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Linarite with Quartz

XM80TQ

Radial aggregates of acicular Linarite crystals, translucent, with great luster and a very vivid color, on a Quartz-coated matrix. The specimen is from the Lee Hogg collection.

Grand Reef Mine, Laurel Canyon, Grand Reef Mountain, Klondyke, Aravaipa District, Graham County, Arizona USA

Specimen size: 3.1 x 2.9 x 1.3 cm

Former collection of Lee Hogg

€80 / US$85 / ¥12940 / AUD$130

Rutile with Pyrophyllite

XM330MV

Group of twinned Rutile crystals, with sharp and shiny crystal forms, on a Pyrophyllite matrix. A classic from the USA.

Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia USA

Specimen size: 4 x 3.7 x 3 cm

Main crystal size: 3 x 2.6 cm

€330 / US$353 / ¥46840 / AUD$530

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Chalcopyrite with Sphalerite

Fluorescent light (daylight)

XM240GF

Aggregate of twinned Chalcopyrite crystals showing very sharp skeletal growths with Sphalerite crystals. The specimen comes from the Pedro Goy collection.

French Creek Mines, St. Peters, Warwick Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania USA

Specimen size: 8.1 x 5.6 x 3.1 cm

Main crystal size: 2 x 1.3 cm

Former collection of Pedro Goy

€560 / US$577 / ¥81120 / AUD$863

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Quartz (variety smoky)
Quartz (variety smoky)
Front
Quartz (variety smoky)
Side

XM310TE

Aggregate of crystals with window growths on some of their faces and an intense glassy luster. The specimens from the Grant quarry, apart from their scarcity, are especially prized by advanced collectors for their quality and for their distinct internal growth and dissolution forms.

Grant Quarry, Greely, Gloucester Township, Carleton County, Ontario Canada (06/2004)

Specimen size: 5.2 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm

Main crystal size: 4.2 x 3.8 cm

€310 / US$342 / ¥41950 / AUD$455

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Vesuvianite with Grossular

XM90DD

Vesuvianite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, some of them doubly terminated, with good luster and a brown color, on matrix, with pale pink dodecahedral Grossular crystals.

Sierra de las Cruces, Sierra Mojada mining district, Municipio Sierra Mojada, Coahuila (Coahuila de Zaragoza) Mexico

Specimen size: 12 x 9.2 x 6.1 cm

Main crystal size: 3.2 x 1.4 cm

€90 / US$105 / ¥11160 / AUD$145

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Gold on Quartz

XM380NF

Dendritic and lamellar growths of native Gold on a Quartz matrix. The gold is very lustrous and has small cubic subhedral or hypidiomorphic shapes. The quality is higher than usual for this deposit.

Talarrubias / Casas de Don Pedro area, Comarca La Siberia, Badajoz, Extremadura Spain

Specimen size: 1.7 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm

€380 / US$447 / ¥47140 / AUD$614

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Pyromorphite

XM65NL

Aggregate of elongated Pyromorphite crystals with deep hopper terminations and very marked parallel growths, with good luster and a slightly greenish brown color, which makes the pieces from this pocket unmistakable. They have become a Spanish classic. The specimen comes from a pocket in an old lead mining area, already exploited in Roman times, and known for previous Pyromorphite finds.

Resuperferolítica claim, Cerro de la Canaleja, Santa Eufemia, Comarca Los Pedroches, Córdoba, Andalusia Spain (04/1995)

Specimen size: 2.9 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm

Main crystal size: 1 x 0.8 cm

€65 / US$69 / ¥10510 / AUD$100

Lillianite with Pyrite and Quartz

XM45NA

Aggregates of acicular crystals of Lillianite, lustrous and on matrix, with Quartz and small Pyrite crystals. The Lillianite specimen, a strange sulfide of lead, silver and bismuth, is a rarity in Spanish mineralogy. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.

Sultana Mine, Gomesende Mining Group, Gomesende y Ramirás, Comarca Terra da Celanova, Orense / Ourense, Galicia / Galiza Spain

Specimen size: 6 x 4.7 x 2.3 cm

€45 / US$52 / ¥5580 / AUD$72

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Smithsonite

XM45NX

Spheroidal growths of small Smithsonite crystals with distinct forms, translucent, lustrous, yellowish in color, on matrix. Excellent quality for a Spanish Smithsonite.

Hermosa Mine (Sel de Haya Mine), Sel del Haya, Cobijón, Udías, Comarca Costa occidental, Cantabria Spain (2006)

Specimen size: 4.8 x 4 x 2.6 cm

€45 / US$50 / ¥5830 / AUD$69

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Smithsonite

XM50NE

Spheroidal growths of small Smithsonite crystals with distinct forms, translucent, lustrous, yellowish in color, on matrix. Good quality for a Spanish Smithsonite.

Hermosa Mine (Sel de Haya Mine), Sel del Haya, Cobijón, Udías, Comarca Costa occidental, Cantabria Spain (2006)

Specimen size: 4.9 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm

€50 / US$58 / ¥6200 / AUD$80

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Quartz with Siderite

XM160TC

Group of Quartz crystals with dominant dipyramidal forms and a short prism, translucent, lustrous and with a pale amethyst color, partially covered by small crystals of Siderite. The specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.

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: 5.8 x 5.1 x 4.7 cm

Main crystal size: 3 x 2.4 cm

Former collection of Alain Martaud

€50 / US$59 / ¥6510 / AUD$78

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Gypsum with inclusions

XM160TF

Group of twinned and doubly terminated Gypsum crystals with sharp crystal forms, translucent, and reddish in color due to Hematite inclusions, on matrix.
The specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.

La Dificultad Mine, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (08/1979)

Specimen size: 7.8 x 4.9 x 2.8 cm

Main crystal size: 5.6 x 3.7 cm

Former collection of Alain Martaud

€160 / US$188 / ¥19850 / AUD$258

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Gypsum with inclusions

XM100TM

Very aerial group of twinned and doubly terminated Gypsum crystals with sharp crystal forms, translucent, with bright luster and a blackish color due to oxide inclusions.
The specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.

La Dificultad Mine, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (08/1979)

Specimen size: 10 x 8 x 6.4 cm

Main crystal size: 3 x 2.4 cm

Former collection of Alain Martaud

€100 / US$103 / ¥14460 / AUD$154

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Quartz after Aragonite

XM140TC

Group of crystals, very aerial and on matrix, of Quartz pseudomorphs after Aragonite, an unusual substitution and, in this case, also very aesthetic. The crystals have recognizable crystal shapes, and are translucent and white. The specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.

Los Pajaritos-Cabezo de Don Juan Ravine, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (1980-1985)

Specimen size: 10.5 x 7.8 x 9 cm

Former collection of Alain Martaud

€140 / US$149 / ¥22640 / AUD$230

Malachite after Azurite and Azuite

XM130ET

Druse of equant Azurite crystals with sharp crystal forms, with a group of very well defined Malachite pseudomorphs after Azurite crystals. Exemplary of the type locality for Azurite.

Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France (1989-1995)

Specimen size: 4 x 3.1 x 2.9 cm

Main crystal size: 1 x 0.6 cm

Type locality

€130 / US$138 / ¥18180 / AUD$200

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Hematite

Fluorescent light (daylight)

XM280TC

Botryoidal Hematite growths known by the name of “kidney ore”, with good luster and reddish tones. An excellent English classic.

Florence Mine, Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, former Cumberland, Cumbria England / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 17.8 x 8 x 6.4 cm

Main crystal size: 3 x 2.4 cm

€280 / US$302 / ¥44170 / AUD$470

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Calcite with inclusions of 'plumosite'

XM80MH

Parallel growths of white lenticular Calcite crystals, on matrix, with spheroidal growths of Calcite with inclusions of “plumosite” crystals.

Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District Kosovo (2010)

Specimen size: 8.8 x 6.7 x 5 cm

Main crystal size: 3.6 x 2.7 cm

€80 / US$94 / ¥9920 / AUD$129

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Hidrokenoralstonite and Thomsenolite

XM85RX

Druse of sharp Hidrokenoralstonite crystals with good terminations, together with Thomsenolite crystals, on matrix. Both species are rare halides. This very old specimen is of excellent quality and was in Joaquín Folch's collection of duplicates. We will send his handwritten label to the buyer.

Ivigtut deposit, Ivittuut, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq Greenland

Specimen size: 8 x 6.8 x 4.2 cm

Main crystal size: 0.2 x 0.1 cm

Type locality

Former collection Folch (duplicates)

€85 / US$103 / ¥10700 / AUD$137

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Quartz (varieties smoky and scepter)

XM150TJ

Parallel and scepter growth of doubly terminated crystals, very lustrous, transparent, and with an intense smoky color, on a group of very elongated white Quartz crystals.

Steinkopf, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape Province South Africa (08/2010)

Specimen size: 5 x 3.1 x 2.2 cm

€150 / US$160 / ¥24260 / AUD$250

Sphalerite with Arsenopyrite, Magnetite and Muscovita

XM220ET

Complex Sphalerite crystal with rounded and poorly defined faces and edges, translucent and with a light yellow color. Very aerial and on matrix, with small very sharp crystals of Arsenopyrite, Magnetite, and Muscovite.

Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2016)

Specimen size: 4.6 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm

Main crystal size: 2.1 x 2 cm

€220 / US$235 / ¥35580 / AUD$360








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