Pre-Shows June 2022 Update

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JFD136AO6: One of the unexpected Spanish golds from the Sierra de la Chimenea area, this one in particular showing better presentation and definition than others. It has many empty molds of what must have been Quartz crystals, but which later geological processes have made disappear.
De la Chimenea Mountains, Talarrubias / Casas de Don Pedro area, Comarca La Siberia, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain (2002-2008)

Specimen size: 1.2 × 0.9 × 0.3 cm = 0.47” × 0.35” × 0.12”

JFD137AO6: From 1986, making it one of the first blue barytes that began to come out of the Moscona mine. It has a different look from the ones that came out later, appearing more 'clean' due to its color and transparency. It is a doubly terminated floater crystal with some Fluorite at the base.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (1986)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.5 × 1.5 cm = 1.73” × 1.38” × 0.59”

JFD138AO6: Curious things come out of every great vug, like this Prehnite that has three Quartz crystals protruding from it and that at the same time are covered with Prehnite. But the best thing about the piece (for me) is that it was found by James Catmur, with whom I exchanged it in 1993.
Isabel Quarry (La Saludadora Quarry), La Cabrera pluton, Valdemanco, Comarca Sierra de Guadarrama, Community of Madrid  Spain (10/1992)

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

JFD139AO6: Fluorite with two large groups of Pyrite crystals (similar to those of Minas de Villabona) on one side and very bright Pyrite coating the back.
The Fluorite is 'Moscona type' and the Pyrite is 'Minas de Villabona type', a curious combination.
I bought it from Ramón ‘Chispa’, who was an “institution” from whom one could get good specimens back in the 1990s.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (1992)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 8.6 × 7 cm = 3.86” × 3.39” × 2.76”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.3 cm = 1.06” × 0.91”

JFD140AO6: What a pleasure when Farges Pyromorphites are so good!
In Baryte, with very raised crystals and two generations of color, brown at the base and very green at the termination. With a curious pedigree too, since it comes from a great Barcelona collector who bought it from me in 1996 and from whom I bought it back for my own collection in 2012. A great piece.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), 150m.↓, Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France (1974)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 5.6 × 3.4 cm = 3.39” × 2.20” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.5 cm = 0.55” × 0.20”

JFD141AO6: Although it is such a popular mineral, Galena is quite rare in Panasqueira and only very occasionally can good specimens be obtained. In this case, it also has the added bonus of well-crystallized Stannite covering Chalcopyrite in the base. A combo of unusual species at Panasqueira.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1989)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.1 × 2.8 cm = 1.73” × 1.22” × 1.10”

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

JFD142AO6: One hell of a Cassiterite! Very large for Panasqueira, very lustrous, and sitting well on Sphalerite crystals that are associated with Quartz crystals, one of them broken, but the others recrystallized, and with small Siderite crystals.
Who said that Panasqueira cassiterites did not reach world class status?
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (±1970)

Specimen size: 10.8 × 9.7 × 4.1 cm = 4.25” × 3.82” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.7 cm = 1.18” × 1.06”

JFD143AO6: For its color and definition, it is a gem, and its limonitic matrix makes it unusual.
From Touissit and not from Bou Bekker, as proven by the extremely sharp crystal (quite apart from the fact that I bought it in Touissit itself 😉)
This specimen has been published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the 'What’s New on the Internet Reports' section, report 64, July 3, 2022 edition, page 8

Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (1988)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 2.7 × 2.5 cm = 2.09” × 1.06” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.6 cm = 0.59” × 0.24”

JFD144AO6: One of the first I ever saw in the Bou Almaden area in Mibladen. They drew attention for their crystal size, since until then most of the vanadinites had come from the ACF mine, which produced smaller crystals. Later finds yielded even bigger crystals, but these early ones still have something special about them.
Bou Almaden (Bou el Maden), Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (1994)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5 × 4 cm = 2.44” × 1.97” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.1 cm = 0.63” × 0.43”

JFD145AO6: Very large, very lustrous, this is an Acanthite crystal that stands out for its size and its polysynthetic growths. From the good years for acanthites in Imiter, years that have not returned since there are currently very few good specimens of Acanthite coming from there.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2007)

Specimen size: 8.1 × 2.6 × 1.1 cm = 3.19” × 1.02” × 0.43”

BFG56AO6: Cuboctahedral crystal of Bixbyite of good size with very sharp crystal forms, with very bright luster, on a matrix of volcanic rock. With coatings of small light purple Fluorite crystals, transparent Topaz crystals and a very sharp Pseudobrookite crystal with excellent terminations.
The specimen comes from an important European collection and was sold by the well-known Dr. Wilke.
Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah  USA

Specimen size: 12.4 × 8.1 × 5.9 cm = 4.88” × 3.19” × 2.32”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.9 cm = 0.43” × 0.35”

TBT48AO6: Botryoidal and stalagmitic growths of Cassiterite in concentric bands ('wood tin' variety). It should be noted that it is on matrix, which is quite uncommon for this variety of Cassiterite.
Santín Mine, De las Fajas Hill, Santa Catarina, Guanajuato  Mexico

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.3 × 2.4 cm = 2.44” × 1.69” × 0.94”

BYA61AO6: Dendritic growths and cubic Silver crystals, with extraordinarily sharp crystal forms, lustrous, on a Calcite matrix.
The specimen comes from an important European collection and was sold by the well-known Dr. Wilke.
Batopilas, Andrés del Río District, Municipio Batopilas, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.2 × 4 cm = 2.80” × 2.05” × 1.57”

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

NBP96AO6: Allanite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, some of them doubly terminated and of considerable size for this type of specimen. On matrix, with small Epidote crystals. The Allanite-(La) at this locality is zoned with Epidote, so the most correct name for them would be Allanite-(La) zoned with Epidote.
The specimen comes from the collection of Santiago Jiménez who, especially in the 1980s and 90s, put together a collection with a very good representation of Spanish mineralogy.
Nueva Vizcaya Mine, Los Calvitos property, Burguillos del Cerro, Comarca Zafra-Río Bodión, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.4 × 4.1 cm = 2.56” × 2.13” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.39” × 0.20”

TLM1AO6: Cinnabar crystals with much sharper than usual crystal forms, translucent, with a very good luster and vivid color, on matrix.
A Spanish classic that comes from the Jean-Louis Goux collection.
Distrito Minero de Almadén, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain

Specimen size: 9 × 5.4 × 1.6 cm = 3.54” × 2.13” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.4 cm = 0.43” × 0.16”

NFF89AO6: Two doubly terminated Fluorapatite crystals with very well defined parallel growths, with recrystallization and contact zones on the back, without breakage, translucent, lustrous, and with color zoning, more intense in the central part. With Ferberite and small Siderite crystals on the back.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2021)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 3.7 × 1.8 cm = 2.24” × 1.46” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 3 cm = 1.50” × 1.18”

TMV14AO6: Floater group of acute rhombohedral Calcite crystals with sand inclusions.
An excellent French classic.
Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.5 × 2.1 cm = 1.38” × 0.98” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 1.7 cm = 1.38” × 0.67”

TPV76AO6: Floater group of acute rhombohedral Calcite crystals with sand inclusions.
An excellent French classic.
Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.73” × 1.38” × 0.87”

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

TRM27AO6: Floater group of acute rhombohedral Calcite crystals with sand inclusions.
An excellent French classic.
Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.2 × 2.9 cm = 1.42” × 0.87” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1 cm = 0.51” × 0.39”

TAB47AO6: Floater group of acute rhombohedral Calcite crystals with sand inclusions. An excellent French classic.
This specimen has been published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the 'What’s New on the Internet Reports' section, report 64, July 3, 2022 edition, page 9

Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.8 × 3.7 cm = 2.28” × 1.50” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.4 cm = 0.75” × 0.55”

TFM98AO6: Pyromorphite crystals, with a tapered prismatic shape due to slight curvatures of the faces and edges, on a Baryte matrix. With very pronounced color zoning, a yellowish brown tone in the prism and yellow at the terminations.
The specimen comes from the Santiago Jiménez collection, basically dedicated to Spanish localities but with good specimens from other countries too.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.73” × 1.42” × 0.94”

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

TVM27AO6: Group of Quartz crystals with diverse habits, all of them doubly terminated, very transparent and lustrous, on matrix. The specimen, from a little-known Pyrenean locality, comes from the collection of Jean-Louis Goux.
La Piquette Peak (Soum de la Piquette), Castillon, Bagnères-de-Bigorre, Hautes-Pyrénées Département, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.3 × 5 cm = 2.64” × 2.09” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 2.2 cm = 1.50” × 0.87”

TLA87AO6: Groups of flattened Axinite-(Fe) crystals, very sharp, transparent, with good luster and excellent color. On matrix, with Quartz and fine prismatic Epidote crystals. A French classic.
The specimen comes from the collection of Jean-Louis Goux.
Rochers de l'Armentier, Le Bourg d'Oisans, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 8.8 × 6.4 × 2.6 cm = 3.46” × 2.52” × 1.02”

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

BXA67AO6: Acicular Pyromorphite crystals on matrix, translucent, with good luster, and a very vivid color with zoning of different intensities.
This specimen was in an important European collection, and comes from a Bavarian locality from which not many quality specimens are known and carries a label from another previous collection: 'Sammlung Th. Prögler'
Krandorf, Neunburg vorm Wald, Schwandorf District, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany

Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.4 × 1.8 cm = 1.69” × 0.94” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.08” × 0.04”

BTM27AO6: Fine prismatic crystals of Eosphorite with sharp crystal forms. Transparent, with good luster and salmon-yellow color, on a feldspathic matrix with Quartz crystals and mica sheets.
An old German classic from an important European collection.
Hagendorf South pegmatite (Cornelia shaft), Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Oberpfälzer Wald, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany

Specimen size: 4.6 × 4 × 2.7 cm = 1.81” × 1.57” × 1.06”

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

BFM69AO6: Aggregate of very well defined crystals, with very acute terminations that cover a limonite matrix. Their luster and color are excellent and the locality, a classic for the species, has produced few samples of this quality.
Callenberg North open cut (No. 1), Callenberg, Zwickau, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany (1977)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 4.7 × 5 cm = 3.70” × 1.85” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.3 cm = 0.47” × 0.12”

BFR64AO6: Beryl crystal (emerald variety) with distinct crystal forms, transparent, with good luster and an intense color, on a mica schist matrix. Without pretending to emulate the Colombian specimens, the emeralds from the Austrian Alps are the classic European reference for this variety of Beryl.
Habach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg  Austria

Specimen size: 3.9 × 1.9 × 1.4 cm = 1.54” × 0.75” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.24” × 0.08”

TBT76AO6: Brilliant cubic Pyrite crystals with polycrystalline growths, forming pseudomorphs after Pyrrhotite crystals with a hexagonal outline. On matrix, with well differentiated crystals of Galena, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite and Arsenopyrite, the latter very abundant and extraordinarily sharp and shiny.
Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2020)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 6.8 × 2.4 cm = 3.46” × 2.68” × 0.94”

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

NNB16AO6: Groups of lamellar and lustrous Nagyágite crystals on a matrix with pale pink Rhodochrosite coatings. The specimen, a European classic from the type locality for the species, comes from the collection of Ignacio Gaspar Sintes (number NAG-2), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Sacarîmb (Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara  Romania

Specimen size: 5.5 × 5.5 × 3.5 cm = 2.17” × 2.17” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.2 cm = 0.51” × 0.47”

TFR68AO6: Parallel growth of two Sulphur crystals with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, with parallel growths, good luster and a very vivid color. On matrix, with transparent scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
Vodinskoe deposit, Samaraskaya Oblast, Povolzhsky Region  Russia

Specimen size: 8 × 4.8 × 4.5 cm = 3.15” × 1.89” × 1.77”

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

TFM11AO6: Group of Calcite crystals, with dominant scalenohedron forms, with very well defined parallel growths, between translucent and transparent, with good luster and a uniform pale lilac color. From a unique find in Aït Ahmane where this type of Calcite was not known before and has not been seen since.
Aït Ahmane (auxiliary shaft), Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2018)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.3 × 3.1  cm = 2.05” × 1.69” × 1.22”

TBR26AO6: Group of Calcite crystals, with dominant scalenohedron forms, with very well defined parallel growths, between translucent and transparent, with good luster and a uniform pale lilac color. From a unique find in Aït Ahmane where this type of Calcite was not known before and has not been seen since.
Aït Ahmane (auxiliary shaft), Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2018)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.6 × 3.6 cm = 2.48” × 1.81” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 5.1 × 3 cm = 2.01” × 1.18”

TCD96AO6: Group of Calcite crystals, with dominant scalenohedron forms, with very well defined parallel growths, between translucent and transparent, with good luster and a uniform pale lilac color. From a unique find in Aït Ahmane where this type of Calcite was not known before and has not been seen since.
Aït Ahmane (auxiliary shaft), Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2018)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4.4 × 3.2 cm = 2.60” × 1.73” × 1.26”

TBF96AO6: Group of Calcite crystals, with dominant scalenohedron forms, with very well defined parallel growths, between translucent and transparent, with good luster and a uniform pale lilac color. From a unique find in Aït Ahmane where this type of Calcite was not known before and has not been seen since.
Aït Ahmane (auxiliary shaft), Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2018)

Specimen size: 8.1 × 7.4 × 4.8 cm = 3.19” × 2.91” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 2.6 cm = 2.44” × 1.02”

BTR94AO6: Very sharp Dioptase crystals, large for the locality, some of them doubly terminated, translucent, very lustrous and on matrix, with white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals which are also covered by small Dioptase crystals and with a curious Cerussite crystal from which it is difficult to know if it is broken or recrystallized since all of it has a dissolution-like appearance.
This specimen is of great quality and comes from an important European collection.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 10.5 × 5.2 × 5.7 cm = 4.13” × 2.05” × 2.24”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.9 cm = 0.71” × 0.35”

BXL93AO6: Aggregate of Smithsonite crystals, on matrix, formed by a very short prism with rhombohedral terminations, transparent, with good luster and a uniform green color.
The specimen comes from an important European collection.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 11.4 × 8.3 × 4.3 cm = 4.49” × 3.27” × 1.69”

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

NMP87AO6: Very elongated individual Quartz crystal, with the characteristic Dauphine habit. Transparent, lustrous, with inclusions and very aerial and complex Calcite crystals with selective color zoning, implanted between the prism and the terminations of the Quartz.The specimen comes from the Santiago Jiménez collection, basically dedicated to Spanish localities but with good specimens from other countries too.
Diamantina, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 13.7 × 2.9 × 2.3 cm = 5.39” × 1.14” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 13.3 × 1.9 cm = 5.24” × 0.75”

TBB16AO6: Unique fan-shaped 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. Much larger crystal size than previous finds. The precise name of the mine is not yet known, but surely with the passage of time we will find out.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.9 × 2.2 cm = 1.61” × 1.14” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2 cm = 1.26” × 0.79”

TFR48AO6: Unique fan-shaped 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. Much larger crystal size than previous finds. The precise name of the mine is not yet known, but surely with the passage of time we will find out.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 5.2 × 3.5 cm = 2.09” × 2.05” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.1 cm = 1.18” × 0.83”

TFR88AO6: Unique fan-shaped 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. Much larger crystal size than previous finds. The precise name of the mine is not yet known, but surely with the passage of time we will find out.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.8 × 3.6 cm = 2.56” × 1.89” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 6 × 2 cm = 2.36” × 0.79”

TGH86AO6: Unique fan-shaped 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. The precise name of the mine is not yet known, but surely with the passage of time it will be known.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 19 × 18 × 9 cm = 7.48” × 7.09” × 3.54”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 1.5 cm = 1.38” × 0.59”

TFR89AO6: New on the market in 2022. Different from the usual. Apart from the filiform growths, the main crystal stands out, extraordinarily elongated but thick and sharp and with a very distinct spinel-law twin. With 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 of which until now there was no evidence that silver of such quality had been found there.
Jizishan deposit, Linqu, Weifang Prefecture, Shandong Province  China (±2014)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.8 × 3.3 cm = 2.13” × 1.89” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.98” × 0.08”

BRB49AO6: Aggregate of tetrahedral crystals with very marked and deep polycrystalline growths, lustrous, dark brown with reddish tones. On matrix with transparent and lustrous Quartz crystals, white platy Calcite crystals and Chlorite coatings.
This specimen has a size and luster superior to that of other pieces, comes from an important European collection, has been analyzed, and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (2013)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 6.8 × 6.4 cm = 4.53” × 2.68” × 2.52”

Main crystal size: 7.4 × 5.7 cm = 2.91” × 2.24”

TAB89AO6: Complete twin of two Diaspore crystals with very sharp crystal forms, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and a yellow color with green tones, and with fibrous intergrowths and white lamellar Margarite. What differentiates them from other specimens from this locality is that they are implanted on a group of Hematite crystals with a hexagonal outline and with small Rutile crystals.
These specimens have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ilbir Mountain, Pinarcik, Milâs District, Muğla Province, Aegean Region  Turkey (11-12/2020)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.4 × 2.9 cm = 2.05” × 1.34” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 3.4 cm = 1.69” × 1.34”

TCA52AO6: Very aerial group of thick tabular Hematite crystals with a very sharp hexagonal outline, great luster, with small red Rutile crystals, transparent Margarite crystals and green Chloritoid coatings.
These specimens have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ilbir Mountain, Pinarcik, Milâs District, Muğla Province, Aegean Region  Turkey (11-12/2020)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 6.3 × 4.4 cm = 3.27” × 2.48” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.3 cm = 1.22” × 0.91”