April 2023 Update

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JFD222AP8: Of the finds from the 80s, made thanks to artisanal mining on the A Franqueira pegmatite, I kept these two robust crystals of Beryl (variety emerald), and I did so both for their size and for the peculiarity of the Phlogopite intrusion into the thick Beryl crystals. As the crystals are doubly terminated, we can easily see that the Phlogopite does not just 'coat' the Beryl crystals, but was formed simultaneously with them during the last growth phase.
It seemed to me an interesting combination of spectacularity and geological interest and that is why I have kept it for so many years.
Emerald Deposit, A Franqueira, A Cañiza, Comarca Paradanta, Pontevedra, Galicia / Galiza  Spain (1982)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.6 × 4.4 cm = 2.05” × 1.81” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 3.8 cm = 1.73” × 1.50”

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”

JFD224AP8: Lots of history in this piece. It came from the Folch collection (duplicates) labeled as “Ankerite”, a name commonly ascribed in the past to more or less iron-bearing dolomites, since it was difficult then to analyze them adequately. At one time I sold it to Francesco S. Stoppani and it resided in his collection until Francesco decided to sell it, and on repurchasing it I decided to repatriate it because I had always liked it a lot and it had seemed quite unique to me. Its only drawback is that we cannot know with certainty in which mine it was found, because Folch just labeled it “La Unión”, and the experts in that mining district who have seen the specimen cannot say for sure exactly which mine it came from.
Typical classic piece, with a lot of history behind it and prettier than usual.
La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 11.8 × 9.2 × 4.8 cm = 4.65” × 3.62” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.4 cm = 1.06” × 0.55”

JFD225AP8: Color, color, and color! The crystals are on an unusual Calcite matrix and one of them has a small chip that, fortunately, is on the back of the piece and so is inconspicuous. As said, the most remarkable thing about it is its color.
I got it back for myself when I bought the Silvane collection, to whom I had sold it before.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.4 × 3.2 cm = 1.50” × 1.34” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.8 cm = 0.91” × 0.71”

JFD226AP8: Very well crystallized and large Andradite crystal, with other associated Andradite crystals and with some matrix.
I got it in 2015 at the Expominer Show in Barcelona, where it stood out for its morphology from all the other pieces with smaller crystals and not as isolated as this one.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±2009)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.2 × 3.9 cm = 2.20” × 1.65” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 2.8 cm = 1.30” × 1.10”

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”

JRB14AP8: Very sharp cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena, quite lustrous and on a matrix of iron-rich Dolomite. The specimen, rare in its perfection for the locality, comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelley.
Cuesta del Capitán, El Pilar de Jaravía, Pulpí, Comarca Levante Almeriense, Almería, Andalusia  Spain (2008)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.4 × 1.8 cm = 1.77” × 1.73” × 0.71”

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

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”

JZM47AP8: Very aerial growth of Sulphur crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very sharp crystal forms, translucent and very lustrous.
This classic specimen for Spanish mineralogy comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelley.
Cáucaso Mine, Conil Mines, Conil de la Frontera, Comarca La Janda, Cádiz, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 4 × 2.9 × 2.3 cm = 1.57” × 1.14” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 0.71” × 0.67”

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”

JXM76AP8: It is very unusual for barytes from this mine to be bluish in color, and to have that Quartz crystal ornament with its certain quality.
It comes from a mine where it has never been easy to find well crystallized specimens, much less so aesthetic and with some color, as is the case with this piece.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 2023-2, page 30
Guillermín Mine, Guillermín Mining Group, Alcaracejos, Comarca Los Pedroches, Córdoba, Andalusia  Spain (1990)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 6.1 × 4.6 cm = 3.23” × 2.40” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 5.5 × 3.4 cm = 2.17” × 1.34”

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”

JRB48AP8: Druse of Pyromorphite crystals, on matrix, with an elongated habit and hopper-shaped terminations forming parallel growths, many of them doubly terminated. With good luster and greener tones than most of the specimens from this locality, an old mining district already exploited in Roman times.
The specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Resuperferolítica claim, Cerro de la Canaleja, Santa Eufemia, Comarca Los Pedroches, Córdoba, Andalusia  Spain (04/1995)

Specimen size: 7 × 4.5 × 3.7 cm = 2.76” × 1.77” × 1.46”

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

JTB96AP8: Single very sharp crystal, on matrix, of niobium-rich Rutile, with very sharp crystal forms and, as a rarity, with no twinning.
The specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Diéresis Mine, Puerto del Cabril, Hornachuelos, Comarca Valle Medio del Guadalquivir, Córdoba, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 5 × 3.7 × 3.2 cm = 1.97” × 1.46” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.6 cm = 0.51” × 0.24”

JBR14AP8: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, transparent, with good luster and an intense and uniform yellow color, on a Quartz matrix (chalcedony variety). The specimen is from a prolific locality but one from which such showy specimens are not usually seen.
It comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Gloria Mine, La Hortezuela, Hornachuelos-Espiel, Comarca Valle Medio del Guadalquivir, Córdoba, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.8 × 2 cm = 2.20” × 1.89” × 0.79”

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

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”

JMP56AP8: Growths of Gold crystals with hooked and spheroidal shapes, with brilliant luster, in a matrix of Quartz.
The specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Mina Sultana, Grupo Minero Sultana-San Rafael, Los Lomos, Cala, Comarca Sierra de Huelva, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.87” × 0.47” × 0.39”

JRA37AP8: Botryoidal growth of Goethite with intense metallic iridescence dominated by green, mauve and grey, and with cavities on the back that are typical of Rio Tinto specimens. The specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Cerro Colorado Mine, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (1980)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.6 × 2.8 cm = 2.80” × 1.81” × 1.10”

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”

JBL26AP8: Wulfenite crystals, on matrix, between tabular and lamellar, very rich in forms, with good luster and an intense yellow-orange color. Something different from what is normally found in this mine, they are reminiscent in a way of the specimens from Mibladen.
This specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
La Peza, Comarca Guadix, Granada, Andalusia  Spain (1995)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.9 × 2.9 cm = 2.05” × 1.54” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.9 cm = 0.51” × 0.35”

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”

JMF63AP8: Botryoidal Celestine aggregates with concentric growths showing two distinct phases of formation: an interior one, white in color, and an exterior that is a uniform pale sky-blue.
The specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly, and is different from the characteristic crystals of this mine.
Minerama II claim, Puente Tablas, Jaén city, Jaén, Comarca Metropolitana de Jaén, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 7 × 4.3 × 2.4 cm = 2.76” × 1.69” × 0.94”

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”

JTB66AP8: Group of cubo-octahedral Galena crystals with white Calcite coatings.
This exemplary Spanish classic, now very rare, comes from the collection of Andrés Jimenez Shelly.
Pit number 1, El Cobre vein, El Cobre-Igualdad-Matacabras mining group, Matacabras-Dehesa de las Yeguas, Bailén, Comarca Sierra Morena, Jaén, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.1 × 3.2 cm = 2.24” × 1.61” × 1.26”

JTM99AP8: Group of Galena crystals, one of them clearly dominant and very aerial, with cube faces and with the vertices beveled by octahedron faces, very lustrous and on matrix, with white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals.
The specimen, a rare Spanish classic, comes from the collection of Andrés Jimenez Shelly.
El Cobre vein, El Cobre-Igualdad-Matacabras group of mines, Matacabras-Dehesa de las Yeguas, Bailén-Guarromán-Linares, Comarca Sierra Morena, Jaén, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 8 × 5.9 × 3.8 cm = 3.15” × 2.32” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.4 cm = 1.46” × 1.34”

JBC91AP8: Druse of cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena, very sharp and lustrous and with some of their faces covered with white microcrystalline Quartz.
The specimen, a very rare Spanish classic, even harder to get with this quality, comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Pit number 1, El Cobre vein, El Cobre-Igualdad-Matacabras mining group, Matacabras-Dehesa de las Yeguas, Bailén, Comarca Sierra Morena, Jaén, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 9.4 × 5.3 × 4.7 cm = 3.70” × 2.09” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2 cm = 0.98” × 0.79”

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”

JMF14AP8: Fine, very sharp crystals of Baryte, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and sky-blue color, on a Goethite matrix. These were sometimes called "hokutolites" (lead-rich barite variety) because of their curious crystallography, but it has been established that they are lead-free barytes.
The specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Londres mining group, El Pedroso, Comarca Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalusia  Spain (±1973)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.4 × 3.3 cm = 2.20” × 1.34” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.28” × 0.24”

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”

JAR76AP8: Very sharp, transparent, colorless Fluorite crystals, on matrix, with Quartz.
Of good quality for the Aurora mine, the specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelley.
Aurora Mine, Aurora vein, Caravia mining area, El Cuetu, Prado, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 7.1 × 6.4 × 4.8 cm = 2.80” × 2.52” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.39” × 0.24”

JAL26AP8: Parallel columnar growth of Graphite with very well defined hexagonal contours, satin luster and with smooth terminations.
The specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly, and was previously in that of Carlos Prieto Paramio.
Tres Hermanos Mine, Pilotuerto, Tineo, Comarca Costa Occidental, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 7.7 × 3.3 × 1.6 cm = 3.03” × 1.30” × 0.63”

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”

JJA37AP8: Druse, on matrix with Pyrite, of cubo-octahedral Galena crystals, with both crystal forms being in very balanced growth.
This high-quality specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly, and was previously in José Ramón García's.
La Cuerre Mine, La Florida mining area, Rionansa-Herrerías, Comarca Saja-Nansa, Cantabria  Spain (1988)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.4 × 4.1 cm = 1.85” × 1.73” × 1.61”

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

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”

JVM50AP8: Group of Sphalerite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, between translucent and transparent, with good luster and a very unusual green coloration for specimens from this deposit.
This high-quality specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly and was previously in Carlos Prieto Paramio's.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), level 2, Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria  Spain (±2012)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.1 × 1.9 cm = 1.65” × 1.22” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.06” × 0.71”

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.
Áliva Mine (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”

JAA36AP8: Cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena with very sharp crystal forms and of considerable size for the deposit. Quality galenas from La Martorellense must be considered historic.
The specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
La Martorellense Mine, Martorell-Castellví de Rosanes, Comarca Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain

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

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

JXF36AP8: Group of Quartz crystals, all of them doubly terminated, transparent, very lustrous and partially covered by white Pyrophyllite microcrystals.
This very old specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly and is accompanied by a card handwritten by Joaquín Folch Girona that we will send to the buyer.
Baiasca, Llavorsí, Comarca Pallars Sobirà, Lérida / Lleida, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (±1956)

Specimen size: 6 × 5 × 4.1 cm = 2.36” × 1.97” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 5.4 × 2.7 cm = 2.13” × 1.06”

JMR46AP8: Book-like growths of lamellar Baryte crystals, much sharper than usual for specimens from this deposit, with good luster and an intense pink color, on a matrix of pale green Fluorite crystals.
The specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly and was previously in the collection of duplicates of Joaquín Folch Girona.
Matagalls Mine (Sant Marçal Mines), Sant Marçal, Viladrau, Comarca Osona, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (±1961)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.6 × 4.3 cm = 2.87” × 2.20” × 1.69”

JRM16AP8: Complex Calcite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, very rich in faces, transparent, lustrous, colorless, and implanted on a matrix covered with small octahedral crystals of green Fluorite.
This quite old specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Berta Quarry, Can Domènech Hill, Roques Blanques Mountains, Sant Cugat del Vallès-El Papiol, Comarca Vallès Occidental / Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (1996)

Specimen size: 9 × 4.7 × 4.7  cm = 3.54” × 1.85” × 1.85”

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

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”

JPR66AP8: Very sharp octahedral crystal of Galena, with the vertices truncated by cube faces, and partially covered by Barite at the base and by Dolomite on the side faces.
The specimen, which corresponds to a relatively modern find, comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Regia Mine, Bellmunt del Priorat, Comarca Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (06/2002)

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

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”

JBM98AP8: Centered sprays of acicular Millerite crystals, very lustrous, on a pink Calcite matrix with Pyrite microcrystals.
This very fine specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Eugenia Mine, Bellmunt del Priorat, Comarca Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain

Specimen size: 6.9 × 6.5 × 3.3 cm = 2.72” × 2.56” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.1 cm = 0.98” × 0.43”

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”

JRB63AP8: Druse of transparent Quartz crystals, very lustrous and with an intense and uniform violet color (amethyst variety). Amethyst is a relative rarity for the locality, so only a few specimens were obtained.
This one comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly and previously belonged to Martín Oliete Fontela.
Enekuri pillow-lavas outcrop, Enekuri, Bilbao, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (±1986)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.6 × 2 cm = 1.14” × 1.02” × 0.79”

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

JJF6AP8: Very aerial columnar growths with botryoidal Goethite formations in color tones varying from black to yellow. A classic of Spanish mineralogy.
The specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly and was previously in that of Martín Oliete Fontela.
La Arboleda Mines, La Arboleda (Zugaztieta), Valle de Trápaga/Trapagaran, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (1965)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 6.1 × 5.9 ×  cm = 2.44” × 2.40” × 2.32”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 0.7 cm = 1.34” × 0.28”

JBC14AP8: Group of Calcite crystals with the so-called nailhead habit formed by a prism and the terminations of a flattened rhombohedron. They are translucent, with dark Goethite inclusions. A Spanish classic, very difficult to find nowadays, from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Julia Mine, Barrio de la Peña, Bilbao, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (1973)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.1 × 3.4 cm = 1.89” × 1.22” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 1.1 cm = 1.42” × 0.43”

JRB30AP8: Group of Calcite crystals with the so-called nailhead habit formed by a prism and the terminations of a flattened rhombohedron. They are translucent, with dark Goethite inclusions.
A Spanish classic, very difficult to find nowadays and which comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly and was previously in Santiago Jiménez García's.
Julia Mine, Barrio de la Peña, Bilbao, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (1973)

Specimen size: 10 × 8.6 × 6.1 cm = 3.94” × 3.39” × 2.40”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 1.6 cm = 1.73” × 0.63”

JAB16AP8: Doubly terminated crystal of Calcite with a curved profile and microcrystalline surfaces, translucent, of
uniform yellow color, on matrix. The unusual morphology of the crystal is characteristic of this
locality.
The 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 (1997)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 5.7 × 2.6 cm = 3.03” × 2.24” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 5.8 × 2.4 cm = 2.28” × 0.94”

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”

JBC36AP8: Druse of lenticular Siderite crystals with a light brown color, good luster, and with coatings of Pyrite microcrystals.
The specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Bodovalle Mine, Gallarta, Abanto y Ciérvana/Abanto Zierbena, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (1979)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.1 × 2.2 cm = 3.31” × 2.40” × 0.87”

JJM46AP8: Elongated growth of elongated scalenohedral crystals of Calcite, in fact a parallel growth along a highly visible faden thread.
A super-rarity that comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Bilbao, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain

Specimen size: 11.4 × 3.7 × 2.3 cm = 4.49” × 1.46” × 0.91”

JMX99AP8: Druse of equant Datolite crystals, very rich in forms, very translucent, with good luster and soft green color, partially covered by microcrystals of Quartz.
This specimen is one of the best for the locality, and comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly and was previously in Santiago Jiménez García's.
Ofitas de Rigoitia Quarry, Memorikas, Errigoiti, Comarca Busturialdea-Urdaibai, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (1991)

Specimen size: 10.8 × 6.5 × 4.6 cm = 4.25” × 2.56” × 1.81”

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

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”

JAB76AP8: Complete floater crystal of Pyrite with dominant cube faces and vertices truncated by octahedron faces, a well-known but unusual feature in specimens from Navajun.
This specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly and was previously in François Sabathier's.
Ampliación a Victoria Mine, De Alcarama Range, Navajún, Comarca Cervera, La Rioja  Spain

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.3 × 2.3 cm = 0.94” × 0.91” × 0.91”

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”

JRB26AP8: Rosettes of lamellar white Baryte crystals, very aerial, translucent, and on matrix.
This very aesthetic specimen, quite different from what is usually seen from this locality, comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
La Gaviota Mine, Cola de Caballo Cove, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (1996)

Specimen size: 10 × 6.2 × 4.1 cm = 3.94” × 2.44” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 4.8 × 3 cm = 1.89” × 1.18”

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”

JPR16AP8: Stalactitic growth of copper-bearing Aragonite, translucent and bluish green in color, from a known locality, but one from which very few specimens are seen.
This one comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
Lanz, Municipio Lanz, Comarca Ultzamaldea, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre)  Spain (1993)

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

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”

JJR37AP8: Very aerial group of twinned rhombohedral Dolomite crystals, water-clear, very lustrous, and in matrix.
A Spanish classic that comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre)  Spain (1982)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 6.6 × 3.5 cm = 3.66” × 2.60” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2.1 cm = 0.91” × 0.83”

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”

JBC27AP8: Elongated spheroidal aggregate, on matrix, of small, very lustrous Quartz crystals of intense red color due to inclusions of Hematite (jacinto de compostela variety).
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 × 4.4 × 3.5 cm = 2.76” × 1.73” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 2.4 cm = 1.69” × 0.94”