The Core of Expominer Show Virtual 2022

XM2230RTF

Triplet of Quartz (amethyst variety) scepter crystals on Quartz (smoky variety) crystals with well-defined faces and edges and an intense amethyst hue on the crystal termination. A curiosity, since the specimen comes from an abandoned locality that has now been converted into an amusement park.

Eonyang, Gyeongsangnam-do South Korea

Specimen size: 3.4 x 2.5 x 2 cm

Main crystal size: 2.6 x 1.6 cm

XM2440EXA

Group of Calcite crystals with the dominant forms of the trapezohedron, with perfectly defined faces and edges and with colors caused by iron oxide inclusions that grow oriented on a first generation of Calcite crystal phantoms. Comes from an iron deposit affected by skarn.

Daguangshan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province China (07/2022)

Specimen size: 9.6 x 7.4 x 4.9 cm

Main crystal size: 2.4 x 2.4 cm

XM2190EPB

Pair of complex Calcite crystals, lustrous and translucent, becoming transparent towards the terminations. It displays interpenetration twins, with very well defined faces and edges and marked striations on some of the faces.
High quality for the locality.

Tongling Prefecture, Anhui Province China

Specimen size: 4.8 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm

Main crystal size: 4.8 x 2.4 cm

Fluorescent long & short UV

XM2560BFT

Large pineapple-like groups of thick terminated Descloizite crystals, with good luster and dark brown color tones, and of great size.
It comes from a classic deposit for the species, Berg Aukas, in Namibia, mined until 1978 for zinc, lead and vanadium.

Berg Aukas, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region Namibia

Specimen size: 11.4 x 11.2 x 7 cm

Main crystal size: 3.7 x 2 cm

XM2190NJA

A vug completely covered by sharp Calcite crystals with the dominant forms of the scalenohedron, translucent, with good luster and a soft cream color, on a limestone matrix.
A Moroccan classic of excellent quality.
The specimen belonged to Santiago Jiménez who, especially in the 1980s and 90s, assembled an excellent collection.

Imintanout, Chichaoua Province, Marrakech-Safi Region Morocco

Specimen size: 14 x 12.7 x 3.8 cm

Main crystal size: 1.7 x 0.7 cm

Former collection of Santiago Jiménez García

XM2490EFP

Group of translucent Fluorite crystals that show combinations of the cube with the octahedron, some of them twinned, with well-defined faces and edges, good luster and dark yellowish inclusions, on a matrix formed of Quartz crystals and Baryte.
Of a higher quality than what is usually found in the deposit.

Touroug-El Hamda Quarries (Hameda Mine), Melaab, Goulmima Cercle, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 11.3 x 9.4 x 5.7 cm

Main crystal size: 4.1 x 3.8 cm

XM2280TEG

These elegant golds were found for the first time In 2020. This specimen shows excellent crystallization, with the dominant forms of the octahedron in highly stylized parallel growths and with marked spinel-law twinning. At the upper end, grooves can be seen that allow us to see the intense internal golden reflections, and some small remnants of Quartz.

Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region Morocco (2020)

Specimen size: 1.3 x 0.4 x 0.2 cm

With analysis copy

Weight: 0.5 grams

XM2190TRR

Thick tabular Baryte crystal, translucent, with a transparent upper termination, a very deep and uniform yellowish tone, and perfectly defined faces and edges.
The specimen, a French classic, comes from the Lisarde collection.

Olloix, Saint-Amant-Tallende, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France

Specimen size: 5.4 x 4.6 x 3.6 cm

Minor fluorescence short UV

Former collection of Lisarde

XM2580NTR

A floater that shows two main complex and interpenetrating spherical groups of Sphalerite, with well defined faces and edges. They are translucent, with marked polysynthetic twins and an intense honey color, and are joined at the base with Dolomite crystals as the matrix. A classic of Cantabrian mining from Las Mánforas, located in a spectacular setting next to the Picos de Europa National Park.
It belonged to Santiago Jiménez who, especially in the 1980s and 90s, assembled an excellent collection with a very good representation of the mineralogy of Northern Spain.

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

Specimen size: 5.8 x 4.2 x 4.1 cm

Main crystal size: 3.9 x 3.8 cm

Former collection of Santiago Jiménez García