cm = 2.83” × 2.20” × 1.50”

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

NA50Z7: Octahedral Franklinite crystals with very well defined faces and curved edges. The crystal, of good size, is free of damage which is rare for samples of this fragile species. It is on a Calcite matrix with red crystalline Zincite nodules.
Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey  USA

Specimen size: 8.1 × 6.8 × 4.2 cm = 3.19” × 2.68” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 2.6 cm = 1.10” × 1.02”

MXT94AO3: Octahedral Franklinite crystals of considerable size for the species, with very sharp crystal forms, with better luster than usual and on a Calcite matrix with Willemite. A USA classic of very good quality.
From one of the type localities for the species.
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin mining district, Sussex County, New Jersey  USA

Specimen size: 10.1 × 6.4 × 5.4 cm = 3.98” × 2.52” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 2 cm = 1.10” × 0.79”

HF61K9: Fanlike acicular-fibrous crystal groups. The color of these crystals varies between pure white blue and the creamy white. The locality and the specimen can be considered to be classics.
Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey  USA

Specimen size: 9.5 × 7 × 5 cm = 3.74” × 2.76” × 1.97”

ED86D6: The specimen is nice but it also comes from an unusual locality, even though one initially assumes that it is from Los Lamentos. This comes from the dispersion of the Bally Museum collection so has a label with it that we will send to the purchaser. In a few crystals there is minor damage, but it is not very significant and none of the major crystals has any damage.
Organ Mountains, Organ District, Doña Ana County, New Mexico  USA

Specimen size: 6 × 4.5 × 3 cm = 2.36” × 1.77” × 1.18”

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

P36BF6: The octahedral crystals are typical of this locality, but in this case they have reached an unusually large size. The color is deep and on one side you can see clear violet to green zoning.
Pine Canyon deposit, West Burro Mountains, Burro Mountains District, Grant County, New Mexico  USA

Specimen size: 5 × 3.6 × 3.4 cm = 1.97” × 1.42” × 1.34”

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

TT52N9: Excellent sample, a classic from a classic locality. Its crystals, of very deep color, have very well defined faces and edges and are on a matrix of small crystals of Quartz.
It is from the collection of Dr. Marvin D. Rausch (Massachusetts), whose label we’ll send to the buyer with the specimen.
Judith Lynn Claim (T & G Prospect), Pine Canyon deposit, West Burro Mountains, Burro Mountains District, Grant County, New Mexico  USA (±1985)

Specimen size: 13.2 × 8.9 × 4.7 cm = 5.20” × 3.50” × 1.85”

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

HB47AM5: Druse, on matrix, of sharp, translucent octahedral crystals with an intense and uniform violet color.
Pine Canyon deposit, West Burro Mountains, Burro Mountains District, Grant County, New Mexico  USA

Specimen size: 16 × 12.2 × 4.4 cm = 6.30” × 4.80” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.63” × 0.59”

TE14AB7: Floater and complete rosette growth with sharp rhombohedral crystals and with a very vivid color. The sample is from an old find at a poorly reported mine in New Mexico.
Hanover #2 Mine, Hanover-Fierro District, Grant County, New Mexico  USA

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.4 × 1.9 cm = 1.10” × 0.94” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.4 cm = 0.31” × 0.16”

MB27AM6: Flattened Azurite crystal with very marked polycrystalline growths on the faces, lustrous, with a bright color and with small coatings of Malachite. From a rarely seen locality. We will send the buyer the specimen in its original perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Emma Mine, Hanover-Fierro District, Grant County, New Mexico  USA

Specimen size: 3 × 2.3 × 2.4 cm = 1.18” × 0.91” × 0.94”

TMA13AN8: Floater Pyrite crystal, with dominant pyritohedron faces beveled by those of the octahedron, black in color due to a uniform coating of Chalcocite, not a pseudomorph, a case similar to the Chalcocite specimens from the Milpillas mine.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Chino Mine, Santa Rita, Santa Rita District, Grant County, New Mexico  USA

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.4 × 2.4 cm = 1.06” × 0.94” × 0.94”

NV26AJ9: Spheroidal growths on matrix of flattened Azurite crystals with a lenticular shape. They are bright and have a very vivid color. The sample, from an American locality that is classic for the species and samples on matrix are rare.
From the Ignacio Hernández collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Hanover Creek area, Hanover-Fierro District, Grant County, New Mexico  USA

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.2 × 3.6 cm = 2.52” × 2.05” × 1.42”

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

TA86AD9: Very sharp japan law twin that is typical for the locality, with very well defined faces and edges, very transparent and bright and with an intense and uniform smoky color.
The sample is with a label of Ron K. Sohn Minerals that we’ll send to the buyer.
Tiro Estrella Mine, El Capitan Mountains, Capitan District, Lincoln County, New Mexico  USA

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.6 × 0.7 cm = 1.26” × 1.02” × 0.28”

TV88AH1: Lenticular Linarite crystals, flattened and elongated with faces and edges more defined than usual, with a very intense and vivid blue color and on a Quartz matrix. The sample is from an American locality that is a classic for the species.
Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico  USA (±1990)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.3 × 3.7 cm = 2.09” × 1.69” × 1.46”

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

EG49T4: Radial aggregates of acicular crystals that have extraordinary color and luster. They are on a Quartz matrix with small drops of Brochantite. The sample is numbered as 463, corresponding to an indeterminate collection.
The specimen has been published in the Chinese magazine ‘Mineral Lover’ on page 6 in the volume 9/2011
Blanchard Mine (Portales-Blanchard Mine), Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico  USA

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.6 × 3.4 cm = 2.24” × 1.81” × 1.34”

TV16AD9: Radial growths of green acicular Brochantite microcrystals on a crystalline Fluorite matrix that is translucent and has a sky blue color with slightly violet zones. Very unusual, the sample is from an old collection.
Blanchard Mine (Portales-Blanchard Mine), Sunshine No. 2 adit, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico  USA

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.7 × 2.9 cm = 1.93” × 1.46” × 1.14”

BRR98AP3: Druse of Fluorite crystals between transparent and translucent, blue with lilac tones, on matrix and with small Quartz crystals. The specimen is an excellent American classic from a classic locality.
Blanchard Mine (Portales-Blanchard Mine), Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico  USA

Specimen size: 14.4 × 12.5 × 6.6 cm = 5.67” × 4.92” × 2.60”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.47” × 0.43”

TDE36AN4: Botryoidal growths of translucent Smithsonite with intense green colors, partially coated by microcrystals of a lighter blue Aurichalcite.
We will send the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also has the label.
Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico  USA

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.3 × 1.4 cm = 1.10” × 0.91” × 0.55”

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

EA90AL5: Botryoidal growths of translucent Smithsonite, of an intense greenish-blue color, on a botryoidal limonite matrix covered with light green Aurichalcite microcrystals.
The specimen comes from the Doug Toland collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico  USA

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.8 × 3.4 cm = 1.93” × 1.89” × 1.34”

MM37AG9: Botryoidal Smithsonite with a very aerial character, with a pale blue color and areas with intense blue shades. The sample is very typical for Kelly Mine samples, an American classic.
Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico  USA

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.8 × 3 cm = 2.01” × 1.89” × 1.18”

TFB87AO0: Spheroidal growths of Smithsonite, on matrix, translucent, with a satin luster and a uniform bluish green color. An American classic.
Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico  USA

Specimen size: 8.2 × 5.4 × 4.2 cm = 3.23” × 2.13” × 1.65”

TT66AK3: Smithsonite as a botryoidal aggregate, translucent, green with very pale blue tones and a small bit of matrix rock on the back. An American classic, very aesthetic and of great quality, which comes from the collection of Anna and Danilo Rolando (No. 9577), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico  USA

Specimen size: 8.7 × 4.7 × 4.5 cm = 3.43” × 1.85” × 1.77”

VF71Y4: Fine botryoidal growth, on matrix, with a very intense and uniform greenish blue color and showing a luster that is very intense for the species. Lateral areas allow viewing the banded growth of the mineral. An excellent American classic.
Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico  USA

Specimen size: 9 × 8.5 × 5.5 cm = 3.54” × 3.35” × 2.17”

MML91AO1: Spheroidal growths of Smithsonite. On matrix, translucent, with an intense satiny luster for the species and an intense and uniform bluish green color. The mineral's banded growth is visible on the side. An excellent American classic.
Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico  USA

Specimen size: 9.5 × 6 × 3.6 cm = 3.74” × 2.36” × 1.42”

HM1800MC: Botryoidal growth of Smithsonite, translucent, lustrous, and of an intense blue color with greenish tones. An American classic of excellent quality and size.


Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico  USA

Specimen size: 14.7 × 10.8 × 8 cm = 5.79” × 4.25” × 3.15”

TEE16AN3: Floater group of cubic Magnetite crystals with very sharp crystal forms and shiny surfaces.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
ZCA No. 4 Mine, Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St. Lawrence County, New York  USA

Specimen size: 1.6 × 1 × 1.1 cm = 0.63” × 0.39” × 0.43”

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

TB27AJ2: Group of complex Sphalerite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, transparent and bright with a very vivid honey color and on a Calcite matrix. A rare US classic found in Tucson 2019.
Empire State Marble Quarry (Empire Quarry), Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York  USA (01/2019)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2 × 1 cm = 0.98” × 0.79” × 0.39”

TK27AJ2: Doubly terminated Tremolite crystal (chrome rich variety) with acute polycrystalline terminations, very well defined prismatic faces and edges, translucent with a very intense green color and with small, brown, Clinohumite crystals and platy Graphite crystals. A rare US classic proposed in Tucson 2019.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2019, page 77
Washburn Farm, Macomb, Macomb Township, St. Lawrence County, New York  USA (05/2018)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm = 1.42” × 0.59” × 0.59”

TX61AJ3: A novelty at Denver 2018. Isolated platy Graphite crystals, very large with a contour that is very well defined for the species and implanted on a Diopside matrix.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2019, page 77
Rossie, St. Lawrence County, New York  USA (28/06/2018)

Specimen size: 4 × 3 × 2.7 cm = 1.57” × 1.18” × 1.06”

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

TX14AL2: A novelty at Tucson 2020. Group of three doubly terminated Tremolite crystals, with very well defined faces and edges. The crystals, with a little white Dolomite matrix, have an intense luster between vitreous and silky, are much more transparent than usual in specimens from this area and are green-gray with bluish tints. From a very recent find, the quality is superior to that generally known in the St. Lawrence County area.
Big Mole claim, West Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, New York  USA (06/2019)

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

TT46AL2: A novelty at Tucson 2020. Group of two doubly terminated Tremolite crystals with very well defined faces and edges. The crystals, with a little white Dolomite matrix, have an intense luster between vitreous and silky, are much more transparent than usual in specimens from this area and are green-gray with bluish tints. From a very recent find, the quality is superior to that generally known in the St. Lawrence County area.
Big Mole claim, West Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, New York  USA (06/2019)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.8 × 1.5 cm = 0.79” × 0.71” × 0.59”

TA37AL2: A novelty at Tucson 2020. Group of doubly terminated Tremolite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and doubly terminated, with sharp faces and edges. The crystals, partially covered with small white Dolomite rhombohedra, have an intense luster between vitreous and silky, are much more transparent than usual in specimens from this area and are green-gray in color with bluish tints. From a very recent find, the quality is superior to that generally known in the St. Lawrence County area.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a novelty from Tucson 2020 in the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 62 in the volume 25, number 2
Big Mole claim, West Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, New York  USA (06/2019)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm = 1.30” × 1.26” × 0.87”

TF50AL1: A novelty at Tucson 2020. Doubly terminated floater crystal, with very well defined faces and edges and with two different terminations, with rough faces. The crystal is grey-green with bluish tints, has an intense luster between vitreous and silky, and is much more transparent than usual in specimens from this area. From a very recent find, with a quality superior to what is generally known in St. Lawrence County.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a novelty from Tucson 2020 in the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 62 in the volume 25, number 2
Big Mole claim, West Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, New York  USA (06/2019)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 1.1 × 0.8 cm = 1.42” × 0.43” × 0.31”

TV46AL2: A novelty at Tucson 2020. Tremolite crystal, on a Dolomite matrix, with very well defined faces and edges, with a polycrystalline termination, an intense luster between vitreous and silky, translucent, but with greater transparency than usual in specimens from this area and of green-gray color with bluish tints. From a very recent find, the quality is superior to that generally known in the St. Lawrence County area.
Big Mole claim, West Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, New York  USA (06/2019)

Specimen size: 7 × 2.1 × 1.8 cm = 2.76” × 0.83” × 0.71”

TC86AL6: A novelty at Tucson 2020. Elongated Tremolite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, on a Dolomite matrix, with marked scepter growth. They have very well defined faces and edges, good terminal faces and an intense luster between crystalline and silky. It exhibits greater transparency than usual in specimens from this area and a beautiful gray-green color with bluish tints. From a recent find, the quality is also far superior to what is generally known from the St. Lawrence County area.
The crystal was reinforced, already at origin, in two spots on the prism to avoid its possible separation.

Big Mole claim, West Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, New York  USA (06/2019)

Specimen size: 15.7 × 6.5 × 4 cm = 6.18” × 2.56” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 15.7 × 2.3 cm = 6.18” × 0.91”

TH76S7: A floater crystal of Spodumene of irregular shape, with parallel growths, an excellent degree of transparency and good color and luster. We note its locality, which was an early name for what is now hiddenite.
We will send the label of the sample, from Minerals Unlimited, Berkeley, California, to the buyer.
Stony Point (Hiddenite), Alexander County, North Carolina  USA

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.2 × 0.8 cm = 1.26” × 0.87” × 0.31”

TM50T0: An excellent floater crystal, complete, without lateral exfoliation or damage, very transparent with very well marked parallel growths on both terminations. One of the more rare Spodumene samples from this locality in North Carolina, better known by the variety hiddenite.
Stony Point (Hiddenite), Alexander County, North Carolina  USA (±1985)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 3.4 × 2 cm = 4.21” × 1.34” × 0.79”

TA36L0: One of the novelties of Tucson 2008. Transparent to translucent cubic Fluorite crystals with sharp faces and edges. Color varies between yellow and dark honey, with well defined and quite variable color intensity in geometric zonations. On a matrix of small crystals of Celestine.
White Rock Quarry, Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio  USA (2007)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.3 × 3.2 cm = 1.85” × 1.30” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.63” × 0.59”

T3FA2: Very original and iridescent (brown & violet) Fluorite from Auglaize quarry, which from time to time rewards us with samples like this one.
Stoneco Auglaize Quarry, Junction, Paulding County, Ohio  USA

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