Sainte Marie Virtual 2021

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TG66AN2: Parallel growth of two Elbaite crystals with very sharp crystal forms and excellent upper terminations, transparent, with very bright luster. The base of the prism up to the middle of the crystal is pink, displaying gradations in color tones, 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: 4.7 × 1.1 × 1 cm = 1.85” × 0.43” × 0.39”

TG46AN2: Elbaite crystal with very sharp crystal forms and excellent upper terminations. Transparent, very lustrous and very uniform green with bluish tones.
Rubaya, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu Province (Kivu)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2021)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 1.1 × 0.9 cm = 2.01” × 0.43” × 0.35”

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”

TH86AN2: Elbaite crystal with very sharp crystal forms and excellent upper terminations. Transparent, very lustrous, and very uniform green with bluish tones.
Rubaya, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu Province (Kivu)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2020)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 1.2 × 1 cm = 2.44” × 0.47” × 0.39”

TVA96AN2: Parallel growth of two Elbaite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, good upper terminations and a related Quartz crystal. The crystal faces are very sharp, transparent and lustrous and with the base of the prism of an intense red wine color with gradations in the color tones, and with the termination exhibiting an uniform green color.
Rubaya, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu Province (Kivu)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2020)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 1.8 × 1.1 cm = 2.48” × 0.71” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 5.9 × 1 cm = 2.32” × 0.39”

TH69AN2: Large Elbaite crystal with very sharp crystal forms and excellent upper terminations. The crystal faces are very sharp, transparent and lustrous and with the base of the prism of an intense red wine color with gradations in the color tones, and with the termination exhibiting an intense and uniform green color.
This specimen is on the front cover of the magazine 'Mineralien Welt' edition 03/2021
Rubaya, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu Province (Kivu)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2020)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 2.7 × 2.2 cm = 3.07” × 1.06” × 0.87”

EA97AN2: Floater parallel growth of very acute dipyramidal Anatase crystals completely epitaxially covered by fibrous Rutile crystals, with a reddish yellow color.
Anatase-Rutile occurrence, Cuiabá District, Gouveia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (03/2003)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 1.6 × 1.1 cm = 1.26” × 0.63” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1 cm = 1.26” × 0.39”

TN14AN2: Spheroidal growths of lenticular Calcite crystals (Mn-bearing calcite) cover a matrix with translucent Quartz crystals as well as small Sphalerite crystals and are partially coated by microcrystals of Rhodonite included in a white clay mass.
From a 2021 find in an as yet little-known mine. The different species have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Austria Duvas Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2021)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.5 × 4 cm = 2.20” × 1.77” × 1.57”

TM66AN2: Spheroidal growths of lenticular Calcite crystals (Mn-bearing calcite) cover a matrix with translucent Quartz crystals as well as small Sphalerite crystals and are partially coated by microcrystals of Rhodonite included in a white clay mass.
From a 2021 find in an as yet little-known mine. The different species have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Austria Duvas Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2021)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 6.2 × 4 cm = 2.91” × 2.44” × 1.57”

TX14AN2: Spheroidal growths of lenticular Calcite crystals (Mn-bearing calcite) cover a matrix with translucent Quartz crystals as well as small Sphalerite crystals and are partially coated by microcrystals of Rhodonite included in a white clay mass.
From a 2021 find in an as yet little-known mine. The different species have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Austria Duvas Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2021)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 5.4 × 7.5 cm = 2.99” × 2.13” × 2.95”

TB56AN2: Spheroidal growths of lenticular Calcite crystals (Mn-bearing calcite) cover a matrix with translucent Quartz crystals as well as small Sphalerite crystals and are partially coated by microcrystals of Rhodonite included in a white clay mass.
From a 2021 find in an as yet little-known mine. The different species have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Austria Duvas Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2021)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 7.4 × 4.1 cm = 3.27” × 2.91” × 1.61”

TQ37AN2: Spheroidal growths of lenticular Calcite crystals (Mn-bearing calcite) cover a matrix with translucent Quartz crystals as well as small Sphalerite crystals and are partially coated by microcrystals of Rhodonite included in a white clay mass.
From a 2021 find in an as yet little-known mine. The different species have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Austria Duvas Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2021)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 6.6 × 6.2 cm = 3.46” × 2.60” × 2.44”

TC96AN2: Spheroidal growths of lenticular Calcite crystals (Mn-bearing calcite) cover a matrix with translucent Quartz crystals as well as small Sphalerite crystals and are partially coated by microcrystals of Rhodonite included in a white clay mass.
From a 2021 find in an as yet little-known mine. The different species have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Austria Duvas Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2021)

Specimen size: 14.2 × 6 × 7.3 cm = 5.59” × 2.36” × 2.87”

TT14AN2: Pyrite crystal of cubic form with fine growth striations. Airy and extraordinarily lustrous.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department  Peru

Specimen size: 4 × 3.8 × 3.7 cm = 1.57” × 1.50” × 1.46”

TF87AN2: Group of sharp and very lustrous tetrahedral Tetrahedrite crystals that grow aerially on a group of fine water-clear Quartz crystals.
Casapalca, Chicla District, Huarochiri Province, Lima Department  Peru

Specimen size: 6.3 × 5.9 × 3.1 cm = 2.48” × 2.32” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 0.67” × 0.63”

NM17AN2: Very sharp tetrahedral crystals of Tetrahedrite, lustrous and with a surfaces patina caused by microcrystals of Chalcopyrite. On matrix with transparent Quartz crystals and small Pyrite crystals.
This piece comes from the Ignacio Gaspar collection (number TET-10), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Casapalca, Chicla District, Huarochiri Province, Lima Department  Peru

Specimen size: 10 × 4 × 7.5 cm = 3.94” × 1.57” × 2.95”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.02” × 0.94”

TZ99AN2: Floater botryoidal aggregate with regular parallel bands, brilliant, with different shades of green and superficial areas with a fibrous appearance. Very elegant.
Shilu Mine, Yangchun, Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province  China (±1995)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 5 × 3.8 cm = 3.27” × 1.97” × 1.50”

TT89AN2: Tabular Veszelyite crystals with very sharp polycrystalline growths, translucent, with good luster and an intense and uniform color. On matrix, with pale green botryoidal Hemimorphite.
Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.5 × 1.7 cm = 1.10” × 0.98” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.24” × 0.12”

TV49AN2: Fan-shaped aggregates of tabular Veszelyite crystals with polycrystalline growths, translucent, with good luster and an intense and uniform color. On matrix, with green Cuprodongchuanite and white botryoidal Hemimorphite.
Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.5 × 1.6 cm = 1.73” × 0.98” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.08”

TP47AN2: Druse of elongated and well differentiated crystals of Olshanskyite, transparent, colorless and very lustrous, with very sharp crystal forms, on matrix, with elongated Roweite crystals. These Olshanskyites are considered the best known for the species. We have had the specimens analyzed to confirm the identity of the different species and we will send the buyer a copy of these analyses.
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (04/2017)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 5.2 × 4 cm = 3.27” × 2.05” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.4 cm = 0.51” × 0.16”

TP68AN2: Aggregates of lamellar Roweite crystals of great size and quality for the species. Nicely differentiated, with defined faces and edges and a light creamy color. On matrix, with radial aggregates of colorless, transparent and lustrous Olshanskyite crystals. The quality of these specimens is indisputably superior to what was previously known, both for the individualization and size of the crystals as well as for their sharpness and form, and for their association with Olshanskyite. We have had the specimens analyzed to confirm the identity of the different species and we will send the buyer a copy of these analyses.
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (04/2017)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 5.2 × 3 cm = 2.99” × 2.05” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.4 cm = 0.87” × 0.55”

TF51AN2: Spheroidal aggregates of Creedite crystals, on matrix, with visible acute terminations, with a violet color of different degrees of intensity depending on the crystal areas.
Qinglong Mine, Dachang, Qinglong, Qianxi'nan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province  China (2001)

Specimen size: 15.5 × 7.8 × 5.7 cm = 6.10” × 3.07” × 2.24”

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”

TF97AN2: Two Schorl crystals in parallel growth, doubly terminated, with excellent terminations, very lustrous and implanted in a group of transparent and lustrous quartz crystals that are also doubly terminated.
Baltistan District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (±2006)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.3 × 2 cm = 2.68” × 1.69” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 6.8 × 1 cm = 2.68” × 0.39”

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”

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”