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NT27AM5: Group of crystals with cubic habit along with highly developed unusual forms of the tetrahexahedron. Transparent, lustrous, and uniform pale blue. The specimen comes from the Pedro Hernández collection and is from the San Lino mine, the precursor to the later Jaimina and Emilio mines located in the same area.
San Lino Quarry, Aurora vein, Caravia mining area, Cerracín, Prado, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1981)

Specimen size: 6 × 6.2 × 4.1 cm = 2.36” × 2.44” × 1.61”

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

NV56AM5: Calcite matrix with a group of octahedral Fluorite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, translucent and with a very intense and deep green color. A classic of Spanish mineralogy. This piece is from the Pedro Hernández collection.
Berta Quarry, Can Domènech Hill, Roques Blanques Mountains, Sant Cugat del Vallès-El Papiol, Comarca Vallès Occidental / Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain

Specimen size: 4 × 3.3 × 2 cm = 1.57” × 1.30” × 0.79”

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

NX16AM5: Group of octahedral crystals of Fluorite, transparent and with a very intense and deep green color. On matrix with Quartz and Calcite. A classic of Spanish mineralogy. The specimen is from the Pedro Hernández collection.
Berta Quarry, Can Domènech Hill, Roques Blanques Mountains, Sant Cugat del Vallès-El Papiol, Comarca Vallès Occidental / Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.8 × 2.2 cm = 1.85” × 1.50” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.47” × 0.43”

NE13AM5: Groups of very sharp octahedral Fluorite crystals on matrix. Transparent, with good luster and an intense green color but with a slightly different tone from the usual classic grass-green.
Berta Quarry, Can Domènech Hill, Roques Blanques Mountains, Sant Cugat del Vallès-El Papiol, Comarca Vallès Occidental / Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain

Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.7 × 3.9 cm = 2.83” × 1.85” × 1.54”

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

ND16AM5: Groups of very sharp octahedral Fluorite crystals on matrix. Transparent, with good luster and an intense green color but with a slightly different tone from the usual classic grass-green.
Berta Quarry, Can Domènech Hill, Roques Blanques Mountains, Sant Cugat del Vallès-El Papiol, Comarca Vallès Occidental / Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya  Spain

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.2 × 2.9 cm = 2.56” × 1.65” × 1.14”

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

NA72AM5: Group of cubic Fluorite crystals flattened and clearly beveled by the dodecahedron. Completely transparent, very lustrous, with an intense lilac color, on matrix with white Quartz crystals.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 13.4 × 11.4 × 8.9 cm = 5.28” × 4.49” × 3.50”

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

NJ27AM5: Very elongated Fluorite crystals rich in polycrystalline surfaces and with geometric contacts on the back. Translucent, with bright luster and an intense light blue color, on matrix, with white Quartz crystals.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2010)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 7 × 4.2 cm = 3.39” × 2.76” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 1.6 cm = 1.65” × 0.63”

NZ16AM5: Druse of cubic Fluorite crystals beveled by the faces of the dodecahedron, transparent, with good luster and an intense and deep violet color and a twinned Calcite crystal with two generations of growth, a first transparent and a second whitish.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2009)

Specimen size: 22 × 15.5 × 3.5 cm = 8.66” × 6.10” × 1.38”

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

TK47AM5: Very sharp Fluorite crystals, transparent, with bright luster and an intense violet color, partially covered by lenticular crystals of Siderite. On matrix, with tabular crystals of Fluorapatite, Arsenopyrite, and leafy aggregates of Muscovite.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 10 × 6.4 × 4.6 cm = 3.94” × 2.52” × 1.81”

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

EG36AM5: Parallel growth of two very sharp Ferberite crystals on matrix with Arsenopyrite and Quartz crystals and coatings of Muscovite aggregates. Large in size, the piece is more aesthetic than usual due to the contrast of the Ferberite crystals with the Muscovite matrix.
Minas da Panasqueira, levels 0-1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (05/2019)

Specimen size: 19 × 16.4 × 7.8 cm = 7.48” × 6.46” × 3.07”

Main crystal size: 5 × 4.4 cm = 1.97” × 1.73”

EF51AM5: Group of Fluorite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, translucent and purple in color with geometric color zoning, more intense on the edges. The brown coatings of Pyromorphite formed by a multitude of crystals that cover a good part of the Fluorite crystals are noteworthy. This specimen, from a classic French mine, comes from the George Bouvet collection (Grenoble)
Chaillac Mine, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire  France (±1985)

Specimen size: 11.8 × 5.4 × 4.3 cm = 4.65” × 2.13” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3 cm = 1.57” × 1.18”

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

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

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

TJ58AM5: Group of very sharp lamellar crystals of Chalcophyllite, lustrous, with a vivid color, on matrix, with Azurite. A European classic, of great quality for the species.
Špania Dolina (Herrengrund), Banská Bystrica, Banská Bystrica Region  Slovak Republic

Specimen size: 5.7 × 5 × 3 cm = 2.24” × 1.97” × 1.18”

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

NF46AM5: Druse of cubic Pyrite crystals with very well marked polycrystalline growths, brilliant, and with a reddish patina. This Polish classic comes from the Pedro Hernández collection.
Lubin Mine, Lubin, Lubin District, Legnica, Lower Silesia  Poland

Specimen size: 6.9 × 6.2 × 4.9 cm = 2.72” × 2.44” × 1.93”

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

TX68AM5: Groups of cubic Boracite crystals, very transparent and lustrous, with an intense and uniform celestial blue color, with small white Hilgardite groups. An excellent English classic.
Boulby Mine, Loftus, Yorkshire  England / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 7.2 × 4 × 2.8 cm = 2.83” × 1.57” × 1.10”

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

MH96AM5: Very aerial group of flattened crystals, with sharp cyclic twins with a hexagonal outline, lustrous and on matrix with small white Calcite coatings. The specimen, an excellent high-quality English classic, comes from the Jean Béhier collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Cornwall  England / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.2 × 3.4 cm = 2.20” × 1.65” × 1.34”

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

CM13AM5: Group of elongated crystals of Quartz (variety prase), with good luster and a very deep color. A fine miniature. This piece comes from the Carles Curto collection (number 1972.07), whose label and computer file we will send to the buyer.
Porto Azzurro, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany  Italy (±1972)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CX64AM5: Group of cubic crystals with curvatures on the edges and small remnants of a Calcite matrix. The specimen comes from the Carles Curto collection (number 1965.35), whose label and computer file we will send to the buyer.
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 1.4 × 1.3 × 1.1 cm = 0.55” × 0.51” × 0.43”

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

CR46AM5: Cubo-octahedral Acanthite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, lustrous and on a Pyrite matrix with white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. This piece, a German classic from the type locality for the species, comes from the Carles Curto collection (number 1968.14), whose label and computer file we will send to the buyer.
Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.2 × 0.9 cm = 0.71” × 0.47” × 0.35”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.47” × 0.43”

CV96AM5: Aggregate of elongated Silver crystals, with twists, hooked shapes and very sharp terminations. This specimen, a German classic, comes from the Carles Curto collection (number 1968.27), whose label and computer file we will send to the buyer.
Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.8 × 1.8 cm = 1.30” × 1.10” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.94” × 0.12”

CV68AM5: Group of crystals with a short prismatic habit and a very sharp hexagonal outline, with good terminations, and a bright luster. The specimen comes from the Carles Curto collection (number 1976.23), whose label and computer file we will send to the buyer.
Bad Schlema (Schlema), Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.5 × 1.6 cm = 1.10” × 0.98” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.55” × 0.47”

NA88AM5: Parallel growths of doubly terminated elongated crystals of Pyromorphite, with good luster and a dark brown color. This floater specimen is a German classic and comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection (number PIF-32), whose collection card we will send to the buyer.
Friedrichssegen Mine, Frücht, Bad Ems District, Lahn Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 4.7 × 1.5 × 1.7 cm = 1.85” × 0.59” × 0.67”

TR28AM5: Groups of small flat crystals, very sharp and with bright luster (something very unusual for this species), with tetrahedral crystals of Tetrahedrite and on matrix with white Quartz crystals. An analysis of this material was carried out, of which we will send a copy to the buyer.
Boldut Mine, Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures  Romania

Specimen size: 10.9 × 7.3 × 2.4 cm = 4.29” × 2.87” × 0.94”

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

FR16AM5: The characteristic cuboctahedral Fluorite of Kara-Oba of dark violet color on a doubly terminated Quartz of a snow white color which gives a special contrast. The sample comes from the Jan Buma collection (num. 920301) and we’ll send the card of the collection with it.
Kara-Oba, Betpak-Dala (Bet-Pak-Dala) Desert, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 12.6 × 4.5 × 4 cm = 4.96” × 1.77” × 1.57”