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XM70NL
Very sharp crystals of Fluorite, transparent, lustrous and with a very pale blue color, almost water-clear, on matrix, with white lamellar crystals of Baryte and scalenohedral Calcite crystals, some of them doubly terminated.
Emilio Mine, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, La Rubiera, Loroñe, Colunga, Comarca de la Sidra, Principality of Asturias (Asturias) Spain (07/2014)
Specimen size: 6.8 x 4.2 x 4.3 cm
Main crystal size: 1.4 x 1.1 cm
NX60ND
Druse of Fluorite crystals finely beveled by dodecahedron faces and with curious growth deformations. They are transparent, lustrous and slightly bluish in color, on matrix, with white lamellar crystals of Baryte.
Jaimina Mine, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Trechorio, Carrales, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias) Spain (01/2011)
Specimen size: 10.2 x 7.2 x 3.8 cm
Main crystal size: 0.8 x 0.6 cm
XM70NV
Water-clear crystals of Fluorite clearly beveled by dodecahedron faces. On matrix, with scalenohedral Calcite crystals, some of them doubly terminated.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias) Spain
Specimen size: 4.2 x 3.6 x 3.4 cm
Main crystal size: 0.5 x 0.5 cm
XM80NT
Fluorite crystals beveled by dodecahedron faces, transparent, with bright luster and a pale lilac color, on matrix, with Quartz crystals.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias) Spain
Specimen size: 4.4 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm
Main crystal size: 0.9 x 0.6 cm
XM120NK
Fluorite crystal clearly beveled by dodecahedron faces, transparent and with an intense lilac color, on a matrix covered by Quartz crystals. Like most of the specimens from this deposit, the base of the rock matrix has been sawn to reduce excess volume.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias) Spain
Specimen size: 6.5 x 6.2 x 3.8 cm
Main crystal size: 1 x 1 cm
XM180NR
Druse of Fluorite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and aerial, beveled by dodecahedron faces. They are transparent, lustrous, and have an intense violet color, with geometric color zoning, and are on matrix with Quartz crystals.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias) Spain (2018)
Specimen size: 6.2 x 5.3 x 5.2 cm
Main crystal size: 0.9 x 0.6 cm
XM260NX
Druse of Fluorite crystals clearly bevelled by dodecahedron faces, transparent, with a very good luster and an intense violet color. On matrix with Quartz crystals.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias) Spain (2018)
Specimen size: 6.4 x 6 x 4.8 cm
Main crystal size: 1.2 x 1.1 cm
XM170NT
Group of transparent Fluorite crystals, with great luster and an intense deep violet color. On matrix, with Quartz crystals.
Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias) Spain (05-06/2018)
Specimen size: 15.8 x 11.4 x 6.4 cm
Main crystal size: 1.2 x 1 cm
XM160GF
Very sharp individual crystal of Ilvaite, with very well defined crystal forms and perfect terminations. The specimen is of great quality and size for this classic American locality. It comes from the Pedro Goy collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Bay State Group Mine, South Mountain Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho USA
Specimen size: 2.6 x 2.5 x 2.4 cm
Former collection of Pedro Goy
XM80TD
Very aerial aggregate of crystals formed by the prism and acute dipyramid, with very well defined faces and edges, with a cream color, on matrix.
San Antonio Mine (San Antonio el Grande Mine), chimenea Cox, level 4, East Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua Mexico (2011)
Specimen size: 2.1 x 2 x 1.1 cm
Main crystal size: 0.3 x 0.2 cm
XM90EE
Rosette aggregate of flattened Volborthite crystals, well defined, with good luster and a deep olive-green color. The Milpillas Volborthite specimens are considered the best of the species due to their quality, luster and crystal size, and set a new standard for the species. An excellent miniature of great quality.
Milpillas Mine, level 26, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (04/2015)
Specimen size: 1 x 0.5 x 0.3 cm
XM110EL
Groups of acicular crystals of Volborthite with a deep olive-green color on a Dickite matrix. The Milpillas Volborthite specimens are considered the best of the species due to their quality, luster and crystal size, and set a new standard for the species. An excellent miniature of great quality.
Milpillas Mine, level 26, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (04/2015)
Specimen size: 2.1 x 1.2 x 0.4 cm
XM145TC
Groups of Volborthite crystals with two different morphologies: acicular and flattened. The very lustrous and deep olive-green crystals sit on a Dickite matrix. Milpillas Volborthite specimens are considered the best of the species due to their quality, luster and crystal size, and set a new standard for the species.
Milpillas Mine, level 26, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (04/2015)
Specimen size: 3 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm
Main crystal size: 0.2 x 0.2 cm
XM70EV
This specimen, from a specific find by a local field collector between 2008 and 2011 in a mineral locality that has remained little known until now, shows a group of Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant, elongated, with an extraordinarily flattened habit and with Japan-law twinning distinct on the terminations that are shiny, between transparent and translucent and with reddish tones in some areas due to the presence of oxide inclusions.
Harrison Lake, Chilliwack, Regional District Fraser Valley, British Columbia Canada (2008-2011)
Specimen size: 3.2 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
Main crystal size: 0.9 x 0.4 cm
XM140TB
Aggregate of twinned Lazulite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, with good luster and deep color. On matrix, with small Quartz crystals.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory Canada (07/1995)
Specimen size: 3.2 x 2.2 x 1.1 cm
Main crystal size: 1.6 x 0.5 cm
XM160MC
Whiteite-(CaMnMg) crystals with very well defined faces and edges, elongated due to the presence of parallel growths, one of them being clearly dominant. The Whiteite-(CaMnMg), of light cream color, is on matrix, with twinned crystals of Lazulite, along with Siderite and Quartz.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory Canada (07/1995)
Specimen size: 3.4 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm
Main crystal size: 1.7 x 1.2 cm
XM240NR
Group of Fluorapatite crystals with elongated habit, translucent, of deep green color and with a very marked concentric color zoning of much denser tones in the central axis of the crystal. This concentric growth is known in Panasqueira as olho de boi (“ox eye”). The crystals are partially covered by small brown lenticular crystals of Siderite and microcrystals of Chlorite.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal (2019)
Specimen size: 6.8 x 5.3 x 4.9 cm
Main crystal size: 2.9 x 2.3 cm
XM70JB
Group of Quartz crystals with very well defined faces and edges, with unusual and very marked twists, transparent, shiny, and partially covered by small rhombohedral Siderite crystals.
Vizille, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France (2010)
Specimen size: 5.3 x 5.2 x 4.8 cm
Main crystal size: 5.3 x 1 cm
XM190DA
Group of tabular Azurite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, with good luster and a more vivid color than usual, with small octahedral Malachite pseudomorphs after Cuprite crystals. From the type locality for Azurite, the specimen comes from the Lluís Daunis collection.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France
Specimen size: 8.2 x 6.2 x 3.6 cm
Main crystal size: 1.5 x 0.8 cm
Former collection of Lluís Daunis
Type locality
XM80EA
Very aerial radial aggregate of Stibnite crystals, on a Calcite matrix, with very well defined crystal forms, excellent terminations and with the typical Baiut habit, short and flattened.
The specimen comes from the Uwe Niemeyer collection.
Baiut, Maramures Romania (±1970)
Specimen size: 5.7 x 4.8 x 3 cm
Main crystal size: 2.8 x 1 cm
Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer
XM130EC
Very aerial radial aggregate of Stibnite crystals, on a Calcite matrix, with very well defined crystal forms, excellent terminations and with the typical Baiut habit, short and flattened.
The specimen comes from the Uwe Niemeyer collection.
Baiut, Maramures Romania (±1970)
Specimen size: 6 x 4.8 x 3.8 cm
Main crystal size: 2 x 0.9 cm
Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer
XM180EE
Very aerial radial aggregate of Stibnite crystals, on a Calcite matrix, with very well defined crystal forms, excellent terminations and with the typical Baiut habit, short and flattened.
The specimen comes from the Uwe Niemeyer collection.
Baiut, Maramures Romania (±1970)
Specimen size: 5.8 x 4.9 x 3.8 cm
Main crystal size: 1.7 x 0.9 cm
Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer
XM90DK
Very sharp octahedral Pyrite crystals, lustrous, on matrix, with black dodecahedral crystals of Magnetite.
The specimen comes from the Lluís Daunis collection.
Brosso Mine, Cálea, Léssolo, Canavese District, Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte) Italy
Specimen size: 12.3 x 5.7 x 5.2 cm
Main crystal size: 1.6 x 1.2 cm
Former collection of Lluís Daunis
XM80MC
Left-handed quartz crystal, transparent, shiny, with a very deep and uniform smoky color.
The specimen comes from the Carles Manresa collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Binn Valley (Binntal), Wallis (Valais) Switzerland
Specimen size: 7.3 x 4.1 x 3.6 cm
Former collection of Carles Manresa
XM65TG
Nodular growths of small lenticular Azurite crystals with a very vivid and uniform color, on a rock matrix, with small coatings of Malachite.
Plaka Mines, Plaka, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture Greece (20/02/2013)
Specimen size: 3.2 x 3 x 2 cm
Main crystal size: 1.3 x 1.2 cm
XM60TL
Nodular growths of small lenticular Azurite crystals with a very vivid and uniform color, on a rock matrix, with small coatings of Malachite.
Plaka Mines, Plaka, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture Greece (20/02/2013)
Specimen size: 3.5 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm
Main crystal size: 1 x 0.9 cm
XM70TK
Nodular growths of small lenticular Azurite crystals with a very vivid and uniform color, on a rock matrix, with small coatings of Malachite.
Plaka Mines, Plaka, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture Greece (20/02/2013)
Specimen size: 3.8 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm
Main crystal size: 1.5 x 1.4 cm
XM70TJ
Nodular growths of small lenticular Azurite crystals with a very vivid and uniform color, on a rock matrix, with small coatings of Malachite.
Plaka Mines, Plaka, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture Greece (20/02/2013)
Specimen size: 3.9 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm
Main crystal size: 1.1 x 1.1 cm
XM145TM
Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, transparent and with a very deep green color, on matrix.
The specimen comes from the Harjo Neutkens collection (number 438) whose label we will send to the buyer.
Heights Quarry, Westgate, Weardale, North Pennines Orefield, County Durham England / United Kingdom
Specimen size: 3.4 x 3.1 x 2.6 cm
Main crystal size: 1.5 x 1.3 cm
XM70TT
Group of Manganite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with very well defined faces and edges, excellent terminations, lustrous, and partially covered by Quartz. The specimen is from the most classic locality for the species.
Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Nordhausen District, Thuringia/Thüringen Germany
Specimen size: 2.6 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Main crystal size: 0.4 x 0.2 cm
Type locality
XM50HJ
Group of Harmotome crystals with very well defined faces and edges, translucent and with shades between white and greyish. On matrix, with small brilliant yellow crystals of Fluorapophyllite-(K) and coatings of Pyrite microcrystals.
Korsnäs Lead Mine, Korsnäs, Vaasa municipality, Ostrobothnia Finland (1965)
Specimen size: 3.2 x 2.3 x 2 cm
Main crystal size: 1 x 0.8 cm
XM160MP
Group of twinned rhombohedral crystals of Cinnabar with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, with good luster and an intense red color, on matrix. The specimen comes with two old collection labels that we will send to the buyer.
Nikitovka deposit, Horlivka (Gorlovka), Horlivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast Ukraine
Specimen size: 6 x 3.7 x 2 cm
Main crystal size: 0.3 x 0.2 cm
XM90TR
Doubly terminated floater crystal of Lorenzenite with very well defined faces and edges. The specimen, of good size for the species, comes from the José Luis Vallecillo collection in Madrid.
Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region Russia
Specimen size: 2 x 1.1 x 0.6 cm
Former collection of José Luis Vallecillo
XM120TG
Very sharp crystal of Rhodizite with well defined faces and edges, translucent, with good luster and a slightly yellowish color. It sits on a matrix of Quartz and Feldspar with Elbaite (variety rubellite)
Antsogombato Mine, Antsentsindrano, Anosiarivo Manapa, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region Madagascar
Specimen size: 6.1 x 5.4 x 4.5 cm
Main crystal size: 2 x 2 cm
Former collection of José Luis Vallecillo
XM80EB
Group of very sharp Mimetite crystals, with a thick tabular to prismatic habit, many of them doubly terminated, on matrix. They are translucent, brilliant, with a very deep, uniform and vivid orange color.
Pingtouling Mine, Liannan, Qingyuan Prefecture, Guangdong Province China (2002-2003)
Specimen size: 3 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm
Main crystal size: 0.2 x 0.2 cm
XM130NP
Botryoidal aggregates of Brucite on matrix. Apart from the excellent luster, the unusual quality and intensity of the uniform lemon-yellow color stands out. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan (Baluchistan) Pakistan (2016)
Specimen size: 4 x 3.7 x 2 cm
XM90NBA
Botryoidal aggregates of Brucite on matrix with visible crystal forms, which is unusual for the species. Apart from the excellent luster, the unusual quality and intensity of the uniform lemon-yellow color stands out. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan (Baluchistan) Pakistan (2016)
Specimen size: 3.3 x 2.9 x 2.4 cm
XM220DM
Complete floater Dravite crystal formed by two prisms and rhombohedral terminations. It is translucent, shiny, and dark brown in color, with very shiny leafy Muscovite coatings. The specimen is accompanied by an autographed label from the Daunis collection that we will send to the buyer.
Yinnietharra Station, Yinnietharra, Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia Australia
Specimen size: 8.4 x 6.2 x 5.8 cm
With handwritten note from the Lluís Daunis Collection
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