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Carles Curto Text: Carles Curto (formerly curator of the Geology Museum, Barcelona) & Jordi Fabre
Assistance from John S. White (former Smithsonian curator)
John S. White

 

 

Chronicle of the Sainte
Marie Virtual 2021

 

 



Ste. Marie atmosphere - Ste. Marie 2015
A group of FMF friends at the stairs of the Theater - Ste. Marie 2013
Wildlife in Ste. Marie 2011
Ste. Marie atmosphere
- Ste. Marie 2015
A group of FMF friends at
the stairs of the Theater - Ste. Marie 2013
Wildlife in Ste. Marie 2011

SPAIN


The storms coming - Ste. Marie 2011
We shall not live by minerals alone - Ste. Marie 2009
From the stairs of the Theater - Ste. Marie 2014
Bryan Swoboda doing the clown - Ste. Marie 2017
The storms coming
- Ste. Marie 2011
We shall not live
by minerals alone
- Ste. Marie 2009
From the stairs of the Theater - Ste. Marie 2014 Bryan Swoboda
doing the clown
- Ste. Marie 2017


Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite.
Pyromorphite  

NT10AN2: Group of Pyromorphite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and rich in pyramidal faces and with hopper terminations, translucent, with bright luster and a uniform yellow-green color.
The specimen is extraordinary for the locality, which is very little known to collectors. It comes from the collection of Ignacio Gaspar Sintes, who field collected it and whose label we will send to the buyer.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 02/2021, page 101
Fajano Mine, Villamayor de Calatrava, Comarca Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (07/2008)

Specimen size: 1.3 × 1.3 × 1 cm = 0.51” × 0.51” × 0.39”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar



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Calcite after Gypsum
 

NC59AN2: Rosette aggregate of Calcite pseudomorphs after Gypsum crystals, translucent, with a certain luster and a uniform creamy white color. The specimen comes from a recent find in an area where we were not previously aware of the presence of these curious pseudomorphs. A rarity.
De Los Cazadores Ravine, Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Comarca Área metropolitana de Madrid, Community of Madrid  Spain (09/2020)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4 × 4.1 cm = 1.85” × 1.57” × 1.61”

Fluorescent long & short UV



Calcite after Gypsum.
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Calcite after Gypsum
Calcite after Gypsum.
 

NF11AN2: Rosette aggregate of Calcite pseudomorphs after Gypsum crystals, translucent, with a certain luster and a uniform creamy white color. The specimen comes from a recent find in an area where we were not previously aware of the presence of these curious pseudomorphs. A rarity.
De Los Cazadores Ravine, Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Comarca Área metropolitana de Madrid, Community of Madrid  Spain (09/2020)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.2 × 4 cm = 1.85” × 1.65” × 1.57”

Fluorescent long & short UV



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Calcite after Gypsum
 

NB61AN2: Rosette aggregate of Calcite pseudomorphs after Gypsum crystals, translucent, with a certain luster and a uniform creamy white color. The specimen comes from a recent find in an area where we were not previously aware of the presence of these curious pseudomorphs. A rarity.
De Los Cazadores Ravine, Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Comarca Área metropolitana de Madrid, Community of Madrid  Spain (09/2020)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.8 × 4.8 cm = 1.89” × 1.89” × 1.89”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV



Calcite after Gypsum.
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Calcite after Gypsum
Calcite after Gypsum.
 

ND61AN2: Rosette aggregate of Calcite pseudomorphs after Gypsum crystals, translucent, with a certain luster and a uniform creamy white color. The specimen comes from a recent find in an area where we were not previously aware of the presence of these curious pseudomorphs. A rarity.
De Los Cazadores Ravine, Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Comarca Área metropolitana de Madrid, Community of Madrid  Spain (09/2020)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.7 × 4.2 cm = 2.05” × 1.85” × 1.65”

Fluorescent long & short UV



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Calcite after Gypsum
 

NE11AN2: Rosette aggregate of Calcite pseudomorphs after Gypsum crystals, translucent, with a certain luster and a uniform creamy white color. The specimen comes from a recent find in an area where we were not previously aware of the presence of these curious pseudomorphs. A rarity.
De Los Cazadores Ravine, Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Comarca Área metropolitana de Madrid, Community of Madrid  Spain (09/2020)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.7 × 4.6 cm = 2.05” × 1.85” × 1.81”

Fluorescent long & short UV



Calcite after Gypsum.
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Calcite after Gypsum
Calcite after Gypsum.
 

NA10AN2: Rosette aggregate of Calcite pseudomorphs after Gypsum crystals, translucent, with a certain luster and a uniform creamy white color. The specimen comes from a recent find in an area where we were not previously aware of the presence of these curious pseudomorphs. A rarity.
De Los Cazadores Ravine, Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Comarca Área metropolitana de Madrid, Community of Madrid  Spain (09/2020)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.5 × 4.4 cm = 2.13” × 1.77” × 1.73”

Fluorescent long & short UV



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Calcite after Gypsum
 

NQ10AN2: Rosette aggregate of Calcite pseudomorphs after Gypsum crystals, translucent, with a certain luster and a uniform creamy white color. The specimen comes from a recent find in an area where we were not previously aware of the presence of these curious pseudomorphs. A rarity.
De Los Cazadores Ravine, Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Comarca Área metropolitana de Madrid, Community of Madrid  Spain (09/2020)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.6 × 4.4 cm = 2.13” × 1.81” × 1.73”

Fluorescent long & short UV



Calcite after Gypsum.
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Calcite after Gypsum
Calcite after Gypsum.
 

NJ11AN2: Rosette aggregate of Calcite pseudomorphs after Gypsum crystals, translucent, with a certain luster and a uniform creamy white color. The specimen comes from a recent find in an area where we were not previously aware of the presence of these curious pseudomorphs. A rarity.
De Los Cazadores Ravine, Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Comarca Área metropolitana de Madrid, Community of Madrid  Spain (09/2020)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.9 × 4.8 cm = 2.13” × 1.93” × 1.89”

Fluorescent long & short UV



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Calcite after Gypsum
 

NM10AN2: Rosette aggregate of Calcite pseudomorphs after Gypsum crystals, translucent, with a certain luster and a uniform creamy white color. The specimen comes from a recent find in an area where we were not previously aware of the presence of these curious pseudomorphs. A rarity.
De Los Cazadores Ravine, Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Comarca Área metropolitana de Madrid, Community of Madrid  Spain (09/2020)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 5.4 × 4 cm = 2.20” × 2.13” × 1.57”

Fluorescent long & short UV



Calcite after Gypsum.
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Calcite after Gypsum
Calcite after Gypsum.
 

NK60AN2: Rosette aggregate of Calcite pseudomorphs after Gypsum crystals, translucent, with a certain luster and a uniform creamy white color. The specimen comes from a recent find in an area where we were not previously aware of the presence of these curious pseudomorphs. A rarity.
De Los Cazadores Ravine, Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Comarca Área metropolitana de Madrid, Community of Madrid  Spain (09/2020)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 5 × 5 cm = 2.24” × 1.97” × 1.97”

Fluorescent long & short UV



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Calcite after Gypsum
 

NN10AN2: Rosette aggregate of Calcite pseudomorphs after Gypsum crystals, translucent, with a certain luster and a uniform creamy white color. The specimen comes from a recent find in an area where we were not previously aware of the presence of these curious pseudomorphs. A rarity.
De Los Cazadores Ravine, Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Comarca Área metropolitana de Madrid, Community of Madrid  Spain (09/2020)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.2 × 4.8 cm = 2.28” × 2.05” × 1.89”

Fluorescent long & short UV



Calcite after Gypsum.
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Calcite after Gypsum
Calcite after Gypsum.
 

NG11AN2: Rosette aggregate of Calcite pseudomorphs after Gypsum crystals, translucent, with a certain luster and a uniform creamy white color. The specimen comes from a recent find in an area where we were not previously aware of the presence of these curious pseudomorphs. A rarity.
De Los Cazadores Ravine, Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Comarca Área metropolitana de Madrid, Community of Madrid  Spain (09/2020)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 5 × 4.8 cm = 2.32” × 1.97” × 1.89”

Fluorescent long & short UV



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Calcite after Gypsum
 

NP61AN2: Rosette aggregate of Calcite pseudomorphs after Gypsum crystals, translucent, with a certain luster and a uniform creamy white color. The specimen comes from a recent find in an area where we were not previously aware of the presence of these curious pseudomorphs. A rarity.
De Los Cazadores Ravine, Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Comarca Área metropolitana de Madrid, Community of Madrid  Spain (09/2020)

Specimen size: 6 × 5.4 × 5.1 cm = 2.36” × 2.13” × 2.01”

Fluorescent long & short UV



Calcite after Gypsum.
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Calcite after Gypsum
Calcite after Gypsum.
 

NL11AN2: Rosette aggregate of Calcite pseudomorphs after Gypsum crystals, translucent, with a certain luster and a uniform creamy white color. The specimen comes from a recent find in an area where we were not previously aware of the presence of these curious pseudomorphs. A rarity.
De Los Cazadores Ravine, Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Comarca Área metropolitana de Madrid, Community of Madrid  Spain (09/2020)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 6 × 4.9 cm = 2.99” × 2.36” × 1.93”

Fluorescent long & short UV



Quartz (variety amethyst) with Siderite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Quartz (variety amethyst) with Siderite
 

NA70AN2: Druse of Quartz crystals (amethyst variety) with a very short prism, translucent, with good luster and a pale magenta-violet color, partially covered by small groups of Siderite crystals.
This piece comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 603) whose label we will send to the buyer. Of exceptional quality for the locality.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 19.4 × 13.4 × 7.8 cm = 7.64” × 5.28” × 3.07”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.8 cm = 1.18” × 1.10”

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez



Quartz (variety amethyst) with Siderite. Quartz (variety amethyst) with Siderite.



A village and a Show - Ste. Marie 2011
Unpacking and unpacking - Ste. Marie 2013
Bearded Jordi at Ste. Marie 1991
A village and a Show
- Ste. Marie 2011
Unpacking and unpacking
- Ste. Marie 2013
Bearded Jordi
at Ste. Marie 1991

SPANISH FLUORITE


A long history of mining - Ste. Marie 2006
Relax and flowers - Ste. Marie 2006
Local media - Ste. Marie 2006
Downloading the car at Ste. Marie 2006
A long history of mining
- Ste. Marie 2006
Relax and flowers - Ste. Marie 2006 Local media - Ste. Marie 2006 Downloading the car
at Ste. Marie 2006


Fluorite with Calcite
Fluorite with Calcite. Front
Front
Fluorite with Calcite. Side
Side
Fluorite with Calcite.
 

NB96AN2: Fluorite crystals with cube shapes clearly bevelled by the dodecahedron, very transparent and lustrous, almost colorless, with slightly violet tones, on matrix with scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 5 × 3.4 × 3.9 cm = 1.97” × 1.34” × 1.54”

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

Calcite minor fluorescence short UV



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Fluorite with Calcite
 

NA27AN2: Fluorite crystals with cube shapes clearly bevelled by the dodecahedron, very transparent and lustrous, almost colorless, with slightly violet tones, on matrix with scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 7.4 × 4.8 × 3.2  cm = 2.91” × 1.89” × 1.26”

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

Calcite minor fluorescence short UV



Fluorite with Calcite. Fluorite with Calcite.
Fluorite with Calcite.
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Fluorite with Quartz
Fluorite with Quartz. Fluorite with Quartz.
 

NT67AN2: Fluorite crystals with cube shapes clearly bevelled by the dodecahedron, very transparent and lustrous, almost colorless, with slightly violet tones and on Quartz matrix.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.3 × 2.4 cm = 2.28” × 2.09” × 0.94”

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




Fluorite with Calcite
 

NR87AN2: Good size Fluorite crystal with cube shapes clearly bevelled by the dodecahedron, very transparent and lustrous, violet in color with color zoning, on matrix, with small scalenohedral Calcite crystals and a much larger crystal at the base.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5 × 3.8 cm = 2.68” × 1.97” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.47”

Calcite minor fluorescence short UV



Fluorite with Calcite. Front
Front
Fluorite with Calcite. Side
Side
Fluorite with Calcite.
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Fluorite
Fluorite. Fluorite.
Fluorite  

NC27AN2: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, transparent, with bright luster and bluish and violet tones that form geometric color zoning showing different growth phases.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 290) whose label we will send to the buyer.
Jaimina Mine, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Trechorio, Carrales, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2008)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 5.1 × 4.3 cm = 2.01” × 2.01” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.2 cm = 0.98” × 0.87”

Minor fluorescence short UV

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez



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Baryte with Fluorite
 

TF86AN2: Group of transparent and lustrous Fluorite crystals on a matrix of white lenticular Baryte crystals of a larger size than those usually found here.
Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 11.4 × 9.2 × 8 cm = 4.49” × 3.62” × 3.15”

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

Fluorescent long & short UV



Baryte with Fluorite. Baryte with Fluorite.
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Hot Show - Ste. Marie 2017
Historic pool of Ste. Marie opened at 1903
A large lump of mineral embedded in a house - Ste. Marie 2012
Hot Show - Ste. Marie 2017 Historic pool of Ste. Marie
opened at 1903
A large lump of mineral
embedded in a house
- Ste. Marie 2012

PORTUGAL


Symbols of a past mining splendor - Ste. Marie 2011
A meeting point from always - Ste. Marie 2006
Looking at the 2008 Soccer World Cup final
BlueCap Productions and Christophe Gobin - Ste. Marie 2015
Symbols of a past
mining splendor
- Ste. Marie 2011
A meeting point from always
- Ste. Marie 2006
Looking at the 2008
Soccer World Cup final
BlueCap Productions
and Christophe Gobin
- Ste. Marie 2015


Arsenopyrite with Quartz, Muscovite and Chlorite
Arsenopyrite with Quartz, Muscovite and Chlorite. Front
Front
Arsenopyrite with Quartz, Muscovite and Chlorite. Side
Side
Arsenopyrite with Quartz, Muscovite and Chlorite.
 

RA16AN2: Parallel growths of short prismatic Arsenopyrite crystals with good terminations, very lustrous. On matrix with Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant, transparent, lustrous and rich in inclusions. Also leafy aggregates of Muscovite crystals and Chlorite coatings.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (±1970)

Specimen size: 7 × 6.8 × 3.2 cm = 2.76” × 2.68” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 4.6 × 1.8 cm = 1.81” × 0.71”

Former collection Folch (duplicates)



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Arsenopyrite-Marcasite with Siderite and Muscovite
 

NF47AN2: Fan-shaped aggregates of crystals formed by a first phase of Arsenopyrite with a metallic gray color, followed by a second phase with very sharp crystals of Arsenopyrite-Marcasite with the typical “cockscomb” habit. With lenticular crystals of Siderite of light cream color and leafy aggregates of Muscovite crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1999)

Specimen size: 13.4 × 8.8 × 3 cm = 5.28” × 3.46” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.6 cm = 1.18” × 1.02”




Arsenopyrite-Marcasite with Siderite and Muscovite. Arsenopyrite-Marcasite with Siderite and Muscovite.
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The indefatigable Anaïs - Ste. Marie 2015
Alsace! - Ste. Marie 2019
Taverne du Mineur. So many encounters there - Ste. Marie 2012
The indefatigable Anaïs
- Ste. Marie 2015
Alsace! - Ste. Marie 2019 Taverne du Mineur.
So many encounters there
- Ste. Marie 2012

FRANCE


Alain Martaud and Giancarlo Parodi preparing the exhibition - Ste. Marie 2013
Jean Claude Bouillard enjoying the exhibits - Ste. Marie 2015
Claude Abel, the motor of the Show in the XXI century - Ste. Marie 2013
Alain Martaud preparing the Exhibit - Ste. Marie 2014
Alain Martaud and Giancarlo Parodi
preparing the exhibition - Ste. Marie 2013
Jean Claude Bouillard
enjoying the exhibits - Ste. Marie 2015
Claude Abel, the motor of the Show
in the XXI century - Ste. Marie 2013
Alain Martaud preparing the Exhibit
- Ste. Marie 2014


Malachite after Cuprite
Malachite after Cuprite. Front
Front
Malachite after Cuprite. Front
Front
Malachite after Cuprite. Top
Top
Malachite after Cuprite  

NT26AN2: Malachite pseudomorph after a complete floater crystal of Cuprite, very sharp, octahedral, and beveled by dodecahedron forms. A quality French classic.
This piece comes from the Ignacio Gaspar collection (number CUP-7), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 1 × 1 × 1.2 cm = 0.39” × 0.39” × 0.47”

Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar



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Malachite after Cuprite
 

EM14AN2: Malachite pseudomorphs after a complete floater group of dodecahedral Cuprite crystals, one of them clearly dominant.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 2 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.79” × 0.63” × 0.55”

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




Malachite after Cuprite.
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Chalcopyrite with Quartz
Chalcopyrite with Quartz. Chalcopyrite with Quartz.
Chalcopyrite with Quartz  

TM27AN2: Group of twinned Chalcopyrite crystals with a tetrahedral habit, very marked curvatures on their faces and edges, lustrous, on matrix with small groups of Quartz crystals.
The specimen comes from a not very well known French mine, from the Alain Tuel collection (number 2-147), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Mont-Roc Mine, Mont-Roc, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.3 × 4.7 cm = 2.28” × 1.69” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 0.87” × 0.63”

Former collection of Alain Tuel



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Copper with Fluorite
 

TA10AN2: Dendritic growth of small Copper crystals with sharp crystal forms and shiny surfaces and with irregular growths of transparent white Fluorite crystals. The specimen is a significant rarity for this mine, which is known for its Fluorites.
Le Burc Mine, Alban-Le Fraysse area, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.4 × 0.9 cm = 0.91” × 0.55” × 0.35”




Copper with Fluorite.
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Copper with Fluorite
Copper with Fluorite. Copper with Fluorite.
Copper with Fluorite  

TY37AN2: Dendritic growth of small Copper crystals with sharp crystal forms and shiny surfaces. With a transparent and colorless Fluorite crystal and with distinct irregular and parallel growths. The specimen is a significant rarity for this mine, which was known for its Fluorites.
Le Burc Mine, Alban-Le Fraysse area, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5 × 4.7 cm = 2.64” × 1.97” × 1.85”

Former collection of Corlier



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Copper with Fluorite
 

TM69AN2: Dendritic growth of small Copper crystals with sharp crystal forms and shiny surfaces and with irregular growths of transparent white Fluorite crystals. The specimen is a significant rarity for this mine, which is known for its Fluorites.
Le Burc Mine, Alban-Le Fraysse area, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 9.4 × 7.4 × 6 cm = 3.70” × 2.91” × 2.36”




Copper with Fluorite. Front
Front
Copper with Fluorite. Rear
Rear
Copper with Fluorite.
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Quartz
Quartz. Quartz.
 

TV48AN2: Group of Quartz crystals with a very well defined La Gardette habit, elongated, transparent, colorless, very lustrous and with small inclusions, on matrix. An excellent French classic, from a locality not as well known as other famous Quartz localities in the area.
Les Rivoirands, Vizille, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2000)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 4.4 × 7.2 cm = 2.91” × 1.73” × 2.83”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 0.7 cm = 1.61” × 0.28”




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Jim Spann and Mike Rumsey enjoying the life - Ste. Marie 2017
Nick Carruth standing, Neil Hubbard sitting. Both English - Ste. Marie 2014
Belgium team - Ste. Marie 2018
Jim Spann and Mike
Rumsey enjoying the life
- Ste. Marie 2017
Nick Carruth standing,
Neil Hubbard sitting. Both English
- Ste. Marie 2014
Belgium team - Ste. Marie 2018

EUROPE (excl. Spain, Portugal and France)


Julia and Umberto Riggi - Ste. Marie 2005
Joaquim and Eloïsa Callén with the Jungle Buyer team - Ste. Marie 2014
Paul Stahl: power to the rocks - Ste. Marie 2004
Gail Spann and Ian Jones - Ste. Marie 2017
Julia and Umberto Riggi
- Ste. Marie 2005
Joaquim and Eloïsa Callén with the
Jungle Buyer team - Ste. Marie 2014
Paul Stahl: power to the rocks
- Ste. Marie 2004
Gail Spann and Ian Jones
- Ste. Marie 2017


Chalcocite
Chalcocite  

CA66AN2: Groups, on matrix, of very sharp tabular Chalcocite crystals with a hexagonal outline, more aerial than usual in this type of specimen.
The specimen, an English classic, comes from the Carles Curto collection (number 1983.59), whose label and computer cataogue entry we will send to the buyer.
St Ives Consols, St Ives, St Ives District, Cornwall  England / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.3 × 2.3 cm = 1.22” × 0.91” × 0.91”

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

Former collection of Carles Curto (duplicates)

minID: CJD-1HA



Chalcocite. Front
Front
Chalcocite. Side
Side
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Chalcopyrite with Siderite and Dolomite
Chalcopyrite with Siderite and Dolomite. Front
Front
Chalcopyrite with Siderite and Dolomite. Side
Side
 

TV11AN2: Twinned Chalcopyrite crystals, shiny, with very sharp crystal forms, with strong curvatures on faces and edges, on matrix. With tabular crystals of Siderite of light cream color and white crystals of Dolomite.
Vereinigung Mine, Katzwinkel, Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.3 × 2.3 cm = 1.26” × 0.91” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.28” × 0.24”

Former collection of Guenter Grundmann



Galena with Chalcopyrite, Siderite and Dolomite
Galena with Chalcopyrite, Siderite and Dolomite  

TT96AN2: Very aerial cubo-octahedral Galena crystal, with a very flattened tabular habit and a distinct spinel-law twin. On matrix, with shiny Chalcopyrite crystals with sharp crystal forms, with strong curvatures on faces and edges, and tabular Siderite crystals with a light cream color and white Dolomite crystals.
The specimen was previously in Guenter Grundmann's collection and has been photographed and published as a reference for Siegerland in the magazine ‘Lapis‘ number 7-8/1991, page 30
Vereinigung Mine, Katzwinkel, Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3.2 × 2.7 cm = 1.30” × 1.26” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1 cm = 0.63” × 0.39”

Former collection of Guenter Grundmann



Galena with Chalcopyrite, Siderite and Dolomite. Front
Front
Galena with Chalcopyrite, Siderite and Dolomite. Rear
Rear
Galena with Chalcopyrite, Siderite and Dolomite. Side
Side
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Pyrite with Siderite and Sphalerite
Pyrite with Siderite and Sphalerite . Pyrite with Siderite and Sphalerite .
 

TB67AN2: Group of equant Pyrite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, lustrous, on a Sphalerite matrix with small Siderite crystals. Higher quality than most similar pieces from the same area.
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures  Romania

Specimen size: 6.9 × 4 × 3 cm = 2.72” × 1.57” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 3.9 cm = 1.69” × 1.54”




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Celestine with Sulphur
 

TX96AN2: Group of Celestine crystals, many of them very elongated and doubly terminated, translucent in most of the prism and completely transparent and very lustrous on the terminations. Partially covered by small crystals of Sulphur.
Machów Mine, Tarnobrzeg, Subcarpathian Voivodeship  Poland

Specimen size: 7.4 × 7.2 × 6.9 cm = 2.91” × 2.83” × 2.72”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 1.5 cm = 2.44” × 0.59”

Very fluorescent long & short UV



Celestine with Sulphur. Front
Front
Celestine with Sulphur. Side
Side
Celestine with Sulphur.
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Turkey

Smithsonite
Smithsonite.
 

TFA86AN2: A novelty from Turkey. Botryoidal Smithsonite growths, translucent, lustrous and with remnants of rock matrix. The specimen comes from a find in 2020 at a locality not known until now in the world of collecting for quality Smithsonites.
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: 8.5 × 6.2 × 3.5 cm = 3.35” × 2.44” × 1.38”




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Hydroboracite on Calcite and with Celestine

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TMA87AN2: On matrix centered groups of transparent and very lustrous acicular Hydroboracite crystals, with small transparent and colorless crystals of Celestine and orange spheroidal growths of Calcite. Of excellent quality for the species.
Both Hydroboracite and Celestine and Calcite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Hisarcik Mine, Emet Borate deposit, Emet, Emet District, Kütahya Province, Aegean Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 10.3 × 6.9 × 5.7 cm = 4.06” × 2.72” × 2.24”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.47” × 0.04”

Celestine and Calcite fluorescent long & short UV



Hydroboracite on Calcite and with Celestine. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Hydroboracite on Calcite and with Celestine. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Hydroboracite on Calcite and with Celestine. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
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