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


CZECH REPUBLIC


Calcite with inclusions
Calcite with inclusions. Calcite with inclusions.
Calcite with inclusions.
Calcite with inclusions  

EF49AA4: Druse of rhombohedral Calcite crystals with very well defined faces and edges and a red color, due to abundant inclusions, and partially coated by a second generation of small, white, Calcite crystals. As in so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia  Czech Republic

Specimen size: 8.7 × 8 × 3.8 cm = 3.43” × 3.15” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.35” × 0.31”

Fluorescence on the matrix (short and long UV)

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Calcite
Calcite  

SH57AF0: Druse of crystals consisting of a prism with very well defined horizontal parallel growths and a flattened rhombohedral termination. They are translucent with a uniform white color.
The sample is from the Francesco S. Stoppani collection (catalog number 0193), whose label we’ll send to the buyer. It has previously been in the Bally Museum and in the Tschechien collection at Pribram (catalog number 9167) whose label we’ll also send. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia  Czech Republic

Specimen size: 9.1 × 6.2 × 4.4 cm = 3.58” × 2.44” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.5 cm = 0.75” × 0.59”

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani

Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV
Calcite. Calcite.
Calcite
Calcite.
Calcite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Calcite
 

SM190SPQ: Druse of Calcite crystals with a prismatic habit, terminated by a very flattened rhombohedron, translucent and with a yellow-white color. The specimen, from a historic European locality, comes from the Francesco S. Stoppani collection (number 0292), whose label we will send to the buyer. As is the case with many of the specimens in this collection, this one is of good quality for the locality.
Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia  Czech Republic

Specimen size: 10.2 × 6.9 ×4.4 cm = 4.02” × 2.72” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 1.4 cm = 1.30” × 0.55”

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Galena with Pyrite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Galena with Pyrite
 

MHB86AO2: Very sharp cubo-octahedral Galena crystals with good luster. On matrix, with Pyrite microcrystal coatings.
The specimen is very old, as evidenced by the handwritten label that accompanies it.
Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia  Czech Republic

Specimen size: 8 × 6 × 3.8 cm = 3.15” × 2.36” × 1.50”

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

Galena with Pyrite. Front
Front
Galena with Pyrite. Rear
Rear
Galena with Pyrite.
Mimetite with Quartz and Siderite
Mimetite with Quartz and Siderite. Mimetite with Quartz and Siderite.
Mimetite with Quartz and Siderite  

TF96W8: Rosette growths of Mimetite crystals with an intense yellow color. They are on matrix, with Quartz and Siderite. Mimetite is a very uncommon species at Pribram and the rare well known samples have been quite old, as is the case of this piece, whose pedigree is testified by the three attached labels and the collection card, that we’ll send to the buyer.
Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia  Czech Republic

Specimen size: 7.9 × 7.8 × 4.3 cm = 3.11” × 3.07” × 1.69”

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Silver after Dyscrasite
 

EB68AL0: Silver as fan-like pseudomorphs after very aerial and flattened crystals of Dyscrasite, in Calcite matrix.
Uranium Mine No. 21 (shaft No. 21), Háje, Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia  Czech Republic

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.2 × 3.8 cm = 2.44” × 1.65” × 1.50”

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Silver after Dyscrasite. Silver after Dyscrasite.
Silver with Calcite

 

NPQ90XXX: Specimen very rich in arborescent Silver crystals, grey in colour with silvery tones, growing scattered and well visible on a crystalline mass of Calcite set on a rock matrix. It comes from a mine and a mining district that are great European classics.

Příbram is one of Central Europe’s classic hydrothermal uranium districts, hosted in the metamorphic basement of Bohemia.
Mineralization occurs in deep fissure-vein systems dominated by uraninite/ pitchblende, with associated sulphides and carbonates. The area was historically mined for silver-lead before becoming a key uranium producer during the Soviet era.
Uranium Mine No. 21 (shaft No. 21), Háje, Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia  Czech Republic

Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.5 × 3.0 cm = 2.80” × 1.77” × 1.18”

Former collection of Ricard Codina
Scheelite with Galena

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

BRA91AO8: Group of profiled Scheelite crystals, translucent, with a greasy luster and brown color. On matrix, with cubo-octahedral Galena crystals.
A Czech classic, and at the same time a rarity that comes from an important European collection.
Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia  Czech Republic

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.7 × 3.1 cm = 2.28” × 1.85” × 1.22”

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

Fluorescent long & short UV
Scheelite with Galena. Front
Front
Scheelite with Galena. Top
Top
Scheelite with Galena.
Sphalerite with Quartz
Sphalerite with Quartz. Sphalerite with Quartz.
 

ED36K0: Small, very well defined crystals of deep red color very uncommon from this locality, on a surface of micro-crystalline Quartz.
Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia  Czech Republic (±1960)

Specimen size: 9 × 8.6 × 3.7 cm = 3.54” × 3.39” × 1.46”

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

Stibnite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

BLL70AO5: Centered fan-shaped groups of acicular Stibnite crystals, with excellent luster and an intense bluish metallic iridescence, on matrix, with Quartz. A Czech classic from an important collection.
Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia  Czech Republic

Specimen size: 14.9 × 10.1 × 4.7 cm = 5.87” × 3.98” × 1.85”

Stibnite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Stibnite. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Proustite
Proustite. Front
Front
Proustite. Front
Front
Proustite. Side
Side
Proustite  

MX69AL4: Group of short prismatic Proustite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, twinned, very rich in terminal faces, between translucent and transparent, with good luster and in excellent condition despite the age of the specimen, typical of one of the great classical Central European deposits. We will deliver the specimen on its original old turned wooden stand with brass post.
From the Leif Engman collection, with the collection label, which has a long and interesting history, since it was found in 1732 by Anton Von Swab, later passing through several historical collections.
Jáchymov (Joachimsthal), Karlovy Vary District, Krušné Hory Mountains (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia  Czech Republic (05/1732)

Specimen size: 1 × 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.39” × 0.35” × 0.28”

Type locality

Former collection of Leif Engman
Cassiterite on Quartz
Cassiterite on Quartz  

MH80F3: Classic locality for excellent Cassiterite. The very brilliant crystals have some degree of translucence and are lighter in color than is typical for the locality. They are on a matrix of Quartz.
There is also a label from the collection of Professor H. Siegmund of Vienna (number 337)
Cinovec/Zinnwald, Erzgebirge, Krusné Hory Mts., Ústí Region, Bohemia  Czech Republic

Specimen size: 8 × 4.7 × 1.8 cm = 3.15” × 1.85” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.5 cm = 0.79” × 0.59”

Cassiterite on Quartz.
Cassiterite on Quartz.
Aragonite
Aragonite.
 

TB56X4: Very sharp crystal with prismatic shape, translucent, a yellowish color and with a very well marked twin on the terminal faces. A classic from the Czech Republic.
Číčov hill (Spitzberg), Hořenec (Horzenz), Bílina (Bilin), Ústí Region, Bohemia  Czech Republic

Specimen size: 4 × 1.5 × 1.1 cm = 1.57” × 0.59” × 0.43”

Very fluorescent long & short UV
Montroseite
 

EH66AH6: Druse, on matrix, of acicular crystals of Montroseite, a rare iron and vanadium hydroxide, that are bright and have a very dark, almost black, green color.
Prachovice, Pardubice Region, Bohemia  Czech Republic (2005)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 1.38” × 0.63” × 0.55”

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

Montroseite. Montroseite.
Montroseite
Montroseite. Montroseite.
 

EN88AH7: Druse, on matrix, of acicular crystals of Montroseite, a rare iron and vanadium hydroxide, that are bright and have a very dark, almost black, green color.
Prachovice, Pardubice Region, Bohemia  Czech Republic (2005)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 3.7 × 2.4 cm = 2.68” × 1.46” × 0.94”

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

Montroseite
 

EK50AL0: Fine acicular crystals of Montroseite, a rare iron and vanadium hydroxide, with good luster and very dark green, almost black, on matrix.
Prachovice, Pardubice Region, Bohemia  Czech Republic (2005)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 4.4 × 3.7 cm = 3.70” × 1.73” × 1.46”

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

Montroseite. Front
Front
Montroseite. Side
Side
Montroseite.
Montroseite
Montroseite. Montroseite.
 

EA91AL0: Fine acicular crystals of Montroseite, a rare iron and vanadium hydroxide, with good luster and very dark green, almost black, on matrix.
Prachovice, Pardubice Region, Bohemia  Czech Republic (2005)

Specimen size: 12.6 × 9.1 × 2.7 cm = 4.96” × 3.58” × 1.06”

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

Titanite with Quartz
 

MF9Q7: A piece from a classic but not so well known locality. The small crystals have very good quality, with a very obvious twin and an extraordinary luster. With crystals of Quartz and on matrix.
Krásne, Šumperk, Olomouc Region, Moravia  Czech Republic

Specimen size: 8.8 × 8.3 × 5.5 cm = 3.46” × 3.27” × 2.17”

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

Titanite with Quartz. Titanite with Quartz.
Marcasite
Marcasite. Marcasite.
 

TY16AN1: Parallel growths of sharp Marcasite crystals, clearly twinned, with bright luster, iridescent and in perfect condition.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, which shows that it was previously in the Melanson collection.
Komořany (Most), Most District, Ústí nad Labem Region  Czech Republic

Specimen size: 3 × 2 × 0.8 cm = 1.18” × 0.79” × 0.31”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Copper (neoformed)
 

ET86AF7: Aggregate of deformed and rounded crystals. A curious growth that is the result of the removal of copper during the mining in which the copper recrystallizes sometimes acquiring the shapes of the objects and machines it has grown on.
In other words, this copper has been formed naturally but is "neoformed" since its origin may be due to human activity in an old abandoned mine.
Zlaté Hory, Olomouc Region, Moravia  Czech Republic (04/2014)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.3 × 3.1 cm = 3.31” × 2.09” × 1.22”

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

Copper (neoformed). Front
Front
Copper (neoformed). Rear
Rear
Copper (neoformed).
Copper (neoformed)
Copper (neoformed). Front
Front
Copper (neoformed). Rear
Rear
Copper (neoformed).
 

EV46AF7: Aggregate of deformed and rounded crystals. A curious growth that is the result of the removal of copper during the mining in which the copper recrystallizes sometimes acquiring the shapes of the objects and machines it has grown on.
In other words, this copper has been formed naturally but is "neoformed" since its origin may be due to human activity in an old abandoned mine.
Zlaté Hory, Olomouc Region, Moravia  Czech Republic (08/2014)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 4.5 × 3.2 cm = 3.46” × 1.77” × 1.26”

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

Copper (neoformed)
 

EX27AF7: Aggregate of deformed and rounded crystals. A curious growth that is the result of the removal of copper during the mining in which the copper recrystallizes sometimes acquiring the shapes of the objects and machines it has grown on.
In other words, this copper has been formed naturally but is "neoformed" since its origin may be due to human activity in an old abandoned mine.
Zlaté Hory, Olomouc Region, Moravia  Czech Republic (04/2014)

Specimen size: 12.2 × 7.2 × 3.5 cm = 4.80” × 2.83” × 1.38”

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

Copper (neoformed). Front
Front
Copper (neoformed). Rear
Rear
Copper (neoformed).
Orthoclase after Leucite (variety pseudoleucite)
Orthoclase after Leucite (variety pseudoleucite). Front
Front
Orthoclase after Leucite (variety pseudoleucite). Rear
Rear

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TLB86AP3: Floater group of Leucite crystals pseudomorphed by Orthoclase, maintaining the very well defined original trapezohedron forms, and less corroded than is usual in such specimens.
Loučná pod Klínovcem, Chomutov District, Ústí nad Labem Region  Czech Republic

Specimen size: 4.3 × 4.2 × 4.1 cm = 1.69” × 1.65” × 1.61”


DENMARK


Steenstrupine
Steenstrupine  

ED76Y8: Group of black crystals with a dipyramidal shape and rhombic aspect (they are trigonal). They have very well developed faces and edges and are a good size for this rare cyclosilicate. The sample, on matrix and with fibrous Aegirine aggregates on the back, is with a Claus Hedegaard collection label that we’ll send to the buyer.
Tasseq Skråningen, Ilimaussaq Massif, Narsaq (Narssaq), Kujalleq, Greenland  Denmark

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4 × 2 cm = 1.77” × 1.57” × 0.79”

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

Former collection of Claus Hedegaard
Steenstrupine. Steenstrupine.
Steenstrupine
Steenstrupine.
Steenstrupine  

EC67Y8: Isolated black crystal with dipyramidal shape and rhombic aspect (it is trigonal). It has very well developed faces and edges and a good size for this rare cyclosilicate. The sample is with a Claus Hedegaard collection label that we’ll send to the buyer.
Tasseq Skråningen, Ilimaussaq Massif, Narsaq (Narssaq), Kujalleq, Greenland  Denmark

Specimen size: 3 × 2.8 × 1.9 cm = 1.18” × 1.10” × 0.75”

Former collection of Claus Hedegaard
Thomsenolite, Pachnolite, Hidrokenoralstonite, Siderite and Pyrite
 

EK46Y7: White Hidrokenoralstonita growths with coatings of very acute and small Thomsenolite and Pachnolite crystals and with iron oxide inclusions and smooth sections of Siderite and small Pyrite crystals. The sample is from the type locality for the species, and it was in the Claus Hedeegard collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Ivittuut (Ivigtût), Cape Desolation, Sermersooq  Denmark

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.6 × 3.8 cm = 2.52” × 1.81” × 1.50”

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

Type locality

Former collection of Claus Hedegaard
Thomsenolite, Pachnolite, Hidrokenoralstonite, Siderite and Pyrite. Thomsenolite, Pachnolite, Hidrokenoralstonite, Siderite and Pyrite.

FINLAND


Uvarovite
Uvarovite. Uvarovite.
Uvarovite  

MV47AI5: Groups on matrix of crystals that have the dominant dodecahedron beveled by the trapezohedron. They are very bright and have a very deep and uniform green color. A European classic from the Leif Engman collection whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Outokumpu, Tornio, Lapland Region  Finland

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.1 × 1.5 cm = 1.06” × 0.83” × 0.59”

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

Former collection of Leif Engman
Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Calcite
 

HZ10AM2: Druse on matrix of small elongated transparent crystals of Fluorapophyllite-(K), extraordinarily lustrous and with an intense and uniform yellow color, together with white Calcite crystals, on matrix. The specimen comes from an extraordinary find in 1965 from which a limited number of specimens were obtained.
Korsnäs Lead Mine, Korsnäs, Vaasa municipality, Ostrobothnia  Finland (1965)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.6 × 1.6 cm = 1.30” × 1.02” × 0.63”

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

Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Calcite.
Fluorapophyllite-(K)
Fluorapophyllite-(K). Front
Front
Fluorapophyllite-(K). Rear
Rear
 

HB10AM2: Druse on matrix of small elongated crystals of Fluorapophyllite-(K), transparent, extraordinarily lustrous and with an intense and uniform yellow color. The specimen comes from an extraordinary find in 1965 from which a limited number of specimens were obtained.


Korsnäs Lead Mine, Korsnäs, Vaasa municipality, Ostrobothnia  Finland (1965)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2 × 1.6 cm = 1.34” × 0.79” × 0.63”

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

Fluorapophyllite-(K)
 

HR10AM2: Druse on matrix of small elongated crystals of Fluorapophyllite-(K), transparent, extraordinarily lustrous and with an intense and uniform yellow color. The specimen comes from an extraordinary find in 1965 from which a limited number of specimens were obtained.
Korsnäs Lead Mine, Korsnäs, Vaasa municipality, Ostrobothnia  Finland (1965)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.2 × 1.1 cm = 1.34” × 0.87” × 0.43”

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

Fluorapophyllite-(K). Front
Front
Fluorapophyllite-(K). Rear
Rear
Fluorapophyllite-(K).
Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Harmotome and Calcite
Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Harmotome and Calcite.
 

HT11AM2: Druse, on matrix, of small elongated crystals of Fluorapophyllite-(K), transparent, with an extraordinarily good luster and an intense and uniform yellow color, associated with white Calcite crystals and small crystals of Harmotome. The specimen comes from an extraordinary find in 1965 from which a limited number of specimens were obtained.
Korsnäs Lead Mine, Korsnäs, Vaasa municipality, Ostrobothnia  Finland (1965)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 3 × 1 cm = 2.91” × 1.18” × 0.39”

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

Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Harmotome, Calcite and Pyrite
 

HF99AM2: Small elongated crystals of Fluorapophyllite-(K), transparent, with an extraordinarily bright luster, and an intense and uniform yellow color, encrusting matrix. Associated with complex crystals of Calcite, greyish white Harmotome, and very sharp cubes of Pyrite. The specimen comes from an extraordinary find in 1965 from which only a limited number of specimens were obtained.
Korsnäs Lead Mine, Korsnäs, Vaasa municipality, Ostrobothnia  Finland (1965)

Specimen size: 10.4 × 7.4 × 7.3 cm = 4.09” × 2.91” × 2.87”

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

Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Harmotome, Calcite and Pyrite. Front
Front
Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Harmotome, Calcite and Pyrite. Side
Side
Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Harmotome, Calcite and Pyrite. Top
Top
Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Harmotome, Calcite and Pyrite. Detail
Detail
Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Harmotome and Calcite
Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Harmotome and Calcite. Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Harmotome and Calcite.
Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Harmotome and Calcite. Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Harmotome and Calcite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

HF88AM2: Crusts on matrix of small elongated crystals of Fluorapophyllite-(K), transparent, extraordinarily bright and with an intense and uniform yellow color. With white crystals of Calcite and crystals of greyish white Harmotome. The specimen comes from an extraordinary find in 1965 from which only a limited number of pieces were obtained.
Korsnäs Lead Mine, Korsnäs, Vaasa municipality, Ostrobothnia  Finland (1965)

Specimen size: 10.6 × 9.3 × 5.9 cm = 4.17” × 3.66” × 2.32”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.24” × 0.08”

Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Harmotome
 

HG49AM2: Crusts of small elongated crystals of Fluorapophyllite-(K), transparent, with an extraordinarily bright luster and an intense and uniform yellow color. With crystals of greyish white Harmotome. The specimen comes from an extraordinary find in 1965 from which only a limited number of pieces were obtained.
Korsnäs Lead Mine, Korsnäs, Vaasa municipality, Ostrobothnia  Finland (1965)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 11 × 5.2 cm = 4.61” × 4.33” × 2.05”

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

Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Harmotome. Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Harmotome.
Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Harmotome.
Topaz with Albite, Quartz and Muscovite
Topaz with Albite, Quartz and Muscovite. Front
Front
Topaz with Albite, Quartz and Muscovite. Side
Side
Topaz with Albite, Quartz and Muscovite. Side
Side

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Topaz with Albite, Quartz and Muscovite
 

MLJ70AO2: Everything about this specimen of Topaz is out of the ordinary, especially the unusual location and the size of the crystal, which is also very sharp and with lustrous faces. On matrix, with Albite, Quartz and lamellar aggregates of Muscovite.
The specimen, sawn at the back to reduce excess matrix, comes from the collection of Dr. Jukka Konnunaho, of Finland.
Viitaniemi pegmatite, Eräjärvi, Orivesi, Tampere, Pirkanmaa  Finland

Specimen size: 13 × 9.4 × 6.2 cm = 5.12” × 3.70” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 10 × 7.6 cm = 3.94” × 2.99”

Former collection of Dr. Jukka Konnunaho

GERMANY


Pyromorphite with Quartz
 

MA96Y3: Very sharp, almost spherical, barrel-shaped crystals with a yellow, slight orange color. They are bright and are on matrix, with microcrystals of Quartz. The sample is from one of the great classic German localities.
Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg  Germany (1998)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 4.8 × 4.4 cm = 2.99” × 1.89” × 1.73”

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

Pyromorphite with Quartz. Pyromorphite with Quartz.
Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Pyromorphite. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TZL48AO5: Short prismatic Pyromorphite crystals, many of them totally or partially doubly terminated, translucent, with good luster and a uniform green color with yellow hues. On a sandstone matrix.
A high-quality rarity for the locality.
Beim Stollen Mine, Tanzfleck, Freihung, Amberg-Sulzbach, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.1 × 2.9 cm = 2.44” × 2.01” × 1.14”

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

Pyromorphite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

BRM27AP2: Pyromorphite crystals, on matrix, with very sharp crystal forms, lustrous, and showing two different phases, one of them with an intense green color and the other with crystals of lesser size and yellow tones. The specimen, a rarity, comes from an important European collection.
Tanzfleck, Freihung, Amberg-Sulzbach, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany

Specimen size: 5.2 × 2.6 × 1.8 cm = 2.05” × 1.02” × 0.71”

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

Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.
Eosphorite with Quartz and Mica
Eosphorite with Quartz and Mica. Eosphorite with Quartz and Mica.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

BTM27AO6: Fine prismatic crystals of Eosphorite with sharp crystal forms. Transparent, with good luster and salmon-yellow color, on a feldspathic matrix with Quartz crystals and mica sheets.
An old German classic from an important European collection.
Hagendorf South pegmatite (Cornelia shaft), Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Oberpfälzer Wald, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany

Specimen size: 4.6 × 4 × 2.7 cm = 1.81” × 1.57” × 1.06”

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

Hureaulite with Strunzite and Rockbridgeite

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BRM49AP3: Hureaulite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, intense pink in color, on matrix, with Strunzite and green-black coatings of Rockbridgeite. This type locality Strunzite specimen comes from a renowned European collection.
Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Oberpfälzer Wald, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany (1957)

Specimen size: 8 × 6.5 × 5.9 cm = 3.15” × 2.56” × 2.32”

Type locality
Hureaulite with Strunzite and Rockbridgeite. Hureaulite with Strunzite and Rockbridgeite.
Hureaulite
Hureaulite. Hureaulite.
Hureaulite  

MB6AM0: Group on matrix of very sharp crystals of Hureaulite with well defined faces and edges, finely striated, shiny and with an intense color. This specimen is from the prestigious Thomas P. Moore collection, whose label we will send to the buyer, and was previously in the Folch collection of duplicates (#3314)
Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Oberpfälzer Wald, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany

Specimen size: 3.1 × 1.9 × 1.6 cm = 1.22” × 0.75” × 0.63”

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

Former collection of Thomas P. Moore
Strengite
 

MB60K9: Doubly terminated, prismatic Strengite crystals, on matrix. Excellent color, defined faces and edges and considerable crystal size.
Kreuzberg, Pleystein, Neustadt a.d.Waldnaab, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany

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

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

Strengite. Strengite.
Pharmacosiderite with Strengite
Pharmacosiderite with Strengite. Pharmacosiderite with Strengite.
 

MN13M9: The crystals are very well defined, they have an excellent transparency and luster and they were formed in a vug of Quartz. The locality, a classic, actually no longer produces pieces for collections.
Kreuzberg, Pleystein, Neustadt a.d.Waldnaab, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.9 × 4.5 cm = 1.93” × 1.93” × 1.77”

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

Fluorite with Quartz

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Fluorite with Quartz
 

BTP96AP3: Very sharp Fluorite crystals, transparent, with good luster and geometric color zoning, intense on the edges. On matrix, with small white Quartz crystals. The specimen is accompanied by an old Danny A. Michel label that we will send to the buyer.
Hermine Mine, Lissenthan, Nabburg, Wölsendorf West District, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany (12/03/1996)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 6 × 2.6 cm = 3.70” × 2.36” × 1.02”

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

Fluorite with Quartz. Fluorite with Quartz.
Fluorite with Quartz
Fluorite with Quartz.
Fluorite with Quartz.

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Fluorite with Quartz
 

SV170BRT: Curious specimen with two very different parts: the upper one formed by a multitude of cubic Fluorite crystals with a color gradation from dark to greenish tones and with violet edges; and a lower part formed by Fluorite crystals, but which have been practically covered by coralloid growths formed by Quartz microcrystals with the upper surface stained by Hematite.
It comes from a well-known mining district in Bavaria, Germany.
Hermine Mine, Lissenthan, Nabburg, Wölsendorf West District, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany

Specimen size: 14.3 × 11 × 3.4 cm = 5.63” × 4.33” × 1.34”

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

Fluorite
 

NV50AM1: Druse on matrix of very sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent, with good luster and a honey color with intense yellow reflections. This specimen comes from one of the great classical German localities for the species.
From the José Navarrete collection.
Johannesschacht Mine, Wölsendorf, Schwarzach bei Nabburg, Wölsendorf West District, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany

Specimen size: 20.5 × 13.5 × 7 cm = 8.07” × 5.31” × 2.76”

Main crystal size: 3.9 × 1.7 cm = 1.54” × 0.67”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Fluorite. Fluorite.
Fluorite with Quartz
Fluorite with Quartz. Fluorite with Quartz.
 

TA70W4: Group of cubic crystals of Fluorite with polycrystalline growths. They are bright and transparent, with an intense uniform green color and are partially coated by druses of reddish microcrystalline Quartz.
Cäcilia Mine, Freiung, Stulln, Wölsendorf West District, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany

Specimen size: 14 × 10 × 4.3 cm = 5.51” × 3.94” × 1.69”

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

Fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Quartz
 

ER48AG0: A cluster of translucent Fluorite crystal cubes with some of their edges partially coated by reddish micro-crystalline Quartz. The crystals, with a slightly yellowish green color, have a quality superior to what has been known for the locality.
Cäcilia Mine, Freiung, Stulln, Wölsendorf West District, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany

Specimen size: 15.7 × 12.3 × 4.5 cm = 6.18” × 4.84” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 3.2 cm = 1.42” × 1.26”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Fluorite with Quartz. Fluorite with Quartz.
Fluorite with Dolomite and Quartz
Fluorite with Dolomite and Quartz. Front
Front
Fluorite with Dolomite and Quartz. Light behind
Light behind
Fluorite with Dolomite and Quartz.
 

ET76AM0: Druse of lustrous Fluorite crystals, with geometric color zoning, very deep in the core of the crystal and more transparent on the edges. Partly coated by white Dolomite crystals and Quartz micro-crystals. Of higher quality than usual in specimens from this historic German locality.
Erika Mine, Säulnhof, Stulln, Wölsendorf West District, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany

Specimen size: 9.2 × 6.8 × 2.4 cm = 3.62” × 2.68” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Fluorite with Quartz
 

MF92AL6: Group on matrix of Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit, with very marked polycrystalline growths, transparent, shiny, of a uniform green color and partially covered with small crystals of hematoidal Quartz. Weak fluorescence under both long and short wave UV light. Excellent example from a classic German deposit for Fluorite.
Erika Mine, Säulnhof, Stulln, Wölsendorf West District, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany

Specimen size: 19.4 × 14.2 × 7.6 cm = 7.64” × 5.59” × 2.99”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.7 cm = 0.91” × 0.67”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Fluorite with Quartz. Fluorite with Quartz.
Fluorite
Fluorite. Fluorite.

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BFM68AP3: Druse of translucent Fluorite crystals with an intense and uniform violet color. The specimen is an old German classic from a renowned European collection.
Max Mine, Krandorf, Neunburg vorm Wald, Schwandorf District, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.4 × 4.2 cm = 3.07” × 2.52” × 1.65”

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

Pyromorphite

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BXA67AO6: Acicular Pyromorphite crystals on matrix, translucent, with good luster, and a very vivid color with zoning of different intensities.
This specimen was in an important European collection, and comes from a Bavarian locality from which not many quality specimens are known and carries a label from another previous collection: 'Sammlung Th. Prögler'
Krandorf, Neunburg vorm Wald, Schwandorf District, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany

Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.4 × 1.8 cm = 1.69” × 0.94” × 0.71”

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

Pyromorphite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Pyromorphite. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Marcasite
Marcasite. Marcasite.
 

MC64Y9: Very sharp "cockscomb” shaped Marcasite crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They are bright and are on a rocky matrix. The Marcasite crystals retain a very good condition despite more than a half century has passed since was collected from a locality that is rarely represented in mineral collections.
Christiane Mine, Adorf, Diemelsee, Waldeck-Frankenberg District, Hesse/Hessen  Germany (±1950)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 4.5 × 3.7 cm = 2.95” × 1.77” × 1.46”

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

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer
Pyrite on Dolomite
 

MD16Y9: Globular growths of very bright cubic Pyrite crystals on a rocky matrix, with small Dolomite crystals. The Pyrite shows an extraordinarily “fresh” aspect despite more than a half century has passed since it was collected from a locality that is rarely represented in mineral collections.
Christiane Mine, Adorf, Diemelsee, Waldeck-Frankenberg District, Hesse/Hessen  Germany (±1950)

Specimen size: 8 × 6.2 × 4 cm = 3.15” × 2.44” × 1.57”

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer
Pyrite on Dolomite. Pyrite on Dolomite.
Pyrite with Baryte
Pyrite with Baryte. Pyrite with Baryte.
 

MT62Z1: Aggregates of very well defined cubic Pyrite crystals, bright and on a matrix of botryoidal Baryte. The Pyrite shows an extraordinarily “fresh” aspect despite that more than a half century has passed since it was collected from a locality that is rarely represented in mineral collections.
Christiane Mine, Adorf, Diemelsee, Waldeck-Frankenberg District, Hesse/Hessen  Germany (±1950)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.8 × 4.2 cm = 3.31” × 2.28” × 1.65”

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

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer
Dolomite after Calcite and Hematite
Dolomite after Calcite and Hematite  

ST56AC0: Aggregate of scalenohedral Calcite crystals, on matrix, with red Hematite inclusions. The Calcite crystals have internally dissolved leaving only remaining the former crystal form. Both the matrix surface and the cavities on it, including the interior of the Calcite crystals, are coated by small Dolomite rhombohedrons. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Christiane Mine, Adorf, Diemelsee, Waldeck-Frankenberg District, Hesse/Hessen  Germany (±1950)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 5.4 × 4.8 cm = 3.62” × 2.13” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.5 cm = 1.06” × 0.59”

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Dolomite after Calcite and Hematite. Dolomite after Calcite and Hematite.
Siderite with Baryte
Siderite with Baryte.
 

MC9Y9: Botryoidal Baryte aggregate with a reddish color due to reddish slate inclusions. With botryoidal Siderite that has very dark brown color, almost black, and with small white and very acute scalenohedral Calcite crystals. The sample is from a locality that is rarely represented in mineral collections.
Christiane Mine, Adorf, Diemelsee, Waldeck-Frankenberg District, Hesse/Hessen  Germany (±1950)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.3 × 2.7 cm = 1.77” × 1.30” × 1.06”

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer
Baryte with Calcite
 

MH14Y9: Irregular aggregate of laminar reddish Baryte crystals mostly coated by small brown, rhombohedral Calcite crystals. The sample is from a locality that is rarely represented in mineral collections.
Christiane Mine, Adorf, Diemelsee, Waldeck-Frankenberg District, Hesse/Hessen  Germany (±1950)

Specimen size: 9.6 × 9 × 3.7 cm = 3.78” × 3.54” × 1.46”

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

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer
Baryte with Calcite. Baryte with Calcite.
Azurite with Quartz
Azurite with Quartz.

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Azurite with Quartz
 

TFA86AP5: Radial growth of Azurite crystals with well-defined curvatures, brilliant and deep in color, on matrix, with coatings of small Quartz crystals.
The specimen, a German rarity, comes from the collection of Julius Hoppner.
Schmitt dolomite Quarry, Altenmittlau, Freigericht, Main-Kinzig-Kreis District, Spessart, Hesse/Hessen  Germany

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.65” × 1.42” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.55” × 0.43”

Azurite with Dolomite
Azurite with Dolomite  

ST69AC0: Rosette aggregates of equant Azurite crystals in a vug coated by small rhombohedral Dolomite crystals, and on a rocky matrix. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Schmitt dolomite Quarry, Altenmittlau, Freigericht, Main-Kinzig-Kreis District, Spessart, Hesse/Hessen  Germany

Specimen size: 7.9 × 5.8 × 4.8 cm = 3.11” × 2.28” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.1 cm = 0.59” × 0.43”

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Azurite with Dolomite. Azurite with Dolomite.
Azurite with Dolomite
Azurite with Dolomite. Azurite with Dolomite.
Azurite with Dolomite  

SQ27AC0: Aggregate of divergent Azurite crystals, with good color and luster, in a vug coated by small rhombohedral Dolomite crystals and on a rocky matrix. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Schmitt dolomite Quarry, Altenmittlau, Freigericht, Main-Kinzig-Kreis District, Spessart, Hesse/Hessen  Germany

Specimen size: 8.1 × 6.2 × 4.6 cm = 3.19” × 2.44” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.4 cm = 0.47” × 0.16”

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Celestine
 

EX47X3: Druse of crystals, between translucent and transparent, with very well defined faces and edges and a very deep blue color. It is from an old find in the sixties of the last century.
Am Soldatenbusch, Obergembeck, Gembeck, Twistetal, Hesse/Hessen  Germany (±1960-70)

Specimen size: 12.8 × 8.4 × 7.5 cm = 5.04” × 3.31” × 2.95”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1.3 cm = 1.26” × 0.51”

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer
Celestine. Celestine.
Chalcopyrite
Chalcopyrite.
Chalcopyrite  

TC90ME: Group of sharp Chalcopyrite crystals, with well defined crystal forms and a fine polycrystalline striations. The specimen, from a historic German locality, comes from an old collection as attested by the label, which we will also send to the buyer.
Bad Harzburg mining area (Hasselbach), Goslar, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.3 × 3.6 cm = 2.52” × 2.09” × 1.42”

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

Prehnite

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TTX63AO0: Prehnite crystals on matrix with good development of crystal forms, not very common in this species, translucent, and with a very pale yellowish green color. A rarity both for the locality and for its crystal development.
Radau Valley, Bad Harzburg, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 6 × 4.2 × 2 cm = 2.36” × 1.65” × 0.79”

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

Prehnite. Prehnite.
Cerussite with Malachite
Cerussite with Malachite.
Cerussite with Malachite.
Cerussite with Malachite.

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Cerussite with Malachite
 

SV390EFH: Aggregate of elongated crystals of Cerussite, on matrix, and almost entirely coated by deep green Malachite microcrystals.
The specimen comes from the collection of Michel Perraudin and was found in an old German mine that benefited from lead and zinc.
Glücksrad Mine, Oberschulenberg, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 10.8 × 6.7 × 4 cm = 4.25” × 2.64” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.1 cm = 0.28” × 0.04”

Former collection of Michel Perraudin
Tennantite-Tetrahedrite (Series) coated by Chalcopyrite and with Siderite and Calcite

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Tennantite-Tetrahedrite (Series) coated by Chalcopyrite and with Siderite and Calcite
 

TRE16AP7: Very sharp tetrahedral crystals of Tennantite-Tetrahedrite (Series), with very bright luster and a very lively metallic iridescence, probably due to the superficial presence of Chalcopyrite, on matrix, with lenticular crystals of Siderite. The main crystal has a fractured corner.
The back of the specimen bears an old label with part of the locality. Comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 4 × 3.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.57” × 1.26” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.35” × 0.31”

Former collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon
Tennantite-Tetrahedrite (Series) coated by Chalcopyrite and with Siderite and Calcite.
Fluorapophyllite-(K)
Fluorapophyllite-(K). Front
Front
Fluorapophyllite-(K).
Fluorapophyllite-(K). Rear
Rear

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TR91AM8: Groups of Fluorapophyllite-(K) crystals on matrix. They have an acute bipyramidal habit, many of them are doubly terminated, between transparent and translucent, with bright luster and an intense pink color. An old German classic, of great quality and magnificent color.
Samson Mine, St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany (±1930)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.7 × 2.2 cm = 2.80” × 1.85” × 0.87”

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

Pyrargyrite with Calcite
 

NF6Z7: Aggregates, one of them clearly dominant, on a Calcite matrix of very acute Pyrargyrite crystals, translucent, bright and most of them doubly terminated. An “oldie” from a locality considered as especially classic for the species.
St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 5.7 × 3.6 × 1.9 cm = 2.24” × 1.42” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.3 cm = 0.31” × 0.12”

Calcite minor fluorescence short UV
Pyrargyrite with Calcite. Pyrargyrite with Calcite.
Pyrargyrite with Calcite
Pyrargyrite with Calcite. Pyrargyrite with Calcite.
 

MT94Y6: Sharp arborescent growths of Pyrargyrite crystals on Calcite matrix. They have very well defined faces and edges, very good terminations and show a fine iridescent patina. Excellent German classic, very esthetic and unusual.
St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 6.8 × 6 × 2.5 cm = 2.68” × 2.36” × 0.98”

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

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Dyscrasite
 

MT14Z0: Aggregate of well-defined crystals, of high quality, especially enhanced by the photography (you must consider the small size of the sample). From the type locality for the species.
St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 1.5 × 1.1 × 0.6 cm = 0.59” × 0.43” × 0.24”

Type locality
Dyscrasite.
Dyscrasite
Dyscrasite. Front
Front
Dyscrasite. Rear
Rear
 

EM50Y5: Very aerial fan-like growth of very well defined crystals with perfect terminations and on matrix. An excellent German classic, from the type locality for the species.
The sample has been noted and photographed in the monograph ‘St. Andreasberg’ of the Mineralogical Record magazine (May-June 2017, pg. 358)
St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 0.91” × 0.71” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.39” × 0.35”

Type locality
Antimony
Antimony  

TT86AH4: Very aerial growth of very bright and extraordinarily well defined native Antimony crystals. The sample was analyzed by Dr. Frank Keutsch, currently one of the best experts on sulphides and native elements. We’ll send to the buyer a copy of Dr. Keutsch’s label.
St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 1 × 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.39” × 0.35” × 0.28”

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

Antimony. Front
Front
Antimony. Rear
Rear
Calcite
Calcite. Front
Front
Calcite. Rear
Rear
Calcite  

MB68AB0: Aggregates of parallel pale yellow transparent Calcite crystals on matrix. They are sharp prismatic with flat terminations and very acute scalenohedral phantom growths that protrude from the pinacoidal face. This historic sample previously was in the Bally Museum at Geneva (Switzerland) whose label we will send to the buyer.
St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 5.4 × 5 × 3.6 cm = 2.13” × 1.97” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.3 cm = 0.87” × 0.51”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Calcite
Calcite  

SZ27AC3: Aggregate of prismatic crystals formed by a translucent hexagonal prism and pinacoidal termination with a very well defined geometrical zone with a snowy white color. A German classic that previously was in the Bally Museum collection, whose label we’ll send along with the Stoppani label to the buyer.
St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 5.5 × 5 × 3.4 cm = 2.17” × 1.97” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 3 cm = 1.85” × 1.18”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Calcite. Front
Front
Calcite. Rear
Rear
Calcite. Top
Top
Calcite
Calcite. Front
Front
Calcite. Side
Side
Calcite.
Calcite  

SP47AB4: Aggregate, on matrix, of elongated Calcite crystals, between transparent and translucent and with smooth and very well defined pinacoidal terminations that have a white color zoning. Some of the crystals have dark inclusions on their base. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.4 × 4 cm = 2.80” × 1.73” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.9 cm = 0.94” × 0.35”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Calcite
 

SY47AC9: A classic. Divergent growths, on matrix, of prismatic Calcite crystals with pinacoidal terminations, with very sharp edges, bright and transparent. The sample is from the Stoppani collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
The sample has been noted and photographed in the monograph ‘St. Andreasberg’ of the Mineralogical Record magazine (May-June 2017, pg. 348)
St. Andreasberg, St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.2 × 5.4 cm = 3.31” × 2.05” × 2.13”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Calcite. Front
Front
Calcite. Side
Side
Calcite. Rear
Rear
Calcite
Calcite. Calcite.
Calcite  

MA48AB0: Aggregate, on matrix, of Calcite crystals that are between tabular and prismatic and have very well defined concentric zonal growths, between white and gray, perpendicular to the main crystal axis. More esthetic than usual for Calcite samples from this historic locality.
Abendröthe Mine, St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 8.5 × 6.4 × 3.5 cm = 3.35” × 2.52” × 1.38”

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

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Calcite
Calcite  

TC260MG: Group, on matrix, of scalenohedral Calcite crystals, water-clear and brilliant. This specimen, from a historic German locality, comes from an old collection as attested by the labeling, which we will send to the buyer.
St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 12.3 × 7 × 4.2 cm = 4.84” × 2.76” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 5.4 × 2.4 cm = 2.13” × 0.94”

Calcite.
Calcite.
Calcite
Calcite.
Calcite  

SF49AB0: Druze of very Sharp rhombohedral crystals that are translucent, bright, with a pale yellow color and are on matrix. As in so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Winterberg Quarry, Iberg, Bad Grund, Göttingen District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 10 × 8.5 × 7.2 cm = 3.94” × 3.35” × 2.83”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.8 cm = 0.87” × 0.71”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Sphalerite with Galena

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Sphalerite with Galena
 

TFA47AP9: Spherulitic aggregates of Sphalerite, on matrix, very lustrous, and with iridescence and with small Galena crystals.
A morphological curiosity that comes from the collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and that we have analyzed, so we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Harz, Saxony-Anhalt/Sachsen-Anhalt  Germany

Specimen size: 8.6 × 5.4 × 3.7 cm = 3.39” × 2.13” × 1.46”

Former collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon

Analyzed
Sphalerite with Galena. Sphalerite with Galena.
Sphalerite with Galena.
Cassiterite
Cassiterite.

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Cassiterite
 

SV290TRM: Floater crystal of Cassiterite with a very distinct “tin peak” twin, with well defined and lustrous faces and edges, some of them with grooves and truncations at the vertices.
The specimen comes from a historic mining district that covered the border area between Saxony, in Germany, and Bohemia, in the current Czech Republic, exploited for tin and tungsten since the end of the Middle Ages.
Zinnwald/Cinovec, Krusné Hory Mountains, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.8 × 1.4 cm = 0.98” × 0.71” × 0.55”

Ferberite ('wolframite')

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Ferberite ('wolframite')
 

TRM46AP7: Ferberite crystal with an apparently pyramidal habit, with smooth crystal forms and lustrous faces as is typical for specimens from this deposit. A great European classic. The specimen comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and has an old handwritten label attached on the back with the specimen details.
Zinnwald/Cinovec, Krusné Hory Mountains, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3 × 2.7 cm = 1.73” × 1.18” × 1.06”

Former collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon
Ferberite ('wolframite').
Fluorite with Baryte and Chalcopyrite
Fluorite with Baryte and Chalcopyrite. Fluorite with Baryte and Chalcopyrite.

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BXF70AP5: Druse of very sharp Baryte crystals with phantom growths, with good luster and greenish yellow color, with white lamellar crystals of Baryte and small twinned crystals of Chalcopyrite. A German classic that comes from a prestigious European collection.
Bergmännisch Glück Mine, Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Annaberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 9.8 × 8.9 × 6.9 cm = 3.86” × 3.50” × 2.72”

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Calcite with Siderite, Dolomite and Hematite
Calcite with Siderite, Dolomite and Hematite  

SB27AF0: Parallel growths of translucent Calcite crystals tinted by reddish Hematite inclusions with very flattened Siderite crystals that have a pale cream color, and white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals on the back.
The sample is from the Francesco S. Stoppani collection (catalog number 0440), whose label we’ll send to the buyer with another from Mineralien N. Stötzel, of Siegen. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality
Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 13.3 × 10.5 × 4.8 cm = 5.24” × 4.13” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.5 cm = 1.18” × 0.98”

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Calcite with Siderite, Dolomite and Hematite. Calcite with Siderite, Dolomite and Hematite.
Calcite
Calcite. Calcite.
Calcite  

SQ48AG5: A surface covered by crystals with very well defined faces and edges and a scarcely developed prism with extremely flattened rhombohedral terminations. The crystals, translucent and bright, have an unusual gray color.
The sample is from the Francesco S. Stoppani collection (num. 0456), whose label we’ll send to the buyer. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 15.2 × 9 × 5.8 cm = 5.98” × 3.54” × 2.28”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.06” × 0.71”

Minor fluorescence short UV

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Silver with Arsenic
 

TG67AE5: Dendritic aggregates, on matrix, of very fine Silver crystals that are partially coated by dark native Arsenic. An excellent German classic.
Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.9 × 2.1 cm = 1.73” × 1.14” × 0.83”

Silver with Arsenic. Front
Front
Silver with Arsenic. Side
Side
Silver with Arsenic. Silver with Arsenic.
Silver
Silver.
 

TB14J3: Hooked and skeletal growths on matrix. We note that from this locality, and very similar in their aspect, there are samples named as Allargentum (Ag7Sb). We analyzed the specimen and, in this case, it is simply native Silver.
Shaft 371, 1410 level, Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.2 × 1.8 cm = 1.85” × 1.26” × 0.71”

Kermesite with Quartz, Chalcopyrite and Stibnite

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Kermesite with Quartz, Chalcopyrite and Stibnite
 

SV2980NRF: A classic of German mineralogy formed by fans of radiating Kermesite crystals of an intense crimson-red color, with a strong color contrast thanks to being deposited on snow-white Quartz crystals, on a rock matrix. From the type locality (TL) for the species, which is also the type locality for Diaphorite and Miargyrite.
The specimen, which is accompanied by an old handwritten label, comes from the collection of Ignacio Gaspar Sintes, whose label and handwritten file we will send to the buyer of the piece.

Neue Hoffnung Gottes Mine, Bräunsdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 9 × 5.8 × 4.1 cm = 3.54” × 2.28” × 1.61”

Type locality

Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar
Kermesite with Quartz, Chalcopyrite and Stibnite. Kermesite with Quartz, Chalcopyrite and Stibnite.
Kermesite with Quartz, Chalcopyrite and Stibnite. Kermesite with Quartz, Chalcopyrite and Stibnite.
Fluorite with Tetrahedrite
Fluorite with Tetrahedrite.
Fluorite with Tetrahedrite  

MZ14AL4: Very sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent, brilliant and with an intense and uniform yellow color, on matrix and with sharp tetrahedral polycrystalline growths of Tetrahedrite. Typical specimen from one of the great German classical localities.
From the Leif Engman collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Segen Gottes Mine, Gersdorf, Roßwein, Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3.1 × 2 cm = 1.34” × 1.22” × 0.79”

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

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Leif Engman
Bismuth with Calcite

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MMB26AN9: Very aerial aggregate of sharp Bismuth crystals with very well marked parallel and skeletal growths, some of them doubly terminated, on matrix with Calcite. A superb European classic, of great quality and with the added benefit of being in matrix.
Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.4 × 3.4 cm = 2.05” × 1.73” × 1.34”

Bismuth with Calcite. Front
Front
Bismuth with Calcite. Top
Top
Bismuth with Calcite.
Fluorite

Recorded under neon light
Fluorite  

MRB27CD3: A powerful piece with a lot of pedigree. Aggregate of sharp cubic crystals of
Fluorite, with brilliant luster and of considerable size. Bicolored, being yellowish near the base, along with a thin layer of matrix of bluish tones in the front part with notable whitish inclusions.
A super classic that belonged to the collections of the University of Freiberg and, later, to the Paris School of Mines as attested by the accompanying partially damaged historical label.
Halsbrücke, Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 15.5 × 12.4 × 6.5 cm = 6.10” × 4.88” × 2.56”

Main crystal size: 5.5 × 3.2 cm = 2.17” × 1.26”

Former collection of Bergakademie Freiberg

Former collection of École des mines de Paris
Silver with Acanthite and Calcite

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Silver with Acanthite and Calcite
 

TV27AL3: Aggregate of very elongated Silver crystals, with pronounced twists (“wire”), recognizable terminal faces, along with isolated Acanthite crystals, all implanted on a matrix covered with transparent, bright and colorless Calcite crystals. An excellent high quality German classic.
Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany (±1930)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.7 × 2.9 cm = 1.97” × 1.46” × 1.14”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Silver with Acanthite and Calcite. Front
Front
Silver with Acanthite and Calcite. Front
Front
Silver with Acanthite and Calcite. Rear
Rear
Silver with Acanthite and Calcite. Close up
Close up
Silver and Stephanite
Silver and Stephanite.
Silver and Stephanite.
Silver and Stephanite  

EK91D2: In this one I have allowed Jordi to speak:
Very beautiful native silver from Freiberg with two really interesting additions: well-crystallized Stephanite and an old 19th century label, which is written in ink.
A quality classic.
Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5 × 3 cm = 2.68” × 1.97” × 1.18”

Pyrargyrite
Pyrargyrite  

MC38AK7: Free standing group of prismatic crystals, very sharp, with excellent terminals faces, and very brilliant.
This specimen, from a classic German locality, comes from the collection of Thomas P. Moore, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.3 × 1.7 cm = 0.98” × 0.51” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1 cm = 0.55” × 0.39”

Former collection of Thomas P. Moore
Pyrargyrite.
Acanthite
Acanthite. Front
Front
Acanthite. Side
Side
Acanthite. Top
Top
Acanthite  

MT47N6: Very aerial growth of Acanthite crystals pseudomorphic after Argentite. They are cuboctahedral and have bright and very well defined faces and edges.
An excellent miniature from a classic mine and formerly in the thumbnail collection of Thomas P. Moore, whose label we'll send to the buyer.
Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.3 × 1.6 cm = 1.02” × 0.91” × 0.63”

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

Acanthite with Calcite

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TX36AL6: Very distinct Acanthite crystals, with well defined faces and edges, good luster, on a matrix of white Calcite crystals. An European classic.
Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 4 × 2.4 × 2.2 cm = 1.57” × 0.94” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.8 cm = 0.63” × 0.31”

Acanthite with Calcite. Front
Front
Acanthite with Calcite. Rear
Rear
Acanthite with Calcite.
Acanthite with Dolomite
Acanthite with Dolomite. Front
Front
Acanthite with Dolomite.
Acanthite with Dolomite. Top
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Acanthite with Dolomite  

ER47AJ1: Very sharp and very bright Acanthite crystals that are implanted on a matrix coated by rhombohedral Dolomite crystals between yellow and pale brown in color. An excellent German classic that was in the Moutet collection, at Marseille. With the sample we will send to the buyer an old label from the prestigious Deyrolle dealers, Paris.
Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.6 × 2.5 cm = 1.65” × 1.42” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.47” × 0.31”

Acanthite with Calcite
 

MA66AL4: Cubo-octahedral crystals of Acanthite, with sharp faces and edges, well isolated on matrix and with coatings of small Calcite crystals. Typical specimen from one of the great German classical localities.
Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 5 × 3.9 × 3.1 cm = 1.97” × 1.54” × 1.22”

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

Acanthite with Calcite. Acanthite with Calcite.
Stephanite
Stephanite. Stephanite.
 

MC48AJ3: Group of crystals with a tabular shape and a very sharp hexagonal contour. They are very bright and are on matrix. A fine sample, a German classic. The sample has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4 × 2.1 cm = 2.20” × 1.57” × 0.83”

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

Galena
 

TK67T2: Fine “oldie” with a group of cuboctahedral crystals on matrix, some of them with very well marked spinel law twins, that display a good luster considering it is an ancient sample from a classic locality. The piece is from the collection of John Marshall. The collection card is lost, but the pedigree remains testified by the number of small labels on the back side.
Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.85” × 1.46” × 0.94”

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

Galena. Front
Front
Galena. Side
Side
Galena with Baryte and Fluorite
Galena with Baryte and Fluorite. Galena with Baryte and Fluorite.
 

MM62P9: Small crystals of Galena with very well defined faces and edges, forming the twin following the spinel law on a matrix of so called “book” aggregates of white Baryte crystals and with cubic yellow, transparent and bright crystals of Fluorite. An European classic.
Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 7.7 × 5.4 × 4 cm = 3.03” × 2.13” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.28” × 0.20”

Fluorite fluorescent long & short UV
Freibergite with Rhodochrosite and Quartz
 

MQ49AJ4: Tetrahedral Freibergite crystals, very bright and with fine triangular growth forms. They are on matrix with small Quartz crystals and pink colored Rhodochrosite crystals. Both the Freibergite and the Rhodochrosite have been analyzed. We will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.9 × 2 cm = 1.77” × 1.54” × 0.79”

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

Freibergite with Rhodochrosite and Quartz. Freibergite with Rhodochrosite and Quartz.
Boracite on Anhydrite and Halite
Boracite on Anhydrite and Halite. Front
Front
Boracite on Anhydrite and Halite. Side
Side
 

MB56I1: The isolated crystals are very rich with faces, very sharp, translucent and have nice color. There are on a matrix of grayish-white Anhydrite with orange Halite. It is from a recent find of a higher quality than usual for this locality.
Gröna Mine, Bernburg, Stassfurt, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany (2006)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 5.4 × 3.5 cm = 3.23” × 2.13” × 1.38”

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

Anhydrite minor fluorescence long & short UV
Boracite
 

TQ13AM0: Cubic crystals clearly beveled by dodecahedral and octahedral faces. Translucent, with good luster and an intense olive-green color. On matrix, which is not common for this species.
Bernburg, Stassfurt, Saxony-Anhalt/Sachsen-Anhalt  Germany

Specimen size: 3 × 2.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.18” × 0.94” × 0.55”

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

Boracite. Boracite.
Silver
Silver. Silver.

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Silver
 

MFX50AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Very aerial dendritic growth of deformed Silver crystals. This specimen comes from one of the large classic localities for the species, and is accompanied by unusually detailed locality information stating that it was found in the Fischer Morgengang section of the St. Georg. It comes from the old collection of Dr. Bartnik, of Leipzig, whose label we will send to the buyer.
St. Georg Mine, Fleischer Morgengang section, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 3.8 × 4.2 × 1 cm = 1.50” × 1.65” × 0.39”

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

Nickelskutterudite

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Nickelskutterudite
 

EPR91AQ1: Druse of cubic Nickelskutterudite crystals slightly truncated by the octahedron, lustrous, and with fine polycrystalline growths. An excellent German classic from the type locality for the species.
This specimen, from the Moutet collection (Marseille), has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.1 × 1.8 cm = 1.89” × 1.22” × 0.71”

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

Former collection of Moutet (Marseille)

Type locality

With analysis copy
Nickelskutterudite. Nickelskutterudite.
Pucherite
Pucherite. Pucherite.

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TLR26AP7: Very sharp crystals of brown Pucherite, a very rare bismuth vanadate, sharp and lustrous, on matrix, with granular aggregates of Bismuth.
The specimen, from the type locality for the species, comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3 × 2.2 cm = 1.54” × 1.18” × 0.87”

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

Type locality

Former collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon
Pucherite

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Pucherite
 

TPF46AP7: Very sharp crystals of Pucherite, a very rare brown bismuth vanadate, lustrous, on matrix, with granular aggregates of Bismuth.
The specimen, from the type locality for the species, comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and has an old handwritten label attached to the back with the specimen data.
Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.4 × 2.3 cm = 2.01” × 1.34” × 0.91”

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

Type locality

Former collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon
Pucherite. Pucherite.
Pucherite
Pucherite.
Pucherite.
 

MF12L2: A sample for systematic collectors. It is a rare bismuth vanadate occurring as a hydrothermal alteration of other bismuth minerals. Small orthorhombic Pucherite crystals but with very brilliant faces and sharp edges, others rounded. This specimen is from the Schneeberg area, probably from the Wolfgang Maassen Mine, the Type Locality for this species.
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4 × 4.3 cm = 2.13” × 1.57” × 1.69”

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

Bismuthinite

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Bismuthinite
 

TXY16AP7: Granular growths of Bismuthinite, shiny and metallic grey in color, with small yellow metallic inclusions of Chalcopyrite.
The specimen comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and is accompanied by an old handwritten label which we will send to the buyer.
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4 × 2.3 cm = 2.20” × 1.57” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.1 cm = 0.28” × 0.04”

Former collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon
Bismuthinite.
Erythrite
Erythrite. Erythrite.

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TJK66AP7: Centered growths of acicular Erythrite crystals, on matrix, with good luster and an intense and uniform color.
An excellent German classic and a rarity from the type locality for the species, which comes from the former collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 4 × 2.3 × 1.9 cm = 1.57” × 0.91” × 0.75”

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

Type locality

Former collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon
Erythrite with Quartz

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TTH89AP4: Lustrous acicular Erythrite crystals, very centered on the matrix, with an intense and uniform color. An excellent German classic that comes from the collection of General Robert Touchon with his handwritten label on the back of the piece.
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 5 × 3.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.97” × 1.42” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.1 cm = 0.59” × 0.04”

Former collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon
Erythrite with Quartz. Erythrite with Quartz.
Bismuth with Calcite
Bismuth with Calcite. Bismuth with Calcite.

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Bismuth with Calcite
 

TP46AI8: Very aerial growth of extraordinarily well developed Bismuth crystals that are very bright and on matrix with Calcite. A German classic and a miniature of great quality that is from the Frank Keutsch collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3 × 1.5 cm = 1.42” × 1.18” × 0.59”

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

Former collection of Frank Keutsch
Bismuth
 

ET68K3: The vein surface is very densely covered with groups of small crystals that are very sharp. The specimen is a classic from one of the great localities of Germany.
Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany (±2004)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 7.7 × 6 cm = 3.35” × 3.03” × 2.36”

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

Bismuth. Bismuth.
Baryte with Quartz
Baryte with Quartz.
 

TA76G0: A classic. Prismatic crystals, some of them doubly-terminated, are grouped on a Quartz matrix. Color and luster are very good.
Pöhla, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.5 × 2.3 cm = 1.30” × 0.98” × 0.91”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Baryte with Quartz
 

ML88AL4: Elongated Baryte crystals on matrix, highly profiled and with well defined faces and edges and with the transparency, luster and intensity of color that have made these Barytes famous. From a classic German deposit.
Pöhla, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.2 × 3.6 cm = 2.83” × 1.65” × 1.42”

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

Baryte with Quartz. Front
Front
Baryte with Quartz. Side
Side
Baryte with Quartz.
Baryte with Fluorite and Quartz
Baryte with Fluorite and Quartz. Baryte with Fluorite and Quartz.
 

MQ47AL3: Very sharp tabular Baryte crystals rich in crystalline forms, transparent, bright, with a uniform honey-brown color, on matrix, with Quartz and small Fluorite crystals. The deposit is one of the great European classics for the species.
Pöhla, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 7.4 × 6.1 × 3.4 cm = 2.91” × 2.40” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.8 cm = 0.91” × 0.71”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Nickeline
 

TZ66AK3: Aggregate of well defined crystals, some of them extraordinarily sharp, something quite rare for the species. Lustrous and with a little matrix on the back. A rarity from a classic locality.
Pöhla, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.8 × 1.9 cm = 0.91” × 0.71” × 0.75”

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

Nickeline. Front
Front
Nickeline. Rear
Rear
Silver on Arsenic
Silver on Arsenic. Front
Front
Silver on Arsenic. Top
Top
Silver on Arsenic.
 

TG88AF4: Dendritic growths of strongly elongated native Silver twinned crystals that conserve very fresh surfaces contrasting with the black Arsenic matrix.
The sample is from a classic German locality and it is from the Vallecillo collection, from Madrid.
Pöhla-Tellerhäuser Mine, Pöhla, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 5.7 × 3.9 × 4.2 cm = 2.24” × 1.54” × 1.65”

Former collection of José Luis Vallecillo
Galena on Siderite

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TXF27AP5: Galena crystals with very sharp crystal forms and very lustrous, on matrix, with lenticular crystals of Siderite. Neudorf galenas mined between the mid-1800s and early 1900s have become a rarity and reference classics. The specimen comes from the collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Neudorf, Harzgerode mining district, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt/Sachsen-Anhalt  Germany

Specimen size: 4.9 × 2.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.93” × 1.06” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.43” × 0.39”

Former collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon
Galena on Siderite. Galena on Siderite.
Pyromorphite with Baryte
Pyromorphite with Baryte. Front
Front
Pyromorphite with Baryte. Side
Side
Pyromorphite with Baryte. Pyromorphite with Baryte.

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BFL57AO8: Groups of elongated prismatic Pyromorphite crystals, translucent, with good luster and a very vivid and uniform green color, on a matrix of lamellar Baryte crystals.
This German classic, from the type locality for the species, comes from an important European collection.
Zschopau, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.8 × 2.6 cm = 1.73” × 1.10” × 1.02”

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

Type locality
Galena with Siderite and Quartz
 

ML67AK9: Extraordinarily brilliant Galena crystals, with sharp faces and edges, on matrix with Quartz crystals and small, very sharp, rhombohedral Siderite crystals. The specimen is very typical, comes from one of the great classic Galena localities for collections and is accompanied by a handwritten old label.
Neudorf, Harzgerode mining district, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt/Sachsen-Anhalt  Germany

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.6 × 4.4 cm = 2.20” × 1.81” × 1.73”

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

Galena with Siderite and Quartz. Galena with Siderite and Quartz.
Galena with Siderite
Galena with Siderite. Galena with Siderite.
 

TZ27L0: A classic sample from a classic locality. Group of well defined rounded Galena crystals formed by the faces of the cube and the octahedron, with rhombohedral Siderite crystals, on matrix.
Neudorf, Harzgerode mining district, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt/Sachsen-Anhalt  Germany

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.8 × 2.8 cm = 2.56” × 1.89” × 1.10”

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

Siderite with Quartz
Siderite with Quartz  

SR58AC7: Aggregate of very sharp and well defined rhombohedral crystals with echeloned edges. They are very bright, have a clear brown color and are on matrix, with very well defined Quartz crystals. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, in this case a German classic, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Neudorf, Harzgerode mining district, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt/Sachsen-Anhalt  Germany

Specimen size: 11.2 × 8 × 4.8 cm = 4.41” × 3.15” × 1.89”

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

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Siderite with Quartz. Front
Front
Siderite with Quartz. Side
Side
Siderite with Quartz.
Maucherite with Calcite
Maucherite with Calcite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Maucherite with Calcite. Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Maucherite with Calcite. Detail
Detail
Maucherite with Calcite. Detail / Photo: César Menor-Salván
Detail / Photo: César Menor-Salván

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Maucherite with Calcite
 

EJH99AQ1: Radial growths of acicular Maucherite crystals, with bright luster and a metallic grey color, on Calcite matrix.
The specimen, a German classic that is practically impossible to find today, comes from the Moutet collection (Marseille)
Mansfeld-Südharz District, Saxony-Anhalt/Sachsen-Anhalt  Germany

Specimen size: 5.9 × 5.7 × 4.3 cm = 2.32” × 2.24” × 1.69”

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Moutet (Marseille)
Fluorite with Quartz and Chalcopyrite
Fluorite with Quartz and Chalcopyrite  

TB1AL5: Fluorite deformed cuboctahedral crystal, translucent. Brilliant, with a change in color between pale green and pink. On matrix, with Quartz crystals and small, very sharp and bright Chalcopyrite crystals. The specimen, unusual and of high quality, comes from a classic German locality.
It belonged to the collection of H.B. Ruprecht, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Rottleberode, Stolberg, Mansfeld-Südharz District, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt/Sachsen-Anhalt  Germany

Specimen size: 7.7 × 5.9 × 4.2 cm = 3.03” × 2.32” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 5.1 × 4.7 cm = 2.01” × 1.85”

Very fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Quartz and Chalcopyrite. Fluorite with Quartz and Chalcopyrite.
Topaz with Quartz
Topaz with Quartz.
Topaz with Quartz.
Topaz with Quartz  

MA36G8: One of the classic pieces we enjoy offering. Prominent are the two prismatic crystals, well terminated and with a color quite better than usual for the Topaz of the locality, on a matrix of thin acicular crystals of Quartz. With the piece we will send an old label from the Bergakademie of Freiberg.
Schneckenstein cliff, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 5 × 3.1 × 4.6 cm = 1.97” × 1.22” × 1.81”

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

Topaz with Quartz
 

EF16AL3: Crystals of Topaz, one of them clearly dominant, very sharp, rich in forms and very well defined, transparent, bright, with a fairly intense yellow color and on a Quartz matrix. The specimen is from a classic locality for the species.
Schneckenstein cliff, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.3 × 3.1 cm = 2.01” × 1.30” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.47” × 0.31”

Topaz with Quartz. Topaz with Quartz.
Calcite with Feldspar, Quartz and Pyrite
Calcite with Feldspar, Quartz and Pyrite. Calcite with Feldspar, Quartz and Pyrite.
Calcite with Feldspar, Quartz and Pyrite  

SV57AC0: Peculiar and different spheroidal growth, bright and with a very uniform pinkish color. It is on matrix, with Quartz, feldspar and small Pyrite crystals. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Schönbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 9.1 × 7.6 × 5.5 cm = 3.58” × 2.99” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 3.8 cm = 2.05” × 1.50”

Fluorescent short UV

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Crocoite

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BRM54AO8: Crocoite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with very sharp crystal forms, good luster and an intense color, on matrix.
A German mineralogical rarity of high-quality from an important European collection.
Callenberg North open cut (No. 1), Callenberg, Zwickau, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany (1979)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.7 × 4 cm = 2.52” × 1.85” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.2 cm = 0.39” × 0.08”

Crocoite. Crocoite.
Crocoite
Crocoite. Crocoite.

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BFM69AO6: Aggregate of very well defined crystals, with very acute terminations that cover a limonite matrix. Their luster and color are excellent and the locality, a classic for the species, has produced few samples of this quality.
Callenberg North open cut (No. 1), Callenberg, Zwickau, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany (1977)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 4.7 × 5 cm = 3.70” × 1.85” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.3 cm = 0.47” × 0.12”

Former collection Tim Welting
Stibnite with Quartz

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Stibnite with Quartz
 

MFE70AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Very elongated prismatic crystals of Stibnite, some of them with cleavage surfaces, very lustrous, on matrix, with microcrystalline Quartz. The specimen comes from the former Dr. Bartnik collection, of Leipzig, whose label we will also send to the buyer. The difficulty of obtaining specimens from this mining district makes pieces like this quite rare.
Neumühle/Elster, Greiz District, Thuringia/Thüringen  Germany

Specimen size: 10.2 × 9.6 × 3.1 cm = 4.02” × 3.78” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 3 × 0.2 cm = 1.18” × 0.08”

Stibnite with Quartz. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Stibnite with Quartz. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Stibnite with Quartz.
Manganite
Manganite. Front
Front
Manganite. Top
Top
 

TM27H9: A classic. Group of divergent prismatic crystals, very bright and with excellent terminations.
Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Nordhausen District, Thuringia/Thüringen  Germany

Specimen size: 3.6 × 1.8 × 1.8 cm = 1.42” × 0.71” × 0.71”

Type locality
Manganite

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EG67AL0: Group of crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with sharp faces and edges and fine parallel growths. An excellent German classic of great quality with an outstanding main crystal.
Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Nordhausen District, Thuringia/Thüringen  Germany

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.1 × 3.4 cm = 2.24” × 1.61” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.6 cm = 1.02” × 0.63”

Type locality
Manganite. Manganite.
Manganite.
Manganite
Manganite. Front
Front
Manganite. Top
Top
 

AT92N2: Group of very bright, well defined crystals with bright perfect terminations. The sample is a good representative of one of the great classics of European mineralogy.
Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Nordhausen District, Thuringia/Thüringen  Germany

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm = 2.48” × 1.77” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.9 cm = 0.67” × 0.35”

Type locality

Former collection of Josep Amigó (Silvane)
Hydroboracite
 

MB97AA7: Very Sharp colorless, very bright and completely clear Hydroboracite crystal, with a perfect definition of its terminal faces and with a very good length for the species.
Kohnstein Quarry, Niedersachswerfen, Nordhausen District, Thuringia/Thüringen  Germany (12/2012)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 1.4 × 0.5 cm = 1.26” × 0.55” × 0.20”

Hydroboracite. Front
Front
Hydroboracite. Rear
Rear
Hydroboracite with Anhydrite
Hydroboracite with Anhydrite. Hydroboracite with Anhydrite.
 

MA27W8: A novelty at Munich 2012. Group of elongated crystals of Hydroboracite on matrix. They are very sharp, completely clear and showing an exceptional luster. No more words are necessary, maybe one of the best samples found for this species.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2012 Munich Show in the magazine "Lapis" number 12/2012, page 41, and the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’, number 1/2013, page 24
Kohnstein Quarry, Niedersachswerfen, Nordhausen District, Thuringia/Thüringen  Germany (2011)

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

Main crystal size: 3 × 0.7 cm = 1.18” × 0.28”

Hydroboracite with Anhydrite
 

MD53W9: A novelty at Munich 2012. Irregular aggregate of sharp elongated crystals on matrix. They are colorless, completely clear and have an extraordinary luster. Undoubtedly a sample of the best quality for the species.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2012 Munich Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 108, page 45, and the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 52 in number 2013/1
Kohnstein Quarry, Niedersachswerfen, Nordhausen District, Thuringia/Thüringen  Germany (2012)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 6.7 × 2.4 cm = 3.74” × 2.64” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.4 cm = 0.71” × 0.16”

Hydroboracite with Anhydrite. Hydroboracite with Anhydrite.
Hydroboracite with Gypsum and Anhydrite
Hydroboracite with Gypsum and Anhydrite. Hydroboracite with Gypsum and Anhydrite.
 

MR91AE5: Aggregate of strongly elongated Hydroboracite crystals that are very sharp, colorless, completely clear and have an exceptional luster. They are on matrix, with transparent Gypsum crystals. Of the best quality for the species.
Kohnstein Quarry, Niedersachswerfen, Nordhausen District, Thuringia/Thüringen  Germany (2009)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 9.7 × 6.9 cm = 4.53” × 3.82” × 2.72”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.12”

Strontioginorite
 

MB56AA6: Fairly new at Munich in 2014: one of the rare borates found in the occasionally prolific Kohnstein quarry. The crystals are extraordinarily sharp, lustrous, colorless, completely transparent and very large for the species, and they are on matrix. Though reluctant to make value judgments, we have to say that this specimen is probably among the best for the species from any locality.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2014 Munich Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ Nov/Dec 2014, number 120, page 45
Kohnstein Quarry, Niedersachswerfen, Nordhausen District, Thuringia/Thüringen  Germany (01/2013)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.2 × 4.1 cm = 1.97” × 1.65” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.59” × 0.08”

Strontioginorite. Strontioginorite.
Galena
Galena.
 

EE56T5: Aggregate, on a metallic matrix, of cuboctahedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges in which the forms of the cube and the octahedron have an equal size. It is from a find by Frank de Wit in 2007 from which we offer all of the available samples. The piece is with a label signed by Frank that we'll send to the buyer.
Meyer Quarry, Hastenrath, Eschweiler, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen  Germany (07/04/2007)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.6 × 2.3 cm = 2.09” × 1.81” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.43” × 0.39”

Galena
 

EB46T5: Aggregate, on a metallic matrix, of cuboctahedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges in which the forms of the cube and the octahedron have an equal size. It is from a find by Frank de Wit in 2007 from which we offer all of the available samples. The piece is with a label signed by Frank that we'll send to the buyer.
Meyer Quarry, Hastenrath, Eschweiler, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen  Germany (07/04/2007)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.8 × 2 cm = 2.40” × 1.89” × 0.79”

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

Galena.
Galena
Galena. Galena.
 

EH96T5: Aggregate, on a metallic matrix, of cuboctahedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges in which the forms of the cube and the octahedron have an equal size. It is from a find by Frank de Wit in 2007 from which we offer all of the available samples. The piece is with a label signed by Frank that we'll send to the buyer.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What’s New in the Mineral World?’ section, report #30, November 25, 2011 edition.
Meyer Quarry, Hastenrath, Eschweiler, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen  Germany (07/04/2007)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 6.5 × 3.2 cm = 3.74” × 2.56” × 1.26”

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

Galena with Pyrite
 

EG87T5: Aggregate, on a metallic matrix, of cuboctahedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges in which the forms of the cube and the octahedron have a very equal size A thin film of Pyrite coats some of the crystals of Galena. It is from a find by Frank de Wit in 2007 from which we offer all the available samples. The piece is with a label signed by Frank that we'll send to the buyer.
Meyer Quarry, Hastenrath, Eschweiler, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen  Germany (07/04/2007)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 8.5 × 2.9 cm = 4.61” × 3.35” × 1.14”

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

Galena with Pyrite. Galena with Pyrite.
Baryte with Chalcopyrite
Baryte with Chalcopyrite. Baryte with Chalcopyrite.
 

VF66Z4: Parallel aggregates of laminar Baryte crystals showing a color between white and salmon pink. They have scattered small Chalcopyrite crystals. A fine German classic.
Dreislar Mine, Dreislar, Winterberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen  Germany (±1967)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 5.4 × 1.2 cm = 3.11” × 2.13” × 0.47”

Former collection of A. Mayor

Minor fluorescence short UV
Strontianite with Dolomite and Calcite
Strontianite with Dolomite and Calcite  

HM220TA: Parallel growths of Strontianite crystals, many of them doubly terminated, translucent, with bright luster, and slightly yellow color. On a matrix covered by rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with small twinned Chalcopyrite crystals.
Dreislar Mine, Dreislar, Winterberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen  Germany

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.4 × 3.5 cm = 2.87” × 2.13” × 1.38”

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

Strontianite with Dolomite and Calcite.
Strontianite with Dolomite and Calcite.
Baryte with Hematite inclusions
Baryte with Hematite inclusions.
 

NM12R9: Group of translucent white tabular crystals. They have a neat geometrical zoning all along the edges due to the concentration of reddish inclusions of Hematite.
Calcite Quarry, Holzen, Arnsberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen  Germany (17/08/2006)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.4 × 3.2 cm = 2.83” × 2.13” × 1.26”

Pyromorphite
 

EM62M5: The sample is from a locality very rarely represented in collections. The crystals have good color, are on Quartz matrix, are very well defined, and most of them are doubly terminated.
Ramsbeck, Bestwig, Distrito Hochsauerland, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen  Germany (1998)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3.2 × 3.2 cm = 1.42” × 1.26” × 1.26”

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

Minor fluorescence short UV
Pyromorphite.
Chalcopyrite with Pyrite (variety bravoite)
Chalcopyrite with Pyrite (variety bravoite). Front
Front
Chalcopyrite with Pyrite (variety bravoite). Side
Side
Chalcopyrite with Pyrite (variety bravoite).

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BLH66AP4: Groups of very shiny Chalcopyrite crystals with sharp crystal forms, interspersed with greyish Pyrite crystals (the bravoite variety, rich in nickel), on a Baryte matrix. The specimen is a German classic, of the best quality known from the locality, and it comes from an important European collection.
Maubacher Bleiberg, Untermaubach, Düren, Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen  Germany

Specimen size: 15.5 × 11.7 × 7.3 cm = 6.10” × 4.61” × 2.87”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2.1 cm = 0.87” × 0.83”

Siderite with inclusions
Siderite with inclusions  

SB67AB8: Echeloned growths of rhombohedral Siderite crystals with a clear cream color and darker areas due to inclusions. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Müsen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen  Germany

Specimen size: 11 × 7.5 × 4.1 cm = 4.33” × 2.95” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 4 × 2.5 cm = 1.57” × 0.98”

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Siderite with inclusions. Siderite with inclusions.
Chalcopyrite on Siderite
Chalcopyrite on Siderite. Front
Front
Chalcopyrite on Siderite. Detail
Detail
Chalcopyrite on Siderite. Rear
Rear
Chalcopyrite on Siderite. Detail
Detail

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TMA96AP5: Trapezohedral Chalcopyrite crystals, very sharp, with metallic iridescence dominated by blue, on a matrix of Siderite.
The specimen, a German classic, comes from the Robert-Auguste Touchon collection.
Friedrich-Wilhelm Mine, Biersdorf, Daaden, Daaden-Herdorf, Altenkirchen District, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4 × 3.8 cm = 2.40” × 1.57” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.6 cm = 0.47” × 0.24”

Former collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon
Chalcopyrite with Quartz

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TBC57AP5: Group of trapezohedral Chalcopyrite crystals, very sharp, lustrous and with intense metallic iridescence with dominant green and blue tones, with small coatings of Quartz.
The specimen, a German classic, comes from the Robert-Auguste Touchon collection.
Friedrich-Wilhelm Mine, Biersdorf, Daaden, Daaden-Herdorf, Altenkirchen District, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.4 × 3.2 cm = 2.40” × 1.73” × 1.26”

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

Former collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon
Chalcopyrite with Quartz. Front
Front
Chalcopyrite with Quartz. Side
Side
Chalcopyrite with Quartz. Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Chalcopyrite with Quartz
Chalcopyrite with Quartz. Front
Front
Chalcopyrite with Quartz. Side
Side
Chalcopyrite with Quartz.

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BFM27AP1: Group of complex Chalcopyrite crystals, with very sharp crystal forms, with a bright luster and microcrystalline Quartz coating that has left geometric cavities that correspond to missing crystals.
Of high quality, the specimen comes from an important European collection.
Friedrich-Wilhelm Mine, Biersdorf, Daaden, Daaden-Herdorf, Altenkirchen District, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 7.8 × 4.3 × 3.4 cm = 3.07” × 1.69” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 0.9 cm = 0.75” × 0.35”

Chalcopyrite with Quartz

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Chalcopyrite with Quartz
 

ETB51AP3: Groups of disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals with bright luster and a vivid iridescence, in matrix, with microcrystals of Quartz. The specimen, from one of the great classic German localities, comes from the old collection of Legat Strauss, from Berlin, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Friedrich-Wilhelm Mine, Biersdorf, Daaden, Daaden-Herdorf, Altenkirchen District, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 9.6 × 7.1 × 5.8 cm = 3.78” × 2.80” × 2.28”

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

Chalcopyrite with Quartz. Chalcopyrite with Quartz.
Mimetite coating Galena and on Baryte
Mimetite coating Galena and on Baryte.
 

NB14AD2: Millimetric Mimetite crystals, well defined, translucent, of a greenish yellow color and formed by an elongated prism and an acute dipyramid. The Mimetite completely covers the cubic Galena crystals that are implanted on a matrix of white lenticular Baryte crystals.
The Mimetite was already a known species in the mine, but not with this presentation, so well defined, and completely covering the Galena. The Mimetite has been analyzed.

The Atrevida Mine is a vein-type exploitation hosted in Paleozoic materials of the southern sector of the Catalan Coastal Range. The mineralization is associated with low- to medium-temperature hydrothermal processes, with the presence of copper, lead and zinc sulfides, and the development of secondary species in the oxidation zone, with Mimetite standing out among them.
Atrevida Mine, 'Amagada' pocket, Sur gallery, level 0, Vimbodí i Poblet, Comarca Conca de Barberà, Tarragona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (15-16/07/2015)

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

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

Pyromorphite
 

MA89AJ3: Pyromorphite crystals whose morphology is different from the well-known morphology in other mines in this classic district. Short-prismatic crystals with slight curvatures on faces and edges and a lot of them doubly terminated. The crystals, on matrix, are bright and have a greenish-brown color.
Mercur Mine Group (Mercur Mine), Bad Ems, Bad Ems District, Lahn Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 5 × 3.8 × 4 cm = 1.97” × 1.50” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.5 cm = 0.31” × 0.20”

Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.
Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite.
Pyromorphite.
 

TA50G1: A classic specimen of excellent quality. Crystals are short prisms of simple forms, very well defined, with the typical brown color of this locality.
The sample was in the collection of Don E. Boydston, number 154, and it also has a label proceeding from U. S. National Museum collections with the number 105219. With the specimen we will send to the buyer both the card of the collection and the mentioned label.
Bad Ems, Bad Ems District, Lahn Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 6.2 × 3.8 × 3.7 cm = 2.44” × 1.50” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.28” × 0.20”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Pyromorphite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Pyromorphite
 

TTA98AP9: Pyromorphite crystals with a short prismatic habit, many of them doubly terminated, translucent, very light brown in color and on matrix.
A good German classic that is accompanied by an old label from the famous crystallographer Carl Hinze, which we will send to the buyer.
Bad Ems, Bad Ems District, Lahn Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.1 × 2.4 cm = 2.44” × 1.61” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.28” × 0.20”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Carl Hintze
Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.
Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.

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EMP89AQ1: Parallel growths of prismatic crystals with curved terminations with a greasy luster and brown color, typical of the Pyromorphite crystals from this classic German locality, although the piece as a whole has a different aspect from the usual Bad Ems pieces, with that group of 'cascaded' crystals.
Bad Ems, Bad Ems District, Lahn Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 8.9 × 5 × 4 cm = 3.50” × 1.97” × 1.57”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Pyromorphite with Quartz
 

MC37Y3: Botryoidal growth with an uncommon shape for Bad Ems samples. The aggregate has a pleasing color, between cream and slightly brown, and it is on matrix, with small microcrystals of Quartz.
Rosenberg Mine, Braubach, Bad Ems District, Lahn Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.7 × 1.7 cm = 2.20” × 1.85” × 0.67”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Pyromorphite with Quartz. Front
Front
Pyromorphite with Quartz. Rear
Rear
Pyromorphite with Quartz
Pyromorphite with Quartz. Front
Front
Pyromorphite with Quartz. Side
Side
Pyromorphite with Quartz.

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Pyromorphite with Quartz
 

BMP90AP6: Pyromorphite crystals, many of them totally or partially doubly terminated, translucent, with good luster and the typical orange-brown color of this classic locality, on a matrix of Quartz.
A fine old representative of the species that comes from the collection of Uwe Nielsen.
Rosenberg Mine, Braubach, Bad Ems District, Lahn Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.1 × 3.5 cm = 2.24” × 1.61” × 1.38”

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

Fluorescent long UV & minor fluorescence short UV

Former collection of Uwe Nielsen
Pyromorphite
 

TX66AB3: Aggregates of stalked crystals with slightly curved edges and with very good pinacoidal terminations. They are bright and have a clear brown color, very typical for the locality, a great European classic for the species.
Rosenberg Mine, Braubach, Bad Ems District, Lahn Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 7.5 × 4 × 2.8 cm = 2.95” × 1.57” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.9 cm = 0.67” × 0.35”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Pyromorphite. Front
Front
Pyromorphite. Side
Side
Pyromorphite.
Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite. Front
Front
Pyromorphite. Rear
Rear
Pyromorphite. Side
Side

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Pyromorphite
 

NA88AM5: Parallel growths of doubly terminated elongated crystals of Pyromorphite, with good luster and a dark brown color. This floater specimen is a German classic and comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection (number PIF-32), whose collection card we will send to the buyer.
Friedrichssegen Mine, Frücht, Bad Ems District, Lahn Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 4.7 × 1.5 × 1.7 cm = 1.85” × 0.59” × 0.67”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar
Rhodochrosite
Rhodochrosite  

SC50AB4: Botryoidal aggregate, on matrix, of lenticular Rhodochrosite crystals that are translucent and have a very deep and uniform color. The sample is from a German locality considered as a classic for the species. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Rothenberg Mine, Oberneisen, Niederneisen, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.8 × 3.9 cm = 2.09” × 1.50” × 1.54”

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Rhodochrosite. Rhodochrosite.
Rhodochrosite
Rhodochrosite. Rhodochrosite.
Rhodochrosite  

SA42AC0: Botryoidal growth, on matrix, with a very deep red color. A great German classic of which, for many years, we have not seen samples.
Rothenberg Mine, Oberneisen, Niederneisen, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 9 × 6.5 × 5.8 cm = 3.54” × 2.56” × 2.28”

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Calomel

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Calomel
 

SV290TRB: Disseminations of massive Calomel -a rare mercury chloride- with adamantine luster, on matrix, coinciding with the cavities and areas that present a greater degree of oxidation in the specimen, whose locality of origin is the type locality for Moschellandsbergite.
Comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon, has been analyzed and we will send those analysis results to the buyer.
Landsberg (Moschellandsberg), Alsenz-Obermoschel, Palatinate/Pfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.5 × 2.6 cm = 1.50” × 0.98” × 1.02”

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

Former collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon

Analyzed
Calomel.
Bournonite
Bournonite.
Bournonite  

MY96AJ1: Parallel group of very sharp, twinned Bournonite crystals with very well defined and bright faces and edges. An excellent miniature, a German classic from the Thomas P. Moore collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Georg Mine, Horhausen, Flammersfeld, Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 3 × 2 × 1.9 cm = 1.18” × 0.79” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.4 cm = 0.87” × 0.55”

Former collection of Thomas P. Moore
Bournonite on Siderite
Bournonite on Siderite  

MA87AJ8: Group of twinned Bournonite crystals, very typical for the locality and a great classic for the species. The crystals, one of them clearly dominant, are very well defined, extraordinarily bright and are on matrix. An excellent German classic that is with an old paperboard collectible box with a transparent cover and handwritten notes that we also will send to the buyer.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 62 of the 2019/01 edition.

Horhausen, Flammersfeld, Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3.2 × 1.5 cm = 1.42” × 1.26” × 0.59”

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

Bournonite on Siderite. Bournonite on Siderite.
Bournonite with Tetrahedrite (Subgroup) and Siderite
Bournonite with Tetrahedrite (Subgroup) and Siderite. Bournonite with Tetrahedrite (Subgroup) and Siderite.

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Bournonite with Tetrahedrite (Subgroup) and Siderite
 

SV3220EFA: A classic among the classics, these bournonites associated with 'Tetrahedrite' have good quality and above all, very good state of conservation, which is not very common in specimens from this locality.
The contrast with the brown Siderite helps to visualize the definition of the crystals even better, both for the Bournonite as well as the 'Tetrahedrite'.
Horhausen, Flammersfeld, Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 5.1 × 2.8 × 2.4 cm = 2.01” × 1.10” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”

Former collection of Valentin Sicher
Chalcopyrite with Siderite and Quartz
Chalcopyrite with Siderite and Quartz  

EB87AG0: Very sharp Chalcopyrite crystals with well defined faces and edges, very bright and on Quartz crystals with small lenticular Siderite crystals. The sample is from a classic European locality.
Georg Mine, Willroth, Flammersfeld, Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 9.6 × 7.9 × 1.9 cm = 3.78” × 3.11” × 0.75”

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

Chalcopyrite with Siderite and Quartz. Chalcopyrite with Siderite and Quartz.
Galena with Siderite
Galena with Siderite. Galena with Siderite.

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BAF88AO8: Cubo-octahedral Galena crystals with very well defined faces and edges, lustrous and on matrix, covered by small lenticular Siderite crystals.
A German classic that comes from an important European collection.
Georg Mine, Horhausen, Flammersfeld, Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 8.8 × 6.4 × 3.6 cm = 3.46” × 2.52” × 1.42”

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

Tetrahedrite (Subgroup) with Bournonite and Siderite

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Tetrahedrite (Subgroup) with Bournonite and Siderite
 

SV3260EFC: A classic among the classics, a large 'Tetrahedrite' crystal rises very straight above the Siderite, although, unfortunately, it is broken at the top.
The piece as a whole continues to display well because the rest of the crystals are healthy and the break is hidden towards the back, but it has that defect, which the price takes into account.
Horhausen, Flammersfeld, Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 6 × 3.5 × 2.8 cm = 2.36” × 1.38” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.55” × 0.43”

Former collection of Valentin Sicher
Tetrahedrite (Subgroup) with Bournonite and Siderite.
Siderite with Pyrite
Siderite with Pyrite. Siderite with Pyrite.
Siderite with Pyrite  

SA88AC3: Aggregate of rhombohedral Siderite crystals with slightly curved faces and very bright and “paved” surfaces partially coated by small Pyrite crystals. It is an excellent German classic for the species and the locality. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Georg Mine, Willroth, Flammersfeld, Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 14 × 7.8 × 3.7 cm = 5.51” × 3.07” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.5 cm = 0.83” × 0.59”

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Pyrite with Calcite

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BLF37AP2: Group of Pyrite crystals with very well defined polycrystalline growths, lustrous, in a Calcite matrix. The specimen, a German classic, comes from an important European collection.
Eupel Mine, Niederhövels, Wissen, Flammersfeld, Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 12.8 × 8.8 × 6.2 cm = 5.04” × 3.46” × 2.44”

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

Pyrite with Calcite. Pyrite with Calcite.
Dolomite with Chalcopyrite and Quartz
Dolomite with Chalcopyrite and Quartz. Dolomite with Chalcopyrite and Quartz.
Dolomite with Chalcopyrite and Quartz  

SC7AD6: Very sharp white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals implanted on a matrix of Quartz crystals with small twinned Chalcopyrite crystals on both the Quartz and the Dolomite. An excellent German classic.
Eupel Mine, Niederhövels, Wissen, Flammersfeld, Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 16.8 × 10.5 × 6.5 cm = 6.61” × 4.13” × 2.56”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.43” × 0.39”

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Dolomite on Quartz and Chalcopyrite
Dolomite on Quartz and Chalcopyrite  

SD99AC3: Slightly deformed rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with a pale-brown to pinkish color, with small twinned Chalcopyrite crystals on their surfaces and on a base of Quartz crystals with a very poorly developed prism. It is an excellent German classic for the species and the locality. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Eupel Mine, Niederhövels, Wissen, Flammersfeld, Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 17.8 × 10.2 × 4.4 cm = 7.01” × 4.02” × 1.73”

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

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Dolomite on Quartz and Chalcopyrite. Dolomite on Quartz and Chalcopyrite.
Chalcopyrite with Siderite and Dolomite
Chalcopyrite with Siderite and Dolomite. Front
Front
Chalcopyrite with Siderite and Dolomite. Side
Side
 

TV11AN2: Twinned Chalcopyrite crystals, shiny, with very sharp crystal forms, with strong curvatures on faces and edges, on matrix. With tabular crystals of Siderite of light cream color and white crystals of Dolomite.
Vereinigung Mine, Katzwinkel, Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.3 × 2.3 cm = 1.26” × 0.91” × 0.91”

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

Former collection of Guenter Grundmann
Galena with Chalcopyrite, Siderite and Dolomite
Galena with Chalcopyrite, Siderite and Dolomite  

TT96AN2: Very aerial cubo-octahedral Galena crystal, with a very flattened tabular habit and a distinct spinel-law twin. On matrix, with shiny Chalcopyrite crystals with sharp crystal forms, with strong curvatures on faces and edges, and tabular Siderite crystals with a light cream color and white Dolomite crystals.
The specimen was previously in Guenter Grundmann's collection and has been photographed and published as a reference for Siegerland in the magazine ‘Lapis‘ number 7-8/1991, page 30
Vereinigung Mine, Katzwinkel, Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3.2 × 2.7 cm = 1.30” × 1.26” × 1.06”

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

Former collection of Guenter Grundmann
Galena with Chalcopyrite, Siderite and Dolomite. Front
Front
Galena with Chalcopyrite, Siderite and Dolomite. Rear
Rear
Galena with Chalcopyrite, Siderite and Dolomite. Side
Side

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