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HM280NT
Group of slightly amethystine Quartz crystals with the faces completely covered by a second generation of pale pink micro-crystalline Quartz.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (nº 519) 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
Specimen size: 12.8 x 9.5 x 7.7 cm
Main crystal size: 5.7 x 4.6 cm
Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
HM130NB
Groups of lamellar to tabular Baryte crystals, translucent, shiny, with a sky-blue color and on matrix.
'Cueva negra', Cabezo de San Ginés, El Estrecho de San Ginés, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (1998)
Specimen size: 11.5 x 8.2 x 5 cm
Main crystal size: 2 x 1.6 cm
HM190NX
Group on matrix of glossy tabular crystals with a snow-white color. The specimen comes from a mine that has produced very few quality specimens, via the Miguel David Martínez collection (No. 190), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Marisol Mine, Barranco Las Nogueras, Campos de Golf, Atamaría, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (2012)
Specimen size: 11.2 x 8.5 x 6.2 cm
Main crystal size: 7.5 x 3 cm
Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
HM90NE
Group of tabular Baryte crystals, translucent, yellowish white in color and largely covered by black Pyrolusite microcrystals.
Marisol Mine, Barranco Las Nogueras, Campos de Golf, Atamaría, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (1995)
Specimen size: 10.5 x 6.8 x 5.2 cm
Main crystal size: 5 x 3.4 cm
HM180NH
Twinned prismatic crystals of Cerussite, very sharp, translucent, white in color and very aerial. On a Goethite matrix.
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: 9.1 x 6.4 x 3.7 cm
Main crystal size: 1 x 0.6 cm
HM90NTA
Flattened crystals of Cerussite, very sharp, twinned, between translucent and transparent and with a yellowish white color.On matrix, with Goethite.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (1990)
Specimen size: 7.3 x 6.9 x 5.5 cm
Main crystal size: 1.6 x 0.7 cm
HM110NG
Fluorapatite crystals included on matrix, with very well defined faces and edges, between translucent and transparent. With good luster and an intense blue color that varies to yellow in some areas. Extraordinary for the locality.
Barruecopardo, Comarca La Ramajería, Salamanca, Castile and León Spain
Specimen size: 4.3 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm
HM90D
Elongated Schorl crystal with a very well defined termination. The specimen, coming from the Daunis collection, which in the 70-80s was a reference for local field collectors especially for Catalan localities, is a classic of the mineralogy of this region. It comes from the Cap de Creus an area currently closed to mineral collecting.
Cap de Creus, Cadaqués-Port de La Selva-Roses, Comarca Alt Empordà, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya Spain
Specimen size: 3.2 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm
Former collection of Lluís Daunis
HM170NA
Groups of Cerussite crystals with good terminations, translucent, shiny and on a Galena matrix. The specimen comes from one of the great classical localities of the Spanish mineralogy.
La Cruz mining group, La Cruz vein, shaft 5, Linares, Comarca Sierra Morena, Jaén, Andalusia Spain
Specimen size: 5.4 x 3 x 2.1 cm
Main crystal size: 1.4 x 1.4 cm
HM90NT
Group of very sharp tabular crystals of Celestine with a superficial recrystallization of a second generation of lamellar crystals of the same mineral.
Socavón Santa Bárbara (El Arteal Tunnel), Almagrera Range, Cuevas del Almanzora, Comarca Levante Almeriense, Almería, Andalusia Spain
Specimen size: 8.8 x 7 x 2.8 cm
Main crystal size: 4 x 1.8 cm
HM140NG
Very aerial group of Andradite crystals with polycrystalline growths on its lustrous faces. Significantly larger and sharper than usual for this locality. Partially included on a Calcite matrix.
Cala Mines, Cala, Comarca Sierra de Huelva, Huelva, Andalusia Spain
Specimen size: 5.5 x 4.7 x 3.4 cm
Main crystal size: 2.7 x 2.5 cm
HM480NH
Group of Fluorite crystals beveled by dodecahedron faces with very well marked polycrystalline growths, transparent, and with a color between violet and blue. It has color zoning and small Chalcopyrite crystals.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (nº 118) whose label we will send to the buyer.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias) Spain (2008)
Specimen size: 15 x 13 x 6.3 cm
Main crystal size: 8.6 x 7.8 cm
Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
HM560MG
Group of Fluorite crystals beveled by dodecahedron faces, with distinct polycrystalline growths, transparent, shiny, and with an intense and deep violet color.
Josefa-Veneros vein, 75 level, Coroña de Arriba-La Collada, La Collada mining area, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias) Spain (±1970)
Specimen size: 15.5 x 12.3 x 6.3 cm
Main crystal size: 4.3 x 3.8 cm
HM240NB
Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, transparent, lustrous, and with a blue color with distinct violet tones in the edge areas.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (nº 522) whose label we will send to the buyer.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias) Spain
Specimen size: 6.4 x 6.2 x 4.7 cm
Main crystal size: 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
HM90RF
Group of Andalusite crystals with well defined crystal forms and salmon pink color with mauve tones. On a Quartz matrix that forms geometric lattices. From a Spanish locality little known to collectors.
Loureza, Oia, Comarca Bajo Miño, Pontevedra, Galicia / Galiza Spain (1963)
Specimen size: 6.7 x 6.2 x 6.4 cm
Main crystal size: 1.6 x 0.9 cm
HM90N
Dendritic growths of small Copper crystals, with very well defined and lustrous faces and edges which contrast with the metallic matrix. This type of formation was found only on certain very specific levels in this mine.
Boinás East, 380 Bench, Boinás, Belmonte de Miranda, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias) Spain (11/2011)
Specimen size: 3 x 2.9 x 2 cm
Main crystal size: 0.2 x 0.2 cm
HM560NX
Group of Quartz crystals with a very short prism, good luster, and almost completely covered by a thin sheet of Siderite microcrystals.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (nº 601) 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 (1990)
Specimen size: 10.7 x 9.8 x 7.3 cm
Main crystal size: 3.5 x 3.4 cm
Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
Former collection of Mariano Guillén
HM180NR
Coralloidal growth of Calcite, very aerial and aesthetic, lustrous, and snow-white. The specimen is from a locality little known to collectors and comes to us via the collection of Miguel David Martínez (nº 181) whose label we will send to the buyer.
Cabezo de San Ginés, El Estrecho de San Ginés, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (2004)
Specimen size: 11.2 x 8.3 x 5.7 cm
Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
HM60NH
Very aerial botryoidal Romanèchite growths, with good luster for the species and with very marked growth lines.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will also send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Haití Mine, Cabezo de San Ginés, San Ginés de la Jara, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (09/2016)
Specimen size: 8.9 x 5.5 x 5 cm
HM90NB
Doubly terminated Smithsonite crystals, on matrix, with the classic “rice grain” morphology caused by the pronounced curvatures on the faces and edges.
The crystals are translucent white, with good luster. The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (nº 542) whose label we will send to the buyer.
El Lirio Mine, Cabezo de Ponce, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (2018)
Specimen size: 7.6 x 6.8 x 2.5 cm
Main crystal size: 0.5 x 0.3 cm
Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
HM60NA
Group of very sharp Celestine crystals with a short prismatic habit, translucent, shiny and with a vivid and uniform sky-blue color.
Minerama II claim, Puente Tablas, Jaén city, Jaén, Comarca Metropolitana de Jaén, Andalusia Spain (2003)
Specimen size: 4.9 x 4.5 x 3.7 cm
Main crystal size: 2.6 x 1.5 cm
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