EPP76AP6: Cerussite crystals with twins of bipyramidal habit, translucent, white, with good luster, on a matrix of limonite with small, very sharp crystals of brilliant orange Wulfenite.
A very old European classic that comes from the collection of Michel Perraudin.


Hochobir mining district, Hochobir Mountain, Eisenkappel-Vellach, Völkermarkt District, Carinthia/Kärnten  Austria

Specimen size: 7.1 × 3.4 × 3 cm = 2.80” × 1.34” × 1.18”

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

TA47F6: A European classic that is very hard to get. The large fine crystals are doubly terminated and an excellent color.
There are two labels with it, one from the R.M. Wilke collection (nº 1054) and the other from the dealer Filer (Redlands, California)
Diopside rift (Schwarzenstein), Ochsner-Rotkopf Massif, Zemmgrund, Ziller Valley (Zillertal), North Tyrol, Tyrol/Tirol  Austria

Specimen size: 10 × 2.7 × 2.3 cm = 3.94” × 1.06” × 0.91”

VB26G5: A classic specimen which, aside its esthetical quality, has the feature that it has very well-defined crystals, free of damage and totally natural, without the polishing so frequently seen on the Tyrolean samples to make them more esthetic.
Gaisberg Valley, Obergurgl, Gurgler Valley, Ötz Valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol/Tirol  Austria

Specimen size: 7.5 × 5.8 × 4.5 cm = 2.95” × 2.28” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3.5 cm = 1.57” × 1.38”

EC86R3: Parallel growth of sharp and bright laminar crystals of Hematite, on matrix, with Muscovite and Clinochlore. We especially note the Austrian locality, very uncommon.
Mörchner area, Zemmgrund, Ziller Valley (Zillertal), North Tyrol, Tyrol/Tirol  Austria (1991)

Specimen size: 4 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.57” × 0.87” × 0.67”

TRZ97AN6: Beryl crystal (emerald variety) doubly terminated, with very sharp crystal forms, between transparent and translucent, with an intense and uniform color, on a micaceous matrix. This specimen comes from what is undoubtedly the most classic deposit for European emeralds.
Habach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg  Austria

Specimen size: 5.4 × 5.2 × 2.3 cm = 2.13” × 2.05” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.75” × 0.24”

EF48AE4: Very aerial parallel aggregate of very sharp crystals, between transparent and translucent, extraordinarily bright and with a deep an intense color, typical of this classic Austrian locality. A miniature of great quality.
Knappenwand area, Untersulzbach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg  Austria (2007)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.6 × 2.1 cm = 1.46” × 1.02” × 0.83”

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

EA64N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. Group of crystals, most of them doubly terminated, of excellent transparency and luster and a very deep color. They are on matrix, with Actinolite (Byssolite). From a recent find in probably the most classical locality for the species.
Knappenwand, Knappenwand area, Untersulzbach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg  Austria (03/2009)

Specimen size: 6 × 3.9 × 2 cm = 2.36” × 1.54” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 0.5 cm = 1.73” × 0.20”

EB61N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. Excellent sample, a group of long prismatic crystals with very good terminations. They have notable transparency and luster, and a very deep color. They are on matrix, with Actinolite (Byssolite). We must point out the very noticeable bending of the main crystal at the left, with a continuous curvature on the center one. From a recent find in probably the most classical locality for the species.
Knappenwand, Knappenwand area, Untersulzbach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg  Austria (03/2009)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 2.3 × 2.2 cm = 3.31” × 0.91” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 7.3 × 1.3 cm = 2.87” × 0.51”

ET27AA4: Aggregate of lenticular Calcite crystals, the largest with the prism faces more developed. The crystals are translucent, their color is between yellow and orange and they have a gray color zoning. As in so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
La Sambre Quarry, Landelies, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Hainaut Province, Wallonia Region  Belgium

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.7 × 3.1 cm = 2.91” × 2.24” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 3.4 cm = 1.42” × 1.34”

MX11AK3: Aggregate of very sharp hyalophane crystals (Barium-rich Microcline), which form multiple twins, with the Manebach law predominating, transparent, very lustrous and with a bit of matrix at the back.
Zagradski Potok Mine, Zagradski Creek, Busovača, Central Bosnia, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bosnia-Herzegovina (1989-1990)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 1.9 × 2.2 cm = 1.02” × 0.75” × 0.87”

TZ90H9: A floater group of crystals from the classic locality of Busovaca, practically the only one for good quality specimens of this species. Crystals have very obvious double Baveno-Manebach twins, and they are translucent and bright.
Zagradski Potok Mine, Zagradski Creek, Busovača, Central Bosnia, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bosnia-Herzegovina (2004)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 6.1 × 4.8 cm = 2.68” × 2.40” × 1.89”

TB46G0: A group of prismatic crystals, with very good luster and definition of forms. It is attached to a matrix of Quartz, something that we had never seen before.
Zagradski Potok Mine, Zagradski Creek, Busovača, Central Bosnia, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bosnia-Herzegovina (2004)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 6.3 × 3.3 cm = 2.95” × 2.48” × 1.30”

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

MC62AE7: Aggregate of very sharp Hyalophane (feldspar series) crystals that are transparent and have a slightly bluish-gray color and are partially coated by unusual aggregates of acicular Rutile crystals.
Zagradski Potok Mine, Zagradski Creek, Busovača, Central Bosnia, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bosnia-Herzegovina (1989-1990)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.4 × 1.5 cm = 1.46” × 1.34” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.20” × 0.12”

TFM13AN8: Group of cubo-octahedral Galena crystals, on matrix and very sharp, with deep hopper growths on some of the faces, and with a very bright luster.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Krushev dol Mine, Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast  Bulgaria

Specimen size: 3 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm = 1.18” × 0.98” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.8 cm = 0.79” × 0.71”

MH26M9: Group of cubic crystals of Galena, some of them flattened and have a tabular aspect. They have the vertices truncated by the triangular faces of the octahedron. On the lower side there is a small, very well defined, crystal of Sphalerite which color is honey yellow.
A photograph of this specimen is on the page 207 of the book "Earth Science" (4th edition) published by BJU.
Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast  Bulgaria (2002)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.2 × 3.1 cm = 1.30” × 0.87” × 1.22”

TC47Q6: Parallel growth with a prominent tetrahedral-face, aerial and sharp, with very well defined faces and edges and an excellent luster. The matrix is especially rich in small crystals of Quartz and cube-octahedral crystals of Galena.
Borieva Mine, Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast  Bulgaria (2008)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.4 × 2.3 cm = 1.42” × 0.94” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.7 cm = 0.94” × 0.67”

EM26M2: In this excellent sample, Sphalerite crystals are showing extremely defined crystalline forms, more than usual for the species. Tetrahedral faces are dominant but other accessory faces are perfectly visible. The Sphalerite crystals are very aerials on a Quartz crystal-rich matrix also with Chalcopyrite and Galena crystals.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a novelty at the 2008 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine Le Règne Minéral number 82 (July-August 2008), page 82.
Borieva Mine, Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast  Bulgaria (06/2008)

Specimen size: 7 × 6.5 × 5.9 cm = 2.76” × 2.56” × 2.32”

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

MF14AM8: Group of shiny cubo-octahedral Galena crystals, very sharp and with a very well defined spinel law twin.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Krushev dol Mine, Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast  Bulgaria

Specimen size: 3 × 2.8 × 1.2 cm = 1.18” × 1.10” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.8 cm = 0.59” × 0.31”

MT50AF3: Complex crystals with equant shape, twinned, translucent and with a very deep green color. They are on a microcrystalline Quartz matrix, with cubo-octahedral Galena crystals.
Krushev dol Mine, Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast  Bulgaria (2012)

Specimen size: 9.6 × 6.8 × 2.6 cm = 3.78” × 2.68” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.5 cm = 0.67” × 0.59”

MD96N4: Group of octahedral crystals beveled by the dodecahedron. They are bright, transparent and have the typical greenish shade that characterizes the variety cleiophane.
September Mine (9th of September Mine) , Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast  Bulgaria (1993)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.9 × 2.2 cm = 1.26” × 1.14” × 0.87”

ML37N4: Group of bright, transparent crystals of Sphalerite with the greenish color that characterizes the variety cleiophane. With small cubic crystals of Galena and groups of small, very bright, crystals of Quartz.
September Mine (9th of September Mine) , Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast  Bulgaria (1993)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.5 × 2 cm = 2.24” × 1.77” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.39” × 0.35”

ER11M9: Twinned Sphalerite crystals with very well defined flat faces, which is not too common for the species. They are associated with Chalcopyrite crystals, small cubes of Galena and Quartz crystals.
Mogilata Deposit, September Mine (9th of September Mine) , Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast  Bulgaria (1992)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 7.6 × 3.4 cm = 3.35” × 2.99” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.8 cm = 0.79” × 0.71”

MC12N4: Very aerial floater group of crystals formed by the faces of the cube and the pyritohedron with very well marked longitudinal striations.
Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast  Bulgaria (1996)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 2.6 × 2.2 cm = 1.77” × 1.02” × 0.87”

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

MG61N4: A very esthetic sample with polycrystalline growths on a tabular crystal attached to a group of clear crystals of Quartz.
Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast  Bulgaria (1997)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 6 × 2.6 cm = 2.40” × 2.36” × 1.02”

EZ97AA4: Uniaxial growths of lenticular (flattened rhombohedron) Calcite crystals. They are translucent, have a light pinkish color and are on a matrix of Quartz crystals. A Calcite with a very uncommon shape for the locality.
Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast  Bulgaria

Specimen size: 8.7 × 7.7 × 5.3 cm = 3.43” × 3.03” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 5.4 × 2.1 cm = 2.13” × 0.83”

ER68AA4: Aggregate of lenticular Calcite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, white, translucent and on a matrix of Quartz crystals with perimorphic Dolomite growths. As in so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast  Bulgaria

Specimen size: 10.1 × 8.9 × 5.4 cm = 3.98” × 3.50” × 2.13”

TA96M3: Excellent miniature. Crystals shows a better brilliance than usual for the locality. Specimen is formed by a group of crystals with very sharp faces and edges, excellent terminations and a very aerial shape.
The specimen is from the Thomas P. Moore collection and we’ll send the label to the buyer.

Pcheloyad Mine, Momchilgrad Obshtina, Kardzhali Oblast  Bulgaria

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.2 × 2.1 cm = 1.02” × 0.87” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.8 cm = 0.55” × 0.31”

TX63V8: From an old and abandoned Bulgarian locality, these individual brown crystals of Pyromorphite look nice perched on the white Quartz matrix.
Something unusual and with some beauty too.
Pcheloyad Mine, level 200, Momchilgrad Obshtina, Kardzhali Oblast  Bulgaria

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.3 × 2 cm = 1.22” × 0.91” × 0.79”

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

TV64V8: From an old and abandoned Bulgarian locality, these individual brown crystals of Pyromorphite look nice perched on the white Quartz matrix.
Something unusual and with some beauty too.
Pcheloyad Mine, level 200, Momchilgrad Obshtina, Kardzhali Oblast  Bulgaria

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.5 × 2 cm = 1.54” × 1.38” × 0.79”

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

EF49AA4: Druse of rhombohedral Calcite crystals with very well defined faces and edges and a red color, due to abundant inclusions, and partially coated by a second generation of small, white, Calcite crystals. As in so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia  Czech Republic

Specimen size: 8.7 × 8 × 3.8 cm = 3.43” × 3.15” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.35” × 0.31”

TF96W8: Rosette growths of Mimetite crystals with an intense yellow color. They are on matrix, with Quartz and Siderite. Mimetite is a very uncommon species at Pribram and the rare well known samples have been quite old, as is the case of this piece, whose pedigree is testified by the three attached labels and the collection card, that we’ll send to the buyer.
Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia  Czech Republic

Specimen size: 7.9 × 7.8 × 4.3 cm = 3.11” × 3.07” × 1.69”

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

ED36K0: Small, very well defined crystals of deep red color very uncommon from this locality, on a surface of micro-crystalline Quartz.
Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia  Czech Republic (±1960)

Specimen size: 9 × 8.6 × 3.7 cm = 3.54” × 3.39” × 1.46”

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

MH80F3: Classic locality for excellent Cassiterite. The very brilliant crystals have some degree of translucence and are lighter in color than is typical for the locality. They are on a matrix of Quartz.
There is also a label from the collection of Professor H. Siegmund of Vienna (number 337)
Cinovec/Zinnwald, Erzgebirge, Krusné Hory Mts., Ústí Region, Bohemia  Czech Republic

Specimen size: 8 × 4.7 × 1.8 cm = 3.15” × 1.85” × 0.71”

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

TB56X4: Very sharp crystal with prismatic shape, translucent, a yellowish color and with a very well marked twin on the terminal faces. A classic from the Czech Republic.
Číčov hill (Spitzberg), Hořenec (Horzenz), Bílina (Bilin), Ústí Region, Bohemia  Czech Republic

Specimen size: 4 × 1.5 × 1.1 cm = 1.57” × 0.59” × 0.43”

EH66AH6: Druse, on matrix, of acicular crystals of Montroseite, a rare iron and vanadium hydroxide, that are bright and have a very dark, almost black, green color.
Prachovice, Pardubice Region, Bohemia  Czech Republic (2005)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 1.38” × 0.63” × 0.55”

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

EN88AH7: Druse, on matrix, of acicular crystals of Montroseite, a rare iron and vanadium hydroxide, that are bright and have a very dark, almost black, green color.
Prachovice, Pardubice Region, Bohemia  Czech Republic (2005)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 3.7 × 2.4 cm = 2.68” × 1.46” × 0.94”

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

EK50AL0: Fine acicular crystals of Montroseite, a rare iron and vanadium hydroxide, with good luster and very dark green, almost black, on matrix.
Prachovice, Pardubice Region, Bohemia  Czech Republic (2005)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 4.4 × 3.7 cm = 3.70” × 1.73” × 1.46”

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

MF9Q7: A piece from a classic but not so well known locality. The small crystals have very good quality, with a very obvious twin and an extraordinary luster. With crystals of Quartz and on matrix.
Krásne, Šumperk, Olomouc Region, Moravia  Czech Republic

Specimen size: 8.8 × 8.3 × 5.5 cm = 3.46” × 3.27” × 2.17”

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

ED76Y8: Group of black crystals with a dipyramidal shape and rhombic aspect (they are trigonal). They have very well developed faces and edges and are a good size for this rare cyclosilicate. The sample, on matrix and with fibrous Aegirine aggregates on the back, is with a Claus Hedegaard collection label that we’ll send to the buyer.
Tasseq Skråningen, Ilimaussaq Massif, Narsaq (Narssaq), Kujalleq, Greenland  Denmark

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4 × 2 cm = 1.77” × 1.57” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.7 cm = 0.79” × 0.67”

EC67Y8: Isolated black crystal with dipyramidal shape and rhombic aspect (it is trigonal). It has very well developed faces and edges and a good size for this rare cyclosilicate. The sample is with a Claus Hedegaard collection label that we’ll send to the buyer.
Tasseq Skråningen, Ilimaussaq Massif, Narsaq (Narssaq), Kujalleq, Greenland  Denmark

Specimen size: 3 × 2.8 × 1.9 cm = 1.18” × 1.10” × 0.75”

HZ10AM2: Druse on matrix of small elongated transparent crystals of Fluorapophyllite-(K), extraordinarily lustrous and with an intense and uniform yellow color, together with white Calcite crystals, on matrix. The specimen comes from an extraordinary find in 1965 from which a limited number of specimens were obtained.
Korsnäs Lead Mine, Korsnäs, Vaasa municipality, Ostrobothnia  Finland (1965)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.6 × 1.6 cm = 1.30” × 1.02” × 0.63”

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

HB10AM2: Druse on matrix of small elongated crystals of Fluorapophyllite-(K), transparent, extraordinarily lustrous and with an intense and uniform yellow color. The specimen comes from an extraordinary find in 1965 from which a limited number of specimens were obtained.


Korsnäs Lead Mine, Korsnäs, Vaasa municipality, Ostrobothnia  Finland (1965)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2 × 1.6 cm = 1.34” × 0.79” × 0.63”

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

HR10AM2: Druse on matrix of small elongated crystals of Fluorapophyllite-(K), transparent, extraordinarily lustrous and with an intense and uniform yellow color. The specimen comes from an extraordinary find in 1965 from which a limited number of specimens were obtained.
Korsnäs Lead Mine, Korsnäs, Vaasa municipality, Ostrobothnia  Finland (1965)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.2 × 1.1 cm = 1.34” × 0.87” × 0.43”

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

HT11AM2: Druse, on matrix, of small elongated crystals of Fluorapophyllite-(K), transparent, with an extraordinarily good luster and an intense and uniform yellow color, associated with white Calcite crystals and small crystals of Harmotome. The specimen comes from an extraordinary find in 1965 from which a limited number of specimens were obtained.
Korsnäs Lead Mine, Korsnäs, Vaasa municipality, Ostrobothnia  Finland (1965)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 3 × 1 cm = 2.91” × 1.18” × 0.39”

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

HF99AM2: Small elongated crystals of Fluorapophyllite-(K), transparent, with an extraordinarily bright luster, and an intense and uniform yellow color, encrusting matrix. Associated with complex crystals of Calcite, greyish white Harmotome, and very sharp cubes of Pyrite. The specimen comes from an extraordinary find in 1965 from which only a limited number of specimens were obtained.
Korsnäs Lead Mine, Korsnäs, Vaasa municipality, Ostrobothnia  Finland (1965)

Specimen size: 10.4 × 7.4 × 7.3 cm = 4.09” × 2.91” × 2.87”

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

MA96Y3: Very sharp, almost spherical, barrel-shaped crystals with a yellow, slight orange color. They are bright and are on matrix, with microcrystals of Quartz. The sample is from one of the great classic German localities.
Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg  Germany (1998)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 4.8 × 4.4 cm = 2.99” × 1.89” × 1.73”

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

MB6AM0: Group on matrix of very sharp crystals of Hureaulite with well defined faces and edges, finely striated, shiny and with an intense color. This specimen is from the prestigious Thomas P. Moore collection, whose label we will send to the buyer, and was previously in the Folch collection of duplicates (#3314)
Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Oberpfälzer Wald, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany

Specimen size: 3.1 × 1.9 × 1.6 cm = 1.22” × 0.75” × 0.63”

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

MB60K9: Doubly terminated, prismatic Strengite crystals, on matrix. Excellent color, defined faces and edges and considerable crystal size.
Kreuzberg, Pleystein, Neustadt a.d.Waldnaab, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.5 × 3.7 cm = 1.46” × 0.98” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.20” × 0.12”

MN13M9: The crystals are very well defined, they have an excellent transparency and luster and they were formed in a vug of Quartz. The locality, a classic, actually no longer produces pieces for collections.
Kreuzberg, Pleystein, Neustadt a.d.Waldnaab, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.9 × 4.5 cm = 1.93” × 1.93” × 1.77”

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

TA70W4: Group of cubic crystals of Fluorite with polycrystalline growths. They are bright and transparent, with an intense uniform green color and are partially coated by druses of reddish microcrystalline Quartz.
Cäcilia Mine, Freiung, Stulln, Wölsendorf West District, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany

Specimen size: 14 × 10 × 4.3 cm = 5.51” × 3.94” × 1.69”

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

MC64Y9: Very sharp "cockscomb” shaped Marcasite crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They are bright and are on a rocky matrix. The Marcasite crystals retain a very good condition despite more than a half century has passed since was collected from a locality that is rarely represented in mineral collections.
Christiane Mine, Adorf, Diemelsee, Waldeck-Frankenberg District, Hesse/Hessen  Germany (±1950)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 4.5 × 3.7 cm = 2.95” × 1.77” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.6 cm = 0.43” × 0.24”

MD16Y9: Globular growths of very bright cubic Pyrite crystals on a rocky matrix, with small Dolomite crystals. The Pyrite shows an extraordinarily “fresh” aspect despite more than a half century has passed since it was collected from a locality that is rarely represented in mineral collections.
Christiane Mine, Adorf, Diemelsee, Waldeck-Frankenberg District, Hesse/Hessen  Germany (±1950)

Specimen size: 8 × 6.2 × 4 cm = 3.15” × 2.44” × 1.57”

MT62Z1: Aggregates of very well defined cubic Pyrite crystals, bright and on a matrix of botryoidal Baryte. The Pyrite shows an extraordinarily “fresh” aspect despite that more than a half century has passed since it was collected from a locality that is rarely represented in mineral collections.
Christiane Mine, Adorf, Diemelsee, Waldeck-Frankenberg District, Hesse/Hessen  Germany (±1950)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.8 × 4.2 cm = 3.31” × 2.28” × 1.65”

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

ST56AC0: Aggregate of scalenohedral Calcite crystals, on matrix, with red Hematite inclusions. The Calcite crystals have internally dissolved leaving only remaining the former crystal form. Both the matrix surface and the cavities on it, including the interior of the Calcite crystals, are coated by small Dolomite rhombohedrons. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Christiane Mine, Adorf, Diemelsee, Waldeck-Frankenberg District, Hesse/Hessen  Germany (±1950)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 5.4 × 4.8 cm = 3.62” × 2.13” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.5 cm = 1.06” × 0.59”

MC9Y9: Botryoidal Baryte aggregate with a reddish color due to reddish slate inclusions. With botryoidal Siderite that has very dark brown color, almost black, and with small white and very acute scalenohedral Calcite crystals. The sample is from a locality that is rarely represented in mineral collections.
Christiane Mine, Adorf, Diemelsee, Waldeck-Frankenberg District, Hesse/Hessen  Germany (±1950)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.3 × 2.7 cm = 1.77” × 1.30” × 1.06”

MH14Y9: Irregular aggregate of laminar reddish Baryte crystals mostly coated by small brown, rhombohedral Calcite crystals. The sample is from a locality that is rarely represented in mineral collections.
Christiane Mine, Adorf, Diemelsee, Waldeck-Frankenberg District, Hesse/Hessen  Germany (±1950)

Specimen size: 9.6 × 9 × 3.7 cm = 3.78” × 3.54” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.47”

ST69AC0: Rosette aggregates of equant Azurite crystals in a vug coated by small rhombohedral Dolomite crystals, and on a rocky matrix. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Schmitt dolomite Quarry, Altenmittlau, Freigericht, Main-Kinzig-Kreis District, Spessart, Hesse/Hessen  Germany

Specimen size: 7.9 × 5.8 × 4.8 cm = 3.11” × 2.28” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.1 cm = 0.59” × 0.43”

SQ27AC0: Aggregate of divergent Azurite crystals, with good color and luster, in a vug coated by small rhombohedral Dolomite crystals and on a rocky matrix. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Schmitt dolomite Quarry, Altenmittlau, Freigericht, Main-Kinzig-Kreis District, Spessart, Hesse/Hessen  Germany

Specimen size: 8.1 × 6.2 × 4.6 cm = 3.19” × 2.44” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.4 cm = 0.47” × 0.16”

EX47X3: Druse of crystals, between translucent and transparent, with very well defined faces and edges and a very deep blue color. It is from an old find in the sixties of the last century.
Am Soldatenbusch, Obergembeck, Gembeck, Twistetal, Hesse/Hessen  Germany (±1960-70)

Specimen size: 12.8 × 8.4 × 7.5 cm = 5.04” × 3.31” × 2.95”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1.3 cm = 1.26” × 0.51”

NF6Z7: Aggregates, one of them clearly dominant, on a Calcite matrix of very acute Pyrargyrite crystals, translucent, bright and most of them doubly terminated. An “oldie” from a locality considered as especially classic for the species.
St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 5.7 × 3.6 × 1.9 cm = 2.24” × 1.42” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.3 cm = 0.31” × 0.12”

MT94Y6: Sharp arborescent growths of Pyrargyrite crystals on Calcite matrix. They have very well defined faces and edges, very good terminations and show a fine iridescent patina. Excellent German classic, very esthetic and unusual.
St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 6.8 × 6 × 2.5 cm = 2.68” × 2.36” × 0.98”

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

MT14Z0: Aggregate of well-defined crystals, of high quality, especially enhanced by the photography (you must consider the small size of the sample). From the type locality for the species.
St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 1.5 × 1.1 × 0.6 cm = 0.59” × 0.43” × 0.24”

EM50Y5: Very aerial fan-like growth of very well defined crystals with perfect terminations and on matrix. An excellent German classic, from the type locality for the species.
The sample has been noted and photographed in the monograph ‘St. Andreasberg’ of the Mineralogical Record magazine (May-June 2017, pg. 358)
St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 0.91” × 0.71” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.39” × 0.35”

TT86AH4: Very aerial growth of very bright and extraordinarily well defined native Antimony crystals. The sample was analyzed by Dr. Frank Keutsch, currently one of the best experts on sulphides and native elements. We’ll send to the buyer a copy of Dr. Keutsch’s label.
St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 1 × 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.39” × 0.35” × 0.28”

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

MB68AB0: Aggregates of parallel pale yellow transparent Calcite crystals on matrix. They are sharp prismatic with flat terminations and very acute scalenohedral phantom growths that protrude from the pinacoidal face. This historic sample previously was in the Bally Museum at Geneva (Switzerland) whose label we will send to the buyer.
St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 5.4 × 5 × 3.6 cm = 2.13” × 1.97” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.3 cm = 0.87” × 0.51”

SP47AB4: Aggregate, on matrix, of elongated Calcite crystals, between transparent and translucent and with smooth and very well defined pinacoidal terminations that have a white color zoning. Some of the crystals have dark inclusions on their base. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.4 × 4 cm = 2.80” × 1.73” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.9 cm = 0.94” × 0.35”

SY47AC9: A classic. Divergent growths, on matrix, of prismatic Calcite crystals with pinacoidal terminations, with very sharp edges, bright and transparent. The sample is from the Stoppani collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
The sample has been noted and photographed in the monograph ‘St. Andreasberg’ of the Mineralogical Record magazine (May-June 2017, pg. 348)
St. Andreasberg, St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.2 × 5.4 cm = 3.31” × 2.05” × 2.13”

MA48AB0: Aggregate, on matrix, of Calcite crystals that are between tabular and prismatic and have very well defined concentric zonal growths, between white and gray, perpendicular to the main crystal axis. More esthetic than usual for Calcite samples from this historic locality.
Abendröthe Mine, St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 8.5 × 6.4 × 3.5 cm = 3.35” × 2.52” × 1.38”

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

SF49AB0: Druze of very Sharp rhombohedral crystals that are translucent, bright, with a pale yellow color and are on matrix. As in so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Winterberg Quarry, Iberg, Bad Grund, Göttingen District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 10 × 8.5 × 7.2 cm = 3.94” × 3.35” × 2.83”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.8 cm = 0.87” × 0.71”

SQ48AG5: A surface covered by crystals with very well defined faces and edges and a scarcely developed prism with extremely flattened rhombohedral terminations. The crystals, translucent and bright, have an unusual gray color.
The sample is from the Francesco S. Stoppani collection (num. 0456), whose label we’ll send to the buyer. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 15.2 × 9 × 5.8 cm = 5.98” × 3.54” × 2.28”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.06” × 0.71”

TG67AE5: Dendritic aggregates, on matrix, of very fine Silver crystals that are partially coated by dark native Arsenic. An excellent German classic.
Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.9 × 2.1 cm = 1.73” × 1.14” × 0.83”

TB14J3: Hooked and skeletal growths on matrix. We note that from this locality, and very similar in their aspect, there are samples named as Allargentum (Ag7Sb). We analyzed the specimen and, in this case, it is simply native Silver.
Shaft 371, 1410 level, Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.2 × 1.8 cm = 1.85” × 1.26” × 0.71”

EK91D2: In this one I have allowed Jordi to speak:
Very beautiful native silver from Freiberg with two really interesting additions: well-crystallized Stephanite and an old 19th century label, which is written in ink.
A quality classic.
Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5 × 3 cm = 2.68” × 1.97” × 1.18”

MC38AK7: Free standing group of prismatic crystals, very sharp, with excellent terminals faces, and very brilliant.
This specimen, from a classic German locality, comes from the collection of Thomas P. Moore, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.3 × 1.7 cm = 0.98” × 0.51” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1 cm = 0.55” × 0.39”

MT47N6: Very aerial growth of Acanthite crystals pseudomorphic after Argentite. They are cuboctahedral and have bright and very well defined faces and edges.
An excellent miniature from a classic mine and formerly in the thumbnail collection of Thomas P. Moore, whose label we'll send to the buyer.
Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.3 × 1.6 cm = 1.02” × 0.91” × 0.63”

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

ER47AJ1: Very sharp and very bright Acanthite crystals that are implanted on a matrix coated by rhombohedral Dolomite crystals between yellow and pale brown in color. An excellent German classic that was in the Moutet collection, at Marseille. With the sample we will send to the buyer an old label from the prestigious Deyrolle dealers, Paris.
Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.6 × 2.5 cm = 1.65” × 1.42” × 0.98”

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

MA66AL4: Cubo-octahedral crystals of Acanthite, with sharp faces and edges, well isolated on matrix and with coatings of small Calcite crystals. Typical specimen from one of the great German classical localities.
Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 5 × 3.9 × 3.1 cm = 1.97” × 1.54” × 1.22”

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

MC48AJ3: Group of crystals with a tabular shape and a very sharp hexagonal contour. They are very bright and are on matrix. A fine sample, a German classic. The sample has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4 × 2.1 cm = 2.20” × 1.57” × 0.83”

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

MM62P9: Small crystals of Galena with very well defined faces and edges, forming the twin following the spinel law on a matrix of so called “book” aggregates of white Baryte crystals and with cubic yellow, transparent and bright crystals of Fluorite. An European classic.
Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 7.7 × 5.4 × 4 cm = 3.03” × 2.13” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.28” × 0.20”

MQ49AJ4: Tetrahedral Freibergite crystals, very bright and with fine triangular growth forms. They are on matrix with small Quartz crystals and pink colored Rhodochrosite crystals. Both the Freibergite and the Rhodochrosite have been analyzed. We will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.9 × 2 cm = 1.77” × 1.54” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.9 cm = 0.47” × 0.35”

MB56I1: The isolated crystals are very rich with faces, very sharp, translucent and have nice color. There are on a matrix of grayish-white Anhydrite with orange Halite. It is from a recent find of a higher quality than usual for this locality.
Gröna Mine, Bernburg, Stassfurt, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany (2006)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 5.4 × 3.5 cm = 3.23” × 2.13” × 1.38”

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

MF12L2: A sample for systematic collectors. It is a rare bismuth vanadate occurring as a hydrothermal alteration of other bismuth minerals. Small orthorhombic Pucherite crystals but with very brilliant faces and sharp edges, others rounded. This specimen is from the Schneeberg area, probably from the Wolfgang Maassen Mine, the Type Locality for this species.
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4 × 4.3 cm = 2.13” × 1.57” × 1.69”

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

ET68K3: The vein surface is very densely covered with groups of small crystals that are very sharp. The specimen is a classic from one of the great localities of Germany.
Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany (±2004)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 7.7 × 6 cm = 3.35” × 3.03” × 2.36”

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

TA76G0: A classic. Prismatic crystals, some of them doubly-terminated, are grouped on a Quartz matrix. Color and luster are very good.
Pöhla, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.5 × 2.3 cm = 1.30” × 0.98” × 0.91”

MQ47AL3: Very sharp tabular Baryte crystals rich in crystalline forms, transparent, bright, with a uniform honey-brown color, on matrix, with Quartz and small Fluorite crystals. The deposit is one of the great European classics for the species.
Pöhla, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 7.4 × 6.1 × 3.4 cm = 2.91” × 2.40” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.8 cm = 0.91” × 0.71”

ML67AK9: Extraordinarily brilliant Galena crystals, with sharp faces and edges, on matrix with Quartz crystals and small, very sharp, rhombohedral Siderite crystals. The specimen is very typical, comes from one of the great classic Galena localities for collections and is accompanied by a handwritten old label.
Neudorf, Harzgerode mining district, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt/Sachsen-Anhalt  Germany

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.6 × 4.4 cm = 2.20” × 1.81” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.35” × 0.24”

TZ27L0: A classic sample from a classic locality. Group of well defined rounded Galena crystals formed by the faces of the cube and the octahedron, with rhombohedral Siderite crystals, on matrix.
Neudorf, Harzgerode mining district, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt/Sachsen-Anhalt  Germany

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.8 × 2.8 cm = 2.56” × 1.89” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 0.71” × 0.47”

SR58AC7: Aggregate of very sharp and well defined rhombohedral crystals with echeloned edges. They are very bright, have a clear brown color and are on matrix, with very well defined Quartz crystals. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, in this case a German classic, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Neudorf, Harzgerode mining district, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt/Sachsen-Anhalt  Germany

Specimen size: 11.2 × 8 × 4.8 cm = 4.41” × 3.15” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.47”

MA36G8: One of the classic pieces we enjoy offering. Prominent are the two prismatic crystals, well terminated and with a color quite better than usual for the Topaz of the locality, on a matrix of thin acicular crystals of Quartz. With the piece we will send an old label from the Bergakademie of Freiberg.
Schneckenstein cliff, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 5 × 3.1 × 4.6 cm = 1.97” × 1.22” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1 cm = 0.67” × 0.39”

SV57AC0: Peculiar and different spheroidal growth, bright and with a very uniform pinkish color. It is on matrix, with Quartz, feldspar and small Pyrite crystals. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Schönbrunn, Oelsnitz, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 9.1 × 7.6 × 5.5 cm = 3.58” × 2.99” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 3.8 cm = 2.05” × 1.50”

TA37W7: Aggregate of very well defined crystals, with very acute terminations that cover a limonite matrix. Their luster and color are excellent and the locality, a classic for the species, has produced few samples of this quality.
Callenberg North open cut (No. 1), Callenberg, Zwickau, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany (1977)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 4.7 × 5 cm = 3.70” × 1.85” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.3 cm = 0.47” × 0.12”

TM27H9: A classic. Group of divergent prismatic crystals, very bright and with excellent terminations.
Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Nordhausen District, Thuringia/Thüringen  Germany

Specimen size: 3.6 × 1.8 × 1.8 cm = 1.42” × 0.71” × 0.71”

AT92N2: Group of very bright, well defined crystals with bright perfect terminations. The sample is a good representative of one of the great classics of European mineralogy.
Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Nordhausen District, Thuringia/Thüringen  Germany

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm = 2.48” × 1.77” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.9 cm = 0.67” × 0.35”

MB97AA7: Very Sharp colorless, very bright and completely clear Hydroboracite crystal, with a perfect definition of its terminal faces and with a very good length for the species.
Kohnstein Quarry, Niedersachswerfen, Nordhausen District, Thuringia/Thüringen  Germany (12/2012)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 1.4 × 0.5 cm = 1.26” × 0.55” × 0.20”

MA27W8: A novelty at Munich 2012. Group of elongated crystals of Hydroboracite on matrix. They are very sharp, completely clear and showing an exceptional luster. No more words are necessary, maybe one of the best samples found for this species.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2012 Munich Show in the magazine "Lapis" number 12/2012, page 41, and the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’, number 1/2013, page 24
Kohnstein Quarry, Niedersachswerfen, Nordhausen District, Thuringia/Thüringen  Germany (2011)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 5.5 × 4.2 cm = 2.17” × 2.17” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 3 × 0.7 cm = 1.18” × 0.28”

MD53W9: A novelty at Munich 2012. Irregular aggregate of sharp elongated crystals on matrix. They are colorless, completely clear and have an extraordinary luster. Undoubtedly a sample of the best quality for the species.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2012 Munich Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 108, page 45, and the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 52 in number 2013/1
Kohnstein Quarry, Niedersachswerfen, Nordhausen District, Thuringia/Thüringen  Germany (2012)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 6.7 × 2.4 cm = 3.74” × 2.64” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.4 cm = 0.71” × 0.16”

MB56AA6: Fairly new at Munich in 2014: one of the rare borates found in the occasionally prolific Kohnstein quarry. The crystals are extraordinarily sharp, lustrous, colorless, completely transparent and very large for the species, and they are on matrix. Though reluctant to make value judgments, we have to say that this specimen is probably among the best for the species from any locality.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2014 Munich Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ Nov/Dec 2014, number 120, page 45
Kohnstein Quarry, Niedersachswerfen, Nordhausen District, Thuringia/Thüringen  Germany (01/2013)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.2 × 4.1 cm = 1.97” × 1.65” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.59” × 0.08”

EE56T5: Aggregate, on a metallic matrix, of cuboctahedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges in which the forms of the cube and the octahedron have an equal size. It is from a find by Frank de Wit in 2007 from which we offer all of the available samples. The piece is with a label signed by Frank that we'll send to the buyer.
Meyer Quarry, Hastenrath, Eschweiler, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen  Germany (07/04/2007)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.6 × 2.3 cm = 2.09” × 1.81” × 0.91”

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

EH96T5: Aggregate, on a metallic matrix, of cuboctahedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges in which the forms of the cube and the octahedron have an equal size. It is from a find by Frank de Wit in 2007 from which we offer all of the available samples. The piece is with a label signed by Frank that we'll send to the buyer.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What’s New in the Mineral World?’ section, report #30, November 25, 2011 edition.
Meyer Quarry, Hastenrath, Eschweiler, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen  Germany (07/04/2007)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 6.5 × 3.2 cm = 3.74” × 2.56” × 1.26”

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

EG87T5: Aggregate, on a metallic matrix, of cuboctahedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges in which the forms of the cube and the octahedron have a very equal size A thin film of Pyrite coats some of the crystals of Galena. It is from a find by Frank de Wit in 2007 from which we offer all the available samples. The piece is with a label signed by Frank that we'll send to the buyer.
Meyer Quarry, Hastenrath, Eschweiler, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen  Germany (07/04/2007)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 8.5 × 2.9 cm = 4.61” × 3.35” × 1.14”

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

VF66Z4: Parallel aggregates of laminar Baryte crystals showing a color between white and salmon pink. They have scattered small Chalcopyrite crystals. A fine German classic.
Dreislar Mine, Dreislar, Winterberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen  Germany (±1967)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 5.4 × 1.2 cm = 3.11” × 2.13” × 0.47”

NM12R9: Group of translucent white tabular crystals. They have a neat geometrical zoning all along the edges due to the concentration of reddish inclusions of Hematite.
Calcite Quarry, Holzen, Arnsberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen  Germany (17/08/2006)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.4 × 3.2 cm = 2.83” × 2.13” × 1.26”

EM62M5: The sample is from a locality very rarely represented in collections. The crystals have good color, are on Quartz matrix, are very well defined, and most of them are doubly terminated.
Ramsbeck, Bestwig, Distrito Hochsauerland, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen  Germany (1998)

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

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

SB67AB8: Echeloned growths of rhombohedral Siderite crystals with a clear cream color and darker areas due to inclusions. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Müsen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen  Germany

Specimen size: 11 × 7.5 × 4.1 cm = 4.33” × 2.95” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 4 × 2.5 cm = 1.57” × 0.98”

ETB51AP3: Groups of disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals with bright luster and a vivid iridescence, in matrix, with microcrystals of Quartz. The specimen, from one of the great classic German localities, comes from the old collection of Legat Strauss, from Berlin, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Friedrich-Wilhelm Mine, Biersdorf, Daaden, Daaden-Herdorf, Altenkirchen District, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 9.6 × 7.1 × 5.8 cm = 3.78” × 2.80” × 2.28”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”

TA50G1: A classic specimen of excellent quality. Crystals are short prisms of simple forms, very well defined, with the typical brown color of this locality.
The sample was in the collection of Don E. Boydston, number 154, and it also has a label proceeding from U. S. National Museum collections with the number 105219. With the specimen we will send to the buyer both the card of the collection and the mentioned label.
Bad Ems, Bad Ems District, Lahn Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 6.2 × 3.8 × 3.7 cm = 2.44” × 1.50” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.28” × 0.20”

SC50AB4: Botryoidal aggregate, on matrix, of lenticular Rhodochrosite crystals that are translucent and have a very deep and uniform color. The sample is from a German locality considered as a classic for the species. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Rothenberg Mine, Oberneisen, Niederneisen, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.8 × 3.9 cm = 2.09” × 1.50” × 1.54”

SA42AC0: Botryoidal growth, on matrix, with a very deep red color. A great German classic of which, for many years, we have not seen samples.
Rothenberg Mine, Oberneisen, Niederneisen, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 9 × 6.5 × 5.8 cm = 3.54” × 2.56” × 2.28”

EB87AG0: Very sharp Chalcopyrite crystals with well defined faces and edges, very bright and on Quartz crystals with small lenticular Siderite crystals. The sample is from a classic European locality.
Georg Mine, Willroth, Flammersfeld, Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 9.6 × 7.9 × 1.9 cm = 3.78” × 3.11” × 0.75”

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

SA88AC3: Aggregate of rhombohedral Siderite crystals with slightly curved faces and very bright and “paved” surfaces partially coated by small Pyrite crystals. It is an excellent German classic for the species and the locality. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Georg Mine, Willroth, Flammersfeld, Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 14 × 7.8 × 3.7 cm = 5.51” × 3.07” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.5 cm = 0.83” × 0.59”

ED16Y7: A novelty at Munich 2013. Aggregate of translucent and very bright Linarite crystals with a vivid color, on a limonite matrix, with clear blue Caledonite, green Brochantite and small Cerussite crystals.
King Arthur Mine, Kirki Mines, Évros Prefecture, Thrace (Thráki) Department  Greece (03-04/2013)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.5 × 1.9 cm = 1.06” × 0.98” × 0.75”

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

EP16Y7: A novelty at Munich 2013. Fan-like growths of translucent and very bright Linarite crystals with a vivid color, on a limonite matrix, with green Brochantite and small Cerussite crystals.
King Arthur Mine, Kirki Mines, Évros Prefecture, Thrace (Thráki) Department  Greece (03-04/2013)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3.4 × 1.7 cm = 1.34” × 1.34” × 0.67”

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

EJ36Y7: A novelty at Munich 2013. Fan-like growths of translucent and very bright Linarite crystals with a vivid color, on a limonite and Quartz matrix, with green Brochantite and Chalcopyrite.
King Arthur Mine, Kirki Mines, Évros Prefecture, Thrace (Thráki) Department  Greece (03-04/2013)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.3 × 2.9 cm = 1.97” × 1.30” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.1 cm = 0.24” × 0.04”

EF66Y7: A novelty at Munich 2013. Fan-like growths of translucent and very bright Linarite crystals with a vivid color, on limonite and Quartz matrix, with clear blue Caledonite, green Brochantite, Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 46 in number 2014/1
King Arthur Mine, Kirki Mines, Évros Prefecture, Thrace (Thráki) Department  Greece (03-04/2013)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 3.6 × 2.9 cm = 2.52” × 1.42” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.43” × 0.04”

EH13Y7: A novelty at Munich 2013. Groups of very well developed pyramidal Wurtzite crystals, of good size for the species. They have fine striations parallel to the main axis of the crystal, have a honey color and intense luster, being on matrix with small Jordanite crystals. The sample has intense doubly colored fluorescence, orange on the crystals and yellow on the matrix, and also a very notable phosphorescence.
Agios Philippos Mine, Kirki Mines, Évros Prefecture, Thrace (Thráki) Department  Greece (10/2013)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.65” × 1.46” × 0.94”

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

EB6Y7: A novelty at Munich 2013. Groups of very well developed pyramidal Wurtzite crystals, of good size for the species. They have fine striations parallel to the main axis of the crystal, have a honey color and intense luster, being on matrix with small Jordanite crystals. The sample has intense doubly colored fluorescence, orange on the crystals and yellow on the matrix, and also a very notable phosphorescence.
Agios Philippos Mine, Kirki Mines, Évros Prefecture, Thrace (Thráki) Department  Greece (10/2013)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3 × 2.8 cm = 1.77” × 1.18” × 1.10”

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

MB26Y8: A novelty at Munich 2013. Very well developed pyramidal Wurtzite crystals of good size for the species. They have a brown honey color and intense luster, and are on matrix, with small Jordanite crystals and laminar Baryte crystals with geometric zoning. The sample has intense doubly colored fluorescence, the crystals are orange and the matrixis yellow, and also a very notable phosphorescence.
Agios Philippos Mine, Kirki Mines, Évros Prefecture, Thrace (Thráki) Department  Greece (10/2013)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5 × 3.5 cm = 2.64” × 1.97” × 1.38”

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

MD26Y8: A novelty at Munich 2013. Very well developed pyramidal Wurtzite crystals of good size for the species. They have a brown honey color and intense luster, and are on matrix, with small Jordanite crystals. The sample has intense doubly colored fluorescence, the crystals are orange and the matrix is yellow, and also a very notable phosphorescence.
Agios Philippos Mine, Kirki Mines, Évros Prefecture, Thrace (Thráki) Department  Greece (10/2013)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.7 × 2.7 cm = 2.68” × 1.85” × 1.06”

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

NG11W4: Aggregates of sharp tabular crystals of Baryte, white and colored by red inclusions of Hematite. Of very good quality for the locality.
Mine 18, Paleokamariza Mines, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece (±1980)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.3 × 3 cm = 1.77” × 1.69” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.39” × 0.31”

NA63W4: Aggregates of sharp tabular crystals of Baryte. They have an intense and uniform red color due to inclusions of Hematite, and are on a base of white crystals of the same mineral. Of very good quality for the locality.
Mine 18, Paleokamariza Mines, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece (±1980)

Specimen size: 7 × 4.4 × 3 cm = 2.76” × 1.73” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.31” × 0.24”

MD46AB1: Fine druse of small tabular Baryte crystals with pale yellow pinacoidal faces and thin vivid red prismatic faces whose color is due to Hematite inclusions. The crystal size and the quality are superior to the usual from this locality.
Mine 18, Paleokamariza Mines, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece (±1980)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 5.5 × 2.1 cm = 4.02” × 2.17” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.28” × 0.20”

MC46AL4: Coating of small Azurite crystals, very sharp, translucent, bright and with a very vivid color, with fibrous aggregates and small primary Malachite crystals and on a limonite matrix. Good quality for this mine.
Christiana Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece (2015)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 5.4 × 3.7 cm = 3.35” × 2.13” × 1.46”

MA60X8: Spheroidal growths of cuprian Adamite in micro-crystals whose color is between green and bluish green. They are on limonite matrix, with white botryoidal Smithsonite. It is a rarity at the small Serpieri mine at Lavrion, not well known for collectible samples.
Serpieri Mine, Kamariza Mines, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece (01/2013)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm = 1.34” × 0.98” × 0.71”

EC14Y6: A novelty for 2013. Globular aggregates of micro-crystals with very intense and uniform green color, with very good luster and on limonite matrix. The quality is excellent for the locality.
Hilarion Mine, Hilarion area, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece (05/2013)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.2 × 2.8 cm = 1.69” × 1.26” × 1.10”

EE66Y6: A novelty for 2013. Globular aggregates of micro-crystals with very intense and uniform green color, with very good luster and on limonite matrix. The quality is excellent for the locality.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What’s New in the Mineral World?’ section, report #36, November 14, 2013 edition.
Hilarion Mine, Hilarion area, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece (05/2013)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.3 × 3.8 cm = 1.97” × 1.69” × 1.50”

MA11Y6: Spherulitic growths, more isolated than usual on this kind of samples, bright, whose color varies between grayish-blue and white and strongly contrasts with the dark limonite matrix.
Serpieri Mine, Kamariza Mines, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece (01/2013)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.9 × 1.1 cm = 1.34” × 1.14” × 0.43”

MQ13AC9: Spheroidal aggregates of crystals with curved faces and edges, with a vivid color between brown and orange, with Calcite and on matrix.
Hilarion Mine, Hilarion area, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece (±1985-99)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.8 × 2.4 cm = 2.28” × 1.50” × 0.94”

EX89AA5: Botryoidal Smithsonite growths with a uniform clear green color in vivid contrast with the matrix of white saccharoidal limestone with small Calcite crystals. Like so many specimens in this collection, this one is of great quality for the locality.
Barbara Mine, Agia Varvara Mines, Sounion area, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece

Specimen size: 8.6 × 7 × 6.4 cm = 3.39” × 2.76” × 2.52”

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

MC47AI4: Efflorescent growths of curved scalenohedral crystals with an intense green color. A sample is different from most for this locality.
Sounion area, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece (±1985)

Specimen size: 12.2 × 9.5 × 2.8 cm = 4.80” × 3.74” × 1.10”

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

SB88AC3: Translucent botryoidal growth with green color, slightly bluish. It has some white areas and some violet shaded zones. A classic species with great quality from a very, very, classic locality. The sample was previously in the Gilbert Gauthier collection, whose label we’ll send along with the Stoppani label to the buyer. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Lavrion Mines, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece

Specimen size: 11.7 × 8.5 × 4.2 cm = 4.61” × 3.35” × 1.65”

TH12V2: From a recent find in Lavrion (Laurium). Aggregates on matrix of dark brown Jarosite crystals, very bright and partially covered by yellowish concretions of Natrojarosite.
Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece (01/2012)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.2 × 2.7 cm = 2.32” × 1.65” × 1.06”

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

TK13V2: From a recent find at Lavrion. Aggregates on matrix of dark brown Jarosite crystals, very bright and partially covered by yellowish concretions of Natrojarosite and globular and concretionary growths of black Romanéchite.
Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece (01/2012)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.4 × 4.1 cm = 2.80” × 2.13” × 1.61”

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

TN64AD6: Two nodular clusters of small crystals with a very vivid and uniform color. On a rocky matrix.
Plaka Mines, Plaka, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece (20/02/2013)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3.2 × 2.4 cm = 1.30” × 1.26” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.63” × 0.55”

TT64AD6: Nodular clusters of small crystals with a very vivid and uniform color and with small Malachite coatings. On a rocky matrix.
Plaka Mines, Plaka, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece (20/02/2013)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.3 × 2.7 cm = 2.05” × 1.69” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 0.87” × 0.67”

MF26AC8: Aggregate of very elongate Rhodochrosite crystals. They have a pale pink color, are bright and are on a matrix of Sphalerite (marmatite variety), with very well defined faces and edges.
Madem-Lakko Mine, Stratoni operations, Cassandra Mines, Chalkidiki Prefecture, Macedonia Department  Greece (1985-1990)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.4 × 3.6 cm = 2.13” × 1.73” × 1.42”

MG26AD2: Small rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals with an intense pink color, on a druse of small Quartz crystals and with an implanted Pyrite crystal.
Madem-Lakko Mine, Stratoni operations, Cassandra Mines, Chalkidiki Prefecture, Macedonia Department  Greece (±1985-90)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 5 × 3.8 cm = 2.24” × 1.97” × 1.50”

MT97AD2: Elongated and parallel growths of small Rhodochrosite crystals with a quite intense pink color and on matrix, with Galena, Sphalerite and Pyrite.
Madem-Lakko Mine, Stratoni operations, Cassandra Mines, Chalkidiki Prefecture, Macedonia Department  Greece (±1985-90)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.5 × 4.3 cm = 3.07” × 2.56” × 1.69”

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

ML66AF1: Irregular Rhodochrosite growths on a microcrystalline Quartz matrix. The Rhodochrosite is forming very well defined coralloid and columnar growths and has a delicate pink color and silky luster. The sample is from a not well known locality.
Madem-Lakko Mine, Stratoni operations, Cassandra Mines, Chalkidiki Prefecture, Macedonia Department  Greece (± 1985-90)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 7.7 × 4.9 cm = 3.35” × 3.03” × 1.93”

MN7AD2: Aggregate of irregular Rhodochrosite crystals with a very intense pink color and with an aggregate of yellowish Calcite crystals.
Madem-Lakko Mine, Stratoni operations, Cassandra Mines, Chalkidiki Prefecture, Macedonia Department  Greece (±1985-90)

Specimen size: 10.8 × 6.1 × 3 cm = 4.25” × 2.40” × 1.18”

MM87AC8: Aggregate of small Rhodochrosite crystals that have a very intense pink color. They are on matrix and partially coated by translucent white Quartz crystals and Pyrite crystals.
Madem-Lakko Mine, Stratoni operations, Cassandra Mines, Chalkidiki Prefecture, Macedonia Department  Greece (1985-1990)

Specimen size: 10.8 × 8.2 × 6.2 cm = 4.25” × 3.23” × 2.44”

ML6Z0: Parallel growth of doubly terminated crystals with a very well marked color zoning, colorless in their central area and deep violet on the terminations. It is associated with a small smoky Quartz crystal. The sample is of the best quality for Kato Nevrokopi.
Kato Nevrokopi, Dráma Prefecture, Macedonia Department  Greece (2007-2008)

Specimen size: 3 × 3 × 1.9 cm = 1.18” × 1.18” × 0.75”

TR14Z9: Dipyramidal translucent Scheelite crystals, very rich in faces, with a very clear green color. They are on matrix, with white Wollastonite and Epidote crystals. The Scheelite is intensely fluorescent under a short wave ultraviolet lamp. Little or nothing of this has been previously seen, the Scheelite from this locality can be considered as a kind of novelty in the mineral world.
Kimmeria, Xánthi Prefecture, Thrace (Thráki) Department  Greece (01/2012)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.4 × 2.5 cm = 1.65” × 1.34” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.35” × 0.28”

TQ62Z9: Dipyramidal transparent Scheelite crystals with a very clear green color. They are on matrix, with white fibrous Wollastonite and Epidote crystals. The Scheelite is intensely fluorescent under a short wave ultraviolet lamp. Little or nothing of this has been previously seen, the Scheelite from this locality can be considered as a kind of novelty in the mineral world.
Kimmeria, Xánthi Prefecture, Thrace (Thráki) Department  Greece (01/2012)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.6 × 2 cm = 1.65” × 1.42” × 0.79”

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

TV14Z9: Dipyramidal translucent Scheelite crystals, very rich in faces, with a very clear green color. They are on matrix, with white Wollastonite and Quartz and Epidote crystals. The Scheelite is intensely fluorescent under a short wave ultraviolet lamp. Little or nothing of this has been previously seen, the Scheelite from this locality can be considered as a kind of novelty in the mineral world.
Kimmeria, Xánthi Prefecture, Thrace (Thráki) Department  Greece (01/2012)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 5.4 × 3.2 cm = 2.20” × 2.13” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.31” × 0.24”

TT14Z9: Dipyramidal translucent Scheelite crystals, very rich in faces, with a very clear green color. They are on matrix with an amphibole. The Scheelite is intensely fluorescent under a short wave ultraviolet lamp. Little or nothing of this has been previously seen, the Scheelite from this locality can be considered as a kind of novelty in the mineral world.
Kimmeria, Xánthi Prefecture, Thrace (Thráki) Department  Greece (01/2012)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.3 × 3.2 cm = 2.28” × 1.30” × 1.26”

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

MB66AC5: A novelty at Munich 2015. Short prismatic Andalusite crystals (variety viridine), some of them doubly terminated, and all deep green in color and on a Quartz matrix, with laminar Mica aggregates.
This specimen was published in the magazine "Lapis" number 04/2017, page 21
Theologos area, Isla Thasos, Kavála Prefecture, Macedonia Department  Greece (06/2015)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.3 × 3 cm = 2.13” × 1.69” × 1.18”

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

MD16AC5: A novelty at Munich 2015. Short prismatic Andalusite crystals (variety viridine), some of them doubly terminated, and all deep green in color and on a Quartz matrix, with laminar Mica aggregates.
This specimen was published in the magazine "Lapis" number 04/2017, page 4
Theologos area, Isla Thasos, Kavála Prefecture, Macedonia Department  Greece (06/2015)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.6 × 1.7 cm = 2.20” × 1.42” × 0.67”

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

MA36AC5: A novelty at Munich 2015. Short prismatic Andalusite crystals (variety viridine), some of them doubly terminated, and all deep green in color and on a Quartz matrix, with laminar Mica aggregates.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What's New’ section, number 42, December 10, 2015 edition.
Theologos area, Isla Thasos, Kavála Prefecture, Macedonia Department  Greece (06/2015)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.8 × 3.2 cm = 2.28” × 1.50” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.35” × 0.28”

MC76AC5: A novelty at Munich 2015. Short prismatic Andalusite crystals (variety viridine), some of them doubly terminated, and all deep green in color and on a Quartz matrix, with laminar Mica aggregates.
Theologos area, Isla Thasos, Kavála Prefecture, Macedonia Department  Greece (06/2015)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.4 × 1.7 cm = 2.36” × 1.73” × 0.67”

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

EQ27AA3: Very sharp dodecahedral brown Andradite crystals with reddish shades, translucent and implanted on a matrix of thin, green, Hedenbergite crystals with good terminations. The sample is from the Gilbert J. Gauthier, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Mega Horio, Serifos Island, Cyclade Islands, Kykládes Prefecture, Aegean Islands Department (Aiyaíon)  Greece

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5 × 3.6 cm = 2.91” × 1.97” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.59” × 0.47”

TLP27AO5: Very aerial group of crystals of Quartz with the typical tapered profile of Seriphos specimens, translucent, with a uniform green color (prase variety) due to inclusions of pyroxenes. On matrix.
Serifos Island, Cyclade Islands, Kykládes Prefecture, Aegean Islands Department (Aiyaíon)  Greece

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.8 × 6.3 cm = 2.87” × 2.28” × 2.48”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 1.1 cm = 1.50” × 0.43”

TC37AF6: Parallel aggregate of crystals with the very neat tapered shape typical of “prase” specimens from Serifos. They are translucent and have a uniform green color.
Serifos Island, Cyclade Islands, Kykládes Prefecture, Aegean Islands Department (Aiyaíon)  Greece

Specimen size: 10.1 × 3 × 2.8 cm = 3.98” × 1.18” × 1.10”

MR46AJ0: Isolated and very well defined Lawsonite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, on a matrix crossed by a blue band of Glaucophane. Lawsonite is a rare sorosilicate that has, in this case, an unusual green color due to it’s being a chromian variety.
The sample is from the Carles Manresa collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Marmari Cape, Grammata Bay, Syros Island, Cyclade Islands, Kykládes Prefecture, Aegean Islands Department (Aiyaíon)  Greece (2010)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.5 × 3 cm = 1.73” × 0.98” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.8 cm = 0.59” × 0.31”

EA37T4: Parallel growth of black sharp crystals of good size for this rare dimorph of Sphalerite. They are very bright and are with Quartz. The locality is not well known but it produces some specimens of very good quality like this one.
Károlytáró, Gyöngyösoroszi, Mátra Mountains, Heves  Hungary (±1980)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.1 × 1.9 cm = 0.94” × 0.83” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.67” × 0.20”

ME47AA6: A novelty at Munich in 2014. Very aerial, completely transparent and colorless botryoidal aggregate, highly lustrous, on rocky matrix.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2014 Munich Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ Nov/Dec 2014, number 120, page 47, and has been referenced and figured in the book "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés" (Num. 144. 2018; page 539)


Tarcal, Eperjes-Tokaj Mountains, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén  Hungary (02/2014)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 2.6 × 2.6 cm = 2.01” × 1.02” × 1.02”

MD48AA6: A novelty at Munich in 2014. Completely transparent and colorless, highly lustrous hyalite in a crown-shaped botryoidal aggregate through which the rocky matrix is clearly visible.
Tarcal, Eperjes-Tokaj Mountains, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén  Hungary (02/2014)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 4.4 × 2.5 cm = 2.72” × 1.73” × 0.98”

L32FI7: Fanlike groups of prismatic crystals of very well defined faces and edges and smooth terminations. They are with white translucent crystals of Albite, typical of alpine Epidote.
Val Varaita, Cuneo  Italy (07-08/1993)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.5 × 2.9 cm = 1.85” × 1.77” × 1.14”

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

HA26M3: Nice specimen from a classic locality for the species. Radial fibrous aggregates of thin Artinite crystals with a pure white color, glossy luster and on a schist matrix. A representative specimen for your display.
Montjovet, Aosta Valley (Val d'Aosta)  Italy

Specimen size: 14.2 × 6.2 × 4.3 cm = 5.59” × 2.44” × 1.69”

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

MD57R8: Group of short prismatic, almost tabular, crystals. They are translucent, very bright and of a yellowish brown color with greenish reflections. An Italian classic, collected in 1970, from the prestigious collection of Tiziano Bonisoli, whose label will be sent to the buyer of the piece.
Monte Avi, Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley (Val d'Aosta)  Italy (1970)

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

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.9 cm = 0.43” × 0.35”

NT96AJ8: A fine miniature, a group of prismatic crystals that have very well defined faces and edges and with perfect terminations. They are translucent, bright and have a very deep green color.
A small great Italian Alpine classic from the Carlos Prieto collection whose handwritten label we will send to the buyer.
Aosta Valley (Val d'Aosta)  Italy

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.1 × 2.1 cm = 1.34” × 0.83” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.75” × 0.31”

TF67J5: Excellent miniature that forms an esthetic group of prismatic crystals, very well defined faces and edges, with a considerable transparency and a magnificent color. A classic.
Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley (Val d'Aosta)  Italy

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.7 × 2 cm = 1.65” × 1.06” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.7 cm = 0.55” × 0.28”

MD91M5: Esthetic miniature of Alpine Gold obtained in a very recent find in May this year. The Gold forms very aerial dendritic growths on Quartz matrix. For its size is one of the best for the locality.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 25 in number 2009/1.
Ciamousira Mountain, Brusson, Val d'Ayas, Aosta Valley (Val d'Aosta)  Italy (05/2008)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.02” × 0.87” × 0.67”

MT36R5: Echeloned uniaxial growth of Quartz crystals, perfectly clear and bright and with a very notable "faden". The base is rich with fine green acicular inclusions, probably Ferroactinolite.
Miage Glacier, Veny Valley, Monte Bianco Massif (Mont Blanc Massif), Courmayeur, Aosta Valley (Val d'Aosta)  Italy (08/2010)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 1.8 × 1.1 cm = 2.05” × 0.71” × 0.43”

HM17P6: Crystals with polycrystalline growths, dominant dodecahedron faces beveled by the trapezohedron, of excellent color, a very intense luster and with small crystals of Clinochlore, on matrix. We note the locality, very unusual, especially for such good specimens.
Cogoleto, Genova Province, Liguria  Italy (±1970)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 5.1 × 4.5 cm = 2.72” × 2.01” × 1.77”

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

MJ37T8: Group of crystals of Grossular (variety Hessonite) composed of the trapezohedron and the dodecahedron. They are transparent and have a very deep color which contrasts with very well defined crystals of Diopside and small crystals of Chlorite.
From the Tiziano Bonisoli collection (num. 6296), whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Testa Ciarva, Balme, Val d'Ala, Lanzo Valleys (Valli di Lanzo), Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy (±1960)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.9 × 1.7 cm = 1.06” × 0.75” × 0.67”

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

MT68AA8: Aggregate of very sharp dodecahedral Grossular (hessonite variety) crystals, one of them clearly dominant, beveled by the trapezohedron. They are translucent, extraordinarily bright and are with leafy aggregates of Clinochlore. The sample has a very uncommon quality.
Alpe delle Frasse, Condove, Susa Valley, Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy (±1990)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.46” × 1.34” × 0.55”

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

MV89AA8: Aggregate of very sharp dodecahedral Grossular (hessonite variety) crystals beveled by the trapezohedron. They are translucent, extraordinarily bright and are with leafy aggregates of Clinochlore. The sample has a very uncommon quality.
Alpe delle Frasse, Condove, Susa Valley, Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy (±1990)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.3 × 2.5 cm = 2.44” × 1.69” × 0.98”

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

MF46V0: Very aerial group of flattened elongated crystals with very well defined faces and edges, transparent, bright and with a slightly bluish green color.
The sample is from the Tiziano Bonisoli collection (number 6383) whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Alpe delle Frasse, Condove, Susa Valley, Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy (±1990)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 1.10” × 0.87” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.6 cm = 0.63” × 0.24”

EJ89R3: Group of Diopside crystals, one of them clearly dominant, of good size and color. The contrast with the matrix, partially coated by nice Grossular crystals, increases its beauty. A great Italian classic.
Laietto, Condove, Susa Valley, Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy

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

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.87” × 0.28”

MH47X5: Very well defined, transparent and bright crystal with a perfect “mirror” pinacoidal termination and an unusual color zoning, deep green at the base and progressively changing to orange-red at the terminal zone.
A sample from the Bonisoli collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Laietto, Condove, Susa Valley, Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy (1971)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.7 × 0.8 cm = 0.98” × 0.67” × 0.31”

TM27T2: An extraordinary sample for the locality, with aggregates of very elongated prismatic crystals of Vesuvianite in parallel growths and in square crystals with hollow terminations. The sample is completed by the presence of dodecahedral crystals of Grossular (variety Hessonite) and small rosettes of Chlorite.
Laietto, Condove, Susa Valley, Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy (±1970)

Specimen size: 13.2 × 9.2 × 5.4 cm = 5.20” × 3.62” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.24”

DR37AC9: Druse, on matrix, of crystals showing a combination of trapezohedron, dodecahedron and cube faces. They are transparent, very bright, with a very vivid orange color and are partially coated by leafy aggregates of chlorite.
Val di Viù (Viù Valley), Lanzo Valleys (Valli di Lanzo), Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.4 × 2.1 cm = 2.52” × 1.73” × 0.83”

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