April 2022 Update (2)

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JFD116AO4: A Spanish rarity. This locality has produced some very remarkable specimens, and from the time when Carlos Pareja had set up a team to explore what could be found there, I kept this small group that has an unusual shape, both for the species and for the mine.
El Vagón Mine (Tío Seguro Mine), Lanteira, Comarca Guadix, Granada, Andalusia  Spain (±2006)

Specimen size: 1.7 × 1.4 × 1 cm = 0.67” × 0.55” × 0.39”

JFD117AO4: From Manuel Mesa, this piece belonged to his father who worked in the Wolfastur company mine and had the wisdom to save this Scheelite which, although tiny, has in its favor being in a Muscovite matrix.
Penouta, Nona y Coto claims, Alto de Penouta - Vegadeo road, Bual, Concejo Boal, Comarca Eo-Navia, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.2 × 2.4 cm = 1.69” × 1.26” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.39” × 0.35”

JFD118AO4: This Baryte is the proof that it can be a ticklish matter to ensure that this or that piece is from this or that locality. This appears to not be from the Emilio mine, neither for its habit nor for its size and definition. Fortunately, the Dolomite that accompanies it does resemble those from the Emilio mine and, furthermore, I am certain that it is from there because I bought it from the legendary Portuguese shovel operator Cándido, who was the one who had the best pieces in the initial years of exploitation of that mine.
Emilio Mine, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, La Rubiera, Loroñe, Colunga, Comarca de la Sidra, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2002)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 2.8 × 3.4 cm = 1.93” × 1.10” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2 cm = 1.06” × 0.79”

JFD119AO4: A curiosity very different from other Berbes pieces. The cube is a floater, has good color and prominent growth zoning. On the back, the inner zoned cube is very clear and around it grows a network of dissolution figures that give it an atypical appearance. It was sold to me simply as 'Berbes' and thus we don't know where exactly in that mining district this rarity came from.
Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (1995)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.5 × 2.7 cm = 1.38” × 1.38” × 1.06”

JFD120AO4: One of the characteristics of the first pieces found in the Llamas quarry was their elongated shape, like a matchbox, and although pieces with that habit have continued to appear later, they were much more abundant in the early days. This piece, which was found in 2012 in a pocket called 'De la Culebra' (“of the snake” - One can easily guess why), shows that characteristic elongated habit, as well as the absolute transparency that has made this site famous.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (01/2010)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.9 × 3.9 cm = 2.64” × 2.32” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.6 cm = 0.63” × 0.24”

JFD121AO4: One hell of a piece! Many Chalcopyrite crystals with a curious morphology, good luster and color and as a floater in which the Arsenopyrite culminates the piece in its upper part and the omnipresent Siderite covers a little of everything, but without invading the rest of the species.
Not only are apatites and ferberites world-class in Panasqueira, but sometimes other species are as well.

Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1999)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 8.8 × 4.4 cm = 4.53” × 3.46” × 1.73”

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

JFD122AO4: This piece would require a very long story. In short: around 1977 I saw a very nice blue Baryte in the small Merchich collection, a pharmacist from Azrou, and I always remembered that piece. Seventeen years later at the 1994 Millau Show, Mr. Friteau had this other Baryte and I bought it immediately, and then, in 2012, Boom! came the explosion of these Jebel Ouichane barytes that are among the most beautiful in the world.
It makes me very happy to leave this story in writing, since in a way the story of these Barytes is part of my life. I was finally able to choose the pieces of my dreams among so many that came out... 35 years since Merchich's dream Baryte.
Jebel Ouichane mines, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (±1994)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.6 × 4.1 cm = 2.13” × 1.81” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 4 × 1.4 cm = 1.57” × 0.55”

JFD123AO4: Good crystal size, good luster, and Calcite - which proves that the piece has not been acid-cleaned. I understand that this is why, despite having been found in 1994, it is still impeccable, with no signs of aging.
Bou Azzer Mine, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±1990)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.1 × 4.5 cm = 2.44” × 2.01” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.4 cm = 0.83” × 0.55”

JFD124AO4: How pretty! I said the same thing when I bought it. It is precious, with the strong contrast with the Calcite covered by the black of the Goethite.
Double joy when analysis gave Anorthoroselite, which is a much rarer species than Roselite.
Oumlil Mine, Oumlil, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08-09/2016)

Specimen size: 10.4 × 6.2 × 3.6 cm = 4.09” × 2.44” × 1.42”

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

JFD125AO4: Le Burc is one of the three localities in the triad of French blue fluorites, together with Le Beix and Puy-Saint-Gulmier. Obviously this piece does not have a particularly intense blue, but at the time I liked its transparency, perfection and, why not, its color, since although it is far from the electric blue of other fluorites in that triad, it is nevertheless fine and elegant.
Le Burc Mine, Alban-Le Fraysse area, Tarn, Occitanie  France (±2005)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 5.3 × 4.4 cm = 3.03” × 2.09” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 0.71” × 0.67”

TCP27AO4: Group of lamellar Wulfenite crystals on matrix, one of them dominant, very sharp and rich in crystal forms. With geometric, transparent and uniform yellow zoning with oxide inclusions.
We will send the buyer 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 Melanson collection.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.2 × 2 cm = 1.02” × 0.87” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.3 cm = 0.67” × 0.51”

TLA11AO4: Group of Hematite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with an equant habit and with very sharp and lustrous crystal forms. As an exception in this collection, the main crystal has two small breaks.
We will send the buyer 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 Melanson collection.
Rio Mine (Rio Marina Mine), Valle Giove stope, Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany  Italy

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.4 × 2.1 cm = 1.06” × 0.94” × 0.83”

TMR76AO4: Very sharp floater octahedral Cuprite crystal, with slight curvatures on the edges, with good luster and intense reddish flashes near the edges.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Rubtsovskoe Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.9 × 1.7 cm = 0.83” × 0.75” × 0.67”

TLL96AO4: Polycrystalline growth of Cuprite with very sharp octahedral faces, with slight curvatures on the edges, with good luster and intense reddish internal reflections.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.

Rubtsovskoe Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.2 × 2.2 cm = 1.14” × 0.87” × 0.87”

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

TRR14AO4: Floater group of tabular Vanadinite crystals, with good luster and an intense and uniform red color.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.

Bou Almaden (Bou el Maden), Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.1 × 1.4 cm = 0.94” × 0.83” × 0.55”

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

TRL56AO4: Floater group of very sharp Columbite-(Fe) crystals, one of them clearly dominant and doubly terminated, twinned and with very sharp crystal forms.
We will send the buyer 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 Melanson collection.
João Modesto dos Santos Mine, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 2 × 1.1 × 1.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.43” × 0.47”

TML46AO4: Group of very sharp Wodginite crystals, a rare oxide of tin, tantalum and manganese. One of the crystals is clearly dominant and aerial, with very well defined crystal forms, lustrous, and of great size for the species. We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Itatiaia, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.02” × 0.87” × 0.67”

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

TPB27AO4: Group of very sharp crystals of Wodginite, a rare oxide of tin, tantalum and manganese. One of the crystals is clearly dominant and aerial, with very well defined crystal forms, lustrous, and of a very large size and good definition for the species.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Itatiaia, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.14” × 0.94” × 0.55”

TBD26AO4: Floater group with two flattened crystals, in which the crystal forms of the positive and negative pyritohedron coincide, shiny, with fine growth striations and small Sphalerite crystals that curiously grow only in the areas where the crystals join.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department  Peru

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

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.98” × 0.51”

TXF14AO4: Ferberite crystal with a short and thick prismatic shape, with very sharp crystal forms and with crystalline coatings of Arsenopyrite.
We will send the buyer 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 Melanson collection.
Viloco Mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department  Bolivia

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

TBE68AO4: Very aerial group of flattened Andorite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, lustrous, with fine striations, with coatings and on matrix. Of great quality for the species and much more aesthetic than is usual in andorites.
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 × 2.8 × 1.9 cm = 1.22” × 1.10” × 0.75”

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

TRA27AO4: Very aerial group of flattened Miargyrite crystals, with very sharp crystal forms, with intense luster, on a crystalline Quartz matrix.
This specimen has been individually analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
San José Mine, San José del Progreso, Municipìo San José del Progreso, Ocotlán District, Valles Centrales Region, Oaxaca  Mexico (01/2018)

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

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.1 cm = 0.16” × 0.04”

TPQ67AO4: Very aerial group of flattened Miargyrite crystals, with very sharp crystal forms and intense luster.
This specimen has been individually analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
San José Mine, San José del Progreso, Municipìo San José del Progreso, Ocotlán District, Valles Centrales Region, Oaxaca  Mexico (01/2018)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 1.06” × 0.71” × 0.67”

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

TFM87AO4: Very aerial group of flattened Miargyrite crystals, with very sharp crystal forms, intense luster and associated with small Quartz crystals. This specimen has been individually analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
San José Mine, San José del Progreso, Municipìo San José del Progreso, Ocotlán District, Valles Centrales Region, Oaxaca  Mexico (01/2018)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.7 × 2 cm = 1.69” × 1.06” × 0.79”

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

TCR87AO4: Very aerial group of Stephanite crystals with hexagonal outlines, very sharp crystal forms and intense luster. They comprise the base for small Polybasite and Selenopolybasite crystals, most likely due to two successive formation phases. This specimen has been individually analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
San José Mine, San José del Progreso, Municipìo San José del Progreso, Ocotlán District, Valles Centrales Region, Oaxaca  Mexico (01/2018)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.4 × 1.9 cm = 1.10” × 0.94” × 0.75”

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

TJK69AO4: Group of Selenopolybasite crystals with a very sharp outline, of good size for the species, lustrous, on a Quartz matrix with Acanthite crystals of cubic habit. This specimen has been individually analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
San José Mine, San José del Progreso, Municipìo San José del Progreso, Ocotlán District, Valles Centrales Region, Oaxaca  Mexico (01/2018)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.1 × 2 cm = 1.18” × 0.83” × 0.79”

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

TPP90AO4: Group of well defined crystals of Acanthite (selenium-bearing variety), lustrous, with skeletal growths of Aguilarite, coatings of Selenopolybasite, cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena and small, darker crystals of Sphalerite. This specimen has been individually analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
San José Mine, San José del Progreso, Municipìo San José del Progreso, Ocotlán District, Valles Centrales Region, Oaxaca  Mexico (01/2018)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.1 × 1.9 cm = 1.34” × 0.83” × 0.75”

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

TBB90AO4: Group of Aguilarite crystals of very good size for the species and with their characteristic very distinct skeletal growths. With rounded edges and practically completely covered by Covellite.
This high quality specimen has been individually analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
San José Mine, San José del Progreso, Municipìo San José del Progreso, Ocotlán District, Valles Centrales Region, Oaxaca  Mexico (01/2018)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.8 × 1.4 cm = 1.10” × 1.10” × 0.55”

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

NBN14AO4: Group of Calcite crystals with the so-called "nail head" habit, formed by a prism and the terminal faces of a flattened rhombohedron. Translucent and with dark Goethite inclusions.
A Spanish classic, very difficult to find nowadays.
Julia Mine, Barrio de la Peña, Bilbao, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain

Specimen size: 5.5 × 5 × 4.2 cm = 2.17” × 1.97” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 5.5 × 2 cm = 2.17” × 0.79”

NLR27AO4: Very sharp rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with a very well defined interpenetration twin, transparent, lustrous, colorless and on matrix.
Excellent Spanish classic, from the collection of Santiago Jiménez.
Asturreta Quarry, 'el pozo', Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre)  Spain (±1970)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.4 × 3.2 cm = 2.28” × 1.73” × 1.26”

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

TLM53AO4: Very sharp rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with a very well defined interpenetration twin, of considerable size, water-clear, lustrous, and with geometric zoning on the edges. Excellent Spanish classic.
Asturreta Quarry, 'el pozo', Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre)  Spain (±1970)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 10.3 × 4.9 cm = 4.61” × 4.06” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 6.1 × 4.6 cm = 2.40” × 1.81”

NAF37AO4: Siderite druse covering Galena crystals, as spheroidal growths of small rhombohedral crystals with curvatures on their faces and edges, with satiny luster and uniform brown color.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 850), whose label we will send to the buyer.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 9.9 × 7.8 × 4.9 cm = 3.90” × 3.07” × 1.93”

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

TLB77AO4: Group of crystals finely beveled by the dodecahedron, transparent, with good luster and a pale violet color, on a matrix of white Baryte crystals. Very perfect, this floater piece has not suffered the slightest abrasion.
Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.5 × 2.8 cm = 2.83” × 2.17” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.51”

NMB89AO4: Floater group of Fluorite crystals beveled by dodecahedron faces with polycrystalline growths, transparent and with a dominant blue color, with well-defined geometric zoning by shades of varying intensity between blue and violet.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 7 × 6 × 3.2 cm = 2.76” × 2.36” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2 cm = 1.06” × 0.79”

NBT89AO4: Group of Fluorite crystals beveled by dodecahedron faces with polycrystalline growths, transparent and with a dominant blue color, with well-defined geometric zoning by shades of varying intensity between blue and violet. On a matrix of Quartz crystals.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2018)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 6.2 × 4.7 cm = 2.68” × 2.44” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 2.7  cm = 1.10” × 1.06”

TBL14AO4: Centered groups of primary Malachite crystals, with a very deep color, lustrous, and scattered on a group of Baryte crystals with a superficial yellow tint of oxides.
The specimen, from a little-known French locality, comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Font d'Arques, Cabrières-Péret mining district, Mèze, Béziers District, Hérault, Occitanie  France (2021)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.65” × 1.26” × 0.67”

TFB46AO4: Group of Calcite crystals with the dominant crystal forms of the scalenohedron, between translucent and transparent, with good luster and a uniform light yellow color. The sample is a rarity, given the large size of the crystal, from a little-known French locality.
It comes from the collection of Alain Martaud, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Bagard Quarry, Bagard, Alès, Gard, Occitanie  France (2020)

Specimen size: 8.9 × 7.4 × 5.3 cm = 3.50” × 2.91” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 5.3 × 3.4 cm = 2.09” × 1.34”

AMB27AO4: Globular growths of barrel-shaped crystals of Pyromorphite (arsenic-rich variety), with a silky luster and a yellowish green color, on a Quartz matrix.
The specimen has been analyzed, with the results showing the arsenic content. We will send the buyer a copy of the analysis.
La Vidale Mine (Brezies), Asprières, Saint-Martin de Bouillac, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 9.1 × 7.6 × 5.8 cm = 3.58” × 2.99” × 2.28”

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

AMC86AO4: Globular growths of barrel-shaped crystals of Pyromorphite (arsenic-rich variety), with a silky luster and a yellowish green color, on a Quartz matrix.
The specimen has been analyzed, with the results showing the arsenic content. We will send the buyer a copy of the analysis.
La Vidale Mine (Brezies), Asprières, Saint-Martin de Bouillac, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.4 × 4.7 cm = 2.83” × 2.52” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.28” × 0.24”

TYE28AO4: Elongated prismatic Pyromorphite crystals, many of them doubly terminated, translucent, with a good luster and very vivid green color. On a matrix of small white Quartz crystals.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 5 × 4.9 × 2.8 cm = 1.97” × 1.93” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.3 cm = 0.35” × 0.12”

TFL97AO4: Pyromorphite crystals with a very unusual habit and color for Des Farges, with strong curvatures on the faces and edges, doubly terminated, with bright luster and an orange color. On a Baryte matrix.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 4.6 × 4.1 × 2.3 cm = 1.81” × 1.61” × 0.91”

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

TBR86AO4: Floater group of rhombohedral Calcite crystals with pinacoidal terminations and sand inclusions. An excellent French classic.
Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.1 × 3 cm = 2.05” × 1.61” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.46” × 0.94”

TJR27AO4: Floater group of rhombohedral Calcite crystals with pinacoidal terminations and sand inclusions. An excellent French classic.
Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.9 × 3.9 cm = 2.01” × 1.54” × 1.54”

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

TLP47AO4: Floater group of rhombohedral Calcite crystals with pinacoidal terminations and sand inclusions. An excellent French classic.
Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France

Specimen size: 6.2 × 3.7 × 2.4 cm = 2.44” × 1.46” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.3 cm = 0.87” × 0.51”

TBM88AO4: Floater group of rhombohedral Calcite crystals with pinacoidal terminations and sand inclusions. An excellent French classic.
Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France

Specimen size: 6 × 4.9 × 4.1 cm = 2.36” × 1.93” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.1 cm = 1.02” × 0.83”

CFM13AO4: Reticular growth of twinned Rutile crystals (sagenite variety), with a bright luster and intense red color, on a Siderite matrix. An alpine classic.
Gronda da Cavrein Valley, Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.4 × 1 cm = 0.94” × 0.55” × 0.39”

TEA36AO4: Group of very sharp and extraordinarily brilliant Pyrite crystals, with groups of water-clear Quartz crystals and small Galena crystals.
Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 3.9 × 3.2 cm = 2.48” × 1.54” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.39” × 0.28”

TPB56AO4: Nest of very shiny Pyrite crystals, outlined by globular Calcite growths with Boulangerite inclusions, on matrix. With Quartz, and very sharp crystals of Arsenopyrite.
Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.9 × 3.2 cm = 2.68” × 2.32” × 1.26”

TLR47AO4: Nest of Pyrite crystals with the dominant forms of the pentadodecahedron, very shiny, with twinned Sphalerite crystals and bordered by white translucent lenticular Calcite crystals.
Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 7.8 × 4.3 cm = 3.23” × 3.07” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.6 cm = 1.02” × 0.63”

TRM66AO4: Group of twinned black Sphalerite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, lustrous, associated with Galena and Pyrite crystals, on matrix.
Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 5.3 × 3.7 cm = 2.32” × 2.09” × 1.46”

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

TXM86AO4: Very aerial and aesthetic growth of Calcite with two very distinct growth phases, a first, with botryoidal shapes and an intense and uniform pink color, and a second that forms complex, translucent white crystals with sharp forms.
Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 9 × 7.9 × 4.2 cm = 3.54” × 3.11” × 1.65”

TML86AO4: Very aerial and aesthetic growth of Calcite in which two growth phases coexist, a first, with rhombohedral crystals with very well defined shapes and a pale cream color, and a second that forms partial coatings with white, translucent, lenticular crystals with geometric zoning. On matrix, with small, very shiny Pyrite crystals.
Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5 × 4.4 cm = 2.80” × 1.97” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.46” × 0.71”

TLP96AO4: Lamellar and hooked growths of Gold (silver-bearing variety), very lustrous, on a Quartz matrix with small Chalcopyrite crystals and darker, rounded Sphalerite crystals.
The specimen has been analyzed giving 20% silver. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Sacarîmb (Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara  Romania

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.3 × 3.5 cm = 2.64” × 2.09” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.3 cm = 0.43” × 0.12”

TFR10AO4: Tabular Phosgenite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and a light brown color, on matrix. An excellent classic for both the locality and the species. The specimen is accompanied by a very old handwritten label, without direct reference to any specific collection.
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 13.2 × 9.1 × 1.9 cm = 5.20” × 3.58” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 1.4 cm = 1.10” × 0.55”

EXF88AO4: Very well crystallized Gold with a very sharp morphology, with the dominant forms of the octahedron in stylized parallel growths. With very distinct spinel-law twins and curious hooked terminations.
The specimen 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 (09/2021)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 1.30” × 0.08” × 0.08”

ERF94AO4: Very well crystallized Gold with a very sharp morphology, with the dominant forms of the octahedron in stylized parallel growths. With very distinct spinel-law twins and curious hooked terminations.
The specimen 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 (09/2021)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 1.02” × 0.24” × 0.12”

TBA16AO4: Cyclic twin ('sixling') of Chrysoberyl with sharp crystal forms, of a uniform green color, on Phlogopite matrix.
Novello Mine, Masvingo (Fort Victoria), Masvingo District, Masvingo Province  Zimbabwe

Specimen size: 6 × 5.8 × 3.3 cm = 2.36” × 2.28” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 1.2 cm = 1.10” × 0.47”

TFR96AO4: Spheroidal aggregates of Zanazziite microcrystals, a rare phosphate of calcium, magnesium and beryllium, translucent, lustrous, and light cream in color. On matrix with Elbaite crystals and small Microcline coatings.
Ponte do Piauí Mine, Piauí Valley, Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 9.9 × 4.6 × 3.7 cm = 3.90” × 1.81” × 1.46”

NRT96AO4: Parallel growth of two elongated Elbaite crystals with excellent pinacoidal and finely polycrystalline terminations. Translucent, lustrous and deep red, almost mauve (rubellite variety), especially concentrated in the terminations.
Pederneira claim, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±2000)

Specimen size: 9 × 2.5 × 2 cm = 3.54” × 0.98” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 8.2 × 8 cm = 3.23” × 3.15”

TBC93AO4: Druse of Brazilianite crystals, with sharp crystal forms, translucent, with good luster and an intense yellow color with greenish tones, and with leafy Muscovite aggregates on the back.
The specimen is from the type locality for the species.
Córrego Frio Mine, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±2000)

Specimen size: 12.4 × 11 × 4.7 cm = 4.88” × 4.33” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.8 cm = 1.02” × 0.71”

MFB86AO4: Coatings of translucent acicular Caledonite crystals, with great luster and an intense blue color. Of the best quality for the species.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Victoria Segunda Mine, Cerros Pintados, Salar de Pintados, Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region  Chile

Specimen size: 7 × 4.2 × 2.1 cm = 2.76” × 1.65” × 0.83”

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

MRB37AO4: Coatings of translucent acicular Caledonite crystals, with great luster and an intense blue color. Of the best quality for the species.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Victoria Segunda Mine, Cerros Pintados, Salar de Pintados, Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region  Chile

Specimen size: 7.4 × 4.7 × 2.6 cm = 2.91” × 1.85” × 1.02”

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

TPX16AO4: Spheroidal growths on a matrix of translucent, lustrous and intense pink Quartz crystals, whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides, but is their natural color.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.6 × 3.1 cm = 2.91” × 2.20” × 1.22”

TBM26AO4: Peculiar growth of Quartz on matrix with very sharp bipyramidal terminations and highly polycrystalline growths, translucent, lustrous and intense pink, its natural color not due to inclusions of iron oxides. The size of the crystal is very large compared to previous finds made in the same locality.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 5.6 × 4.2 cm = 2.60” × 2.20” × 1.65”

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

TEF37AO4: Peculiar growth of Quartz on matrix with very sharp bipyramidal terminations and highly polycrystalline growths, translucent, lustrous and intense pink, its natural color not due to inclusions of iron oxides. The size of the crystal is very large compared to previous finds made in the same locality.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 8.1 × 6.1 × 6.1 cm = 3.19” × 2.40” × 2.40”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.7 cm = 1.18” × 0.67”

TCD96AO4: Spheroidal growths on a matrix of translucent, intense pink and lustrous Quartz crystals, whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides, but is their natural color.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 5.6 × 5.5 cm = 3.70” × 2.20” × 2.17”

TPB72AO4: Druse of Enargite crystals with very sharp crystal forms and excellent terminations, very lustrous, on a matrix of Enargite itself. A Peruvian classic of great quality.
The specimen comes from the collection of Jean-Louis Goux (France)
Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department  Peru

Specimen size: 13.3 × 11.4 × 2.9 cm = 5.24” × 4.49” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.6 cm = 0.47” × 0.24”

MBL88AO4: Groups of very sharp Hübnerite crystals, with a short prism that gives them an appearance between tabular and lamellar. Very lustrous, with vivid reddish internal reflections, implanted in a matrix covered by white microcrystals of Quartz. The matrix was sawn on the back.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.4 × 0.8 cm = 1.97” × 1.34” × 0.31”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”

MFA1AO4: Groups of very sharp Hübnerite crystals, with a short prism that gives them an appearance between tabular and lamellar. Very lustrous, with vivid reddish internal reflections, implanted in a matrix covered by white microcrystals of Quartz. The matrix was sawn on the back.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 6 × 5.2 × 2.2 cm = 2.36” × 2.05” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.47” × 0.28”

MLR52AO4: Groups of very sharp Hübnerite crystals, with a short prism that gives them an appearance between tabular and lamellar. Very lustrous, with vivid reddish internal reflections, implanted in a matrix covered by white microcrystals of Quartz. The matrix was sawn on the back.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.2 × 1.4 cm = 2.87” × 2.05” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.28” × 0.24”

TTE96AO4: 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: 4.4 × 2.3 × 2.4 cm = 1.73” × 0.91” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.1 cm = 0.55” × 0.04”

TLP48AO4: 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: 5 × 3.6 × 2.2 cm = 1.97” × 1.42” × 0.87”

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

TVM88AO4: 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 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: 6.7 × 2.3 × 1.2 cm = 2.64” × 0.91” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 4.8 × 0.1 cm = 1.89” × 0.04”

TXF99AO4: A novelty on the market in 2022. Very aerial and aesthetic arborescent growth of Silver, with a very marked spinel-law twin plane. With Calcite 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: 5.4 × 4 × 2.8 cm = 2.13” × 1.57” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 0.1  cm = 1.38” × 0.04”

MFR16AO4: Small Veszelyite crystal, but peculiar for being isolated on the tip of a Quartz crystal. It has very sharp crystal forms, is translucent, and has good luster and an intense color.
Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3.5 × 3.4 cm = 1.42” × 1.38” × 1.34”

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

TML93AO4: Druse with aggregates of very sharp Veszelyite crystals, translucent, with good luster and an extraordinarily intense and uniform color. On matrix, with numerous spheroidal growths of translucent green Cuprodongchuanite.
It is from the type locality for Cuprodongchuanite.

Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 4.1 × 3 cm = 1.69” × 1.61” × 1.18”

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

TBR66AO4: Rosette aggregates of very sharp Veszelyite crystals, with well defined crystal forms, translucent, with good luster and an extraordinarily intense and uniform color, on matrix.
Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 9 × 6.8 × 3.4 cm = 3.54” × 2.68” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.43” × 0.39”

TVA97AO4: Group of slightly tapered Pyromorphite crystals, with very deep hopper terminations, partially coated and replaced by Plumbogummite with an intense sky-blue color. Of the best known quality for that historic find.
Yangshuo / Laohu area, Haiyang Mountains, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2014)

Specimen size: 12.2 × 7.1 × 6.2 cm = 4.80” × 2.80” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 2.1 cm = 1.69” × 0.83”

TPP27AO4: Floater crystal of Diaspore, doubly terminated and twinned, with parallel growths and excellent terminations. Very transparent and limpid, lustrous, and of a peculiar yellow color with green reflections, partially covered by lamellar Margarite crystals, and with some small Ilmenite crystals too.
Ilbir Mountain, Pinarcik, Milâs District, Muğla Province, Aegean Region  Turkey (11-12/2020)

Specimen size: 8.9 × 2.6 × 2.1 cm = 3.50” × 1.02” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 8.9 × 2.6 cm = 3.50” × 1.02”