Post-Tucson 2020 Update

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CL11AL3: A very aerial tree-like floater aggregate composed of slightly elongated rhombododecahedral crystals of Copper with pronounced curved edges.
The specimen comes from the Carles Curto collection (no. 1976.46), whose label and information sheet we will send to the buyer.
Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan  USA (±1976)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 1.7 × 0.8 cm = 1.02” × 0.67” × 0.31”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1 cm = 0.63” × 0.39”

TV87AL3: Arborescent growth of flattened Copper, on matrix, very aerial, with poorly defined crystalline forms. High quality Coppers like this one are very rare in Franklin.
The specimen comes from the Rock Currier collection (No. 3070), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey  USA

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.7 × 2.3 cm = 1.61” × 1.06” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.1 cm = 0.75” × 0.43”

TX71AL3: Arborescent growth of very aerial and individual crystals of Copper with curvatures on the faces and edges.
Cliff Mine, Phoenix, Keweenaw County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 11 × 5.6 × 2.3 cm = 4.33” × 2.20” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 0.87” × 0.59”

TX53AL3: Tree-like growth, on matrix, of very elongated crystals of Silver, with pronounced twists (“wires”) and crystalline terminations. An excellent example from a mining district from which Silver is known but not abundant.
Caledonia Mine, Mass City, Ontonagon County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 4.8 × 2.3 × 2.1 cm = 1.89” × 0.91” × 0.83”

TT47AL3: Equidimensional Fluorapophyllite-(K) crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with an apparently cubic habit, with very well defined faces and edges, translucent white, on matrix, with Quartz and small white botryoidal aggregates of Prehnite. The specimen comes from a classic American locality for the species.
Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey  USA (±1930)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5 × 3.2 cm = 2.56” × 1.97” × 1.26”

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

EE89AL3: Group of Quartz crystals (variety amethyst) transparent and bright. The color is selectively distributed, with the prism faces being practically colorless, slightly reddish colors on the pyramidal faces, and intense violet concentrated mainly around the terminal edges. The specimen comes from a classic American locality.
North Bend, King County, Washington  USA

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.1 × 4.6 cm = 3.07” × 2.40” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.85” × 0.94”

TR27AL3: Long, tapered Pyromorphite crystals, many of them doubly terminated, grass green with yellow tones, on a Quartz matrix. The specimen has quite different characteristics from those of the nearby and better known Bunker Hill Mine.
Sherman Mine, Burke, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho  USA

Specimen size: 5 × 4.9 × 3.6 cm = 1.97” × 1.93” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.2 cm = 0.31” × 0.08”

CN46AL3: Centered aggregates of white acicular Strontianite crystals, with very well defined faces and edges and implanted in a lilac Fluorite matrix. The specimen shows the classic morphology for this locality, a reference specimen for the species.
From the Carles Curto collection (ref. 1985.38), whose label and information sheet we will send to the buyer.
Minerva I Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois  USA

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.6 × 3 cm = 1.89” × 1.42” × 1.18”

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

MN91AL3: Group of slightly flattened Azurite crystals, with the dominant forms of the rhombohedron and polycrystalline growths on the faces, of a very vivid blue color, on matrix and partially covered with Malachite. From one of the great classic localities in Arizona, and with more color and better luster than usually found there.
Morenci Mine, Morenci, Copper Mountain District, Shannon Mountains, Greenlee County, Arizona  USA (±1995)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.4 × 2.9 cm = 2.17” × 1.73” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.4 cm = 0.79” × 0.55”

CB46AL3: Feather-like growth of Silver crystals in which a doubly terminated and very elongated crystal stands out, with the sharp profile of a spinel-law twin. The attached documentation shows that the specimen was extracted from the mine in 1979.
It comes from the Carles Curto collection (no. 1981.55), whose label and information sheet we will send to the buyer.
La Nevada Mine, Cerro San Antonio, San Miguel, Batopilas, Andrés del Río District, Municipio Batopilas, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.8 × 0.7 cm = 1.14” × 1.10” × 0.28”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 0.5 cm = 1.06” × 0.20”

TB89AL3: Botryoidal growth, very aesthetic, of Mimetite with an intense fatty luster and zones of distinct colors that range from an intense lemon-yellow to orange-yellow. A Mexican classic.
San Pedro Corralitos, Municipio Casas Grandes, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 3 × 1.5 × 2 cm = 1.18” × 0.59” × 0.79”

MM96AL3: Growth, on matrix, of spheroidal crystals that are more individualized than usual, and yellowish green, unusual in specimens from this deposit.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 8.2 × 7 × 2.1 cm = 3.23” × 2.76” × 0.83”

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

CF27AL3: Group of very sharp prismatic Topaz crystals, on matrix, with well defined faces and edges, bright, transparent and with color zoning, very deep in the terminations.
The specimen comes from the Carles Curto collection (ref. 1997.05), whose label and information sheet we will send to the buyer.
Tepetate, Municipio Villa de Arriaga, San Luis Potosí  Mexico

Specimen size: 4.9 × 2.8 × 3.2 cm = 1.93” × 1.10” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.6 cm = 0.51” × 0.24”

TF89AL3: Acanthite crystal growths (selenium-rich) with the dominant faces being the rhombododecahedron, an unusual form for the species, some of them with hoppered growths, associated with Polybasite crystals, likewise rich in selenium, Calcite, and coatings of small Pyrite crystals. Analyses of the specimen, of which we will send a copy to the buyer, indicate a high content of selenium in both the Acanthite and the Polybasite.
San José Mine, San José del Progreso, Municipìo San José del Progreso, Ocotlán District, Valles Centrales Region, Oaxaca  Mexico (01/2018)

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

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

MD26AL3: Good specimen of this rare lead sulphantimonate, with rosette-like crystal aggregates on matrix, dark metallic grey in color. Fülöppite is one of the rare species associated with Stibnite in this mine.
Casualidad Mine, Cordillera de los Picachos, Baños de Sierra Alhamilla, Pechina, Comarca Metropolitana de Almería, Almería, Andalusia  Spain (2014-2015)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.4 × 1.9 cm = 1.14” × 0.94” × 0.75”

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

MN26AL3: Good specimen of this rare lead sulphantimonate, with rosette-like crystal aggregates on matrix, dark metallic grey in color. Fülöppite is one of the rare species associated with Stibnite in this mine.
Casualidad Mine, Cordillera de los Picachos, Baños de Sierra Alhamilla, Pechina, Comarca Metropolitana de Almería, Almería, Andalusia  Spain (2014-2015)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.9 × 2 cm = 1.85” × 1.54” × 0.79”

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

NC16AL3: Globular growths, on matrix, with bright, translucent crystals and a very intense and uniform apple-green color. A Spanish classic.
The specimen comes from the Carles Curto collection (no. 2002.03), whose label and information sheet we will send to the buyer.
Oficarsa Quarry, De las Culebras Hill, Carchelejo, Cárcheles, Comarca Sierra Mágina, Jaén, Andalusia  Spain (10/2001)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3 × 1.9 cm = 1.50” × 1.18” × 0.75”

NB12AL3: Botryoidal growth, on matrix, of very shiny, sharp crystals, with slightly curved faces and edges. From a locality until recently very little known.
Aljibe Range, Aliseda, Comarca Tajo-Salor Almonte, Cáceres, Extremadura  Spain (2014)

Specimen size: 5 × 4 × 3.2 cm = 1.97” × 1.57” × 1.26”

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

NF13AL3: Botryoidal and stalactitic growths of Goethite with variegated metallic iridescence, with reddish, blue and green tones dominating. The specimen comes from one localized find in a mine currently on land with no access, so we do not foresee that any new specimens will be obtained.
La Lapilla Mine, La Lapilla, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (2009)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 8.5 × 5.8 cm = 3.86” × 3.35” × 2.28”

MA26AL3: Botryoidal growth of very aerial Goethite, with variegated metallic iridescence, of dominant reddish blue, golden and green tones.
We will send the label of the Fermín Clemente collection to the buyer of the copy.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (09-10/2011)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.2 × 1 cm = 1.89” × 1.26” × 0.39”

N11VAL3: Aggregates of very sharp, lamellar Baryte crystals, translucent, lustrous, and with an intense and uniform blue color. A curiosity since in the Emilio mine there are practically no known blue Barytes.
Emilio Mine, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, La Rubiera, Loroñe, Colunga, Comarca de la Sidra, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (1995)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 5.7 × 3.9 cm = 3.27” × 2.24” × 1.54”

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

NL13AL3: Polycrystalline growths with complex forms, with sharp edges and faces, slightly curved, transparent, very lustrous, with deep and uniform honey-brown color. This piece comes from some small artisanal finds that were made after the mine closed. There is currently no access to the galleries.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3.3 × 2.3 cm = 1.42” × 1.30” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.6 cm = 0.75” × 0.63”

NC86AL3: Polycrystalline growths with complex forms, with sharp edges and faces, slightly curved, transparent, very lustrous, with deep and uniform honey-brown color. This piece comes from some small artisanal finds that were made after the mine closed. There is currently no access to the galleries.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.4 × 3.6 cm = 1.89” × 1.73” × 1.42”

NQ27AL3: Rhombohedral Cinnabar crystals, one of them clearly dominant and individual, translucent, shiny, very deep in color, on matrix, with small crystals of Calcite and Quartz
Almaden Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (±1960-70)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 4 × 1.2 cm = 1.81” × 1.57” × 0.47”

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

MA37AL3: Group of twinned rhombohedral crystals of Cinnabar with well defined faces and edges and fine growth striations, lustrous, transparent, on matrix, with Dolomite and Quartz.
We will send the label from the Eugeni Bareche collection to the buyer of the specimen.
Almaden Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (±1973)

Specimen size: 8 × 6 × 2.9 cm = 3.15” × 2.36” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.4 cm = 0.35” × 0.16”

NP89AL3: Polycrystalline growths of transparent rhombohedral Cinnabar crystals, brilliant, on matrix, with aggregates of white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals.
Almaden Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (±1960-70)

Specimen size: 7 × 6 × 2.5 cm = 2.76” × 2.36” × 0.98”

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

NG8AL3: Scepter Quartz crystal (variety amethyst), with parallel growths in the lower parts, translucent, lustrous, and with very intense color. On a Microcline matrix.
Mas Sever Quarry, Massabè (Mas Ceber), Sils, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (10/2004)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.4 × 1.6 cm = 1.18” × 0.94” × 0.63”

NC14AL3: Microcline crystal with very well defined faces and edges, with clear double twinning according to both the Baveno and Manebach twin laws, and implanted in a translucent smoky Quartz crystal with deep and uniform color. Can Vernenc, close to Gualba, is an area that has produced very few collector quality specimens.
Can Vernenc, Montnegre Mountains, La Batllòria, Sant Celoni, Comarca Vallès Oriental, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (1980-1985)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 4 × 4.7 cm = 3.07” × 1.57” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 7.8 × 4 cm = 3.07” × 1.57”

DX66AL3: Group of very transparent smoky Quartz crystals on matrix, one of them clearly dominant and partially doubly terminated, with a group of smaller crystals, some of which are also doubly terminated, from the historic Montseny locality where the first finds of amethyst and quality smoky Quartz were made before the recent finds. The Daunis collection was, in the 70s-80s, a reference for local field collectors in the Barcelona area.
Les Mallorquines, Sils, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain

Specimen size: 8 × 2.5 × 1.9 cm = 3.15” × 0.98” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 6 × 2.1 cm = 2.36” × 0.83”

NG11AL3: Spheroidal aggregates of lamellar Bavenite crystals, translucent, very shiny, on matrix of Feldspar, with Chlorite and small, very transparent and lustrous crystals of smoky Quartz.
The specimen comes from the Carlos González Bargueño collection, whose label we will send to the buyer. Carlos was the one who first found these Bavenites and thanks to his work these extraordinary specimens were saved. The Bavenites from Valdeconejillos are somewhat different from the better known ones from the Venero I quarry.
Valdeconejillos Quarry, Cadalso de los Vidrios, Comarca Sierra Oeste de Madrid, Community of Madrid  Spain (2006)

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

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

NQ62AL3: Spheroidal aggregates of lamellar Bavenite crystals, translucent, very shiny and on matrix, with small, very transparent and lustrous crystals of smoky Quartz.
The specimen comes from the Carlos González Bargueño collection, whose label we will send to the buyer. Carlos was the one who first found these Bavenites and thanks to his work these extraordinary specimens were saved. The Bavenites from Valdeconejillos are somewhat different from the better known ones from the Venero I quarry.
Valdeconejillos Quarry, Cadalso de los Vidrios, Comarca Sierra Oeste de Madrid, Community of Madrid  Spain (2006)

Specimen size: 4 × 2.8 × 2.3 cm = 1.57” × 1.10” × 0.91”

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

NJ61AL3: Spheroidal aggregates of very lustrous translucent lamellar Bavenite crystals on matrix, with Chlorite.
The specimen comes from the Carlos González Bargueño collection, whose label we will send to the buyer. Carlos was the one who first found these Bavenites and thanks to his work these extraordinary specimens were saved. The Bavenites from Valdeconejillos are somewhat different from the better known ones from the Venero I quarry.
Valdeconejillos Quarry, Cadalso de los Vidrios, Comarca Sierra Oeste de Madrid, Community of Madrid  Spain (2006)

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

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

NL12AL3: Spheroidal aggregates of lamellar Bavenite crystals, translucent, very bright and on matrix, with translucent and lustrous smoky Quartz crystals and small Feldspar crystals.
The specimen comes from the Carlos González Bargueño collection, whose label we will send to the buyer. Carlos was the one who first found these Bavenites and thanks to his work these extraordinary specimens were saved.
Venero I Quarry (Cadalso I Quarry), Cadalso de los Vidrios, Comarca Sierra Oeste de Madrid, Community of Madrid  Spain (02/2004)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4 × 2.9 cm = 1.85” × 1.57” × 1.14”

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

NE62AL3: Spheroidal aggregates of sharp lamellar Bavenite crystals, lustrous and on matrix, with Albite and partial Chlorite coatings.
The specimen comes from the Carlos González Bargueño collection, whose label we will send to the buyer. Carlos was the one who first found these Bavenites and thanks to his work these extraordinary specimens were saved.
Venero I Quarry (Cadalso I Quarry), Cadalso de los Vidrios, Comarca Sierra Oeste de Madrid, Community of Madrid  Spain (2005)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.4 × 2.4 cm = 1.81” × 1.34” × 0.94”

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

NB13AL3: Aggregate with spheroidal Goethite growths with variegated metallic iridescence, very bright, with shades of yellow, blue and greenish grey. From a locality that in general does not stand out for its Goethites.
Haití Mine, Cabezo de San Ginés, San Ginés de la Jara, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (09/2016)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 8.7 × 3.3 cm = 4.02” × 3.43” × 1.30”

NV14AL3: Elongated prismatic Celestine crystals, very sharp and some doubly terminated, colorless translucent, on matrix.
Barranco del Mulo Deposit, Barranco del Mulo, Ulea, Comarca Valle de Ricote, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (1992)

Specimen size: 11.3 × 7.1 × 3.3 cm = 4.45” × 2.80” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.7 cm = 0.94” × 0.28”

NB89AL3: Powerful group of Quartz crystals displaying a dipyramidal habit, as the prism is mostly absent, covered by an epigenetic growth of small Siderite crystals. The size of the Quartz crystals and the quality of the piece is much higher than what is usually found in this deposit.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection, whose label we will send to the buyer along with a small poster that certifies that this specimen was displayed in the “Minerals of the Mediterranian 2014” exhibition at the 2014 Expominer Show.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (±1990)

Specimen size: 14.7 × 9.3 × 5.5 cm = 5.79” × 3.66” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 3.1 cm = 1.38” × 1.22”