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”

ER94AM1: A large doubly terminated scepter and stepped crystal of Diaspore with polycrystalline terminations, transparent, lustrous, yellow with green reflections and partially covered in some areas by leafy growths of Margarite. A very remarkable specimen both for its size and color and for its perfection.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published in the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 86 in the volume 26/2021, number 1
Ilbir Mountain, Pinarcik, Milâs District, Muğla Province, Aegean Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 14.9 × 3.6 × 1.7 cm = 5.87” × 1.42” × 0.67”

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”

ERT9AQ1: Divergent prismatic crystals of Donnayite-(Y), one of them clearly dominant, with a green-grey color, lustrous and aerial on the matrix, with Calcite crystals.
The piece comes from the type locality for the species and due to its quality and crystal size it can be considered as among the best known.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.7 × 3 cm = 1.77” × 1.46” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1 cm = 0.79” × 0.39”

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, Vale do 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”

TH69AN2: Large Elbaite crystal with very sharp crystal forms and excellent upper terminations. The crystal faces are very sharp, transparent and lustrous and with the base of the prism of an intense red wine color with gradations in the color tones, and with the termination exhibiting an intense and uniform green color.
This specimen is on the front cover of the magazine 'Mineralien Welt' edition 03/2021
Rubaya, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu Province (Kivu)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2020)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 2.7 × 2.2 cm = 3.07” × 1.06” × 0.87”

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, Vale do 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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

MQ26AL5: An excellent example of Malagasy polychrome Fluor-liddicoatite, with very well defined faces and edges, rich in termination faces, between transparent and translucent, and with a splendid gradation of hues, from the purple tones around the termination and the base to the caramel colors of the center of the prism. A gem.
Anjanabonoina, Ambohimanambola, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region  Madagascar

Specimen size: 9.8 × 5 × 4.8 cm = 3.86” × 1.97” × 1.89”

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

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

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

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, Ahmadnagar District, 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, Valdelmar, Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (1993)

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

TC21800EMY: Group of transparent, cubic Fluorite crystals with good luster and an intense color, marked geometric zoning and with groups of white lamellar Baryte crystals. Everything that the name 'Berbes' represents comes with this specimen.
The specimen comes from the Raúl Sanabria Orellana collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
La Cabaña, Valdelmar, Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (1981)

Specimen size: 19 × 12.7 × 8.8 cm = 7.48” × 5.00” × 3.46”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3 cm = 1.46” × 1.18”

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”

MB26AN2: Large group of octahedral Gersdorffite crystals of good size, very sharp, isolated and lustrous. On a Nickeline matrix, which guarantees stability to the whole piece, and small green Annabergite coatings. Simply exceptional.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04/2017)

Specimen size: 16 × 11.2 × 10.7 cm = 6.30” × 4.41” × 4.21”

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

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”

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”

EGX70AQ0: Spectacular growth of Gold in the form of a snake that, even so, preserves the lateral suture line of the spinel-law twin along its entire length.
This is a high quality specimen of astonishing beauty.
This sample has been referenced and pictured, as a novelty in Sainte Marie 2023, in the magazine 'Le Règne Minéral' number 172, July-August 2023, page 21 and by the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 51 in the volume 28/2023, number 3
Kavanayen (Santa Teresita de Kavanayen), Gran Sabana, Bolívar State  Venezuela

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.4 × 0.5 cm = 0.87” × 0.55” × 0.20”

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”

EAM66AN7: A Gold with the dominant forms of the octahedron in highly stylized parallel growths, hopper growths and with distinct twinning according to the spinel law. The material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (09/2021)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.4 × 0.6 cm = 1.10” × 0.55” × 0.24”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 0.4 cm = 0.83” × 0.16”

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 Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia  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”