TG90AK3: Very sharp, flattened fan of primary Malachite crystals, with good terminations, very bright and with a deep uniform color. This high quality specimen comes from one of the great historical localities of Central Europe.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a reference for the Malachite species in the magazine ‘Lapis‘ number 12/2022, page 19
Andrássy I Mine, Rudabányai Mountains, Rudabánya, Kazincbarcika District, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén  Hungary

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4 × 3.4 cm = 1.77” × 1.57” × 1.34”

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

ELM47ASN2: An exceptional specimen. A druse of primary Malachite crystals with a quadratic morphology, featuring sharp, shiny faces and edges, set on a matrix of crystalline Malachite and with minor white Baryte.
The specimen is from the classic locality of Rudabánya, Hungary, a hydrothermal deposit with subsequent supergene enrichment, where Bornite and Chalcopyrite are present in its origin.
This piece comes from an old private French collection, and in our experience, it may be among the finest primary malachites ever found at this deposit.
Rudabánya, Kazincbarcika District, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén  Hungary

Specimen size: 7 × 6.8 × 4.9 cm = 2.76” × 2.68” × 1.93”

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

EA37T4: Parallel growth of black sharp crystals of good size for this rare dimorph of Sphalerite. They are very bright and are with Quartz. The locality is not well known but it produces some specimens of very good quality like this one.
Károlytáró, Gyöngyösoroszi, Mátra Mountains, Heves  Hungary (±1980)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.1 × 1.9 cm = 0.94” × 0.83” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.67” × 0.20”

ME47AA6: A novelty at Munich in 2014. Very aerial, completely transparent and colorless botryoidal aggregate, highly lustrous, on rocky matrix.
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 47, and has been referenced and figured in the book "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés" (Num. 144. 2018; page 539)


Tarcal, Eperjes-Tokaj Mountains, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén  Hungary (02/2014)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 2.6 × 2.6 cm = 2.01” × 1.02” × 1.02”

EG47AC1: Very aerial botryoidal growths completely clear, colorless, very bright and implanted on a rocky matrix.
Tarcal, Eperjes-Tokaj Mountains, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén  Hungary (11/2013)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.8 × 3.8 cm = 2.52” × 1.89” × 1.50”

EH67AC1: Crown-shaped growth of very aerial botryoidal aggregates, completely clear, colorless, very bright, with white botryoidal Aragonite formations and implanted on a rocky matrix.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What’s New in the Mineral World?’ section, report #41, August 22, 2015 edition, page 9
Tarcal, Eperjes-Tokaj Mountains, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén  Hungary (11/2013)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 3.6 × 3.8 cm = 2.60” × 1.42” × 1.50”

MD48AA6: A novelty at Munich in 2014. Completely transparent and colorless, highly lustrous hyalite in a crown-shaped botryoidal aggregate through which the rocky matrix is clearly visible.
Tarcal, Eperjes-Tokaj Mountains, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén  Hungary (02/2014)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 4.4 × 2.5 cm = 2.72” × 1.73” × 0.98”

EL47AC1: Very aerial botryoidal aggregates, completely clear, colorless, very bright, on a base of white botryoidal Aragonite and implanted on a rocky matrix.
Tarcal, Eperjes-Tokaj Mountains, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén  Hungary (11/2013)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 5.6 × 4.3 cm = 3.35” × 2.20” × 1.69”

L32FI7: Fanlike groups of prismatic crystals of very well defined faces and edges and smooth terminations. They are with white translucent crystals of Albite, typical of alpine Epidote.
Val Varaita, Cuneo  Italy (07-08/1993)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.5 × 2.9 cm = 1.85” × 1.77” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.28” × 0.12”

HA26M3: Nice specimen from a classic locality for the species. Radial fibrous aggregates of thin Artinite crystals with a pure white color, glossy luster and on a schist matrix. A representative specimen for your display.
Montjovet, Aosta Valley (Val d'Aosta)  Italy

Specimen size: 14.2 × 6.2 × 4.3 cm = 5.59” × 2.44” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.1 cm = 0.16” × 0.04”

MD57R8: Group of short prismatic, almost tabular, crystals. They are translucent, very bright and of a yellowish brown color with greenish reflections. An Italian classic, collected in 1970, from the prestigious collection of Tiziano Bonisoli, whose label will be sent to the buyer of the piece.
Monte Avi, Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley (Val d'Aosta)  Italy (1970)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2.1 × 2.1 cm = 0.91” × 0.83” × 0.83”

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

TAJ46AN9: Isolated Vesuvianite crystal with very sharp crystal forms, with two prisms and multiple pyramidal faces at the termination. It is translucent, with greater transparency at the termination, and with an intense green color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley (Val d'Aosta)  Italy

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.7 × 1.8 cm = 0.94” × 0.67” × 0.71”

TDA26AP9: Parallel growth of two crystals with good terminations, translucent, very lustrous and deep green. An alpine classic.
Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley (Val d'Aosta)  Italy

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.3 × 1.4 cm = 0.94” × 0.91” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.59” × 0.47”

NT96AJ8: A fine miniature, a group of prismatic crystals that have very well defined faces and edges and with perfect terminations. They are translucent, bright and have a very deep green color.
A small great Italian Alpine classic from the Carlos Prieto collection whose handwritten label we will send to the buyer.
Aosta Valley (Val d'Aosta)  Italy

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.1 × 2.1 cm = 1.34” × 0.83” × 0.83”

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

TF67J5: Excellent miniature that forms an esthetic group of prismatic crystals, very well defined faces and edges, with a considerable transparency and a magnificent color. A classic.
Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley (Val d'Aosta)  Italy

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.7 × 2 cm = 1.65” × 1.06” × 0.79”

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

TFR14AP7: Deformed acicular Piemontite crystals with a reddish color, on matrix, with black aggregates of Braunite.
An Italian classic, from the type locality for the species, which comes to us from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and which has an old handwritten label with the specimen information attached to the back.
Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley (Val d'Aosta)  Italy

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.93” × 1.46” × 0.87”

MD91M5: Esthetic miniature of Alpine Gold obtained in a very recent find in May this year. The Gold forms very aerial dendritic growths on Quartz matrix. For its size is one of the best for the locality.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 25 in number 2009/1.
Ciamousira Mountain, Brusson, Val d'Ayas, Aosta Valley (Val d'Aosta)  Italy (05/2008)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.02” × 0.87” × 0.67”

MT36R5: Echeloned uniaxial growth of Quartz crystals, perfectly clear and bright and with a very notable "faden". The base is rich with fine green acicular inclusions, probably Ferroactinolite.
Miage Glacier, Veny Valley, Monte Bianco Massif (Mont Blanc Massif), Courmayeur, Aosta Valley (Val d'Aosta)  Italy (08/2010)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 1.8 × 1.1 cm = 2.05” × 0.71” × 0.43”

ETT22XX: Fibrous Balangeroite crystals, a rare asbestiform magnesium–iron–manganese silicate, on matrix and bronze in color, formed by very well-developed and fine crystals, more aerial than usual, which require exquisite care when transporting a specimen such as this.
This species was approved in 1983 and is found only in three localities in Italy; it has not been described anywhere else.
It has been published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’ number 01/2025, page 110.
Furthermore, this specimen has been mentioned in thread FMF - MineralExpo Barcelona-Sants 2024 (edición octubre) - Minerales Invisibles

The historic mining locality of the San Vittore asbestos mine is the type locality for the mineral species Balangeroite.
The locality lies within the Balangero serpentinite body, part of the Lanzo ultramafic massif, an Alpine ophiolitic fragment. The serpentinites derive from upper-mantle peridotites that underwent intense serpentinization, hosting fibrous minerals and complex silicates. Within this geological setting, balangeroite formed in relation to metasomatic processes and late hydrothermal evolution of the ultramafic body.
Poggio San Vittore asbestos Mine, Balangero, Lanzo Valleys (Valli di Lanzo), Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy

Specimen size: 6.0 × 4.5 × 3.4 cm = 2.36” × 1.77” × 1.34”

HM17P6: Crystals with polycrystalline growths, dominant dodecahedron faces beveled by the trapezohedron, of excellent color, a very intense luster and with small crystals of Clinochlore, on matrix. We note the locality, very unusual, especially for such good specimens.
Cogoleto, Genova Province, Liguria  Italy (±1970)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 5.1 × 4.5 cm = 2.72” × 2.01” × 1.77”

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

MJ37T8: Group of crystals of Grossular (variety Hessonite) composed of the trapezohedron and the dodecahedron. They are transparent and have a very deep color which contrasts with very well defined crystals of Diopside and small crystals of Chlorite.
From the Tiziano Bonisoli collection (num. 6296), whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Testa Ciarva, Balme, Val d'Ala, Lanzo Valleys (Valli di Lanzo), Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy (±1960)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.9 × 1.7 cm = 1.06” × 0.75” × 0.67”

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

NFB76AO5: Grossular crystals (variety hessonite) with dominant trapezohedron forms together with minor rhombododecahedron forms, transparent, with great luster and a very deep color. On matrix, with tabular Clinochlore crystals with a hexagonal outline, and small pale green prismatic Diopside crystals.
Lanzo Valleys (Valli di Lanzo), Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.9 × 2 cm = 2.01” × 1.54” × 0.79”

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

ELR67CD1: These garnets from the roddingites of the Val d'Ala area are always pleasant...
This one is especially fine due to its orange color, very sweet, and with the unmistakable green Clinochlore giving it contrast.
Val d'Ala, Lanzo Valleys (Valli di Lanzo), Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.8 × 4.4 cm = 2.68” × 1.89” × 1.73”

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

MT68AA8: Aggregate of very sharp dodecahedral Grossular (hessonite variety) crystals, one of them clearly dominant, beveled by the trapezohedron. They are translucent, extraordinarily bright and are with leafy aggregates of Clinochlore. The sample has a very uncommon quality.
Alpe delle Frasse, Condove, Susa Valley, Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy (±1990)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.46” × 1.34” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.9 cm = 0.55” × 0.35”

MV89AA8: Aggregate of very sharp dodecahedral Grossular (hessonite variety) crystals beveled by the trapezohedron. They are translucent, extraordinarily bright and are with leafy aggregates of Clinochlore. The sample has a very uncommon quality.
Alpe delle Frasse, Condove, Susa Valley, Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy (±1990)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.3 × 2.5 cm = 2.44” × 1.69” × 0.98”

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

MF46V0: Very aerial group of flattened elongated crystals with very well defined faces and edges, transparent, bright and with a slightly bluish green color.
The sample is from the Tiziano Bonisoli collection (number 6383) whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Alpe delle Frasse, Condove, Susa Valley, Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy (±1990)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 1.10” × 0.87” × 0.59”

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

EJ89R3: Group of Diopside crystals, one of them clearly dominant, of good size and color. The contrast with the matrix, partially coated by nice Grossular crystals, increases its beauty. A great Italian classic.
Laietto, Condove, Susa Valley, Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.9 × 3.9 cm = 2.05” × 1.54” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.87” × 0.28”

MH47X5: Very well defined, transparent and bright crystal with a perfect “mirror” pinacoidal termination and an unusual color zoning, deep green at the base and progressively changing to orange-red at the terminal zone.
A sample from the Bonisoli collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Laietto, Condove, Susa Valley, Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy (1971)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.7 × 0.8 cm = 0.98” × 0.67” × 0.31”

TM27T2: An extraordinary sample for the locality, with aggregates of very elongated prismatic crystals of Vesuvianite in parallel growths and in square crystals with hollow terminations. The sample is completed by the presence of dodecahedral crystals of Grossular (variety Hessonite) and small rosettes of Chlorite.
Laietto, Condove, Susa Valley, Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy (±1970)

Specimen size: 13.2 × 9.2 × 5.4 cm = 5.20” × 3.62” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.24”

DR37AC9: Druse, on matrix, of crystals showing a combination of trapezohedron, dodecahedron and cube faces. They are transparent, very bright, with a very vivid orange color and are partially coated by leafy aggregates of chlorite.
Val di Viù (Viù Valley), Lanzo Valleys (Valli di Lanzo), Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.4 × 2.1 cm = 2.52” × 1.73” × 0.83”

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

AK87N2: Parallel growth of very well defined crystals. They are transparent and have an excellent color. They are on matrix with small crystals of Grossular (Hessonite). From a not unknown but unusual locality.
Val di Viù (Viù Valley), Lanzo Valleys (Valli di Lanzo), Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy

Specimen size: 11.3 × 8.7 × 4.9 cm = 4.45” × 3.43” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.9 cm = 0.71” × 0.35”

HPB37CD2: Well-profiled rhombododecahedral crystal of Almandine, translucent, very shiny, and on a Mica matrix.
Almandines do not usually have very showy colors, but this one, from an old Spanish collection, is very striking due to the intensity of its color, likely related to its Alpine origin.
Colle del Vento, Villar Focchiardo, Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.8 × 4.4 cm = 2.91” × 2.28” × 1.73”

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

LZ11HM7: The sample is from a not well known Italian locality. It is a “rosette” growth of laminar crystals on Orthoclase (adularia) matrix.
Varaita Valley (Val Varaita), Cuneo Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy (07-08/1993)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.9 × 1.1 cm = 0.87” × 0.75” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.8 cm = 0.43” × 0.31”

HM110EV: White rhombohedral Dolomite crystals on matrix, among which a clearly dominant group stands out in the upper part of the specimen. An Italian alpine classic.
Traversella Mine, Traversella, Chiusella Valley, Canavese District, Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy

Specimen size: 12.2 × 7.3 × 3.3 cm = 4.80” × 2.87” × 1.30”

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

TXA12AP7: Bipyramidal crystals of Scheelite with polycrystalline growths and a light cream color, with small, very lustrous crystals of Magnetite.
A classic of Italian mineralogy that comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Traversella Mine, Traversella, Chiusella Valley, Canavese District, Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.7 × 2 cm = 1.85” × 1.06” × 0.79”

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

TPM7AP7: Bipyramidal crystals of Scheelite, on matrix, with good luster and a light cream color, with small Quartz and Calcite crystals.
A classic of Italian mineralogy that comes from old Robert-Auguste Touchon collection.
Traversella, Chiusella Valley, Canavese District, Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3.1 × 2.9 cm = 1.30” × 1.22” × 1.14”

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

TVF87AP7: Bipyramidal crystals of Scheelite with polycrystalline growths and a light cream color, with small, very lustrous crystals of Magnetite and white Dolomite crystals.
A classic of Italian mineralogy that comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and is accompanied by an old handwritten label that we will send to the buyer.
Traversella, Chiusella Valley, Canavese District, Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy

Specimen size: 6.5 × 6.3 × 2.9 cm = 2.56” × 2.48” × 1.14”

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

SD46AC7: Radial aggregates of Canavesite crystals, an uncommon borate. They are white, have a silky luster and are between acicular and fibrous. The crystals, in excellent condition, are on a matrix with iridescent micro-granular Pyrite.
Brosso Mine, Cálea, Léssolo, Canavese District, Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy

Specimen size: 6 × 2.3 × 1.2 cm = 2.36” × 0.91” × 0.47”

SA86AC7: Radial aggregates of Canavesite crystals, an uncommon borate. They are white, have a silky luster and are between acicular and fibrous. The crystals, in excellent condition, are on a matrix with iridescent micro-granular Pyrite.
Brosso Mine, Cálea, Léssolo, Canavese District, Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy

Specimen size: 6.6 × 3.7 × 2 cm = 2.60” × 1.46” × 0.79”

MG13AN0: Partially doubly terminated Quartz crystal (smoky variety) with very well defined faces and edges, transparent, with good luster and a deep and uniform color.
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.
Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy

Specimen size: 3.3 × 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 1.30” × 0.55” × 0.51”

TP26AH6: Very sharp, aerial and complete crystal of Geocronite, a rare lead sulphosalt, uncommon in such a large and great quality crystal. The crystal is free of damage, shows echeloned growths on one of its sides and is unusually bright. The lateral side on the third image is rough but complete, not broken.
We’ll send the sample in its original Perkin’s box from the R.J. Noble collection, also containing the collection label.
Pollone Mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Pietrasanta Municipality, Lucca Province, Tuscany  Italy

Specimen size: 2.6 × 1.5 × 1 cm = 1.02” × 0.59” × 0.39”

EF7T0: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2011. Sharp and very well individualized white dipyramidal crystals of Gismondine, one of them clearly dominant, with very well defined faces and edges. On matrix, with bluish Calcite, Epidote and Chlorite.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 29 in number 2011/2
Vedretta della Miniera, Val Zebrù, Valfurva, Sondrio, Lombardia, Italia  Italy (09/2010)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.5 × 3.7 cm = 1.81” × 1.38” × 1.46”

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

MZ13AM7: Complete trapezohedral floater crystal of Leucite with very sharp crystal forms, white in color, and with a small Augite crystal on one of the faces.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Roccamonfina Volcanic Complex, Caserta Province, Campania  Italy

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

EG6T4: Efflorescent growth with crystals with curved faces, translucent and with a vivid intense yellow color. The matrix is lava from the Vesuvius eruption in 1906.
Vesuvio, Somma-Vesuvio, Napoli, Campania  Italy (1906)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.1 × 3 cm = 1.93” × 1.61” × 1.18”

TXF86AQ0: Druse of small translucent prismatic Vesuvianite crystals, with very good luster and brown color, associated with green Diopside crystals and aggregates of lamellar Phlogopite-Muscovite crystals.
Although the original label with the specimen, signed by Pierre-Auguste Touchon, says that it is ‘Humite’, upon analysis it turned out to be Vesuvianite (type locality!) and also has associated Diopside, Phlogopite and Muscovite.
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania  Italy

Specimen size: 8.4 × 7.9 × 4.6 cm = 3.31” × 3.11” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.28” × 0.12”

TFH16AP9: Prismatic microcrystals of Vesuvianite, on matrix, with good luster and a deep green color, partially covered by white Meionite crystals.
The specimen is from the type locality for both species and we will send the buyer the label that is attached to a wooden base that carries a wire support to display the piece, typical of very old collections.
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania  Italy

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.73” × 1.02” × 0.94”

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

TBR27AP9: Crystalline aggregate with translucent blue Haüyne crystal surfaces, on matrix, with lamellar aggregates of Phlogopite and Muscovite.
The specimen, an old rarity from the type locality for the species, comes from the collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon. It has been analyzed and we will send the buyer a copy of the analysis.
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania  Italy

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.3 × 2.7 cm = 1.77” × 1.69” × 1.06”

EL47AM1: Aggregates on matrix, between spheroidal and botryoidal, of Calcite with an intense greasy luster and yellow color, with slightly greenish tones. An Italian classic with a very unusual habit for Calcite and in this case with a higher quality than usual.
Campomorto Quarry, Pietra Massa, Montalto di Castro, Viterbo Province, Lazio  Italy

Specimen size: 11.5 × 9 × 8.2 cm = 4.53” × 3.54” × 3.23”

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

SF48AB1: Pale green spheroidal growths that, in section, show a radial structure with concentric color zones that vary between green, more or less clear, on the border and shades between yellow and yellowish-green in the central areas. Although we have not done the analysis, these samples have been traditionally recognized as strontium rich Aragonite. As in so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Boccheggiano Mines, Montieri, Grosseto Province, Tuscany  Italy

Specimen size: 10.2 × 9.3 × 9.5 cm = 4.02” × 3.66” × 3.74”

Main crystal size: 5.8 × 5.7 cm = 2.28” × 2.24”

ETX16AP0: A floater and very aerial group of very sharp Pyrite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with a slightly flattened shape and an unusually brilliant luster. With the Pyrite there are small Sulphur crystals with a slightly greenish yellow color.
This very aesthetic specimen is from a classic Italian locality for the species, but from which there are not many high quality specimens.
Niccioleta Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany  Italy

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3 × 2.5 cm = 1.42” × 1.18” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 2.3 cm = 1.10” × 0.91”

MFM89AO1: A very aerial floater group of sharp Pyrite crystals, with a slightly flattened habit and an uncommonly intense luster. This very aesthetic specimen is from a classic Italian locality for the species, but from which there are not many quality specimens.
Niccioleta Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany  Italy

Specimen size: 8.4 × 7.8 × 3.6 cm = 3.31” × 3.07” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2 cm = 1.26” × 0.79”

EP70AA4: Druse of dipyramidal, strontium rich, Aragonite crystals that have slightly curved faces and edges, a light-green color and they are on matrix. A well-known classic from the Niccioleta mine. As in so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Niccioleta Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany  Italy

Specimen size: 12.1 × 8.4 × 4.6 cm = 4.76” × 3.31” × 1.81”

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

SB37AE3: Aggregate of small rhombohedral Dolomite crystals pseudomorphous after large scalenohedral Calcite crystals on a matrix with very sharp and bright cubic Pyrite crystals. An Italian classic.
The sample is with a label from the Stoppani collection that 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
Niccioleta Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany  Italy

Specimen size: 13.5 × 8.2 × 7 cm = 5.31” × 3.23” × 2.76”

Main crystal size: 12.3 × 4 cm = 4.84” × 1.57”

ER11T4: Prismatic crystal from the type locality for the species. It is a classic, translucent, and has yellowish green color and a black terminal geometric zone, well known as a black cap.
The sample is with a label from the collection of Dr. G. Garbari, from Trento, Italy, that we'll send to the buyer.
San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany  Italy

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

VM13AA7: Very sharp pyritohedral crystal with very well defined faces and edges, very bright and on a matrix of micaceous Hematite. The crystal has a crystallographic particularity: it is a negative pyritohedron, a very rare form on Pyrite, defined by the orientation of its fine striations on the faces perpendicular to those on the very much more common positive pyritohedron.
Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany  Italy

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.7 × 1.8 cm = 0.94” × 0.67” × 0.71”

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

MG14AM8: Complete and very sharp floater crystal of Pyrite with the shapes of a positive and a negative pyritohedron. An Italian classic that we will send to the buyer in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Rio Mine (Rio Marina Mine), Valle Giove stope, Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany  Italy

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.4 2.6 cm = 1.10” × 0.95”

TFF49AN4: Very sharp Pyrite crystal with the dominant crystal forms of the pyritohedron, very lustrous, on a matrix of specular Hematite. This crystal has the crystallographic peculiarity of being a negative pyritohedron, a very rare form that is defined by the direction of the fine striations on the faces, perpendicular to those of the much more common positive pyritohedron.
Rio Mine (Rio Marina Mine), Valle Giove stope, Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany  Italy

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.7 × 4.6 cm = 2.09” × 1.85” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 5.4 × 4.6 cm = 2.13” × 1.81”

XM180JM: Pyritohedral crystals of Pyrite, one of them very aerial and clearly dominant, with deep indentations that correspond to lamellar crystals of disappeared Hematite, some of which is still present in the specimen as remnants. An Italian classic.
Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany  Italy

Specimen size: 10.2 × 5.6 × 6.9 cm = 4.02” × 2.20” × 2.72”

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

TLH96AP9: Complete floater crystal of Pyrite with the dominant crystal forms of the positive pyritohedron, identified by the direction of the fine striations on its faces, and truncated by small octahedral faces. The crystal exhibits a deep striation in its lower part left by lamellar crystals of Hematite, some of which are still present on the specimen and comes from the Moutet collection, from Marseille.
We will send the buyer, together with the specimen, a label from the prestigious Deyrolle house in Paris where Moutet bought it many years ago.
Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany  Italy

Specimen size: 6 × 5.3 × 4.2 cm = 2.36” × 2.09” × 1.65”

ET72P4: Polycrystalline growth of pentadodecahedral (pyritohedral) crystals of very well defined faces and edges on leafy Hematite and in rocky matrix. A classic of quality from the end of the sixties and beginnings of seventies.
Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany  Italy (±1960)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 7.3 × 6.4 cm = 2.95” × 2.87” × 2.52”

Main crystal size: 7.3 × 6.9 cm = 2.87” × 2.72”

TF56N0: An excellent thumbnail of a classic mineral, in which we specially note the clear symmetry of the crystal, very bright and with small Quartz crystals.
Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany  Italy (±1980)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2 × 3.3 cm = 1.06” × 0.79” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.8 cm = 0.75” × 0.71”

TLA11AO4: Group of Hematite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with an equant habit and with very sharp and lustrous crystal forms. As an exception in this collection, the main crystal has two small breaks.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label, stating that it was previously in the Melanson collection.
Rio Mine (Rio Marina Mine), Valle Giove stope, Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany  Italy

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.4 × 2.1 cm = 1.06” × 0.94” × 0.83”

TPB47AP5: Centered and fan-shaped aggregates of white acicular Bustamite crystals that stand out on the dark matrix. Very few specimens are seen from this locality other than very old ones like this one, which comes from the collection of Edmond Landais, whose handwritten label we will send to the buyer.
Temperino Mine, Campiglia Marittima, Campigliese, Livorno Province, Tuscany  Italy

Specimen size: 6 × 3.8 × 3.4 cm = 2.36” × 1.50” × 1.34”

TBF16AP5: Group of very elongated Quartz crystals, with very well defined parallel growths, some of them with curious terminations, translucent, white, and partially covered by a second generation of small water-clear crystals. The specimen comes from the collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon, whose handwritten label we will send to the buyer.
Campiglia Marittima, Campigliese, Livorno Province, Toscana  Italy

Specimen size: 12.7 × 4.4 × 3.6 cm = 5.00” × 1.73” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 12.7 × 3 cm = 5.00” × 1.18”

SC96AF0: Spheroidal aggregates of acicular Rosasite crystals with an intense bluish-green color, with Aurichalcite that has a lighter color. They are on a limonite matrix with white lenticular Gypsum crystals.
The sample is from the Francesco S. Stoppani collection (catalog number 0824), 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.
Campiglia Marittima, Campigliese, Livorno Province, Toscana  Italy

Specimen size: 10.8 × 7 × 6.7 cm = 4.25” × 2.76” × 2.64”

EMR87XXX: Rhombohedral Calcite crystals, lustrous, several of them dominant and some twinned, and with the whitish colour typical of Carrara marble, from which the specimen comes.

Carrara is located in the northwestern sector of the Apuan Alps, a metamorphic range where thick bodies of Apuan marble developed from Mesozoic limestones that were intensely recrystallised during Alpine tectono-metamorphic cycles.
The area is famous for its exceptionally pure white marble, and in fractures, contacts and metamorphic levels one finds characteristic minerals such as well-crystallised Calcite, Quartz, Dolomite, Graphite, as well as numerous species derived from serpentinisation processes and phases associated with contact metamorphism.
Carrara, Apuan Alps, Carrara Municipality, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany  Italy

Specimen size: 9.6 × 5.9 × 5.4 cm = 3.78” × 2.32” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 4.0 × 3.4 cm = 1.57” × 1.34”

SD96AF0: Groups, on a rocky matrix, of very Sharp rhombohedral crystals with polycrystalline growths, bright and with a snowy white color.
The sample is from the Francesco S. Stoppani collection (catalog number 0948), whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Val Pulita Quarry, Valpulita, Carrara, Apuan Alps, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany  Italy

Specimen size: 8.2 × 7.4 × 6.5 cm = 3.23” × 2.91” × 2.56”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.2 cm = 1.02” × 0.87”

MR13M5: A solitary growth of complexly doubly terminated crystals, very transparent, bright and of a very uniform color, on globular Calcite and in matrix. The sample is from a recent find on May 1, 2008.
Capurru Quarry, Osilo, Sassari Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy (01/05/2008)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm = 1.69” × 0.98” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1 cm = 0.87” × 0.39”

MA6M5: Isolated crystals, one of them clearly dominant and doubly terminated, with a scepter growth. Very transparent, bright and of a very uniform color, on globular Calcite and in matrix. The sample is from a recent find on May 1, 2008.
Capurru Quarry, Osilo, Sassari Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy (01/05/2008)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.9 × 2.8 cm = 2.17” × 1.54” × 1.10”

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

MX57M5: Crystals and groups of crystals, some of them doubly terminated, very transparent, bright and of a very uniform color, on globular Calcite and in matrix. The sample is from a recent find on May 1, 2008.
Capurru Quarry, Osilo, Sassari Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy (01/05/2008)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4 × 2.9 cm = 2.52” × 1.57” × 1.14”

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

SV2100TPA: Group of Quartz crystals (variety amethyst) growing preferentially in two directions, on matrix with small globular Calcite crystals, with good luster and uniform color.
The specimen comes from finds made in the Capurru quarry during the year 2008.
Capurru Quarry, Osilo, Sassari Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy (±2008)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.6 × 4.6 cm = 2.83” × 1.81” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.71” × 0.28”

TPT67AQ1: Isolated crystals of Quartz (variety amethyst), one of them clearly dominant, with parallel growths and some scepters, very transparent, with good luster and a very uniform color. In matrix with small Calcite crystals.
Capurru Quarry, Osilo, Sassari Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 10.2 × 9.5 × 6.7 cm = 4.02” × 3.74” × 2.64”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.3 cm = 1.06” × 0.51”

TQA26XXX: A historic and high-quality specimen. Platy to lamellar crystals of Covellite, very sharp and aerial, with metallic luster and very marked iridescences in which bluish tones dominate and, to a lesser extent, purplish ones.
A multitude of bright golden Pyrite crystals sprinkle the Covellite crystals, forming a deep and intense color contrast that draws attention for its remarkably “fresh” appearance despite being an old specimen.
Calabona Mine, Alghero, Sassari Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 9.0 × 6.2 × 6.0 cm = 3.54” × 2.44” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 2,2 × 2.0 cm = 0.79” × 0.79”

THE37AP4: Acanthite crystals with very well developed crystal forms and very lustrous, on matrix. A fine, very old specimen from a classic Italian locality that was in the collection of General Robert Touchon, whose handwritten labels we will send to the buyer.
Monte Narba Mine, San Vito, Narba Mountain, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.7 × 1.2 cm = 2.01” × 1.46” × 0.47”

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

TC66W4: Group flattened doubly terminated crystals with parallel growths. They are translucent, with an intense honey yellow color and are partially coated by a second generation of small crystals of the same Baryte. From one of the great classic European localities.
Carbonia-Iglesias, Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 9.3 × 5.4 × 4 cm = 3.66” × 2.13” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 7 × 3.9 cm = 2.76” × 1.54”

TZ48E7: The Baryte from this locality often shows little ‘life’ as they have poor brilliance or transparency. They also often suffer from small dings on the edges of the crystals. Well in this case none of these problems are present and it has great transparency, brilliance and lack of damage. Given that it is a floater and so transparent you can also see the growth phantoms within the crystals.
Villamassargia, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 7.7 × 5.1 × 2.9 cm = 3.03” × 2.01” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 1.6 cm = 1.10” × 0.63”

TLM97AO8: Centered polycrystalline aggregates of elongated Aragonite crystals with sharp crystal forms and good terminations, translucent, with good luster and an intense blue color (copper-bearing variety), on a matrix of an earlier generation of Aragonite with a white color.
San Giovanni Mine, Punta della Torre, Iglesias, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.7 × 3.9 cm = 2.56” × 1.85” × 1.54”

TFR98CDD: Coral-like formations of Calcite in very elongated groups that have miraculously been well-preserved, considering their delicacy and the extraction difficulties from the mine.
From the collection of carbonates from Europe of Francesco S. Stoppani.
San Giovanni Mine, Punta della Torre, Iglesias, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 14.3 × 7.7 × 5.5 cm = 5.63” × 3.03” × 2.17”

SM99AM3: Fine coralloid growths of Aragonite with stalactitic forms, pale blue due to the copper content. The specimen is from the Francesco S. Stoppani collection (number 0515), whose label we will send to the buyer together with other old labels from the Rosenkranz and N. Stotzel collections. As with many of the specimens in this collection, this one is of high quality for the locality, a classic of Italian mineralogy.
San Giovanni Mine, Punta della Torre, Iglesias, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 17.3 × 8.6 × 11 cm = 6.81” × 3.39” × 4.33”

EY16AK1: Two Anglesite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, very sharp and well defined, transparent and colorless, very bright, with inclusions and on matrix. A splendid miniature, an Italian classic.
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy (1976)

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.7 × 1.1 cm = 0.71” × 0.67” × 0.43”

MA47AL4: Group of Anglesite crystals, two of them clearly dominant, rich in faces, much more transparent and lustrous than usual for the locality and on a matrix of granular Galena. A European classic both for the species and the locality.
The specimen comes from an old WWII era German collection. Along with the specimen we will send the buyer the old label.
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.1 × 2.6 cm = 2.09” × 1.61” × 1.02”

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

TF48AF2: A group of very sharp elongated Anglesite crystals, between translucent and transparent, very bright and with plenty of dark Galena inclusions.
An excellent Italian classic that is with a label of the Eugeni Bareche collection (number 744).
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy (03/1979)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.6 × 2.5 cm = 2.52” × 1.81” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 5.7 × 2.1 cm = 2.24” × 0.83”

ER90AL8: Extraordinarily elongated dipyramidal Anglesite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and doubly terminated, translucent, with a slightly yellowish white color and on a granular and microcrystalline Galena matrix. A rare Monteponi classic. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 12.1 × 7.6 × 7.5 cm = 4.76” × 2.99” × 2.95”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.5 cm = 0.94” × 0.20”

ET89AM7: Elongated brown crystal of Phosgenite, transparent-translucent, with good luster, on a matrix of granular Galena. An excellent Italian classic. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send the buyer a copy of the analysis.
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 4.4 × 4 × 3.6 cm = 1.73” × 1.57” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 0.6 cm = 1.02” × 0.24”

EM16AA4: Parallel growth of partially doubly terminated crystals consisting of two very elongated prisms and the terminal pinacoid. The crystals are translucent, bright and with a brown color. Excellent Italian classic. As in so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.5 × 1.9 cm = 2.05” × 1.38” × 0.75”

EL16P2: Parallel floater group of tabular crystals with very well developed pinacoidal faces. The prism faces are very thin. They are translucent and have and excellent color and luster. A classic among classics.
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy (1989-1992)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.4 × 1.8 cm = 2.20” × 1.73” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 4 cm = 2.05” × 1.57”

MF26AK4: Matrix crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with parallel growths and excellent terminal faces. Translucent and uniform color.
An excellent Italian classic from the Leif Engman collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 6 × 5.4 × 2.4 cm = 2.36” × 2.13” × 0.94”

PA37AI5: Floater crystals with very well defined parallel growths, doubly terminated, with pinacoidal terminal faces, translucent, bright and with a brown color. An excellent Italian classic.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2019, page 90
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 6.4 × 6.2 × 4.4 cm = 2.52” × 2.44” × 1.73”

EJ67N6: Excellent parallel growth of doubly terminated crystals with very well defined flat pinacoidal terminations. Translucent and bright, they have a nice pale cream color.
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy (1991)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 7.7 × 4 cm = 3.35” × 3.03” × 1.57”

TFR10AO4: Tabular Phosgenite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and a light brown color, on matrix. An excellent classic for both the locality and the species. The specimen is accompanied by a very old handwritten label, without direct reference to any specific collection.
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 13.2 × 9.1 × 1.9 cm = 5.20” × 3.58” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 1.4 cm = 1.10” × 0.55”

TC97J8: The locality is a classic among classics. The Cerussite forms groups of acicular crystals, so called "jackstraws", white and with glazing luster.
This specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 652 in the volume 45, number 6
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.8 × 3.5 cm = 1.93” × 1.50” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 0.3 cm = 1.50” × 0.12”

ER89Z1: Very aerial spray of so- called "jackstraw" aggregates of acicular Cerussite crystals. They have a velvety luster and snowy white color that strongly contrasts against the dark limonite matrix.
Montevecchio Mines, Guspini, Sud Sardinia Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 9.2 × 3.5 × 3.5 cm = 3.62” × 1.38” × 1.38”

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

EM90AA4: Aggregate of white acicular, very thin, elongated Cerussite crystals with good contrast with the brownish-yellowish limonite matrix. As in so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Montevecchio Mines, Guspini, Sud Sardinia Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 9.2 × 7.9 × 5.4 cm = 3.62” × 3.11” × 2.13”

SB47AD6: Aggregates of white Hemimorphite microcrystals on bluish green Aurichalcite that has grown on a surface of small Quartz crystals coating a rocky matrix. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Is Murvonis Mine, Domusnovas, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 12 × 10.5 × 7.5 cm = 4.72” × 4.13” × 2.95”

EM92AA5: Perimorphic microbotryoidal Smithsonite growths, very rich in reddish inclusions, very probably of Hematite, coating the scalenohedral forms of a group of Calcite crystals. Like so many specimens in this collection, this one is of great quality for the locality.
Tiny-Arenas Mine, Oridda Valley, Fluminimaggiore, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 11 × 8.8 × 4.5 cm = 4.33” × 3.46” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 6.6 × 4 cm = 2.60” × 1.57”

ND46AM5: Botryoidal aggregate of Hemimorphite on rock matrix, with very sharp shapes, fine parallel banding around the edges and with a very vivid and uniform blue color. An excellent Italian classic that comes from the Pedro Hernández collection.
Sa Duchesa Mine, Oridda Valley, Domusnovas, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4 × 3.6 cm = 2.20” × 1.57” × 1.42”

EQ37AA1: Botryoidal aggregate, on a calcareous-limonitic matrix, with a deep blue color very intense and uniform as is usual on samples from this locality. The sample is a classic for Sardinia.
Sa Duchessa Mine, Oridda, Domusnovas, Carbonia-Iglesias, Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 7.7 × 5.7 × 2.8 cm = 3.03” × 2.24” × 1.10”

EV89AA5: Yellowish microcrystalline Smithsonite coatings on parallel growths of Calcite crystals on matrix. Like so many specimens in this collection, this one is of great quality for the locality.
Seddas Moddizzis Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias, Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 8.2 × 5.4 × 4.4 cm = 3.23” × 2.13” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1.5 cm = 1.26” × 0.59”

MA86Y3: Slightly olive deep green botryoidal growths on matrix. It is a rarity because Pyromorphite samples from Iglesias are currently very scarce.
S'Ortu Becciu Mine, Donori, Metropolitan City of Cagliari, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

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

TRM87AP0: Fine specimen on matrix of Ferrierite-Mg (a zeolite uncommon in quality specimens) with globular growths of fine lamellar crystals, transparent, with an excellent reddish orange color and with small unidentified crystals (probably Quartz) on the surface of one of the spheres. This type of specimen, as well as the locality, seem already destined to become classics for the species.
Monte Oladri Quarries, Monastir, Metropolitan City of Cagliari, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.3 × 1.7 cm = 1.42” × 0.91” × 0.67”

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

EQ56P2: A fine piece with globular growths of good yellow color, on matrix and with Calcite crystals. These samples from this locality are destined to become the classics for the species.
Ugas Quarry, Monastir, Metropolitan City of Cagliari, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy (2005)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 2.5 × 0.8 cm = 1.77” × 0.98” × 0.31”

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

ER67P2: Very defined and separate globular growths on a concretion of white Calcite that coat the rocky matrix. The especially deep orange color belongs to the magnesian species, even considering that the sample has not been analyzed.
Ugas Quarry, Monastir, Metropolitan City of Cagliari, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy (2005)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.3 × 3.5 cm = 2.28” × 1.30” × 1.38”

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

MD98M5: Globular growth of yellow Ferrierite, with small aggregates of fibrous Mordenite and small crystals of Analcime on a matrix rich with Calcite.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘what’s new at Munich 2008’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 11 of number 1/2009.
Ugas Quarry, Monastir, Metropolitan City of Cagliari, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy (2004)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 5.6 × 3.9 cm = 2.40” × 2.20” × 1.54”

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

EE70M2: Excellent Ferrierite specimen from the most classic and best-known locality for this rare zeolite. It shows globular, near spherical, growths with a nice orange color that contrasts on a matrix covered by white globular Calcite crystals.
Ugas Quarry, Monastir, Metropolitan City of Cagliari, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy (2006)

Specimen size: 11.1 × 6.7 × 4.1 cm = 4.37” × 2.64” × 1.61”

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

TC2150DRB: Group of Sulphur crystals with a truncated bipyramidal shape and with sharp crystal forms. Translucent, with good luster, a very vivid color and a small matrix with Celestine crystals.
With a label from Lluís Daunis collection.
Racalmuto Mine, Racalmuto, Agrigento (Girgenti) Province, Sicily  Italy

Specimen size: 5 × 4.4 × 2.8 cm = 1.97” × 1.73” × 1.10”

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

HM170NL: Centric groups of tapered Celestine crystals with well defined faces and edges and sharp terminations, between transparent and translucent, shiny and with a brown color. On matrix, with Native Sulphur.
The specimen comes from the Carlos Prieto Paramio collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Agrigento (Girgenti) Province, Sicily  Italy (±1990)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.7 × 4.2 cm = 2.68” × 1.85” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 3 × 0.3 cm = 1.18” × 0.12”

TM27AM5: Group of Celestine crystals with sharp crystal forms, some of them doubly terminated. Transparent, lustrous, colorless, associated with crystals of Sulphur.
Agrigento (Girgenti) Province, Sicily  Italy

Specimen size: 6.8 × 6.8 × 4.3 cm = 2.68” × 2.68” × 1.69”

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

CA57I0: A nice "thumbnail". The crystal has very well defined faces and edges and it is on a small matrix of white scalenohedrons of Calcite.
Agrigento (Girgenti) Province, Sicily  Italy

Specimen size: 1.4 × 1.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.55” × 0.47” × 0.47”

BFM67AO7: Floater group of Sulphur crystals with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, with great luster and a very vivid color. A fine specimen from a classic Italian locality.
The specimen comes from an important European collection.
Agrigento (Girgenti) Province, Sicily  Italy

Specimen size: 5.4 × 5 × 3.4 cm = 2.13” × 1.97” × 1.34”

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

AB79P9: A Sicilian classic. The crystals, on matrix, are dipyramidal, with echeloned growths. They have preserved, in spite of their age, their luster and color in very good condition.
Cianciana Mines, Cianciana, Agrigento (Girgenti) Province, Sicily  Italy (2000)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.7 × 5.4 cm = 3.31” × 2.24” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 0.87” × 0.67”

NVX68AO5: Isolated Sulphur crystals with very sharp crystal forms and with polycrystalline growths, translucent, with good luster and a very vivid color. On a matrix of Calcite microcrystals.
The specimen comes from the collection of Santiago Jiménez who, especially in the 1980s and '90s, put together an excellent collection with a very good representation of the mineralogy of northern Spain.
Agrigento (Girgenti) Province, Sicily  Italy

Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.6 × 3.7 cm = 3.31” × 2.60” × 1.46”

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

VH27AJ0: Group of Sulphur crystals with a flattened dipyramidal shape. They are translucent, bright, and are on a Calcite matrix.
The sample is from the A. Mayor collection (num. 363).
Agrigento (Girgenti) Province, Sicily  Italy (±1967)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 7.3 × 6.3 cm = 3.70” × 2.87” × 2.48”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 3.1 cm = 1.50” × 1.22”

EPP68AP3: Very sharp Sulphur crystals that are translucent and have a very vivid color, on matrix, with spheroidal aggregates of white acicular Aragonite crystals.
Agrigento (Girgenti) Province, Sicily  Italy

Specimen size: 9.8 × 6 × 3.4 cm = 3.86” × 2.36” × 1.34”

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

VF50AC5: A Sicilian classic. The dipyramidal crystals still have their excellent luster and color despite their age. They are on matrix, with globular coatings of small white Calcite crystals.
Agrigento (Girgenti) Province, Sicily  Italy

Specimen size: 17.5 × 16 × 7 cm = 6.89” × 6.30” × 2.76”

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

ME10V7: Bundled aggregates of very acute white crystals of Aragonite, bright and implanted on a matrix of native Sulfur. A Sicilian classic.
Agrigento (Girgenti) Province, Sicily  Italy (±1970)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.5 × 4 cm = 2.68” × 2.17” × 1.57”

BRR89AP3: Scalenohedral crystal of Calcite covered by a second generation of botryoidal Calcite crystals and Sulphur crystals with sharp crystal forms. Different.
Agrigento (Girgenti) Province, Sicily  Italy

Specimen size: 16.8 ×10.2 × 6.6 cm = 6.61” × 4.02” × 2.60”

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

MTB48CD5: Aggregate of thick Aragonite crystals with well defined faces and edges completely covered by small, very lustrous Calcite crystals. The entire set has been deposited on a matrix formed by Sulphur crystals.
A classic of Italian mineralogy.
Cozzo Disi Mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento (Girgenti) Province, Sicily  Italy

Specimen size: 11.8 × 7.6 × 5.9 cm = 4.65” × 2.99” × 2.32”

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

SE97AC7: Aggregate of very flattened Aragonite crystals with their characteristic pseudohexagonal shape. The surfaces of their faces are coated by small Calcite crystals and they have deformed Sulfur crystals on the back. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, in this case a great Italian classic, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Cozzo Disi Mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento (Girgenti) Province, Sicily  Italy

Specimen size: 12.8 × 9.7 × 3.3 cm = 5.04” × 3.82” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 4 cm = 1.65” × 1.57”

SV220NNB: Floater aggregate formed by Aragonite crystals with hexagonal outlines and short whitish grey prism faces. On matrix, accompanied by a crystalline mass of Sulfur with strong color contrast.
A classic of Italian sulfur mining.
Cozzo Disi Mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento (Girgenti) Province, Sicily  Italy

Specimen size: 12.2 × 8.7 × 4.4 cm = 4.80” × 3.43” × 1.73”

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

SD47AC9: Aggregate of twinned prismatic Aragonite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, translucent and with a white color, slightly greenish. With small crystalline aggregates of native Sulfur with a very vivid color. 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.
Cozzo Disi Mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento (Girgenti) Province, Sicily  Italy

Specimen size: 14.5 × 9 × 6 cm = 5.71” × 3.54” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2.2 cm = 1.26” × 0.87”

EQ87Y0: Two generations of Celestine aggregates, the first one with bright, translucent slightly blue crystals, and the later with smaller fine crystals, absolutely transparent, colorless and extraordinarily bright. They are on matrix, with native Sulfur. A Sicilian classic.
Agrigento (Girgenti) Province, Sicily  Italy (±1970)

Specimen size: 13.5 × 12 × 6 cm = 5.31” × 4.72” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.2 cm = 0.83” × 0.47”

HR47L5: Group of Gypsum crystals with well defined and slightly curved faces and edges. Transparent to translucent showing a pearly luster. The matrix, rich in Sulfur, indicates its origin. We would like to emphasize that good specimens like this from the locality are rare. The specimen shows on its rear an old collection catalog number.
Agrigento (Girgenti) Province, Sicily  Italy

Specimen size: 10.2 × 8.8 × 4.8 cm = 4.02” × 3.46” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.2 cm = 1.46” × 1.26”

TLB48AP2: Coatings of Celestine crystals with elongated prismatic shape, between transparent and translucent, with very good luster and a snow-white color, that cover a group of thick Sulphur crystals. A quality Italian classic.
La Grasta Mine, Delia, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily  Italy

Specimen size: 11.1 × 5.3 × 6.9 cm = 4.37” × 2.09” × 2.72”

SM160HAT: Druse with centered aggregates of short prismatic crystals of Celestine that are translucent, lustrous and snow-white in color, with small crystals of Sulphur with a dipyramidal habit on the back of the piece.
Caltanissetta Province, Sicily  Italy

Specimen size: 15.5 × 9.9 × 4.1 cm = 6.10” × 3.90” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.59” × 0.16”

HM87AM3: Sulphur crystals with a dipyramidal habit, very sharp crystal forms, and which retain, despite time, an excellent luster and color. On matrix with globular coatings of small Calcite crystals. A Sicilian classic from an old collection.
Caltanissetta Province, Sicily  Italy

Specimen size: 11.4 × 9.3 × 9.2 cm = 4.49” × 3.66” × 3.62”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.5 cm = 0.67” × 0.59”

TG67AL5: Group on matrix of Calcite of Sulphur crystals with sharp faces and edges, bright and with changes in color, between yellow and orange. A Sicilian classic. The specimen is accompanied by an old label that does not include the original collection.
Enna (Castrogiovanni), Enna Province, Sicily  Italy

Specimen size: 9.2 × 6.8 × 2.5 cm = 3.62” × 2.68” × 0.98”

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

TXA27AP7: Flattened Heulandite (Series) crystals, many of them doubly terminated, translucent and pink, on matrix, with colorless trapezohedral Calcite crystals.
An Italian classic that comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Monte di Malo Quarry, Contrada Vanzi, Monte di Malo, Vicenza Province, Veneto  Italy

Specimen size: 8.8 × 7.4 × 4.9 cm = 3.46” × 2.91” × 1.93”

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

GM66R9: Group of dodecahedral crystals slightly beveled by trapezohedral faces and partially coated by Clinochlore.
Vizze Valley, Bolzano Province, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Südtirol)  Italy (±1984)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 5.2 × 3.8 cm = 3.07” × 2.05” × 1.50”

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