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[MUNICH]: A city, a place, a family impulsing it and hundreds volunteers making the miracle possible: Mineralientage
Munich  Germany

CT66AM1: Prismatic crystal with flat contacts at the back of the prism, parallel growths and polycrystalline formations with sharp terminal faces.
The specimen, from an old historical mine, comes from the Carles Curto collection, whose label and catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Big Boulder Mine, Larimer County, Colorado  USA

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.1 × 1.3 cm = 0.98” × 0.83” × 0.51”

EJ17AM1: Druse on matrix with two generations of Pyromorphite with different characteristics, an earlier one with spheroidal growths of small crystals, with good luster and orange color, and the second with larger crystals of pyramidal habit and with geometric growths around the terminations, lustrous and greenish-yellow. A high-quality American classic.
Bunker Hill Mine, Bunker Hill properties, Kellogg, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho  USA

Specimen size: 13.3 × 8.6 × 5.4 cm = 5.24” × 3.39” × 2.13”

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

CX13AM1: Centered aggregates of fine acicular crystals of Aurichalcite with a slightly bluish, intense green color, on a limonitic matrix.
The specimen is from an old historical mine, and comes from the Carles Curto collection, whose label and catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 5.9 × 3.7 × 1.4 cm = 2.32” × 1.46” × 0.55”

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

GX88AM1: Fan-shaped aggregates of Adamite crystals with very sharp faces and edges. Transparent and shiny, with an intense lemon-yellow color, on a limonite matrix. A Mexican classic.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (±1985)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 7.8 × 4.6 cm = 3.62” × 3.07” × 1.81”

EX70AM1: Spheroidal aggregates of acute dipyramidal crystals, orange with slightly yellow tones, on matrix. A Mexican classic.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (1985)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 7.2 × 3.4 cm = 4.61” × 2.83” × 1.34”

FT37AM1: Druse on matrix of very sharp octahedral Fluorite crystals, transparent, shiny, colorless, with slightly lilac tones in some areas of the specimen and partially covered by white rhombohedral Calcite crystals and with inclusions of small Pyrite crystals.
The specimen comes from the Jan Buma collection (no. 850111), whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer. He bought it from Richard W. Barstow whose label we will also send to the buyer.
Naica Mine, Naica, Municipio Saucillo, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 16.7 × 9.6 × 6.9 cm = 6.57” × 3.78” × 2.72”

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

CR66AM1: Floater aggregate of white trapezohedral Analcime crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with acicular black crystals of Aegirine.
The specimen, from an old historic mine, comes from the Carles Curto collection, whose label and catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 4 × 2.9 × 3.1 cm = 1.57” × 1.14” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 3.2 cm = 1.30” × 1.26”

CC13AM1: Angular twin of two prismatic Cassiterite crystals, lustrous, with a range of shades between cream and dark brown, on a Quartz matrix.
The specimen, a classic from an old historic Spanish mine, comes from the Carles Curto collection, whose label and catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
La Luceta Mine, Vecinos, Municipio Vecinos, Comarca Campo de Calatrava, Salamanca, Castile and León  Spain (±1971)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 0.87” × 0.67” × 0.63”

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

NR14AM1: Druse of complex Calcite crystals that are very rich in faces, clearly dominated by scalenohedron faces and rhombohedron terminations, shinier and 'cleaner' than usual in this type of specimen. The crystals are translucent and brownish gray due to the inclusions of Chalcophanite, which also forms the matrix.
Herculano Mine, El Puntal, Campos de Golf, Atamaría, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.2 ×  5 cm = 3.31” × 2.44” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.47”

NT14AM1: Druse of complex Calcite crystals that are very rich in faces, clearly dominated by scalenohedron faces and rhombohedron terminations, shinier and 'cleaner' than usual in this type of specimen. The crystals are translucent and brownish gray due to the inclusions of Chalcophanite, which also forms the matrix.
Herculano Mine, El Puntal, Campos de Golf, Atamaría, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 9.4 × 7.2 × 4.2 cm = 3.70” × 2.83” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.6 cm = 0.63” × 0.24”

NA14AM1: Druse of very sharp Baryte crystals between lamellar and tabular, with well defined crystalline forms and polycrystalline growths. Translucent, lustrous and uniform blue in color.
San Camilo Mine, Vista Alegre, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 8.5 × 7.3 × 5 cm = 3.35” × 2.87” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.7 cm = 0.63” × 0.28”

NC96AM1: Druse of fine lamellar Baryte crystals that form “books”, with very well defined faces and edges, with good luster and a yellow-brown color, on a limonite matrix. The specimen, from a mine in which collectable Baryte is very scarce, is of excellent quality for the locality.
Julia Mine, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2020)

Specimen size: 13.3 × 9.8 × 3.3 cm = 5.24” × 3.86” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1 cm = 0.67” × 0.39”

NR87AM1: Druse of tabular Baryte crystals from which stands out a curious, very aerial and esthetic group of sharp crystals, translucent, with good luster and an intense blue color.
San Jorge mining group, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2015-2016)

Specimen size: 12.3 × 12.2 × 4 cm = 4.84” × 4.80” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 2 cm = 1.46” × 0.79”

EK91AM1: Druse of lamellar Baryte crystals with very sharp crystal forms and polycrystalline growths, translucent, lustrous and with a uniform sky-blue color, in a matrix composed of a geometric lattice of white Quartz microcrystals. This is from a find that was of extraordinary quality, from a mine that has produced very few specimens.
San Simón Mine, La Parreta, Alumbres, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2020)

Specimen size: 19.6 × 12.8 × 7 cm = 7.72” × 5.04” × 2.76”

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

TM89AM1: Group of Pyromorphite crystals with sharp faces and edges, with parallel growths and hopper terminations, with good luster and a very vivid apple-green color. On matrix, with Baryte.
San Andrés Mine, Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 5.5 × 5.2 × 2.9 cm = 2.17” × 2.05” × 1.14”

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

NR68AM1: Polycrystalline Cinnabar growth with very well defined crystal forms, dominated by the rhombohedron. Transparent, very lustrous, with bright red color, on a matrix with small Quartz crystals.
Almaden Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (±1960-70)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.1 × 3.8 cm = 2.40” × 1.61” × 1.50”

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

NC9AM1: Compared to other Goethites in southern Spain, those from the La Lapilla mine stand out for their delicate lattice growths and very fine arched structures, sometimes almost filamentous, which adds to the quality of their soft iridescence, with pastel blue, ocher, and reddish, although greyish metallic reflections predominate.
La Lapilla Mine, La Lapilla, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (03-04/2008)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.2 × 0.7 cm = 2.44” × 1.65” × 0.28”

NB46AM1: Compared to other Goethites in southern Spain, those from the La Lapilla mine stand out for their delicate lattice growths and very fine arched structures, sometimes almost filamentous, which add to the quality and lively brilliance of their iridescence in metallic, blue, ocher, and reddish tones, with greyish metallic reflections predominating.
La Lapilla Mine, La Lapilla, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (03-04/2008)

Specimen size: 14.8 × 8.3 × 5.1 cm = 5.83” × 3.27” × 2.01”

NP6AM1: Very sharp and shiny crystalline growths and cleavages of Antimony on a massive Quartz matrix. A Spanish classic, from a locality from which it is currently extremely difficult to get specimens.
La Viñuela reservoir, La Viñuela, Comarca La Axarquía, Málaga, Andalusia  Spain (1987)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.9 × 1.6 cm = 1.30” × 1.14” × 0.63”

NE26AM1: Delicate and very aerial growth of two generations of Calcite crystals, one of them as white crystals with the crystal forms of a very acute scalenohedron, translucent and with a pearly luster, and a second generation whose crystals have curved terminations and a yellowish color. Such quality specimens are rare from this locality.
Can Palomeres Mines, Malgrat de Mar, Comarca Maresme, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (2017)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 6.7 × 6.1 cm = 3.46” × 2.64” × 2.40”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.5 cm = 0.79” × 0.20”

AR11AM1: Group of doubly terminated Quartz crystals (Jacinto de Compostela variety), one of them dominant and very aerial, with sharp faces and edges, and a uniform color, on a Gypsum matrix.
Chella, Comarca Canal de Navarrés, Valencia / València, Valencian Community / Comunitat Valenciana  Spain

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.4 × 2.2 cm = 2.48” × 1.73” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.4 cm = 0.98” × 0.55”

NG37AM1: Octahedral Galena crystals with the vertices cut by cube faces, very well defined, lustrous and on matrix with spheroidal growths of small crystals of Sphalerite and small crystals of Marcasite. Different from what you usually see from this locality.
Reocín Mine, Reocín, Comarca Saja-Nansa, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 12.3 × 8.6 × 6.4 cm = 4.84” × 3.39” × 2.52”

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

NC29AM1: Complex Calcite crystal, very rich in crystalline forms, with the scalenohedron and the terminal rhombohedron dominating. Transparent, with good luster, yellow in color, on a rock matrix covered with small pinkish crystals of Dolomite.
La Florida mining area, Herrería-Valdáliga-Rionansa, Comarca Costa Occidental/Saja-Nansa, Cantabria  Spain (±2006)

Specimen size: 11.8 × 10.7 × 4.4 cm = 4.65” × 4.21” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 5.8 × 2.3 cm = 2.28” × 0.91”