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HM1800MC

Botryoidal growth of Smithsonite, translucent, lustrous, and of an intense blue color with greenish tones. An American classic of excellent quality and size.

Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico USA

Specimen size: 14.7 x 10.8 x 8 cm

HM150MD

Acicular black Hollandite crystals, an oxide of barium and manganese that is only rarely crystallized. The specimen comes from the Enrique Moës collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.

Tower Mine (Nancy Mine), Luis Lopez manganese District, Socorro County, New Mexico USA

Specimen size: 6.7 x 6.3 x 5.2 cm

Former collection of Enrique Moës

HM320TM

Dendritic growt very aerial and on a Quartz matrix, of leafy crystals with finely shaped edges of Gold (variety electrum), very rich in Silver (27% approx.)
We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the specimen.
Weight: 0.8 grams

R.J. Roberts lode, Willow Creek District, Pershing County, Nevada USA (2015)

Specimen size: 1.9 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm

Weight: 0.8 grams

HM900TV

Gold with somewhat rounded but still distinguishable crystal forms, with the dodecahedron and octahedron predominating. Very aerial and brilliant.
Weight: 10.1 grams

Fanado river claims, Minas Novas, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais Brazil (2013)

Specimen size: 2 x 1.9 x 1 cm

Weight: 10.1 grams

HM110EV

White rhombohedral Dolomite crystals on matrix, among which a clearly dominant group stands out in the upper part of the specimen. An Italian alpine classic.

Traversella Mine, Traversella, Chiusella Valley, Canavese District, Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte) Italy

Specimen size: 12.2 x 7.3 x 3.3 cm

Main crystal size: 3 x 2.5 cm

HM170NL

Centric groups of tapered Celestine crystals with well defined faces and edges and sharp terminations, between transparent and translucent, shiny and with a brown color. On matrix, with Native Sulphur.
The specimen comes from the Carlos Prieto Paramio collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.

Agrigento (Girgenti) Province, Sicily Italy (±1990)

Specimen size: 6.8 x 4.7 x 4.2 cm

Main crystal size: 3 x 0.3 cm

Former collection of Carlos Prieto Paramio

HM140EQ

Water-clear Quartz crystals on a matrix of twinned Sphalerite crystals (variety marmatite) with very sharp disphenoidal crystals of Chalcopyrite
Former collection of Ignacio Hernández

Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures Romania

Specimen size: 8.3 x 4.5 x 2.3 cm

Main crystal size: 7.2 x 1.2 cm

Former collection of Ignacio Hernández

HM280TA

Twin of two Freieslebenite crystals with well defined faces and edges, brilliant luster, and with fine parallel growth lines. The specimen, very old and from the type locality for the species, shows the expected slight scratches in some areas.
Analyzed. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the specimen.
Former collection of Enric Vintró

Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen Germany

Specimen size: 1 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm

Former collection of Enric Vintró

HM110NF

Group of tabular Baryte crystals, one of them clearly dominant, transparent, shiny, with a slightly smoky color and abundant inclusions. Of good quality for this Portuguese locality which is little known to collectors.

Feitais deposit, Aljustrel, Beja District, Baixo Alentejo, Alentejo Portugal (2019)

Specimen size: 6 x 4.7 x 2.4 cm

Main crystal size: 4.3 x 2.8 cm

HM480EP

Transparent Quartz crystal partially covered by rosette-like aggregates (“iron rose” variety) of thin platy Hematite crystals. Due to their similarity, the specimens from this mine are easily confused with those from the Huanggang mines.

Qagan Obo deposit (Rongguan), Diyanqinamu mining district, East Ujimqin Banner (Dongwu Qi), Xilin Gol League (Xilinguole Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2016)

Specimen size: 11.7 x 3.8 x 5 cm

Main crystal size: 1.3 x 0.9 cm

HM85MY

Parallel aggregate of Aragonite crystals without twinning, transparent, very lustrous, with a very deep honey color and sharp terminations.

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region China (2015)

Specimen size: 4.4 x 2.8 x 2.2 cm

Main crystal size: 3.5 x 0.6 cm

HM540TT

Octahedral Fluorite crystal with polycrystalline growths on the surface of its faces, transparent, lustrous and colorless. On matrix and associated with dipyramidal Scheelite crystals and groups of very sharp lamellar Muscovite crystals.

Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province China

Specimen size: 6.3 x 5.9 x 5.2 cm

Main crystal size: 5.7 x 5.3 cm

HM380EE

Reticulated Cerussite aggregates with cyclic twins. The Cerussite crystals, between lamellar and tabular, are outlined by very fine and sharp elongated microcrystals of Mimetite with a very vivid orange-red color. These Mimetites have been analyzed in detail and turned out to be the rare chromium-bearing variety. We will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer of the specimen.

Nakhlak Mine, ↓200 m., Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province Iran (01/2015)

Specimen size: 6.1 x 4 x 3.6 cm

HM90EJ

Group of shiny trapezohedral crystals of Analcime, with very well defined faces and edges and on a rock matrix. The color, between white and reddish orange, is selectively distributed on some faces.

Mount Kahovan, Moalleman, Qohab-e Rastaq, Amirabad District, Damghan, Torud Region, Semnan Province Iran (90)

Specimen size: 5.7 x 4.4 x 3 cm

Main crystal size: 2.3 x 1.5 cm

HM130TZ

Floater reticulated aggregate of Cerussite crystals with multiple twinning, between lamellar and tabular. Very sharp, transparent, lustrous and more limpid and perfect than is usual for specimens from this deposit.

Nakhlak Mine, ↓180 m., Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province Iran (03/2016)

Specimen size: 3.4 x 2.4 x 1.2 cm

Main crystal size: 1.6 x 1 cm

HM80TQ

Group of very sharp Azurite crystals, with a bright luster and very vivid color and partially covered by small white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals.

Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region Namibia

Specimen size: 2.9 x 2 x 2.1 cm