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This page provides a selection of the specimens that have passed through the Fabre Minerals website and, due to their quality,
rarity, or significance as specimens from interesting locations, have been preserved as reference specimens in #MVM


HUELVA / Azurite from San Telmo and Poderosa Mines

Azurite
Azurite.
 

NL59Y5: A Spanish novelty. Very aerial floater group with spheroidal growths of small, very sharp, lenticular crystals. Those are very bright, translucent, finely striated and have a very intense blue color. The size and quality of the sample are very superior to all previously known for the locality.
San Telmo Mining Group, El Cerro de Andévalo, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (05/2013)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.6 × 1.8 cm = 1.65” × 1.02” × 0.71”

Azurite
 

NM14Y5: Spanish novelty. Floater nodule with spheroidal growths of small, very sharp, lenticular crystals. Those are very bright, translucent, finely striated and their color is clearer and as vivid as usual on the samples from the San Telmo Mine. The size and quality of the sample are very superior to all previously known for the locality.
San Telmo Mining Group, El Cerro de Andévalo, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (05/2013)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 3.9 × 2 cm = 2.44” × 1.54” × 0.79”

Azurite.
Azurite
Azurite.
 

ND11AB9: A Spanish novelty from a mine in which only the Pyrite had been noted before. Spheroidal aggregates of very well defined crystals, some of them platy and sharp, bright and with a very vivid color.
Poderosa Mine, El Campillo, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (03/2015)

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.4 × 1.7 cm = 0.71” × 0.55” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.20” × 0.12”

Azurite
 

NB11AB9: A Spanish novelty from a mine in which only the Pyrite had been noted before. Spheroidal aggregates of very well defined crystals, some of them platy and sharp, bright and with a very vivid color.
Poderosa Mine, El Campillo, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (03/2015)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.8 × 1.5 cm = 0.98” × 0.71” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.08”

Azurite.
Azurite
Azurite.
 

NF11AB9: A Spanish novelty from a mine in which only the Pyrite had been noted before. Spheroidal aggregates of very well defined crystals, some of them platy and sharp, bright and with a very vivid color.
Poderosa Mine, El Campillo, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (03/2015)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2 × 1.4 cm = 1.14” × 0.79” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”

Azurite
 

NL11AB9: A Spanish novelty from a mine in which only the Pyrite had been noted before. Spheroidal aggregates of very well defined crystals, some of them platy and sharp, bright and with a very vivid color.
Poderosa Mine, El Campillo, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (03/2015)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.7 × 2.5 cm = 1.50” × 1.06” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.24” × 0.12”

Azurite.
Goethite with Quartz

 

NFG72XXX: Group of Goethite crystals with intense and striking iridescence, showing a wide range of metallic colours including golden, green, violet and bluish reflections.
The main interest of the specimen lies in its provenance. It was found by Fermín Clemente at the Poderosa Mine, a classic locality mainly known for its Azurites. We are not aware of previous references to Goethites with this type of iridescent coloration from this mine, which adds further interest to the specimen.

Geologically, the Goethite formed as an alteration product of iron-bearing minerals present in the deposit, developing in this case surface coatings responsible for the striking iridescence observed.
Poderosa Mine, El Campillo, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (11-12/2025)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 6 × 3.6 cm = 3.82” × 2.36” × 1.42”

Former collection of Fermín Clemente

HUELVA / Mimetite specimens from Tharsis, Spain

If you want to know more about the Beudantite please follow this link

Mimetite with Beudantite
Mimetite with Beudantite  

SM65NXB: Small but very sharp tabular Mimetite crystals of excellent quality. In groups or isolated, they have very well defined faces and edges, bright luster, and an intense and uniform yellow 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: 2.2 × 1.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.87” × 0.67” × 0.16”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.08”

Mimetite with Beudantite.
Mimetite with Beudantite.
Mimetite with Beudantite
Mimetite with Beudantite.
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 × 2.4 × 0.9 cm = 1.06” × 0.94” × 0.35”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”

Mimetite with Beudantite
 

NR10AA3: Small but very sharp tabular Mimetite crystals of excellent quality. Grouped or isolated, they always have very well defined faces and edges, are bright and have a very intense and uniform yellow color and are on a limonite matrix with botryoidal growths of Beudantite in micro-crystals. Both the Mimetite and Beudantite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (09-10/2011)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.6 × 0.9 cm = 1.14” × 1.02” × 0.35”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.20” × 0.12”

Mimetite with Beudantite. Mimetite with Beudantite.
Mimetite with Beudantite
Mimetite with Beudantite. Mimetite with Beudantite.
 

NY60AA3: Small but very sharp tabular Mimetite crystals of excellent quality. Grouped or isolated, they always have very well defined faces and edges, are bright and have a very intense and uniform yellow color and are on a limonite matrix with botryoidal growths of Beudantite in micro-crystals. Both the Mimetite and Beudantite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (09-10/2011)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 1.9 × 2.2 cm = 1.22” × 0.75” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.08”

Mimetite
 

NA13AG0: Druse of Mimetite crystals on a rock matrix that resemble the English campylites, with a spheroidal shape but very well-defined faces and edges. They are bright, with a color between yellow and deep olive green. The sample is from a recent find at Tharsis.
Filón Sur open pit (external), Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (30/04/2017)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 3.2 × 1.9 cm = 1.26” × 1.26” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.08” × 0.08”

Mimetite. Mimetite.
Mimetite with Beudantite
Mimetite with Beudantite.
Mimetite with Beudantite.
Mimetite with Beudantite  

SM65NBA: Small but very sharp tabular Mimetite crystals of excellent quality. In groups or isolated, they have very well defined faces and edges, bright luster, and an intense and uniform yellow 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: 3.3 × 2.7 × 3.6 cm = 1.30” × 1.06” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.1 cm = 0.12” × 0.04”

Mimetite and Beudantite
 

NB12V3: Although Mimetites have been previously found in Tharsis, between September and October 2011 some specimens of great quality appeared in the Filón Sur open pit. The size of the crystals is small, but the quality and definition is very high and they are also accompanied by Beudantites, whose analysis we will send to the buyer of the specimen.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (9-10/2011)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.1 × 1.7 cm = 1.61” × 1.22” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”

Mimetite and Beudantite. Mimetite and Beudantite.
Mimetite
Mimetite. Mimetite.
 

ND16AG0: Druse of Mimetite crystals on a rock matrix that resemble the English campylites, with a spheroidal shape but very well-defined faces and edges. They are bright, with a color between yellow and deep olive green. The sample is from a recent find at Tharsis.
Filón Sur open pit (external), Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (30/04/2017)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.9 × 2.4 cm = 1.77” × 1.54” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”

Mimetite
 

NB12AG0: Druse of Mimetite crystals on a rock matrix that resemble the English campylites, with a spheroidal shape but very well-defined faces and edges. They are bright, with a color between yellow and deep olive green. The sample is from a recent find at Tharsis.
Filón Sur open pit (external), Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (30/04/2017)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 2.3 × 3.3 cm = 1.81” × 0.91” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”

Mimetite. Mimetite.
Mimetite and Beudantite
Mimetite and Beudantite. Mimetite and Beudantite.
 

NE11V3: Although Mimetites have been previously found in Tharsis, between September and October 2011 some specimens of great quality appeared in the Filón Sur open pit. The size of the crystals is small, but the quality and definition is very high and they are also accompanied by Beudantites, whose analysis we will send to the buyer of the specimen.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (9-10/2011)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 2.2 × 4.1 cm = 1.89” × 0.87” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.24” × 0.16”

Mimetite with Beudantite
Mimetite with Beudantite  

SM230VAB: Thick tabular crystals of Mimetite, very sharp and of excellent quality, in groups or isolated, with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, with great luster and an intense color between orange and yellow, on a limonite matrix with botryoidal growths of Beudantite microcrystals. Both the Mimetite and Beudantite were 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 (9-10/2011)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.4 × 1.6 cm = 2.01” × 1.34” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”

Mimetite with Beudantite.
Mimetite with Beudantite.
Mimetite with Beudantite
Mimetite with Beudantite. Mimetite with Beudantite.
 

NB60AA3: Small but very sharp tabular Mimetite crystals of excellent quality. Grouped or isolated, they always have very well defined faces and edges, are bright and have a very intense and uniform yellow color and are on a limonite matrix with botryoidal growths of Beudantite in micro-crystals. Both the Mimetite and Beudantite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (09-10/2011)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.4 × 1.3 cm = 2.13” × 1.34” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.20” × 0.08”

Mimetite with Beudantite
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 × 5.2 × 3.7 cm = 2.28” × 2.05” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.08” × 0.04”

Mimetite with Beudantite.
Mimetite with Beudantite.
Mimetite with Beudantite
Mimetite with Beudantite.
Mimetite with Beudantite.
Mimetite with Beudantite  

TC100ND: Small but very sharp tabular Mimetite crystals of excellent quality. In groups or isolated, they have very well defined faces and edges, are lustrous and show an intense and uniform yellow 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 the analyses to the buyer.
Filón Sur open pit (external), Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (09-10/2011)

Specimen size: 8.1 × 6.7 × 1.9 cm = 3.19” × 2.64” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.1 cm = 0.12” × 0.04”

Analyzed
Mimetite
Mimetite  

TC120NL: Small but very sharp tabular Mimetite crystals of excellent quality. In groups or isolated, they have very well defined faces and edges, are lustrous and show an intense and uniform yellow color. On a limonite matrix. The Mimetite was analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Filón Sur open pit (external), Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (09-10/2011)

Mimetite.
Mimetite.
Mimetite with Beudantite
Mimetite with Beudantite. Mimetite with Beudantite.
 

NA14AA3: Small but very sharp tabular Mimetite crystals of excellent quality. Grouped or isolated, they always have very well defined faces and edges, are bright and have a very intense and uniform yellow color and are on a limonite matrix with botryoidal growths of Beudantite in micro-crystals. Both the Mimetite and Beudantite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (09-10/2011)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 6.1 × 1.9 cm = 3.70” × 2.40” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.08” × 0.08”

Mimetite
 

FH14Z9: Short prismatic crystals, a different shape from the most usual for samples from this locality. They are sharp, with very well defined faces and edges and are on a limonite matrix. Very unusual, as are many of the samples from this collection.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (09-10/2011)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.8 × 1.4 cm = 1.85” × 1.50” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.08” × 0.08”

Former collection of Fermín Clemente
Mimetite. Mimetite.
Mimetite
Mimetite. Mimetite.
 

NC14AG0: Druse of Mimetite crystals on a rock matrix that resemble the English campylites, with a spheroidal shape but very well-defined faces and edges. They are bright, with a color between yellow and deep olive green. The sample is from a recent find at Tharsis.
Filón Sur open pit (external), Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (30/04/2017)

Specimen size: 6 × 4 × 3.1 cm = 2.36” × 1.57” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”

Mimetite
Mimetite  

NF14AG0: Druse of Mimetite crystals on a rock matrix that resemble the English campylites, with a spheroidal shape but very well-defined faces and edges, and with a very intense uniform yellow color. The sample is from a recent find at Tharsis.
Filón Sur open pit (external), Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (11/2011)

Specimen size: 8.9 × 5.3 × 2.9 cm = 3.50” × 2.09” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”

Minor fluorescence short UV

Former collection of Fermín Clemente
Mimetite. Mimetite.

HUELVA / Iridescent Goethite

If you want to know more about these Goethites please follow this link

Goethite
Goethite.
 

NH7AC2: Botryoidal growths with intense metallic-iridescent patinas, very bright and showing strongly contrasting coloration, with dominant red, yellowish and orange shades. These growths contrast with a later phase with smaller and grayish botryoidal forms. The sample is from a famous 2007 find.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.7 × 1.7 cm = 1.26” × 1.06” × 0.67”

Iridescent Goethite
 

NJ58K8: Stalactitic-botryoidal growth with intense iridescence, very bright, metallic reflections, whose dominant colors vary between red, blue and gold. These growths contrast with a later formed phase with smaller and very bright botryoidal growths. The specimen is from a recent find in Tharsis. This locality hasn't produced significant samples in the last twenty years.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.3 × 2.2 cm = 1.73” × 1.30” × 0.87”

Iridescent Goethite.
Goethite
Goethite. Front
Front
Goethite. Rear
Rear
Goethite  

MA26AL3: Botryoidal growth of very aerial Goethite, with variegated metallic iridescence, of dominant reddish blue, golden and green tones.
We will send the label of the Fermín Clemente collection to the buyer of the copy.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (09-10/2011)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.2 × 1 cm = 1.89” × 1.26” × 0.39”

Former collection of Fermín Clemente
Goethite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

NNB16AO8: Stalactitic-botryoidal aggregate of Goethite with intense iridescence, very lustrous and with metallic reflections, with dominant yellow, orange and reddish tones.
The specimen comes from the collection of Santiago Jiménez who, especially in the 1980s and 1990s, brought together an excellent collection with a very good representation of the mineralogy of Northern Spain.
Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 5.3 × 2.6 × 2.8 cm = 2.09” × 1.02” × 1.10”

Former collection of Santiago Jiménez García
Goethite. Goethite.
Goethite
Goethite. Goethite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

NFM26AO8: Stalactitic-botryoidal aggregate with intense iridescence, very lustrous and with metallic reflections, with dominant reddish, green and blue tones.
The specimen comes from the collection of Santiago Jiménez who, especially in the 1980s and 90s, assembled an excellent collection with a very good representation of the mineralogy of Northern Spain.
Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.9 × 3.4 cm = 2.13” × 1.93” × 1.34”

Former collection of Santiago Jiménez García
Iridescent Goethite
 

NA61L5: Stalactitic-botryoidal growth forming curious concretions and elongated growths. With intense metallic pastel color iridescence and a later formed phase, also with intense iridescence.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4.8 × 4.2 cm = 2.60” × 1.89” × 1.65”

Iridescent Goethite. Front
Front
Iridescent Goethite. Rear
Rear
Iridescent Goethite
Iridescent Goethite.
 

NB12K4: A novelty from Munich 2007. Stalactitic-botryoidal growth with intense, very bright, iridescence, with metallic reflections of dominant colors between golden and blue. The specimen is from a recent find on Tharsis (Filón Sur Mine) that hasn't produced significant samples in the last twenty years.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.5 × 4 cm = 2.64” × 1.77” × 1.57”

Goethite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

JRA37AP8: Botryoidal growth of Goethite with intense metallic iridescence dominated by green, mauve and grey, and with cavities on the back that are typical of Rio Tinto specimens. The specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Cerro Colorado Mine, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (1980)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.6 × 2.8 cm = 2.80” × 1.81” × 1.10”

Former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
Goethite.
Goethite
Goethite.
Goethite  

TC90NB: Botryoidal and stalactitic Goethite growths with variegated metallic iridescence of dominant reddish and green tones. The specimen comes from a famous find in 2007.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 3.7 × 3.1 cm = 2.91” × 1.46” × 1.22”

Goethite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

JAL66AP8: Compared with other goethites from southern Spain, those found in the La Lapilla mine stand out for their delicate latticed growths and very fine arched structures, sometimes almost filamentous, that add to the quality and vivid brilliance of its metallic iridescences, with blue, ocher and reddish reflections, with a predominance of metallic greyish.
The specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
La Lapilla Mine, La Lapilla, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (03-04/2008)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.5 × 5.2 cm = 3.03” × 2.56” × 2.05”

Former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly
Goethite. Front
Front
Goethite. Rear
Rear
Goethite.
Goethite
Goethite.
Goethite  

TC80NZ: Botryoidal and stalactitic Goethite growths with variegated metallic iridescence of dominant reddish and gray tones. The specimen comes from a famous find in 2007.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 4.9 × 3 cm = 3.11” × 1.93” × 1.18”

Goethite
 

NY57AC2: Botryoidal stalactitic aggregate with intensely metallic-iridescent patinas, very bright and showing strongly contrasting coloration, with dominant yellowish and orange shades. These growths contrast with a later phase with smaller and grayish-red botryoidal forms. The sample is from a famous 2007 find.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 4.7 × 4 cm = 3.27” × 1.85” × 1.57”

Goethite.
Iridescent Goethite
Iridescent Goethite. Front
Front
Iridescent Goethite. Rear
Rear
Iridescent Goethite.
 

ND80K4: A novelty from Munich 2007. Stalactitic-botryoidal growth with intense, very bright, iridescence, of dominant colors between pink and red and bluish. On the back it has laminar concretions, also iridescent, formed latterly to the botryoidal phase. The specimen is from a recent find on Tharsis (Filón Sur Mine) that hasn't produced significant samples in the last twenty years.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 11 × 4 × 3.2 cm = 4.33” × 1.57” × 1.26”

Iridescent Goethite
 

NH36N7: The colorful Goethite from Tharsis is a classic in Spain. From the find of 2007, this one is a fine example of its quality.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 12 × 4.8 × 2.9 cm = 4.72” × 1.89” × 1.14”

Iridescent Goethite.

HUELVA / Goethite specimens from La Lapilla

Goethite
Goethite. Front
Front
Goethite. Rear
Rear
 

FZ62Z9: Very aerial parallel columnar growths with strongly iridescent areas that have a dominant green color, with red and blue on the tips and on the base.
Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.1 × 0.4 cm = 1.73” × 0.83” × 0.16”

Former collection of Fermín Clemente
Iridescent Goethite
 

NE9M1: If the Tharsis Goethite samples are well known for their intense colors and defined stalactitic growths, La Lapilla Goethite specimens stand out because of their delicate crossed stalactitic growths and filament-like structures. Also, a highlight is the pale pastel color iridescence, whose colors vary between green, deep blue to slight pink, and gray reflections with ocher zones.
La Lapilla Mine is well known by the rich base metals “gossan”, above all its high Gold content, but is not so known for Goethites.
La Lapilla Mine, La Lapilla, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (03-04/2008)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.3 × 1.6 cm = 2.05” × 1.30” × 0.63”

Iridescent Goethite.
Goethite
Goethite. Front
Front
Goethite. Rear
Rear
Goethite.
 

MN37AL4: Compared to other Goethites from southern Spain, those from the La Lapilla Mine stand out for their delicate network growths and finely arched structures, sometimes almost filamentous, added to that their quality and luster and their faint iridescence in pastel tones of ocher, green, intense bluish, and pink, on predominantly greyish metallic reflections.
We will send the Fermín Clemente collection label to the buyer of the specimen.
La Lapilla Mine, La Lapilla, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (04/2008)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.7 × 3.1 cm = 2.68” × 1.85” × 1.22”

Former collection of Fermín Clemente
Iridescent Goethite
 

NA60M1: If the Tharsis Goethite samples are well known for their intense colors and defined stalactitic growths, La Lapilla Goethite specimens stand out because of their delicate crossed stalactitic growths and very thin filament-like structures. Also, a highlight is the pale pastel color iridescence, whose colors vary between green, deep blue to slight pink, and gray reflections with ocher zones.
La Lapilla Mine is well known by the rich base metals “gossan”, above all its high Gold content, but is not so known for Goethites.
La Lapilla Mine, La Lapilla, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (03-04/2008)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 7.7 × 4.2 cm = 3.62” × 3.03” × 1.65”

Iridescent Goethite.
Goethite
Goethite. Goethite.
 

FB6Z8: Botryoidal and arborescent growths with intensely metallic-iridescent patinas showing strongly contrasted coloration, between pink-mauve and greenish and bluish shades. These samples have more elegant forms that those that are better known from Filón Sur, at Tharsis, and they are very rare because they appeared in the year 2008, and quickly disappeared from the mineral market.
La Lapilla Mine, La Lapilla, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (03-04/2008)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 7.2 × 4.1 cm = 4.02” × 2.83” × 1.61”

Former collection of Fermín Clemente
Goethite
 

FA67Z8: Fine columnar aggregates with patinas forming banded areas with vivid iridescent luster and strongly contrasted shades, predominating red, green and yellow. These samples have more elegant forms that those that are better known from Filón Sur, at Tharsis, and they are very rare because they appeared in the year 2008, and quickly disappeared from the mineral market.
La Lapilla Mine, La Lapilla, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (03-04/2008)

Specimen size: 12.1 × 8.4 × 3.8 cm = 4.76” × 3.31” × 1.50”

Former collection of Fermín Clemente
Goethite. Goethite.
Goethite
Goethite. Front
Front
Goethite. Rear
Rear
 

NB46AM1: Compared to other Goethites in southern Spain, those from the La Lapilla mine stand out for their delicate lattice growths and very fine arched structures, sometimes almost filamentous, which add to the quality and lively brilliance of their iridescence in metallic, blue, ocher, and reddish tones, with greyish metallic reflections predominating.
La Lapilla Mine, La Lapilla, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (03-04/2008)

Specimen size: 14.8 × 8.3 × 5.1 cm = 5.83” × 3.27” × 2.01”


HUELVA / Goethite specimens from Riotinto

Goethite
 

NB13AB5: Small botryoidal growth on a matrix of the same Goethite, with iridescences of very vivid colors and predominating reddish shades. The sample, from a very unique find in 1980, it comes from a Spanish private collection.
Cerro Colorado Mine, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (±1980)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.30” × 1.02” × 1.02”

Goethite.
Iridescent Goethite
Iridescent Goethite.
 

NB58S8: The iridescent Goethite from Rio Tinto is different from the Tharsis iridescent Goethite, it is not stalactitic and is much more colorful.
From an old find at the classic Rio Tinto mines, this Goethite surprises us with its rich and varied colors.
Cerro Colorado Mine, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (±1985)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.3 × 3.6 cm = 2.52” × 1.69” × 1.42”

Iridescent Goethite
 

NK6S8: The iridescent Goethite from Rio Tinto is different from the Tharsis iridescent Goethite, it is not stalactitic and is much more colorful.
From an old find at the classic Rio Tinto mine, this Goethite surprises us with its rich and varied colors.
Cerro Colorado Mine, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Comarca Cuenca Minera, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (±1985)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 8.7 × 5.5 cm = 4.53” × 3.43” × 2.17”

Iridescent Goethite. Iridescent Goethite.

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