EL86G5: Excellent miniature with very definite groups of crystals on matrix. Crystals are laminar and of a very good color and considerable size for this species.
Spania Dolina (Herrengrund), Banská Bystrica  Slovak Republic (06/2005)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.3 × 1.3 cm = 0.79” × 0.51” × 0.51”

ET73AM1: New (in part) after the 2020 Sainte Marie Virtual show. From a classic Turkish locality but with a different morphology and color. With its vertical twin plane, this crystal, which is transparent and of great fineness and quality, has excellent terminal faces and very good luster. With yellow-green tones and very distinct dichroism, its color changes between soft red and green, this being visible in all kinds of light, even natural light.
Ilbir Mountain, Pinarcik, Milâs District, Muğla Province, Aegean Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 1.1 × 0.6 cm = 1.81” × 0.43” × 0.24”

ELR87AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Elongated Diaspore crystals, two of them clearly dominant, with very sharp crystal forms with excellent terminations, transparent, with good luster and a nice light yellow color. On matrix on abundant well crystallized Chloritoid and with white fibrous and lamellar intergrowths of Margarite. The specimen is of an extraordinary elegance and perfection.
The Chloritoid has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Pinarcik, Milâs District, Muğla Province, Aegean Region  Turkey (2022)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 6.3 × 3.5 cm = 2.91” × 2.48” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 1 cm = 1.46” × 0.39”

ER94AM1: A large doubly terminated scepter and stepped crystal of Diaspore with polycrystalline terminations, transparent, lustrous, yellow with green reflections and partially covered in some areas by leafy growths of Margarite. A very remarkable specimen both for its size and color and for its perfection.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published in the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 86 in the volume 26/2021, number 1
Ilbir Mountain, Pinarcik, Milâs District, Muğla Province, Aegean Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 14.9 × 3.6 × 1.7 cm = 5.87” × 1.42” × 0.67”

MA89E9: Doubly-terminated crystals of Diopside are not that common. In this case they occur in a large group of quite long subparallel crystals. The color, transparency and position on the matrix are also striking.
Kunar Province (Konar)  Afghanistan (2004)

Specimen size: 8 × 5.3 × 3.5 cm = 3.15” × 2.09” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 0.5 cm = 1.38” × 0.20”

ED37AC6: Very aerial aggregate of Dioptase crystals, one of them clearly dominant and doubly terminated. They are translucent, very bright and on a Calcite matrix. A perfect thumbnail.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia (±1975)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 1.06” × 0.63” × 0.59”

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

T49M: A sculptural esthetic and perfectly colored Dioptase on dolomite and calcite. An excellent specimen.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

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

MV99H1: The locality is uncommon. The group is consists of a lot of short prismatic crystals which have exceptional color and luster. It’s from a recent find in a forgotten place in which the former pieces hadn’t the same degree of quality.
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (06/2005)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 5.8 × 3.5 cm = 3.11” × 2.28” × 1.38”

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

NE96D3: Top quality specimen. For its perfection, luster, crystal size, transparency, and contrast with its white Calcite matrix this Dioptase is a world class example of this very popular species.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 8 × 6 × 2.8 cm = 3.15” × 2.36” × 1.10”

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

EGH72AO0: Druse of very sharp Dioptase crystals with very good crystal forms and excellent color. The Dioptase crystals are large, have an exceptional luster and are on matrix, with white Calcite.
This specimen, an extraordinary Tsumeb classic, comes from the Ginette Verax collection.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 10.2 × 8.1 × 5.1 cm = 4.02” × 3.19” × 2.01”

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

TD97D8: From the John Barlow collection, this perfect twin of two Dolomite crystals shows the degree of transparency and brilliance that has made the Dolomite from Eugui so famous. A very esthetic floater.
Asturreta Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre)  Spain (±1974)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.9 × 4.2 cm = 2.17” × 1.93” × 1.65”

SA96AC1: Aggregate of crystals formed by the positive and the negative rhombohedron, twinned, very sharp and transparent. They have grown on a first generation of translucent white rhombohedrons of the same Dolomite. This kind of twin is very uncommon at Eugui, so, historically, they have been very appreciated by collectors.
Asturreta Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre)  Spain (±1965)

Specimen size: 14.5 × 11.4 × 8.7 cm = 5.71” × 4.49” × 3.43”

Main crystal size: 5 × 4.2 cm = 1.97” × 1.65”

ERT9AQ1: Divergent prismatic crystals of Donnayite-(Y), one of them clearly dominant, with a green-grey color, lustrous and aerial on the matrix, with Calcite crystals.
The piece comes from the type locality for the species and due to its quality and crystal size it can be considered as among the best known.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.7 × 3 cm = 1.77” × 1.46” × 1.18”

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

MR86Z0: Aggregate of very aerial and very well-defined crystals with perfect terminations. The sample is of high quality, especially enhanced by the photography (you must consider the small size of the sample). From the type locality for the species.
The sample has been noted and photographed in the monograph ‘St. Andreasberg’ of the Mineralogical Record magazine (May-June 2017, pg. 359)
St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 1.8 × 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.71” × 0.35” × 0.28”

TG31C5: Extremely nice, its geminness is evident just viewing the photo. Just add to that the fact that the base is recrystallized and that all its tips have a delicate reddish tint.
Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province  Afghanistan (2002)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 1.5 × 1.1 cm = 2.32” × 0.59” × 0.43”

TP46E2: Well, I think the photo says most of what I need to say about this one. It’s really very luminous and the colors are great – both the red at the base and the green near the top. The upper termination is very rich in faces and the base is re-crystallized. This was in Steve Smale’s collection, so we will send you his label.
Viadinho claims, Marilac, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 3.5 × 1.1 × 0.8 cm = 1.38” × 0.43” × 0.31”

TP66H1: An elongated crystal, deep green colored, very transparent, bright, with all its faces perfectly preserved and growing on a thin pink prism, probably the product of the loss of the green portion once covering the pink stem. A very nice oddity.
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (1994)

Specimen size: 4 × 0.6 × 0.6 cm = 1.57” × 0.24” × 0.24”

ERF91AO0: Doubly terminated and complete floater crystal of Elbaite, very rich in faces and with perfect terminations, transparent, lustrous and with a clear polarization of color, deep green at the ends and vivid pink on the prism. This 1972 specimen comes from the Ginette Verax collection.
Pederneira claim, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (1972)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 1.4 × 1.4 cm = 2.17” × 0.55” × 0.55”

MB6H3: An exceptional sample. A floating smoky Quartz crystal from which arises a magnificent prismatic crystal of Elbaite. It is transparent and clean and has an excellent termination and a better green color, with banded zones.
São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1970)

Specimen size: 10 × 5.5 × 7 cm = 3.94” × 2.17” × 2.76”

Main crystal size: 5.5 × 0.7 cm = 2.17” × 0.28”

MR96L7: A doubly terminated Elbaite crystal with multiple striations parallel to the main axis, and dissolution forms. One of the terminations is not evident but the opposite is multiple and has been modified by dissolution structures. Good transparency and we would like to emphasize the slight color gradation between reddish tones to greenish blue along the crystal.
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1990)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 2.5 × 2.2 cm = 4.21” × 0.98” × 0.87”

EA96Z0: Parallel polycrystalline aggregate with good terminations, an excellent luster, and the particularly intense and deep color of the samples from the Jonas mine, one of the great classic localities for rubellite.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2020, page 68
Jonas pocket, Itatiaia, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 13.1 × 7.3 × 3 cm = 5.16” × 2.87” × 1.18”

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

TPP86AP9: Group of extraordinarily elongated Elbaite crystals, translucent, with good luster and a very vivid and uniform pink color (rubellite variety).
Different from others, its architecture is very curious with that multitude of stacked crystals.
  Brazil

Specimen size: 13.1 × 8 × 5.6 cm = 5.16” × 3.15” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 6.6 × 0.3 cm = 2.60” × 0.12”

EMR26AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Elbaite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and very aerial, with very well defined faces and edges and very rich in faces on the terminations. Transparent, very lustrous, uniform blue with greenish reflections and implanted in a Quartz crystal.
Santa Rosa Mine, Itambacuri, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 4 × 1.9 × 1.7 cm = 1.57” × 0.75” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 0.5 cm = 1.42” × 0.20”

TH97AL5: Group of Elbaite crystals (indicolite variety) forming parallel growths with very sharply pointed polycrystalline pyramidal terminations. The crystals are transparent, with great luster, mostly blue but with pink tones in the lower part. This is one of the few large specimens saved for collectors from the lucky finds of the 1980s, most of which went to the gem trade for faceting, which yielded crystals with a quality and density of color, and luster, far superior to previous finds. A unique specimen which demonstrates how very unpredictable Nature can be.
Santa Rosa Mine, Itambacuri, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1980)

Specimen size: 15 × 12.5 × 8 cm = 5.91” × 4.92” × 3.15”

TG48G5: Prismatic crystal with the typical a flat pinacoid termination. Very clear, shows a sharp zonation of the color, pink in the inner crystal and green-blue in the skin. Two little crystals below add a special esthetical beauty to the piece.
Santa Rosa Mine, Itambacuri, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1980)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 1.77” × 0.28” × 0.24”

TD46L1: Well defined and transparent Elbaite crystal, with excellent color, totally natural, more blue on the sceptered base. Terminal faces are well defined and with no damage. We would like to emphasize its form because these elbaites from Paraíba, well-known for their excellent color, rarely are seen in complete crystals.
São José da Batalha, Salgadinho, Borborema, Paraíba  Brazil (±1992)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 0.8 × 0.8 cm = 1.26” × 0.31” × 0.31”

TF96AN2: Floater doubly terminated Elbaite crystal, with very sharp crystal forms and excellent faces on both terminations. Transparent, with a very bright luster and a red wine prism, with gradations in color tones and an intense green termination.
Rubaya, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu Province (Kivu)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2020)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 1 × 0.7 cm = 1.69” × 0.39” × 0.28”

TMA56AN5: Elbaite crystal (variety rubellite) with very sharp crystal forms and excellent terminations. It is transparent, very lustrous, and has a wine-red prism with gradations in the same color tones.
Rubaya, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu Province (Kivu)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2020)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 2.17” × 0.67” × 0.47”

TJ1AN2: Parallel growth of two Elbaite crystals with very sharp crystal forms and excellent upper terminations. The crystal faces are very sharp, transparent and lustrous, with the base of the prism of an intense red wine color with gradations in the color tones, and with the termination exhibiting an intense and uniform green color. High quality and very elegant.
Rubaya, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu Province (Kivu)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2020)

Specimen size: 6 × 2 × 1.8 cm = 2.36” × 0.79” × 0.71”

TRA87AP2: Parallel growth of Elbaite crystals with very sharp crystal forms and very rich in terminal faces. Transparent, with the clarity characteristic of this locality, with good luster and a clear color zoning, green in much of the prism and even the top, but pinkish at the base.
Rubaya, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu Province (Kivu)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2021)

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

TZR86AN5: Isolated Elbaite crystal with very sharp crystal forms and excellent terminations. It is transparent, with very bright luster. The base of the prism up to the middle of the crystal is pink, with gradations in the same color tones, and with the termination being a pale and uniform green color.
Rubaya, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu Province (Kivu)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2020)

Specimen size: 7 × 1.7 × 1.1 cm = 2.76” × 0.67” × 0.43”

TC23900TBA: Floater and doubly terminated Elbaite crystal, with a rough lower termination and an acute upper termination rich in crystal forms, transparent, with good luster and an intense green color in most of the crystal but with a pink-red band at the base.
Rubaya, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu Province (Kivu)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2021)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 2.9 × 2.8 cm = 2.91” × 1.14” × 1.10”

TH69AN2: Large Elbaite crystal with very sharp crystal forms and excellent upper terminations. The crystal faces are very sharp, transparent and lustrous and with the base of the prism of an intense red wine color with gradations in the color tones, and with the termination exhibiting an intense and uniform green color.
This specimen is on the front cover of the magazine 'Mineralien Welt' edition 03/2021
Rubaya, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu Province (Kivu)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2020)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 2.7 × 2.2 cm = 3.07” × 1.06” × 0.87”

MD94AL5: The Madagascar Tourmalines that have become famous for their coloration and brightness have an excellent representative in this specimen of bicolor Elbaite, with parallel growths, very rich in well defined terminal faces, transparent, with good luster and a magnificent gradation of tones, from the more intense pink at the base up to the different gradations of green in the prism and the upper termination.
Bevaondrano pegmatite, Ikalamavony District, Haute Matsiatra Region  Madagascar

Specimen size: 5 × 2.5 × 2.3 cm = 1.97” × 0.98” × 0.91”

EF94AM0: Polychrome floater crystal of Elbaite, doubly terminated, with both terminations rich in faces, translucent, lustrous, with coatings of Feldspar and Quartz crystals. All the crystal terminations are perfect.
Sahatany Valley (Mt. Ibity), Vakinankaratra Region  Madagascar (2017)

Specimen size: 16.8 × 6.2 × 5.3 cm = 6.61” × 2.44” × 2.09”

EFP87AP6: Crystals of the Elbaite-Schorl Series (rubellite variety) with a "mushroom" habit, of an intense pink to mauve color and on a Microcline matrix. Analyses have confirmed that the crystals, despite their vivid color, are at a point approximately intermediate between Elbaite and Schorl. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2022)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 7.8 × 5.5 cm = 3.66” × 3.07” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 1.7 cm = 1.77” × 0.67”

TB71E2: Very unusual with the Sphere of Elbaite at the top complete, brilliant, and well positioned on the Calcite matrix. The lower half of the specimen is complex: there is a thick crystal of Schorl that passes through the calcite and is terminated at its upper end. Around the Schorl is half a sphere of Elbaite, which while not complete is not broken either. Holding this all together is fibrous pink Elbaite. No one could say that this one is not original.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel Village, Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State  Myanmar (Burma) (2003-2004)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.3 × 3.4 cm = 2.68” × 1.69” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.5 cm = 1.06” × 0.98”

EGH67AP6: Crystals of the Elbaite-Schorl Series (rubellite variety) with a "mushroom" habit, of an intense pink to mauve color and on a Microcline matrix. Analyses have confirmed that the crystals, despite their vivid color, are at a point approximately intermediate between Elbaite and Schorl. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 175 in the volume 54, number 1, January-February 2023 and as a novelty from Ste. Marie 2022 in the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 52 in the volume 28/2023, number 1
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2022)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.4 × 6.4 cm = 2.83”

Main crystal size: 5.6 × 2.1 cm = 2.20”

EY16AG4: A lovely group of very aerial crystals, many of them partially or completely doubly terminated, translucent and bright with a pale pink color and intense red terminations and on a feldspar matrix.
Pyingyi Taung, Male, Letpanhla, Singu Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division)  Myanmar (Burma)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.6 × 5.4 cm = 3.07” × 2.60” × 2.13”

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

MD37G9: The color, with deep mauve tones, is exceptional. Terminal faces consist of two rhombohedrons and they are very well defined and completely transparent.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 22 in number 2006/2.
Mokhovaya pegmatite, Malkhan (Malchan), Krasnyi Chikoy, Zabaykalsky Krai  Russia (2005)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.98” × 0.55” × 0.47”

TM98J3: Group of three prismatic crystals, two of them doubly terminated. The definition of faces and edges is excellent, as is the luster, but what stands out especially is the color: very intense, red with mauve shades, and particularly deep at the terminations.
Sosedka vein, Malkhan (Malchan), Krasnyi Chikoy, Zabaykalsky Krai  Russia (07-08/2006)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 1.65” × 0.67” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 4 × 1 cm = 1.57” × 0.39”

VC88Y5: Single crystal with very well defined faces and edges, with a finely striated prism and a terminal pinacoid with small polycrystalline growths. The sample shows an excellent luster and a good transparency, with a clearer geometric color zoning on the terminal area. The rest of the prism has a very intense and uniform color, with the tone popularly well known as “pink bubble-gum”.
Pala District, San Diego County, California  USA (±1978)

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

EB1K6: Translucent crystal of excellent color, very uniform, and perfectly terminated with the pedion and the three faces of the rhombohedron. It is implanted on Feldspar matrix, which is not very usual for the locality.
Himalaya Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California  USA

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.8 × 2.5 cm = 1.73” × 1.10” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 2.7 cm = 1.73” × 1.06”

MAE87AO3: Large Epidote crystals on matrix and with Quartz. With very sharp crystal forms, many of them doubly terminated and with deep green tones with lighter internal reflections. An excellent American classic.
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Borough, Alaska  USA

Specimen size: 11.7 × 8.7 × 4.6 cm = 4.61” × 3.43” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 6.1 × 5.1 cm = 2.40” × 2.01”

NRX47AO0: Fan-shaped growths of Epidote crystals with a prismatic habit with very well defined and sharp crystal forms, translucent, with good luster and an intense, deep and uniform green color. On a matrix of water-clear Quartz crystals, one of them with a contact that gives it a different termination from the other central crystal.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 479), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Kharan, Kharan District, Balochistan (Baluchistan)  Pakistan (±2015)

Specimen size: 15.3 × 10.2 × 7.3 cm = 6.02” × 4.02” × 2.87”

TA98AL5: Centered aggregate of acicular Erythrite crystals, with the habit, brilliance and presentation that have made the Schneeberg Erythrites famous. This is the type locality for the species. The specimen, apart from being classic and very aesthetic, also has a long pedigree documented in its accompanying label record which we will send to the buyer.
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 9.2 × 5.7 × 5.3 cm = 3.62” × 2.24” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.2 cm = 1.18” × 0.47”

MD37I0: A magnificent miniature. The main crystal, of very good size and color, has perfect definitions of faces and edges, which is rare for the species.
Ľubietová (Libethen), Banská Bystrica  Slovak Republic (2001)

Specimen size: 1.6 × 1.3 × 1.3 cm = 0.63” × 0.51” × 0.51”

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

EB36N9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2009. Very well defined crystals of lenticular form of considerable size for the species. They are on matrix and have excellent color, very vivid. The sample is from a recent find in a new Slovakian locality that was only recently discovered.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2009 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 88, page 29.
Farbište, Poniky, Slovenské Rudohorie Mountains, Banská Bystrica, Banská Bystrica Region  Slovak Republic (03/2009)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.9 × 1.3 cm = 1.10” × 0.75” × 0.51”

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

EXY92AQ1: Fairfieldite is a very rare phosphate of calcium and manganese and this extraordinary specimen may be considered among the best known for the species, if not the best.
A group of translucent, lustrous, cream-white crystals sit on matrix with green-brown Fluorapatite.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland County, North Carolina  USA

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.6 × 2.1 cm = 1.46” × 1.02” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2 cm = 0.98” × 0.79”

TRX93AQ1: Botryoidal growth of Felsőbányaite, a very rare aluminum sulfate, with a uniform blue color possibly due to staining by copper salts, on matrix, and with a small Azurite growth.
The specimen is from the collection of Bill and Sandy Bowman (number 2299) and we will send the buyer both the label (in which it appears as "Chalcoalumite") and a copy of the analysis that correctly identifies it as Felsőbányaite.

Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.9 × 2.1 cm = 1.69” × 1.14” × 0.83”

EH36F2: The great growth of the terminal faces of this group of brilliant crystals, with their very well-defined faces and edges, make this a very attractive aerial group.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (2003)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.8 × 2 cm = 1.85” × 1.10” × 0.79”

AX27M4: Doubly terminated Ferberite crystal, with an excellent brilliance, on a matrix of beveled Fluorite crystals with color zoning and partially covered by Quartz crystals.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (2002)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.6 × 2.8 cm = 1.89” × 1.42” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.4 cm = 0.67” × 0.55”

TC24300PBV: Polycrystalline and parallel growths of large Ferberite crystals with very sharp habits, associated with a Quartz crystal and with white Calcite-Dolomite coatings and lenticular Siderite crystals.
A monster. Among the best known of this size.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Region  Portugal

Specimen size: 20.5 × 17 × 10.5 cm = 8.07” × 6.69” × 4.13”

Main crystal size: 18 × 6.7 cm = 7.09” × 2.64”

ETT37AQ1: Parallel growth of large Ferberite crystals, elongated, lustrous, and with coatings of rhombohedral Calcite-Dolomite crystals. Its definition and morphological perfection are outstanding, which is not common for this species in Panasqueira, not even in small specimens.
The specimen comes from the collection of Francisco Fernández Ortega.

Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Region  Portugal

Specimen size: 21 × 8.5 × 7 cm = 8.27” × 3.35” × 2.76”

Main crystal size: 20 × 2.5 cm = 7.87” × 0.98”

MQ26AL5: An excellent example of Malagasy polychrome Fluor-liddicoatite, with very well defined faces and edges, rich in termination faces, between transparent and translucent, and with a splendid gradation of hues, from the purple tones around the termination and the base to the caramel colors of the center of the prism. A gem.
Anjanabonoina, Ambohimanambola, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region  Madagascar

Specimen size: 9.8 × 5 × 4.8 cm = 3.86” × 1.97” × 1.89”

EZ47K1: Esthetic group of crystals formed by the rhombohedron and a very short prism. The group is on a matrix of clear crystals of Magnesite.
Pomba Pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil (02/2007)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.3 × 2.2 cm = 1.26” × 0.91” × 0.87”

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

MH96K7: A novelty from Munich 2007. We have had this Apatite analyzed and it is really Fluorapatite, as we guessed.
We offer this specimen with very sharp crystals, very esthetic, and displaying well on a white Albite matrix with minor Muscovite. Please note that the main crystal has a contact on its back side, looking incomplete for this reason.

Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (07/2007)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 4.2 × 2 cm = 1.81” × 1.65” × 0.79”

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

TF9B6: Nice bluish crystals of good quality and luster, partially covered by Siderite. One example that shows why Panasqueira's Fluorapatite are famous worldwide.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Region  Portugal (1978)

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

EX92AM1: Short doubly terminated prismatic Fluorapatite crystal, with very well defined faces and edges, lustrous, and with a distinct geometric color zoning, popularly known in Panasqueira as “olho de boi” (ox's eye), with intense and uniform blue-violet prism faces. On a matrix of Quartz crystals, with lenticular Siderite crystals, Chlorite coatings and leafy Muscovite aggregates. This color is very rare in Panasqueira and more so in pieces of such quality, which are usually old pieces, as in this case.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Region  Portugal

Specimen size: 11.6 × 7.8 × 6.5 cm = 4.57” × 3.07” × 2.56”

Main crystal size: 4 × 2.1 cm = 1.57” × 0.83”

MJ87Q6: Very aerial aggregate of bright tabular crystals that have very well marked faces of a flat dypyramid, strong color zoning, darker on terminal faces and clearer on the dipyramid and prism, forming the “steer eye” as it is popularly known in Panasqueira. The piece is a complete floater and is especially elegant due to the esthetic growth of the group on the matrix of Muscovite.
It is from one of the last great finds in Panasqueira, the year 2003.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Region  Portugal (11/2003)

Specimen size: 12.4 × 9.8 × 4.5 cm = 4.88” × 3.86” × 1.77”

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

ER92AM1: Group of Fluorapatite crystals with a short prismatic habit, extraordinarily transparent, with good luster and a somewhat bluish green color, with geometric zoning, on a Quartz crystal matrix with flattened Ferberite crystals and lenticular Siderite crystals. This is an old piece, as one no longer sees Fluorapatite pieces with this color and transparency.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published in the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 84 in the volume 26/2021, number 1, and in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 02/2021, page 102
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Region  Portugal

Specimen size: 14.5 × 10.7 × 7.8 cm = 5.71” × 4.21” × 3.07”

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

TXA97AP9: Druse of Fluorapatite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, between transparent and translucent, with very bright luster, deep green color, and with the well-known dark inclusions known in Portuguese as "olho de boi" (bull's eye). With a group of very shiny Arsenopyrite crystals and small lenticular crystals of Siderite. Of high quality for the deposit and very perfect for its size, since the larger specimens from Panasqueira in most of the cases are damaged.
This historic specimen comes from the Paul Muse collection.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Region  Portugal

Specimen size: 19.4 × 10.7 × 5.4 cm = 7.64” × 4.21” × 2.13”

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

EY70G5: Magnificent group of short tabular crystals of an intense pink color and very bright, enhanced on a matrix of very clean and sharp crystals of Albite.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 29 in number 2006/1 and has also been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ Jan-Feb 2016, page 60, volume 47, number 1
La Marina Mine, Municipio Pauna, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department  Colombia (01/2005)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 2.6 × 2 cm = 2.13” × 1.02” × 0.79”

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

DA76E6: A novelty from China: in the Pingwu area, famous for Scheelite and Cassiterite, they have found some extraordinary Fluorapatite, which have very good color and, above all, very good crystal definition. In fact they look very similar to the famous Swiss ones, with the difference being that the Chinese ones are a deeper color. The paragenesis is also quite incredible: a matrix of delicate crystals of Mica with very brilliant Cassiterite. This specimen was photographed for the ‘what’s new at St Marie 2004’ section of the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ and appears on page 50 of number 58. We will send the purchaser a copy of the magazine.
Also, it has been published in the book 'China', by Berthold Ottens, on page 420
Pingwu Mine, Huya township, Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province  China (2002)

Specimen size: 11 × 8 × 3.5 cm = 4.33” × 3.15” × 1.38”

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

EE86E6: A spray of crystals, well placed on the matrix of Stilbite. A very visual specimen.
Momim Akhada, Rahuri, Ahmadnagar District, Maharashtra  India (04-05/2004)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.5 × 2.9 cm = 1.93” × 1.77” × 1.14”

JB64E2: One of the most beautiful specimens from the Jan Buma zeolite collection. The thin matrix supports a large group of Fluorapophyllite-(K) that has good color, is very transparent and stands well clear of the matrix. There are also some nice sprays of Stilbite. A real beauty. We will send the buyer Jan’s label.
Fursungi, Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra  India (±2001)

Specimen size: 11 × 6 × 3.5 cm = 4.33” × 2.36” × 1.38”

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

ER56AI1: Splendid druse of great quality and very esthetic, two generations of crystals both with a very sharp cubic morphology, very bright and with geometrical growths on the edges. Both crystal generations contrast due to differences in size and color. The first are larger and honey yellow, the second are smaller with violet shades.
Annabel Lee Mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois  USA

Specimen size: 14.3 × 9.5 × 2.4 cm = 5.63” × 3.74” × 0.94”

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

NB36AA3: Group of very transparent, bright and colorless crystals with the dominant cube faces clearly beveled by the dodecahedron.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca del Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

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

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

NP91AF6: A novelty at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2017. An irregular aggregate of very sharp cubic crystals beveled by the faces of the dodecahedron. They are transparent, very bright, and have a very intense, uniform, deep violet-blue color. The matrix consists of Quartz and Calcite crystals. The “Coquera del Tubo”, a new collecting site at the Llamas locality, is now producing very high-quality specimens.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a novelty from Ste. Marie 2017 in the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 68 in the volume 23, number 1
Llamas Quarry, coquera del tubo, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca del Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (04/2017)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 6.6 × 3.9 cm = 2.72” × 2.60” × 1.54”

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

NF92AM1: Fluorite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and very aerial, with a cubic habit beveled by the dodecahedron, transparent, very shiny, with a bluish lilac color. On matrix, with white Quartz crystals. An excellent Spanish classic, of great quality.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca del Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 8.1 × 4.8 × 6.4 cm = 3.19” × 1.89” × 2.52”

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

NV66AF7: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2017. Group of very sharp cubic crystals, one of them dominant, very aerial and clearly beveled by the dodecahedron. The crystals are extraordinarily transparent and bright with a vivid and uniform lilac color, and they are implanted on matrix which is sawn on the bottom. One of the crystals shows, at the back, a neat geometrical contact zone with another crystal. The “Coquera del Tubo” is a new collecting site for Fluorite at the Llamas quarry and is now producing very high-quality specimens.
This sample has been referenced and figured as a novelty in Ste. Marie 2017, in the magazine "Le Règne Minéral" (Num. 136. 2017; page 43)
Llamas Quarry, coquera del tubo, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca del Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (04/2017)

Specimen size: 10 × 5.8 × 8.2 cm = 3.94” × 2.28” × 3.23”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.9 cm = 0.79” × 0.75”

NB27AM5: Group of Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit finely beveled by the dodecahedron, extraordinarily transparent, with bright luster and a uniform pale blue color, on a microcrystalline Quartz matrix. An excellent Spanish classic.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca del Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2018)

Specimen size: 14 × 11.2 × 4.7 cm = 5.51” × 4.41” × 1.85”

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

NFF96AN3: Aggregates of Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit, bevelled by dodecahedron faces, transparent, with good luster and a very deep and uniform violet color, with that unusual vividness displayed by specimens from this locality. Implanted on a matrix of scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca del Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 14.4 × 10 × 7.6 cm = 5.67” × 3.94” × 2.99”

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

NA89AM5: Group of Fluorite crystals with cubic habit, beveled by the dodecahedron, transparent, with great luster and a uniform blue color with phantom growths, on a Quartz matrix with scalenohedral Calcite crystals. Among the best found at this locality.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca del Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2018)

Specimen size: 14.8 × 9.6 × 7.8 cm = 5.83” × 3.78” × 3.07”

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

LAF40: The best quality for the find.
Coquera del Liso, La Cabaña, Valdelmar, Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca del Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (1993)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.5 cm = 2.17” × 1.77”

NT67AM5: Very sharp crystals of Fluorite, transparent, with bright luster and an intense lilac color and geometric color zoning, blue on the edges. On matrix, with small Quartz crystals and lamellar Baryte crystals. High quality even for Berbes, a locality that has produced so many exceptional pieces.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published in the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 87 in the volume 26/2021, number 1
Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca del Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1998)

Specimen size: 12.8 × 9.8 × 5.6 cm = 5.04” × 3.86” × 2.20”

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

TC21800EMY: Group of transparent, cubic Fluorite crystals with good luster and an intense color, marked geometric zoning and with groups of white lamellar Baryte crystals. Everything that the name 'Berbes' represents comes with this specimen.
The specimen comes from the Raúl Sanabria Orellana collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
La Cabaña, Valdelmar, Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca del Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (1981)

Specimen size: 19 × 12.7 × 8.8 cm = 7.48” × 5.00” × 3.46”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3 cm = 1.46” × 1.18”

NA6D9: This floater specimen has deep sea blue crystals with good size and interesting form. Overall it is a good one.
La Viesca Mine, Reguerín II pocket, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (12/01)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.5 × 2.1 cm = 2.83” × 2.56” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3.9 cm = 1.57” × 1.54”

NF38AM5: Druse of Fluorite crystals with polycrystalline surfaces, transparent, lustrous, and with an extraordinarily intense, deep and uniform blue color. With geometric color zoning, violet on the edges and with small white Quartz coatings. The color is memorable.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2007)

Specimen size: 11 × 8.4 × 8 cm = 4.33” × 3.31” × 3.15”

Main crystal size: 5 × 4.6 cm = 1.97” × 1.81”

NXR27AP9: Very aerial group, on matrix, of large Fluorite crystals with distinct polycrystalline growths, translucent, and with an unusually intense and vivid blue color, very rare at this locality. In fact, we do not know of any others with this color.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 14.8 × 14.2 × 11.3 cm = 5.83” × 5.59” × 4.45”

Main crystal size: 8.8 × 6.8 cm = 3.46” × 2.68”

NZL87AP3: A pair of interpenetrant Fluorite crystals of an exceptional size for the deposit, with a very deep and uniform purple-blue color, being of a darker tone, more intense on the edges (best seen in the backlit photo). The crystals have perfectly sharp cube faces with polycrystalline growths on the crystal faces and also on one of the edges, which may seem broken but, in reality, it is recrystallized with polycrystalline growths. Coming from the well-known Asturian mine of La Viesca, specifically from one of the best vugs ever found there: the Las Monjas vug, discovered in May 2010
La Viesca Mine, Las Monjas pocket, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (05/2010)

Specimen size: 17.3 × 14.4 × 8.3 cm = 6.81” × 5.67” × 3.27”

Main crystal size: 11 × 10.6 cm = 4.33” × 4.17”

TXB77AQ0: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, finely beveled by dodecahedron faces, transparent, very lustrous and luminous and of a very uniform violet color, more intense on the beveled edges. On a matrix of twinned white Calcite crystals. Of the best quality for the deposit, a great Spanish classic.
The specimen comes from the collection of Ignacio Gaspar Sintes (number FLu-34) and was previously in that of Raúl Sanabria Orellana. We will send the buyer the labels from both collections.
Josefa-Veneros vein, 75 level, Coroña de Arriba-La Collada, La Collada mining area, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1970)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 7 × 5.5 cm = 3.74” × 2.76” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 2.9 cm = 1.38” × 1.14”

MG96AH4: Isolated Fluorite crystal cubes clearly beveled by the dodecahedron. They are transparent, bright and have a violet color very much deeper on the bevels. The crystals, aerial, have grown implanted on a group of white scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
The sample, a great Spanish classic, is from Dr. Anton Forster, a mine engineer and collaborator of Dr. Maucher at Munich University. Dr. Forster was the Geologist in Chief at La Collada when the famous samples from the Josefa-Veneros vein were collected.
Josefa-Veneros vein, 75 level, Coroña de Arriba-La Collada, La Collada mining area, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1970)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 8.3 × 7 cm = 4.53” × 3.27” × 2.76”

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

NT27AB8: Cubic Fluorite crystals with echeloned growths on the edges. They are translucent, with avery deep color, between marine blue and violet, and are on Dolomite matrix with small Muscovite crystals. The upper levels of Panasqueira are currently offering surprising and pleasant novelties, with samples that are very different from what has been known from this mine.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Region  Portugal (11/2014)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.6 × 2.8 cm = 1.89” × 1.42” × 1.10”

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

MA99E9: These classic specimens are now difficult to find. Two cubes placed well apart on the matrix show perfectly the crystallographic form. The crystals are transparent and an attractive green, so they contrast well with the matrix of Quartz. The Fluorite crystals are undamaged, which is very rare for material from this mine.
Le Beix Mine, Saint-Germain-près-Herment, Herment, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 7.4 × 4.9 × 3.5 cm = 2.91” × 1.93” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.9 cm = 0.87” × 0.75”

EV37AM1: Group of very sharp crystals with a cubic habit, translucent, with good luster and an extraordinarily intense and vivid blue color, with inclusions of small Chalcopyrite crystals. Due to its color, one would guess that it is a specimen from Puy-Saint-Gulmier or from the Le Beix mine, but in reality it comes from Le Burc, where Fluorites very rarely have this intensity of color.
The specimen is from the prestigious Pierre-Marie Guy fluorite collection.
Le Burc Mine, Alban-Le Fraysse area, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 10.7 × 8.5 × 6.1 cm = 4.21” × 3.35” × 2.40”

Main crystal size: 8 × 5.5 cm = 3.15” × 2.17”

ELX86AP2: Groups of very sharp Fluorite crystals with a cubic shape, between transparent and translucent, with very good luster and an extraordinarily intense and vivid yellow color. In matrix, with small Quartz crystals. The specimen comes from Les Escauffages, a very specific zone in the well-known locality of Valzergues, famous for the quality of its specimens.
Les Escauffages, Valzergues Mines, Valzergues, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 10.4 × 6.8 × 4 cm = 4.09” × 2.68” × 1.57”

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

FR87AM1: Druse on matrix of very sharp crystals with a cubic habit, transparent, lustrous, and with an extraordinarily intense and vivid yellow color and the characteristic geometric blue zoning on the crystal edges.
The specimen is from the prestigious Pierre-Marie Guy fluorite collection.
Valzergues Mines, Valzergues, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie  France (±2010)

Specimen size: 16.2 × 8.8 × 4.6 cm = 6.38” × 3.46” × 1.81”

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

TLM86AP9: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals with a very well defined cubic habit. Between transparent and translucent, with very bright luster and an extraordinarily intense and vivid yellow color, on matrix associated with small Quartz crystals.
The specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer. It is from Les Escauffages, a very specific spot in the well-known Valzergues locality, which is famous for the quality of the specimens found there.
Les Escauffages, Valzergues Mines, Valzergues, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie  France (±1983)

Specimen size: 19.6 × 10.6 × 5.7 cm = 7.72” × 4.17” × 2.24”

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

EMF49AN5: Very aerial druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, rich in polycrystalline growths, extraordinarily transparent and lustrous and with a uniform pastel green color.
The specimen, of the best quality for this classic French locality, came from the Alain Martaud collection.
Fontsante Mine, Tanneron Massif, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France (±1980)

Specimen size: 18 × 15 × 5.5 cm = 7.09” × 5.91” × 2.17”

ERT35AO0: Great piece, both for its size and its quality, being (in size) one of the best known fluorites from this deposit. The large cubes, with good transparency and a nice uniform green color, have inclusions and on some edges octahedral faces that can be distinguished from cleavages because they are somewhat rough and show crystal figures. Exceptional specimen from a historic mine.
Marsanges Mine, Pratclos (Pratclaux) vein, Langeac, Brioude, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 23.5 × 13.5 × 15.5 cm = 9.25” × 5.31” × 6.10”

Main crystal size: 8.9 × 8.3 cm = 3.50” × 3.27”

EPX50AP3: Of exceptional size, a group of interpenetrating cubic Fluorite crystals totally covered by small Quartz crystals that give it a multitude of bright reflective points. The Fluorite crystals are a delicate green that looks good when backlit. Coming from an old French mine that was exploited for Fluorite and which was active between 1938 and 1971.
The specimen comes from the collection of Christophe Marot and was found by Grégoire de Bodinat and Sylvain Desfarge in 2009
Exhibited at Ste. Marie 2015 (La Fluorite Pierre d'Exception) and bears the commemorative label.
L'Avellan Mine, Massif L'Esterel, Fréjus, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France (12/2009)

Specimen size: 28.8 × 20.4 × 7.6 cm = 11.34” × 8.03” × 2.99”

Main crystal size: 7.6 × 7.2 cm = 2.99” × 2.83”

ELR27AP0: Group of octahedral Fluorite crystals with polycrystalline growths on their faces, translucent, with an intense pink color and with a transparent Quartz crystal (smoky variety).
A French classic of high quality, from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Les Droites (north face), Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (±2006)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.9 × 3.5 cm = 1.65” × 1.54” × 1.38”

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

ERM94AN7: Group of very sharp octahedral Fluorite crystals, translucent, lustrous, one of them, on the back, of considerable size. They have an intense and uniform pink color and are on matrix with transparent smoky Quartz crystals and aggregates of small lamellar Albite crystals with a limpid white color. An excellent alpine classic of great quality.
Les Courtes, Bassin du Talèfre, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (08/2019)

Specimen size: 16.3 × 12.3 × 5.2 cm = 6.42” × 4.84” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 4.8 × 3.3 cm = 1.89” × 1.30”

TA58E1: Nice crystals of octahedral Fluorite on matrix. It is a good size, has good color, and shows good contrast with the Albite and Quartz matrix. It is difficult to get competitive specimens of these Fluorites as few are found and prices are high. I got this one from an old batch so it still has a good price-quality balance.
Planggenstock, Uri  Switzerland

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3 × 3.3 cm = 1.69” × 1.18” × 1.30”

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

EH88H6: A very balanced group of cubic crystals that have very sharp and bright faces and edges. The violet color is exceptionally intense and it even hides, due to its intensity, the magnificent transparency, visible under an intense spotlight. On the surface of some of the faces there are small crystals of Calcite.
The specimen has been published in the magazine ‘extraLAPIS’ on page 98, number 42, "Marokko".
Tounfit, Boumia, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2006)

Specimen size: 8.1 × 6.8 × 2.6 cm = 3.19” × 2.68” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 2 cm = 0.83” × 0.79”

EH89G1: A group of cubic crystals very defined and with a magnificent luster. An especially intense green color, considerable clarity and locally covered by aggregates of Calcite with Pyrite. Among the best from this locality.
El Hammam, Ait Mimoune, Khémisset Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Region  Morocco (04/2005)

Specimen size: 10 × 7.5 × 6 cm = 3.94” × 2.95” × 2.36”

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

TK16L1: Group of very sharp cubic Fluorite crystals, modified by octahedral triangular faces. Translucent to transparent and showing dark geometric zonations on vertices. Green color is specially intense. A great specimen.
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region  Namibia (2007)

Specimen size: 12 × 7 × 2.5 cm = 4.72” × 2.76” × 0.98”

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

AZ37D4: Transparent, perfection, position on the matrix, and the thin blue phantom line around the corners make it an attractive specimen.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (2003)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.8 × 3.4 cm = 1.89” × 1.89” × 1.34”

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

TP74AB7: Echeloned Fluorite crystals with the so called “Aztec pyramid” shape. They are completely transparent, very bright, have a very vivid, intense and uniform green color and are on a Quartz matrix. The sample is from a very recent find at a not yet well known Chinese locality. As usual with a lot of samples from this country, we hope its exact locality details will be known soon.
Youxi, Sanming Prefecture, Fujian Province  China (2015)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 6 × 5.3 cm = 2.72” × 2.36” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 5.3 × 5.2 cm = 2.09” × 2.05”

MA58L1: Group of cubic Fluorite crystals, with good transparency. They are modified by dodecahedron faces forming translucent bevels. Uniform and excellent green color that added to the transparency increases its beauty. As you can see in the picture, it is a very nice specimen.
Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (2005)

Specimen size: 12 × 6.7 × 4.8 cm = 4.72” × 2.64” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2.7 cm = 1.26” × 1.06”

EB69F0: An uncommon crystal form with a balance between the cube and the octahedron. The crystal has been made visible by dissolving some of the Quartz matrix (partially transformed into opal) with acid, which has been used carefully so that, unlike in so many other cases, this one looks quite natural.
Wushan, De'an, Jiangxi  China (2003)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 9.5 × 6 cm = 4.53” × 3.74” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 4.8 × 5 cm = 1.89” × 1.97”

MT66AK7: New in Denver 2019: Sharp octahedral deep pink Fluorite crystal, translucent, with growth figures on the faces and partially covered with white Calcite crystals and small cubic pyrite crystals.
This sample has been referenced and pictured, as a novelty in Munich 2019, in the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 66 of number 1/2020

Huanggang Mines, shaft 6, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (2019)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.8 × 5.9 cm = 2.44” × 2.28” × 2.32”

ET70AM5: Large crystal with an apparently octahedral habit, formed by polycrystalline growths with dominant dodecahedral forms. Transparent, lustrous, pale pink in color, more intense in the center of the crystal. On matrix, with Quartz crystals and white Dolomite rhombohedra.
This specimen has been published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What's New’ section, report 59, March 7, 2021 edition, page 8
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang, Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (2007)

Specimen size: 11.3 × 9.5 × 9.2 cm = 4.45” × 3.74” × 3.62”

Main crystal size: 10 × 9.5 cm = 3.94” × 3.74”

EV98D1: A special specimen. The single ball with reddish color is very attractive, but also its matrix is different from the others we have seen: it is a kind of microcrystalline Quartz similar to a Chalcedony recovered by Opal. Plus a few small well-crystallized Quartz crystals are deposited on the ball. Funny and interesting in mineralogical terms!.
The specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Rocks & Minerals’ on page 299 in the volume 83, number 4 and in the magazine ‘Lapis’ on page 18, volume 35, number 10, Octubre 2010.
Mahodari, Nashik District (Nasik), Maharashtra  India (2003)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 4.2 × 1.7 cm = 2.87” × 1.65” × 0.67”

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

ERJ92AN5: Group of Fluorite crystals, basically octahedral in habit but also with smooth cube faces along with the octahedral faces (and other crystallographic forms) incorporating very extensive and easily visible fine polycrystalline growths. The crystals are large, transparent, with very bright luster and an intense and uniform pink color, on a matrix of very sharp lamellar crystals of Muscovite. Exceptional.
Chumar Bakhoor, Sumayar Valley, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (2019)

Specimen size: 13.4 × 9.3 × 8.8 cm = 5.28” × 3.66” × 3.46”

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

TB46F3: A real classic that is hard to find. It is gem quality, totally transparent, has magnificent color, and has perfectly defined faces and edges to the crystals
It comes with an old Scott J. Williams label.
St John's Island (Zebirget), Red Sea  Egypt

Specimen size: 1.4 × 1.2 × 0.3 cm = 0.55” × 0.47” × 0.12”

MMX96AN9: Octahedral crystals of Franklinite with very sharp crystal forms and with the dominant octahedron beveled by the dodecahedron. One of the crystals is clearly dominant and very aerial on a Calcite matrix. We emphasize that the crystal, in addition to being very aerial and complete, is practically free of damage, something really unusual in this type of specimen.
To all this we must add that the specimen comes from the prestigious collections of John Kolic and Chester Lemanski.
East Limb Fill Quarry, Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin mining district, Sussex County, New Jersey  USA (16/06/2004)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 2.7 × 3.4 cm = 2.17” × 1.06” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 3 cm = 1.34” × 1.18”

EJJ27AQ1: Franklinite crystals rich in faces with the dominant shapes of the octahedron and the dodecahedron, of more than considerable size for what is known for the species and in a Calcite matrix.
The specimen, an American classic, is excellent, both for its mineralogical and aesthetic quality, as well as for its perfect state of conservation.
Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey  USA

Specimen size: 12.5 × 11.7 × 8.8 cm = 4.92” × 4.61” × 3.46”

Main crystal size: 4.9 × 4 cm = 1.93” × 1.57”

TBR27AQ1: Group of Galena crystals with parallel growths on the edges, lustrous, and of more than considerable size for the deposit.
An excellent and very old Spanish classic in excellent condition and with better aesthetics than this Spanish Fluorite locality usually offers.
Linares-La Carolina mining district, Santa Elena, Comarca Sierra Morena, Jaén, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 16.3 × 9.4 × 5.5 cm = 6.42” × 3.70” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 4.3 cm = 2.44” × 1.69”

MP56AE1: Very aerial aggregate of very sharp tetrahedral Genthelvite crystals with a salmon color and partially coated by Calcite and microcrystalline Quartz. The analysis gives Genthelvite both on the crystal surfaces and in the interior. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
The specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Rocks & Minerals’ on page 63 in the volume 96, number 1, Jan/Feb 2021
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (2012)

Specimen size: 4 × 3 × 3.2 cm = 1.57” × 1.18” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.3 cm = 0.79” × 0.51”

MB26AN2: Large group of octahedral Gersdorffite crystals of good size, very sharp, isolated and lustrous. On a Nickeline matrix, which guarantees stability to the whole piece, and small green Annabergite coatings. Simply exceptional.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04/2017)

Specimen size: 16 × 11.2 × 10.7 cm = 6.30” × 4.41” × 4.21”

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

TF92J3: Extraordinary miniature. The group, very aerial and esthetic, is formed by crystals of perfectly defined faces and edges and has hoppered growth on the areas corresponding to the octahedron faces. It is from a locality famous for producing the best gold crystals.
Colorado Quartz Mine, Colorado, Colorado District, Mother Lode Belt, Mariposa County, California  USA

Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.4 × 0.6 cm = 0.75” × 0.55” × 0.24”

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

TC80G4: Very aerial group with typical flat crystals of Eagle's Nest Golds, especially numerous in this case, well-defined and of considerable size. With a nice Quartz matrix to add charm to the sample.
Eagle's Nest Mine, Sage Hill, Michigan Bluff District, Placer County, California  USA (2003)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.9 × 0.8 cm = 1.18” × 1.14” × 0.31”

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

TF67AD5: A novelty at Tucson 2016. Very aerial aggregate rich (27% aprox.) in silver leafy Gold crystals (electrum variety), with finely saw-like edges and on a Calcite matrix. One of the best samples of that find.
R.J. Roberts lode, Willow Creek District, Pershing County, Nevada  USA (2015)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.3 × 1.4 cm = 1.77” × 1.30” × 0.55”

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

TB97X8: Very aerial aggregates of Gold crystals on Quartz matrix. The aggregates show the so-called ”herringbone” shape, with marked parallel growths of very sharp octahedral crystals, without deformation and perfectly visible on terminations. An excellent sample from a classic American locality.
Round Mountain Mine, Round Mountain, Round Mountain District, Nye County, Nevada  USA (±2007)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.1 × 1.7 cm = 2.09” × 1.22” × 0.67”

EGX70AQ0: Spectacular growth of Gold in the form of a snake that, even so, preserves the lateral suture line of the spinel-law twin along its entire length.
This is a high quality specimen of astonishing beauty.
This sample has been referenced and pictured, as a novelty in Sainte Marie 2023, in the magazine 'Le Règne Minéral' number 172, July-August 2023, page 21 and by the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 51 in the volume 28/2023, number 3
Kavanayen (Santa Teresita de Kavanayen), Gran Sabana, Bolívar State  Venezuela

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.4 × 0.5 cm = 0.87” × 0.55” × 0.20”

EBR90AP1: Floater Gold specimen with arborescent growths of elongated octahedral-rhombododecahedral crystals and with very sharp parallel skeletal shapes. By size, weight and quality, among the best of the find. The orefield is no longer productive and new specimens from there are unlikely to appear on the market.
We have analyzed these Golds and they are very special, containing 99.1% gold and around 0.5% rhodium, which is rare. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
If you want to know more about these Golds you can use this link
Serra do Caldeirão claims, Pontes e Lacerda, Alto Guaporé District, Mato Grosso  Brazil (9-12/2015)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm = 1.02” × 0.98” × 0.71”

EA58AD6: A novelty at Tucson 2016. Floater and very aerial aggregate of flattened crystals that have very well defined skeletal growths. According to our sources the site is not supplying new specimens for collectors so new finds are not expected. We analyzed these Golds and they are really special. They contains a 99.1% Gold and about a 0.5 % Rhodium, which is quite uncommon. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.

If you want to know more about these Golds you can use this linkThis specimen is on the front cover of the magazine "Lapis", edition 09/2016
Serra do Caldeirão claims, Pontes e Lacerda, Alto Guaporé District, Mato Grosso  Brazil (9-12/2015)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 1.6 × 1.2 cm = 1.26” × 0.63” × 0.47”

TJ89AL5: Very aerial, dendritic and parallel growths of elongated crystals of native Gold with rounded crystal habits and a very distinct spinel-law twin. A fine and elegant specimen that comes from the Robert J. Noble collection, whose label we will send to the buyer. This piece may well be one of the largest gold spinel-law twins ever found in the prolific Serra do Caldeirão find.
Serra do Caldeirão claims, Pontes e Lacerda, Alto Guaporé District, Mato Grosso  Brazil (9-12/2015)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 1.2  × 1.3 cm = 1.30” × 0.47” × 0.51”

TR68AH2: Floater sample with arborescent growths of very elongated octahedral crystals with very sharp skeletal parallel forms. The site is currently not supplying new specimens for collectors so new finds are not expected. We analyzed these Golds and they are really special. They contain 99.1% Gold and about 0.5 % Rhodium, which is quite uncommon. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
If you want to know more about these Golds you can use this link
Serra do Caldeirão claims, Pontes e Lacerda, Alto Guaporé District, Mato Grosso  Brazil (9-12/2015)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2 × 0.6 cm = 1.46” × 0.79” × 0.24”

TJ26AH0: A novelty at Tucson 2018. The sample is from a new place, not so far from the better known Serra do Caldeirão where the gold samples have different morphological characteristics. In this case this is a floater group of crystals with dodecahedron and octahedron faces with curvatures and very well defined skeletal growths. Due to its general shape and aspect it resembles sculptures of anthropomorphic figures of old civilizations.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 462 in the volume 49, number 3, May-June 2018, in the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 76 in the volume 23, number 2, and for the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2018, page 126
Serra Dourada, Pontes e Lacerda, Alto Guaporé District, Mato Grosso  Brazil (12/2017)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.6 × 1.9 cm = 1.42” × 1.02” × 0.75”

TXJ99AQ0: Arborescent growth with lamellar and skeletal forms, very aerial, of Gold on a Quartz matrix.
A specimen of excellent quality, very aesthetic and of proven locality provenance, which is not always easy with Chinese specimens and even less so with golds.
This sample has been referenced and pictured, as a novelty in Sainte Marie 2023, in the magazine 'Le Règne Minéral' number 172, July-August 2023, page 21, and in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 669 in the volume 54, number 5, September-October 2023
Longfenggou mining area, Yangshan, Wen, Longnan, Gansu Province  China (04/23)

Specimen size: 5 × 2.8 × 2.3 cm = 1.97” × 1.10” × 0.91”

TA102E1: The form is excellent, the color and brilliance very good, and for the locality it is a great specimen, as the gold specimens from this mine are normally not this attractive. So both people seeking a good gold and a different locality will like this one.
Golden Mile Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia  Australia (2003)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.7 × 2 cm = 1.42” × 1.06” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 1.7 cm = 1.14” × 0.67”

EX98AM5: Gold nugget of considerable size and weight, which retains its good color and luster as well as the basic crystal forms, despite the rounding.
Lena River, Baikal Mountains, Irkutsk Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.5 × 0.6 cm = 1.10” × 0.98” × 0.24”

NA77AH4: Very flattened oblong gold pebble that partially retains some crystalline forms on both surfaces. From an occasional and very recent find at a Spanish place in an area in which Gold pebbles have been noted, but not well known until now.
Jardines del Guadiana area, Casas de Don Pedro, Comarca La Siberia, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain (2018)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.6 × 0.5 cm = 1.10” × 0.63” × 0.20”