Munich Virtual 2020

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CA14AM1: Parallel floater growths of very sharp tabular Descloizite crystals, translucent, with good luster, and partially covered by small rhombohedral Calcite crystals.
The specimen comes from the Carles Curto collection, whose label and catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Berg Aukas, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region  Namibia (±1973)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.4 × 1 cm = 1.18” × 0.94” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.9 cm = 0.55” × 0.35”

EL89AM1: Group of very sharp Cuprite crystals, octahedral with small cube faces. They are translucent, very lustrous and have an intense and vivid red color. On matrix, and partially covered by groups of pale yellow Calcite crystals.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.1 × 4.2 cm = 1.85” × 1.22” × 1.65”

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

AF96AM1: Apart from the quality of the Azurite crystals, very sharp, well defined, and some of them doubly terminated, translucent and shiny, along with the pseudomorphing Malachite, the specimen exhibits an interestly rich and complex paragenesis, with tetrahedral crystals of Tennantite, Cuprite and Calcite. We will send the buyer a copy of the Tennantite analysis.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 8 × 6 × 4 cm = 3.15” × 2.36” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.7 cm = 0.79” × 0.28”

CT13AM1: Group of three thick Scolecite crystals with sharp faces and edges and perfect terminations, which is rare for the species. The crystals are transparent to translucent, lustrous, and are covered with small, colorless, equant crystals of Fluorapophyllite-(K). The specimen comes from the Carles Curto collection, whose label and catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Das Antas tunnel, Alto Uruguai Region, Rio Grande do Sul  Brazil (±1969)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 1.8 × 1.3 cm = 2.40” × 0.71” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 6.1 × 1.3 cm = 2.40” × 0.51”

CR14AM1: Arborescent growth of flattened Copper crystals with partial coatings of Malachite. This specimen was dug in the 1960s, and comes to us from the Carles Curto collection, whose label and catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Copiapó Province, Atacama Region  Chile (±1976)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 6.3 × 0.2 cm = 2.68” × 2.48” × 0.08”

FC26AM1: Druse of very sharp crystals of Sphalerite (variety marmatite) covered by small crystals of Fluorite that are transparent, lustrous, and have a pale lilac color.
The specimen comes from the Jan Buma collection (no. 200401), whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department  Peru

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.9 × 2.6 cm = 1.77” × 1.54” × 1.02”

FE56AM1: Parallel aggregates of Hübnerite on a matrix of Quartz crystals and with coatings of small white Fluorite crystals. A very rare paragenesis. The specimen comes from the Jan Buma collection (no. 200401), whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Huayllapon Mine (Huallapon Mine), Pasto Bueno, Pampas District, Pallasca Province, Ancash Department  Peru

Specimen size: 9.8 × 8 × 7 cm = 3.86” × 3.15” × 2.76”

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

TC7AM1: Novelty at the 2020 Ste. Marie Virtual show. Quartz crystal (smoky variety) covered by botryoidal growths of Chrysocolla with an intense greenish blue color. From a known Peruvian locality but one from which this type of specimen had not previously been found.
Tentadora Mine, Ullpac Mountain, Huancano District, Pisco Province, Ica Department  Peru (03/2020)

Specimen size: 10.3 × 4.2 × 3.4 cm = 4.06” × 1.65” × 1.34”

TE58AM1: Novelty at the 2020 Ste. Marie Virtual show. Quartz crystal (smoky variety) covered by botryoidal growths of Chrysocolla with an intense greenish blue color. From a known Peruvian locality but one from which this type of specimen had not previously been found.
Tentadora Mine, Ullpac Mountain, Huancano District, Pisco Province, Ica Department  Peru (03/2020)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 5.4 × 4 cm = 4.02” × 2.13” × 1.57”

ET87AM1: Very aerial growth of Fluorite crystals with cubic habit, but with curious deformations and marked polycrystalline growths. The crystals are translucent, lustrous, and have an intense violet color that is concentrated especially on the edges. Different….
Qinglong Mine, Dachang, Qinglong, Qianxi'nan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province  China (2018)

Specimen size: 12.5 × 4.6 × 3.2 cm = 4.92” × 1.81” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.1 cm = 0.63” × 0.43”

CB62AM1: Complete dodecahedral crystal with very well defined faces and edges, of an intense and uniform color and on a small matrix of Calcite. This specimen is from the type locality, and comes from the Carles Curto collection, whose label and catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province  Afghanistan

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.71” × 0.63” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 17 × 1.5 cm = 6.69” × 0.59”

EZ96AM1: Radial aggregate of flattened Heulandite-Ca crystals with sharp faces and edges, very lustrous, pink in color, on matrix, with white Stilbite-Ca crystals, some of them doubly terminated. Unusual!
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 9.8 × 7.7 × 3.9 cm = 3.86” × 3.03” × 1.54”

EX88AM1: Doubly terminated crystals of red Corundum, one of them clearly dominant, with very well defined faces and edges and curvatures on the edges. They are embedded in a gneissic rock matrix.
Mysore District, Karnataka  India

Specimen size: 10.4 × 8.7 × 7.6 cm = 4.09” × 3.43” × 2.99”

Main crystal size: 5.4 × 0.7 cm = 2.13” × 0.28”