April 2023 Update

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JFD223AP8: This Smithsonite (analyzed) comes from the prolific San Valentín deposit. It is richer in crystals than usual and has a greenish hue unlike other smithsonites from there, which usually have brown tones. The fact that it is an old piece, from the French engineer Maurice Boudon, could be the reason for these differences from the more modern smithsonites. All this, and the pedigree of having belonged to Boudon, helped me at that time to decide to keep it.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (1982-1984)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 9.2 × 4.4 cm = 3.70” × 3.62” × 1.73”

JAB36AP8: Centered aggregates of fibrous Brochantite crystals with very bright luster and an intense color, on a limonite matrix. The specimen, from a very little disclosed locality, comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelley.
Carmen Mine, Sierra Almagrera, Cuevas del Almanzora, Comarca Levante Almeriense, Almería, Andalusia  Spain (2001)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.3 × 4.1 cm = 2.05” × 1.30” × 1.61”

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

JAB26AP8: Book-shaped aggregates of very sharp Baryte crystals, translucent, lustrous, colored intense pink, on a Goethite matrix. The specimen is very unusual for the locality, and comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Lucainena de las Torres Mines, Lucainena de las Torres, Comarca Los Filabres-Tabernas, Almería, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6 × 2.5 cm = 3.07” × 2.36” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 1.2 cm = 1.50” × 0.47”

JXM16AP8: Dipyramidal Sulphur crystals, one of them very profiled, with very sharp crystal forms, translucent and very lustrous, with Calcite and on matrix.
The specimen is a classic for Spanish mineralogy, comes to us from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly, and was previously in the Carlos Prieto Paramio collection.
Conil de la Frontera, Comarca La Janda, Cádiz, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.2 × 2.6 cm = 1.85” × 1.26” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.4 cm = 0.39” × 0.16”

JLA27AP8: Aerial group, on matrix, of prismatic crystals of Pyromorphite, many of them doubly terminated, with well-defined faces and edges, flattened pinacoidal terminations, with excellent color and luster.
The specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
San Andrés Mine, Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba, Andalusia  Spain (1987)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.3 × 2.8 cm = 1.81” × 1.30” × 1.10”

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

JAF16AP8: Group of rhombododecahedral Almandine crystals, with very well defined faces and edges, in a mica schist matrix.
The specimen, from a place where few good quality almandines are known, comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly, and was previously in the collection of José Luís Otero.
Cerro de la Sal Quarry. Dos Puntos claim, Sierra Albarrana, Hornachuelos, Comarca Valle Medio del Guadalquivir, Córdoba, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 8 × 4.8 × 2.7 cm = 3.15” × 1.89” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.2 cm = 1.22” × 0.87”

JAL66AP8: Compared with other goethites from southern Spain, those found in the La Lapilla mine stand out for their delicate latticed growths and very fine arched structures, sometimes almost filamentous, that add to the quality and vivid brilliance of its metallic iridescences, with blue, ocher and reddish reflections, with a predominance of metallic greyish.
The specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
La Lapilla Mine, La Lapilla, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (03-04/2008)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.5 × 5.2 cm = 3.03” × 2.56” × 2.05”

JXA12AP8: Druse of very sharp rhombohedral crystals of Siderite, with good luster and a very dark brown color, almost black.
A typical specimen from the Sierra Nevada that comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Corral del Veleta, Sierra Nevada, Güéjar Sierra, Comarca Vega de Granada, Granada, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 6.2 × 3.8 × 1.2 cm = 2.44” × 1.50” × 0.47”

JST96AP8: Very aerial group of Galena crystals with dominant cube faces and with octahedron faces, not always visible, on the vertices. These crystal faces, despite the antiquity of the piece, have still preserved their very bright luster.
The specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly, and was previously in the Folch collection (duplicates), whose handwritten label we will attach.
Jesús María Mine (El Soldado Mine), Los Guindos mining group, Dehesa de Cielo Abierto, Baños de la Encina, Comarca Sierra Morena, Jaén, Andalusia  Spain

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

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

JJK26AP8: Sharp and flattened rhombohedral crystals of Calcite with geometric phantom growths, between transparent and translucent, with bright luster, on a limonite matrix in parallel columnar growth due to its pseudomorphing the original Goethite.
The specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Trinidad Mine, Cerros del Romeral y Pechón, Benalmádena-Mijas, Comarca Costa del Sol Occidental, Málaga, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 8.1 × 5.9 × 3 cm = 3.19” × 2.32” × 1.18”

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

JXR92AP8: Very sharp crystals of Chalcocite, of very good size, twinned, with faces and edges very well defined, flattened, extraordinarily lustrous and on a Pyrite matrix. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
It comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Las Cruces Mine, fase 6, levels 130-135, ↓175 m., Gerena-Guillena-Salteras, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain (01/2020)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 4.1 × 4.7 cm = 3.23” × 1.61” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.7 cm = 0.94” × 0.28”

JXP56AP8: Groups of very elongated acicular crystals of Cerussite with “jackstraw” habit, with a satiny luster, white color, on matrix.
The specimen, a rarity, comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly, and was previously in that of Carlos Prieto Paramio.
Reocín Mine, El Zanjón cut, Reocín, Comarca Saja-Nansa, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 3.2 × 3 × 2.1 cm = 1.26” × 1.18” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 0.2 cm = 0.83” × 0.08”

JAL14AP8: Druse of trapezohedral Calcite crystals, many of them doubly terminated, with phantom growths, lustrous, and partially covered by small, very shiny groups of Pyrite crystals.
The specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
La Cuerre Mine, La Florida mining area, Rionansa-Herrerías, Comarca Saja-Nansa, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 9.4 × 5.8 × 2.7 cm = 3.70” × 2.28” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.24”

JPB27AP8: Very aerial stalactitic growth of copper-bearing Aragonite, translucent and intense bluish green.
This very aesthetic specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly and was previously in Carlos Prieto Paramio's.
Matienzo, Karrantza Harana/Valle de Carranza, Comarca Las Encartaciones, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain

Specimen size: 7.6 × 5.8 × 3.7 cm = 2.99” × 2.28” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 1.2 cm = 2.44” × 0.47”

JPB37AP8: Group of Sphalerite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, between translucent and transparent, lustrous and honey-yellow. On matrix, with white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals and unusual flattened Galena crystals.
This very aesthetic specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria  Spain (1990)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 5.8 × 3.8 cm = 2.48” × 2.28” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.63” × 0.59”

JMB12AP8: Two Quartz crystals, intense dark brown (smoky variety), transparent, lustrous, with a small, sharp crystal of Microcline and microcrystals of Clinozoisite-Epidote at the base and at the terminations.
Santa Coloma de Farners, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (1977)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.8 × 2.5  cm = 1.61” × 1.10” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 1.3 cm = 1.61” × 0.51”

JBR63AP8: An important discovery in 2015 at the well-known Atrevida mine revealed a unique pocket with coatings of very sharp millimetric Mimetite crystals, translucent, greenish yellow in color, formed by an elongated prism and an acute bipyramid. Mimetite almost completely covers the cubic Galena crystals that are implanted in a matrix covered with aggregates of white lenticular Baryte crystals.
The specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Atrevida Mine, Vimbodí i Poblet, Comarca Conca de Barberà, Tarragona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (15-16/07/2015)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.4 × 2.2 cm = 1.89” × 1.73” × 0.87”

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

JMA96AP8: Tabular and twinned crystals of Cerussite, translucent, with very good luster and a slightly pinkish white color, on matrix, with Galena.
This very old specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly and was previously in the Folch collection's duplicates.
Raimunda Mine, El Molar, Comarca Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (1959)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.2 × 4.3 cm = 2.80” × 1.65” × 1.69”

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

JQQ12AP8: Pyrite crystals formed by cube and pyritohedron faces, with both forms very balanced, lustrous, and on matrix, with Quartz.
A quality specimen for this little known locality, it comes to us via the collection of Andrés Jimenez Shelly.
Larrako Quarry, Barrio de Larrasko, Arrigorriaga, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2 × 1.5 cm = 1.26” × 0.79” × 0.59”

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

JAM96AP8: Groups of Galena crystals with curvatures and “melted” shapes, very lustrous and on matrix with small white Dolomite crystals and groups of very sharp, translucent and very lustrous crystals of Sphalerite.
This different kind of specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Malaespera Mine, Barrio de la Peña, Bilbao, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (1995)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.1 × 4.2 cm = 2.80” × 2.01” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.6 cm = 0.43” × 0.24”

JLB26AP8: Centered growths of acicular Malachite crystals ending in botryoidal terminations, with brilliant luster and an intense color, on a limonite matrix.
The specimen, a rarity for the locality, comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Aizpea claim, Cerain mines, Zerain, Comarca Goyerri, Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain

Specimen size: 6.9 × 3.3 × 5.9 cm = 2.72” × 1.30” × 2.32”

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

JXA96AP8: Lamellar Baryte crystals, transparent, with very good luster and an intense and uniform yellow color, on matrix, with white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals and small groups of transparent spheroidal Sphalerite crystals with very good luster and a toasted honey color.
The specimen, of excellent quality for the locality, comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Troya Mine, Mutiloa, Comarca Goyerri, Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (1986)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.2 × 4.7 cm = 2.83” × 2.05” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1 cm = 0.71” × 0.39”

JBA66AP8: Spheroidal growths of Siderite microcrystals covering Galena crystals, with botryoidal coatings of bluish Quartz microcrystals.
The specimen, of excellent quality for those known from the locality, comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly and was previously in Maurice Laboye's.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (1981-1985)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 6.4 × 4.4 cm = 3.46” × 2.52” × 1.73”

JXE9AP8: Floater tabular Baryte crystal with parallel growths, translucent, with very good luster and an intense and uniform yellow color.
The specimen, from a quarry little known for collection-quality specimens, comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Armasa Quarry, Lesaka, Comarca Cinco Villas, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre)  Spain

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.8 × 0.7 cm = 1.06” × 0.71” × 0.28”

JBF76AP8: Calcite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and very aerial on the matrix, with a very evident, transparent, lustrous and colorless contact twin.
The specimen, from a quarry little known for twinned specimens, comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Arambeltz Quarry, Ziordia (Ciordia), Comarca Barranca, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre)  Spain

Specimen size: 5.7 × 5 × 3.9 cm = 2.24” × 1.97” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2 cm = 1.26” × 0.79”

JEM96AP8: Rhombohedral Dolomite crystals, transparent, very lustrous, colorless and on matrix, with lenticular Magnesite crystals.
This specimen has a very different crystallography than usual, and comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly and was previously in the Folch collection (duplicates) whose handwritten label we will attach.
Asturreta Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre)  Spain (±1970)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.9 × 3.3 cm = 2.48” × 1.93” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 2.4 cm = 1.10” × 0.94”

JAL27AP8: Very aerial group of twinned rhombohedral Dolomite crystals, translucent, very lustrous, bluish grey in color, on matrix.
A Spanish classic that comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Asturreta Quarry, 'el pozo', Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre)  Spain (1958)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 6 × 7.3  cm = 2.99” × 2.36” × 2.87”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2 cm = 0.87” × 0.79”

JLX27AP8: Very aerial group of tapered Aragonite crystals with very sharp terminations, between transparent and translucent and cream-colored.
A Spanish classic that comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre)  Spain (1999)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 5.9 × 4.2 cm = 4.02” × 2.32” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 4 × 1.1 cm = 1.57” × 0.43”

JYZ27AP8: Druse of Fluorite crystals with dominant cube shapes and finely polycrystalline surfaces, transparent, with very good luster and an intense lilac color with bluish tones, in matrix with Baryte.
The specimen, of the best possible size for what is known from the locality, comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Yanci Quarry, Unanue, Igantzi (Yanci), Comarca Cinco Villas, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre)  Spain (2008)

Specimen size: 10.3 × 8.1 × 4.5 cm = 4.06” × 3.19” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.3 cm = 0.98” × 0.91”

JAF14AP8: Prismatic Gypsum crystals on matrix, many of them very elongated, with good terminations, transparent, with good luster and a deep red color due to clay inclusions stained by Hematite.
A Spanish classic that comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Chella, Comarca Canal de Navarrés, Valencia / València, Valencian Community / Comunitat Valenciana  Spain

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5 × 4.7 cm = 2.91” × 1.97” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 0.1 cm = 1.10” × 0.04”