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TTB90AP9: Group of very sharp Galena crystals of good size, very lustrous, with deformed crystal coatings and spheroidal growths of Pyrite.
The specimen comes from the Michel Carré collection
Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri  USA

Specimen size: 8.2 × 8 × 5.7 cm = 3.23” × 3.15” × 2.24”

Main crystal size: 5 × 4.9 cm = 1.97” × 1.93”

DBX56AP9: Very aerial group of lenticular Azurite crystals. Brilliant and of a very lively color known as “electric blue”, and with a small matrix with growths of Malachite.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (12/2013)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 1.9 × 1.8 cm = 1.30” × 0.75” × 0.71”

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

TZH86AP9: Large trapezohedral Analcime crystal, with good luster and a snow-white color, on matrix, partially covered by smaller Analcime crystals, very shiny elongated prismatic Aegirine crystals, small lenticular crystals of Rhodochrosite, and white Natrolite crystals.
This specimen, a high-quality Canadian classic, comes from the Paul Muse collection.
Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 10.7 × 8.7 × 7.9 cm = 4.21” × 3.43” × 3.11”

Main crystal size: 8.8 × 8.7 cm = 3.46” × 3.43”

TCL96AP9: Group of doubly terminated Aragonite crystals with very defined parallel growths, with good luster and lilac color. Unlike many other such aragonite crystal groups, this one has its crystals in sufficiently stable positions that it has not been necessary to reinforce them.
The specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Keuper outcrops, Enguídanos, Comarca Manchuela Conquense, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain

Specimen size: 9.2 × 6.4 × 6.4 cm = 3.62” × 2.52” × 2.52”

Main crystal size: 8 × 3.9 cm = 3.15” × 1.54”

TRB66AP9: Growth of white Cerussite microcrystals that completely cover a group of cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena. A genetic curiosity, very unusual, but typical of this deposit.
Mina Rómulo, Collado La Mina, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (±1992)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.8 × 3.6 cm = 2.40” × 1.89” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 3.9 × 3.4 cm = 1.54” × 1.34”

TZR48AP9: Group of Quartz crystals, many of them doubly terminated, that have been totally covered by a second generation of milky microcrystals of the same Quartz, leaving highly visible white growths.
The specimen comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez Pérez (number 2666), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Los Pajaritos-Cabezo de Don Juan Ravine, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 10.4 × 9.2 × 4.8 cm = 4.09” × 3.62” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3.2 cm = 1.57” × 1.26”

PAX46AP9: A specimen very rich in dendritic growths of lustrous Silver, with small black Acanthite coatings and Calcite matrix.
This specimen, one of the largest and with the most Silver of any extracted from this deposit, comes from the Jordi Povill collection.
Balcoll Mine, Falset, Comarca Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (02/1999)

Specimen size: 20.5 × 17.2 × 6.6 cm = 8.07” × 6.77” × 2.60”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.91” × 0.08”

NXF51AP9: Druse of complex Calcite crystals, between transparent and translucent, very lustrous, with coatings of Quartz microcrystals and white Baryte aggregates. Unusual crystallography for the deposit.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 15.4 × 14.3 × 8.9 cm = 6.06” × 5.63” × 3.50”

Main crystal size: 5.4 × 2.4 cm = 2.13” × 0.94”

NAX89AP9: Vug of tabular Baryte crystals with good sharp terminations, lustrous, transparent and golden in color in most of the crystal, but with translucent white edges.
Excellent specimen for this historic locality, with the added advantage of not having Pyrite whose decomposition over the years could have harmed it.
Osor Mines, Osor, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (1978)

Specimen size: 14.2 × 11.3 × 6.7 cm = 5.59” × 4.45” × 2.64”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.4 cm = 0.47” × 0.16”

NBC46AP9: Fluorite crystals with the cube faces clearly dominant and distinctly beveled by rhombododecahedron forms. Transparent, shiny, pale lilac in color and on a matrix of white scalenohedral crystals of Calcite.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2022)

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

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.31” × 0.24”

NBM16AP9: Fluorite crystals with the cube faces clearly dominant and distinctly beveled by rhombododecahedron forms. Transparent, shiny, pale lilac in color and on a matrix of white scalenohedral crystals of Calcite.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2022)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.5 × 2.7 cm = 1.85” × 1.38” × 1.06”

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

NXA98AP9: Group of colorless Fluorite crystals with sharp crystal forms, with polycrystalline growths, between transparent and translucent, lustrous, and very rich in inclusions.
Colorless fluorites are very unusual at La Viesca.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 8.7 × 6.2 × 5.1 cm = 3.43” × 2.44” × 2.01”

Main crystal size: 5 × 3.7 cm = 1.97” × 1.46”

NXM30AP9: Druse of Fluorite crystals with very marked polycrystalline growths, transparent, with an extraordinary luster, a uniform and vivid color between blue and lilac, and with small white Quartz coatings.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±2010)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 9 × 7.4 cm = 3.82” × 3.54” × 2.91”

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

GNX46AP9: Druse of Fluorite crystals with very sharp tetrahexahedral crystal forms, very typical of the locality, transparent, with good luster and a deep and uniform blue color.
The specimen comes from the Casado Margolles collection, 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

Specimen size: 8.6 × 6.2 × 4.3 cm = 3.39” × 2.44” × 1.69”

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

TBR68AP9: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent, with good luster and a deep and uniform yellow color, covered with architectural white lamellar crystals of Baryte and white rhombohedral crystals of Dolomite.
The specimen comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez Pérez (number 2650), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2019)

Specimen size: 13.6 × 7.7 × 4.8 cm = 5.35” × 3.03” × 1.89”

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

TFR88AP9: Group of sharp rhombohedral Siderite crystals, translucent, lustrous, brown with golden reflections, and with small Pyrite crystals on the surfaces of the faces.
A French classic that comes from the Grégoire de Bodinat.
Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage, Vizille, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 8.7 × 6.8 × 6.6 cm = 3.43” × 2.68” × 2.60”

Main crystal size: 5 × 3.1 cm = 1.97” × 1.22”

TXL92AP9: Parallel growth of two Quartz crystals, one of them left-handed and clearly dominant, doubly terminated, with one of the terminations polycrystalline, transparent, lustrous, with inclusions and deep and uniform smoky tones. Complete doubly terminated quartzes like this one are very rare in this alpine area.
Pointe des Périades, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2003-2008)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 5.7 × 5.6 cm = 3.03” × 2.24” × 2.20”

TJB51AP9: Doubly terminated Quartz crystal with two different terminations, one of them clearly polycrystalline, transparent, lustrous, with inclusions and deep and uniform smoky tones. Complete doubly terminated quartzes like this one are very rare in this alpine area.
Pointe des Périades, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2003-2008)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 4.9 × 4.8 cm = 3.62” × 1.93” × 1.89”

TJH90AP9: Baryte crystal with very sharp crystal forms, transparent, with glossy luster and an intense and uniform color with golden tones.
This classic French specimen comes from the discoveries made by Lisarde between 1974 and 1990. It was in the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer
Croiseur vein, Liauzun Ravine, Olloix, Saint-Amant-Tallende, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (1974-1990)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 6.7 × 4.2 cm = 3.86” × 2.64” × 1.65”

TLM86AP9: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals with a very well defined cubic habit. Between transparent and translucent, with very bright luster and an extraordinarily intense and vivid yellow color, on matrix associated with small Quartz crystals.
The specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer. It is from Les Escauffages, a very specific spot in the well-known Valzergues locality, which is famous for the quality of the specimens found there.
Les Escauffages, Valzergues Mines, Valzergues, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie  France (±1983)

Specimen size: 19.6 × 10.6 × 5.7 cm = 7.72” × 4.17” × 2.24”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.47”

TDM26AP9: Druse of Fluorite crystals between transparent and translucent and bordered by fine lamellar pink crystals of Baryte.
This very unusual specimen, of great quality for the locality, comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Chaillac Mine, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire  France (±1990)

Specimen size: 20.8 × 15.2 × 13.7 cm = 8.19” × 5.98” × 5.39”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.4 cm = 1.18” × 0.94”

TRH68AP9: Coatings of Descloizite microcrystals on matrix, with an extraordinary luster and a color between red and deep garnet-red.
The specimen, of high quality due to its extraordinary color, comes from the Moutet collection, from Marseille. We will send the buyer, together with the specimen, a label from the prestigious Deyrolle house in Paris where Moutet bought it many years ago.
Hochobir mining district, Hochobir Mountain, Eisenkappel-Vellach, Völkermarkt District, Carinthia/Kärnten  Austria

Specimen size: 10.1 × 7.7 × 3.9 cm = 3.98” × 3.03” × 1.54”

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

TDA26AP9: Parallel growth of two crystals with good terminations, translucent, very lustrous and deep green. An alpine classic.
Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley (Val d'Aosta)  Italy

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.3 × 1.4 cm = 0.94” × 0.91” × 0.55”

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

TTA98AP9: Pyromorphite crystals with a short prismatic habit, many of them doubly terminated, translucent, very light brown in color and on matrix.
A good German classic that is accompanied by an old label from the famous crystallographer Carl Hinze, which we will send to the buyer.
Bad Ems, Bad Ems District, Lahn Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.1 × 2.4 cm = 2.44” × 1.61” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.28” × 0.20”

EJK67AP9: Group of cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena with curious dissolution forms on the edges. Brilliant and on a matrix covered by small Sphalerite crystals and with Calcite.
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures  Romania

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5 × 5.4 cm = 2.44” × 1.97” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 3.1 cm = 1.30” × 1.22”

TBF70AP9: Two generations of Hematite, the first being the reddish botryoidal matrix (kidney ore), covered by a second generation of very sharp, lustrous black, lamellar crystals, partially covered by Quartz crystals that display minimal prism development.
An excellent English classic from the André Labeye collection.
Florence Mine, Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, former Cumberland, Cumbria  England / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 14.3 × 9.8 × 5.7 cm = 5.63” × 3.86” × 2.24”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 0.55” × 0.51”

BLY47AP9: Group of cubo-octahedral Galena crystals, with very sharp crystal forms, lustrous, in matrix, with transparent Fluorite crystals, with very good luster and a pale violet color.
This specimen comes from an important European collection.
Frazer's Hush Mine, Rookhope District, Weardale, North Pennines Orefield, County Durham  England / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 12.6 × 11.3 × 5.2 cm = 4.96” × 4.45” × 2.05”

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