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Magnetite (variety martite) on matrix
Magnetite (variety martite) on matrix
Front
Magnetite (variety martite) on matrix
Rear

Fluorescent light (daylight)

HM280TE

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

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

Specimen size: 8 x 6.6 x 5 cm

Main crystal size: 2.8 x 1.6 cm

€280 / US$299 / ¥45290 / AUD$470

Witherite with Sphalerite and Calcite
Witherite with Sphalerite and Calcite
Photo: Joaquim Callén

Fluorescent light (daylight)

HM240MH

Witherite crystals with parallel growths perpendicular to the main axis, very marked, with a slightly yellowish white color, on matrix and with Calcite and Sphalerite. The specimen is from one of the most typical deposits for this not so common carbonate.

Minerva I Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois USA

Specimen size: 11.6 x 10.2 x 5.3 cm

€240 / US$284 / ¥31200 / AUD$383

Sold

Galena after Pyrrhotite with Pyrite, Sphalerite and Calcite

Fluorescent light (daylight)

HM190ED

Druse of Galena pseudomorphs after Pyrrhotite crystals, partially covered by Pyrite with a deformed cubic habit. On matrix, with twinned crystals of Sphalerite and crystals of Calcite.

Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District Kosovo (2018)

Specimen size: 8.7 x 7.6 x 4.2 cm

Main crystal size: 7 x 4.5 cm

€190 / US$202 / ¥30730 / AUD$310

Pyrite after Pyrrhotite and with Sphalerite

Fluorescent light (daylight)

HM140EC

Druse of Pyrite crystals with a bright luster and a deformed cubic habit along with small faces of other crystal forms, pseudomorphic after Pyrrhotite crystals with a clearly hexagonal outline, and partially covered by twinned Sphalerite crystals.

Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District Kosovo (2012)

Specimen size: 8.6 x 5.6 x 3.7 cm

Main crystal size: 0.9 x 0.7 cm

€140 / US$149 / ¥22640 / AUD$230

Brazilianite with Mica

HM80CR

Aggregate of Brazilianite crystals, many of them doubly terminated, with a short prismatic habit, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and an intense yellow color. Associated with lamellar Muscovite crystals.
This specimen comes from the Carles Curto collection, whose label and catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.

Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais Brazil

Specimen size: 3.8 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm

Main crystal size: 1.4 x 1.1 cm

Former collection of Carles Curto (duplicates)

€80 / US$85 / ¥11190 / AUD$123

Sold

Smithsonite
Smithsonite
Front
Smithsonite
Side

HM180CF

Two very acute scalenohedral Smithsonite crystals, translucent, lustrous and with an intense yellow color, on matrix. A renowned classic from Zimbabwe that is now hard to come by.
The specimen comes from the Carles Curto collection, whose label and catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.

Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Kabwe-Ka Mukuba), Kabwe District, Central Province Zambia

Specimen size: 2.6 x 2.9 x 1.9 cm

Main crystal size: 2.6 x 1.5 cm

Former collection of Carles Curto (duplicates)

€180 / US$192 / ¥25170 / AUD$277

Sold

Quartz
Quartz
Front
Quartz
Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Quartz
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Fluorescent light (daylight)

HM1500LH

Druse, on matrix, of extraordinarily transparent and lustrous, water-clear Quartz crystals. A classic of French mineralogy that comes to us from the Philippe Morelon collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.

À Giraud Mine, La Gardette mining area, Villard-Nôtre-Dame, Le Bourg d'Oisans, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France

Specimen size: 14.5 x 14.3 x 3.3 cm

Main crystal size: 2.4 x 0.5 cm

Former collection of Philippe Morelon

€1500 / US$1602 / ¥242650 / AUD$2510

Pyromorphite with Quatz and Baryte

HM390MH

Coatings of Pyromorphite crystals that look globular due to the strong curvatures of the faces and edges, with bright luster and an intense greenish yellow color, on a matrix of massive white Quartz and with Baryte.

La Vidale Mine (Brezies), Asprières, Saint-Martin de Bouillac, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie France

Specimen size: 11.8 x 8.3 x 8.3 cm

Main crystal size: 0.3 x 0.3 cm

€390 / US$416 / ¥63090 / AUD$650

Pyromorphite With Baryte and Quartz

HM230MB

Coatings of Pyromorphite crystals that appear globular due to the strong curvatures of the faces and edges, with bright luster and an intense yellowish green color. With small tabular crystals of Baryte and on a matrix of massive white Quartz.

La Vidale Mine (Brezies), Asprières, Saint-Martin de Bouillac, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie France (2008)

Specimen size: 12.2 x 7 x 5.5 cm

Main crystal size: 0.4 x 0.4 cm

€230 / US$243 / ¥31710 / AUD$342

Sold

Pyromorphite with Baryte and Quartz

HM110ML

Coatings of Pyromorphite crystals that look globular due to the strong curvatures of the faces and edges, lustrous and with an intense yellowish green color. With small tabular Baryte crystals and on a matrix of white crystalline Quartz.

La Vidale Mine (Brezies), Asprières, Saint-Martin de Bouillac, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie France (2008)

Specimen size: 4.8 x 3.1 x 3.2 cm

Main crystal size: 0.3 x 0.3 cm

€110 / US$117 / ¥17790 / AUD$180

Azurite with Malachite
Azurite with Malachite
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Azurite with Malachite
Rear

HM420TF

Very aerial group of complex Azurite crystals, with well defined faces and edges, translucent and with the extraordinary deep blue color (“electric blue”) typical of the best specimens from Milpillas. With vivid internal reflections and transparent parts under intense light and with coatings of acicular Malachite crystals.

Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (2013)

Specimen size: 4.4 x 4.2 x 1.9 cm

Main crystal size: 1.6 x 1.4 cm

€420 / US$471 / ¥54440 / AUD$652

Sold

Azurite with Malachite
Azurite with Malachite
Photo: Joaquim Callén

HM240TQ

Very aerial group of complex Azurite crystals, with well defined faces and edges, translucent and with the extraordinary deep blue color (“electric blue”) typical of the best specimens from Milpillas. With vivid internal reflections and transparent parts under intense light and with coatings of acicular Malachite crystals.

Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (2013)

Specimen size: 3.9 x 3 x 1.7 cm

Main crystal size: 2.5 x 1.7 cm

€240 / US$249 / ¥34700 / AUD$369

Sold

Azurite with Malachite
Azurite with Malachite
Photo: Joaquim Callén

HM190NJ

Floater growth of sharp Azurite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, translucent and with the extraordinary deep blue color (“electric blue”) typical of the best specimens from Milpillas. With vivid internal reflections and transparent parts under intense light and with coatings of acicular Malachite crystals.

Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 3.6 x 2.8 x 1.7 cm

€190 / US$205 / ¥29970 / AUD$319

Sold

Shattuckite with Quartz and Malachite

HM240TR

Spherulitic growths and felted aggregates of Shattuckite, with an intense and deep color, enclosed in small Quartz crystals that protect them. They occur on a Quartz matrix and have Malachite coatings. We highlight, apart from the beauty of the specimen, the presence of crystallized Quartz, a very rare species in Milpillas. We will send to the buyer a copy of the Shattuckite analysis.

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

Specimen size: 6.5 x 4.4 x 3.8 cm

€240 / US$282 / ¥29850 / AUD$393

Sold

Opal (variety hyalite)

Fluorescent light (daylight)

HM180TF

These Opals (variety hyalite) appeared for first time during the Tucson Show 2014. Botryoidal nodule very aesthetic and transparent, which shows fluorescence even in daylight, on matrix. In fact it fluoresces under almost any type of light: LED, fluorescent, daylight, and of course also with ultraviolet light. The only light with which they do not react is with incandescent bulbs.

Zacatecas Mexico

Specimen size: 2.3 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm

€180 / US$192 / ¥29110 / AUD$300

Fluorite with Calcite
Fluorite with Calcite
Front
Fluorite with Calcite
With light behind

HM220FP

Group of cubo-octahedral crystals of Fluorite, with very well marked polycrystalline growths, transparent, with bright luster and a pale green color. On matrix and with white scalenohedral Calcite crystals. The specimen comes from the Jan Buma collection (nº 090606) whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.

Huangshaping Mine, Guiyang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province China (±2009)

Specimen size: 10.2 x 7.6 x 4 cm

Main crystal size: 3.4 x 3.1 cm

Former Jan Buma collection. Number 090606

€220 / US$235 / ¥35580 / AUD$360

Fluorite with Quartz, Sphalerite and Pyrite
Fluorite with Quartz, Sphalerite and Pyrite
Photo: Joaquim Callén

HM100FG

Group of Fluorite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, between transparent and translucent, lustrous, and with an intense violet color. On matrix, with small crystals of Sphalerite (variety marmatite), water-clear crystals of Quartz and small cubic crystals of Pyrite.
This specimen comes from the Jan Buma collection (nº 090404) whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.

Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department Peru (±2009)

Specimen size: 7.6 x 6.2 x 3.3 cm

Main crystal size: 2.2 x 1.7 cm

Former Jan Buma collection. Number 090404

€100 / US$118 / ¥12950 / AUD$153

Sold

Octahedral Fluorite with Quartz

HM110FH

Octahedral Fluorite crystal, very aerial, with marked polycrystalline growths, transparent, with good luster, colorless and implanted in a group of water-clear Quartz crystals.
The specimen comes from the Jan Buma collection (nº 021107) whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.

Alimon Mine (Animon Mine), Huaron mining district, Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department Peru (±2002)

Specimen size: 5.4 x 3.8 x 3.1 cm

Main crystal size: 2.4 x 2.3 cm

Former Jan Buma collection. Number 021107

€110 / US$119 / ¥16170 / AUD$179

Sold

Fluorite (octahedral) with Galena, Calcite and Pyrite

HM110FE

Very sharp octahedral Fluorite crystals, translucent and with a uniform pale green color. On matrix, with a cubo-octahedral Galena crystal, very elongated scalenohedral Calcite crystals and small cubic Pyrite crystals.
The specimen comes from the Jan Buma collection (nº 061201) whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.

Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department Peru (±2006)

Specimen size: 4 x 3.5 x 2 cm

Main crystal size: 1.1 x 1 cm

Former Jan Buma collection. Number 061201

€110 / US$129 / ¥13680 / AUD$180

Sold

Quartz (variety smoky)

Fluorescent light (daylight)

HM390LW

Floater growth of parallel Quartz crystals, with twists, transparent, with great luster and a very intense smoky color.
Former collection of Philippe Morelon

Minas Gerais Brazil

Specimen size: 18.5 x 7.3 x 4.5 cm

Former collection of Philippe Morelon

€390 / US$416 / ¥63090 / AUD$650








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