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MT66AL5: Very aerial crystals of prase Quartz with polycrystalline surfaces with the typical tapered shape of local specimens, deep in color, on matrix, with small Andradite crystals.
Sinerechenskoe, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 6.1 × 3.7 × 3.9 cm = 2.40” × 1.46” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1 cm = 1.18” × 0.39”

TF73AL5: Very aerial aggregate of needle-shaped Cosalite crystals, a sulphosalt of lead and bismuth, rare in quality collection specimens. The Cosalite crystals, with good terminations and luster, are covered with transparent Fluorite crystals. This piece comes from the Rock Currier collection (no.6166), whose label we will send to the buyer.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a reference for the Cosalite species in the magazine ‘Lapis‘ number 05/2024, page 13
Solnechnoye Mine, Kara-Oba, Betpak-Dala (Bet-Pak-Dala) Desert, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.4 × 2.3 cm = 1.61” × 0.94” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 0.7 cm = 1.61” × 0.28”

ER94AL5: Crocoite crystals with a very different habit to that of the Australian Crocoites, with a very short prism and almost equidimensional, on matrix, with small deep green Vauquelinite crystals. The specimen is from the type locality for both species.
Berezovskoe Mines, Uspenskaya Mountain, Berezovskii, Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural  Russia

Specimen size: 7.8 × 5 × 2 cm = 3.07” × 1.97” × 0.79”

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

TR96AL5: Anglesite crystal very rich in faces, transparent, very bright, with an intense lemon yellow color and with Galena inclusions in the lower part. A Moroccan classic.
We will send the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 1.5 × 1.1 × 0.7 cm = 0.59” × 0.43” × 0.28”

MR86AL5: Floater group of highly profiled tabular crystals rich in faces, a characteristic of Sidi Amer specimens, of a deep and uniform yellow color. A Moroccan classic.
Sidi Amer, Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 3.1 × 3 × 2.9 cm = 1.22” × 1.18” × 1.14”

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

NB26AL5: Druse, on matrix, of elongated Vanadinite crystals rich in arsenic, with curvatures, many of them doubly terminated, with good luster and lighter in color than usual in this type of specimen.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.2 × 2.4 cm = 2.64” × 1.65” × 0.94”

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

PG94AL5: Parallel growths of Azurite crystals with good terminations, with good luster, deep color, on matrix, with botryoidal growths of Malachite.
This piece comes from the Rodolfo Pigrau collection, whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 10.4 × 7.8 × 3.5 cm = 4.09” × 3.07” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 5.5 × 1.5 cm = 2.17” × 0.59”

EG10AL5: Hook-shaped and lamellar growths of Gold (variety electrum), very elongated, doubly terminated, on matrix, with Quartz, botryoidal Malachite aggregates and lighter green Chrysocolla aggregates. These Golds are a curiosity and a rarity in collections since only a few specimens were found and for only a few months.
Bleida Far West Mine, Tinzouline, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2017-2018)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.3 × 2.8 cm = 2.05” × 1.30” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.4 cm = 0.39” × 0.16”

MH10AL5: Group of Calcite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and very aerial, with a very well defined pseudohexagonal outline, completely covered by a second generation of small scalenohedral crystals, with small Quartz crystals, and individualized groups of Epidote crystals. We have analyzed this type of specimen due to its genetic complexity and will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (08/2019)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 6.3 × 4.3 cm = 2.72” × 2.48” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 3.9 × 2.3 cm = 1.54” × 0.91”

MZ14AL5: Two very aerial Calcite crystals, with a sharp pseudohexagonal habit, completely covered by a second generation of small scalenohedral crystals, with small Quartz crystals. We have analyzed this type of specimen due to its genetic complexity and will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (08/2019)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.1 × 3.1 cm = 2.52” × 2.01” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 5.8 × 3.1 cm = 2.28” × 1.22”

MY26AL5: Group of Calcite crystals with a very well defined pseudohexagonal shape, completely covered by a second generation of small scalenohedral crystals, with small Quartz and Epidote crystals. We have analyzed this type of specimen due to its genetic complexity and will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (08/2019)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 6.6 × 4.3 cm = 2.68” × 2.60” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 6.3 × 2.5 cm = 2.48” × 0.98”

MA9AL5: Fan-like growths of short prismatic crystals of Epidote rich in terminal faces, shiny, and very deep in color, on a group of Quartz crystals. Previously labeled as coming from “Imilchil”, but we now have the more precise location.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (08/2019)

Specimen size: 7 × 4 × 3.3 cm = 2.76” × 1.57” × 1.30”

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

MG6AL5: Fan-like growths of short prismatic crystals of Epidote rich in terminal faces, shiny, and very deep in color, on matrix, with Quartz. Previously labeled as coming from "Imilchil", but we now know a more precise location.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region  Morocco (08/2019)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 7.9 × 3.4 cm = 3.23” × 3.11” × 1.34”

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

MX14AL5: Roselite crystals on matrix, with very well defined faces and edges, marked curvatures, some of them doubly terminated, between translucent and transparent, very bright and with an intense deep red color. A Moroccan classic.
Agoudal Mines, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2018)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.8 × 2.6 cm = 1.50” × 1.50” × 1.02”

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

FB89AL5: Very dominant elongated crystals of Allargentum, with intergrowths of Silver and Dyscrasite, on a Calcite matrix with centered growths of acicular crystals of Actinolite (byssolite variety). The Allargentum appears to be clearly the majority in the analysis for this specimen, evidence that it is not a pseudomorph but rather Allargentum crystals intergrown with Dyscrasite and Silver.
It comes from the Jordi Fabre collection. We will send the buyer a copy of the analysis and the original collection label (No. F1764)
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2009)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.5 × 1.7 cm = 2.05” × 1.77” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.2 cm = 0.31” × 0.08”

JFD42AL5: Very dominant elongated crystals of Allargentum, with intergrowths of Silver and Dyscrasite, on a Calcite matrix with centered growths of acicular crystals of Actinolite (byssolite variety). The Allargentum appears to be clearly the majority in the two analyses (EDS and XRD) carried out on the specimen, demonstrating that it is not a pseudomorph but rather Allargentum crystals intergrown with Dyscrasite and Silver. It comes from the Jordi Fabre collection.
We'll send to the buyer a copy of the analysis and both Jordi Fabre collection labels, the original label (F1765) as well as the Internet label (JFD42)
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (07/2009)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 4.5 × 2.5 cm = 3.31” × 1.77” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.4 cm = 0.51” × 0.16”

TV97AL5: Chalcostibite crystals, one of them doubly terminated, with flattened prismatic habit, finely striated, with good terminal faces, on matrix, with Calcite. The surfaces of the faces of the Chalcostibite crystals are replaced by Azurite and, to a lesser extent, Malachite.
Rar el Anz, Oued Cherrat (Cherrat Wadi), Chaouia-Ouardigha, Casablanca Prefecture, Casablanca-Settat Region  Morocco (2017)

Specimen size: 6 × 5.1 × 3.2 cm = 2.36” × 2.01” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 0.67” × 0.47”

ET46AL5: This specimen is from a recent discovery at a deeper depth than usual in the Coud'a area, with parallel polycrystalline aggregates that form a feathery growth of tabular habit crystals, extraordinarily bright and with a very lively and uniform red-magenta color. Slightly matte on the back.
Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2019)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 5.2 × 1.6 cm = 3.11” × 2.05” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 7.9 × 5.2 × 1.6 cm = 3.11” × 2.05” × 0.63”

MV37AL5: Parallel growths of thick tabular crystals that make up a single Vanadinite crystal with polycrystalline growths. The growths have marked pyramidal faces, shiny, and with a very vivid and uniform red-magenta color, slightly matte on the back. Different from other Vanadinites and with a huge single crystal for the species.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 53 of the 2020/01 edition.
Mohamedine, Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (04-05/2019)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.7 × 2 cm = 3.31” × 2.24” × 0.79”

ME90AL5: Polycrystalline Fluorite growths, between translucent and transparent, of a very deep and uniform color, on matrix, with Baryte crystals between transparent and translucent, very sharp and that miraculously have survived the extraction conditions.
Debdou (Dabdou), Taourirt Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (09/2018)

Specimen size: 12.4 × 8.2 × 8.7 cm = 4.88” × 3.23” × 3.43”

Main crystal size: 5 × 4.1 cm = 1.97” × 1.61”

N54NAL5: Very sharp Anglesite crystals, rich in faces, between transparent and translucent, lemon yellow and on a massive Galena matrix. A Moroccan classic.
Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (1997)

Specimen size: 12.4 × 7.9 × 7.2 cm = 4.88” × 3.11” × 2.83”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.6 cm = 1.18” × 0.63”

TB66AL5: Botryoidal growths of small, bright, yellowish Smithsonite crystals on matrix with associated small crystals of Cerussite. The specimen is from an old find in Touissit, where Smithsonite is not a very common species, although when it does appear it is usually very bright, as in this case. This specimen has been analyzed and we will send the buyer a copy of the analysis.


Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 17.8 × 14.6 × 5.3 cm = 7.01” × 5.75” × 2.09”

NB37AL5: Crystal very rich in faces, very sharp, transparent, bright and with a very intense color. The specimens from this locality, the most classic for gem Olivine, are considered authentic historical oddities. The specimen is accompanied by an old handwritten label (which we will send to the buyer) in which the original collection does not appear.
St John's Island (Zebirget), Red Sea  Egypt

Specimen size: 1.7 × 1.3 × 0.7 cm = 0.67” × 0.51” × 0.28”

TB87AL5: Alabandite crystal, highly profiled, practically a floater, with light contacts that conserve remains of Calcite matrix and formed by the dominant octahedron with the vertices truncated by the faces of the cube.
We will send the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region  Tanzania

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

TA37AL5: Very aerial group of highly profiled Tarbuttite crystals, unusually transparent and sharp and on matrix. We will send the specimen, from the type locality for the species, in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, on which it appears that it was previously in the Jim & Dawn Minette collection.
Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Kabwe-Ka Mukuba), Kabwe District, Central Province  Zambia

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2 × 2.7 cm = 1.22” × 0.79” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.08”

TA91AL5: Perimorphic growth of Prehnite crystals with defined crystal forms, translucent and of a vivid and uniform green color. The Prehnite maintains the outline of the Anhydrite crystal on which it was formed, which later disappeared.
The specimen comes from the Rock Currier collection (no. 7271), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Bendougou village, Commune Diakon, Arrondissement Diakon, Bafoulabé Circle, Kayes Region  Mali

Specimen size: 12.5 × 7.8 × 4.6 cm = 4.92” × 3.07” × 1.81”

TT56AL5: Hexagonal floater crystal, with very marked polycrystalline growths, shiny, transparent and with an intense deep blue color. The species, a magnesium-potassium cyclosilicate, is a rarity recently (2019) approved by the IMA. The specimen comes from the type locality for the species. Accompanied by an original label signed by Laurent Thomas, after whom the species is named.
Beravina, Ambaro, Tsaraitso, Betroka District, Anosy Region  Madagascar (04/2019)

Specimen size: 1.4 × 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.55” × 0.39” × 0.20”

TR98AL5: Hexagonal floater crystal, with very marked polycrystalline growths, shiny, transparent and with an intense deep blue color. The species, a magnesium-potassium cyclosilicate, is a rarity recently (2019) approved by the IMA. The specimen comes from the type locality for the species. Accompanied by an original label signed by Laurent Thomas, after whom the species is named.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 42 of the 2020/02 edition.
Beravina, Ambaro, Tsaraitso, Betroka District, Anosy Region  Madagascar (04/2019)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.8 × 0.5 cm = 0.79” × 0.71” × 0.20”

MT87AL5: Brown greenish Andradite crystals (variety topazolite) on matrix, of good size, very rich in faces, with the dominant forms of the rhombododecahedron combined with those of the trapezohedron. The transparent crystals have an extraordinary luster.
Antetezambato outcrop, Antetezambato, Maherivaratra Commune, Ambanja District, Antsiranana Province  Madagascar (2010)

Specimen size: 16.2 × 9.4 × 8.7 cm = 6.38” × 3.70” × 3.43”

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

TJ88AL5: Thick tabular Hematite crystal, very sharp, shiny and rich in faces.
We will send the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa

Specimen size: 3 × 2.3 × 1 cm = 1.18” × 0.91” × 0.39”

MG96AL5: Group of extraordinarily defined rhombic habit crystals, of a good size for the species, translucent and shiny and with an excellent reddish color, much more intense than usual in this type of specimen. With small Calcite crystals and globular white Oyelite aggregates.
N'Chwaning II Mine, level 45 south, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa (13-15/08/2009)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 1.6 × 2.1 cm = 1.14” × 0.63” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.5 cm = 0.71” × 0.59”

MB99AL5: Druze on matrix of Prehnite crystals with polycrystalline growths, translucent, bright and with a vivid and uniform green color. The specimen comes from the Claus Hedegaard collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg area, Erongo Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 11.8 × 10.9 × 2.4 cm = 4.65” × 4.29” × 0.94”

NY77AL5: Aggregate of sharp Smithsonite crystals with a rhombohedral habit, between translucent and transparent and much brighter than usual in Smithsonite. A Namibian classic from a historic locality.
Berg Aukas, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 5 × 4.3 × 2.9 cm = 1.97” × 1.69” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.63” × 0.51”

MB37AL5: Concretionary and globular Shattuckite growths, with a felted surface and radial growths on the edges of the specimen. The light blue color is intense and uniform.
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 8.2 × 7.1 × 2.2 cm = 3.23” × 2.80” × 0.87”

EG16AL5: Very sharp Dioptase crystals, aerial, lustrous and implanted on matrix, with very light blue Planchéite coatings.
Kandesei Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region  Namibia (±2007)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 1.14” × 0.63” × 0.59”

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