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CG56AM5: Equant Ramsdellite crystals with very well defined faces and edges and on matrix. The specimen, from one of the most typical localities for the species, comes from the Carles Curto collection (number 1993.09), whose label and computer file we will send to the buyer.
Mistake Mine, Sam Powell Peak, Box Canyon, Yavapai County, Arizona  USA (±1993)

Specimen size: 6 × 3.1 × 2.4 cm = 2.36” × 1.22” × 0.94”

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

NE98AM5: Polycrystalline growth of very sharp Wulfenite crystals, translucent, with great luster and a deep and uniform orange color. A classic USA piece that comes from the Ignacio Gaspar collection, whose collection card we will send to the buyer.
Old Yuma Mine, Saguaro National Monument, Amole District, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.7 × 1.3 cm = 1.38” × 1.06” × 0.51”

DF76AM5: Floater arborescent growth with both groups of crystals and isolated crystals, with the dominant shapes of the cube and the dodecahedron, with bright luster and reddish tones. The specimen comes from a little-known locality and is from the Lluís Daunis collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Mission Mine, Mission complex, San Xavier, Pima mining district, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 3 × 2.8 × 1.9 cm = 1.18” × 1.10” × 0.75”

DF66AM5: Very aerial dendritic growth of sharp Copper crystals, with cube and dodecahedron forms dominant and reddish color due to a thin layer of Cuprite. From one of the most classic American copper mines. The specimen is from the Luís Daunis collection.
Ray Mines, Scott Mountain area, Mineral Creek District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.3 × 1.5 cm = 1.46” × 1.30” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.3 cm = 0.39” × 0.12”

NL97AM5: Very aerial dendritic growth of elongated Copper crystals, with the dominant forms of the dodecahedron. From one of the most classic American copper mines. The specimen is from the Pedro Hernández collection.
Ray Mines, Scott Mountain area, Mineral Creek District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 14.3 × 7.5 × 4.2 cm = 5.63” × 2.95” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.63” × 0.12”

DR71AM5: Dendritic growth of native Copper covered by octahedral Cuprite crystals, translucent, with a deep red color and with fragments of Quartz matrix. An excellent American classic. The specimen comes from the Luís Daunis collection, whose handwritten label we will send to the buyer.
Ray Mines, Scott Mountain area, Mineral Creek District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 6 × 5.4 × 2.3 cm = 2.36” × 2.13” × 0.91”

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

TR89AM5: Group of translucent octahedral crystals with a pale green color with polycrystalline surfaces and partially covered by small groups of white Quartz crystals. Among the best possible quality for what is known from this mine.
Homestake-Jack Pot Mine, Black Mountains, Oatman District-San Francisco District, Mohave County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.7 × 4.9 cm = 2.87” × 2.24” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 2.7 cm = 1.34” × 1.06”

TH92AM5: Group of flattened Quartz crystals with a distinct Japan-law twin. The crystals are transparent and lustrous and of a size and transparency greater than usual in specimens from this mine.
Washington Camp-Duquesne Mines, Patagonia Mountains, Washington Camp-Duquesne District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 6.6 × 5.3 × 4.8 cm = 2.60” × 2.09” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 3.3 cm = 1.77” × 1.30”

TD51AM5: Vug with botryoidal growths of acicular Malachite crystals with an intense silky luster and a very deep color. The specimen is from the Mark Mauthner collection (number 4579), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 7.6 × 4.6 × 2.7 cm = 2.99” × 1.81” × 1.06”

EX94AM5: Floater group with flattened crystals, with the dominant shapes of the cube and the dodecahedron, and very aesthetic elongated shapes.
Round Mountain Mine, Round Mountain, Round Mountain District, Nye County, Nevada  USA

Specimen size: 2.2 × 2.1 × 0.9 cm = 0.87” × 0.83” × 0.35”

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

TF46AM5: Group of tabular crystals very rich in crystal forms, transparent, lustrous and with a vivid and uniform sky-blue color. The specimen is from a locality from which few quality specimens are known.
Shirley Basin, Medicine Bow, Shirley Basin District, Carbon County, Wyoming  USA

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.4 × 3.4 cm = 2.13” × 1.73” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.5 cm = 0.83” × 0.59”

EV27AM5: Group of very sharp crystals, between transparent and translucent, shiny and with geometric color zoning marked by the contrast between the yellow in most of the crystal and the intense and deep violet in the edges. A classic from the USA.
Annabel Lee Mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois  USA

Specimen size: 4.6 × 4.3 × 3.6 cm = 1.81” × 1.69” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 4.1 cm = 1.73” × 1.61”

HB67AM5: Complete floater group of tabular Baryte crystal growths with sand inclusions (variety baryte rose). An excellent USA classic which is rarely seen anymore nowadays.
Slaughterville, Cleveland County, Oklahoma  USA

Specimen size: 12.9 × 11 × 8 cm = 5.08” × 4.33” × 3.15”

HB47AM5: Druse, on matrix, of sharp, translucent octahedral crystals with an intense and uniform violet color.
Pine Canyon deposit, West Burro Mountains, Burro Mountains District, Grant County, New Mexico  USA

Specimen size: 16 × 12.2 × 4.4 cm = 6.30” × 4.80” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.63” × 0.59”

CC96AM5: Botryoidal growth with small, translucent and lustrous Conichalcite crystals with a very intense green color, on a limonite matrix and with Calcite crystals. The specimen comes from the Carles Curto collection (number 1983.17), whose label and computer file we will send to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (±1983)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 4.4 × 3.4 cm = 1.42” × 1.73” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.8 cm = 1.22” × 1.10”

NR27AM5: Fan-shaped groups of fine prismatic Adamite crystals with very well defined faces and edges and with perfect terminations, with bright luster and a very intense yellow color. The specimen is from the Pedro Hernández collection.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.4 × 2.6 cm = 1.77” × 1.73” × 1.02”

TX66AM5: Malachite as a botryoidal growth on a limonite matrix, with bands of different shades of green. Very characteristic of this mine.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.5 × 2.8 cm = 2.68” × 1.77” × 1.10”

EY68AM5: Botryoidal Smithsonite growth on matrix, translucent and with an intense and uniform green color. A Mexican classic, different from the usual, with a matrix that appears to be a fossil relic.
San Antonio Mine (San Antonio el Grande Mine), East Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 8.1 × 5 × 3.4 cm = 3.19” × 1.97” × 1.34”

TD29AM5: Lenticular Rhodochrosite crystals that cover a matrix of Quartz crystals, with a second generation of epitactic Rhodochrosite that preserves the missing Quartz crystal forms. Good quality for the Rhodochrosites from this locality.
Los Remedios Mine, Taxco de Alarcón, Municipio Taxco, Guerrero  Mexico

Specimen size: 9 × 6.7 × 5.1 cm = 3.54” × 2.64” × 2.01”

NK14AM5: Lamellar and hackly growths of native Gold, on a Quartz matrix. The specimen comes from the most emblematic gold deposit in Spain, of which few specimens are preserved. This specimen comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection, whose collection card we will send to the buyer.
340 vein, Rodalquilar, Níjar, Comarca Metropolitana de Almería, Almería, Andalusia  Spain (±2019)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.4 × 1.9 cm = 1.02” × 0.94” × 0.75”

NZ46AM5: Paratellurite, a rare oxide of tellurium together with colorful Rodalquilarite and small crystals of Jarosite. This specimen comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection, whose collection file we will send to the buyer as well as a copy of the analysis.
340 vein, Rodalquilar, Níjar, Comarca Metropolitana de Almería, Almería, Andalusia  Spain (±2016)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.5 × 0.9 cm = 0.91” × 0.59” × 0.35”

TK14AM5: Globular growths of Prehnite crystals with visible terminal faces, translucent, with a uniform light green color, on an ophite matrix. The locality is closed and has been inaccessible for a long time.
Oficarsa Quarry, De las Culebras Hill, Carchelejo, Cárcheles, Comarca Sierra Mágina, Jaén, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.7 × 4.2 cm = 2.64” × 1.85” × 1.65”

NA12AM5: Very aerial group on matrix of Tennantite-(Fe) crystals with the dominant faces of a tetrahedron accompanied by minor forms. The specimen, which has an unusual crystallographic habit, came from the last find before the final closure of open-pit mining at this mine. It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, fase 6, levels 130-135, ↓175 m., Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain (01/2020)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.6 × 1.4 cm = 1.02” × 1.02” × 0.55”

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

NC14AM5: Groups of small crystals of Tennantite-(Fe), with very bright luster, forming parallel growths in some areas and with the dominant faces of a tetrahedron accompanied by minor forms. On matrix, associated with lustrous twinned crystals of Chalcocite. This specimen, which came from the last find before the definitive closure of open pit exploitation at this mine, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, fase 6, levels 130-135, ↓175 m., Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain (01/2020)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.6 × 0.7 cm = 1.73” × 1.42” × 0.28”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.2 cm = 0.39” × 0.08”

NC47AM5: Groups of small crystals of Tennantite-(Fe), with very bright luster, forming parallel growths in some areas and with the dominant faces of a tetrahedron accompanied by minor forms. On matrix, associated with lustrous twinned crystals of Chalcocite. This specimen, which came from the last find before the definitive closure of open pit exploitation at this mine, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Las Cruces Mine, fase 6, levels 130-135, ↓175 m., Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain (01/2020)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 6.6 × 1 cm = 2.95” × 2.60” × 0.39”

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

NF28AM5: Very sharp crystals of Chalcocite that form hexagonal cyclic twins with well defined faces and edges. They are flattened, with bright luster, and are on matrix with Calcite crystals. The specimen comes from the first finds in this mine and is from the Ignacio Gaspar collection (number CAC-8), whose collection file we will send to the buyer together with a copy of the analysis.
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain (±2011)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.5 × 4 cm = 1.97” × 1.38” × 1.57”

CX67AM5: Unusually elongated Pyromorphite crystals on matrix, with very well defined faces and edges and a light green color. This piece comes from the Carles Curto collection (number 1974.45), whose label and computer file we will send to the buyer.
El Horcajo Mines, El Horcajo, Almodóvar del Campo, Comarca Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain

Specimen size: 3.7 × 4.5 × 2 cm = 1.46” × 1.77” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.12”

NH49AM5: Reticulated floater growth of flattened twinned prismatic crystals of Cerussite, with good terminations, translucent and white with slightly pinkish tones. In a perfect state of conservation, unusual in specimens from this locality. It comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection (number CER-59), whose collection file we will send to the buyer.
Luis Mine, Norte vein, Del General Mines, Cabezarrubias del Puerto, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (11/2015)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4 × 2 cm = 2.09” × 1.57” × 0.79”

NP16AM5: Group of snow-white Baryte crystals with transparent Fluorite crystals of pale lilac color, covered by small and very shiny white Quartz crystals. A classic of Spanish mineralogy but at the same time different due to the brilliant Quartz that covers everything. The specimen is from the Pedro Hernández collection.
Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 9.1 × 6.7 × 5.5 cm = 3.58” × 2.64” × 2.17”

EG67AM5: Pyrite crystals with cubic habit and polycrystalline surfaces covering a druse of transparent, shiny Fluorite crystals with an intense yellow color. This old specimen comes from Minas de Villabona, a locality much less prolific than the nearby Moscona Mine.
Villabona Mines, Barrio de la Estación, Villabona, Llanera, Comarca del Nora, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 13.1 × 6.4 × 5.3 cm = 5.16” × 2.52” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.39” × 0.28”

NQ53AM5: Druse of transparent yellow Fluorite crystals, largely covered by very sharp lamellar crystals of Baryte, lustrous, transparent and with a pale yellow color, with complex white Calcite crystals and small rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. Very different from other specimens from this popular locality.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2018)

Specimen size: 16.1 × 12.7 × 8.8 cm = 6.34” × 5.00” × 3.46”

NB7AM5: Polycrystalline growth of complex Sphalerite crystals with curvatures and with the smooth forms of the tetrahedron. The crystals, between transparent and translucent, have a very dense, deep and uniform caramel color.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.4 × 2.7 cm = 1.50” × 1.34” × 1.06”

NF57AM5: Group of complex crystals of Sphalerite, transparent, with good luster and a very vivid orange color that contrasts with the matrix of rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with a snow-white color. A classic of Spanish mineralogy that comes from the Ignacio Gaspar collection (number BLD-4), whose collection card we will send to the buyer.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 5 × 4.5 × 1.3 cm = 1.97” × 1.77” × 0.51”

NG67AM5: Polycrystalline growth of complex Sphalerite crystals with curvatures and with the smooth forms of the tetrahedron. The crystals, between transparent and translucent, are very lustrous, with a very dense, deep and uniform caramel color. The specimen comes from the Ignacio Gaspar collection (number BLD-2), whose collection card we will send to the buyer.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.5 × 2.5 cm = 2.40” × 1.77” × 0.98”

MF98AM5: Groups of crystals of Sphalerite with the dominant forms of the tetrahedron, transparent, with good luster and a very intense and vivid green color (variety cleiophane) on a matrix covered by white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. The specimen is very different from what is usually seen at this locality both in color and in general appearance.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 13.2 × 8.8 × 6.9 cm = 5.20” × 3.46” × 2.72”

NB16AM5: Druse of complex Sphalerite crystals that are very rich in shapes, from transparent to translucent, with good luster and a very intense and vivid caramel color, coated with white Dolomite crystals. A Spanish classic of good size and quality.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 12.5 × 10.5 × 8 cm = 4.92” × 4.13” × 3.15”