December 2022 Update

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JFD197AP4: Calcite variety is not lacking in the Moscona Mine. Among so many, there is always one that for one reason or another attracts more attention. Such is the case with this piece, in which the darker-colored growth figures seem to want to show the trigonal symmetry that characterizes the species. Unusual and curious.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (09/2013)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.4 × 4.4 cm = 2.87” × 2.13” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 5.5 × 4.4 cm = 2.17” × 1.73”

JFD198AP4: With its rich parageneses, the Carlés Mine was, during its active years, yielding a great variety of mineral species, with a predominance of piroxenes. This piece is such a specimen, with Ferro-actinolite in brilliant crystals, the 'uralite' pseudomorphing pyroxenes and a Plagioclase Feldspar which, together with massive Pyrite, completes the combo.
Carlés-Norte cut, Carlés Mine, Ballotal-El Fuxaco, Carlés, Salas, Comarca Valle del Narcea, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (19/01/1990)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.9 × 4.1 cm = 2.56” × 1.93” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.1 cm = 0.12” × 0.04”

JFD199AP4: Quartz veins crop out on the surface of the ground in the Alkiza area, and although they do not usually have large crystals, they can be clean and lustrous. Among the ones I have seen, I chose this one because of the quality of the crystals, very transparent, and because the crystals are a little more separated from each other than is usual there.
Outcrops of Quartz veins from Alkiza, Anoeta-Alkiza road, Alkiza, Comarca Tolosaldea, Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (1992)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 6.6 × 4.8 cm = 3.23” × 2.60” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 3.9 × 0.6 cm = 1.54” × 0.24”

JFD200AP4: As those familiar with the deposit know, Panasqueira pyrites can be very good. This piece is a good example of this, with the crystal aggregate forming a very aerial pineapple on a Quartz matrix completely covered by small Calcite-Dolomite crystals and with the mold of another Quartz crystal on the back.
Everything is quite perfect, without any dings, which is not very common in Panasqueira where, due to the operating conditions, it is very difficult to prevent pieces from being damaged.
Luminous and showy, a very good Pyrite.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1992)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 6.8 × 6.3 cm = 3.86” × 2.68” × 2.48”

JFD201AP4: Bou Bekker is reputed to be Touissit's 'little brother' although some of its specimens can be of very high quality, especially from an aesthetic point of view.
In the case of this old specimen, the Azurite has a wonderful color that contrasts very well with the green of the Malachite.
Bou Bekker, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (1997)

Specimen size: 9.6 × 8.9 × 3.2 cm = 3.78” × 3.50” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 3.7 cm = 1.69” × 1.46”

TTV14AP4: Complete floater rhombododecahedral crystal of Grossular, translucent and with an intense pink color.
The specimen is from a very classic locality for the species, and comes to us via the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 781), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Sierra de las Cruces, Sierra Mojada mining district, Municipio Sierra Mojada, Coahuila (Coahuila de Zaragoza)  Mexico

Specimen size: 2.1 × 2.1 × 2.2 cm = 0.83” × 0.83” × 0.87”

BXF92AP4: Druse on matrix of transparent Quartz crystals (amethyst variety), with very bright luster and an intense violet color. There is Epidote on the matrix, very characteristic of old specimens.
The specimen comes from an important European collection.
Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Municipio Tatatila, Veracruz (Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave)  Mexico

Specimen size: 14.8 × 12.5 × 2.7 cm = 5.83” × 4.92” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.4 cm = 1.02” × 0.55”

TJE56AP4: Aggregate of Baryte crystals between lamellar and tabular, very sharp, with good luster and a deep blue color and with 'phantoms'. The specimen comes from a locality that was once very popular due to the intense color of its barytes, and was in the Miguel David Martínez collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
San Jorge mining group, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2005)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.2 × 3.7 cm = 1.77” × 1.26” × 1.46”

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

TRB14AP4: Rosette aggregates of very sharp lamellar Baryte crystals with red inclusions of iron oxides, on matrix. This specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 861), whose label, stating that it was previously in the Mariano Guillén collection, 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: 3.7 × 3.4 × 2.5 cm = 1.46” × 1.34” × 0.98”

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

TXL27AP4: Group of sharp Fluorite crystals of very good size for the locality. They are between transparent and translucent, with good luster and an intense yellow color, with inclusions and coatings of lamellar Baryte crystals.
This specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 797), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2014)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.2 × 2.3 cm = 2.64” × 1.65” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.5 cm = 0.83” × 0.59”

NVA96AP4: Floater cubic Fluorite crystal finely beveled by dodecahedron faces and with staggered growth on one of the edges, transparent, with good luster and a uniform lilac-blue color.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2022)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.7 × 3.6 cm = 1.57” × 1.46” × 1.42”

NJH96AP4: Very aerial group of Fluorite crystals beveled by dodecahedron faces, transparent, with great luster and a pale blue color. On a matrix of small Quartz crystals.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2022)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.2 × 2.5 cm = 2.09” × 1.26” × 0.98”

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

NBF96AP4: Very aerial group of Fluorite crystals beveled by dodecahedron faces, transparent, with great luster and a pale blue color, on a matrix of small Quartz crystals and with scalenohedrons of Calcite.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2022)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4 × 3.9 cm = 2.01” × 1.57” × 1.54”

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

NVB56AP4: Very aerial group of Fluorite crystals beveled by rhombododecahedron faces, with a flattened habit, transparent, with great luster and a pale blue color. On a matrix of small Quartz crystals and with Calcite.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2022)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.1 × 3.3 cm = 2.28” × 1.22” × 1.30”

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

TVX96AP4: Fluorite crystal with a cubic habit, transparent, lustrous, and with a very sharp geometric phantom marked by the blue and violet color boundary.
This specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 773), whose label we will send to the buyer.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2003)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.3 × 2.3 cm = 0.98” × 0.91” × 0.91”

TFF96AP4: Fluorite crystal with a cubic habit, transparent, with good luster and geometric color zoning in different shades of violet.
This piece comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 788), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2017)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.8 × 2.6 cm = 1.22” × 1.10” × 1.02”

MBX70AP4: Group of Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit, very sharp, transparent, with good luster and geometric color zoning in different shades of violet.
Very fine and elegant.
Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 9.2 × 5 × 3 cm = 3.62” × 1.97” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.5 cm = 1.02” × 0.98”

LRX53AP4: Small twinned crystals of Sphalerite, translucent and very lustrous, bordered by groups of white lamellar Baryte crystals.
A French classic, of great quality for the locality, which comes from the Philippe Morelon collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Les Malines mining district, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Le Vigan, Gard Department, Occitanie  France (±1979)

Specimen size: 14.5 × 12.7 × 5.8 cm = 5.71” × 5.00” × 2.28”

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

ERB46AP4: Great specimen, both for its size and for being very unusual, with very sharp Baryte crystals, between tabular and lamellar, and totally different from the classic ones from this deposit. In addition, the crystals are covered by very unusual orange Sphalerite crystals (analyzed) which form globular groups.
The specimen undoubtedly owes its rarity to the fact that it is very old and comes from the collection of Pierre-Marie Guy, who was the one who acquired it from the miner Robert Guy.
Les Cèdres Mine, Les Malines mining district, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Le Vigan, Gard Department, Occitanie  France (±1978)

Specimen size: 19.8 × 9.8 × 9.4 cm = 7.80” × 3.86” × 3.70”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.1 cm = 0.67” × 0.43”

EFB16AP4: Very aerial coraloidal growths of slightly bluish green Aragonite that coexist with areas of white Aragonite. These specimens are French classics, although rarely seen. This one is old and has a more intense color than usual for specimens from this locality, with an important size and many growth figures.
It comes from the collection of Pierre-Marie Guy, who was the one who found it in 1964 in the 'Roman gallery of Arrigas'
Arrigas Mines, Arrigas, Le Vigan, Gard Department, Occitanie  France (1964)

Specimen size: 20.2 × 10 × 8.3 cm = 7.95” × 3.94” × 3.27”

ETB36AP4: Twinned Titanite crystals with very sharp shapes and a uniform greenish yellow color, on a matrix of Orthoclase (variety adularia) with Chlorite coatings.
A very characteristic Swiss classic, which comes from the collection of General Robert Touchon.
Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.3 × 3.5 cm = 2.68” × 1.69” × 1.38”

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

EXP98AP4: Very aerial parallel growths of sharp Orthoclase (adularia variety) crystals, with good luster and a snow-white color. On matrix.
It comes from the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt and has several old labels with it.
Amsteg, Silenen, Uri  Switzerland

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.7 × 4.1 cm = 2.91” × 2.24” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.5 cm = 0.47” × 0.20”

THE37AP4: Acanthite crystals with very well developed crystal forms and very lustrous, on matrix. A fine, very old specimen from a classic Italian locality that was in the collection of General Robert Touchon, whose handwritten labels we will send to the buyer.
Monte Narba Mine, San Vito, Narba Mountain, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.7 × 1.2 cm = 2.01” × 1.46” × 0.47”

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

TBL27AP4: Group of Quartz crystals with the characteristic morphology of this classic deposit, doubly terminated and with little development of the prism faces. They are translucent, lustrous, and have coatings of lamellar Hematite crystals and inclusions of the same mineral with an intense red color. They are associated with small white Calcite crystals.
An English classic from the collection of General Robert Touchon.
Florence Mine, Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, former Cumberland, Cumbria  England / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 9.2 × 6.9 × 3.6 cm = 3.62” × 2.72” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 2.9 cm = 1.42” × 1.14”

TTH89AP4: Lustrous acicular Erythrite crystals, very centered on the matrix, with an intense and uniform color. An excellent German classic that comes from the collection of General Robert Touchon with his handwritten label on the back of the piece.
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 5 × 3.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.97” × 1.42” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.1 cm = 0.59” × 0.04”

BLH66AP4: Groups of very shiny Chalcopyrite crystals with sharp crystal forms, interspersed with greyish Pyrite crystals (the bravoite variety, rich in nickel), on a Baryte matrix. The specimen is a German classic, of the best quality known from the locality, and it comes from an important European collection.
Maubacher Bleiberg, Untermaubach, Düren, Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen  Germany

Specimen size: 15.5 × 11.7 × 7.3 cm = 6.10” × 4.61” × 2.87”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2.1 cm = 0.87” × 0.83”

BBX90AP4: Twinned Bournonite crystals with excellent crystal forms, lustrous, and on matrix, with translucent and caramel-colored crystals of Sphalerite and small white Quartz crystals.
The specimen comes from an important European collection.
Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures  Romania

Specimen size: 14.6 × 10.8 × 4.3 cm = 5.75” × 4.25” × 1.69”

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

EMA99AP4: Group of finely tabular and very sharp Baryte crystals that are transparent, lustrous, and have a nice blue color with yellowish areas on the edges of the crystal.
The specimen comes from some finds made in the Bou Nahas mine between August and September 2022.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08-09/2022)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4 × 6.2 cm = 2.60” × 1.57” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.2 cm = 0.98” × 0.87”

MTT48AP4: Groups of thick and very sharp Vanadinite crystals, with good luster and a very bright and uniform color, formed on a stalactitic growth of manganese oxides. The specimen comes from discoveries in the Taouz area between the late eighties and early nineties.
Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±1990)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 4.2 × 2.3 cm = 3.07” × 1.65” × 0.91”

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

ELB37AP4: Druse of sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent, with yellow color, partially covered by Quartz crystals and small Galena crystals.
The specimen, very characteristic for the locality, is a Moroccan classic.
Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 12.4 × 7.2 × 5.8 cm = 4.88” × 2.83” × 2.28”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 2 cm = 0.83” × 0.79”

EXR72AP4: Parallel and stylized growths of octahedral Gold crystals with very distinct spinel law twinning.
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: 2.7 × 0.4 × 0.4 cm = 1.06” × 0.16” × 0.16”

MXX86AP4: Parallel and stylized growths of octahedral Gold crystals with very distinct spinel law twinning.
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 (2020)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 1.06” × 0.24” × 0.20”

EAM33AP4: Parallel and stylized growths of octahedral Gold crystals with very distinct spinel law twinning.
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: 3.4 × 0.5 × 0.5 cm = 1.34” × 0.20” × 0.20”

MJX69AP4: Beryl crystal with very sharp crystal forms and excellent terminations, transparent, with great luster and an intense pink color (morganite variety), on a matrix of snow-white Albite crystals (cleavelandite variety) with small Columbite-Tantalite crystals associated with it.
Pederneira claim, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 13.5 × 9.5 × 8.7 cm = 5.31” × 3.74” × 3.43”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2.1 cm = 0.91” × 0.83”

MRX89AP4: Rhombohedral crystals of Rhodochrosite, more isolated and much sharper than usual in specimens from this locality. They are lustrous, with an intense pink color, on matrix, with small Quartz crystals.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (03/2019)

Specimen size: 10.8 × 9.5 × 4.3 cm = 4.25” × 3.74” × 1.69”

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

TFG10AP4: Druse, on matrix, very rich in acicular Atacamite crystals, translucent, with very bright luster and a deep green color, with areas with white Halloysite coatings.
La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region  Chile

Specimen size: 19 × 11.8 × 4.8 cm = 7.48” × 4.65” × 1.89”

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

EFP1AP4: Curious growth of Fluorite: a complete floater crystal with a very flattened and elongated morphology, with very distinct spinel-law twinning. The crystal is between transparent and translucent, very lustrous, and has concentric geometric color zoning. It is on matrix, with small Calcite crystals.
Weilasituo Mine, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (07/2022)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.6 × 1.7 cm = 2.01” × 1.42” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 5.1 × 3.1 cm = 2.01” × 1.22”

LXX46AP4: Very aerial group of Pyromorphite crystals with a short prismatic habit, many of them totally or partially doubly terminated, with bright luster and a very vivid and uniform yellowish color. Different from what usually appears in Daoping and of excellent quality.
This piece comes from the Philippe Morelon collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2014)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 5.1 × 3.7 cm = 2.32” × 2.01” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.5 cm = 0.47” × 0.20”

AFM37AP4: Felty aggregates of filiform crystals of Carbonatecyanotrichite, a different species from the better known Cyanotrichite, with an intense and uniform blue color. They are on matrix, with Calcite and small Azurite crystals that add a little something different from the usual.
Qinglong Mine, Dachang, Qinglong, Qianxi'nan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province  China

Specimen size: 8.6 × 4.9 × 2.7 cm = 3.39” × 1.93” × 1.06”

ELE90AP4: Spheroidal aggregates of lustrous Chalcopyrite crystals, bordered by a growth of Calcite crystals formed in two phases: the first as dark scalenohedral crystals and the second in the form of coatings of small white crystals. One of the most aesthetic pieces from the find.
Tongshankou Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (03/2022)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 5.6 × 3.7 cm = 3.62” × 2.20” × 1.46”

TBM37AP4: Short prismatic crystals of Mimetite, much more isolated and visible than usual in specimens from this locality, and many of them doubly terminated. They are translucent, lustrous, and have a very vivid and uniform orange color, and are on matrix.
This specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 765), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Guatomo Mine (Hat Yai), Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province  Thailand

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.5 × 2 cm = 2.20” × 1.38” × 0.79”

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