October 2021 Update

Page 1 of 1

Display all pieces

(para ver esta página en español)

   
 

Photos by Fabre Minerals. Under Creative Commons license

Page bottom

The Euro / US$ / Yen exchange rates are the official ones and we update them regularly. You can check the exchange rate details by placing your cursor over the price, or by clicking on it.


PORTUGAL

Fluorapatite with Quartz, Siderite and Muscovite
Fluorapatite with Quartz, Siderite and Muscovite. Fluorapatite with Quartz, Siderite and Muscovite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TTM27AN6: Group of Fluorapatite crystals with a short prismatic habit, doubly terminated, translucent, lustrous, and green with geometric color zoning. They are implanted on a translucent Quartz crystal coated with rhombohedral Siderite crystals and leafy Muscovite aggregates.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.8 × 3.4 cm = 2.05” × 1.89” × 1.34”

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

Intense zoned fluorescence long & short UV




FRANCE

Quartz (japan law twin)

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TMP37AN6: Group of very sharp crystals, one of them with a very sharp Japan-law twin, very transparent and lustrous, colorless, and on matrix.
This piece comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Les Rivoirands, Vizille, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2010)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 5.9 × 5.9 cm = 3.03” × 2.32” × 2.32”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.6 cm = 0.75” × 0.63”




Quartz (japan law twin). Front
Front
Quartz (japan law twin). Side
Side
Quartz (japan law twin).

CHINA

Imayoshiite and Tobermorite (Group) with Fluorapophyllite-(K) and Datolite (bakerite variety)
Imayoshiite and Tobermorite (Group) with Fluorapophyllite-(K) and Datolite (bakerite variety). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Imayoshiite and Tobermorite (Group) with Fluorapophyllite-(K) and Datolite (bakerite variety). Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Imayoshiite and Tobermorite (Group) with Fluorapophyllite-(K) and Datolite (bakerite variety). Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Imayoshiite and Tobermorite (Group) with Fluorapophyllite-(K) and Datolite (bakerite variety). Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EMX49AN6: A novelty from the summer of 2021: Very sharp crystals of Imayoshiite, a rare carbonate-borate of calcium and aluminum, many of them doubly terminated, with a prismatic hexagonal habit and very marked parallel growths, transparent, very lustrous and largely covered by white spheroidal growths of a Tobermorite group mineral. On matrix, associated with small reddish brown crystals of Datolite (variety bakerite) and Fluorapophyllite-(K). Very good quality for the species.
The species have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (15/07/2021)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.7 × 3.3 cm = 2.91” × 2.24” × 1.30”

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




Imayoshiite with Bultfonteinite, Tobermorite (Group) and Andradite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EQT3AN6: New in the summer of 2021 and by far the best known for the species thus far. Sharp crystals, of great size, with a tabular habit and hexagonal contour, very lustrous, transparent, colorless, with pinkish Bultfonteinite and small white coatings of Tobermorite (Group).
The species have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (15/07/2021)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.3 × 2.9 cm = 2.05” × 1.30” × 1.14”

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




Imayoshiite with Bultfonteinite, Tobermorite (Group) and Andradite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Imayoshiite with Bultfonteinite, Tobermorite (Group) and Andradite. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Imayoshiite with Bultfonteinite, Tobermorite (Group) and Andradite. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Imayoshiite with Bultfonteinite, Tobermorite (Group) and Datolite (variety bakerite)
Imayoshiite with Bultfonteinite, Tobermorite (Group) and Datolite (variety bakerite). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Imayoshiite with Bultfonteinite, Tobermorite (Group) and Datolite (variety bakerite). Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EFJ86AN6: A novelty from the summer of 2021 and by far the best known for the species so far, in very sharp crystals, of large size, with a tabular habit and hexagonal outline, transparent, very lustrous, colorless, on matrix, associated with Andradite, pinkish Bultfonteinite and small white coatings of Tobermorite.
The species have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (15/07/2021)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.4 × 2.8 cm = 2.09” × 1.73” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.5 cm = 0.31” × 0.20”




Imayoshiite with Bultfonteinite, Tobermorite (Group), Datolite (variety bakerite) and Andradite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EJM67AN6: A novelty from the summer of 2021 and by far the best known for the species so far, in very sharp crystals, of large size, with a tabular habit and hexagonal outline, transparent, with very bright luster, colorless, on matrix, associated with pinkish Bultfonteinite, Andradite and small white coatings of Tobermorite. A good size piece worthy of any Museum.
The species have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (15/07/2021)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 5.8 × 3.6 cm = 3.82” × 2.28” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.9 cm = 0.47” × 0.35”




Imayoshiite with Bultfonteinite, Tobermorite (Group), Datolite (variety bakerite) and Andradite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Imayoshiite with Bultfonteinite, Tobermorite (Group), Datolite (variety bakerite) and Andradite. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Imayoshiite with Bultfonteinite, Tobermorite (Group), Datolite (variety bakerite) and Andradite. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rhodochrosite with Quartz
Rhodochrosite with Quartz. Front
Front
Rhodochrosite with Quartz. Side
Side
Rhodochrosite with Quartz. Rhodochrosite with Quartz.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TRF16AN6: Druse, on matrix, of very flattened and sharp lenticular crystals of Rhodochrosite, with good luster and an intense and uniform color. Very fine and elegant.
Wutong Mine, Liubao, Cangwu, Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2021)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.7 × 2.7 cm = 2.52” × 2.24” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.39” × 0.24”






      Page top

Back to Index Previous Updates

 
USA
US
Minerals
Mexico - Canada
Mexico & Canada
Minerals
Spain (general)
Spanish
Minerals
Spanish Fluorite
Spanish Fluorite
Portugal - Panasqueira
Portugal - Panasqueira
France
French
Minerals
Europe (excl. Spain, Portugal and France)
European
Minerals
FSU
FSU
Minerals
Morocco
Moroccan
Minerals
Africa (excl. Morocco) - Tsumeb
African
Minerals
Brazil
Brazilian
Minerals
South America (excl. Brazil)
South American
Minerals
China
Chinese
Minerals
Asia (excl. China) - Australia - Turkey
Tukey, Asia
& Australia
Minerals
Joaquim Callen's Photo Gallery
Joaquim Callen's
Photo Gallery
The Daunis Collection
The Daunis
Collection
The Jan Buma Collections
The Jan Buma
Collections
The Carles Curto Collection (duplicates)
The Carles Curto
Collection
The Jordi Fabre Collection (duplicates)
The Jordi Fabre Collection
The Vault
The
Vault
Express Minerals by Carles Manresa
Express Minerals
by C. Manresa
Expominerals (Virtual Shows)
Expominerals
Updates
Updates
Minerals - Virtual Museum (#MVM)
Minerals - Virtual Museum
(#MVM)
Home page - Minerals  About us  Client Comments  Friends of Minerals Forum  Feedback Form  Search  
Home
page
Minerals
 About
us
 Client
Comments
 Friends
of
Minerals
Forum
 Feedback
Form
 Search