August 2020 Update (2)

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DC68AL8: Group of octahedral Fluorite crystals with staggered edges on matrix, translucent, shiny and with an intense violet color. The locality is a great North American classic for the species and in this case the crystals are larger than usual for this locality.
Pine Canyon deposit, West Burro Mountains, Burro Mountains District, Grant County, New Mexico  USA

Specimen size: 7 × 6.1 × 3.9 cm = 2.76” × 2.40” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.3 cm = 1.18” × 0.91”

TD27AL8: Parallel aggregates of skeletal Sylvanite crystals, very brilliant and on a Quartz matrix. From a classic North American locality.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Cresson Mine, Eclipse Gulch, Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado  USA

Specimen size: 3 × 2.8 × 2.4 cm = 1.18” × 1.10” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.15 cm = 0.24” × 0.06”

TY86AL8: Very aesthetic aggregate of prismatic Vesuvianite crystals with excellent terminations, transparent, with great luster and an intense greenish yellow color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.4 × 2 cm = 0.98” × 0.94” × 0.79”

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

ME91AL8: Twinned crystals of Gypsum, transparent, very bright and with a color between yellow and orange. Implanted in a spheroidal aggregate of lenticular crystals of the same Gypsum but with a black color, possibly due to organic inclusions. The yellow crystals also have the peculiarity that they show not only fluorescence but also phosphorescence when exposed to ultraviolet light.
Red River floodway, Winnipeg, Winnipeg Capital Region, Manitoba  Canada (1996)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 8 × 6.4 cm = 4.21” × 3.15” × 2.52”

Main crystal size: 4.6 × 3.5 cm = 1.81” × 1.38”

NR14AL8: Radial aggregates of tabular Hemimorphite crystals on a limonite matrix, with excellent terminations, translucent, very lustrous and with a snow-white color. The specimen is of a rare high quality for the locality.
Precaución Mine, Cabezo de San Ginés, El Estrecho de San Ginés, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (1995)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.1 × 3 cm = 2.36” × 1.61” × 1.18”

CC16AL8: Clustered aggregates of very elongated flat crystals translucent and white with gray tones and with small Pyrite crystals. From an already extinct locality from which it is very difficult to find specimens today, espècially of this quality.
The specimen comes from the Carles Curto collection, whose label and catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Leonor Mine, Osor Mines, Osor, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain

Specimen size: 8 × 6.6 × 4.4 cm = 3.15” × 2.60” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 0.7 cm = 1.06” × 0.28”

NB26AL8: Translucent white scalenohedral Calcite crystals with coatings and oriented red inclusions of Hematite on the terminal faces and on matrix. It is covered by transparent bright Fluorite crystals with cream-colored Dolomite crystals. The matrix has been sawn on the back. The specimen's characteristics are quite atypical for the locality.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 11.4 × 7.5 × 3.5 cm = 4.49” × 2.95” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.2 cm = 1.06” × 0.47”

NR37AL8: 'Book-like' aggregate of lamellar Baryte crystals with light reddish coatings of Hematite on a matrix partially covered by small white Calcite crystals. Of the best possible quality for the locality.
San Pedro Mine, De Enmedio Range, Almendricos, Lorca, Comarca Alto Guadalentín, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 10.7 × 5.2 × 8.7 cm = 4.21” × 2.05” × 3.43”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 1.6 cm = 1.22” × 0.63”

NA50AL8: Fluorite crystals with clearly dominant cube faces and very marked dodecahedron bevels. Very transparent, shiny, colorless and on matrix of scalenohedral Calcite crystals with abundant inclusions and, unlike other pieces from this deposit, they exhibit small impregnations of Malachite. This specimen has a particularly unusual format for the locality.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 10.9 × 8.7 × 5.5 cm = 4.29” × 3.43” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.7 cm = 1.06” × 0.67”

ER97AL8: Octahedral crystals of Galena, well outlined and with very marked geometric growth figures. On a matrix of small complex crystals of Sphalerite with a very deep red color. Possibly one of the best specimens from this specific find in a not very well known mine.
Planioles Mine, Planioles, Figeac-Ouest, Figeac, Lot Department, Occitanie  France (2003)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.1 × 2.6 cm = 3.03” × 2.40” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 3 cm = 1.26” × 1.18”

EF61AL8: Efflorescent aggregates of Pyromorphite crystals with curvatures on their faces and edges, bright, with an intense green color and on a matrix of “book-like” Baryte crystals. A French classic.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 12.3 × 8.7 × 4.6 cm = 4.84” × 3.43” × 1.81”

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

CA11AL8: A sheaf-like aggregate of elongated Epidote crystals with good polycrystalline terminations, translucent, lustrous and with a very deep green color.
The specimen from a known but little publicized Belgian locality comes from the Carles Curto collection, whose label and catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Quenast, Rebecq, Nivelles District, Walloon Brabant Province, Wallonne Region  Belgium (±2001)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.8 × 1.9 cm = 1.46” × 1.10” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 0.4 cm = 1.02” × 0.16”

CB14AL8: Aggregate of twinned disphenoidal (pseudotetrahedral) crystals of Chalcopyrite, with slight iridescence, on matrix.
The specimen from one of the most classic German localities for the species comes from the Carles Curto collection, whose label and catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Herdorf, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.4 × 1.9 cm = 1.34” × 0.94” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 0.87” × 0.67”

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”

CA47AL8: Group of tabular Phosgenite crystals one of them clearly dominant, transparent, with a kind of brown-smoky color and much better luster than usual in specimens from this locality, one of the most classic Italian localities for the species.
It comes from the Carles Curto collection whose label and catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.2 × 1.4 cm = 1.50” × 1.26” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 3.2 cm = 1.50” × 1.26”

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”

TW14AL8: Group of dodecahedral Magnetite crystals with the secondary triangular shapes of the octahedron and, in general, with sharp faces and edges and great luster. On matrix and with small acicular crystals of Epidote.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Dashkesan deposit, Dashkesan, Dashkesan District  Republic of Azerbaijan

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2.3 × 1.9 cm = 0.91” × 0.91” × 0.75”

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

AB14AL8: Group of Andradite crystals on matrix, with the dominant forms of the dodecahedron beveled by the trapezohedron and lustrous black color with brownish reflections. Of excellent quality for the locality.
Berezovskoe Mines, Uspenskaya Mountain, Berezovskii, Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural  Russia

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.93” × 1.85” × 0.87”

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

EB15AL8: Azurite crystal with very marked parallel growths and good terminal faces, very bright, much more translucent than usual for this deposit and with a very vivid color. On matrix, accompanied by some remnants of Malachite. The locality is one of the great world classics for Azurite.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (±1975)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.4 × 2.1 cm = 2.05” × 1.34” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 3.4 cm = 1.85” × 1.34”

NT67AL8: Group of cubic Fluorite crystals with polycrystalline staggering on the edges. Translucent, bright, with an intense green color and with coatings of small Pyrite crystals on the back.
The specimen comes from the Jan Buma collection (number 010619) whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
El Hammam, Ait Mimoune, Khémisset Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 9.8 × 6 × 4.4 cm = 3.86” × 2.36” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.51”

EA6AL8: Scepter growth of a transparent Quartz crystal very lustrous, with phantom growths, abundant inclusions and a very vivid amethyst color with smoky colored areas distributed irregularly in the crystal. Of the best possible quality for the locality, which is not very well known.
Chibuku Mine, Zambezi Valley, Mashonaland West  Zimbabwe (2018)

Specimen size: 4 × 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 1.57” × 0.63” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.6 cm = 1.18” × 0.63”

EB16AL8: Scepter growth of a transparent Quartz crystal very lustrous, with phantom growths, abundant inclusions and a very vivid amethyst color with smoky colored areas distributed irregularly in the crystal. Of the best possible quality for the locality, which is not very well known.
Chibuku Mine, Zambezi Valley, Mashonaland West  Zimbabwe (2018)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 1.65” × 0.55” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.4 cm = 1.02” × 0.55”

EC36AL8: Scepter growth of a transparent Quartz crystal with good luster and phantom growths, abundant inclusions and a very vivid amethyst color with smoky colored areas distributed irregularly in the crystal. Of the best possible quality for the locality, which is not very well known.
Chibuku Mine, Zambezi Valley, Mashonaland West  Zimbabwe (2018)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 1.8 × 1.5 cm = 1.85” × 0.71” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.8 cm = 0.91” × 0.71”

ED66AL8: Scepter growth of a transparent Quartz crystal very shiny, with phantom growths, abundant inclusions and a very vivid amethyst color with smoky colored areas distributed irregularly in the crystal. Of the best possible quality for the locality, which is not very well known.
This specimen has been published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What's New’ section, report 57, August 30, 2020 edition, page 4

Chibuku Mine, Zambezi Valley, Mashonaland West  Zimbabwe (2018)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 1.85” × 0.67” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 1.7 cm = 1.14” × 0.67”

EE76AL8: Scepter growth of a dominant Quartz crystal with a smaller doubly terminated lateral crystal, both transparent. Very lustrous, with phantom growths, abundant inclusions and a very vivid color distributed unevenly in the crystal. Of the best possible quality for the locality, which is not very well known.
Chibuku Mine, Zambezi Valley, Mashonaland West  Zimbabwe (2018)

Specimen size: 6 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 2.36” × 0.87” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2 cm = 1.22” × 0.79”

EF76AL8: Scepter growth of a transparent Quartz crystal with great luster and phantom growths, abundant inclusions and a very vivid color between dominant smoky tones and amethyst violet irregularly distributed in the crystal. Of the best possible quality for the locality, which is not very well known.
Chibuku Mine, Zambezi Valley, Mashonaland West  Zimbabwe (2018)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2 × 1.6 cm = 1.85” × 0.79” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2 cm = 0.98” × 0.79”

EG66AL8: Scepter growth of a transparent Quartz crystal very shiny, with phantom growths, abundant inclusions and a very vivid color, between dominant smoky tones and amethyst violet irregularly distributed in the crystal. On a doubly terminated crystal of colorless Quartz with abundant inclusions. Of the best possible quality for the locality, which is not very well known.
Chibuku Mine, Zambezi Valley, Mashonaland West  Zimbabwe (2018)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 2.1 × 1.4 cm = 2.91” × 0.83” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.63” × 0.51”

EH97AL8: Scepter growth of a transparent Quartz crysta very lustrous, with phantom growths, abundant inclusions and a very vivid and deep amethyst colo with smoky areas distributed irregularly in the crystal. Of the best possible quality for the locality, which is not very well known.
Chibuku Mine, Zambezi Valley, Mashonaland West  Zimbabwe (2018)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 2.8 × 2.6 cm = 3.27” × 1.10” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 6 × 2.8 cm = 2.36” × 1.10”

TV96AL8: Group of very sharp dipyramidal Libethenite crystals with well defined faces and edges, bright and with a deep and uniform green color. On matrix with Chrysocolla.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Nkana Mine (Rokana Mine), Mindola pit, Kitwe, Kitwe District, Copperbelt Province  Zambia

Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.9 × 1.4 cm = 0.75” × 0.75” × 0.55”

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

TK37AL8: Group of very sharp dipyramidal Libethenite crystals with well defined faces and edges, shiny and with a very deep green color, almost black.
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 James (Jim) Minette collection.
This specimen has been published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What's New’ section, report 57, August 30, 2020 edition, page 5

Nkana Mine (Rokana Mine), Mindola pit, Kitwe, Kitwe District, Copperbelt Province  Zambia

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.91” × 0.63” × 0.51”

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

EA14AL8: Group of very sharp dipyramidal Libethenite crystals with well defined faces and edges, bright and with an intense and vivid green color. On matrix and with Malachite.
The specimen is accompanied by the collector's card, Dr. K.J. Reid, in which the date of the find is handwritten and signed.
Nkana Mine (Rokana Mine), Mindola pit, Kitwe, Kitwe District, Copperbelt Province  Zambia (06/11/1976)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.4 × 1.9 cm = 1.34” × 0.94” × 0.75”

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

EB36AL8: Elongated crystal of Libethenite on matrix, doubly terminated, and very rich in polycrystalline growths. With good luster and a very deep and uniform green color.
The specimen is accompanied by the collector's card, Dr. K.J. Reid, in which the date of the find is handwritten and signed.
Nkana Mine (Rokana Mine), Mindola pit, Kitwe, Kitwe District, Copperbelt Province  Zambia (06/11/1976)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.4 × 1.1 cm = 1.18” × 0.94” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.5 cm = 0.43” × 0.20”

EC67AL8: Elongated crystal of Libethenite on matrix, doubly terminated, very rich in polycrystalline growths, good luster and a very deep and uniform green color.
The specimen is accompanied by the collector's card, Dr. K.J. Reid, in which the date of the find is handwritten and signed.
This specimen has been published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What's New’ section, report 57, August 30, 2020 edition, page 5
Nkana Mine (Rokana Mine), Mindola pit, Kitwe, Kitwe District, Copperbelt Province  Zambia (06/11/1976)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.8 × 2.1 cm = 1.42” × 1.10” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.9 cm = 0.59” × 0.35”

ED67AL8: Polycrystalline growth of Libethenite crystals with very sharp faces and edges, good luster and a very deep and uniform green color. On matrix.
The specimen is accompanied by the collector's card, Dr. K.J. Reid, in which the date of the find is handwritten and signed.
Nkana Mine (Rokana Mine), Mindola pit, Kitwe, Kitwe District, Copperbelt Province  Zambia (06/11/1976)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3 × 2.3 cm = 1.61” × 1.18” × 0.91”

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

EE86AL8: Polycrystalline growth of Libethenite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, very lustrous and with a very deep and uniform green color. On matrix.
The specimen is accompanied by the collector's card, Dr. K.J. Reid, in which the date of the find is handwritten and signed.
Nkana Mine (Rokana Mine), Mindola pit, Kitwe, Kitwe District, Copperbelt Province  Zambia (06/11/1976)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.5 × 3.5 cm = 2.64” × 2.17” × 1.38”

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

CB59AL8: Very sharp lamellar crystals of Wulfenite with notably distinct dipyramid faces, great luster and a color between yellow and cream. On matrix.
The specimen, from one of the most classic localities for the species, comes from the Carles Curto collection whose label and catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.1 × 2.1 cm = 1.81” × 1.22” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.35” × 0.31”

TB90AL8: Group of twinned crystals of Chrysoberyl (variety alexandrite) with sharp faces and edges, on matrix and with Phlogopite. The translucent and lustrous crystals show a color change from vivid green to red-brown depending on the light source applied.
Novello Mine, Masvingo (Fort Victoria), Masvingo District, Masvingo Province  Zimbabwe

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

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1 cm = 0.55” × 0.39”

ME13AL8: Dendritic growths of elongated Gold crystals, some of them hooked, flattened or with skeletal growths and on matrix.
The specimen comes from the Raúl Sanabria collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Los Delirios claim, Delirios III cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia (01/2018)

Specimen size: 4 × 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 1.57” × 0.87” × 0.63”

TR92AL8: Druse of complex Pyrite crystals with octahedron faces dominating but very rich in minor forms. The crystals are in perfect condition and extraordinarily shiny.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department  Peru (±2019)

Specimen size: 13.9 × 7 × 6.8 cm = 5.47” × 2.76” × 2.68”

Main crystal size: 6.8 × 4.8 cm = 2.68” × 1.89”

TF66AL8: Floater group of Pyromorphite crystals with slightly curved faces and edges, many of them doubly terminated, bright and with an intense and uniform green color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China

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

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

TA67AL8: Groups of trapezohedral Spessartine crystals, very shiny, transparent and with a vivid orange color. On matrix, on smoky Quartz and on a group of Feldspar crystals. These pieces were abundant at one time but have practically disappeared from the market.
Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province  China (02/1999)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 5.4 × 5.9 cm = 3.35” × 2.13” × 2.32”

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

EA26AL8: Parallel growth of very sharp Beryl crystals (aquamarine variety), translucent, very shiny and with an intense sky-blue color. Partially covered with lamellar Muscovite crystals and with white Quartz crystals. The back shows the matrix contact recrystallization of what appears to be some missing Feldspar.
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 12.4 × 8.6 × 4.7 cm = 4.88” × 3.39” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 8.1 × 5.4 cm = 3.19” × 2.13”

TJ87AL8: Water-clear and extremely lustrous crystal of Topaz, very rich in terminal faces and with polycrystalline growths in the lower part. The deposit is unusual for quality Topaz crystals.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Pan-taw, Kyatpyin North, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division)  Myanmar (Burma)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.3 × 1.5 cm = 1.22” × 0.91” × 0.59”

MK97AL8: Zunyite crystal, a rare aluminum fluoride-sorosilicate, on matrix. The tetrahedral crystal beveled by cube faces has very well defined and smooth faces, a color between reddish and dark brown and scaly inclusions of Hematite, which makes it different from the first Zunyites from Iran that reached the collecting world in 2018.
Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province  Iran (07/2019)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3.2 × 1.6 cm = 1.30” × 1.26” × 0.63”

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