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TKX70AP9: Dendritic growths, groups of crystals and isolated cubic crystals of Silver with extraordinarily well defined faces and edges and very bright luster. On a rock matrix with Calcite that has been acid-etched to better show the crystals.
Aït Ahmane (auxiliary shaft), Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2020)

Specimen size: 7 × 4 × 3.6 cm = 2.76” × 1.57” × 1.42”

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

TJH47AP9: Group of reticulated twins of flattened prismatic Cerussite crystals with sharp terminations, white, lustrous, and on matrix.
From a locality where good cerussites are rarely seen, much less of this size and quality.
Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 6.7 × 3.4 × 2.6 cm = 2.64” × 1.34” × 1.02”

TBB27AP9: Very aerial group of very sharp Erythrite crystals, doubly terminated, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and an intense mauve color.
Bou Azzer mining district, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 2 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 0.79” × 0.71” × 0.67”

TBR47AP9: Very aerial group of Erythrite crystals, on matrix, very sharp, some of them doubly terminated, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and an intense mauve color.
Bou Azzer mining district, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 4 × 2.9 × 2 cm = 1.57” × 1.14” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.3 cm = 0.35” × 0.12”

EHJ7AP9: Groups of thick Vanadinite crystals, many of them doubly terminated, with partial yellowish coatings, with very deeply hoppered faces, and groups of fine acicular crystals, with bright luster and yellowish brown tones, golden reflections and color zoning, all on a matrix of ferruginous rock.
Tissaf, Missour, Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4 × 2.4 cm = 2.60” × 1.57” × 0.94”

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

MBR51AP9: Parallel growths on a limonite matrix of fine tabular Baryte crystals, with slight curvatures, transparent, with very bright luster and an intense and uniform light blue color.
Jebel Ouichane mines, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (11/2022)

Specimen size: 15 × 10.9 × 4.8 cm = 5.91” × 4.29” × 1.89”

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

TXB14AP9: Centered aggregate of fine acicular Goethite crystals, black and lustrous, on a matrix of white Quartz crystals. This type of specimen, which was relatively abundant in earlier times, is currently very difficult to find with this quality.
Tizirine, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 9.2 × 7.8 × 4.9 cm = 3.62” × 3.07” × 1.93”

TVA96AP9: Floater growth of very flattened Quartz crystals, doubly terminated, transparent, very lustrous, and with abundant oriented Chlorite inclusions.
Ksar Tassemente, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (01/2020)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 7.6 × 4.4 cm = 3.62” × 2.99” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 5 × 1.8 cm = 1.97” × 0.71”

TPP96AP9: Floater growth of very flattened Quartz crystals, doubly terminated, transparent, very lustrous, and with abundant oriented Chlorite inclusions.
Ksar Tassemente, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (01/2020)

Specimen size: 9.6 × 9.6 × 4.5 cm = 3.78” × 3.78” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 7.5 × 2.6 cm = 2.95” × 1.02”

TXE87AP9: Floater growth of very flattened Quartz crystals, doubly terminated, transparent, very lustrous, and with abundant oriented Chlorite inclusions.
Ksar Tassemente, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (01/2020)

Specimen size: 12.3 × 9.2 × 6 cm = 4.84” × 3.62” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 2.5 cm = 2.44” × 0.98”

TFA67AP9: Doubly terminated floater Fluor-liddicoatite crystal, with the lower termination poorly defined, even crude, but complete, and the upper one with the faces of a sharp pyramid. The crystal is between transparent and translucent, so it needs a strong light to show the intense red color that is dominant throughout the crystal, with yellow areas with golden reflections on the terminations.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send the buyer a copy of the analysis.
  Madagascar

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.83” × 0.55” × 0.43”

TJB67AP9: Group of Dioptase crystals on matrix, with a prismatic habit and the terminations of an acute rhombohedron. Very lustrous, with very deep color.
Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department  Republic of the Congo

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.9 × 2.1 cm = 1.65” × 1.14” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.8 cm = 0.43” × 0.31”

TXX47AP9: Group of Dioptase crystals on matrix, with a prismatic habit and the terminations of an acute rhombohedron. Very lustrous, with very deep color.
Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department  Republic of the Congo

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3 × 2.4 cm = 1.34” × 1.18” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.1 cm = 1.06” × 0.83”

TXX97AP9: Group of Dioptase crystals on matrix, one of them clearly dominant, with a prismatic habit and acute rhombohedral terminations. Very lustrous, with very deep color.
Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department  Republic of the Congo

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.1 × 2.5 cm = 2.40” × 1.61” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.87” × 0.47”

CFR86AP9: Group of tabular Hematite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, very lustrous, with fine striations and geometric growth forms. A classic of Brazilian mineralogy.
The specimen comes from the Carles Curto collection of duplicates (number 1988.28) whose label and computer file we will send to the buyer.
Pedra Preta pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil

Specimen size: 3.2 × 3.1 × 0.6 cm = 1.26” × 1.22” × 0.24”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2.5 cm = 1.26” × 0.98”

TLR66AP9: Group of Quartz crystals (variety rose quartz) with very marked polycrystalline growths, translucent, with good luster and an intense and uniform pink color, associated with small transparent brown Eosphorite crystals.
The specimen, which has very large crystals for this quartz variety, comes from the Paul Muse collection.
Ilha claim, Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 11 × 8.8 × 3.2 cm = 4.33” × 3.46” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 2.1 cm = 1.46” × 0.83”

EYP66AP9: Vug of very sharp lanceolate Descloizite crystals, with bright luster and a reddish brown color. From a locality little known to mineral collectors.
Venus Mine, El Guaico Mining District, Minas Department, Córdoba Province  Argentina

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.6 × 3.3 cm = 2.48” × 1.81” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.4 cm = 0.31” × 0.16”

TAL37AP9: Group of flattened and elongated Enargite crystals, partially covered by small Tetrahedrite crystals with parallel growths.
Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department  Peru

Specimen size: 6.5 × 6.4 × 2.2 cm = 2.56” × 2.52” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.6 cm = 0.47” × 0.24”

TFR68AP9: Druse of prismatic crystals of Paravauxite of good size, with sharp crystal forms and an excellent state of conservation. With small transparent Quartz crystals.
From the type locality for both species, the Paravauxite and the Sigloite.
Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 6 × 3.8 × 2.6 cm = 2.36” × 1.50” × 1.02”

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

EJL27AP9: Very aerial group of Galena crystals with a very unusual lenticular morphology. Extraordinarily lustrous, associated with a very sharp Sphalerite crystal and small coatings of white Dolomite crystals.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department  Peru

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.7 × 2.6 cm = 1.46” × 1.06” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 0.87” × 0.63”

EFG67AP9: Group of cubo-octahedral Galena crystals with a flattened habit, very lustrous, with Sphalerite crystals and Calcite and Quartz coatings.
Alimon Mine (Animon Mine), Huaron mining district, Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department  Peru

Specimen size: 7.6 × 6 × 5.7 cm = 2.99” × 2.36” × 2.24”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 2.8 cm = 1.69” × 1.10”

MRB52AP9: Complete sphere of microcrystalline Quartz, pseudomorph after a spheroidal Fluorite, blue-green in color, on a Quartz matrix. Unlike any other we have seen before.
Anxi, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province  China (2017)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.8 × 6.4 cm = 3.03” × 2.68” × 2.52”

Main crystal size: 6.7 × 6.3 cm = 2.64” × 2.48”

EFX67AP9: Interesting novelty of the year 2021. Very sharp bipyramidal crystals of Liroconite, with bright luster and an intense blue color, with green tones in some areas of the specimen, and on matrix.
This specimen has been analyzed in detail due to the curious presence of greenish tones in some crystals that turned out to be due to minor iron impurities. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 1.7 × 1.3 × 0.7 cm = 0.67” × 0.51” × 0.28”

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

EPX87AP9: Interesting novelty of the year 2021. Very sharp bipyramidal crystals of Liroconite, with bright luster and an intense blue color, with green tones in some areas of the specimen, and on matrix.
This specimen has been analyzed in detail due to the curious presence of greenish tones in some crystals that turned out to be due to minor iron impurities. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.3 × 1.3 cm = 0.79” × 0.51” × 0.51”

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

EPX48AP9: Interesting novelty of the year 2021. Very sharp bipyramidal crystals of Liroconite, with bright luster and an intense blue color, with green tones in some areas of the specimen, and on matrix.
This specimen has been analyzed in detail due to the curious presence of greenish tones in some crystals that turned out to be due to minor iron impurities. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.4 × 1 cm = 0.94” × 0.55” × 0.39”

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

TFG89AP9: Interesting novelty of the year 2021. Very sharp bipyramidal crystals of Liroconite, with bright luster and an intense blue color, with green tones in some areas of the specimen, and on matrix.
This specimen has been analyzed in detail due to the curious presence of greenish tones in some crystals that turned out to be due to minor iron impurities. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 1.6 × 1.8 cm = 1.02” × 0.63” × 0.71”

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

TFR90AP9: Interesting novelty of the year 2021. Very sharp bipyramidal crystals of Liroconite, with bright luster and an intense blue color, with green tones in some areas of the specimen, and on matrix.
This specimen has been analyzed in detail due to the curious presence of greenish tones in some crystals that turned out to be due to minor iron impurities. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 1.6 × 1.6 cm = 1.22” × 0.63” × 0.63”

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

TXA16AP9: Interesting novelty of the year 2021. Very sharp bipyramidal crystals of Liroconite on matrix, with bright luster and an intense and uniform blue color.
The specimen, very rich in crystals and of high quality, has been analyzed in detail due to the curious presence of greenish tones in some crystals that turned out to be due to minor iron impurities. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.5 × 1.1 cm = 0.87” × 0.59” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 0.15 × 0.1 cm = 0.06” × 0.04”

TFA36AP9: Interesting novelty of the year 2021. Very sharp bipyramidal crystals of Liroconite on matrix, with bright luster and an intense and uniform blue color.
The specimen, very rich in crystals and of high quality, has been analyzed in detail due to the curious presence of greenish tones in some crystals that turned out to be due to minor iron impurities. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.3 × 1 cm = 0.98” × 0.51” × 0.39”

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

TXB66AP9: Andradite crystals (demantoid variety) on matrix. One of them is clearly dominant and large, with very sharp trapezohedron and dodecahedron forms, translucent, lustrous, and of an intense deep green color. Also noteworthy is the abundance of crystals, since these Iranian demantoids usually occur as isolated crystals.
Belqeys Mountain, Takab, West Azerbaijan Province  Iran

Specimen size: 8.6 × 8.3 × 4.2 cm = 3.39” × 3.27” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 2.8 cm = 1.46” × 1.10”