TR47Q1: Group of laminar crystals with pyramidal faces, yellow with color zoning. We specially note the locality, an European classic for the species.
Helena Mine, Crna (Schwarzenbach), Mežica Municipality, Carinthia Region  Slovenia

Specimen size: 3.2 × 3.1 × 2.4 cm = 1.26” × 1.22” × 0.94”

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

TR89F3: From the legendary locality of Miess (now called Mezica) comes this group of bi-pyramidal crystals, a form that is not common in Wulfenite. The tips of the crystals are complex and they separate into numerous pyramids. The color is excellent.
This one comes with A. Berger, Vienna and D. E. Boydston labels.
Helena Mine, Crna (Schwarzenbach), Mežica Municipality, Carinthia Region  Slovenia

Specimen size: 4 × 3 × 3 cm = 1.57” × 1.18” × 1.18”

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

TTB27AO8: Druse, on matrix, of tabular Wulfenite crystals with pyramidal polycrystalline terminations, with bright luster and an intense color, with geometric zoning of different shades.
Of high quality, the specimen comes from an important European collection.
Helena Mine, Crna (Schwarzenbach), Mežica Municipality, Carinthia Region  Slovenia

Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.3 × 2.7 cm = 2.83” × 1.69” × 1.06”

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

TB70L7: A specimen from one of the best and most classic localities for Wulfenite. Numerous dipyramidal and deep orange doubly terminated crystals, with parallel growths.
The specimen is from a German collection and under the label we found an older label from the Freiberg School of Mines.
Helena Mine, Crna (Schwarzenbach), Mežica (Miess)  Slovenia

Specimen size: 9 × 7.5 × 5 cm = 3.54” × 2.95” × 1.97”

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

ECB67AP6: Group of Wulfenite crystals with a clearly hemihedral pyramidal shape, with one of the terminations being very sharp and the opposite one finely polycrystalline. With a very bright luster and very vivid color, on matrix and with a group of white Calcite crystals that partially cover it.
A classic, very characteristic of the locality, but on the other hand unusual, with that Calcite covering the Wulfenite.
Helena Mine, Crna (Schwarzenbach), Mežica Municipality, Carinthia Region  Slovenia

Specimen size: 8.1 × 6.8 × 4.3 cm = 3.19” × 2.68” × 1.69”

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

BTR46AP1: Druse on matrix of tabular Wulfenite crystals with polycrystalline pyramidal terminations, with a very good luster and intense color and with geometric color zoning of different shades.
The specimen, a classic of great quality, comes from an important European collection.
Helena Mine, Crna (Schwarzenbach), Mežica Municipality, Carinthia Region  Slovenia

Specimen size: 11.3 × 9 × 6.7 cm = 4.45” × 3.54” × 2.64”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.63” × 0.55”

ME48AA9: Group of crystals, on matrix, with a clearly hemihedral shape, in which one of the terminations is very acute, being smooth and finely polycrystalline unlike the opposite. An excellent classic, very characteristic for the locality, showing a very original crystal shape.
Mežica (Miess), Mežica Municipality, Carinthia Region  Slovenia

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.5 × 2.6 cm = 1.46” × 1.38” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.31” × 0.24”

TF26AM5: Group of crystals with a clearly hemihedral habit, having a very sharp termination at one end and the opposite side finely polycrystalline. Very lustrous, with a vivid color, on matrix. An excellent classic, very characteristic of the locality but which at the same time has a very original crystal habit.
Mežica (Miess), Mežica Municipality, Carinthia Region  Slovenia

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

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

TFA57AN4: Complete pyritohedral floater crystal of Cobaltite with deformations and fine growth striations. It is lustrous and of a good size for the species and with a very unusual crystal habit, which is why we had it analyzed, and it did indeed turn out to be Cobaltite.
We will send a copy of that analysis to the buyer.
The specimen comes from one of the great classical localities for the species and remains 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 collections and before that in the French BRGM (Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières).
Tunaberg, Nyköping, Södermanland  Sweden

Specimen size: 2 × 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.79” × 0.59” × 0.39”

MF46AN0: Floater Cobaltite crystal of pyritohedral habit with very sharp crystal forms, bright luster, and from the most classic locality for the species.
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.
Håkansboda mining group, Lindesberg, Örebro, Västmanland  Sweden

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

TAQ12AO3: Cobaltite crystal, dominated by very well defined pyritohedron, with subsidiary cube forms, aerial, relatively lustrous and on a massive Cobaltite matrix. A European classic.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Håkansboda mining group, Lindesberg, Örebro, Västmanland  Sweden

Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.7 × 1.4 cm = 0.75” × 0.67” × 0.55”

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

TA76X8: Very well developed interstitial laminar growth, the matrix is epidotite, a relatively uncommon metamorphic rock, formed almost exclusively of crystalline Epidote. The sample is from a Swedish locality, classic for native Lead but that must not be confused with better known Långban.
Garpenberg Norra Mine, Garpenberg, Hedemora, Dalarna, Svealand Region  Sweden (2011)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2 × 2.2 cm = 1.65” × 0.79” × 0.87”

TC86X8: Very well developed interstitial laminar growth, on matrix, with Epidote and garnet. The sample is from a Swedish locality, classic for native Lead but that must not be confuse with better known Långban.
Garpenberg Norra Mine, Garpenberg, Hedemora, Dalarna, Svealand Region  Sweden (2011)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.9 × 2.3 cm = 1.85” × 1.14” × 0.91”

TB96X8: Very aerial interstitial and laminar growth on a rocky matrix, with small mica sheets. The sample is from a Swedish locality, classic for native Lead but that must not be confuse with better known Långban.
Garpenberg Norra Mine, Garpenberg, Hedemora, Dalarna, Svealand Region  Sweden (2011)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.1 × 2 cm = 1.85” × 1.22” × 0.79”

TD37X8: Very well developed interstitial laminar growth, on matrix, with Epidote, garnet and small reddish crystals of Litharge on the Lead surface. The sample is from a Swedish locality, classic for native Lead but that must not be confuse with better known Långban.
Garpenberg Norra Mine, Garpenberg, Hedemora, Dalarna, Svealand Region  Sweden (2011)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.5 × 2.6 cm = 1.89” × 1.38” × 1.02”

TXF97CD5: This rare arsenate of sodium, calcium and magnesium displays an intense and uniform yellow color and crystalline appearance, on a rock matrix partially covered by Calcite which gives a beautiful color contrast. Also has small dark grains of Hausmannite.
The Berzeliite comes from the type locality for the species, the Långban metamorphic manganese-iron deposit with its very complex skarns and pegmatites, which has provided a whopping 78 type localities of mineral species.
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland  Sweden

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.2 × 3.7 cm = 2.40” × 1.65” × 1.46”

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

MRF86AP7: Good specimen of Hedyphane, a very rare lead and calcium arsenate, with acicular crystals of silky luster, on matrix.
The specimen comes from the type locality for the species and
bears a series of old labels: Ralph D. Dietz, Burminco, and Minerals Unlimited.
Långban Mine, Långban, Filipstad, Värmland  Sweden

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.4 × 4.3 cm = 2.68” × 1.73” × 1.69”

TXL98CD6: Sheets of native Lead on the classic rock matrix from the Swedish town of Långban, a world-renowned locality for this species, which only rarely occurs as the native element.
The specimen comes from the collection of Nacho Gaspar whose label we will send to the buyer of the piece.
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland  Sweden

Specimen size: 10 × 4 × 4.3 cm = 3.94” × 1.57” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.4 cm = 0.79” × 0.55”

EFG46AQ0: Hollandite crystal of an unusual size, with extraordinarily sharp forms and excellent terminations, with fine parallel growths, and more lustrous faces than usual for the species.
An extraordinary European classic.
Murjek, Jokkmokk, Norrbotten, Lappland Province  Sweden (1970)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 1.7 × 1 cm = 1.50” × 0.67” × 0.39”

EK86AL4: Matrix group of complex Calcite crystals very rich in crystalline forms, some of them doubly terminated, with well defined phantoms that delimit two different growth phases. From a locality that has become a classic for Calcite.
Malmberget, Gällivare, Norrbotten, Lappland Province  Sweden

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.4 × 4.9 cm = 2.52” × 2.13” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 2 cm = 1.34” × 0.79”

TFM69AN5: Druse of groups of 'Stilbite' crystals with bow-tie growths, with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, lustrous and with a uniform yellow color.
The specimen, of great quality for the locality, comes from a private collection whose label we will send to the buyer.

Malmberget, Gällivare, Norrbotten, Lappland Province  Sweden

Specimen size: 12.2 × 5 × 2.3 cm = 4.80” × 1.97” × 0.91”

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

BRM26AP3: Groups of octahedral Fluorite crystals with minor cube and rhombododecahedron faces, unusual in this type of specimen. The crystals are pink and translucent, on matrix with small Albite crystals.
Zinggenstöcke, Oberaar Lake area, Grimsel area, Hasli Valley, Bern  Switzerland

Specimen size: 16.2 × 10.7 × 4.7 cm = 6.38” × 4.21” × 1.85”

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

TC160RM: Sharp Quartz crystal, with very well defined faces and edges, transparent, with good luster and a very deep color.
Zinggenstöcke, Oberaar Lake area, Grimsel area, Hasli Valley, Bern  Switzerland (1958)

Specimen size: 11.3 × 4.7 × 4.6 cm = 4.45” × 1.85” × 1.81”

ED27K6: Group of very transparent crystals forming parallel growths, slightly twisted (gwindel) and with a neat “faden” growth. At the base of the piece there is a thin Albite matrix.
Cavradi gorge (Val Cavradi), Municipality of Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Surselva District, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden)  Switzerland

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

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

EQ67K6: Group of doubly terminated crystals, one of them clearly dominant, extraordinarily flattened because the accentuated growth of two opposite faces of the rhombohedron. The specimen is absolutely clear and has, as a curiosity, some slightly curved faces. At the same time, we suspect, due the position of the small faces on the top, it is twinned.
Cavradi gorge (Val Cavradi), Municipality of Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Surselva District, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.2 × 0.8 cm = 2.24” × 1.65” × 0.31”

EM87AA0: Aggregate of colorless, transparent and very bright crystals, some of them doubly terminated, that have oriented inclusions with a bluish-gray color on their terminations. Of high quality for the locality.
Piz Regina, Lumbrein, Lugnez Valley, Grisons  Switzerland

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.6 × 5.9 cm = 2.64” × 2.20” × 2.32”

Main crystal size: 5.8 × 2.2 cm = 2.28” × 0.87”

TPM14AP7: Very sharp crystal of Titanite, salmon-colored with lighter zoning, almost white, on the edges, bordered by growths of small dark green, almost black, Chlorite crystals.
An Italian alpine classic that comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Pizzo Centrale, Airolo, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.7 × 1.9 cm = 1.38” × 1.06” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 1.9 cm = 1.10” × 0.75”

TMP16AP6: Group of Albite crystals on matrix, one of them clearly dominant, very sharp and with perfect terminations, translucent, lustrous and snow-white.
A fine miniature from the Robert-Auguste Touchon collection.
Pizzo Centrale, Airolo, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 0.87” × 0.55” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.7 cm = 0.59” × 0.28”

TFR86AP6: Parallel growth of two very sharp Albite crystals, extraordinarily flattened, transparent and very rich in Chlorite inclusions with a mossy habit.
The specimen comes from the collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Pizzo Centrale, Airolo, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 5 × 3.5 × 0.7 cm = 1.97” × 1.38” × 0.28”

TXB16AP6: Very sharp crystals of Axinite-(Fe), transparent, with bright luster and a brown color with mauve tones, with Chlorite inclusions and on matrix.
The specimen, from a locality little known for the species, comes from the collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Pizzo Centrale, Airolo, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3 × 2.7 cm = 1.34” × 1.18” × 1.06”

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

TBA56AP7: Parallel growth of white, thick tabular Fluorapatite crystals, with good luster and with transparent zoning on the edges. On matrix, associated with small crystals of Albite with Chlorite inclusions and Quartz crystals.
The specimen comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Pizzo Centrale, Airolo, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 4 × 2.9 × 2.2 cm = 1.57” × 1.14” × 0.87”

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

TYB17AP5: Tabular growths of very sharp Fluorapatite crystals, transparent and lustrous, on matrix, with Orthoclase crystals (adularia variety) and with Chlorite coatings which themselves cover twinned Titanite crystals.
The specimen comes from the collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Pizzo Centrale, Airolo, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 8 × 5.2 × 3.5 cm = 3.15” × 2.05” × 1.38”

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

TBC46AP7: Floater group of Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant, doubly terminated, with parallel growths that have created a very flattened habit, progressively decreasing from the center to the ends. The crystal is transparent and very lustrous, and comes from the former collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Pizzo Centrale, Airolo, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 5 × 2.3 × 2.3 cm = 1.97” × 0.91” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 5 × 1.7 cm = 1.97” × 0.67”

ETB36AP4: Twinned Titanite crystals with very sharp shapes and a uniform greenish yellow color, on a matrix of Orthoclase (variety adularia) with Chlorite coatings.
A very characteristic Swiss classic, which comes from the collection of General Robert Touchon.
Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.3 × 3.5 cm = 2.68” × 1.69” × 1.38”

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

TA1AL5: Flat rosette growths (“iron rose”), very sharp, with very marked, shiny and lamellar polycrystalline growths
The specimen comes from the Rock Currier collection (no.1387), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 7.3 × 3.4 × 3.3 cm = 2.87” × 1.34” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 2.6 cm = 1.46” × 1.02”

VC37Z4: Parallel growths of Orthoclase (variety adularia) crystals that are very bright, translucent, have very well defined faces and edges and are with oriented growths of dark green Chlorite. A Swiss classic.
Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin)  Switzerland (±1979)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 6.2 × 4.8 cm = 3.86” × 2.44” × 1.89”

MF29AM3: Druse of water-clear Quartz crystals with extraordinary sharpness and brilliance. From a well-referenced Swiss locality that has produced few such quality specimens.
Pizzo Meda, Ambri, Quinto, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 16.2 × 7.8 × 10.3 cm = 6.38” × 3.07” × 4.06”

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

HM90R9: Very elongated crystal, completely transparent. On the back of the crystal there is a contact area corresponding to a smaller missing crystal.
Maggia Valley, Ticino (Tessin)  Switzerland (±1980)

Specimen size: 14 × 5.2 × 4.4 cm = 5.51” × 2.05” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 12.5 × 2.4 cm = 4.92” × 0.94”

JR8J0: Very well defined laminar crystal formed by multiple growth and with very small red crystals of Rutile, prismatic and doubly terminated. They are spread on the surface of Hematite.
The specimen is from the Jan Buma collection (num. 941207) and we’ll send the card of the collection with it.
Cavradi gorge (Val Cavradi), Municipality of Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Surselva District, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.7 × 0.2 cm = 0.91” × 0.67” × 0.08”

TXA27AN5: Aggregate of very sharp Hematite crystals between lamellar and tabular, with brilliant luster and epitaxial growths of translucent Rutile crystals, which are very lustrous too and with an intense red color. On an Albite matrix, with Quartz crystals.
A Swiss classic that we will ship in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label indicating that it was previously in the Sullivan collection.
Cavradi gorge (Val Cavradi), Municipality of Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Surselva District, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 3.1 × 1.9 × 1.7 cm = 1.22” × 0.75” × 0.67”

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

MN17X2: Aggregate of platy crystals of Hematite. They are very sharp, bright, with epitaxial growths of red rutile crystals, and are on matrix. A Swiss classic.
Cavradi gorge (Val Cavradi), Municipality of Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Surselva District, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 5.2 × 2.7 × 2.3 cm = 2.05” × 1.06” × 0.91”

TG30F6: The tabular, very brilliant crystals are quite large. Add to this the complex parallel growth of the Quartz, which will appeal to connoisseurs. A really neat specimen.
Cavradi gorge (Val Cavradi), Municipality of Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Surselva District, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden)  Switzerland (2004)

Specimen size: 7 × 4.5 × 2 cm = 2.76” × 1.77” × 0.79”

MC91N6: Groups of sharp and bright tabular Hematite crystals implanted on bright and transparent, slightly smoky, Quartz crystals.
It comes from the Martí Rafel collection whose label we'll send to the buyer.
Cavradi gorge (Val Cavradi), Municipality of Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Surselva District, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 9.3 × 7.5 × 7 cm = 3.66” × 2.95” × 2.76”

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

TC2280CF: Very aerial group of super sharp lamellar Hematite crystals, with brilliant luster and iridescent reflections, on matrix, with water-clear Quartz crystals.
Cavradi gorge (Val Cavradi), Municipality of Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Surselva District, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 12.4 × 9.5 × 7.8 cm = 4.88” × 3.74” × 3.07”

MTA87XXX: Strontianite crystals of good size, elongated and slightly different from other strontianites found at Cavradi. In fact, it is not widely known that this species can occur with such quality in this classic locality. The crystals show a slight greenish-bluish hue, are complete and undamaged, and the overall group is quite aesthetic.
At Cavradi, Strontianite occurs rather infrequently in alpine-type druses, associated with late hydrothermal processes that filled fractures in the host gneisses.
Cavradi gorge (Val Cavradi), Municipality of Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Surselva District, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 9 × 6.4 × 4.1 cm = 3.54” × 2.52” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.4 cm = 0.79” × 0.16”

TBF48AP5: Very elongated Epidote crystals, some of them doubly terminated, between transparent and translucent, deep green, with very good luster, on a Quartz matrix. The specimen comes from the collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon, whose handwritten label we will send to the buyer.
Val Giuv, side valley, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Municipality of Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Surselva District, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 8.2 × 5.6 × 3.3 cm = 3.23” × 2.20” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 0.2 cm = 1.06” × 0.08”

TRM16AP5: Radial group of elongated Tourmaline group crystals, black and very lustrous, in a Quartz and Feldspar matrix, with small lamellar Hematite crystals. The specimen, a rarity for this well-known Swiss locality, comes from the collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon, whose handwritten label we will send to the buyer.
Cavradi gorge (Val Cavradi), Municipality of Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Surselva District, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.6 × 4.1 cm = 2.40” × 1.81” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.1 cm = 0.39” × 0.04”

MRA98CD4: Plate formed by Quartz crystals arranged in a very aerial manner with clear development of the prism and the perfectly sharp terminations, translucent and with abundant inclusions of dark green Chlorite concentrated in the centers of the Quartz prisms, and which in turn are partially covered by very clear, practically transparent Albite crystals.
An alpine classic from a well-known mineralogical area of Switzerland.
Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 8.1 × 7.3 × 4.4 cm = 3.19” × 2.87” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 1 cm cm = 1.69” × 0.39”

TQ88L3: Very sharp prismatic smoky Quartz crystal. The specimen shows rhombohedral oscillatory faces with inclusions in the lower crystal, partially recrystallized. Excellent transparency, brilliance and deep and uniform smoky tone. This sample comes from a smoky Quartz classic locality, but not one well-known by mineral collectors.
Val Ferret, Val de Bagnes, Entremont, Wallis (Valais)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 10.5 × 5.3 × 3.5 cm = 4.13” × 2.09” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 9.7 × 4 cm = 3.82” × 1.57”

EB51G4: In this Fluorite the color and definition of faces and edges are excellent. Fluorite crystal is enhanced by a group of doubly-terminated smoky Quartz crystals with microcrystals of Albite, all in a matrix, also of Albite.
Göscheneralp, Göschenen Valley, Göschenen, Reuss Valley, Uri  Switzerland (1986)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.1 × 3 cm = 1.85” × 1.61” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.3 cm = 0.71” × 0.51”

TR92AM8: Isolated octahedral Fluorite crystal, very sharp and with an intense pink color, on a matrix of Quartz crystals with small Feldspar crystals. A Swiss classic.
Göscheneralp, Göschenen Valley, Göschenen, Reuss Valley, Uri  Switzerland

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.6 × 2.4 cm = 2.44” × 1.81” × 0.94”

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

TM96H9: Excellent group of crystals with very sharp faces and edges, partially covered by Chlorite and with very marked Baveno twins. Very esthetic.
Valais  Switzerland (±1970)

Specimen size: 11.3 × 7.7 × 4 cm = 4.45” × 3.03” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 5.1 × 4.5 cm = 2.01” × 1.77”

MRB27AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Parallel growths of lamellar crystals of Hematite, very sharp, with a fine growth contact on one of the edges that may appear broken, but is not, sitting on a matrix of Quartz crystals (smoky variety)
Note the precision with which the location of discovery is given.
Turbealp, Turbe, Albrunhorn-Turbhorn area, Binn Valley (Binntal), Wallis (Valais)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.7 × 4.8 cm = 2.68” × 2.24” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 3.6 cm = 1.65” × 1.42”

TMB47AP9: Elongated crystals of Dufrenoysite with a prismatic habit, with well defined forms, very good luster, and on matrix with translucent and lustrous crystals of Sphalerite and small crystals of Pyrite.
The specimen is from the type locality, comes from the collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and has been analyzed. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn Valley (Binntal), Wallis (Valais)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 4.1 × 4 × 2.8 cm = 1.61” × 1.57” × 1.10”

MVM48AO3: Groups of Lengenbachite crystals with a prismatic shape and a fine vertical striation, very lustrous, with Jordanite crystals of somewhat lighter grey tones and matte, included on a white Calcite matrix with very shiny microgranular Pyrite aggregates. A Swiss classic, from the type locality for both species, a rare lead-copper-arsenic sulphosalt.
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn Valley (Binntal), Wallis (Valais)  Switzerland (1980)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.2 × 2.1 cm = 2.01” × 1.65” × 0.83”

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

MCT97AO3: Sartorite crystal with very sharp crystal forms and good terminations, something uncommon in this type of specimen, lustrous, and included in a white Calcite matrix. A Swiss classic, from the type locality for the species, a rare lead arsenic sulphosalt. Originally labeled “Skleroklas” (Scleroclase), a name given to sartorites long ago.
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn Valley (Binntal), Wallis (Valais)  Switzerland (1977)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.1 × 2.7 cm = 2.91” × 2.01” × 1.06”

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

SM47AB1: Doubly terminated and very well defined Synchisite-(Ce) crystal, with parallel growths, translucent, very bright, with a very intense yellow color and on Albite matrix with small Hematite rosettes and acicular Schorl microcrystals. As in so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Scherbadung, Kriegalp Valley, Binn Valley (Binntal), Wallis (Valais)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 6 × 3.6 × 1.6 cm = 2.36” × 1.42” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.2 cm = 0.28” × 0.08”

ND96AM4: Polycrystalline growth of Sphalerite, on matrix, very sharp, translucent, lustrous and honey-colored. With very sharp and shiny tetrahedral crystals of Tennantite (variety binnite, rich in silver), typical of this locality.
The specimen comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection (number BLD-5), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Binn Valley (Binntal), Wallis (Valais)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 6 × 5 × 4.2 cm = 2.36” × 1.97” × 1.65”

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

TR14F9: Now accustomed to the Norwegian and Pakistani pieces, from time to time the market surprises us with a sample from an old and different source. In this specimen we have two bipyramidal crystals, very sharp, black and bright, on a Quartz matrix with Muscovite inclusions.
We add two labels. One of them, autographed, is from the old collection of L. Bardelli in Milan (num. 2308) the second one is more modern, coming from the Freiberger Bergakademie.
Lunkithal, Maderaner Tal, Uri  Switzerland

Specimen size: 6 × 4.5 × 4 cm = 2.36” × 1.77” × 1.57”

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

MQ76AK9: Group of doubly terminated floater crystals, transparent and very bright, with a slightly smoky tone. An alpine classic from the collection Carles Manresa (no. 4147) whose collection entry shows that it was previously in the collection of Joaquín Folch Girona, who got it in an exchange with the Sulzbachs, Zurich, in 1950. We will send to the buyer, together with the specimen, the label and collection record of Carlos Manresa and the label and handwritten record from the Folch collection.
Sidelangetscher, Furka Pass area, Urseren, Uri  Switzerland (±1950)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 5 × 3.7 cm = 2.20” × 1.97” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 5.5 × 3.3 cm = 2.17” × 1.30”

EP96M8: Group of complex crystals, one of them clearly dominant, of good size, bright, very rich of faces and partially coated by of small crystals of mica, probably Muscovite. The crystals have small holes that are not damage but growth defects.
Wannigletscher, Cherbadung, Binntal, Wallis  Switzerland (2007)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.87” × 0.63” × 0.55”

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

TXM6AP7: Hematite crystal, on matrix, with a tabular habit, a very sharp hexagonal outline and very well defined polycrystalline growths (iron rose variety).
A Swiss alpine classic that comes to us from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and that is accompanied by an old handwritten label which we will send to the buyer.
Rhône Glacier, Furka Pass area, Furka, Goms, Wallis (Valais)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 4.5 × 2.7 × 1.9 cm = 1.77” × 1.06” × 0.75”

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

XM80EJ: Group of smoky Quartz crystals with sharp crystal forms, transparent, very lustrous, and with a deep color.
Vorderes Galmihorn, Bächi Valley, Reckingen, Grafschaft, Goms, Wallis (Valais)  Switzerland (2010)

Specimen size: 6 × 3.8 × 5.1 cm = 2.36” × 1.50” × 2.01”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 1.6 cm = 1.69” × 0.63”

ED98AK6: Rosette-like books of lamellar Hematite crystals with well defined hexagonal outlines, very lustrous, on matrix. A European classic of excellent quality and very aesthetic.
Bächi Valley, Reckingen, Grafschaft, Goms, Wallis (Valais)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.7 × 3.9 cm = 1.81” × 1.46” × 1.54”

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

TMP16AP7: Octahedral crystal of Magnetite with polycrystalline growths, lustrous, with a little bit of matrix.
The specimen comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and is accompanied by an old label which we will send to the buyer.
Zermatt, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee, Wallis (Valais)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.6 × 1.7 cm = 0.83” × 0.63” × 0.67”

TTR86AP7: Very sharp pseudocubic Perovskite crystal, on a Chlorite matrix, associated with small crystals of Andradite and Vesuvianite.
This specimen is from a very classic Swiss locality, and comes to us from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon. It is accompanied by an old handwritten label which we will send to the buyer.
Rimpfischwäng Range, Findel Glacier area, Mattertal Valley, Zermatt, Visp District, Wallis (Valais)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.2 × 1.3 cm = 1.30” × 0.87” × 0.51”

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

TDR14AP7: Clinochlore crystal with very sharp crystal forms, prismatic habit and glossy luster, dark green in color with reddish tones (pennine variety), on a fibrous matrix of Chrysotile. The specimen comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Rimpfischwäng Range, Findel Glacier area, Mattertal Valley, Zermatt, Visp District, Wallis (Valais)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 1.7 × 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.67” × 0.55” × 0.47”

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

TJR46AP7: Clinochlore crystal with very sharp crystal forms, prismatic habit and glossy luster, dark green with reddish tones (pennine variety).
The specimen comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Rimpfischwäng Range, Findel Glacier area, Mattertal Valley, Zermatt, Visp District, Wallis (Valais)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.9 × 1.6 cm = 0.94” × 0.75” × 0.63”

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

TPB14AP7: Clinochlore crystal with very sharp crystal forms, prismatic habit and glossy luster, dark green in color with reddish tones (pennine variety), on a fibrous matrix of Chrysotile.
The specimen comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Rimpfischwäng Range, Findel Glacier area, Mattertal Valley, Zermatt, Visp District, Wallis (Valais)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.6 × 1.7 cm = 1.26” × 1.02” × 0.67”

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

TLM91AP7: Clinochlore crystal with very sharp crystal forms, pyramidal shape and satiny luster, dark green with reddish tones (pennine variety), on a Chrisotile matrix with octahedral crystals of Magnetite.
The specimen, of high quality and from a very classic Swiss locality, comes from the old Robert-Auguste Touchon collection and is accompanied by an old handwritten label which we will send to the buyer.
Rimpfischwäng Range, Findel Glacier area, Mattertal Valley, Zermatt, Visp District, Wallis (Valais)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 7.3 × 4.8 × 4.2 cm = 2.87” × 1.89” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.94” × 0.47”

EAL89AP1: Two good sized Quartz crystals, very sharp, transparent, lustrous, with deep, dark, and uniform smoky tones, associated with small Albite crystals at the base.
Wallis (Valais)  Switzerland

Specimen size: 13.1 × 7.6 × 4 cm = 5.16” × 2.99” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 13.1 × 2.5 cm = 5.16” × 0.98”

SE88AB4: Extraordinarily flattened Calcite crystals with the well-known “papierspat” shape. They are between transparent and translucent and are on a matrix of clear Quartz crystals, some of them partially chloritized. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Griesseren Valley, Maderanertal, Uri  Switzerland (±2007)

Specimen size: 11.3 × 8.4 × 4.2 cm = 4.45” × 3.31” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 3.2 cm = 1.85” × 1.26”

EXP98AP4: Very aerial parallel growths of sharp Orthoclase (adularia variety) crystals, with good luster and a snow-white color. On matrix.
It comes from the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt and has several old labels with it.
Amsteg, Silenen, Reuss Valley, Uri  Switzerland

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.7 × 4.1 cm = 2.91” × 2.24” × 1.61”

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

SH47AB1: Aggregate of rhombohedral crystals on matrix with very well defined faces and edges and with a gray color. As in so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Gonzen Mine, Sargans, Alvier Group, St Gallen  Switzerland

Specimen size: 14 × 7.4 × 5.8 cm = 5.51” × 2.91” × 2.28”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 2.7 cm = 1.30” × 1.06”

SC27AE3: Aggregates of very well defined Dolomite crystals with the well known “saddle” shape. They have a snowy white color and are on a rocky matrix. A Swiss classic from a single find when the tunnel was under construction.
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.
Furka Base Tunnel area, Realp, Urseren, Uri  Switzerland

Specimen size: 11.8 × 9 × 4.9 cm = 4.65” × 3.54” × 1.93”

EX76AD2: Single smoky Quartz crystal, transparent, very bright and with a very deep and uniform color, with Hematite inclusions on its terminal faces and with very visible right-handed rhombohedral faces.
Uri  Switzerland (1992)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 3.6 × 2.7 cm = 2.56” × 1.42” × 1.06”