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SM580ND

Group of twinned crystals, very lustrous, black, on a matrix covered with lamellar Muscovite crystals. A heck of a piece!. Former collection of Miguel David Martínez
Number 69

Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province China

Specimen size: 8.7 x 8.33.5 cm

Main crystal size: 2 x 1.3 cm

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez

SM90AT

Transparent cubic Fluorite crystals, light green in color, on matrix and partially coated with white Calcite crystals.

Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province China

Specimen size: 11.5 x 6.3 x 4.2 cm

Main crystal size: 2 x 1.8 cm

SM250NX

A floater group of tabular Baryte crystals, between transparent and translucent, and of a very intense and uniform blue color.
Former collection of Miguel David Martínez. Number 629

Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 7.2 x 6.7 x 5.5 cm

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez

SM75DQ

Very sharp tabular crystals, on matrix, of Wulfenite, one of them clearly dominant and very aerial, translucent and with an intense color and luster. From a classic American locality.

Red Cloud Mine, Trigo Mountains, Silver mining District, La Paz County, Arizona USA

Specimen size: 3 x 1.3 x 2.5 cm

Main crystal size: 0.9 x 0.9 cm

SM180A

Group of transparent cubic crystals, very bright, with a very vivid and uniform green color and partially coated with Calcite.

Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province China

Specimen size: 9 x 7.9 x 5.6 cm

Main crystal size: 4.3 x 4.3 cm

SM80TT

Brochantite as elongated prismatic crystals with sharp terminations and on matrix.

Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico

Specimen size: 4.5 x 3.9 x 3.4 cm

Main crystal size: 1 x 0.2 cm

SM90TA

Group of flattened and highly profiled Azurite crystals, very bright, with translucent edges and a very vivid color.

Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico

Specimen size: 3.7 x 2.8 x 1.6 cm

Main crystal size: 2 x 1.5 cm

SM180NH

Andradite crystal (demantoid variety) of good size, transparent, very lustrous and with an intense green color.

Mana Mine, Barang-Turghao (Mor-Darra), Bajaur District, Malakand Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan

Specimen size: 3.3 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm

SM200MD

Highly profiled, doubly terminated tabular crystal of Baryte, with coatings of lenticular Hematite crystals. An English classic.

Florence Mine, Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, former Cumberland, Cumbria England / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 5.7 x 3.2 x 1.5 cm

SM90AB

Group of transparent, shiny Fluorite crystals with a very deep violet color and small scalenohedral Calcite crystals.

Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee USA

Specimen size: 9.7 x 7.6 x 7.8 cm

Main crystal size: 1.5 x 1.3 cm

SM220EJ

Spheroidal growths of translucent Prehnite crystals, pale green in color, on matrix with Quartz.

Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai Russia

Specimen size: 10.2 x 5.4 x 3.6 cm

SM760N

Very sharp, transparent and bright tabular Baryte crystals, with an intense and uniform yellow color, on matrix.

Meikle Mine, Bootstrap District, Elko County, Nevada USA (1998)

Specimen size: 10.1 x 8.8 x 5.6 cm

Main crystal size: 3 x 2.7 cm

SM480TC

Group of rosette-like aggregates of Azurite crystals, on matrix, with Malachite pseudomorphs after Azurite crystals. An American classic.

Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona USA

Specimen size: 9.4 x 7.2 x 4.4 cm

SM90NC

A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual Show 2020. Group of Fluorapatite crystals, doubly terminated, translucent, violet in color, on matrix, with small Siderite crystals and coatings of Pyrite crystals.

Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Region Portugal (02/2020)

Specimen size: 5.9 x 4.9 x 2.5 cm

Main crystal size: 3.1 x 2.2 cm

SM80NA

A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual Show 2020. Group of Fluorapatite crystals, some of them translucent, doubly terminated, violet in color with pale yellow areas, on matrix, with Muscovite and Chlorite coating.

Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Region Portugal

Specimen size: 3.2 x 3.1 x 3 cm

Main crystal size: 1.6 x 0.7 cm

SM80NB

A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual Show 2020. Group of Fluorapatite crystals, some of them translucent, doubly terminated, violet in color with pale yellow areas, on matrix, with Quartz crystals, spheroidal growths of Muscovite and small Calcite crystals.

Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Region Portugal (02/2020)

Specimen size: 5 x 2 x 2 cm

Main crystal size: 1.5 x 0.6 cm

SM110NE

A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual Show 2020. Group of Fluorapatite crystals, some of them translucent, doubly terminated, violet in color with pale yellow areas, on matrix, with Quartz crystals, spheroidal growths of Muscovite and Chlorite coating.

Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Region Portugal

Specimen size: 3.4 x 2.3 x 2.5 cm

SM180NA

A novelty at Sainte Marie Virtual Show 2020. Group of Fluorapatite crystals, some of them translucent, doubly terminated, violet in color with pale yellow areas, on matrix, with Quartz crystals, spheroidal growths of Muscovite and Chlorite coating.

Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Region Portugal (02/2020)

Specimen size: 5 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm

Main crystal size: 2.2 x 0.8 cm