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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

MBR91AO0: A novelty for 2021. Shinichengite on matrix (this new mineral species was initially labeled as possible Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite) that forms small fibrous spheroidal intense pink coatings associated with spheroidal growths of orange-brown Bultfonteinite of good size, on matrix.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. If you want to go deeper into the species and the paragenesis of this mine, you can consult the article by Menor-Salván, C.; Ottens, B.; Richard, E. “Rare borate minerals from the Shijiangshan-Shalonggou Deposits, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China.” Rocks & Minerals, 96(5) (September/October 2021)
Shijiangshan Mine, Shijiangshan village, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (09/2021)

Specimen size: 8 × 7.3 × 2.7 cm = 3.15” × 2.87” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.39” × 0.31”

CV96AM5: Aggregate of elongated Silver crystals, with twists, hooked shapes and very sharp terminations. This specimen, a German classic, comes from the Carles Curto collection (number 1968.27), whose label and computer file we will send to the buyer.
Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.8 × 1.8 cm = 1.30” × 1.10” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.94” × 0.12”

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”

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”

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 greenish 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”

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”

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”

TAX10AO2: A novelty on the market in 2022. Very aerial and aesthetic arborescent growth of Silver, with a very marked spinel-law twin plane. On matrix, with numerous small Calcite crystals that adorn it and differentiate it from the classic Hongda silvers.
These pieces come from a find made in a small gold working, currently closed, and which showed no evidence of such good silvers until now.
Jizishan deposit, Linqu, Weifang Prefecture, Shandong Province  China (±2014)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 4.4 × 3 cm = 3.35” × 1.73” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 5.5 × 0.1 cm = 2.17” × 0.04”

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”

TC86L1: Spessartine crystals, one of them dominant, very transparent, notable for their color intensity and brilliance. With very marked stepped faces produced by etching and on a Quartz matrix, which is rare.
This specimen comes from the private collection of the well-known Wendy and Frank Melanson, from Canada.
Navegadora claim (Orozimbo claim), Penha do Norte, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (10-11/2006)

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

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.63” × 0.55”

EV17G9: The crystals are sharply developed trapezohedra. They have grown on a matrix of Feldspar, probably Orthoclase, accompanied by small Mica crystals.
This specimen is featured on page 468 of Berthold Ottens' book "China."
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”

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”

NG37AJ8: Sphalerite crystals with complex but unusually well defined forms for the locality. They are bright, very transparent and have a very intense and uniform honey yellow color. On matrix with small white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. A small jewel from Las Mánforas that comes from the Carlos González Bargueño collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
The sample has been noted and photographed in the article 'The Áliva Mining District' of the ‘Mineralogical Record‘ magazine on page 410 in the volume 52, number 4, July-August 2021
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), level 2, Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria  Spain (2002)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.3 × 1.8 cm = 1.38” × 1.30” × 0.71”

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

NRR96ASN5: A delightful miniature of Sphalerite with extraordinarily well-defined and clean polycrystalline growths, twinned, translucent, and displaying an intense, deep, and uniform honey color.
It rests on a group of tabular Dolomite crystals of snow-white color, with small remnants of limestone matrix, characteristic of the Áliva Mine.
The specimen, a true classic of Spanish mineralogy, is small but of excellent quality and comes from the José Luis Mas collection, whose original label we will send to the buyer.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria  Spain (+2003)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.3 × 1.6 cm = 1.57” × 1.30” × 0.63”

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

TC80DD: Polycrystalline growth of lustrous, transparent and polychrome Sphalerite, with aesthetic geometric banding with very marked color changes. The specimen comes from the Lluís Daunis collection, whose autograph label we will send to the buyer.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 5.5 × 5 × 1.1 cm = 2.17” × 1.97” × 0.43”

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 sphalerites from the Áliva Mine, 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”

TD27D8: Some sphalerites from China closely resemble the Spanish ones from Áliva, and although it is often said that their transparency and luster are inferior, some pieces have a quality comparable to or even superior to the Spanish ones. This is the case with this piece, which also stands out for its contrast with 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”

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”

MB37D8: The Myanmar spinels are well known for their quality, color and transparency.
We have seen quite a few specimens, and very rarely, we come across twinned spinels. In this case, the twin is very clear, and its form is 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”

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”

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”

AM97N4: Group of crystals of excellent color, luster and transparency, on Calcite matrix.
The main crystal clearly shows, on its upper part, the twin that is named for the species (spinel twin)
Pein-Pyit, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division)  Myanmar (Burma) (2003)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3 × 2.6 cm = 1.85” × 1.18” × 1.02”

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

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

MD74AG4: Fan-like sprays of Tarbuttite crystals with very acute terminations, very well defined faces and edges and on matrix, with blue 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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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, Ambohimanambola, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region  Madagascar (04/2005)

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

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, Tornio, Lapland Region  Finland (±1960)

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

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”

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”

EB27AM2: Tabular Vanadinite crystals on matrix, translucent, brilliant, and with the intense and vivid red color that characterizes many of the specimens found in 2017.
ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (14/05/2017)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 7 × 2.7 cm = 3.23” × 2.76” × 1.06”

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

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

ET26AM1: Extraordinarily shiny floater crystal of Wittichenite with complex polycrystalline growths dominated by finely striated prism faces and smoother bipyramid faces. The specimen was part of the lucky find in 1981 from which only a few crystals were recovered, since then considered "icons" as they are the best known for the species.
The sample has been noted and photographed in the article 'Wittichenite from the Cattle Grid Pit, Mount Gunson mine, South Australia' of the ‘Mineralogical Record‘ magazine on page 140 in the volume 44, number 2, March-April 2013, and published in the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 87 in the volume 26/2021, number 1
Cattle Grid deposit (Mount Gunson), Mount Gunson Copper mines, Pernatty Lagoon, Stuart Shelf, South Australia  Australia (1981)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.4 × 0.8 cm = 1.26” × 0.94” × 0.31”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

TF47AN2: Very aerial floater group of fine tabular crystals, very sharp, clearly hemihedral and rich in lateral faces, with bright luster and an intense yellow color. A totally perfect Moroccan classic of great quality.
Shaft XI (Puit XI), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (±1980)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 5.5 × 2.8 cm = 2.40” × 2.17” × 1.10”

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

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”

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”

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”

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”