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NT27AM5: Group of crystals with cubic habit along with highly developed unusual forms of the tetrahexahedron. Transparent, lustrous, and uniform pale blue. The specimen comes from the Pedro Hernández collection and is from the San Lino mine, the precursor to the later Jaimina and Emilio mines located in the same area.
San Lino Quarry, Aurora vein, Caravia mining area, Cerracín, Prado, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Asturias, Principality of Asturias  Spain (±1981)

Specimen size: 6 × 6.2 × 4.1 cm = 2.36” × 2.44” × 1.61”

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

NE13AM5: Groups of very sharp octahedral Fluorite crystals on matrix. Transparent, with good luster and an intense green color but with a slightly different tone from the usual classic grass-green.
Berta Quarry, Can Domènech Hill, Roques Blanques Mountains, Sant Cugat del Vallès-El Papiol, Comarca Vallès Occidental / Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia  Spain

Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.7 × 3.9 cm = 2.83” × 1.85” × 1.54”

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

ND16AM5: Groups of very sharp octahedral Fluorite crystals on matrix. Transparent, with good luster and an intense green color but with a slightly different tone from the usual classic grass-green.
Berta Quarry, Can Domènech Hill, Roques Blanques Mountains, Sant Cugat del Vallès-El Papiol, Comarca Vallès Occidental / Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia  Spain

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.2 × 2.9 cm = 2.56” × 1.65” × 1.14”

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

NA72AM5: Group of cubic Fluorite crystals flattened and clearly beveled by the dodecahedron. Completely transparent, very lustrous, with an intense lilac color, on matrix with white Quartz crystals.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Asturias, Principality of Asturias  Spain

Specimen size: 13.4 × 11.4 × 8.9 cm = 5.28” × 4.49” × 3.50”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.9 cm = 0.79” × 0.75”

NJ27AM5: Very elongated Fluorite crystals rich in polycrystalline surfaces and with geometric contacts on the back. Translucent, with bright luster and an intense light blue color, on matrix, with white Quartz crystals.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Asturias, Principality of Asturias  Spain (2010)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 7 × 4.2 cm = 3.39” × 2.76” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 1.6 cm = 1.65” × 0.63”

NZ16AM5: Druse of cubic Fluorite crystals beveled by the faces of the dodecahedron, transparent, with good luster and an intense and deep violet color and a twinned Calcite crystal with two generations of growth, a first transparent and a second whitish.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Asturias, Principality of Asturias  Spain (2009)

Specimen size: 22 × 15.5 × 3.5 cm = 8.66” × 6.10” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 0.71” × 0.67”

EG36AM5: Parallel growth of two very sharp Ferberite crystals on matrix with Arsenopyrite and Quartz crystals and coatings of Muscovite aggregates. Large in size, the piece is more aesthetic than usual due to the contrast of the Ferberite crystals with the Muscovite matrix.
Minas da Panasqueira, levels 0-1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (05/2019)

Specimen size: 19 × 16.4 × 7.8 cm = 7.48” × 6.46” × 3.07”

Main crystal size: 5 × 4.4 cm = 1.97” × 1.73”

EF51AM5: Group of Fluorite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, translucent and purple in color with geometric color zoning, more intense on the edges. The brown coatings of Pyromorphite formed by a multitude of crystals that cover a good part of the Fluorite crystals are noteworthy. This specimen, from a classic French mine, comes from the George Bouvet collection (Grenoble)
Chaillac Mine, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire  France (±1985)

Specimen size: 11.8 × 5.4 × 4.3 cm = 4.65” × 2.13” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3 cm = 1.57” × 1.18”

CM13AM5: Group of elongated crystals of Quartz (variety prase), with good luster and a very deep color. A fine miniature. This piece comes from the Carles Curto collection (number 1972.07), whose label and computer file we will send to the buyer.
Porto Azzurro, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany  Italy (±1972)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.8 × 3.5 cm = 1.50” × 1.50” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.5 cm = 0.94” × 0.20”

ND46AM5: Botryoidal aggregate of Hemimorphite on rock matrix, with very sharp shapes, fine parallel banding around the edges and with a very vivid and uniform blue color. An excellent Italian classic that comes from the Pedro Hernández collection.
Sa Duchesa Mine, Oridda Valley, Domusnovas, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4 × 3.6 cm = 2.20” × 1.57” × 1.42”

CV68AM5: Group of crystals with a short prismatic habit and a very sharp hexagonal outline, with good terminations, and a bright luster. The specimen comes from the Carles Curto collection (number 1976.23), whose label and computer file we will send to the buyer.
Bad Schlema (Schlema), Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.5 × 1.6 cm = 1.10” × 0.98” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.55” × 0.47”

NA88AM5: Parallel growths of doubly terminated elongated crystals of Pyromorphite, with good luster and a dark brown color. This floater specimen is a German classic and comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection (number PIF-32), whose collection card we will send to the buyer.
Friedrichssegen Mine, Frücht, Bad Ems District, Lahn Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 4.7 × 1.5 × 1.7 cm = 1.85” × 0.59” × 0.67”

TR28AM5: Groups of small flat crystals, very sharp and with bright luster (something very unusual for this species), with tetrahedral crystals of Tetrahedrite and on matrix with white Quartz crystals. An analysis of this material was carried out, of which we will send a copy to the buyer.
Boldut Mine, Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures  Romania

Specimen size: 10.9 × 7.3 × 2.4 cm = 4.29” × 2.87” × 0.94”

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

FR16AM5: The characteristic cube-octahedral Fluorite of Kara-Oba of dark violet color on a doubly terminated Quartz of a snow white color which gives a special contrast. The sample comes from the Jan Buma collection (num. 920301) and we’ll send the card of the collection with it.
Kara-Oba, Betpak-Dala (Bet-Pak-Dala) Desert, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 12.6 × 4.5 × 4 cm = 4.96” × 1.77” × 1.57”