Pre-Ste. Marie 2020 (virtual)

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TE86AL4: Group of tabular Prehnite crystals with well defined faces and edges, translucent, with an intense and uniform light blue color, good luster and a small group of Calcite crystals.
The specimen comes from the inventory of John Sampson White (# 23-10-17) whose label we will send to the buyer.
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region  Tanzania

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.3 × 2.2 cm = 1.34” × 0.91” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.94” × 0.16”

MR99AL4: A novelty at Munich 2019. Very sharp, doubly-terminated floater crystal of Eudidymite with good terminations and marked parallel growths. The crystal is translucent, white, with pearly luster, accompanied by an Aegirine crystal and a doubly-terminated Quartz crystal, smoky in the terminal areas. Eudidymite rarely appears in such well-defined crystals, which is why the specimens of this find fall into the category of exceptional.
This specimen has been referenced and pictured, as a novelty in Munich 2019 in the magazine "Le Règne Minéral" number 150, page 42. It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mount Malosa, Zomba District  Malawi (09/2019)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.9 × 3.4 cm = 1.89” × 1.54” × 1.34”

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

MG56AL4: Columbite crystal, very rich in crystal faces and with very well defined faces and edges. Rich in terminal faces too and with a clear scepter habit in the Columbite crystal itself.
District Analalava, Sofia Region  Madagascar

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.1 × 1 cm = 1.54” × 0.83” × 0.39”

MB36AL4: Group of highly profiled, translucent and brilliant Dioptase crystals, on matrix and with pale blue-green Chrysocolla. Excellent specimen, classic and very aesthetic.
Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department  Republic of the Congo

Specimen size: 10.5 × 5.4 × 6.9 cm = 4.13” × 2.13” × 2.72”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.55” × 0.16”

TX6AL4: Group of Prehnite crystals that partially cover a water-clear Quartz crystal. The Prehnite crystals, more individualized than usual for the species, with defined faces and edges, are translucent, shiny, and have a uniform pale green color.
We will send the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg area, Erongo Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 3.6 × 1.5 × 1.1 cm = 1.42” × 0.59” × 0.43”

TM56AL4: Group of primary Malachite crystals, with sharp faces and edges and fine polycrystalline terminations, lustrous, with a very intense color and implanted in a matrix of Calcite crystals.
We will deliver the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, stating that it came from the Melanson collection (Denver 2013)
Onganja (Emke) Mine, Helen Farm 235, Onganja mining area, Seeis, Windhoek District, Khomas Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.4 × 2 cm = 1.06” × 0.94” × 0.79”

MD99AL4: Group of cubo-octahedral crystals with sharp faces and edges, between transparent and translucent, lustrous and deep green color with fine zones in shades of violet parallel to the edges of the crystals. Some areas of the specimen are partially covered by small white Calcite crystals.
The specimen, which comes from the Peter Rosewarne collection was previously in the Claus Hedegaard collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 8.8 × 7.5 × 3.2 cm = 3.46” × 2.95” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 5.6 × 5.1 cm = 2.20” × 2.01”

TL26AL4: Polycrystalline growths of Mimetite, on matrix, with the forms of the prism and an acute pyramidal termination, translucent, very shiny and yellow color with orange tones.
A very typical Tsumeb specimen that we will deliver in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, which states that it came from the Sullivan collection.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.6 × 1.1 cm = 0.87” × 0.63” × 0.43”

CK13AL4: Malachite pseudomorphs after elongated Azurite crystals with sharp faces and edges some of them doubly terminated. On matrix, with unaltered Azurite crystals and Cerussite twins.
The specimen comes from the Carles Curto collection, whose label and catalogue information we will send to the buyer.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.7 × 1.6 cm = 1.30” × 1.06” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.4 cm = 0.47” × 0.16”

DL14AL4: Group on matrix of equant Smithsonite crystals with the prism and the terminal rhombohedra being of similar balanced size, between transparent and translucent, and a very intense pink color with mauve tones.
The specimen comes from the Daunis collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.5 × 2.6 cm = 1.46” × 1.38” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”

TB90AL4: Curious botryoidal Dolomite, uncommon in this locality, with smooth and silk-shiny surfaces and a soft pink color. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send the buyer a copy of the analysis.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 21.2 × 11.9 × 8 cm = 8.35” × 4.69” × 3.15”

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

TB38AL4: Dendritic floater, flattened in the form of a leaf, with identifiable crystal faces, especially on the edges of the specimen and some of them with hopper growths.
Fanado river claims, Minas Novas, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2013)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 0.9 × 0.4 cm = 1.06” × 0.35” × 0.16”

TT46AL4: Floater specimen with arborescent growths of elongated octahedral-rhombododecahedral crystals and with highly profiled parallel skeletal forms. The deposit is no longer in production and new specimens from there will be hard to come by. We have analyzed these Golds and they are very special, containing 99.1% Gold and about 0.5% Rhodium, which is rare. We will 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 (09-12/2015)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.5 × 0.8 cm = 0.87” × 0.59” × 0.31”

MV92AL4: Complete floater crystal of Spodumene (var. Kunzite), with polycrystalline growths, typical of specimens from this locality, very transparent, gem quality, brilliant and with a very intense color.
Urucum Mine, Galiléia, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 6 × 4.6 × 4.6 cm = 2.36” × 1.81” × 1.81”

TT87AL4: Polycrystalline group, quite sharp compared to the usual for the species of Ferrokësterite, a rare copper, iron and tin sulfide, associated with a lighter metallic gray Andorite crystal. On a matrix covered with small, very bright crystals of Pyrite.
The specimen comes from the Robert J. Noble collection, whose label, which states that it previously came from Alfredo Petrov (Tucson 2009), we will send to the buyer.
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.14” × 1.06” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1 cm = 0.51” × 0.39”

MD48AL4: Rock matrix with microcrystalline Quartz coatings and a surface rich in lamellar growths and acicular crystals of Gold. The specimen comes from a mining area in Colombia that is so far very little known.
Los Delirios claim, Delirios III cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia (01/2018)

Specimen size: 4 × 1.8 × 1.6 cm = 1.57” × 0.71” × 0.63”

EE48AL4: Arborescent growths and acicular and lamellar Gold crystals, with very good luster, on matrix and with Quartz (variety chalcedony) coatings. The specimen comes from a mining area in Colombia that is very little known so far.
La Peter II concession,La Peter open pit, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia

Specimen size: 7.6 × 4.1 × 2.3 cm = 2.99” × 1.61” × 0.91”

EX47AL4: Clusters of tabular Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) crystals, very sharp, transparent and shiny, with dark inclusions of small Hubeite crystals that are concentrated mainly on the edges. On matrix and with related Quartz and Calcite crystals.
Daye mining area, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.5 × 3.8 cm = 2.68” × 2.17” × 1.50”

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

EB37AL4: Group of cubic Fluorite crystals with edges bevelled by the rhombododecahedron, with an unusual habit for the species due to the balanced growth of these isometric forms, polycrystalline and with deep hoppers and smooth rhombododecahedral faces, but with pronounced curvatures on faces and edges. The color is very deep and vivid, between indigo and navy blue. On Quartz matrix. Totally different from other Huanggang specimens.
Huanggang Mines, shaft 4, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (05/2014)

Specimen size: 9 × 4.7 × 4.3 cm = 3.54” × 1.85” × 1.69”

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

EY87AL4: Group of cubic Fluorite crystals with edges bevelled by the rhombododecahedron, with an unusual habit for the species due to the balanced growth of these isometric forms, polycrystalline and with deep hoppers and smooth rhombododecahedral faces, but with pronounced curvatures on faces and edges. The color is very deep and vivid, between indigo and navy blue. On Quartz matrix. Totally different from other Huanggang specimens.
Huanggang Mines, shaft 4, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (05/2014)

Specimen size: 10.5 × 7.4 × 6.6 cm = 4.13” × 2.91” × 2.60”

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

TZ26AL4: Polychrome Elbaite crystal with sharp faces and edges and rich in terminal faces. Very bright and with different degrees of transparency depending on the color zones: very dark olive green at the base, lighter green in the intermediate area and colorless and transparent around the termination.
We will deliver the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 3.2 × 0.8 × 0.4 cm = 1.26” × 0.31” × 0.16”

TD96AL4: Titanite crystal with a clearly evident contact twin, very sharp, and with well defined crystal faces. Translucent, lustrous, with an intense greenish-yellow color and just a little bit of matrix.
We will send the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Biensla, Haramosh Mountains, Baltistan District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.4 × 1 cm = 0.87” × 0.55” × 0.39”

NT47AL4: Floater group of two Bastnäsite-(Ce) crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with sharp faces and edges, translucent, with reddish-brown reflections and associated with small white Orthoclase (variety adularia) crystals.
Zagi Mountain, Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa  Pakistan

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2 × 1.7 cm = 1.06” × 0.79” × 0.67”

CQ67AL4: Parallel growth of very elongated snow-white crystals, with polycrystalline pyramidal terminations, and pearly luster. Beryllonite, a phosphate of sodium and beryllium, is one of the rare species that is well crystallized in Pakistani pegmatites.
The specimen comes from the Carles Curto collection, whose label and catalogue information we will send to the buyer.
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 7.4 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm = 2.91” × 1.38” × 0.98”

TD66AL4: Matrix group of short prismatic Fluorapatite crystals, most of them doubly terminated, translucent, with a deep violet color and good luster.
We will send the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Dara-i-Pech pegmatite, Chapa Dara District, Kunar Province (Konar)  Afghanistan

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 0.94” × 0.87” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.5 cm = 0.35” × 0.20”

MQ62AL4: Group of highly profiled lamellar crystals of Wulfenite on matrix, very rich in crystal forms, translucent, very lustrous and with an extremely vivid and intense red color.
Chah Kharboze Mine, Chah Kharboze, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (08/2015)

Specimen size: 1.2 × 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.47” × 0.39” × 0.28”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.31” × 0.24”

MZ62AL4: Group of highly profiled lamellar crystals of Wulfenite on matrix, very rich in crystal forms, translucent, very lustrous and with an extremely vivid and intense red color.
Chah Kharboze Mine, Chah Kharboze, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (08/2015)

Specimen size: 1.2 × 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.47” × 0.47” × 0.43”

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

MR62AL4: Group of highly profiled lamellar crystals of Wulfenite on matrix, one of them clearly dominant, very rich in crystal forms, translucent, with very good luster and with an extremely vivid and intense red color.
Chah Kharboze Mine, Chah Kharboze, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (08/2015)

Specimen size: 1.3 × 1.1 × 0.5 cm = 0.51” × 0.43” × 0.20”

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

TX66AL4: Atacamite as polycrystalline spheroidal growths, with sharp faces, translucent and with very deep color. The specimen comes from one of the historical localities for the species, via the Robert J. Noble collection, and we will deliver it in its original Perky box from that collection, which also contains the label.
House East pit, Mount Gunson Copper mines, Pernatty Lagoon, Stuart Shelf, South Australia  Australia

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.8 × 2.5 cm = 0.94” × 0.71” × 0.98”