Mineral Specimens - page 12
South America (excl. Brazil)

HM280TE: Very aerial group of octahedral pseudomorphs of Hematite after Magnetite crystals, very sharp, with bright luster. On matrix, which is very uncommon.

Payún Matru Volcano, Malargüe, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province  Argentina (2008)

Specimen size: 8 × 6.6 × 5 cm = 3.15” × 2.60” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 1.6 cm = 1.10” × 0.63”

EB26Z1: Sharp doubly terminated crystal pseudomorphous after Magnetite. It is elongated, with very well defined skeletal forms and partially coated by small recrystallized lenticular Hematite crystals.
Payún Matru Volcano, Malargüe, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province  Argentina (2008)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4 × 3.6 cm = 2.60” × 1.57” × 1.42”

EJ64Z1: Aggregate of Hematite crystals pseudomorphous after Magnetite, with a very sharp octahedral shape, very well defined parallel growths and some of them with skeletal forms.
Payún Matru Volcano, Malargüe, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province  Argentina (2008)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 3.8 × 4 cm = 2.83” × 1.50” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2 cm = 0.98” × 0.79”

HM150TB: Very aerial group of Hematite pseudomorphs after octahedral Magnetite crystals, with bright luster, very sharp, and on matrix.
Payún Matru Volcano, Malargüe, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province  Argentina (2008)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.4 × 4.3 cm = 2.87” × 2.13” × 1.69”

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

EQ6Z1: Aggregate of Hematite crystals pseudomorphous after Magnetite, with a very sharp octahedral shape, some of them very elongated and almost completely coated by small lenticular recrystallized Hematite.
Payún Matru Volcano, Malargüe, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province  Argentina (2008)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 6.3 × 4.7 cm = 2.91” × 2.48” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 2.5 cm = 1.38” × 0.98”

EK56Q1: Parallel growths of octahedral crystals, pseudomorphs of Magnetite, some of them unusually elongated and others with very well marked skeletal growths. On the faces of the Hematite a second generation of very bright thin small laminar crystals of the same mineral has formed.
Payún Matru Volcano, Malargüe, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province  Argentina (2008)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 7.5 × 5.9 cm = 3.03” × 2.95” × 2.32”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 2 cm = 2.05” × 0.79”

HM150TD: Very aerial group of octahedral pseudomorphs of Hematite after Magnetite crystals, with cube faces and skeletal growths, lustrous and very sharp.
Payún Matru Volcano, Malargüe, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province  Argentina (2008)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.5 × 4.7 cm = 3.31” × 2.17” × 1.85”

EY56Z1: Aggregate of Hematite crystals pseudomorphous after Magnetite, with a very sharp octahedral shape and some of them very elongated and almost completely coated by small lenticular recrystallized Hematite.
Payún Matru Volcano, Malargüe, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province  Argentina (2008)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 6.6 × 7.3 cm = 3.62” × 2.60” × 2.87”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 2.7 cm = 1.34” × 1.06”

TD89AL6: Very aerial group of Hematite pseudomorphs after octahedral crystals of Magnetite (a variety known as martite) with a second generation of small lamellar crystals of the same species.
Payún Matru Volcano, Malargüe, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province  Argentina (2008)

Specimen size: 10.1 × 6.2 × 5.6 cm = 3.98” × 2.44” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 6 × 3.4 cm = 2.36” × 1.34”

TY67Q1: Extraordinarily acute parallel growth of octahedral crystals, pseudomorphs of Magnetite, with very well defined faces and edges and with very well marked skeletal growths. On the faces of the Hematite a second generation of very bright thin small laminar crystals of the same mineral has formed.
Payún Matru Volcano, Malargüe, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province  Argentina (2008)

Specimen size: 10.6 × 5.1 × 4 cm = 4.17” × 2.01” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 2 cm = 1.38” × 0.79”

TT72AL6: Very aerial group of well defined Hematite (martite variety) pseudomorphs after unusually flat octahedral crystals of Magnetite, with a second generation of small lamellar crystals of the same species.
Payún Matru Volcano, Malargüe, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province  Argentina (2008)

Specimen size: 11.4 × 8.7 × 4.6 cm = 4.49” × 3.43” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 3 cm = 1.77” × 1.18”

TR72AL6: Very aerial group of Hematite pseudomorphs after octahedral crystals of Magnetite (a variety also known as martite) with a second generation of small lamellar crystals of the same species.
Payún Matru Volcano, Malargüe, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province  Argentina (2008)

Specimen size: 11.6 × 9.7 × 0.7 cm = 4.57” × 3.82” × 0.28”

EYP66AP9: Vug of very sharp lanceolate Descloizite crystals, with bright luster and a reddish brown color. From a locality little known to mineral collectors.
Venus Mine, El Guaico Mining District, Minas Department, Córdoba Province  Argentina

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.6 × 3.3 cm = 2.48” × 1.81” × 1.30”

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

NQ14AL5: Descloizite crystals with an equidimensional habit very different from those known in other localities, with very sharp faces and edges, a very dark green color, almost black, on matrix, with Quartz. The specimen is accompanied by two old handwritten labels in which the original collection does not appear.
Los Pilones, Cruz del Eje Departament, Córdoba Province  Argentina

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.85” × 1.42” × 1.02”

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

NA26AK6: Very sharp Topaz crystal with well defined faces and edges and excellent terminal faces. Transparent, colorless, very lustrous and with a clearly hexagonal recess in one of the terminal faces that is probably the hole left by a Quartz crystal.
Papachacra Formation, Portezuelo granite, Belén Department, Catamarca  Argentina

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

MB87AD9: Botryoidal aggregate with spherulitic nucleus and concentric growths with very well defined color changes, from pale pink to intense red.
Capillitas Mine, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca  Argentina (2015)

Specimen size: 12.4 × 6.8 × 4.3 cm = 4.88” × 2.68” × 1.69”

ED46AL5: Scepter growth, partially doubly terminated Quartz (variety amethyst) crystal, transparent, with good luster, and with an intense violet color on a white Quartz crystal.
Don Nicolás Mine, Villa Rafael Benegas (Villa Benegas), Mina Clavero, San Alberto Department, Córdoba Province  Argentina (2004)

Specimen size: 3 × 1.4 × 1 cm = 1.18” × 0.55” × 0.39”

EV16H2: Doubly terminated floater. The color is deeper at the terminations, whose luster is also more intense than in the other faces. The crystal grew on other small crystals of Quartz (amethyst)
Don Nicolás Mine, Villa Rafael Benegas (Villa Benegas), Mina Clavero, San Alberto Department, Córdoba Province  Argentina (01-06/2002)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.3 × 2.8 cm = 2.05” × 1.30” × 1.10”

EC96G1: Parallel growth of two prismatic, doubly-terminated crystals. They are well developed, of an intense color and simple forms, growing as a scepter on a little matrix of white Quartz.
Don Nicolás Mine, Villa Rafael Benegas (Villa Benegas), Mina Clavero, San Alberto Department, Córdoba Province  Argentina (01-06/2002)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.1 × 3 cm = 2.68” × 1.61” × 1.18”

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

TC150EV: Group of doubly terminated scepter crystals of Quartz (amethyst variety), one of them clearly dominant, with well-defined faces and edges, translucent and with an intense and deep color, denser at the crystal ends. It is becoming less and less common to find specimens from this locality, where work was done for only a very short time.
Don Nicolás Mine, Villa Rafael Benegas (Villa Benegas), Mina Clavero, San Alberto Department, Córdoba Province  Argentina (01-06/2002)

Specimen size: 7 × 4.2 × 3 cm = 2.76” × 1.65” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 6.7 × 3.4 cm = 2.64” × 1.34”

EJ97AL0: Group of doubly terminated Quartz crystals (amethyst variety), with very well defined faces and edges, forming parallel growths. The crystals are translucent and display an intense deep color, deeper at the ends of the crystal. It is getting less and less common to find specimens from this locality, which was worked for only a brief time.
La Francesa Mine, Villa Rafael Benegas (Villa Benegas), Mina Clavero, San Alberto Department, Córdoba Province  Argentina (01-06/2002)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.4 × 3.7 cm = 2.87” × 2.13” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 6.1 × 3.8 cm = 2.40” × 1.50”

MT14AN0: Vivianite crystal with a prismatic habit and excellent terminations, transparent, with bright luster and an intense and uniform green color, on matrix.
We will send the specimen, which comes from a classic Bolivian locality for the species, in the original Perkins box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, which states that it was previously in the Sullivan collection.
Morococala Mine, Santa Fe Mining Distric, Dalence Province, Oruro Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.1 × 1.1 cm = 1.26” × 0.83” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.1 cm = 1.02” × 0.43”

MT13AM8: Group of sharp Ludlamite crystals of a good size for the species. Between translucent and transparent, with an intense and uniform color, on a Siderite matrix with small Pyrite crystals.
We will send the buyer 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 Alfredo Petrov collection.
Huanuni Mine, Huanuni, Dalence Province, Oruro Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.8 × 1.3 cm = 0.71” × 0.71” × 0.51”

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

TBF56AP8: Centered groups of elongated and slightly flattened Stibnite crystals, lustrous and very aesthetic. Bolivian stibnites from this locality are not very common.
Salvadora Mine, Yarvicoya, Municipio Caracollo, Cercado Province, Oruro Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.6 × 1.4 cm = 2.52” × 1.81” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 0.3 cm = 1.77” × 0.12”

ML27AM7: Group of Valentinite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and large (for the species), very sharp, doubly terminated, and colored grey by micro-inclusions of Galena and other sulphides.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 3 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 1.18” × 0.71” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.87” × 0.31”

MP26AM6: Very dark gray spheroidal and columnar growths of Metastibnite, a rare dimorph of Stibnite, with subsequent coatings of antimony oxides.
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.1 × 2.6 cm = 1.06” × 0.83” × 1.02”

TF87AF4: Group of crystals of Andorite with associated acicular crystals of Zinkenite. With well defined faces and edges, a very well defined and fine vertical striation and with a luster that is unusual for the species.
The sample is from the Vallecillo collection, from Madrid.
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 2 × 1.9 × 1 cm = 0.79” × 0.75” × 0.39”

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

TR88AJ3: Parallel growth of flattened and doubly terminated Andorite crystals that have very well defined faces and edges and are bright, with a fine striation.
A Bolivian classic that we will send in its original Perkin’s box from the R.J. Noble collection, also containing the collection label.
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.6 × 0.6 cm = 1.10” × 1.02” × 0.24”

TBE68AO4: Very aerial group of flattened Andorite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, lustrous, with fine striations, with coatings and on matrix. Of great quality for the species and much more aesthetic than is usual in andorites.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.8 × 1.9 cm = 1.22” × 1.10” × 0.75”

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

ND56AN0: Parallel growth of flattened Andorite crystals, very sharp, with good luster, and partially covered by acicular Zinkenite crystals.
The specimen comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection (number AND-7), whose catalogue card we will send to the buyer.
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.5 × 0.8 cm = 1.26” × 0.98” × 0.31”

TT87AL4: Polycrystalline group, quite sharp compared to the usual for the species of Ferrokësterite, a rare copper, iron and tin sulfide, associated with a lighter metallic gray Andorite crystal. On a matrix covered with small, very bright crystals of Pyrite.
The specimen comes from the Robert J. Noble collection, whose label, which states that it previously came from Alfredo Petrov (Tucson 2009), we will send to the buyer.
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.14” × 1.06” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1 cm = 0.51” × 0.39”

TXL13AN7: Radiated groups of Franckeite crystals with a flattened prismatic habit, sharp, well defined and with good luster, associated with small elongated Zinkenite crystals.
We will ship this piece in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Itos Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.4 × 1.9 cm = 1.26” × 0.94” × 0.75”

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

NE27AJ0: Spheroidal growths of small Franckeite crystals that are metallic dark gray, almost black, and are very well defined and bright. They are on matrix with Pyrite and very well defined Stannite crystals. An excellent sample of this rare mineral.
The sample was in the Gilbert Gautier collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.77” × 1.34” × 0.55”

TT96AM5: Rosettes of lamellar Franckeite crystals, very lustrous, with coatings of acicular Zinkenite crystals and globular growths of Stannite crystals.
Itos Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 7.3 × 4.8 × 8.6 cm = 2.87” × 1.89” × 3.39”

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

TLA14AO0: Very aerial group of cyclic Cassiterite twins, with sharp crystal forms, translucent, with very bright luster and a deep color. On matrix, with small Quartz crystals.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Viloco Mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.8 × 1.4 cm = 0.87” × 0.71” × 0.55”

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

HM280TM: Druse of twinned Cassiterite crystals, translucent, with very bright luster and partially covered by small Calcite and Quartz crystals.
Viloco Mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 10.6 × 10.1 × 3.2 cm = 4.17” × 3.98” × 1.26”

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

TXF14AO4: Ferberite crystal with a short and thick prismatic shape, with very sharp crystal forms and with crystalline coatings of Arsenopyrite.
We will send the buyer the specimen 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 collection.
Viloco Mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.4 × 1.5 cm = 0.94” × 0.94” × 0.59”

TYR64AO2: Botryoidal Cassiterite aggregate, in the habit / variety known as "wood tin", lustrous and deep black.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the collection of Robert J. (Bob) Noble, which
also contains the label.
Cóndor Iquiña plateau, Macha area, Chayanta Province, La Paz Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.7 × 2.7 cm = 1.14” × 1.06” × 1.06”

TXT14AN2: Group of Ferberite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and very sharp, with sharp and very lustrous crystal forms. From a locality from which few high-quality specimens have been seen.
We will ship the piece in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, which shows that it was previously in the Frank Melanson collection.
Mount Chambillaya mining district, Quime, Inquisivi Province, La Paz Departament  Bolivia

Specimen size: 2.6 × 1.9 × 0.9 cm = 1.02” × 0.75” × 0.35”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.9 cm = 1.02” × 0.75”

TEL64AN9: Group of Ferberite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and outstanding, with sharp and lustrous crystal forms. It comes from a locality where few specimens of this quality have been seen.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Mount Chambillaya mining district, Quime, Inquisivi Province, La Paz Departament  Bolivia

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.4 × 1.3 cm = 1.14” × 0.94” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2.1 cm = 0.87” × 0.83”

TF12AJ1: Complete and doubly terminated, prismatic Copper replacement. It has very sharp edges and faces.
We will send the sample in its original Perkin’s box from the R.J. Noble collection, also containing the collection label on which it appears that it had previously been in the Sullivan collection.
Corocoro, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department  Bolivia

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

TFR68AP9: Druse of prismatic crystals of Paravauxite of good size, with sharp crystal forms and an excellent state of conservation. With small transparent Quartz crystals.
From the type locality for both species, the Paravauxite and the Sigloite.
Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 6 × 3.8 × 2.6 cm = 2.36” × 1.50” × 1.02”

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

TE46AN1: Flattened Quartz crystals with a very well defined Japan-law twin, transparent, lustrous and rich in inclusions.
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 Merrill collection.
Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.1 × 0.3 cm = 1.14” × 0.83” × 0.12”

TT13AN2: Group of Siderite crystals with sharp crystal forms, with slight curvatures, a satin luster and a highly contrasted double coloration, with darker and lighter brown areas. On matrix, with small crystals of Calcite and Sphalerite.
We will send 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 Alfredo Petrov collection.
Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.5 × 1.7 cm = 1.02” × 0.98” × 0.67”

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

TLB6AO0: Group of tabular Fluorapatite crystals with sharp crystal forms, translucent, with good luster and a uniform white color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Ánimas Mine, Ánimas , Chocaya, Municipio Atocha, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.7 × 1.3 cm = 0.87” × 0.67” × 0.51”

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

TA86AL6: Rosette growths of lamellar Wurtzite crystals with a very sharp hexagonal contour and good luster, unusually large in size for the species, on matrix, with very shiny cube-octahedral crystals of Galena. This well-known specimen, which comes from the prestigious Rock Currier collection (no. 6516), is considered the best of the find and undoubtedly among the most reputable. We will send the collection label to the buyer along with the specimen.
Ánimas Mine, Ánimas , Chocaya, Municipio Atocha, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 9 × 8.3 × 5.2 cm = 3.54” × 3.27” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.7 cm = 1.02” × 0.67”

MD27AM9: Group of very sharp and extraordinarily well defined Bismuthinite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with good luster, associated with Pyrite-Marcasite.
We will send the specimen, which comes from the Robert J. Noble collection, in its original Perky box from that collection, which also contains the label.
Tazna Mine (Tazna-Rosario Mine), Cerro Tazna, Atocha-Quechisla District, Nor Chichas Province, Potosí Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.3 × 1.6 cm = 0.94” × 0.91” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.55” × 0.16”

TQ86AM0: Excellent specimen, of high quality and very representative of specimens from the locality. Free of alteration, with polysynthetic parallel growths, with sharp surfaces and small crystals with very well defined faces and edges, which is quite unusual for the species.
The specimen is from the Bruno Cerato collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Tazna Mine (Tazna-Rosario Mine), Cerro Tazna, Atocha-Quechisla District, Nor Chichas Province, Potosí Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 9.6 × 9.5 × 3.7 cm = 3.78” × 3.74” × 1.46”

MRB37AO4: Coatings of translucent acicular Caledonite crystals, with great luster and an intense blue color. Of the best quality for the species.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Victoria Segunda Mine, Cerros Pintados, Salar de Pintados, Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region  Chile

Specimen size: 7.4 × 4.7 × 2.6 cm = 2.91” × 1.85” × 1.02”

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

TRR66AN7: Aggregates on matrix of twinned crystals, with a fibrous appearance, many of them with good terminations, with bright luster and an intense red color. An ‘oldie’ from Chile that has not been seen for many years.
Agua Colgada Quarry, Sierra La Totora District, Freirina, Huasco Province, Atacama Region  Chile

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4 × 4.7 cm = 2.28” × 1.57” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 0.9 cm = 1.02” × 0.35”

TMB94AQ0: Twinned very sharp Chalcocite crystals, with very sharp terminations, between shiny and matte, on matrix, with small white Calcite crystals.
The specimen comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection (number CAC-1) and was previously in that of Martín Oliete Fontela (number 157). We will send the buyer the labels from both collections.
Copiapó Province, Atacama Region  Chile

Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.7 × 3.7 cm = 3.31” × 2.64” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.4 cm = 0.75” × 0.55”

MX14AJ0: Radial aggregates on matrix of acicular Atacamite crystals, very bright and with a very deep color.
A Chilean classic that was in the Enrique Moës collection.
La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region  Chile

Specimen size: 9.2 × 7.1 × 4.2 cm = 3.62” × 2.80” × 1.65”

TFG10AP4: Druse, on matrix, very rich in acicular Atacamite crystals, translucent, with very bright luster and a deep green color, with areas with white Halloysite coatings.
La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region  Chile

Specimen size: 19 × 11.8 × 4.8 cm = 7.48” × 4.65” × 1.89”

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

TC140EA: Coming from a mine little known until now, Brochantite forms fan-like aggregates of finely acicular crystals, with an intense silky luster and a very vivid color. Accompanied by Linarite crystals with brilliant luster and a very vivid color.
Los Azules Mine, Quebrada San Miguel, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region  Chile (2019)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.7 × 3.3 cm = 1.50” × 1.06” × 1.30”

MX16AE7: A novelty at Munich 2016. Spray-like aggregates of finely acicular crystals with a very intense silky luster. They are on a rocky matrix with Quartz (chalcedony variety) coatings. The sample is from a formerly poorly known mine.
Los Azules Mine, Quebrada San Miguel, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region  Chile (11-12/2015)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 3.8 × 4.9 cm = 2.32” × 1.50” × 1.93”

EB48AE3: A novelty at Munich 2016. Until now a poorly known mine, the Brochantite forms sprays of finely acicular crystals with a very intense silky luster and a very vivid color and are on a Quartz (variety chalcedony) matrix.
Los Azules Mine, Quebrada San Miguel, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region  Chile (11-12/2015)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 6.5 × 6.9 cm = 3.70” × 2.56” × 2.72”

TM69AJ9: A novelty at Sainte-Marie 2019. Botryoidal and stalactitic growths of black Murdochite microcrystals on matrix with Goethite and coated by felted aggregates of Brochantite crystals and a group of small Linarite crystals, very bright and with a very intense blue color. The two main species had been analyzed and we will send a copy of both analyses to the buyer. Murdochite has not been cited at the locality until now.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a novelty at the 2019 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine "Lapis" number 07-08/2019, page 62, in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ July/August 2019, number 148, page 29 and ‘Mineral Up’ on page 61 of the 2019/02 edition.
Los Azules Mine, Quebrada San Miguel, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region  Chile (2019)

Specimen size: 11 × 7 × 4.6 cm = 4.33” × 2.76” × 1.81”

MJR98AP3: Elongated alluvial Gold nugget with rounded edges but still retaining part of the original crystal forms. The specimen comes from one of the most classic localities for the species.
Chocó River, Antioquia Department  Colombia

Specimen size: 1.2 × 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.47” × 0.24” × 0.16”

TC230TK: Group of equidimensional Gold crystals, very shiny, on a Quartz matrix with microcrystalline Pyrite. The specimen comes from a mining area of Colombia that is very little known so far.
La Reina de Oro concession, El Volcán, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.5 × 2.8 cm = 1.34” × 0.98” × 1.10”

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

NF98AM9: Very aerial dendritic growth of elongated and very sharp Gold crystals, with distinct window growths on some of the faces. Sharper than usual in these local deposits, and with small remnants of Quartz matrix.
The specimen comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection (number GOLD-C), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Los Delirios claim, Delirios III cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2.1 × 0.3 cm = 0.91” × 0.83” × 0.12”

MA97AI0: A surface very rich with flat leafy Gold growths, with some acicular Gold crystals, on a rock matrix partially coated by micro-crystalline Quartz. The sample is from a not yet well-known Colombian mining area and, due its quality and good color and luster, we believe it is one of the best found there.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 35 of the 2018/02 edition.

Los Delirios claim, Delirios III cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia (01/2018)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3 × 2.1 cm = 1.30” × 1.18” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.2 cm = 0.28” × 0.08”

EA27AM8: Very lustrous and contrasted skeletal crystals and leafy growths of Gold on the rock matrix. The specimen comes from a recent find in a mining area of Colombia that was very little known until recently.
Potosí claim, La Tosca cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia (2017)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3 × 1.2 cm = 1.61” × 1.18” × 0.47”

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

EM76AH2: Dendritic growth, on a rocky matrix, of very sharp cubo-octahedral crystals with very well defined hoppered growths on some of the octahedron faces. The sample is from a not yet well-known Colombian mining area.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 52 of the 2017/02 edition.
Potosí claim, La Tosca cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia

Specimen size: 4.3 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 1.69” × 0.63” × 0.55”

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

NA46AL6: Dendritic growths of Gold with dominant hackly, skeletal and lamellar shapes and very sharp small octahedral crystals. Very bright and on a Quartz matrix with small deformed sphalerite crystals.
The specimen comes via the collections of Raúl Sanabria Orellana and Ignacio Gaspar Sintes, whose labels we will send to the buyer.
Los Delirios claim, Delirios III cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia (±2018)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.5 × 1.8 cm = 1.85” × 1.38” × 0.71”

EL88AI4: Very bright arborescent growths and acicular and leafy crystals of Gold on a Quartz matrix. . The sample is from a Colombian mining area not well known until now.
Los Delirios claim, Delirios III cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia (02/2017)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.7 × 2.5 cm = 2.09” × 1.46” × 0.98”

EK51AG5: Leafy growths and small but well defined native Gold crystals on a rocky matrix partially coated by Quartz micro-crystals and with twinned Cinnabar crystals. The sample is from a Colombian mining area not well known until now.
La Providencia claim, La Providencia cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia (02/2017)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.3 × 3.2 cm = 2.32” × 1.69” × 1.26”

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

ET26AM6: Dentate leafy growths (“herringbone”) of very brilliant gold crystals on a rock matrix. The specimen comes from a mining district in Colombia which is very little known so far and has a very high quality level for the locality.
Los Delirios claim, Delirios I cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia (15/08/2020)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.4 × 2.8 cm = 2.48” × 1.73” × 1.10”

MJK94AO1: Skeletal crystals and leafy growths of Gold, very lustrous and with good contrast to their rock matrix. The specimen comes from a discovery a few years ago in a mining district of Colombia that was little known until now.
From the Raúl Sanabria collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Potosí claim, La Tosca cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia (2021)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 3.9 × 3.5 cm = 2.80” × 1.54” × 1.38”

EE48AL4: Arborescent growths and acicular and lamellar Gold crystals, with very good luster, on matrix and with Quartz (variety chalcedony) coatings. The specimen comes from a mining area in Colombia that is very little known so far.
La Peter II concession,La Peter open pit, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia

Specimen size: 7.6 × 4.1 × 2.3 cm = 2.99” × 1.61” × 0.91”

ERX67AO0: Skeletal crystals and leafy growths of Gold that are lustrous and contrast with their rock matrix. The specimen comes from finds made in a previously little-known mining area in Colombia.
Los Delirios claim, Delirios I cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia (15/08/2020)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 4.6 × 2.6 cm = 3.39” × 1.81” × 1.02”

EA49AK0: Group of Quartz crystals with very well defined faces and one of them, clearly dominant, with polycrystalline terminations. The crystals, mostly colorless and clear, are very rich in inclusions of a clayey aspect and yellow-orange color in the terminal part. It has been said that these inclusions were Humboldtine but this has already been discredited (see: Quartz and Humboldtine? from Colombia )
Cabiche, Quípama, Boyacá Department  Colombia (01/2019)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.1 × 1.9 cm = 2.05” × 1.22” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 1.5 cm = 2.05” × 0.59”

EV93AK9: Group of Quartz crystals with very sharp faces, transparent in a good part of the prism faces, colorless and clear. The yellow-orange argillaceous inclusions in the terminations provide color contrast. This group of crystals is quite large compared to most pieces from this locality, which are usually just loose crystals or small specimens.
Cabiche, Quípama, Boyacá Department  Colombia (06/2019)

Specimen size: 16.3 × 9.3 × 7.6 cm = 6.42” × 3.66” × 2.99”

Main crystal size: 3.9 × 0.9 cm = 1.54” × 0.35”

MMZ26AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Beryl crystals (emerald variety) with very sharp crystal forms and very marked parallel growth, with good terminations, transparent, great luster and a very vivid, deep and uniform color.
La Pita mining district, Municipio Maripí, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department  Colombia (2022)

Specimen size: 1.7 × 0.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.67” × 0.28” × 0.28”

ND69AK9: Floater crystal, of good size, surely formed in a Calcite matrix, with sharp faces and edges but with dissolution forms in both its upper and lower terminations. Transparent, lustrous, with more intense color in the terminal areas than in the center of the crystal.
  Colombia

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

TFL46AO8: Short prismatic crystal with a flat pinacoidal termination, finely beveled by the faces of a pyramid, between transparent and translucent. With inclusions, good luster and an intense green color.
  Colombia

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

MLF91AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Two Beryl crystals (emerald variety) on matrix, with very sharp crystal forms and good terminations, transparent, with great luster and a very deep and uniform vivid color.
La Pita mining district, Municipio Maripí, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department  Colombia (2022)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2 × 1.6 cm = 1.02” × 0.79” × 0.63”

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

TP88AF2: A single Beryl (emerald variety) crystal with perfect terminal faces. It is transparent, bright and on a rocky matrix with platy Calcite crystals.
Muzo mining district, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department  Colombia

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.2 × 2.4 cm = 1.14” × 0.87” × 0.94”

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

MFF96AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Beryl crystal (emerald variety) isolated on matrix, with the Calcite crystals that are typical of the locality, with very sharp crystal forms and good terminations in which, apart from the dominant pinacoid, pyramidal faces appear too. The crystal, transparent and very lustrous, shows a very vivid, deep and uniform color.
La Pita mining district, Municipio Maripí, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department  Colombia (2022)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.3 × 1.5 cm = 1.14” × 0.91” × 0.59”

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

TR28AF6: Doubly terminated floater crystal with very well defined faces and edges and excellent terminations, one of them simple and pinacoidal, the other showing an unusual polycrystalline growth with a deep structural incision that seems to break the crystal longitudinally into two symmetrical parts. The sample is transparent, bright and vividly colored.
Chivor mining district, Municipio Chivor, Eastern Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department  Colombia

Specimen size: 3.3 × 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 1.30” × 0.31” × 0.28”

MLF46AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Beryl crystal (emerald variety) isolated on matrix, with very sharp crystal forms and good terminations in which, apart from the dominant pinacoid, pyramidal faces are present too. This transparent and very lustrous crystal exhibits a very vivid, deep and uniform color.
Muzo mining district, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department  Colombia (2022)

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

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

MFX87AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Group of Beryl crystals (emerald variety) with very sharp crystal forms, good terminations, transparent, with good luster and a very vivid, deep and uniform color. With Pyrite crystals on the back and small Quartz coatings.
Chivor mining district, Los Topos gallery, Municipio Chivor, Eastern Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department  Colombia (2019)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.2 × 2 cm = 1.38” × 0.87” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.2 cm = 0.35” × 0.08”

MLA27AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Beryl crystal (emerald variety) isolated on matrix, with the Calcite crystals that are typical of the locality, with very sharp crystal forms and good terminations in which, apart from the dominant pinacoid, pyramidal faces appear too. The crystal, transparent and very lustrous, shows a very vivid, deep and uniform color.
Muzo mining district, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department  Colombia (2022)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3 × 3.9 cm = 2.20” × 1.18” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.63” × 0.16”

EFG67AP9: Group of cubo-octahedral Galena crystals with a flattened habit, very lustrous, with Sphalerite crystals and Calcite and Quartz coatings.
Alimon Mine (Animon Mine), Huaron mining district, Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department  Peru

Specimen size: 7.6 × 6 × 5.7 cm = 2.99” × 2.36” × 2.24”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 2.8 cm = 1.69” × 1.10”

MRR14AP2: A new discovery at Munich 2022
High quality Geocronite crystals with sharp crystal forms and polycrystalline growths marked by striations, associated with crystals of slightly translucent, apple-green Fluorite which, due to the contrast with the Geocronite, generates very aesthetic pieces.
The Geocronite has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Milpo Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Atacocha mining district, Pasco Province, Pasco Department  Peru (07-08/2022)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.2 × 1.8 cm = 1.57” × 1.26” × 0.71”

MFA46AP2: A new discovery at Munich 2022
High quality Geocronite crystals with sharp crystal forms and polycrystalline growths marked by striations, associated with crystals of slightly translucent, apple-green Fluorite which, due to the contrast with the Geocronite, generates very aesthetic pieces.
The Geocronite has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Milpo Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Atacocha mining district, Pasco Province, Pasco Department  Peru (07-08/2022)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.1 × 2.2 cm = 1.73” × 1.22” × 0.87”

MFR57AP2: A new discovery at Munich 2022
High quality Geocronite crystals with sharp crystal forms and polycrystalline growths marked by striations, associated with crystals of slightly translucent, apple-green Fluorite which, due to the contrast with the Geocronite, generates very aesthetic pieces.
The Geocronite has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This specimen has been published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the 'What’s New on the Internet Reports' section, report 65, November 15, 2022 edition, page 2
Milpo Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Atacocha mining district, Pasco Province, Pasco Department  Peru (07-08/2022)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.1 × 3 cm = 2.44” × 2.01” × 1.18”

TMX87AP3: Druse of Pyrite crystals with a cubic shape but very rich in smaller crystal forms too. The crystals, shiny and aerial, have natural unaltered fine fissures and are partially covered by small white crystals of Quartz.
Mundo Nuevo mining area, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sánchez Carrión Province, La Libertad Department  Peru

Specimen size: 10 × 8 × 3.7 cm = 3.94” × 3.15” × 1.46”

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

TZE56AO2: Hübnerite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, very sharp and rich in crystal forms, translucent, very lustrous and on a matrix of water-clear Quartz crystals.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the collection of Robert J. (Bob) Noble, which
also contains the label.
Mundo Nuevo mining area, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sánchez Carrión Province, La Libertad Department  Peru

Specimen size: 3.1 × 1.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.22” × 0.67” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1 cm = 0.83” × 0.39”

TF99AM5: Two 'V'-shaped tetrahedral crystals of Tennantite-(Fe) with coatings of very shiny Bournonite crystals. On matrix, associated with Pyrite and Quartz crystals. Specimens from this find were analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mundo Nuevo mining area, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sánchez Carrión Province, La Libertad Department  Peru

Specimen size: 8.3 × 6.8 × 6.2 cm = 3.27” × 2.68” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 5.3 × 4.4 cm = 2.09” × 1.73”

TFM53AN5: Very sharp isolated crystals of Augelite with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, with good luster and an intense light green color. They are implanted on a matrix with fine transparent Quartz crystals.
Tamboras Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sánchez Carrión Province, La Libertad Department  Peru

Specimen size: 8.7 × 5.7 × 4.4 cm = 3.43” × 2.24” × 1.73”

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

TZ90AM5: Isolated crystals of Augelite, very sharp and with well defined crystal forms, that are translucent, lustrous, and light green in color. Implanted on a matrix of fine transparent Quartz crystals.
Tamboras Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sánchez Carrión Province, La Libertad Department  Peru

Specimen size: 11.1 × 6.3 × 2.9 cm = 4.37” × 2.48” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.7 cm = 0.43” × 0.28”

EX87AE5: Very sharp and well defined Scheelite crystals with dipyramidal shape and very well defined parallel growths. They have a brown color and are with a thin layer of powdery lemon yellow Stolzite. The crystals are on a matrix of clear Quartz crystals.
Mundo Nuevo mining area, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sánchez Carrión Province, La Libertad Department  Peru (9-12/2015)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 4 × 3.7 cm = 1.65” × 1.57” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.3 cm = 0.79” × 0.51”

TFR14AO0: Group, on matrix, of Orpiment crystals, one of them clearly dominant and aerial, with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, lustrous and with a very vivid orange color.
We will ship the piece, a Peruvian classic, in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department  Peru

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

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.59” × 0.39”

TAL37AP9: Group of flattened and elongated Enargite crystals, partially covered by small Tetrahedrite crystals with parallel growths.
Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department  Peru

Specimen size: 6.5 × 6.4 × 2.2 cm = 2.56” × 2.52” × 0.87”

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

TPB72AO4: Druse of Enargite crystals with very sharp crystal forms and excellent terminations, very lustrous, on a matrix of Enargite itself. A Peruvian classic of great quality.
The specimen comes from the collection of Jean-Louis Goux (France)
Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department  Peru

Specimen size: 13.3 × 11.4 × 2.9 cm = 5.24” × 4.49” × 1.14”

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

TB14AL6: Group of two elongated crystals, very aerial, of Enargite totally covered with small crystals of Pyrite, very sharp and lustrous.
We will send the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department  Peru

Specimen size: 3 × 1.6 × 0.7 cm = 1.18” × 0.63” × 0.28”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1 cm = 1.18” × 0.39”

TB48AL6: Group of Tetrahedrite-(Zn) crystals with very well defined and brilliant faces and edges that cover a group of Enargite crystals. Tetrahedrite-(Zn) is a species just recently recognized by the IMA.
We will send the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which contains the label and also a copy of the specimen analysis.
Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department  Peru

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.4 × 2 cm = 1.42” × 0.94” × 0.79”

TM6AL0: Isolated crystals and radial aggregates of sharp Hutchinsonite crystals with bright luster and red internal reflections, on a matrix of granular Galena with pyritohedral Pyrite crystals. Both the Hutchinsonite and Galena have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department  Peru (03/2016)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.2 × 1.9 cm = 2.09” × 1.65” × 0.75”

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

TP96AD1: Bundle-like aggregates of Hutchinsonite, a rare sulphoarsenide of thallium and lead, with elongated crystals that have very well defined faces and edges and are very much brighter than usual for the species. They are on matrix, with Orpiment and Quartz.
Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department  Peru (09/2015)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.1 × 2.3 cm = 2.13” × 1.61” × 0.91”

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

TF14AD9: A novelty (for its red color) at Ste. Marie 2016. Isolated crystals and radial clusters of Hutchinsonite crystals that are very bright and well defined, with vivid red reflections. They are on a granular Galena matrix that is partially coated by small and very bright pyritohedral Pyrite crystals and spheroidal Orpiment aggregates. Both the Hutchinsonite and the Galena have been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department  Peru (03/2016)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.4 × 3.8 cm = 2.44” × 1.73” × 1.50”

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

XM230TD: Centered aggregates of acicular Hutchinsonite crystals, very lustrous and sharp, with vivid red reflections, on a granular Galena matrix partially covered by small Baryte crystals. Both the Hutchinsonite and Galena have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department  Peru (04/2017)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6 × 2.9 cm = 2.83” × 2.36” × 1.14”

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

TTF6AN4: Twinned disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals (pseudotetrahedral), very sharp, with bright luster and a brassy iridescence, on matrix, with Sphalerite crystals and small Dolomite and Quartz crystals. Of extraordinary quality for the locality.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru

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

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

EBJ27AP5: Spheroidal growths of small lenticular crystals of Rhodochrosite with an intense and uniform pink color, with very lustrous Quartz crystals and aggregates of microcrystals of Sphalerite.
Austria Duvas Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (07/2021)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.2 × 4.1 cm = 1.93” × 1.65” × 1.61”

EXA76AP5: Spheroidal growths of small lenticular crystals of Rhodochrosite with an intense and uniform pink color, with very lustrous Quartz crystals and aggregates of microcrystals of Sphalerite.
Austria Duvas Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (07/2021)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.1 × 3.6 cm = 2.44” × 2.01” × 1.42”

EFB27AN7: Spheroidal growths of very sharp lenticular rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals, with good luster and a more intense and vivid pink color than usual in specimens from this deposit. On matrix, with small aggregates of Sphalerite crystals and transparent Quartz crystals.
Austria Duvas Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (07/2021)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.7 × 4.1 cm = 2.64” × 1.85” × 1.61”

EPP37AO0: Spheroidal growths of small lenticular Rhodochrosite crystals with an intense and uniform pink color, with very lustrous Quartz crystals and aggregates of Sphalerite microcrystals.
Austria Duvas Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (07/2021)

Specimen size: 8 × 5.3 × 5.1 cm = 3.15” × 2.09” × 2.01”

EJL47AP5: Spheroidal growths of small lenticular crystals of Rhodochrosite with an intense and uniform pink color, with very lustrous white Quartz crystals.
Austria Duvas Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (07/2021)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 5.3 × 4.3 cm = 3.46” × 2.09” × 1.69”

EBL96AO0: Spheroidal growths of small lenticular Rhodochrosite crystals with an intense and uniform pink color, with very lustrous Quartz crystals and aggregates of Sphalerite microcrystals.
Austria Duvas Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (07/2021)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 7.7 × 6 cm = 3.86” × 3.03” × 2.36”

EEH89AP5: Spheroidal growths of small lenticular crystals of Rhodochrosite with an intense and uniform pink color, with very lustrous Quartz crystals and aggregates of microcrystals of Sphalerite.
Austria Duvas Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (07/2021)

Specimen size: 10.9 × 9.5 × 6.7 cm = 4.29” × 3.74” × 2.64”

EMF49AP5: Spheroidal growths of small lenticular crystals of Rhodochrosite with an intense and uniform pink color, with very lustrous white Quartz crystals.
Austria Duvas Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (07/2021)

Specimen size: 13.8 × 9.9 × 6.2 cm = 5.43” × 3.90” × 2.44”

TC96AN2: Spheroidal growths of lenticular Calcite crystals (Mn-bearing calcite) cover a matrix with translucent Quartz crystals as well as small Sphalerite crystals and are partially coated by microcrystals of Rhodonite included in a white clay mass.
From a 2021 find in an as yet little-known mine. The different species have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Austria Duvas Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2021)

Specimen size: 14.2 × 6 × 7.3 cm = 5.59” × 2.36” × 2.87”

SM60MHZ: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021: Unlike other pieces from this find, the crystals here are of good size and their color is more pink. The precise name of the mine is not yet known, but it will surely become known with the passage of time.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.5 × 1.7 cm = 1.18” × 0.98” × 0.67”

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

TBB16AO6: Unique fan-shaped growths on a matrix of translucent, lustrous and intense pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides, but is their natural color. Much larger crystal size than previous finds. The precise name of the mine is not yet known, but surely with the passage of time we will find out.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.9 × 2.2 cm = 1.61” × 1.14” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2 cm = 1.26” × 0.79”

MF11AM9: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Unusual fan-shaped growths on matrix of translucent, lustrous and deep pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather is inherent to the Quartz itself. The exact name of the mine is not yet known, but it will surely become known with the passage of time.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.9 × 2 cm = 1.69” × 1.54” × 0.79”

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

TMB46AP6: Unusual Quartz growth with very sharp bipyramidal terminations and highly polycrystalline growths, translucent, with good luster and deep pink color, The natural color of the Quartz, not due to inclusions of iron oxides.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm = 1.73” × 1.38” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 1.9 cm = 1.65” × 0.75”

TTA16AO3: Group of crystals with very well defined and sharp crystal forms, translucent, with good luster and an intense pink color, their natural color, not due to inclusions of iron oxides.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 4.3 × 3.6 cm = 1.73” × 1.69” × 1.42”

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

SM60MFY: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021: Unlike other pieces from this find, the crystals here are of good size and their color is more pink. The precise name of the mine is not yet known, but it will surely become known with the passage of time.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.8 × 2.6 cm = 1.85” × 1.50” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1.2 cm = 1.26” × 0.47”

SV90EBB: Group of Quartz crystals (variety rose quartz) with deep and uniform tones, in two distinct habits, one forming aerial spherical aggregates with sharp crystal terminations, and one more massive with stalactitic and columnar shapes, all on a rock matrix. The pink color in this type of specimen is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but is the natural color of the quartz. The exact location of the find is not yet known.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2021)

Specimen size: 5 × 4 × 3.7 cm = 1.97” × 1.57” × 1.46”

TPX36AP6: Group of Quartz crystals (rose quartz variety) with very sharp bipyramidal terminations, translucent, lustrous and deep pink, its natural color, not due to iron oxide inclusions.
The size of the crystal is very large compared to previous finds from the same locality.


Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.4 × 2.8 cm = 1.97” × 1.73” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 2.4 cm = 1.77” × 0.94”

MF96AM7: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Unusual fan-shaped growths on matrix of translucent, lustrous and deep pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather is inherent to the Quartz itself. The exact name of the mine is not yet known, but it will surely become known with the passage of time.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 5 × 3 × 2.8 cm = 1.97” × 1.18” × 1.10”

MC11AM9: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Unusual fan-shaped growths on matrix of translucent, lustrous and deep pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather is inherent to the Quartz itself. The exact name of the mine is not yet known, but it will surely become known with the passage of time.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.4 × 1.9 cm = 2.01” × 1.34” × 0.75”

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

TQ37AM8: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Original fan-shaped growths on a matrix of translucent Quartz crystals, with bright luster and an intense pink color, the color being their intrinsic natural color, not due to inclusions of iron oxides. The precise name of the mine is not yet known, but surely with the passage of time it will become known.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.7 × 3.3 cm = 2.01” × 1.85” × 1.30”

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

TFR48AO6: Unique fan-shaped growths on a matrix of translucent, lustrous and intense pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides, but is their natural color. Much larger crystal size than previous finds. The precise name of the mine is not yet known, but surely with the passage of time we will find out.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 5.2 × 3.5 cm = 2.09” × 2.05” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.1 cm = 1.18” × 0.83”

TM86AM8: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Original fan-shaped growths on a matrix of translucent Quartz crystals, with bright luster and an intense pink color, the color being their intrinsic natural color, not due to inclusions of iron oxides. The precise name of the mine is not yet known, but surely with the passage of time it will become known.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4 × 2.7 cm = 2.17” × 1.57” × 1.06”

TXY16AP6: Group of Quartz crystals (rose quartz variety) with very sharp bipyramidal terminations, translucent, lustrous and deep pink, its natural color, not due to iron oxide inclusions.
The size of the crystal is very large compared to previous finds from the same locality.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.2 × 3.1 cm = 2.28” × 1.26” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 2 cm = 1.73” × 0.79”

MP16AM9: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Unusual fan-shaped growths on matrix of translucent, lustrous and deep pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather is inherent to the Quartz itself. The exact name of the mine is not yet known, but it will surely become known with the passage of time.
This specimen has been published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the 'What's New' section, report 60, May 23, 2021 edition, page 6
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.6 × 2.3 cm = 2.28” × 1.42” × 0.91”

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

MM67AM7: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Unusual fan-shaped growths on matrix of translucent, lustrous and deep pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather is inherent to the Quartz itself. The exact name of the mine is not yet known, but it will surely become known with the passage of time.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 6 × 3.2 × 3.4 cm = 2.36” × 1.26” × 1.34”

TMA36AP6: Group of Quartz crystals (rose quartz variety), on a white Quartz matrix, with very acute bipyramidal terminations, translucent, with good luster and intense pink color, its natural color, not due to iron oxide inclusions.
The size of the crystal is very large compared to previous finds from the same locality.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 3.8 × 3 cm = 2.40” × 1.50” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 1.6 cm = 2.44” × 0.63”

TBX27AP6: Unusual Quartz (rose quartz variety) growth with very sharp bipyramidal terminations and strongly polycrystalline growths, translucent, with good luster and deep pink color, its natural color, not due to inclusions of iron oxides.
The size of the crystal is very large compared to previous finds from the same locality.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 5.9 × 3.9 cm = 2.40” × 2.32” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 5.4 × 2 cm = 2.13” × 0.79”

EFM88AN7: A novelty in Tucson Virtual 2021. Unique fan growths, with three generations, the first being a larger crystal with a slightly smoky color visible on the back of the sample, a second, with crystals of good size and intense color, and a last phase, with smaller crystals, very sharp, translucent, with a very bright luster and an intense and uniform color. It should be noted that the color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but is the intrinsic color of the quartz. Different from what has been seen so far from this locality.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2021)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.6 × 2.6 cm = 2.44” × 1.81” × 1.02”

TFR88AO6: Unique fan-shaped growths on a matrix of translucent, lustrous and intense pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides, but is their natural color. Much larger crystal size than previous finds. The precise name of the mine is not yet known, but surely with the passage of time we will find out.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.8 × 3.6 cm = 2.56” × 1.89” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 6 × 2 cm = 2.36” × 0.79”

MB97AM8: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Original fan-shaped growths on a matrix of translucent Quartz crystals, with bright luster and an intense pink color, the color being their intrinsic natural color, not due to inclusions of iron oxides. The precise name of the mine is not yet known, but surely with the passage of time it will become known.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 5 × 4.3 cm = 2.60” × 1.97” × 1.69”

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

TBM26AO4: Peculiar growth of Quartz on matrix with very sharp bipyramidal terminations and highly polycrystalline growths, translucent, lustrous and intense pink, its natural color not due to inclusions of iron oxides. The size of the crystal is very large compared to previous finds made in the same locality.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 5.6 × 4.2 cm = 2.60” × 2.20” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1 cm = 0.83” × 0.39”

MC27AM8: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Original fan-shaped growths on a matrix of translucent Quartz crystals, with bright luster and an intense pink color, the color being their intrinsic natural color, not due to inclusions of iron oxides. The precise name of the mine is not yet known, but surely with the passage of time it will become known.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4 × 3.7 cm = 2.64” × 1.57” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.2 cm = 0.28” × 0.08”

TP86AM8: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Original fan-shaped growths on a matrix of translucent Quartz crystals, with bright luster and an intense pink color, the color being their intrinsic natural color, not due to inclusions of iron oxides. The precise name of the mine is not yet known, but surely with the passage of time it will become known.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.3 × 3.9 cm = 2.64” × 1.69” × 1.54”

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

TTM57AP1: Quartz crystals on matrix with very sharp dipyramidal terminations and strongly polycrystalline growths, translucent, lustrous and deep pink, its natural color which is not due to inclusions of iron oxides.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 7 × 6 × 5.1 cm = 2.76” × 2.36” × 2.01”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 2.6 cm = 2.05” × 1.02”

TFR50AP1: Quartz crystals on matrix with very sharp dipyramidal terminations and strongly polycrystalline growths, translucent, lustrous and deep pink, its natural color which is not due to inclusions of iron oxides.
Huancayo District, Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 7 × 4.4 cm = 2.80” × 2.76” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 3 cm = 1.73” × 1.18”

TTC69AO3: Unusual polycrystalline fan-shaped growths of translucent, lustrous Quartz crystals on matrix. Intense pink, a natural color that is not due to inclusions of iron oxides.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.6 × 3.6 cm = 2.83” × 2.60” × 1.42”

MQ86AM7: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Unusual fan-shaped growths on matrix of translucent, lustrous and deep pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather is inherent to the Quartz itself. The exact name of the mine is not yet known, but it will surely become known with the passage of time.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.6 × 3.1 cm = 2.87” × 2.20” × 1.22”

TPX16AO4: Spheroidal growths on a matrix of translucent, lustrous and intense pink Quartz crystals, whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides, but is their natural color.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.6 × 3.1 cm = 2.91” × 2.20” × 1.22”

TBR96AP6: Unusual Quartz (rose quartz variety) growth with very sharp bipyramidal terminations and strongly polycrystalline growths, translucent, with good luster and deep pink color, its natural color that is not due to inclusions of iron oxides.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 4.7 × 3.1 cm = 2.95” × 1.85” × 1.22”

TV37AM8: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Original fan-shaped growths on a matrix of translucent Quartz crystals, with bright luster and an intense pink color, the color being their intrinsic natural color, not due to inclusions of iron oxides. The precise name of the mine is not yet known, but surely with the passage of time it will become known.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 5.1 × 2.8 cm = 3.11” × 2.01” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.2 cm = 0.28” × 0.08”

TEF37AO4: Peculiar growth of Quartz on matrix with very sharp bipyramidal terminations and highly polycrystalline growths, translucent, lustrous and intense pink, its natural color not due to inclusions of iron oxides. The size of the crystal is very large compared to previous finds made in the same locality.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 8.1 × 6.1 × 6.1 cm = 3.19” × 2.40” × 2.40”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.7 cm = 1.18” × 0.67”

EC96AM7: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Unusual fan-shaped growths on matrix of translucent, lustrous and deep pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather is inherent to the Quartz itself. The exact name of the mine is not yet known, but it will surely become known with the passage of time.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 7.2 × 2.6 cm = 3.39” × 2.83” × 1.02”

TCD96AO4: Spheroidal growths on a matrix of translucent, intense pink and lustrous Quartz crystals, whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides, but is their natural color.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 5.6 × 5.5 cm = 3.70” × 2.20” × 2.17”

TLP46AP1: Quartz crystals on matrix with very sharp dipyramidal terminations and strongly polycrystalline growths, translucent, lustrous and deep pink, its natural color which is not due to inclusions of iron oxides.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 6.7 × 7.9 cm = 3.86” × 2.64” × 3.11”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.1 cm = 0.63” × 0.43”