April 2022 Update

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JFD106AO3: A very old Pyrite from Ambas Aguas, from the 1970s-80s, which not only has an oblong appearance, quite different from what we usually see from there, but has also maintained its pristine condition all these years, both in its previous collection as in mine, and it has even kept its original luster.
Ambas Aguas (Ambasaguas), Muro de Aguas, Comarca Arnedo, La Rioja  Spain (±1970)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4 × 3.8 cm = 1.89” × 1.57” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 3 cm = 1.22” × 1.18”

JFD107AO3: A Basque classic. Generations of collectors there had collected, and continue to collect, these characteristic calcites that come from one specific area of a very large iron mine. Very abundant in the past, nowadays it is increasingly difficult to get good specimens from there.
Bodovalle Mine, Gallarta, Abanto y Ciérvana/Abanto Zierbena, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (±1966)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 7 × 3.7 cm = 3.86” × 2.76” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.63”

JFD108AO3: This piece requires explanation. What might seem to be just another Fluorite from La Viesca always intrigued me because of its age and its somewhat different appearance from others in that area. I sold it at the time to Alain Martaud and, when he sold part of his collection, I got it back and, still intrigued by it, was showing it to José Ramón García, who, without hesitation, solved the enigma. For him, without a doubt, it is from the famous Aurora Mine in the same town of Caravia (currently buried under the municipal soccer field)
Aurora Mine, Aurora vein, Caravia mining area, El Cuetu, Prado, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1970)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.2 × 3.6 cm = 1.77” × 1.65” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.06” × 0.94”

JFD109AO3: For its zoning and depth of color and its general appearance, this is a great Fluorite from La Viesca, which, although much older than the most recent finds this century, competes very well with the best of the recent finds.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±2000)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 7.3 × 5.9 cm = 3.86” × 2.87” × 2.32”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.6 cm = 1.06” × 1.02”

JFD110AO3: Fine, elegant and on matrix, this small specimen shows us why Panasqueira stands out from any other locality for its fluorapatites.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (±1988)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.4 × 1.4 cm = 0.79” × 0.55” × 0.55”

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

JFD111AO3: Very peculiar Fluorapatite. These floater crystals, complete and well terminated throughout, have bands of lighter color that appear to be fibrous crystals included within the Fluorapatite crystals themselves.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2009)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.3 × 2.3 cm = 1.57” × 1.30” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.3 cm = 1.02” × 0.91”

JFD112AO3: In the past, you had to sweat blood to get hold of one of these mythical 'lilas' apatites, always very expensive and always with defects (broken or damaged crystals). I was very happy when I got this one, and at the time I was proud to have it in my collection.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (±1995)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 6.8 × 7.2 cm = 3.27” × 2.68” × 2.83”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.3 cm = 0.91” × 0.51”

JFD113AO3: Not very large crystals but well individualized on their Skutterudite with Calcite matrix. Despite being a very old piece, it retains its luster well.
Bou Azzer Mine, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±1985)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 2.4 × 2.7 cm = 1.81” × 0.94” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.35” × 0.31”

JFD114AO3: There are so many many vanadinites around, but when they are showy they still make us tremble, especially when of top color and on white Baryte, which gives them a spectacular aesthetic.
ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (1995)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.7 × 2.3 cm = 1.93” × 1.85” × 0.91”

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

JFD115AO3: One of Aouli's specialties: Quartz with a first generation of blood-red color and a second generation of totally colorless Quartz that allows the underlying red first generation to be seen very well. Curiously, Aouli's fame is not derived from these quartzes but from fluorites, which do not actually come from there but rather from the deposits of Sidi Ayad and Chebka Sidi Said.
Aouli, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (1996)

Specimen size: 8 × 4 × 6.2 cm = 3.15” × 1.57” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 0.87” × 0.67”

TAM37AO3: Group of Pyrargyrite crystals with elongated and very sharp prismatic crystal forms and excellent terminations, lustrous and aerial.
We will send the specimen to the buyer in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Proaño Mine, Fresnillo de González Echeverría (Fresnillo), Municipio Fresnillo, Zacatecas  Mexico

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 0.71” × 0.55” × 0.51”

TAP14AO3: Very aerial group of complex Calcite crystals with a spheroidal shape, extraordinarily transparent and lustrous, completely water-clear and with a uniform faintly violet tone.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramures  Romania

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.4 × 1.5 cm = 0.94” × 0.94” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 0.67” × 0.47”

TAQ12AO3: Cobaltite crystal, dominated by very well defined pyritohedron, with subsidiary cube forms, aerial, relatively lustrous and on a massive Cobaltite matrix. A European classic.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Håkansboda mining group, Lindesberg, Örebro, Västmanland  Sweden

Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.7 × 1.4 cm = 0.75” × 0.67” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.35” × 0.24”

TAR16AO3: Radial group of sharp Erythrite crystals, translucent, with very bright luster and an intense mauve color.
We will send the specimen to the buyer 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.
Bou Azzer East, Vein 7, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.6 × 1.6 cm = 0.71” × 0.63” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.20” × 0.12”

TAT47AO3: Group of octahedral Hausmannite crystals of good size, with polycrystalline growths, lustrous and very aerial.
We will send the buyer 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: 3.1 × 2.7 × 2.1 cm = 1.22” × 1.06” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.55” × 0.43”

TAV86AO3: Arrow-like interpenetration twin of two Cerussite crystals with a very flattened habit. A transparent colorless floater, very lustrous.
We will send the specimen to the buyer in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label, which states that it was previously in the Sullivan collection.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.75” × 0.63” × 0.16”

TAX96AO3: Complete floater crystal of Andorite with sharp crystal forms, good terminations, good luster, and fine parallel growth striations.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 3 × 1.9 × 0.7 cm = 1.18” × 0.75” × 0.28”

TAY36AO3: Disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals with very sharp tetrahedral shape, twinned, lustrous and on a matrix with small Calcite crystals.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China

Specimen size: 3 × 2.4 × 1.9 cm = 1.18” × 0.94” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.63” × 0.55”

TAZ76AO3: Group on matrix of lustrous dark grey Stannite crystals whose faces and edges show very pronounced curvatures. The Stannite contrasts with the lamellar crystals of Muscovite and the crystals of Arsenopyrite, which are very sharp and have a lighter metallic tone.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2 × 2.1 cm = 0.91” × 0.79” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.1 cm = 0.51” × 0.43”

TBA47AO3: Parallel growth of doubly terminated Diopside crystals with very sharp crystal forms and excellent terminations, very aerial and on a matrix of transparent Clinozoisite crystals and twinned Titanite crystals.
We will send the specimen to the buyer in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Alchuri, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 3.4 × 1.3 × 1.3 cm = 1.34” × 0.51” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.5 cm = 0.71” × 0.20”

CCT13AO3: Complete double floater group with growths of tabular Baryte crystals with sand inclusions (“baryte rose” variety). A USA classic which is not seen much nowadays.
The specimen comes from the duplicates of the Carles Curto collection, whose label and catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Lake Thunderbird area, Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma  USA (±1969)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.2 × 2.4 cm = 1.65” × 1.26” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2.3 cm = 0.94” × 0.91”

MDE47AO3: Two groups of octahedral Franklinite crystals with sharp crystal forms, somewhat lustrous, on a Calcite matrix and with Willemite.
From one of the type localities for the species.
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin mining district, Sussex County, New Jersey  USA

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.6 × 3.8 cm = 2.83” × 2.20” × 1.50”

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

MXT94AO3: Octahedral Franklinite crystals of considerable size for the species, with very sharp crystal forms, with better luster than usual and on a Calcite matrix with Willemite. A USA classic of very good quality.
From one of the type localities for the species.
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin mining district, Sussex County, New Jersey  USA

Specimen size: 10.1 × 6.4 × 5.4 cm = 3.98” × 2.52” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 2 cm = 1.10” × 0.79”

NFR86AO3: Very stylized parallel growth of hoppered octahedral Gold crystals, with a very deep spinel-law twin. On matrix, with small lustrous water-clear Quartz crystals.
As a curiosity, it is worth noting the great similarity of this classic specimen with the recent Moroccan golds of Aouint Ighoman.
This specimen comes from the collection of Ignacio Gaspar Sintes (number ORO-52), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Mariposa County, California  USA

Specimen size: 8.5 × 5.3 × 4.3 cm = 3.35” × 2.09” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.59” × 0.16”

MAE87AO3: Large Epidote crystals on matrix and with Quartz. With very sharp crystal forms, many of them doubly terminated and with deep green tones with lighter internal reflections. An excellent American classic.
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Borough, Alaska  USA

Specimen size: 11.7 × 8.7 × 4.6 cm = 4.61” × 3.43” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 6.1 × 5.1 cm = 2.40” × 2.01”

NXR37AO3: Complex crystal of Calcite, partially doubly terminated, of good size and with the dominant forms of the scalenohedron and terminal rhombohedral faces. Between transparent and translucent, very lustrous, colorless, with small Fluorite crystals and white Calcite crystals. Calcites of this type and with this quality are unusual in La Viesca.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (06/2009)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 4.6 × 4.5 cm = 3.03” × 1.81” × 1.77”

NFM66AO3: Rosette groups of very sharp tabular Baryte crystals with shades between orange and reddish due to the presence of inclusions.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 828), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Victoria Mine, Cabezo de San Ginés, El Estrecho de San Ginés, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 10.9 × 8.7 × 5.4 cm = 4.29” × 3.43” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1 cm = 1.02” × 0.39”

NGR86AO3: Equant Sulphur crystals with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, lustrous, on matrix and with small colorless scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
A very old Spanish classic, practically impossible to find nowadays.
Cáucaso Mine, Conil Mines, Conil de la Frontera, Comarca La Janda, Cádiz, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 7.9 × 6.9 × 3.9 cm = 3.11” × 2.72” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.7 cm = 0.51” × 0.28”

NTD69AO3: Very aerial reticulated growth of flattened and elongated prismatic Cerussite crystals. The crystals, twinned and with good terminations, are translucent and have a satiny luster.
This specimen comes from the collection of Ignacio Gaspar Sintes (number CER-39) and we will send its catalogue file to the buyer.
Luis Mine, Norte vein, Del General Mines, Cabezarrubias del Puerto, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (10/2013)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.7 × 1.4 cm = 1.42” × 1.06” × 0.55”

MTM13AO3: Gastropod (Helix ramondi) fossilized in Opal-CT (lussatite variety) translucent, with a pearly luster and colors between white and sky-blue. In its original matrix, without reinforcements or repairs of any kind.
Les Rois Mine, Mur-sur-Allier, Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 1.3 × 1.2 × 0.5 cm = 0.51” × 0.47” × 0.20”

MRR57AO3: Gastropod (Helix ramondi) fossilized in Opal-CT (lussatite variety) translucent, with a pearly luster and colors between white and sky-blue.
Very good quality for the deposit, a French classic.
Les Rois Mine, Mur-sur-Allier, Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 2 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 0.79” × 0.71” × 0.67”

MTX86AO3: Gastropod (Helix ramondi) fossilized in Opal-CT (lussatite variety) translucent, with a pearly luster and colors between white and sky-blue.
Very good quality for the deposit, a French classic.
Les Rois Mine, Mur-sur-Allier, Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.9 × 1.5 cm = 0.83” × 0.75” × 0.59”

MFL86AO3: Gastropod (Helix ramondi) fossilized in Opal-CT (lussatite variety) translucent, with a pearly luster and colors between white and sky-blue. In its original matrix, without stabilization or repairs of any kind.
Very good quality for the deposit, a French classic.
Les Rois Mine, Mur-sur-Allier, Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.94” × 0.63” × 0.55”

MXL94AO3: Staggered growth of two very sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent, with a deep mauve color of the best intensity for this deposit and with coatings of small light cream Siderite crystals and water-clear Calcite crystals.
Peyrebrune Mine, Peyrebrune area, Montredon-Labessonnié, Le Haut Dadou, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie  France (±1975)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 10.1 × 5.2 cm = 4.53” × 3.98” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 11.1 × 7 cm = 4.37” × 2.76”

MCT97AO3: Sartorite crystal with very sharp crystal forms and good terminations, something uncommon in this type of specimen, lustrous, and included in a white Calcite matrix. A Swiss classic, from the type locality for the species, a rare lead arsenic sulphosalt. Originally labeled “Skleroklas” (Scleroclase), a name given to sartorites long ago.
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn Valley (Binntal), Wallis (Valais)  Switzerland (1977)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.1 × 2.7 cm = 2.91” × 2.01” × 1.06”

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

MVM48AO3: Groups of Lengenbachite crystals with a prismatic shape and a fine vertical striation, very lustrous, with Jordanite crystals of somewhat lighter grey tones and matte, included on a white Calcite matrix with very shiny microgranular Pyrite aggregates. A Swiss classic, from the type locality for both species, a rare lead-copper-arsenic sulphosalt.
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn Valley (Binntal), Wallis (Valais)  Switzerland (1980)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.2 × 2.1 cm = 2.01” × 1.65” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.20” × 0.08”

TRM96AO3: Microcrystalline aggregates of the rare Mereheadite, a lead halide with borate and carbonate ions. They are lustrous, a uniform deep yellow in color, and are associated with Mendipite, another rare white lead halide. On matrix, with Calcite and centered aggregates of acicular crystals (apparently Coronadite)
Excellent UK classic from the type locality for both species.
Torr Works Quarry (Merehead Quarry), Cranmore, District Mendip, Somerset, South West England  England / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.6 × 2.4 cm = 2.28” × 1.81” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.1 cm = 0.31” × 0.04”

MBD37AO3: Stalactitic growth of a group of cubo-octahedral Skutterudite crystals with very sharp and lustrous crystal forms. The group, very aerial on its matrix is a Moroccan classic.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.8 × 2.9 cm = 2.44” × 1.89” × 1.14”

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

TVC57AO3: Groups, on matrix, in which two generations of Picropharmacolite with very different morphologies coexist: the first as groups of spheroidal microcrystals with an intense and vivid red color due to cobalt ions; while the second forms centered groups of acicular crystals of a very pale pink color, almost white. The specimen, from a 2021 find in the Bou Azzer area, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 02/2021, page 101
Bou Azzer Mine, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 11.6 × 6 × 2 cm = 4.57” × 2.36” × 0.79”

TYG47AO3: Groups, on matrix, in which two generations of Picropharmacolite with very different morphologies coexist: the first as groups of spheroidal microcrystals with an intense and vivid red color due to cobalt ions; while the second forms centered groups of acicular crystals of a very pale pink color, almost white. The specimen, from a 2021 find in the Bou Azzer area, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bou Azzer Mine, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 10.4 × 5.9 × 2.6 cm = 4.09” × 2.32” × 1.02”

MTF90AO3: Group of doubly terminated Elbaite crystals with very well defined polycrystalline growths, transparent, with good luster and a blue color with violet tones along the prism and green around the pyramid faces. With a small crystal of the same Elbaite, green with yellow tones and a very different appearance, in the area where the two main crystals meet.
Very curious is the great curvature of one of the crystals, elongated and thin, which seems to have suffered extreme pressures to be born and die in another, thicker, crystal.
Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 9.1 × 5.9 × 2 cm = 3.58” × 2.32” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 6.9 × 1.3 cm = 2.72” × 0.51”

MFA51AO3: Groups and isolated crystals of Titanite, twinned, with a very well defined twin plane and sharp crystal forms. Translucent, with a bright luster and an intense and uniform green color with yellow tones. On matrix, with small Quartz crystals.
Excellent Brazilian classic, of high quality and difficult to obtain nowadays.
Capelinha, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 9.6 × 6.1 × 2.1 cm = 3.78” × 2.40” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 0.7 cm = 1.02” × 0.28”

TTA16AO3: Group of crystals with very well defined and sharp crystal forms, translucent, with good luster and an intense pink color, their natural color, not due to inclusions of iron oxides.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 4.3 × 3.6 cm = 1.73” × 1.69” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.8 cm = 0.91” × 0.71”

TTB50AO3: Peculiar growth of Quartz, on matrix, with very sharp bipyramidal terminations and strongly polycrystalline growths, translucent, lustrous and intense pink, its natural color, not due to inclusions of iron oxides.
The crystal size is enormous compared to previous finds from the same locality.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 7 × 7 × 4.2 cm = 2.76” × 2.76” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 6.4 × 4.3 cm = 2.52” × 1.69”

TTC69AO3: Unusual polycrystalline fan-shaped growths of translucent, lustrous Quartz crystals on matrix. Intense pink, a natural color that is not due to inclusions of iron oxides.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.6 × 3.6 cm = 2.83” × 2.60” × 1.42”

TTD70AO3: Peculiar growth of Quartz, on matrix, with very sharp bipyramidal terminations and strongly polycrystalline growths, translucent, lustrous and intense pink, its natural color, not due to inclusions of iron oxides.
The crystal size is enormous compared to previous finds from the same locality.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 7.9 × 4 cm = 3.46” × 3.11” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 5.7 × 4 cm = 2.24” × 1.57”

TTE67AO3: Peculiar growth of Quartz, on matrix, with very sharp bipyramidal terminations and strongly polycrystalline growths, translucent, lustrous and intense pink, its natural color, not due to inclusions of iron oxides.
The crystal size is enormous compared to previous finds from the same locality.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 8 × 6.1 × 6.5 cm = 3.15” × 2.40” × 2.56”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 2.9 cm = 2.44” × 1.14”

TTF47AO3: Unusual polycrystalline fan-shaped growths of translucent, lustrous Quartz crystals on matrix. Intense pink, its natural color that is not due to inclusions of iron oxides.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 9 × 6.1 × 3.7 cm = 3.54” × 2.40” × 1.46”

TTX94AO3: Peculiar growth of Quartz, on matrix, with very sharp bipyramidal terminations and strongly polycrystalline growths, translucent, lustrous and intense pink, its natural color, not due to inclusions of iron oxides.
The crystal size is enormous compared to previous finds from the same locality.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 7 × 5.6 cm = 2.99” × 2.76” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 5 × 3.5 cm = 1.97” × 1.38”

TTF89AO3: Rosette growths of sharp platy Wurtzite crystals, an uncommon polymorph of Sphalerite. On matrix, with small white Calcite crystals and Pyrite crystals.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send the buyer a copy of the analysis.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department  Peru

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.3 × 4.1 cm = 2.20” × 1.69” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.4 cm = 0.39” × 0.16”

TH6AO3: Druse on matrix of rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals, very sharp, with good luster and a very uniform, intense and vivid pink color.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (03/2019 )

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.2 × 1.6 cm = 1.81” × 1.26” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.4 cm = 0.31” × 0.16”

TZX89AO3: Druse on matrix of rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals, very sharp, with good luster and a very uniform, intense and vivid pink color.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (03/2019 )

Specimen size: 8.6 × 7.8 × 5.8 cm = 3.39” × 3.07” × 2.28”

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

TVY91AO3: Druse on matrix of rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals, very sharp, with good luster and a very uniform, intense and vivid pink color. Altogether a piece with great aesthetics, very well balanced.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (03/2019 )

Specimen size: 10.4 × 8,4 × 6.3 cm = 4.09” × 3.15” × 2.48”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.47” × 0.31”

TVM36AO3: Translucent, lustrous pale bluish green spheroidal aggregates of Cuprodongchuanite, a rare phosphate of lead, copper and zinc, discovered very recently and approved by the IMA as a new species in 2021. On matrix, with white aggregates of Hemimorphite and small blue crystals of Veszelyite.
The specimen is from the type locality for the species.
Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.5 × 2.4 cm = 1.26” × 0.98” × 0.94”

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

TVX46AO3: Translucent, lustrous pale bluish green spheroidal aggregates of Cuprodongchuanite, a rare phosphate of lead, copper and zinc, discovered very recently and approved by the IMA as a new species in 2021. On matrix, with white aggregates of Hemimorphite and small blue crystals of Veszelyite.
The specimen is from the type locality for the species.
Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.6 × 1.8 cm = 1.42” × 1.02” × 0.71”

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

TVV37AO3: Translucent, lustrous pale bluish green spheroidal aggregates of Cuprodongchuanite, a rare phosphate of lead, copper and zinc, discovered very recently and approved by the IMA as a new species in 2021. On matrix, with white aggregates of Hemimorphite and small blue crystals of Veszelyite.
The specimen is from the type locality for the species.
Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 2.9 × 2.6 cm = 1.77” × 1.14” × 1.02”

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

TVA86AO3: Translucent, lustrous pale bluish green spheroidal aggregates of Cuprodongchuanite, a rare phosphate of lead, copper and zinc, discovered very recently and approved by the IMA as a new species in 2021. On matrix, with white aggregates of Hemimorphite and small blue crystals of Veszelyite.
The specimen is from the type locality for the species.
Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4 × 2.9 cm = 2.24” × 1.57” × 1.14”

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

MJR99AO3: Translucent and lustrous spheroidal aggregates with a pale bluish green color of Cuprodongchuanite, a rare phosphate of lead, copper and zinc, discovered very recently and approved by the IMA as a new species in 2021. On matrix, accompanied by numerous Veszelyite crystals, very sharp and deep blue.
The specimen is from the type locality for the species.
Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.1 × 1.6 cm = 1.38” × 1.22” × 0.63”

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

TFX71AO3: Very sharp bipyramidal Scheelite crystal, with parallel growths, translucent, lustrous and with a bright orange color. Associated with an unusually transparent-translucent polycrystalline growth of Albite, and also with lamellar Muscovite crystals.
Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province  China

Specimen size: 5.7 × 3.8 × 4 cm = 2.24” × 1.50” × 1.57”

TRB47AO3: A novelty on the market in 2022. Aerial and aesthetic arborescent growth of Silver, with a very marked spinel-law twin plane. With small Calcite crystals that differentiate it from the classic Hongda silvers.
These pieces come from a find made in a small gold working, currently closed, and which showed no evidence of such good silvers until now.
Jizishan deposit, Linqu, Weifang Prefecture, Shandong Province  China (±2014)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3 × 1.2 cm = 1.61” × 1.18” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.47” × 0.08”

TTX10AO3: A novelty on the market in 2022. Very aerial and aesthetic arborescent growth of Silver, with a very marked spinel-law twin plane. On matrix, with small Calcite crystals that differentiate it from the classic Hongda silvers.
These pieces come from a find made in a small gold working, currently closed, and which showed no evidence of such good silvers until now.
Jizishan deposit, Linqu, Weifang Prefecture, Shandong Province  China (±2014)

Specimen size: 5 × 2.1 × 1.9 cm = 1.97” × 0.83” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 0.15 cm = 1.69” × 0.06”

TFB1AO3: A novelty on the market in 2022. Very aerial and aesthetic arborescent growth of Silver, with a very marked spinel-law twin plane. On matrix, with numerous small Calcite crystals that adorn it and differentiate it from the classic Hongda silvers.
These pieces come from a find made in a small gold working, currently closed, and which showed no evidence of such good silvers until now.
Jizishan deposit, Linqu, Weifang Prefecture, Shandong Province  China (±2014)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.4 × 2.7 cm = 1.97” × 1.34” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.87” × 0.04”

TFM90AO3: A novelty on the market in 2022. Aerial and aesthetic arborescent growth of Silver, with a very marked spinel-law twin plane. On matrix, with small Calcite crystals that differentiate it from the classic Hongda silvers.
These pieces come from a find made in a small gold working, currently closed, and which showed no evidence of such good silvers until now.
Jizishan deposit, Linqu, Weifang Prefecture, Shandong Province  China (±2014)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 3.9 × 3.6 cm = 2.24” × 1.54” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.2 cm = 0.71” × 0.08”

TBR27AO3: A novelty on the market in 2022. Very aerial and aesthetic arborescent growth of Silver, with a very marked spinel-law twin plane. With small Calcite crystals that adorn it and differentiate it from the classic Hongda silvers.
These pieces come from a find made in a small gold working, currently closed, and which showed no evidence of such good silvers until now.
Jizishan deposit, Linqu, Weifang Prefecture, Shandong Province  China (±2014)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 3.1 × 1 cm = 3.74” × 1.22” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 8.8 × 0.1 cm = 3.46” × 0.04”

TFM14AO3: Fan-shaped groups of acicular Enstatite crystals, translucent, with great luster and a golden yellow color, on a matrix of ultrabasic igneous rock.
A Japanese classic rarely seen in the mineralogical world.
Oguni-michimata, Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island  Japan

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3 × 2.1 cm = 2.13” × 1.18” × 0.83”

MFR47AO3: Encrustations, microcrystalline concretions and acicular crystals of Sarabauite, a rare calcium sulphantimonide with a vivid and uniform red color, on matrix. The specimen, from the type locality for the species and among the highest quality known, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Sarabau Mine, Bau, Kuching, Kuching District, Kuching Division, Sarawak State, Borneo Island  Malaysia

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.8 × 2.9 cm = 2.05” × 1.89” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.1 cm = 0.20” × 0.04”

NGT67AO3: Andradite crystals (demantoid variety) with very well defined trapezohedron and rhombododecahedron forms, translucent, with a bright luster and an intense and deep green color, on matrix. Worth noting is its abundance of crystals since these Iranian demantoids usually occur as isolated crystals.
Belqeys Mountain, Takab, West Azerbaijan Province  Iran

Specimen size: 6 × 4.2 × 3.8 cm = 2.36” × 1.65” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.47” × 0.31”

TMF76AO3: Concretions with microcrystals of Decrespignyite-(Y), a rare chlorocarbonate of copper and rare earth elements, with bright luster and an intense and uniform blue color, on matrix.
The specimen, from the type locality for the species, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Paratoo Mine, Yunta, Olary Province, South Australia  Australia

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.1 × 3.7 cm = 2.17” × 1.61” × 1.46”

MFG87AO3: Druse of twinned Cassiterite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, with good luster and a deep greenish yellow color, on matrix.
It is outstanding for the locality of origin, since not many specimens of this quality have been seen in recent years.
Aberfoyle Mine (Rossarden Tin Mine), Rossarden District, Tasmania  Australia

Specimen size: 7 × 5.3 × 2.9 cm = 2.76” × 2.09” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2.2 cm = 1.26” × 0.87”