March 2023 Update

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JFD217AP7: 'Something different' is what drives us.
The yellow barytes are “something quite different” from a mine as well known as the Moscona Mine. The Calcite and the Fluorite add the signature touches, but that yellow Baryte is what makes the difference.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (1998)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.8 × 4.8 cm = 2.28” × 1.89” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.8 cm = 0.43” × 0.31”

JFD218AP7: Well balanced, harmonious, and with elongated Siderite crystals to provide some contrast.
This Acanthite has several virtues, being, unlike many others from Imiter, lustrous and not rough surfaced at all.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (09/2005)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.9 × 1.3 cm = 0.94” × 0.75” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.5 cm = 0.35” × 0.20”

JFD219AP7: Their color and sharpness characterize Touissit azurites, as well as their reddish to orange Dolomite matrix.
This crystal, very isolated, combines all that is expected for this locality, and, for its size, synthesizes the virtues for which these azurites are famous.
Touissit mining area, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (±1985)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.5 × 2.3 cm = 1.81” × 1.38” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.5 cm = 0.35” × 0.20”

JFD220AP7: This Aragonite flower is unique, being so well placed in the center of the small vug in the Goethite. All the crystals in the piece are brilliant and everything seems to be in harmony.
Tizirine, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2011)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm = 1.65” × 0.98” × 0.59”

JFD221AP7: Many isolated crystals of Roselite, without cracks or damage, of good size and luster, and with the “fresh” matrix Calcite showing no etching or corrosion.
The size of the piece and its matrix-crystal ratio are in excellent balance, and thus all seems to be in its place in this great piece, and with the intense color of the Roselite being the cherry on the cake.
Agoudal Mines, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2013)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.8 × 4.2 cm = 2.36” × 1.89” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”

CTX14AP7: Spongy growth of lustrous Gold (electrum variety) on a Quartz matrix.
The specimen, from a known locality but one which is rarely represented in collections, comes from the Carles Curto collection's duplicates (number 1994.06), whose label and digital file we will send to the buyer.
Hornitos, Hornitos mining district, Mariposa County, California  USA

Specimen size: 1.4 × 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.55” × 0.47” × 0.39”

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

CBF66AP7: Flattened crystals of Nasonite, a very rare lead and calcium sorosilicate, of prismatic habit, transparent and lustrous, on matrix.
The specimen, from the type locality for the species, comes from the Carles Curto collection's duplicates (number 1970.29), whose label and digital file we will send to the buyer.
Franklin Mine, Parker shaft, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey  USA

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.5 × 1.4 cm = 1.14” × 0.98” × 0.55”

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

CRB46AP7: Felted aggregates of fine acicular Cuprite crystals (variety chalcotrichite), with very bright luster and an intense and lively red color, on a limonite matrix.
The specimen, from a very classic locality for the species (and variety), comes from the Carles Curto collection's duplicates (number 1982.32), whose label and digital file we will send to buyer.
Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.1 × 2.2 cm = 1.54” × 1.22” × 0.87”

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

CTT63AP7: Spongy aggregate of very elongated lamellar Silver crystals. This kind of specimen was very typical in the small veins of the mine, a historic Spanish mining locality, where they were called 'sponges' because of their peculiar appearance.
The specimen comes from the Carles Curto collection's duplicates (number 1971.42), whose label and digital file we will send to the buyer.
Santa Matilde cut, Berja mining group, Las Herrerías, Almagrera Range, Cuevas del Almanzora, Comarca Levante Almeriense, Almería, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 1.10” × 0.55” × 0.47”

CBX11AP7: Doubly terminated Cordierite (variety pinite) crystal, very aerial on its matrix and with very sharp crystal forms. An old French classic that comes from the Carles Curto collection's duplicates (number 1964.32), whose label and digital file we will send to the buyer.
Isserteaux, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.94” × 0.79” × 0.63”

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

CRB28AP7: Elongated Silver crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with very sharp spinel-law twinning. Lustrous, on matrix and with Sphalerite crystals.
The specimen, from a very classic European locality, comes from the Carles Curto collection's duplicates (number 1965.25), whose label and digital file we will send to the buyer.
Rudabányai Mountains, Rudabánya, Kazincbarcika District, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén  Hungary

Specimen size: 3.0 × 2.1 × 1.7 cm = 1.18” × 0.83” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 0.1 cm = 0.91” × 0.04”

CTP66AP7: Parallel growth of Ilvaite crystals with a prismatic habit and sharp terminations, very lustrous and deep black.
The specimen, from the type locality for the species, comes from the Carles Curto collection's duplicates (number 1974.36), whose label and digital file we will send to the buyer.
Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany  Italy

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.83” × 0.75” × 0.28”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.7 cm = 0.63” × 0.28”

CPX98AP7: Doubly terminated Fluorapatite crystal, with a prismatic shape and pyramidal terminations, very rich in crystal forms, transparent, with very bright luster and a uniform pink color, and with a small transparent Quartz crystal on the base.
This high quality specimen, a Swiss classic, comes from the Carles Curto collection's duplicates (number 1973.02), whose label and digital file we will send to the buyer.
Disentis (Disentis/Mustér), Surselva Region, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden)  Switzerland (±1973)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.3 × 1.5 cm = 0.91” × 0.51” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.3 cm = 0.75” × 0.51”

CMR96AP7: Galena crystal with octahedron dominant forms beveled by rhombododecahedron faces on the edges and cube faces on the vertices, very lustrous, and isolated on the Quartz matrix.
A classic of English mineralogy that comes from the Carles Curto collection's duplicates (number 1966.02), whose label and digital file we will send to the buyer.
Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Liskeard, Cornwall  England / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 2.2 × 2.2 × 1 cm = 0.87” × 0.87” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1.0 cm = 0.43” × 0.39”

CTP13AP7: Elongated Proustite crystals with acute pyramidal terminations, on matrix, transparent, with very bright luster and an intense and vivid color.
The specimen comes from the Carles Curto collection's duplicates (number 2003.05), whose label and digital file we will send to the buyer.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±2003)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2.2 × 1.3 cm = 0.91” × 0.87” × 0.51”

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

CTB96AP7: Water-clear Topaz crystal, very rich in crystal forms, transparent and very lustrous.
The specimen, from an African locality that is already a classic for the species, comes from the Carles Curto collection's duplicates (number 1984.63), whose label and digital file we will send to the buyer.
Ropp Tin Mines, Bukuru, Jos Plateau, Ropp District, Plateau State  Nigeria

Specimen size: 2.6 × 1.6 × 1.7 cm = 1.02” × 0.63” × 0.67”

CRM11AP7: Tetrahedral Tennantite crystals completely covered by Malachite, on a matrix of small transparent Quartz crystals.
The specimen comes from the Carles Curto collection's duplicates (number 1982.64), whose label and digital file we will send to the buyer.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia (±1982)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 0.94” × 0.55” × 0.51”

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

CCD92AP7: Doubly terminated floater crystal of Elbaite with excellent terminations at both ends. It is between transparent and translucent, with a uniform green color dominant in the prism, with pink at both ends.
This specimen was previously in the collection of J. Claramonte, from Barcelona, and comes to us from the Carles Curto collection's duplicates (number 2011.10), whose label and digital file we will send to the buyer.
Santa Maria do Suaçui, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 7.2 × 2.2 × 2 cm = 2.83” × 0.87” × 0.79”

CAR99AP7: Group of tabular Beryl crystals dominated by the pinacoid, with the prism faces being little developed. They are transparent, with very good luster and a uniform pale blue color (aquamarine variety), accompanied by very sharp and lustrous lamellar crystals of Muscovite.
This very elegant specimen comes from the Carles Curto collection's duplicates (number 2013.22), whose label and digital record we will send to the buyer.
Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province  China (±2013)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.8 × 2.6 cm = 2.80” × 1.89” × 1.02”

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

TCB26AP7: Fine lamellar growths and rounded and poorly defined crystal forms of Antimony, very lustrous, on matrix.
From a well known Californian zone but one that is little represented in collections, this specimen comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Kern County, California  USA

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.1 × 2.1 cm = 1.38” × 0.83” × 0.83”

TBR93AP7: Doubly terminated Rhodonite crystals with unusually well developed crystal forms, translucent and intense pink in color, on a Calcite matrix.
The specimen, of extraordinary quality for the locality, comes from the collection of José Navarrete and was previously in the Jesús Talabán collection.
Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey  USA

Specimen size: 6 × 5.5 × 4.2 cm = 2.36” × 2.17” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.63” × 0.51”

TBX56AP7: Dendritic growth of elongated Silver crystals with very marked spinel-law twinning, very aerial and on a Calcite matrix.
The specimen comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Batopilas, Andrés del Río District, Municipio Batopilas, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.5 × 0.9 cm = 0.91” × 0.59” × 0.35”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.47” × 0.08”

MJA89AP7: Growth of tabular Baryte crystals that are translucent, very lustrous and have an intense and uniform light blue color.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 2812), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2022)

Specimen size: 10 × 9.5 × 3.3 cm = 3.94” × 3.74” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.7 cm = 0.83” × 0.67”

NBC10AP7: Groups of prismatic Pyromorphite crystals, many of them doubly terminated, with brilliant luster and an intense green color, on a Baryte matrix.
It comes from the Tunnel pocket which, of the two great finds of Pyromorphite in this mine, was the one that produced specimens with the most vivid color.
San Andrés Mine, del tunel pocket, Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba, Andalusia  Spain (11/1998)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 7.4 × 5.3 cm = 3.66” × 2.91” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.24” × 0.12”

NRR27AP7: Group of Fluorite crystals finely beveled by rhombododecahedron faces, one of them dominant, extraordinarily transparent and lustrous and of a uniform violet color.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2022)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3.1 × 3.3 cm = 1.42” × 1.22” × 1.30”

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

MXL67AP7: Group of Fluorite crystals formed by the faces of the cube and the tetrahexahedron, transparent, lustrous, and very uniform in color with bluish tones.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 2222), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Jaimina Mine, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Trechorio, Carrales, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2012)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.5 × 2.6 cm = 1.93” × 1.77” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.9 cm = 0.94” × 0.75”

MBR67AP7: Druse of Fluorite crystals with very marked polycrystalline growths, transparent, with very bright luster and an intense blue-violet color, bordered by small water-clear crystals of Quartz.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 896), whose label we will send to the buyer.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2019)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 6.4 × 2.8 cm = 3.82” × 2.52” × 1.10”

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

MTB50AP7: Group of Fluorite crystals with smooth cube faces beveled by rhombododecahedron forms with fine polycrystalline growths. They are transparent, with good luster and an intense blue-violet color, with geometric zoning with the most intense color in the center of the crystals and lighter on the edges.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 2400), whose label we will send to the buyer.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±2015)

Specimen size: 11.3 × 9.4 × 7.2 cm = 4.45” × 3.70” × 2.83”

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

MXL48AP7: Druse of transparent Fluorite crystals with good luster and an intense yellow color with zoning parallel to the edges, with groups of white Calcite crystals very rich in forms, dominated by scalenohedron faces.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2023)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 9 × 4.2 cm = 3.86” × 3.54” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 2.1 cm = 1.61” × 0.83”

MXB68AP7: Druse of transparent Fluorite crystals with very bright luster and an intense and uniform yellow color, with traces of matrix on the back and traces of Calcite.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 2600), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2017)

Specimen size: 12.8 × 9.2 × 4 cm = 5.04” × 3.62” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.2 cm = 0.51” × 0.47”

TML16AP7: Growth, on matrix, of lenticular Azurite crystals, with bright luster and an intense color, very vivid, with small crystallizations of Malachite.
The specimen, from a classic French locality from which it is difficult to find specimens of this quality, comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Toulon, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France

Specimen size: 8.1 × 7 × 3.6 cm = 3.19” × 2.76” × 1.42”

TJK66AP7: Centered growths of acicular Erythrite crystals, on matrix, with good luster and an intense and uniform color.
An excellent German classic and a rarity from the type locality for the species, which comes from the former collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 4 × 2.3 × 1.9 cm = 1.57” × 0.91” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.08” × 0.04”

TLR26AP7: Very sharp crystals of brown Pucherite, a very rare bismuth vanadate, sharp and lustrous, on matrix, with granular aggregates of Bismuth.
The specimen, from the type locality for the species, comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3 × 2.2 cm = 1.54” × 1.18” × 0.87”

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

TPF46AP7: Very sharp crystals of Pucherite, a very rare brown bismuth vanadate, lustrous, on matrix, with granular aggregates of Bismuth.
The specimen, from the type locality for the species, comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and has an old handwritten label attached to the back with the specimen data.
Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.4 × 2.3 cm = 2.01” × 1.34” × 0.91”

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

TRM46AP7: Ferberite crystal with an apparently pyramidal habit, with smooth crystal forms and lustrous faces as is typical for specimens from this deposit. A great European classic. The specimen comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and has an old handwritten label attached on the back with the specimen details.
Zinnwald/Cinovec, Krusné Hory Mountains, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3 × 2.7 cm = 1.73” × 1.18” × 1.06”

TRE16AP7: Very sharp tetrahedral crystals of Tennantite-Tetrahedrite (Series), with very bright luster and a very lively metallic iridescence, probably due to the superficial presence of Chalcopyrite, on matrix, with lenticular crystals of Siderite. The main crystal has a fractured corner.
The back of the specimen bears an old label with part of the locality. Comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 4 × 3.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.57” × 1.26” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.35” × 0.31”

TXY16AP7: Granular growths of Bismuthinite, shiny and metallic grey in color, with small yellow metallic inclusions of Chalcopyrite.
The specimen comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and is accompanied by an old handwritten label which we will send to the buyer.
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4 × 2.3 cm = 2.20” × 1.57” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.1 cm = 0.28” × 0.04”

TXA12AP7: Bipyramidal crystals of Scheelite with polycrystalline growths and a light cream color, with small, very lustrous crystals of Magnetite.
A classic of Italian mineralogy that comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Traversella Mine, Traversella, Chiusella Valley, Canavese District, Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.7 × 2 cm = 1.85” × 1.06” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”

TPM7AP7: Bipyramidal crystals of Scheelite, on matrix, with good luster and a light cream color, with small Quartz and Calcite crystals.
A classic of Italian mineralogy that comes from old Robert-Auguste Touchon collection.
Traversella, Chiusella Valley, Canavese District, Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3.1 × 2.9 cm = 1.30” × 1.22” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.39” × 0.31”

TVF87AP7: Bipyramidal crystals of Scheelite with polycrystalline growths and a light cream color, with small, very lustrous crystals of Magnetite and white Dolomite crystals.
A classic of Italian mineralogy that comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and is accompanied by an old handwritten label that we will send to the buyer.
Traversella, Chiusella Valley, Canavese District, Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy

Specimen size: 6.5 × 6.3 × 2.9 cm = 2.56” × 2.48” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 0.71” × 0.47”

TFR14AP7: Deformed acicular Piemontite crystals with a reddish color, on matrix, with black aggregates of Braunite.
An Italian classic, from the type locality for the species, which comes to us from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and which has an old handwritten label with the specimen information attached to the back.
Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley (Val d'Aosta)  Italy

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.93” × 1.46” × 0.87”

TXA27AP7: Flattened Heulandite (Series) crystals, many of them doubly terminated, translucent and pink, on matrix, with colorless trapezohedral Calcite crystals.
An Italian classic that comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Monte di Malo Quarry, Contrada Vanzi, Monte di Malo, Vicenza Province, Veneto  Italy

Specimen size: 8.8 × 7.4 × 4.9 cm = 3.46” × 2.91” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.3 cm = 0.31” × 0.12”

MRT91AP7: Groups of acicular Cosalite crystals, with a silky-metallic luster and greenish grey color, on matrix, with white rhombohedral Calcite crystals and water-clear Quartz crystals.
A great rarity for the locality and of high quality too.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo

Specimen size: 7 × 5.5 × 4.8 cm = 2.76” × 2.17” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.1 cm = 0.79” × 0.04”

TBB96AP7: Hornblende floater crystal with sharper terminations than usual in the species. With fibrous-looking surfaces, silky luster and dark green color.
The specimen comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and is accompanied by an old handwritten label which we will send to the buyer.
Kragerø, Telemark, Østlandet  Norway

Specimen size: 5.5 × 2 × 1.2 cm = 2.17” × 0.79” × 0.47”

TBC46AP7: Floater group of Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant, doubly terminated, with parallel growths that have created a very flattened habit, progressively decreasing from the center to the ends. The crystal is transparent and very lustrous, and comes from the former collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Pizzo Centrale, Airolo, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 5 × 2.3 × 2.3 cm = 1.97” × 0.91” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 5 × 1.7 cm = 1.97” × 0.67”

TPM14AP7: Very sharp crystal of Titanite, salmon-colored with lighter zoning, almost white, on the edges, bordered by growths of small dark green, almost black, Chlorite crystals.
An Italian alpine classic that comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Pizzo Centrale, Airolo, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.7 × 1.9 cm = 1.38” × 1.06” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 1.9 cm = 1.10” × 0.75”

TBA56AP7: Parallel growth of white, thick tabular Fluorapatite crystals, with good luster and with transparent zoning on the edges. On matrix, associated with small crystals of Albite with Chlorite inclusions and Quartz crystals.
The specimen comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Pizzo Centrale, Airolo, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 4 × 2.9 × 2.2 cm = 1.57” × 1.14” × 0.87”

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

TXM6AP7: Hematite crystal, on matrix, with a tabular habit, a very sharp hexagonal outline and very well defined polycrystalline growths (iron rose variety).
A Swiss alpine classic that comes to us from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and that is accompanied by an old handwritten label which we will send to the buyer.
Rhône Glacier, Furka Pass area, Furka, Goms, Wallis (Valais)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 4.5 × 2.7 × 1.9 cm = 1.77” × 1.06” × 0.75”

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

TTR86AP7: Very sharp pseudocubic Perovskite crystal, on a Chlorite matrix, associated with small crystals of Andradite and Vesuvianite.
This specimen is from a very classic Swiss locality, and comes to us from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon. It is accompanied by an old handwritten label which we will send to the buyer.
Rimpfischwäng Range, Findel Glacier area, Zermatt, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee, Wallis (Valais)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.2 × 1.3 cm = 1.30” × 0.87” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.59” × 0.47”

TDR14AP7: Clinochlore crystal with very sharp crystal forms, prismatic habit and glossy luster, dark green in color with reddish tones (pennine variety), on a fibrous matrix of Chrysotile. The specimen comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Rimpfischwäng Range, Findel Glacier area, Zermatt, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee, Wallis (Valais)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 1.7 × 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.67” × 0.55” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.2 cm = 0.51” × 0.47”

TJR46AP7: Clinochlore crystal with very sharp crystal forms, prismatic habit and glossy luster, dark green with reddish tones (pennine variety).
The specimen comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Rimpfischwäng Range, Findel Glacier area, Zermatt, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee, Wallis (Valais)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.9 × 1.6 cm = 0.94” × 0.75” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.4 cm = 0.71” × 0.55”

TPB14AP7: Clinochlore crystal with very sharp crystal forms, prismatic habit and glossy luster, dark green in color with reddish tones (pennine variety), on a fibrous matrix of Chrysotile.
The specimen comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Rimpfischwäng Range, Findel Glacier area, Zermatt, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee, Wallis (Valais)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.6 × 1.7 cm = 1.26” × 1.02” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.75” × 0.31”

TLM91AP7: Clinochlore crystal with very sharp crystal forms, pyramidal shape and satiny luster, dark green with reddish tones (pennine variety), on a Chrisotile matrix with octahedral crystals of Magnetite.
The specimen, of high quality and from a very classic Swiss locality, comes from the old Robert-Auguste Touchon collection and is accompanied by an old handwritten label which we will send to the buyer.
Rimpfischwäng Range, Findel Glacier area, Zermatt, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee, Wallis (Valais)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 7.3 × 4.8 × 4.2 cm = 2.87” × 1.89” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.94” × 0.47”

TMP16AP7: Octahedral crystal of Magnetite with polycrystalline growths, lustrous, with a little bit of matrix.
The specimen comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and is accompanied by an old label which we will send to the buyer.
Zermatt, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee, Wallis (Valais)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.6 × 1.7 cm = 0.83” × 0.63” × 0.67”

MRF86AP7: Good specimen of Hedyphane, a very rare lead and calcium arsenate, with acicular crystals of silky luster, on matrix.
The specimen comes from the type locality for the species and
bears a series of old labels: Ralph D. Dietz, Burminco, and Minerals Unlimited.
Långban Mine, Långban, Filipstad, Värmland  Sweden

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.4 × 4.3 cm = 2.68” × 1.73” × 1.69”

TXE16AP7: Botryoidal growth of Smithsonite with a uniform white color, on matrix. A true antiquity from a very classic English locality.
The specimen comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and on the back has an attached old handwritten label with details of the specimen.
Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Kirkcudbrightshire  Scotland / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 6 × 4.3 × 2.5 cm = 2.36” × 1.69” × 0.98”

TMR16AP7: Twinned trapezohedral crystals of Chalcopyrite, very sharp and extraordinarily lustrous, on matrix, with small Fluorite and Calcite crystals.
The specimen comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Carn Brea, Pool, Illogan, Camborne - Redruth - Saint Day District, Cornwall  England / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.4 × 2 cm = 1.14” × 0.94” × 0.79”

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

TRR48AP7: Very sharp octahedral Cuprite crystals with a bright red color, on matrix, with native Copper growths.
An English classic that comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon, accompanied by an old label which we will send to the buyer.
Camborne - Redruth - Saint Day District, Cornwall  England / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 9.9 × 5.4 × 3.9 cm = 3.90” × 2.13” × 1.54”

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

TRM68AP7: Mimetite crystals of very good size, with a rounded, almost spherical habit (variety campylite) but with easily recognizable crystal forms. They have good luster, orange color, and are on matrix, with white lamellar Baryte crystals.
The specimen comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and attached on the back has an old handwritten label with details of the specimen.
Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Allerdale, former Cumberland, Cumbria  England / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 7.5 × 6 × 3.8 cm = 2.95” × 2.36” × 1.50”

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

TTB46AP7: Pyromorphite crystals with a prismatic shape, good luster, and an intense green color, on matrix, with small Crocoite crystals.
The specimen, from the type locality for Crocoite, comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and is accompanied by an old handwritten label which we will send to the buyer.
Berezovskoe Mines, Uspenskaya Mountain, Berezovskii, Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural  Russia

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.5 × 3 cm = 1.54” × 0.98” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.08” × 0.04”

TLA96AP7: Erythrite crystals on matrix, very sharp, with an intense color and luster, and with Roselite, an unusual association.
This specimen is from the collection of Jean Béhier and comes from the first finds of the species in Morocco, as attested by old accompanying labels which we will send to the buyer.
Bou Azzer Mines, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±1939)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.3 × 5.3 cm = 2.83” × 2.48” × 2.09”

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

MCR46AP7: Group of Microcline crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with sharp crystal forms, with coatings of Quartz microcrystals and Hematite.
Imilchil constantly offers new things.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2022)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.8 × 3.7 cm = 1.50” × 1.50” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.7 cm = 1.22” × 1.06”

MBB16AP7: Group of Microcline crystals with sharp crystal forms, with coatings of Quartz microcrystals and Hematite.
Imilchil constantly offers new things.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2022)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.6 × 3.2 cm = 2.01” × 1.81” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 4 × 1.9 cm = 1.57” × 0.75”

MYB27AP7: Group of Microcline crystals with sharp crystal forms, with coatings of Quartz microcrystals and Hematite. Imilchil constantly offers new things.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2022)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.4 × 3.6 cm = 2.24” × 1.73” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.42” × 0.94”

MFA86AP7: Group of Microcline crystals with sharp crystal forms, with coatings of Quartz microcrystals and Hematite.
Imilchil constantly offers new things.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2022)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.6 × 5.4 cm = 3.03” × 2.60” × 2.13”

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

MRA86AP7: Group of Microcline crystals with sharp crystal forms, with coatings of Quartz microcrystals and Hematite.
Imilchil constantly offers new things.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2022)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 6.8 × 4.4 cm = 2.68” × 2.68” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.3 cm = 1.02” × 0.91”

MXR66AP7: Group of Microcline crystals with sharp crystal forms, with coatings of Quartz microcrystals and Hematite.
Imilchil constantly offers new things.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2022)

Specimen size: 8.9 × 4.2 × 3.3 cm = 3.50” × 1.65” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.9 cm = 0.91” × 0.75”

MXA14AP7: Group of Microcline crystals with an elongated prismatic habit, one of them clearly dominant, with good terminations, reddish color, accompanied by crystals of Quartz (smoky variety).
The specimen comes from a very unusual find made in Aouli, where the presence of feldspars was unknown before.
Aouli, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2022)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.2 × 3 cm = 2.28” × 2.05” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 5.8 × 1.3 cm = 2.28” × 0.51”

MMB16AP7: Group of Microcline crystals with a short prismatic habit, with good terminations, reddish color, accompanied by Quartz crystals (smoky variety).
The specimen comes from a very unusual find made in Aouli, where the presence of feldspars was unknown before.
Aouli, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2022)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.4 × 2.1 cm = 2.44” × 1.73” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.5 cm = 0.71” × 0.59”

MCR14AP7: Group of Microcline crystals with a short prismatic habit, with good terminations, reddish color, accompanied by Quartz crystals (smoky variety).
The specimen comes from a very unusual find made in Aouli, where the presence of feldspars was unknown before.
Aouli, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2022)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.7 × 3 cm = 2.28” × 1.85” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.8 cm = 0.83” × 0.71”

MTB86AP7: Group of Microcline crystals with an elongated prismatic habit, one of them clearly dominant and doubly terminated, twinned by both the Baveno and Manebach laws, of reddish color, associated with Quartz crystals (smoky variety).
The specimen comes from a very unusual find made in Aouli, where the presence of feldspars was unknown until now.
Aouli, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2022)

Specimen size: 10.4 × 4.3 × 3.8 cm = 4.09” × 1.69” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 10.4 × 2 cm = 4.09” × 0.79”

MRB86AP7: Group of Microcline crystals with a short prismatic habit, with good terminations, reddish color, accompanied by Quartz crystals (smoky variety) and with a book-like aggregate of white lamellar Baryte crystals that proves the relationship of this material with the usual Aouli material, although this specimen comes from a very unusual find there, where until now the presence of feldspars had been unknown.
Aouli, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2022)

Specimen size: 12.5 × 8.3 × 5 cm = 4.92” × 3.27” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.9 cm = 0.91” × 0.75”

MJT46AP7: Very aerial group of very sharp tabular Baryte crystals, translucent, with good luster and a beautiful golden color, on a matrix of white Quartz with very small and brilliant Pyrite crystals.
Due to the size and arrangement of its components, the specimen is especially aesthetic.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08-09/2022)

Specimen size: 13.8 × 12 × 10 cm = 5.43” × 4.72” × 3.94”

Main crystal size: 7.3 × 6.2 cm = 2.87” × 2.44”

MBB96AP7: Spheroidal aggregates of lamellar Manandonite crystals, white with pink tones.
The specimen, of high quality and from the type locality for the species, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Antandrokomby pegmatite, Manandona Valley, Sahatany Valley (Mt. Ibity), Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra Region  Madagascar

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.7 × 1.7 cm = 1.42” × 1.06” × 0.67”

EFB97AP7: Fluor-liddicoatite crystal with very marked parallel growths and good termination, translucent, with great luster and a color between mauve and intense pink.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
  Madagascar

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.6 × 3.2 cm = 1.50” × 1.42” × 1.26”

TPQ1AP7: Doubly terminated Monazite-(Ce) floater crystal, very rich in faces, dark brown, with a very good luster for the species. Stands out for its size, which is unusually large for this type of specimen.
Ambatofotsikely, Fidirana Commune, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region  Madagascar

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.3 × 2.5 cm = 1.93” × 1.30” × 0.98”

TLR56AP7: Druse of Azurite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, with good luster and intense color, in a concretionary Malachite matrix and minor Chrysocolla. The specimen is from a known African locality, but one from which quality specimens are scarce.
It comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon, with an old handwritten label attached to the back with details of the specimen.
Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape  South Africa

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.4 × 1.7 cm = 1.73” × 1.34” × 0.67”

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

MJA53AP7: Botryoidal Malachite growths, very lustrous and deep in color, on matrix.
The specimen, very aesthetic, comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 2411), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Mutanda Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2014)

Specimen size: 13.8 × 12.2 × 8.8 cm = 5.43” × 4.80” × 3.46”

ERF27AP7: Interesting Chinese novelty. Very sharp dipyramidal crystals of Liroconite, with good luster and an intense blue color, with green tones in some areas of the specimen, on matrix. The specimen has been analyzed in depth due to the curious presence of greenish tones in the crystals that turned out to be due to slight impurities of iron.
We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 1.5 × 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.59” × 0.47” × 0.31”

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

ETX47AP7: Interesting Chinese novelty. Very sharp dipyramidal crystals of Liroconite, with good luster and an intense blue color, with green tones in some areas of the specimen, on matrix. The specimen has been analyzed in depth due to the curious presence of greenish tones in the crystals that turned out to be due to slight impurities of iron.
We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 1.6 × 1.3 × 0.7 cm = 0.63” × 0.51” × 0.28”

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

ERT96AP7: Interesting Chinese novelty. Very sharp dipyramidal crystals of Liroconite, with good luster and an intense blue color, with green tones in some areas of the specimen, on matrix. The specimen has been analyzed in depth due to the curious presence of greenish tones in the crystals that turned out to be due to slight impurities of iron.
We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.4 × 1 cm = 0.79” × 0.55” × 0.39”

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

EFF27AP7: Interesting Chinese novelty. Very sharp dipyramidal crystals of Liroconite, with good luster and an intense blue color, with green tones in some areas of the specimen, on matrix. The specimen has been analyzed in depth due to the curious presence of greenish tones in the crystals that turned out to be due to slight impurities of iron. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.98” × 0.47” × 0.47”

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

EXM68AP7: Interesting Chinese novelty. Very sharp dipyramidal crystals of Liroconite, with good luster and an intense blue color, with green tones in some areas of the specimen, on matrix. The specimen has been analyzed in depth due to the curious presence of greenish tones in the crystals that turned out to be due to slight impurities of iron.
We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This specimen has been published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the 'What’s New on the Internet Reports' section, report 66, April 15, 2023 edition, page 2
Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 1.4 × 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.55” × 0.55” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.08” × 0.04”

ERB86AP7: Interesting Chinese novelty. Very sharp dipyramidal crystals of Liroconite, with good luster and an intense blue color, with green tones in some areas of the specimen, on matrix. The specimen has been analyzed in depth due to the curious presence of greenish tones in the crystals that turned out to be due to slight impurities of iron.
We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.94” × 0.63” × 0.51”

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

EMX89AP7: Aggregate of Cerussite crystals, between lamellar and tabular, transparent and very lustrous, that form multiple twins, sharper and more perfect than usual, and in matrix, something really rare in specimens from this locality.
The specimen comes from the former collection of Michel Perraudin.
Nakhlak Mine, Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.5 × 3.8 cm = 2.52” × 2.17” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 2.7 cm = 1.10” × 1.06”

MLM26AP7: Fan-shaped growths of prismatic Epidote crystals with very sharp and profiled crystal forms and with excellent terminations. They are translucent, with good luster and an intense, deep and uniform green color, on a matrix of water-clear Quartz crystals, one of them dominant.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 2394), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Kharan, Kharan District, Balochistan (Baluchistan)  Pakistan (±2015)

Specimen size: 12.4 × 6.5 × 3.4 cm = 4.88” × 2.56” × 1.34”

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