Mineral Specimens - page 7
Europe (excl. Spain, Portugal and France)

ST69AF0: Druse of crystals with dominant rhombohedron faces. They are translucent and extraordinarily bright.
The sample is from the Francesco S. Stoppani collection (catalog number 0946), whose label we’ll send to the buyer. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Oberdorf an der Laming, Laming Valley, Bruck an der Mur, Styria/Steiermark  Austria

Specimen size: 7 × 6.7 × 3.7 cm = 2.76” × 2.64” × 1.46”

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

SR29AL8: Centered aggregate of Strontianite crystals with a very acute dipyramidal habit unusual in this deposit that is a great classic for the species and on Magnesite matrix.
The specimen is from the Francesco S. Stoppani collection (no. 1089), whose label we will send to the buyer. As is usual in this collection, the specimen is of high quality for the locality.
Oberdorf an der Laming, Laming Valley, Bruck an der Mur, Styria/Steiermark  Austria

Specimen size: 10.7 × 6.8 × 4.2 cm = 4.21” × 2.68” × 1.65”

TRH68AP9: Coatings of Descloizite microcrystals on matrix, with an extraordinary luster and a color between red and deep garnet-red.
The specimen, of high quality due to its extraordinary color, comes from the Moutet collection, from Marseille. We will send the buyer, together with the specimen, a label from the prestigious Deyrolle house in Paris where Moutet bought it many years ago.
Hochobir mining district, Hochobir Mountain, Eisenkappel-Vellach, Völkermarkt District, Carinthia/Kärnten  Austria

Specimen size: 10.1 × 7.7 × 3.9 cm = 3.98” × 3.03” × 1.54”

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

EP87AA5: Druse, on matrix, of complex, twinned Calcite crystals with the dominant faces of a scalenohedron, a prism and a terminal rhombohedron. The crystals are lustrous and transparent and have an intense and uniform yellow color. As in so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
La Sambre Quarry, Landelies, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Hainaut Province, Wallonia Region  Belgium

Specimen size: 9.8 × 7.9 × 6.1 cm = 3.86” × 3.11” × 2.40”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 2.7 cm = 1.61” × 1.06”

TJ14AN2: Group of very shiny cubic Galena crystals, with surfaces showing dissolution forms, Pyrite intergrowths and small Calcite crystal coatings.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, which shows that it was previously in the Melanson collection.
Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast  Bulgaria

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm = 1.22” × 0.98” × 0.71”

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

EE67AM3: Druse of complex twinned Sphalerite crystals with sharp crystal forms, lustrous, and yellow in color. Transparent under strong light. On matrix, with cubo-octahedral Galena crystals. The back of the piece has been partially sawn.
Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast  Bulgaria

Specimen size: 9.4 × 6.4 × 4 cm = 3.70” × 2.52” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.1 cm = 0.59” × 0.43”

TBB91AP3: Disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals with slight curvatures on the edges, accompanied by Galena crystals with very deeply hoppered faces, and twinned Sphalerite crystals. Among the first finds in the Madan area, it comes from a French collection.
Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast  Bulgaria

Specimen size: 14.3 × 9 × 4.4 cm = 5.63” × 3.54” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 1.8 cm = 1.14” × 0.71”

EF36AM6: Very sharp crystals of Sphalerite (variety marmatite), with the dominant forms of a tetrahedron beveled by minor crystal forms, extraordinarily lustrous, on matrix, with water-clear Quartz crystals. A very aesthetic specimen, from a classic locality.
Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast  Bulgaria

Specimen size: 20.8 × 15.2 × 4.4 cm = 8.19” × 5.98” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.63”

TT62V8: From an old and abandoned Bulgarian locality, these individual brown crystals of Pyromorphite look nice perched on the white Quartz matrix.
Something unusual and with some beauty too.

Pcheloyad Mine, level 200, Momchilgrad Obshtina, Kardzhali Oblast  Bulgaria

Specimen size: 4.7 × 1.7 × 1.4 cm = 1.85” × 0.67” × 0.55”

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

TY64V8: From an old and abandoned Bulgarian locality, these individual brown crystals of Pyromorphite look nice perched on the white Quartz matrix.
Something unusual and with some beauty too.
Pcheloyad Mine, level 200, Momchilgrad Obshtina, Kardzhali Oblast  Bulgaria

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.1 × 3.1 cm = 2.32” × 1.61” × 1.22”

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

SH57AF0: Druse of crystals consisting of a prism with very well defined horizontal parallel growths and a flattened rhombohedral termination. They are translucent with a uniform white color.
The sample is from the Francesco S. Stoppani collection (catalog number 0193), whose label we’ll send to the buyer. It has previously been in the Bally Museum and in the Tschechien collection at Pribram (catalog number 9167) whose label we’ll also send. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia  Czech Republic

Specimen size: 9.1 × 6.2 × 4.4 cm = 3.58” × 2.44” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.5 cm = 0.75” × 0.59”

ET86AF7: Aggregate of deformed and rounded crystals. A curious growth that is the result of the removal of copper during the mining in which the copper recrystallizes sometimes acquiring the shapes of the objects and machines it has grown on.
In other words, this copper has been formed naturally but is "neoformed" since its origin may be due to human activity in an old abandoned mine.
Zlaté Hory, Olomouc Region, Moravia  Czech Republic (04/2014)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.3 × 3.1 cm = 3.31” × 2.09” × 1.22”

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

SM190SPQ: Druse of Calcite crystals with a prismatic habit, terminated by a very flattened rhombohedron, translucent and with a yellow-white color. The specimen, from a historic European locality, comes from the Francesco S. Stoppani collection (number 0292), whose label we will send to the buyer. As is the case with many of the specimens in this collection, this one is of good quality for the locality.
Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia  Czech Republic

Specimen size: 10.2 × 6.9 ×4.4 cm = 4.02” × 2.72” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 1.4 cm = 1.30” × 0.55”

HF88AM2: Crusts on matrix of small elongated crystals of Fluorapophyllite-(K), transparent, extraordinarily bright and with an intense and uniform yellow color. With white crystals of Calcite and crystals of greyish white Harmotome. The specimen comes from an extraordinary find in 1965 from which only a limited number of pieces were obtained.
Korsnäs Lead Mine, Korsnäs, Vaasa municipality, Ostrobothnia  Finland (1965)

Specimen size: 10.6 × 9.3 × 5.9 cm = 4.17” × 3.66” × 2.32”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.24” × 0.08”

TFA86AP5: Radial growth of Azurite crystals with well-defined curvatures, brilliant and deep in color, on matrix, with coatings of small Quartz crystals.
The specimen, a German rarity, comes from the collection of Julius Hoppner.
Schmitt dolomite Quarry, Altenmittlau, Freigericht, Main-Kinzig-Kreis District, Spessart, Hesse/Hessen  Germany

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.65” × 1.42” × 1.02”

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

TTA98AP9: Pyromorphite crystals with a short prismatic habit, many of them doubly terminated, translucent, very light brown in color and on matrix.
A good German classic that is accompanied by an old label from the famous crystallographer Carl Hinze, which we will send to the buyer.
Bad Ems, Bad Ems District, Lahn Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.1 × 2.4 cm = 2.44” × 1.61” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.28” × 0.20”

TX66AB3: Aggregates of stalked crystals with slightly curved edges and with very good pinacoidal terminations. They are bright and have a clear brown color, very typical for the locality, a great European classic for the species.
Rosenberg Mine, Braubach, Bad Ems District, Lahn Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 7.5 × 4 × 2.8 cm = 2.95” × 1.57” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.9 cm = 0.67” × 0.35”

EMP89AQ1: Parallel growths of prismatic crystals with curved terminations with a greasy luster and brown color, typical of the Pyromorphite crystals from this classic German locality, although the piece as a whole has a different aspect from the usual Bad Ems pieces, with that group of 'cascaded' crystals.
Bad Ems, Bad Ems District, Lahn Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 8.9 × 5 × 4 cm = 3.50” × 1.97” × 1.57”

TV11AN2: Twinned Chalcopyrite crystals, shiny, with very sharp crystal forms, with strong curvatures on faces and edges, on matrix. With tabular crystals of Siderite of light cream color and white crystals of Dolomite.
Vereinigung Mine, Katzwinkel, Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

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

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

SV3260EFC: A classic among the classics, a large 'Tetrahedrite' crystal rises very straight above the Siderite, although, unfortunately, it is broken at the top.
The piece as a whole continues to display well because the rest of the crystals are healthy and the break is hidden towards the back, but it has that defect, which the price takes into account.
Horhausen, Flammersfeld, Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 6 × 3.5 × 2.8 cm = 2.36” × 1.38” × 1.10”

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

MY96AJ1: Parallel group of very sharp, twinned Bournonite crystals with very well defined and bright faces and edges. An excellent miniature, a German classic from the Thomas P. Moore collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Georg Mine, Horhausen, Flammersfeld, Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 3 × 2 × 1.9 cm = 1.18” × 0.79” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.4 cm = 0.87” × 0.55”

MA87AJ8: Group of twinned Bournonite crystals, very typical for the locality and a great classic for the species. The crystals, one of them clearly dominant, are very well defined, extraordinarily bright and are on matrix. An excellent German classic that is with an old paperboard collectible box with a transparent cover and handwritten notes that we also will send to the buyer.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 62 of the 2019/01 edition.

Horhausen, Flammersfeld, Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3.2 × 1.5 cm = 1.42” × 1.26” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”

SV3220EFA: A classic among the classics, these bournonites associated with 'Tetrahedrite' have good quality and above all, very good state of conservation, which is not very common in specimens from this locality.
The contrast with the brown Siderite helps to visualize the definition of the crystals even better, both for the Bournonite as well as the 'Tetrahedrite'.
Horhausen, Flammersfeld, Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 5.1 × 2.8 × 2.4 cm = 2.01” × 1.10” × 0.94”

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

SC7AD6: Very sharp white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals implanted on a matrix of Quartz crystals with small twinned Chalcopyrite crystals on both the Quartz and the Dolomite. An excellent German classic.
Eupel Mine, Niederhövels, Wissen, Flammersfeld, Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 16.8 × 10.5 × 6.5 cm = 6.61” × 4.13” × 2.56”

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

BRM27AP2: Pyromorphite crystals, on matrix, with very sharp crystal forms, lustrous, and showing two different phases, one of them with an intense green color and the other with crystals of lesser size and yellow tones. The specimen, a rarity, comes from an important European collection.
Tanzfleck, Freihung, Amberg-Sulzbach, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany

Specimen size: 5.2 × 2.6 × 1.8 cm = 2.05” × 1.02” × 0.71”

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

SV170BRT: Curious specimen with two very different parts: the upper one formed by a multitude of cubic Fluorite crystals with a color gradation from dark to greenish tones and with violet edges; and a lower part formed by Fluorite crystals, but which have been practically covered by coralloid growths formed by Quartz microcrystals with the upper surface stained by Hematite.
It comes from a well-known mining district in Bavaria, Germany.
Hermine Mine, Lissenthan, Nabburg, Wölsendorf West District, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany

Specimen size: 14.3 × 11 × 3.4 cm = 5.63” × 4.33” × 1.34”

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

ER48AG0: A cluster of translucent Fluorite crystal cubes with some of their edges partially coated by reddish micro-crystalline Quartz. The crystals, with a slightly yellowish green color, have a quality superior to what has been known for the locality.
Cäcilia Mine, Freiung, Stulln, Wölsendorf West District, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany

Specimen size: 15.7 × 12.3 × 4.5 cm = 6.18” × 4.84” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 3.2 cm = 1.42” × 1.26”

TQ13AM0: Cubic crystals clearly beveled by dodecahedral and octahedral faces. Translucent, with good luster and an intense olive-green color. On matrix, which is not common for this species.
Bernburg, Stassfurt, Saxony-Anhalt/Sachsen-Anhalt  Germany

Specimen size: 3 × 2.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.18” × 0.94” × 0.55”

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

SV290TRM: Floater crystal of Cassiterite with a very distinct “tin peak” twin, with well defined and lustrous faces and edges, some of them with grooves and truncations at the vertices.
The specimen comes from a historic mining district that covered the border area between Saxony, in Germany, and Bohemia, in the current Czech Republic, exploited for tin and tungsten since the end of the Middle Ages.
Zinnwald/Cinovec, Krusné Hory Mountains, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.8 × 1.4 cm = 0.98” × 0.71” × 0.55”

SV2980NRF: A classic of German mineralogy formed by fans of radiating Kermesite crystals of an intense crimson-red color, with a strong color contrast thanks to being deposited on snow-white Quartz crystals, on a rock matrix. From the type locality (TL) for the species, which is also the type locality for Diaphorite and Miargyrite.
The specimen, which is accompanied by an old handwritten label, comes from the collection of Ignacio Gaspar Sintes, whose label and handwritten file we will send to the buyer of the piece.

Neue Hoffnung Gottes Mine, Bräunsdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 9 × 5.8 × 4.1 cm = 3.54” × 2.28” × 1.61”

TX36AL6: Very distinct Acanthite crystals, with well defined faces and edges, good luster, on a matrix of white Calcite crystals. An European classic.
Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 4 × 2.4 × 2.2 cm = 1.57” × 0.94” × 0.87”

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

TK67T2: Fine “oldie” with a group of cuboctahedral crystals on matrix, some of them with very well marked spinel law twins, that display a good luster considering it is an ancient sample from a classic locality. The piece is from the collection of John Marshall. The collection card is lost, but the pedigree remains testified by the number of small labels on the back side.
Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.85” × 1.46” × 0.94”

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

TP46AI8: Very aerial growth of extraordinarily well developed Bismuth crystals that are very bright and on matrix with Calcite. A German classic and a miniature of great quality that is from the Frank Keutsch collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3 × 1.5 cm = 1.42” × 1.18” × 0.59”

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

BFM69AO6: Aggregate of very well defined crystals, with very acute terminations that cover a limonite matrix. Their luster and color are excellent and the locality, a classic for the species, has produced few samples of this quality.
Callenberg North open cut (No. 1), Callenberg, Zwickau, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany (1977)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 4.7 × 5 cm = 3.70” × 1.85” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.3 cm = 0.47” × 0.12”

SB27AF0: Parallel growths of translucent Calcite crystals tinted by reddish Hematite inclusions with very flattened Siderite crystals that have a pale cream color, and white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals on the back.
The sample is from the Francesco S. Stoppani collection (catalog number 0440), whose label we’ll send to the buyer with another from Mineralien N. Stötzel, of Siegen. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality
Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 13.3 × 10.5 × 4.8 cm = 5.24” × 4.13” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.5 cm = 1.18” × 0.98”

SV390EFH: Aggregate of elongated crystals of Cerussite, on matrix, and almost entirely coated by deep green Malachite microcrystals.
The specimen comes from the collection of Michel Perraudin and was found in an old German mine that benefited from lead and zinc.
Glücksrad Mine, Oberschulenberg, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 10.8 × 6.7 × 4 cm = 4.25” × 2.64” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.1 cm = 0.28” × 0.04”

SZ27AC3: Aggregate of prismatic crystals formed by a translucent hexagonal prism and pinacoidal termination with a very well defined geometrical zone with a snowy white color. A German classic that previously was in the Bally Museum collection, whose label we’ll send along with the Stoppani label to the buyer.
St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 5.5 × 5 × 3.4 cm = 2.17” × 1.97” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 3 cm = 1.85” × 1.18”

EG67AL0: Group of crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with sharp faces and edges and fine parallel growths. An excellent German classic of great quality with an outstanding main crystal.
Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Nordhausen District, Thuringia/Thüringen  Germany

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.1 × 3.4 cm = 2.24” × 1.61” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.6 cm = 1.02” × 0.63”

MR91AE5: Aggregate of strongly elongated Hydroboracite crystals that are very sharp, colorless, completely clear and have an exceptional luster. They are on matrix, with transparent Gypsum crystals. Of the best quality for the species.
Kohnstein Quarry, Niedersachswerfen, Nordhausen District, Thuringia/Thüringen  Germany (2009)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 9.7 × 6.9 cm = 4.53” × 3.82” × 2.72”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.12”

TBC57AP5: Group of trapezohedral Chalcopyrite crystals, very sharp, lustrous and with intense metallic iridescence with dominant green and blue tones, with small coatings of Quartz.
The specimen, a German classic, comes from the Robert-Auguste Touchon collection.
Friedrich-Wilhelm Mine, Biersdorf, Daaden, Daaden-Herdorf, Altenkirchen District, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.4 × 3.2 cm = 2.40” × 1.73” × 1.26”

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

BFM27AP1: Group of complex Chalcopyrite crystals, with very sharp crystal forms, with a bright luster and microcrystalline Quartz coating that has left geometric cavities that correspond to missing crystals.
Of high quality, the specimen comes from an important European collection.
Friedrich-Wilhelm Mine, Biersdorf, Daaden, Daaden-Herdorf, Altenkirchen District, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 7.8 × 4.3 × 3.4 cm = 3.07” × 1.69” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 0.9 cm = 0.75” × 0.35”

HM220TA: Parallel growths of Strontianite crystals, many of them doubly terminated, translucent, with bright luster, and slightly yellow color. On a matrix covered by rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with small twinned Chalcopyrite crystals.
Dreislar Mine, Dreislar, Winterberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen  Germany

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.4 × 3.5 cm = 2.87” × 2.13” × 1.38”

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

EB46T5: Aggregate, on a metallic matrix, of cuboctahedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges in which the forms of the cube and the octahedron have an equal size. It is from a find by Frank de Wit in 2007 from which we offer all of the available samples. The piece is with a label signed by Frank that we'll send to the buyer.
Meyer Quarry, Hastenrath, Eschweiler, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen  Germany (07/04/2007)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.8 × 2 cm = 2.40” × 1.89” × 0.79”

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

BLH66AP4: Groups of very shiny Chalcopyrite crystals with sharp crystal forms, interspersed with greyish Pyrite crystals (the bravoite variety, rich in nickel), on a Baryte matrix. The specimen is a German classic, of the best quality known from the locality, and it comes from an important European collection.
Maubacher Bleiberg, Untermaubach, Düren, Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen  Germany

Specimen size: 15.5 × 11.7 × 7.3 cm = 6.10” × 4.61” × 2.87”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2.1 cm = 0.87” × 0.83”

SV2220TLX: Double crust formed by a covering of bluish Aurichalcite crystals completely covering a limonitic rock on which was partially deposited a large group of very fine acicular Serpierite crystals with bluish green hues.
The specimen is from the type locality for Serpierite.
Serpieri Mine, Kamariza Mines, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece

Specimen size: 4.8 × 2.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.89” × 0.94” × 0.55”

MB86AJ4: Columnar growths of rounded Rhodochrosite crystals that are bright and have a very intense pink color.
Madem-Lakko Mine, Stratoni operations, Cassandra Mines, Chalkidiki Prefecture, Macedonia Department  Greece (±1985)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.4 × 2.4 cm = 1.93” × 1.73” × 0.94”

ME86AI0: Very aerial growth of botryoidal aggregates of Rhodochrosite crystals on matrix, with Calcite crystals and small Pyrite crystals.
Madem-Lakko Mine, Stratoni operations, Cassandra Mines, Chalkidiki Prefecture, Macedonia Department  Greece (2010)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.2 × 2.7 cm = 2.01” × 1.65” × 1.06”

ME69AG4: Growths of very sharp Azurite crystals that are very bright and have an extraordinary color, very vivid, and are on a limonite matrix. Among the best known for this mine.
Christiana Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece

Specimen size: 11.7 × 8.8 × 3.4 cm = 4.61” × 3.46” × 1.34”

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

NJ11AK3: Aggregates of tabular Baryte crystals of variable color, predominantly red due to Hematite inclusions, more intense on the edges. With small white lenticular crystals of Calcite.
Mine 18, Paleokamariza Mines, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece (±1980)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 5.2 × 2.8 cm = 2.40” × 2.05” × 1.10”

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

SV230ELP: Aggregate of single Cerussite crystals, some of them with a very marked V-twin. On matrix, bright and translucent, accompanied by small Wulfenite crystals, product of oxidation of the metallic part of the matrix, formed mainly by Galena.
Adami Mine No. 2, Plaka Mines, Plaka, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece

Specimen size: 9.6 × 6.3 × 2.8 cm = 3.78” × 2.48” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.39” × 0.20”

XM65TG: Nodular growths of small lenticular Azurite crystals with a very vivid and uniform color, on a rock matrix, with small coatings of Malachite.
Plaka Mines, Plaka, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece (20/02/2013)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 3 × 2 cm = 1.26” × 1.18” × 0.79”

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

XM60TL: Nodular growths of small lenticular Azurite crystals with a very vivid and uniform color, on a rock matrix, with small coatings of Malachite.
Plaka Mines, Plaka, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece (20/02/2013)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.4 × 2.8 cm = 1.38” × 1.34” × 1.10”

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

XM70TK: Nodular growths of small lenticular Azurite crystals with a very vivid and uniform color, on a rock matrix, with small coatings of Malachite.
Plaka Mines, Plaka, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece (20/02/2013)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.2 × 2.2 cm = 1.50” × 0.87” × 0.87”

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

XM70TJ: Nodular growths of small lenticular Azurite crystals with a very vivid and uniform color, on a rock matrix, with small coatings of Malachite.
Plaka Mines, Plaka, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece (20/02/2013)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.54” × 1.06” × 0.71”

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

TM13AD6: Two nodular clusters of small crystals with a very vivid and uniform color. On a rocky matrix.
Plaka Mines, Plaka, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece (20/02/2013)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.1 × 2.8 cm = 1.54” × 1.22” × 1.10”

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

EX16AK3: Aggregates of very sharp, brilliant, acicular Linarite crystals with very bright color. In a limonite matrix with Quartz, Brochantite growths, and an unknown light blue species, probably Caledonite.
King Arthur Mine, Kirki Mines, Évros Prefecture, Thrace (Thráki) Department  Greece (03-04/2013)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.2 × 3.1 cm = 1.50” × 1.26” × 1.22”

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

EK14AK3: Fan-like aggregate of very sharp, brilliant, and very brightly colored, acicular Linarite crystals, in a limonite matrix with Brochantite growths and small Quartz crystals.
King Arthur Mine, Kirki Mines, Évros Prefecture, Thrace (Thráki) Department  Greece (03-04/2013)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.4 × 3 cm = 1.97” × 1.34” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.1 cm = 0.28” × 0.04”

XM120EK: Coatings of translucent Linarite crystals with sharp crystal forms, bright luster and a very vivid color, on a limonite matrix. Associated with Quartz, green coatings of Brochantite, and small crystals of Cerussite.
King Arthur Mine, Kirki Mines, Évros Prefecture, Thrace (Thráki) Department  Greece (03-04/2013)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4.7 × 4,2 cm = 2.60” × 1.85” × 1.57”

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

MC11X8: Spheroidal growths of Adamite (variety cuprian) in micro-crystals whose color is between green and bluish green. They are on limonite matrix, with white botryoidal Smithsonite. It is a rarity at the small Serpieri mine at Lavrion, not well known for collectible samples.
Serpieri Mine, Kamariza Mines, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece (01/2013)

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

EA11Y6: A novelty for 2013. Globular aggregates of micro-crystals with very intense green color, somewhat clearer in some areas, with very good luster and on a limonite matrix. The quality is excellent for the locality
Hilarion Mine, Hilarion area, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece (05/2013)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.5 × 3.8 cm = 2.01” × 1.77” × 1.50”

EB14Y6: A novelty for 2013. Globular aggregates of micro-crystals with very intense and uniform green color, with very good luster and on limonite matrix. The quality is excellent for the locality.
Hilarion Mine, Hilarion area, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece (05/2013)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.8 × 4.3 cm = 2.64” × 2.28” × 1.69”

EG47AC1: Very aerial botryoidal growths completely clear, colorless, very bright and implanted on a rocky matrix.
Tarcal, Eperjes-Tokaj Mountains, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén  Hungary (11/2013)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.8 × 3.8 cm = 2.52” × 1.89” × 1.50”

EH67AC1: Crown-shaped growth of very aerial botryoidal aggregates, completely clear, colorless, very bright, with white botryoidal Aragonite formations and implanted on a rocky matrix.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What’s New in the Mineral World?’ section, report #41, August 22, 2015 edition, page 9
Tarcal, Eperjes-Tokaj Mountains, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén  Hungary (11/2013)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 3.6 × 3.8 cm = 2.60” × 1.42” × 1.50”

SV2100TPA: Group of Quartz crystals (variety amethyst) growing preferentially in two directions, on matrix with small globular Calcite crystals, with good luster and uniform color.
The specimen comes from finds made in the Capurru quarry during the year 2008.
Capurru Quarry, Osilo, Sassari Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy (±2008)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.6 × 4.6 cm = 2.83” × 1.81” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.71” × 0.28”

TPT67AQ1: Isolated crystals of Quartz (variety amethyst), one of them clearly dominant, with parallel growths and some scepters, very transparent, with good luster and a very uniform color. In matrix with small Calcite crystals.
Capurru Quarry, Osilo, Sassari Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 10.2 × 9.5 × 6.7 cm = 4.02” × 3.74” × 2.64”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.3 cm = 1.06” × 0.51”

MA47AL4: Group of Anglesite crystals, two of them clearly dominant, rich in faces, much more transparent and lustrous than usual for the locality and on a matrix of granular Galena. A European classic both for the species and the locality.
The specimen comes from an old WWII era German collection. Along with the specimen we will send the buyer the old label.
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.1 × 2.6 cm = 2.09” × 1.61” × 1.02”

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

TF48AF2: A group of very sharp elongated Anglesite crystals, between translucent and transparent, very bright and with plenty of dark Galena inclusions.
An excellent Italian classic that is with a label of the Eugeni Bareche collection (number 744).
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy (03/1979)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.6 × 2.5 cm = 2.52” × 1.81” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 5.7 × 2.1 cm = 2.24” × 0.83”

ER90AL8: Extraordinarily elongated dipyramidal Anglesite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and doubly terminated, translucent, with a slightly yellowish white color and on a granular and microcrystalline Galena matrix. A rare Monteponi classic. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 12.1 × 7.6 × 7.5 cm = 4.76” × 2.99” × 2.95”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.5 cm = 0.94” × 0.20”

TFR10AO4: Tabular Phosgenite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and a light brown color, on matrix. An excellent classic for both the locality and the species. The specimen is accompanied by a very old handwritten label, without direct reference to any specific collection.
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 13.2 × 9.1 × 1.9 cm = 5.20” × 3.58” × 0.75”

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

ER89Z1: Very aerial spray of so- called "jackstraw" aggregates of acicular Cerussite crystals. They have a velvety luster and snowy white color that strongly contrasts against the dark limonite matrix.
Montevecchio Mines, Arbus, Medio Campidano Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 9.2 × 3.5 × 3.5 cm = 3.62” × 1.38” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.1 cm = 0.79” × 0.04”

MA86Y3: Slightly olive deep green botryoidal growths on matrix. It is a rarity because Pyromorphite samples from Iglesias are currently very scarce.
S'Ortu Becciu Mine, Donori, Metropolitan City of Cagliari, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

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

SB47AD6: Aggregates of white Hemimorphite microcrystals on bluish green Aurichalcite that has grown on a surface of small Quartz crystals coating a rocky matrix. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Is Murvonis Mine, Domusnovas, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 12 × 10.5 × 7.5 cm = 4.72” × 4.13” × 2.95”

EM92AA5: Perimorphic microbotryoidal Smithsonite growths, very rich in reddish inclusions, very probably of Hematite, coating the scalenohedral forms of a group of Calcite crystals. Like so many specimens in this collection, this one is of great quality for the locality.
Tiny-Arenas Mine, Oridda Valley, Fluminimaggiore, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 11 × 8.8 × 4.5 cm = 4.33” × 3.46” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 6.6 × 4 cm = 2.60” × 1.57”

XM180JM: Pyritohedral crystals of Pyrite, one of them very aerial and clearly dominant, with deep indentations that correspond to lamellar crystals of disappeared Hematite, some of which is still present in the specimen as remnants. An Italian classic.
Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany  Italy

Specimen size: 10.2 × 5.6 × 6.9 cm = 4.02” × 2.20” × 2.72”

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

SV220NNB: Floater aggregate formed by Aragonite crystals with hexagonal outlines and short whitish grey prism faces. On matrix, accompanied by a crystalline mass of Sulfur with strong color contrast.
A classic of Italian sulfur mining.
Cozzo Disi Mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento (Girgenti) Province, Sicily  Italy

Specimen size: 12.2 × 8.7 × 4.4 cm = 4.80” × 3.43” × 1.73”

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

TC2150DRB: Group of Sulphur crystals with a truncated bipyramidal shape and with sharp crystal forms. Translucent, with good luster, a very vivid color and a small matrix with Celestine crystals.
With a label from Lluís Daunis collection.
Racalmuto Mine, Racalmuto, Agrigento (Girgenti) Province, Sicily  Italy

Specimen size: 5 × 4.4 × 2.8 cm = 1.97” × 1.73” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.7 cm = 1.22” × 1.06”

HM170NL: Centric groups of tapered Celestine crystals with well defined faces and edges and sharp terminations, between transparent and translucent, shiny and with a brown color. On matrix, with Native Sulphur.
The specimen comes from the Carlos Prieto Paramio collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Agrigento (Girgenti) Province, Sicily  Italy (±1990)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.7 × 4.2 cm = 2.68” × 1.85” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 3 × 0.3 cm = 1.18” × 0.12”

NVX68AO5: Isolated Sulphur crystals with very sharp crystal forms and with polycrystalline growths, translucent, with good luster and a very vivid color. On a matrix of Calcite microcrystals.
The specimen comes from the collection of Santiago Jiménez who, especially in the 1980s and '90s, put together an excellent collection with a very good representation of the mineralogy of northern Spain.
Agrigento (Girgenti) Province, Sicily  Italy

Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.6 × 3.7 cm = 3.31” × 2.60” × 1.46”

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

BRR89AP3: Scalenohedral crystal of Calcite covered by a second generation of botryoidal Calcite crystals and Sulphur crystals with sharp crystal forms. Different.
Agrigento (Girgenti) Province, Sicily  Italy

Specimen size: 16.8 ×10.2 × 6.6 cm = 6.61” × 4.02” × 2.60”

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

TG67AL5: Group on matrix of Calcite of Sulphur crystals with sharp faces and edges, bright and with changes in color, between yellow and orange. A Sicilian classic. The specimen is accompanied by an old label that does not include the original collection.
Enna (Castrogiovanni), Enna Province, Sicily  Italy

Specimen size: 9.2 × 6.8 × 2.5 cm = 3.62” × 2.68” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 2.6 cm = 1.38” × 1.02”

SM160HAT: Druse with centered aggregates of short prismatic crystals of Celestine that are translucent, lustrous and snow-white in color, with small crystals of Sulphur with a dipyramidal habit on the back of the piece.
Caltanissetta Province, Sicily  Italy

Specimen size: 15.5 × 9.9 × 4.1 cm = 6.10” × 3.90” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.59” × 0.16”

HM110EV: White rhombohedral Dolomite crystals on matrix, among which a clearly dominant group stands out in the upper part of the specimen. An Italian alpine classic.
Traversella Mine, Traversella, Chiusella Valley, Canavese District, Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy

Specimen size: 12.2 × 7.3 × 3.3 cm = 4.80” × 2.87” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.5 cm = 1.18” × 0.98”

SD46AC7: Radial aggregates of Canavesite crystals, an uncommon borate. They are white, have a silky luster and are between acicular and fibrous. The crystals, in excellent condition, are on a matrix with iridescent micro-granular Pyrite.
Brosso Mine, Cálea, Léssolo, Canavese District, Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy

Specimen size: 6 × 2.3 × 1.2 cm = 2.36” × 0.91” × 0.47”

TFR14AP7: Deformed acicular Piemontite crystals with a reddish color, on matrix, with black aggregates of Braunite.
An Italian classic, from the type locality for the species, which comes to us from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and which has an old handwritten label with the specimen information attached to the back.
Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley (Val d'Aosta)  Italy

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.93” × 1.46” × 0.87”

TDA26AP9: Parallel growth of two crystals with good terminations, translucent, very lustrous and deep green. An alpine classic.
Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley (Val d'Aosta)  Italy

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.3 × 1.4 cm = 0.94” × 0.91” × 0.55”

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

GM66R9: Group of dodecahedral crystals slightly beveled by trapezohedral faces and partially coated by Clinochlore.
Vizze Valley, Bolzano Province, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Südtirol)  Italy (±1984)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 5.2 × 3.8 cm = 3.07” × 2.05” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.28” × 0.16”

ET46AF1: Druse of flattened rhombohedral Calcite crystals that have the surfaces of their faces finely recrystallized, with a snowy white color. They are on matrix with small and very bright Sphalerite crystals and also Quartz crystals.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2005)

Specimen size: 12.4 × 9.5 × 4.6 cm = 4.88” × 3.74” × 1.81”

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

TFX76AO7: Very sharp Arsenopyrite crystals with simple shapes, a short prismatic habit, almost equant and very lustrous. On matrix and with twinned Sphalerite crystals, white translucent lenticular Calcite crystals, Pyrite, and Rhodochrosite.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 6 × 3.2 cm = 4.02” × 2.36” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.3 cm = 1.06” × 0.91”

TTP99AP3: Stalactitic druse of prismatic Arsenopyrite crystals, very sharp and shiny, with aggregates of rhombohedral crystals of Rhodochrosite, small white crystals of Quartz and lamellar hexagonal groups of Pyrite crystals pseudomorphing Pyrrhotite. The specimen comes from Ferat Voca, a former worker in this classic mine.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 15.8 × 6.2 × 5.9 cm = 6.22” × 2.44” × 2.32”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.5 cm = 0.79” × 0.59”

EE87AL4: Floater group of white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals that form parallel polycrystalline aggregates and are partially coated with some Calcite crystals.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2002)

Specimen size: 14.3 × 8.9 × 4.4 cm = 5.63” × 3.50” × 1.73”

TPB56AO4: Nest of very shiny Pyrite crystals, outlined by globular Calcite growths with Boulangerite inclusions, on matrix. With Quartz, and very sharp crystals of Arsenopyrite.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.9 × 3.2 cm = 2.68” × 2.32” × 1.26”

EY98AE5: Aggregate of cubic Pyrite crystals with echeloned growths and polycrystalline formations on the cube faces. They are very well defined, bright and on a Dolomite matrix and with lenticular Calcite crystals. While well known and relatively common at Trepča, Pyrite is not easily found there as significant collectible samples and less so with such quality as this.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (1994-2002)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 6.7 × 5.9 cm = 2.91” × 2.64” × 2.32”

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

SV2160TTX: Group of cubic crystals of Pyrite, very shiny, with deep golden reflections, with marked striations on the faces and intergrown in a matrix formed by a crystalline mass of Sphalerite that forms crystals at the ends of the specimen. Adorned with flattened lenticular crystals of Calcite and water-clear crystals of Quartz at the base, providing a beautiful color contrast.
The Trepča mining complex is one of the largest polymetallic deposits in the world and for many years has provided collectors with exceptional pieces of Sphalerite, as well as various combinations of sulfides and carbonates as shown in this specimen, from the ex-Ferat Voca collection.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 9 × 7.4 × 3.4 cm = 3.54” × 2.91” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.63”

SV2170TMB: Group of very shiny cubic Pyrite crystals with deep golden reflections, with striations on the faces and intergrown in a matrix formed by a crystalline mass of Sphalerite that shows well-developed and twinned crystals, very lustrous, on the front face of the specimen. It is adorned by flattened lenticular crystals of Calcite, mainly as ridges at the top of the piece.
The Trepča mining complex is one of the largest polymetallic deposits in the world and for many years has yielded exceptional pieces of Sphalerite, as well as varied combinations of sulfides and carbonates as shown in this specimen, from the ex-Ferat Voca collection.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 10.4 × 7.1 × 4.3 cm = 4.09” × 2.80” × 1.69”

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

TGG46AO5: Group of very sharp Pyrite crystals, shiny and with a very uniform iridescence of bronze tones, lustrous, on matrix, associated with Quartz crystals and small lenticular rhombohedral Calcite crystals.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 6 × 3.5 cm = 4.21” × 2.36” × 1.38”

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

TLR47AO4: Nest of Pyrite crystals with the dominant forms of the pentadodecahedron, very shiny, with twinned Sphalerite crystals and bordered by white translucent lenticular Calcite crystals.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 7.8 × 4.3 cm = 3.23” × 3.07” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.6 cm = 1.02” × 0.63”

MQ88AG4: Druse of complex Pyrite crystals very rich in faces, very bright and partially coated by white Calcite crystals. The sample is from recent finds.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2016)

Specimen size: 13.8 × 8.2 × 7.2 cm = 5.43” × 3.23” × 2.83”

EF86AK6: Pyrite crystals with deformed cubic habit, very lustrous, pseudomorphing hexagonal Pyrrhotite crystals and partially coated with small white crystals of Calcite. A fine miniature, very aesthetic and bright.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2010)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.9 × 2.5 cm = 1.61” × 1.54” × 0.98”

SV110TTV: Group of very sharp and shiny Pyrite crystals showing cube and pentadodecahedron faces, some with marked striations, together with groups of water-clear Quartz crystals arranged in divergent habit. The Trepča mining complex is one of the largest polymetallic deposits in the world, and for many years it provided, and still provides, exceptional pieces of sulphides, as shown by this specimen that comes from the Ferat Voca collection.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 7.2 × 5.4 cm = 3.31” × 2.83” × 2.13”

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

HM140EC: Druse of Pyrite crystals with a bright luster and a deformed cubic habit along with small faces of other crystal forms, pseudomorphic after Pyrrhotite crystals with a clearly hexagonal outline, and partially covered by twinned Sphalerite crystals.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2012)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 5.6 × 3.7 cm = 3.39” × 2.20” × 1.46”

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

TBT76AO6: Brilliant cubic Pyrite crystals with polycrystalline growths, forming pseudomorphs after Pyrrhotite crystals with a hexagonal outline. On matrix, with well differentiated crystals of Galena, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite and Arsenopyrite, the latter very abundant and extraordinarily sharp and shiny.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2020)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 6.8 × 2.4 cm = 3.46” × 2.68” × 0.94”

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

EH47AK6: Druse of Pyrite crystals with deformed cubic habit, very lustrous, pseudomorphing hexagonal Pyrrhotite crystals with vertices bordered by white lenticular crystals of Calcite. On matrix, with Sphalerite.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2019)

Specimen size: 11.4 × 7.8 × 5.6 cm = 4.49” × 3.07” × 2.20”

NFX90AN9: Large pseudomorphs with a hexagonal outline of Pyrite after Pyrrhotite crystals, with coatings of complex white Calcite crystals, cubo-octahedral Galena crystals and small Quartz and Dolomite crystals. An old piece, since the mine is not currently producing this type of specimen with large Galena crystals.
Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo

Specimen size: 16 × 12.5 × 10.5 cm = 6.30” × 4.92” × 4.13”

Main crystal size: 9.3 × 6.8 cm = 3.66” × 2.68”

SV2220TFB: Aggregate of complex twinned crystals of Sphalerite of deep black color, great luster, and with perfectly defined faces and edges with marked striations on some of the crystal faces and some dissolution figures, and partially coated by a multitude of whitish Calcite crystals in aggregates forming rosettes in strong color contrast.
The Trepča mining complex is one of the largest polymetallic deposits in the world and for many years has yielded exceptional pieces of Sphalerite, as well as various combinations of sulfides and carbonates as shown in this specimen, from the ex-Ferat Voca collection.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.4 × 2.4 cm = 2.28” × 2.13” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 3.1 cm = 1.77” × 1.22”

TC260ED: Twinned crystal of Sphalerite (variety marmatite) on matrix with very well defined faces and edges. It occurs with Pyrite crystals with a deformed cubic habit and with other Pyrites that are pseudomorphs after hexagonal Pyrrhotite crystals.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2012)

Specimen size: 9.1 × 7.3 × 7.4 cm = 3.58” × 2.87” × 2.91”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 3.4 cm = 1.73” × 1.34”

SM480GPD: Druse of large twinned Sphalerite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, on matrix, and partially covered by complex Calcite crystals and rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with curved faces and edges.
The specimen comes from the Pedro Goy collection and has a higher quality than usual for this locality due to the large size of the crystals.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo

Specimen size: 13.9 × 11.3 × 3.8 cm = 5.47” × 4.45” × 1.50”

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

TFA66AO5: Shiny cubo-octahedral Galena crystals, with very sharp crystal forms, on matrix, with very sharp and lustrous Arsenopyrite crystals and small rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.4 × 4.2 cm = 3.31” × 2.13” × 1.65”

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

HM190ED: Druse of Galena pseudomorphs after Pyrrhotite crystals, partially covered by Pyrite with a deformed cubic habit. On matrix, with twinned crystals of Sphalerite and crystals of Calcite.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2018)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 7.6 × 4.2 cm = 3.43” × 2.99” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 7 × 4.5 cm = 2.76” × 1.77”

ET47AK1: Single Bournonite crystal, isolated, on a matrix of Galena after Pyrrhotite beveled by growths of complex crystals of Pyrite and with spherical crystals of Sphalerite. The specimen, from a very recent find, reminds us of the classic Bournonites of this mine, found in the past.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2019)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 4.6 × 2.8 cm = 3.82” × 1.81” × 1.10”

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

SV3380TFR: Norway has some fame for the calcites from this mine. Their color, luster, and the multiple growths on the crystal faces are very characteristic, just like this piece.
Dalen-Kjørholt Mine, Kjørholt, Brevik, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Østlandet  Norway

Specimen size: 6 × 5.2 × 4 cm = 2.36” × 2.05” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 1.4 cm = 1.85” × 0.55”

MG74AF0: A wiry growth of strongly elongated crystals with the very well defined spinel law twin. An excellent European classic.
Kongsberg mining district, Kongsberg  Norway

Specimen size: 5.9 × 3 × 1 cm = 2.32” × 1.18” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 5.9 × 0.2 cm = 2.32” × 0.08”

ELY14AP6: Group of superficially altered Galena crystals covered by small twinned Cerussite crystals, between transparent and translucent and of a light cream color.
A true classic of European mineralogy, which comes from the collection of Michel Perraudin (number 055) and is accompanied by a handwritten note stating that it was obtained in an exchange with the Cracow Mineralogical Group in 1993.
Trzebionka Mine, Trzebinia, Chrzanów District , Małopolskie  Poland

Specimen size: 5.6 × 5.2 × 3.1 cm = 2.20” × 2.05” × 1.22”

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

EFM66AO0: Very aerial growth with book-like aggregates of lamellar Baryte crystals, flattened, very sharp, with curvatures, translucent and with a color between yellow and brown.
Lubin Mine, Lubin, Lubin District, Legnica, Lower Silesia  Poland

Specimen size: 8.3 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm = 3.27” × 0.98” × 0.59”

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

LM71AL0: Aggregate of thick and extraordinarily elongated Celestine crystals, which form very marked, translucent, parallel growths of very dense golden to smoky color. A classic from Poland that comes from the Philippe Morelon collection (No. 1013), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Machów Mine, Tarnobrzeg, Subcarpathian Voivodeship  Poland

Specimen size: 12 × 5.4 × 4.9 cm = 4.72” × 2.13” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 10 × 2.1 cm = 3.94” × 0.83”

HM140EQ: Water-clear Quartz crystals on a matrix of twinned Sphalerite crystals (variety marmatite) with very sharp disphenoidal crystals of Chalcopyrite
Former collection of Ignacio Hernández
Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures  Romania

Specimen size: 8.3 × 4.5 × 2.3 cm = 3.27” × 1.77” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 7.2 × 1.2 cm = 2.83” × 0.47”

XM2240MBA: Group of very sharp and brilliantly shiny tetrahedral crystals of Tetrahedrite, implanted on matrix and accompanied by small white Quartz crystals and Pyrite crystals. Comes from what was an important mining district in Eastern Europe, via the Terrae Genesis Museum located in the French town of Le Syndicat, in the Vosges mountains.
Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures  Romania

Specimen size: 9 × 6.8 × 3 cm = 3.54” × 2.68” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.6 cm = 0.47” × 0.24”

BBX90AP4: Twinned Bournonite crystals with excellent crystal forms, lustrous, and on matrix, with translucent and caramel-colored crystals of Sphalerite and small white Quartz crystals.
The specimen comes from an important European collection.
Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures  Romania

Specimen size: 14.6 × 10.8 × 4.3 cm = 5.75” × 4.25” × 1.69”

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

EL96Y9: Coralloid growths of Rhodochrosite microcrystals, very aerial and with a very good pink color. They are on matrix, with crystals of Quartz, Sphalerite and Pyrite.
Boldut Mine, Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures  Romania (1960-1970)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 8.2 × 4.4 cm = 3.35” × 3.23” × 1.73”

EE87Y9: Coralloid growths of Rhodochrosite microcrystals, very aerial and with a very good pink color. They are on matrix, with crystals of Quartz, Sphalerite and Pyrite.
Boldut Mine, Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures  Romania (1960-1970)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 9.7 × 5 cm = 4.53” × 3.82” × 1.97”

EJK67AP9: Group of cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena with curious dissolution forms on the edges. Brilliant and on a matrix covered by small Sphalerite crystals and with Calcite.
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures  Romania

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5 × 5.4 cm = 2.44” × 1.97” × 2.13”

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

MC64Y7: Floater group of uniaxial Calcite growths of very flattened rombohedrons that show very distinct color zoning, one with whitish tones, the other grayish black due to Boulangerite inclusions.
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures  Romania (10/2003)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3 × 3.3 cm = 2.09” × 1.18” × 1.30”

TC560CT: Spheroidal rosettes of very flattened rhombohedral Calcite crystals, black in color due to the inclusions of fibrous Boulangerite crystals. A typical curiosity of the Maramures mining area, an area that is now only a memory.
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures  Romania

Specimen size: 13.6 × 10.1 × 7.9 cm = 5.35” × 3.98” × 3.11”

ET51AI4: Druse of Bournonite crystals forming cyclic twins with very well defined parallel polycrystalline growths. They are very bright and are with groups of black Sphalerite crystals and small Pyrite crystals.
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures  Romania (1960-1970)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 10.2 × 4.1 cm = 4.53” × 4.02” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.5 cm = 0.79” × 0.59”

TAP14AO3: Very aerial group of complex Calcite crystals with a spheroidal shape, extraordinarily transparent and lustrous, completely water-clear and with a uniform faintly violet tone.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramures  Romania

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.4 × 1.5 cm = 0.94” × 0.94” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 0.67” × 0.47”

MR99AI4: Very sharp tetrahedrons of Tetrahedrite crystals that are extraordinarily bright and are on a matrix of Quartz crystals with groups of Sphalerite crystals and small Pyrite crystals. The sample is from the Uwe Niemeyer collection (Germany) whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramures  Romania (1964)

Specimen size: 13.8 × 12.7 × 4.8 cm = 5.43” × 5.00” × 1.89”

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

ST96AE3: Two generations of Siderite crystals on matrix. The first forms a tapestry of small thick-tabular crystals with very well defined forms and the second is with larger polycrystalline aggregates with very curved faces.
The sample is with a label from the Stoppani collection that we’ll send to the buyer
Maramures  Romania

Specimen size: 12.5 × 10.8 × 4.2 cm = 4.92” × 4.25” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.06” × 0.71”

SG38AF0: Botryoidal Siderite traditionally well known as sphaerosiderite, on a rocky matrix with bluish and very bright, laminar Baryte crystals.
The sample is from the Francesco S. Stoppani collection (catalog number 0635), whose label we’ll send to the buyer. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Baia Mare, Maramures  Romania

Specimen size: 13 × 8.3 × 3.8 cm = 5.12” × 3.27” × 1.50”

EJ27AC5: Aggregate of very bright Stibnite crystals on a Calcite matrix, with very well defined faces and edges and showing the characteristic habit of the crystals of Stibnite from this mine, very short, flattened and with excellent terminations. They are on a Calcite matrix, with Baryte.
Baiut, Maramures  Romania (±1970)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 5.4 × 5.6 cm = 2.20” × 2.13” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.4 cm = 0.87” × 0.55”

XM130EC: Very aerial radial aggregate of Stibnite crystals, on a Calcite matrix, with very well defined crystal forms, excellent terminations and with the typical Baiut habit, short and flattened.
The specimen comes from the Uwe Niemeyer collection.
Baiut, Maramures  Romania (±1970)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.8 × 3.8 cm = 2.36” × 1.89” × 1.50”

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

MF96AO0: Chalcopyrite crystals of good size, with curvatures on the edges and very well defined polycrystalline growths. Brilliant, and implanted on a matrix of twinned Sphalerite crystals.
Turt Mine, Turt, Negresti-Oas, Oas Mountains, Satu Mare  Romania

Specimen size: 6.7 × 6 × 4.2 cm = 2.64” × 2.36” × 1.65”

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

JV86X9: Parallel aggregate of doubly terminated Baryte crystals, sharp laminar and showing very well defined crystalline forms. They are transparent and bright and are on matrix, with Siderite, Galena and Pyrite crystals.
Turt Mine, Turt, Negresti-Oas, Oas Mountains, Satu Mare  Romania (±2001)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4.1 × 2.4 cm = 2.60” × 1.61” × 0.94”

TR89AF6: Druse of very well defined rhombohedral Siderite crystals which are cast pseudomorphs after Calcite. During the process of the substitution, wall-like external shells were left behind. The siderite casts are on matrix, with small Pyrite crystals.
The sample is from the Vallecillo collection, Madrid.
Turt Mine, Turt, Negresti-Oas, Oas Mountains, Satu Mare  Romania

Specimen size: 14 × 10.7 × 4.9 cm = 5.51” × 4.21” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 2.4 cm = 1.14” × 0.94”

TE69AG9: Growths of small Siderite crystals outlining the rhombohedral forms of much larger platy Siderite crystals, a product of crystallization of a second generation upon a first generation. Typical of samples from the extinct Turt mine.
Turt Mine, Turt, Negresti-Oas, Oas Mountains, Satu Mare  Romania

Specimen size: 14.3 × 9 × 4.8 cm = 5.63” × 3.54” × 1.89”

NNB16AO6: Groups of lamellar and lustrous Nagyágite crystals on a matrix with pale pink Rhodochrosite coatings. The specimen, a European classic from the type locality for the species, comes from the collection of Ignacio Gaspar Sintes (number NAG-2), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Sacarîmb (Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara  Romania

Specimen size: 5.5 × 5.5 × 3.5 cm = 2.17” × 2.17” × 1.38”

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

SV21800NXF: An important piece due not only to the minerals that form it, but by the very association of both species on the same piece, which is not common. Metallic grey Nagyagite crystals with preferentially oriented growths, are implanted in a slightly pink crystalline Quartz matrix and accompanied by darker lanceolate crystals of Sylvanite.
A historical specimen, obtained at the end of the 19th century, from a classic mining district in Romania that has deposits in which gold, silver and tellurium are exploited and that is the type locality (TL) for Nagyágite. From the collection of Ignacio Gaspar Sintes whose handwritten record we will send to the purchaser.
Sacarîmb (Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara  Romania (±1850)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 4.6 × 1.1 cm = 2.72” × 1.81” × 0.43”

NP46AN0: Unusually sharp lamellar crystals of Nagyágite and large for the species, somewhat lustrous, on a Quartz matrix.
The specimen, from one of the great classical localities for the species, comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection (number NAG-8), whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Sacarîmb (Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara  Romania (±1850)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 7.5 × 4.5 cm = 3.35” × 2.95” × 1.77”

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

MC56Z9: Very sharp and bright cubo-octahedral Galena crystals on a matrix of small Pyrite crystals, with white Calcite. The Pyrite aggregate has a curious hood-like shape that probably corresponds to the surface of an old lost scalenohedral Calcite crystal.
Oradea, Bihor County  Romania

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.8 × 3.7 cm = 2.28” × 2.28” × 1.46”

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

TC55EE: Aggregate on matrix of very sharp lamellar Euchroite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, translucent and with a deep green color. An excellent miniature of this rare species.
Ľubietová (Libethen), Banská Bystrica  Slovak Republic (2003)

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.5 × 0.8 cm = 0.71” × 0.59” × 0.31”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”

VK48AE4: Aggregates, on matrix, of well developed lenticular Devilline crystals with a deep and uniform green color. A World classic.
Špania Dolina (Herrengrund), Banská Bystrica, Banská Bystrica Region  Slovak Republic (2004)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.8 × 2.5 cm = 1.77” × 1.50” × 0.98”

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

VM27AE5: Dipyramidal Libethenite crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They are bright, have a very deep color and are on matrix, with rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. The sample is from the type locality for the species.
Ľubietová (Libethen), Banská Bystrica  Slovak Republic

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3 × 2.2 cm = 2.17” × 1.18” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.08” × 0.04”

BTR46AP1: Druse on matrix of tabular Wulfenite crystals with polycrystalline pyramidal terminations, with a very good luster and intense color and with geometric color zoning of different shades.
The specimen, a classic of great quality, comes from an important European collection.
Helena Mine, Crna (Schwarzenbach), Mežica Municipality, Carinthia Region  Slovenia

Specimen size: 11.3 × 9 × 6.7 cm = 4.45” × 3.54” × 2.64”

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

EK86AL4: Matrix group of complex Calcite crystals very rich in crystalline forms, some of them doubly terminated, with well defined phantoms that delimit two different growth phases. From a locality that has become a classic for Calcite.
Malmberget, Gällivare, Norrbotten, Lappland Province  Sweden

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.4 × 4.9 cm = 2.52” × 2.13” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 2 cm = 1.34” × 0.79”

TC2280CF: Very aerial group of super sharp lamellar Hematite crystals, with brilliant luster and iridescent reflections, on matrix, with water-clear Quartz crystals.
Cavradi, Curnera Valley, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 12.4 × 9.5 × 7.8 cm = 4.88” × 3.74” × 3.07”

TPB14AP7: Clinochlore crystal with very sharp crystal forms, prismatic habit and glossy luster, dark green in color with reddish tones (pennine variety), on a fibrous matrix of Chrysotile.
The specimen comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Rimpfischwäng Range, Findel Glacier area, Zermatt, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee, Wallis (Valais)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.6 × 1.7 cm = 1.26” × 1.02” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.75” × 0.31”

MRB27AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Parallel growths of lamellar crystals of Hematite, very sharp, with a fine growth contact on one of the edges that may appear broken, but is not, sitting on a matrix of Quartz crystals (smoky variety)
Note the precision with which the location of discovery is given.
Turbealp, Turbe, Albrunhorn-Turbhorn area, Binn Valley (Binntal), Wallis (Valais)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.7 × 4.8 cm = 2.68” × 2.24” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 3.6 cm = 1.65” × 1.42”

XM80EJ: Group of smoky Quartz crystals with sharp crystal forms, transparent, very lustrous, and with a deep color.
Vorderes Galmihorn, Bächi Valley, Reckingen, Grafschaft, Goms, Wallis (Valais)  Switzerland (2010)

Specimen size: 6 × 3.8 × 5.1 cm = 2.36” × 1.50” × 2.01”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 1.6 cm = 1.69” × 0.63”

EAL89AP1: Two good sized Quartz crystals, very sharp, transparent, lustrous, with deep, dark, and uniform smoky tones, associated with small Albite crystals at the base.
Wallis (Valais)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 13.1 × 7.6 × 4 cm = 5.16” × 2.99” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 13.1 × 2.5 cm = 5.16” × 0.98”

TBC46AP7: Floater group of Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant, doubly terminated, with parallel growths that have created a very flattened habit, progressively decreasing from the center to the ends. The crystal is transparent and very lustrous, and comes from the former collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Pizzo Centrale, Airolo, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin)  Switzerland

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

Main crystal size: 5 × 1.7 cm = 1.97” × 0.67”

TBA56AP7: Parallel growth of white, thick tabular Fluorapatite crystals, with good luster and with transparent zoning on the edges. On matrix, associated with small crystals of Albite with Chlorite inclusions and Quartz crystals.
The specimen comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Pizzo Centrale, Airolo, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 4 × 2.9 × 2.2 cm = 1.57” × 1.14” × 0.87”

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