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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”