May 2021 Update

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MA46AN0: Aerial group of Copper crystals dominated by octahedral and dodecahedral forms, lustrous, with curvatures and polycrystalline growths.
We will ship the specimen, which comes from a classic American locality for the species, in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, stating that it was previously in the Sullivan collection.
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo District, Pima County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.6 × 1.4 cm = 1.30” × 1.02” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.6 cm = 0.94” × 0.63”

MB14AN0: Centered groups, on matrix with Quartz, of fine and lustrous acicular crystals of Pseudobrookite.
We will ship the specimen, which comes from a classic American locality for the species, in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Solar Wind claim, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah  USA

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.4 × 2 cm = 1.14” × 0.94” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.1 cm = 0.16” × 0.04”

MC96AN0: Twinned floater crystal of Lazulite, very rich in forms, with bright luster and a very deep color and a very large size for the species.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.7 × 1.4 cm = 0.83” × 0.67” × 0.55”

MD14AN0: Floater spheroidal growth of Pyrolusite crystals with sharp crystal forms and short prismatic habit, with good luster and a small Calcite crystal at the base.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, which shows that it was previously in the Melanson collection.
Caland Pit, Steep Rock Lake area, Atikokan, Rainy River District, Ontario  Canada

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

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.24” × 0.08”

ME56AN0: Mosaic of small Pyrite crystals pseudomorphing an elongated Pyrrhotite crystal on a matrix of Sphalerite crystals. Different.
We will ship the specimen, which comes from a classic Mexican locality for the species, in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Potosí Mine, Santo Domingo (Francisco Portillo), Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 3.1 × 1.3 × 1.1 cm = 1.22” × 0.51” × 0.43”

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

MF11AN0: Very sharp rhombohedral Calcite crystal, slightly translucent, with a uniform white color, on a matrix of small octahedral Pyrite crystals.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, which shows that it was previously in the Melanson collection.
Naica, Municipio Saucillo, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.6 × 2.1 cm = 1.06” × 1.02” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.9 cm = 0.87” × 0.75”

MH46AN0: Group of Pyromorphite crystals with very sharp prismatic and pyramidal crystal forms, the latter rare at the locality, with good luster and a very pronounced color zoning, yellowish brown in the prism and yellow in the terminations.
We will ship the specimen, which comes from a classic French locality for the species, in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, stating that it was previously in the Sullivan collection.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2 × 1.1 cm = 1.14” × 0.79” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.1 cm = 0.12” × 0.04”

MF46AN0: Floater Cobaltite crystal of pyritohedral habit with very sharp crystal forms, bright luster, and from the most classic locality for the species.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, which shows that it was previously in the Melanson collection.
Håkansboda mining group, Lindesberg, Örebro, Västmanland  Sweden

Specimen size: 1.2 × 1.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.47” × 0.47” × 0.47”

MG13AN0: Partially doubly terminated Quartz crystal (smoky variety) with very well defined faces and edges, transparent, with good luster and a deep and uniform color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, which shows that it was previously in the Melanson collection.
Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy

Specimen size: 3.3 × 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 1.30” × 0.55” × 0.51”

MJ66AN0: Group of Bornite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very sharp crystal forms, with bright luster and blue metallic iridescence, on a Quartz crystal matrix.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Dzhezkazgan Mine, Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.7 × 2.6 cm = 1.06” × 1.06” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.39” × 0.35”

MK63AN0: Isolated floater crystal of Datolite with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, with good luster and pale green color.
We will ship the specimen in the original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk B deposit, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.6 × 2.2 cm = 1.10” × 1.02” × 0.87”

ML16AN0: Group of Quartz crystals (prase variety) with distinct polycrystalline surfaces, with good luster and a deep and uniform color, and with small Andradite crystals at the base.
We will ship the specimen in the original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Second Sovetskii Mine, 230↓, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 3.6 × 1.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.42” × 0.67” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1 cm = 1.18” × 0.39”

MM46AN0: Complex floater Hematite crystal, very rich in crystal forms, with an extraordinarily bright luster.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.4 × 1.5 cm = 1.06” × 0.94” × 0.59”

MP66AN0: Star-shaped epitaxial growths of Rutile crystals, between acicular and finely prismatic, with very bright luster, yellow color with golden reflections, oriented according to the structure of tabular Hematite crystals.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.3 × 2.1 cm = 0.94” × 0.91” × 0.83”

MQ13AN0: Two thick tabular crystals with very aerial growth on a matrix of white Albite crystals. The crystals have very sharp crystal forms, and are translucent, with bright luster, deep green color, with geometric color zoning.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.4 × 2.4 cm = 1.06” × 0.94” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.39” × 0.35”

MR16AN0: Group of sharp and lustrous Enargite crystals, with a prismatic habit and perfect pinacoidal terminations.
We will send the specimen, which comes from a classic Mexican locality for the species, in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, stating that it was previously in the Wilfred Talbot collection.
Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department  Peru

Specimen size: 2.6 × 1.5 × 1.8 cm = 1.02” × 0.59” × 0.71”

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

MT14AN0: Vivianite crystal with a prismatic habit and excellent terminations, transparent, with bright luster and an intense and uniform green color, on matrix.
We will send the specimen, which comes from a classic Bolivian locality for the species, in the original Perkins box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, which states that it was previously in the Sullivan collection.
Morococala Mine, Santa Fe Mining Distric, Dalence Province, Oruro Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.1 × 1.1 cm = 1.26” × 0.83” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.1 cm = 1.02” × 0.43”

MV16AN0: Thin platy Brookite crystal on Quartz matrix, doubly terminated and very sharp, with parallel growths, transparent, with bright luster, an intense red color and darker color zoning.
We will ship the specimen in the original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Kharan, Kharan District, Balochistan (Baluchistan)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.8 × 1.6 cm = 0.87” × 0.71” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.67” × 0.24”

MX66AN0: Floater group of trapezohedral Spessartine crystals, one of them clearly dominant, translucent, with great luster and a deep and intense color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales  Australia

Specimen size: 2.6 × 1.9 × 1.6 cm = 1.02” × 0.75” × 0.63”

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

MY11AN0: Group of two doubly terminated Quartz crystals (smoky variety), with very sharp crystal forms and inverse scepter growths, transparent and very lustrous.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Mooralla, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria  Australia

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.4 × 1.7 cm = 1.26” × 0.94” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1.3 cm = 1.26” × 0.51”

NV67AN0: Spheroidal aggregates on a matrix of very sharp crystals of Emmonsite, a rare iron tellurate, translucent, with good luster and an intense and uniform green color.
The specimen comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection (number EMM-2) whose collection card we will send to the buyer.
Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Municipio Moctezuma, Sonora  Mexico

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.5 × 4 cm = 2.28” × 1.38” × 1.57”

NF89AN0: Floater dendritic aggregate of bright and extraordinarily elongated Silver crystals, with a very well defined spinel-law twin and darker Acanthite coatings.
The specimen comes from the collection of Ignacio Gaspar Sintes (number PL-33), whose catalogue entry states that it was previously in the collection of Robert E. Jenkins II (number 8554). We will send the buyer the catalogue entry and the labels from both collections.
New Nevada Mine, Cerro San Antonio, San Miguel, Batopilas, Andrés del Río District, Municipio Batopilas, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 5.4 × 2.3 × 2 cm = 2.13” × 0.91” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.51” × 0.08”

TR14AN0: Druse on matrix of very sharp and very lustrous octahedral Copper crystals. The specimen, which came from a locality that has now disappeared, comes from the José Luís Vallecillo collection.
Boinás Este, Boinás, Belmonte de Miranda, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 6.1 × 5.2 × 2.7 cm = 2.40” × 2.05” × 1.06”

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

NR16AN0: Groups of Pyromorphite crystals, many of them doubly terminated, with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, with good luster and a light green color, on matrix. Among the best found at this little-known Spanish locality. The specimen was collected by Ignacio Gaspar Sintes (number PIF-52) and comes from his collection, the catalogue entry of which we will send to the buyer.
Fajano Mine, Villamayor de Calatrava, Comarca Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (09/2009)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.5 × 3 cm = 1.97” × 1.38” × 1.18”

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

NB87AN0: Very aerial reticulated growth of flattened and elongated prismatic Cerussite crystals, twinned, with good terminal faces, translucent, white in color, on matrix, a very rare occurrence in specimens from this locality.
The specimen was collected by Ignacio Gaspar Sintes (number CER-38) and comes from his collection, the catalogue entry of which 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 (07/2013)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.5 × 2 cm = 1.65” × 0.98” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.8 cm = 0.83” × 0.71”

NF86AN0: Group of Sulphur crystals on matrix with sharp crystal forms, translucent, with an intense color and larger than usual for this deposit. With spheroidal aggregates of small white Calcite crystals.
The specimen comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection (number AZR-1), whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Sulphur Mines, La Serrata, Lorca, Comarca Alto Guadalentín, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 9 × 7 × 6 cm = 3.54” × 2.76” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.2 cm = 0.63” × 0.47”

TF98AN0: Group of Quartz crystals, smoky variety, with very sharp crystal forms and distinct parallel growths, very transparent and lustrous, with deep and uniform smoky tones. A great French and European classic.
Aiguille de l'Eboulement, Les Petites Jorasses, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2015)

Specimen size: 17 × 15.6 × 12.3 cm = 6.69” × 6.14” × 4.84”

Main crystal size: 13.3 × 7.2 cm = 5.24” × 2.83”

TA26AN0: Very acute crystal of Calcite totally covered by a second generation of globular Calcite with gray tones and located very aerially on a matrix of white Quartz crystals. Very original and different from other pieces from this mining district.
Boldut Mine, Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures  Romania

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.4 × 4.3 cm = 2.56” × 1.73” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 4 × 1.7 cm = 1.57” × 0.67”

AC11AN0: Sharp and lustrous lamellar crystals of Nagyágite, on a matrix with coatings of pale pink Rhodochrosite. The specimen comes from the type locality for the species, which is also a classic European locality. It comes from an old collection from the mid-19th century.
Sacarîmb (Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara  Romania (±1850)

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.71” × 0.39” × 0.28”

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

AM13AN0: Sharp and lustrous lamellar crystals of Nagyágite, on a matrix with coatings of pale pink Rhodochrosite. The specimen comes from the type locality for the species, which is also a classic European locality. It comes from an old collection from the mid-19th century.
Sacarîmb (Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara  Romania (±1850)

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.71” × 0.39” × 0.20”

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

AB26AN0: Sharp and lustrous lamellar crystals of Nagyágite, on a matrix with coatings of pale pink Rhodochrosite. The specimen comes from the type locality for the species, which is also a classic European locality. It comes from an old collection from the mid-19th century.
Sacarîmb (Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara  Romania (±1850)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.1 × 3.4 cm = 1.38” × 1.22” × 1.34”

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

AM47AN0: Sharp and lustrous lamellar crystals of Nagyágite, on a matrix with coatings of pale pink Rhodochrosite. The specimen comes from the type locality for the species, which is also a classic European locality. It comes from an old collection from the mid-19th century.
Sacarîmb (Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara  Romania (±1850)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.5 × 3.1 cm = 1.50” × 1.38” × 1.22”

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

AL98AN0: Sharp and lustrous lamellar crystals of Nagyágite, on a matrix with coatings of pale pink Rhodochrosite. The specimen comes from the type locality for the species, which is also a classic European locality. It comes from an old collection from the mid-19th century.
This specimen has been published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the 'What's New' section, report 60, May 23, 2021 edition, page 4
Sacarîmb (Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara  Romania (±1850)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 5.6 × 4 cm = 2.95” × 2.20” × 1.57”

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

NP46AN0: Unusually sharp lamellar crystals of Nagyágite and large for the species, somewhat lustrous, on a Quartz matrix.
The specimen, from one of the great classical localities for the species, comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection (number NAG-8), whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Sacarîmb (Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara  Romania (±1850)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 7.5 × 4.5 cm = 3.35” × 2.95” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.59” × 0.39”

TA96AN0: A novelty from Turkey. Botryoidal Smithsonite growths, with remnants of rock matrix, translucent, with bright luster and a uniform sky-blue color. The specimen comes from a 2020 find made in a locality not known until now in the world of collecting for quality Smithsonite specimens. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aladağ Mine, Zamanti River area, Denizovasi, Yahyalı District, Kayseri Province, Central Anatolia Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 10 × 5.2 × 3.3 cm = 3.94” × 2.05” × 1.30”

TB27AN0: A novelty from Turkey. Botryoidal Smithsonite growths, with remnants of rock matrix, translucent, with good luster and an intense and uniform yellow color. The specimen comes from a 2020 find made in a locality not known until now in the world of collecting for quality specimens of Smithsonite. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aladağ Mine, Zamanti River area, Denizovasi, Yahyalı District, Kayseri Province, Central Anatolia Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 10 × 5.6 × 2.7 cm = 3.94” × 2.20” × 1.06”

TC89AN0: A novelty from Turkey. Botryoidal Smithsonite growths, with remnants of rock matrix, translucent, with bright luster and a uniform sky-blue color. The specimen comes from a find made in the year 2020 in a locality not known until now in the world of collecting for quality Smithsonite specimens. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aladağ Mine, Zamanti River area, Denizovasi, Yahyalı District, Kayseri Province, Central Anatolia Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 10 × 8.1 × 4.2 cm = 3.94” × 3.19” × 1.65”

TD89AN0: A novelty from Turkey. Botryoidal Smithsonite growths, with remnants of rock matrix, translucent, lustrous and of a uniform greenish blue color with white areas. The specimen comes from a 2020 find made in a locality not known until now in the world of collecting for quality Smithsonite specimens. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This specimen has been published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the 'What's New' section, report 60, May 23, 2021 edition, page 4
Aladağ Mine, Zamanti River area, Denizovasi, Yahyalı District, Kayseri Province, Central Anatolia Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 10.6 × 9.4 × 3.1 cm = 4.17” × 3.70” × 1.22”

TE26AN0: A novelty from Turkey. Botryoidal Smithsonite growths, with remnants of rock matrix, translucent, lustrous and of an intense bluish green color with white areas. The specimen, which is beautiful, comes from a find made in 2020 at a locality not known until now in the world of collecting for quality specimens of Smithsonite. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aladağ Mine, Zamanti River area, Denizovasi, Yahyalı District, Kayseri Province, Central Anatolia Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 12 × 10.3 × 8.6 cm = 4.72” × 4.06” × 3.39”