December 2021 Update

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JFD45AN8: How I love the fluorites from this mine! Not all of them are clear or have an intense color, but if they do, and have Azurite, and if on top of the Fluorite some Malachite is deposited too, making a 'cap', that's when happiness comes ...
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2017)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3 × 2 cm = 1.50” × 1.18” × 0.79”

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

JFD46AN8: Saying the word Zarzalejo and thinking of Carlsbad twins is pretty much the same thing. Generations of collectors have gone there to scratch around and find little treasures. Let us add that the orthoclases from Zarzalejo tend to be more 'fresh', less weathered, than those from other places.
Zarzalejo, Comarca Sierra Oeste, Community of Madrid  Spain

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.1 × 2.3 cm = 1.77” × 1.61” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 3.9 × 2.8 cm = 1.54” × 1.10”

JFD47AN8: As they say in Asturias: a 'pocholada'. Iridescent Pyrite almost completely covers Fluorite cubes of the typical lemon-yellow color of the pieces from the Villabona mines (not to be confused with those from the Moscona Mine)
Villabona Mines, Barrio de la Estación, Villabona, Llanera, Comarca del Nora, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2015)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 6 × 4.3 cm = 2.44” × 2.36” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1,3 cm = 0.55” × 0.39”

JFD48AN8: Where they exist in the mine they are prolific. Among the many many Calcites that have been found there, Francesco Stoppani chose this one and I agree so much with him that I also chose it when I bought part of his collection. The black inclusions are almost certainly manganese oxides, but I have not confirmed this analytically.
Herculano Mine, El Puntal, Campos de Golf, Atamaría, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 12 × 9.8 × 7 cm = 4.72” × 3.86” × 2.76”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.9 cm = 0.91” × 0.75”

JFD49AN8: 'Apatite' is the iconic Panasqueira mineral, known worldwide. The diversity of habits and colors and the multiple parageneses in which the Fluorapatites of this mine appear give it recognition and fame. Obviously this is not among the best fluorapatites found there, but its luster, its color, not very common in Panasqueira, and the sharp definition of its faces make us recognize the signature of this great mine.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (±1995)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.5 × 1.7 cm = 1.77” × 1.38” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.6 cm = 0.71” × 0.63”

JFD50AN8: Marcasite is a mineral with a bad reputation since it is less stable than other iron sulphides, but the vast majority of Marcasites from Panasqueira are very stable since they are not usually pure marcasites but epitactic intergrowths of Arsenopyrite-Marcasite and that gives them great stability. This particularly elegant specimen is very well preserved despite the number of years I've had it and despite the fact that I live in a city with very high humidity, which does not help the conservation of sensitive species.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (12/2014)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.4 × 3.1 cm = 2.83” × 2.13” × 1.22”

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

JFD51AN8: When the upper levels of Panasqueira were reworked, what had always been an elusive rarity there, the Fluorite, suddenly flourished and provided us with specimens as extraordinary as this one that, as so often happens in the world of minerals, surprises us with its different shape and color, and by the color contrast between the Fluorite and the Chlorite that covers leafy groups of Muscovite crystals which in turn are on top of Ferberite and Siderite crystals.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 02/2016, page 68
Minas da Panasqueira, levels 0-1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (03/2014)

Specimen size: 11.2 × 8.3 × 5.8 cm = 4.41” × 3.27” × 2.28”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 2 cm = 1.14” × 0.79”

JFD52AN8: Floater crystals of Sphalerite, Pyrite and Marcasite in a Quartz “aquarium”, with Siderite on the outside associated with these sulphides.
The imposing Quartz rises and carries all of the others both inside and out.
The historic Zé da Tropa found personally this piece the same day than I bought it at the 'Escritorio' of the mine.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (07/07/1997)

Specimen size: 18.3 × 9.3 × 7.2 cm = 7.20” × 3.66” × 2.83”

Main crystal size: 10.4 × 4.7 cm = 4.09” × 1.85”

JFD53AN8: For connoisseurs of things French, the wulfenites associated with the classic pyromorphites from the Des Farges mine are highly desired. Because of their size, they are not comparable to the large wulfenites from other deposits, but they have a special beauty. Well shaped and transparent, they stand out for their color among the forest of Pyromorphite crystals.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.4 × 5.4 cm = 2.44” × 2.13” × 2.13”

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

JFD54AN8: They could do with a bit more luster, but the color, the sharpness of the crystals and the not so usual presence of Pyrite in the matrix made me fall in love with this piece that has been with me for many years, reminding me of those trips to Morocco so full of sunshine and adventure.
This specimen has been published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the 'What's New' section, report 62, June 5, 2022 edition, page 7
Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08/2002)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 5 × 4 cm = 2.95” × 1.97” × 1.57”

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

TMA13AN8: Floater Pyrite crystal, with dominant pyritohedron faces beveled by those of the octahedron, black in color due to a uniform coating of Chalcocite, not a pseudomorph, a case similar to the Chalcocite specimens from the Milpillas mine.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Chino Mine, Santa Rita, Santa Rita District, Grant County, New Mexico  USA

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.4 × 2.4 cm = 1.06” × 0.94” × 0.94”

TRT46AN8: Cleavage surfaces of cubic Altaite crystals, a rare natural compound of lead and tellurium, very shiny, on matrix, with Tellurantimony. The locality from which this specimen comes is the type locality for this rare telluride, Tellurantimony.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label stating that it was previously in the Tom Loomis collection and was collected in 1972.
Mattagami Lake Mine, sub-level 825, Mattagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec  Canada (1972)

Specimen size: 3 × 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 1.18” × 0.71” × 0.47”

TFM13AN8: Group of cubo-octahedral Galena crystals, on matrix and very sharp, with deep hopper growths on some of the faces, and with a very bright luster.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Krushev dol Mine, Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast  Bulgaria

Specimen size: 3 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm = 1.18” × 0.98” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.8 cm = 0.79” × 0.71”

TBX13AN8: Doubly terminated scalenohedral crystals of Calcite, one of them clearly dominant, between transparent and colorless, very lustrous, oriented and on matrix.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label that states that it was previously in the Melanson collection.
Verkhnii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 3.7 × 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 1.46” × 0.67” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.2 cm = 1.02” × 0.47”

TZM63AN8: A complex floater crystal of Hematite, very rich in crystal forms and extraordinarily shiny.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa

Specimen size: 2 × 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.67” × 0.47”

TXX13AN8: Matrix group of Quartz crystals (amethyst variety), one of them with a clearly dominant scepter growth, transparent, with very good luster and marked color zoning towards the terminations.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg area, Erongo Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.4 × 1.4 cm = 0.98” × 0.55” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.1 cm = 0.79” × 0.43”

TLY14AN8: Fluorite crystal formed by smooth cube faces, along with octahedral ones with polycrystalline growths, between transparent and translucent, of a very deep green color, with violet colored zoning in some areas, and with centered inclusions that look like eyes, so this type of specimen is known as an "alien eye".
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.1 × 2.1 cm = 0.94” × 0.83” × 0.83”

TTB46AN8: Aggregate of prismatic Dioptase crystals of considerable size for the species, on matrix, with acute rhombohedral terminations, translucent, with very bright luster and a deep color with irregular color zoning.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label stating that it was previously in the Sullivan collection.
Indus Mine; Renéville Mine, Renéville, Kindanba District, Pool Department  Republic of the Congo

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.4 × 2.1 cm = 1.34” × 0.94” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.6 cm = 0.43” × 0.24”

TXZ46AN8: Two very sharp Quartz crystals, flattened and somewhat transparent, twinned according to the Japan-law, and very aerial on a small group of other Quartz crystals.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Naru island (Narushima), Gotoh Islands, Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyushu Region  Japan

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 0.87” × 0.67” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.08”

TBL11AN8: Elongated crystal of Fluorapophyllite-(K), very sharp, formed by the prism and a bipyramid, transparent and green, on matrix, with lamellar pink Heulandite crystals.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label stating that it was previously in the Sullivan collection.
Nashik District (Nasik), Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 2.9 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 1.14” × 0.67” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 0.7 cm = 1.14” × 0.28”

TFL47AN8: Very distinct spheroidal growths of Mottramite, on a limonite matrix, with a silky luster and a very deep olive-green color. The specimen comes from the famous find of November 2011, in which Mottramite was reported for the first time in Mapimí as a collectible species. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, level 35, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (11/2011)

Specimen size: 11.2 × 7.4 × 5.5 cm = 4.41” × 2.91” × 2.17”

EFR61AN8: Dendritic growths of Silver crystals, with dominant cube and octahedron faces, lustrous and on matrix. The mine of origin of the piece has been credited by a recognized collector of minerals of Mexico.
Batopilas, Andrés del Río District, Municipio Batopilas, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 5.9 × 5.5 × 4.5 cm = 2.32” × 2.17” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”

NPQ13AN8: Floater Fluorite crystal of cubic habit, with finely polycrystalline surfaces, between translucent and transparent, with an intense and uniform lilac color, with cavities left by dissolved crystals, possibly of Calcite, on matrix and partially covered by microcrystals of Dolomite.
The specimen, of excellent quality for the locality, comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 579), whose label we will send to the buyer.
San Roque Mine, Alumbres, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2018)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3 × 2.6 cm = 1.54” × 1.18” × 1.02”

NFT89AN8: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and an intense, deep and uniform violet color, with small white lamellar coatings of Baryte and with preferential growth orientations.
This specimen, of excellent quality for the locality, comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez (number 798), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2004)

Specimen size: 11.2 × 6.2 × 5 cm = 4.41” × 2.44” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2.8 cm = 1.26” × 1.10”

MLH13AN8: Polycrystalline growth of Pyrite crystals with cubic habit, very lustrous and with partial coatings of small white Quartz crystals.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2020)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.8 × 2.1 cm = 1.22” × 1.10” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 2.7 cm = 1.14” × 1.06”

MKG13AN8: A novelty from Morocco, from a discovery in the summer of 2020. Perimorphic growth of a mosaic of small, very bright, cubic and octahedral Pyrite crystals, that retain the forms of two tabular and parallel Baryte crystals that have disappeared due to dissolution.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2020)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3 × 1.4 cm = 1.61” × 1.18” × 0.55”

MMA11AN8: A novelty from Morocco, from a discovery in the summer of 2020. White tabular crystals of Baryte partially covered by a perimorphic growth of a mosaic of small, very bright, cubic and octahedral Pyrite crystals.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2020)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.4 × 2.5 cm = 1.77” × 1.34” × 0.98”

MNP37AN8: A novelty from Morocco, from a discovery in the summer of 2020. White parallel and tabular Baryte crystals covered by a perimorphic growth of a mosaic of small, very bright, cubic and octahedral Pyrite crystals. On the back of the piece (see video) the almost total dissolution of the original Baryte crystals can be seen.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2020)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.9 × 2.8 cm = 2.68” × 2.32” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 3 cm = 1.61” × 1.18”

MCX96AN8: A novelty from Morocco, from a discovery in the summer of 2020. Polycrystalline growth of a mosaic of perimorphic Pyrite crystals with bright luster, on a tabular Baryte crystal, on a matrix of white Quartz crystals partially covered by Pyrite.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2020)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 6.4 × 4.3 cm = 2.99” × 2.52” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 3 cm = 1.38” × 1.18”

MTV67AN8: A novelty from Morocco, from a discovery in the summer of 2020. White parallel and tabular Baryte crystals covered by a perimorphic growth of a mosaic of small, very bright, cubic and octahedral Pyrite crystals. On the back of the piece (see video) the almost total dissolution of the original Baryte crystals can be seen.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2020)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 3.8 × 3.4 cm = 3.35” × 1.50” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2.7 cm = 1.26” × 1.06”

MAA48AN8: A novelty from Morocco, from a discovery in the summer of 2020. White parallel and tabular Baryte crystals covered by a perimorphic growth of a mosaic of small, very bright, cubic and octahedral Pyrite crystals. On the back of the piece (see video) the almost total dissolution of the original Baryte crystals can be seen.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2020)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 8.7 × 6.7 cm = 3.43” × 3.43” × 2.64”

Main crystal size: 5.3 × 4 cm = 2.09” × 1.57”

MLM28AN8: A novelty from Morocco, from a discovery in the summer of 2020. White parallel and tabular Baryte crystals covered by a perimorphic growth of a mosaic of small, very bright, cubic and octahedral Pyrite crystals. On the back of the piece (see video) the almost total dissolution of the original Baryte crystals can be seen.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2020)

Specimen size: 9.1 × 6 × 6.3 cm = 3.58” × 2.36” × 2.48”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 3.8 cm = 1.77” × 1.50”

MDE48AN8: A novelty from Morocco, from a discovery in the summer of 2020. White parallel and tabular Baryte crystals covered by a perimorphic growth of a mosaic of small, very bright, cubic and octahedral Pyrite crystals. On the back of the piece (see video) the almost total dissolution of the original Baryte crystals can be seen.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2020)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 4.7 × 4.5 cm = 3.70” × 1.85” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 5 × 3.6 cm = 1.97” × 1.42”

MHJ91AN8: A novelty from Morocco, from a discovery in the summer of 2020. White parallel and tabular Baryte crystals covered by a perimorphic growth of a mosaic of small, very bright, cubic and octahedral Pyrite crystals. On the back of the piece (see video) the almost total dissolution of the original Baryte crystals can be seen.
This specimen has been published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the 'What's New' section, report 62, June 5, 2022 edition, page 6
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2020)

Specimen size: 10.5 × 8.8 × 7 cm = 4.13” × 3.46” × 2.76”

Main crystal size: 8.7 × 4 cm = 3.43” × 1.57”

MJK68AN8: A novelty from Morocco, from a discovery in the summer of 2020. White parallel and tabular Baryte crystals covered by a perimorphic growth of a mosaic of small, very bright, cubic and octahedral Pyrite crystals. On the back of the piece (see video) the almost total dissolution of the original Baryte crystals can be seen.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2020)

Specimen size: 12.2 × 7.5 × 4.5 cm = 4.80” × 2.95” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3.5 cm = 1.57” × 1.38”

TRB16AN8: Parallel, twisted and very stylized growth of Gold crystals of well defined morphology, with the dominant forms of the octahedron, with distinct spinel-law twins and with curious hooked terminations.
The material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 1.50” × 0.12” × 0.12”

MRR96AN8: Spheroidal aggregates of Malachite, with good luster and a very deep color, on a druse of crystalline growths of Calcite (cobalt-bearing variety), on matrix, with a very deep and uniform pink color offering a beautiful color contrast.
Kakanda, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2021)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.5 × 2.1 cm = 2.13” × 1.77” × 0.83”

NMM27AN8: Floater growth of doubly terminated Epidote crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very distinct polycrystalline growths, with great luster and an intense pistachio-green color.
The specimen, of excellent quality for the locality, comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 770), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Bendougou village, Commune Diakon, Arrondissement Diakon, Bafoulabé Circle, Kayes Region  Mali

Specimen size: 7.8 × 4.7 × 4.1 cm = 3.07” × 1.85” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 7.8 × 3.7 cm = 3.07” × 1.46”

JRM10AN8: Parallel growth of very sharp and lustrous complex Aegirine crystals with perfect terminations. Given its morphological rarity, the specimen has been analyzed, and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mount Malosa, Zomba District  Malawi

Specimen size: 9.2 × 6.6 × 6.3 cm = 3.62” × 2.60” × 2.48”

Main crystal size: 6.6 × 3.9 cm = 2.60” × 1.54”

EDL99AN8: Spheroidal growth of small translucent octahedral Fluorite crystals, with good luster and an intense and uniform emerald-green color, something remarkable because the vast majority of pieces found so far in this mine were of a more or less intense lilac-purple color which, due to lack of the intense green shown by this specimen, did not stand out.
Guxian, Tongbai, Nanyang Prefecture, Henan Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.6 × 3.8 cm = 2.36” × 1.81” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 4 cm = 1.65” × 1.57”

EYT26AN8: A novelty in the summer of 2021 and, in all likelihood, the best known for the species thus far. Imayoshiite occurs in numerous very sharp crystals, with a tabular habit and hexagonal outline, transparent, very lustrous and colorless to slightly yellow, associated with spheroidal growths of pinkish Bultfonteinite, with small white fibrous coatings of Tobermorite (Group) and on an Andradite matrix.
The specimens have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
To learn more about this species and the rest of the paragenesis discovered so far in this mine, it is essential to read the article 'Rare Borate Minerals from the Shijiangshan-Shalonggou Deposits, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China' whose authors are César Menor-Salván, Berthold Ottens and Ed Richard, featured in Rock & Minerals magazine of September/October 2021, volume 96, number 5
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (09/2021)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.7 × 1 cm = 0.87” × 0.67” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”

EXR47AN8: A novelty in the summer of 2021 and, in all likelihood, the best known for the species thus far. Imayoshiite occurs in numerous very sharp crystals, with a tabular habit and hexagonal outline, transparent, very lustrous and colorless to slightly yellow, associated with spheroidal growths of pinkish Bultfonteinite, with small white fibrous coatings of Tobermorite (Group) and on an Andradite matrix.
The specimens have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
To learn more about this species and the rest of the paragenesis discovered so far in this mine, it is essential to read the article 'Rare Borate Minerals from the Shijiangshan-Shalonggou Deposits, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China' whose authors are César Menor-Salván, Berthold Ottens and Ed Richard, featured in Rock & Minerals magazine of September/October 2021, volume 96, number 5
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (09/2021)

Specimen size: 3 × 3 × 1.9 cm = 1.18” × 1.18” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.24” × 0.16”

EPF67AN8: A novelty in the summer of 2021 and, in all likelihood, the best known for the species thus far. Imayoshiite occurs in numerous very sharp crystals, with a tabular habit and hexagonal outline, transparent, very lustrous and colorless to slightly yellow, associated with spheroidal growths of pinkish Bultfonteinite, with small white fibrous coatings of Shinichengite (this new mineral species was initially labeled as possible Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite) and on an Andradite matrix.
The specimens have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
To learn more about this species and the rest of the paragenesis discovered so far in this mine, it is essential to read the article 'Rare Borate Minerals from the Shijiangshan-Shalonggou Deposits, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China' whose authors are César Menor-Salván, Berthold Ottens and Ed Richard, featured in Rock & Minerals magazine of September/October 2021, volume 96, number 5
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (09/2021)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.7 × 2.8 cm = 1.34” × 1.06” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.6 cm = 0.51” × 0.24”

EER99AN8: A novelty in the summer of 2021 and, in all likelihood, the best known for the species thus far. Imayoshiite occurs in numerous very sharp crystals, with a tabular habit and hexagonal outline, transparent, very lustrous and colorless to slightly yellow, associated with spheroidal growths of pinkish Bultfonteinite, with small white fibrous coatings of Tobermorite (Group) and on an Andradite matrix.
The specimens have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This specimen has been published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the 'What's New' section, report 62, June 5, 2022 edition, page 8
To learn more about this species and the rest of the paragenesis discovered so far in this mine, it is essential to read the article 'Rare Borate Minerals from the Shijiangshan-Shalonggou Deposits, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China' whose authors are César Menor-Salván, Berthold Ottens and Ed Richard, featured in Rock & Minerals magazine of September/October 2021, volume 96, number 5
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (09/2021)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.26” × 0.98” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.8 cm = 0.55” × 0.31”

EEF77AN8: A novelty in the summer of 2021 and, in all likelihood, the best known for the species thus far. Imayoshiite occurs in numerous very sharp crystals, with a tabular shape and hexagonal outline, transparent, very lustrous and colorless, with small white fibrous coatings of Tobermorite (Group) and small Andradite crystals. An exceptional specimen, worthy of any Museum.
This specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
To learn more about this species and the rest of the paragenesis discovered so far at this mine, it is essential to read the article 'Rare Borate Minerals from the Shijiangshan-Shalonggou Deposits, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China' whose authors are César Menor-Salván, Berthold Ottens and Ed Richard, featured in Rock & Minerals magazine, September/October 2021, volume 96, number 5.
This sample has been referenced and pictured, as a novelty in Munich 2021, in the magazine 'Le Règne Minéral' number 162, November-December 2021, page 15
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (15/07/2021)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 6.1 × 3.8 cm = 2.64” × 2.40” × 1.50”

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