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Chrysocolla

TC110TC

Botryoidal Chrysocolla with the edges showing parallel concentric growths, with good luster and a very vivid and uniform blue color with greenish tones.

Ray Mines, Scott Mountain area, Mineral Creek District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona USA

Specimen size: 4.4 x 3.4 x 1 cm

€110 / US$129 / ¥14190 / AUD$176

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Zunyite with Hematite

TC280MV

Zunyite crystals, a rare aluminum sorosilicate-fluoride, on matrix. The crystals, tetrahedral and beveled by cube faces, have very well defined and smooth faces, a color between reddish and dark brown, with lamellar Hematite inclusions, different from the first Zunyites from Iran that reached the world of collecting in Munich 2018.

Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province Iran (07/2019)

Specimen size: 2 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm

Main crystal size: 1.2 x 1.1 cm

€280 / US$290 / ¥40490 / AUD$431

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Zunyite with Hematite

TC200MQ

Zunyite crystal, a rare aluminum sorosilicate-fluoride, on matrix. The crystal, tetrahedral and beveled by cube faces, has very well defined and smooth faces, a color between reddish and dark brown, with lamellar inclusions of Hematite, different from the first Zunyites from Iran that reached the world of collecting in Munich 2018.

Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province Iran (07/2019)

Specimen size: 2.9 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm

Main crystal size: 1.2 x 1.2 cm

€200 / US$213 / ¥32350 / AUD$330

Fluorite on Calcite

TC440EL

Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, transparent, shiny and with a pale green color, arranged in a group of flattened lenticular white Calcite crystals, very rich in crystal forms and with good luster.

Xianghuapu Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province China (2018)

Specimen size: 8.7 x 7.8 x 6.7 cm

Main crystal size: 4.5 x 3 cm

€440 / US$534 / ¥55520 / AUD$693

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Chrysocolla on Quartz (variety smoky)

TC80TJ

Spheroidal growths of Chrysocolla on a rock matrix partially covered by small Quartz crystals. This coating, which in some areas of the specimen is complete, results in a more intense luster and a greater color saturation (turquoise blue) of the Chrysocolla.

Tentadora Mine, Ullpac Mountain, Huancano District, Pisco Province, Ica Department Peru (03/2020)

Specimen size: 5.2 x 3.9 x 2.7 cm

€80 / US$85 / ¥12940 / AUD$130

Adamite (variety cuprian)

TC90TA

Group of Adamite crystals (copper-bearing variety) on a limonite matrix, very sharp, translucent, with bright luster and an intense green color. The specimen will be shipped in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.

Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region Namibia

Specimen size: 2.5 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm

Main crystal size: 0.6 x 0.3 cm

Former collection of Bob Noble

€90 / US$109 / ¥11500 / AUD$139

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Pyromorphite with Baryte

TC280TH

Tapered Pyromorphite crystals, many of them doubly terminated, with good luster and a very vivid green color, on a matrix of white lenticular Baryte crystals.

Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine France

Specimen size: 6.8 x 5.5 x 3 cm

Main crystal size: 0.4 x 0.2 cm

Former collection of Paul Zerfass

€280 / US$316 / ¥35830 / AUD$447

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Calcite

TC260MG

Group, on matrix, of scalenohedral Calcite crystals, water-clear and brilliant. This specimen, from a historic German locality, comes from an old collection as attested by the labeling, which we will send to the buyer.

St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen Germany

Specimen size: 12.3 x 7 x 4.2 cm

Main crystal size: 5.4 x 2.4 cm

€260 / US$316 / ¥34350 / AUD$403

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Chalcopyrite

TC90ME

Group of sharp Chalcopyrite crystals, with well defined crystal forms and a fine polycrystalline striations. The specimen, from a historic German locality, comes from an old collection as attested by the label, which we will also send to the buyer.

Bad Harzburg mining area (Hasselbach), Goslar, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen Germany

Specimen size: 6.4 x 5.3 x 3.6 cm

Main crystal size: 1 x 0.7 cm

€90 / US$97 / ¥14190 / AUD$151

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Fluorapatite with Siderite

TC180MP

Floater group of Fluorapatite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, with good luster and an intense green color, with geometric color zoning and small coatings of lenticular Siderite crystals.

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

Specimen size: 5.9 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm

Main crystal size: 3.6 x 3.5 cm

€180 / US$192 / ¥29110 / AUD$300

Fluorite with Quartz, Muscovite and Chlorite

TC90NM

Cubo-octahedral Fluorite crystals with a color between blue and lilac that cover the lower part of a water-clear Quartz crystal partially covered by Chlorite, with small aggregates of Muscovite. From the upper levels of Panasqueira, surprising and pleasant news continues to appear, with specimens that are different from those known before.

Minas da Panasqueira, levels 0-1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal (04/2017)

Specimen size: 4.1 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm

€90 / US$96 / ¥14550 / AUD$150

Cobaltarthurite

TC70NA

Small globular and leafy aggregates of Cobaltarthurite, black on the outside and yellow on the inside, on matrix. The specimen, which is from the type locality, is accompanied by a label from the Juan Viñals collection, one of the describers of the species.

La Reconquistada claim, Pastrana, Mazarrón, Comarca Alto Guadalentín, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (1999)

Specimen size: 3 x 1.6 x 1.7 cm

Type locality

€70 / US$74 / ¥9930 / AUD$112

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Gypsum (variety Selenite)

Fluorescent light (daylight)

TC18NDX

Two very aerial, sharp, water-clear and lustrous Gypsum crystals on an alabaster matrix. A Spanish classic.

Alabaster quarries, Fuentes de Ebro, Delimitación Comarcal de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Aragon Spain (15/12/2007)

Specimen size: 5.5 x 4.8 x 2.8 cm

Main crystal size: 4 x 2.5 cm

€180 / US$201 / ¥23330 / AUD$279

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Andradite with Epidote and Quartz

TC90NF

Groups of reddish dodecahedral Andradite crystals associated with Epidote crystals and white Quartz crystals. From a locality that is only sparsely represented in collections, this is from an area in which some Epidote specimens associated with Andradite, Pyrite, Quartz and Calcite appeared in September 2006.

Aguablanca Mine, Monesterio, Comarca Tentudía, Badajoz, Extremadura Spain (09/2006)

Specimen size: 13.5 x 6 x 6.4 cm

Main crystal size: 2.5 x 2 cm

€90 / US$101 / ¥11510 / AUD$143

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Gold on Quartz

TC90NE

Group of Gold crystals, on Quartz matrix, which retain their sharp crystal forms, together with leafy and hooked forms.

Talarrubias / Casas de Don Pedro area, Comarca La Siberia, Badajoz, Extremadura Spain (02-03/2012)

Specimen size: 1.2 x 1 x 0.3 cm

Main crystal size: 0.5 x 0.2 cm

€90 / US$107 / ¥11650 / AUD$138

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Pyrite

TC220NT

Group of Pyrite crystals of cubic habit with distinct polycrystalline growths. This specimen is very old, with crystals much larger than those known before, and it comes from Minas de Villabona, a locality much less prolific than the nearby Moscona mine in Solís.

Villabona Mines, Barrio de la Estación, Villabona, Llanera, Comarca del Nora, Principality of Asturias (Asturias) Spain (1964)

Specimen size: 7.2 x 7.1 x 4.9 cm

Main crystal size: 2.5 x 2 cm

€220 / US$267 / ¥27760 / AUD$346

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Quartz (doubly terminated) with hydrocarbon inclusions
Quartz (doubly terminated) with hydrocarbon inclusions
Front
Quartz (doubly terminated) with hydrocarbon inclusions
Rear
Quartz (doubly terminated) with hydrocarbon inclusions
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Quartz (doubly terminated) with hydrocarbon inclusions
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Fluorescent light (daylight)

TC190TR

Floater doubly terminated Quartz crystal, transparent, lustrous, and with abundant hydrocarbon inclusions. A Spanish classic.

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

Specimen size: 8.4 x 4 x 3.3 cm

Former collection of Rolf Wein

€190 / US$205 / ¥26370 / AUD$281

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Cinnabar (twinned) with Quartz and Calcite

TC220NB

Cinnabar crystal with a sharp star twin, with a very vivid color, on matrix, with Quartz and Calcite. Of high quality for the deposit that is a classic of Spanish mineralogy but from which few specimens were preserved.

Escarlati Mine, level 3, Puerto de las Señales, Maraña, Comarca Montaña Oriental, León, Castile and León Spain (2007)

Specimen size: 4 x 3.3 x 3.6 cm

Main crystal size: 0.8 x 0.7 cm

€220 / US$228 / ¥31810 / AUD$338

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Calcite

TC70NL

A vug with very sharp scalenohedral Calcite crystals, translucent, with good luster, and a white color, on matrix.

Clay Quarry, La Cañada de Verich, Comarca del Bajo Aragón, Teruel, Aragon Spain (10/2011)

Specimen size: 14.2 x 8.5 x 4.2 cm

Main crystal size: 2 x 1 cm

€70 / US$74 / ¥11320 / AUD$110

Pyrite

TC185NH

Pyritohedral crystal with deformed faces, a brilliant luster, implanted on a marl matrix. A Spanish classic.

Ambasaguas 2 outcrop, Ambas Aguas (Ambasaguas), Muro de Aguas, Comarca Arnedo, La Rioja Spain (04-07/2002)

Specimen size: 13.4 x 9.8 x 7.5 cm

Main crystal size: 5.7 x 3 cm

€185 / US$224 / ¥23340 / AUD$291

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Pyrite

TC65NB

Group of brilliant cubic Pyrite crystals with the less developed forms of the pyritohedron and curious curvatures on faces and edges. Morphologically different from what is usual from this locality.

Ampliación a Victoria Mine, De Alcarama Range, Navajún, Comarca Cervera, La Rioja Spain (2013)

Specimen size: 4.3 x 2.9 x 2.4 cm

Main crystal size: 2.1 x 2.1 cm

€65 / US$72 / ¥8420 / AUD$101

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