NX16L8: From the mining works close to the Aizpea Mines we offer this specimen formed by groups of complex Sphalerite crystals with curved faces and edges. More than vivid red to orange color. With some small tabular Baryte crystals. Really unusual.
Aizpea claim, Cerain mines, Zerain, Comarca Goyerri, Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (01/2008)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 2.2 × 3.9 cm = 2.13” × 0.87” × 1.54”

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

NX8L6: Parallel growth of idiomorphic Baryte crystals, one of them dominant, with excellent transparency and brilliance. Their upper and side faces have very well marked triangular growth figures that give the edges a sawtooth appearance. Also we can see corrosion and contact geometric structures on some faces. We call your attention to the interesting Chalcopyrite crystal inclusions, where the original yellow greenish color is preserved, while superficial crystals on Baryte faces are covered by a thin oxidation layer. The specimen is from mining works of Aizpea, close to the La Troya Mine.
Aizpea claim, Cerain mines, Zerain, Comarca Goyerri, Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (03/2001)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 4.6 × 1.5 cm = 2.72” × 1.81” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 6.9 × 2.5 cm = 2.72” × 0.98”

NA61X9: Very sharp, complete and floater Baryte crystal, with inclusions and partially coated by a thin layer of small Dolomite crystals. Different.
Aizpea claim, Cerain mines, Zerain, Comarca Goyerri, Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (1999)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 3.9 × 1.9 cm = 2.91” × 1.54” × 0.75”

JLB26AP8: Centered growths of acicular Malachite crystals ending in botryoidal terminations, with brilliant luster and an intense color, on a limonite matrix.
The specimen, a rarity for the locality, comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Aizpea claim, Cerain mines, Zerain, Comarca Goyerri, Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain

Specimen size: 6.9 × 3.3 × 5.9 cm = 2.72” × 1.30” × 2.32”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.5 cm = 0.47” × 0.20”

N86RJ0: Group of well formed and bright crystals with the typical soft green color of the samples from this locality. Relatively plentiful the last decade of the past century, specimens from Errigoiti are actually quite scarce today.
Ofitas de Rigoitia Quarry, Memorikas, Errigoiti, Comarca Busturialdea-Urdaibai, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (1996)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 5 × 4.8 cm = 2.72” × 1.97” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.7 cm = 1.06” × 0.67”

JMX99AP8: Druse of equant Datolite crystals, very rich in forms, very translucent, with good luster and soft green color, partially covered by microcrystals of Quartz.
This specimen is one of the best for the locality, and comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly and was previously in Santiago Jiménez García's.
Ofitas de Rigoitia Quarry, Memorikas, Errigoiti, Comarca Busturialdea-Urdaibai, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (1991)

Specimen size: 10.8 × 6.5 × 4.6 cm = 4.25” × 2.56” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 2.6 cm = 1.30” × 1.02”

JQQ12AP8: Pyrite crystals formed by cube and pyritohedron faces, with both forms very balanced, lustrous, and on matrix, with Quartz.
A quality specimen for this little known locality, it comes to us via the collection of Andrés Jimenez Shelly.
Larrako Quarry, Barrio de Larrasko, Arrigorriaga, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2 × 1.5 cm = 1.26” × 0.79” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.35” × 0.24”

JBC36AP8: Druse of lenticular Siderite crystals with a light brown color, good luster, and with coatings of Pyrite microcrystals.
The specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Bodovalle Mine, Gallarta, Abanto y Ciérvana/Abanto Zierbena, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (1979)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.1 × 2.2 cm = 3.31” × 2.40” × 0.87”

NLL16AO5: Iron-bearing Dolomite crystals with a very pronounced saddle shape, with strong curvatures and polycrystalline growths, with good luster and a color between light brown and pink, on matrix.
The specimen comes from the collection of Santiago Jiménez who, especially in the 1980s and '90s, managed to collect many rarities from urban and peri-urban areas of Northern Spain, very little disclosed before in the mineral collecting world.
El Covarón mines, Covarón (Kobaron), Muskiz, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain

Specimen size: 10 × 7.8 × 3.1 cm = 3.94” × 3.07” × 1.22”

JJF6AP8: Very aerial columnar growths with botryoidal Goethite formations in color tones varying from black to yellow. A classic of Spanish mineralogy.
The specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly and was previously in that of Martín Oliete Fontela.
La Arboleda Mines, La Arboleda (Zugaztieta), Valle de Trápaga/Trapagaran, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (1965)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 6.1 × 5.9 ×  cm = 2.44” × 2.40” × 2.32”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 0.7 cm = 1.34” × 0.28”

EAH46CD6: Aggregate of botryoidal Goethite on matrix, with a uniform very dark black color, but with a luster that stands out for its high intensity, something not so common in the specimens found in La Arboleda, a mineralogically classic iron deposit for the Basque Country and which was so important for the development of its steel industry.
La Arboleda Mines, La Arboleda (Zugaztieta), Valle de Trápaga/Trapagaran, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (+1980)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 6 × 4.2 cm = 2.95” × 2.36” × 1.65”

XM2230NXY: Botryoidal aggregate formed of Goethite crystals with a velvety luster and marked iridescence dominated by blue and mauve, on a limonite matrix. A great classic of Basque iron mining from La Arboleda, where the 'alirón' ('all iron all iron') was sung for the first time.
The specimen belonged to Santiago Jiménez who, especially in the 1980s and 90s, assembled an excellent collection with a very good representation of the mineralogy of northern Spain.


La Arboleda Mines, La Arboleda (Zugaztieta), Valle de Trápaga/Trapagaran, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain

Specimen size: 11.4 × 9.8 × 3.4 cm = 4.49” × 3.86” × 1.34”

GR37AM2: Botryoidal Goethite growths with very fine surfaces, very shiny and dense black in color. The specimen, from one of the great classical Spanish iron ore deposits, comes from the Pedro Goy collection, whose very detailed catalogue entry will be sent to the buyer.
La Arboleda Mines, La Arboleda (Zugaztieta), Valle de Trápaga/Trapagaran, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain

Specimen size: 12 × 10.4 × 6.3 cm = 4.72” × 4.09” × 2.48”

NA86AJ5: Botryoidal growths with very acute terminations and recrystallization, with a deep black color and bright. A Spanish classic.
La Arboleda Mines, La Arboleda (Zugaztieta), Valle de Trápaga/Trapagaran, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain

Specimen size: 15.7 × 13.2 × 6.3 cm = 6.18” × 5.20” × 2.48”

TC220NA: Botryoidal Goethite growths with very fine, shiny and dense black surfaces. The specimen comes from one of the great classical Spanish iron deposits, via the Lluís Daunis collection, whose autograph label we will send to the buyer.
La Arboleda Mines, La Arboleda (Zugaztieta), Valle de Trápaga/Trapagaran, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain

Specimen size: 16.3 × 7.6 × 7.1 cm = 6.42” × 2.99” × 2.80”

JRB63AP8: Druse of transparent Quartz crystals, very lustrous and with an intense and uniform violet color (amethyst variety). Amethyst is a relative rarity for the locality, so only a few specimens were obtained.
This one comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly and previously belonged to Martín Oliete Fontela.
Enekuri pillow-lavas outcrop, Enekuri, Bilbao, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (±1986)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.6 × 2 cm = 1.14” × 1.02” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.39” × 0.28”

JJM46AP8: Elongated growth of elongated scalenohedral crystals of Calcite, in fact a parallel growth along a highly visible faden thread.
A super-rarity that comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Bilbao, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain

Specimen size: 11.4 × 3.7 × 2.3 cm = 4.49” × 1.46” × 0.91”

JBC14AP8: Group of Calcite crystals with the so-called nailhead habit formed by a prism and the terminations of a flattened rhombohedron. They are translucent, with dark Goethite inclusions. A Spanish classic, very difficult to find nowadays, from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Julia Mine, Barrio de la Peña, Bilbao, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (1973)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.1 × 3.4 cm = 1.89” × 1.22” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 1.1 cm = 1.42” × 0.43”

NBN14AO4: Group of Calcite crystals with the so-called "nail head" habit, formed by a prism and the terminal faces of a flattened rhombohedron. Translucent and with dark Goethite inclusions.
A Spanish classic, very difficult to find nowadays.
Julia Mine, Barrio de la Peña, Bilbao, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain

Specimen size: 5.5 × 5 × 4.2 cm = 2.17” × 1.97” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 5.5 × 2 cm = 2.17” × 0.79”

JRB30AP8: Group of Calcite crystals with the so-called nailhead habit formed by a prism and the terminations of a flattened rhombohedron. They are translucent, with dark Goethite inclusions.
A Spanish classic, very difficult to find nowadays and which comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly and was previously in Santiago Jiménez García's.
Julia Mine, Barrio de la Peña, Bilbao, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (1973)

Specimen size: 10 × 8.6 × 6.1 cm = 3.94” × 3.39” × 2.40”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 1.6 cm = 1.73” × 0.63”

EEB27AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Group of Calcite crystals with the habit known as “nailheads”; formed by a prism with flattened rhombohedron terminations. They are translucent, shiny, colored pale yellow with dark Goethite inclusions. A Spanish classic, very difficult to find nowadays.
The specimen comes from the collection of Guy Jusseau, from Lyon.
Julia Mine, Barrio de la Peña, Bilbao, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain

Specimen size: 11.2 × 5.8 × 6.2 cm = 4.41” × 2.28” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 2.3 cm = 2.05” × 0.91”

MR76L3: A classic, not easy to get now. Its condition is perfect and the crystals are more aerial than usual.
Julia Mine, Barrio de la Peña, Bilbao, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain

Specimen size: 11.3 × 6.5 × 7.6 cm = 4.45” × 2.56” × 2.99”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 1.8 cm = 1.77” × 0.71”

TVF54AQ1: Druse of Calcite crystals rich in faces with the dominant forms of the prism and a very flattened apical rhombohedron, translucent, lustrous, and rich in Goethite inclusions.
A Spanish classic of great quality.
Julia Mine, Barrio de la Peña, Bilbao, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain

Specimen size: 14 × 11.3 × 6.2 cm = 5.51” × 4.45” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 2 cm = 1.85” × 0.79”

JAB16AP8: Doubly terminated crystal of Calcite with a curved profile and microcrystalline surfaces, translucent, of
uniform yellow color, on matrix. The unusual morphology of the crystal is characteristic of this
locality.
The specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Malaespera Mine, Barrio de la Peña, Bilbao, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (1997)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 5.7 × 2.6 cm = 3.03” × 2.24” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 5.8 × 2.4 cm = 2.28” × 0.94”

JAM96AP8: Groups of Galena crystals with curvatures and “melted” shapes, very lustrous and on matrix with small white Dolomite crystals and groups of very sharp, translucent and very lustrous crystals of Sphalerite.
This different kind of specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Malaespera Mine, Barrio de la Peña, Bilbao, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (1995)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.1 × 4.2 cm = 2.80” × 2.01” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.6 cm = 0.43” × 0.24”

NLA64AO5: Group of Sphalerite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, very lustrous and with small groups of Calcite.
The specimen comes from the collection of Santiago Jiménez who, especially in the 1980s and '90s, managed to collect many rarities from urban and peri-urban areas of northern Spain, very little disclosed before in the mineral collecting world.
Malaespera Mine, Barrio de la Peña, Bilbao, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 1.10” × 0.71” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.6 cm = 0.71” × 0.63”

SV290NMP: Group of very sharp Sphalerite crystals, with the crystal faces perfectly defined and very lustrous. With small whitish Quartz crystals in distinct color contrast.
Coming from a current urban area in northern Spain, this type of specimen is very difficult to obtain nowadays and even less with this quality.
Malaespera Mine, Barrio de la Peña, Bilbao, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.4 × 2.4 cm = 2.17” × 1.34” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”

NFM76AO7: Group of yellow scalenohedral Calcite crystals, acute, translucent, with good luster. The specimen comes from the collection of Santiago Jiménez who, especially in the 1980s and '90s, managed to collect many rarities from urban and suburban areas of the North of Spain little disclosed before in the mineral collecting community.
Valle de Carranza Mines, Las Encartaciones, Karrantza Harana/Valle de Carranza, Comarca Las Encartaciones, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain

Specimen size: 7.1 × 6.3 × 4.4 cm = 2.80” × 2.48” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 0.8 cm = 0.91” × 0.31”

JPB27AP8: Very aerial stalactitic growth of copper-bearing Aragonite, translucent and intense bluish green.
This very aesthetic specimen comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly and was previously in Carlos Prieto Paramio's.
Matienzo, Karrantza Harana/Valle de Carranza, Comarca Las Encartaciones, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain

Specimen size: 7.6 × 5.8 × 3.7 cm = 2.99” × 2.28” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 1.2 cm = 2.44” × 0.47”

NE59AM7: Complex crystals of caramel-colored Sphalerite, with very sharp crystal forms, more isolated than usual in pieces from this locality, transparent, with good luster and an intense color, on matrix, with white Dolomite and brown rhombohedral Siderite crystals. The mine has been closed for years and half flooded, making it almost impossible to obtain new specimens.
Troya Mine, Mutiloa, Comarca Goyerri, Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (1990)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 2.8 × 3.3 cm = 1.89” × 1.10” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.39” × 0.24”

N13AHL6: Sphalerite crystals with well defined faces and edges, some of them with curvatures, with good honey color. Most are peppered by small Pyrite crystals. On a matrix with Siderite and Pyrite crystals. This mine closed a long time ago, and it is now flooded and collapsed, so it is quite impossible to obtain specimens there.
Troya Mine, Mutiloa, Comarca Goyerri, Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (±1990)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.2 × 3.1 cm = 2.05” × 1.65” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.8 cm = 0.51” × 0.31”

N11BL6: Group of Sphalerite crystals with well defined faces and edges, some of them with curvatures, on a white Baryte matrix formed by tabular crystals, some of them with a good size. An uncommon mineral association for this mine, that closed long time ago. It is flooded and collapsed, and so it is quite impossible to obtain specimens there.
Troya Mine, Mutiloa, Comarca Goyerri, Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (±1990)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.5 × 2.1 cm = 2.09” × 1.77” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.39” × 0.28”

XM80NE: Complex twinned crystals of Sphalerite, on matrix, with curvatures on the faces and edges, translucent, lustrous, and with an excellent honey color, partially covered by small rhombohedral crystals of Siderite and microcrystals of Pyrite. The mine has been flooded for a long time and is currently completely inaccessible.
Troya Mine, Mutiloa, Comarca Goyerri, Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (1990)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.6 × 4.9 cm = 2.28” × 1.81” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”

N12DGM3: Group of very sharp Sphalerite crystals with curved faces. Good transparency, brilliance and excellent toasted honey color. With minor Dolomite. The Troya Mine has been flooded and collapsed for a long time.
Troya Mine, Mutiloa, Comarca Goyerri, Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (1991)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.2 × 2.9 cm = 2.68” × 1.65” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.8 cm = 0.31” × 0.31”

NB87X9: Complex polycrystalline growths of Sphalerite. They are translucent, very bright, with curved faces and edges and with a very deep reddish color, and on a matrix of white Dolomite crystals with a small group of brown Siderite rhombohedrons. The mine is currently collapsed and filled with water, so such Sphalerite samples are currently part of Spanish mineralogical history.
Troya Mine, Mutiloa, Comarca Goyerri, Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (1985)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.6 × 4.2 cm = 3.31” × 2.20” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 0.71” × 0.67”

NP27AA6: Druse of small, complex, twinned Sphalerite crystals, extraordinarily bright and transparent and with a very deep honey color. The matrix is partially coated by small, white Dolomite crystals and rhombohedral Siderite crystals. This mine is currently abandoned and flooded, and its old galleries are completely inaccessible.
Troya Mine, Mutiloa, Comarca Goyerri, Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (±1985)

Specimen size: 11.6 × 9.1 × 6.3 cm = 4.57” × 3.58” × 2.48”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.39” × 0.28”

EF50AJ5: Complex Sphalerite crystals, very large for the locality, transparent, very bright with a deep and intense honey color and partially coated by bright Chalcopyrite microcrystals.
Troya Mine, Mutiloa, Comarca Goyerri, Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain

Specimen size: 14 × 11.3 × 7.8 cm = 5.51” × 4.45” × 3.07”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”

JXA96AP8: Lamellar Baryte crystals, transparent, with very good luster and an intense and uniform yellow color, on matrix, with white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals and small groups of transparent spheroidal Sphalerite crystals with very good luster and a toasted honey color.
The specimen, of excellent quality for the locality, comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
Troya Mine, Mutiloa, Comarca Goyerri, Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (1986)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.2 × 4.7 cm = 2.83” × 2.05” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1 cm = 0.71” × 0.39”

NB9K9: Group of very well defined cubic crystals of Galena, partially covered by globular aggregates of brown Siderite, white Dolomite and Chalcopyrite. Today the Troya Mine is flooded and collapsed.
Troya Mine, Mutiloa, Comarca Goyerri, Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (±1990)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.2 × 3 cm = 1.89” × 1.26” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.47” × 0.43”

MF27AJ5: Galena crystals on matrix, one of them clearly dominant, with the form of the cube truncated by the octahedron on the corners. The sample is of the best quality for the locality.
Aizpea claim, Cerain mines, Zerain, Comarca Goyerri, Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain

Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.3 × 4.6 cm = 3.31” × 2.48” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.2 cm = 1.22” × 0.87”

NM9L4: Very aerial rosette aggregate of laminar Aurichalcite crystals, with a gentle blue color and silky luster. On a vug coated by small Quartz crystals which are covered by an orange and black layer; and with Limonite that enhances the Aurichalcite contrast. New find from a quarry of the historical Troya Mine, currently it is flooded and collapsed.
Troya Mine, Mutiloa, Comarca Goyerri, Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (01/2008)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.3 × 1.4 cm = 1.30” × 0.91” × 0.55”

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

NGA42XXX: 2024 new find. Botryoidal groups of Plumbogummite on matrix, forming layers with colorations ranging from blue to grayish-greenish tones, with predominance of a uniform dark green. In addition, they are associated with small crystals of Pyromorphite, Kintoreite and Hinsdalite.
Coming from an old mine in Garlitos, Badajoz, this phosphate can be considered of the best quality known for the species in the Iberian Peninsula.
It has been published as a novelty at the 2024 Munich Show in the magazine ‘Lapis‘ number 11-12/2024 page 71, and in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’ number 01/2025, page 111
Furthermore, this specimen has been mentioned in thread FMF - MineralExpo Barcelona-Sants 2024 (edición octubre) - Minerales Invisibles

Las Minillas is an area within the Variscan basement of NE Badajoz, dominated by metamorphic rocks and granitoids (including the Garlitos Granodiorite). Pb mineralization is linked to fractures and small hydrothermal veins, later overprinted by a well-developed supergene oxidation zone, where secondary phosphates such as Plumbogummite may form.
Juan Antonio mining group, Las Minillas area, Garlitos, Comarca La Siberia, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain (30/01-15/02 2024)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.4 × 1.2 cm = 1.38” × 1.34” × 0.47”

NAB55ASN4: New of 2024. Botryoidal groups of Plumbogummite in matrix, forming layers with colorations ranging from intense and uniform sky blue to greenish-grayish shades.
From an old mine in Garlitos, Badajoz, this phosphate can be considered of the best known quality for the species in the Iberian Peninsula.

Las Minillas is an area within the Variscan basement of NE Badajoz, dominated by metamorphic rocks and granitoids (including the Garlitos Granodiorite). Pb mineralization is linked to fractures and small hydrothermal veins, later overprinted by a well-developed supergene oxidation zone, where secondary phosphates such as Plumbogummite may form.
Juan Antonio mining group, Las Minillas area, Garlitos, Comarca La Siberia, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain (30/01-15/02 2024)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4 × 1.5 cm = 1.89” × 1.57” × 0.59”

NGB73XXX: New of 2024. Botryoidal groups of Plumbogummite in matrix, forming layers with colorations ranging from intense and uniform sky blue to electric blue.
From an old mine in Garlitos, Badajoz, this phosphate can be considered of the best known quality for the species in the Iberian Peninsula.
It has been published as a novelty at the 2024 Munich Show in the magazine ‘Lapis‘ number 11-12/2024 page 71 and in the magazine ‘Rocks & Minerals‘ number 3, vol. 100 page 268, year 2025.
Furthermore, this specimen has been mentioned in thread FMF - MineralExpo Barcelona-Sants 2024 (edición octubre) - Minerales Invisibles

Las Minillas is an area within the Variscan basement of NE Badajoz, dominated by metamorphic rocks and granitoids (including the Garlitos Granodiorite). Pb mineralization is linked to fractures and small hydrothermal veins, later overprinted by a well-developed supergene oxidation zone, where secondary phosphates such as Plumbogummite may form.
La Minita Mine, Las Minillas area, Granja de Torrehermosa, Comarca de Llerena, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.0 cm = 2.17” × 1.57”

NGA72XXX: New of 2024. Botryoidal groups of Plumbogummite in matrix, forming layers with colorations ranging from intense and uniform sky blue to greenish-grayish shades. In addition, they are associated with small crystals of Pyromorphite, Kintoreite and Hinsdalite.
This specimen has been mentioned in thread FMF - MineralExpo Barcelona-Sants 2024 (edición octubre) - Minerales Invisibles
From an old mine in Garlitos, Badajoz, this phosphate can be considered of the best known quality for the species in the Iberian Peninsula.

Las Minillas is an area within the Variscan basement of NE Badajoz, dominated by metamorphic rocks and granitoids (including the Garlitos Granodiorite). Pb mineralization is linked to fractures and small hydrothermal veins, later overprinted by a well-developed supergene oxidation zone, where secondary phosphates such as Plumbogummite may form.
Juan Antonio mining group, Las Minillas area, Garlitos, Comarca La Siberia, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain (30/01-15/02 2024)

Specimen size: 8.0 × 5.0 cm = 3.15” × 1.97”

NGB46XXX: Botryoidal groups of Plumbogummite on matrix, forming layers with colorations ranging from intense and uniform sky blue to electric blue. In addition, they are associated with small crystals of Pyromorphite, Kintoreite and Hinsdalite.
Coming from an old mine in Garlitos, Badajoz, this phosphate can be considered of the best quality known for the species in the Iberian Peninsula.
It has been published as a novelty at the magazine ‘Paragénesis’ number 01/2025, page 107

Las Minillas is an area within the Variscan basement of NE Badajoz, dominated by metamorphic rocks and granitoids (including the Garlitos Granodiorite). Pb mineralization is linked to fractures and small hydrothermal veins, later overprinted by a well-developed supergene oxidation zone, where secondary phosphates such as Plumbogummite may form.
Juan Antonio mining group, Las Minillas area, Garlitos, Comarca La Siberia, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain (01-02/2025)

Specimen size: 14 × 8.1 × 2.8 cm = 5.51” × 3.19” × 1.10”

NFR66AQ1: A novelty for Spanish mineralogy (see: La extraordinaria paragénesis de minerales de mercurio de Usagre)
Group of Eglestonite crystals -a mineral species produced by the alteration of other mercury minerals - with the dominant forms of the octahedron, on matrix, of a honey color, translucent, and completely filling a vug, as well as being dispersed in the rest of the piece. They are accompanied by Calomel crystals with an adamantine luster, and small Mercury droplets that are sustained thanks to their high surface tension.
Both of the mercury halide species have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
These minerals are photosensitive, blackening easily in sunlight and even under the light of a lamp, so we recommend keeping them in the dark.
Mariquita mining group, Cerro de las Minas, Usagre, Comarca Campiña Sur, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain (2015)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.8 × 1.5 cm = 1.10” × 0.71” × 0.59”

NTX96AQ1: A novelty of 2014 for Spanish mineralogy (see: La extraordinaria paragénesis de minerales de mercurio de Usagre )
Group of Eglestonite crystals—a mineral species produced by the alteration of other mercury minerals—with dominant octahedral forms, on matrix, honey-colored, translucent, and completely filling a vug, as well as being dispersed throughout the rest of the piece. They are accompanied by Calomel crystals with an adamantine luster and small Mercury droplets that are sustained thanks to their high surface tension.
Both mercury halide species have been analyzed.
These minerals are photosensitive, blackening easily in sunlight and even under lamp light, so we recommend keeping them in the dark.

The Mariquita mining group is a group of cinnabar concessions comprising Mariquita (7800), Ampliación a Mariquita (9251), Gran Canaria (10703), 2ª Gran Canaria (10752), 3ª Gran Canaria (10785), and Ana María (11198), and is located in the southern sector of Badajoz Province, within a domain dominated by Paleozoic rocks affected by fracturing and hydrothermal fluid circulation. Mineralization corresponds to a mercury deposit, developed along fracture zones and brecciated areas, where oxidation and supergene alteration processes have generated a paragenesis rich in halides, oxides, and secondary Hg species, including uncommon phases of high mineralogical interest.
Mariquita mining group, Cerro de las Minas, Usagre, Comarca Campiña Sur, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain (2015)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.7 × 1.3 cm = 1.26” × 1.06” × 0.51”

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

NNB96AQ1: A novelty for Spanish mineralogy (see: La extraordinaria paragénesis de minerales de mercurio de Usagre)
Group of Eglestonite crystals -a mineral species produced by the alteration of other mercury minerals - with the dominant forms of the octahedron, on matrix, of a honey color, translucent, and completely filling a vug, as well as being dispersed in the rest of the piece. They are accompanied by Calomel crystals with an adamantine luster, and small Mercury droplets that are sustained thanks to their high surface tension.
Both of the mercury halide species have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
These minerals are photosensitive, blackening easily in sunlight and even under the light of a lamp, so we recommend keeping them in the dark.
Mariquita mining group, Cerro de las Minas, Usagre, Comarca Campiña Sur, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain (2015)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 4.4 × 3 cm = 1.81” × 1.73” × 1.18”

NHM27AQ1: A novelty for Spanish mineralogy (see: La extraordinaria paragénesis de minerales de mercurio de Usagre)
Group of Eglestonite crystals -a mineral species produced by the alteration of other mercury minerals - with the dominant forms of the octahedron, on matrix, with a honey color and translucency, completely filling a vug, as well as being dispersed on the rest of the piece. They are associated with Calomel crystals with an adamantine luster, and small Mercury droplets that are sustained thanks to their high surface tension.
Both of the mercury halide species have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
These minerals are photosensitive, blackening easily in sunlight and even under the light of a lamp, so we recommend keeping them in the dark.
The specimen comes from the Antonino Bueno collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Mariquita mining group, Cerro de las Minas, Usagre, Comarca Campiña Sur, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain (2015)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.9 × 3.2 cm = 2.28” × 1.54” × 1.26”

NXT96AQ1: A novelty for Spanish mineralogy (see: La extraordinaria paragénesis de minerales de mercurio de Usagre)
Group of Eglestonite crystals -a mineral species produced by the alteration of other mercury minerals - with the dominant forms of the octahedron, on matrix, of a honey color, translucent, and completely filling a vug, as well as being dispersed in the rest of the piece. They are accompanied by Calomel crystals with an adamantine luster, and small Mercury droplets that are sustained thanks to their high surface tension.
Both of the mercury halide species have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
These minerals are photosensitive, blackening easily in sunlight and even under the light of a lamp, so we recommend keeping them in the dark.
Mariquita mining group, Cerro de las Minas, Usagre, Comarca Campiña Sur, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain (2015)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.2 × 2.2 cm = 2.36” × 1.65” × 0.87”

NFG88AQ0: A novelty for Spanish mineralogy / see: La extraordinaria paragénesis de minerales de mercurio de Usagre)
Crystals of Calomel with an adamantine luster, some of them clearly dominant and easily visible, and with Eglestonite crystals, a mineral species, product of alteration of other mercury minerals, an element that is also present in the specimen as small drops of native Mercury that hold together thanks to their high surface tension. The quality of this sample is exceptional, compared to other specimens from the same discovery.
Both of the mercury halide species have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
These minerals are photosensitive, blackening easily when exposed to sunlight and even under the light of a lamp, so we recommend keeping them out of the reach of light.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a novelty at the 2023 Sainte Marie Show in the magazine ‘Lapis‘ number 7-8/2023, page 66
Mariquita mining group, Cerro de las Minas, Usagre, Comarca Campiña Sur, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain (2015)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 3.7 × 2.4 cm = 2.64” × 1.46” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.28”

NFF89AQ0: A novelty for Spanish mineralogy (see: La extraordinaria paragénesis de minerales de mercurio de Usagre)
A group of Eglestonite crystals -an alteration mineral, product of other mercury minerals-, on matrix, green-colored and translucent. They are accompanied by small Calomel crystals with an adamantine luster and small drops of Mercury that hold together thanks to their high surface tension. The quality and color of this sample is exceptional, compared to other specimens from the same discovery. Both species of mercury halides have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
These minerals are photosensitive, easily blackening in sunlight and even in the light of a lamp, so we recommend keeping them out of the light.
This sample has been referenced and pictured, as a novelty in Sainte Marie 2023, in the magazine 'Le Règne Minéral' number 172, July-August 2023, page 23
Mariquita mining group, Cerro de las Minas, Usagre, Comarca Campiña Sur, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain (2015)

Specimen size: 10.5 × 3.6 × 5 cm = 4.13” × 1.42” × 1.97”

NBP96AO6: Allanite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, some of them doubly terminated and of considerable size for this type of specimen. On matrix, with small Epidote crystals. The Allanite-(La) at this locality is zoned with Epidote, so the most correct name for them would be Allanite-(La) zoned with Epidote.
The specimen comes from the collection of Santiago Jiménez who, especially in the 1980s and 90s, put together a collection with a very good representation of Spanish mineralogy.
Nueva Vizcaya Mine, Los Calvitos property, Burguillos del Cerro, Comarca Zafra-Río Bodión, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.4 × 4.1 cm = 2.56” × 2.13” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.39” × 0.20”

NL16V5: Dendritic and laminar growths, with rough cubic forms and on Quartz matrix.
Talarrubias / Casas de Don Pedro area, Comarca La Siberia, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain (2010)

Specimen size: 0.7 × 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.28” × 0.16” × 0.12”

NG36S1: Slightly eroded nugget of Native Gold that partially conserves its laminar and hooked forms.
Talarrubias / Casas de Don Pedro area, Comarca La Siberia, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain (2010)

Specimen size: 0.7 × 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.28” × 0.24” × 0.08”

NH56S1: Native Gold conserving very well defined crystalline forms and also laminar and hooked forms. On Quartz matrix.
Talarrubias / Casas de Don Pedro area, Comarca La Siberia, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain (2010)

Specimen size: 0.8 × 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.31” × 0.24” × 0.16”

NF96AC4: Dendritic growth that forms a complete ring, with poorly defined, but clearly distinguishable, crystal faces and with small hollows on the surface.
Talarrubias / Casas de Don Pedro area, Comarca La Siberia, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain (02-03/2012)

Specimen size: 1.1 × 1 × 0.2 cm = 0.43” × 0.39” × 0.08”

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 × 1 × 0.3 cm = 0.47” × 0.39” × 0.12”

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

ND67AC4: Irregular native Gold aggregate on a matrix of massive Quartz, with echeloned growths and poorly defined but visible crystalline surfaces.
Talarrubias / Casas de Don Pedro area, Comarca La Siberia, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain

Specimen size: 1.2 × 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.47” × 0.39” × 0.28”

NA27S1: Very slightly eroded nugget of native Gold conserving a group of quite well defined aggregate of crystals of a considerable size.
Talarrubias / Casas de Don Pedro area, Comarca La Siberia, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain (2010)

Specimen size: 1.4 × 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.55” × 0.20” × 0.12”

NP26AM9: Gold nugget of considerable size for the deposit, lustrous, with cavities and small remnants of matrix.
The specimen comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection (number AU-81), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Talarrubias / Casas de Don Pedro area, Comarca La Siberia, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain (±2013)

Specimen size: 1.5 × 1.3 × 0.9 cm = 0.59” × 0.51” × 0.35”

NH50AF0: Complete Gold nugget preserving rough octahedral crystalline forms, with relatively well preserved faces and edges.
Talarrubias / Casas de Don Pedro area, Comarca La Siberia, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain

Specimen size: 1.6 × 1.3 × 0.4 cm = 0.63” × 0.51” × 0.16”

NG49AF0: Leafy masses on a white Quartz matrix of skeletal Gold crystals with molds that have preserved the shape of disappeared Quartz crystals.
Talarrubias / Casas de Don Pedro area, Comarca La Siberia, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain

Specimen size: 1.6 × 1.5 × 1.9 cm = 0.63” × 0.59” × 0.75”

NR97AC4: Flattened and elongated Gold nugget with small vugs, inclusions and hollows. The sample has a good size for the locality and shows on its upper part some defined but quite rounded crystalline forms.
Talarrubias / Casas de Don Pedro area, Comarca La Siberia, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain (02-03/2012)

Specimen size: 1.7 × 1 × 0.3 cm = 0.67” × 0.39” × 0.12”

NM68AH4: Dendritic, spongy and laminar Gold growths perched on a Quartz pebble. From an occasional and very recent find at a Spanish place in an area in which Gold pebbles have been noted, but is not well known until now.
Jardines del Guadiana area, Casas de Don Pedro, Comarca La Siberia, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain (2018)

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.4 × 0.8 cm = 0.83” × 0.55” × 0.31”

NB49P4: A novelty at Munich 2009. The locality was known in 2004 for its Gold pebbles but it has been public only very recently. The pebble is very neat, rounded and has empty zones probably corresponding to disappeared Quartz grains and in its surface some quite big, nearly rounded, crystalline forms are preserved.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2009 Munich Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 90, page 27.
Talarrubias / Casas de Don Pedro area, Comarca La Siberia, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain (2004-2008)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.87” × 0.39” × 0.28”

NT66AL0: Gold nugget with an elongated shape that retains rounded and deformed cubic crystals on the back. A representative of Spanish Golds, seldom easy to get.
The specimen is from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection, whose label and catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Talarrubias / Casas de Don Pedro area, Comarca La Siberia, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.1 × 0.7 cm = 0.91” × 0.43” × 0.28”

NE50Z0: Flattened and elongated nugget, with hollows and red inclusions. It has a good size for the locality and, in some areas, preserves well defined, slightly rounded crystalline forms.
Talarrubias / Casas de Don Pedro area, Comarca La Siberia, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain

Specimen size: 2.4 × 0.9 × 0.4 cm = 0.94” × 0.35” × 0.16”

NF76AC4: Irregular Gold aggregate on a matrix of massive Quartz, with poorly defined crystalline surfaces at the right and skeletal growths at the left.
Talarrubias / Casas de Don Pedro area, Comarca La Siberia, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain (02-03/2012)

Specimen size: 4 × 2.9 × 1.6 cm = 1.57” × 1.14” × 0.63”

PE46AI7: Very slightly eroded nugget of native Gold preserving some quite well defined crystalline forms that have a considerable size. The sample is from well-known gold locality but where samples of this size are rare.
Coria-Moraleja road, Valles de Huelega, Guijo de Coria, Comarca Vegas del Alagón, Cáceres, Extremadura  Spain

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.4 × 0.5 cm = 0.87” × 0.55” × 0.20”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.6 cm = 0.43” × 0.24”

NBC12AQ0: Group of very sharp Arsenopyrite crystals, lustrous, with coatings of lamellar Muscovite crystals and with small Quartz crystals.
Somewhat different from what has been known up to now from this locality, it comes from recent discoveries in new work faces. It is very good news that the La Parrilla mine, one of the largest classic Spanish deposits, is yielding collectible specimens again.
La Parrilla Claim (new cut), Santa Amalia, Don Benito-Almoharín, Comarca Vegas Altas, Cáceres, Extremadura  Spain (07/2022)

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.9 × 1.3 cm = 0.83” × 0.75” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.1 cm = 0.51” × 0.43”

NBZ13AQ0: Group of very sharp Arsenopyrite crystals, lustrous, with coatings of lamellar Muscovite crystals.
Somewhat different from what has been known up to now from this locality, it comes from recent discoveries in new work faces. It is very good news that the La Parrilla mine, one of the largest classic Spanish deposits, is yielding collectible specimens again.
La Parrilla Claim (new cut), Santa Amalia, Don Benito-Almoharín, Comarca Vegas Altas, Cáceres, Extremadura  Spain (07/2022)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2 × 2.2 cm = 0.91” × 0.79” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 0.59” × 0.55”

NBY14AQ0: Group of very sharp Arsenopyrite crystals, lustrous, with coatings of lamellar Muscovite crystals.
Somewhat different from what has been known up to now from this locality, it comes from recent discoveries in new work faces. It is very good news that the La Parrilla mine, one of the largest classic Spanish deposits, is yielding collectible specimens again.
La Parrilla Claim (new cut), Santa Amalia, Don Benito-Almoharín, Comarca Vegas Altas, Cáceres, Extremadura  Spain (07/2022)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.3 × 1.9 cm = 1.10” × 0.91” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.6 cm = 0.59” × 0.24”

NBX64AQ0: Group of very sharp Arsenopyrite crystals, lustrous, with coatings of lamellar Muscovite crystals.
Somewhat different from what has been known up to now from this locality, it comes from recent discoveries in new work faces. It is very good news that the La Parrilla mine, one of the largest classic Spanish deposits, is yielding collectible specimens again.
La Parrilla Claim (new cut), Santa Amalia, Don Benito-Almoharín, Comarca Vegas Altas, Cáceres, Extremadura  Spain (07/2022)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.4 × 1.5 cm = 1.18” × 0.94” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.75” × 0.31”

NBT64AQ0: Group of very sharp Arsenopyrite crystals, lustrous, with coatings of lamellar Muscovite crystals.
Somewhat different from what has been known up to now from this locality, it comes from recent discoveries in new work faces. It is very good news that the La Parrilla mine, one of the largest classic Spanish deposits, is yielding collectible specimens again.
La Parrilla Claim (new cut), Santa Amalia, Don Benito-Almoharín, Comarca Vegas Altas, Cáceres, Extremadura  Spain (07/2022)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.7 × 1.1 cm = 1.18” × 1.06” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.7 cm = 0.55” × 0.28”

NBR16AQ0: Group of very sharp Arsenopyrite crystals, lustrous, with coatings of lamellar Muscovite crystals and with small crystals of Quartz and Cassiterite.
Somewhat different from what has been known up to now from this locality, it comes from recent discoveries in new work faces. It is very good news that the La Parrilla mine, one of the largest classic Spanish deposits, is yielding collectible specimens again.
La Parrilla Claim (new cut), Santa Amalia, Don Benito-Almoharín, Comarca Vegas Altas, Cáceres, Extremadura  Spain (07/2022)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.6 × 1.9 cm = 1.34” × 1.02” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.4 cm = 0.71” × 0.55”

NBV6AQ0: Group of very sharp Arsenopyrite crystals, lustrous, with coatings of lamellar Muscovite crystals and with small crystals of Quartz and Cassiterite.
Somewhat different from what has been known up to now from this locality, it comes from recent discoveries in new work faces. It is very good news that the La Parrilla mine, one of the largest classic Spanish deposits, is yielding collectible specimens again.
This specimen has been published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the 'What’s New on the Internet Reports' section, report 67, July 24, 2023 edition, page 16
La Parrilla Claim (new cut), Santa Amalia, Don Benito-Almoharín, Comarca Vegas Altas, Cáceres, Extremadura  Spain (07/2022)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.4 × 1.9 cm = 1.50” × 0.94” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.47” × 0.28”

NBT6AQ0: Group of very sharp Arsenopyrite crystals, lustrous, with coatings of lamellar Muscovite crystals and with small crystals of Quartz and Cassiterite.
Somewhat different from what has been known up to now from this locality, it comes from recent discoveries in new work faces. It is very good news that the La Parrilla mine, one of the largest classic Spanish deposits, is yielding collectible specimens again.
La Parrilla Claim (new cut), Santa Amalia, Don Benito-Almoharín, Comarca Vegas Altas, Cáceres, Extremadura  Spain (07/2022)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.6 × 2.1 cm = 1.61” × 1.02” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1 cm = 0.63” × 0.39”

SV3140NMP: Polycrystalline growths, with a dipyramidal habit, of translucent Scheelite with an intense and uniform yellow-orange color, on matrix, with very sharp crystals of Arsenopyrite, small twinned Cassiterite crystals and lamellar Muscovite growths. It is very good news that the La Parrilla mine, one of the largest classic Spanish deposits, is yielding collectible specimens again.
La Parrilla Claim (new cut), Santa Amalia, Don Benito-Almoharín, Comarca Vegas Altas, Cáceres, Extremadura  Spain (07/2022)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.9 × 1.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.75” × 0.47”

SV390NMM: Polycrystalline growths, with a dipyramidal habit, of translucent Scheelite with an intense and uniform yellow-orange color, on matrix, with very sharp crystals of Arsenopyrite, small twinned Cassiterite crystals and lamellar Muscovite growths. It is very good news that the La Parrilla mine, one of the largest classic Spanish deposits, is yielding collectible specimens again.
La Parrilla Claim (new cut), Santa Amalia, Don Benito-Almoharín, Comarca Vegas Altas, Cáceres, Extremadura  Spain (07/2022)

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 0.83” × 0.67” × 0.47”

NTX96AQ0: Polycrystalline growths of translucent Scheelite with a dipyramidal habit and an intense and uniform yellow-orange color. On a matrix of Quartz crystals, with small crystals of Cassiterite, Pyrite and Muscovite. It is very good news that the La Parrilla mine, one of the largest classic Spanish deposits, is yielding collectible specimens again.
The specimen comes from the Antonino Bueno collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
This specimen has been published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the 'What’s New on the Internet Reports' section, report 67, July 24, 2023 edition, page 16
La Parrilla Claim (new cut), Santa Amalia, Don Benito-Almoharín, Comarca Vegas Altas, Cáceres, Extremadura  Spain (08/2022)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.2 × 2 cm = 1.22” × 0.87” × 0.79”

NBR27AQ0: Scheelite crystal with a dipyramidal habit, with very marked parallel growths, translucent and with an intense and uniform yellow-orange color. It is very good news that the La Parrilla mine, one of the largest classic Spanish deposits, is yielding collectible specimens again.
The specimen comes from the Antonino Bueno collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
La Parrilla Claim (new cut), Santa Amalia, Don Benito-Almoharín, Comarca Vegas Altas, Cáceres, Extremadura  Spain (08/2022)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.5 × 1.9 cm = 1.02” × 0.98” × 0.75”

TPP90CD5: Complex twinned Scheelite crystal, with polycrystalline growths, well defined faces and edges and a uniform and intense color with orange tones and good luster. This antique specimen comes from the first period of mining the La Parrilla concession, which was one of the largest tungsten mining areas in Spain.
It comes from the former collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
La Parrilla Claim, Santa Amalia, Don Benito-Almoharín, Comarca Vegas Altas, Cáceres, Extremadura  Spain (1989)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 4 × 2.6 cm = 1.65” × 1.57” × 1.02”

NRB46AQ0: Polycrystalline growths, with a dipyramidal habit, of translucent Scheelite with an intense and uniform yellow-orange color, on matrix, with very sharp crystals of Arsenopyrite, small twinned Cassiterite crystals and lamellar Muscovite growths. It is very good news that the La Parrilla mine, one of the largest classic Spanish deposits, is yielding collectible specimens again.
The specimen comes from the Antonino Bueno collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
La Parrilla Claim (new cut), Santa Amalia, Don Benito-Almoharín, Comarca Vegas Altas, Cáceres, Extremadura  Spain (08/2022)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 4.2 × 1.6 cm = 1.73” × 1.65” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.8 cm = 0.31” × 0.31”

NQQ16AO0: Group of Quartz crystals with Albite, very aerial, translucent and lustrous. From a little-known locality from which not too many specimens have been preserved.
Embalse de Orellana, Orellana la Vieja, Comarca Vegas Altas, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain

Specimen size: 6.9 × 6.6 × 5.4 cm = 2.72” × 2.60” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 1.1 cm = 1.73” × 0.43”

NB12AL3: Botryoidal growth, on matrix, of very shiny, sharp crystals, with slightly curved faces and edges. From a locality until recently very little known.
Aljibe Range, Aliseda, Comarca Tajo-Salor Almonte, Cáceres, Extremadura  Spain (2014)

Specimen size: 5 × 4 × 3.2 cm = 1.97” × 1.57” × 1.26”

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