Mineral Specimens - page 4
Spanish Fluorite

TC290NNP: Group of Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit clearly beveled by the dodecahedron, transparent, lustrous, colorless and on matrix.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.6 × 1.8 cm = 0.83” × 0.63” × 0.71”

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

TC285NHA: Group of Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit clearly beveled by the dodecahedron, transparent, lustrous, with a very pale lilac color, on matrix.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.2 × 1.8 cm = 0.94” × 0.87” × 0.71”

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

XM70NV: Water-clear crystals of Fluorite clearly beveled by dodecahedron faces. On matrix, with scalenohedral Calcite crystals, some of them doubly terminated.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.6 × 3.4 cm = 1.65” × 1.42” × 1.34”

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

TC2190NFD: Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit clearly beveled by the dodecahedron. Lustrous, transparent, colorless and very aerial on a matrix of scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2018)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 4.1 × 2.5 cm = 1.65” × 1.61” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1 cm = 0.75” × 0.39”

XM80NT: Fluorite crystals beveled by dodecahedron faces, transparent, with bright luster and a pale lilac color, on matrix, with Quartz crystals.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.7 × 2.5 cm = 1.73” × 1.06” × 0.98”

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

NBC46AP9: Fluorite crystals with the cube faces clearly dominant and distinctly beveled by rhombododecahedron forms. Transparent, shiny, pale lilac in color and on a matrix of white scalenohedral crystals of Calcite.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2022)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.3 × 3.3 cm = 1.73” × 1.30” × 1.30”

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

NT13AJ5: Two Fluorite crystals with clearly dominant cube faces and a very well defined dodecahedral bevel. They are very clear, bright and colorless and are on a matrix of brown scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
Llamas Quarry, coquera del tubo, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (04/2017)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 4.4 × 3.7 cm = 1.81” × 1.73” × 1.46”

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

NBM16AP9: Fluorite crystals with the cube faces clearly dominant and distinctly beveled by rhombododecahedron forms. Transparent, shiny, pale lilac in color and on a matrix of white scalenohedral crystals of Calcite.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2022)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.5 × 2.7 cm = 1.85” × 1.38” × 1.06”

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

NF98Z0: Cubic Fluorite crystal finely beveled by the dodecahedron. It is extraordinarily clear and bright and implanted on a matrix with small Quartz crystals.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.7 × 4 cm = 1.89” × 1.85” × 1.57”

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

NAD97AQ1: Very transparent Fluorite crystal of good size and luster, finely beveled by dodecahedron faces, of a uniform pale lilac color, with phantom growths and very rich in inclusions.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2023)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.2 × 2.8 cm = 1.93” × 1.26” × 1.10”

NR37AM1: Aggregate of Fluorite crystals with cubic habit beveled by the dodecahedron, transparent, very shiny, with an intense and vivid lilac color. On matrix, with Quartz crystals and white scalenohedral Calcite crystals. As is often the case with this type of specimen, the back has been sawn to reduce the matrix.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.2 × 4.6 cm = 2.05” × 1.26” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.63” × 0.51”

NT67AN2: Fluorite crystals with cube shapes clearly bevelled by the dodecahedron, very transparent and lustrous, almost colorless, with slightly violet tones and on Quartz matrix.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.3 × 2.4 cm = 2.28” × 2.09” × 0.94”

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

XM2380NNQ: Group of cubic Fluorite crystals on a matrix formed by Calcite crystals, some of them with scalenohedron forms, very clean, between transparent and translucent, of a delicate violet color, with the edges beveled by dodecahedron faces. Gemmy and transparent as is characteristic of the specimens from this deposit.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (05/2022)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.4 × 2.2 cm = 2.44” × 1.73” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.9 cm = 0.51” × 0.35”

XM180NR: Druse of Fluorite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and aerial, beveled by dodecahedron faces. They are transparent, lustrous, and have an intense violet color, with geometric color zoning, and are on matrix with Quartz crystals.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2018)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.3 × 5.2 cm = 2.44” × 2.09” × 2.05”

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

XM120NK: Fluorite crystal clearly beveled by dodecahedron faces, transparent and with an intense lilac color, on a matrix covered by Quartz crystals. Like most of the specimens from this deposit, the base of the rock matrix has been sawn to reduce excess volume.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 6.5 × 6.2 × 3.8 cm = 2.56” × 2.44” × 1.50”

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

NT89AE7: Elongated cubic Fluorite crystal that is bright, extraordinarily clear, with a pale lilac color and is on a matrix of Quartz crystals with Calcite coatings.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 6.5 × 6.2 × 4.8 cm = 2.56” × 2.44” × 1.89”

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

NNM37AP2: From a May 2022 find in a new area, which has been called coquera del agua, in the well-known Llamas Quarry. The crystals of Fluorite on this specimen have a cubic shape beveled by the rhombododecahedron, are very transparent and lustrous, with a light and uniform lilac color, on matrix, with Quartz.
Llamas Quarry, coquera del agua, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (05/2022)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.9 × 3.8 cm = 2.64” × 1.93” × 1.50”

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

NV68AF0: Group of three crystals with the clearly dominant cube faces, beveled by the dodecahedron. They are extremely clear and bright, with a pale lilac color and on a Quartz matrix coated by small crystals of the same mineral.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 7.3 × 4.2 × 3.6 cm = 2.87” × 1.65” × 1.42”

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

NG97AG9: Single cubic crystal clearly beveled by the faces of the dodecahedron. It has very well defined faces and edges, is transparent with a pale lilac color and is implanted on a matrix with white scalenohedral Calcite crystals. This matrix has a partially sawn back to avoid it being broken while it was trimmed.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 7.5 × 5.8 × 3.2 cm = 2.95” × 2.28” × 1.26”

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

NY36AM0: Group of Fluorite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, cubic and clearly beveled by dodecahedron faces. Water-clear, very shiny, with a pale lilac color and on matrix with Quartz crystals. A Spanish classic. The specimen has been sawn on the back to remove excess matrix.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 7.8 × 3 × 4.1 cm = 3.07” × 1.18” × 1.61”

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

XM2480NNC: As pretty from the front as from the back! On the front side we see a group of cubic and tabular Fluorite crystals, with the edges modified by dodecahedron faces, very clean, lustrous and transparent, of a delicate purplish color, while on the back face, apart from some Fluorite crystals, there are several scalenohedral crystals of Calcite, one of them clearly dominant. With the cleanliness and transparency characteristic of specimens from this deposit.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (05/2022)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 8.4 × 5 cm = 3.43” × 3.31” × 1.97”

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

SM95NTM: Druse of Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit beveled by dodecahedron forms, transparent, with good luster and a pale lilac color, on matrix, with white scalenohedral Calcite crystals and small groups of acicular Azurite crystals, an association that is very rare.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 8.8 × 8 × 4.8 cm = 3.46” × 3.15” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.9 cm = 0.59” × 0.35”

TC2230NDZ: Aggregate of Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit and beveled by the rhombohedron, transparent, aerial, very lustrous and with a vivid lilac color. On Calcite matrix.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2021)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 6.8 × 4.4 cm = 3.82” × 2.68” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.7 cm = 0.51” × 0.28”

NJ93AM1: Fluorite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with a cubic habit, more elongated than usual and finely beveled by the dodecahedron. The crystals are transparent, brilliant, and bright purple in color. On matrix, with Quartz crystals. As is often the case with this type of specimen, the back has been sawn to reduce the matrix.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2018)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 7.6 × 3 cm = 3.82” × 2.99” × 1.18”

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

TC2380NYE: Fluorite crystals with a cubic shape clearly beveled by the dodecahedron, transparent, with good luster and violet color. On matrix, with Quartz crystals and scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
Llamas Quarry, coquera del tubo, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (04/2017)

Specimen size: 10.4 × 6.8 × 4.7 cm = 4.09” × 2.68” × 1.85”

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

NF89AL9: Group of Fluorite crystals with fine dominant cube faces but clearly beveled by dodecahedral forms, very transparent, with good luster and a light lilac color, on matrix, with white scalenohedral Calcite crystals. The matrix has been sawn with a single cut on the back.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 11.4 × 8 × 4.7 cm = 4.49” × 3.15” × 1.85”

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

NB89AM2: Aggregate of cubic Fluorite crystals, distinctly beveled by dodecahedron faces, very transparent, with good luster and a pale lilac color, on a matrix of scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 12.8 × 10 × 6.4 cm = 5.04” × 3.94” × 2.52”

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

LZ51AK2: Group of Fluorite crystals of cubic habit, with polycrystalline growths on the faces, finely beveled by the rhombodecahedron, transparent, with inclusions, very lustrous and colorless, with very pale blue-lilac tones, more intense on the edges. A Spanish classic that comes from the Philippe Morelon collection (No. 707), whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Emilio Mine, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, La Rubiera, Loroñe, Colunga, Comarca de la Sidra, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.1 × 2.8 cm = 2.52” × 2.01” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 5 × 3.6 cm = 1.97” × 1.42”

LK70AL0: Group of cubic Fluorite crystals with marked parallel growths, transparent, bright, uniform light blue, with inclusions and on matrix, with a group of white, sharp platy crystals of Baryte. The specimen, in better condition than usual for the locality, comes from the Philippe Morelon collection (No. 348), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Emilio Mine, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, La Rubiera, Loroñe, Colunga, Comarca de la Sidra, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1997)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 6.7 × 6.8 cm = 3.43” × 2.64” × 2.68”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2 cm = 0.94” × 0.79”

NV11AB4: Colorless, transparent and very bright Fluorite crystals on matrix, with a lot of small white laminar Baryte crystals. Inclusions in Fluorite crystals are a hydrocarbide of organic origin. The sample is from a classic Asturian mine from which it is increasingly difficult to obtain pieces of good quality.
Emilio Mine, 'zona intermedia', Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, La Rubiera, Loroñe, Colunga, Comarca de la Sidra, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (09-11/2004)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 10.5 × 8 cm = 4.61” × 4.13” × 3.15”

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

TVE91AP8: Druse, on matrix, of very sharp Fluorite crystals, extraordinarily transparent and lustrous and of an intense and uniform blue color.
A Spanish classic of high quality which comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez (number 2150), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Emilio Mine, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, La Rubiera, Loroñe, Colunga, Comarca de la Sidra, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±2010)

Specimen size: 13.1 × 8.4 × 4.5 cm = 5.16” × 3.31” × 1.77”

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

LD92AK4: Group of crystals of cubic habit, very sharp, colorless and transparent, bright and partially covered with groups of white platy crystals of Baryte. A Spanish classic from the Philippe Morelon collection (No. 973), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Emilio Mine, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, La Rubiera, Loroñe, Colunga, Comarca de la Sidra, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 14.4 × 9.9 × 6 cm = 5.67” × 3.90” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 5 × 3.2 cm = 1.97” × 1.26”

MXL67AP7: Group of Fluorite crystals formed by the faces of the cube and the tetrahexahedron, transparent, lustrous, and very uniform in color with bluish tones.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 2222), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Jaimina Mine, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Trechorio, Carrales, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2012)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.5 × 2.6 cm = 1.93” × 1.77” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.9 cm = 0.94” × 0.75”

GNX46AP9: Druse of Fluorite crystals with very sharp tetrahexahedral crystal forms, very typical of the locality, transparent, with good luster and a deep and uniform blue color.
The specimen comes from the Casado Margolles collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Jaimina Mine, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Trechorio, Carrales, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 8.6 × 6.2 × 4.3 cm = 3.39” × 2.44” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 2.8 cm = 1.30” × 1.10”

N36ZLAD3: Aggregate of Fluorite crystals with the cube and the tetrahexahedron faces. They are colorless, transparent and bright and are partially coated by laminar white Baryte crystals. They are also rich with inclusions of Chalcopyrite.
Jaimina Mine, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Trechorio, Carrales, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (1995)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 7.7 × 5.2 cm = 3.82” × 3.03” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2 cm = 0.94” × 0.79”

NX60ND: Druse of Fluorite crystals finely beveled by dodecahedron faces and with curious growth deformations. They are transparent, lustrous and slightly bluish in color, on matrix, with white lamellar crystals of Baryte.
Jaimina Mine, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Trechorio, Carrales, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (01/2011)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 7.2 × 3.8 cm = 4.02” × 2.83” × 1.50”

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

TC2560NTX: Cubic Fluorite crystals with tetrahexahedral faces, colorless, transparent, lustrous, and with numerous Chalcopyrite inclusions. On matrix, with large groups of white laminar Baryte crystals that give the piece a special appearance due to its peculiar 'architecture'.
Jaimina Mine, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Trechorio, Carrales, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (01/2014)

Specimen size: 15.1 × 12.7 × 8.7 cm = 5.94” × 5.00” × 3.43”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 0.55” × 0.51”

SV2220TXH: Group of Fluorite crystals dominated by cube forms, with very marked reminiscences of the tetrahexahedron in some of the crystals, which have light bluish tones, but darker towards the center of the piece, caused by dark hydrocarbon inclusions. The specimen is decorated with a very aerial Baryte crystal implanted at the upper end like a crown.
Comes from a classic deposit for Asturian mineralogy, the San Lino cut, which closed in 1986.
San Lino Quarry, Aurora vein, Caravia mining area, Cerracín, Prado, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 7.5 × 6.6 × 3.4 cm = 2.95” × 2.60” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.3 cm = 0.83” × 0.51”

SV2240TRM: Aggregate of Fluorite crystals of complex crystallography where cubic and tetrahexahedron forms dominate, with geometric color zoning trending towards mauve on the edges of the crystals, very deep in some areas, and yellowish green tones towards the center of the crystals.
From a classic deposit for Asturian mineralogy, the San Lino cut, closed in 1986. The specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection.
San Lino Quarry, Aurora vein, Caravia mining area, Cerracín, Prado, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 7.7 × 6 × 3.6 cm = 3.03” × 2.36” × 1.42”

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

TGG91AQ1: A large Fluorite crystal that was pseudomorphed by Quartz, microcrystalline in a first phase and with small translucent crystals of a later generation. Subsequent recrystallization of the Fluorite has created crystals with balanced cube and tetrahexahedron forms, transparent, with good luster and a uniform light blue color.
We must add that the locality produced only very few specimens, but which were very characteristic with the tetrahexahedron and the transparency and brilliance of the Fluorite crystals.
María de las Nieves Mine, Aurora vein, Caravia mining area, El Cuetu, Prado, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 12.5 × 11.3 × 8.3 cm = 4.92” × 4.45” × 3.27”

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

TFF96AP4: Fluorite crystal with a cubic habit, transparent, with good luster and geometric color zoning in different shades of violet.
This piece comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 788), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2017)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.8 × 2.6 cm = 1.22” × 1.10” × 1.02”

NR6P1: Cubic crystals with polysynthetic growths on some of their faces and geometric color zoning, deeper at the center of the crystal. On the back side the group is partially well crystallized and it is partially recrystallized by a contact.
La Cabaña, Berbes mining area, Valdelmar, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.7 × 2.1 cm = 1.50” × 1.46” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.1 cm = 1.06” × 0.83”

SV2260TXL: Rich group of Fluorite crystals with cube forms dominant and with tetrahexahedron forms reminiscent of those from the San Lino pit or the Jaimina mine, although this piece really comes from the Berbes mining district. Predominantly bluish in color, but with some geometric zoning of a more violet color, with leafy Baryte crystals and small Quartz crystals on the matrix that provide the signature for the origin of the specimen.
Unusual and rare, but from Berbes.
Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 5.7 × 5.2 × 4.9 cm = 2.24” × 2.05” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.2 cm = 0.63” × 0.47”

HM180EM: Group of very sharp cubic crystals of Fluorite, transparent, shiny, with an intense violet color and very marked geometric zoning.
Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.7 × 3 cm = 2.44” × 2.24” × 1.18”

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

GB87AK6: Group of translucent pale violet Fluorite crystals with very marked polycrystalline growths, with more intense geometric color zones and with some of the faces completely covered by microcrystalline Quartz. This specimen is very different from the usual in this mine, and comes to us from the Casado Margolles collection (reg. AC FB 51), whose file we will send to the buyer.
Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 9.8 × 6.2 × 3.8 cm = 3.86” × 2.44” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.1 cm = 1.22” × 0.83”

N61XXAC9: Aggregate of very sharp cubic Fluorite crystals, transparent and bright, with a sky blue color and on a matrix of white Baryte crystals partially coated by Quartz that, in some areas, also partially coats the Fluorite crystals.
La Cabaña, Berbes mining area, Valdelmar, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (11/1993)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 7.5 × 6.6 cm = 3.86” × 2.95” × 2.60”

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

TC380GA: Group of Fluorite crystals on a Baryte matrix, very sharp, transparent, with bright luster and an intense violet color. With geometric zoning on the edges, and small Quartz coatings. This specimen comes from the Casado Margolles collection, whose collection card we will send to the buyer.
Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1980)

Specimen size: 11 × 9.4 × 7.2 cm = 4.33” × 3.70” × 2.83”

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

TFE91AQ1: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, transparent, with good luster and an intense deep violet color. With selective coatings of Calcite and even a scalenohedral crystal that is of large size for the locality, where Calcite is normally rare. Also with parallel growths, which includes small second generation Fluorite crystals. The Calcite crystal exhibits some small cleavage, forgivable due to its uncommon size.
This very unusual specimen was in the collection of Tomás Cerezo in Alicante.
Los Cobayos Quarry (La Paredona), Berbes mining area, Los Cobayos, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1990)

Specimen size: 12.8 × 8.3 × 7.7 cm = 5.04” × 3.27” × 3.03”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.6 cm = 1.22” × 1.02”

MFT66AO0: Druse of Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit, with very deep dissolution forms that seem to outline the edges of an old large crystal that has disappeared. Transparent, with a marked geometric color zoning which varies from lilac to intense violet and with small coatings of Quartz crystals.
Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 12.8 × 9.4 × 5 cm = 5.04” × 3.70” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.4 cm = 1.06” × 0.55”

SV2540TFX: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, with very well defined polycrystalline growths on the faces of the cube, between translucent and transparent, lustrous and with very marked geometric color zoning in different shades of violet, encompassed in a rock matrix that displays very marked cavities and which has been carpeted by a multitude of small brilliant water-clear Quartz crystals that provide a beautiful color contrast to the specimen. The piece has been partially sawn on the back to give more balance to the whole.
Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 12.8 × 10.8 × 7.6 cm = 5.04” × 4.25” × 2.99”

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

HM190LG: Group of very sharp crystals, beveled by the dodecahedron, between transparent and translucent, shiny, and with a very intense and uniform violet color. A classic of Spanish mineralogy.
Former collection of Philippe Morelon
Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2012)

Specimen size: 14.5 × 11.8 × 6.2 cm = 5.71” × 4.65” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 3.8 cm = 1.65” × 1.50”

XM170NT: Group of transparent Fluorite crystals, with great luster and an intense deep violet color. On matrix, with Quartz crystals.
Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (05-06/2018)

Specimen size: 15.8 × 11.4 × 6.4 cm = 6.22” × 4.49” × 2.52”

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

SM1600MRF: Group of cubic Fluorite crystals, on matrix, with very marked polycrystalline growths, between translucent and transparent, with good luster and a lilac color which, depending on the incident light, acquires intense violet tones.
Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±2000)

Specimen size: 20.4 × 19.8 × 6.6 cm = 8.03” × 7.80” × 2.60”

Main crystal size: 4.6 × 3.7 cm = 1.81” × 1.46”

NA13E0: It has small but very transparent crystals of Fluorite that have a very deep color. The contrast with the white quartz matrix, which looks like snow, makes it esthetic.
Coquera del Liso, La Cabaña, Berbes mining area, Valdelmar, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (1993)

Specimen size: 10.5 × 8.5 × 5.5 cm = 4.13” × 3.35” × 2.17”

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

TXL27AP4: Group of sharp Fluorite crystals of very good size for the locality. They are between transparent and translucent, with good luster and an intense yellow color, with inclusions and coatings of lamellar Baryte crystals.
This specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 797), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2014)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.2 × 2.3 cm = 2.64” × 1.65” × 0.91”

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

TRM37AQ1: Druse of very sharp cubic Fluorite crystals, transparent, with good luster and an intense and uniform honey-yellow color.
The specimen comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez Pérez.

Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (07/2022)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.9 × 4.4 cm = 2.83” × 2.72” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.5 cm = 0.71” × 0.59”

TJL87AQ1: Druse of very sharp cubic Fluorite crystals, transparent, with good luster and an intense and uniform honey-yellow color, and partially covered by small groups of very lustrous white Baryte crystals.
The specimen comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez Pérez (number 2300), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2012)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 6.7 × 2.6 cm = 3.11” × 2.64” × 1.02”

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

TLB96AO5: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, transparent, with good luster and a honey-yellow color and with very distinct geometric zoning outlined by oriented Pyrite inclusions, concentrated especially around the edges.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 9 × 8.2 × 2.3 cm = 3.54” × 3.23” × 0.91”

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

TFX17AP5: Druse of transparent cubic Fluorite crystals, with very good luster and an intense and uniform honey-yellow color, with inclusions of Pyrite microcrystals and coatings of white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with curvatures on their faces and edges.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 1018), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±2015)

Specimen size: 9.1 × 7.2 × 2.3 cm = 3.58” × 2.83” × 0.91”

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

TBR68AP9: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent, with good luster and a deep and uniform yellow color, covered with architectural white lamellar crystals of Baryte and white rhombohedral crystals of Dolomite.
The specimen comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez Pérez (number 2650), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2019)

Specimen size: 13.6 × 7.7 × 4.8 cm = 5.35” × 3.03” × 1.89”

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

NK67AL0: Two generations of Calcite coexist in the specimen, partially covering a group of transparent, lustrous and intense yellow Fluorite crystals. The later of these Calcite generations forms poorly defined white crystals, while the first forms a coating of translucent, bright, scalenohedral crystals, colored reddish by Hematite inclusions.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2010)

Specimen size: 14.2 × 7.9 × 7.6 cm = 5.59” × 3.11” × 2.99”

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

MRR37AP3: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, with good luster and a very deep violet color, very unusual in specimens from the Moscona mine. The Fluorite is associated with complex yellowish Calcite crystals dominated by the prism and terminal rhombohedron, and small yellow lamellar Baryte crystals.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (24/12/1999)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.7 × 2.8 cm = 2.44” × 2.24” × 1.10”

SM280NTK: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, lustrous and with a very deep violet color, very unusual in specimens from the Moscona mine. With complex white Calcite crystals, small yellow lamellar Baryte crystals and Dolomite crystals.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (24/12/1999)

Specimen size: 12.8 × 9.6 × 8.7 cm = 5.04” × 3.78” × 3.43”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.8 cm = 0.94” × 0.71”

TC2280ERZ: Druse, on matrix, of cubic Fluorite crystals with yellow color, transparent and lustrous with white rhombohedral Calcite crystals and aggregates of very shiny cubic Pyrite crystals.
The unusual specimen corresponds to the first finds in the Villabona mine (not to be confused with the Moscona mine), from which few specimens are currently preserved.
Villabona Mines, Barrio de la Estación, Villabona, Llanera, Comarca del Nora, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1980)

Specimen size: 15.8 × 13.3 × 9.3 cm = 6.22” × 5.24” × 3.66”

NPP37AP3: Druse, on matrix, of Fluorite crystals between transparent and translucent, with good luster and a uniform yellow color. The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (no. 830), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Villabona Mines, Barrio de la Estación, Villabona, Llanera, Comarca del Nora, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2016)

Specimen size: 16.4 × 15.6 × 4.1 cm = 6.46” × 6.14” × 1.61”

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

NH17AI8: Group of considerably flattened cubic Fluorite crystals. They are transparent and bright and have very well defined geometric color bands. The sample is from a recent find.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.9 × 3.5 cm = 1.85” × 1.54” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.2 cm = 1.02” × 0.87”

TC2200NGB: Single beveled Fluorite crystal, with stepped faces and polycrystalline growths. Transparent, with good luster and a very deep and intense blue color with violet tones, on a Quartz matrix.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2007)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.4 × 3.6 cm = 1.93” × 1.73” × 1.42”

NE29AL4: Group of cubic Fluorite crystals, transparent, with a very deep violet color and with marked geometric color zoning. A Spanish classic.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2010)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5 × 4.6 cm = 2.68” × 1.97” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 6.4 × 5.2 cm = 2.52” × 2.05”

TC220NDX: Group of Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit with staggered and polycrystalline growths on the faces, transparent, with bright luster and an intense color, on matrix, with Quartz.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2009)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.9 × 3 cm = 2.68” × 2.32” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3.8 cm = 1.57” × 1.50”

NE87AL4: Group of cubic Fluorite crystals with edges beveled by thin rhombododecahedral faces, with staggered parallel growths, between transparent and translucent and with geometric color zoning between violet and blue.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2010)

Specimen size: 7 × 6.3 × 3.4 cm = 2.76” × 2.48” × 1.34”

NK67AI7: Group of cubic crystals beveled by the polycrystalline surfaces of the dodecahedron. They are translucent and have a violet color with geometric color zoning. On matrix with small white Quartz crystals. A Spanish classic.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2007)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 6.4 × 4.8 cm = 2.95” × 2.52” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 3.8 cm = 1.85” × 1.50”

NMR27AO1: Crystal of Fluorite on a small matrix and beveled by the dodecahedron. With very marked polycrystalline growths, translucent, lustrous and with geometric color zoning that varies between lilac and violet.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±2010)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 7 × 4.4 cm = 2.99” × 2.76” × 1.73”

NPT86AO7: Group of sharp crystals with very well defined polycrystalline growths. They are translucent, with good luster, and color shades between violet and blue.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 7.8 × 5.4 × 4.4 cm = 3.07” × 2.13” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.6 cm = 1.18” × 1.02”

TC240NF: Group of Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit beveled by the dodecahedron, forming polycrystalline growths. Between transparent and translucent, with good luster and an intense and vivid color. A Spanish classic.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2007)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 7.8 × 6.2 cm = 3.31” × 3.07” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 4.8 × 4 cm = 1.89” × 1.57”

NXA98AP9: Group of colorless Fluorite crystals with sharp crystal forms, with polycrystalline growths, between transparent and translucent, lustrous, and very rich in inclusions.
Colorless fluorites are very unusual at La Viesca.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 8.7 × 6.2 × 5.1 cm = 3.43” × 2.44” × 2.01”

Main crystal size: 5 × 3.7 cm = 1.97” × 1.46”

NC69AL9: Group of cubic Fluorite crystals with scalenohedral Calcite crystals on the back. The Fluorite crystals are transparent and very lustrous, with a color between lilac and violet and with markedly geometric zoning.
This Spanish classic comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez (number 327), whose label we will send to the buyer.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2017)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 8.4 × 6.4 cm = 3.46” × 3.31” × 2.52”

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

TC2540NFD: Group of Fluorite crystals with a cubic shape beveled by the dodecahedron, with steps and polycrystalline growths, translucent, good luster and a very deep violet color with geometric color zoning. With white Quartz crystals on the back.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2007)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 6.9 × 4.4 cm = 3.82” × 2.72” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 4.1 cm = 1.61” × 1.61”

NXM30AP9: Druse of Fluorite crystals with very marked polycrystalline growths, transparent, with an extraordinary luster, a uniform and vivid color between blue and lilac, and with small white Quartz coatings.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±2010)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 9 × 7.4 cm = 3.82” × 3.54” × 2.91”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 1.9 cm = 1.10” × 0.75”

NEC37AP3: Druse of Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit with slight curvatures on the edges. They are transparent, lustrous, with a color between lilac and blue, and sit on a matrix with small white Quartz crystals.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 9.8 × 7.1 × 5.6 cm = 3.86” × 2.80” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 0.87” × 0.63”

NGX86AP5: Group of Fluorite crystals with parallel growths and the typical rough bevel of rhombododecahedron faces, in this case highly developed. They are translucent, with geometric violet zones, much more intense in the central part of the crystals.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±2012)

Specimen size: 10.1 × 7.4 × 5.5 cm = 3.98” × 2.91” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 9.9 × 6.7 cm = 3.90” × 2.64”

NMF99AP1: Druse of Quartz crystals, larger than usual for the locality, which cover a matrix of crystalline Calcite. On the Quartz there is a Fluorite crystal, very aerial, transparent and with very marked geometric color zoning, much more intense on the edges.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±2007)

Specimen size: 10.1 × 9.4 × 4.4 cm = 3.98” × 3.70” × 1.73”

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

SM180NGZ: Druse of Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit, sharp, transparent, with good luster and a light blue color with geometric color zoning with violet tones near the edges. With partial coatings of very transparent Quartz crystals.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2010)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 8.5 × 5.4 cm = 4.02” × 3.35” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2.3 cm = 0.94” × 0.91”

SV2220NPX: Group of Fluorite crystals finely beveled by dodecahedron faces, transparent, with good luster and an intense and uniform blue color with lilac tones and geometric color zoning. They grew on a limestone matrix with a layer formed by white Quartz crystals. From the prolific La Viesca mine, which closed since 2021.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2007)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 9 × 7.2 cm = 4.02” × 3.54” × 2.83”

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

NTX90AQ1: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, of a good size, and that unlike other specimens from La Viesca are extraordinarily transparent and shiny, and of a very light greenish blue color, almost colorless.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±2005)

Specimen size: 10.3 × 8.4 × 8.3 cm = 4.06” × 3.31” × 3.27”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.7 cm = 1.46” × 1.46”

NFM88AP1: Group of Fluorite crystals finely beveled by the faces of the dodecahedron, transparent, with good luster and an intense and uniform blue color, with lilac tones and geometric color zoning. On matrix with white Quartz crystals.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±2007)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 6.8 × 4.9 cm = 4.21” × 2.68” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.55” × 0.43”

NRB70AQ1: Group of Fluorite crystals with Quartz and with very balanced forms of the cube and the dodecahedron, translucent, and with geometric growths that concentrate the intense violet color in the heart of the crystal.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2010)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 7.6 × 6.7 cm = 4.53” × 2.99” × 2.64”

Main crystal size: 6 × 5.8 cm = 2.36” × 2.28”

SM640DHL: Druse of Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit clearly bevelled by dodecahedron faces, transparent, with good luster and a very deep violet color with bluish tones.
The specimen comes from the Raúl Sanabria Orellana collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
La Viesca Mine, Tres de la Collada pocket, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (01/2004)

Specimen size: 12.4 × 9.8 × 4.7 cm = 4.88” × 3.86” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 4.8 × 4 cm = 1.89” × 1.57”

NFR87AP3: Druse of Fluorite crystals with smooth cube faces and dodecahedron forms with fine polycrystalline growths. They are translucent, violet in color with bluish areas and sit on a matrix with small white Quartz crystals.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 12.9 × 12.2 × 7.3 cm = 5.08” × 4.80” × 2.87”

Main crystal size: 4.6 × 3.9 cm = 1.81” × 1.54”

TC2560NTL: Group of Fluorite crystals with a cubic shape, with steps on the rhombododecahedral bevels, translucent, with bright luster and a very deep color with geometric zoning of an intense violet, and with Chalcopyrite crystals of good size (for the locality) on their faces.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2019)

Specimen size: 14 × 11 × 6.5 cm = 5.51” × 4.33” × 2.56”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 3.1 cm = 1.30” × 1.22”

HM480NH: Group of Fluorite crystals beveled by dodecahedron faces with very well marked polycrystalline growths, transparent, and with a color between violet and blue. It has color zoning and small Chalcopyrite crystals.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (nº 118) whose label we will send to the buyer.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2008)

Specimen size: 15 × 13 × 6.3  cm = 5.91” × 5.12” × 2.48”

Main crystal size: 8.6 × 7.8 cm = 3.39” × 3.07”

NAB88AO1: Very aerial groups of Fluorite crystals with smooth cube faces, beveled by dodecahedron faces and with polycrystalline growths. Translucent, with good luster, a very deep and intense color and with geometric color zoning. On matrix partially covered by Quartz crystals.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±2010)

Specimen size: 18.8 × 9.8 × 4.3 cm = 7.40” × 3.86” × 1.69”

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

SM480NAA: Large group of Fluorite crystals with steps and polycrystalline growths, between transparent and translucent, lustrous, and with a very deep and intense blue color with violet tones. From one of the first vugs found in the La Viesca mine after it reopened, around 1999.
La Viesca Mine, Destartalada pocket, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (03/1999)

Specimen size: 16.6 × 16.3 × 9.2 cm = 6.54” × 6.42” × 3.62”

NZ47T0: Group of cubic crystals with polycrystalline growths on the faces of the cube. They are bright, transparent and have clear lilac color. On matrix, with Quartz crystals. The sample is from material compiled for years by Fernando Brugos, former owner of the La Viesca claim. This material has been accurately documented, regarding the different pockets as well as the dates of the finds.
La Viesca Mine, La Falla pocket, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2004)

Specimen size: 13.2 × 9.9 × 5.4 cm = 5.20” × 3.90” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.8 cm = 0.83” × 0.71”

NF47AC8: Irregular aggregate of crystals with smooth cube faces modified by polycrystalline dodecahedron growths. The crystals are transparent, have very well defined geometrical color zones and a very intense violet color. They are on a rocky matrix partially coated by small Quartz crystals.
La Viesca Mine, La Negrina pocket, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (03-04/2006)

Specimen size: 12 × 8.9 × 3.6 cm = 4.72” × 3.50” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2.2 cm = 0.94” × 0.87”

TC2460NXA: Group of Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit beveled by scalenohedron faces, with steps, between translucent and transparent, with good luster and a very deep violet color, with coatings of small Quartz crystals.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 820), whose label we will send to the buyer.
La Viesca Mine, La Negrina pocket, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (03-04/2006)

Specimen size: 12.2 × 11.5 × 8.3 cm = 4.80” × 4.53” × 3.27”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3.6 cm = 1.57” × 1.42”

ND86T0: Very aerial group of cubic crystals beveled by the faces of the dodecahedron. They are transparent, of deep violet color and have geometrical color zoning. On matrix and partially coated by very small crystals of Chalcopyrite. The sample is from material compiled for years by Fernando Brugos, former owner of the La Viesca claim. This material has been accurately documented, regarding the different pockets as well as the dates of the finds.
La Viesca Mine, Las Monjas pocket, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (05/2010)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.7 × 4.4 cm = 2.68” × 2.24” × 1.73”

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

NF76T0: Group of cubic crystals beveled by the dodecahedron. They are transparent, have deep violet color, geometrical color zoning and very small crystals of Chalcopyrite spread on their faces. The sample is from material compiled for years by Fernando Brugos, former owner of the La Viesca claim. This material has been accurately documented, regarding the different pockets as well as the dates of the finds.
La Viesca Mine, Las Monjas pocket, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (05/2010)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 6.9 × 3.2 cm = 3.27” × 2.72” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2.1 cm = 0.94” × 0.83”

NRT88AP1: Group of Fluorite crystals finely beveled by dodecahedron faces of intense and uniform blue color, with lilac tones, on a matrix of microcrystalline Quartz epimorphic after an earlier scalenohedral crystal of Calcite, and around which there seem to be grown, oriented, Fluorite crystals.
La Viesca Mine, Las Monjas pocket, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 10.4 × 6.6 × 3.6 cm = 4.09” × 2.60” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 2 cm = 1.10” × 0.79”

NC98Z2: Aggregate of translucent crystals with a very deep color, with violet shades on the cube faces and blue on the dodecahedral bevels. The sample is partially coated by a “cap” of small Quartz crystals.
La Viesca Mine, Las Monjas pocket, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (05/2010)

Specimen size: 14.5 × 10.2 × 4.2 cm = 5.71” × 4.02” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 5 × 4.3 cm = 1.97” × 1.69”

NRQ96AP6: Very sharp Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit beveled by dodecahedron faces, transparent, lustrous, violet in color, on a Calcite matrix.
From a classic Spanish locality from which it is very difficult nowadays to obtain specimens.
Josefa-Veneros vein, 75 level, Coroña de Arriba-La Collada, La Collada mining area, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1974)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.97” × 1.42” × 1.02”

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

NPJ66AP6: Very aerial group of Fluorite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with a cubic habit, beveled by dodecahedron faces, translucent and blue, with geometric zones of deep violet color on some of the edges.
From a classic Spanish locality from which it is now very difficult to obtain specimens.
Josefa-Veneros vein, 75 level, Coroña de Arriba-La Collada, La Collada mining area, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1974)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.2 × 2.1 cm = 2.24” × 1.65” × 0.83”

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

TC2240GAZ: Fluorite crystals with a cubic shape and very deep dissolution forms, transparent, and with a marked geometric color zoning which varies from lilac to violet and with shades of blue. From the historic Josefa-Veneros vein, a great classic of the fluorites from Asturias.
Josefa-Veneros vein, 75 level, Coroña de Arriba-La Collada, La Collada mining area, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1970)

Specimen size: 11.4 × 8.3 × 4.5 cm = 4.49” × 3.27” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 6.7 × 6.1 cm = 2.64” × 2.40”

MY92AG9: Group of cubic crystals beveled by dodecahedron faces that have polycrystalline growths. The crystals that are transparent have an intense blue color.
The sample, a classic, is from Dr. Anton Forster, a mine engineer and collaborator of Dr. Maucher at Munich University. Dr. Forster was the Geologist in Chief at La Collada when the famous samples from the Josefa-Veneros vein were collected.
Josefa-Veneros vein, 75 level, Coroña de Arriba-La Collada, La Collada mining area, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1970)

Specimen size: 13 × 10.7 × 8.8 cm = 5.12” × 4.21” × 3.46”

Main crystal size: 6.7 × 6 cm = 2.64” × 2.36”

HM560MG: Group of Fluorite crystals beveled by dodecahedron faces, with distinct polycrystalline growths, transparent, shiny, and with an intense and deep violet color.
Josefa-Veneros vein, 75 level, Coroña de Arriba-La Collada, La Collada mining area, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1970)

Specimen size: 15.5 × 12.3 × 6.3 cm = 6.10” × 4.84” × 2.48”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 3.8 cm = 1.69” × 1.50”

SV1900EPM: Group of cubic Fluorite crystals covering two large main crystals of Calcite, one of them rhombohedral at the base of the piece and another in the form of a scalenohedral crown. The Fluorite crystals exhibit very marked bevels and with deeper purplish tones, very typical for the historic locality from which this piece comes, the legendary Josefa-Veneros vein.
Josefa-Veneros vein, 75 level, Coroña de Arriba-La Collada, La Collada mining area, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1974)

Specimen size: 20.4 × 14.5 × 6.9 cm = 8.03” × 5.71” × 2.72”

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

NH60Z1: Group of very sharp and translucent octahedral crystals, with a very intense green color, that partially coat a granite matrix. A Spanish classic from a currently closed locality that only sporadically produces samples of this quality. This piece is from an old collection.
Berta Quarry, Can Domènech Hill, Roques Blanques Mountains, Sant Cugat del Vallès-El Papiol, Comarca Vallès Occidental / Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain

Specimen size: 6.2 × 6.1 × 4.3 cm = 2.44” × 2.40” × 1.69”

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

SV540NBX: Large group of globular aggregates of Fluorite crystals, with the particularity that they are formed by octahedrons if we observe them with a loupe. Apple-green and lustrous, on a porphyritic rock matrix, it comes from a significant discovery made in 2014 very close to the urban center of Barcelona, specifically in the neighboring community of Santa Coloma de Gramenet. This piece, due to its size and color, is among the best of that find.
Can Franquesa, Castellar Hill (Marina Range), Singuerlín, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Comarca Barcelonès, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (2014)

Specimen size: 22.5 × 16.4 × 3.9 cm = 8.86” × 6.46” × 1.54”

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

MG76W4: Group of very sharp cubic crystals with very well defined faces and edges, translucent and yellow with a slightly green color. The sample, with more transparency near the edges than in the central zones, is very representative of this classic Catalan locality.
Matagalls Mine (Sant Marçal Mines), Sant Marçal, Viladrau, Comarca Osona, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain

Specimen size: 8.9 × 7.5 × 3.8 cm = 3.50” × 2.95” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.5 cm = 1.02” × 0.98”

SV2150MCX: Group of sharp cubic Fluorite crystals, translucent, with good luster and yellow color, with more intense tones towards the interior of the crystals. The specimen shows areas on the edges that are more transparent than the central areas of the faces, and is very representative of this classic Catalan locality.
Matagalls Mine (Sant Marçal Mines), Sant Marçal, Viladrau, Comarca Osona, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (08/1979)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 5.8 × 5.4 cm = 3.62” × 2.28” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 2 cm = 1.42” × 0.79”

PV90AI8: Group of very sharp cubes of Fluorite, one of them very large and clearly dominant. They are translucent, bright and have a yellow color with slightly greenish shades. The sample, whose edges are more transparent than the central area, is very representative of this classic Catalan locality and its crystal size is greater than usual.
Matagalls Mine (Sant Marçal Mines), Sant Marçal, Viladrau, Comarca Osona, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (07/1982)

Specimen size: 10.4 × 9.9 × 8.6 cm = 4.09” × 3.90” × 3.39”

Main crystal size: 5.8 × 5.5 cm = 2.28” × 2.17”

MF89AL9: Aggregate of cubic Fluorite crystals between transparent and translucent, lustrous, with a light green color with yellowish tones. Covered by complex Calcite crystals with the dominant forms of the scalenohedron. A classic of Spanish mineralogy, with more luster than usual in specimens from this deposit.
Matagalls Mine (Sant Marçal Mines), Sant Marçal, Viladrau, Comarca Osona, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain

Specimen size: 13.2 × 11.8 × 6.7 cm = 5.20” × 4.65” × 2.64”

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

PTX26AP5: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals of good size, between transparent and translucent, soft green in color with yellowish tones and reflections, lustrous, with coatings of small white Calcite crystals. This specimen, of exceptional quality for the locality, also has a curiosity: inclusions of small very intense green 'spots'. It has been said that these spectacular green spots could be due to traces of ions, but in this case color centers seem to be a more consistent explanation, considering the characteristics of the mine.
Matagalls Mine (Sant Marçal Mines), Sant Marçal, Viladrau, Comarca Osona, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (09/1979)

Specimen size: 15.3 × 13.3 × 11.5 cm = 6.02” × 5.24” × 4.53”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 2.6 cm = 1.30” × 1.02”

JYZ27AP8: Druse of Fluorite crystals with dominant cube shapes and finely polycrystalline surfaces, transparent, with very good luster and an intense lilac color with bluish tones, in matrix with Baryte.
The specimen, of the best possible size for what is known from the locality, comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Yanci Quarry, Unanue, Igantzi (Yanci), Comarca Cinco Villas, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre)  Spain (2008)

Specimen size: 10.3 × 8.1 × 4.5 cm = 4.06” × 3.19” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.3 cm = 0.98” × 0.91”