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

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Linarite with Cerussite, Caledonite and Brochantite
Linarite with Cerussite, Caledonite and Brochantite. Linarite with Cerussite, Caledonite and Brochantite.
 

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”

Linarite with Cerussite and Brochantite
 

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”

Linarite with Cerussite and Brochantite. Linarite with Cerussite and Brochantite.
Linarite with Brochantite
Linarite with Brochantite. Linarite with Brochantite.
 

EL16AK3: Fan-shaped groups of very sharp, brilliant, acicular Linarite crystals with bright color. In limonite matrix with green growths of Brochantite.
King Arthur Mine, Kirki Mines, Évros Prefecture, Thrace (Thráki) Department  Greece (03-04/2013)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 2.7 × 1.1 cm = 1.77” × 1.06” × 0.43”

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

Linarite with Sphalerite, Quartz and Chalcopyrite
 

ET16AK3: Fan-shaped groups of very sharp, brilliant, acicular, and brightly colored Linarite crystals. Associated with Brochantite, Quartz, Chalcopyrite, and small black crystals of Sphalerite, in a limonite matrix.
King Arthur Mine, Kirki Mines, Évros Prefecture, Thrace (Thráki) Department  Greece (03-04/2013)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.6 × 4.4 cm = 1.81” × 1.42” × 1.73”

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

Linarite with Sphalerite, Quartz and Chalcopyrite. Linarite with Sphalerite, Quartz and Chalcopyrite.
Linarite with Brochantite and Quartz
Linarite with Brochantite and Quartz. Linarite with Brochantite and Quartz.
 

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”

Linarite with Caledonite, Sphalerite, Quartz and Chalcopyrite
 

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”

Linarite with Caledonite, Sphalerite, Quartz and Chalcopyrite. Linarite with Caledonite, Sphalerite, Quartz and Chalcopyrite.
Wurtzite
Wurtzite. Wurtzite.
 

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”

Doubly colored fluorescence, orange on the crystals and yellow on the matrix and phosphorescence
Wurtzite with Jordanite
 

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”

Doubly colored fluorescence, orange on the crystals and yellow on the matrix and phosphorescence
Wurtzite with Jordanite. Wurtzite with Jordanite.
Wurtzite with Jordanite and Baryte
Wurtzite with Jordanite and Baryte. Wurtzite with Jordanite and Baryte.
 

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”

Doubly colored fluorescence, orange on the crystals and yellow on the matrix and phosphorescence
Wurtzite with Jordanite
 

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”

Doubly colored fluorescence, orange on the crystals and yellow on the matrix and phosphorescence
Wurtzite with Jordanite. Wurtzite with Jordanite.
Baryte with inclusions of Hematite
Baryte with inclusions of Hematite.
 

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”

Baryte with inclusions of Hematite
 

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”

Baryte with inclusions of Hematite. Baryte with inclusions of Hematite.
Baryte with Hematite inclusiones
Baryte with Hematite inclusiones. Baryte with Hematite inclusiones.
 

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”

Smithsonite after Calcite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TXX99AQ1: Rhombohedral crystals of orange Smithsonite, covering and replacing a druse of scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
The group has a very good size and quality, better than that of other similar specimens from the same locality.
Jean Baptiste Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece

Specimen size: 8 × 7.2 × 4.6 cm = 3.15” × 2.83” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.2 cm = 0.75” × 0.47”

Smithsonite after Calcite. Smithsonite after Calcite.
Azurite with Malachite
Azurite with Malachite. Azurite with Malachite.
 

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”

Azurite with Malachite, Conichalcite, Olivenite and Calcite
Azurite with Malachite, Conichalcite, Olivenite and Calcite  

XM90MX: A matrix vug in which very sharp Azurite crystals have grown, very lustrous and with an extraordinarily vivid color, with lenticular Malachite crystals. Other minerals in this piece are Calcite, spherules of light green Conichalcite, and darker green Olivenite.
Christiana Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece (2015)

Specimen size: 11 × 9.8 × 3 cm = 4.33” × 3.86” × 1.18”

Azurite with Malachite, Conichalcite, Olivenite and Calcite.
Azurite with Malachite, Conichalcite, Olivenite and Calcite.
Azurite with Malachite, Conichalcite, Olivenite and Calcite.
Azurite with Malachite, Calcite, Conichalcite and Olivenite
Azurite with Malachite, Calcite, Conichalcite and Olivenite. Azurite with Malachite, Calcite, Conichalcite and Olivenite.
 

MK70AG4: A geode with growths of very sharp Azurite crystals, very bright, with an extraordinary vivid color, with lenticular Malachite crystals and on matrix, with Calcite, clear green Conichalcite crusts and darker green Olivenite.
Christiana Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece (2015)

Specimen size: 12.2 × 10.7 × 5.4 cm = 4.80” × 4.21” × 2.13”

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

Cuprian Adamite with Smithsonite
 

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”

Cuprian Adamite with Smithsonite. Cuprian Adamite with Smithsonite.
Cuprian Adamite
Cuprian Adamite. Cuprian Adamite.
 

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”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Cuprian Adamite
 

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”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Cuprian Adamite. Cuprian Adamite.
Adamite (variety cuprian)
Adamite (variety cuprian). Adamite (variety cuprian).
 

ED16Y6: 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: 5.3 × 3.9 × 3.7 cm = 2.09” × 1.54” × 1.46”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Adamite (variety Cu-bearing adamite)

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Adamite (variety Cu-bearing adamite)
 

TFX16AP5: Druse, on matrix, of short prismatic Adamite crystals, translucent and with a green color (copper-bearing variety). This specimen, very old and from one of the great classic Greek localities, comes from the collection of the Bally Museum.
Lavrion, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.7 × 2.6 cm = 2.64” × 2.24” × 1.02”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Adamite (variety Cu-bearing adamite).
Smithsonite
Smithsonite.
 

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”

Smithsonite
 

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”

Smithsonite. Smithsonite.
Jarosite with Natrojarosite
Jarosite with Natrojarosite. Jarosite with Natrojarosite.
 

MG10Z4: Druse of dark brown Jarosite crystals on matrix. They are translucent, very bright, have very well defined faces and edges and are partially coated by yellow small Natrojarosite crystals and crusts.
Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece (12/2013)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.4 × 3.8 cm = 2.64” × 1.73” × 1.50”

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

Smithsonite on Calcite
Smithsonite on Calcite  

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”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Smithsonite on Calcite. Smithsonite on Calcite.
Fluorite with Smithsonite
Fluorite with Smithsonite. Fluorite with Smithsonite.
 

MR16Z3: Globular Smithsonite growths, with a clear and uniform green color, that partially coat a matrix of colorless and transparent Fluorite. Such samples are very uncommon at this mine.
Agia Varvara Mines, Sounion area, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece (±1980)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.6 × 1.6 cm = 1.26” × 1.02” × 0.63”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Smithsonite
 

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”

Smithsonite. Smithsonite.
Smithsonite
Smithsonite. Smithsonite.
Smithsonite  

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”

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Jarosite with Natrojarosite
 

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”

Jarosite with Natrojarosite. Jarosite with Natrojarosite.
Jarosite with Natrojarosite and Romanechite
Jarosite with Natrojarosite and Romanechite.
Jarosite with Natrojarosite and Romanechite. Jarosite with Natrojarosite and Romanechite.
 

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”

Azurite
 

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”

Azurite. Azurite.
Azurite
Azurite. Azurite.
 

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”

Rhodochrosite with Arsenopyrite
 

MC6AJ4: A rarity. A rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystal with a pink color, with small Quartz crystals and very elongated Arsenopyrite crystals, very bright and with very well defined faces and edges.
Madem-Lakko Mine, Stratoni operations, Cassandra Mines, Chalkidiki Prefecture, Macedonia Department  Greece (±1985)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 2.7 × 3.2 cm = 2.05” × 1.06” × 1.26”

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

Rhodochrosite with Arsenopyrite. Rhodochrosite with Arsenopyrite.
Rhodochrosite with Sphalerite
Rhodochrosite with Sphalerite. Rhodochrosite with Sphalerite.
 

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”

Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Pyrite
 

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”

Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Pyrite.
Rhodochrosite with Sphalerite, Pyrite and Galena
Rhodochrosite with Sphalerite, Pyrite and Galena. Rhodochrosite with Sphalerite, Pyrite and Galena.
 

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”

Rhodochrosite with Quartz
 

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”

Rhodochrosite with Quartz. Front
Front
Rhodochrosite with Quartz. Top
Top
Rhodochrosite with Quartz.
Rhodochrosite with Calcite
Rhodochrosite with Calcite. Rhodochrosite with Calcite.
 

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”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Pyrite
 

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”

Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Pyrite. Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Pyrite.
Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Pyrite.
Quartz (variety amethyst) with Quartz (variety smoky)
Quartz (variety amethyst) with Quartz (variety smoky). Front
Front
Quartz (variety amethyst) with Quartz (variety smoky). Rear
Rear
 

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”

Scheelite with Chlorite
 

TA12AA0: Pyramidal transparent Scheelite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with a very clear yellowish-green color. They are on matrix, with Chlorite. 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: 3.5 × 2.2 × 1.4 cm = 1.38” × 0.87” × 0.55”

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

Extremely fluorescent short UV
Scheelite with Chlorite.
Scheelite with Wollastonite, Epidote and Amphibole
Scheelite with Wollastonite, Epidote and Amphibole. Scheelite with Wollastonite, Epidote and Amphibole.
 

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”

Extremely fluorescent short UV
Scheelite with Wollastonite, Epidote and Amphibole
 

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”

Extremely fluorescent short UV
Scheelite with Wollastonite, Epidote and Amphibole. Scheelite with Wollastonite, Epidote and Amphibole.
Scheelite with Andradite, Epidote and Chlorite
Scheelite with Andradite, Epidote and Chlorite. Front
Front
Scheelite with Andradite, Epidote and Chlorite. Rear
Rear
 

TB11AA0: Pyramidal transparent Scheelite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with a very clear yellowish-green color. They are on matrix, with Andradite, Epidote and Chlorite. 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: 4.4 × 2 × 2.7 cm = 1.73” × 0.79” × 1.06”

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

Extremely fluorescent short UV
Scheelite with Wollastonite, Epidote and Amphibole
 

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”

Extremely fluorescent short UV
Scheelite with Wollastonite, Epidote and Amphibole. Scheelite with Wollastonite, Epidote and Amphibole.
Scheelite with Amphibole
Scheelite with Amphibole. Scheelite with Amphibole.
 

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”

Extremely fluorescent short UV
Quartz (japan law twin)
 

EV86AL4: Group of Quartz crystals in which several very sharp, transparent and shiny japan-law twins stand out. Unusual for the locality, especially for the large number of twins on the same specimen.
Kimmeria, Xánthi Prefecture, Thrace (Thráki) Department  Greece (07/2017)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 4.2 × 2.5 cm = 3.62” × 1.65” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.4 cm = 0.83” × 0.55”

Quartz (japan law twin). Quartz (japan law twin).
Quartz (japan law twin).
Mn-rich Andalusite (variety viridine) with Quartz and Mica
Mn-rich Andalusite (variety viridine) with Quartz and Mica. Mn-rich Andalusite (variety viridine) with Quartz and Mica.
 

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”

Mn-rich Andalusite (variety viridine) with Quartz and Mica
 

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”

Mn-rich Andalusite (variety viridine) with Quartz and Mica. Mn-rich Andalusite (variety viridine) with Quartz and Mica.
Mn-rich Andalusite (variety viridine) with Quartz and Mica
Mn-rich Andalusite (variety viridine) with Quartz and Mica. Mn-rich Andalusite (variety viridine) with Quartz and Mica.
 

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”

Mn-rich Andalusite (variety viridine) with Quartz and Mica
 

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”

Mn-rich Andalusite (variety viridine) with Quartz and Mica. Mn-rich Andalusite (variety viridine) with Quartz and Mica.
Quartz (variety prase) with Hematite (variety iron rose)
Quartz (variety prase) with Hematite (variety iron rose). Quartz (variety prase) with Hematite (variety iron rose).

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

BFM69AP0: Very aerial group of Quartz crystals with the typical tapered profile of Serifos specimens, translucent and with a uniform green color (prase variety) due to pyroxene inclusions. With very sharp Hematite crystal coatings with the habit known as "iron rose".
The specimen comes from an important European collection.
Avissalos Bay, Serifos Island, Cyclade Islands, Kykládes Prefecture, Aegean Islands Department (Aiyaíon)  Greece

Specimen size: 13.3 × 7.3 × 3.7 cm = 5.24” × 2.87” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.5 cm = 0.94” × 0.20”

Andradite with Hedenbergite
Andradite with Hedenbergite  

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”

Andradite with Hedenbergite. Andradite with Hedenbergite.
Andradite with Hedenbergite.
Baryte
Baryte. Front
Front
Baryte. Side
Side

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

THM27AQ0: Book-like aggregates of lamellar Baryte crystals, water-clear, very lustrous and aerial, in a rock matrix covered by iron oxides.
From a not well known Greek locality, but one which can yield quality specimens like this one.
Megalo Livadi, Serifos Island, Cyclade Islands, Kykládes Prefecture, Aegean Islands Department (Aiyaíon)  Greece

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.2 × 3.1 cm = 2.28” × 1.65” × 1.22”

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

Baryte

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TBM47AQ0: Book-like aggregates of lamellar Baryte crystals, water-clear, very lustrous and aerial, in a rock matrix covered by iron oxides.
From a not well known Greek locality, but one which can yield quality specimens like this one.
Megalo Livadi, Serifos Island, Cyclade Islands, Kykládes Prefecture, Aegean Islands Department (Aiyaíon)  Greece

Specimen size: 8 × 7.3 × 4.2 cm = 3.15” × 2.87” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.2 cm = 1.18” × 0.87”

Baryte. Baryte.
Ilvaite on Quartz
Ilvaite on Quartz. Ilvaite on Quartz.
 

EH48AL7: Ilvaite crystals with very sharp faces and edges, many of them doubly terminated and with excellent terminal faces. On matrix and with small Quartz crystals. We emphasize how unusual its quality is for this locality where Ilvaite, although well known, very rarely appears in crystals so sharp and of this size.
Serifos Island, Cyclade Islands, Kykládes Prefecture, Aegean Islands Department (Aiyaíon)  Greece

Specimen size: 7.6 × 4.6 × 2.5 cm = 2.99” × 1.81” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1 cm = 1.02” × 0.39”

Quartz (variety prase)

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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”

Quartz (variety prase). Front
Front
Quartz (variety prase). Side
Side
Quartz (variety prase). Side
Side
Quartz (variety prase)
Quartz (variety prase). Front
Front
Quartz (variety prase). Rear
Rear
 

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”

Former collection of José Luis Vallecillo
Chromium-rich Lawsonite with Glaucophane
 

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”

Former collection of Carles Manresa
Chromium-rich Lawsonite with Glaucophane. Chromium-rich Lawsonite with Glaucophane.

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