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THE JORDI FABRE COLLECTION (DUPLICATES)

Jordi Fabre Texts: Jordi Fabre
Translation: Alfredo Petrov Alfredo Petrov

 


 

 

With the collection
With the collection

Fluorite

 

Quartz with Siderite

 

Pyromorphite

 

The Jordi Fabre Collection (duplicates)

September 2021 marks 50 years since I started selling minerals and 25 since I started doing it on the internet. Those who are curious to know how these 25/50 years have been will find more information here

50 years dedicated to the same activity is a lot of years, and I believe that the time has come to start doing things in a different way. Although I plan to continue offering minerals until my health or my age no longer allows, little by little I will decrease the intensity and from 2022 I will stop attending the vast majority of the shows at which I used to exhibit or just visit. I will no longer go to Tucson from 2022 and depending on how things go I will go (or not) to other shows.
As I am lucky to have gathered a very large and quality stock during all these years of activity, and as in recent times I have been intensely buying a lot of varied material, between the 'classic' stuff and what I have bought in recent years I think there is enough to offer competitive pieces online for a long time. However, considering how demanding the collecting world has become, there could come a time in the future in which a decrease in the quality of what we were offering would begin to be noticed, and that is why I want to do something a bit different: put part of my personal collection up for sale.

My collection is quite extensive (more than 3000 specimens) and although it is limited to 4 countries: Spain, Morocco, Portugal and France, I think it has a good number of competitive pieces. Lately I find that I have neither the time nor the capacity to properly process everything that I was adding to the collection. In view of this fact, I've decided to change the way I was doing things and have come up with this solution:
What better way than to share the many pieces that are not part of the 'hard core' of my collection with the family of friends and clients that has grown around this page over the years? By putting them up for sale I will no longer have them physically but they will have a new digital entity in which their photo, description and all their data will be shared online. I think it is a useful way to reclassify, with specific numbering, a good part of the specimens in my collection so that others can have them, and they will continue to be well referenced online for some time (which I will try to extend as long as possible)
The idea is to use these duplicates to create something like an online reference which, if any institution is interested in future, can be transferred in digital format so that it can be saved as one more document / file added to those they usually handle. The institutions will not be bothered with more work due to the need for physical conservation or extra space requirements.

In short, from now on and as long as my strength allows, I am going to use this sales page to build a digital file of a significant number of pieces from my collection that I hope will be useful. Their sale, along with the sales of the other pieces from my stock, will generate some funds that I hope will allow me to continue living with dignity and to continue maintaining, thanks to those funds, this website and FMF, both very active and fulfilling their function, that of spreading mineralogy.

To avoid any confusion: I will not sell these duplicates from my collection other than through this page, I will continue to preserve the 'hard core' of my collection, in which the most valuable and unique pieces will stay. The only exceptions which I will refrain from selling will be the minerals from Catalonia which, although they are not of great value, I will retain for sentimental reasons.

Welcome to the duplicates page of Jordi Fabre's collection, I hope you like them as much as I liked them when I had them. In fact, I always wanted to have a sales page for my own minerals at Fabre Minerals!

Jordi


 




A long way to go

 



Typical record from the Jordi Fabre Collection

 

The main information goes on the front and on the back there is additional information


Link to the sold specimens of the Jordi Fabre Collection (duplicates)
 



Orthoclase with Quartz (variety smoky)
Orthoclase with Quartz (variety smoky). Orthoclase with Quartz (variety smoky).
Orthoclase with Quartz (variety smoky).

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Orthoclase with Quartz (variety smoky)
 

JFD21AN6: Another proof of Lluís Daunis's good work as a field collector. This time with a specimen from the Sierra de Madrid with very clean and 'fresh' Orthoclase crystals and with Quartz crystals (smoky variety), well separated and quite perpendicular to the Orthoclase crystal plate. It should be noted that I have it listed as Orthoclase and not Microcline as per personal communication from the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain, in Madrid.
(La Cabrera pluton), La Cabrera, Comarca Sierra Norte, Community of Madrid  Spain

Specimen size: 10.4 × 9.3 × 3 cm = 4.09” × 3.66” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.9 cm = 0.79” × 0.35”

Former collection of Jordi Fabre (duplicates)

Former collection of Lluís Daunis



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Azurite with Fluorite and Calcite

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Azurite with Fluorite and Calcite
 

JFD22AN6: When azurites first appeared in the Llamas quarry in 2018, I got a very large batch of specimens and, from the whole lot, I chose this one because of the good size of the crystals, because they form beautiful rosettes, because they are very perfect, and because they bear a special “signature”, namely a colorless and totally transparent Fluorite crystal which appears between the two rosettes, very characteristic of the deposit.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2018)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.4 × 3.2 cm = 2.36” × 1.73” × 1.26”

Former collection of Jordi Fabre (duplicates)



Azurite with Fluorite and Calcite. Azurite with Fluorite and Calcite.
Azurite with Fluorite and Calcite.
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Sphalerite with Fluorite on Quartz
Sphalerite with Fluorite on Quartz. Front
Front
Sphalerite with Fluorite on Quartz. Detail
Detail
Sphalerite with Fluorite on Quartz. Rear
Rear
Sphalerite with Fluorite on Quartz. Detail
Detail

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Sphalerite with Fluorite on Quartz
 

JFD23AN6: Although later more sphalerites with Fluorite were found in the La Viesca mine, when the first ones were found they caused much excitement among mineral collectors in Spain due to their novelty. I remember that they were very sought after and that in the end I was able to get one thanks to the deeply missed José Ramón García. Some time later, more pieces of Sphalerite with Fluorite came out, some even with relatively large crystals, although perhaps not as light in color as these first ones.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 7.8 × 4.9 × 4 cm = 3.07” × 1.93” × 1.57”

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

Former collection of Jordi Fabre (duplicates)



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Fluorite with Baryte and Calcite

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Fluorite with Baryte and Calcite
 

JFD24AN6: These pieces of blue Fluorite with yellow Baryte crystals and Calcite were found in the Moscona mine on Christmas Eve 1999, at a depth of 50 meters and in an area called 'The Telegraph' because it was close to the security apparatus for calls to the outside.
It was a small pocket, not many pieces came out, and this was the one that I kept because of the good combination of Fluorite and Baryte and because of the ‘life’ (good appearance and intensity) that the piece has.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (24/12/1999)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 7 × 2.9 cm = 3.43” × 2.76” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.5 cm = 0.67” × 0.59”

Zoned fluorescence long & short UV

Former collection of Jordi Fabre (duplicates)



Fluorite with Baryte and Calcite. Front
Front
Fluorite with Baryte and Calcite. Rear
Rear
Fluorite with Baryte and Calcite.
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Fluorite
Fluorite. Front with slight light behind
Front with slight light behind
Fluorite. Side with light behind
Side with light behind
Fluorite. Rear with slight light behind
Rear with slight light behind
Fluorite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Fluorite
 

JFD25AN6: Totally different from what is normally expected from the Josefa-Veneros vein, this piece surprised me when I got it, but since it was from Dr. Anton Forster, a mining engineer and collaborator of Dr. Maucher at the University of Munich, that confirmed to me that it was really from there. Dr. Forster was head of geology at La Collada when the famous specimens from the Josefa-Veneros vein were being found. He only worked there during that period and, since the piece indeed has all the appearance of being from the La Collada area and not from La Viesca, after checking it with José Ramón García we came to the conclusion that, although unusual, it must indeed be from Josefa-Veneros. In any case, I was very happy with it …
Josefa-Veneros vein, 75 level, Coroña de Arriba-La Collada, La Collada mining area, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1970-75)

Specimen size: 12.6 × 8.2 × 4.7 cm = 4.96” × 3.23” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.4 cm = 0.79” × 0.55”

Former collection of Jordi Fabre (duplicates)



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Vanadinite with Dolomite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Vanadinite with Dolomite
 

JFD26AN6: Of course it has a 'suspicious' aspect, so when I bought it the first thing I did was leave it in acetone for more than 24 hours and, since it came out the same, without anything detached, I studied it carefully under the binocular and was able to verify that there was nothing wrong with it.
The large (for the locality) crystals, unusual color and such an aerial presentation on its Dolomite matrix made me fall in love with it, and so... Into the collection!
Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2017)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.1 × 3 cm = 1.61” × 1.22” × 1.18”

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

Former collection of Jordi Fabre (duplicates)



Vanadinite with Dolomite. Vanadinite with Dolomite.
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Pyromorphite with limonite
Pyromorphite with limonite. Front
Front
Pyromorphite with limonite. Rear
Rear
Pyromorphite with limonite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Pyromorphite with limonite
 

JFD27AN6: An exciting novelty when they were first found. Many different source localities were given initially until we finally found out precisely which mine they came from. They are not spectacular, but nice, with a good green color (sometimes with shades of yellow) and sharp crystals. There was a lot of talk about them because, curiously, Morocco, a country so rich in secondary lead minerals, to date has very few localities for Pyromorphite.
Bou Iboulkhir Mine, Moulay Bouazza, Khénifra Province, Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region  Morocco (03-04/2015)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 4 × 2 cm = 1.61” × 1.57” × 0.79”

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Former collection of Jordi Fabre (duplicates)



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Djurleite-Chalcocite intergrowth

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Djurleite-Chalcocite intergrowth
 

JFD28AN6: This one hurts… I like it very much, both for the perfection and definition of the crystals, as well as for their very 'fresh' and natural patina and the fact that it is on matrix. The vast majority of these djurleites are enclosed in Calcite and inevitably have to be acid-etched out, and this, for some reason, has the appearance that we all imagine for a sulphide: not too gray and not too black.
I saw extraordinary pieces from that find that I still keep in my memory, but even so this piece is, for its size, one of my favorites of all the ones I got to see.
Aït Ahmane (auxiliary shaft), Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (11/2014-05/2015)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.22” × 0.94” × 0.55”

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

Former collection of Jordi Fabre (duplicates)

With analysis copy



Djurleite-Chalcocite intergrowth. Djurleite-Chalcocite intergrowth.
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Prehnite with Quartz and Epidote
Prehnite with Quartz and Epidote. Front
Front
Prehnite with Quartz and Epidote. Side
Side
Prehnite with Quartz and Epidote. Side
Side
Prehnite with Quartz and Epidote.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Prehnite with Quartz and Epidote
 

JFD29AN6: It's been a long time since these unique prehnites were seen for the first time, from a remote locality in the deep South of Morocco. Due to the difficulties caused by being close to the border, the work was abandoned and, although pieces from this locality reappear sporadically due to individual adventures, it has never become a classic Moroccan locality despite the fact that it could easily qualify due to the richness of what is apparently there.
Jebel Melh, Bou Arfa, Figuig Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (1995)

Specimen size: 13.7 × 9.8 × 9.9 cm = 5.39” × 3.86” × 3.90”

Former collection of Jordi Fabre (duplicates)



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BOB NOBLE THUMBNAIL COLLECTION

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


Corundum
 

TMR14AN6: Complete floater group of doubly terminated Corundum crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very sharp crystal forms. Translucent, lustrous, and pale brownish green.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label indicating that it was previously in the Melanson collection.
Transvaal Region  South Africa

Specimen size: 1 × 1 × 1.1 cm = 0.39” × 0.39” × 0.43”

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

Former collection of Bob Noble



Corundum. Front
Front
Corundum. Front
Front
Corundum. Top
Top
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Celestine
Celestine. Celestine.
 

TFB14AN6: Group of Celestine crystals that are very rich in crystal forms, with excellent terminations, very transparent, with good luster and a uniform and vivid celestial blue color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label indicating that it was previously in the Melanson collection.
Sakoany deposit, Katsepy Commune, Mitsinjo District, Boeny Region, Mahajanga (Majunga) Province  Madagascar

Specimen size: 2.9 × 1.5 × 0.9 cm = 1.14” × 0.59” × 0.35”

Former collection of Bob Noble



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Rhodochrosite
 

THM27AN6: Group of rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, with bright luster and an intense and uniform color, on matrix.
We will send the specimen, which comes from the Robert J. Noble collection, in its original Perky box, which also contains the label.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department  Peru

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.02” × 1.06” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.39” × 0.31”

Former collection of Bob Noble



Rhodochrosite. Rhodochrosite.
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Alabandite with Calcite
Alabandite with Calcite. Alabandite with Calcite.
 

TAF56AN6: Very sharp Alabandite crystals, with the dominant forms of the octahedron, the vertices beveled by cube faces, on a Calcite matrix.
We will send the piece, which comes from the Robert J. Noble collection, in its original Perky box, which also contains the label.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department  Peru

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.10” × 1.06” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.31” × 0.28”

Former collection of Bob Noble



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Spodumene on Quartz (variety smoky)
 

TTM14AN6: Spodumene crystal very rich in crystal forms, transparent, lustrous, colorless and implanted on a Quartz crystal (smoky variety)
We will send the specimen, which comes from the Robert J. Noble collection, in its original Perky box, which also contains the label.
Kunar Valley, Kunar Province (Konar)  Afghanistan

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.87” × 0.63” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.71” × 0.28”

Fluorescent long UV & minor fluorescence short UV

Former collection of Bob Noble



Spodumene on Quartz (variety smoky). Spodumene on Quartz (variety smoky).
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Beryllonite
Beryllonite. Front
Front
Beryllonite. Front
Front
Beryllonite. Top
Top
 

TGR46AN6: Single crystal of Beryllonite with unusually sharp crystal forms, and with a perfect pinacoidal termination. Translucent, with a pearly luster and a snow-white color.
We will send the specimen, which comes from the Robert J. Noble collection, in its original Perky box, which also contains the label.
Bulochi (Balochi), Astor Valley, Astor District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.4 × 1.9 cm = 0.98” × 0.94” × 0.75”

Former collection of Bob Noble



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MEXICO

Olivenite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TJA28AN6: Very sharp crystals of Olivenite on matrix, flattened, some of them doubly terminated, with very well defined faces and edges and perfect terminations, with bright luster and a very deep olive-green color. As on so many other occasions in Milpillas, one of the best for the species.
Milpillas Mine, level 992, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (11-12/2019)

Specimen size: 1.7 × 1.1 × 0.9 cm = 0.67” × 0.43” × 0.35”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.2 cm = 0.39” × 0.08”




Olivenite.
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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



Fluorapatite with Siderite, Arsenopyrite and Muscovite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TQF87AN6: Druse of Fluorapatite crystals with a short prismatic habit, doubly terminated, translucent, with bright luster and an intense and uniform green color. On a matrix of Arsenopyrite crystals and leafy Muscovite aggregates with coatings of lenticular crystals of Siderite, very curious as they seem to be epitactic on another larger crystal of Siderite, as can be seen in the photo.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 7.1 × 6.5 × 4.2 cm = 2.80” × 2.56” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.5 cm = 1.18” × 0.98”

Intense zoned fluorescence long & short UV



Fluorapatite with Siderite, Arsenopyrite and Muscovite. Front
Front
Fluorapatite with Siderite, Arsenopyrite and Muscovite. Side
Side
Fluorapatite with Siderite, Arsenopyrite and Muscovite. Detail
Detail
Fluorapatite with Siderite, Arsenopyrite and Muscovite. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
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FRANCE

Anatase
Anatase. Front
Front
Anatase. Rear
Rear

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EXL37AN6: Doubly terminated floater crystal of Anatase, extraordinarily elongated due to multiple parallel growth - a known but rare habit. Lustrous and with very sharp crystal forms. The specimen is undoubtedly among the longest known from this find.
Pointe du Rozet, La Lauzière Massif, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 4.3 × 0.5 × 0.5 cm = 1.69” × 0.20” × 0.20”




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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).
Baryte
Baryte. Front
Front
Baryte. Side
Side
Baryte. Baryte.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

ERB97AN6: Druse of thick tabular Baryte crystals with very sharp crystal forms. They are transparent to translucent, with a very bright luster and an intense and uniform yellow color. One of the best known for the locality.
The specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Châtel-Guyon, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (±1997)

Specimen size: 13.6 × 8.2 × 2.3 cm = 5.35” × 3.23” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1 cm = 0.83” × 0.39”

Former collection of Alain Martaud



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EUROPE (excl. Spain, Portugal and France)

Beryl (variety emerad)

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TRZ97AN6: Beryl crystal (emerald variety) doubly terminated, with very sharp crystal forms, between transparent and translucent, with an intense and uniform color, on a micaceous matrix. This specimen comes from what is undoubtedly the most classic deposit for European emeralds.
Habach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg  Austria

Specimen size: 5.4 × 5.2 × 2.3 cm = 2.13” × 2.05” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.75” × 0.24”




Beryl (variety emerad). Beryl (variety emerad).
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Nagyágite with Rhodochrosite and Quartz
Nagyágite with Rhodochrosite and Quartz. Front
Front
Nagyágite with Rhodochrosite and Quartz. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

ARQ90AN6: Unusually well isolated lamellar crystals of Nagyágite, large for the species, very sharp, lustrous, on a Rhodochrosite matrix with small Quartz crystals. The specimen comes from the type locality, the most classic for the species.
Sacarîmb (Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara  Romania (±1850)

Specimen size: 8 × 6.8 × 3.7 cm = 3.15” × 2.68” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”

Type locality



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Quartz (variety smoky & gwindel) with Albite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EFG99AN6: Group of Quartz crystals (smoky variety), one of them clearly dominant and centered on the matrix, partially doubly terminated, with parallel growths and very marked gwindel twist, extraordinarily transparent and lustrous, with a very vivid and deep smoky color, associated with small crystals of Albite. Extraordinary, far superior in perfection, transparency and color to other similar specimens.
Grimsel area, Hasli Valley, Bern  Switzerland (±1990)

Specimen size: 19 × 11.2 × 8.6 cm = 7.48” × 4.41” × 3.39”

Main crystal size: 9.7 × 6 cm = 3.82” × 2.36”




Quartz (variety smoky & gwindel) with Albite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Quartz (variety smoky & gwindel) with Albite. Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Quartz (variety smoky & gwindel) with Albite. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Quartz (variety smoky & gwindel) with Albite. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
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MOROCCO

Quartz with Chlorite inclusions
Quartz with Chlorite inclusions. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Quartz with Chlorite inclusions. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EBF37AN6: Novelty, from a so far unpublished Moroccan locality: Floater growth of large flattened Quartz crystals, doubly terminated, with very marked parallel aggregates with a comb-like morphology, transparent, very lustrous and with abundant oriented Chlorite inclusions.
Ksar Tassemente, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (01/2020)

Specimen size: 11.4 × 9.3 × 5.3 cm = 4.49” × 3.66” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 6.3 × 5.4 cm = 2.48” × 2.13”




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Quartz with Chlorite inclusions

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EFA48AN6: Novelty, from a so far unpublished Moroccan locality: Floater growth of large flattened Quartz crystals, doubly terminated, with very marked parallel aggregates with a comb-like morphology, transparent, very lustrous and with abundant oriented Chlorite inclusions.
Ksar Tassemente, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (01/2020)

Specimen size: 14.8 × 6.4 × 6.6 cm = 5.83” × 2.52” × 2.60”

Main crystal size: 6 × 2.6 cm = 2.36” × 1.02”




Quartz with Chlorite inclusions. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Quartz with Chlorite inclusions. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Quartz with Chlorite inclusions. Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
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Quartz (variety faden) with Chlorite inclusions
Quartz (variety faden) with Chlorite inclusions. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Quartz (variety faden) with Chlorite inclusions. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Quartz (variety faden) with Chlorite inclusions. Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén

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EBC94AN6: Novelty, from a so far unpublished Moroccan locality: Floater growth of large flattened Quartz crystals, doubly terminated, with very marked parallel aggregates with a comb-like morphology, transparent, very lustrous and with abundant oriented Chlorite inclusions.
Ksar Tassemente, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (01/2020)

Specimen size: 12.5 × 9.6 × 9.4 cm = 4.92” × 3.78” × 3.70”

Main crystal size: 10 × 6 cm = 3.94” × 2.36”




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Quartz with Chlorite inclusions

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EBD90AN6: Novelty, from a so far unpublished Moroccan locality: Floater growth of large flattened Quartz crystals, doubly terminated, with very marked parallel aggregates with a comb-like morphology, transparent, very lustrous and with abundant oriented Chlorite inclusions.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 02/2021, page 100
Ksar Tassemente, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (01/2020)

Specimen size: 18.4 × 9.4 × 8.1 cm = 7.24” × 3.70” × 3.19”

Main crystal size: 9 × 5.4 cm = 3.54” × 2.13”




Quartz with Chlorite inclusions. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Quartz with Chlorite inclusions. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
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Quartz with Chlorite inclusions
Quartz with Chlorite inclusions. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Quartz with Chlorite inclusions. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén

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EBE91AN6: Novelty, from a so far unpublished Moroccan locality: Floater growth of large flattened Quartz crystals, doubly terminated, with very marked parallel aggregates with a comb-like morphology, transparent, very lustrous and with abundant oriented Chlorite inclusions.
Ksar Tassemente, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (01/2020)

Specimen size: 18 × 10.6 × 7.1 cm = 7.09” × 4.17” × 2.80”

Main crystal size: 9 × 3 cm = 3.54” × 1.18”




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CHINA

Veszelyite with Hemimorphite

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ERE50AN6: Druse, on matrix, with aggregates of Veszelyite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, with very bright luster and an extraordinarily intense and uniform color. High quality for the species.
Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.4 × 1.2 cm = 1.18” × 0.94” × 0.47”

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




Veszelyite with Hemimorphite. Veszelyite with Hemimorphite.
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Imayoshiite and Tobermorite (Group) with Fluorapophyllite-(K) and Datolite (variety bakerite)
Imayoshiite and Tobermorite (Group) with Fluorapophyllite-(K) and Datolite (variety bakerite). Imayoshiite and Tobermorite (Group) with Fluorapophyllite-(K) and Datolite (variety bakerite).

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EPT27AN6: 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: 5 × 2.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.97” × 1.06” × 0.71”

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




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Imayoshiite and Tobermorite (Group) with Fluorapophyllite-(K) and Datolite (bakerite variety)

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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 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
Imayoshiite with Bultfonteinite, Tobermorite (Group) and Andradite
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

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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 Datolite (variety bakerite)

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

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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”




Rhodochrosite with Quartz

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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”




Rhodochrosite with Quartz. Front
Front
Rhodochrosite with Quartz. Side
Side
Rhodochrosite with Quartz. Rhodochrosite with Quartz.
Chalcopyrite with Calcite
Chalcopyrite with Calcite. Chalcopyrite with Calcite.

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TPQ99AN6: Druse of short disphenoidal crystals of Chalcopyrite, with a pseudo-tetrahedral appearance, twinned, with very sharp crystal forms, extraordinarily brilliant luster, and partially covered by white globular growths of Calcite.
No damage, which is extremely unusual for this deposit due to extraction conditions there.
Kaiwu Mine, Hezhang, Bijie Prefecture, Guizhou Province  China

Specimen size: 7.9 × 5 × 5.3 cm = 3.11” × 1.97” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.7 cm = 0.79” × 0.67”

Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV



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Malachite

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TPQ76AN6: Botryoidal Malachite growth of extraordinarily aesthetic shapes, with bands of different shades of green and an intense silky luster, which gives it a peculiar chatoyant appearance.
Shilu Mine, Yangchun, Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province  China (±1995)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5 × 3 cm = 2.44” × 1.97” × 1.18”




Malachite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Malachite. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
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Malachite
Malachite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Malachite. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén

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TZB27AN6: Botryoidal Malachite growth of extraordinarily aesthetic shapes, with bands of different shades of green and an intense silky luster, which gives it a peculiar chatoyant appearance.
Shilu Mine, Yangchun, Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province  China (±1995)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4 × 4.2 cm = 2.68” × 1.57” × 1.65”




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Malachite

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TFM27AN6: Botryoidal Malachite growth of extraordinarily aesthetic shapes, with bands of different shades of green and an intense silky luster, which gives it a peculiar chatoyant appearance.
Shilu Mine, Yangchun, Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province  China (±1995)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 6 × 4.4 cm = 2.68” × 2.36” × 1.73”




Malachite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Malachite. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
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Malachite
Malachite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Malachite. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén

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TFN27AN6: Botryoidal Malachite growth of extraordinarily aesthetic shapes, with bands of different shades of green and an intense silky luster, which gives it a peculiar chatoyant appearance.
Shilu Mine, Yangchun, Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province  China (±1995)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 5 × 3.2 cm = 3.11” × 1.97” × 1.26”




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Calcite

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TRM67AN6: Group of Calcite crystals, one of them very aerial and clearly dominant, with the dominant forms of a rhombohedron and a scalenohedron, but rich in accessory faces too, between transparent and translucent and with very good luster.
Wenshan, Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China

Specimen size: 10.3 × 9.9 × 4.6 cm = 4.06” × 3.90” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 6.4 × 4 cm = 2.52” × 1.57”




Calcite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Calcite. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Calcite. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
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