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THE JORDI FABRE COLLECTION (DUPLICATES)
Jordi Fabre Texts: Jordi Fabre
Translation: Alfredo Petrov
Alfredo Petrov

 

Cerussite after Anglesite and Goethite
Cerussite after Anglesite and Goethite. Cerussite after Anglesite and Goethite.

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Cerussite after Anglesite and Goethite
 

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”

Former collection of Jordi Fabre (duplicates)



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Fluorite

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Fluorite
 

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”

Former collection of Jordi Fabre (duplicates)



Fluorite. Fluorite.
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Fluorapatite on Quartz and with Calcite
Fluorapatite on Quartz and with Calcite.

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Fluorapatite on Quartz and with Calcite
 

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”

Former collection of Jordi Fabre (duplicates)



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Fluorapatite with Siderite

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Fluorapatite with Siderite
 

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”

Former collection of Jordi Fabre (duplicates)



Fluorapatite with Siderite. Front
Front
Fluorapatite with Siderite. Side
Side
Fluorapatite with Siderite. Rear
Rear
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Malachite after Azurite on Dolomite
Malachite after Azurite on Dolomite. Front
Front
Malachite after Azurite on Dolomite. Side
Side

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Malachite after Azurite on Dolomite
 

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”

Former collection of Jordi Fabre (duplicates)





Carles Curto Text: Carles Curto (formerly curator of the Geology Museum, Barcelona) & Jordi Fabre
Alfredo Petrov Translation: Alfredo Petrov
Assistance from John S. White (former Smithsonian curator) John S. White


THE CARLES CURTO COLLECTION (DUPLICATES)

Molybdenite

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Molybdenite
 

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”

Former collection of Carles Curto (duplicates)

minID: 0T9-VDC



Molybdenite.
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Libethenite
Libethenite. Libethenite.

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Libethenite
 

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”

Former collection of Carles Curto (duplicates)

minID: J6H-RWK



Szenicsite

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Szenicsite
 

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”

Former collection of Bill Pinch

Former collection of Carles Curto (duplicates)

Type locality



Szenicsite. Front
Front
Szenicsite. Rear
Rear
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Ernstite
Ernstite. Front
Front
Ernstite. Rear
Rear

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Ernstite
 

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”

Former collection of Carles Curto (duplicates)

minID: 5ND-5Y4



Gold with Quartz

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Gold with Quartz
 

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”

Former collection of Carles Curto (duplicates)

Weight: 4.6 grams

minID: U38-M04



Gold with Quartz. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold with Quartz. Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Gold with Quartz. Foto: Joaquim Callén
Foto: Joaquim Callén

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Cerussite with Fluorite
Cerussite with Fluorite. Cerussite with Fluorite.

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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”

Very fluorescent long & short UV



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'lepidolite' on Quartz (variety smoky quartz)

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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”




'lepidolite' on Quartz (variety smoky quartz). Photo: Joaquim Callén
Photo: Joaquim Callén
'lepidolite' on Quartz (variety smoky quartz). Photo: Joaquim Callén
Photo: Joaquim Callén
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MEXICO Y CANADA

Cerussite
Cerussite. Cerussite.

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Cerussite
 

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”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Former collection of Michel Perraudin



Boleite

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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”

Type locality



Boleite. Photo: Joaquim Callén
Photo: Joaquim Callén
Boleite. Photo: Joaquim Callén
Photo: Joaquim Callén
Boleite. Foto: Joaquim Callén
Foto: Joaquim Callén

Gold with Quartz and Sphalerite
Gold with Quartz and Sphalerite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold with Quartz and Sphalerite. Side
Side
Gold with Quartz and Sphalerite.

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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”

With analysis copy




SPAIN

Pyromorphite

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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”

Minor fluorescence short UV



Pyromorphite.
Pyromorphite with Baryte
Pyromorphite with Baryte. Pyromorphite with Baryte.

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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”




Sphalerite

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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”




Sphalerite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Sphalerite. Front with light behind / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front with light behind / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Sphalerite with Dolomite
Sphalerite with Dolomite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Sphalerite with Dolomite. Front with light behind / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front with light behind / Photo: Joaquim Callén
 

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”




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SPANISH FLUORITE

Fluorite

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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”




Fluorite. Front
Front
Fluorite. Front with light behind
Front with light behind
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Fluorite with Calcite
Fluorite with Calcite. Fluorite with Calcite.

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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”




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Fluorite

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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”




Fluorite.
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Fluorite with Calcite
Fluorite with Calcite.

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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”




Fluorite

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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”




Fluorite. Fluorite.
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Fluorite
Fluorite.

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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”




Fluorite

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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”




Fluorite. Front
Front
Fluorite. Front with light behind
Front with light behind
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Fluorite
Fluorite. Front
Front
Fluorite. Front with light behind
Front with light behind
Fluorite. Side
Side
Fluorite. Top
Top

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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”




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Fluorite

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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”




Fluorite. Fluorite.
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Fluorite
Fluorite. Fluorite.

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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”




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Fluorite

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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”




Fluorite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Fluorite. Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Fluorite.
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Fluorite with Calcite
Fluorite with Calcite. Fluorite with Calcite.

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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”




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PORTUGAL

Siderite with Quartz, Siderite inclusions and Arsenopyrite

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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”




Siderite with Quartz, Siderite inclusions and Arsenopyrite. Front
Front
Siderite with Quartz, Siderite inclusions and Arsenopyrite. Side
Side
Siderite with Quartz, Siderite inclusions and Arsenopyrite. Side
Side
Siderite with Quartz, Siderite inclusions and Arsenopyrite.
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FRANCE

Azurite (double terminated)
Azurite (double terminated). Front
Front
Azurite (double terminated). Rear
Rear

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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”

Type locality



Azurite

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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”

Type locality



Azurite. Front
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Azurite. Rear
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Pyromorphite with Quartz
Pyromorphite with Quartz. Pyromorphite with Quartz.

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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”

Former collection of Yvan Delqué



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Pyromorphite with Fluorite cast

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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”




Pyromorphite with Fluorite cast. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Pyromorphite with Fluorite cast. Rear
Rear
Pyromorphite with Fluorite cast. Pyromorphite with Fluorite cast. Foto: Joaquim Callén
Foto: Joaquim Callén
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EUROPE (excl. Spain, Portugal and France)

Cerussite with Wulfenite
Cerussite with Wulfenite. Cerussite with Wulfenite.

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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”

Very fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Michel Perraudin



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Cerussite with Wulfenite

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Cerussite with Wulfenite
 

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”

Former collection of Michel Perraudin



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Pyromorphite with Quartz
Pyromorphite with Quartz. Front
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Pyromorphite with Quartz. Side
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Pyromorphite with Quartz.

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Pyromorphite with Quartz
 

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”

Fluorescent long UV & minor fluorescence short UV

Former collection of Uwe Nielsen



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Cerussite on Galena

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Cerussite on Galena
 

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”

Former collection of Michel Perraudin



Cerussite on Galena. Cerussite on Galena.
Wulfenite with Calcite
Wulfenite with Calcite. Wulfenite with Calcite.

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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”




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Albite

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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”

Former collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon



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Albite with Chlorite
Albite with Chlorite. Front
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Albite with Chlorite. Rear
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Albite with Chlorite
 

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”

Former collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon



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Axinite-(Fe) with Chlorite

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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”

Former collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon



Axinite-(Fe) with Chlorite. Axinite-(Fe) with Chlorite.
Calcite with Quartz and Gypsum with Boulangerite inclusions
Calcite with Quartz and Gypsum with Boulangerite inclusions. Calcite with Quartz and Gypsum with Boulangerite inclusions.
Calcite with Quartz and Gypsum with Boulangerite inclusions.

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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”




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MOROCCO

Silver with Calcite

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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”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV



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Silver with Calcite. Silver with Calcite.
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Baryte with limonite
Baryte with limonite. Front
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Baryte with limonite. Side
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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”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



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Baryte with limonite

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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”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



Baryte with limonite. Front
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Baryte with limonite. Side
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Baryte with limonite. Rear
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Baryte with limonite
Baryte with limonite. Front
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Baryte with limonite. Side
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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”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



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Baryte with limonite

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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”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



Baryte with limonite. Baryte with limonite.
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Baryte with limonite
Baryte with limonite. Baryte with limonite.

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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”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



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Baryte with limonite

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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”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



Baryte with limonite. Baryte with limonite.
Cerussite
Cerussite.

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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”

Very fluorescent long & short UV



Cerussite

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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”

Very fluorescent long & short UV



Cerussite. Front
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Cerussite. Rear
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Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz
Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz. Front
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Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz. Rear
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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”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



Baryte (doubly terminated)

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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”




Baryte (doubly terminated). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Baryte (doubly terminated). Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Baryte (doubly terminated)
Baryte (doubly terminated). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Baryte (doubly terminated). Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
 

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”




Vanadinite

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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, Missour, 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”




Vanadinite. Vanadinite.
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety rubellite) with Microcline
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety rubellite) with Microcline. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety rubellite) with Microcline. Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety rubellite) with Microcline. Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén

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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”




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Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety rubellite) with Microcline

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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”




Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety rubellite) with Microcline. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety rubellite) with Microcline. Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety rubellite) with Microcline. Foto: Joaquim Callén
Foto: Joaquim Callén
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AFRICA (excl. Morocco)

Cerussite
Cerussite. Front
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Cerussite. Rear
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Cerussite
 

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”

Very fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Michel Perraudin



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Valentinite with Stibiconite

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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”

Former collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon



Valentinite with Stibiconite. Valentinite with Stibiconite.
Valentinite with Stibiconite.
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SOUTH AMERICA (excl. Brazil)

Quartz (variety rose quartz)
Quartz (variety rose quartz). Front
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Quartz (variety rose quartz). Rear
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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”




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Quartz (variety rose quartz)

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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”




Quartz (variety rose quartz). Front
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Quartz (variety rose quartz). Rear
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Quartz (variety rose quartz)
Quartz (variety rose quartz). Front
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Quartz (variety rose quartz). Side
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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”




Quartz (variety rose quartz)

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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”




Quartz (variety rose quartz).
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Quartz (variety rose quartz)
Quartz (variety rose quartz). Quartz (variety rose quartz).

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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”




Quartz (variety rose quartz)

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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”




Quartz (variety rose quartz). Front
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Quartz (variety rose quartz). Side
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Galena (spinel-law twinning) with Quartz
Galena (spinel-law twinning) with Quartz. Galena (spinel-law twinning) with Quartz.

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Galena (spinel-law twinning) with Quartz
 

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”

Former collection of Michel Perraudin



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Chalcopyrite

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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”




Chalcopyrite. Front
Front
Chalcopyrite. Rear
Rear
Talmessite with Calcite and Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite)
Talmessite with Calcite and Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite). Talmessite with Calcite and Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite).
Talmessite with Calcite and Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite).

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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”




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Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite)

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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”




Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite). Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite).
Talmessite with Calcite
Talmessite with Calcite. Talmessite with Calcite.

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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”




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Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite) with Calcite and Malachite

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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.
Lanping, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (07/2022)

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




Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite) with Calcite and Malachite. Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite) with Calcite and Malachite.
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Calcite
Calcite. Calcite.

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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”




Calcite

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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”




Calcite. Calcite.
Calcite
Calcite. Front
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Calcite. Front with light behind
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Calcite. Rear
Rear

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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”




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Calcite with iron oxides inclusions

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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”




Calcite with iron oxides inclusions. Calcite with iron oxides inclusions.
Calcite with iron oxides inclusions.
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Calcite with iron oxides inclusions
Calcite with iron oxides inclusions. Calcite with iron oxides inclusions.
Calcite with iron oxides inclusions.

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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”




Calcite with iron oxides inclusions

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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”




Calcite with iron oxides inclusions. Calcite with iron oxides inclusions.

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Elbaite with Albite
Elbaite with Albite. Front
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Elbaite with Albite. Rear
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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), Baltistan 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”






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