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JFD212AP6: Anglesites pseudomorphed by Cerussite and covered with Goethite are a Spanish classic from the San Valentín Quarry, but this particular piece is different, both for not being covered with Goethite and for its intense yellow color and the dissolution figures in some crystals.
Curiously I bought it in France. It was from Alain Martaud's collection (with a label) and he must have bought it from Maurice Boudon, a French engineer who worked at La Unión.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.8 × 1.6 cm = 2.20” × 1.50” × 0.63”

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

JFD213AP6: The Jaimina Mine was not always a mine. It began as a quarry and from those initial years comes this piece that Jaime Chacón found in 1978 on the working face, as witnessed by his handwritten label. The piece is slightly different from the mine ones, with a more intense color and a hexahedral pattern on the faces that is richer than usual in the Jaimina Mine specimens, strongly reminiscent of its predecessors, the San Lino Mine fluorites, albeit with better quality. A historical piece, precursor of what later became the splendor of the Emilio-Jaimina mining system.
Jaimina Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Trechorio, Carrales, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (1978)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 8.5 × 6.2 cm = 4.02” × 3.35” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2.7 cm = 1.26” × 1.06”

JFD214AP6: Small but very nice piece. The Fluorapatite is very well positioned among the Quartz crystals and is accompanied by small, completely transparent Calcite crystals, which complete this old classic from Panasqueira.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (±1986)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.7 × 3.4 cm = 1.65” × 1.06” × 1.34”

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

JFD215AP6: So many fluorapatites in Panasqueira... sometimes charming, sometimes with important differences between them. This one, in addition to having a good color, is 'architectural', with many crystals of various sizes that grow capriciously. With small crystals of Siderite.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (±1991)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.8 × 2.9 cm = 1.54” × 1.10” × 1.14”

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

JFD216AP6: I have already said at other times that the 'basaristes' of Morocco had a prominent role in the development of the mineral trade that exists in that country. I acquired this piece in 1984 when Touissit was in its splendor, and I bought it from one of the basaristes in Asni, a town located about 1000 km away from Touissit! The small town of Asni would have had about 7,000 inhabitants at that time, and despite so few people there was already a large group of mineral vendors who, in their precarious 'basars', offered pieces from remote locations, sometimes as good as this one. If I hadn't experienced it myself, I would have a hard time believing it.
Touissit mining area, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (±1984)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.5 × 2.7 cm = 1.81” × 1.38” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.1 cm = 1.06” × 0.83”

CVA13AP6: Complete and sharp crystal of Molybdenite, very shiny and on a Quartz matrix.
The specimen is from a very classic locality for the species.
Comes from the collection of duplicates of Carles Curto, whose label and computer file we will send to the buyer.
Moly Hill Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec  Canada (±1980)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm = 0.91” × 0.98” × 0.59”

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

CBM87AP6: Groups of very sharp bipyramidal crystals of Libethenite, with good luster and a very deep color. On matrix and with small Calcite crystals.
An English classic that comes from the collection of duplicates of Carles Curto, whose label and computer file we will send to buyer.
Phoenix United Mine, Minions, Linkinhorne, Liskeard District, Cornwall  England / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 4.2 × 4.6 × 2 cm = 1.65” × 1.81” × 0.79”

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

CFR89AP6: Lamellar growths and radial groups of flattened crystals of Szenicsite, very lustrous, brightly colored and on a limonite matrix.
The specimen, from the type locality for the species, comes from the collection of duplicates of Carles Curto, whose label and computer file we will send to the buyer. It was previously in the collection of Bill Pinch, whose label is included too.
Jardinera número 1 Mine, Inca de Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region  Chile (±1994)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.9 × 2 cm = 1.10” × 1.14” × 0.79”

CTZ87AP6: Parallel growth of two twinned Ernstite crystals, pseudomorphs after Childrenite or Eosphorite, very sharp and of good size.
This specimen, of a species whose name could be modified in future, comes from the collection of duplicates of Carles Curto, whose label and computer file we will send to the buyer.
Córrego Frio Mine, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 6.6 × 2.3 × 1.8 cm = 2.60” × 0.91” × 0.71”

CPR73AP6: Group of very sharp octahedral Gold crystals, with very deeply hoppered faces, very lustrous and with small fragments of Quartz.
The specimen comes from the collection of duplicates of Carles Curto, whose label and computer file we will send to the buyer.
Poverty Reef, Tarnagulla, Loddon Shire, Victoria  Australia (±1987)

Specimen size: 1.7 × 1.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.67” × 0.67” × 0.28”

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

MFB87AP6: Group of twinned (sixlings) crystals of Cerussite, translucent, with very good luster and snow-white color. On matrix, with deformed cubic Fluorite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, translucent and pale green.
Of the best quality known for the locality.
Hull Mine, Hull Mine group, Buckeye vein group, Castle Dome Mine group, Castle Dome District, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2 × 1.5 cm = 1.61” × 0.79” × 0.59”

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

MXF27AP6: Very aerial group of 'lepidolite' crystals (probably, due to the locality, the Polylithionite species), translucent, with a very intense lilac color. On a matrix of Quartz crystals (smoky variety), with white phantom growths on the terminations.
Very original and aesthetic.
Himalaya Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California  USA

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.5 × 3.1 cm = 1.46” × 1.38” × 1.22”

ETP37AP6: Groups of Cerussite crystals with very well defined hexagonal twinning, with a flattened habit, transparent and with translucent edges, very lustrous and on matrix.
The Cerussite, a rare species in Mapimí, comes from the collection of Michel Perraudin (number 159), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.5 × 4 cm = 2.80” × 1.77” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.35” × 0.24”

BYM96AP6: Sharp Boleite crystal, large for the species, with good luster and deep color and in limonite matrix.
A Mexican and world classic, of the best quality for the species and from the type locality.
Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalía (El Boleo), Boleo District, Municipio Mulegé, Baja California Sur  Mexico (±1984)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 5.3 × 3.3 cm = 2.20” × 2.09” × 1.30”

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

MFX66AP6: Dendritic growths of Gold crystals, very shiny, on a Quartz matrix, with growths of Sphalerite microcrystals.
The Sphalerite has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Timmins Mine, Township, Timmins area, Cochrane District, Ontario  Canada

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.8 × 1.3 cm = 1.06” × 0.71” × 0.51”

NBX76AP6: Aerial group of Pyromorphite crystals with a short prismatic habit, many of them totally or partially doubly terminated. Of a uniform light green color and on a Baryte matrix.
With sharper and more isolated crystals than usual in this deposit.
San Andrés Mine, Realces pocket (Victoria), Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba, Andalusia  Spain (10-11/1997)

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

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

NRM49AP6: Well individualized crystals of Pyromorphite with a short prismatic habit, many of them totally or partially doubly terminated, of a uniform light green color and on a Baryte matrix.
A specimen of good size and with abundant Pyromorphite throughout the piece.

San Andrés Mine, Realces pocket (Victoria), Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba, Andalusia  Spain (10-11/1997)

Specimen size: 9.9 × 7.4 × 6.7 cm = 3.90” × 2.91” × 2.64”

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

NRP46AP6: Crystals of Sphalerite that are deformed but with sharp crystal forms, transparent, with good luster and an intense honey color, between yellow and orange.
An old Spanish classic.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.9 × 0.6 cm = 1.61” × 1.14” × 0.24”

NMF27AP6: Crystals of Sphalerite with sharp crystal forms, very rich in faces and polycrystalline growths. Translucent, lustrous, with an intense honey color and on a matrix of Dolomite crystals.
An old Spanish classic.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 5 × 4.9 × 3.5 cm = 1.97” × 1.93” × 1.38”

NBA16AP6: Group of Fluorite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with the cubic habit beveled by dodecahedron faces, between transparent and translucent, and of a very intense color, deeper on the edges.
From a classic Spanish locality from which it is very difficult to obtain specimens.
Josefa-Veneros vein, 75 level, Coroña de Arriba-La Collada, La Collada mining area, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1974)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm = 1.14” × 0.98” × 0.71”

NFB46AP6: Very sharp Fluorite crystals, transparent, with good luster and a violet color with geometric growths of more intense tones on the edges, on a Calcite matrix.
From a classic Spanish locality from which it is now very difficult to obtain specimens.
Josefa-Veneros vein, 75 level, Coroña de Arriba-La Collada, La Collada mining area, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1974)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.3 × 2.1 cm = 1.85” × 1.30” × 0.83”

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

NFJ27AP6: Group of Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit, beveled by dodecahedron faces, between transparent and translucent, and of an intense color, deeper on the edges.
From a classic Spanish locality from which it is nowadays very difficult to obtain specimens.
Josefa-Veneros vein, 75 level, Coroña de Arriba-La Collada, La Collada mining area, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1974)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 2.9 × 2.4 cm = 1.89” × 1.14” × 0.94”

NRQ96AP6: Very sharp Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit beveled by dodecahedron faces, transparent, lustrous, violet in color, on a Calcite matrix.
From a classic Spanish locality from which it is very difficult nowadays to obtain specimens.
Josefa-Veneros vein, 75 level, Coroña de Arriba-La Collada, La Collada mining area, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1974)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.97” × 1.42” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.9 cm = 0.55” × 0.35”

NXJ86AP6: Druse, on matrix, of Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit beveled by dodecahedron faces, between transparent and translucent, and of an intense color, deeper on the edges.
From a classic Spanish locality from which it is very difficult to obtain specimens.
Josefa-Veneros vein, 75 level, Coroña de Arriba-La Collada, La Collada mining area, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1974)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.3 × 1.7 cm = 2.20” × 1.69” × 0.67”

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

NPJ66AP6: Very aerial group of Fluorite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with a cubic habit, beveled by dodecahedron faces, translucent and blue, with geometric zones of deep violet color on some of the edges.
From a classic Spanish locality from which it is now very difficult to obtain specimens.
Josefa-Veneros vein, 75 level, Coroña de Arriba-La Collada, La Collada mining area, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1974)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.2 × 2.1 cm = 2.24” × 1.65” × 0.83”

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

NXJ57AP6: Group of Fluorite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with a cubic habit beveled by dodecahedron faces, between transparent and translucent, violet in the center of the crystal and between blue and lilac around the edges.
From a classic Spanish locality from which it is very difficult to obtain specimens anymore.
Josefa-Veneros vein, 75 level, Coroña de Arriba-La Collada, La Collada mining area, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1974)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.4 × 3.9 cm = 2.40” × 1.73” × 1.54”

NTR96AP6: Group of Fluorite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with a cubic habit beveled by dodecahedron faces, between transparent and translucent, violet in the center of the crystal and between blue and lilac around the edges.
From a classic Spanish locality from which it is very difficult to obtain specimens anymore.
Josefa-Veneros vein, 75 level, Coroña de Arriba-La Collada, La Collada mining area, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1974)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 5.1 × 5 cm = 2.40” × 2.01” × 1.97”

NCA37AP6: Druse, on matrix, of Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit beveled by dodecahedron faces, transparent, shiny, with inclusions, and a color between blue and violet, more intense on the edges.
From a classic Spanish locality from which it is nowadays very difficult to obtain specimens.
Josefa-Veneros vein, 75 level, Coroña de Arriba-La Collada, La Collada mining area, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1974)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 5.4 × 3.8 cm = 3.74” × 2.13” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2 cm = 1.02” × 0.79”

NJA88AP6: Group of Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit, finely beveled by dodecahedron faces, between transparent and translucent, and violet in color with bluish tones.
From a classic Spanish locality from which it is nowadays very difficult to obtain specimens.
Josefa-Veneros vein, 75 level, Coroña de Arriba-La Collada, La Collada mining area, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1974)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 7.4 × 3.4 cm = 3.31” × 2.91” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 4 × 1.3 cm = 1.57” × 0.51”

NFB88AP6: Druse of Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit strongly beveled by dodecahedron faces, transparent, with bright luster and an intense violet color with bluish tones.
From a classic Spanish locality from which it is very difficult to obtain specimens.
Josefa-Veneros vein, 75 level, Coroña de Arriba-La Collada, La Collada mining area, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1974)

Specimen size: 12.7 × 8.6 × 5.6 cm = 5.00” × 3.39” × 2.20”

NRM93AP6: Druse, on matrix, of Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit beveled by dodecahedron faces, transparent, with good luster and a very deep color, even more intense around the edges. With a small scalenohedral crystal of Calcite.
La Viesca Mine, La Negrina pocket, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (03-04/2006)

Specimen size: 20.3 × 11.2 × 10.3 cm = 7.99” × 4.41” × 4.06”

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

MAE46AP6: Group of tabular Siderite crystals bordered by a second generation of Siderite, with a perfect Quartz crystal, without the typical small dings prevalent in specimens from this locality, transparent, very lustrous, with inclusions of Siderite and Arsenopyrite and a well-defined phantom growth whose visibility is accentuated by inclusions growing oriented on the faces of the successive phantom growths.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 11.2 × 8.1 × 7.6 cm = 4.41” × 3.19” × 2.99”

Main crystal size: 8.9 × 3.6 cm = 3.50” × 1.42”

TPB27AP6: Floater group of Azurite crystals with a flattened habit and very distinct polycrystalline growths, with good luster and intense color.
A French classic, from the type locality for the species.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.91” × 0.47” × 0.28”

TQF14AP6: Floater group of very sharp Azurite crystals, with very distinct polycrystalline growths, with bright luster and intense color.
A French classic, from the type locality for the species.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.1 × 1.5 cm = 1.14” × 0.83” × 0.59”

TBC90AP6: Centered growths of lustrous acicular crystals of Pyromorphite with a much more intense green color than usual in the locality and that contrasts with the white of the Quartz matrix.
A European classic of which one nowadays only sees specimens from old finds.
Saint-Salvy Mine, Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 13.7 × 8.8 × 5.8 cm = 5.39” × 3.46” × 2.28”

MXF92AP6: Very aerial group of Pyromorphite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, lustrous and of a very deep green color. Of the extraordinary quality that characterizes the best specimens from this deposit. The back of the specimen shows molds left by ancient Fluorite crystals which later disappeared, and which add some originality to the quality of the specimen.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.3 × 2.2 cm = 2.87” × 2.09” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.35” × 0.24”

EPP76AP6: Cerussite crystals with twins of bipyramidal habit, translucent, white, with good luster, on a matrix of limonite with small, very sharp crystals of brilliant orange Wulfenite.
A very old European classic that comes from the collection of Michel Perraudin.


Hochobir mining district, Hochobir Mountain, Eisenkappel-Vellach, Völkermarkt District, Carinthia/Kärnten  Austria

Specimen size: 7.1 × 3.4 × 3 cm = 2.80” × 1.34” × 1.18”

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

EFR67AP6: Cerussite crystal with very marked parallel growths and very sharp crystal forms, translucent, with dark tones and covered with small bipyramidal Wulfenite crystals, with brilliant luster and an intense yellow-orange color.
The specimen, an old European classic of large crystal size for what is known from the locality, comes from the Michel Perraudin collection (number 303)
Hochobir mining district, Hochobir Mountain, Eisenkappel-Vellach, Völkermarkt District, Carinthia/Kärnten  Austria

Specimen size: 5.6 × 2.9 × 2.5 cm = 2.20” × 1.14” × 0.98”

BMP90AP6: Pyromorphite crystals, many of them totally or partially doubly terminated, translucent, with good luster and the typical orange-brown color of this classic locality, on a matrix of Quartz.
A fine old representative of the species that comes from the collection of Uwe Nielsen.
Rosenberg Mine, Braubach, Bad Ems District, Lahn Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.1 × 3.5 cm = 2.24” × 1.61” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.28” × 0.16”

ELY14AP6: Group of superficially altered Galena crystals covered by small twinned Cerussite crystals, between transparent and translucent and of a light cream color.
A true classic of European mineralogy, which comes from the collection of Michel Perraudin (number 055) and is accompanied by a handwritten note stating that it was obtained in an exchange with the Cracow Mineralogical Group in 1993.
Trzebionka Mine, Trzebinia, Chrzanów District , Małopolskie  Poland

Specimen size: 5.6 × 5.2 × 3.1 cm = 2.20” × 2.05” × 1.22”

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

ECB67AP6: Group of Wulfenite crystals with a clearly hemihedral pyramidal shape, with one of the terminations being very sharp and the opposite one finely polycrystalline. With a very bright luster and very vivid color, on matrix and with a group of white Calcite crystals that partially cover it.
A classic, very characteristic of the locality, but on the other hand unusual, with that Calcite covering the Wulfenite.
Helena Mine, Crna (Schwarzenbach), Mežica Municipality, Carinthia Region  Slovenia

Specimen size: 8.1 × 6.8 × 4.3 cm = 3.19” × 2.68” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.20” × 0.12”

TMP16AP6: Group of Albite crystals on matrix, one of them clearly dominant, very sharp and with perfect terminations, translucent, lustrous and snow-white.
A fine miniature from the Robert-Auguste Touchon collection.
Pizzo Centrale, Airolo, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 0.87” × 0.55” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.7 cm = 0.59” × 0.28”

TFR86AP6: Parallel growth of two very sharp Albite crystals, extraordinarily flattened, transparent and very rich in Chlorite inclusions with a mossy habit.
The specimen comes from the collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Pizzo Centrale, Airolo, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 5 × 3.5 × 0.7 cm = 1.97” × 1.38” × 0.28”

TXB16AP6: Very sharp crystals of Axinite-(Fe), transparent, with bright luster and a brown color with mauve tones, with Chlorite inclusions and on matrix.
The specimen, from a locality little known for the species, comes from the collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Pizzo Centrale, Airolo, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3 × 2.7 cm = 1.34” × 1.18” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.20” × 0.12”

BRX89AP6: Polycrystalline growths of brown Calcite crystals with a lenticular habit, with coatings of small white Quartz crystals and prismatic Gypsum crystals with black Boulangerite inclusions.
The specimen comes from an important European collection.
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures  Romania

Specimen size: 14.1 × 7.7 × 4.1 cm = 5.55” × 3.03” × 1.61”

MXB88AP6: Arborescent and parallel growths of cubic Silver crystals, very sharp and lustrous and very aerial on their Calcite matrix.
A very aesthetic and high quality miniature from a find made in July of 2022.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2022)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.8 × 1.4 cm = 1.14” × 1.10” × 0.55”

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

MXP66AP6: Parallel growths on a limonite matrix of flattened Baryte crystals with a prismatic habit, slightly curved, transparent, with very good luster and an intense and uniform sky-blue color.
The specimen is in a perfect state of conservation, which in these barytes is like a small miracle, and it comes from a find made in November 2022 in a locality that was believed to no longer yield any more quality specimens.
Jebel Ouichane mines, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (11/2022)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.2 × 3.6 cm = 2.01” × 1.65” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.6 cm = 0.91” × 0.63”

MRR47AP6: Parallel growths on a limonite matrix of flattened Baryte crystals with a prismatic habit, slightly curved, transparent, with very good luster and an intense and uniform sky-blue color.
The specimen is in a perfect state of conservation, which in these barytes is like a small miracle, and it comes from a find made in November 2022 in a locality that was believed to no longer yield any more quality specimens.
Jebel Ouichane mines, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (11/2022)

Specimen size: 6 × 4 × 3.1 cm = 2.36” × 1.57” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1 cm = 1.02” × 0.39”

MFF47AP6: Parallel growths on a limonite matrix of flattened Baryte crystals with a prismatic habit, slight curvatures, some of them doubly terminated, transparent, with very good luster and an intense and uniform light blue color.
The specimen is in a perfect state of conservation, which in these barytes is like a small miracle, and comes from a November 2022 find in a locality that was believed to not yield any more quality specimens.
Jebel Ouichane mines, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (11/2022)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.7 × 3.4 cm = 2.48” × 1.85” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 5.6 × 2.2 cm = 2.20” × 0.87”

MLT47AP6: Parallel growths on a limonite matrix of flattened Baryte crystals with a prismatic habit, slight curvatures, some of them doubly terminated, transparent, with very good luster and an intense and uniform light blue color.
The specimen is in a perfect state of conservation, which in these barytes is like a small miracle, and comes from a November 2022 find in a locality that was believed to not yield any more quality specimens.
Jebel Ouichane mines, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (11/2022)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 4.2 × 3.9 cm = 3.11” × 1.65” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 1.4 cm = 1.38” × 0.55”

MTP27AP6: Parallel growths on a limonite matrix of flattened Baryte crystals with a prismatic habit, slight curvatures, some of them doubly terminated, transparent, with very good luster and an intense and uniform light blue color.
The specimen is in a perfect state of conservation, which in these barytes is like a small miracle, and comes from a November 2022 find in a locality that was believed to not yield any more quality specimens.
Jebel Ouichane mines, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (11/2022)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 4.4 × 3.3 cm = 3.27” × 1.73” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.94” × 0.43”

MBX74AP6: Parallel growths on a limonite matrix of large flattened Baryte crystals with a prismatic habit, slight curvatures, some of them doubly terminated, transparent, with very bright luster and an intense and uniform light blue color.
The specimen is in a perfect state of conservation, which in these barytes is like a small miracle. Comes from a November 2022 find in a locality that was believed to no longer yield any more quality specimens. Spectacular!
Jebel Ouichane mines, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (11/2022)

Specimen size: 12.2 × 10.4 × 7.7 cm = 4.80” × 4.09” × 3.03”

Main crystal size: 9 × 3 cm = 3.54” × 1.18”

EPP86AP6: Hexagonal cyclic Cerussite twins with two distinct growth phases, the first with darker tones, and later bordered by translucent crystal forms, with cream tones.
Different from what is usually found in Mibladen.
Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.4 × 2.4 cm = 1.46” × 1.34” × 0.94”

ELQ17AP6: Parallel growths of twinned Cerussite crystals formed in two phases, the first with equant crystals of a yellowish color and the second with very sharp crystals of flattened habit, translucent, lustrous satiny white.
Different from what is usually found in Mibladen.
Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.2 × 2.4 cm = 2.20” × 1.65” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 2.7 cm = 1.65” × 1.06”

MPX26AP6: Group of Calcite crystals with a very pseudohexagonal outline, coated and replaced by a second generation of small crystals, also of Calcite, partially dissolved and with small Quartz crystals.
We have analyzed this type of specimen due to their genetic complexity and 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: 6.8 × 4.3 × 5.4 cm = 2.68” × 1.69” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 5.8 × 3.1 cm = 2.28” × 1.22”

MME27AP6: Floater group of tabular and very sharp Baryte crystals between transparent and translucent, lustrous and with an intense blue color with yellowish tones in some of the vertices.
The specimen comes from discoveries in the Bou Nahas mine made between August and September of 2022
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08-09/2022)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.1 × 3.2 cm = 3.03” × 2.40” × 1.26”

MBF37AP6: Floater group of tabular and very sharp Baryte crystals between transparent and translucent, lustrous and with an intense blue color with yellowish tones in some of the vertices.
The specimen comes from discoveries in the Bou Nahas mine made between August and September of 2022
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08-09/2022)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 7.4 × 2.4 cm = 3.46” × 2.91” × 0.94”

EGR87AP6: Groups of very fine acicular crystals of Vanadinite, with good luster and dominant yellowish brown tones, with golden reflections and geometric color zoning. From a relatively recent Moroccan locality for Vanadinite.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Tissaf, Outat El Haj, Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 6.4 × 2.8 cm = 3.43” × 2.52” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.43” × 0.04”

EGH67AP6: Crystals of the Elbaite-Schorl Series (rubellite variety) with a "mushroom" habit, of an intense pink to mauve color and on a Microcline matrix. Analyses have confirmed that the crystals, despite their vivid color, are at a point approximately intermediate between Elbaite and Schorl. 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 175 in the volume 54, number 1, January-February 2023 and as a novelty from Ste. Marie 2022 in the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 52 in the volume 28/2023, number 1
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2022)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.4 × 6.4 cm = 2.83”

Main crystal size: 5.6 × 2.1 cm = 2.20”

EFP87AP6: Crystals of the Elbaite-Schorl Series (rubellite variety) with a "mushroom" habit, of an intense pink to mauve color and on a Microcline matrix. Analyses have confirmed that the crystals, despite their vivid color, are at a point approximately intermediate between Elbaite and Schorl. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2022)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 7.8 × 5.5 cm = 3.66” × 3.07” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 1.7 cm = 1.77” × 0.67”

EPK97AP6: Cerussite crystals with a very well developed cyclic twin, with prismatic and pseudo pyramidal faces, totally or partially doubly terminated and translucent. Very lustrous and on matrix.
The specimen, a rarity of great quality for the locality, comes from the collection of Michel Perraudin (number 177)
Ressas-Touireuf Mine, Touireuf mines, Djebel Touireuf, Jendouba, Jendouba Governorate  Tunisia

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3 × 2.3 cm = 1.65” × 1.18” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.4 cm = 0.91” × 0.55”

TPM37AP6: Centered growths of acicular Valentinite crystals, with a silky luster and white color with grey tones. On matrix with cream-colored Stibiconite. A locality from which one rarely sees specimens.
Comes from the collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and it has a handwritten label attached to the back, somewhat damaged by the passage of time.
Djebel Senza Mine, Aïn Babouche, Oum El Bouaghi Province  Algeria

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.7 × 5.6 cm = 2.91” × 2.24” × 2.20”

TMB46AP6: Unusual Quartz growth with very sharp bipyramidal terminations and highly polycrystalline growths, translucent, with good luster and deep pink color, The natural color of the Quartz, not due to inclusions of iron oxides.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm = 1.73” × 1.38” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 1.9 cm = 1.65” × 0.75”

TPX36AP6: Group of Quartz crystals (rose quartz variety) with very sharp bipyramidal terminations, translucent, lustrous and deep pink, its natural color, not due to iron oxide inclusions.
The size of the crystal is very large compared to previous finds from the same locality.


Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.4 × 2.8 cm = 1.97” × 1.73” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 2.4 cm = 1.77” × 0.94”

TXY16AP6: Group of Quartz crystals (rose quartz variety) with very sharp bipyramidal terminations, translucent, lustrous and deep pink, its natural color, not due to iron oxide inclusions.
The size of the crystal is very large compared to previous finds from the same locality.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.2 × 3.1 cm = 2.28” × 1.26” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 2 cm = 1.73” × 0.79”

TMA36AP6: Group of Quartz crystals (rose quartz variety), on a white Quartz matrix, with very acute bipyramidal terminations, translucent, with good luster and intense pink color, its natural color, not due to iron oxide inclusions.
The size of the crystal is very large compared to previous finds from the same locality.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 3.8 × 3 cm = 2.40” × 1.50” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 1.6 cm = 2.44” × 0.63”

TBX27AP6: Unusual Quartz (rose quartz variety) growth with very sharp bipyramidal terminations and strongly polycrystalline growths, translucent, with good luster and deep pink color, its natural color, not due to inclusions of iron oxides.
The size of the crystal is very large compared to previous finds from the same locality.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 5.9 × 3.9 cm = 2.40” × 2.32” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 5.4 × 2 cm = 2.13” × 0.79”

TBR96AP6: Unusual Quartz (rose quartz variety) growth with very sharp bipyramidal terminations and strongly polycrystalline growths, translucent, with good luster and deep pink color, its natural color that is not due to inclusions of iron oxides.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 4.7 × 3.1 cm = 2.95” × 1.85” × 1.22”

EXQ70AP6: Druse of extraordinarily flattened Galena crystals, with parallel growths and very marked spinel-law twinning. Very lustrous and on matrix, with Quartz crystals.
A finer set than the galenas usually are.
Pachapaqui mining district, Pachapaqui, Aquia District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department  Peru

Specimen size: 10.7 × 6.7 × 4.9 cm = 4.21” × 2.64” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.3 cm = 1.18” × 0.51”

ELR27AP6: Floater group with botryoidal Chalcopyrite growths, brilliant, very aesthetic and unusual.
Tongshankou Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (03/2022)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.9 × 2.6 cm = 1.81” × 1.54” × 1.02”

EFF49AP6: Calcite crystals coated by Talmessite with shades that vary from mauve to pink on different spots on the specimen. They are on matrix and with coralloidal growths of Calcite (Co-bearing variety) of an intense mauve color.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Lanping, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (07/2022)

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

EMR68AP6: Botryoidal growths of Calcite of an intense mauve color (Co-bearing variety), in matrix, and with a second generation of botryoidal Calcite with bluish tones.
Lanping, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (07/2022)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.1 × 3.8 cm = 2.56” × 2.01” × 1.50”

ERE69AP6: Growths of pink lenticular crystals of Talmessite, on botryoidal Calcite of bluish color, along with Calcite (Co-bearing variety) also botryoidal but of an intense mauve color.
Lanping, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (07/2022)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.4 × 3.6 cm = 2.83” × 1.73” × 1.42”

EPT68AP6: Botryoidal growths of Calcite of intense blue color, with Calcite (Co-bearing variety) also botryoidal but of a very intense mauve color, all covered with Malachite.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a reference in the magazine ‘Lapis‘ number 02/2024, page 20
Lanping, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (07/2022)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.2 × 4.4 cm = 2.83” × 2.44” × 1.73”

TXX86AP6: From a 2022 discovery in the Daye area. Parallel growths of lenticular Calcite crystals, very aerial, on matrix. They are translucent, shiny, yellow in color with red inclusions and geometric color zoning. Very aesthetic.
Daye mining area, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (03/2022)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 5.1 × 2.8 cm = 2.05” × 2.01” × 1.10”

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

TPM27AP6: From a 2022 discovery in the Daye area. Parallel growths of lenticular Calcite crystals, very aerial, on matrix. They are translucent, shiny, yellow in color with red inclusions and geometric color zoning. Very aesthetic.
Daye mining area, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (03/2022)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 5.2 × 4.7 cm = 2.09” × 2.05” × 1.85”

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

TMR47AP6: From a 2022 discovery in the Daye area. Parallel growths of lenticular Calcite crystals, very aerial, on matrix. They are translucent, shiny, yellow in color with red inclusions and geometric color zoning. Very aesthetic.
Daye mining area, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (03/2022)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 5.3 × 3.8 cm = 2.60” × 2.09” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.47” × 0.43”

ELP47AP6: Group of Calcite crystals dominated by trapezohedron forms, with faces and edges perfectly defined and with color caused by iron oxide inclusions that grow oriented on a first generation 'phantom' of Calcite crystals.
Comes from a deposit type that corresponds to an iron ore affected by a skarn.
Daguangshan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (07/2022)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 6.7 × 3.6 cm = 2.91” × 2.64” × 1.42”

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

EXL97AP6: Group of Calcite crystals dominated by trapezohedron forms, with faces and edges perfectly defined and with color caused by iron oxide inclusions that grow oriented on a first generation 'phantom' of Calcite crystals.
Comes from a deposit type that corresponds to an iron ore affected by a skarn.
Daguangshan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (07/2022)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 7.3 × 4.2 cm = 3.07” × 2.87” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 3.9 cm = 1.61” × 1.54”

EQQ29AP6: Complex doubly terminated crystal of Calcite, very rich in crystal forms and dominated by the scalenohedron. Transparent, shiny and with reddish inclusions of iron oxides.
A specimen of high quality and very aesthetic.
Tonglüshan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 6.1 × 4.3 cm = 2.60” × 2.40” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 3.9 × 2.6 cm = 1.54” × 1.02”

MFE47AP6: Growth of two doubly terminated Elbaite crystals with excellent terminations, between transparent and translucent, of a uniform yellowish green color and on an Albite matrix.
Shengus (Shingus), Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 4.2 × 4.2 × 2.4 cm = 1.65” × 1.65” × 0.94”

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