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HM1800MF

Group of short elongated crystals of Epidote, translucent, with great luster and an intense pistachio-green color, on a matrix of Quartz crystals.

Hongquizhen Quarry, Meigu, Liangshan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province China

Specimen size: 16 x 14.5 x 10.5 cm

HM280AB

Group of Gold crystals on Quartz matrix, with elongated but well defined octahedron and dodecahedron faces. With hoppers, skeletal growths and leafy forms.
Weight: 2.4 grams

Dongbeizhai Mine, Songpan, Ngawa Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province China

Specimen size: 1.3 x 1.1 x 0.4 cm

HM280TM

Druse of twinned Cassiterite crystals, translucent, with very bright luster and partially covered by small Calcite and Quartz crystals.

Viloco Mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department Bolivia

Specimen size: 10.6 x 10.1 x 3.2 cm

Main crystal size: 1.6 x 1.5 cm

HM240TJ

Very aerial group of octahedral pseudomorphs of Hematite after Magnetite crystals, with bright luster, very sharp, and on matrix, which is very unusual.

Payún Matru Volcano, Malargüe, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province Argentina (2008)

Specimen size: 6.8 x 6.7 x 5 cm

Main crystal size: 2.9 x 2.5 cm

HM150TD

Very aerial group of octahedral pseudomorphs of Hematite after Magnetite crystals, with cube faces and skeletal growths, lustrous and very sharp.

Payún Matru Volcano, Malargüe, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province Argentina (2008)

Specimen size: 8.4 x 5.5 x 4.7 cm

HM150TB

Very aerial group of Hematite pseudomorphs after octahedral Magnetite crystals, with bright luster, very sharp, and on matrix.

Payún Matru Volcano, Malargüe, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province Argentina (2008)

Specimen size: 7.3 x 5.4 x 4.3 cm

Main crystal size: 3.2 x 3.2 cm

HM390TA

Group of Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very marked hopper growths, between transparent and translucent, very lustrous and with intense smoky tones.

Divino das Laranjeiras, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais Brazil

Specimen size: 14.8 x 14.3 x 10 cm

Former collection of José Luis Vallecillo

HM230NY

A novelty at Munich 2017. Parallel growths, with a fibrous aspect, of 'lepidolite' pseudomorphous after an Elbaite crystal, with doubly terminated Tantalite-(Mn) crystals with very well defined faces and edges, transparent and with a very vivid red color.

Naipa Mine, Alto Ligonha pegmatite, Zambezia Province Mozambique (07/2017)

Specimen size: 4.5 x 2.8 x 3.2 cm

Main crystal size: 1.7 x 0.3 cm

HM90MR

Group of very sharp octahedral Spinel crystals, one of them clearly dominant, translucent and with a reddish color with mauve tones with a bright light.

Mount Malosa, Zomba District Malawi (2018)

Specimen size: 3 x 2.4 x 3.2 cm

Main crystal size: 2.8 x 1.8 cm

HM170MA

Aggregate of twinned Lazulite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, great luster and a deep color. On matrix, with rhombohedral, translucent and shiny crystals of Siderite and small Quartz crystals.

Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 5.4 x 4 x 1.8 cm

Main crystal size: 1.3 x 0.9 cm

HM90MA

Group on matrix of very sharp Wardite crystals, with well defined faces and edges and covered by a thin layer of Childrenite microcrystals.

Stoneman Camp, Young's Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory Canada (07/1996)

Specimen size: 6.7 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm

Main crystal size: 1.4 x 1.3 cm

HM60TP

A novelty at Tucson 2020: crystals of Cinnabar with a dominant rhombohedral habit along with other lesser crystal forms, translucent, extraordinarily lustrous and with a very vivid color, on matrix, with small crystals of Calcite and Gypsum. The specimen comes from a recent find that has been carefully analyzed and determined to be Cinnabar, and despite the fact that Metacinnabar was allegedly found in samples from this find, our analyses have not detected any.

Cocineras Mine, West Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua Mexico (2019)

Specimen size: 3.7 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm

HM340TG

Spherulitic growths and felted aggregates of Shattuckite, with a very intense and deep color, surrounded by small Quartz crystals that protect them. They occur on a Quartz matrix and have Chrysocolla coatings. We highlight the presence of crystallized Quartz, a very rare species in Milpillas.
We will send the buyer a copy of the Shattuckite analysis.

Milpillas Mine, level 1100, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (01/2019)

Specimen size: 5.8 x 3.6 x 1.8 cm

HM320TF

Spherulitic growths and felted aggregates of Shattuckite, with a very intense and deep color, surrounded by small Quartz crystals that protect them. They occur on a Quartz matrix and have Chrysocolla coatings. We highlight the presence of crystallized Quartz, a very rare species in Milpillas.
We will send the buyer a copy of the Shattuckite analysis.

Milpillas Mine, level 1100, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (01/2019)

Specimen size: 5.3 x 3.9 x 3.1 cm

HM260TB

Spherulitic growths and felted aggregates of Shattuckite, with a very intense and deep color, surrounded by small Quartz crystals that protect them. They occur on a Quartz matrix and have Chrysocolla coatings. We highlight the presence of crystallized Quartz, a very rare species in Milpillas.
We will send the buyer a copy of the Shattuckite analysis.

Milpillas Mine, level 1100, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (01/2019)

Specimen size: 4.2 x 3.7 x 1 cm

HM90TX

Group on matrix of lamellar and very sharp crystals of Chalcocite, with well defined and lustrous faces and edges. This specimen, from a classic locality, is very old, as the label that accompanies it attests.

Saint Just District, Cornwall England / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 4.5 x 3.7 x 3.4 cm

Main crystal size: 0.7 x 0.2 cm

HM180TE

Group on matrix of prismatic Vanadinite crystals, many of them doubly terminated, with good luster and an intense red color. An American classic, hard to find and very old, as the label that accompanies it attests.

Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona USA

Specimen size: 6.3 x 4.9 x 3.4 cm

Main crystal size: 0.3 x 0.1 cm

HM220EB

Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, between transparent and translucent, shiny and with an intense yellow color. Partially covered by small Pyrite crystals.

El Hammam, Ait Mimoune, Khémisset Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Region Morocco

Specimen size: 14.7 x 13.7 x 5.3 cm

Main crystal size: 6.2 x 5.4 cm

HM190TF

Cubo-octahedral Galena crystal with very balanced faces of both forms. With bright luster, on matrix, with tabular crystals of Baryte, transparent, shiny and with a yellowish color, and with Quartz crystals.

Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (01/2018)

Specimen size: 8 x 5.8 x 5.2 cm

Main crystal size: 2.5 x 1.9 cm

HM100EE

Very aerial polycrystalline growths of lamellar Baryte crystals, translucent and with a sky-blue color. On a matrix of Siderite with small crystals of Pyrite.

Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2018)

Specimen size: 6.6 x 5 x 5.6 cm

Main crystal size: 5 x 4 cm

HM110ER

A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Translucent laminar crystals with a vivid red color. They have a dominant pinacoid and thin pyramidal faces. They have grown implanted on a bed of black, very bright microcrystals of Mottramite that coated a rocky matrix. The Mottramite, a novelty at the Mibladen area, have been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.

Mohamedine, Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (05/2012)

Specimen size: 4.9 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm

Main crystal size: 0.9 x 0.7 cm

HM110EC

Parallel growths of flattened and very sharp Titanite crystals, transparent, shiny, and yellow with greenish hues. On matrix and with white Microcline crystals and acicular crystals of Ferro-actinolite with a very dark green color.

Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2016)

Specimen size: 5.2 x 3.2 x 1.9 cm

Main crystal size: 1 x 0.7 cm

HM90NC

Fluorapatite crystal, translucent, the terminal pinacoid with smooth polycrystalline growths, lustrous, polychrome, pink in varying shades and a greenish yellow termination that gives it a tourmaline-like appearance. As an added rarity, the crystal formed embedded within a microcrystalline Prehnite nodule.

Anemzi, Imilchil, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (10/2017)

Specimen size: 7.7 x 5.6 x 5.7 cm

Main crystal size: 2.4 x 1.5 cm

HM80EF

Floater nodule (fossil sponge) of Quartz (chalcedony variety) with spheroidal shapes, translucent and with zones of dark brown color and other areas more whitish.

Smara Morocco (Western Sahara) (2016)

Specimen size: 6.1 x 5.2 x 3.4 cm

HM190EDA

Arborescent growth, very aerial, of deformed and flattish native Copper crystals, quite three-dimensional and with very sharp octahedral terminations. On a crystalline Quartz matrix.
Former collection of Christian Mondeilh

Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2014)

Specimen size: 13.8 x 6.6 x 4.5 cm

Main crystal size: 0.3 x 0.3 cm

Former collection of Christian Mondeilh

HM70EE

Arborescent growth, very aerial, of deformed and flattish native Copper crystals, quite three-dimensional and with very sharp octahedral terminations. On a crystalline Quartz matrix.
Former collection of Christian Mondeilh

Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco

Specimen size: 7.2 x 3.8 x 2.9 cm

Main crystal size: 0.3 x 0.3 cm

Former collection of Christian Mondeilh

HM60EK

Arborescent growth, very aerial, of deformed and flattish native Copper crystals, quite three-dimensional and with very sharp octahedral terminations. On a crystalline Quartz matrix.
Former collection of Christian Mondeilh

Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2014)

Specimen size: 5.4 x 2 x 0.6 cm

Main crystal size: 0.3 x 0.2 cm

Former collection of Christian Mondeilh, number 5148/2014

HM340EF

Small deformed crystals of Gold on matrix with Quartz, small Covellite crystals and coatings of Malachite. One of the few specimens found in 2005.

Bleida Far West Mine, Tinzouline, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2017-2018)

Specimen size: 2.6 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm

HM80MP

Very sharp growths of Löllingite crystals, with brilliant luster and on a matrix of crystalline Quartz and Calcite.

Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (08-09/2016)

Specimen size: 3.8 x 3.6 x 2.1 cm

Main crystal size: 0.6 x 0.2 cm

HM80DB

Group of flattened Cerussite crystals that form central twins, transparent and with very bright luster.

Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region Morocco (1996)

Specimen size: 3.5 x 3.4 x 1.6 cm

Main crystal size: 1.2 x 0,7 cm