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JFD227AP9: Of the great finds made in the 1980s in A Franqueira, I kept this piece of Beryl (emerald variety) for its color, with a lighter tone than what is usual there, also for its certain translucency and, obviously, for the fact that it was in its Phlogopite matrix.
Emerald Deposit, A Franqueira, A Cañiza, Comarca Paradanta, Pontevedra, Galicia / Galiza  Spain (±1982)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.2 × 2.6 cm = 2.13” × 1.65” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.9 cm = 0.71” × 0.35”

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”

JFD229AP9: A very clear and perfect Quartz, with a very showy phantom, clearly displaying the different phases of crystal growth.
The Siderite, very sharp and aerial, and with small Pyrite crystals adds its signature to the piece.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1993)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.7 × 5 cm = 2.28” × 1.85” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 5.6 × 2.6 cm = 2.20” × 1.02”

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”

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”

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”

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”

TRB96AP9: Elongated cubic Fluorite crystal, transparent, with good luster and a dominant yellow color with blue geometric growths on the edges. On a matrix of Sphalerite crystals with fine Quartz crystals.
An American classic.
Annabel Lee Mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois  USA

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.7 × 2.2 cm = 2.87” × 2.24” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.98” × 0.51”

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”

TAC14AP9: Fine arborescent growths of Silver with very marked parallel growths, in a Calcite matrix.
The specimen comes from the Jean Béhier collection and we will send the buyer a copy of the collection label.
Batopilas, Andrés del Río District, Municipio Batopilas, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.6 × 1.6 cm = 0.98” × 0.63” × 0.63”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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!
Áliva Mine (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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

NBC1AP9: Floater group of Fluorite crystals with cube shapes beveled by the dodecahedron, transparent, shiny, and of a uniform violet color, with geometric zoning of deeper tones. High quality and perfection.
Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1982)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 10.4 × 4.4 cm = 4.61” × 4.09” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 2 cm = 1.50” × 0.79”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

TCH92AP9: Coating of octahedral Fluorite crystals, sharp, translucent and with a uniform pink color, which cover a Quartz crystal (smoky variety), transparent, with brilliant luster and a very clear color. Beautiful association.
Mont Dolent, Glacier de l'Argentière, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 7.6 × 5.7 × 3.4 cm = 2.99” × 2.24” × 1.34”

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

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”

TXA56AP9: Very aerial growth of Quartz crystals (smoky variety) with parallel growths and very distinct gwindel, transparent, with good luster and pale smoky tones, and with Chlorite inclusions.
A monumental piece of one of the alpine vein classics: the gwindel variety of Quartz
Glacier de l'Argentière, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 11.3 × 10.6 × 7.5 cm = 4.45” × 4.17” × 2.95”

Main crystal size: 8.4 × 8.2 cm = 3.31” × 3.23”

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”

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”

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”

TGH37AP9: Group of Fluorite crystals with staggered polycrystalline growths, translucent, with good luster and an intense green color, with coatings of tiny Pyrite crystals that tend to grow along the junctures between the fluorite crystals.
High quality for the locality.
Fontsante Mine, Figuier vein, Tanneron Massif, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France

Specimen size: 9.8 × 7.2 × 3.2 cm = 3.86” × 2.83” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 2.6 cm = 1.85” × 1.02”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

TPL86AP9: Aggregates of lenticular deformed Löllingite crystals, lustrous, and on a massive Siderite matrix.
The specimen, a rarity practically impossible to find, comes from the type locality for the species and is accompanied by two old labels that we will send to the buyer.
Wolf Mine, Urban District Lölling, Hüttenberg, Sankt Veit an der Glan, Carinthia/Kärnten  Austria

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.7 × 3.2 cm = 2.13” × 1.46” × 1.26”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

TMB47AP9: Elongated crystals of Dufrenoysite with a prismatic habit, with well defined forms, very good luster, and on matrix with translucent and lustrous crystals of Sphalerite and small crystals of Pyrite.
The specimen is from the type locality, comes from the collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and has been analyzed. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn Valley (Binntal), Wallis (Valais)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 4.1 × 4 × 2.8 cm = 1.61” × 1.57” × 1.10”

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”

TRR68AP9: Group of Calcite crystals with the dominant crystal form of a very sharp scalenohedron. Transparent, very lustrous and pale pink.
The specimen is accompanied by a large collection of labels which we will send to the buyer, attesting to its antiquity.
Stank Mine, Barrow-in-Furness, former Cumberland, Cumbria  England / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.4 × 3.4 cm = 2.68” × 1.73” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.87” × 0.31”

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”

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”