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MF52AM7: Isolated groups of Gold Crystals with very sharp crystal forms with spinel-law twinning, lustrous, and implanted on a matrix of Calcite crystals, which is very unusual not only for this deposit but in any of the world's Gold deposits.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.7 × 2.4 cm = 2.80” × 1.85” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.20” × 0.08”

AB63AM7: Quartz crystal with very sharp crystal forms, extraordinarily transparent and lustrous, colorless, and implanted on a matrix of rhombohedral Siderite crystals.
Tazoult Nâra deposit, Jebel Boutaraf, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (1998)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.7 × 2.8 cm = 2.05” × 1.85” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.8 cm = 0.91” × 0.71”

AA11AM7: Quartz crystal with very sharp crystal forms, partially doubly terminated, transparent, lustrous, with inclusions, and implanted on a matrix with rhombohedral Siderite crystals.
Tazoult Nâra deposit, Jebel Boutaraf, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (1998)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.4 × 2.7 cm = 2.20” × 1.73” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.87” × 0.43”

AA96AM7: Thick tabular crystals of Vanadinite, translucent, with good luster and a very deep color, on matrix, with book-like aggregates of snow-white lamellar Baryte crystals.
ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08/1995)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 5.7 × 3.4 cm = 2.60” × 2.24” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.35” × 0.28”

MB36AM7: Thick tabular crystals of Vanadinite, translucent, with very bright luster and an intense orange-red color, on a matrix with the white lamellar Baryte crystals that are typical of the ACF mine. A Moroccan classic, among the best finds of the year 1995.
ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08/1995)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 5.2 × 2.7 cm = 2.99” × 2.05” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.24” × 0.16”

AB76AM7: Thick tabular crystals of Vanadinite, translucent, with very bright luster and an intense orange-red color, on a matrix with the white lamellar Baryte crystals that are typical of the ACF mine. A Moroccan classic, among the best finds of the year 1995.
ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08/1995)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 6.4 × 5.7 cm = 3.82” × 2.52” × 2.24”

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

TMB76AM7: Thick tabular crystals of Vanadinite, translucent, with very bright luster and an intense orange-red color, on a matrix with the white lamellar Baryte crystals that are typical of the ACF mine. A Moroccan classic, among the best finds of the year 1995.
ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08/1995)

Specimen size: 10.5 × 6.7 × 7.5 cm = 4.13” × 2.64” × 2.95”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.28” × 0.16”

AC97AM7: Thick tabular crystals of Vanadinite, translucent, with very bright luster and an intense orange-red color, on a matrix with the white lamellar Baryte crystals that are typical of the ACF mine. A Moroccan classic.
ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (1993)

Specimen size: 15.7 × 12.2 × 4.8 cm = 6.18” × 4.80” × 1.89”

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

CM14AM7: Doubly terminated, complete floater crystal of Gaylussite, transparent, lustrous, and rich in inclusions. An African classic that comes from the Carles Curto collection, whose label and computer catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Amboseli Lake, Kajiado County, Rift Valley Province  Kenya (±1977)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 1.10” × 0.55” × 0.43”

ER88AM7: Malachite microcrystals, covered by a skin of microcrystalline Quartz, lustrous and with geometric color zoning, clearer on the edges, and in turn covering a group of rhombohedral Calcite crystals. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send the buyer a copy of the analysis.
Tenke-Fungurume area, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (12/2020)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.1 × 3 cm = 2.01” × 1.22” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1.8 cm = 1.26” × 0.71”

MR87AM7: Group of rhombohedral Smithsonite crystals with slight curvatures on the faces and edges, translucent, with good luster and a clear pink color. Some of them are of considerable size for the locality. An excellent Tsumeb classic, of unusual size and quality.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 8.8 × 7.3 × 4.4 cm = 3.46” × 2.87” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.5 cm = 0.75” × 0.59”

MC48AM7: Prismatic Childrenite crystals, with very well defined faces and edges, some of them doubly terminated, translucent, lustrous, with spheroidal Roscherite growths on a Quartz matrix. We will send the buyer a copy of the Childrenite and Roscherite analyses.
Poço Dantas Mine, Piauí Valley, Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (09/2006)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.9 × 3.3 cm = 2.64” × 2.32” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.4 cm = 0.47” × 0.16”

TF27AM7: Coatings of many small salmon-colored Zanazziite crystals with good luster, on a Muscovite matrix with Quartz crystals.
Murundu Mine, Jenipapo District, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 9.4 × 7.2 × 4.7 cm = 3.70” × 2.83” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”

EX98AM7: Skeletal crystals and leafy growths of Gold, very bright and contrasting with the rock matrix. The specimen comes from a recent find in a mining district in Colombia which is still little known.
Los Delirios claim, Delirios I cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia (15/08/2020)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2 × 1.8 cm = 1.10” × 0.79” × 0.71”

EV89AM7: Skeletal crystals and leafy growths of Gold, very bright and contrasting with the rock matrix. The specimen comes from a recent find in a mining district in Colombia which is still little known.
Los Delirios claim, Delirios I cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia (15/08/2020)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.3 × 1.8 cm = 2.17” × 1.30” × 0.71”

EA10AM7: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Unusual fan-shaped growths on matrix of translucent, lustrous and deep pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather is inherent to the Quartz itself. The exact name of the mine is not yet known, but it will surely become known with the passage of time.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.06” × 0.87” × 0.67”

MA10AM7: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Unusual fan-shaped growths on matrix of translucent, lustrous and deep pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather is inherent to the Quartz itself. The exact name of the mine is not yet known, but it will surely become known with the passage of time.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3 × 2.1 cm = 1.30” × 1.18” × 0.83”

MB14AM7: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Unusual fan-shaped growths on matrix of translucent, lustrous and deep pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather is inherent to the Quartz itself. The exact name of the mine is not yet known, but it will surely become known with the passage of time.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2 × 2.7 cm = 1.54” × 0.79” × 1.06”

MX14AM7: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Unusual fan-shaped growths on matrix of translucent, lustrous and deep pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather is inherent to the Quartz itself. The exact name of the mine is not yet known, but it will surely become known with the passage of time.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.4 × 2 cm = 1.22” × 0.94” × 0.79”

MD14AM7: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Unusual fan-shaped growths on matrix of translucent, lustrous and deep pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather is inherent to the Quartz itself. The exact name of the mine is not yet known, but it will surely become known with the passage of time.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.1 × 1.6 cm = 1.65” × 1.22” × 0.63”

MY14AM7: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Unusual fan-shaped growths on matrix of translucent, lustrous and deep pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather is inherent to the Quartz itself. The exact name of the mine is not yet known, but it will surely become known with the passage of time.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 4.1 × 2.3 cm = 1.69” × 1.61” × 0.91”

MF96AM7: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Unusual fan-shaped growths on matrix of translucent, lustrous and deep pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather is inherent to the Quartz itself. The exact name of the mine is not yet known, but it will surely become known with the passage of time.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 5 × 3 × 2.8 cm = 1.97” × 1.18” × 1.10”

EB86AM7: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Unusual fan-shaped growths on matrix of translucent, lustrous and deep pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather is inherent to the Quartz itself. The exact name of the mine is not yet known, but it will surely become known with the passage of time.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 5 × 3.2 cm = 2.05” × 1.97” × 1.26”

MM67AM7: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Unusual fan-shaped growths on matrix of translucent, lustrous and deep pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather is inherent to the Quartz itself. The exact name of the mine is not yet known, but it will surely become known with the passage of time.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 6 × 3.2 × 3.4 cm = 2.36” × 1.26” × 1.34”

ML67AM7: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Unusual fan-shaped growths on matrix of translucent, lustrous and deep pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather is inherent to the Quartz itself. The exact name of the mine is not yet known, but it will surely become known with the passage of time.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 2.7 × 3.7 cm = 2.32” × 1.06” × 1.46”

MM48AM7: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Unusual fan-shaped growths on matrix of translucent, lustrous and deep pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather is inherent to the Quartz itself. The exact name of the mine is not yet known, but it will surely become known with the passage of time.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.6 × 4.5 cm = 1.89” × 1.81” × 1.77”

MP86AM7: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Unusual fan-shaped growths on matrix of translucent, lustrous and deep pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather is inherent to the Quartz itself. The exact name of the mine is not yet known, but it will surely become known with the passage of time.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 3.6 × 3.8 cm = 2.52” × 1.42” × 1.50”

MQ86AM7: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Unusual fan-shaped growths on matrix of translucent, lustrous and deep pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather is inherent to the Quartz itself. The exact name of the mine is not yet known, but it will surely become known with the passage of time.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.6 × 3.1 cm = 2.87” × 2.20” × 1.22”

MG48AM7: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Unusual fan-shaped growths on matrix of translucent, lustrous and deep pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather is inherent to the Quartz itself. The exact name of the mine is not yet known, but it will surely become known with the passage of time.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.5 × 3.8 cm = 1.65” × 1.38” × 1.50”

MR88AM7: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Unusual fan-shaped growths on matrix of translucent, lustrous and deep pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather is inherent to the Quartz itself. The exact name of the mine is not yet known, but it will surely become known with the passage of time.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 4.8 × 6.2 cm = 3.39” × 1.89” × 2.44”

EC96AM7: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Unusual fan-shaped growths on matrix of translucent, lustrous and deep pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather is inherent to the Quartz itself. The exact name of the mine is not yet known, but it will surely become known with the passage of time.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 7.2 × 2.6 cm = 3.39” × 2.83” × 1.02”

MB47AM7: Centered aggregates of Hedenbergite crystals with a fibrous appearance, a satin luster and an intense green color, covered by highly elongated white Quartz crystals due to parallel growths along the main axis.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (2010)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 7.9 × 6.4 cm = 4.02” × 3.11” × 2.52”

Main crystal size: 7.6 × 3 cm = 2.99” × 1.18”

EA86AM7: Mimetite crystals with a hemihedral habit, with a flat termination at one end and pyramidal termination at the opposite end, transparent, with very bright luster and an intense and vivid yellow color, on matrix.
Guatomo Mine (Hat Yai), Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province  Thailand

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.2 × 2.7 cm = 2.44” × 1.65” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.51” × 0.12”