Ste. Marie 2020 (Virtual)

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NV27AL5: Group of highly profiled Fluorite crystals, transparent, bright, with a very intense and uniform yellow color and partially covered with Pyrite microcrystals. The specimen, from the Villabona mine, much less prolific than the better known Moscona mine, comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (no. 461), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Villabona Mines, Barrio de la Estación, Villabona, Llanera, Comarca del Nora, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2014)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 5.3 × 3.9 cm = 3.46” × 2.09” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.6 cm = 0.71” × 0.63”

NG89AL5: Crystals with a cubic habit with polycrystalline surfaces and staggered faces, transparent, bright, with a very intense color between lilac and mauve, on matrix, with Quartz crystals.
This piece comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (no. 442), whose label we will send to the buyer.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2015)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.2 × 4.8 cm = 2.91” × 2.05” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 3 cm = 1.22” × 1.18”

NA90AL5: Two cubic Fluorite crystals beveled by the rhombododecahedron, very clean and transparent, bright and with geometric color zoning.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (No. 526), whose label we will send to the buyer.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2016)

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

Main crystal size: 4 × 3.5 cm = 1.57” × 1.38”

NP14AL5: A novelty at the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Group of elongated Fluorapatite crystals with a pale yellow to violet color, with zoning that forms white geometric bands in the terminal areas and small Chlorite coatings. The specimen, completely different from those known so far from Panasqueira, comes from a small vug that produced few pieces.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (02/2020)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.6 × 2.1 cm = 1.26” × 1.02” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.5 cm = 0.47” × 0.20”

NM6AL5: A novelty at Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Group of elongated Fluorapatite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, pale yellow to violet in color with zoning that forms white geometric bands in the terminal areas, with leafy aggregates of Muscovite and little Chlorite coatings. The specimen, completely different from those known so far from Panasqueira, comes from a small vug that produced few specimens.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (02/2020)

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

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 0.7 cm = 1.26” × 0.28”

NQ6AL5: A novelty at Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Group of elongated Fluorapatite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, of a color between pale yellow and violet with zoning that forms white geometric bands in the terminal areas, with small leafy aggregates of Muscovite and lamellar Chlorite coatings . The specimen, completely different from those known so far from Panasqueira, comes from a small vug that produced few pieces.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (02/2020)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.4 × 2.3 cm = 1.73” × 0.94” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.6 cm = 0.94” × 0.24”

NF76AL5: A novelty at Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Group of elongated pale yellow to violet Fluorapatite crystals with zoning that forms white geometric bands in the terminal areas, on a transparent Quartz crystal with small leafy aggregates of Muscovite. The specimen, completely different from what had been known so far in Panasqueira, comes from a small vug that produced few pieces.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (02/2020)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.7 × 2 cm = 1.50” × 1.46” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.75” × 0.24”

NE46AL5: A novelty at the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Group of elongated pale yellow to violet Fluorapatite crystals with zoning that forms white geometric bands in the terminal areas, on a Quartz crystal, partially covered by Chlorite and small crystals of Calcite. The specimen, completely different from those known so far from Panasqueira, comes from a small vug that produced few pieces.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (02/2020)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 2.6 × 1.5 cm = 2.05” × 1.02” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 0.7 cm = 1.42” × 0.28”

NG76AL5: A novelty at the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Group of elongated pale yellow to violet Fluorapatite crystals with zoning that forms white geometric bands in the terminal areas, on a transparent Quartz crystal, with small Chlorite coatings and leafy aggregates of Muscovite . This piece, completely different from those known until now from Panasqueira, comes from a small vug that produced few specimens.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (02/2020)

Specimen size: 4 × 2.5 × 2.8 cm = 1.57” × 0.98” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.71” × 0.24”

NJ36AL5: A novelty at the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Group of elongated pale yellow to violet Fluorapatite crystals with zoning that forms white geometric bands in the terminal areas, on matrix, with Sphalerite, Quartz crystals, leafy aggregates of Muscovite and small coatings of Chlorite. The specimen, completely different from those known so far from Panasqueira, comes from a small vug that produced few pieces.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (02/2020)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 5.2 × 3.4 cm = 2.99” × 2.05” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.63” × 0.20”

NK46AL5: A novelty at the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Group of elongated pale yellow to violet Fluorapatite crystals with zoning that forms white geometric bands in the terminal areas, on matrix, with Sphalerite, Quartz crystals, leafy aggregates of Muscovite and small coatings of Chlorite. The specimen, completely different from those known until now from Panasqueira, comes from a small vug that produced few specimens.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (02/2020)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 4.2 × 3.3 cm = 3.11” × 1.65” × 1.30”

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

NW47AL5: A novelty at the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Group of elongated and doubly terminated Fluorapatite crystals between pale yellow and violet with zoning that forms white geometric bands in the terminal areas, on a transparent Quartz crystal partially coated with Chlorite. The specimen, completely different from those known so far from Panasqueira, comes from a small vug that produced few specimens.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (02/2020)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.2 × 2.8 cm = 2.80” × 1.65” × 1.10”

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

NL48AL5: A novelty at the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Group of elongated and doubly terminated Fluorapatite crystals between pale yellow and violet with zoning that forms white geometric bands in the terminal areas, on a transparent Quartz crystal with Chlorite and Muscovite coatings. The specimen, completely different from those known so far from Panasqueira, comes from a small vug that produced few pieces.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (02/2020)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 5.1 × 3.4 cm = 2.17” × 2.01” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 0.6 cm = 1.14” × 0.24”

ND28AL5: A novelty at the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Elongated pale yellow to violet Fluorapatite crystals with zoning that forms white geometric bands in the terminal areas, on matrix, with spheroidal aggregates of Muscovite coated with Chlorite. The specimen, completely different from those known so far from Panasqueira, comes from a small vug that produced few pieces.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (02/2020)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 5.8 × 5.6 cm = 3.03” × 2.28” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 1.0 cm = 1.38” × 0.39”

NC10AL5: A novelty at the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Groups of elongated and doubly terminated Fluorapatite crystals between pale yellow and violet between pale yellow and violet with zoning that forms white geometric bands in the terminal areas, on matrix, with Quartz, small crystals of Arsenopyrite, Chlorite coatings and leafy Muscovite aggregates. The specimen, completely different from those known until now from Panasqueira, comes from a small vug that produced few pieces.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (02/2020)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 7.6 × 4.7 cm = 3.07” × 2.99” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.85” × 0.71”

NA47AL5: A novelty at the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Groups of elongated and doubly terminated Fluorapatite crystals between pale yellow and violet with zoning that forms white geometric bands in the terminal areas, on matrix, with Quartz, very well defined Sphalerite crystals on the back, Chlorite coatings and leafy aggregates of Muscovite. This piece, completely different from those known so far from Panasqueira, comes from a small vug that produced few specimens.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (02/2020)

Specimen size: 9 × 8.1 × 6.1 cm = 3.54” × 3.19” × 2.40”

Main crystal size: 3 × 0.8 cm = 1.18” × 0.31”

NB57AL5: A novelty at Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Groups of elongated and doubly terminated Fluorapatite crystals between pale yellow and violet with zoning that forms white geometric bands in the terminal areas, on matrix, with Quartz, small crystals of Arsenopyrite and spheroidal aggregates of Muscovite, and Chlorite coatings. This piece, completely different from those known until now from Panasqueira, comes from a small vug that produced few specimens.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (02/2020)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 7.4 × 4.2 cm = 4.21” × 2.91” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1.8 cm = 1.26” × 0.71”

NK90AL5: Druse of highly outlined tetrahedral Tetrahedrite crystals, extremely lustrous, with small white Calcite coatings, on matrix with Pyrite. The best possible for the locality.
Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures  Romania

Specimen size: 9 × 7 × 4.1 cm = 3.54” × 2.76” × 1.61”

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

SA69AL5: Group of complex Calcite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, dominated by rhombohedron forms, between transparent and translucent, with pearly luster, on matrix with Chlorite. As with many of the specimens in the Stoppani collection, this is of high quality for the locality. We will send the buyer the origin label.
Große Fleiß Valley, Heiligenblut am Großglockner, Spittal an der Drau, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia/Kärnten  Austria

Specimen size: 14.8 × 10.8 × 8.6 cm = 5.83” × 4.25” × 3.39”

Main crystal size: 5.8 × 5.8 cm = 2.28” × 2.28”

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”

TA1AL5: Flat rosette growths (“iron rose”), very sharp, with very marked, shiny and lamellar polycrystalline growths
The specimen comes from the Rock Currier collection (no.1387), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 7.3 × 3.4 × 3.3 cm = 2.87” × 1.34” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 2.6 cm = 1.46” × 1.02”

NV86AL5: Spheroidal aggregates of small deep green and uniform Pyromorphite crystals, on matrix, with small yellow-brown lamellar crystals of Wulfenite. The specimen comes from one of the classic European localities for the species.
Bwlch Glas Mine, Cyneiniog Valley, Talybont, Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion  Wales / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 7.5 × 4.5 × 1.7 cm = 2.95” × 1.77” × 0.67”

NC67AL5: Group of crystals of Mimetite (variety campylite) on matrix, with Goethite, a barrel habit and with very marked curvatures of the faces and edges to give almost globular shapes. Deep orange in color and very bright, it comes from the locality best known for this variety.
Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Allerdale, former Cumberland, Cumbria  England / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 7.6 × 3.2 × 4.1 cm = 2.99” × 1.26” × 1.61”

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

MA7AL5: Prehnite crystals with very well defined faces and edges and with curvatures, with polycrystalline growths, translucent, bright, and with an intense green color. On matrix, with Calcite and highly profiled Epidote crystals, transparent, very bright and with an unusually deep color. Excellent French classic from one of the classic localities for the species.
La Combe de la Selle, Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans, Le Bourg d'Oisans Comune, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.8 × 3.1 cm = 2.68” × 2.28” × 1.22”

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

TB1AL5: Fluorite deformed cube-octahedral crystal, translucent. Brilliant, with a change in color between pale green and pink. On matrix, with Quartz crystals and small, very sharp and bright Chalcopyrite crystals. The specimen, unusual and of high quality, comes from a classic German locality.
It belonged to the collection of H.B. Ruprecht, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Rottleberode, Stolberg, Mansfeld-Südharz District, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt/Sachsen-Anhalt  Germany

Specimen size: 7.7 × 5.9 × 4.2 cm = 3.03” × 2.32” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 5.1 × 4.7 cm = 2.01” × 1.85”

TX98AL5: Octahedral crystal of Fluorite very rich in polycrystalline growths, transparent, bright, unusually intense in color and with Chlorite inclusions. A high quality French alpine classic.
Aiguille Verte, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (±2010)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2 × 2 cm = 1.10” × 0.79” × 0.79”

EZ47AL5: Very aerial group of Pyromorphite crystals, many of them doubly terminated, with an intense deep green color, on matrix, with Quartz. The shape of the crystals, very elongated, on matrix, makes this specimen different from other Pyromorphites from this classic French deposit.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 5.6 × 2.4 × 1.8 cm = 2.20” × 0.94” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.1 cm = 0.24” × 0.04”

NC69AL5: Groups of crystals with slightly curved edges, many of them doubly terminated, extraordinarily bright, with a very vivid and uniform color and on a Calcite matrix. A French classic which stands out for its color.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.3 × 4.1 cm = 2.01” × 1.69” × 1.61”

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

EB90AL5: Floater group of rhombohedral Azurite crystals, with very marked polycrystalline growths, with a very deep color and intense luster. Good crystal size for the locality.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (1989-1995)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.4 × 3.7 cm = 2.28” × 1.73” × 1.46”

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