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HM180VF

Ferberite crystal, on matrix, very aerial, with very well marked parallel polycrystalline growths, lustrous, and partially covered by lenticular crystals of Siderite and small cubic Pyrite crystals.

Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal

Specimen size: 8.6 x 5.6 x 5.8 cm

Main crystal size: 7.4 x 4.6 cm

HM220NX

Group of Arsenopyrite crystals with very well defined crystal forms and good terminations. The matrix is composed of leafy aggregates of lamellar Muscovite crystals.

Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal (±2005)

Specimen size: 5.5 x 4.3 x 3.8 cm

HM90MF

Tabular Fluorapatite crystal, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and very distinct geometric zoning in different shades of green, from paler to deeper, along with small lamellar crystals of Muscovite.

Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal

Specimen size: 3 X 2.4 X 1.6 cm

HM80NG

Parallel growth of Quartz crystals on matrix, transparent, lustrous, very rich in inclusions and with lenticular Siderite and Dolomite crystals in which rhombohedral forms dominate.

Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal (1997)

Specimen size: 6.8 x 5.7 x 3.7 cm

Main crystal size: 5.5 x 3.5 cm

HM160EK

Group of Gypsum crystals, one of them clearly dominant and doubly terminated, with a very distinct “swallowtail” twin and abundant inclusions, on matrix.

La Dificultad Mine, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (1981-1985)

Specimen size: 13.7 x 7.2 x 4.5 cm

Main crystal size: 12 x 5.2 cm

HM180EM

Group of very sharp cubic crystals of Fluorite, transparent, shiny, with an intense violet color and very marked geometric zoning.

Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias) Spain

Specimen size: 6.2 x 5.7 x 3 cm

Main crystal size: 2.4 x 2.4 cm

HM80NB

Group of Calcite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, rounded, with scalenohedral and rhombohedral faces, transparent, lustrous, with a more yellow color than usual, and with Dolomite crystals.

La Florida mining area, Herrería-Valdáliga-Rionansa, Comarca Costa Occidental/Saja-Nansa, Cantabria Spain

Specimen size: 7.9 x 3.9 x 2 cm

Main crystal size: 2.1 x 2 cm

HM780EM

Group of very sharp rhombohedral Dolomite crystals, transparent, with good luster, a slightly gray color and on matrix. An excellent Spanish classic.

Asturreta Quarry, 'el pozo', Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (±1970)

Specimen size: 14.5 x 11.8 x 6.8 cm

Main crystal size: 5.5 x 3 cm

HM160DQ

Group of very sharp rhombohedral Dolomite crystals, transparent, lustrous and colorless. A classic of the Spanish mineralogy.
Former collection of Lluís Daunis

Asturreta Quarry, 'el pozo', Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain (±1970)

Specimen size: 4.4 x 4.1 x 2.9 cm

Main crystal size: 2.5 x 2.3 cm

Former collection of Lluís Daunis

HM70DF

Quartz scepter growth, with a partially doubly terminated cap of the amethyst variety, polycrystalline, in parallel growth, with bright luster and deep in color, with a base of the smoky variety.
Former collection of Lluís Daunis

Les Mallorquines, Sils, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya Spain

Specimen size: 7.2 x 4.2 x 3 cm

Former collection of Lluís Daunis

HM90DC

Quartz crystal (smoky variety), very aerial, transparent, with good luster and a very deep color, on a matrix of small, sharp white crystals of Albite.
The specimen comes from the Daunis collection, which in the 70-80s was a reference for field collectors, especially for Catalan localities.

Les Mallorquines, Sils, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya Spain

Specimen size: 5.1 x 3.2 x 2.6 cm

Main crystal size: 4.9 x 2.5 cm

Former collection of Lluís Daunis

HM60PC

Löllingite crystals with well defined faces, lenticular habit and polycrystalline growths. On matrix, with small Diopside crystals and fibrous Chrysotile growths.

Carlés-Norte cut, Carlés Mine, Ballotal-El Fuxaco, Carlés, Salas, Comarca Valle del Narcea, Principality of Asturias (Asturias) Spain

Specimen size: 4.7 x 4.6 x 4 cm

HM90NR

Group of very sharp crystals of Cinnabar, on a matrix of the same mineral, with coatings of small transparent Quartz crystals and small cubic Pyrite crystals.

Almaden Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha Spain

Specimen size: 6.1 x 5.1 x 2.2 cm

Main crystal size: 0.4 x 0.3 cm