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”

EK46Y7: White Hidrokenoralstonita growths with coatings of very acute and small Thomsenolite and Pachnolite crystals and with iron oxide inclusions and smooth sections of Siderite and small Pyrite crystals. The sample is from the type locality for the species, and it was in the Claus Hedeegard collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Ivittuut (Ivigtût), Cape Desolation, Sermersooq  Denmark

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.6 × 3.8 cm = 2.52” × 1.81” × 1.50”

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

MV47AI5: Groups on matrix of crystals that have the dominant dodecahedron beveled by the trapezohedron. They are very bright and have a very deep and uniform green color. A European classic from the Leif Engman collection whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Outokumpu, Tornio, Lapland Region  Finland

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.1 × 1.5 cm = 1.06” × 0.83” × 0.59”

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

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”

HG49AM2: Crusts of small elongated crystals of Fluorapophyllite-(K), transparent, with an extraordinarily bright luster and an intense and uniform yellow color. With crystals of greyish white Harmotome. The specimen comes from an extraordinary find in 1965 from which only a limited number of pieces were obtained.
Korsnäs Lead Mine, Korsnäs, Vaasa municipality, Ostrobothnia  Finland (1965)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 11 × 5.2 cm = 4.61” × 4.33” × 2.05”

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

MLJ70AO2: Everything about this specimen of Topaz is out of the ordinary, especially the unusual location and the size of the crystal, which is also very sharp and with lustrous faces. On matrix, with Albite, Quartz and lamellar aggregates of Muscovite.
The specimen, sawn at the back to reduce excess matrix, comes from the collection of Dr. Jukka Konnunaho, of Finland.
Viitaniemi pegmatite, Eräjärvi, Orivesi, Tampere, Pirkanmaa  Finland

Specimen size: 13 × 9.4 × 6.2 cm = 5.12” × 3.70” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 10 × 7.6 cm = 3.94” × 2.99”

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”

TZL48AO5: Short prismatic Pyromorphite crystals, many of them totally or partially doubly terminated, translucent, with good luster and a uniform green color with yellow hues. On a sandstone matrix.
A high-quality rarity for the locality.
Beim Stollen Mine, Tanzfleck, Freihung, Amberg-Sulzbach, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.1 × 2.9 cm = 2.44” × 2.01” × 1.14”

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

BTM27AO6: Fine prismatic crystals of Eosphorite with sharp crystal forms. Transparent, with good luster and salmon-yellow color, on a feldspathic matrix with Quartz crystals and mica sheets.
An old German classic from an important European collection.
Hagendorf South pegmatite (Cornelia shaft), Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Oberpfälzer Wald, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany

Specimen size: 4.6 × 4 × 2.7 cm = 1.81” × 1.57” × 1.06”

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

BRM49AP3: Hureaulite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, intense pink in color, on matrix, with Strunzite and green-black coatings of Rockbridgeite. This type locality Strunzite specimen comes from a renowned European collection.
Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Oberpfälzer Wald, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany (1957)

Specimen size: 8 × 6.5 × 5.9 cm = 3.15” × 2.56” × 2.32”

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”

BTP96AP3: Very sharp Fluorite crystals, transparent, with good luster and geometric color zoning, intense on the edges. On matrix, with small white Quartz crystals. The specimen is accompanied by an old Danny A. Michel label that we will send to the buyer.
Hermine Mine, Lissenthan, Nabburg, Wölsendorf West District, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany (12/03/1996)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 6 × 2.6 cm = 3.70” × 2.36” × 1.02”

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

NV50AM1: Druse on matrix of very sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent, with good luster and a honey color with intense yellow reflections. This specimen comes from one of the great classical German localities for the species.
From the José Navarrete collection.
Johannesschacht Mine, Wölsendorf, Schwarzach bei Nabburg, Wölsendorf West District, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany

Specimen size: 20.5 × 13.5 × 7 cm = 8.07” × 5.31” × 2.76”

Main crystal size: 3.9 × 1.7 cm = 1.54” × 0.67”

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”

ET76AM0: Druse of lustrous Fluorite crystals, with geometric color zoning, very deep in the core of the crystal and more transparent on the edges. Partly coated by white Dolomite crystals and Quartz micro-crystals. Of higher quality than usual in specimens from this historic German locality.
Erika Mine, Säulnhof, Stulln, Wölsendorf West District, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany

Specimen size: 9.2 × 6.8 × 2.4 cm = 3.62” × 2.68” × 0.94”

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

MF92AL6: Group on matrix of Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit, with very marked polycrystalline growths, transparent, shiny, of a uniform green color and partially covered with small crystals of hematoidal Quartz. Weak fluorescence under both long and short wave UV light. Excellent example from a classic German deposit for Fluorite.
Erika Mine, Säulnhof, Stulln, Wölsendorf West District, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany

Specimen size: 19.4 × 14.2 × 7.6 cm = 7.64” × 5.59” × 2.99”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.7 cm = 0.91” × 0.67”

BFM68AP3: Druse of translucent Fluorite crystals with an intense and uniform violet color. The specimen is an old German classic from a renowned European collection.
Max Mine, Krandorf, Neunburg vorm Wald, Schwandorf District, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.4 × 4.2 cm = 3.07” × 2.52” × 1.65”

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

BXA67AO6: Acicular Pyromorphite crystals on matrix, translucent, with good luster, and a very vivid color with zoning of different intensities.
This specimen was in an important European collection, and comes from a Bavarian locality from which not many quality specimens are known and carries a label from another previous collection: 'Sammlung Th. Prögler'
Krandorf, Neunburg vorm Wald, Schwandorf District, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany

Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.4 × 1.8 cm = 1.69” × 0.94” × 0.71”

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

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”

TC90ME: Group of sharp Chalcopyrite crystals, with well defined crystal forms and a fine polycrystalline striations. The specimen, from a historic German locality, comes from an old collection as attested by the label, which we will also send to the buyer.
Bad Harzburg mining area (Hasselbach), Goslar, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.3 × 3.6 cm = 2.52” × 2.09” × 1.42”

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

TTX63AO0: Prehnite crystals on matrix with good development of crystal forms, not very common in this species, translucent, and with a very pale yellowish green color. A rarity both for the locality and for its crystal development.
Radau Valley, Bad Harzburg, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 6 × 4.2 × 2 cm = 2.36” × 1.65” × 0.79”

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

TRE16AP7: Very sharp tetrahedral crystals of Tennantite-Tetrahedrite (Series), with very bright luster and a very lively metallic iridescence, probably due to the superficial presence of Chalcopyrite, on matrix, with lenticular crystals of Siderite. The main crystal has a fractured corner.
The back of the specimen bears an old label with part of the locality. Comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 4 × 3.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.57” × 1.26” × 0.67”

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

TR91AM8: Groups of Fluorapophyllite-(K) crystals on matrix. They have an acute bipyramidal habit, many of them are doubly terminated, between transparent and translucent, with bright luster and an intense pink color. An old German classic, of great quality and magnificent color.
Samson Mine, St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany (±1930)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.7 × 2.2 cm = 2.80” × 1.85” × 0.87”

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

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”

TFA47AP9: Spherulitic aggregates of Sphalerite, on matrix, very lustrous, and with iridescence and with small Galena crystals.
A morphological curiosity that comes from the collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and that we have analyzed, so we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Harz, Saxony-Anhalt/Sachsen-Anhalt  Germany

Specimen size: 8.6 × 5.4 × 3.7 cm = 3.39” × 2.13” × 1.46”

TRM46AP7: Ferberite crystal with an apparently pyramidal habit, with smooth crystal forms and lustrous faces as is typical for specimens from this deposit. A great European classic. The specimen comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and has an old handwritten label attached on the back with the specimen details.
Zinnwald/Cinovec, Krusné Hory Mountains, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3 × 2.7 cm = 1.73” × 1.18” × 1.06”

BXF70AP5: Druse of very sharp Baryte crystals with phantom growths, with good luster and greenish yellow color, with white lamellar crystals of Baryte and small twinned crystals of Chalcopyrite. A German classic that comes from a prestigious European collection.
Bergmännisch Glück Mine, Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Annaberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 9.8 × 8.9 × 6.9 cm = 3.86” × 3.50” × 2.72”

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

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”

MZ14AL4: Very sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent, brilliant and with an intense and uniform yellow color, on matrix and with sharp tetrahedral polycrystalline growths of Tetrahedrite. Typical specimen from one of the great German classical localities.
From the Leif Engman collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Segen Gottes Mine, Gersdorf, Roßwein, Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3.1 × 2 cm = 1.34” × 1.22” × 0.79”

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

MMB26AN9: Very aerial aggregate of sharp Bismuth crystals with very well marked parallel and skeletal growths, some of them doubly terminated, on matrix with Calcite. A superb European classic, of great quality and with the added benefit of being in matrix.
Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.4 × 3.4 cm = 2.05” × 1.73” × 1.34”

MRB27CD3: A powerful piece with a lot of pedigree. Aggregate of sharp cubic crystals of
Fluorite, with brilliant luster and of considerable size. Bicolored, being yellowish near the base, along with a thin layer of matrix of bluish tones in the front part with notable whitish inclusions.
A super classic that belonged to the collections of the University of Freiberg and, later, to the Paris School of Mines as attested by the accompanying partially damaged historical label.
Halsbrücke, Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 15.5 × 12.4 × 6.5 cm = 6.10” × 4.88” × 2.56”

Main crystal size: 5.5 × 3.2 cm = 2.17” × 1.26”

TV27AL3: Aggregate of very elongated Silver crystals, with pronounced twists (“wire”), recognizable terminal faces, along with isolated Acanthite crystals, all implanted on a matrix covered with transparent, bright and colorless Calcite crystals. An excellent high quality German classic.
Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany (±1930)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.7 × 2.9 cm = 1.97” × 1.46” × 1.14”

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”

MFX50AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Very aerial dendritic growth of deformed Silver crystals. This specimen comes from one of the large classic localities for the species, and is accompanied by unusually detailed locality information stating that it was found in the Fischer Morgengang section of the St. Georg. It comes from the old collection of Dr. Bartnik, of Leipzig, whose label we will send to the buyer.
St. Georg Mine, Fleischer Morgengang section, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 3.8 × 4.2 × 1 cm = 1.50” × 1.65” × 0.39”

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

EPR91AQ1: Druse of cubic Nickelskutterudite crystals slightly truncated by the octahedron, lustrous, and with fine polycrystalline growths. An excellent German classic from the type locality for the species.
This specimen, from the Moutet collection (Marseille), has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.1 × 1.8 cm = 1.89” × 1.22” × 0.71”

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

TLR26AP7: Very sharp crystals of brown Pucherite, a very rare bismuth vanadate, sharp and lustrous, on matrix, with granular aggregates of Bismuth.
The specimen, from the type locality for the species, comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3 × 2.2 cm = 1.54” × 1.18” × 0.87”

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

TPF46AP7: Very sharp crystals of Pucherite, a very rare brown bismuth vanadate, lustrous, on matrix, with granular aggregates of Bismuth.
The specimen, from the type locality for the species, comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and has an old handwritten label attached to the back with the specimen data.
Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.4 × 2.3 cm = 2.01” × 1.34” × 0.91”

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

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”

TXY16AP7: Granular growths of Bismuthinite, shiny and metallic grey in color, with small yellow metallic inclusions of Chalcopyrite.
The specimen comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and is accompanied by an old handwritten label which we will send to the buyer.
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4 × 2.3 cm = 2.20” × 1.57” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.1 cm = 0.28” × 0.04”

TJK66AP7: Centered growths of acicular Erythrite crystals, on matrix, with good luster and an intense and uniform color.
An excellent German classic and a rarity from the type locality for the species, which comes from the former collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 4 × 2.3 × 1.9 cm = 1.57” × 0.91” × 0.75”

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

TTH89AP4: Lustrous acicular Erythrite crystals, very centered on the matrix, with an intense and uniform color. An excellent German classic that comes from the collection of General Robert Touchon with his handwritten label on the back of the piece.
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 5 × 3.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.97” × 1.42” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.1 cm = 0.59” × 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”

ML88AL4: Elongated Baryte crystals on matrix, highly profiled and with well defined faces and edges and with the transparency, luster and intensity of color that have made these Barytes famous. From a classic German deposit.
Pöhla, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.2 × 3.6 cm = 2.83” × 1.65” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1 cm = 0.79” × 0.39”

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”

TZ66AK3: Aggregate of well defined crystals, some of them extraordinarily sharp, something quite rare for the species. Lustrous and with a little matrix on the back. A rarity from a classic locality.
Pöhla, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.8 × 1.9 cm = 0.91” × 0.71” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.24” × 0.12”

TG88AF4: Dendritic growths of strongly elongated native Silver twinned crystals that conserve very fresh surfaces contrasting with the black Arsenic matrix.
The sample is from a classic German locality and it is from the Vallecillo collection, from Madrid.
Pöhla-Tellerhäuser Mine, Pöhla, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 5.7 × 3.9 × 4.2 cm = 2.24” × 1.54” × 1.65”

TXF27AP5: Galena crystals with very sharp crystal forms and very lustrous, on matrix, with lenticular crystals of Siderite. Neudorf galenas mined between the mid-1800s and early 1900s have become a rarity and reference classics. The specimen comes from the collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Neudorf, Harzgerode mining district, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt/Sachsen-Anhalt  Germany

Specimen size: 4.9 × 2.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.93” × 1.06” × 0.94”

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

BFL57AO8: Groups of elongated prismatic Pyromorphite crystals, translucent, with good luster and a very vivid and uniform green color, on a matrix of lamellar Baryte crystals.
This German classic, from the type locality for the species, comes from an important European collection.
Zschopau, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.8 × 2.6 cm = 1.73” × 1.10” × 1.02”

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

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”

EJH99AQ1: Radial growths of acicular Maucherite crystals, with bright luster and a metallic grey color, on Calcite matrix.
The specimen, a German classic that is practically impossible to find today, comes from the Moutet collection (Marseille)
Mansfeld-Südharz District, Saxony-Anhalt/Sachsen-Anhalt  Germany

Specimen size: 5.9 × 5.7 × 4.3 cm = 2.32” × 2.24” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1 cm = 0.79” × 0.39”

TB1AL5: Fluorite deformed cuboctahedral crystal, translucent. Brilliant, with a change in color between pale green and pink. On matrix, with Quartz crystals and small, very sharp and bright Chalcopyrite crystals. The specimen, unusual and of high quality, comes from a classic German locality.
It belonged to the collection of H.B. Ruprecht, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Rottleberode, Stolberg, Mansfeld-Südharz District, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt/Sachsen-Anhalt  Germany

Specimen size: 7.7 × 5.9 × 4.2 cm = 3.03” × 2.32” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 5.1 × 4.7 cm = 2.01” × 1.85”

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”

EF16AL3: Crystals of Topaz, one of them clearly dominant, very sharp, rich in forms and very well defined, transparent, bright, with a fairly intense yellow color and on a Quartz matrix. The specimen is from a classic locality for the species.
Schneckenstein cliff, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.3 × 3.1 cm = 2.01” × 1.30” × 1.22”

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

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”

BRM54AO8: Crocoite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with very sharp crystal forms, good luster and an intense color, on matrix.
A German mineralogical rarity of high-quality from an important European collection.
Callenberg North open cut (No. 1), Callenberg, Zwickau, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany (1979)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.7 × 4 cm = 2.52” × 1.85” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.2 cm = 0.39” × 0.08”

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”

MFE70AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Very elongated prismatic crystals of Stibnite, some of them with cleavage surfaces, very lustrous, on matrix, with microcrystalline Quartz. The specimen comes from the former Dr. Bartnik collection, of Leipzig, whose label we will also send to the buyer. The difficulty of obtaining specimens from this mining district makes pieces like this quite rare.
Neumühle/Elster, Greiz District, Thuringia/Thüringen  Germany

Specimen size: 10.2 × 9.6 × 3.1 cm = 4.02” × 3.78” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 3 × 0.2 cm = 1.18” × 0.08”

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”

TMA96AP5: Trapezohedral Chalcopyrite crystals, very sharp, with metallic iridescence dominated by blue, on a matrix of Siderite.
The specimen, a German classic, comes from the Robert-Auguste Touchon collection.
Friedrich-Wilhelm Mine, Biersdorf, Daaden, Daaden-Herdorf, Altenkirchen District, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4 × 3.8 cm = 2.40” × 1.57” × 1.50”

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

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”

NB14AD2: Very well defined Mimetite crystals. They are millimetric in size, very well defined, translucent, with a greenish yellow color. They show an elongated prism and an acute dipyramid. The Mimetite is more or less completely coating an isolated cubic Galena crystal that is implanted on a matrix upholstered by aggregates of lenticular white Baryte crystals. Furthermore, there are laminar Wulfenite crystals that can be observed by close inspection. The Mimetite from this mine was already known, but not with this so well defined presentation, completely coating the Galena and absent on the Baryte. We’ll send a copy of the analysis of the mimetite to the buyer.
Atrevida Mine, 'Amagada' pocket, Sur gallery, level 0, Vimbodí i Poblet, Comarca Conca de Barberà, Tarragona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (15-16/07/2015)

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

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.6 cm = 0.71” × 0.63”

MA89AJ3: Pyromorphite crystals whose morphology is different from the well-known morphology in other mines in this classic district. Short-prismatic crystals with slight curvatures on faces and edges and a lot of them doubly terminated. The crystals, on matrix, are bright and have a greenish-brown color.
Mercur Mine Group (Mercur Mine), Bad Ems, Bad Ems District, Lahn Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 5 × 3.8 × 4 cm = 1.97” × 1.50” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.5 cm = 0.31” × 0.20”

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”

MC37Y3: Botryoidal growth with an uncommon shape for Bad Ems samples. The aggregate has a pleasing color, between cream and slightly brown, and it is on matrix, with small microcrystals of Quartz.
Rosenberg Mine, Braubach, Bad Ems District, Lahn Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.7 × 1.7 cm = 2.20” × 1.85” × 0.67”

BMP90AP6: Pyromorphite crystals, many of them totally or partially doubly terminated, translucent, with good luster and the typical orange-brown color of this classic locality, on a matrix of Quartz.
A fine old representative of the species that comes from the collection of Uwe Nielsen.
Rosenberg Mine, Braubach, Bad Ems District, Lahn Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.1 × 3.5 cm = 2.24” × 1.61” × 1.38”

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

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”

SV290TRB: Disseminations of massive Calomel -a rare mercury chloride- with adamantine luster, on matrix, coinciding with the cavities and areas that present a greater degree of oxidation in the specimen, whose locality of origin is the type locality for Moschellandsbergite.
Comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon, has been analyzed and we will send those analysis results to the buyer.
Landsberg (Moschellandsberg), Alsenz-Obermoschel, Palatinate/Pfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.5 × 2.6 cm = 1.50” × 0.98” × 1.02”

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

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”

BAF88AO8: Cubo-octahedral Galena crystals with very well defined faces and edges, lustrous and on matrix, covered by small lenticular Siderite crystals.
A German classic that comes from an important European collection.
Georg Mine, Horhausen, Flammersfeld, Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 8.8 × 6.4 × 3.6 cm = 3.46” × 2.52” × 1.42”

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

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”

BLF37AP2: Group of Pyrite crystals with very well defined polycrystalline growths, lustrous, in a Calcite matrix. The specimen, a German classic, comes from an important European collection.
Eupel Mine, Niederhövels, Wissen, Flammersfeld, Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 12.8 × 8.8 × 6.2 cm = 5.04” × 3.46” × 2.44”

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

SD99AC3: Slightly deformed rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with a pale-brown to pinkish color, with small twinned Chalcopyrite crystals on their surfaces and on a base of Quartz crystals with a very poorly developed prism. 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.
Eupel Mine, Niederhövels, Wissen, Flammersfeld, Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 17.8 × 10.2 × 4.4 cm = 7.01” × 4.02” × 1.73”

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

TT96AN2: Very aerial cubo-octahedral Galena crystal, with a very flattened tabular habit and a distinct spinel-law twin. On matrix, with shiny Chalcopyrite crystals with sharp crystal forms, with strong curvatures on faces and edges, and tabular Siderite crystals with a light cream color and white Dolomite crystals.
The specimen was previously in Guenter Grundmann's collection and has been photographed and published as a reference for Siegerland in the magazine ‘Lapis‘ number 7-8/1991, page 30
Vereinigung Mine, Katzwinkel, Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3.2 × 2.7 cm = 1.30” × 1.26” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1 cm = 0.63” × 0.39”