Post-Shows June 2022 Update

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JFD153AO7: Panasqueira pyrites are unmistakable. It is curious that such a common mineral can be assigned to one locality in such a recognizable way. Flattened cubes, rich in faces, with Calcite-Dolomite in many cases and that brass-like color, from ancient ore.
It is nice what they call the pyrites in Panasqueira when they have this type of tones or they are oxidized: 'ferruginadas'
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1989)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 8.3 × 3.1 cm = 3.62” × 3.27” × 1.22”

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

JFD155AO7: Look out! A specimen like this is rare in Panasqueira. Sphalerite is not usually found there in good specimens, but moreover, when it is, it is almost always associated with other sulphides, which yields less luminous groups. In this case, the association with Fluorapatite, well crystallized and with a fibrous appearance, and Muscovite with a good color, results in a very unusual specimen, a real curiosity for those who specialise in this mine.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (±2005)

Specimen size: 10.4 × 6.6 × 3.7 cm = 4.09” × 2.60” × 1.46”

TBR27AO7: Parallel growths of elongated Epidote crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with sharp crystal forms and excellent terminations. Translucent, shiny, colored deep green, and with small Quartz crystals. An American classic.
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Borough, Alaska  USA

Specimen size: 7.3 × 3.2 × 1.6 cm = 2.87” × 1.26” × 0.63”

NXM56AO7: Very sharp Fluorite crystal, transparent, with great luster and very distinct geometric color zoning in different shades of violet and on a Baryte matrix.
The specimen comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez (number 782), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Asturias, Principality of Asturias  Spain

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.8 × 2.3 cm = 1.34” × 1.10” × 0.91”

NHB96AO7: Group of sharp Fluorite crystals, with very well defined polycrystalline growths on the faces of the cube, between translucent and transparent, shiny and with very marked geometric color zoning in different shades of violet.
The specimen comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez (number 222), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Asturias, Principality of Asturias  Spain

Specimen size: 4.6 × 4.5 × 3 cm = 1.81” × 1.77” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 2.1 cm = 1.42” × 0.83”

NPT86AO7: Group of sharp crystals with very well defined polycrystalline growths. They are translucent, with good luster, and color shades between violet and blue.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Asturias, Principality of Asturias  Spain

Specimen size: 7.8 × 5.4 × 4.4 cm = 3.07” × 2.13” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.6 cm = 1.18” × 1.02”

NTB69AO7: Group of transparent, lustrous, purple Fluorite crystals, geometrically zoned with much deeper color around the edges. Very aesthetic.
The specimen comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez (number 841), whose label we will send to the buyer.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Asturias, Principality of Asturias  Spain

Specimen size: 7 × 6.4 × 4.3 cm = 2.76” × 2.52” × 1.69”

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

ERM69AO7: Group of tetrahedral crystals of Tetrahedrite with very distinct polycrystalline growths. Lustrous, on matrix with lenticular crystals of Siderite and coatings of Chalcopyrite microcrystals.
The specimen is excellent for the locality both for its quality and for the size of the crystals.
La Mure coal mines, La Mure, Matheysine-Trièves, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.6 × 3.5 cm = 2.01” × 1.42” × 1.38”

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

TJX16AO7: Druse of transparent Fluorite crystals, with a very bright luster and reflections of very pale somewhat greenish blue tones. From a classic French locality.
Le Burc Mine, Alban-Le Fraysse area, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 6.4 × 6.2 × 2.4 cm = 2.52” × 2.44” × 0.94”

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

TFX76AO7: Very sharp Arsenopyrite crystals with simple shapes, a short prismatic habit, almost equant and very lustrous. On matrix and with twinned Sphalerite crystals, white translucent lenticular Calcite crystals, Pyrite, and Rhodochrosite.
Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 6 × 3.2 cm = 4.02” × 2.36” × 1.26”

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

EXL96AO7: New discovery at Ste. Marie 2022. Curious 'crests' of groups of Epidote crystals with Quartz. We are not aware that this type of Epidote had been found before in Imilchil, which, due to their fan-shaped appearance, are somewhat reminiscent of Prehnite formations.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2022)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.6 × 3.6 cm = 2.83” × 2.20” × 1.42”

EXL69AO7: One more example of the quality of the Elbaites (variety rubellite) from Beni Bouzra. Very intense color and good definition of the crystal, translucent. Rehealed at the base, with good terminations and with white Microcline.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 3 × 2 × 1.5 cm = 1.18” × 0.79” × 0.59”

TXA47AO7: Primary Malachite crystals with irregular but distinguishable shapes, deep green, on a limonite matrix with a second generation of centered growths of fine acicular crystals with a silky luster and a very vivid color. Different, and of high quality for this little known locality.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 8 × 6.6 × 2.9 cm = 3.15” × 2.60” × 1.14”

TFR27AO7: Malachite pseudomorphs after sharp Azurite crystals, deep green, on a matrix of Goethite, with a second generation of fibrous Malachite that forms centered aggregates with a silky luster and a very vivid color.
Of high quality for this little known locality.
Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 11.5 × 7.4 × 6.8 cm = 4.53” × 2.91” × 2.68”

TKX11AO7: Black, rhombododecahedral Andradite crystal beveled by trapezohedron faces, lustrous, on a matrix of small Microcline crystals.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 8 × 4.9 × 3.1 cm = 3.15” × 1.93” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.8 cm = 0.87” × 0.71”

TTX66AO7: Group of black rhombododecahedral Andradite crystals beveled by trapezohedron faces, lustrous, on a matrix of small Microcline crystals.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 9.1 × 7 × 6.7 cm = 3.58” × 2.76” × 2.64”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 0.55” × 0.51”

EFM58AO7: Stylized parallel growths of very well defined octahedral Gold crystals with very visible spinel-law twinning, and very shiny.
The material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (09/2021)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.94” × 0.12” × 0.08”

ETM93AO7: Stylized parallel growths of very well defined octahedral Gold crystals with very visible spinel-law twinning, and very shiny.
The material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (09/2021)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 1.26” × 0.20” × 0.12”

EXM89AO7: Stylized parallel growths of very well defined octahedral Gold crystals with very visible spinel-law twinning, and very shiny.
The material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (09/2021)

Specimen size: 4 × 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 1.57” × 0.12” × 0.08”

TMP88AO7: Group of very sharp Quartz crystals, with a flattened habit, one of them clearly dominant and very centered. With parallel growths, partially doubly terminated, very lustrous and transparent and with a very visible faden thread and dendritic Chlorite inclusions.
Ksar Tassemente, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (01/2020)

Specimen size: 13.7 × 7.2 × 3.4 cm = 5.39” × 2.83” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 7.2 × 2.4 cm = 2.83” × 0.94”

TXA88AO7: Group of very sharp Quartz crystals on matrix with a flattened shape and most of them being doubly terminated. With parallel growths, very lustrous and transparent and with a very visible faden thread and Chlorite inclusions.
Ksar Tassemente, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (01/2020)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 9.4 × 4.1 cm = 4.61” × 3.70” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 6.8 × 3.4 cm = 2.68” × 1.34”

EKF14AO7: Calcite growths in small rhombohedral crystals that have completely replaced the pre-existing prismatic crystals with very deeply hoppered terminations, and so we can assume that a first generation of Calcite crystals was replaced by crystals of a second generation that analysis has confirmed as Calcite too. On matrix, with spheroidal growths of Chlorite.
We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (09-10/2021)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 8.3 × 5.3 cm = 3.31” × 3.27” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 5 × 2.5 cm = 1.97” × 0.98”

EKA16AO7: Calcite growths in small rhombohedral crystals that have completely replaced the pre-existing prismatic crystals with very deeply hoppered terminations, and so we can assume that a first generation of Calcite crystals was replaced by crystals of a second generation that analysis has confirmed as Calcite too. On matrix, with spheroidal growths of Chlorite.
We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (09-10/2021)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 9.2 × 7 cm = 3.70” × 3.62” × 2.76”

Main crystal size: 9.4 × 5.8 cm = 3.70” × 2.28”

FVX66AO7: Druse on matrix of transparent and very lustrous bright yellow Fluorite crystals, on matrix, with groups of lenticular Siderite crystals and small coatings of Pyrite microcrystals. Its characteristics, the matrix, and the associated species indicate that the locality is Sidi Ayad, although the accompanying documentation gave the locality as El Hammam, an inaccuracy that is not surprising for the time the piece was originally sold.
The specimen comes from the Jan Buma collection (number 890401), whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (±1989)

Specimen size: 15.4 × 8.2 × 7.6 cm = 6.06” × 3.23” × 2.99”

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

EBM37AO7: New discovery at Ste. Marie 2022, new locality for Beryl (variety emerald)
As explained in emeralds of Niger, although their color is not intense, the presence of Cr and V accredits them as emeralds. In its favor its transparency and good crystallographic forms and being a previously unknown locality.
Taraouadji Mountains, Aïr Massif, Agadez Region  Niger (04/2022)

Specimen size: 1.4 × 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.55” × 0.24” × 0.20”

EFM88AO7: New discovery at Ste. Marie 2022, new locality for Beryl (variety emerald)
As explained in emeralds of Niger, although their color is not intense, the presence of Cr and V accredits them as emeralds. In its favor its transparency and good crystallographic forms and being a previously unknown locality.
Taraouadji Mountains, Aïr Massif, Agadez Region  Niger (04/2022)

Specimen size: 1.6 × 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.63” × 0.31” × 0.24”

EFT51AO7: New discovery at Ste. Marie 2022, new locality for Beryl (variety emerald)
As explained in emeralds of Niger, although their color is not intense, the presence of Cr and V accredits them as emeralds. In its favor its transparency and good crystallographic forms and being a previously unknown locality.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a novelty at the 2022 Sainte-Marie Show in the magazine ‘Lapis‘ number 7-8/2022, page 71
Taraouadji Mountains, Aïr Massif, Agadez Region  Niger (04/2022)

Specimen size: 1.5 × 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.59” × 0.39” × 0.35”

ETX27AO7: Group of deformed Carrollite crystals with the dominant defined forms of the rhombododecahedron, the cube and the octahedron. Lustrous and on a Calcite matrix.
Kamoya South II Mine, Kamoya, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 2.3 × 2.9 cm = 2.01” × 0.91” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.4 cm = 1.18” × 0.55”

MTX67AO7: Parallel growths of white Eudidymite crystals, sharp, doubly terminated, transparent, lustrous, and implanted in a group of acicular Aegirine crystals. Eudidymite is a species that very rarely occurs in well-defined crystals with good terminations, which is why the specimens from this find fall into the category of exceptional.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mount Malosa (Northwest side), Zomba District  Malawi (09/2019)

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

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

TFA87AO7: Druse, on matrix, of very sharp dipyramidal crystals with well defined faces and edges, with bright luster and a deep and uniform green color.
Nchanga Mine, Chingola, Chingola District, Copperbelt Province  Zambia

Specimen size: 11.4 × 8.4 × 6.2 cm = 4.49” × 3.31” × 2.44”

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

NTM69AO7: Crystal of Elbaite with a prismatic habit, with simple shapes on the prism and excellent terminations with two rhombohedral forms. Between translucent and transparent, with very good luster and vivid color (rubellite variety), more intense on the terminations, and with small white crystallizations of Albite at the base of the tourmaline crystal.
The specimen comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez (number 872), whose label
we will send to the buyer.
Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 2 × 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.79” × 0.39” × 0.35”

TEX13AO7: Very sharp rhombohedral crystals of Rhodochrosite, isolated and in groups, with good luster and an intense, vivid and uniform pink color. On matrix with small Quartz crystals.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (03/2019)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.3 × 2 cm = 1.30” × 0.91” × 0.79”

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

TDX14AO7: Very sharp rhombohedral crystals of Rhodochrosite, isolated and in groups, with good luster and an
intense, vivid and uniform pink color. On matrix with small Quartz crystals.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (03/2019)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.9 × 2.2 cm = 1.50” × 1.14” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.7 cm = 0.43” × 0.28”

TJA98AO7: Group, on matrix, of elongated and extraordinarily sharp Veszelyite crystals, with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, with great luster and an intense, deep and uniform color. Of optimum quality for the species, with its very unique-looking sheaf of crystals.
Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2021)

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

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.35” × 0.28”

TJB49AO7: Group, on matrix, of elongated and extraordinarily sharp Veszelyite crystals, with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, with great luster and an intense, deep and uniform color. Of optimum quality for the species.
Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 1.7 × 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.67” × 0.59” × 0.47”

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

EAX52AO7: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, extraordinarily transparent, with good luster and a very vivid and uniform green color.
Xianghuapu Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (2018)

Specimen size: 13.4 × 9.8 × 5.4 cm = 5.28” × 3.86” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.2 cm = 0.75” × 0.47”

TFG87AO7: Beryl crystal with very sharp crystal forms and a perfect termination, very rich in faces. Transparent, with good luster and a uniform blue color (aquamarine variety) and in a matrix of Albite.
Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4 × 3.3 cm = 1.77” × 1.57” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 1.5 cm = 1.69” × 0.59”

TRM96AO7: Smithsonite as botryoidal growths, with remnants of rock matrix, translucent, with good luster and an uniform sky-blue color. The specimen comes from a find made in 2020 at a location not known until then to the world of collecting for quality Smithsonite specimens.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aladağ Mine, Zamanti River area, Denizovasi, Yahyalı District, Kayseri Province, Central Anatolia Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 5.2 × 4.4 cm = 2.99” × 2.05” × 1.73”