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Elbaite-Schorl Series with Feldspar and Quartz

SM90TAM

Elbaite crystal with a prismatic habit with acute polycrystalline terminations, almost feathery. Translucent, with good luster and a reddish brown color, on matrix, with quartz and white Feldspar crystals. The specimen comes from a 2021 find in the Beni Bouzra area.

Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 9.1 x 7.3 x 4.8 cm

Main crystal size: 1.7 x 0.5 cm

€90 / US$96 / ¥14550 / AUD$150

Acanthite
Acanthite
Front
Acanthite
Rear

SM90CEX

Parallel growths of Acanthite crystals of octahedral habit (pseudomorphs after Argentite), with sharp crystal forms.
The specimen comes from the Carles Curto collection (number 2008.25), whose handwritten label and computer file we will send to the buyer.

Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (±2008)

Specimen size: 4.8 x 4.6 x 3.7 cm

Main crystal size: 0.6 x 0.5 cm

Former collection of Carles Curto (duplicates)

€90 / US$96 / ¥14550 / AUD$150

Azurite

SM130NKA

Very aerial group, on matrix, of elongated Azurite crystals with very well marked parallel polycrystalline growths, with bright luster and a very vivid color.

Kerrouchen, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 5 x 2.3 x 2.6 cm

Main crystal size: 5 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm

€130 / US$138 / ¥21030 / AUD$210

Azurite

SM90NGZ

Very aerial group, on matrix, of elongated Azurite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with very marked polycrystalline growths, with bright luster and a very vivid color.

Kerrouchen, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 5.6 x 4.7 x 2.6 cm

Main crystal size: 5 x 1.2 cm

€90 / US$105 / ¥11610 / AUD$144

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Andradite with Microcline and Epidote

SM50TXY

Outstanding group of dodecahedral Andradite crystals with trapezohedral faces, lustrous, with remnants of Microcline matrix and small acicular Epidote crystals.

Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 3.5 x 2.6 x 1.6 cm

Main crystal size: 1.5 x 1.2 cm

€50 / US$49 / ¥7010 / AUD$73

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Andradite with Pyrite and Microcline

SM60TAX

Group of dodecahedral Andradite crystals with lustrous trapezohedral faces, some of them with coatings of Pyrite microcrystals, and with Microcline.

Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 4.9 x 4.7 x 3.4 cm

Main crystal size: 2 x 1.8 cm

€60 / US$72 / ¥7990 / AUD$94

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Andradite with Epidote

SM70TYW

Dodecahedral Andradite crystals with trapezohedral faces, lustrous, on matrix, with small acicular Epidote crystals.

Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 6.6 x 4.2 x 2.7 cm

Main crystal size: 1.2 x 1 cm

€70 / US$74 / ¥11320 / AUD$110

Andradite on Microcline

SM140TFV

Dodecahedral Andradite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with well defined faces and edges, with good luster and a very deep reddish brown color evident especially on the edges. On a Microcline matrix.

Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 5.7 x 4.2 x 1.7 cm

Main crystal size: 1.4 x 1.3 cm

€140 / US$149 / ¥22640 / AUD$230

Andradite on Microcline

SM110TKT

Groups of rhombo-dodecahedral Andradite crystals, very sharp, with good luster and a deep black color, on a matrix of Microcline crystals, many of which are doubly terminated.

Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 7.5 x 4.4 x 3.2 cm

Main crystal size: 0.7 x 0.6 cm

€110 / US$120 / ¥14220 / AUD$166

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Andradite on Microcline and Epidote

SM160THR

Dodecahedral crystals of Andradite, with bright luster and a very deep reddish brown color evident above all on the edges. On a Microcline matrix, with small transparent green Epidote crystals.

Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 9.4 x 5.6 x 4.6 cm

Main crystal size: 1.9 x 1.3 cm

€160 / US$193 / ¥21320 / AUD$251

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Quartz (variety smoky) with Rutile inclusions

Fluorescent light (daylight)

SM480HRG

Smoky Quartz crystal, between transparent and translucent, lustrous, with deep smoky tones and very rich in inclusions of fine fibrous aggregates of Rutile with a golden yellow color. An old classic from Brazil.

Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Northeast Region Brazil (±1970)

Specimen size: 20.8 x 18 x 13.8 cm

€480 / US$581 / ¥63970 / AUD$755

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Calcite

Fluorescent light (daylight)

SM190SPQ

Druse of Calcite crystals with a prismatic habit, terminated by a very flattened rhombohedron, translucent and with a yellow-white color. The specimen, from a historic European locality, comes from the Francesco S. Stoppani collection (number 0292), whose label we will send to the buyer. As is the case with many of the specimens in this collection, this one is of good quality for the locality.

Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia Czech Republic

Specimen size: 10.2 x 6.9 x4.4 cm

Main crystal size: 3.3 x 1.4 cm

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani

€190 / US$202 / ¥30730 / AUD$310

Wardite with Childrenite

SM180MBP

Very sharp Wardite crystals with a bipyramidal habit, translucent and with transparent vertices, white to pale green in color. On matrix, with coatings of small Childrenite crystals with an intense cream color.

Stoneman Mountain, Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 6.3 x 6.2 x 2.4 cm

Main crystal size: 1.2 x 1.2 cm

€180 / US$203 / ¥23030 / AUD$287

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Mimetite with Beudantite

SM65NTB

Small but very sharp tabular Mimetite crystals of excellent quality. In groups or isolated, they have very well defined faces and edges, with a bright luster and an intense and uniform yellow-orange color. On a limonite matrix with botryoidal growths of Beudantite microcrystals. Both the Mimetite and Beudantite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of both analyses to the buyer.

Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia Spain (09-10/2011)

Specimen size: 2.7 x 2.4 x 0.9 cm

Main crystal size: 0.4 x 0.3 cm

€65 / US$69 / ¥10510 / AUD$100

Mimetite with Beudantite

SM70NHZ

Small but very sharp tabular Mimetite crystals of excellent quality. In groups or isolated, they have very well defined faces and edges, with a bright luster and an intense and uniform yellow-orange color. On a limonite matrix with botryoidal growths of Beudantite microcrystals. Both the Mimetite and Beudantite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of both analyses to the buyer.

Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia Spain (09-10/2011)

Specimen size: 5.8 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm

Main crystal size: 0.2 x 0.1 cm

€70 / US$74 / ¥11320 / AUD$110

Microcline with Quartz and Clinozoisite-Epidote

Fluorescent light (daylight)

SM80DFN

Microcline crystal with a prismatic habit and very distinct Baveno-law twinning, with small Quartz crystals and aggregates of acicular Clinozoisite-Epidote crystals.
The specimen comes from the Lluís Daunis collection, a benchmark for Catalan mineralogy in his time.

La Batllòria, Sant Celoni, Comarca Vallès Oriental, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya Spain

Specimen size: 7.6 x 5.1 x 3.9 cm

Former collection of Lluís Daunis

€80 / US$85 / ¥12940 / AUD$130

Fluorite with Calcite and Azurite

Fluorescent light (daylight)

SM95NTM

Druse of Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit beveled by dodecahedron forms, transparent, with good luster and a pale lilac color, on matrix, with white scalenohedral Calcite crystals and small groups of acicular Azurite crystals, an association that is very rare.

Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias) Spain

Specimen size: 8.8 x 8 x 4.8 cm

Main crystal size: 1.5 x 0.9 cm

€95 / US$101 / ¥15360 / AUD$150

Fluorite with inclusions and Calcite

Fluorescent light (daylight)

SM130GTM

Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, transparent, lustrous and colorless, with coatings of complex white Calcite crystals.
This specimen comes from the Casado Margolles collection (number FAE21), whose catalogue card we will send to the buyer.

Emilio Mine, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, La Rubiera, Loroñe, Colunga, Comarca de la Sidra, Principality of Asturias (Asturias) Spain

Specimen size: 9.8 x 8 x 4.9 cm

Main crystal size: 1.8 x 1.7 cm

Former collection of Casado Margolles

€130 / US$138 / ¥21030 / AUD$218

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Fluorite with Quartz

Fluorescent light (daylight)

SM640DHL

Druse of Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit clearly bevelled by dodecahedron faces, transparent, with good luster and a very deep violet color with bluish tones.
The specimen comes from the Raúl Sanabria Orellana collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.

La Viesca Mine, Tres de la Collada pocket, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias) Spain (01/2004)

Specimen size: 12.4 x 9.8 x 4.7 cm

Main crystal size: 4.8 x 4 cm

€640 / US$683 / ¥103530 / AUD$1070

Fluorite with Pyrite inclusions

Fluorescent light (daylight)

SM480NRK

Large druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, transparent, with good luster and an intense yellow color with very evident geometric zoning highlighted by oriented Pyrite inclusions.

Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias) Spain

Specimen size: 26.2 x 20.4 x 4.2 cm

Main crystal size: 1.4 x 1.4 cm

€480 / US$548 / ¥63370 / AUD$764

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