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JFD202AP5: Superb color and luster. I always really liked the good prehnites from Carchelejo, that's why I have quite a few in the collection; when I saw a particularly good one I always kept it. The good years of that mine were a splendid time.
Oficarsa Quarry, De las Culebras Hill, Carchelejo, Cárcheles, Comarca Sierra Mágina, Jaén, Andalusia  Spain (2004)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 3.3 × 1.5 cm = 2.40” × 1.30” × 0.59”

JFD203AP5: Crystals from this mine are rarely so individualized and rarely are they on such a white matrix. That's why I kept it.
Troya Mine, Mutiloa, Comarca Goyerri, Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (±1984)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.7 × 3.3 cm = 1.93” × 1.85” × 1.30”

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

JFD204AP5: After many years already in my collection, nothing seems to have altered this Pyrite from Ambas Aguas, which perfectly preserves its luster and its good state of conservation, both the main crystal and the “little child” that it carries in its upper part.
Ambas Aguas (Ambasaguas), Muro de Aguas, Comarca Arnedo, La Rioja  Spain (1991)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm = 2.17” × 1.26” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 4 × 2.9 cm = 1.57” × 1.14”

JFD205AP5: Very unusual for San Lino because of its color, much more intense than usual there. Of course, the faces of the hexoctahedron are very characteristic, and even more so considering that when I got this piece, the Emilio and Jaimina mines had not even started working yet.
San Lino Quarry, Aurora vein, Caravia mining area, Cerracín, Prado, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1979)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 6.4 ×.3.6 cm = 3.11” × 2.52” × 0.12”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.1 cm = 0.98” × 0.83”

JFD206AP5: In October 1984, Carlos Artidiello, together with Concha and Lelo, found one of the best pockets in Berbes and I was lucky enough to pass by by chance, precisely when it had been half emptied but not yet sold. Instead, I had the misfortune of not being richer and consequently was not able to buy the entire pocket...
Of what I kept from that vug, this floater is a very good example because, with the associated Baryte and its perfect state of preservation, it represents the splendor of that find very well.
La Cabaña, Valdelmar, Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (10/1984)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 9.1 × 4.2 cm = 3.74” × 3.58” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 2.5 cm = 1.34” × 0.98”

JFD207AP5: Panasqueira has been producing well-crystallized specimens of all kinds of mineral species for many decades. This great mine is distinguished not only by its fluorapatites, but its siderites too are of high quality and their crystal habits can be very varied. In addition, other well-crystallized species may be associated with them, such as Ferberite, small crystals of Pyrite and Chalcopyrite, and Calcite-Dolomite.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (02/1999)

Specimen size: 12.3 × 9.4 × 6.8 cm = 4.84” × 3.70” × 2.68”

Main crystal size: 5.3 × 5.2 cm = 2.09” × 2.05”

JFD208AP5: A curiosity from the Trimouns Mine. Well known for its rare earth minerals, things like this Rutile have also been found there in well-developed acicular crystals on a Dissakisite-(Ce) / Allanite-(Ce) crystal, and all on a Calcite matrix with more Dissakisite- (Ce) / Allanite-(Ce) of brownish color.
Trimouns Mine, Luzenac, Haute-Ariège, Foix, Ariège Department, Occitanie  France (±1993)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.5 × 3.2 cm = 1.65” × 1.38” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.08”

JFD209AP5: Taourirt has given up quite a few specimens recently, although it used to be hard to get good pieces from there, so I kept this very isolated crystal with great pride. I think it's still attractive, with a lot of contrast to the white Quartz matrix... What I cannot guarantee is that it is exactly from Jebel Tirremi like the most recent ones, since this old piece is from a long time ago and at that time very little was known about Moroccan localities.
Taourirt, Taourirt Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (2005)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.2 × 3.7 cm = 2.28” × 1.65” × 1.46”

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

JFD210AP5: Like a feather, this 'stalactitic' growth of Vanadinite crystals rises gracefully, forming a special piece.
So many vanadinites, but from time to time one still surprises us...
Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±2002)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.3 × 4.2 cm = 2.83” × 2.48” × 1.65”

JFD211AP5: Always in search of something different, this piece moved me because it is so different from the usual in Mefis, which yields very large crystals, even enormous ones, but, although they can be sharp, they always tend to be somewhat 'rough'. Finding something elegant and delicate from there, like this group of crystals, is really rare.
Mefis, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04/2014)

Specimen size: 10.8 × 10 × 4.2 cm = 4.25” × 3.94” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2 cm = 1.18” × 0.79”

MFB36AP5: Very elongated spheroidal and stalactitic microcrystalline growths of Azurite with deep, vivid and uniform color, in a limonite matrix with botryoidal coatings of Malachite. A U.S. classic, with rare unusual characteristics for specimens from this locality.
Morenci Mine, Morenci, Copper Mountain District, Shannon Mountains, Greenlee County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 6 × 4.4 × 3.2 cm = 2.36” × 1.73” × 1.26”

MLX47AP5: Very aerial and aesthetic group of sharp Malachite pseudomorphs after Azurite crystals, on matrix.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.3 × 4 cm = 2.24” × 1.69” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.6 cm = 1.06” × 0.63”

NYX11AP5: Group of Pyrite crystals with a cubic habit and very marked polycrystalline growths. This very old piece, with much larger and shinier crystals than previously known from there, is from Minas de Villabona, a locality much less prolific than the nearby Moscona mine in Solís, and comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez (number 398), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Villabona Mines, Barrio de la Estación, Villabona, Llanera, Comarca del Nora, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2017)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.73” × 1.02” × 0.94”

MFG47AP5: Group on matrix of prismatic Pyromorphite crystals, many of them doubly terminated, with very good luster and a vivid color, which coexist with another generation of smaller crystals and darker color. A glory from the past, coming from the first discoveries in the San Andrés mine in the mid-1980s.
San Andrés Mine, Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba, Andalusia  Spain (±1985)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.7 × 3.3 cm = 1.65” × 1.06” × 1.30”

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

TXX16AP5: Polycrystalline growth of twinned Aragonite crystals, doubly terminated, with good luster and a violet color that is concentrated, above all, in the middle portion of the crystals.
A Spanish classic that comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 866), whose
label we will send to the buyer.
Minglanilla, Comarca Manchuela Conquense, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (2020)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.4 × 3.7 cm = 1.89” × 1.73” × 1.46”

TMR13AP5: Twinned crystal of doubly terminated Aragonite, a complete floater, with very bright luster and a violet color which is concentrated mainly in the middle part of the crystals. A Spanish classic that comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 805), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Minglanilla, Comarca Manchuela Conquense, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (2018)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 3.7 × 3.3 cm = 2.44” × 1.46” × 1.30”

NXX87AP5: Coralloidal growth of Calcite, very aerial and aesthetic, lustrous and snow-white. The specimen comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez (number 180), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Cabezo de San Ginés, El Estrecho de San Ginés, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2004)

Specimen size: 14.6 × 13 × 10 cm = 5.75” × 5.12” × 3.94”

Main crystal size: 9 × 1.6 cm = 3.54” × 0.63”

NRX90AP5: Large group of very sharp tabular Baryte crystals, very lustrous and intense blue. The specimen comes from a now extinct locality but which at one time was very popular due to the intense color of its barytes.
San Jorge mining group, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2015-2016)

Specimen size: 17.8 × 12.8 × 7 cm = 7.01” × 5.04” × 2.76”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 0.67” × 0.63”

MRB71AP5: Isolated crystal of Pyrite, very aerial on the matrix, with perfect shapes, free of damage and very shiny. A Spanish classic of great quality for the deposit.
Ampliación a Victoria Mine, De Alcarama Range, Navajún, Comarca Cervera, La Rioja  Spain (2022)

Specimen size: 9.6 × 9.2 × 9.5 cm = 3.78” × 3.62” × 3.74”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 4 cm = 1.73” × 1.57”

NBD26AP5: Group of sharp octahedral Fluorite crystals, translucent and with an intense green color, on matrix with coatings of Quartz microcrystals. A Catalan classic that comes from the Pedro Hernández collection.
Berta Quarry, Can Domènech Hill, Roques Blanques Mountains, Sant Cugat del Vallès-El Papiol, Comarca Vallès Occidental / Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4.5 × 2.7 cm = 2.60” × 1.77” × 1.06”

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

TFX17AP5: Druse of transparent cubic Fluorite crystals, with very good luster and an intense and uniform honey-yellow color, with inclusions of Pyrite microcrystals and coatings of white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with curvatures on their faces and edges.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 1018), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±2015)

Specimen size: 9.1 × 7.2 × 2.3 cm = 3.58” × 2.83” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.55” × 0.47”

TRX87AP5: Druse of transparent cubic Fluorite crystals, with good luster and a yellow color, on matrix, with coatings of scalenohedral Calcite crystals that have grown in two phases, the first one being very rich in Hematite inclusions, and the second in transparent white crystals.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 895), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 13.5 × 7.9 × 5.7 cm = 5.31” × 3.11” × 2.24”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.5 cm = 0.94” × 0.59”

TQX37AP5: Group of Fluorite crystals on matrix, one of them dominant, with a cubic habit beveled by the typically rough faces of the dodecahedron. From the famous Josefa-Veneros vein, a classic of Spanish mineralogy.
Josefa-Veneros vein, 75 level, Coroña de Arriba-La Collada, La Collada mining area, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5 × 4.5 cm = 2.56” × 1.97” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.6 cm = 0.71” × 0.63”

NGX86AP5: Group of Fluorite crystals with parallel growths and the typical rough bevel of rhombododecahedron faces, in this case highly developed. They are translucent, with geometric violet zones, much more intense in the central part of the crystals.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±2012)

Specimen size: 10.1 × 7.4 × 5.5 cm = 3.98” × 2.91” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 9.9 × 6.7 cm = 3.90” × 2.64”

PTX26AP5: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals of good size, between transparent and translucent, soft green in color with yellowish tones and reflections, lustrous, with coatings of small white Calcite crystals. This specimen, of exceptional quality for the locality, also has a curiosity: inclusions of small very intense green 'spots'. It has been said that these spectacular green spots could be due to traces of ions, but in this case color centers seem to be a more consistent explanation, considering the characteristics of the mine.
Matagalls Mine (Sant Marçal Mines), Sant Marçal, Viladrau, Comarca Osona, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (09/1979)

Specimen size: 15.3 × 13.3 × 11.5 cm = 6.02” × 5.24” × 4.53”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 2.6 cm = 1.30” × 1.02”

TXH46AP5: Group of twinned Cassiterite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with sharp crystal forms, lustrous, on matrix, something not very common in specimens from this classic locality.
The specimen comes from the collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
La Villeder, Le Roc-Saint-André, Vannes, Morbihan, Brittany/Bretagne  France

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.7 × 2 cm = 1.10” × 1.06” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.87” × 0.47”

TTE46AP5: Twinned Cassiterite crystal with sharp crystal forms, lustrous, on matrix, something not too common in specimens from this classic locality.
The specimen comes from the collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon, whose handwritten label
we will send to the buyer.
La Villeder, Le Roc-Saint-André, Vannes, Morbihan, Brittany/Bretagne  France

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3 × 2.4 cm = 1.34” × 1.18” × 0.94”

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

TDA46AP5: Druse of translucent Baryte crystals, with a uniform pale blue color, on a base of deformed white crystals of Celestine. The specimen, from the early 1970s, is of good quality for the locality and it comes from the collection of Francis Barillet, whose handwritten label we will send to the buyer.
Clavelas Quarry, Le Bersac, Serres, Gap, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France (±1972)

Specimen size: 7 × 4.7 × 4.6 cm = 2.76” × 1.85” × 1.81”

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

TVX27AP5: Botryoidal growths with microcrystals of yellowish brown Arseniosiderite with a fibrous appearance, on matrix.
An oddity from the type locality for this species.
Romanèche-Thorins, Distrito Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté  France

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.9 × 1.4 cm = 2.52” × 1.93” × 0.55”

TFB90AP5: Group of very sharp flattened Azurite crystals with a bright luster and vivid color, with Malachite coatings. This specimen, which is of high quality for the locality, the type locality for Azurite, comes from the collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon, whose handwritten label we will send to the buyer.
This piece has been reviewed, photographed, and published as a reference specimen in Ste. Marie 2023 by the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 50 in the volume 28/2023, number 3
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3 × 1.1 cm = 1.34” × 1.18” × 0.43”

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

MBA96AP5: Prehnite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, with curvatures and very marked polycrystalline growths, translucent, lustrous, and with an intense green color. The Prehnite is on matrix, with prismatic Epidote crystals and felty Actinolite aggregates (byssolite variety). A French classic from one of the typical localities for the species.
La Combe de la Selle, Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans, Le Bourg d'Oisans Comune, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 9.9 × 5.4 × 2.4 cm = 3.90” × 2.13” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.8 cm = 0.59” × 0.31”

TRR47AP5: Centered aggregates and fan-shaped growths, very aerial and on matrix, of acicular Pyromorphite crystals with an intense and uniform color. A European classic, specimens of which can only be seen from old finds.
This specimen comes from the Yvan Delqué collection.
Saint-Salvy Mine, Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 6.1 × 5.9 × 4.2 cm = 2.40” × 2.32” × 1.65”

EFG46AP5: Of the best quality for what is known in the species, with deformed and flattened crystals of Ardennite-(As), in some areas with a fibrous appearance, lustrous, bright orange, in a matrix of Quartz with small lamellar Hematite crystals and acicular Rutile crystals. This specimen comes from the type locality for the species.
Salmchâteau, Vielsalm, Bastogne, Luxembourg Province, Wallonia Region  Belgium

Specimen size: 7.1 × 6.9 × 3 cm = 2.80” × 2.72” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.67” × 0.12”

MBM47AP5: Scoriaceous surfaces and fan-shaped growths of lamellar Tyrolite crystals, with good luster and an intense color, on matrix. The specimen comes from an old locality, already known for the species.
Gortdrum Mine, Monard, County Tipperary, Munster Province  Ireland

Specimen size: 5 × 3.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.97” × 1.46” × 0.94”

MRA67AP5: Dendritic growth with parallel aggregates of Copper crystals with a very profiled cubic habit. A little treasure that comes from a very classic locality.
Wheal Gorland, Saint Day, Camborne - Redruth - Saint Day District, Cornwall  England / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 4 × 2.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.57” × 0.94” × 0.55”

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

TJB66AP5: Group of very sharp Calcite crystals, platy and with geometric color zoning, on a group of Quartz crystals with Hematite inclusions. This specimen, which is from a very classic English locality, comes from the collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon, whose handwritten label we will send to the buyer.
Levant Mine, Trewellard, Saint Just District, Cornwall  England / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 4.4 × 4 × 2.9 cm = 1.73” × 1.57” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.9 cm = 1.02” × 0.75”

TAH27AP5: Group of shiny Galena crystals, of cubic habit with staggered and deformed growths on the edges, on a matrix of white Quartz crystals with coatings of Pyrite microcrystals. This specimen, which is from a classic English locality, comes from the collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor District, North Pennines Orefield, former Cumberland, Cumbria  England / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 6.9 × 6.8 × 4 cm = 2.72” × 2.68” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.5 cm = 1.06” × 0.98”

TFX16AP5: Druse, on matrix, of short prismatic Adamite crystals, translucent and with a green color (copper-bearing variety). This specimen, very old and from one of the great classic Greek localities, comes from the collection of the Bally Museum.
Lavrion, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.7 × 2.6 cm = 2.64” × 2.24” × 1.02”

TRM16AP5: Radial group of elongated Tourmaline group crystals, black and very lustrous, in a Quartz and Feldspar matrix, with small lamellar Hematite crystals. The specimen, a rarity for this well-known Swiss locality, comes from the collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon, whose handwritten label we will send to the buyer.
Cavradi, Curnera Valley, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.6 × 4.1 cm = 2.40” × 1.81” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.1 cm = 0.39” × 0.04”

TBF48AP5: Very elongated Epidote crystals, some of them doubly terminated, between transparent and translucent, deep green, with very good luster, on a Quartz matrix. The specimen comes from the collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon, whose handwritten label we will send to the buyer.
Val Giuv, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 8.2 × 5.6 × 3.3 cm = 3.23” × 2.20” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 0.2 cm = 1.06” × 0.08”

TYB17AP5: Tabular growths of very sharp Fluorapatite crystals, transparent and lustrous, on matrix, with Orthoclase crystals (adularia variety) and with Chlorite coatings which themselves cover twinned Titanite crystals.
The specimen comes from the collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Pizzo Centrale, Airolo, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 8 × 5.2 × 3.5 cm = 3.15” × 2.05” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.8 cm = 0.63” × 0.31”

TPB47AP5: Centered and fan-shaped aggregates of white acicular Bustamite crystals that stand out on the dark matrix. Very few specimens are seen from this locality other than very old ones like this one, which comes from the collection of Edmond Landais, whose handwritten label we will send to the buyer.
Temperino Mine, Campiglia Marittima, Campigliese, Livorno Province, Tuscany  Italy

Specimen size: 6 × 3.8 × 3.4 cm = 2.36” × 1.50” × 1.34”

TBF16AP5: Group of very elongated Quartz crystals, with very well defined parallel growths, some of them with curious terminations, translucent, white, and partially covered by a second generation of small water-clear crystals. The specimen comes from the collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon, whose handwritten label we will send to the buyer.
Campiglia Marittima, Campigliese, Livorno Province, Toscana  Italy

Specimen size: 12.7 × 4.4 × 3.6 cm = 5.00” × 1.73” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 12.7 × 3 cm = 5.00” × 1.18”

TFA86AP5: Radial growth of Azurite crystals with well-defined curvatures, brilliant and deep in color, on matrix, with coatings of small Quartz crystals.
The specimen, a German rarity, comes from the collection of Julius Hoppner.
Schmitt dolomite Quarry, Altenmittlau, Freigericht, Main-Kinzig-Kreis District, Spessart, Hesse/Hessen  Germany

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.65” × 1.42” × 1.02”

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

TXF27AP5: Galena crystals with very sharp crystal forms and very lustrous, on matrix, with lenticular crystals of Siderite. Neudorf galenas mined between the mid-1800s and early 1900s have become a rarity and reference classics. The specimen comes from the collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Neudorf, Harzgerode mining district, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt/Sachsen-Anhalt  Germany

Specimen size: 4.9 × 2.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.93” × 1.06” × 0.94”

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

TBC57AP5: Group of trapezohedral Chalcopyrite crystals, very sharp, lustrous and with intense metallic iridescence with dominant green and blue tones, with small coatings of Quartz.
The specimen, a German classic, comes from the Robert-Auguste Touchon collection.
Friedrich-Wilhelm Mine, Biersdorf, Daaden, Daaden-Herdorf, Altenkirchen District, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.4 × 3.2 cm = 2.40” × 1.73” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”

TMA96AP5: Trapezohedral Chalcopyrite crystals, very sharp, with metallic iridescence dominated by blue, on a matrix of Siderite.
The specimen, a German classic, comes from the Robert-Auguste Touchon collection.
Friedrich-Wilhelm Mine, Biersdorf, Daaden, Daaden-Herdorf, Altenkirchen District, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4 × 3.8 cm = 2.40” × 1.57” × 1.50”

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

BXF70AP5: Druse of very sharp Baryte crystals with phantom growths, with good luster and greenish yellow color, with white lamellar crystals of Baryte and small twinned crystals of Chalcopyrite. A German classic that comes from a prestigious European collection.
Bergmännisch Glück Mine, Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Annaberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 9.8 × 8.9 × 6.9 cm = 3.86” × 3.50” × 2.72”

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

TFH94AP5: Very aerial arborescent growth of Silver, with good luster and sharp crystal forms, associated with small crystals of Safflorite with blackish tones and Löllingite, on a matrix of Calcite. Very elegant and of great quality. This specimen, from a very recent find last year, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2022)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.5 × 3.3 cm = 1.85” × 1.77” × 1.30”

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

MBH91AP5: Arborescent growth of Allargentum pseudomorphs after Dyscrasite crystals with easily visible Dyscrasite crystal forms. It sits on a Calcite matrix, with Sphalerite and small black crystals of Pyrargyrite and Schachnerite.
This specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 6.6 × 3.6 × 2.7 cm = 2.60” × 1.42” × 1.06”

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

TLM74AP5: Arborescent growth of Allargentum pseudomorphs after Dyscrasite crystals, with the Dyscrasite crystal forms cleary visible, on a Calcite matrix.
This specimen, from a very recent find last year, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2022)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 4.1 × 3.1 cm = 3.07” × 1.61” × 1.22”

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

MHE96AP5: Elongated parallel growths of very large and spectacular Allargentum crystals with mechanical curvatures, with brilliant luster, on a Calcite matrix.
This specimen, from a very recent find last year, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 661 in the volume 54, number 5, September-October 2023
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2022)

Specimen size: 12 × 5.7 × 4.4 cm = 4.72” × 2.24” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1.1 cm = 1.26” × 0.43”

MLM47AP5: Elongated parallel growths of very large and spectacular Allargentum crystals with mechanical curvatures, with brilliant luster, on a Calcite matrix.
This specimen, from a very recent find last year, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2022)

Specimen size: 13.4 × 8.8 × 5.1 cm = 5.28” × 3.46” × 2.01”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 1 cm = 1.65” × 0.39”

MLM69AP5: Group of tabular and very sharp Baryte crystals, transparent, lustrous, and colored blue with yellowish areas at the edges of the crystals. Associated with growths of Pyrite and small Quartz crystals.
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: 11.6 × 6.8 × 5.1 cm = 4.57” × 2.68” × 2.01”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 4.5 cm = 2.05” × 1.77”

MFB94AP5: Tabular and very sharp crystals of Baryte, transparent, lustrous blue, on a matrix of white Quartz crystals, with small crystals of Pyrite and Galena. Sculptural.
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: 20.6 × 10.7 × 8.8 cm = 8.11” × 4.21” × 3.46”

Main crystal size: 7.7 × 6.2 cm = 3.03” × 2.44”

TFB47AP5: Very aerial group of dodecahedral Andradite crystals beveled by trapezohedron faces, dark brown and shiny, on matrix. The size of the crystals is larger than usual in specimens from this locality.
Erongo Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 6.8 × 6.3 × 4.5 cm = 2.68” × 2.48” × 1.77”

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

TXE27AP5: Group of short prismatic crystals of Schorl, very rich in crystal forms, black and very lustrous.
Erongo Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 9.5 × 4.9 × 4.8 cm = 3.74” × 1.93” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 3.6 cm = 1.85” × 1.42”

EBJ27AP5: Spheroidal growths of small lenticular crystals of Rhodochrosite with an intense and uniform pink color, with very lustrous Quartz crystals and aggregates of microcrystals of Sphalerite.
Austria Duvas Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (07/2021)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.2 × 4.1 cm = 1.93” × 1.65” × 1.61”

EXA76AP5: Spheroidal growths of small lenticular crystals of Rhodochrosite with an intense and uniform pink color, with very lustrous Quartz crystals and aggregates of microcrystals of Sphalerite.
Austria Duvas Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (07/2021)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.1 × 3.6 cm = 2.44” × 2.01” × 1.42”

EJL47AP5: Spheroidal growths of small lenticular crystals of Rhodochrosite with an intense and uniform pink color, with very lustrous white Quartz crystals.
Austria Duvas Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (07/2021)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 5.3 × 4.3 cm = 3.46” × 2.09” × 1.69”

EEH89AP5: Spheroidal growths of small lenticular crystals of Rhodochrosite with an intense and uniform pink color, with very lustrous Quartz crystals and aggregates of microcrystals of Sphalerite.
Austria Duvas Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (07/2021)

Specimen size: 10.9 × 9.5 × 6.7 cm = 4.29” × 3.74” × 2.64”

EMF49AP5: Spheroidal growths of small lenticular crystals of Rhodochrosite with an intense and uniform pink color, with very lustrous white Quartz crystals.
Austria Duvas Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (07/2021)

Specimen size: 13.8 × 9.9 × 6.2 cm = 5.43” × 3.90” × 2.44”

EFF92AP5: Group of elongated crystals of Veszelyite, a rare phosphate of zinc and copper, of good size for the species, extraordinarily sharp and defined, in matrix, and associated with sharp Quartz crystals. An excellent miniature from a classic locality for the species.
Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4 × 3.2 cm = 1.85” × 1.57” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.08”

EXJ99AP5: Botryoidal growths of mauve-colored Calcite (cobalt-bearing variety), which coexist with similar growths of the same Calcite, but curiously with white and blue colorations. They sit on a matrix in which Talmessite aggregates appear too (analyzed)
This specimen has been photographed and published as a reference in the magazine ‘Lapis‘ number 02/2024, page 17
Lanping, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (07/2022)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 3.8 × 3.2 cm = 2.48” × 1.50” × 1.26”

EFX99AP5: Botryoidal growths of Calcite of an intense mauve color (cobalt-bearing variety), in matrix, with fibrous aggregates of Talmessite covering small Calcite crystals.
Lanping, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (07/2022)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 6.3 × 2.7 cm = 2.60” × 2.48” × 1.06”

MJK53AP5: Groups, on matrix, of Beryl crystals (emerald variety) with an elongated prismatic habit, translucent and lustrous, with a vivid and uniform color.
Dayakou Mine, Mengdong township, Malipo, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (08/2022)

Specimen size: 10.4 × 7.6 × 5.3 cm = 4.09” × 2.99” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 0.7 cm = 1.46” × 0.28”

MRR97AP5: Group of twinned trapezohedral Chalcopyrite crystals, very sharp, with good luster and bright metallic iridescence, on a matrix of Quartz crystals, with small crystals of Arsenopyrite and Calcite.
Fengjiashan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (10/2022)

Specimen size: 9 × 7.2 × 5.3 cm = 3.54” × 2.83” × 2.09”

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

EEB92AP5: Twinned Cassiterite crystal with very sharp crystal forms, transparent dark brown, with an extraordinarily bright luster, in a very aerial position on a matrix of Quartz crystals with leafy Mica aggregates.
Yalian Township, Yongde, Lincang, Yunnan Province  China (2022)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.8 × 4.6 cm = 2.91” × 2.28” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.8 cm = 0.79” × 0.71”

EEL94AP5: Botryoidal growth of extraordinarily aesthetic shapes of Malachite, with banding in different shades of green and an intense silky luster which gives it a peculiar chatoyant appearance.
Shilu Mine, Yangchun, Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province  China (±1995)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 7 × 2.8 cm = 2.91” × 2.76” × 1.10”

MJX7AP5: Zunyite crystal, a rare aluminum sorosilicate and fluoride, on matrix. This tetrahedral crystal, beveled by cube faces, has very well defined and smooth faces, varies in color between reddish and dark brown, and is included in a matrix very rich in lamellar Hematite crystals.
Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province  Iran (07/2019)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3.1 × 2.3 cm = 1.34” × 1.22” × 0.91”

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

BFE86AP5: This specimen stands out for the very unusual abundance of Boleite crystals on the limonite matrix. These very sharp crystals have retained their extraordinary color and brilliance despite their age.
The specimen, from the type locality for the species, comes from a prestigious European collection.
Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalía (El Boleo), Boleo District, Municipio Mulegé, Baja California Sur  Mexico (±1984)

Specimen size: 10.3 × 5.7 × 3.8 cm = 4.06” × 2.24” × 1.50”

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

MHA96AP5: Dendritic growth of Silver, very aerial and aesthetic, with recognizable crystal forms, extraordinarily lustrous and with some areas partially covered by Safflorite, darker at the bottom of the specimen.
This specimen, which has great size and beauty, comes from a very recent find from the past year, and has been analyzed. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2022)

Specimen size: 14.7 × 13.7 × 2.6 cm = 5.79” × 5.39” × 1.02”

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