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SV3220NNM
Elegant, with good definition of the main crystal, an undamaged floater.
A great choice by Antonino Bueno to have it in his collection. With the very white Dolomite providing contrast, it reminds us of how splendid a metallic sulfide can be.
We will give Antonino's original label to the buyer.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), level 2, Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain (2007)
Specimen size: 6.7 x 3.3 x 2.9 cm
Main crystal size: 3 x 2.2 cm
Former collection of Antonino Bueno
€220 / US$234 / ¥35890 / AUD$360
SV3180NXF
Antonino Bueno, one of the great field collectors in the Áliva area, had it in his collection, and although the crystals are rough, when you shine a little light behind it, the miracle appears!
A floater, complete, and undamaged, we will give the buyer Antonino's original label.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), level 4, Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain (2002)
Specimen size: 5.6 x 4 x 2.1 cm
Former collection of Antonino Bueno
€180 / US$191 / ¥29360 / AUD$290
SV3130TXX
These pill-shaped calcites on the typical Prehnite from the area are quite curious.
Many pieces like this were floaters, which is why quite a few of them were saved. Now they are remnants of a past splendor, as as is often said: 'Nothing comes out anymore from there'.
Isabel Quarry (La Saludadora Quarry), La Cabrera pluton, Valdemanco, Comarca Sierra de Guadarrama, Community of Madrid Spain
Specimen size: 8.3 x 5.6 x 1.8 cm
€130 / US$140 / ¥20500 / AUD$218
SV3220EPP
Although not very famous, the Haiti mine has also yielded botryoidal goethites, sometimes of good quality. This specimen is a perfect example of this, with the Goethite/matrix relationship well balanced, with slight iridescence and a lot of luster in the Goethite groupings.
It was in the collection of Miguel David Martínez with number 1818 and we will send its label to the buyer of the specimen.
Haití Mine, Cabezo de San Ginés, San Ginés de la Jara, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (2016)
Specimen size: 11.4 x 8 x 5.7 cm
Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
€220 / US$234 / ¥35890 / AUD$360
SV3390EXL
A great piece from the San Valentín Quarry. The Quartz crystals are of good size, the Goethite that covers them has intense iridescence and the whole thing has a strange beauty. There is a slight saw cut on the back that barely impacts the visual appearance of the specimen.
This piece was in one of the great collections of that area, that of Mariano Guillén. His collection passed to that of Miguel David Martínez with the number 1700 and whose label we will send to the buyer of the specimen.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain
Specimen size: 9.2 x 6 x 5.2 cm
Main crystal size: 1.1 x 1 cm
Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
€390 / US$421 / ¥61520 / AUD$655
SV3380TXX
Very different from others, this curious Hemimorphite occurs in groups of small crystals with an intense pearly luster, which contrasts with the brown Calcite of the base.
Just what I said: different.
San Antonio Mine (San Antonio el Grande Mine), East Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua Mexico
Specimen size: 7.7 x 6.2 x 4.4 cm
Main crystal size: 0.6 x 0.2 cm
€380 / US$404 / ¥62000 / AUD$620
SV3440TPL
An elegant piece from the important discovery made at the Ojuela mine in 2008-2009.
The characteristic elongated Wulfenite crystals are separated from each other and have very good color and luster.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango Mexico
Specimen size: 7 x 4.3 x 3 cm
Main crystal size: 0.6 x 0.2 cm
€440 / US$468 / ¥71790 / AUD$720
SV3190TLP
Good Baryte (for the locality) from the very famous Milpillas Mine, as attested by the small Cuprite crystals in the matrix and its two previous owners: Peter Megaw, and Bill and Diana Dameron, whose labels we will send to the buyer.
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico
Specimen size: 7.7 x 7.1 x 4.6 cm
Main crystal size: 1.9 x 1.4 cm
Former collection of Bill & Diana Dameron
€190 / US$205 / ¥29970 / AUD$319
SV390EPF
The Flambeau mine produces these very characteristic chalcocites, with large to very large crystals, poorly defined, but with very peculiar iridescent colors.
An American classic, former Thomas P. Moore collection, with his original label that we will send to the buyer.
Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin USA
Specimen size: 3 x 1.9 x 1.2 cm
Main crystal size: 1.4 x 1 cm
Former collection of Thomas P. Moore
€90 / US$97 / ¥14190 / AUD$151
SV3420ELX
Always desired and always very expensive, pink or reddish octahedral fluorites are one of the classics of French mineralogy. In this case, the piece does not pretend to be fantastic, but the Fluorite crystals are sharp, have good color and transparency and, above all, they are well placed on their slightly smoky Quartz matrix.
Les Droites (north face), Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France
Specimen size: 7 x 6.2 x 3.8 cm
Main crystal size: 1 x 0.8 cm
€420 / US$453 / ¥66250 / AUD$705
SV3240EEJ
The Azurite is in good condition, the groups of Azurite crystals forming two spheres. With several Cuprite crystals pseudomorphed by Malachite (not very green in this case), they give this combo a high enough level that it can be considered a quality piece for this prolific deposit. The magnificent blue of the Azurite helps. Scattered through the piece are the characteristic granular barytes, almost always reddish due to the presence of iron oxides.
Chessy is the type locality for Azurite.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France
Specimen size: 5.1 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm
Main crystal size: 0.7 x 0.7 cm
Type locality
Former collection of Frédéric Gaudry
€240 / US$259 / ¥37860 / AUD$403
SV3100EPF
A little eroded by the passage of time, but it is fascinating how the Cuprite pseudomorphed by Malachite has resisted perfectly and stands gracefully on the Azurite. Throughout the piece there are also the characteristic granular barytes, almost always reddish due to the presence of iron oxides.
Chessy is the type locality for Azurite.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France
Specimen size: 3 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Main crystal size: 0.5 x 0.5 cm
Type locality
€100 / US$108 / ¥15770 / AUD$168
SV380EEF
Small but nice Azurite crystal. A doubly terminated floater, it forms a rosette and bears the 'signature' of the locality, namely a Cuprite crystal pseudomorphed by Malachite. The omnipresent whitish granules of Barite are also there.
Chessy is the type locality for Azurite.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France
Specimen size: 1.3 x 1.3 x 1 cm
Type locality
€80 / US$86 / ¥12620 / AUD$134
SV3230ETF
This is truly a rarity. Coming from Engineer Fernando Soares Carneiro, it is an isolated Cassiterite crystal, a floater of very good size, which comes from a locality about which I, personally, knew almost nothing, besides that it was part of the group of tin mines in the Tras-os-Montes area.
In short, this is a super-rarity and its quality, for such a little known locality, is reasonable.
Ribeira Mine, Coelhoso, Bragança, Bragança District, Norte Region Portugal
Specimen size: 5.3 x 3.9 x 2.7 cm
Former collection of Fernando Soares Carneiro
€230 / US$248 / ¥36280 / AUD$386
SV390NPG
San Valentín is a very special quarry that has produced a great variety of species even though it is in a region that is not usually known for being mineralogically diverse.
Among the curiosities of this locality is this very red Opal found by Miguel David Martínez, and that was in his collection with the number 854.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (2016)
Specimen size: 5.2 x 3.6 x 2.2 cm
Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
€90 / US$97 / ¥14190 / AUD$151
SV3220NXB
The best known specimens from the San Valentín Quarry are the Cerussite pseudomorphs after Anglesite, and covered by iridescent Goethite, but sometimes the cerussites are not pseudomorphs after Anglesite and sometimes they are not covered by Goethite either. This is the case here, and furthermore, although the Cerussite crystals are not very big, they are very pretty and in perfect condition.
The piece is very unusual because it was in one of the large collections in that area, that of Mariano Guillén and from his collection it went to that of Miguel David Martínez with the number 887.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain
Specimen size: 8.8 x 6.1 x 3.8 cm
Main crystal size: 1 x 0.7 cm
Former collection of Mariano Guillén
Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
€220 / US$237 / ¥34700 / AUD$369
SV3160NMN
Polycrystalline growths, with a dipyramidal habit, of translucent Scheelite with an intense and uniform yellow-orange color, on matrix, with very sharp crystals of Arsenopyrite, small twinned Cassiterite crystals and lamellar Muscovite growths. It is very good news that the La Parrilla mine, one of the largest classic Spanish deposits, is yielding collectible specimens again.
La Parrilla Claim (new cut), Santa Amalia, Don Benito-Almoharín, Comarca Vegas Altas, Cáceres, Extremadura Spain (07/2022)
Specimen size: 2 x 1.9 x 1.2 cm
Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV
€160 / US$172 / ¥25240 / AUD$268
SV390NMM
Polycrystalline growths, with a dipyramidal habit, of translucent Scheelite with an intense and uniform yellow-orange color, on matrix, with very sharp crystals of Arsenopyrite, small twinned Cassiterite crystals and lamellar Muscovite growths. It is very good news that the La Parrilla mine, one of the largest classic Spanish deposits, is yielding collectible specimens again.
La Parrilla Claim (new cut), Santa Amalia, Don Benito-Almoharín, Comarca Vegas Altas, Cáceres, Extremadura Spain (07/2022)
Specimen size: 2.1 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm
Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV
€90 / US$95 / ¥14680 / AUD$140
SV3140NMP
Polycrystalline growths, with a dipyramidal habit, of translucent Scheelite with an intense and uniform yellow-orange color, on matrix, with very sharp crystals of Arsenopyrite, small twinned Cassiterite crystals and lamellar Muscovite growths. It is very good news that the La Parrilla mine, one of the largest classic Spanish deposits, is yielding collectible specimens again.
La Parrilla Claim (new cut), Santa Amalia, Don Benito-Almoharín, Comarca Vegas Altas, Cáceres, Extremadura Spain (07/2022)
Specimen size: 2 x 1.9 x 1.2 cm
Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV
€140 / US$149 / ¥22840 / AUD$220
SV3180ETZ
Very curious Gypsum rosette formed in a classic crystallized Cinnabar with Mercury, from Almadén. The rosette looked so curious that we had it analyzed, and it did indeed turn out to be Gypsum.
The specimen comes from the Moutet collection in Marseille and we will send Moutet's handwritten label to the buyer.
Almaden Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha Spain
Specimen size: 9 x 5.8 x 5.1 cm
With analysis copy
Former collection of Moutet (Marseille)
€180 / US$194 / ¥28390 / AUD$302
SV3180NXX
Aragonite crystal, twinned, with a thick tabular habit, translucent, with good luster and a lilac color and in a Gypsum matrix, which is uncommon.
A classic of Spanish mineralogy with higher quality than usual.
Unlike most specimens from this find and previous finds, this specimen has not needed to be reinforced to prevent the crystals from separating from each other and it's also on matrix.
Keuper outcrop, Los Molinillos, Minglanilla, Comarca Manchuela Conquense, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha Spain (12/2022)
Specimen size: 6.4 x 6 x 4.2 cm
Main crystal size: 2.2 x 2.1 cm
€180 / US$194 / ¥28390 / AUD$302
SV3160NBR
Floater group of twinned Aragonite crystals, with a thick tabular habit, translucent, lustrous and purple.
A classic of Spanish mineralogy with higher quality than usual and found prior to the major discoveries of 2022-2023. It was from the collection of Miguel David Martínez, and we will send its label to the buyer of the piece.
This specimen has not needed to be reinforced to prevent the crystals from separating from each other.
Keuper outcrop, Los Molinillos, Minglanilla, Comarca Manchuela Conquense, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha Spain (2020)
Specimen size: 6 x 5.3 x 3.5 cm
Main crystal size: 4.5 x 3.2 cm
Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
€160 / US$172 / ¥25240 / AUD$268
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