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

TG58AF4: Floater aggregate of cubo-octahedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges, with a very good length and with some hoppered surfaces. The luster is excellent for the species. It’s really a “powerful” piece and deserves to be in any Museum in the World. It also has small groups of wire Silver forming "nests".
Hongda Mine, Xiaoqinggou, Lingqiu, Datong Prefecture, Shanxi Province  China (08/2016)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.5 × 4.7 cm = 2.83” × 2.56” × 1.85”

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

Adamite
 

EY93T5: Group of well separated crystals of good size for the species and with an excellent color, which is very intense. They are on a Limonite matrix and the quality is very high. It comes from a private collection of the eighties.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 6.3 × 3.8 × 3 cm = 2.48” × 1.50” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.59” × 0.47”

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer

Extremely fluorescent long & short UV
Adamite. Front
Front
Adamite. Side
Side
Adamite.
Adamite
Adamite. Adamite.
Adamite.
 

NP96AB7: Fan-like aggregates more isolated than usual, with prismatic crystals that have excellent terminations. They have a vivid greenish-yellow color and an excellent luster that contrasts sharply with the limonite matrix. The sample, of high quality, is from an old find at the Ojuela mine.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 11.8 × 10.1 × 6.7 cm = 4.65” × 3.98” × 2.64”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.8 cm = 1.18” × 0.71”

Very fluorescent long & short UV
Adamite (variety manganoan) on Goethite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EA91AM4: Groups of very sharp manganese-bearing Adamite crystals on a Goethite matrix. The crystals, translucent, lustrous, and larger than usual, have a pale lilac color in the prism and much more intense on the terminations, a color that has made this variety famous in Mapimí.
Currently considered a Mexican classic, it comes from the Peter Rosewarne collection (number Rc927), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 10 × 8.2 × 5.7 cm = 3.94” × 3.23” × 2.24”

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

Zoned fluorescence long & short UV

Former collection of Peter Rosewarne
Adamite (variety manganoan) on Goethite. Adamite (variety manganoan) on Goethite.
Afghanite
Afghanite.
 

TL88D8: We waited a while before offering Afghanites on our web site. Ones we have seen before were either two expensive, not very esthetic, or a pale color. Finally we were able to locate the examples we were looking for: very esthetic, aerial crystals, intensely colored, perfect, and not too highly priced. A definitive sample, with the main crystal well positioned on the white Calcite matrix.
Sar-e Sang, Koksha, Khash  Afghanistan (2001)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3.3 × 3.2 cm = 1.42” × 1.30” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.87” × 0.28”

Chromium-rich Amesite with Perovskite
 

MC96F6: A specimen that is very hard to find. It is difficult for me to decide which is more significant: the extraordinary growth of the sharp crystals of the Chromium rich Amesite, or their brilliance and color (which is really intense if you use incandescent light). Another point of interest is the very unusual association with Perovskite, which is perfectly crystallized, which is perfectly crystallized. It has been sawn, which was the only way to reduce the matrix without destroying it.
Saranovskii Mine, Saranovskaya (Sarany), Gornozavodskii, Perm Krai, Ural  Russia (2001)

Specimen size: 14.5 × 11 × 3.5 cm = 5.71” × 4.33” × 1.38”

Chromium-rich Amesite with Perovskite.
Chromium-rich Amesite with Perovskite. Chromium-rich Amesite with Perovskite.
Anatase and Rutile epitaxial
Anatase and Rutile epitaxial.
 

EA7C9: Although the camera don't show it very well, the color is very nice, sort of a golden bronze, and its luster is very special with a lot of reflections. As with the other specimens that we had selected this one is floater, doubly terminated and great!
The specimen has been published in the magazine ‘extraLAPIS’ on page 86, number 60, "Titan mineralien"
Anatase-Rutile occurrence, Cuiabá District, Gouveia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (03/2003)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 1.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.38” × 0.67” × 0.71”

Andradite (variety topazolite) with Clinochlore
 

T66BF4: This one comes from a great one-time find made in November 1998 at the Yellow Cat Mine, the classic locality for this rare variety of Andradite. One can see the good growth forms of the rhombohedra in the crystals. The color, degree of transparency, and esthetic position on the matrix are also notable.
Yellow Cat Mine, New Idria, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito County, California  USA (11/1998)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.8 × 1.5 cm = 1.54” × 1.10” × 0.59”

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

Andradite (variety topazolite) with Clinochlore.
Antimony
Antimony. Front
Front
Antimony. Rear
Rear
Antimony  

TV37AH4: Very aerial growth of very bright and extraordinarily well defined native Antimony crystals. The sample was analyzed by Dr. Frank Keutsch, currently one of the best experts on sulphides and native elements. We’ll send to the buyer a copy of Dr. Keutsch’s label.
St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 1.2 × 0.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.47” × 0.35” × 0.24”

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

Arsenopyrite
 

NA96E6: Neat Arsenopyrite with a more golden color than the typical ones. The crystal form is also very interesting. It is a floater, very shiny, and has small crystals of white Dolomite on the rear side. Very pleasant.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2004)

Specimen size: 11 × 6.5 × 3 cm = 4.33” × 2.56” × 1.18”

Arsenopyrite.
Aurichalcite with Calcite and Murdochite
Aurichalcite with Calcite and Murdochite. Front
Front
Aurichalcite with Calcite and Murdochite. Side
Side

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EX58AM3: Aggregates of acicular Aurichalcite crystals, with good luster and a very vivid color. On a limonite matrix, with small Calcite crystals and black Murdochite crystals, identifiable by the isometric crystal habit typical of the species although to be sure we have had it analyzed and we will send to the buyer copy of the analysis. Altogether a great piece of high quality and very aesthetic, among the best Aurichalcites from Ojuela.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 11.7 × 8.2 × 3.6 cm = 4.61” × 3.23” × 1.42”

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

Axinite-(Fe) with Calcite
 

TP69H3: Big floater, doubly-terminated crystal of very sharp faces and edges. We must note its color, an intense transparency near the edges and the neat contrast with white Calcite at the center of the sample.
Puiva Mount, Saranpaul, Khanty-Mansi Okrug, Tyumen Oblast  Russia (1996)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 4.2 × 1.7 cm = 3.43” × 1.65” × 0.67”

Axinite-(Fe) with Calcite. Front
Front
Axinite-(Fe) with Calcite. Rear
Rear
Azurite
Azurite. Front
Front
Azurite. Rear
Rear
 

EE47AF8: Complete floater of very sharp tabular Azurite crystals that are very bright and have a deep and vivid color. The sample is from recent and surprising finds at the old dumps area at Chessy.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2016)

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.7 × 0.9 cm = 0.83” × 0.67” × 0.35”

Type locality
Azurite
 

TF36AD0: Polycrystalline growth of crystals, one of them clearly dominant, very rich in faces and on matrix. The crystals are very bright and show the extraordinary deep blue color (electric blue) that has made the Azurites from this locality famous.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (04/2015)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.2 × 1.8 cm = 1.77” × 1.26” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.2 cm = 0.98” × 0.87”

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

TM19AB4: Aggregate of complex Azurite crystals rich in very well defined faces and edges, with polycrystalline surfaces and with a deep and vivid blue color (“electric blue”), transparent on the edges, a very intense luster and on a matrix coated by fibrous Malachite.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (12/2013)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.9 × 2.2 cm = 2.05” × 1.93” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.8 cm = 0.67” × 0.31”

Azurite with Malachite
 

CB36G2: The habitus is very unusual. The absence of the main prism suggests the apparent form of a dipyramid or an octahedron. The contrast between the vivid blue of the Azurite and the intense green of the Malachite is superb. This is one of the few pieces found with this crystallographic habitus at the locality.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What's New’ section of the October 10, 2015 edition.
Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2005)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3 × 2.3 cm = 1.69” × 1.18” × 0.91”

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

Azurite with Malachite.
Azurite with Malachite and Baryte
Azurite with Malachite and Baryte. Front
Front
Azurite with Malachite and Baryte. Rear
Rear
 

EB52AC2: A novelty at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2015. Very aerial aggregate of very sharp acute Azurite crystals that are bright with a very vivid color (even under daylight) that extraordinarily resembles the Milpillas “electric blue.” With the Azurite there are small white Barytes and Malachite aggregates.
From a new find in the Oumjrane area, possibly from some of the old works of this zone. These crystals have a luster and color that is superior to the previously known azurites from Morocco.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘Ste.-Marie-aux-Mines 2015’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 10 of number 5/2015
Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2015)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.6 × 3.5 cm = 2.28” × 1.42” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.6 cm = 0.55” × 0.24”

Azurite with Malachite
 

JX90F3: A classic sample for Puit IX (shaft nine of the Zelidja mine) The very brilliant, damage free and intensely colored prisms are shorter and thicker than is normal, and they have an aerial form. A partial coating of Malachite gives a special touch to it.
Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (1993)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.7 × 3.5 cm = 1.97” × 1.46” × 1.38”

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

Azurite with Malachite. Front
Front
Azurite with Malachite. Side
Side
Azurite with Malachite
Azurite with Malachite. Front
Front
Azurite with Malachite. Side
Side
Azurite with Malachite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TB71AJ3: Extraordinary group of crystals, one of them clearly dominant, very sharp with vivid transparencies, very intense bright and with the famous vivid and deep blue color (“electric blue”) typical of the best samples from the locality. With small coatings of fibrous Malachite.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2019, page 78
Milpillas Mine, level 1140, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (2010)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 2.4 × 2.8 cm = 2.44” × 0.94” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 2.3 cm = 2.44” × 0.91”

Azurite
 

TH29AD0: Isolated crystal on matrix. It is doubly terminated and very rich in very well defined faces that have a brilliant luster and show the extraordinary deep blue color (electric blue) that has made the Azurites from this locality famous. Considering the amount of great samples from Milpillas it is a very special one due to the perfection of the single crystal, its size and its balance and position on the white matrix.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (2014)

Specimen size: 7 × 7 × 3.5 cm = 2.76” × 2.76” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.7 × 1 cm = 1.18” × 1.06” × 0.39”

Azurite. Azurite.
Azurite.
Azurite on Quartz
Azurite on Quartz.
Azurite on Quartz.
 

E73B: An upright, perfect Azurite crystal on an unusual white Quartz matrix. Perfect crystallography, corners gemmy when viewed with deep light from behind, and superb esthetics. A pleasure for all collectors!
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 7.5 × 6.3 cm = 2.95” × 2.48”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1.4 cm = 1.26” × 0.55”

Azurite with Malachite
Azurite with Malachite  

EP97AG7: Druse of Azurite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, translucent, extraordinarily bright and partially coated by Malachite crystal pseudomorphs after Azurite.
The sample, a Tsumeb classic of great quality, is from the Raúl Sanabria collection, and it previously was in the Lloyd Tate collection. So, we’ll send to the buyer the labels of both collections and a third, a commercial label of Weinrich Minerals.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 9 × 6.9 × 2.8 cm = 3.54” × 2.72” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.1 cm = 0.51” × 0.43”

Azurite with Malachite. Azurite with Malachite.
Azurite with Malachite.
Azurite on Dickite
Azurite on Dickite. Azurite on Dickite.
Azurite on Dickite.
 

TH68AK3: An unquestionably high quality example that combines crystals of flattened habit with others more prismatic, some doubly terminated and all of them very sharp, translucent, extraordinarily brilliant and with the vivid blue color (“electric blue”) that has made Azurites famous from this locality. The contrast with the very white Dickite completes the panorama of this extraordinary piece.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (±2010)

Specimen size: 12.2 × 5.4 × 3.1 cm = 4.80” × 2.13” × 1.22”

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

Babingtonite with Prehnite
Babingtonite with Prehnite  

CA67AI3: Complete and doubly terminated Babingtonite crystal with excellent terminations, very well defined faces and edges, polycrystalline growths and very bright surfaces. These Chinese Babingtonites have almost disappeared from the mineral market and the best are those that first appeared.
Babingtonite occurrences, Qiaojia, Zhaotong Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (±2009)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.7 × 2 cm = 1.22” × 1.06” × 0.79”

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

Former collection of Carles Curto (duplicates)
Babingtonite with Prehnite. Front
Front
Babingtonite with Prehnite. Rear
Rear
Babingtonite with Prehnite. Side
Side
Babingtonite with Prehnite. Top
Top
Babingtonite with Prehnite and Quartz
Babingtonite with Prehnite and Quartz. Front
Front
Babingtonite with Prehnite and Quartz. Side
Side
 

MK94G5: Crystals are very big, exceptional for the species. They grew, with the Quartz, on a Prehnite matrix and they are doubly-terminated. We’ll give a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 22 in number 2006/1.
Babingtonite occurrences, Qiaojia, Zhaotong Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2005)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.3 × 3.5 cm = 1.65” × 1.30” × 1.38”

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

Babingtonite with Prehnite
 

MA99V7: A sample of a very rare quality, a group of extremely sharp crystals, really large for the species, with very well defined faces and edges, undamaged , bright, with perfect terminations and on a matrix of aggregates of clear green crystals of Prehnite. A sample worth belonging to the best museums or private collections.
Babingtonite occurrences, Qiaojia, Zhaotong Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2007)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 6.8 × 4.5 cm = 3.86” × 2.68” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 5 × 4 cm = 1.97” × 1.57”

Babingtonite with Prehnite. Front
Front
Babingtonite with Prehnite. Side
Side
Babingtonite with Prehnite. Side
Side
Bastnäsite-(Ce) doubly terminated
Bastnäsite-(Ce) doubly terminated.
 

EH92E9: Enormous! The tabular appearance is due to the parallel growth of three prismatic, doubly-terminated crystals that can be recognized because of the double pyramids that have formed a single large face at the front. The size of the Bastnasite-(Ce), its excellent brilliance and the fact that the matrix is also quite large all make this an excellent example.
Zagi Mountain, Kafoor Dheri  Pakistan (2004)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4 × 4 cm = 1.77” × 1.57” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 3 cm = 1.34” × 1.18”

Benitoite on Natrolite
 

EN91G4: The crystal is magnificent. Deep blue, with perfectly defined faces and edges and absolutely undamaged. Furthermore, its situation on matrix makes for easy direct observation and as well as display in exhibit case.
California State Gem Mine (Benitoite Gem Mine), San Benito River headwaters area, Santa Rita Peak, New Idria District, San Benito County, California  USA

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.3 × 2.3 cm = 1.93” × 1.69” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.3 cm = 0.67” × 0.51”

Extremely fluorescent short UV
Benitoite on Natrolite. Front
Front
Benitoite on Natrolite. Left side
Left side
Benitoite on Natrolite. Right side
Right side
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Albite
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Albite. Front
Front
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Albite. Rear
Rear
 

EY86K1: The crystal is formed by the hexagonal prism and a relatively complex termination formed by the faces of two pyramids and the pinacoid. Transparency and luster are magnificent and the specimen is very esthetic because it is on an Albite matrix.
Yuno, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (03/2007)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.9 × 2.2 cm = 1.85” × 1.14” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 0.9 cm = 1.85” × 0.35”

Albite fluorescent long & short UV
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Schorl
 

TX79L0: Particularly esthetic specimen. With the main Beryl crystal group very aerial, some of them doubly terminated. Sharp faces and edges with good color. On a fine acicular Schorl matrix.
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region  Namibia (2007)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.8 × 3 cm = 1.97” × 1.50” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 0.3 cm = 0.87” × 0.12”

Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Schorl. Front
Front
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Schorl. Side
Side
Beryl (variety aquamarine)
Beryl (variety aquamarine). Beryl (variety aquamarine).
 

ED74E9: A dramatic floater made up of a group of prismatic, brilliant crystals with sharp faces. Near the ends are clear colorless areas that contrast with the intense blue of the rest of the crystals, some of which are doubly-terminated. The esthetics of the specimen, as you can see in the photo, is exceptional.
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region  Namibia (2003)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 7.4 × 4.5 cm = 3.07” × 2.91” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 0.7 cm = 1.73” × 0.28”

Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Albite and Schorl
 

EA72G5: Very beautiful group of prismatic crystals, some of them doubly-terminated, very clear and of an excellent color and luster, with Albite and Schorl.
Nyet Bruk, Braldu Valley, Baltistan  Pakistan (05/2005)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 6.2 × 1.8 cm = 3.39” × 2.44” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 7.2 × 1.5 cm = 2.83” × 0.59”

Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Albite and Schorl. Front
Front
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Albite and Schorl. Rear
Rear
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Muscovite
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Muscovite. Front
Front
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Muscovite. Side
Side
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Muscovite. Side
Side
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Muscovite. Close-up
Close-up

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

ET97AI8: An extraordinary group of Beryl (aquamarine variety) crystals with very well defined faces and edges and some of them doubly terminated, with flat pinacoidal terminations. They are very clear and bright with a nice sky blue color. On a matrix of Muscovite crystals. Truly a museum piece.
Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 9.8 × 8 × 7.5 cm = 3.86” × 3.15” × 2.95”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 3.4 cm = 1.50” × 1.34”

Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Albite and Schorl
 

EV21K3: Magnificent! This aquamarine crystal is doubly terminated and complete with its upper part completely transparent and with growth channels and inclusions of Tourmaline (Schorl) on the lower. The terminations are very different. The main one, in which there is a small group of Albite, is formed by a transparent pinacoid and small pyramid faces, and the lower has an irregular pave due to recrystallization. The color is extraordinary as well as the transparency and luminosity.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 25 in number 2012/1
Nyet Bruk, Braldu Valley, Baltistan  Pakistan (05/2005)

Specimen size: 12.6 × 3.5 × 3.3 cm = 4.96” × 1.38” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 11.9 × 3.5 cm = 4.69” × 1.38”

Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Albite and Schorl. Front
Front
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Albite and Schorl. Rear
Rear
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Albite and Schorl. Top
Top
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Albite and Schorl. Bottom
Bottom
Beryl (variety emerald) with Pyrite and Calcite
Beryl (variety emerald) with Pyrite and Calcite. Beryl (variety emerald) with Pyrite and Calcite.
 

TR16AF2: Doubly terminated single Beryl (emerald variety) crystal with excellent terminal faces. It is clear, bright and has a very intense and uniform color. On a Calcite matrix, it also is with a complete Pyrite crystal that shows the very well defined forms of the cube, the octahedron and a pyritohedron. An excellent thumbnail, very unusual.
Chivor mining district, Municipio Chivor, Eastern Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department  Colombia

Specimen size: 1.7 × 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.67” × 0.59” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.3 cm = 0.35” × 0.12”

Beryl (variety emerald) on Calcite
Beryl (variety emerald) on Calcite  

DX99Q8: Sharp Emerald crystal, completely transparent, bright and with a deep and uniform color. Its termination is more complex than usual, due to the presence of the dominant face of a pinacoid and the faces of two pyramids, one of them bevels the edge between the prism and the pinacoid and the other bevels the corners showing triangular forms. It is on a matrix with a rhombohedral crystal of Calcite.
The sample is from the J.S. White collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer. A definitive specimen.
The photo of this Emerald was published in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 98, on its front cover and on page 43. Also in the book 'Émeraudes, tout un monde!'
La Pita mining district, Municipio Maripí, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department  Colombia (12/2006)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3.1 × 3 cm = 1.30” × 1.22” × 1.18”

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

Beryl (variety emerald) on Calcite. side
side
Beryl (variety emerald) on Calcite. front
front
Beryl (variety emerald) on Calcite. Top
Top
Beryl (variety emerald) on Calcite
Beryl (variety emerald) on Calcite. Beryl (variety emerald) on Calcite.
 

TA96E4: Very elegant with such transparent crystals. The main crystal is doubly terminated and has a good accompaniment of other smaller ones. They are all nicely positioned on the matrix of Calcite crystals. A clean specimen.
La Pita mining district, Municipio Maripí, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department  Colombia (11/2003)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.5 × 2 cm = 1.97” × 1.77” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 0.5 cm = 1.46” × 0.20”

Beryl (variety emerald) doubly terminated
 

TE90D6: This extraordinary specimen brings together all the features that any collector would dream of in an Emerald: perfection, intense color, transparency, doubly terminated, a large crystal, and on matrix. The matrix of a small amount of Pyrite on Calcite has a form, size and general look that sets the fabulous crystal off nicely. So in summary as good as the photos suggest.
La Pita mining district, Municipio Maripí, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department  Colombia

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.8 × 1.8 cm = 2.05” × 1.50” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 5.1 × 1.1 × 1 cm = 2.01” × 0.43” × 0.39”

Beryl (variety emerald) doubly terminated. Front
Front
Beryl (variety emerald) doubly terminated. Top
Top
Beryl (variety emerald) doubly terminated. Bottom
Bottom
Beryl (variety heliodor)
Beryl (variety heliodor). Front
Front
Beryl (variety heliodor). Rear
Rear
 

EZ16: Madagascar is a pegmatite rich country. From this richness once in a while they find some of the best Heliodor Beryls in the world. The form is perfect and the intense golden color makes them among the best known. We have managed to obtain an extraordinary specimen: doubly terminated, a floater, gem, damage free, and as you can see in the photo with a fabulous color. A gem mineral collector's dream!
Ikalamavony, Matsiatra, Fianarantsoa  Madagascar (2001)

Specimen size: 5 × 1.4 × 0.9 cm = 1.97” × 0.55” × 0.35”

Beryl (variety heliodor)
 

EA65E6: This is a floater, doubly terminated, very gemmy, and a pleasant golden color, as one would hope for in a Heliodor Beryl. Simply perfect.
Alto do Giz pegmatite, Equador, Parelhas, Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte  Brazil (2003)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 2 × 1.6 cm = 3.03” × 0.79” × 0.63”

Beryl (variety heliodor).
Beryl (variety red beryl)
Beryl (variety red beryl). Beryl (variety red beryl).
 

TM64: Well formed, with a excellent color, pretty good transparency, and well positioned on its matrix. A perfect example of the species.
Ruby Violet Claims, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah  USA (1997)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 6 × 5 cm = 3.27” × 2.36” × 1.97”

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

Anorthoroselite with Calcite
 

EQ26E9: This is among the best we have seen, with excellent color and brilliance. To these great features we can add that it has excellent crystallization, with the lenticular crystals of Anorthoroselite stacked on the matrix and surrounded by light pink Calcite. We will give the purchaser a copy of the analysis of the Anorthoroselite, which we did because of its unusual appearance.
Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2004)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 3.5 × 4.8 cm = 2.32” × 1.38” × 1.89”

Anorthoroselite with Calcite. Anorthoroselite with Calcite.
Bismuth
Bismuth. Front
Front
Bismuth. Detail
Detail
Bismuth. Rear
Rear
 

TX27AF1: Mass of very sharp crystals with very well defined parallel and skeletal growths, some of them doubly terminated. A superb European classic with great quality.
38 Mine, Niederschlema, Bad Schlema (Schlema), Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.4 × 2.5 cm = 1.65” × 1.34” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1 cm = 0.87” × 0.39”

Bixbyite with Topaz
 

EP64E6: Great Bixbyite with large crystal size, perfection, and good position on the matrix. There are also some small crystals of Topaz. In general we can say that it is among the best for the species. In fact it is a phenomenal specimen.
Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah  USA

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.7 × 2.4 cm = 2.01” × 1.46” × 0.94”

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

Bixbyite with Topaz. Front
Front
Bixbyite with Topaz. Top
Top
Boleite
Boleite. Front
Front
Boleite. Front
Front
Boleite. Top
Top
 

TV62AH5: Floater complete Boleite crystal with a very well balanced development of the octahedron and the cube faces that are very bright.
We’ll send the sample in its original Perkin’s box from the R.J. Noble collection, also containing the collection label in which it appears that it had previously been in the “Bunk” Melanson collection.
Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalía (El Boleo), Boleo District, Municipio Mulegé, Baja California Sur  Mexico

Specimen size: 1.2 × 1 × 1 cm = 0.47” × 0.39” × 0.39”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Bornite
 

TC52C6: This specimen merits a careful description. Bornite crystals usually tends to be small, black, ugly and not very sharp. Well, this specimen shows is colorful nature due to an iridescent alteration of a thin covering, its crystals are pretty huge and extremely sharp for the species. You can appreciate its beauty in the photo. Plus the specimen is a floater with a small Bornite crystal just on the top corner of the specimen. Just great!
65 Mine, level 60, Dzhezkazgan  Kazakhstan (2002)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 2.3 × 2.2 cm = 2.05” × 0.91” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.2 cm = 0.98” × 0.87”

Bornite.
Brochantite
Brochantite. Brochantite.
 

TK89AB2: A novelty at Tucson 2015. Fibrous Brochantite is very well known at Milpillas mine but this sample has an aggregate, on matrix, of short and thick idiomorphic crystals with very well defined faces and edges and chisel like well-terminations. In our opinion, the world's best for the species for their definition, crystal size, as well as their color and luster and, in general, very high quality.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (07-08/2014)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 5.8 × 2.3 cm = 2.40” × 2.28” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.24” × 0.16”

Brochantite with Chrysocolla and Atacamite
 

ED97AE3: 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. They are with darker small Atacamite crystals and are on a Quartz (variety chalcedony) matrix coated by botryoidal Chrysocolla growths. Very aesthetic for the contrast of the Brochantite with the Chrysocolla.
This sample has been photographed and published as a novelty in Munich 2016 in the magazine Le Règne Minéral number 132, page 43, the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 148 in the volume 48, number 1 (January-February 2017) and in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 54 of the 2014/02 edition.
Los Azules Mine, Quebrada San Miguel, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region  Chile (11-12/2015)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.3 × 2.6 cm = 2.83” × 1.69” × 1.02”

Brochantite with Chrysocolla and Atacamite. Brochantite with Chrysocolla and Atacamite.
Brookite with Albite
Brookite with Albite.
 

ML66E9: A perfect miniature. The crystal is doubly-terminated, transparent, and the color, while at first it looks brown, also shows flashes of lively red. The fine matrix of Albite adds an elegant touch.
Zard Mountain, Ras Koh Mountains, Kharan District, Balochistan (Baluchistan)  Pakistan (2004)

Specimen size: 1.5 × 1.3 × 1 cm = 0.59” × 0.51” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.7 cm = 0.59” × 0.28”

Brookite on Quartz with inclusions
 

EB16G1: A very, very special specimen. We must underline the big size of crystals and their magnificent disposition on a matrix of Quartz crystals with inclusions. On the base of the main Brookite crystals are some other Brookite crystals. All have complete terminations. A definitive piece.
Zard Mountain, Ras Koh Mountains, Kharan District, Balochistan (Baluchistan)  Pakistan (2005)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.7 × 7.1 cm = 1.54” × 1.46” × 2.80”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.1! cm = 1.02” × 0.83”

Brookite on Quartz with inclusions. Front
Front
Brookite on Quartz with inclusions. Rear
Rear
Brookite on Quartz with inclusions.
Brookite with Quartz
Brookite with Quartz. Front
Front
Brookite with Quartz. Side
Side
Brookite with Quartz. Rear
Rear
Brookite with Quartz. Top
Top
 

EJ76H8: The sample is really splendid, both for its crystallization and its esthetics. Crystals are tabular, elongated and have very well defined and sharp faces and edges. On the sample there are also some small Quartz crystals. With reflected light it is possible to observe, at the same time, translucency, color and the typical dark inclusions of some Brookites.
Zard Mountain, Ras Koh Mountains, Kharan District, Balochistan (Baluchistan)  Pakistan (2005)

Specimen size: 5 × 3 × 3.5 cm = 1.97” × 1.18” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 4.6 × 1.6 cm = 1.81” × 0.63”

Cafarsite
 

MV16E9: The Cafarsite crystal is large, quite complex, has perfectly defined faces and edges, and it combines the forms of the rhombohedron, octahedron, pyritohedron and cube. The Albite matrix adds to its esthetics. A great specimen with more brilliance and beauty than is usual for this rare species.
Cherbadung, Binntal, Wallis  Switzerland (±1986)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 1.8 × 2 cm = 1.30” × 0.71” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.2 cm = 0.51” × 0.47”

Cafarsite. Front
Front
Cafarsite. Side
Side
Calcite
Calcite. Calcite.
Calcite. Calcite.
Calcite  

SM27AB8: Aggregate on matrix of very transparent and bright Calcite crystals, some of them partially doubly terminated. A great English classic with an uncommon quality even for any locality in the world.
Bigrigg Mine, Bigrigg, West Cumberland Iron Field, former Cumberland, Cumbria  England / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 11.8 × 8.4 × 6.7 cm = 4.65” × 3.31” × 2.64”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 1.7 cm = 1.10” × 0.67”

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Calcite with inclusions of sand
 

EB36AC2: A French “super-classic”. Very large floater nodule with white, very well defined rhombohedral Calcite crystals that grew with inclusions of sand.
Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France

Specimen size: 16.5 × 11 × 8.5 cm = 6.50” × 4.33” × 3.35”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.7 cm = 0.98” × 0.67”

Former collection of Alain Tuel
Calcite with inclusions of sand. Front
Front
Calcite with inclusions of sand. Rear
Rear
Calcite with inclusions of sand.
Calcite on Dolomite
Calcite on Dolomite.
 

ET60E4: I think the photo says more than I can explain. The white crystals are not what they look like: they are Calcite, so don’t be mistaken. The brown ones are what they look like: Dolomite.
Roata Mine, Cavnic, Maramures  Romania (2004)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.4 × 2.9 cm = 1.38” × 1.34” × 1.14”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Calcite with Quartz, Dolomite and Chalcopyrite
Calcite with Quartz, Dolomite and Chalcopyrite  

SF54AB4: Scalenohedral Calcite crystals with very acute polycrystalline terminations, with a pale pink color, on matrix with Quartz crystals, small twinned Chalcopyrite crystals and partially coated by white lenticular Dolomite crystals. Very esthetic and, as is the case so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures  Romania

Specimen size: 13.2 × 10.5 × 6 cm = 5.20” × 4.13” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 6.5 × 3.5 cm = 2.56” × 1.38”

Very fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Calcite with Quartz, Dolomite and Chalcopyrite. Front
Front
Calcite with Quartz, Dolomite and Chalcopyrite. Side
Side
Calcite with Sphalerite and Quartz
Calcite with Sphalerite and Quartz. Calcite with Sphalerite and Quartz.
 

EV16F2: Three lenticular Calcite crystals, with perfect form, the three upper faces of the rhombohedra very visible, and the prisms hardly developed at all. A very beautiful gem crystal of Sphalerite accompanies them, all on a matrix of Quartz.
Kangjianwan Mine, Shuikoushan ore field, Changning, Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (2004)

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

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 2.5 cm = 1.14” × 0.98”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Carrollite with Calcite
 

T53G: Perfect / undamaged Carrollite crystal on Calcite.
Kamoya South II Mine, Kamoya, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (02 /2001)

Specimen size: 8 × 6.2 cm = 3.15” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 2 × 2.3 cm = 0.79” × 0.91”

Carrollite with Calcite. Carrollite with Calcite.
Cassiterite doubly terminated
Cassiterite doubly terminated.
 

AE46D5: Doubly terminated Cassiterite that is just as nice as the photo suggests. Well placed on a minor Mica-Quartz matrix and pretty gemmy.
Langcangjiang river area, Yunnan  China

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.2 × 1.8 cm = 1.06” × 0.87” × 0.71”

Cassiterite with Mica
 

PZ37C9: Black and white. But its luster, perfection and the nice soft white Mica give a great contrast... For me it is like a jewel with its unquestionable quality.
Pingwu Mine, Huya township, Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province  China (2002)

Specimen size: 5 × 4 × 3.5 cm = 1.97” × 1.57” × 1.38”

Cassiterite with Mica.
Doubly terminated Cerussite
Doubly terminated Cerussite. Front
Front
Doubly terminated Cerussite. Side
Side
 

EB89F1: A twin of two crystals, one of them doubly terminated, that are accompanied by other smaller ones. The b-pinacoid form dominates them which is why they are flat. The terminations have a large number of faces of various smaller prisms. The brilliance is excellent, the color is attractive, and the esthetics of the whole specimen is really great.
Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (1992)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm = 1.69” × 1.38” × 0.98”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Cerussite on Quartz with Goethite inclusions
 

EG56D1: So delicate! Like a flower on the smoky Quartz.
Bouzougar, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2003)

Specimen size: 6 × 3.5 × 2.7 cm = 2.36” × 1.38” × 1.06”

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

Cerussite on Quartz with Goethite inclusions. Cerussite on Quartz with Goethite inclusions.
Cinnabar on Dolomite
Cinnabar on Dolomite. Front
Front
Cinnabar on Dolomite. Cinnabar on Dolomite.
 

MB26E9: The crystals, formed of a sharp rhombohedron and terminated by small triangular faces of the pinacoid, have extraordinary definition, transparency and size. It is nicely positioned on a matrix of Dolomite. A great one. We should warn you that the back of the specimen has been cut with a saw to protect the Cinnabar crystals.
Chatian Mine, Chatian District, Fenghuang, Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (2004)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 6 × 2.7 cm = 3.27” × 2.36” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.3 cm = 0.75” × 0.51”

Clinoatacamite with Quartz
 

ML92AK3: Clinoatacamite crystal group of large size for the species and extraordinarily well defined, in a matrix of Quartz crystals. The crystals are very brilliant too, with a deep and uniform color. A miniature of indubitable quality.
Lily Mine, Umay District, Pisco Province, Ica Department  Peru

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.3 × 2.3 cm = 1.26” × 0.91” × 0.91”

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

Clinoatacamite with Quartz. Clinoatacamite with Quartz.
Clinochlore (variety kämmererite)
Clinochlore (variety kämmererite). Clinochlore (variety kämmererite).
 

MH90D4: Perfect gemmy crystals separately placed on their matrix. They are hard to get as perfect as this one, especially considering the mine is at the end of its working life.
Kop Krom Mine, Kop Daglari, Erzurum Province, Eastern Anatolia Region  Turkey

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4 × 3.3 cm = 2.17” × 1.57” × 1.30”

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

Copper with Calcite
 

AE66M6: Arborescent growth of very well defined crystals (for the species) that also have good size. They are associated with Calcite crystals. The sample has very good quality for the locality, a classic for copper minerals.
We’ll send two labels to the buyer, Silvane’s label and a handwritten label, corresponding to the Folch Collection (num. 9060).
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo District, Pima County, Arizona  USA (±1965)

Specimen size: 6 × 5.3 × 3.1 cm = 2.36” × 2.09” × 1.22”

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

Fluorescent short UV
Copper with Calcite. Front
Front
Copper with Calcite. Side
Side
Copper
Copper. Copper.
 

TM71C8: Very sharp individual Copper crystal perched on an esthetic matrix made up of other Copper crystals and partially covered by minor, but brilliant, Quartz crystals. An old classic as is proven by the label number: 334605 from the Swedish Museum of Natural
History
which is included with the specimen.
Lake Superior, Keweenaw County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.2 × 4 cm = 2.56” × 1.65” × 1.57”

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

Copper
 

MF98AC2: Large-sized dendritic growth with partially flattened and complex crystals with very well defined faces and predominant dodecahedral and octahedral forms. Due to both its size and its quality, we could define it as a “Museum sample”.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ number 01/2015, page 42
Calumet No. 1 Mine, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 29 × 11.3 × 2.2 cm = 11.42” × 4.45” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 2 cm = 1.77” × 0.79”

Copper. Front
Front
Copper. Rear
Rear
Copper. Photo: Joaquim Callén
Photo: Joaquim Callén
Copper with Cuprite
Copper with Cuprite. Front
Front
Copper with Cuprite. Rear
Rear
 

TW99L5: Well defined skeletal growth, with a very marked spinel-law twin, on a dendritic growth of small copper crystals. Both the base and the main crystal are partially covered by Cuprite. The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a novelty from Tucson 2008 in the magazine ‘Lapis’ on page 37, volume 33, number 4
Itauz Mine, Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan (2007)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 3.1 × 0.7 cm = 2.80” × 1.22” × 0.28”

Main crystal size: 5.6 × 0.8 cm = 2.20” × 0.31”

Copper with Cuprite
 

M891D: Unbelievable esthetics. Spinel twin Copper crystals with added branches. Everything covered by a thin coating of Cuprite which gives it a nice reddish color. It looks like a Spinel twin Copper that received an electric shock! Sorry for the analogy but I'm so impressed that I cannot find a better way of describing it.
Itauz Mine, Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan (2001)

Specimen size: 11.2 × 6.3 cm = 4.41” × 2.48”

Copper with Cuprite.
Creedite with Fluorite
Creedite with Fluorite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Creedite with Fluorite. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Creedite with Fluorite. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
 

TE16AL7: A novelty at Tucson 2020. Druse of bipyramidal Creedite crystals with sharp pointed terminations, between transparent and translucent, lustrous, and with a light violet color. On matrix with crystallized green and violet Fluorite. This specimen is quite different from the others known from this locality in recent years, although some old collection have similar specimens from the same place, which coincides with the indications that this find was made in old mine galleries.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 494 in the volume 51, number 3, May-June 2020
Navidad Mine, Abasolo, Rodeo, Municipio de Rodeo, Durango  Mexico (10-12/2019)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.6 × 4.9 cm = 2.83” × 2.60” × 1.93”

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

Devilline
 

EL86G5: Excellent miniature with very definite groups of crystals on matrix. Crystals are laminar and of a very good color and considerable size for this species.
Spania Dolina (Herrengrund), Banská Bystrica  Slovak Republic (06/2005)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.3 × 1.3 cm = 0.79” × 0.51” × 0.51”

Devilline.
Diopside
Diopside. Diopside.
 

MA89E9: Doubly-terminated crystals of Diopside are not that common. In this case they occur in a large group of quite long subparallel crystals. The color, transparency and position on the matrix are also striking.
Kunar Province (Konar)  Afghanistan (2004)

Specimen size: 8 × 5.3 × 3.5 cm = 3.15” × 2.09” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 0.5 cm = 1.38” × 0.20”

Dioptase with Calcite
 

ED37AC6: Very aerial aggregate of Dioptase crystals, one of them clearly dominant and doubly terminated. They are translucent, very bright and on a Calcite matrix. A perfect thumbnail.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia (±1975)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 1.06” × 0.63” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.7 cm = 0.59” × 0.28”

Dioptase with Calcite.
Dioptase
Dioptase.
 

T49M: A sculptural esthetic and perfectly colored Dioptase on dolomite and calcite. An excellent specimen.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

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

Dioptase
 

MV99H1: The locality is uncommon. The group is consists of a lot of short prismatic crystals which have exceptional color and luster. It’s from a recent find in a forgotten place in which the former pieces hadn’t the same degree of quality.
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (06/2005)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 5.8 × 3.5 cm = 3.11” × 2.28” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.35” × 0.28”

Dioptase.
Dioptase.
Dioptase
Dioptase.
Dioptase.
 

NE96D3: Top quality specimen. For its perfection, luster, crystal size, transparency, and contrast with its white Calcite matrix this Dioptase is a world class example of this very popular species.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 8 × 6 × 2.8 cm = 3.15” × 2.36” × 1.10”

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

Calcite low fluorescence long & short UV
Twinned Dolomite
Twinned Dolomite  

TD97D8: From the John Barlow collection, this perfect twin of two Dolomite crystals shows the degree of transparency and brilliance that has made the Dolomite from Eugui so famous. A very esthetic floater.
Asturreta Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre)  Spain (±1974)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.9 × 4.2 cm = 2.17” × 1.93” × 1.65”

Twinned Dolomite.
Twinned Dolomite
Twinned Dolomite. Twinned Dolomite.
Twinned Dolomite.
Twinned Dolomite  

SA96AC1: Aggregate of crystals formed by the positive and the negative rhombohedron, twinned, very sharp and transparent. They have grown on a first generation of translucent white rhombohedrons of the same Dolomite. This kind of twin is very uncommon at Eugui, so, historically, they have been very appreciated by collectors.
Asturreta Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre)  Spain (±1965)

Specimen size: 14.5 × 11.4 × 8.7 cm = 5.71” × 4.49” × 3.43”

Main crystal size: 5 × 4.2 cm = 1.97” × 1.65”

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani

Ex Sorbonne (UPMC) Museum
Dyscrasite
 

MR86Z0: Aggregate of very aerial and very well-defined crystals with perfect terminations. The sample is of high quality, especially enhanced by the photography (you must consider the small size of the sample). From the type locality for the species.
The sample has been noted and photographed in the monograph ‘St. Andreasberg’ of the Mineralogical Record magazine (May-June 2017, pg. 359)
St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 1.8 × 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.71” × 0.35” × 0.28”

Type locality
Dyscrasite.
Bicolor Elbaite
Bicolor Elbaite.
 

TP46E2: Well, I think the photo says most of what I need to say about this one. It’s really very luminous and the colors are great – both the red at the base and the green near the top. The upper termination is very rich in faces and the base is re-crystallized. This was in Steve Smale’s collection, so we will send you his label.
Viadinho  Brazil

Specimen size: 3.5 × 1.1 × 0.8 cm = 1.38” × 0.43” × 0.31”

Elbaite
 

TP66H1: An elongated crystal, deep green colored, very transparent, bright, with all its faces perfectly preserved and growing on a thin pink prism, probably the product of the loss of the green portion once covering the pink stem. A very nice oddity.
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (1994)

Specimen size: 4 × 0.6 × 0.6 cm = 1.57” × 0.24” × 0.24”

Elbaite.
Elbaite
Elbaite. Front
Front
Elbaite. Rear
Rear
 

TG31C5: Extremely nice, its geminness is evident just viewing the photo. Just add to that the fact that the base is recrystallized and that all its tips have a delicate reddish tint.
Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province  Afghanistan (2002)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 1.5 × 1.1 cm = 2.32” × 0.59” × 0.43”

Elbaite on smoky Quartz and Albite
 

MB6H3: An exceptional sample. A floating smoky Quartz crystal from which arises a magnificent prismatic crystal of Elbaite. It is transparent and clean and has an excellent termination and a better green color, with banded zones.
São Jose da Safira, Governador Valadares  Brazil (±1970)

Specimen size: 10 × 5.5 × 7 cm = 3.94” × 2.17” × 2.76”

Main crystal size: 5.5 × 0.7 cm = 2.17” × 0.28”

Elbaite on smoky Quartz and Albite. Front
Front
Elbaite on smoky Quartz and Albite. Side
Side
Elbaite on smoky Quartz and Albite.
Elbaite
Elbaite. Front
Front
Elbaite. Rear
Rear
 

MR96L7: A doubly terminated Elbaite crystal with multiple striations parallel to the main axis, and dissolution forms. One of the terminations is not evident but the opposite is multiple and has been modified by dissolution structures. Good transparency and we would like to emphasize the slight color gradation between reddish tones to greenish blue along the crystal.
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1990)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 2.5 × 2.2 cm = 4.21” × 0.98” × 0.87”

Elbaite
 

VA27Y4: Good-sized crystal with finely striated prismatic faces and showing an excellent development of the rhombohedral terminal faces. The crystal is very bright and, in spite of its considerable thickness, shows a notable degree of transparency, especially notable when it is backlit with an intense light.
Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1975)

Specimen size: 12.8 × 5 × 3.9 cm = 5.04” × 1.97” × 1.54”

Former collection of A. Mayor
Elbaite. Front
Front
Elbaite. Rear
Rear
Elbaite. Light behind
Light behind
Elbaite. Top
Top
Elbaite (variety indicolite) on Quartz
Elbaite (variety indicolite) on Quartz. Front
Front
Elbaite (variety indicolite) on Quartz. Rear
Rear
Elbaite (variety indicolite) on Quartz. Side
Side
Elbaite (variety indicolite) on Quartz. Top
Top

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EMR26AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Elbaite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and very aerial, with very well defined faces and edges and very rich in faces on the terminations. Transparent, very lustrous, uniform blue with greenish reflections and implanted in a Quartz crystal.
Santa Rosa Mine, Itambacuri, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 4 × 1.9 × 1.7 cm = 1.57” × 0.75” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 0.5 cm = 1.42” × 0.20”

Elbaite (variety rubellite)
 

MD37G9: The color, with deep mauve tones, is exceptional. Terminal faces consist of two rhombohedrons and they are very well defined and completely transparent.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 22 in number 2006/2.
Mokhovaya pegmatite, Malkhan (Malchan), Krasnyi Chikoy, Zabaykalsky Krai  Russia (2005)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.98” × 0.55” × 0.47”

Elbaite (variety rubellite). Front
Front
Elbaite (variety rubellite). Top
Top
Elbaite (variety rubellite)
Elbaite (variety rubellite). Front
Front
Elbaite (variety rubellite). Rear
Rear
 

VC88Y5: Single crystal with very well defined faces and edges, with a finely striated prism and a terminal pinacoid with small polycrystalline growths. The sample shows an excellent luster and a good transparency, with a clearer geometric color zoning on the terminal area. The rest of the prism has a very intense and uniform color, with the tone popularly well known as “pink bubble-gum”.
Pala District, San Diego County, California  USA (±1978)

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

Former collection of A. Mayor
Elbaite (variety rubellite)
 

TM98J3: Group of three prismatic crystals, two of them doubly terminated. Definition of faces and edges is excellent as is the luster, but we specially note its color, extraordinarily intense, red with mauve shades and especially deep on the terminations.
Sosedka vein, Malkhan (Malchan), Krasnyi Chikoy, Zabaykalsky Krai  Russia (07-08/2006)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 1.65” × 0.67” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 4 × 1 cm = 1.57” × 0.39”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Elbaite (variety rubellite). Front
Front
Elbaite (variety rubellite). Rear
Rear
Elbaite (variety rubellite). Top
Top
Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Feldspar
Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Feldspar. Front
Front
Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Feldspar. Rear
Rear
Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Feldspar. Top
Top
 

EB1K6: Translucent crystal of excellent color, very uniform, and perfectly terminated with the pedion and the three faces of the rhombohedron. It is implanted on Feldspar matrix, which is not very usual for the locality.
Himalaya Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California  USA

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.8 × 2.5 cm = 1.73” × 1.10” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 2.7 cm = 1.73” × 1.06”

Feldspar fluorescent long & short UV
Elbaite (variety rubellite)
 

EA96Z0: Parallel polycrystalline aggregate with good terminations, an excellent luster, and the particularly intense and deep color of the samples from the Jonas mine, one of the great classic localities for rubellite.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2020, page 68
Jonas pocket, Itatiaia, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 13.1 × 7.3 × 3 cm = 5.16” × 2.87” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 1 cm = 1.69” × 0.39”

Elbaite (variety rubellite). Elbaite (variety rubellite).
Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Schorl and Calcite
Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Schorl and Calcite. Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Schorl and Calcite.
 

TB71E2: Very unusual with the Sphere of Elbaite at the top complete, brilliant, and well positioned on the Calcite matrix. The lower half of the specimen is complex: there is a thick crystal of Schorl that passes through the calcite and is terminated at its upper end. Around the Schorl is half a sphere of Elbaite, which while not complete is not broken either. Holding this all together is fibrous pink Elbaite. No one could say that this one is not original.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel Village, Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State  Myanmar (Burma) (2003-2004)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.3 × 3.4 cm = 2.68” × 1.69” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.5 cm = 1.06” × 0.98”

Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Feldspar
 

EY16AG4: A lovely group of very aerial crystals, many of them partially or completely doubly terminated, translucent and bright with a pale pink color and intense red terminations and on a feldspar matrix.
Pyingyi Taung, Male, Letpanhla, Singu Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division)  Myanmar (Burma)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.6 × 5.4 cm = 3.07” × 2.60” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.39” × 0.24”

Fluorescent short UV
Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Feldspar. Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Feldspar.
Elbaite (variety watermelon)
Elbaite (variety watermelon).
 

TG48G5: Prismatic crystal with the typical a flat pinacoid termination. Very clear, shows a sharp zonation of the color, pink in the inner crystal and green-blue in the skin. Two little crystals below add a special esthetical beauty to the piece.
Santa Rosa Mine, Itambacuri, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1980)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 1.77” × 0.28” × 0.24”

Elbaite (variety paraíba)
 

TD46L1: Well defined and transparent Elbaite crystal, with excellent color, totally natural, more blue on the sceptered base. Terminal faces are well defined and with no damage. We would like to emphasize its form because these Elbaites from Paraíba, well-known for their excellent color, rarely are seen in complete crystals.
São José da Batalha, Salgadinho, Borborema, Paraíba  Brazil (±1992)

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

Elbaite (variety paraíba). Front
Front
Elbaite (variety paraíba). Front
Front
Elbaite (variety paraíba). Rear
Rear
Euchroite
Euchroite.
 

MD37I0: A magnificent miniature. The main crystal, of very good size and color, has perfect definitions of faces and edges, which is rare for the species.
Ľubietová (Libethen), Banská Bystrica  Slovak Republic (2001)

Specimen size: 1.6 × 1.3 × 1.3 cm = 0.63” × 0.51” × 0.51”

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

Type locality
Euchroite
 

EB36N9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2009. Very well defined crystals of lenticular form of considerable size for the species. They are on matrix and have excellent color, very vivid. The sample is from a recent find in a new Slovakian locality that was only recently discovered.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2009 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 88, page 29.
Farbište, Poniky, Slovenské Rudohorie Mountains, Banská Bystrica, Banská Bystrica Region  Slovak Republic (03/2009)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.9 × 1.3 cm = 1.10” × 0.75” × 0.51”

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

Euchroite. Euchroite.
Fairfieldite with Fluorapatite
Fairfieldite with Fluorapatite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Fairfieldite with Fluorapatite. Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EXY92AQ1: Fairfieldite is a very rare phosphate of calcium and manganese and this extraordinary specimen may be considered among the best known for the species, if not the best.
A group of translucent, lustrous, cream-white crystals sit on matrix with green-brown Fluorapatite.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland County, North Carolina  USA

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.6 × 2.1 cm = 1.46” × 1.02” × 0.83”

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

With analysis copy
Felsőbányaite with Azurite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TRX93AQ1: Botryoidal growth of Felsőbányaite, a very rare aluminum sulfate, with a uniform blue color possibly due to staining by copper salts, on matrix, and with a small Azurite growth.
The specimen is from the collection of Bill and Sandy Bowman (number 2299) and we will send the buyer both the label (in which it appears as "Chalcoalumite") and a copy of the analysis that correctly identifies it as Felsőbányaite.

Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.9 × 2.1 cm = 1.69” × 1.14” × 0.83”

With analysis copy

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Bill & Sandy Bowman
Felsőbányaite with Azurite. Felsőbányaite with Azurite.
Ferberite with Mica
Ferberite with Mica. Front
Front
Ferberite with Mica. Rear
Rear
 

EH36F2: The great growth of the terminal faces of this group of brilliant crystals, with their very well-defined faces and edges, make this a very attractive aerial group.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (2003)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.8 × 2 cm = 1.85” × 1.10” × 0.79”

Ferberite with Fluorite, Quartz and Pyrite
 

AX27M4: Doubly terminated Ferberite crystal, with an excellent brilliance, on a matrix of beveled Fluorite crystals with color zoning and partially covered by Quartz crystals.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (2002)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.6 × 2.8 cm = 1.89” × 1.42” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.4 cm = 0.67” × 0.55”

Ferberite with Fluorite, Quartz and Pyrite. Front
Front
Ferberite with Fluorite, Quartz and Pyrite. Side
Side
Fluorapatite with Muscovite, Quartz and Dolomite
Fluorapatite with Muscovite, Quartz and Dolomite. Front
Front
Fluorapatite with Muscovite, Quartz and Dolomite. Side
Side
Fluorapatite with Muscovite, Quartz and Dolomite.
 

MJ87Q6: Very aerial aggregate of bright tabular crystals that have very well marked faces of a flat dypyramid, strong color zoning, darker on terminal faces and clearer on the dipyramid and prism, forming the “steer eye” as it is popularly known in Panasqueira. The piece is a complete floater and is especially elegant due to the esthetic growth of the group on the matrix of Muscovite.
It is from one of the last great finds in Panasqueira, the year 2003.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (11/2003)

Specimen size: 12.4 × 9.8 × 4.5 cm = 4.88” × 3.86” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 2.2 cm = 1.34” × 0.87”

Zoned fluorescence long & short UV
Fluorapatite with Siderite
 

TF9B6: Nice bluish crystals of good quality and luster, partially covered by Siderite. One example that shows why Panasqueira's Fluorapatite are famous worldwide.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1978)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.7 cm = 1.34” × 1.06”

Fluorescent long UV
Fluorapatite with Siderite.
Fluorapatite with Albite and Muscovite
Fluorapatite with Albite and Muscovite. Fluorapatite with Albite and Muscovite.
 

MH96K7: A novelty from Munich 2007. We have had this Apatite analyzed and it is really Fluorapatite, as we guessed.
We offer this specimen with very sharp crystals, very esthetic, and displaying well on a white Albite matrix with minor Muscovite. Please note that the main crystal has a contact on its back side, looking incomplete for this reason.

Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (07/2007)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 4.2 × 2 cm = 1.81” × 1.65” × 0.79”

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

Extremely fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorapatite with Albite
 

EY70G5: Magnificent group of short tabular crystals of an intense pink color and very bright, enhanced on a matrix of very clean and sharp crystals of Albite.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 29 in number 2006/1 and has also been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ Jan-Feb 2016, page 60, volume 47, number 1
La Marina Mine, Municipio Pauna, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department  Colombia (01/2005)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 2.6 × 2 cm = 2.13” × 1.02” × 0.79”

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

Extremely fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorapatite with Albite.
Fluorapatite with Albite.
Fluorapatite with Cassiterite and Mica
Fluorapatite with Cassiterite and Mica.
Fluorapatite with Cassiterite and Mica. Fluorapatite with Cassiterite and Mica.
 

DA76E6: A novelty from China: in the Pingwu area, famous for Scheelite and Cassiterite, they have found some extraordinary Fluorapatite, which have very good color and, above all, very good crystal definition. In fact they look very similar to the famous Swiss ones, with the difference being that the Chinese ones are a deeper color. The paragenesis is also quite incredible: a matrix of delicate crystals of Mica with very brilliant Cassiterite. This specimen was photographed for the ‘what’s new at St Marie 2004’ section of the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ and appears on page 50 of number 58. We will send the purchaser a copy of the magazine.
Also, it has been published in the book 'China', by Berthold Ottens, on page 420
Pingwu Mine, Huya township, Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province  China (2002)

Specimen size: 11 × 8 × 3.5 cm = 4.33” × 3.15” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.2 cm = 0.83” × 0.47”

Fluorapatite extremely fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Stilbite
 

EE86E6: A spray of crystals, well placed on the matrix of Stilbite. A very visual specimen.
Momim Akhada, Rahuri, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra  India (04-05/2004)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.5 × 2.9 cm = 1.93” × 1.77” × 1.14”

Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Stilbite.
Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Stilbite
Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Stilbite.
Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Stilbite. Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Stilbite.
 

JB64E2: One of the most beautiful specimens from the Jan Buma zeolite collection. The thin matrix supports a large group of Fluorapophyllite-(K) that has good color, is very transparent and stands well clear of the matrix. There are also some nice sprays of Stilbite. A real beauty. We will send the buyer Jan’s label.
Fursungi, Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra  India (±2001)

Specimen size: 11 × 6 × 3.5 cm = 4.33” × 2.36” × 1.38”

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

Fluorite
 

ER56AI1: Splendid druse of great quality and very esthetic, two generations of crystals both with a very sharp cubic morphology, very bright and with geometrical growths on the edges. Both crystal generations contrast due to differences in size and color. The first are larger and honey yellow, the second are smaller with violet shades.
Annabel Lee Mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois  USA

Specimen size: 14.3 × 9.5 × 2.4 cm = 5.63” × 3.74” × 0.94”

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Fluorite. Fluorite.
Fluorite.
Fluorite
Fluorite.
 

NB36AA3: Group of very transparent, bright and colorless crystals with the dominant cube faces clearly beveled by the dodecahedron.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

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

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

Fluorite with Quartz
 

NP91AF6: A novelty at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2017. An irregular aggregate of very sharp cubic crystals beveled by the faces of the dodecahedron. They are transparent, very bright, and have a very intense, uniform, deep violet-blue color. The matrix consists of Quartz and Calcite crystals. The “Coquera del Tubo”, a new collecting site at the Llamas locality, is now producing very high-quality specimens.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a novelty from Ste. Marie 2017 in the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 68 in the volume 23, number 1
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: 6.9 × 6.6 × 3.9 cm = 2.72” × 2.60” × 1.54”

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

Fluorite with Quartz. Fluorite with Quartz.
Fluorite with Calcite
Fluorite with Calcite. Fluorite with Calcite.
 

NV66AF7: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2017. Group of very sharp cubic crystals, one of them dominant, very aerial and clearly beveled by the dodecahedron. The crystals are extraordinarily transparent and bright with a vivid and uniform lilac color, and they are implanted on matrix which is sawn on the bottom. One of the crystals shows, at the back, a neat geometrical contact zone with another crystal. The “Coquera del Tubo” is a new collecting site for Fluorite at the Llamas quarry and is now producing very high-quality specimens.
This sample has been referenced and figured as a novelty in Ste. Marie 2017, in the magazine "Le Règne Minéral" (Num. 136. 2017; page 43)
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 × 5.8 × 8.2 cm = 3.94” × 2.28” × 3.23”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.9 cm = 0.79” × 0.75”

Fluorite
 

LAF40: The best quality for the find.
Coquera del Liso, La Cabaña, Berbes mining area, Valdelmar, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (1993)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.5 cm = 2.17” × 1.77”

Fluorite.
Fluorite
Fluorite.
 

NA6D9: This floater specimen has deep sea blue crystals with good size and interesting form. Overall it is a good one.
La Viesca Mine, Reguerín II pocket, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (12/01)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.5 × 2.1 cm = 2.83” × 2.56” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3.9 cm = 1.57” × 1.54”

Fluorite with Calcite
 

MG96AH4: Isolated Fluorite crystal cubes clearly beveled by the dodecahedron. They are transparent, bright and have a violet color very much deeper on the bevels. The crystals, aerial, have grown implanted on a group of white scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
The sample, a great Spanish 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: 11.5 × 8.3 × 7 cm = 4.53” × 3.27” × 2.76”

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

Fluorite with Calcite. Fluorite with Calcite.
Fluorite with Muscovite and Dolomite
Fluorite with Muscovite and Dolomite. Fluorite with Muscovite and Dolomite.
 

NT27AB8: Cubic Fluorite crystals with echeloned growths on the edges. They are translucent, with avery deep color, between marine blue and violet, and are on Dolomite matrix with small Muscovite crystals. The upper levels of Panasqueira are currently offering surprising and pleasant novelties, with samples that are very different from what has been known from this mine.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (11/2014)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.6 × 2.8 cm = 1.89” × 1.42” × 1.10”

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

Minor fluorescence short UV
Fluorite with Quartz
 

MA99E9: These classic specimens are now difficult to find. Two cubes placed well apart on the matrix show perfectly the crystallographic form. The crystals are transparent and an attractive green, so they contrast well with the matrix of Quartz. The Fluorite crystals are undamaged, which is very rare for material from this mine.
Le Beix Mine, Saint-Germain-près-Herment, Herment, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 7.4 × 4.9 × 3.5 cm = 2.91” × 1.93” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.9 cm = 0.87” × 0.75”

Fluorite very fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Quartz.
Fluorite with Quartz.
Octahedral Fluorite
Octahedral Fluorite. Octahedral Fluorite.
 

TA58E1: Nice crystals of octahedral Fluorite on matrix. It is a good size, has good color, and shows good contrast with the Albite and Quartz matrix. It is difficult to get competitive specimens of these Fluorites as few are found and prices are high. I got this one from an old batch so it still has a good price-quality balance.
Planggenstock, Uri  Switzerland

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3 × 3.3 cm = 1.69” × 1.18” × 1.30”

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

Fluorite
 

EH88H6: A very balanced group of cubic crystals that have very sharp and bright faces and edges. The violet color is exceptionally intense and it even hides, due to its intensity, the magnificent transparency, visible under an intense spotlight. On the surface of some of the faces there are small crystals of Calcite.
The specimen has been published in the magazine ‘extraLAPIS’ on page 98, number 42, "Marokko".
Tounfit, Boumia, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2006)

Specimen size: 8.1 × 6.8 × 2.6 cm = 3.19” × 2.68” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 2 cm = 0.83” × 0.79”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite. Fluorite.
Fluorite with Pyrite and Calcite
Fluorite with Pyrite and Calcite. Fluorite with Pyrite and Calcite.
 

EH89G1: A group of cubic crystals very defined and with a magnificent luster. An especially intense green color, considerable clarity and locally covered by aggregates of Calcite with Pyrite. Among the best from this locality.
El Hammam, Ait Mimoune, Khémisset Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Region  Morocco (04/2005)

Specimen size: 10 × 7.5 × 6 cm = 3.94” × 2.95” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 2.7 cm = 1.30” × 1.06”

Extremely fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite
 

TK16L1: Group of very sharp cubic Fluorite crystals, modified by octahedral triangular faces. Translucent to transparent and showing dark geometric zonations on vertices. Green color is specially intense. A great specimen.
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region  Namibia (2007)

Specimen size: 12 × 7 × 2.5 cm = 4.72” × 2.76” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.6 cm = 0.91” × 0.63”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Fluorite.
Fluorite.
Fluorite on Mica and Quartz
Fluorite on Mica and Quartz.
 

AZ37D4: Transparent, perfection, position on the matrix, and the thin blue phantom line around the corners make it an attractive specimen.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (2003)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.8 × 3.4 cm = 1.89” × 1.89” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2 cm = 0.87” × 0.79”

Fluorescent long UV
Fluorite with Quartz
 

TP74AB7: Echeloned Fluorite crystals with the so called “Aztec pyramid” shape. They are completely transparent, very bright, have a very vivid, intense and uniform green color and are on a Quartz matrix. The sample is from a very recent find at a not yet well known Chinese locality. As usual with a lot of samples from this country, we hope its exact locality details will be known soon.
Youxi, Sanming Prefecture, Fujian Province  China (2015)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 6 × 5.3 cm = 2.72” × 2.36” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 5.3 × 5.2 cm = 2.09” × 2.05”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Quartz. Front
Front
Fluorite with Quartz. Side
Side
Fluorite
Fluorite. Front
Front
Fluorite. Side
Side
 

MA58L1: Group of cubic Fluorite crystals, with good transparency. They are modified by dodecahedron faces forming translucent bevels. Uniform and excellent green color that added to the transparency increases its beauty. As you can see in the picture, it is a very nice specimen.
Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (2005)

Specimen size: 12 × 6.7 × 4.8 cm = 4.72” × 2.64” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2.7 cm = 1.26” × 1.06”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Fluorite on Quartz (Opal)
 

EB69F0: An uncommon crystal form with a balance between the cube and the octahedron. The crystal has been made visible by dissolving some of the Quartz matrix (partially transformed into opal) with acid, which has been used carefully so that, unlike in so many other cases, this one looks quite natural.
Wushan, De'an, Jiangxi  China (2003)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 9.5 × 6 cm = 4.53” × 3.74” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 4.8 × 5 cm = 1.89” × 1.97”

Opale very fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite on Quartz (Opal).
Fluorite on Quartz (Opal).
Fluorite with Quartz
Fluorite with Quartz. Fluorite with Quartz.
 

EV98D1: A special specimen. The single ball with reddish color is very attractive, but also its matrix is different from the others we have seen: it is a kind of microcrystalline Quartz similar to a Chalcedony recovered by Opal. Plus a few small well-crystallized Quartz crystals are deposited on the ball. Funny and interesting in mineralogical terms!.
The specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Rocks & Minerals’ on page 299 in the volume 83, number 4 and in the magazine ‘Lapis’ on page 18, volume 35, number 10, Octubre 2010.
Mahodari, Nashik District (Nasik), Maharashtra  India (2003)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 4.2 × 1.7 cm = 2.87” × 1.65” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 0.71” × 0.67”

Opal fluorescent long & short UV
Forsterite (variety peridot)
 

TB46F3: A real classic that is hard to find. It is gem quality, totally transparent, has magnificent color, and has perfectly defined faces and edges to the crystals
It comes with an old Scott J. Williams label.
St John's Island (Zebirget), Red Sea  Egypt

Specimen size: 1.4 × 1.2 × 0.3 cm = 0.55” × 0.47” × 0.12”

Forsterite (variety peridot).
Genthelvite with Quartz and Calcite
Genthelvite with Quartz and Calcite. Front
Front
Genthelvite with Quartz and Calcite. Side
Side
Genthelvite with Quartz and Calcite. Genthelvite with Quartz and Calcite.
 

MP56AE1: Very aerial aggregate of very sharp tetrahedral Genthelvite crystals with a salmon color and partially coated by Calcite and microcrystalline Quartz. The analysis gives Genthelvite both on the crystal surfaces and in the interior. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
The specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Rocks & Minerals’ on page 63 in the volume 96, number 1, Jan/Feb 2021
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (2012)

Specimen size: 4 × 3 × 3.2 cm = 1.57” × 1.18” × 1.26”

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

Gold
 

TF92J3: Extraordinary miniature. The group, very aerial and esthetic, is formed by crystals of perfectly defined faces and edges and has hoppered growth on the areas corresponding to the octahedron faces. It is from a locality famous for producing the best gold crystals.
Colorado Quartz Mine, Colorado, Colorado District, Mother Lode Belt, Mariposa County, California  USA

Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.4 × 0.6 cm = 0.75” × 0.55” × 0.24”

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

Gold. Front
Front
Gold. Side
Side
Gold on Quartz
Gold on Quartz. Front
Front
Gold on Quartz. Rear
Rear
 

TC80G4: Very aerial group with typical flat crystals of Eagle's Nest Golds, especially numerous in this case, well-defined and of considerable size. With a nice Quartz matrix to add charm to the sample.
Eagle's Nest Mine, Sage Hill, Michigan Bluff District, Placer County, California  USA (2003)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.9 × 0.8 cm = 1.18” × 1.14” × 0.31”

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

Gold with Quartz
 

TB97X8: Very aerial aggregates of Gold crystals on Quartz matrix. The aggregates show the so-called ”herringbone” shape, with marked parallel growths of very sharp octahedral crystals, without deformation and perfectly visible on terminations. An excellent sample from a classic American locality.
Round Mountain Mine, Round Mountain, Round Mountain District, Nye County, Nevada  USA (±2007)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.1 × 1.7 cm = 2.09” × 1.22” × 0.67”

Gold with Quartz. Front
Front
Gold with Quartz. Rear
Rear
Gold with Quartz. Gold with Quartz.
Gold
Gold. Front
Front
Gold. Rear
Rear
Gold  

EA58AD6: A novelty at Tucson 2016. Floater and very aerial aggregate of flattened crystals that have very well defined skeletal growths. According to our sources the site is not supplying new specimens for collectors so new finds are not expected. We analyzed these Golds and they are really special. They contains a 99.1% Gold and about a 0.5 % Rhodium, which is quite uncommon. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.

If you want to know more about these Golds you can use this linkThis specimen is on the front cover of the magazine "Lapis", edition 09/2016
Serra do Caldeirão claims, Pontes e Lacerda, Alto Guaporé District, Mato Grosso  Brazil (9-12/2015)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 1.6 × 1.2 cm = 1.26” × 0.63” × 0.47”

Weight: 17.3 grams
Gold
 

TR68AH2: Floater sample with arborescent growths of very elongated octahedral crystals with very sharp skeletal parallel forms. The site is currently not supplying new specimens for collectors so new finds are not expected. We analyzed these Golds and they are really special. They contain 99.1% Gold and about 0.5 % Rhodium, which is quite uncommon. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
If you want to know more about these Golds you can use this link
Serra do Caldeirão claims, Pontes e Lacerda, Alto Guaporé District, Mato Grosso  Brazil (9-12/2015)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2 × 0.6 cm = 1.46” × 0.79” × 0.24”

Weight: 17.6 grams
Gold. Front
Front
Gold. Side
Side
Gold. Rear
Rear
Gold
Gold. Front
Front
Gold. Rear
Rear
 

TJ26AH0: A novelty at Tucson 2018. The sample is from a new place, not so far from the better known Serra do Caldeirão where the gold samples have different morphological characteristics. In this case this is a floater group of crystals with dodecahedron and octahedron faces with curvatures and very well defined skeletal growths. Due to its general shape and aspect it resembles sculptures of anthropomorphic figures of old civilizations.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 462 in the volume 49, number 3, May-June 2018, in the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 76 in the volume 23, number 2, and for the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2018, page 126
Serra Dourada, Pontes e Lacerda, Alto Guaporé District, Mato Grosso  Brazil (12/2017)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.6 × 1.9 cm = 1.42” × 1.02” × 0.75”

Weight: 62.7 grams
Gold on Quartz
 

TA102E1: The form is excellent, the color and brilliance very good, and for the locality it is a great specimen, as the gold specimens from this mine are normally not this attractive. So both people seeking a good gold and a different locality will like this one.
Golden mile, Kalgoorlie  Australia (2003)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.7 × 2 cm = 1.42” × 1.06” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 1.7 cm = 1.14” × 0.67”

Gold on Quartz. Front
Front
Gold on Quartz. Top
Top
Gold (variety electrum) with Calcite
Gold (variety electrum) with Calcite. Front
Front
Gold (variety electrum) with Calcite. Photo: Joaquim Callén
Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold (variety electrum) with Calcite. Gold (variety electrum) with Calcite.
 

TF67AD5: A novelty at Tucson 2016. Very aerial aggregate rich (27% aprox.) in silver leafy Gold crystals (electrum variety), with finely saw-like edges and on a Calcite matrix. One of the best samples of that find.
R.J. Roberts lode, Willow Creek District, Pershing County, Nevada  USA (2015)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.3 × 1.4 cm = 1.77” × 1.30” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.28” × 0.12”

Calcite fluorescent short UV
Grossular (hessonite) with Vesuvianite
 

AF86N2: Very aerial group of very transparent crystals of good color on fine crystals of Vesuvianite and on matrix.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.4 × 1.6 cm = 1.38” × 1.34” × 0.63”

Grossular (hessonite) with Vesuvianite.
Grossular (variety hessonite)
Grossular (variety hessonite). Grossular (variety hessonite).
 

MB77AA9: Aggregate of very transparent trapezohedral crystals with a very intense color. They are on matrix, are extraordinarily bright and have fine striations on their faces.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.7 × 1.7 cm = 2.01” × 1.85” × 0.67”

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

Grossular
 

MK60D3: Extremely gemmy Grossular well displayed on its matrix. Great luster!
Vesper Peak, Sultan Basin, Sultan District, Snohomish County, Washington  USA

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.5 × 5 cm = 2.56” × 2.17” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 0.7 cm = 0.28”

Grossular. Grossular.
Grossular.
Hematite
Hematite. Front
Front
Hematite. Rear
Rear
 

JT46G0: A floater group of laminar crystals which form multiple parallel growths. Both the brightness and the sharpness of the crystals are extraordinary.
The specimen is from an accredited collection. We'll send the label together the specimen.
Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (1993)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.9 × 0.5 cm = 2.64” × 1.93” × 0.20”

Hemimorphite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TP37AK9: Globular growths of Hemimorphite on matrix, composed of small very sharp crystals with an unusually intense blue color. The specimen is of great quality for the locality and has a curious anthropomorphic appearance, with a shape like a person with a child in his lap.
San Antonio Mine (San Antonio el Grande Mine), chimenea Cox, level 4, East Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico (±2005)

Specimen size: 12 × 6.8 × 5.6 cm = 4.72” × 2.68” × 2.20”

Hemimorphite. Hemimorphite.
Hemimorphite.
Hessite
Hessite.
Hessite.
 

EG27D1: An outstanding specimen. The most original Hessite I have ever seen. It looks like a complex latticework. This extremely rare silver telluride was found in the past just in collections of specimens from the Botés Mine. But that said, it is usually not that nice. However the delicate structure of this specimen creates something perfect which really is, due its beauty, top of the scale for this species. Minor crystallized Quartz is also present on the specimen as you can see on the detailed image.
Botés Mountains, Botés, Transilvania  Romania (±1900)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 1.5 × 0.7 cm = 1.89” × 0.59” × 0.28”

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

Heterogenite
 

EJ91AH8: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2018. Very aerial stalagmitic botryoidal growth of Heterogenite, a cobalt hydroxide that is very rare as significant collectible samples. We consider this one, due to its evident quality, between the best known for the species. The sample has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mindingi Mine (Mindigi Mine), Millele shaft, Swambo, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (05/2018)

Specimen size: 9.6 × 4.1 × 4 cm = 3.78” × 1.61” × 1.57”

Heterogenite. Front
Front
Heterogenite. Rear
Rear
Heterogenite. Side
Side
Hureaulite with Rockbridgeite and Correianevesite
Hureaulite with Rockbridgeite and Correianevesite.
 

ML56I8: Group on matrix of short prismatic crystals of excellent color. They are bright and partially covered by small black crystals of Rockbridgeite and brownish crystals of Correianevesite. A recent study of the crystals from the Cigana Mine that in 2006 were identified as Reddingite has shown the discovery of the rare species Correianevesite. So, the old Reddingite from Cigana must be renamed as Correianevesite, being Cigana Mine, at Galiléia, the type locality. We’ll send a copy of the analysis of the original “Reddingite” to the buyer.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 14 in number 2007/2.
Cigana Mine (Jocão Mine), Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (08-09/2006)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.54” × 1.38” × 0.87”

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

Type locality
Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce) with Dolomite, Calcite and Quartz
 

TF42AB6: Parallel aggregate of two laminar and very sharp Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce) crystals, between transparent and translucent, whose color is between salmon and orange and on a massive Calcite matrix with small Dolomite and Quartz crystal. Formerly classified as Bastnäsite-(Ce), the samples from Trimouns have been recently determined to be Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce)
Trimouns Mine, Luzenac, Haute-Ariège, Foix, Ariège Department, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 7.1 × 6.1 × 2.8 cm = 2.80” × 2.40” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.8 cm = 0.43” × 0.31”

Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce) with Dolomite, Calcite and Quartz. Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce) with Dolomite, Calcite and Quartz.
Inesite
Inesite.
 

TF76E0: A fan of Inesite crystals with a little bit of Natrolite and Xonotlite. As you can see in the photo, the color and brilliance are great, and it really is very esthetic.
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (1998)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.69” × 1.46” × 0.87”

Jeremejevite
 

TX69S0: A novelty at Tucson 2011. Crystal with a very acute pyramidal polycrystalline termination. The crystal is transparent, bright and a deep sky blue color with slight violet shades. They are floaters with irregular surfaces, having had been formed in channels of dissolution in bigger crystals, now missing.
Ameib Farm 60 (Ameib Farm), Usakos, Karibib District, Erongo Region  Namibia (02-03/2010)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 1.46” × 0.31” × 0.28”

Jeremejevite. Front
Front
Jeremejevite. Rear
Rear
Kësterite and Mushistonite
Kësterite and Mushistonite.
 

EM17F0: Two rare species in one specimen. The Mushistonite coats a group of Kësterite crystals. The floater crystals of Kësterite are disphenoides, a crystallographic form that is not normally apparent, but which is very well defined in this case.
Pingwu Mine, Huya township, Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province  China (2003)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.9 × 1.8 cm = 0.79” × 0.75” × 0.71”

Silver (variety kongsbergite)
 

NA68E1: In the classic mine of Las Herrerias recent activity has exposed an enriched zone where Silver was then found. These are similar to the samples found years ago, which are present in many of the most important museums worldwide. The latest specimens have a high (±10%) content of Mercury and some of them are on a matrix of red Jasper. Analysis has shown that they have a large amount of Chlorargyrite throughout the specimen. As is normal we will send the person that buys this one a copy of the analysis. This one is one of the best that they found, and it is very solid. So overall an outstanding specimen from the find.
Santa Matilde cut, Berja mining group, Las Herrerías, Almagrera Range, Cuevas del Almanzora, Comarca Levante Almeriense, Almería, Andalusia  Spain (08/99)

Specimen size: 5 × 5 × 1.5 cm = 1.97” × 1.97” × 0.59”

Silver (variety kongsbergite).
Silver (variety kongsbergite).
Laurentthomasite with Quartz
Laurentthomasite with Quartz. Front with light behind
Front with light behind
Laurentthomasite with Quartz. Rear with light behind
Rear with light behind
Laurentthomasite with Quartz. Top with focused light
Top with focused light
 

TC26AL0: A new discovery at Tucson 2020. This new mineral species displays, among other notable characteristics, a dichroism: blue "Paraíba" color viewed from the front and yellow with green tints seen from the side (with focused light)
Given its hardness, color and transparency, the mineral falls into the gem category and this, together with the fact that it is a new species as well as its rarity, inevitably makes its price high. Another reason for interest is the high content of Scandium in its composition (around 3.8%)
Laurent Thomas, the person whose name the species carries, presented it at Tucson 2020 and explained to us that although the first news of this new species went out in 2018, the most important find was that of April 2019 and that is the one from which this piece comes.
Together with the specimen we will give the buyer an original label from Laurent Thomas, signed by him.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a reference for the Laurentthomasite species in the magazine ‘Lapis‘ number 09/2020, page 49 as well as in the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 62 in the volume 25, number 2
Beravina, Ambaro, Tsaraitso, Betroka District, Anosy Region  Madagascar (04/2019)

Specimen size: 1.4 × 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.55” × 0.47” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1 × 0.4 cm = 0.55” × 0.39” × 0.16”

Type locality

Photos: Joaquim Callén
Lavendulan
 

N58ME1: In Spain people have found the most well defined crystals of Lavendulan known worldwide. As well as the good crystal definition, this one has a great color and has three associated minerals: Azurite, Conichalcite, and Pharmacosiderite
Dolores outcrop, Pastrana, Mazarrón-Águilas, Comarca Alto Guadalentín, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (±1995)

Specimen size: 1.1 × 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.43” × 0.24” × 0.16”

Lavendulan.
Legrandite
Legrandite.
 

TJ14D3: We are proud to offer this superb Legrandite which stands upright on its matrix and is extremely sharp. A thumbnail collector's dream!
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.7 × 1.4 cm = 0.98” × 0.67” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.9 cm = 0.79” × 0.35”

Legrandite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Legrandite
 

TF96AI3: Fan-like aggregates of elongated crystals with very well defined faces and edges, with good terminal faces, very luminous and with a very intense color. A Mexican classic from the famous F. John Barlow collection.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.3 × 1.3 cm = 1.06” × 0.91” × 0.51”

Legrandite. Front
Front
Legrandite. Rear
Rear
Legrandite
Legrandite. Legrandite.
Legrandite  

TF53L5: This Legrandite is from the type locality for this species and, probably, could be one of the first samples found of this rare zinc arsenate. Good sized crystal, well defined, showing excellent luster and color. The upper termination is a contact with some traces of Limonite. On the right one can see a small Legrandite crystal with well defined faces and edges and perfect termination faces. On a Limonite matrix.
With a wide "pedigree" as the Evan James (Arizona) collection file and label shows, together with a previous old label. We'll send these labels to the buyer of the specimen.
Flor de Peña Mine, Lampazos (Lampazos de Naranjo), Municipio Lampazos (Lampazos de Naranjo), Nuevo Leon  Mexico (±1963)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.5 × 2.1 cm = 1.18” × 0.98” × 0.83”

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

Type locality
Legrandite with Adamite
 

TA67AB5: Radial aggregates of acicular Legrandite crystals. They are very bright, with a very deep color and they have a morphology and matrix that is very unusual for samples from the Ojuela mine. The sample has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3 × 1.2 cm = 1.81” × 1.18” × 0.47”

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

Legrandite with Adamite. Legrandite with Adamite.
Malachite
Malachite.
 

TT27X4: Very esthetic and well marked botryoidal growth, on matrix, with the color brighter than usual, very uniform and with an excellent silky luster.
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 5 × 2.3 cm = 2.09” × 1.97” × 0.91”

Malachite after Cuprite and Azurite
 

EG98AE2: Malachite pseudomorphous after Cuprite, one clearly dominant, beveled by the faces of the dodecahedron and with spherical Azurite aggregates. It is a nice miniature, an excellent French classic.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.3 × 1.6 cm = 0.71” × 0.51” × 0.63”

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

Malachite after Cuprite and Azurite. Front
Front
Malachite after Cuprite and Azurite. Top
Top
Malachite after Azurite
Malachite after Azurite. Front
Front
Malachite after Azurite. Side
Side

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Malachite after Azurite
 

TD56AJ2: Very aerial parallel growth on matrix of Malachite after Azurite crystals that are flattened and very sharp with very well defined faces and edges.
An excellent Bisbee classic that is very well documented by labels of the Richard Graeme and the Lee Hogg collections, labels that we will send to the buyer.
Sacramento Pit, Sacramento Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.3 × 2.5 cm = 1.89” × 1.69” × 0.98”

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

Former collection of Lee Hogg
Mimetite
 

T37GE9: In these crystals the prisms and the terminations have very contrasting surfaces. The faces of the prisms have a rough look due to multiple growth patterns, but the faces of the hexagonal pyramids which make up the terminations are flat and brilliant. The excellent yellow color, good esthetics and the fact that they are on matrix make it an outstanding specimen.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.3 × 2.4 cm = 1.22” × 0.91” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 0.6 cm = 0.91” × 0.24”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Mimetite.
Mimetite
Mimetite. Mimetite.
 

DF60E4: A good specimen with complete, luminous crystals that are well positioned on the matrix. It also has the form of "Mickey Mouse" in the main crystal with its two associated little crystals. Overall it is very neat and unusual.
Pingtouling Mine, Liannan, Qingyuan Prefecture, Guangdong Province  China (12/03)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.5 × 1.6 cm = 1.26” × 0.98” × 0.63”

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

Mimetite
 

TA60D6: Like a tree this very unusual Mimetite grows on a thin matrix plate. So it shows off both its surprising form and is size and perfection. A really unique specimen – we have never seen another like it or even similar to it.
Shaft 5, level 8, Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4 × 4 cm = 2.56” × 1.57” × 1.57”

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

Mimetite.
Mimetite.
Mimetite
Mimetite.
Mimetite.
 

KR76L9: An excellent Mimetite specimen showing well marked hoppered growth. Some of the crystals are doubly terminated and with an interesting and intense yellow color zoning, deepest in the central zone. The good brilliance and intense color contrast with the light and dark colors of the matrix. Really, really esthetic!
The specimen is from the James Catmur collection and we’ll send the label with it.
Pingtouling Mine, Liannan, Qingyuan Prefecture, Guangdong Province  China (2003)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 6.3 × 4.4 cm = 3.27” × 2.48” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.4 cm = 0.51” × 0.16”

Former collection of James Catmur
Neptunite with Benitoite and Natrolite
 

TB79H1: A magnificent combination of the two uncommon species. Both the prismatic crystals of Neptunite and the flat crystals of Benitoite have very sharp well-defined faces and edges, with excellent terminal faces completely free of damage. Color and luster of both minerals are also excellent.
California State Gem Mine (Benitoite Gem Mine), San Benito River headwaters area, Santa Rita Peak, New Idria District, San Benito County, California  USA

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.1 × 1 cm = 1.65” × 1.22” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.71” × 0.24”

Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV
Neptunite with Benitoite and Natrolite.
Olmiite with Xonotlite
Olmiite with Xonotlite. Front
Front
Olmiite with Xonotlite. Top
Top
 

EP96R1: Group of extraordinarily well defined crystals with a dominant orthorhombic prism. A large size for the species, they are translucent and bright and have an excellent reddish color, deeper than usual in this kind of sample. An exceptional specimen.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 45 in number 2011/1
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (04/2010)

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

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.8 cm = 0.43” × 0.31”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Pearceite-T2ac with Proustite and Rhodochrosite
 

MA91AA9: Very aerial aggregate of very sharp Pearceite crystals (polytype T2ac). They are thick tabular, have a very well defined pseudohexagonal shape, are extraordinarily bright, are on a group of Proustite crystals and are on matrix, with Rhodochrosite. Both the Pearceite and Proustite, as well as the Rhodochrosite, have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the three analyses to the buyer. Even bigger Pearceite crystals exist, very few of them as aesthetic as this one.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department  Peru

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.2 × 2.8 cm = 2.80” × 2.05” × 1.10”

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

Pearceite-T2ac with Proustite and Rhodochrosite. Pearceite-T2ac with Proustite and Rhodochrosite.
Pearceite-T2ac with Proustite and Rhodochrosite.
Perovskite
Perovskite. Front
Front
Perovskite. Side
Side
 

MM67E9: This is a great specimen with the pseudo-cubic crystal on matrix. It shows a curious bumpiness caused by the combination of the pseudo-cube with the pesudo-dodecahedron, which is a crystal form we have seen before in this species. The luster is also excellent.
Perovskitovaya Mine, Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Ural Federal District  Russia (07/2004)

Specimen size: 3 × 2 × 2 cm = 1.18” × 0.79” × 0.79”

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

Pezzottaite with Schorl and Quartz
 

MK50AL3: Very sharp crystal of Pezzottaite, a rare species of the Beryl group, translucent, with a very intense and uniform color, implanted on a Quartz matrix with short elongated Schorl crystals.
Sakavalana Mine, Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania Region, Fianarantsoa Province  Madagascar

Specimen size: 5.9 × 5.1 × 4.6 cm = 2.32” × 2.01” × 1.81”

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

Type locality
Pezzottaite with Schorl and Quartz. Pezzottaite with Schorl and Quartz.
Phosgenite with Cerussite
Phosgenite with Cerussite. Front
Front
Phosgenite with Cerussite. Side
Side
 

MF47M5: Group of very sharp crystals with clear terminations. The crystals are exceptionally transparent for the species and we note their luster and color. The group is on matrix with small crystals of Cerussite also partially covering some faces of the Phosgenite crystals. Very good esthetics.
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy (1990-1995)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3 × 2.8 cm = 1.85” × 1.18” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.1 cm = 0.98” × 0.83”

Very fluorescent long & short UV
Phosphophyllite
 

EG66L9: A wonderful and complete Phosphophyllite floater, with an excellent color, brilliance and an unprecedented transparence. In one word: a gem. The specimen is from a find made in 1968 in Cerro Rico, not in the well-known Siglo XX Mine, but in the oldest Pailaviri Mine.
Pailaviri Mine, Krauser vein, Cerro de Potosí (Cerro Rico), Potosí City, Potosí Department  Bolivia (1968)

Specimen size: 1.3 × 1.2 × 0.5 cm = 0.51” × 0.47” × 0.20”

Phosphophyllite.
Platinum
Platinum. Front
Front
Platinum. Rear
Rear
Platinum. Side
Side
Platinum. Side
Side
 

EA51AA4: Floater aggregate of very sharp and bright Platinum crystals. They are cubic and slightly beveled by the dodecahedron. The sample is from one of the great classic localities for this native element, from which almost exclusively come well crystallized samples.
Talnakh, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Zabaykalsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 0.7 × 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.28” × 0.20” × 0.16”

Weight: 1.0 grams
Prehnite with Epidote
 

TV66H3: A curved crystal of quality both for its size and sharpness and its detached position on the matrix with small prismatic crystals of Epidote. A classic Alpine specimen.
La Combe de la Selle, Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans, Le Bourg d'Oisans Comune, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (1998)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4 × 2.4 cm = 2.05” × 1.57” × 0.94”

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

Prehnite with Epidote. Prehnite with Epidote.
Pyrite with Hematite
Pyrite with Hematite. Pyrite with Hematite.
Pyrite with Hematite.
 

MJ86D5: The perfection of the form, and so well placed on its minor Hematite pedestal... Just one minor ding on one of the bottom corners, but basically we can describe it as perfect on all its sides. Extremely eudral oldie!
Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany  Italy

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3 × 3.4 cm = 1.38” × 1.18” × 1.34”

Pyrite
 

TM37AE9: Complex Pyrite crystal, very rich in faces, with a dominant octahedron, very bright and on matrix. A rarity at Milpillas, very interesting from a morphological point of view.
This specimen has been reviewed and published in the special "Milpillas" of the magazine ‘Lapis’ number 07-08/2017, page 35 and in the monograph 'The Milpillas Mine' of the ‘Mineralogical Record‘ magazine on page 612 in the volume 52, number 5, September-October 2021
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (04/2016)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.6 × 3 cm = 1.46” × 1.42” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.2 cm = 1.22” × 0.87”

Pyrite.
Pyrite with Calcite
Pyrite with Calcite.
 

NA58G8: Splendid miniature, very esthetical. Pyrite growth as an elegant aggregate of cubic crystals lightly curved associated with globular formations of lenticular crystals of white Calcite. The piece represents a good reference of the species from Panasqueira.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2004)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.5 × 1.5 cm = 1.77” × 1.38” × 0.59”

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

Pyrite octahedral
 

CF67D6: Great brilliance and complex crystallography, with multiple combinations of cubes and octahedrons. It is a floater and as good as the photo suggests. Note the curious forms of the octahedral growth patterns that are present on all the front faces of the Pyrite.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department  Peru

Specimen size: 8.4 × 8 × 9.5 cm = 3.31” × 3.15” × 3.74”

Main crystal size: 9 × 8 cm = 3.54” × 3.15”

Pyrite octahedral. Pyrite octahedral.
Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite.
 

NP6M3: A classic specimen from one of the most famous Spanish mineral localities. Group of crystals formed by the prism and terminal pinacoids. Prism faces show color zoning, darker at the base. These Pyromorphites, which are now very difficult to obtain, were collected in the early 20th century.
El Horcajo Mines, El Horcajo, Almodóvar del Campo, Comarca Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (±1910)

Specimen size: 1.6 × 1.3 × 0.9 cm = 0.63” × 0.51” × 0.35”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Pyromorphite
 

N96EX3: Fine miniature, very aerial and esthetic, with crystals formed by a short prism and the pinacoide, with very well defined faces and edges and showing apple-green color and a very intense luster. Some of the crystals are doubly terminated. The sample is from the excellent, and already famous, find in 1997.
San Andrés Mine, Realces pocket (Victoria), Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba, Andalusia  Spain (10/11-1997)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.5 × 1 cm = 1.46” × 0.98” × 0.39”

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Pyromorphite.
Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.
 

N86NQ7: Group on matrix of multiple subparallel growths of very acute elongated crystals, a very unusual habit at San Andrés, similar to the samples from El Horcajo. This kind of crystal which dominates, co-exists with another generation of darker but well-developed small crystals. A glory of the past, from one of the best pockets ever found at the San Andrés Mine.
San Andrés Mine, del tunel pocket, Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba, Andalusia  Spain (11/1998)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 4.7 × 4.3 cm = 2.72” × 1.85” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.5 cm = 0.43” × 0.20”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite  

RA50F8: A group of elongated crystals with the typical color for the locality, excellent brilliance, extraordinary crystal definition and good crystal size. A venerable label from S. Henson (London) accompanies it.
Bad Ems, Bad Ems District, Lahn Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany (±1920)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.2 × 2.1 cm = 1.30” × 0.87” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.9 cm = 0.71” × 0.35”

With handwritten note & record from the Folch Collection (duplicates)

Minor fluorescence long UV
Pyromorphite. Front
Front
Pyromorphite. Rear
Rear
Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite.
 

E84J: During 2000 the most important mineral 'explosion' has been the Pyromorphite found in China. This comes from this exceptional find.
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (05/2000)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3 cm = 1.38” × 1.18”

Pyromorphite
 

EP91K6: Polysynthetic growths of prismatic crystals with a very deep hollow termination. Color and luster are excellent.
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2004)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.1 × 1.8 cm = 1.69” × 0.83” × 0.71”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Pyromorphite. Front
Front
Pyromorphite. Rear
Rear
Pyromorphite. Top
Top
Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite. Front
Front
Pyromorphite. Side
Side
Pyromorphite.
 

ER88AD3: Druse of Pyromorphite crystals on a limonite matrix, with very well defined faces and edges, with an extraordinary color and luster, of the best quality for the locality. A French classic.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 6.2 × 3 × 4.2 cm = 2.44” × 1.18” × 1.65”

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

Smoky Quartz with inclusions and Chlorite
 

TP92L0: An interesting novelty of Tucson 2008 due to the quality and locality. Group of deep smoky Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant and partially doubly terminated, with well defined faces and edges. Crystals are transparent with several inclusions. We particularly like one of the inclusions, located at the top of the main Quartz crystal, of snowy well defined white globular crystals, whose identity we can’t say.
Diamantina, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (11/2007)

Specimen size: 11 × 10.5 × 5.1 cm = 4.33” × 4.13” × 2.01”

Main crystal size: 8.2 × 2.7 cm = 3.23” × 1.06”

Smoky Quartz with inclusions and Chlorite. Smoky Quartz with inclusions and Chlorite.
Smoky Quartz with inclusions and Chlorite.
Quartz (variety amethyst) scepter
Quartz (variety amethyst) scepter.
 

EQ27: Doubly terminated, sceptered on the first generation milky Quartz. Great architecture.
Don Nicolás Mine, Villa Rafael Benegas (Villa Benegas), Mina Clavero, San Alberto Department, Córdoba Province  Argentina (01-06/2000)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.4 × 3 cm = 2.05” × 1.34” × 1.18”

Quartz (variety amethyst) "phantom"
 

TF30L3: From a locality not yet well known by mineral collectors, the crystal presents a very curious flattened morphology, where two parallel prism faces have virtually disappeared. We would like to call your attention on the extraordinary transparency and the attractive distribution of intense violet cloudy forms inside the specimen.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 22 in number 2008/2.
Antanimbaribe (Antany- Ambaribe), Antananarivo Province  Madagascar (2007)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 1.9 × 1.1 cm = 3.35” × 0.75” × 0.43”

Quartz (variety amethyst) "phantom". Front
Front
Quartz (variety amethyst) "phantom". Rear
Rear
Quartz (variety amethyst) "phantom". Top
Top
Quartz (variety amethyst) with Hematite inclusions
Quartz (variety amethyst) with Hematite inclusions. Front
Front
Quartz (variety amethyst) with Hematite inclusions. Side
Side
Quartz (variety amethyst) with Hematite inclusions.
 

TR93K1: Elegant group of Quartz (amethyst) crystals that form scepters and inverse scepters. They are bright and have a deep and uniform color and Hematite inclusions. We note that such large and high quality specimens from Tamil Nadu are very scarce and we feel happy to have the opportunity to offer this one.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a reference for the locality in the magazine ‘Lapis‘ number 01/2022, page 36
Kakamunurle Quarry, Karur District, Tamil Nadu  India (09-10/2006)

Specimen size: 13.5 × 11.8 × 7 cm = 5.31” × 4.65” × 2.76”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 0.6 cm = 1.69” × 0.24”

Rose Quartz
 

TC96D9: Pink Quartz that has good color, in fact it is almost red. But the best feature of the specimen is the definition, as the upper crystals have perfect forms, which is unusual in this Quartz.
This was from the Luis Leite collection, so we will send Luis’ label to the person that buys it.
Galileia, Minas Gerais  Brazil

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

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

Rose Quartz. Rose Quartz.
Red Quartz with Sphalerite
Red Quartz with Sphalerite. Red Quartz with Sphalerite.
 

EJ38D5: Well, I feel that the photo says everything. Maybe I should just add that the matrix is not Quartz but Sphalerite with some well formed crystals. As is well known, the small white areas on the red crystals are a second generation of white Quartz.
Second Sovetskii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia (2001)

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

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 0.7 cm = 1.26” × 0.28”

Quartz
 

TP93E2: This red Quartz is an elegant floater with all the crystals doubly terminated and partially covered by a second generation of white Quartz. This is one of the most esthetic specimens of this type that we have seen.
Second Sovetskii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia (2003)

Specimen size: 10.5 × 7 × 5 cm = 4.13” × 2.76” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 0.5 cm = 2.44” × 0.20”

Quartz.
Rhodochrosite with Ferberite
Rhodochrosite with Ferberite.
 

AC66D4: Floater, complete, damage free, sweet red color, associated with Ferberite, Pyrite, and Mica, and the more important point: it is unusual. Only a few specimens are found from time to time at the Yao-gan-xian Mine and it is rare that they are damage free and esthetic.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (2002)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.2 × 1.4 cm = 1.97” × 1.26” × 0.55”

Rhodochrosite on Quartz
 

MA16F0: The deep pink color of these sprays is very noticeable. The crystals are flattened rhombohedra that have a lenticular look. The base of small crystals of Quartz contrasts neatly with the Rhodochrosite.
Boldut Mine, Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures  Romania (±1999)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.8 × 1.5 cm = 2.17” × 1.89” × 0.59”

Type locality
Rhodochrosite on Quartz.
Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Pyrite
Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Pyrite. neon light (day light)
neon light (day light)
Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Pyrite. bulb light
bulb light
Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Pyrite. neon light (day light)
neon light (day light)
Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Pyrite. bulb light
bulb light
 

SD87AC1: An extraordinary sample. An aggregate of rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and very large for the species. The crystals, on matrix, are very well defined, coated by small crystals of Quartz, and they have a soft pink color in daylight and a very intense pink shade under any incandescent or LED lamp.
Cassandra Mines, Chalkidiki Prefecture, Macedonia Department  Greece

Specimen size: 14.5 × 11.3 × 8.9 cm = 5.71” × 4.45” × 3.50”

Main crystal size: 10 × 3.9 cm = 3.94” × 1.54”

Rhodochrosite
 

ND27D4: Clean, perfect Rhodochrosite, aerial crystals with very good contrast with their black manganese oxide matrix.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department  Peru

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.5 × 2.9 cm = 1.77” × 1.38” × 1.14”

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

Rhodochrosite. Rhodochrosite.
Rhodochrosite
Rhodochrosite.
 

MC50G9: Crystals are rhombohedrons with very sharp faces and edges of a splendid size and we call your attention to its great color and the elegant grouping.
Manuelita Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (10/2005)

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

Rhodochrosite with Pyrite and Sphalerite
 

EL37P5: Rhombohedral crystals with a very well marked color zoning, deeper in the central area of each crystal. The matrix of Pyrite crystals makes the piece especially esthetic.
Manuelita Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (11/2008)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.6 × 3.1 cm = 2.52” × 2.20” × 1.22”

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

Rhodochrosite with Pyrite and Sphalerite. Rhodochrosite with Pyrite and Sphalerite.
Rhodochrosite with Tennantite-Tetrahedrite (Series)
Rhodochrosite with Tennantite-Tetrahedrite (Series). Rhodochrosite with Tennantite-Tetrahedrite (Series).
Rhodochrosite with Tennantite-Tetrahedrite (Series).
 

EM99AD9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2016. Spheroidal and rosette aggregates of Rhodochrosite microcrystals that have a very vivid and uniform pink color. They are on matrix, with tetrahedral Tennantite-Tetrahedrite series crystals with very well-defined extraordinarily bright faces and edges. The sample has great quality for the locality and it is very different to the more common Rhodochrosite previously found there.
Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department  Peru (01-02/2016)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 6.3 × 3.9 cm = 2.87” × 2.48” × 1.54”

Rhodochrosite
 

EE47G3: An excellent miniature. Crystals are scalenohedrons, clear and of a magnificent color. A classic.
N'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa

Specimen size: 2 × 1.9 × 1.3 cm = 0.79” × 0.75” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.5 cm = 0.55” × 0.20”

Rhodochrosite.
Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Tetrahedrite
Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Tetrahedrite. Front
Front
Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Tetrahedrite. Side
Side
 

MC27H1: A perfect thumbnail. The single rhombohedral crystal has an excellent transparency and a very deep color and it’s on a small matrix with three small Quartz crystals, very transparent and esthetically positioned.
Sweet Home Mine, Hedgehog pocket, Main Stope drift, Mount Bross, Alma District, Park County, Colorado  USA (09/1996)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.79” × 0.59” × 0.51”

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

Rhodochrosite with Tetrahedrite and Quartz
 

EX16G4: Splendid miniature from a now closed source. Color and the crystal definition are excellent. The group is very aerial, on matrix of Tetrahedrite with small Quartz crystals.
Sweet Home Mine, Corner pocket, Watercourse raise, Mount Bross, Alma District, Park County, Colorado  USA (09/1994)

Specimen size: 4 × 2.8 × 2.5 cm = 1.57” × 1.10” × 0.98”

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

Rhodochrosite with Tetrahedrite and Quartz.
Rhodochrosite with Quartz
Rhodochrosite with Quartz.
 

T980A: Rhodochrosite with Quartz, Tetrahedrite, Chalcopyrite and Fluorite. This Rhodochrosite is special because of the size and perfection of the crystal, and above all for the excellent position it has on the complex matrix (with four different associated minerals). A very 'showy' specimen which would display well in any cabinet.
Sweet Home Mine, Rivas pocket, Fluorite raise, Mount Bross, Alma District, Park County, Colorado  USA (1998)

Specimen size: 8 × 8 cm = 3.15” × 3.15”

Rhodonite
 

TA56J6: Very nice miniature with excellent color and transparency and great esthetic due the Rhodonite crystals standing up on the white Calcite crystals.
San Martín Mine, Chiurucu (Chiuruco), Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department  Peru (03/2007)

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

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

Rhodonite. Front
Front
Rhodonite. Rear
Rear
Rhodonite
Rhodonite. Front
Front
Rhodonite. Top
Top
 

MA51K6: Group of flattened Rhodonite crystals of excellent color and luster. We especially note the intensity of the color, nearer to red more than pink, which is characteristic of the July-August 2007 samples.
San Martín Mine, Chiurucu (Chiuruco), Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department  Peru (07/2007)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3.2 × 2.4 cm = 1.34” × 1.26” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.7 cm = 0.63” × 0.28”

Rhodonite with Quartz, Pyrite and Sphalerite
 

TW26L0: Excellent Rhodonite crystal groups on matrix. Very bright, flattened and of a magnificent color, more red than pink. Partially covered with small Quartz crystals.
San Martín Mine, Chiurucu (Chiuruco), Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department  Peru (09/2007)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 6 × 4.8 cm = 2.68” × 2.36” × 1.89”

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

Rhodonite with Quartz, Pyrite and Sphalerite. Front
Front
Rhodonite with Quartz, Pyrite and Sphalerite. Side
Side
Rhodonite with Quartz, Pyrite and Sphalerite.
Rhodonite with Quartz and Pyrite
Rhodonite with Quartz and Pyrite. Front
Front
Rhodonite with Quartz and Pyrite. Front
Front
Rhodonite with Quartz and Pyrite.
 

MK36K6: Group of flattened Rhodonite crystals of excellent color and luster with small crystals of Quartz and Pyrite. We especially note the intensity of the color, nearer to red more than pink, which is characteristic of the July-August 2007 samples.
San Martín Mine, Chiurucu (Chiuruco), Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department  Peru (08/2007)

Specimen size: 8 × 5 × 3.7 cm = 3.15” × 1.97” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.5 cm = 0.43” × 0.20”

Rosasite
 

TQ66V5: Flattened botryoidal aggregate on limonite matrix, with intense and uniform bluish green color. As a curiosity we note that the nodule resembles vaguely the outline of USA.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2010)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.6 × 1 cm = 2.13” × 1.42” × 0.39”

Rosasite.
Roselite
Roselite.
Roselite.
 

EZ76E6: A fine lacework of crystals of Roselite. The crystals are not large but the beauty...
Agoudal Mines, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2004)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm = 1.46” × 1.26” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.24” × 0.16”

Roweite with Olshanskyite
 

EA16AF9: Rosette aggregate of laminar Roweite crystals of great size and quality for what has been known of this species. It is on matrix, with colorless and transparent Olshanskyite crystals. The Roweite crystals, that are well differentiated, have a light creamy color with very well defined faces and edges. The quality of the specimens is undoubtedly superior to what was previously known, both for the individuality of the crystals and for their sharpness, but also for the size of the crystals and their association with first class Olshanskyite which makes them deserving to be in the best private collections and museums. We have analyzed specimens to confirm the identity of the species and we will send a copy of the different species to buyers.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘Munich 2017’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 72 of number 1/2018, the magazine ‘Rocks & Minerals’ on page 404 in the volume 96, number 5, Sep/Oct 2021 and in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 62 of the 2017/02 edition
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (04/2017)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.2 × 1.9 cm = 1.54” × 1.26” × 0.75”

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

Roweite with Olshanskyite. Roweite with Olshanskyite.
Rutile and Hematite
Rutile and Hematite. Front
Front
Rutile and Hematite. Rear
Rear
 

EA66E2: Large, thick Rutile crystals oriented with the Hematite. This is a really beautiful floater.
Caí bom Mine, Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil (02/04)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3.1 × 0.3 cm = 1.30” × 1.22” × 0.12”

Scheelite
 

EY97D1: Gemmy, pearly, colorless Scheelite just colored black in some zones. Perfect, sharp and standing upright on its matrix of Quartz partially covered by Calcite. An unusual, lovely, and gemmy Scheelite.
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures  Romania (2002)

Specimen size: 5 × 4 × 2.5 cm = 1.97” × 1.57” × 0.98”

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

Scheelite fluorescent long & short UV
Scheelite.
Scheelite.
Scheelite with Dolomite
Scheelite with Dolomite.
 

AE67M5: Parallel growth of sharp and bright dipyramidal crystals that contrast with the snowy white color of the Dolomite matrix. Great quality for the locality.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (2003)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.4 × 3.3 cm = 2.09” × 1.34” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 0.67” × 0.63”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Scheelite on Muscovite
 

MJ38E0: The crystals are not that large but they are well defined, well positioned on the white Muscovite matrix, and thus give a good mix of quality and esthetics.
Pingwu Mine, Huya township, Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province  China (2002)

Specimen size: 10 × 6 × 3.3 cm = 3.94” × 2.36” × 1.30”

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

Extremely fluorescent short UV
Scheelite on Muscovite. Scheelite on Muscovite.
Scheelite with Beryl and Muscovite
Scheelite with Beryl and Muscovite.
Scheelite with Beryl and Muscovite.
 

EC64K8: Dipyramidal Scheelite crystal, of sharp faces and edges, intense brilliance and deep honey yellow color. On a Muscovite matrix and tabular Beryl crystals accompany it. This kind of specimen of especially high quality, as in this case, is increasingly scarce.
Pingwu Mine, Huya township, Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province  China (2004)

Specimen size: 13 × 8 × 5 cm = 5.12” × 3.15” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 3.9 × 3.7 cm = 1.54” × 1.46”

Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV
Schorl on Quartz

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TG13AJ8: Very aerial and doubly terminated Schorl crystals formed by a short prism and terminal flat rhombohedral faces. They are very bright and are on matrix with small Quartz crystals. Sculptural, extraordinarily esthetic.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2020, page 59
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.1 × 3.3 cm = 2.44” × 2.01” × 1.30”

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

Schorl on Quartz. Front
Front
Schorl on Quartz. Rear
Rear
Schorl on Quartz.
Schorl on Quartz
Schorl on Quartz.
 

TJ3B6: From the latest find of excellent Namibian Schorl we selected this esthetics and brilliant specimen on white Quartz matrix that it is not too common in this find.
Davib East Farm 61 (Davib Ost Farm), Karibib District, Erongo Region  Namibia (07-08/2001)

Specimen size: 8 × 7 cm = 3.15” × 2.76”

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

Shattuckite with Cerussite and Malachite
 

MX76M5: “Nest” of botryoidal growths of Shattuckite of very deep blue color, on Quartz matrix, with small crystals of Malachite and Cerussite. Really beautiful!
Kandesei Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region  Namibia (2007)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.6 × 4.9 cm = 2.48” × 1.81” × 1.93”

Shattuckite with Cerussite and Malachite. Shattuckite with Cerussite and Malachite.
Silver with Calcite
Silver with Calcite. Front
Front
Silver with Calcite. Rear
Rear
Silver with Calcite.
 

EF87V7: Visually this sample seems like typical arborescent Silver, but it is a group of very well formed cubo-octahedral spinel-twinned crystals. An excellent miniature, a great classic.
Kongsberg mining district, Kongsberg  Norway

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 1.34” × 0.87” × 0.59”

Silver
 

TP87Z3: Aggregates of very elongated Silver crystals with very notable wire growths and with aggregates of small, very bright Quartz crystals. A great sample of a great European classic.
Kongsberg mining district, Kongsberg  Norway

Specimen size: 4 × 4 × 2.8 cm = 1.57” × 1.57” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.67” × 0.12”

Silver. Front
Front
Silver. Rear
Rear
Silver. Top
Top
Silver.
Wire Silver with Rhodochrosite
Wire Silver with Rhodochrosite.
 

E441A: Better color for this wire Silver with Rhodochrosite and unusual dark brownish matrix of amorphous hydrated Manganese Silicate.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department  Peru (2001)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 2.5 cm = 1.77” × 0.98”

Silver with Calcite and Galena
 

VB94AE5: Very aerial arborescent growth of native silver. It is very bright, has very elongated crystals with strong curvatures (wire growth) and it is on a rocky matrix with Galena and Calcite.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department  Peru (02/2009)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.5 × 2.3 cm = 2.64” × 1.77” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 1.4 cm = 1.10” × 0.55”

Silver with Calcite and Galena. Front
Front
Silver with Calcite and Galena. Rear
Rear
Silver with Calcite and Galena.
Silver
Silver. Silver.
 

EX67I1: A great classic. The specimen is splendid, very esthetic and on matrix, with elongated crystals having acute terminations and well-defined faces (a rare feature with Silver specimens), and arborescent growths. Some very small green Sphalerite crystals appear on the tops of some of the Silver crystals.
Kongsberg mining district, Kongsberg  Norway

Specimen size: 6.9 × 5.5 × 1.3 cm = 2.72” × 2.17” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.08”

Spessartine with smoky Quartz
 

DE66E4: Excellent color and brilliance in the Spessartine and the smoky Quartz is particularly transparent.
Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province  China (2004)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.5 × 2.5 cm = 2.44” × 2.17” × 0.98”

Spessartine with smoky Quartz.
Spessartine with Feldspar and Mica
Spessartine with Feldspar and Mica. Spessartine with Feldspar and Mica.
 

EV17G9: Crystals are sharply developed trapezohedra and they have an excellent color and luster. The crystals grew on a matrix of Feldspar, probably Orthoclase, with small crystals of Mica.
The specimen has been published in the book 'China', by Berthold Ottens, on page 468
Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province  China (2004)

Specimen size: 8 × 6.5 × 1.7 cm = 3.15” × 2.56” × 0.67”

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

Feldspar fluorescent long & short UV
Sphalerite with Dolomite
 

NK57K9: An excellent miniature of sharp faces and edges, with a very well defined twin. Excellent transparency, luster and color, which resembles honey. Crystals are partially covered by white Dolomite.
The specimen has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Lapis’ on page 23, volume 36, number 7-8, July-August 2011 and on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What's New’ section of the March 13, 2008 edition.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 2 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.79” × 0.59” × 0.51”

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

Sphalerite with Dolomite.
Sphalerite with Dolomite
Sphalerite with Dolomite.
 

NC60I6: Complex crystals of curved faces and edges, with excellent color and luster. With white Dolomite crystals.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.1 × 2.2 cm = 1.42” × 0.83” × 0.87”

Sphalerite
 

TP47AG7: Group of crystals that are very rich in faces with the predominant form of the tetrahedron. They are bright, translucent, and have an extraordinarily intense and deep green color. The sample has a very much greater quality than those from the more popular 9 September Mine and, in fact, due its transparency and the intensity of its color it is possible to consider it of a better quality than the worldwide famous green Sphalerite from Picos de Europa, Spain.
Androvo Mine, Erma Reka, Zlatograd, Smolyan Oblast  Bulgaria (10/2015)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.7 × 3 cm = 1.50” × 1.46” × 1.18”

Sphalerite. Front
Front
Sphalerite. Front
Front
Sphalerite. With light behind
With light behind
Sphalerite
Sphalerite. Sphalerite.
 

EM98D4: Have you ever seen anything like it? I have not! Like a walking stick, formed from a myriad of pseudoctahedral stalactitic Sphalerite crystals that makes a column of crystals complete (healed) on both sides. Are you looking for something different? Then this is it.
Second Sovetskii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia (2002)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 2.56” × 0.28” × 0.24”

Sphalerite with Quartz
 

TD27D8: The Sphalerites from China are very similar to the ones from Aliva, Spain, but normally people say that their transparency and brilliance is not as good. Exceptionally in a few cases the quality is very similar or maybe even better than the Spanish ones. That is the case with this beautiful specimen, and we believe that the photo clearly shows its great quality, and how it stands out from the white Quartz matrix.
The specimen has been published in the book 'China', by Berthold Ottens, on page 362
Taolin Mine, Linxiang, Yueyang Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (2003)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4 × 3.5 cm = 2.05” × 1.57” × 1.38”

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

Sphalerite with Quartz. Sphalerite with Quartz.
Twinned Spinel
Twinned Spinel. Twinned Spinel.
 

MB37D8: The Myanmar Spinels are well known for their quality, color and transparency. We buy quite a few and from time to time we come across the rare cases where the Spinel is a twin. In this case the twin is very clear and its form very well defined. The color is also magnificent and it is accompanied by other un-twinned Spinel crystals that are also of a good color.
Pein-Pyit, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division)  Myanmar (Burma) (2003)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.4 × 1.8 cm = 1.02” × 0.94” × 0.71”

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Spinel on Calcite
 

M60GC9: This Spinel is not only gemmy, but also extremely clear, standing upright on top of the Calcite. The crystal is complete, although as the photo shows, one corner is less sharp (more rounded) than the rest of the crystal faces. The light passes through this crystal so easily that it almost seems to be attracted by it!
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division)  Myanmar (Burma) (09/97)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.4 × 2.3 cm = 1.18” × 0.94” × 0.91”

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

Spinel on Calcite. Spinel on Calcite.
Spinel
Spinel. Front
Front
Spinel. Side
Side
 

TX68AC6: Floater aggregate of octahedral Spinel crystals that have parallel growths, are translucent, very bright and have a very intense and deep color.
Pein-Pyit, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division)  Myanmar (Burma) (2015)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3 × 2.7 cm = 1.61” × 1.18” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.5 cm = 0.67” × 0.59”

Twinned Stannite with Zinkenite
 

TA53G9: Twinned, giant (for the species) and sharp crystals of Stannite. It came from the finds of old miners in the famous San José Mine. The sample is exceptional both for the quality of Stannite and its esthetics and for the presence of acicular crystals of Zinkenite.
The specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Rocks & Minerals’ on page 460 in the volume 81, number 6, and in the magazine ‘extraLAPIS - English edition’ on page 31, number 12, "Bolivia".
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department  Bolivia (10/2004)

Specimen size: 4 × 2.3 × 1.7 cm = 1.57” × 0.91” × 0.67”

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

Twinned Stannite with Zinkenite. Front
Front
Twinned Stannite with Zinkenite. Side
Side
Twinned Stannite with Zinkenite. Bottom
Bottom
Stibiotantalite
Stibiotantalite. Front
Front
Stibiotantalite. Rear
Rear
Stibiotantalite. Top
Top
 

MJ36AE4: Extraordinarily sharp single crystal with very well defined faces and edges, translucent and very bright. A rarity of great quality.
Naipa Mine, Alto Ligonha pegmatite, Zambezia Province  Mozambique (06/2016)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm = 1.02” × 0.98” × 0.59”

Stibnite
 

EF37AC5: Radial aggregates of acicular Stibnite crystals. They are very bright and are with small Calcite crystals.
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures  Romania (±1970)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 7 × 2.7 cm = 3.27” × 2.76” × 1.06”

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

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer
Stibnite. Stibnite.
Stibnite with Baryte
Stibnite with Baryte. Front
Front
Stibnite with Baryte. Rear
Rear
Stibnite with Baryte.
 

EP74Y4: Divergent aggregate of very elongated acicular crystals. They are very bright and are with a group of white laminar Baryte crystals. An excellent Romanian classic, very esthetic.
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramures  Romania (1960-1970)

Specimen size: 19.5 × 7.2 × 7.1 cm = 7.68” × 2.83” × 2.80”

Main crystal size: 7 × 0.2 cm = 2.76” × 0.08”

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer

Baryte minor fluorescence long & short UV
Tarbuttite with Parascholzite-Scholzite
 

EM16AI1: A very special “museum quality” sample from the type locality for the species. It is very rich in Tarbuttite crystals that are on a limonite matrix. The crystals, of great quality, are extraordinarily sharp, colorless, clear and very bright. Also on the matrix there are white, acicular Scholzite crystals and creamy colored Parascholzite crystals.
Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Kabwe-Ka Mukuba), Kabwe District, Central Province  Zambia (±1990)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 5.7 × 5.9 cm = 3.07” × 2.24” × 2.32”

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Type locality
Tarbuttite with Parascholzite-Scholzite. Front
Front
Tarbuttite with Parascholzite-Scholzite. Side
Side
Tarbuttite with Parascholzite-Scholzite. Tarbuttite with Parascholzite-Scholzite.
Tarbuttite with Smithsonite
Tarbuttite with Smithsonite. Front
Front
Tarbuttite with Smithsonite. Rear
Rear
Tarbuttite with Smithsonite. Tarbuttite with Smithsonite.
 

MD74AG4: Fan-like sprays of Tarbuttite crystals with very acute terminations, very well defined faces and edges and on matrix, with violet botryoidal Smithsonite. The sample, very esthetic and of a great quality for the species, is from the Desmond Sacco collection whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a reference for the Tarbuttite species in the magazine ‘Lapis‘ number 04/2021, page 11 as well as in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2018, page 105
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Lüderitz District, ǁKaras Region  Namibia (±2014)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 6.3 × 4.8 cm = 3.82” × 2.48” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.8 cm = 0.71” × 0.31”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV

With handwritten label from the Desmond Sacco Collection
Titanite on Albite
 

TH27D9: An extraordinary specimen, which has two twinned crystals on matrix of white Albite. One of them has a very unusual form, they are perfect, and have absolutely no dings or even abrasions, which in this a small miracle given how aerial the crystals are and how difficult it normally is to get undamaged material from this region. On top of that they are very gemmy and the color is both more lively and appealing than is typical for these Titanites.
A photo of this specimen was used in our advert that appeared in the Extra-Lapis English edition on Pakistan-Afghanistan.
Haramosh Mountains, Baltistan District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (±1988)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.5 × 3 cm = 1.73” × 1.38” × 1.18”

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

Titanite on Albite. Front
Front
Titanite on Albite. Top
Top
Titanite on Albite.
Topaz 'saramenha'
Topaz 'saramenha'. Front
Front
Topaz 'saramenha'. Top
Top
 

TD77G0: This single crystal is undamaged. Development of faces, both prism and the tip pyramid, is very good, with excellent color and brilliance.
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 5.1 × 1.4 × 1 cm = 2.01” × 0.55” × 0.39”

Fluorescent short UV
Topaz with 'lepidolite'
 

EE97J5: Excellent sample, of nice color, rare on crystals of this size. It combines perfectly defined faces with others that have dissolution forms. The crystal is partially covered by small groups of 'lepidolite'. A high quality specimen, dignifying any fine collection.
Teixerinha Mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais  Brazil (06-07/2006)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 8.7 × 6.7 cm = 4.02” × 3.43” × 2.64”

Topaz zoned fluorescence short UV and Lepidolite low fluorescence short UV
Topaz with 'lepidolite'. Front
Front
Topaz with 'lepidolite'. Side
Side
Topaz with 'lepidolite'. Top
Top
Topaz with Albite
Topaz with Albite. Front
Front
Topaz with Albite. Rear
Rear
Topaz with Albite. Top
Top
 

TR48Q1: Doubly terminated crystal whose terminations are very rich in faces. It is very bright and transparent and has the clear brown color typical of the locality. It is on an Albite matrix.
Yuno, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (2004)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 2.2 × 2.7 cm = 1.81” × 0.87” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 1.7 cm = 1.42” × 0.67”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Tourmaline (Group)
 

MV89G5: A floater crystal whose base is partially re-crystallized. It has beautiful color zones, with a clear contrast between the inner red zone red, and the skin which varies from green to yellow. The lower termination is especially complex.
Anjanabonoina, Betafo, Antsirabé  Madagascar (04/2005)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 1.8 × 1.5 cm = 1.30” × 0.71” × 0.59”

Tourmaline (Group). Front
Front
Tourmaline (Group). Top
Top
Tourmaline (Group). Bottom
Bottom
Uvarovite
Uvarovite.
 

EY46D1: From the legendary Outokumpu Uvarovite Garnet locality comes this old timer. A sharp, well colored, single Uvarovite crystal, floater, and pretty huge for the species.
Mokkivaara Mine, Outokumpu  Finland (±1960)

Specimen size: 1.4 × 1.3 × 1.1 cm = 0.55” × 0.51” × 0.43”

Uvarovite
 

TD49V4: A rich crystalline surface of dodecahedral crystals larger and more isolated than usual in such samples. They have very well defined faces and edges, a deep and intense green color and they are very bright and on matrix.
Saranovskii Mine, Saranovskaya (Sarany), Gornozavodskii, Perm Krai, Ural  Russia (2010)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 7.3 × 3.2 cm = 3.23” × 2.87” × 1.26”

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

Uvarovite. Uvarovite.
Fluor-uvite with Magnesite
Fluor-uvite with Magnesite.
 

EZ47K1: Esthetic group of crystals formed by the rhombohedron and a very short prism. The group is on a matrix of clear crystals of Magnesite.
Pomba Pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil (02/2007)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.3 × 2.2 cm = 1.26” × 0.91” × 0.87”

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

Fluorescent short UV
Valentinite with Pyrite
Valentinite with Pyrite  

EG27Y2: Fanlike growth of flat parallel crystals on a small matrix, with Pyrite. The Valentinite crystals have a considerable size for the species and are translucent, with a silky luster on the prism faces and more vitreous on terminations. An excellent miniature of great quality. The sample is from the Alfredo Petrov collection whose label we’ll send to the buyer
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.2 × 2 cm = 1.10” × 0.87” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2 cm = 0.87” × 0.79”

Valentinite with Pyrite. Front
Front
Valentinite with Pyrite. Rear
Rear
Vanadinite
Vanadinite.
 

A861B: Superb color and brilliance on this hyper esthetic specimen. It comes from an old find and I have been able to obtain it because of the new status of the Vanadinites.
ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (1994)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 6.5 cm = 3.74” × 2.56”

Vesuvianite
 

MC59R5: Fine and very beautiful miniature with prismatic crystals with sharp and very well defined faces and edges, and with excellent terminations. Very bright, some of the crystals are absolutely transparent and with excellent color, very deep and uniform. A classic miniature.
From the collection of Tiziano Bonisoli, of Torino, whose label number 7539 we'll send to the buyer.
Banchette, Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley (Val d'Aosta)  Italy (1975)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.4 × 2.3 cm = 1.26” × 0.94” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.8 cm = 0.63” × 0.31”

Vesuvianite. Front
Front
Vesuvianite. Top
Top
Doubly terminated Vesuvianite
Doubly terminated Vesuvianite. Front
Front
Doubly terminated Vesuvianite. Top
Top
Doubly terminated Vesuvianite  

TM67H3: The specimen, as accompanying label shows, is of the 19th century. Crystal is a complete floater and doubly terminated, very transparent and having a darker color zone in one of the terminations. It is from the Steve Smale collection.
Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley (Val d'Aosta)  Italy (±1850)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 1.1 × 0.7 cm = 1.38” × 0.43” × 0.28”

Vesuvianite
 

ME39AA8: Aggregate of elongated crystals, one of them doubly terminated, bright, with very well defined faces and edges, with a greenish-yellow color and mauve colored phantom growths in the center of each crystal. Samples of Vesuvianite from Asbestos of this quality are now very scarce since the reservoir is flooded.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (1999)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3.1 × 1.4 cm = 1.30” × 1.22” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 1.3 cm = 1.30” × 0.51”

Vesuvianite.
Chromium-rich Vesuvianite
Chromium-rich Vesuvianite.
 

TE76E2: The great Jeffrey Quarry in Asbestos, Canada is now closed, so we don't expect to get any more fine material from there in the future. In the last few days of its glorious history the Jeffrey Mine nevertheless gave us one small pocket with extremely intensely green Chromium rich Vesuvianite: this specimen on matrix with sharp crystals comes from this pocket.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (05/02)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.87” × 0.79” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.5 cm = 0.51” × 0.20”

Vivianite
 

TA11E7: I have never before offered Vivianites on my web site. This is because I have always worried that its sensitivity to light and humidity might mean that as time passes a client might have problems with the specimen. In this case I have chosen to add it as both the matrix it sits on, with is absence of sulfides, and the formation where they are found mean that it is very likely to be stable for years to some.
So now that I have added these warnings, I will just point out the perfection, size, and transparency of this one, as well as the fact that it is on matrix. All these factors mean that it would compete with the best examples of this species. A top quality specimen.
Tomokoni Miine, Machacamarca District, Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosí Department  Bolivia (07-08 / 2003)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 3.9 × 3.2 cm = 3.74” × 1.54” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 7.4 × 2.4 cm = 2.91” × 0.94”

Vivianite. Front
Front
Vivianite. Side
Side
Volborthite with Azurite
Volborthite with Azurite. Front
Front
Volborthite with Azurite. Side
Side
Volborthite with Azurite. Top
Top
Volborthite with Azurite. Close-up
Close-up
 

TE67AJ2: Rosette aggregate of flattened and very well defined Volborthite crystals that are bright with a deep olive green color. With a very sharp, doubly terminated Azurite crystal on the Volborthite that we must consider a rarity. The Milpillas Volborthite samples are probably the world's best for their quality, luster, and crystal size, and they are considered a new standard for this species. An excellent miniature, different from other well-known Volborthites.
The sample has been noted and photographed in the monograph 'The Milpillas Mine' of the ‘Mineralogical Record‘ magazine on page 620 in the volume 52, number 5, September-October 2021
Milpillas Mine, level 26, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (04/2015)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.2 × 1.9 cm = 1.18” × 0.87” × 0.75”

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

Volborthite with Malachite, Azurite and Dickite
Volborthite with Malachite, Azurite and Dickite  

TR13AG1: The Volborthites of Milpillas are among the most spectacular discoveries that have happened in the mineral world in recent years. In general they are of an enormous quality and in aspects this great rosette of crystals with Malachite and on matrix stands out among all others. If someone wants a definitive piece, here it is.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 69 of the 2017/01 edition
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (2015)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.93” × 1.38” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 1.4 cm = 1.30” × 0.55”

Volborthite with Malachite, Azurite and Dickite. Front
Front
Volborthite with Malachite, Azurite and Dickite. Rear
Rear
Volborthite with Malachite, Azurite and Dickite. Top
Top
Volborthite with Malachite, Azurite and Dickite.
Wulfenite
Wulfenite. Front
Front
Wulfenite. Rear
Rear
Wulfenite  

TA27AI9: The Desmond Sacco collection has frequently bestowed small treasures on us, such as this group of Wulfenite crystals on matrix. The yellowish crystals are very sharp, very lustrous and translucent. We will send the former collection label to the buyer.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.8 × 1.5 cm = 0.83” × 0.71” × 0.59”

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

With handwritten label from the Desmond Sacco Collection
Wulfenite
 

TQ53F3: Prismatic crystals of Wulfenite are not very common. In this case the sharpness of the prism is very good, elongated, and with excellent color and brilliance. The main crystal also has another crystal of interpenetrated Wulfenite on one side of it. It is all on a perfectly sized matrix.
Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mountain Range, Municipio Ahumada, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.8 × 3 cm = 1.02” × 1.10” × 1.18”

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

Wulfenite. Front
Front
Wulfenite. Side
Side
Wulfenite with Calcite
Wulfenite with Calcite. Wulfenite with Calcite.
 

TB96AE9: Very aerial pair, on a limonite matrix, of laminar Wulfenite crystals with sharp and very well defined faces and edges, between transparent and translucent, with a very intense orange color. Partially coated by white small Calcite crystals. An excellent thumbnail with a rare shape for the locality.
Los Lamentos Mountain Range, Municipio Ahumada, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 3.1 × 1.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.22” × 0.67” × 0.71”

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

Wulfenite
 

MC17D5: Good color and shape, damage free, floater. Good combination for this oldie.
Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mountain Range, Municipio Ahumada, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.8 × 2.2 cm = 1.89” × 1.50” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.5 cm = 0.79” × 0.59”

Wulfenite.
Wulfenite with Dolomite
Wulfenite with Dolomite. Wulfenite with Dolomite.
 

MB39AA9: Single very sharp dipyramidal Wulfenite crystal. It is translucent, very bright, has orange shades and it is on matrix, with small Dolomite crystals. A splendid miniature, a classic from Tsumeb.
The specimen has been published in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ in the special "Wulfenites of the Caroline Martaud Collection" on page 27, number 2013/1
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.3 × 4.1 cm = 1.65” × 1.30” × 1.61”

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

Former collection Caroline Martaud (Wulfenites)
Wulfenite with Baryte
 

EB89AI7: Very aerial group of Wulfenite crystals with well defined polycrystalline growths. They are very bright, have a very vivid orange color and are on a matrix of white Baryte crystals. Undamaged and without any kind of repair, a little miracle for these Wulfenites from the Mibladen area.
Les Dalles Mine (Lidal Mine), Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2018)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 2.1 × 3.5 cm = 2.09” × 0.83” × 1.38”

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

Wulfenite with Baryte. Front
Front
Wulfenite with Baryte. Rear
Rear
Wulfenite with Baryte. Close-up
Close-up
Wulfenite with Baryte. With slight light behind
With slight light behind
Wulfenite with Calcite
Wulfenite with Calcite. Wulfenite with Calcite.
Wulfenite with Calcite. Wulfenite with Calcite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

MX470AL4: Wulfenite crystals very rich in crystalline forms, well individualized, with a very intense and uniform color and good luster, on matrix and with small rhombohedral Calcite crystals. Excellent example of a classic American locality, from an old collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Red Cloud Mine, Trigo Mountains, Silver District, La Paz County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 8.6 × 6.1 × 2.7 cm = 3.39” × 2.40” × 1.06”

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

Xenotime-(Y) with Rutile inclusions
 

TA73AJ1: A novelty at Tucson 2019. Group of very well defined crystals, some of them completely or partially doubly terminated, formed by a prism and a terminal bipyramid, translucent, extraordinarily bright with a dark brown color with golden reflections due to abundant Rutile inclusions. An excellent miniature.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2019 Tucson Show in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 348 in the volume 50, number 3, the magazine "Lapis" number 03/2019, page 37 and the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2019, page 79
Ibiajara District, Rio do Pires, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil (2018)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.2 × 1.3 cm = 1.02” × 0.87” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.71” × 0.24”

Xenotime-(Y) with Rutile inclusions. Front
Front
Xenotime-(Y) with Rutile inclusions. Rear
Rear
Xenotime-(Y) with Rutile inclusions.
Zincolivenite and Gartrellite
Zincolivenite and Gartrellite. Zincolivenite and Gartrellite.
Zincolivenite and Gartrellite  

TA50AG7: Aggregate, on matrix, of crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They are translucent and bright and have a deep and uniform color. This sample is of great quality for a recently (2006) approved species that needed an accurate analysis to assure a correct attribution. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia (08/1980)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2 × 1.3 cm = 1.61” × 0.79” × 0.51”

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

Zoisite (variety tanzanite)
 

LA73AK0: Zoisite (variety tanzanite) with very well defined crystalline forms, perfect terminal faces, transparent, extraordinarily bright and with a very intense, deep and uniform lavender blue color. A little gem from the Philippe Morelon collection (number 422) whose label, which includes more information on the back, will be sent to the buyer.
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region  Tanzania (2013)

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.1 × 1.2 cm = 0.71” × 0.43” × 0.47”

Former collection of Philippe Morelon
Zoisite (variety tanzanite). Front
Front
Zoisite (variety tanzanite). Rear
Rear
Zoisite (variety tanzanite). Top
Top


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