March 2021 Update (2)

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MB13AM7: Floater group with rosette growths of lamellar Hematite crystals, extraordinarily sharp and lustrous.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label, which indicates that it was in the Sullivan collection.
Big Bertha Mine (Veta Grande Mine), Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 1.4 × 1.4 × 0.5 cm = 0.55” × 0.55” × 0.20”

MA6AM7: A floater crystal of Pyrite dominated by pyritohedron forms in distinct parallel growths, with a hopper on one of the faces. This specimen, from a little-known American locality, will be shipped in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label, indicating that it was in the Melanson collection.
Magma Mine, Superior, Pioneer District, Pinal Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.94” × 0.59” × 0.39”

MA12AM7: Dendritic growth of sharp, lustrous Copper crystals with the typical reddish tone of pieces from this classic American deposit.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo District, Pima County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 3.1 × 1.6 × 1 cm = 1.22” × 0.63” × 0.39”

MB12AM7: Very sharp, lustrous Galena crystals on matrix. An American classic that we will send to the buyer in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label, which indicates that it was in the Sullivan collection.
Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri  USA

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.2 × 2.6 cm = 1.02” × 0.87” × 1.02”

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

MV13AM7: An isolated crystal of Topaz, very rich in crystal forms and with excellent terminations, with great luster and an intense color, rich in inclusions in the prism and very transparent and brilliant in its upper part.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label, indicating that it was in the Sullivan collection.
Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah  USA

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.83” × 0.47” × 0.31”

MC66AM7: Floater botryoidal growth of Prosopite, a rare calcium and aluminum fluoride of turquoise-blue color, with vivid blue deformed Azurite crystals.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Mazapil, Municipio Mazapil, Zacatecas  Mexico

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.3 × 2.5 cm = 1.30” × 0.91” × 0.98”

MC13AM7: Group of Datolite crystals with sharp crystal forms, translucent, with good luster and a pale green color and bordered by a second generation of small, very transparent and lustrous white crystals of Calcite. A Mexican classic that we will send in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Charcas, Municipio Charcas, San Luis Potosí  Mexico

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.3 × 2.2 cm = 0.94” × 0.91” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.2 cm = 0.51” × 0.47”

MR14AM7: Very sharp tetrahedral crystals of Tetrahedrite, with bright luster, on matrix, with a small crystal of Chalcopyrite.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label, which indicates that it was in the Melanson collectio.
Cavnic Mine, Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures  Romania

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

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

MD26AM7: Spheroidal floater group, on matrix, with rosette growths of very sharp rhombohedral Calcite crystals with lenticular habit, with bright luster and a snow-white color.
We will send the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label, indicating that it was in the Melanson collection.
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures  Romania

Specimen size: 3 × 2.5 × 2.4 cm = 1.18” × 0.98” × 0.94”

MZ13AM7: Complete trapezohedral floater crystal of Leucite with very sharp crystal forms, white in color, and with a small Augite crystal on one of the faces.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Roccamonfina Volcanic Complex, Caserta Province, Campania  Italy

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.8 × 1.8 cm = 0.94” × 0.71” × 0.71”

ME14AM7: A complete floater crystal of Andradite with elongated dodecahedron shapes, very lustrous and with a deep black color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label, indicating that it was in the Melanson collection.
Vilyui River Basin, Vilyuysky, Sakha Republic (Yakutia)  Russia

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.91” × 0.43” × 0.39”

MF13AM7: Group of cubo-octahedral Skutterudite crystals with very well defined and brilliant faces and edges. A Moroccan classic that we will send in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label, indicating that it was in the Sullivan collection.
Tamdrost Mine, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.8 × 1.3 cm = 0.75” × 0.71” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”

MG14AM7: Very sharp Arfvedsonite crystals with excellent terminations, with a silky luster, and black color with green reflections, on a matrix of Orthoclase crystals.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Mount Malosa, Zomba District  Malawi

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.3 × 1.1 cm = 1.42” × 0.91” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.39” × 0.20”

MH14AM7: Group of Prehnite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with better defined faces and edges than usual for the species, on matrix, transparent, with good luster and an intense green color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label, which indicates that it was in the Melanson collection.
Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg area, Erongo Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 2 × 2 × 1.7 cm = 0.79” × 0.79” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.4 cm = 0.67” × 0.55”

MW13AM7: Parallel floater growth of two smoky Quartz crystals, transparent, with great luster and a very deep smoky color which is distributed in zones of variable intensity.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label, indicating that it was in the Melanson collection.
Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.2 × 1.9 cm = 0.94” × 0.87” × 0.75”

MK26AM7: Very aerial group of sharp tetrahedral crystals of Helvine. From a classic Brazilian locality for the species.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Navegadora claim (Orozimbo claim), Penha do Norte, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.7 × 0.9 cm = 0.98” × 0.67” × 0.35”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.31” × 0.28”

MJ96AM7: Very sharp crystal of Columbite-(Fe) with excellent crystal forms, partially doubly terminated, lustrous.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label. It also contains the label, which indicates that it was in the Melanson collection.
Golconda pegmatite, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.3 × 0.8 cm = 1.10” × 0.51” × 0.31”

ML27AM7: Group of Valentinite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and large (for the species), very sharp, doubly terminated, and colored grey by micro-inclusions of Galena and other sulphides.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 3 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 1.18” × 0.71” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.87” × 0.31”

MX6AM7: Parallel growth of two very sharp and doubly terminated Hübnerite crystals, translucent, lustrous, with a very deep red color (under intense light), with small water-clear Quartz crystals.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Mundo Nuevo mining area, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sánchez Carrión Province, La Libertad Department  Peru

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.4 × 1 cm = 0.94” × 0.55” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.94” × 0.55” × 0.12”

MY16AM7: Two isolated crystals of Fluorapatite with sharp crystal forms, translucent, lustrous, colorless and implanted in a group of lamellar Muscovite crystals.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 2.2 × 2.2 × 2.4 cm = 0.87” × 0.87” × 0.94”

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

MN26AM7: Very aerial group of sharp Titanite crystals, transparent, with bright luster and an intense green color, with areas rich in Chlorite inclusions.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Tormiq Valley, Baltistan District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 3.2 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 1.26” × 0.71” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.7 cm = 0.55” × 0.28”

MC14AM7: Topaz crystal with very sharp crystal forms, rich in terminal faces, very transparent, with good luster and a very pale salmon color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Nyet-Bruk, Nyet, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 2.9 × 1.1 × 1 cm = 1.14” × 0.43” × 0.39”

MM6AM7: Floater crystal of Orthoclase with very sharp crystal forms, with Carlsbad-law twinning, good luster and an unusual degree of transparency for the species.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Niaslo, Basha Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2 × 1.2 cm = 1.30” × 0.79” × 0.47”

MT27AM7: Centered groups of excellent Atacamite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, very lustrous, with an intense and deep green color, on matrix. An Australian classic with more transparency than usual. We will ship it in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Mount Gunson Copper mines, Pernatty Lagoon, Stuart Shelf, South Australia  Australia

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.3 × 1.4 cm = 1.02” × 0.91” × 0.55”

MQ16AM7: Botryoidal Stibarsen growth with gray microcrystalline surfaces and a little matrix.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Sarabau Mine, Bau, Kuching, Kuching District, Kuching Division, Sarawak State, Borneo Island  Malaysia

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.7 × 1.9 cm = 1.30” × 1.06” × 0.75”

CD14AM7: Aerial group, on matrix, with very bright leafy growths of Silver. From a well-known Mexican locality but one from which few collection specimens have been preserved.
The specimen comes from the Carles Curto collection, whose label and computer catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
El Oro de Hidalgo, Municipio El Oro, State of Mexico  Mexico

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.98” × 0.75” × 0.31”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.39” × 0.20”

NE59AM7: Complex crystals of caramel-colored Sphalerite, with very sharp crystal forms, more isolated than usual in pieces from this locality, transparent, with good luster and an intense color, on matrix, with white Dolomite and brown rhombohedral Siderite crystals. The mine has been closed for years and half flooded, making it almost impossible to obtain new specimens.
Troya Mine, Mutiloa, Comarca Goyerri, Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (1990)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 2.8 × 3.3 cm = 1.89” × 1.10” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.39” × 0.24”

TM99AM7: Druse of complex Sphalerite crystals with sharp crystal forms, transparent, with good luster and an intense color, on matrix, accompanied by small partially dissolved Calcite crystals. A classic of Spanish mineralogy.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 11.8 × 9.8 × 3.8 cm = 4.65” × 3.86” × 1.50”

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

TH98AM7: Scepter and parallel growths of very sharp Quartz (amethyst variety) crystals, lustrous, translucent and with color zoning of different intensities. Of the highest possible quality for the find.
Mas Sever Quarry, Massabè (Mas Ceber), Sils, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain

Specimen size: 7.3 × 6.1 × 4.4 cm = 2.87” × 2.40” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 4.6 cm = 2.44” × 1.81”

NA47AM7: Very sharp smoky Quartz crystal, between transparent and translucent, with bright luster and very intense and uniform smoky tones, on a matrix of Albite and Microcline. From a little-known locality from which very few specimens were preserved, this being one of the best.
Els Saulons Quarry, Bigues i Riells, Comarca Vallès Oriental, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (2015)

Specimen size: 11.1 × 6.7 × 6 cm = 4.37” × 2.64” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 11 × 6.7 cm = 4.33” × 2.64”

MH96AM7: Aggregates of small Nickeline crystals on a Calcite matrix, lustrous, with a grey color with reddish tones. With the Nickeline there is also a very sharp and bright Acanthite crystal.
Balcoll Mine, Falset, Comarca Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain

Specimen size: 4.2 × 4.2 × 2.5 cm = 1.65” × 1.65” × 0.98”

PD89AM7: Dendritic growths of very elongated Silver crystals, well defined, bright, and partially covered by groups and small isolated crystals of darker Acanthite, on a massive Calcite matrix. The best possible quality for the locality.
Balcoll Mine, Falset, Comarca Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (11/2004)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.7 × 5.2 cm = 2.05” × 1.46” × 2.05”

ET66AM7: Large group of very sharp rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. Transparent, very lustrous, with geometric color zoning, bluish grey tones and rainbows. A Spanish classic, difficult to find with this size of crystals and with such quality.
Asturreta Quarry, 'el pozo', Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre)  Spain (±1970)

Specimen size: 16.6 × 14 × 6 cm = 6.54” × 5.51” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 7.4 × 6.7 cm = 2.91” × 2.64”

NC13AM7: Very sharp disphenoidal crystals of Chalcopyrite with a pseudotetrahedral habit, twinned and with a superficial metallic tarnish. On matrix, with Gypsum and Dolomite and Calcite crystals. This type of specimen was unknown from the locality until this find.
Salomón Cut, bench 290, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 8.7 × 4.8 × 6 cm = 3.43” × 1.89” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.39” × 0.24”

NG12AM7: Very sharp disphenoidal crystals of Chalcopyrite with a pseudotetrahedral habit, twinned and with a superficial metallic tarnish. On matrix, with a large, very transparent and lustrous Gypsum crystal, and also Dolomite and Calcite crystals. This type of specimen was unknown until very recently at this locality.
Salomón Cut, bench 290, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 8.8 × 7.3 × 3.6 cm = 3.46” × 2.87” × 1.42”

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

NA14AM7: Very sharp disphenoidal crystals of Chalcopyrite with a pseudotetrahedral habit, twinned and with a superficial metallic tarnish. On matrix, with a large, very transparent and lustrous Gypsum crystal, and also Dolomite and Calcite crystals. This type of specimen was unknown until very recently at this locality.
Salomón Cut, bench 290, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.9 × 4.8 cm = 3.31” × 2.72” × 1.89”

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

ER54AM7: Group of Quartz crystals with distinct parallel growths on the prism faces, on a matrix of Orthoclase crystals twinned according to the Baveno law and with a parallel aggregate of lamellar Mica crystals, probably Muscovite. This specimen, of special interest due to the location, size and slightly citrine color of the Quartz, comes from the Raúl Sanabria collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Navazales Quarry (El Berrocal, Los Gallegos), La Cabrera pluton, Valdemanco - Bustarviejo, Comarca Sierra de Guadarrama, Community of Madrid  Spain (05/2001)

Specimen size: 21 × 10.1 × 13.2 cm = 8.27” × 3.98” × 5.20”

Main crystal size: 8.2 × 4.8 cm = 3.23” × 1.89”

NF27AM7: Cubic crystals on matrix, one of them clearly dominant, with a much more developed dodecahedron bezel on two of the crystal edges, transparent, lustrous, colorless, on a matrix with Quartz crystals. Inside the main crystal you can see some curious “clouds” that we believe may be inclusions of colloidal Quartz.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 6.8 × 3.7 × 4.8 cm = 2.68” × 1.46” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.47” × 0.31”

EM47AM7: Very aerial group of elongated octahedral Acanthite crystals, with very well defined faces and edges. This highly unusual specimen comes from a reference locality for Fluorite and in which Acanthite is practically unknown.
Fontsante Mine, Tanneron Massif, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France

Specimen size: 2. × 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.55” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.39” × 0.20”

AA59AM7: Large druse of Pyromorphite crystals on matrix with very sharp crystal forms and deeply hoppered terminations, with good luster and an intense and lively grass-green color.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 13.7 × 11.8 × 10 cm = 5.39” × 4.65” × 3.94”

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

ET89AM7: Elongated brown crystal of Phosgenite, transparent-translucent, with good luster, on a matrix of granular Galena. An excellent Italian classic. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send the buyer a copy of the analysis.
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 4.4 × 4 × 3.6 cm = 1.73” × 1.57” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 0.6 cm = 1.02” × 0.24”

MT69AM7: Druse of Colemanite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, between transparent and translucent, very lustrous, and rich in inclusions of acicular Realgar crystals with a vivid red color. The specimen comes from a recent find.
Hisarcik Mine, Emet Borate deposit, Emet, Emet District, Kütahya Province, Aegean Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 11.9 × 8.4 × 4.4 cm = 4.69” × 3.31” × 1.73”

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