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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



POLAND


Pyrite
Pyrite. Pyrite.
 

NF46AM5: Druse of cubic Pyrite crystals with very well marked polycrystalline growths, brilliant, and with a reddish patina. This Polish classic comes from the Pedro Hernández collection.
Lubin Mine, Lubin, Lubin District, Legnica, Lower Silesia  Poland

Specimen size: 6.9 × 6.2 × 4.9 cm = 2.72” × 2.44” × 1.93”

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

Former collection of Pedro Hernández
Octahedral Galena with Sphalerite
 

EQ36K3: Groups of octahedral crystals of Galena of very well defined faces and edges, on a base of Sphalerite and on matrix. In addition to the rarity of the crystal shape we add that the locality is a classic, but not so well known.
Trzebionka Mine, Trzebinia, Chrzanów, Malopolskie  Poland (±1980)

Specimen size: 10.3 × 7.5 × 4.3 cm = 4.06” × 2.95” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.02” × 0.94”

Octahedral Galena with Sphalerite.
Octahedral Galena with Sphalerite.
Fluorite with Orthoclase, Albite and Mica
Fluorite with Orthoclase, Albite and Mica. Fluorite with Orthoclase, Albite and Mica.
 

MT13P9: Parallel growth of sharp octahedral crystals of Fluorite of lilac color and with very well defined faces and edges. The matrix is a group of crystals of Orthoclase with small crystals of Albite and leafy aggregates of Mica. The locality is not so well known outside of Poland and Germany
Strzegom (Striegau), Swidnica, Silesia  Poland

Specimen size: 12.8 × 7.5 × 3.7 cm = 5.04” × 2.95” × 1.46”

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

Celestine with Sulphur
 

TX96AN2: Group of Celestine crystals, many of them very elongated and doubly terminated, translucent in most of the prism and completely transparent and very lustrous on the terminations. Partially covered by small crystals of Sulphur.
Machów Mine, Tarnobrzeg, Subcarpathian Voivodeship  Poland

Specimen size: 7.4 × 7.2 × 6.9 cm = 2.91” × 2.83” × 2.72”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 1.5 cm = 2.44” × 0.59”

Very fluorescent long & short UV
Celestine with Sulphur. Front
Front
Celestine with Sulphur. Side
Side
Celestine with Sulphur.
Celestine with Sulfur
Celestine with Sulfur. Celestine with Sulfur.
 

AR96Q6: Very transparent and bright honey-colored elongated prismatic crystals of Celestine with curvatures and acute terminations and on a base very rich in native Sulfur. The piece is not perfect, having some broken crystals, but its esthetics are very good.
Machów Mine, Tarnobrzeg, Subcarpathian Voivodeship  Poland

Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.4 × 4.6 cm = 3.31” × 2.13” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 0.6 cm = 1.26” × 0.24”

Very fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Josep Amigó (Silvane)
Baryte with Sulfur
 

MP46AL0: Rosette aggregates of platy Baryte crystals, flattened, good luster, translucent and partially covered by small Sulfur crystals.
The specimen is from the Carles Manresa collection (No. 1320), whose label and catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
The specimen is from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published in the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 64 in the volume 25, number 2

Tarnobrzeg, Subcarpathian Voivodeship  Poland

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.4 × 3.6 cm = 3.07” × 2.52” × 1.42”

Very fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Carles Manresa
Baryte with Sulfur. Front
Front
Baryte with Sulfur. Side
Side
Baryte with Sulfur.

SLOVAK REPUBLIC


Euchroite
Euchroite.
 

EC36W7: Aggregate of very well defined dipyramidal crystals as usual. They are bright, have a uniform green color and are on a limonite matrix. The sample, from the type locality, comes from an old collection.
Ľubietová (Libethen), Banská Bystrica  Slovak Republic

Specimen size: 2.2 × 2 × 0.7 cm = 0.87” × 0.79” × 0.28”

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

Type locality
Euchroite
 

EA46N9: From the Slovakian locality that is a classic for the species. It is group of very well defined crystals with an excellent luster and very good, very deep color.
Svätodušná, Ľubietová (Libethen), Banská Bystrica  Slovak Republic (2006)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.6 × 0.9 cm = 0.94” × 0.63” × 0.35”

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

Type locality
Euchroite.
Euchroite
Euchroite. Euchroite.
 

ER58Z5: Aggregates of crystals with very well defined faces and edges, very bright, with a very intense and deep green color and scattered on a rocky matrix. The crystals, even though not especially large, are really abundant and have very good quality.
Svätodušná, Ľubietová (Libethen), Banská Bystrica  Slovak Republic (2000)

Specimen size: 11 × 4.5 × 6.2 cm = 4.33” × 1.77” × 2.44”

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

Type locality
Euchroite
 

ER74T2: Aggregates of laminar crystals of a very big size for the species. They are very sharp, extraordinarily translucent and with very deep green color. A great miniature.
Ľubietová (Libethen), Banská Bystrica  Slovak Republic (07/2003)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.9 × 1.4 cm = 1.34” × 1.14” × 0.55”

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

Type locality
Euchroite. Front
Front
Euchroite. Rear
Rear
Euchroite
Euchroite. Euchroite.
 

MD88X2: Group of Euchroite crystals on matrix. They are unusually sharp, have a very uniform, intense and deep color and an extraordinary luster for the species.
Svätodušná, Ľubietová (Libethen), Banská Bystrica  Slovak Republic (07/2012)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.2 × 3.1 cm = 2.05” × 1.65” × 1.22”

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

Euchroite with Azurite
 

EC14N9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2009. Very well defined crystals of lenticular form. They are on matrix, with Azurite, and have excellent color, very vivid. The sample is from a recent find in a new Slovakian locality that was only recently discovered.
Farbište, Poniky, Slovenské Rudohorie Mountains, Banská Bystrica, Banská Bystrica Region  Slovak Republic (03/2009)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.2 × 2.9 cm = 1.65” × 1.26” × 1.14”

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

Euchroite with Azurite. Euchroite with Azurite.
Euchroite with Azurite
Euchroite with Azurite. Euchroite with Azurite.
 

EA56V1: Euchroite from the type locality. Groups of crystals with very well defined faces and edges, excellent color and luster and on matrix, with concretionary growths of microcrystalline Azurite.
Farbište, Poniky, Slovenské Rudohorie Mountains, Banská Bystrica, Banská Bystrica Region  Slovak Republic (10/2011)

Specimen size: 8 × 5.4 × 4.5 cm = 3.15” × 2.13” × 1.77”

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

Pseudomalachite
 

EB26M2: Botryoidal Pseudomalachite specimen with a deep green color, with a delicate banded brighter green color. On a Quartz matrix. Very esthetic specimen.
Podlipa Mine, Ľubietová (Libethen), Banská Bystrica  Slovak Republic (11/2007)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.6 × 1.9 cm = 1.14” × 1.02” × 0.75”

Pseudomalachite.
Langite
Langite. Langite.
 

ME14K4: Very rich growth of microcrystals denser than usual for the locality. Bright and of a magnificent blue color, deeper and more intense than usual. On rocky matrix.
Podlipa Mine, Ľubietová (Libethen), Banská Bystrica  Slovak Republic (2007)

Specimen size: 8 × 7.5 × 2.4 cm = 3.15” × 2.95” × 0.94”

Langite
 

ME26AG9: A druse on a rocky matrix, very rich in well-defined Langite micro-crystals than are much more isolated than usual. They are very bright and have a magnificent blue color, deeper and more intense tjhan usual with this rare species.
The sample is from the Jordi Vilallonga collection.
Ľubietová (Libethen), Banská Bystrica  Slovak Republic (2004)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 4.1 × 1.1 cm = 2.91” × 1.61” × 0.43”

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

Former collection of Jordi Vilallonga
Langite. Langite.
Chalcophyllite with Azurite
Chalcophyllite with Azurite. Chalcophyllite with Azurite.
 

TJ58AM5: Group of very sharp lamellar crystals of Chalcophyllite, lustrous, with a vivid color, on matrix, with Azurite. A European classic, of great quality for the species.
Špania Dolina (Herrengrund), Banská Bystrica, Banská Bystrica Region  Slovak Republic

Specimen size: 5.7 × 5 × 3 cm = 2.24” × 1.97” × 1.18”

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

Devilline
 

EF82G5: Excellent specimen with very definite groups of crystals on matrix. Crystals are laminar and of a very good color and considerable size for this species.
Spania Dolina (Herrengrund), Banská Bystrica  Slovak Republic (06/2005)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 3.3 × 5.7 cm = 2.72” × 1.30” × 2.24”

Devilline.
Devilline.
Azurite with Malachite
Azurite with Malachite. Azurite with Malachite.
 

EF13AF5: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2017. Spheroidal aggregate on matrix of lenticular Azurite crystals, very bright and with a very vivid and uniform color and partially coated by spheroidal Malachite growths. It is of a very recent find at a locality that is a classic for Slovakian mineralogy.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What's New’ section, report 47, July 21, 2017 edition and in the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 72 in the volume 23, number 1
Špania Dolina (Herrengrund), Banská Bystrica, Banská Bystrica Region  Slovak Republic (05/2017)

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

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

Azurite with Malachite
 

EH6AF5: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2017. Rosette aggregates, on matrix, of lenticular Azurite crystals, very bright and with a very vivid and uniform color and partially coated by spherical Malachite. It is from a very recent find at a locality that is a classic for Slovakian mineralogy.
Špania Dolina (Herrengrund), Banská Bystrica, Banská Bystrica Region  Slovak Republic (05/2017)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 4.6 × 1.9 cm = 3.43” × 1.81” × 0.75”

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

Azurite with Malachite. Azurite with Malachite.
Kermesite on Calcite
Kermesite on Calcite.
Kermesite on Calcite.
 

EG66G3: From a recent discovery in Pezinok. Centered groups of acicular crystals of Kermesite stand out on Calcite matrix, with a vivid contrast between the two colors.
New Alexander Gallery, Pezinok  Slovak Republic (02/2005)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5 × 4.3 cm = 2.56” × 1.97” × 1.69”

Kermesite
Kermesite  

NT86AM8: Centered groups, on matrix, of very lustrous acicular Kermesite crystals with a deep and vivid red color.
The specimen comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection (number QUR-2) whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Pezinok, Pezinok District, Bratislava Region  Slovak Republic (1998)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.5 × 4.7 cm = 2.20” × 1.38” × 1.85”

Kermesite. Kermesite.
Kermesite with Valentinite and Calcite
Kermesite with Valentinite and Calcite.
Kermesite with Valentinite and Calcite. Kermesite with Valentinite and Calcite.
 

EH66X8: Radial and fanlike aggregates of acicular Kermesite crystals. They are extraordinarily bright and have a reddish color. They are on matrix, with small radial aggregates of white Valentinite crystals and small Calcite crystals.
Pezinok, Malé Karpaty Mts.  Slovak Republic

Specimen size: 9.3 × 7.2 × 4.6 cm = 3.66” × 2.83” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 3 × 0.1 cm = 1.18” × 0.04”

Chalcopyrite with Calcite, Galena and Quartz
 

MJ12F2: From a historic locality where mining activities have ceased, the twinned and brilliant crystals of Chalcopyrite are perfect examples of the species. Two generations of Quartz, which differ in color, partially cover both the Chalcopyrite and the matrix.
Rozália mine, Banská Hodrusa (Hodritsch)  Slovak Republic (1997)

Specimen size: 7 × 5 × 3 cm = 2.76” × 1.97” × 1.18”

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

Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV
Chalcopyrite with Calcite, Galena and Quartz.
Calcite
Calcite. Front
Front
Calcite. Side
Side
 

EE61K3: Twin of two scalenohedrons, doubly terminated and with an attractive phantom growth. It is esthetically implanted on matrix. The locality is very uncommon, even in major collections.
Gemerská Ves, Revúca County, Banská Bystrica  Slovak Republic (07/2004)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 5.9 × 5 cm = 3.62” × 2.32” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 5.3 × 3.3 cm = 2.09” × 1.30”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Aragonite
 

TFG6AN4: Isolated Aragonite crystal, with the typical morphology for the locality but unusual for the species, formed by a prism of decreasing thickness and a pyramidal termination. The crystal is transparent, very lustrous, and colorless.
We will send the specimen, from one of the great classical localities for the species, in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label that states that it was previously in the Melanson collection.
Podrečany, Lučenec, Banská Bystrica Region  Slovak Republic

Specimen size: 3.2 × 1.4 × 0.8 cm = 1.26” × 0.55” × 0.31”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Aragonite. Aragonite.
Aragonite
Aragonite. Front
Front
Aragonite. Top
Top
Aragonite.
 

MY96AC4: Radial aggregates on matrix of very acute crystals with slightly curved lateral edges. The crystals are transparent, very bright and, unusual for the species, they are untwined. A classic from the Slovak Republic.
Podrečany, Lučenec, Banská Bystrica Region  Slovak Republic (09/2011)

Specimen size: 14 × 8.7 × 4.5 cm = 5.51” × 3.43” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 4 × 0.7 cm = 1.57” × 0.28”

Quartz with Fe-Mn oxides
 

EQ14R9: Growths of Quartz crystals forming irregular bundles. The crystals are completely coated by intensely bright and iridescent oxides of iron and manganese. On a matrix of Quartz and Limonite.
Banská Štiavnica (Schemnitz), Banská Štiavnica District, Banská Bystrica Region  Slovak Republic (2009)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 6.4 × 3.5 cm = 3.27” × 2.52” × 1.38”

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

Quartz with Fe-Mn oxides.
Quartz with Fe-Mn oxides
Quartz with Fe-Mn oxides. Quartz with Fe-Mn oxides.
 

EH66R9: Growths of Quartz crystals forming irregular bundles. The crystals are completely coated by intensely bright and iridescent oxides of iron and manganese. On a matrix of Quartz and Limonite.
Banská Štiavnica (Schemnitz), Banská Štiavnica District, Banská Bystrica Region  Slovak Republic (2009)

Specimen size: 11 × 6.7 × 5.8 cm = 4.33” × 2.64” × 2.28”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.3 cm = 0.39” × 0.12”

Quartz with Fe-Mn oxides
 

EG66R9: Growths of Quartz crystals forming irregular bundles. The crystals are completely coated by intensely bright and iridescent oxides of iron and manganese. On a matrix of Limonite.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What’s New in the Mineral World?’ section of the March 10, 2011 edition.
Banská Štiavnica (Schemnitz), Banská Štiavnica District, Banská Bystrica Region  Slovak Republic (2009)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 6 × 4 cm = 4.53” × 2.36” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.3 cm = 0.43” × 0.12”

Quartz with Fe-Mn oxides. Quartz with Fe-Mn oxides.
Quartz
Quartz. Front
Front
Quartz. Side
Side
 

EP68T4: Group of parallel growths with successive phases of crystallization, the last one, the most superficial, forming a lot of doubly terminated colorless crystals. The sample, from a very classic locality, is much better than the picture shows.
Banská Štiavnica (Schemnitz), Banská Štiavnica District, Banská Bystrica Region  Slovak Republic (05/2011)

Specimen size: 18.5 × 7.7 × 5.7 cm = 7.28” × 3.03” × 2.24”

Hauerite
 

EC47AA1: Almost complete cubo-octahedral crystal with very well defined faces and edges and of a considerable size for the locality. It is one of the very rare existing samples from the type locality.
Kalinka, Vígl'ašská-Kalinka, Detva County, Banská Bystrica  Slovak Republic

Specimen size: 1.4 × 1.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.55” × 0.47” × 0.47”

Type locality
Hauerite.
Hauerite
Hauerite.
Hauerite  

EE96AA1: Very sharp octahedral crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very well defined faces and edges and on matrix, very uncommon for the species. It is one of the very rare existing samples from the type locality that is with an anonymous label that we will send to the buyer.
Kalinka, Vígl'ašská-Kalinka, Detva County, Banská Bystrica  Slovak Republic

Specimen size: 2 × 1.5 × 1.1 cm = 0.79” × 0.59” × 0.43”

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

Type locality
Telluronevskite
 

EG12P0: Telluronevskite is an extremely rare selenide of Bismuth and Tellurium and its type locality is the Vihorlat Mountains in the Slovak Republic. This specimen comes from there, not so aesthetic but extremely rich (for the species).
We will send to the customer a copy of the analysis where Telluronevskite also appears intergrown with the still more rare species Ingodite and the 'common' mineral Nevskite. The description of Telluronevskite was published in 2001.
Poruba pod Vihorlatom, Vihorlat Mountains, Košice  Slovak Republic (05/2009)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.2 × 1.2 cm = 2.24” × 1.65” × 0.47”

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

Type locality
Telluronevskite. Telluronevskite.
Gold with Quartz, Pyrite and Sphalerite
Gold with Quartz, Pyrite and Sphalerite. Gold with Quartz, Pyrite and Sphalerite.
 

TF13M9: The piece is not especially showy but it is from a very uncommon locality. The Gold mineralization is a concentrated area of small grains on a Quartz matrix that has small Pyrite crystals and massive Sphalerite.
Banska Hodrusa Mine, Hodrusa-Hámre  Slovak Republic (1997)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 5.3 × 3.2 cm = 2.60” × 2.09” × 1.26”


SLOVENIA


Wulfenite
 

TR47Q1: Group of laminar crystals with pyramidal faces, yellow with color zoning. We specially note the locality, an European classic for the species.
Helena Mine, Crna (Schwarzenbach), Mežica (Miess)  Slovenia

Specimen size: 3.2 × 3.1 × 2.4 cm = 1.26” × 1.22” × 0.94”

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

Wulfenite. Front
Front
Wulfenite. Rear
Rear
Wulfenite
Wulfenite.
Wulfenite  

TR89F3: From the legendary locality of Miess (now called Mezica) comes this group of bi-pyramidal crystals, a form that is not common in Wulfenite. The tips of the crystals are complex and they separate into numerous pyramids. The color is excellent.
This one comes with A. Berger, Vienna and D. E. Boydston labels.
Helena Mine, Crna (Schwarzenbach), Mežica (Miess)  Slovenia

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

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

Wulfenite
Wulfenite  

TB70L7: A specimen from one of the best and most classic localities for Wulfenite. Numerous dipyramidal and deep orange doubly terminated crystals, with parallel growths.
The specimen is from a German collection and under the label we found an older label from the Freiberg School of Mines.
Helena Mine, Crna (Schwarzenbach), Mežica (Miess)  Slovenia

Specimen size: 9 × 7.5 × 5 cm = 3.54” × 2.95” × 1.97”

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

Wulfenite.
Wulfenite.
Wulfenite
Wulfenite. Wulfenite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TTB27AO8: Druse, on matrix, of tabular Wulfenite crystals with pyramidal polycrystalline terminations, with bright luster and an intense color, with geometric zoning of different shades.
Of high quality, the specimen comes from an important European collection.
Helena Mine, Crna (Schwarzenbach), Mežica Municipality, Carinthia Region  Slovenia

Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.3 × 2.7 cm = 2.83” × 1.69” × 1.06”

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

Wulfenite with Calcite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

ECB67AP6: Group of Wulfenite crystals with a clearly hemihedral pyramidal shape, with one of the terminations being very sharp and the opposite one finely polycrystalline. With a very bright luster and very vivid color, on matrix and with a group of white Calcite crystals that partially cover it.
A classic, very characteristic of the locality, but on the other hand unusual, with that Calcite covering the Wulfenite.
Helena Mine, Crna (Schwarzenbach), Mežica Municipality, Carinthia Region  Slovenia

Specimen size: 8.1 × 6.8 × 4.3 cm = 3.19” × 2.68” × 1.69”

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

Wulfenite with Calcite. Wulfenite with Calcite.
Wulfenite
Wulfenite. Wulfenite.
 

ME48AA9: Group of crystals, on matrix, with a clearly hemihedral shape, in which one of the terminations is very acute, being smooth and finely polycrystalline unlike the opposite. An excellent classic, very characteristic for the locality, showing a very original crystal shape.
Mežica (Miess), Mežica Municipality, Carinthia Region  Slovenia

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.5 × 2.6 cm = 1.46” × 1.38” × 1.02”

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

Former collection Caroline Martaud (Wulfenites)
Wulfenite
 

TF26AM5: Group of crystals with a clearly hemihedral habit, having a very sharp termination at one end and the opposite side finely polycrystalline. Very lustrous, with a vivid color, on matrix. An excellent classic, very characteristic of the locality but which at the same time has a very original crystal habit.
Mežica (Miess), Mežica Municipality, Carinthia Region  Slovenia

Specimen size: 5.8 × 2.7 × 2.7 cm = 2.28” × 1.06” × 1.06”

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

Wulfenite. Wulfenite.

SWEDEN


Cobaltite
Cobaltite. Cobaltite.
 

TFA57AN4: Complete pyritohedral floater crystal of Cobaltite with deformations and fine growth striations. It is lustrous and of a good size for the species and with a very unusual crystal habit, which is why we had it analyzed, and it did indeed turn out to be Cobaltite.
We will send a copy of that analysis to the buyer.
The specimen comes from one of the great classical localities for the species and remains in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label stating that it was previously in the Melanson collections and before that in the French BRGM (Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Miničres).
Tunaberg, Nyköping, Södermanland  Sweden

Specimen size: 2 × 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.79” × 0.59” × 0.39”

With analysis copy

Former collection of Bob Noble
Cobaltite
 

MF46AN0: Floater Cobaltite crystal of pyritohedral habit with very sharp crystal forms, bright luster, and from the most classic locality for the species.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, which shows that it was previously in the Melanson collection.
Hĺkansboda mining group, Lindesberg, Örebro, Västmanland  Sweden

Specimen size: 1.2 × 1.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.47” × 0.47” × 0.47”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Cobaltite. Front
Front
Cobaltite. Side
Side
Cobaltite
Cobaltite. Cobaltite.
 

TAQ12AO3: Cobaltite crystal, dominated by very well defined pyritohedron, with subsidiary cube forms, aerial, relatively lustrous and on a massive Cobaltite matrix. A European classic.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Hĺkansboda mining group, Lindesberg, Örebro, Västmanland  Sweden

Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.7 × 1.4 cm = 0.75” × 0.67” × 0.55”

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

Former collection of Bob Noble
Lead with Epidote
 

TA76X8: Very well developed interstitial laminar growth, the matrix is epidotite, a relatively uncommon metamorphic rock, formed almost exclusively of crystalline Epidote. The sample is from a Swedish locality, classic for native Lead but that must not be confused with better known Lĺngban.
Garpenberg Norra Mine, Garpenberg, Hedemora, Dalarna  Sweden (2011)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2 × 2.2 cm = 1.65” × 0.79” × 0.87”

Lead with Epidote. Front
Front
Lead with Epidote. Top
Top
Lead with Garnet
Lead with Garnet. Lead with Garnet.
 

TC86X8: Very well developed interstitial laminar growth, on matrix, with Epidote and garnet. The sample is from a Swedish locality, classic for native Lead but that must not be confuse with better known Lĺngban.
Garpenberg Norra Mine, Garpenberg, Hedemora, Dalarna  Sweden (2011)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.9 × 2.3 cm = 1.85” × 1.14” × 0.91”

Lead with Mica
 

TB96X8: Very aerial interstitial and laminar growth on a rocky matrix, with small mica sheets. The sample is from a Swedish locality, classic for native Lead but that must not be confuse with better known Lĺngban.
Garpenberg Norra Mine, Garpenberg, Hedemora, Dalarna  Sweden (2011)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.1 × 2 cm = 1.85” × 1.22” × 0.79”

Lead with Mica. Lead with Mica.
Lead with Litharge, Garnet and Mica
Lead with Litharge, Garnet and Mica. Lead with Litharge, Garnet and Mica.
 

TD37X8: Very well developed interstitial laminar growth, on matrix, with Epidote, garnet and small reddish crystals of Litharge on the Lead surface. The sample is from a Swedish locality, classic for native Lead but that must not be confuse with better known Lĺngban.
Garpenberg Norra Mine, Garpenberg, Hedemora, Dalarna  Sweden (2011)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.5 × 2.6 cm = 1.89” × 1.38” × 1.02”

Berzeliite with Hausmannite
 

TXF97CD5: This rare arsenate of sodium, calcium and magnesium displays an intense and uniform yellow color and crystalline appearance, on a rock matrix partially covered by Calcite which gives a beautiful color contrast. Also has small dark grains of Hausmannite.
The Berzeliite comes from the type locality for the species, the Lĺngban metamorphic manganese-iron deposit with its very complex skarns and pegmatites, which has provided a whopping 78 type localities of mineral species.
Lĺngban, Filipstad, Värmland  Sweden

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.2 × 3.7 cm = 2.40” × 1.65” × 1.46”

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

Type locality

Recorded under neon light

Recorded under neon light
Hedyphane with Hausmannite and Calcite
Hedyphane with Hausmannite and Calcite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Hedyphane with Hausmannite and Calcite
 

MRF86AP7: Good specimen of Hedyphane, a very rare lead and calcium arsenate, with acicular crystals of silky luster, on matrix.
The specimen comes from the type locality for the species and
bears a series of old labels: Ralph D. Dietz, Burminco, and Minerals Unlimited.
Lĺngban Mine, Lĺngban, Filipstad, Värmland  Sweden

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.4 × 4.3 cm = 2.68” × 1.73” × 1.69”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV

Type locality
Lead
Lead  

TXL98CD6: Sheets of native Lead on the classic rock matrix from the Swedish town of Lĺngban, a world-renowned locality for this species, which only rarely occurs as the native element.
The specimen comes from the collection of Nacho Gaspar whose label we will send to the buyer of the piece.
Lĺngban, Filipstad, Värmland  Sweden

Specimen size: 10 × 4 × 4.3 cm = 3.94” × 1.57” × 1.69”

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

Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar

Recorded under neon light
Hollandite
Hollandite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Hollandite. Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EFG46AQ0: Hollandite crystal of an unusual size, with extraordinarily sharp forms and excellent terminations, with fine parallel growths, and more lustrous faces than usual for the species.
An extraordinary European classic.
Murjek, Jokkmokk, Norrbotten, Lappland Province  Sweden (1970)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 1.7 × 1 cm = 1.50” × 0.67” × 0.39”

'Stilbite'

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TFM69AN5: Druse of groups of 'Stilbite' crystals with bow-tie growths, with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, lustrous and with a uniform yellow color.
The specimen, of great quality for the locality, comes from a private collection whose label we will send to the buyer.

Malmberget, Gällivare, Norrbotten, Lappland Province  Sweden

Specimen size: 12.2 × 5 × 2.3 cm = 4.80” × 1.97” × 0.91”

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

'Stilbite'. 'Stilbite'.

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