TC2220NEC: Very aerial group of transparent Quartz crystals, with phantom growths and green inclusions.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (nº 794), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Mina Balsa Depositaria, El Pino, El Gorguel, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 16.3 × 11.8 × 6.3 cm = 6.42” × 4.65” × 2.48”

Main crystal size: 4 × 2.3 cm = 1.57” × 0.91”

SV2160TFX: Aggregate of very sharp Sphalerite crystals (variety marmatite), with very well defined spinel-law twinning, intense black color, very lustrous, and aerial.
Although it might appear that this specimen comes from the Trepča mining complex, its origin is really the José Maestre tunnel in the La Unión-Cartagena mining district, Spain, and it has a high quality compared to the specimens we usually see from there.
José Maestre Tunnel, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.7 × 1.3 cm = 2.28” × 2.24” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.63” × 0.59”

MR88AJ5: Groups of complex twinned Sphalerite crystals with the dominant forms of a tetrahedron, bright black and on matrix with small Quartz crystals.
José Maestre Tunnel, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 12.8 × 11.8 × 5.3 cm = 5.04” × 4.65” × 2.09”

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

NVV26AO0: Group of Quartz crystals on matrix, with a very short prism, translucent, with a very pale amethyst color, coated by a second generation of Quartz (chalcedony variety) and with small spheroidal growths of Siderite.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (nº 768), whose label we will send to the buyer. It was previously in the collection of Mariano Guillén.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5 × 4.4 cm = 2.52” × 1.97” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 2.5 cm = 1.61” × 0.98”

TE76AG0: Group of Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with a very short prism and coated by a second generation of micro-crystalline Quartz. With small Siderite crystals.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 9.8 × 7.2 × 6 cm = 3.86” × 2.83” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 5.5 × 4.6 cm = 2.17” × 1.81”

HM560NX: Group of Quartz crystals with a very short prism, good luster, and almost completely covered by a thin sheet of Siderite microcrystals.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (nº 601) whose label we will send to the buyer.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (1990)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 9.8 × 7.3 cm = 4.21” × 3.86” × 2.87”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 3.4 cm = 1.38” × 1.34”

TT67AG0: Group of Quartz crystals on matrix. They have a very short prism and are translucent with a pale amethyst color, and they are partially encrusted by white Calcite crystals and with small spheroidal Siderites.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 12.2 × 8.2 × 5.8 cm = 4.80” × 3.23” × 2.28”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.5 cm = 1.46” × 1.38”

NM86AJ0: Druse of Quartz (amethyst variety) crystals with a very short prism. They are transparent, very bright, with a uniform pale lilac color, and partially coated by small groups of Siderite crystals.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2019, page 91
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 10.7 × 7.7 × 3 cm = 4.21” × 3.03” × 1.18”

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

NFT90AN9: Group of Quartz crystals (amethyst variety) with short prism faces, transparent, with very bright luster and a pale violet color, with a more intense tone on the edges and vertices. High quality for the deposit.
The specimen, exceptional for the locality, comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 941) whose label, stating that it was previously in the Mariano Guillén collection, we will send to the buyer.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 17.3 × 12.5 × 7.7 cm = 6.81” × 4.92” × 3.03”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.3 cm = 1.02” × 0.91”

SV340NEX: Druse formed by Quartz crystals (amethyst variety), on a Greenalite matrix, with a very short prism,
sharp, transparent, with great luster and a very light violet color, dotted with a multitude of light brown Siderite crystals, some more isolated and others forming spherical aggregates, with a satin luster and velvety appearance, very characteristic for specimens from this emblematic deposit in the La Unión mining district, the San Valentine cut.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 19.2 × 14.8 × 8.4 cm = 7.56” × 5.83” × 3.31”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.6 cm = 1.06” × 1.02”

NA70AN2: Druse of Quartz crystals (amethyst variety) with a very short prism, translucent, with good luster and a pale magenta-violet color, partially covered by small groups of Siderite crystals.
This piece comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 603) whose label we will send to the buyer. Of exceptional quality for the locality.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 19.4 × 13.4 × 7.8 cm = 7.64” × 5.28” × 3.07”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.8 cm = 1.18” × 1.10”

NT89AK6: Quartz crystal druse with mainly pyramid faces and just minimal prism faces, coated with iridescent Goethite in green, blue and violet hues. The specimen is large for this type of piece and comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez (no. 611) whose label we will send to the buyer.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (1995)

Specimen size: 18.4 × 10.4 × 4.6 cm = 7.24” × 4.09” × 1.81”

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

TQ13AG0: Spheroidal aggregates of small lenticular Siderite crystals on a group of Quartz crystals
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (1980-1985)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.4 × 4.4 cm = 1.93” × 1.73” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.2 cm = 0.51” × 0.47”

TP26AI7: Coatings of rhombohedral Siderite microcrystals that are very bright and have a deep yellowish color with golden reflections. They are are on a group of Quartz (amethyst variety) crystals with a very pale color. The sample is from the collection of La Unión area minerals of Alain Martaud whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (1980-1985)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 5.1 × 3 cm = 2.40” × 2.01” × 1.18”

JBA66AP8: Spheroidal growths of Siderite microcrystals covering Galena crystals, with botryoidal coatings of bluish Quartz microcrystals.
The specimen, of excellent quality for those known from the locality, comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly and was previously in Maurice Laboye's.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (1981-1985)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 6.4 × 4.4 cm = 3.46” × 2.52” × 1.73”

NAF37AO4: Siderite druse covering Galena crystals, as spheroidal growths of small rhombohedral crystals with curvatures on their faces and edges, with satiny luster and uniform brown color.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 850), whose label we will send to the buyer.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 9.9 × 7.8 × 4.9 cm = 3.90” × 3.07” × 1.93”

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

TR86AF7: Partial coatings of lenticular Siderite crystals that are very bright and have grown on Quartz crystals that have a very short prism.
The sample is from the collection of La Unión area minerals of Alain Martaud, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 10.1 × 5.3 × 6.7 cm = 3.98” × 2.09” × 2.64”

NFG47AO0: Siderite druse covering Galena crystals. The Siderite has spheroidal growths of small rhombohedral crystals with curvatures on their faces and edges, satiny luster and uniform brown color.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (nº 794), whose label we will send to the buyer. It was previously in the collection of Mariano Guillén.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 11.7 × 9.9 × 4.4 cm = 4.61” × 3.90” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.8 cm = 0.79” × 0.71”

ET14P6: Cubical crystals of Galena coated by a uniform layer of small lenticular crystals of Siderite of excellent color and luster, on matrix. Galena remains in perfect condition even though a long time has passed since its extraction. An old sample that comes from a private collection.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (1981-1985)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.3 × 4 cm = 2.36” × 1.69” × 1.57”

NB89AL3: Powerful group of Quartz crystals displaying a dipyramidal habit, as the prism is mostly absent, covered by an epigenetic growth of small Siderite crystals. The size of the Quartz crystals and the quality of the piece is much higher than what is usually found in this deposit.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection, whose label we will send to the buyer along with a small poster that certifies that this specimen was displayed in the “Minerals of the Mediterranian 2014” exhibition at the 2014 Expominer Show.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (±1990)

Specimen size: 14.7 × 9.3 × 5.5 cm = 5.79” × 3.66” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 3.1 cm = 1.38” × 1.22”

TV13K4: Spheroidal groups of small, very acute, scalenohedral crystals with good luster that cover the Limonite matrix. On the back, right and lower sides on the sample the crystals are very individualized and easily distinguishable with a lens. The specimen comes from an old private collection of the La Unión district. We'll provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (1982-1984)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.7 × 4 cm = 2.36” × 1.85” × 1.57”

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

TC60K4: Spheroidal groups of small, very acute, scalenohedral crystals with good luster that cover the Limonite matrix. The specimen comes from an old private collection of the La Unión district. We'll provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (1982-1984)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 5.7 × 4.7 cm = 3.62” × 2.24” × 1.85”

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

NVA13AN9: Twinned crystals of Sphalerite with very sharp and extraordinarily lustrous crystal forms, on a matrix covered by rhombohedral Siderite crystals. Very unusual for the locality.
This specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 775) whose label we will send to the buyer.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2012)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.46” × 1.38” × 0.87”

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

N57AH5: On this sample yellow and blue shades are dominant on a matrix displaying former Anglesite crystals pseudomorphosed by Cerussite and covered by colorful Goethite.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (04/1995)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.5 × 2.3 cm = 1.93” × 1.38” × 0.91”

ET99AK7: Fans of twinned Cerussite crystals pseudomorphing Anglesite and subsequently coated by iridescent Goethite with a rainbow of colors dominated by yellow. This piece comes from the Mariano Guillén collection and both for the size of the crystals and the intensity of color represents just about the best known for this locality, which in fact is the only one that yields these curious formations.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (±1995)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4 × 4.3 cm = 2.17” × 1.57” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2 cm = 1.18” × 0.79”

HM90NTA: Flattened crystals of Cerussite, very sharp, twinned, between translucent and transparent and with a yellowish white color.On matrix, with Goethite.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (1990)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 6.9 × 5.5 cm = 2.87” × 2.72” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.7 cm = 0.63” × 0.28”

NBR14CD5: Isolated Anglesite crystals, with well defined and slightly yellowish faces and edges, pseudomorphed by Cerussite on a rock matrix covered by Goethite and secondary copper minerals that give this bluish appearance to the Goethite. This striking coating was even said to be Plumbogummite, but this piece has been analyzed, ruling out the existence of that species.
A Spanish classic from the Corta San Valentín in the La Unión mining district in Murcia.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2023)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 6.2 × 6 cm = 3.46” × 2.44” × 2.36”

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

NJX47AO7: Acicular crystals of white Cerussite with very sharp crystal forms, many of them doubly terminated, translucent, on an iridescent Goethite matrix with dominant blue and green tones and with Siderite pseudomorphs. Very different from other specimens from this locality.
This piece comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez (number 999), whose label
we will send to the buyer.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2003)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 9.7 × 7.4 cm = 3.70” × 3.82” × 2.91”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.1 cm = 0.24” × 0.04”

SV380NHX: Druse of twinned Cerussite crystals pseudomorphed to Anglesite and later coated by
iridescent Goethite with predominant bluish and golden tones at the extremities of the specimen, all on a ferruginous rock matrix. The specimen is very characteristic for this emblematic deposit in the La Unión mining district, the San Valentine cut.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (1985)

Specimen size: 13.3 × 11 × 7.1 cm = 5.24” × 4.33” × 2.80”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.3 cm = 0.39” × 0.12”

NTP88AN5: Flattened and very sharp crystals of Cerussite, pseudomorphing Anglesite, of good size and definition, contrasting strongly with the dark matrix of Goethite. Unlike other similar specimens from locality, the crystals are not covered by iridescent Goethite, so the morphology of the small Cerussite crystals and also of the original Anglesite can be seen very well.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 634), whose label we will send to the buyer.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (1994)

Specimen size: 13.7 × 9.2 × 6.3 cm = 5.39” × 3.62” × 2.48”

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

MM47AM3: Groups on matrix of what were originally Anglesite crystals, now pseudomorphed by Cerussite. Perimorphic Goethite has faithfully preserved the original forms of the Anglesite-Cerussite and exhibits very shiny botryoidal surfaces dominated by metallic green colors.
The specimen comes from the Ignacio Gaspar collection (number CER-57), whose label we will send to the buyer.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 11.5 × 4 × 9.5 cm = 4.53” × 1.57” × 3.74”

TG6K4: Groups of crystals of excellent color and very intense luster, that form rosettes implanted on Limonite matrix. The specimen comes from an old private collection of the La Unión district.
San Juan Bautista concession, San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (1982-1984)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.7 × 3 cm = 1.46” × 1.46” × 1.18”

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

TD9K4: Small equant crystals of excellent color and luster, spread on Limonite matrix. The specimen comes from an old private collection of the La Unión district.
San Juan Bautista concession, San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (1982-1984)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.2 × 2 cm = 2.76” × 2.05” × 0.79”

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

TQ98AI7: Azurite crystals with a lenticular shape, translucent, very bright and implanted on a limonite matrix coated by surfaces and spheroidal aggregates of Malachite with a silky luster. Of the best quality for the locality. The sample is from the collection of La Unión area minerals of Alain Martaud whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
San Juan Bautista concession, San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (1980-1985)

Specimen size: 14.8 × 13.3 × 4.8 cm = 5.83” × 5.24” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.5 cm = 0.43” × 0.20”

TJ10L3: Globular Malachite growths with a velvety brilliance. Very elegant and original specimen on a Limonite matrix. Analysis has been done to provide the correct characterization due to its resemblance to other possible species.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (1982-1984)

Specimen size: 11.2 × 7.4 × 5 cm = 4.41” × 2.91” × 1.97”

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

TP6AF7: White spherical Calcites with crystalline overgrowths that show three faces of a rhombohedron and extensions forming a three-pointed star. The Calcite spheres have grown on Quartz (chalcedony variety) with a very pale blue color.
The sample is from the collection of La Unión area minerals of Alain Martaud, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 8 × 4 × 3.9 cm = 3.15” × 1.57” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.63” × 0.59”

TC190NR: Very aerial group of Baryte crystals in polycrystalline growths, translucent, with good luster and a snow-white color. From a locality where no others have been found for a long time.
Cola de Caballo Cove, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (1990)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 7.6 × 5.2 cm = 4.02” × 2.99” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 4 cm = 1.69” × 1.57”

TJR27AQ1: Druse of very sharp white Baryte crystals, with parallel growths and slight curvatures on the faces and edges, between transparent and translucent, with very good luster, in matrix.
The specimen comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez Pérez (number 555), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Cola de Caballo Cove, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2008)

Specimen size: 11.2 × 8.6 × 6.5 cm = 4.41” × 3.39” × 2.56”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.5 cm = 1.18” × 0.59”

JRB26AP8: Rosettes of lamellar white Baryte crystals, very aerial, translucent, and on matrix.
This very aesthetic specimen, quite different from what is usually seen from this locality, comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly.
La Gaviota Mine, Cola de Caballo Cove, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (1996)

Specimen size: 10 × 6.2 × 4.1 cm = 3.94” × 2.44” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 4.8 × 3 cm = 1.89” × 1.18”

NE27AK8: Cubic crystals with small octahedron faces, lustrous and on matrix, on Siderite druse with white Calcite coatings. A Galena of excellent quality for the locality that comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez (No. 501) whose label we will send to the buyer.
La Gaviota Mine, Cola de Caballo Cove, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2017)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 5.2 × 5.5 cm = 4.21” × 2.05” × 2.17”

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

TM66AG0: Group of complex Sphalerite crystals that are twinned and have very well defined faces and edges, with a luster more intense than usual on samples from this locality. They are on a druse of small Quartz crystals.
Lolita Mine, Pico del Águila, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 6 × 4.5 × 3.7 cm = 2.36” × 1.77” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.51”

TK14AF7: Very fine and aerial multiple-scepter growth of twinned, some doubly terminated, Gypsum crystals that are very rich with inclusions.
The sample is from the collection of La Unión area minerals of Alain Martaud, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
La Dificultad Mine, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (08/1979)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.8 × 1.4 cm = 2.83” × 2.68” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 5.5 × 1 cm = 2.17” × 0.39”

HM160EK: Group of Gypsum crystals, one of them clearly dominant and doubly terminated, with a very distinct “swallowtail” twin and abundant inclusions, on matrix.
La Dificultad Mine, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (1981-1985)

Specimen size: 13.7 × 7.2 × 4.5 cm = 5.39” × 2.83” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 12 × 5.2 cm = 4.72” × 2.05”

NZ11AK5: From a collection displayed for the first time at Munich 2019: Group of sharp flattened cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena, partially covered with a layer of small lenticular deep brown and lustrous Siderite crystals.
The specimen is from the Miguel David Martínez collection (No. 597), whose label we will send to the buyer.
La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.9 × 1.3 cm = 2.20” × 1.54” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.8 cm = 1.18” × 1.10”

DL86AK7: A sample from the Don Quijote mine that is true part of Spanish mineralogical history and that, by its morphological characteristics, we assume was extracted in the late nineteenth century. The aggregate is composed of arrow-shaped twins, with the faces and edges defined, silky luster and uniform white color.
The specimen is from the Lluís Daunis collection.
Don Quijote Mine, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (±1890)

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

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.4 cm = 0.31” × 0.16”

NGA13AN5: Smithsonite crystals isolated and in small groups, with very rounded crystal forms, translucent, lustrous and with a snow-white color that strongly contrasts with the dark limonite matrix.
The specimen, of higher quality than usual, comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 771), whose label we will send to the buyer.
El Lirio Mine, Cabezo de Ponce, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2016)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 2.6 × 2.7 cm = 2.05” × 1.02” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.28” × 0.16”

HM90NB: Doubly terminated Smithsonite crystals, on matrix, with the classic “rice grain” morphology caused by the pronounced curvatures on the faces and edges.
The crystals are translucent white, with good luster. The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (nº 542) whose label we will send to the buyer.
El Lirio Mine, Cabezo de Ponce, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2018)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 6.8 × 2.5 cm = 2.99” × 2.68” × 0.98”

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

NA86AK5: From a collection displayed for the first time at Munich 2019: Doubly terminated Smithsonite crystals with the morphology known as “rice grain” caused by pronounced curvatures of the faces and edges, on matrix. The crystals are translucent, bright, and white.
The specimen is from the Miguel David Martínez collection (No. 543), whose label we will send to the buyer.
El Lirio Mine, Cabezo de Ponce, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2018)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 5.2 × 4.8 cm = 4.21” × 2.05” × 1.89”

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

TG6AG0: Group of very sharp thick tabular Galena crystals with a very well defined pseudohexagonal contour because they are pseudomorphous after Pyrrhotite. They are partially coated by a second generation of well defined galena crystals and small groups of micro-crystalline Quartz. These pseudomorphs of Pyrrhotite-Galena from Murcia are well known for their stability so they are not altered by time.
Sultana open pit, Cabezo de Ponce, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.8 × 2.4 cm = 1.54” × 1.50” × 0.94”

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

NQ6AJ7: Rosette-like growths of laminar Galena crystals pseudomorphous after Pyrrhotite, with Sphalerite and partially coated by small cubo-octahedral Pyrite crystals. Although they were previously known in the area the specimen is from a very recent find.
Sultana open pit, Cabezo de Ponce, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (11/2018)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.1 × 1.7 cm = 1.97” × 1.22” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1 cm = 0.91” × 0.39”

TQ14AF7: Cubo-octahedral Galena crystals on a rocky matrix with very well defined faces and edges. They are very bright and are partially coated by aggregates of small complex and very bright Sphalerite crystals.
The sample is from the collection of La Unión area minerals of Alain Martaud, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Sultana open pit, Cabezo de Ponce, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 5 × 3.4 × 2.2 cm = 1.97” × 1.34” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.28” × 0.24”

NT96AJ7: Cubo-octahedral Galena crystals in tabular growths, pseudomorphous after Pyrrhotite, with Sphalerite. Although they were previously known in the area the specimen is from a very recent find.
Sultana open pit, Cabezo de Ponce, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (11/2018)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 6.4 × 3.5 cm = 3.23” × 2.52” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 2 cm = 1.61” × 0.79”

TRB66AP9: Growth of white Cerussite microcrystals that completely cover a group of cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena. A genetic curiosity, very unusual, but typical of this deposit.
Mina Rómulo, Collado La Mina, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (±1992)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.8 × 3.6 cm = 2.40” × 1.89” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 3.9 × 3.4 cm = 1.54” × 1.34”

NX86AJ7: Cubo-octahedral Galena crystals in tabular growths, pseudomorphous after Pyrrhotite, with Sphalerite. Although they were previously known in the area the specimen is from a very recent find.
Sultana open pit, Cabezo de Ponce, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (11/2018)

Specimen size: 10.1 × 5.7 × 4.1 cm = 3.98” × 2.24” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.1 cm = 0.98” × 0.43”

SV2110TTX: Galena cubo-octahedron crystal, of considerable size, partially covered by a multitude of tiny crystals of Cerussite, encompassed in a matrix formed by iron-bearing Dolomite, and accompanied by Quartz crystals, some of them doubly terminated.
A curious specimen due to its genetics, from the Rómulo Mine in the mining district of La Unión-Cartagena, and which is very difficult to obtain today.
Mina Rómulo, Collado La Mina, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (±1992)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 6.3 × 6.5 cm = 3.39” × 2.48” × 2.56”

Main crystal size: 6.3 × 5.9 cm = 2.48” × 2.32”

SV2180TBX: Cubo-octahedral crystal of Galena, of considerable size, partially covered by a multitude of tiny Cerussite crystals, hosted in a matrix formed of iron-rich Dolomite and associated with a large group of Quartz crystals, some of them doubly terminated.
A curious specimen due to its genetics and for being from the Rómulo mine in the La Unión-Cartagena mining district, very difficult to get nowadays.
Mina Rómulo, Collado La Mina, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (±1992)

Specimen size: 10.5 × 7.4 × 4 cm = 4.13” × 2.91” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.7 cm = 1.22” × 1.06”

SV440NVX: Interesting specimen formed by Galena crystals with the predominant forms of the cube and partially covered by Cerussite crystals as an alteration product, accompanied by a rich group of small crystals of Dolomite rich in iron with a very deep brown color. Finally, decorated with small, very sharp Quartz crystals on the Dolomite. Very different from what has been known previously from this mine.
Mina Rómulo, Collado La Mina, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 11.8 × 8.8 × 5.2 cm = 4.65” × 3.46” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 3.1 cm = 1.61” × 1.22”

NFR66AO7: Druse, on matrix, of Quartz crystals (amethyst variety) with a relatively short prism, transparent, shiny and pale violet, with a more intense tone on the edges and vertices. Of great quality for this locality in which amethysts are not so famous nor as well known as in other deposits in that area.
The specimen comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez (number 1040), whose label
we will send to the buyer.
Mina Rómulo, Collado La Mina, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 10.3 × 7.3 × 4.4 cm = 4.06” × 2.87” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.6 cm = 1.18” × 0.63”

NB87AM2: Group of very aerial crystals on a matrix of Quartz pseudomorphs after Aragonite, an unusual replacement and, in this case, also very aesthetic. The crystals, with recognizable crystal shapes are translucent and white in color.
Los Pajaritos-Cabezo de Don Juan Ravine, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 10.3 × 9.5 × 5.5 cm = 4.06” × 3.74” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 3 × 0.9 cm = 1.18” × 0.35”

XM140TC: Group of crystals, very aerial and on matrix, of Quartz pseudomorphs after Aragonite, an unusual substitution and, in this case, also very aesthetic. The crystals have recognizable crystal shapes, and are translucent and white. The specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Los Pajaritos-Cabezo de Don Juan Ravine, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (1980-1985)

Specimen size: 10.5 × 7.8 × 9 cm = 4.13” × 3.07” × 3.54”

TZR48AP9: Group of Quartz crystals, many of them doubly terminated, that have been totally covered by a second generation of milky microcrystals of the same Quartz, leaving highly visible white growths.
The specimen comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez Pérez (number 2666), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Los Pajaritos-Cabezo de Don Juan Ravine, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 10.4 × 9.2 × 4.8 cm = 4.09” × 3.62” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3.2 cm = 1.57” × 1.26”

TC260NA: Quartz crystal (variety amethyst) on matrix, with a short prism, translucent, with bright luster and a vivid violet color, more intense than usual for this deposit.
Los Pajaritos-Cabezo de Don Juan Ravine, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (1980)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 7.8 × 5.6 cm = 3.31” × 3.07” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 7.2 × 6.7 cm = 2.83” × 2.64”

NR67AL5: Group of Quartz crystals (variety amethyst) with a short prism, transparent, very bright and pale violet in color, with a more intense tone at the edges and at the vertices. High quality for the deposit.
The piece comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (no. 610), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Los Pajaritos-Cabezo de Don Juan Ravine, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 9 × 8.4 × 6.1 cm = 3.54” × 3.31” × 2.40”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.1 cm = 1.46” × 1.22”

HM180NR: Coralloidal growth of Calcite, very aerial and aesthetic, lustrous, and snow-white. The specimen is from a locality little known to collectors and comes to us via the collection of Miguel David Martínez (nº 181) whose label we will send to the buyer.
Cabezo de San Ginés, El Estrecho de San Ginés, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2004)

Specimen size: 11.2 × 8.3 × 5.7 cm = 4.41” × 3.27” × 2.24”

NXX87AP5: Coralloidal growth of Calcite, very aerial and aesthetic, lustrous and snow-white. The specimen comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez (number 180), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Cabezo de San Ginés, El Estrecho de San Ginés, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2004)

Specimen size: 14.6 × 13 × 10 cm = 5.75” × 5.12” × 3.94”

Main crystal size: 9 × 1.6 cm = 3.54” × 0.63”

NV12AK5: From a collection displayed for the first time at Munich 2019: Botryoidal growth on a matrix of the same Goethite, with iridescence of very bright colors in which green, golden and reddish tones predominate. Excellent quality for the deposit.
The specimen is from the collection of Miguel David Martínez (No. 398), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Haití Mine, Cabezo de San Ginés, San Ginés de la Jara, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2016)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 4.8 × 2.8 cm = 3.03” × 1.89” × 1.10”

NB14AM3: Black botryoidal growth of Goethite, lustrous, and with a second generation of Goethite in fine columnar and arched forms. Goethite is a rare species in this mine, much better known for its Pyrolusites and other manganese oxides.
Haití Mine, Cabezo de San Ginés, San Ginés de la Jara, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2016)

Specimen size: 10.1 × 8.2 × 1 cm = 3.98” × 3.23” × 0.39”

SV3220EPP: Although not very famous, the Haiti mine has also yielded botryoidal goethites, sometimes of good quality. This specimen is a perfect example of this, with the Goethite/matrix relationship well balanced, with slight iridescence and a lot of luster in the Goethite groupings.
It was in the collection of Miguel David Martínez with number 1818 and we will send its label to the buyer of the specimen.
Haití Mine, Cabezo de San Ginés, San Ginés de la Jara, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2016)

Specimen size: 11.4 × 8 × 5.7 cm = 4.49” × 3.15” × 2.24”

SM220NAA: Botryoidal and stalagmitic growths of Goethite, on a matrix of the same species, exhibiting iridescence of very vivid colors in which blue and reddish tones predominate. Of excellent quality for the deposit.
Haití Mine, Cabezo de San Ginés, San Ginés de la Jara, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2016)

Specimen size: 18.8 × 8.7 × 6.2 cm = 7.40” × 3.43” × 2.44”

EA12AI3: Spheroidal Pyrolusite aggregates on a limonite matrix of bundles of crystals with finely but deeply striated faces. A considerable size and an extraordinarily bright luster contrasting with Romanéchite aggregates, powdery with a deep black color. The sample is of an extraordinary quality for the locality and even for the species.
Haití Mine, Cabezo de San Ginés, San Ginés de la Jara, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (10/2017)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.8 × 2.2 cm = 1.73” × 1.50” × 0.87”

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

ED16AI3: Spheroidal Pyrolusite aggregates on a limonite matrix of bundles of crystals with finely but deeply striated faces. A considerable size and an extraordinarily bright luster contrasting with Romanéchite aggregates, powdery with a deep black color. The sample is of an extraordinary quality for the locality and even for the species.
Haití Mine, Cabezo de San Ginés, San Ginés de la Jara, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (10/2017)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 5.4 × 4.2 cm = 1.73” × 2.13” × 1.65”

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

EC11AI3: Spheroidal Pyrolusite aggregates on a limonite matrix of bundles of crystals with finely but deeply striated faces. A considerable size and an extraordinarily bright luster contrasting with Romanéchite aggregates, powdery with a deep black color. The sample is of an extraordinary quality for the locality and even for the species.
Haití Mine, Cabezo de San Ginés, San Ginés de la Jara, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (10/2017)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.5 × 3 cm = 2.20” × 1.38” × 1.18”

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

EB13AI3: Spheroidal Pyrolusite aggregates on a limonite matrix of bundles of crystals with finely but deeply striated faces. A considerable size and an extraordinarily bright luster contrasting with Romanéchite aggregates, powdery with a deep black color. The sample is of an extraordinary quality for the locality and even for the species.
Haití Mine, Cabezo de San Ginés, San Ginés de la Jara, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (10/2017)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.1 × 2.1 cm = 2.20” × 1.61” × 0.83”

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

NH46AG5: A novelty at Expominer 2017. Spheroidal aggregates of crystals that have striated faces, a considerable size and extraordinarily bright luster. The sample is of an extraordinary quality for the locality and even for the species.
The rear of the specimen was consolidated to prevent it from producing black stain.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What's New’ section, number 48, January 15, 2018 edition and in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 67 in number 2017/2
Haití Mine, Cabezo de San Ginés, San Ginés de la Jara, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (10/2017)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 3.8 × 3.2 cm = 2.52” × 1.50” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.1 cm = 0.20” × 0.04”

NM56AF3: Floater botryoidal aggregate with very well defined outlines. Recently collected at a well known mine, these kind of samples shows, as a novelty, very aerial profiles and reliefs that are very much distinct than usual. The samples of this find has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Haití Mine, Cabezo de San Ginés, San Ginés de la Jara, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (09/2016)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.2 × 3.3 cm = 2.28” × 2.05” × 1.30”

NV57AL5: Very aerial botryoidal growths of Romanèchite, brilliant for the species and with very marked and aesthetic growth lines.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (no. 490), whose label we will send to the buyer. The specimen has been analyzed and we will also send a copy of the analysis.
Haití Mine, Cabezo de San Ginés, San Ginés de la Jara, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (10/2017)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 7.2 × 5 cm = 3.11” × 2.83” × 1.97”

NX47AL5: Curious and aesthetic honeycomb growth formed by palisades of small translucent Calcite crystals with inclusions of Romanèchite and enclosing spheroidal growths of Romanèchite.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (no. 512), whose label we will send to the buyer. The specimen has been analyzed and we will also send a copy of the analysis.
Haití Mine, Cabezo de San Ginés, San Ginés de la Jara, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2018)

Specimen size: 9.6 × 9.2 × 3.2 cm = 3.78” × 3.62” × 1.26”

NF68AF3: Floater botryoidal aggregate with very well defined outlines and a luster that is very uncommon for the species. Recently collected at a well known mine, these kind of samples shows, as a novelty, very aerial profiles and reliefs that are very much distinct than usual. The samples of this find has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Haití Mine, Cabezo de San Ginés, San Ginés de la Jara, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (09/2016)

Specimen size: 18 × 9.7 × 4 cm = 7.09” × 3.82” × 1.57”

NR14AL8: Radial aggregates of tabular Hemimorphite crystals on a limonite matrix, with excellent terminations, translucent, very lustrous and with a snow-white color. The specimen is of a rare high quality for the locality.
Precaución Mine, Cabezo de San Ginés, El Estrecho de San Ginés, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (1995)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.1 × 3 cm = 2.36” × 1.61” × 1.18”

TRB14AP4: Rosette aggregates of very sharp lamellar Baryte crystals with red inclusions of iron oxides, on matrix. This specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 861), whose label, stating that it was previously in the Mariano Guillén collection, we will send to the buyer.
Victoria Mine, Cabezo de San Ginés, El Estrecho de San Ginés, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.4 × 2.5 cm = 1.46” × 1.34” × 0.98”

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

NFR26AN9: Rosette aggregates of very sharp lamellar Baryte crystals, with red Hematite inclusions, on matrix.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 678) whose label, stating that it was previously in the Mariano Guillén collection, we will send to the buyer.
Victoria Mine, Cabezo de San Ginés, El Estrecho de San Ginés, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.5 × 3.3 cm = 2.56” × 2.17” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.9 cm = 0.47” × 0.35”

MT16AF0: Druse, on a limonite matrix, of bright thick tabular crystals with very well defined faces and edges. The white crystals are stained by iron oxides.
The sample is with a label from the Jaume Vilalta collection that we’ll send to the buyer.
Victoria Mine, Cabezo de San Ginés, El Estrecho de San Ginés, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (1993)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 8.2 × 4.9 cm = 3.62” × 3.23” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.31” × 0.28”

NFM66AO3: Rosette groups of very sharp tabular Baryte crystals with shades between orange and reddish due to the presence of inclusions.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 828), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Victoria Mine, Cabezo de San Ginés, El Estrecho de San Ginés, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 10.9 × 8.7 × 5.4 cm = 4.29” × 3.43” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1 cm = 1.02” × 0.39”

TM27AG0: Druse of tabular Baryte crystals on matrix, they have a white color superficially stained by iron oxides. They are bright and have very well defined faces and edges.
Victoria Mine, Cabezo de San Ginés, El Estrecho de San Ginés, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 11.3 × 8.7 × 3.9 cm = 4.45” × 3.43” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2 cm = 0.91” × 0.79”

CB56AE2: Aggregate of very sharp platy Baryte crystals, bright, with a very vivid orange color and on matrix. A Spanish classic.
Victoria Mine, Cabezo de San Ginés, El Estrecho de San Ginés, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 11.5 × 11.3 × 3.6 cm = 4.53” × 4.45” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.59” × 0.39”

EP96AM0: Druse of very sharp tabular crystals of Baryte, reddish due to Hematite inclusions. A Spanish classic, with characteristics different from the better known ones from this mine, both for the way the crystals are presented and for their color.
Victoria Mine, Cabezo de San Ginés, El Estrecho de San Ginés, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 13.8 × 4.5 × 8.3 cm = 5.43” × 1.77” × 3.27”

TJE56AP4: Aggregate of Baryte crystals between lamellar and tabular, very sharp, with good luster and a deep blue color and with 'phantoms'. The specimen comes from a locality that was once very popular due to the intense color of its barytes, and was in the Miguel David Martínez collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
San Jorge mining group, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2005)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.2 × 3.7 cm = 1.77” × 1.26” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.51”

TC2140NR: Floater group of fine tabular Baryte crystals, one of them clearly dominant, translucent and with an intense and uniform sea-blue color.
San Jorge mining group, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2015)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.9 × 2.7 cm = 2.05” × 1.93” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 2.4 cm = 1.38” × 0.94”

NM27AK8: Group of fine tabular Baryte crystals, very sharp, translucent, very lustrous and deep blue. The specimen, a Portman classic of excellent quality, comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez (No. 331) whose label we will send to the buyer.
San Jorge mining group, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2015)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 2.8 × 2.7 cm = 2.13” × 1.10” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.3 cm = 1.22” × 0.91”

ND47AK5: From a collection displayed for the first time at Munich 2019: Group of fine tabular crystals, very sharp and translucent. Bright, intense light blue, with geometric color zoning. Excellent quality for the locality.
The specimen is from the Miguel David Martínez collection (No. 330), whose label we will send to the buyer.
San Jorge mining group, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2015)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.2 × 4.7 cm = 2.28” × 1.65” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 3 cm = 1.30” × 1.18”

TRM66AP8: Druse of very sharp tabular Baryte crystals, transparent, with good luster and an intense and uniform blue color.
The specimen, from a little-known mine, comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez Pérez (number 2560), whose label we will send to the buyer.
San Manuel Mine, San Jorge mining group, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.3 × 2.6 cm = 2.52” × 2.09” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 0.71” × 0.47”

NZ86AK8: Very aerial group of thin tabular crystals of Baryte, very sharp, translucent, lustrous, and deep blue with geometric zoning. The specimen, a Portman classic of excellent quality, comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez (No. 332) whose label we will send to the buyer.
San Jorge mining group, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2015)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.3 × 3.9 cm = 2.64” × 1.69” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 2.6 cm = 1.38” × 1.02”

NR67AK5: From a collection displayed for the first time at Munich 2019: Group of fine tabular crystals, very sharp and translucent. Bright, intense sky-blue, with geometric color zoning. Excellent quality for the locality.
The specimen is from the Miguel David Martínez collection (No. 334), whose label we will send to the buyer.
San Jorge mining group, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2015)

Specimen size: 8 × 6.8 × 3.9 cm = 3.15” × 2.68” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2 cm = 0.87” × 0.79”

NR87AM1: Druse of tabular Baryte crystals from which stands out a curious, very aerial and esthetic group of sharp crystals, translucent, with good luster and an intense blue color.
San Jorge mining group, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2015-2016)

Specimen size: 12.3 × 12.2 × 4 cm = 4.84” × 4.80” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 2 cm = 1.46” × 0.79”

NRX90AP5: Large group of very sharp tabular Baryte crystals, very lustrous and intense blue. The specimen comes from a now extinct locality but which at one time was very popular due to the intense color of its barytes.
San Jorge mining group, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2015-2016)

Specimen size: 17.8 × 12.8 × 7 cm = 7.01” × 5.04” × 2.76”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 0.67” × 0.63”

NR90AL5: Group of highly profiled tabular Baryte crystals, on matrix, translucent, bright and with a vivid and uniform light blue color.
This piece comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (no. 411), whose label we will send to the buyer.
San Jorge mining group, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2016)

Specimen size: 18.4 × 9 × 6.9 cm = 7.24” × 3.54” × 2.72”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.7 cm = 0.79” × 0.67”

NFM14AN5: Very aerial druse of well-outlined lamellar Baryte crystals with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, lustrous and with a uniform and intense sky-blue color. Good quality, and from a mine that has produced very few specimens.
This specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 814), whose label we will send to the buyer.
San Simón Mine, La Parreta, Alumbres, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2020)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 5.9 × 2.7 cm = 1.73” × 2.32” × 1.06”

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

TBZ97CD6: Aggregate of tabular Baryte crystals with faces and edges very well defined and of a very uniform sea-blue color.
This specimen, of high quality for the locality, one from which one seldom sees specimens, comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez Pérez, whose label we will send to the buyer.
San Simón Mine, La Parreta, Alumbres, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 12.1 × 7.9 × 4 cm = 4.76” × 3.11” × 1.57”

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

EK91AM1: Druse of lamellar Baryte crystals with very sharp crystal forms and polycrystalline growths, translucent, lustrous and with a uniform sky-blue color, in a matrix composed of a geometric lattice of white Quartz microcrystals. This is from a find that was of extraordinary quality, from a mine that has produced very few specimens.
San Simón Mine, La Parreta, Alumbres, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2020)

Specimen size: 19.6 × 12.8 × 7 cm = 7.72” × 5.04” × 2.76”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1 cm = 0.79” × 0.39”

NA14AM1: Druse of very sharp Baryte crystals between lamellar and tabular, with well defined crystalline forms and polycrystalline growths. Translucent, lustrous and uniform blue in color.
San Camilo Mine, Vista Alegre, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 8.5 × 7.3 × 5 cm = 3.35” × 2.87” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.7 cm = 0.63” × 0.28”

SV2360NCX: Group of Baryte crystals that form bright leafy aggregates, sharp and interpenetrated with each other. One crystal is adorned at the end by tiny, totally water-clear Quartz crystals.
Comes from a mine that has become swallowed by the peri-urban nucleus of Vista Alegre, in the mining district of La Unión-Cartagena.
San Camilo Mine, Vista Alegre, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 12.2 × 10.9 × 7.6 cm = 4.80” × 4.29” × 2.99”

Main crystal size: 8 × 3 cm = 3.15” × 1.18”

HM120ND: Druse of very sharp lamellar Baryte crystals, translucent and with a light cream color. A classic of Spanish mineralogy.
Julia Mine, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2020)

Specimen size: 12 × 8 × 2.3 cm = 4.72” × 3.15” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.59” × 0.39”

NC96AM1: Druse of fine lamellar Baryte crystals that form “books”, with very well defined faces and edges, with good luster and a yellow-brown color, on a limonite matrix. The specimen, from a mine in which collectable Baryte is very scarce, is of excellent quality for the locality.
Julia Mine, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2020)

Specimen size: 13.3 × 9.8 × 3.3 cm = 5.24” × 3.86” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1 cm = 0.67” × 0.39”

HM190NX: Group on matrix of glossy tabular crystals with a snow-white color. The specimen comes from a mine that has produced very few quality specimens, via the Miguel David Martínez collection (No. 190), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Marisol Mine, Barranco Las Nogueras, Campos de Golf, Atamaría, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2012)

Specimen size: 11.2 × 8.5 × 6.2 cm = 4.41” × 3.35” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 7.5 × 3 cm = 2.95” × 1.18”

NRX16AO0: Floater group of tabular Baryte crystals, one of them clearly dominant, translucent and with an intense and uniform sea-blue color.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (nº 870), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Teresita Mine, Campos de Golf, Atamaría, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2018)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.8 × 3.7 cm = 1.97” × 1.50” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.6 cm = 1.22” × 1.02”

TC90NY: Group of very sharp tabular crystals of Baryte, translucent and with an intense sky-blue color with areas of white and reddish tones. The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 633), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Teresita Mine, Campos de Golf, Atamaría, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.4 × 3.7 cm = 2.83” × 2.13” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 3.5 cm = 1.65” × 1.38”

NR14AM1: Druse of complex Calcite crystals that are very rich in faces, clearly dominated by scalenohedron faces and rhombohedron terminations, shinier and 'cleaner' than usual in this type of specimen. The crystals are translucent and brownish gray due to the inclusions of Chalcophanite, which also forms the matrix.
Herculano Mine, El Puntal, Campos de Golf, Atamaría, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.2 ×  5 cm = 3.31” × 2.44” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.47”

NJ48AL7: Druse of complex Calcite crystals very rich in faces with clear predominance of the scalenohedron. Of an uniform grey-brown color due to inclusions of Chalcophanite, which also forms the matrix.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (nº. 614), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Herculano Mine, El Puntal, Campos de Golf, Atamaría, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2019)

Specimen size: 9 × 8.9 × 6.5 cm = 3.54” × 3.50” × 2.56”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.9 cm = 0.91” × 0.75”

NT14AM1: Druse of complex Calcite crystals that are very rich in faces, clearly dominated by scalenohedron faces and rhombohedron terminations, shinier and 'cleaner' than usual in this type of specimen. The crystals are translucent and brownish gray due to the inclusions of Chalcophanite, which also forms the matrix.
Herculano Mine, El Puntal, Campos de Golf, Atamaría, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 9.4 × 7.2 × 4.2 cm = 3.70” × 2.83” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.6 cm = 0.63” × 0.24”

NA67AL5: Group of complex Calcite crystals with the dominant scalenohedral shape, some of them doubly terminated. Brown in color due to Chalcophanite inclusions.
This specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (no. 615), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Herculano Mine, El Puntal, Campos de Golf, Atamaría, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2019)

Specimen size: 12.6 × 8.2 × 6.3 cm = 4.96” × 3.23” × 2.48”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 1.7 cm = 1.69” × 0.67”

TD97AF7: Parallel growths of very sharp Gypsum crystals that are clear and colorless and very bright. On a rocky matrix with small Siderite crystals and Quartz (chalcedony variety).
The sample is from the collection of La Unión area minerals of Alain Martaud, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Tomasa Mine, La Fortuna, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (1980-1985)

Specimen size: 12.3 × 11.7 × 7.5 cm = 4.84” × 4.61” × 2.95”

Main crystal size: 7 × 3.1 cm = 2.76” × 1.22”

SV220NBX: Group of Pyrrhotite crystals with hexagonal outlines, fully pseudomorphed by small, but very bright, Pyrite crystals covering the old crystals of Pyrrhotite, and with small carbonate crystals scattered on top of the Pyrite crystals. This association of sulfides and carbonates is a classic of this old mine in the La Union mining district.
Tomasa Mine, La Fortuna, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.5 × 4.4 cm = 3.31” × 2.56” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.9 cm = 1.18” × 0.75”

NJ96AK4: Groups of very sharp and bright octahedral crystals with vivid iridescence dominated by copper tones. On matrix, with small white lenticular crystals of Calcite.
Tomasa Mine, La Fortuna, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 9.6 × 7.6 × 5.1 cm = 3.78” × 2.99” × 2.01”

NB46AL7: Fluorapatite crystals sharp and rich in faces and with perfect terminations. Transparent, lustrous, with an intense and uniform yellow color with slightly greenish reflections. On a volcanic rock matrix together with small white Calcite crystals and lamellar Hematite crystals.
The specimen, a Spanish classic, comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (No. 33), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Nuestra Señora del Carmen Mines, La Celia, Jumilla, Comarca Altiplano, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2003)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.7 × 4.2 cm = 2.80” × 2.24” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.4 cm = 0.43” × 0.16”

NC11AD2: Felted aggregates of acicular to fibrous Yuanfuliite crystals. They are bright, have a honey color and they are on a rocky (lamproite) matrix, with Hematite and white spheroidal Calcite growths. Yuanfuliite is a rare borate, identified as new species in 1994 and well described at Jumilla by M. Calvo in 2012 (Minerales y Minas de España, vol. 5, pg. 649-650).
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What's New’ section, number 43, May 8, 2016 edition.
Nuestra Señora del Carmen Mines area, La Celia, Jumilla, Comarca Altiplano, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (12/03/2016)

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

NZ12AD7: Felted aggregates of acicular to fibrous Yuanfuliite crystals. They are bright, have a honey color and they are on a rocky (lamproite) matrix, with Hematite and white Calcite spheroids. Yuanfuliite is a rare borate, identified as new species in 1994 and very well described at Jumilla by M. Calvo in 2012 (Minerales y Minas de España, vol. 5, pg. 649-650).
Nuestra Señora del Carmen Mines area, La Celia, Jumilla, Comarca Altiplano, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (12/03/2016)

Specimen size: 4 × 2.6 × 3.8 cm = 1.57” × 1.02” × 1.50”

ND61AD2: Felted aggregates of acicular to fibrous Yuanfuliite crystals. They are bright, have a honey color and they are on a rocky (lamproite) matrix, with Hematite and white spheroidal Calcite growths. Yuanfuliite is a rare borate, identified as new species in 1994 and well described at Jumilla by M. Calvo in 2012 (Minerales y Minas de España, vol. 5, pg. 649-650).
Nuestra Señora del Carmen Mines area, La Celia, Jumilla, Comarca Altiplano, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (12/03/2016)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.8 × 1.9 cm = 1.73” × 1.50” × 0.75”

NH59AL4: Felted aggregates of acicular Yuanfuliite crystals, honey-colored, with good luster, on a rock matrix (lamproite), with Hematite, Diopside and white spheroidal growths of Calcite. Yuanfuliite is a rare borate, identified as a new species in 1994 and well referenced in Jumilla by Miguel Calvo in 2012 (Minerales y Minas de España, vol. 5, pp. 649-650)
Nuestra Señora del Carmen Mines, La Celia, Jumilla, Comarca Altiplano, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (12/03/2016)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.2 × 2.4 cm = 2.09” × 1.65” × 0.94”

NJ60AJ5: Felted aggregates of acicular to fibrous Yuanfuliite crystals. They are bright, have a honey color and they are on a lamproite rock matrix with Hematite and white spheroidal Calcite growths. Yuanfuliite is a rare borate, identified as a new species in 1994 and well described at Jumilla by M. Calvo in 2012 (Minerales y Minas de España, vol. 5, pg. 649-650)
Nuestra Señora del Carmen Mines, La Celia, Jumilla, Comarca Altiplano, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (12/03/2016)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.6 × 2.1 cm = 2.52” × 1.81” × 0.83”

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

NHG14AN5: Parallel growth of Baryte crystals with limonite inclusions and bordered by small very lustrous Quartz crystals. It is unusual for a piece of this size from this locality to be so elegant.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 222), whose label we will send to the buyer.
San Pedro Mine, De Enmedio Range, Almendricos, Lorca, Comarca Alto Guadalentín, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2007)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3 × 2.7 cm = 1.38” × 1.18” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 2.7 cm = 1.38” × 1.06”

NR37AL8: 'Book-like' aggregate of lamellar Baryte crystals with light reddish coatings of Hematite on a matrix partially covered by small white Calcite crystals. Of the best possible quality for the locality.
San Pedro Mine, De Enmedio Range, Almendricos, Lorca, Comarca Alto Guadalentín, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 10.7 × 5.2 × 8.7 cm = 4.21” × 2.05” × 3.43”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 1.6 cm = 1.22” × 0.63”

NNB61AO0: Coralloid Calcite growths with two growth phases, the first, with a uniform blue-green color due to inclusions of Copper salts, covered by a later one with finer forms and very pale blue colorations. From a mine that is little known so far.
Santa Isabel Mine, De Enmedio Range, Almendricos, Lorca, Comarca Alto Guadalentín, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (12/2020)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 6.6 × 5.1 cm = 2.91” × 2.60” × 2.01”

NLY62AQ0: Very aerial growth of Calcite, with a coralloidal habit, a white color in some areas and a more or less intense bluish green in others, the color being due to inclusions of Copper.
Santa Isabel Mine, De Enmedio Range, Almendricos, Lorca, Comarca Alto Guadalentín, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (12/2020)

Specimen size: 8 × 6.3 × 6.7 cm = 3.15” × 2.48” × 2.64”

TC295NRX: Druse of white Baryte crystals with a lenticular habit, with Gypsum and coatings of intense green microcrystals of Conichalcite (analyzed)
Santa Isabel cut, De Enmedio Range, Almendricos, Lorca, Comarca Alto Guadalentín, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (12/2020)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.4 × 5 cm = 2.80” × 2.13” × 1.97”

TC260NVA: Druse of white Baryte crystals with a lenticular habit, with Gypsum and coatings of intense green microcrystals of Conichalcite (analyzed)
Santa Isabel cut, De Enmedio Range, Almendricos, Lorca, Comarca Alto Guadalentín, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (12/2020)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 5.7 × 5.6 cm = 3.07” × 2.24” × 2.20”

TC290BRB: Druse of white Baryte crystals with a lenticular habit, with Gypsum and coatings of intense green microcrystals of Conichalcite (analyzed)
Santa Isabel cut, De Enmedio Range, Almendricos, Lorca, Comarca Alto Guadalentín, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (12/2020)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.8 × 5 cm = 3.31” × 2.68” × 1.97”

NF86AN0: Group of Sulphur crystals on matrix with sharp crystal forms, translucent, with an intense color and larger than usual for this deposit. With spheroidal aggregates of small white Calcite crystals.
The specimen comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection (number AZR-1), whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Sulphur Mines, La Serrata, Lorca, Comarca Alto Guadalentín, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 9 × 7 × 6 cm = 3.54” × 2.76” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.2 cm = 0.63” × 0.47”

N58JG8: Lavendulan from Pastrana has been famous for its intensity of color and its crystallization. The piece is a nice miniature whose crystals have a magnificent development and are with Conichalcite and Cornwallite.
La Reconquistada claim, Pastrana, Mazarrón, Comarca Alto Guadalentín, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (11/1992)

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm = 0.83” × 0.59” × 0.59”

TC75NP: Groups of small sharp crystals of Lavendulan, with good luster and an intense and vivid color, on matrix, with green globular growths of Conichalcite. Possibly the best known locality for crystallized Lavendulan.
Dolores outcrop, Pastrana, Mazarrón / Águilas, Comarca Alto Guadalentín, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (11/1992)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.6 × 2.2 cm = 1.18” × 1.02” × 0.87”

TE14AJ5: Aggregates on matrix of very bright Lavendulan crystals with a variable color, from clear to deep blue.
La Reconquistada claim, Pastrana, Mazarrón, Comarca Alto Guadalentín, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 4 × 3.1 × 1.6 cm = 1.57” × 1.22” × 0.63”

NA26AL9: Efflorescences of small Lavendulan crystals, sharp, lustrous, with an intense and vivid color and on matrix with green globular growths of Conichalcite.
La Reconquistada claim, Pastrana, Mazarrón, Comarca Alto Guadalentín, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.2 × 2.8 cm = 1.85” × 1.26” × 1.10”

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

NV14AL3: Elongated prismatic Celestine crystals, very sharp and some doubly terminated, colorless translucent, on matrix.
Barranco del Mulo Deposit, Barranco del Mulo, Ulea, Comarca Valle de Ricote, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (1992)

Specimen size: 11.3 × 7.1 × 3.3 cm = 4.45” × 2.80” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.7 cm = 0.94” × 0.28”