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Fluorite with Calcite

Fluorescent light (daylight)

SM380EXN

Druse of very sharp and translucent Fluorite crystals, with bright luster and a very deep honey-yellow color. A special piece due to the quality of the color, the transparency and the size of the crystal, much larger than usual in specimens from this prolific mine.
The specimen is from Pierre-Marie Guy's prestigious fluorite collection.

Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias) Spain (±2010)

Specimen size: 8 x 5.8 x 2.4 cm

Main crystal size: 2.5 x 1.5 cm

Former collection of Pierre-Marie Guy

€380 / US$405 / ¥61470 / AUD$638

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Azurite with Malachite after Cuprite
Azurite with Malachite after Cuprite
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Azurite with Malachite after Cuprite
Rear

Fluorescent light (daylight)

SM260TRM

Floater group of Azurites with two spheroidal aggregates of flattened crystals, with well defined faces and slightly curved edges. Vivid blue in color and with the characteristic Malachite pseudomorphs after octahedral Cuprite crystals. A French classic from the type locality for the species.

Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France

Specimen size: 5.4 x 4.8 x 4.6 cm

Type locality

€260 / US$277 / ¥42060 / AUD$430

Nagyágite with Rhodochrosite and Quartz

SM90AZT

Sharp and lustrous lamellar crystals of Nagyágite on a matrix with Quartz and with coatings of pale pink Rhodochrosite. The specimen comes from the type locality for the species, which is also a classic European locality. From an old mid-19th century collection.

Sacarîmb (Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara Romania (±1850)

Specimen size: 3.2 x3.2 x 2.1 cm

Main crystal size: 0.5 x 0.4 cm

Type locality

€90 / US$101 / ¥11510 / AUD$143

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Nagyágite with Rhodochrosite and Quartz
Nagyágite with Rhodochrosite and Quartz
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Nagyágite with Rhodochrosite and Quartz
Side

SM110ARV

Sharp and lustrous lamellar crystals of Nagyágite on a matrix with Quartz and with coatings of pale pink Rhodochrosite. The specimen comes from the type locality for the species, which is also a classic European locality. From an old mid-19th century collection.

Sacarîmb (Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara Romania (±1850)

Specimen size: 4.8 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm

Main crystal size: 0.9 x 0.5 cm

Type locality

€110 / US$124 / ¥14070 / AUD$175

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Celestine with Sulphur
Celestine with Sulphur
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Celestine with Sulphur
Rear

Fluorescent light (daylight)

SM160HAT

Druse with centered aggregates of short prismatic crystals of Celestine that are translucent, lustrous and snow-white in color, with small crystals of Sulphur with a dipyramidal habit on the back of the piece.

Caltanissetta Province, Sicily Italy

Specimen size: 15.5 x 9.9 x 4.1 cm

Main crystal size: 1.5 x 0.4 cm

€160 / US$170 / ¥25880 / AUD$260

Pyromorphite

SM90TRE

Very aerial group of prismatic Pyromorphite crystals with well defined faces and edges. The crystals exhibit curvatures, parallel growths and hopper terminations, and are translucent, with good luster and a bright and uniform green color.

Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region China

Specimen size: 3.9 x 3.4 x 2.4 cm

Main crystal size: 0.7 x 0.3 cm

€90 / US$105 / ¥11610 / AUD$144

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Quartz

SM85EYM

Floater group of doubly terminated Quartz crystals, with very marked scepter growths, translucent, with bright luster and irregular reddish colorations due to inclusions of iron oxides.

M'Cissi, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2016)

Specimen size: 8 x 4.6 x 3.7 cm

Main crystal size: 8 x 2.1 cm

€85 / US$102 / ¥11320 / AUD$133

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Nepheline with Schorlomite

SM60ACL

Druse of Nepheline crystals with a prismatic habit, with sharp crystal forms, and good terminations, associated with small black dodecahedral Schorlomite crystals.

Jebel Bou Agrao, Tamazeght Complex, High Atlas , Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (1998)

Specimen size: 6.1 x 4.1 x 3.7 cm

Main crystal size: 2 x 1.5 cm

€60 / US$72 / ¥7990 / AUD$94

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Galena with Dolomite

SM220EVK

A novelty at Munich Virtual 2020: Cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena with very marked and lustrous polycrystalline growths, on a matrix coated by rhombohedral Dolomite crystals of pale pink color. This material was practically unknown until now.

Zelidja Mine, Touissit-Bou Bekker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region Morocco

Specimen size: 6.2 x 5.8 x 3.4 cm

Main crystal size: 0.7 x 0.6 cm

€220 / US$235 / ¥35580 / AUD$360

Cerussite on Galena

Fluorescent light (daylight)

SM230TFJ

Cerussite crystals with a prismatic habit, with excellent terminations, translucent and lustrous, on a matrix of granular Galena. This type of crystallization is very unusual in specimens from this mine, which makes it different from other Touissit cerussites.

Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region Morocco

Specimen size: 8.4 x 6.7 x 4.3 cm

Main crystal size: 2.5 x 1 cm

Fluorescent long & short UV

€230 / US$278 / ¥30650 / AUD$362

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Calcite (variety cobaltoan)

SM140EZA

Druse, on a Quartz matrix, of very acute scalenohedral Calcite crystals (cobalt-bearing variety) with rhombohedral terminations, between transparent and translucent, with a color between deep pink and mauve, and with a first generation of crystals with the same morphology but with more orange tones.

Agoudal Mines, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2013)

Specimen size: 8,7 x 5.8 x 5.4 cm

Main crystal size: 1 x 0.4 cm

€140 / US$166 / ¥18260 / AUD$222

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Calcite (variety cobaltoan)

SM140EZB

Druse, on a Quartz matrix, of very acute scalenohedral Calcite crystals (cobalt-bearing variety) with rhombohedral terminations, between transparent and translucent, with a color between deep pink and mauve, and with a first generation of crystals with the same morphology but with more orange tones.

Agoudal Mines, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2013)

Specimen size: 9.3 x 5.3 x 3.7 cm

Main crystal size: 0.9 x 0.4 cm

€140 / US$160 / ¥18480 / AUD$223

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Calcite (variety cobaltoan)

SM110EBH

Druse, on a Quartz matrix, of very acute scalenohedral Calcite crystals (cobalt-bearing variety) with rhombohedral terminations, between transparent and translucent, with a color between deep pink and mauve, and with a first generation of crystals with the same morphology but with more orange tones.

Agoudal Mines, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2013)

Specimen size: 8.4 x 6.1 x 4.7 cm

Main crystal size: 1.2 x 0.4 cm

€110 / US$133 / ¥14660 / AUD$173

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Erythrite with Phlogopite

SM150ECE

Radial aggregates of very sharp Erythrite crystals with a slightly different habit from the better known Bou Azzer. These crystals, on a matrix partially covered with Phlogopite (analyzed), stand out for their transparency, luster and very intense and vivid color.

Tazalarht mining area, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region Morocco (01/2015)

Specimen size: 5.8 x 5.3 x 3.7 cm

Main crystal size: 0.8 x 0.1 cm

€150 / US$160 / ¥24260 / AUD$250

Titanite on Rutile after Ilmenite and with Microcline

SM150ERG

Lamellar Ilmenite crystals with an irregular outline were completely replaced by Rutile and covered by very sharp Titanite crystals. They show great luster and very well defined faces and edges, with a distinct color change that shows an intense yellow under LED light and greenish under natural or fluorescent tube light.
The process of substitution of Ilmenite by Rutile here seems very similar to that already known in other locations with similar geological conditions (for example the Rutile from Zambia) and is due to hydrothermal processes associated with the deposit. These specimens, very different from the titanites previously known from Imilchil, have undergone urgent analysis that we plan to continue to carry out in more depth. We will send the buyer the information and documentation obtained so far, as well as a copy of the analyses carried out on the species present in the current specimens.

Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2016)

Specimen size: 5 x 3.6 x 1.7 cm

Main crystal size: 0.7 x 0.6 cm

€150 / US$160 / ¥24260 / AUD$250

Titanite on Rutile after Ilmenite and with Microcline
Titanite on Rutile after Ilmenite and with Microcline
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Titanite on Rutile after Ilmenite and with Microcline
Rear

Fluorescent light (daylight)

SM490EDT

Lamellar Ilmenite crystals with an irregular outline were completely replaced by Rutile and covered by very sharp Titanite crystals. They show great luster and very well defined faces and edges, with a distinct color change that shows an intense yellow under LED light and greenish under natural or fluorescent tube light.
The process of substitution of Ilmenite by Rutile here seems very similar to that already known in other locations with similar geological conditions (for example the Rutile from Zambia) and is due to hydrothermal processes associated with the deposit. These specimens, very different from the titanites previously known from Imilchil, have undergone urgent analysis that we plan to continue to carry out in more depth. We will send the buyer the information and documentation obtained so far, as well as a copy of the analyses carried out on the species present in the current specimens.

Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2016)

Specimen size: 7.7 x 6 x 2.3 cm

Main crystal size: 1 x 0.6 cm

€490 / US$523 / ¥79260 / AUD$820

Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom')
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom')
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Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom')
Rear

SM50TLD

A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual 2021: Group of Elbaite crystals (rubellite variety) that form an aggregate with what is known as a “mushroom habit”, translucent and with an intense and uniform color. The specimen comes from a find in 2021 in the Beni Bouzra area.

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

Specimen size: 2.2 x 1.1 x 0.6 cm

€50 / US$49 / ¥7010 / AUD$73

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