Post-Tucson 2020 Update

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ND68AL3: Group of cubic crystals strongly beveled on the rhombododecahedron faces forming polycrystalline growths. The crystals are transparent violet-blue with geometric zoning of more intense tones in the center of the crystal.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 9.4 × 6.5 × 3.1 cm = 3.70” × 2.56” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 5.6 × 4.6 cm = 2.20” × 1.81”

NJ89AL3: Group of cubic crystals finely beveled on the rhombododecahedron faces, forming stepped edges. The crystals are transparent and have a very deep bluish violet color.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±2009)

Specimen size: 12 × 8 × 5.8 cm = 4.72” × 3.15” × 2.28”

Main crystal size: 6.3 × 4.9 cm = 2.48” × 1.93”

MF89AL3: Group of sharp transparent crystals between colorless and slightly bluish. These crystals have a clear geometric zoning marked by the presence of small hydrocarbon inclusions. It comes from a historic mine, long abandoned and which was the first find in Spain for crystals with tetrahexahedral growths.
San Lino Quarry, Aurora vein, Caravia mining area, Cerracín, Prado, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 11 × 9.8 × 6.7 cm = 4.33” × 3.86” × 2.64”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 3.4 cm = 1.38” × 1.34”

NR47AL3: Group of Fluorite crystals with cubic morphology, bright, translucent light green, and partially covered with small white scalenohedral Calcite crystals that are concentrated mainly on the edges. The specimen comes from the Jaume Vilalta collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Matagalls Mine (Sant Marçal Mines), Sant Marçal, Viladrau, Comarca Osona, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain (1995)

Specimen size: 11 × 8.6 × 4.8 cm = 4.33” × 3.39” × 1.89”

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

TR96AL3: Groups of twinned Cassiterite crystals, very sharp, shiny and translucent on the edges. On matrix, with short elongated Fluorapatite crystals of almost white color, aggregates of elongated crystals of Arsenopyrite and Quartz crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2018)

Specimen size: 10.4 × 6.8 × 3.9 cm = 4.09” × 2.68” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.7 cm = 0.51” × 0.28”

NB37AL3: Iridescent crystals of Arsenopyrite that form a closed aggregate, with parallel curvatures and growths, very lustrous, with small aggregates of lamellar Muscovite crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (±2005)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 6.2 × 3.6 cm = 2.60” × 2.44” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 1.4 cm = 1.61” × 0.55”

NG27AL3: Aggregate of iridescent, complete, epitactic Arsenopyrite-Marcasite crystals with polycrystalline cockscomb growths, very lustrous, on matrix, with elongated Arsenopyrite crystals and small brown rhombohedral Siderite crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (±2005)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.8 × 4 cm = 2.76” × 2.28” × 1.57”

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

MQ28AL3: Group of cubic Pyrite crystals modified by pyritohedron faces, with polycrystalline growths and slight curvatures of the edges, on a Quartz matrix. Despite being such a common mineral, Pyrites of this quality are not so common in Panasqueira.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 8.3 × 6.5 × 5.4 cm = 3.27” × 2.56” × 2.13”

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

TC69AL3: Floater group of Ferberite crystals, elongated, flattened and in parallel growth, with good terminations, lustrous, and partially covered with lenticular Calcite-Dolomite crystals and small Pyrite crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 11.2 × 6.3 × 3.6 cm = 4.41” × 2.48” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 10.5 × 6.1 cm = 4.13” × 2.40”

MC27AL3: Translucent cubic Fluorite crystals, bluish in color with very intense and uniform violet tints, implanted on a Quartz crystal partially covered by a very dark coating of Chlorite and groups of light cream colored lenticular Siderite crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, levels 0-1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (10/2019)

Specimen size: 6 × 4 × 3.7 cm = 2.36” × 1.57” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 0.67” × 0.63”

MD99AL3: Group of cubic Fluorite crystals modified by rhombododecahedron and octahedron faces, with well defined forms, translucent, with an intense violet-blue color and partially covered with Chlorite, leafy aggregates of Muscovite, and small pyrite crystals that are mainly concentrated on the edges.
Minas da Panasqueira, levels 0-1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (2019)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 6.6 × 2.3 cm = 3.86” × 2.60” × 0.91”

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

TT72AL3: Well defined lamellar Nagyágite crystals on matrix, lustrous and undamaged, something unusual for this rare species of which Sacarîmb (Nagyág) is the type locality. With intergrowths of aggregates of small Quartz crystals.
Sacarîmb (Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara  Romania

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3 × 1.6 cm = 1.61” × 1.18” × 0.63”

ME26AL3: Botryoidal growth of lussatite, a variety of Opal-CT of volcanic origin, translucent, shiny and with dominant blue tones, replacing a fossil. The specimen is of good quality for what is known at this locality.
Mur-sur-Allier, Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.3 × 2.2 cm = 1.89” × 1.30” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 0.5 cm = 0.83” × 0.20”

MY76AL3: Group of very flattened rhombohedral Siderite crystals with a lenticular habit, with polycrystalline surfaces on the faces. On matrix, with hyaline Quartz crystals. Its color is different from the usual in specimens from this area.
Le Collet d'Allevard, Allevard, Haut-Grésivaudan, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 8.9 × 6.3 × 3.1 cm = 3.50” × 2.48” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.8 cm = 0.98” × 0.71”

EC68AL3: Group of flattened and highly profiled crystals with sharp faces and edges and polycrystalline surfaces with a very intense, deep and uniform color. Higher quality than usual in Chessy-les-Mines, type locality of the species.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (1995-1998)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.2 × 2.1 cm = 1.77” × 1.26” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.06” × 0.87”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

MX96AL3: Very sharp elongated Microcline crystal, partially doubly terminated, on a base of the same mineral, with very well defined crystalline forms and with a very clearly seen Baveno-law twin. An Italian alpine classic.
The specimen comes from the Carles Curto collection (no. 1970.03), whose label and information sheet we will send to the buyer.
Oltrefiume, Baveno, Maggiore Lake, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy (±1970)

Specimen size: 8 × 3 × 3.3 cm = 3.15” × 1.18” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 7.9 × 2.4 cm = 3.11” × 0.94”

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

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

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

TG86AL3: Kaolinite pseudomorph after a floater Karlsbad-law twinned Orthoclase crystal.
This classic English specimen will be sent in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
St Dennis, St Austell District, Cornwall  England / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.3 × 0.6 cm = 1.06” × 0.51” × 0.24”

MX76AL3: Druze of Quartz crystals with bipyramidal habit, with almost non-existent prisms, with inclusions of small lenticular crystals of Hematite, on matrix with rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. An English classic.
Florence Mine, Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, former Cumberland, Cumbria  England / United Kingdom

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

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

MF27AL3: Doubly terminated polycrystalline growths of bright, translucent crystals, with a vivid and uniform color, implanted inside a fossil bivalve shell in matrix.
Chernomorsky Mine, Eltigen-Ortel' Trough, Kerchenskoe deposit, Kerch peninsula, Crimea peninsula, Crimea Oblast  Russia

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.9 × 2.5 cm = 1.65” × 1.54” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1 cm = 0.51” × 0.39”

CG57AL3: Polycrystalline complete floater of very sharp octahedral Cuprite crystals, with brilliant, slightly curved faces and edges and with minor crystals of Marshite
The specimen comes from the Carles Curto collection (no. 2011.36), whose label and information sheet we will send to the buyer.
Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai  Russia (2011)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.3 × 3.2 cm = 1.65” × 1.30” × 1.26”

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

MH9AL3: Group of black rhombododecahedral Andradite crystals, very sharp, on a Feldspar matrix, with small octahedral Magnetite crystals.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2010)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.18” × 1.06” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 0.67” × 0.63”

EY11AL3: Group of Wulfenite crystals, between tabular and lamellar, with deep growth forms, brilliant surfaces and a more intense and deep color than usual in examples from this deposit.
Shaft XI (Puit XI), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (±1979)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.1 × 2 cm = 1.50” × 0.83” × 0.79”

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

MR27AL3: Group of Baryte crystals with a very individualized elongated habit at the terminations, where they are transparent, with sharp faces and edges, a bright luster, and a very intense yellow-brown color, which contrasts with the parallel growths in the central part, where they form a curious thickening of lighter color. Great color!
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2015)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.26” × 0.94” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1.8 cm = 1.26” × 0.71”

AB37AL3: Group of very sharp octahedral Gersdorffite crystals of good size, with polycrystalline growths on the surfaces of the faces.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±2010)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.2 × 1.3 cm = 1.61” × 1.26” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.6 cm = 0.94” × 0.63”

TG69AL3: Aggregate of very elongated elongated crystals, with two generations of growth, the first having very elongated white crystals, with slight curvatures on the faces and edges, and a second, with reddish orange tints. A classic salvaged from Touissit‘s glorious era.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 11.1 × 10.9 × 5.6 cm = 4.37” × 4.29” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 0.6 cm = 1.30” × 0.24”

MV14AL3: Group of crystals formed by short six-sided prisms and a very flattened terminal rhombohedron, with parallel vertical growths along the prism. The crystals exhibit great luster and very uniform and deep color.
Oumlil Mine, Oumlil, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (10/2012)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 7.4 × 3.7 cm = 3.43” × 2.91” × 1.46”

MV10AL3: Prehnite as spheroidal growths with the main faces of the crystals perfectly distinguishable, of a uniform pale green color, on an ophitic matrix covered with fan-shaped aggregates of small Epidote crystals.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08/2019)

Specimen size: 4 × 4.1 × 2..7 cm = 1.57” × 1.61” × 0.79”

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

MQ89AL3: Spheroidal growths of good sized Prehnite crystals with their main faces perfectly distinguishable, of a uniform dark green color, on an ophitic matrix covered with small crystals of dark colored Ferro-actinolite and lighter colored Epidote.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (08/2019)

Specimen size: 11.8 × 9 × 5.2 cm = 4.65” × 3.54” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 4.9 × 3.8 cm = 1.93” × 1.50”

MB13AL3: Very aerial growth of fan-like aggregates of elongated Epidote crystals with good terminations, with good luster, very deep color, implanted on a group of Quartz crystals,
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (08/2019)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 4.1 × 3.3 cm = 2.91” × 1.61” × 1.30”

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

EP27AL3: Aggregate of flattened crystals, very sharp, very lustrous and with a very vivid color that is extremely reminiscent of the electric blue of Milpillas crystals. On the faces of the Azurite there are small Baryte crystals and Malachite aggregates.
Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2015)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.6 × 1.4 cm = 1.42” × 1.02” × 0.55”

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

EK89AL3: Doubly terminated Azurite crystal, very sharp, with parallel growths, bright color, and crystals of primary Malachite.
The specimen comes from the Christian Mondeilh collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.

Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (±1981)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 2.3 × 1.6 cm = 2.24” × 0.91” × 0.63”

ME27AL3: Aggregate of outstanding crystals with a lenticular habit, very well defined faces and edges, fine growth striations, very bright, very deep color, on matrix with small flattened crystals of primary Malachite.
El Fecht prospects, El Fecht, Oumjrane, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±2010)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.3 × 2.2 cm = 1.73” × 1.30” × 0.87”

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

EP67AL3: A curiosity. Two generations of Fluorite crystals interrupted by a growth of Quartz crystals. The first, crystalline with bluish green color, supports a group of very sharp cubic crystals with an unusual slightly pinkish color.
El Hammam, Ait Mimoune, Khémisset Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 8.4 × 7.7 × 6.6 cm = 3.31” × 3.03” × 2.60”

Main crystal size: 7.9 × 7.3 cm = 3.11” × 2.87”

EB26AL3: Parallel growths and bundles of fine elongated crystals on matrix, with slight curvatures, transparent, very shiny, light blue in color on the prism and colorless on the terminations. In a very good state of conservation, which in these Barytes is like a small miracle.
Jebel Ouichane mines, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (05-06/2014)

Specimen size: 13.9 × 8.8 × 6.1 cm = 5.47” × 3.46” × 2.40”

Main crystal size: 5 × 2 cm = 1.97” × 0.79”