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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

 

 



Kids enjoying the Show - Ste. Marie 2017
For the media - Ste. Marie 2014
Always the details - Ste. Marie 2011
Kids enjoying the Show
- Ste. Marie 2017
For the media - Ste. Marie 2014 Always the details
- Ste. Marie 2011

AFRICA (excl. Morocco)


The Fountain - Ste. Marie 2011
A village full of magic gnomes - Ste. Marie 2005
Dealer's ambiance - Ste. Marie 2014
Lambs interested by the Jordi phone - Ste. Marie 2006
The Fountain - Ste. Marie 2011 A village full of magic gnomes
- Ste. Marie 2005
Dealer's ambiance - Ste. Marie 2014 Lambs interested by the Jordi phone
- Ste. Marie 2006


Elbaite
Elbaite. Front
Front
Elbaite. Side
Side
Elbaite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TF46AN2: Group of Elbaite crystals with very sharp crystal forms and excellent upper terminations. Transparent, very lustrous and with the base of the prism up to the middle of the crystal being pink with gradations in the color tones, and with the terminations being a uniform pale green.
Rubaya, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu Province (Kivu)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2020)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 1.6 × 1.2 cm = 1.65” × 0.63” × 0.47”

Weight: 9.9 grams






Old miners resurrected - Ste. Marie 2017
Flowering mining - Ste. Marie 2006
Tired - Ste. Marie 1991
Old miners resurrected
- Ste. Marie 2017
Flowering mining - Ste. Marie 2006 Tired - Ste. Marie 1991

CHINA


Evening dress of a miner - Ste. Marie 2010
Back and forth - Ste. Marie 2013
China in Ste. Marie 2006
Everybody wants to come in - Ste. Marie 2010
Evening dress of a miner
- Ste. Marie 2010
Back and forth - Ste. Marie 2013 China in Ste. Marie 2006 Everybody wants to come in
- Ste. Marie 2010


Fluorite (octahedral) with Quartz
 

TX17AN2: Druse of octahedral Fluorite crystals, lustrous, translucent and with an intense green color, with a second generation of violet crystals, and all of them outlined by fine white Quartz coatings. Some matrix has been cut awayt at the back, as is often the case with specimens from China.
Wuyi ore field, Wuyi, Jinhua Prefecture, Zhejiang Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 22.4 × 10.2 × 3.9 cm = 8.82” × 4.02” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 2.8 cm = 1.34” × 1.10”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



Fluorite (octahedral) with Quartz. Fluorite (octahedral) with Quartz.



Pakistan at the stairs - Ste. Marie 2005
Visitors and dealers at the stairs - Ste. Marie 2012
Already dealing at Auberge des Bagenelles - Ste. Marie 2006
Pakistan at the stairs
- Ste. Marie 2005
Visitors and dealers at the stairs
- Ste. Marie 2012
Already dealing at
Auberge des Bagenelles
- Ste. Marie 2006

ASIA (excl. China)


Well indicated - Ste. Marie 2019
In the middle of the floor - Ste. Marie 2013
The door of the rest - Ste. Marie 2006
Going to the paradise - Ste. Marie 2012
Well indicated - Ste. Marie 2019 In the middle of the floor
- Ste. Marie 2013
The door of the rest - Ste. Marie 2006 Going to the paradise - Ste. Marie 2012


Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.
 

TY69AN2: Pyromorphite crystals, many of them doubly terminated, with an elongated prismatic habit, slight curvatures on the edges and some hopper terminations. The crystals, on a limonite matrix, are of a uniform yellowish cream color. The specimen is old and of great quality for the locality.
Black Star pit, Mount Isa, City of Mount Isa, Queensland  Australia

Specimen size: 7.8 × 7 × 3.9 cm = 3.07” × 2.76” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.3 cm = 0.39” × 0.12”

Fluorescent long & short UV



Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Stilbite-Ca and Heulandite-Ca
 

HM47AN2: Group of Fluorapophyllite-(K) crystals with the forms of a prism and a very steep sharp bipyramid, transparent, with a bright luster and an extraordinarily vivid and intense green color. On a basalt matrix covered with white spheroidal aggregates of Stilbite-Ca and white lamellar crystals, with a silky luster, of Heulandite-Ca. Old piece, from the 1970s.
Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 14.4 × 10.4 × 5.8 cm = 5.67” × 4.09” × 2.28”

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




Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Stilbite-Ca and Heulandite-Ca. Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Stilbite-Ca and Heulandite-Ca.
Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Stilbite-Ca and Heulandite-Ca.


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