The Core of Expo Mineral Show (2)

SV2640NTZ

A powerful piece. Perfectly sharp and outlined Sphalerite crystal group, of complex and twinned crystallography, of very deep toasted honey color, transparent and implanted in a rock matrix, on very well defined Dolomite crystals with a snow-white color and small crystals of Calcite.
The specimen comes from the Antonino Bueno collection whose label we will send to the buyer.

Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), level 3, Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain (2006)

Specimen size: 5.8 x 4.4 x 4.2 cm

Main crystal size: 1.4 x 1 cm

Former collection of Antonino Bueno

€640 / US$681 / ¥104420 / AUD$1050

SV2170CXA

Arborescent growth formed by well-defined Copper crystals showing dominant dodecahedral shapes of intense color and luster.
From a classic locality in Namibia, the specimen comes from the collection of duplicates of Carles Curto (number 1978.20), whose digital record we will send to the buyer.

Onganja (Emke) Mine, Helen Farm 235, Onganja mining area, Seeis, Windhoek District, Khomas Region Namibia

Specimen size: 5.5 x 3.3 x 1.5 cm

Main crystal size: 0.9 x 0.5 cm

Former collection of Carles Curto (duplicates)

€170 / US$181 / ¥27730 / AUD$270

SV2440TXX

Aerial and arborescent growth of Silver crystals with the very marked cubic forms having been preserved, and that has been completely pseudomorphed by Acanthite.
The specimen is a Moroccan classic for silver minerals, of which only few specimens are seen in the mineralogical market.

Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco

Specimen size: 7.1 x 3.6 x 2.9 cm

€440 / US$468 / ¥71790 / AUD$720

SV2280CJR

Pair of doubly terminated crystals of Azurite, one of them totally pseudomorphed by Malachite, arranged in a very aerial way with faces and sharp edges, and partially covered by Cerussite crystals and small traces of matrix.
The specimen, a Moroccan classic from the most splendid years of Touissit, comes from the collection of duplicates of Carles Curto (number 1989.32), whose digital file we will send to the buyer.

Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region Morocco (±1989)

Specimen size: 4.6 x 3.8 x 2.5 cm

Main crystal size: 3.5 x 1.2 cm

Former collection of Carles Curto (duplicates)

€280 / US$298 / ¥45680 / AUD$450

SV21800NXF

An important piece due not only to the minerals that form it, but by the very association of both species on the same piece, which is not common. Metallic grey Nagyagite crystals with preferentially oriented growths, are implanted in a slightly pink crystalline Quartz matrix and accompanied by darker lanceolate crystals of Sylvanite.
A historical specimen, obtained at the end of the 19th century, from a classic mining district in Romania that has deposits in which gold, silver and tellurium are exploited and that is the type locality (TL) for Nagyágite. From the collection of Ignacio Gaspar Sintes whose handwritten record we will send to the purchaser.

Sacarîmb (Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara Romania (±1850)

Specimen size: 6.9 x 4.6 x 1.1 cm

Type locality

Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar

€1800 / US$1917 / ¥293680 / AUD$2950

SV2980NRF

A classic of German mineralogy formed by fans of radiating Kermesite crystals of an intense crimson-red color, with a strong color contrast thanks to being deposited on snow-white Quartz crystals, on a rock matrix. From the type locality (TL) for the species, which is also the type locality for Diaphorite and Miargyrite.
The specimen, which is accompanied by an old handwritten label, comes from the collection of Ignacio Gaspar Sintes, whose label and handwritten file we will send to the buyer of the piece.

Neue Hoffnung Gottes Mine, Bräunsdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen Germany

Specimen size: 9 x 5.8 x 4.1 cm

Type locality

Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar

€980 / US$1043 / ¥159890 / AUD$1600

SV2100TPA

Group of Quartz crystals (variety amethyst) growing preferentially in two directions, on matrix with small globular Calcite crystals, with good luster and uniform color.
The specimen comes from finds made in the Capurru quarry during the year 2008.

Capurru Quarry, Osilo, Sassari Province, Sardinia/Sardegna Italy (±2008)

Specimen size: 7.2 x 4.6 x 4.6 cm

Main crystal size: 1.8 x 0.7 cm

€100 / US$106 / ¥16310 / AUD$160

SV2490TMB

Group of Pyromorphite crystals with a prismatic habit and hexagonal outline, in matrix, with greater development in the upper part of the piece forming divergent crystal aggregates and flat terminations, with great luster and the best green color for specimens from the locality of origin, the Les Farges mine, in France.
A very fine and elegant piece.

Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine France

Specimen size: 3.4 x 2.7 x 2.8 cm

Main crystal size: 0.4 x 0.3 cm

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

€490 / US$521 / ¥79940 / AUD$800

SV2440NJE

Doubly terminated, sharp floater crystal of Silver, with a very visible spinel-law twin, skeletal growths, very sharp and profiled, accompanied by groups of isolated Acanthite crystals, one of them dominant.
The specimen, whose locality of origin is a classic for silver minerals, comes from the collection of Ignacio Gaspar Sintes whose handwritten label we will send to the purchaser.

Batopilas, Andrés del Río District, Municipio Batopilas, Chihuahua Mexico

Specimen size: 3.3 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm

Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar

€440 / US$468 / ¥71790 / AUD$720

SV2680TGA

Novelty on the market in 2022.
Arborescent Silver, very aerial and aesthetic, with very marked spinel-law twinning. It is on matrix, surrounding a rocky core decorated by Calcite crystals that differentiate it from the classic Hongda silvers.
These pieces come from a find made in a small gold working, currently closed, and from which until now there was no evidence that such good silvers had been found there.

Jizishan deposit, Linqu, Weifang Prefecture, Shandong Province China (±2014)

Specimen size: 6.3 x 3.2 x 2 cm

Main crystal size: 3.1 x 0.15 cm

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV

€680 / US$724 / ¥110940 / AUD$1110

SV2290TXA

From a 2022 discovery in the Daye area, parallel growths of lenticular and very aerial Calcite crystals forming stacks, on matrix. They are translucent, lustrous, yellow with red Hematite inclusions and geometric color zoning that gives a very aesthetic result.

Daye mining area, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province China (03/2022)

Specimen size: 5.7 x 5.1 x 3.9 cm

Main crystal size: 1 x 1 cm

€290 / US$308 / ¥47310 / AUD$470

SV2240EGX

Group of Quartz crystals (smoky variety) implanted on a matrix of Orthoclase crystals twinned according to the Baveno law, and with a parallel aggregate of lamellar Mica crystals, probably Muscovite.
The specimen, of special interest due to its locality and size, comes from the collection of Raúl Sanabria, whose label we will send to the buyer.

Navazales Quarry (El Berrocal, Los Gallegos), La Cabrera pluton, Valdemanco - Bustarviejo, Comarca Sierra de Guadarrama, Community of Madrid Spain (03/2001)

Specimen size: 14.4 x 11.6 x 6.7 cm

Main crystal size: 4.5 x 3.5 cm

Former collection of Raúl Sanabria

€240 / US$255 / ¥39150 / AUD$390

SV2180TBX

Cubo-octahedral crystal of Galena, of considerable size, partially covered by a multitude of tiny Cerussite crystals, hosted in a matrix formed of iron-rich Dolomite and associated with a large group of Quartz crystals, some of them doubly terminated.
A curious specimen due to its genetics and for being from the Rómulo mine in the La Unión-Cartagena mining district, very difficult to get nowadays.

Mina Rómulo, Collado La Mina, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (±1992)

Specimen size: 10.5 x 7.4 x 4 cm

Main crystal size: 3.1 x 2.7 cm

€180 / US$191 / ¥29360 / AUD$290

SV2360NCX

Group of Baryte crystals that form bright leafy aggregates, sharp and interpenetrated with each other. One crystal is adorned at the end by tiny, totally water-clear Quartz crystals.
Comes from a mine that has become swallowed by the peri-urban nucleus of Vista Alegre, in the mining district of La Unión-Cartagena.

San Camilo Mine, Vista Alegre, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain

Specimen size: 12.2 x 10.9 x 7.6 cm

Main crystal size: 8 x 3 cm

€360 / US$383 / ¥58730 / AUD$590

SV280NGR

Group of Galena crystals with dominant cube forms, with the vertices truncated by octahedron faces, with small remnants of honey-colored Sphalerite and whitish crystals of Dolomite.
Comes from a mining district where zinc and lead were exploited from Sphalerite and Galena ores respectively.

La Florida mining area, Herrería-Valdáliga-Rionansa, Comarca Costa Occidental/Saja-Nansa, Cantabria Spain

Specimen size: 5.4 x 3.6 x 3 cm

Main crystal size: 2.2 x 1.6 cm

€80 / US$85 / ¥13050 / AUD$130