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

 

Dolomite (twinned)
Dolomite (twinned). Front
Front
Dolomite (twinned). Side
Side

Recorded under neon light
Dolomite (twinned)
 

JFD228AP9: Eugui dolomites are always exciting. I chose this one for its transparency and for that 'clean' appearance that the dolomites from the area of “el pozo” have; thanks to the good disposition of engineer Juan Córdoba.
The crystal has a weird growth on one side, but it is a floater and whole everywhere.
Asturreta Quarry, 'el pozo', Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre)  Spain (±1970)

Specimen size: 8 × 6.9 × 4.3 cm = 3.15” × 2.72” × 1.69”

Former collection of Jordi Fabre (duplicates)



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Proustite with Quartz

Recorded under neon light
Proustite with Quartz
 

JFD230AP9: One of the first proustites that arrived from Imiter. They did not have the crystal size that was seen later, but they were very red and with sharp crystals. They were the forerunners.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2003)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 4.7 × 2.9 cm = 3.03” × 1.85” × 1.14”

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

Former collection of Jordi Fabre (duplicates)



Proustite with Quartz. Front
Front
Proustite with Quartz. Rear
Rear
Proustite with Quartz.
Order
Fluorite with Quartz
Fluorite with Quartz. Fluorite with Quartz.
Fluorite with Quartz.

Recorded under neon light
Fluorite with Quartz
 

JFD231AP9: Le Beix is a mythical name in French mineralogy. Unlike those of Puy-Saint-Gulmier, not all the fluorites from Le Beix are deep blue, but some, like this one, attract attention due to the intensity of the blue, and even more for the contrast of the color between these crystals and their white Quartz matrix.
It comes from an old collection, like the vast majority of the few pieces that come on the market. Nothing is found there anymore.
Le Beix Mine, Saint-Germain-près-Herment, Herment, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 9.5 × 7.4 × 5.8 cm = 3.74” × 2.91” × 2.28”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.59” × 0.39”

Former collection of Jordi Fabre (duplicates)

€860 / US$929 / ¥128610 / AUD$1395

Reservado


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


USA

Tony Kampf, Jamie and Jordi
Tucson 2011

The 'six fab' with Moni, Herb Obodda and Paul Pohwat standing up
Tucson 2018

Bob Downs
Tucson 2010


Elbaite (variety rubellite and 'blue cap')

Recorded under neon light
Elbaite (variety rubellite and 'blue cap')
 

TFX47AP9: Elbaite crystal, between transparent and translucent, with a clearly dominant pink-red color in the prism (rubellite variety) and smooth and shiny pinacoidal termination with a blue growth zone known as "blue cap".
Pala District, San Diego County, California  USA

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.3 × 1 cm = 0.71” × 0.51” × 0.39”

Former collection of Julien Vambervliet

Weight: 4.5 grams



Elbaite (variety rubellite and 'blue cap'). Front
Front
Elbaite (variety rubellite and 'blue cap'). Rear
Rear
Order
Topaz
Topaz. Topaz.

Recorded under neon light
Topaz
 

CXM37AP9: Single crystal of Topaz, very aerial on the matrix, rich in crystal forms, transparent, with very good luster and an intense color.
The specimen comes from Carles Curto's collection of duplicates (number 1995.13) whose label and computer file we will send to the buyer.
Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah  USA

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.9 × 4.1 cm = 2.05” × 1.54” × 1.61”

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

Former collection of Carles Curto (duplicates)

€260 / US$281 / ¥38880 / AUD$422

Reservado
Galena with Pyrite

Recorded under neon light
 

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”

Former collection of Michel Carré



Galena with Pyrite. Front
Front
Galena with Pyrite. Rear
Rear
Order

Old miners resurrected
Sainte Marie 2017


MEXICO AND CANADA

Silver with Calcite
Silver with Calcite. Front
Front
Silver with Calcite. Rear
Rear

Recorded under neon light
Silver with Calcite
 

TAB16AP9: Fine arborescent growths of Silver with very marked parallel growths, in a Calcite matrix.
The specimen comes from the Jean Béhier collection, whose original label we will send to the buyer.
Batopilas, Andrés del Río District, Municipio Batopilas, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.75” × 0.55” × 0.47”

Former collection of Jean Béhier



Order
Adamite (variety Cu-bearing adamite)

Recorded under neon light
 

TJA66AP9: Centered and fan-shaped groups of prismatic Adamite crystals, lustrous, yellow all along the crystal except for the intense green color (copper-bearing variety) in the terminations. In limonite matrix.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.6 × 2 cm = 1.50” × 1.02” × 0.79”

Very fluorescent long & short UV

€190 / US$205 / ¥28410 / AUD$308

Adamite (variety Cu-bearing adamite).
Reservado
Azurite with Malachite
Azurite with Malachite. Front
Front
Azurite with Malachite. Rear
Rear

Recorded under neon light
 

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”




Order
Olivenite

Recorded under neon light
 

TXX88AP9: Very sharp Olivenite crystals on matrix, flattened, some of them doubly terminated, with the faces and edges well defined, translucent, shiny and of a very deep olive-green color.
As on so many other occasions in Milpillas, the best for the species.
Milpillas Mine, level 992, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (11-12/2019)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.7 × 1.9 cm = 1.46” × 1.06” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.2 cm = 0.43” × 0.08”




Olivenite. Olivenite.
Order

Narsarsukite
Narsarsukite. Front
Front
Narsarsukite. Rear
Rear
Narsarsukite.

Recorded under neon light
 

THH16AP9: Single crystal of Narsarsukite on matrix, with very sharp crystal forms, with a pyramidal termination truncated by the pinacoid. Translucent, lustrous and very deep green in color.
Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.4 × 1.8 cm = 1.10” × 0.55” × 0.71”

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


€160 / US$172 / ¥23920 / AUD$259

Reservado
Analcime with Aegirine, Rhodochrosite and Natrolite

Recorded under neon light
 

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”

Former collection of Paul Muse



Analcime with Aegirine, Rhodochrosite and Natrolite. Front
Front
Analcime with Aegirine, Rhodochrosite and Natrolite. Side
Side
Analcime with Aegirine, Rhodochrosite and Natrolite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Analcime with Aegirine, Rhodochrosite and Natrolite. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Order


Tucson 2012

Keith Proctor
Tucson 2012


SPAIN

Beryl (variety emerald) with Phlogopite
Beryl (variety emerald) with Phlogopite. Front
Front
Beryl (variety emerald) with Phlogopite. Side
Side
Beryl (variety emerald) with Phlogopite. Side
Side

Recorded under neon light
 

TTV66AP9: Parallel growths of doubly terminated Beryl crystals (emerald variety) with good terminations, on matrix and with leafy black Phlogopite coatings.
Emerald Deposit, A Franqueira, A Cañiza, Comarca Paradanta, Pontevedra, Galicia / Galiza  Spain (1982)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.1 × 2.8 cm = 2.17” × 1.22” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.1 cm = 0.91” × 0.43”


€180 / US$194 / ¥26910 / AUD$292

Reservado
Pyrite

Recorded under neon light
 

NBX90AP9: Very aerial group, on matrix, of sharp Pyrite crystals, shinier than usual for specimens from this historic locality (not to be confused with Navajún).
Valdeperillo, Cornago, Comarca Arnedo, La Rioja  Spain

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3 × 3.7 cm = 2.13” × 1.18” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.7 cm = 0.79” × 0.67”




Pyrite. Front
Front
Pyrite. Side
Side
Order
Aragonite
Aragonite. Front
Front
Aragonite. Rear
Rear

Recorded under neon light
 

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”

Former collection of Alain Martaud



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Cerussite coating Galena

Recorded under neon light
 

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”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



Cerussite coating Galena.
Order
Quartz (two generations)
Quartz (two generations). Quartz (two generations).

Recorded under neon light
 

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”

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez



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Sphalerite with Calcite

Recorded under neon light
 

TVX89AP9: Group of Sphalerite crystals, translucent, with good luster and a color between yellow and green. We highlight, apart from the color, which is very rare in Las Mánforas, the excellent definition of the crystal forms.
This specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer. A great Spanish classic!
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria  Spain

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

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

Former collection of Alain Martaud



Sphalerite with Calcite. Front
Front
Sphalerite with Calcite. Light behind
Light behind
Order
Dolomite (twinned)
Dolomite (twinned).

Recorded under neon light
 

TCB47AP9: Group of very sharp rhombohedral Dolomite crystals, with well defined interpenetrating twins, between translucent and transparent and with colorless areas alternating with grey.
The specimen comes from the Paul Fitte collection.
Asturreta Quarry, 'el pozo', Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre)  Spain (±1970)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.7 × 5.6 cm = 2.80” × 2.24” × 2.20”

Former collection of Paul Fitte

€270 / US$291 / ¥40370 / AUD$438

Reservado
Silver with Acanthite and Calcite

Recorded under neon light
 

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”

Former collection of Jordi Povill



Silver with Acanthite and Calcite. Silver with Acanthite and Calcite.
Silver with Acanthite and Calcite.
Order
Calcite with Quartz and Baryte
Calcite with Quartz and Baryte. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Calcite with Quartz and Baryte. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Recorded under neon light
 

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”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



Order
Baryte

Recorded under neon light
 

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”

Minor fluorescence short UV



Baryte. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Baryte. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Baryte. Baryte.
Order


The Kristalle team
Sainte Marie 2017

Cold Year
Tucson 2011


SPANISH FLUORITE

Fluorite with Quartz
Fluorite with Quartz.

Recorded under neon light
 

TBB26AP9: Fine, very aerial group of Fluorite crystals with very marked polycrystalline growths, transparent, shiny green with bluish tones, and with a small matrix with Quartz microcrystals. High quality for the locality.
The specimen comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez Pérez (number 2400), whose label we will send to the buyer.
La Sirena cut, La Collada mining area, La Collada, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2014)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 2.5 × 2.4 cm = 2.05” × 0.98” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.6 cm = 0.75” × 0.63”

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez



Order
Fluorite

Recorded under neon light
 

TML93AP9: Group of cubic crystals beveled by dodecahedron faces with polycrystalline surfaces, transparent, shiny, purple in the areas around the edges and light blue inside. A Spanish classic, without the Calcite that characterizes the deposit, but of high quality.
Josefa-Veneros vein, 75 level, Coroña de Arriba-La Collada, La Collada mining area, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1974)

Specimen size: 14.8 × 11 × 8.4 cm = 5.83” × 4.33” × 3.31”

Main crystal size: 7.3 × 6.3 cm = 2.87” × 2.48”

Minor fluorescence short UV



Fluorite. Front
Front
Fluorite. Light behind
Light behind
Order
Fluorite with Calcite
Fluorite with Calcite.

Recorded under neon light
 

NCA36AP9: Complete individual crystal of Fluorite with clearly dominant cube faces, distinctly beveled by dodecahedron faces. Transparent, with great luster, pale lilac color, in a matrix of white scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2022)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.2 × 3 cm = 1.50” × 1.26” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.63” × 0.55”

Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV

€150 / US$162 / ¥22430 / AUD$243

Reservado
Fluorite with Calcite

Recorded under neon light
 

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”

Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV



Fluorite with Calcite. Front
Front
Fluorite with Calcite. Side
Side
Order
Fluorite with Calcite
Fluorite with Calcite. Fluorite with Calcite.

Recorded under neon light
 

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”

Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV



Order
Fluorite with Calcite

Recorded under neon light
 

NRT66AP9: Fluorite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with the faces of the cube well developed and finely beveled by the dodecahedron. Transparent, with good luster and pale lilac color, on a matrix of white scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2022)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.4 × 3 cm = 1.89” × 1.34” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.51”


€190 / US$205 / ¥28410 / AUD$308

Fluorite with Calcite. Fluorite with Calcite.
Reservado
Fluorite with Calcite
Fluorite with Calcite. Front
Front
Fluorite with Calcite. Side
Side

Recorded under neon light
 

NRB56AP9: Fluorite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with the faces of the cube well developed, and finely beveled by the dodecahedron. Transparent, with good luster and pale lilac color, on a matrix of white scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2022)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.4 × 2.9 cm = 1.89” × 1.73” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.63” × 0.55”

Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV

€180 / US$194 / ¥26910 / AUD$292

Reservado
Fluorite with Calcite

Recorded under neon light
 

NFX66AP9: Fluorite crystals with the cube faces clearly dominant and with distinct beveling by rhombododecahedron faces. Transparent, shiny, pale lilac in color and on a matrix of white scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.4 × 3.7 cm = 2.28” × 1.73” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.35” × 0.28”

Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV



Fluorite with Calcite. Front
Front
Fluorite with Calcite. Side
Side
Order
Fluorite with Calcite and Quartz
Fluorite with Calcite and Quartz. Fluorite with Calcite and Quartz.
Fluorite with Calcite and Quartz.

Recorded under neon light
 

NBX37AP9: Fluorite crystals with the cube faces clearly dominant and with distinct beveling by rhombododecahedron faces. Transparent, shiny, pale lilac in color, on a matrix of white scalenohedral Calcite crystals and small Quartz crystals.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2022)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.3 × 3.1 cm = 2.32” × 1.69” × 1.22”

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


€240 / US$259 / ¥35890 / AUD$389

Reservado
Fluorite with Calcite

Recorded under neon light
 

NBR73AP9: Fluorite crystals with the cube faces clearly dominant and with distinct beveling by rhombododecahedron faces. Transparent, shiny, pale lilac in color, on a matrix of white scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2022)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 8 × 5 cm = 3.46” × 3.15” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.2 cm = 0.63” × 0.47”




Fluorite with Calcite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Fluorite with Calcite. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Order
Fluorite with Baryte
Fluorite with Baryte. Front
Front
Fluorite with Baryte. Light behind
Light behind
Fluorite with Baryte.

Recorded under neon light
Fluorite with Baryte
 

TBJ92AP9: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent, with very well defined geometric growths, with an intense color between violet and blue, and on a matrix of lenticular Baryte crystals.
The specimen comes from the collection of Raúl Sanabria Orellana (no number) and was previously in that of Ignacio Gaspar Sintes (number FLU-44). We will send the labels of both collections to the buyer.
Berbes mining area, Valdelmar, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±2011)

Specimen size: 10 × 5.5 × 5.5 cm = 3.94” × 2.17” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 3.3 cm = 1.34” × 1.30”

Former collection of Raúl Sanabria

Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar



Order
Fluorite with inclusions

Recorded under neon light
 

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”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



Fluorite with inclusions. Front
Front
Fluorite with inclusions. Side
Side
Fluorite with inclusions. Rear
Rear
Order
Fluorite with Quartz
Fluorite with Quartz. Fluorite with Quartz.

Recorded under neon light
 

NBR29AP9: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, extraordinarily transparent, with very good luster, and light blue color. On matrix, with white coatings of Quartz.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 10.2 × 8.3 × 5.7 cm = 4.02” × 3.27” × 2.24”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.39” × 0.35”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



Order
Fluorite with Quartz

Recorded under neon light
 

NXR27AP9: Very aerial group, on matrix, of large Fluorite crystals with distinct polycrystalline growths, translucent, and with an unusually intense and vivid blue color, very rare at this locality. In fact, we do not know of any others with this color.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 14.8 × 14.2 × 11.3 cm = 5.83” × 5.59” × 4.45”

Main crystal size: 8.8 × 6.8 cm = 3.46” × 2.68”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



Fluorite with Quartz.
Order
Fluorite with Quartz
Fluorite with Quartz. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Fluorite with Quartz.

Recorded under neon light
 

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”




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Fluorite

Recorded under neon light
 

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”

Former collection of Casado Margolles



Fluorite. Fluorite.
Order
Fluorite with Baryte and Quartz
Fluorite with Baryte and Quartz. Front
Front
Fluorite with Baryte and Quartz. Side
Side
Fluorite with Baryte and Quartz.

Recorded under neon light
 

TXA69AP9: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent, with good luster and a very deep and uniform color, and with its faces selectively coated by tabular white Baryte crystals and microcrystals of Quartz.
The specimen comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez Pérez (number 2651), whose label we will send to the buyer. The color is the best possible for this deposit.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2019)

Specimen size: 12.4 × 8.5 × 4.6 cm = 4.88” × 3.35” × 1.81”

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

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez



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Fluorite with Baryte and Dolomite

Recorded under neon light
 

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”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez



Fluorite with Baryte and Dolomite. Fluorite with Baryte and Dolomite.
Fluorite with Baryte and Dolomite.
Order


Local media
Tucson 2006

Marie Huizing
Tucson 2013


PORTUGAL

Fluorapatite with Arsenopyrite and Siderite
Fluorapatite with Arsenopyrite and Siderite. Fluorapatite with Arsenopyrite and Siderite.
Fluorapatite with Arsenopyrite and Siderite. Fluorapatite with Arsenopyrite and Siderite.

Recorded under neon light
 

TXA97AP9: Druse of Fluorapatite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, between transparent and translucent, with very bright luster, deep green color, and with the well-known dark inclusions known in Portuguese as "olho de boi" (bull's eye). With a group of very shiny Arsenopyrite crystals and small lenticular crystals of Siderite. Of high quality for the deposit and very perfect for its size, since the larger specimens from Panasqueira in most of the cases are damaged.
This historic specimen comes from the Paul Muse collection.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 19.4 × 10.7 × 5.4 cm = 7.64” × 4.21” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 3.5 cm = 1.65” × 1.38”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Paul Muse



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A village and a Show
Sainte Marie 2011

Two friends and a friendly chat with a friendly cat in the middle of the mountains
Sainte Marie 2017

Sainte Marie 2011

A FMF party with the unforgettable
Luiz Menezes
Sainte Marie 2010


FRANCE

Aragonite

Recorded under neon light
 

TEL27AP9: Very aerial growth of Aragonite, with a coraloidal habit and very white.
A rarity of French mineralogy from the Alain Martaud collection.
Sapin Vert Mine, Altenberg Peak, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Colmar-Ribeauvillé, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est  France (1984)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 4.1 × 3.4 cm = 1.81” × 1.61” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.39” × 0.35”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Alain Martaud

€220 / US$237 / ¥32900 / AUD$357

Aragonite. Front
Front
Aragonite. Side
Side
Reservado
Chalcopyrite with Malachite and Quartz
Chalcopyrite with Malachite and Quartz. Front
Front
Chalcopyrite with Malachite and Quartz. Rear
Rear
Chalcopyrite with Malachite and Quartz.

Recorded under neon light
 

TLX96AP9: Twinned crystal of Chalcopyrite with the dominant forms of the trapezohedron, very sharp, lustrous and on a Quartz crystal with the typical La Gardette habit. Some crystals of Chalcopyrite from this locality, a minority, are yellow as they are not pseudomorphed by Malachite.
The specimen comes from the Gérard Forquet collection (number 903).
La Gardette Mine, La Gardette mining area, Villard-Notre-Dame, Le Bourg d'Oisans, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2 × 1.8 cm = 1.73” × 0.79” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.7 cm = 0.75” × 0.67”

Former collection of Gérard Forquet

€230 / US$248 / ¥34390 / AUD$373

Reservado
Quartz with Chlorite, Anatase and Rutile

Recorded under neon light
 

TXE27AP9: Group of Quartz crystals partially coated by Chlorite, elongated crystals of very lustrous Anatase, and aggregates of lustrous red acicular Rutile crystals. A curious alpine combo.
Entre-deux-Roches, La Lauzière Massif, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 8.7 × 7.4 × 4 cm = 3.43” × 2.91” × 1.57”


€220 / US$237 / ¥32900 / AUD$357

Quartz with Chlorite, Anatase and Rutile. Quartz with Chlorite, Anatase and Rutile.
Quartz with Chlorite, Anatase and Rutile. Quartz with Chlorite, Anatase and Rutile.
Reservado
Siderite with Pyrite
Siderite with Pyrite. Front
Front
Siderite with Pyrite. Side
Side

Recorded under neon light
 

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”

Former collection of Grégoire de Bodinat



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Quartz (doubly terminated variety smoky quartz) with Quartz

Recorded under neon light
 

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”




Quartz (doubly terminated variety smoky quartz) with Quartz. Front
Front
Quartz (doubly terminated variety smoky quartz) with Quartz. Side
Side
Quartz (doubly terminated variety smoky quartz) with Quartz. Bottom
Bottom
Quartz (doubly terminated variety smoky quartz) with Quartz. Rear
Rear
Order
Quartz (doubly terminated variety smoky quartz) with Quartz
Quartz (doubly terminated variety smoky quartz) with Quartz. Front
Front
Quartz (doubly terminated variety smoky quartz) with Quartz. Bottom
Bottom
Quartz (doubly terminated variety smoky quartz) with Quartz. Rear
Rear

Recorded under neon light
 

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”




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Baryte

Recorded under neon light
 

TLM96AP9: Fine miniature with a very aerial group, in a scepter, of very sharp Baryte crystals with sharp crystal forms. Transparent, with good luster and an intense and uniform color.
This classic French specimen comes from the discoveries made by Lisarde between 1974 and 1990, and 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: 3.6 × 2.1 × 2.4 cm = 1.42” × 0.83” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2 cm = 1.18” × 0.79”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV

Former collection of Alain Martaud



Baryte.
Order
Baryte
Baryte.

Recorded under neon light
 

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”

Zoned fluorescence long & short UV

Former collection of Alain Martaud



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Baryte

Recorded under neon light
 

TPQ86AP9: Group of Baryte crystals with very sharp crystal forms. Transparent, with good luster and an intense and uniform color with golden tones.
This specimen, a French classic of great quality and large size, comes from the finds made by Lisarde between 1974 and 1990, and was in the collection of Alain Martaud, 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: 16.4 × 11.4 × 14.4 cm = 6.46” × 4.49” × 5.67”

Main crystal size: 6.4 × 5.8 cm = 2.52” × 2.28”

Zoned fluorescence long & short UV

Former collection of Alain Martaud



Baryte. Baryte.
Order
Aragonite with Calcite
Aragonite with Calcite. Aragonite with Calcite.

Recorded under neon light
 

TXY67AP9: White globular growths of Aragonite, on a limonite matrix, associated with acicular crystals of transparent, colorless and very lustrous Calcite.
This classic French specimen comes from the collection of Alain Martaud, whose label we will send the buyer.
Gergovie, La-Roche-Blanche, Veyre-Monton, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (±1985)

Specimen size: 11.4 × 11.2 × 7.9 cm = 4.49” × 4.41” × 3.11”

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

Minor fluorescence short UV

Former collection of Alain Martaud

€250 / US$270 / ¥37380 / AUD$405

Reservado
Pyrite

Recorded under neon light
 

TXM47AP9: Nodular growth of Pyrite with an interior rich in sharp and aerial crystals of the same Pyrite that are very visible due to the partial dissolution of the sedimentary material that hosted the Pyrite nodule.
Very different from the usual.
Saint-Denis-d'Orques, La Flèche, Sarthe Department, Pays de la Loire  France

Specimen size: 12 × 8.4 × 4.8 cm = 4.72” × 3.31” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.39” × 0.20”


€240 / US$259 / ¥35890 / AUD$389

Pyrite. Front
Front
Pyrite. Detail
Detail
Pyrite. Rear
Rear
Reservado
Baryte on Sphalerite
Baryte on Sphalerite. Front
Front
Baryte on Sphalerite. Side
Side
Baryte on Sphalerite.

Recorded under neon light
 

TXC47AP9: Oval shaped aggregate formed by tabular Baryte crystals, lustrous and snow-white. On matrix and with transparent, lustrous and very sharp Sphalerite crystals. The specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
It is relatively unusual since the 'pom-pom' barytes from this locality do not usually appear associated with Sphalerite.
Les Cèdres Mine, Les Malines mining district, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Le Vigan, Gard Department, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 11.8 × 6.6 × 5 cm = 4.65” × 2.60” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 6 × 3.4 cm = 2.36” × 1.34”

Former collection of Alain Martaud

€250 / US$270 / ¥37380 / AUD$405

Reservado
Pyromorphite

Recorded under neon light
 

TXX69AP9: Centered aggregates and fan-shaped growths, on matrix, of acicular crystals of Pyromorphite with an intense and uniform color. A European classic that can only be seen as specimens from old finds.
This one comes from the Yvan Delqué collection.
Saint-Salvy Mine, Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 12.8 × 8.6 × 5.4 cm = 5.04” × 3.39” × 2.13”

Former collection of Yvan Delqué



Pyromorphite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Pyromorphite.
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Fluorite with Quartz
Fluorite with Quartz. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Fluorite with Quartz. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Fluorite with Quartz.

Recorded under neon light
 

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”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Former collection of Alain Martaud



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Fluorite with Baryte

Recorded under neon light
 

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”

Former collection of Alain Martaud



Fluorite with Baryte. Front
Front
Fluorite with Baryte. Side
Side
Fluorite with Baryte.
Order


Symbols of a past mining splendor
Sainte Marie 2011


EUROPE (excl. Spain, Portugal and France)

Descloizite
Descloizite. Descloizite.

Recorded under neon light
Descloizite
 

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”

Former collection of Moutet (Marseille)



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Vesuvianite (doubly terminated)

Recorded under neon light
 

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”




Vesuvianite (doubly terminated).
Order
Meionite with Vesuvianite
Meionite with Vesuvianite. Meionite with Vesuvianite.

Recorded under neon light
Meionite with Vesuvianite
 

TFH16AP9: Prismatic microcrystals of Vesuvianite, on matrix, with good luster and a deep green color, partially covered by white Meionite crystals.
The specimen is from the type locality for both species and we will send the buyer the label that is attached to a wooden base that carries a wire support to display the piece, typical of very old collections.
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania  Italy

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.73” × 1.02” × 0.94”

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

Minor fluorescence short UV

Type locality



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Haüyne with Phlogopite and Muscovite

Recorded under neon light
Haüyne with Phlogopite and Muscovite
 

TBR27AP9: Crystalline aggregate with translucent blue Haüyne crystal surfaces, on matrix, with lamellar aggregates of Phlogopite and Muscovite.
The specimen, an old rarity from the type locality for the species, comes from the collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon. It has been analyzed and we will send the buyer a copy of the analysis.
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania  Italy

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.3 × 2.7 cm = 1.77” × 1.69” × 1.06”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon

Type locality

With analysis copy

€240 / US$259 / ¥35890 / AUD$389

Haüyne with Phlogopite and Muscovite. Front
Front
Haüyne with Phlogopite and Muscovite. Rear
Rear
Haüyne with Phlogopite and Muscovite. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Reservado
Pyrite with Hematite
Pyrite with Hematite. Front
Front
Pyrite with Hematite. Side
Side
Pyrite with Hematite. Rear
Rear

Recorded under neon light
Pyrite with Hematite
 

TLH96AP9: Complete floater crystal of Pyrite with the dominant crystal forms of the positive pyritohedron, identified by the direction of the fine striations on its faces, and truncated by small octahedral faces. The crystal exhibits a deep striation in its lower part left by lamellar crystals of Hematite, some of which are still present on the specimen and 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.
Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany  Italy

Specimen size: 6 × 5.3 × 4.2 cm = 2.36” × 2.09” × 1.65”

Former collection of Moutet (Marseille)

€190 / US$205 / ¥28410 / AUD$308

Reservado
Pyromorphite

Recorded under neon light
Pyromorphite
 

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”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Carl Hintze



Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.
Order
Sphalerite with Galena
Sphalerite with Galena. Sphalerite with Galena.
Sphalerite with Galena.

Recorded under neon light
Sphalerite with Galena
 

TFA47AP9: Spherulitic aggregates of Sphalerite, on matrix, very lustrous, and with iridescence and with small Galena crystals.
A morphological curiosity that comes from the collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and that we have analyzed, so we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Harz, Saxony-Anhalt/Sachsen-Anhalt  Germany

Specimen size: 8.6 × 5.4 × 3.7 cm = 3.39” × 2.13” × 1.46”

Former collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon

With analysis copy



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Galena with Sphalerite and Calcite

Recorded under neon light
 

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”




Galena with Sphalerite and Calcite. Galena with Sphalerite and Calcite.
Order
Galena with Quartz
Galena with Quartz. Galena with Quartz.

Recorded under neon light
 

BLM49AP9: Group of good sized cubo-octahedral Galena crystals, with very well defined forms, on a quartz matrix.
The specimen comes from an important European collection.
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures  Romania

Specimen size: 13.8 × 11.1 × 6.3 cm = 5.43” × 4.37” × 2.48”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 4.5 cm = 1.85” × 1.77”




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Quartz (variety smoky and gwindel)

Recorded under neon light
Quartz (variety smoky and gwindel)
 

CXH67AP9: Very aerial growth of Quartz crystals (smoky variety) with parallel growths and very marked gwindel, transparent, with good luster and soft smoky tones.
The specimen comes from Carles Curto's collection of duplicates (number 1982.12) whose label and computer file we will send to the buyer.
Val Giuv, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden)  Switzerland (±1982)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.4 × 1.3 cm = 1.46” × 1.34” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1.5 cm = 1.26” × 0.59”

Former collection of Carles Curto (duplicates)

€260 / US$281 / ¥38880 / AUD$422

Quartz (variety smoky and gwindel). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Quartz (variety smoky and gwindel). Front
Front
Quartz (variety smoky and gwindel). Top
Top
Reservado
Quartz with Hematite (variety kidney ore)
Quartz with Hematite (variety kidney ore). Quartz with Hematite (variety kidney ore).

Recorded under neon light
 

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”

Former collection of André Labeye



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Galena with Fluorite

Recorded under neon light
 

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”

Fluorite extremely fluorescent long & short UV



Galena with Fluorite. Galena with Fluorite.
Galena with Fluorite.
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Fluorite with Calcite
Fluorite with Calcite. Front
Front
Fluorite with Calcite. Side
Side
Fluorite with Calcite. Fluorite with Calcite.

Recorded under neon light
 

TVM14AP9: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent, with a deep violet color with mauve tones, rich in inclusions and partially covered by complex snow-white Calcite crystals. A high quality English classic which comes from the collection of Alain Martaud, whose label we will send the buyer.
Cambokeels Mine, Westgate, Weardale, North Pennines Orefield, County Durham  England / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 17 × 11.9 × 8.9 cm = 6.69” × 4.69” × 3.50”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 3 cm = 1.38” × 1.18”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Alain Martaud



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