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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


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Arsenopyrite with Calcite, Pyrite, Sphalerite and Rhodochrosite
Arsenopyrite with Calcite, Pyrite, Sphalerite and Rhodochrosite. Arsenopyrite with Calcite, Pyrite, Sphalerite and Rhodochrosite.

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TFX76AO7: Very sharp Arsenopyrite crystals with simple shapes, a short prismatic habit, almost equant and very lustrous. On matrix and with twinned Sphalerite crystals, white translucent lenticular Calcite crystals, Pyrite, and Rhodochrosite.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 6 × 3.2 cm = 4.02” × 2.36” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.3 cm = 1.06” × 0.91”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Ferat Voca
Arsenopyrite with Rhodochrosite, Quartz and Pyrite after Pyrrhotite

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TTP99AP3: Stalactitic druse of prismatic Arsenopyrite crystals, very sharp and shiny, with aggregates of rhombohedral crystals of Rhodochrosite, small white crystals of Quartz and lamellar hexagonal groups of Pyrite crystals pseudomorphing Pyrrhotite. The specimen comes from Ferat Voca, a former worker in this classic mine.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 15.8 × 6.2 × 5.9 cm = 6.22” × 2.44” × 2.32”

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

Former collection of Ferat Voca
Arsenopyrite with Rhodochrosite, Quartz and Pyrite after Pyrrhotite. Arsenopyrite with Rhodochrosite, Quartz and Pyrite after Pyrrhotite.
Arsenopyrite with Rhodochrosite, Quartz and Pyrite after Pyrrhotite.
Ludlamite with Vivianite

 

RAY38XXX: Well-developed Vivianite crystal, with prismatic habit and defined faces, of intense dark green color, accompanied by Ludlamite crystals of lighter and brighter green color, well arranged on the Vivianite. Worth noting that Ludlamite is a very uncommon species in Trepča, and even more so in specimens with this degree of perfection, so its presence notably enhances the overall piece.
The specimen is set on a ferruginous matrix, typical of the locality, in cavities where the crystals have been able to develop with a good degree of freedom, which favors the definition of the crystal forms.

The Trepča Complex is one of the largest metalliferous districts in the Balkans. Mineralization corresponds to a hydrothermal polymetallic deposit, developed mainly within Mesozoic carbonates and host rocks affected by intense fracturing. Hydrothermal processes and subsequent late supergene alteration have favored the formation of abundant sulfides, as well as secondary iron phosphates, well crystallized in cavities and along fluid circulation pathways.
Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.1 × 1.6 cm = 1.89” × 1.22” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 3.0 × 2.4 cm = 1.18” × 0.94”

Pyrite with Quartz

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TEA36AO4: Group of very sharp and extraordinarily brilliant Pyrite crystals, with groups of water-clear Quartz crystals and small Galena crystals.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 3.9 × 3.2 cm = 2.48” × 1.54” × 1.26”

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

Former collection of Ferat Voca
Pyrite with Quartz. Pyrite with Quartz.
Pyrite with Arsenopyrite, Boulangerite inclusions and Quartz
Pyrite with Arsenopyrite, Boulangerite inclusions and Quartz. Pyrite with Arsenopyrite, Boulangerite inclusions and Quartz.

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TPB56AO4: Nest of very shiny Pyrite crystals, outlined by globular Calcite growths with Boulangerite inclusions, on matrix. With Quartz, and very sharp crystals of Arsenopyrite.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.9 × 3.2 cm = 2.68” × 2.32” × 1.26”

Former collection of Ferat Voca
Pyrite with Calcite

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TXA86AO5: Group of very sharp and extraordinarily shiny Pyrite crystals, with coatings of lenticular rhombohedral Calcite crystals, translucent, lustrous, and white in color with geometric zoning on the edges.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2011)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 5.4 × 4.3 cm = 2.99” × 2.13” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.7 cm = 1.02” × 0.67”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Ferat Voca
Pyrite with Calcite. Pyrite with Calcite.
Pyrite with Calcite
Pyrite with Calcite. Pyrite with Calcite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TTV86AP3: "Nest" of very sharp and extraordinarily lustrous Pyrite crystals with a parallelepiped shape, on matrix, with flattened rhombohedral Calcite crystals. The specimen came from Ferat Voca, a former worker in this classic mine.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.1 × 3.8 cm = 2.83” × 2.01” × 1.50”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Ferat Voca
Pyrite with Calcite

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TLR96AP3: Very aerial group of sharp Pyrite crystals, very lustrous and on matrix, with aggregates of white microcrystals of Calcite. The specimen comes from Ferat Voca, a former worker in this classic mine.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.3 × 4.5 cm = 3.03” × 2.48” × 1.77”

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Ferat Voca
Pyrite with Calcite. Pyrite with Calcite.
Pyrite and Sphalerite with Calcite
Pyrite and Sphalerite with Calcite. Pyrite and Sphalerite with Calcite.
Pyrite and Sphalerite with Calcite.

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TLR47AO4: Nest of Pyrite crystals with the dominant forms of the pentadodecahedron, very shiny, with twinned Sphalerite crystals and bordered by white translucent lenticular Calcite crystals.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 7.8 × 4.3 cm = 3.23” × 3.07” × 1.69”

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

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Ferat Voca
Pyrite with Quartz and Calcite

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Pyrite with Quartz and Calcite
 

SV110TTV: Group of very sharp and shiny Pyrite crystals showing cube and pentadodecahedron faces, some with marked striations, together with groups of water-clear Quartz crystals arranged in divergent habit. The Trepča mining complex is one of the largest polymetallic deposits in the world, and for many years it provided, and still provides, exceptional pieces of sulphides, as shown by this specimen that comes from the Ferat Voca collection.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 7.2 × 5.4 cm = 3.31” × 2.83” × 2.13”

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

Former collection of Ferat Voca
Pyrite with Quartz and Calcite.
Pyrite with Quartz and Calcite.
Pyrite with Calcite, Sphalerite and Quartz
Pyrite with Calcite, Sphalerite and Quartz. Pyrite with Calcite, Sphalerite and Quartz.

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Pyrite with Calcite, Sphalerite and Quartz
 

SV2160TTX: Group of cubic crystals of Pyrite, very shiny, with deep golden reflections, with marked striations on the faces and intergrown in a matrix formed by a crystalline mass of Sphalerite that forms crystals at the ends of the specimen. Adorned with flattened lenticular crystals of Calcite and water-clear crystals of Quartz at the base, providing a beautiful color contrast.
The Trepča mining complex is one of the largest polymetallic deposits in the world and for many years has provided collectors with exceptional pieces of Sphalerite, as well as various combinations of sulfides and carbonates as shown in this specimen, from the ex-Ferat Voca collection.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 9 × 7.4 × 3.4 cm = 3.54” × 2.91” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.63”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Ferat Voca
Pyrite with Calcite

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TPB96AP3: Very flattened groups of deformed Pyrite crystals, as curious and unusual as they are attractive, on matrix, with white botryoidal coatings of Calcite. The specimen came from Ferat Voca, a former worker in this classic mine.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 8.8 × 6.3 cm = 3.82” × 3.46” × 2.48”

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Ferat Voca
Pyrite with Calcite. Pyrite with Calcite.
Pyrite with Calcite
Pyrite with Calcite.
Pyrite with Calcite  

TC80MB: Aggregate of brilliant Pyrite microcrystals, with iridescent surfaces, partially covered by very flattened and sharp rhombohedral Calcite crystals with a lenticular habit and a white color.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2005)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 9 × 2 cm = 3.86” × 3.54” × 0.79”

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

Pyrite with Sphalerite and Calcite

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Pyrite with Sphalerite and Calcite
 

SV2170TMB: Group of very shiny cubic Pyrite crystals with deep golden reflections, with striations on the faces and intergrown in a matrix formed by a crystalline mass of Sphalerite that shows well-developed and twinned crystals, very lustrous, on the front face of the specimen. It is adorned by flattened lenticular crystals of Calcite, mainly as ridges at the top of the piece.
The Trepča mining complex is one of the largest polymetallic deposits in the world and for many years has yielded exceptional pieces of Sphalerite, as well as varied combinations of sulfides and carbonates as shown in this specimen, from the ex-Ferat Voca collection.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 10.4 × 7.1 × 4.3 cm = 4.09” × 2.80” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.55” × 0.47”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Ferat Voca
Pyrite with Sphalerite and Calcite. Pyrite with Sphalerite and Calcite.
Pyrite with Quartz and Calcite
Pyrite with Quartz and Calcite. Pyrite with Quartz and Calcite.

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TGG46AO5: Group of very sharp Pyrite crystals, shiny and with a very uniform iridescence of bronze tones, lustrous, on matrix, associated with Quartz crystals and small lenticular rhombohedral Calcite crystals.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 6 × 3.5 cm = 4.21” × 2.36” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.7 cm = 0.43” × 0.28”

Former collection of Ferat Voca
Pyrite with Calcite
Pyrite with Calcite  

TC180MT: Druse of rhombohedral Calcite crystals totally covered by microcrystalline Pyrite and with a second generation of white rhombohedral Calcite crystals on Pyrite.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2005)

Specimen size: 10.8 × 9.1 × 3.6 cm = 4.25” × 3.58” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 0.55” × 0.51”

Pyrite with Calcite.
Pyrite with Quartz, Rhodochrosite and Sphalerite
Pyrite with Quartz, Rhodochrosite and Sphalerite.
Pyrite with Quartz, Rhodochrosite and Sphalerite.
 

ET76G6: From Trepča, one of the most classic localities, comes this very original Pyrite, harmoniously escorted by Quartz, Rhodochrosite and Sphalerite. The crystallography of the Pyrite is very particular with an irregular growth of the crystals forming groups, some of them very aerial.
Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo

Specimen size: 9.3 × 6.5 × 6 cm = 3.66” × 2.56” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.9 cm = 0.43” × 0.35”

Pyrite with Calcite
 

MQ88AG4: Druse of complex Pyrite crystals very rich in faces, very bright and partially coated by white Calcite crystals. The sample is from recent finds.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2016)

Specimen size: 13.8 × 8.2 × 7.2 cm = 5.43” × 3.23” × 2.83”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Pyrite with Calcite. Pyrite with Calcite.
Pyrite after Pyrrhotite with Galena and Sphalerite
Pyrite after Pyrrhotite with Galena and Sphalerite .

 

EBB46ASN5: A Pyrite crystal that has completely pseudomorphed an original Pyrrhotite crystal, preserving its pseudo-hexagonal structure.
The specimen, consisting of a single large pseudomorphed Pyrrhotite crystal, is accompanied by black, lustrous, and twinned Sphalerite crystals, as well as cubic Galena crystals, one of which is cubo-octahedral with truncated vertices.
A very elegant piece, from the Trepča mining complex, where lead, silver, and zinc are extracted.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (04/2024)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 7.1 × 5.4 cm = 3.23” × 2.80” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 7.5 × 7.1 cm = 2.95” × 2.80”

Photo: Joaquim Callén
Pyrite after Pyrrhotite with Calcite
 

EF86AK6: Pyrite crystals with deformed cubic habit, very lustrous, pseudomorphing hexagonal Pyrrhotite crystals and partially coated with small white crystals of Calcite. A fine miniature, very aesthetic and bright.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2010)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.9 × 2.5 cm = 1.61” × 1.54” × 0.98”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Pyrite after Pyrrhotite with Calcite. Front
Front
Pyrite after Pyrrhotite with Calcite. Side
Side
Pyrite after Pyrrhotite and with Sphalerite
Pyrite after Pyrrhotite and with Sphalerite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Pyrite after Pyrrhotite and with Sphalerite
 

HM140EC: Druse of Pyrite crystals with a bright luster and a deformed cubic habit along with small faces of other crystal forms, pseudomorphic after Pyrrhotite crystals with a clearly hexagonal outline, and partially covered by twinned Sphalerite crystals.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2012)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 5.6 × 3.7 cm = 3.39” × 2.20” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.35” × 0.28”

Pyrite after Pyrrhotite with Calcite, plumosite inclusions and Rhodochrosite
 

EZ47AF5: Rosette growths of laminar Pyrite crystals, pseudomorphous after Pyrrhotite, extraordinarily bright, with small white Calcite crystals and globular Calcite growths with gray plumosite inclusions. Never seen before with this quality at Trepča.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a novelty from Ste. Marie 2017 in the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 73 in the volume 23, number 1
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2017)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 7.3 × 4 cm = 3.43” × 2.87” × 1.57”

Pyrite after Pyrrhotite with Calcite, plumosite inclusions and Rhodochrosite. Pyrite after Pyrrhotite with Calcite, plumosite inclusions and Rhodochrosite.
Pyrite after Pyrrhotite with Galena, Arsenopyrite, Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite
Pyrite after Pyrrhotite with Galena, Arsenopyrite, Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite. Pyrite after Pyrrhotite with Galena, Arsenopyrite, Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite.

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TBT76AO6: Brilliant cubic Pyrite crystals with polycrystalline growths, forming pseudomorphs after Pyrrhotite crystals with a hexagonal outline. On matrix, with well differentiated crystals of Galena, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite and Arsenopyrite, the latter very abundant and extraordinarily sharp and shiny.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2020)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 6.8 × 2.4 cm = 3.46” × 2.68” × 0.94”

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

Former collection of Ferat Voca
Pyrite after Pyrrhotite with Galena and Calcite
 

EH47AK6: Druse of Pyrite crystals with deformed cubic habit, very lustrous, pseudomorphing hexagonal Pyrrhotite crystals with vertices bordered by white lenticular crystals of Calcite. On matrix, with Sphalerite.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2019)

Specimen size: 11.4 × 7.8 × 5.6 cm = 4.49” × 3.07” × 2.20”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Pyrite after Pyrrhotite with Galena and Calcite. Pyrite after Pyrrhotite with Galena and Calcite.
Pyrite after Pyrrhotite with Sphalerite, Calcite and Boulangerite
Pyrite after Pyrrhotite with Sphalerite, Calcite and Boulangerite. Front
Front
Pyrite after Pyrrhotite with Sphalerite, Calcite and Boulangerite. Side
Side
Pyrite after Pyrrhotite with Sphalerite, Calcite and Boulangerite.

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MFR96AN9: Very aerial group of platy Pyrite pseudomorphs after Pyrrhotite crystals, with coatings of twinned Sphalerite crystals, Calcite, and acicular aggregates of Boulangerite.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (05/2021)

Specimen size: 13.3 × 4.6 × 2.8 cm = 5.24” × 1.81” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2.2 cm = 0.91” × 0.87”

Pyrite after Pyrrhotite with Galena, Calcite, Quartz and Dolomite

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NFX90AN9: Large pseudomorphs with a hexagonal outline of Pyrite after Pyrrhotite crystals, with coatings of complex white Calcite crystals, cubo-octahedral Galena crystals and small Quartz and Dolomite crystals. An old piece, since the mine is not currently producing this type of specimen with large Galena crystals.
Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo

Specimen size: 16 × 12.5 × 10.5 cm = 6.30” × 4.92” × 4.13”

Main crystal size: 9.3 × 6.8 cm = 3.66” × 2.68”

Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV
Pyrite after Pyrrhotite with Galena, Calcite, Quartz and Dolomite. Front
Front
Pyrite after Pyrrhotite with Galena, Calcite, Quartz and Dolomite. Side
Side
Pyrite after Pyrrhotite with Galena, Calcite, Quartz and Dolomite.
Pyrite after Pyrrhotite with Pyrite, Rhodochrosite, Sphalerite and Quartz
Pyrite after Pyrrhotite with Pyrite, Rhodochrosite, Sphalerite and Quartz. Pyrite after Pyrrhotite with Pyrite, Rhodochrosite, Sphalerite and Quartz.
Pyrite after Pyrrhotite with Pyrite, Rhodochrosite, Sphalerite and Quartz. Pyrite after Pyrrhotite with Pyrite, Rhodochrosite, Sphalerite and Quartz.

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EB69AM6: Druse of very sharp parallel Pyrite growths, pseudomorphs after Pyrrhotite, on matrix, with Rhodochrosite, twinned crystals of Sphalerite, Quartz and small crystals of a second generation of Pyrite with a bright and vivid color.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2018)

Specimen size: 17.1 × 13.6 × 8.7 cm = 6.73” × 5.35” × 3.43”

Pyrite after Pyrrhotite with Sphalerite

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EA51AK6: Group of Pyrite crystals with deformed cubic habit, brilliant, pseudomorphing clearly hexagonal Pyrrhotite crystals and partially covered by twinned Sphalerite crystals.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2018)

Specimen size: 17.4 × 11.2 × 7.5 cm = 6.85” × 4.41” × 2.95”

Pyrite after Pyrrhotite with Sphalerite. Pyrite after Pyrrhotite with Sphalerite.
Boulangerite with Rhodochrosite and Galena
Boulangerite with Rhodochrosite and Galena. Boulangerite with Rhodochrosite and Galena.
 

EG57AL4: Felted aggregate of Boulangerite crystals, on matrix, with sharp rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals and polycrystalline Galena growths.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2012)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.9 × 4.1 cm = 3.03” × 2.72” × 1.61”

Bournonite with Sphalerite, Pyrite after Pyrrhotite and Galena
 

ET47AK1: Single Bournonite crystal, isolated, on a matrix of Galena after Pyrrhotite beveled by growths of complex crystals of Pyrite and with spherical crystals of Sphalerite. The specimen, from a very recent find, reminds us of the classic Bournonites of this mine, found in the past.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2019)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 4.6 × 2.8 cm = 3.82” × 1.81” × 1.10”

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

Bournonite with Sphalerite, Pyrite after Pyrrhotite and Galena. Bournonite with Sphalerite, Pyrite after Pyrrhotite and Galena.
Calcite with Pyrite
Calcite with Pyrite.
 

EV26AD8: Calcite crystals that are completely coated by iridescent Pyrite and with a second generation of smaller, white, lenticular and very sharp Calcite crystals. An old sample from the findings in Trepča between the years 1994 and 2002.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (1994-2002)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.69” × 1.42” × 1.02”

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

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Calcite with Pyrite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TML86AO4: Very aerial and aesthetic growth of Calcite in which two growth phases coexist, a first, with rhombohedral crystals with very well defined shapes and a pale cream color, and a second that forms partial coatings with white, translucent, lenticular crystals with geometric zoning. On matrix, with small, very shiny Pyrite crystals.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5 × 4.4 cm = 2.80” × 1.97” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.46” × 0.71”

Former collection of Ferat Voca
Calcite with Pyrite. Front
Front
Calcite with Pyrite. Side
Side
Calcite with Pyrite.
Calcite
Calcite. Calcite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TXM86AO4: Very aerial and aesthetic growth of Calcite with two very distinct growth phases, a first, with botryoidal shapes and an intense and uniform pink color, and a second that forms complex, translucent white crystals with sharp forms.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 9 × 7.9 × 4.2 cm = 3.54” × 3.11” × 1.65”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Ferat Voca
Calcite with Pyrite
 

MV37AJ4: Group of Pyrite crystals with very well defined polycrystalline growths. They are partially coated by white, lenticular Calcite crystals and implanted on a matrix that is partially a large first generation rhombohedral Calcite crystal with a pale pink color.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2015)

Specimen size: 9 × 9.8 × 5 cm = 3.54” × 3.86” × 1.97”

Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV
Calcite with Pyrite. Calcite with Pyrite.
Calcite with Pyrite
Calcite with Pyrite. Calcite with Pyrite.
Calcite with Pyrite.
 

EL47AE4: Aggregate of rhombohedral Calcite crystals completely coated by a thin continuous layer of grainy iridescent and very bright Pyrite.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2005)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 6.4 × 5.2 cm = 3.66” × 2.52” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 2.3 cm = 1.46” × 0.91”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Calcite with Quartz
 

ED87AD8: White rhombohedral Calcite crystals with very sharp faces and edges and coated by a second generation of botryoidal, orange-brown Calcite with fine iridescence and also coating the Quartz crystals. An old sample from the findings in Trepča between the years 1994 and 2002.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (1994-2002)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 7.8 × 5.7 cm = 3.82” × 3.07” × 2.24”

Main crystal size: 6 × 5.7 cm = 2.36” × 2.24”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Calcite with Quartz. Front
Front
Calcite with Quartz. Top
Top
Calcite with Quartz
Calcite with Quartz. Front
Front
Calcite with Quartz. Side
Side
 

MB68AE5: Aggregate of white rhombohedral Calcite crystals with very well defined faces and edges and with echelon growths at the top in the front view. They are on matrix, with clear and colorless Quartz crystals. The sample is from relatively recent finds at Trepča that are producing material that is different from what has been previously known.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2015)

Specimen size: 11.2 × 9.2 × 7.4 cm = 4.41” × 3.62” × 2.91”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 2.2 cm = 1.10” × 0.87”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Calcite with Sphalerite
 

ET46AF1: Druse of flattened rhombohedral Calcite crystals that have the surfaces of their faces finely recrystallized, with a snowy white color. They are on matrix with small and very bright Sphalerite crystals and also Quartz crystals.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2005)

Specimen size: 12.4 × 9.5 × 4.6 cm = 4.88” × 3.74” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.3 cm = 0.98” × 0.91”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Calcite with Sphalerite. Front
Front
Calcite with Sphalerite. Side
Side
Pyrite with Calcite
Pyrite with Calcite. Front
Front
Pyrite with Calcite. Side
Side
 

EY98AE5: Aggregate of cubic Pyrite crystals with echeloned growths and polycrystalline formations on the cube faces. They are very well defined, bright and on a Dolomite matrix and with lenticular Calcite crystals. While well known and relatively common at Trepča, Pyrite is not easily found there as significant collectible samples and less so with such quality as this.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (1994-2002)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 6.7 × 5.9 cm = 2.91” × 2.64” × 2.32”

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Cosalite with Calcite and Quartz

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

MRT91AP7: Groups of acicular Cosalite crystals, with a silky-metallic luster and greenish grey color, on matrix, with white rhombohedral Calcite crystals and water-clear Quartz crystals.
A great rarity for the locality and of high quality too.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo

Specimen size: 7 × 5.5 × 4.8 cm = 2.76” × 2.17” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.1 cm = 0.79” × 0.04”

Analyzed
Cosalite with Calcite and Quartz. Cosalite with Calcite and Quartz.
Dolomite with Calcite
Dolomite with Calcite. Front
Front
Dolomite with Calcite. Rear
Rear
Dolomite with Calcite.
 

EE87AL4: Floater group of white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals that form parallel polycrystalline aggregates and are partially coated with some Calcite crystals.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2002)

Specimen size: 14.3 × 8.9 × 4.4 cm = 5.63” × 3.50” × 1.73”

Galena with Rhodochrosite
 

MP37AG4: Group of very sharp cubo-octahedral Galena crystals with very well balanced cube and the octahedron faces. They are very bright and have small Rhodochrosite crystals on the back. The sample is from recent finds.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2016)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4.3 × 2.9 cm = 2.60” × 1.69” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 3.6 cm = 1.50” × 1.42”

Galena with Rhodochrosite. Front
Front
Galena with Rhodochrosite. Rear
Rear
Galena with Calcite
Galena with Calcite. Front
Front
Galena with Calcite. Side
Side
Galena with Calcite.
 

EC50AL3: Spheroidal growth of cubic Galena crystals with polycrystalline growths, and partially coated with lenticular rhombohedral Calcite crystals. With extraordinary luster, the crystal faces are so smooth they look like mirrors. One of the best Galenas that we have seen from this locality.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2010)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 6.8 × 6.5 cm = 2.91” × 2.68” × 2.56”

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Galena with Arsenopyrite and Rhodochrosite

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TFA66AO5: Shiny cubo-octahedral Galena crystals, with very sharp crystal forms, on matrix, with very sharp and lustrous Arsenopyrite crystals and small rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.4 × 4.2 cm = 3.31” × 2.13” × 1.65”

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

Former collection of Ferat Voca
Galena with Arsenopyrite and Rhodochrosite. Galena with Arsenopyrite and Rhodochrosite.
Galena after Pyrrhotite with Pyrite, Sphalerite and Calcite
Galena after Pyrrhotite with Pyrite, Sphalerite and Calcite.

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Galena after Pyrrhotite with Pyrite, Sphalerite and Calcite
 

HM190ED: Druse of Galena pseudomorphs after Pyrrhotite crystals, partially covered by Pyrite with a deformed cubic habit. On matrix, with twinned crystals of Sphalerite and crystals of Calcite.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2018)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 7.6 × 4.2 cm = 3.43” × 2.99” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 7 × 4.5 cm = 2.76” × 1.77”

Copper
Copper  

HM190EDA: Arborescent growth, very aerial, of deformed and flattish native Copper crystals, quite three-dimensional and with very sharp octahedral terminations. On a crystalline Quartz matrix.
Former collection of Christian Mondeilh
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2014)

Specimen size: 13.8 × 6.6 × 4.5 cm = 5.43” × 2.60” × 1.77”

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

Former collection of Christian Mondeilh
Copper. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Copper. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Sphalerite with Chalcopyrite, Boulangerite, Calcite and Quartz
Sphalerite with Chalcopyrite, Boulangerite, Calcite and Quartz. Front
Front
Sphalerite with Chalcopyrite, Boulangerite, Calcite and Quartz. Rear
Rear
Sphalerite with Chalcopyrite, Boulangerite, Calcite and Quartz. Sphalerite with Chalcopyrite, Boulangerite, Calcite and Quartz.
 

MT69AL4: Twinned crystals of Sphalerite much more individualized and well defined than usual in this deposit, with some areas replaced by Chalcopyrite, very lustrous, on matrix and with Quartz and Calcite. The back shows a crystalline contact without breakage, as evidenced by the presence of Boulangerite in good condition.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2012)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.3 × 2.4 cm = 1.85” × 1.69” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.6 cm = 0.91” × 0.63”

Sphalerite with Calcite

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Sphalerite with Calcite
 

SV2220TFB: Aggregate of complex twinned crystals of Sphalerite of deep black color, great luster, and with perfectly defined faces and edges with marked striations on some of the crystal faces and some dissolution figures, and partially coated by a multitude of whitish Calcite crystals in aggregates forming rosettes in strong color contrast.
The Trepča mining complex is one of the largest polymetallic deposits in the world and for many years has yielded exceptional pieces of Sphalerite, as well as various combinations of sulfides and carbonates as shown in this specimen, from the ex-Ferat Voca collection.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.4 × 2.4 cm = 2.28” × 2.13” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 3.1 cm = 1.77” × 1.22”

Former collection of Ferat Voca
Sphalerite with Calcite. Sphalerite with Calcite.
Sphalerite with Galena and Calcite
Sphalerite with Galena and Calcite. Sphalerite with Galena and Calcite.

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TRM66AO4: Group of twinned black Sphalerite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, lustrous, associated with Galena and Pyrite crystals, on matrix.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 5.3 × 3.7 cm = 2.32” × 2.09” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.39” × 0.31”

Former collection of Ferat Voca
Sphalerite with Rhodochrosite, Pyrite, Galena and Arsenopyrite
 

ET27AE4: Very sharp Sphalerite (marmatite variety) crystals with a very well defined spinel law twin. They have an intense black color and are very bright, partially coated by botryoidal Rhodochrosite with small Arsenopyrite crystals and a base of Galena with small Pyrites. The sample is from a relatively recent find in Trepča.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2015)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.8 × 4.7 cm = 2.56” × 1.89” × 1.85”

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

Sphalerite with Rhodochrosite, Pyrite, Galena and Arsenopyrite. Sphalerite with Rhodochrosite, Pyrite, Galena and Arsenopyrite.
Sphalerite with Rhodochrosite, Pyrite, Galena and Arsenopyrite
Sphalerite with Rhodochrosite, Pyrite, Galena and Arsenopyrite. Sphalerite with Rhodochrosite, Pyrite, Galena and Arsenopyrite.
 

ER27AE4: Aggregate of very sharp Sphalerite (marmatite variety) crystals with a very well defined spinel law twin. They have an intense black color and are very bright and partially coated by botryoidal Rhodochrosite with small Arsenopyrite crystals and a base of Galena with small Pyrites The sample is from a relatively recent find in Trepča.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2015)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.4 × 4.2 cm = 2.56” × 1.73” × 1.65”

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

Sphalerite with Rhodochrosite and plumosite
 

ME27AE4: Aggregate of very sharp Sphalerite (marmatite variety) crystals with a very well defined spinel law twin. They have an intense black color and are very bright and partially coated by botryoidal Rhodochrosite with a mossy Boulangerite/Jamesonite (plumosite variety) aggregate. The sample is from a relatively recent find in Trepča.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2015)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 4.8 × 2.7 cm = 3.03” × 1.89” × 1.06”

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

Sphalerite with Rhodochrosite and plumosite. Sphalerite with Rhodochrosite and plumosite.
Sphalerite with Rhodochrosite and plumosite.
Sphalerite with Quartz, Calcite and Galena

 

MBR47CD2: Isolated twinned (spinel twinning) crystals of bright Sphalerite on a matrix of Quartz crystals with Calcite and Galena.
From a mine where many sphalerites have been seen, this one stands out for its definition, shininess, and the beauty of the accompanying minerals.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo

Specimen size: 8.3 × 7.9 × 4.5 cm = 3.27” × 3.11” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2.2 cm = 0.91” × 0.87”

Former collection of M. Gabriel
Sphalerite with Calcite, Galena and Pyrite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

THV27AP2: Druse of deep black, twinned Sphalerite crystals with the dominant forms of the tetrahedron, with intense luster, on matrix, with white lenticular Calcite crystals and Pyrite crystals with iridescent oxide patinas and small Galena crystals.
The specimen comes from Ferat Voca, a former worker in this classic mine.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 5.6 × 6 cm = 3.35” × 2.20” × 2.36”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Ferat Voca
Sphalerite with Calcite, Galena and Pyrite. Sphalerite with Calcite, Galena and Pyrite.
Sphalerite with Siderite, Quartz and Galena
Sphalerite with Siderite, Quartz and Galena.
Sphalerite with Siderite, Quartz and Galena.

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Sphalerite with Siderite, Quartz and Galena
 

SV220TAE: Druse formed by complex twinned crystals of Sphalerite, isolated, deep black, lustrous and with perfectly defined faces and edges with marked striations on one of the crystal faces and some dissolution figures. Associated with crystals of Quartz and globular coatings of cream-colored Siderite crystals, giving a very nice color contrast to the specimen. Finally, small Galena crystals complete the combo.
The Trepča mining complex is one of the largest polymetallic deposits in the world and for many years yielded, and still yields, exceptional pieces of Sphalerite, as well as varied combinations of sulfides and carbonates, as shown by this specimen, from the Ferat Voca collection.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 6.7 × 4.6 cm = 3.46” × 2.64” × 1.81”

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

Former collection of Ferat Voca
Sphalerite with Siderite
 

EC86AL4: Group of twinned Sphalerite crystals, very well defined, with good luster and partially covered by light brown spherulitic-botryoidal Siderite.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2014)

Specimen size: 9.1 × 5.4 × 3.3 cm = 3.58” × 2.13” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.4 cm = 0.91” × 0.55”

Sphalerite with Siderite. Front
Front
Sphalerite with Siderite. Side
Side
Sphalerite with Siderite.
Sphalerite with Pyrite and Pyrite after Pyrrhotite
Sphalerite with Pyrite and Pyrite after Pyrrhotite.
Sphalerite with Pyrite and Pyrite after Pyrrhotite.
Sphalerite with Pyrite and Pyrite after Pyrrhotite  

TC260ED: Twinned crystal of Sphalerite (variety marmatite) on matrix with very well defined faces and edges. It occurs with Pyrite crystals with a deformed cubic habit and with other Pyrites that are pseudomorphs after hexagonal Pyrrhotite crystals.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2012)

Specimen size: 9.1 × 7.3 × 7.4 cm = 3.58” × 2.87” × 2.91”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 3.4 cm = 1.73” × 1.34”

Sphalerite with Rhodochrosite, Quartz and Pyrite
 

EZ86AE7: Very sharp Sphalerite (marmatite variety) crystals with a very well defined spinel law twin. They have an intense black color and are very bright, partially coated by botryoidal Rhodochrosite and on matrix with small Quartz crystals. The sample is from a relatively recent find in Trepča.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2015)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 7.8 × 3.4 cm = 4.21” × 3.07” × 1.34”

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

Sphalerite with Rhodochrosite, Quartz and Pyrite. Sphalerite with Rhodochrosite, Quartz and Pyrite.
Sphalerite with Calcite and Pyrite
Sphalerite with Calcite and Pyrite.

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EC88AI4: Aggregate of very sharp Sphalerite (marmatite variety) crystals with very well defined spinel law twinning. They have an intense black color and are very bright and partially coated by Calcite crystals and small Pyrite crystals.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2005)

Specimen size: 11.8 × 9.1 × 4.3 cm = 4.65” × 3.58” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 2 cm = 1.50” × 0.79”

Sphalerite with Calcite, Pyrite and Rhodochrosite

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TLM66AP3: Twinned Sphalerite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, on matrix, with groups of deformed Pyrite crystals and coatings of very flattened rhombohedral white crystals of Calcite, between transparent and translucent. Also associated with small rosettes of Rhodochrosite. The specimen comes from Ferat Voca, a former worker in this classic mine.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 11.9 × 6.9 × 5.3 cm = 4.69” × 2.72” × 2.09”

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Ferat Voca
Sphalerite with Calcite, Pyrite and Rhodochrosite. Sphalerite with Calcite, Pyrite and Rhodochrosite.
Sphalerite with Calcite
Sphalerite with Calcite. Sphalerite with Calcite.
 

EP88AE5: Aggregate of very sharp Sphalerite (marmatite variety) crystals with a very well defined spinel law twinning. They have an intense black color and are very bright and partially coated by Calcite.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2014)

Specimen size: 13.2 × 12.4 × 4.8 cm = 5.20” × 4.88” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 2.3 cm = 1.38” × 0.91”

Sphalerite with Calcite and Dolomite

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Sphalerite with Calcite and Dolomite
 

SM480GPD: Druse of large twinned Sphalerite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, on matrix, and partially covered by complex Calcite crystals and rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with curved faces and edges.
The specimen comes from the Pedro Goy collection and has a higher quality than usual for this locality due to the large size of the crystals.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo

Specimen size: 13.9 × 11.3 × 3.8 cm = 5.47” × 4.45” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3.6 cm = 1.57” × 1.42”

Former collection of Pedro Goy
Sphalerite with Calcite and Dolomite.
Sphalerite with Calcite and Dolomite.
Rhodochrosite with Sphalerite
Rhodochrosite with Sphalerite. Rhodochrosite with Sphalerite.

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TLM96AO5: Druse of very sharp rhombohedral crystals of Rhodochrosite, with good luster and a uniform pink color, associated with very lustrous, black, twinned Sphalerite crystals.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.8 × 2.7 cm = 2.28” × 1.50” × 1.06”

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

Former collection of Ferat Voca
Rhodochrosite with Sphalerite and Galena

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TXR47AP3: Complex and twinned crystals of Sphalerite, on matrix, with rhombohedral crystal coatings of Rhodochrosite with an intense pink color, associated with grey deformed Galena crystals and small, very sharp crystals of Arsenopyrite. The specimen comes from Ferat Voca, a former worker in this classic mine.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 6.9 × 4 cm = 2.91” × 2.72” × 1.57”

Former collection of Ferat Voca
Rhodochrosite with Sphalerite and Galena. Rhodochrosite with Sphalerite and Galena.
Rhodochrosite with Quartz
Rhodochrosite with Quartz. Rhodochrosite with Quartz.
Rhodochrosite with Quartz.

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TXM96AP3: Spheroidal aggregates of rhombohedral microcrystals of Rhodochrosite that coat a druse of water-clear and very lustrous Quartz crystals. The specimen came from Ferat Voca, a former worker in this classic mine.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 6.4 × 3.9 cm = 3.70” × 2.52” × 1.54”

Former collection of Ferat Voca
Rhodochrosite with Sphalerite

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TBF47AP3: Sphalerite crystals with very sharp crystal forms and twinning, on a matrix covered by small rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals. The specimen comes from Ferat Voca, a former worker in this classic mine.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 11 × 5.4 × 4.8 cm = 4.33” × 2.13” × 1.89”

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

Former collection of Ferat Voca
Rhodochrosite with Sphalerite. Rhodochrosite with Sphalerite.
Rhodochrosite with Sphalerite, Galena, Chalcopyrite and Calcite
Rhodochrosite with Sphalerite, Galena, Chalcopyrite and Calcite. Rhodochrosite with Sphalerite, Galena, Chalcopyrite and Calcite.
 

EM96R5: Spherical aggregates of flattened rhombohedral crystals of Rhodochrossite with curved faces and edges, and with crystals of Sphalerite, small twinned crystals of Chalcopyrite and flattened crystals of Galena, all on matrix. A classic from Trepča.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo

Specimen size: 11.2 × 5.2 × 5.1 cm = 4.41” × 2.05” × 2.01”

Rhodochrosite with Calcite and Boulangerite (variety plumosite)

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Rhodochrosite with Calcite and Boulangerite (variety plumosite)
 

LR47AL4: Polycrystalline growths of small very sharp rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals, shiny, intense pink, with white Calcite crystals and felted aggregates of Boulangerite (plumosite variety) at the base of the specimen.
The specimen comes from the Philippe Morelon collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (1980)

Specimen size: 13.4 × 7.4 × 5.3 cm = 5.28” × 2.91” × 2.09”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Rhodochrosite with Calcite and Boulangerite (variety plumosite). Front
Front
Rhodochrosite with Calcite and Boulangerite (variety plumosite). Rear
Rear
Rhodochrosite with Calcite and Boulangerite (variety plumosite). Rhodochrosite with Calcite and Boulangerite (variety plumosite).
Rhodochrosite with Sphalerite, Quartz and Calcite
Rhodochrosite with Sphalerite, Quartz and Calcite. Front
Front
Rhodochrosite with Sphalerite, Quartz and Calcite. Side
Side
Rhodochrosite with Sphalerite, Quartz and Calcite. Rhodochrosite with Sphalerite, Quartz and Calcite.
 

EF86AL4: Stalactitic growth of lenticular Rhodochrosite crystals, deep pink, with very individualized twinned Sphalerite crystals, groups of white scalenohedral Calcite crystals and small transparent Quartz crystals, all covering a large Quartz crystal. A splendid classic, very aesthetic.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2002)

Specimen size: 19.4 × 9.6 × 10.7 cm = 7.64” × 3.78” × 4.21”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 2.2 cm = 1.34” × 0.87”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV

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