Post-Sainte Marie Virtual 2021 Update

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TAC16AN3: Group of Orpiment crystals on matrix, of good size, with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, with good luster and an intense color. A USA classic found only for a short time.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Twin Creeks Mine, Potosi District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada  USA

Specimen size: 3 × 3 × 1.8 cm = 1.18” × 1.18” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 0.87” × 0.63”

TFF12AN3: Elongated Sulphur crystal with very sharp crystal forms, with polycrystalline and hopper growths, translucent, with bright luster and an intense yellow color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, which shows that it was previously in the Wilfred Talbot collection.
Steamboat Hot Springs, Steamboat, Steamboat Springs District, Washoe County, Nevada  USA

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1 × 1 cm = 0.94” × 0.39” × 0.39”

TBB64AN3: Rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals, very sharp, with bright luster and an intense color. On matrix, with small white Quartz crystals.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Sunnyside Mine group (American Tunnel Mine), Bonita Peak, Gladstone, Eureka District, San Juan County, Colorado  USA

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2 × 1.9 cm = 1.02” × 0.79” × 0.75”

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

TDD63AN3: Vug of Goethite crystals, many doubly terminated, with polycrystalline terminations with a fibrous appearance, lustrous, on matrix.
We will ship the piece in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Lake George, Park County, Colorado  USA

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.10” × 1.02” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.2 cm = 0.43” × 0.08”

TCC63AN3: Parallel polycrystalline growth of Microcline with very sharp Baveno-law and Manebach-law twins, lustrous and very white in color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Granite Ridge, Lolo Pass, Missoula County, Montana  USA

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2 × 1.6 cm = 1.14” × 0.79” × 0.63”

TEE16AN3: Floater group of cubic Magnetite crystals with very sharp crystal forms and shiny surfaces.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
ZCA No. 4 Mine, Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St. Lawrence County, New York  USA

Specimen size: 1.6 × 1 × 1.1 cm = 0.63” × 0.39” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.31” × 0.28”

TGG64AN3: Spheroidal aggregates of Adamite crystals with very sharp terminations, translucent, with good luster and an intense yellow color. Very aerial on its limonite matrix.
We will ship the piece in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.22” × 0.98” × 0.87”

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

THH16AN3: Group of Rhodochrosite crystals with the dominant forms of a flattened rhombohedron, translucent, with good luster and an intense pink color, on a limonite matrix.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, which shows that it was previously in the Frank Melanson collection.
Potosí Mine, Santo Domingo (Francisco Portillo), Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 2 × 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.59” × 0.47”

TKK14AN3: Group of short prismatic crystals of Pyrrhotite with very sharp crystal forms and polycrystalline growths, lustrous, on matrix, with small crystals of Sphalerite.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.3 × 2.1 cm = 1.46” × 0.91” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.47” × 0.28”

TJJ64AN3: Vesuvianite crystal with very sharp crystal forms and perfect terminations, translucent, and with a very marked color zoning, yellow on the outside of the crystal and intense violet on the inside.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 2 × 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.79” × 0.43” × 0.39”

TPL63AN3: Aerial group of very sharp and lustrous Galena crystals, clearly dominated by octahedron forms, truncated at the vertices by cube faces. From a locality that is little known even though it yielded good specimens.
We will ship the piece in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Rodna Mine, Rodna Mountains, Rodna, Maramures  Romania

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.7 × 2 cm = 1.10” × 1.06” × 0.79”

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

TQM63AN3: Floater polycrystalline group of very sharp Cuprite crystals, with bright luster and intense reddish flashes around the edges.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Rubtsovskoe Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.7 × 1.7 cm = 0.71” × 0.67” × 0.67”

TRN46AN3: Floater group of Copper crystals, very lustrous, with unusually sharp crystal forms in which the dodecahedron and octahedron predominate.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
This specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 482 in the volume 53, number 4, July-August 2022
Itauz Mine, Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.1 ×  1.4 cm = 0.71” × 0.43” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.5 cm = 0.35” × 0.20”

TTP16AN3: Floater group of very sharp Dioptase crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with the dominant forms of an elongated prism and an acute terminal rhombohedron. Translucent, with bright luster and a particularly intense color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
'Mbumba, Pimbi Hill, Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department  Republic of the Congo

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.4 × 1.5 cm = 0.87” × 0.55” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.5 cm = 0.55” × 0.20”

TVQ62AN3: Opal nodule, with matrix areas, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and very deep and clearly dominant red tones along with bright yellow and green markings.
We will ship the piece in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Yita Ridge roughs, Menz and Gishe (Menz na Gishe), Amhara Region  Ethiopia

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.3 × 1.9 cm = 0.98” × 0.91” × 0.75”

TXR61AN3: Group of Uvite crystals formed by a very short prism, with sharp dipyramid terminations. Transparent, yellowish green, and on matrix.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Pedra Preta pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.9 × 1 cm = 0.98” × 0.75” × 0.39”

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

TXT14AN2: Group of Ferberite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and very sharp, with sharp and very lustrous crystal forms. From a locality from which few high-quality specimens have been seen.
We will ship the piece in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, which shows that it was previously in the Frank Melanson collection.
Mount Chambillaya mining district, Quime, Inquisivi Province, La Paz Departament  Bolivia

Specimen size: 2.6 × 1.9 × 0.9 cm = 1.02” × 0.75” × 0.35”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.9 cm = 1.02” × 0.75”

TYV66AN3: Floater group of Pyromorphite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with parallel polycrystalline growths and hopper growths. Translucent, with good luster and a very intense and uniform green color.
We will ship the piece in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.98” × 0.55” × 0.43”

TTW14AN3: Outstanding isolated crystal of 'Herderite', with sharp crystal forms, translucent, lustrous, and with small coatings of Quartz crystals.
We will ship the piece in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Sabsar, Indus Valley, Baltistan District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 2.6 × 1.9 × 1.2 cm = 1.02” × 0.75” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.9 cm = 1.02” × 0.75”

TXY63AN3: Bundles of elongated Clinozoisite crystals, many of them doubly terminated, with excellent terminations. Between translucent and transparent, with bright luster and a uniform greenish color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Alchuri, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 4 × 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 1.57” × 0.55” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.5 cm = 0.55” × 0.20”

TYZ62AN3: Centered group of Fluorapophyllite-(K) crystals with sharp crystal forms, translucent, with good luster and an intense and uniform blue-green color, on a small basalt matrix. Different!
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Momim Pada, Rahuri, Ahmadnagar District, Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2 × 2.4 cm = 1.10” × 0.79” × 0.94”

TMA61AN3: Floater group of sharp Heulandite-Ca crystals with very well defined faces and edges, between transparent and translucent and with an intense pearly luster.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Aurangabad, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.4 × 2.3 cm = 1.10” × 0.94” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.2 cm = 1.02” × 0.47”

TPB16AN3: Complete floater nodule of lustrous and deep colored Atacamite crystals. An Australian classic.
We will ship the piece in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
House East pit, Mount Gunson Copper mines, Pernatty Lagoon, Stuart Shelf, South Australia  Australia

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2 × 2.4 cm = 1.14” × 0.79” × 0.94”

TZB14AN3: Lenticular crystals of Calcite, doubly terminated, with the dominant forms of a terminal flattened rhombohedron and a short prism. Translucent, with good luster and a pale yellow-white color, on matrix with cubo-octahedral Galena crystals. Among the best quality for the locality.
We will ship the piece in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Cadjebut Mine, Fitzroy Crossing, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia  Australia

Specimen size: 3 × 2.8 × 1.8  cm = 1.18” × 1.10” × 0.71”

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

TRC16AN3: Thick tabular crystals of Mimetite, very sharp, translucent, lustrous and white, which is quite exceptional for the species. On a limonite matrix.
We will send the piece in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, which shows that it was previously in the Robinson collection.
Mount Bonnie Mine, Sabine's Shaft, Grove Hill, Victoria Daly Regional Council, Katherine Region, Northern Territory  Australia

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 0.98” × 0.87” × 0.59”

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

TRH37AN3: Groups of Fluorite crystals with an octahedral habit with very marked polycrystalline growths and with the vertices truncated by cube faces. They are translucent, shiny, and very deep green. The specimen comes from a little-known US locality.
Heson Mine (Hesson Mine), Buckskin Mountains, Santa Maria District (Planet District), La Paz County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.6 × 2.7 cm = 2.68” × 2.20” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.5 cm = 1.02” × 0.98”

TLB72AN3: Very aerial aggregate of thick crystals, with an elongated lenticular habit, very sharp crystal forms with slight curvatures, on Azurite matrix. Has a deep blue color (“electric blue”) typical of the best Milpillas specimens. With transparencies on the edges and a very intense luster. The aggregate is partially covered on the back by aggregates of fibrous Malachite crystals with a silky luster, very characteristic of the famous Milpillas vug that yielded such isolated crystals with this lenticular habit and with fibrous Malachite on the back of most of that vug's specimens.
Milpillas Mine, level 1280, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora  Mexico (2016)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 6.9 × 2.7 cm = 3.27” × 2.72” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.1 cm = 0.79” × 0.43”

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 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”

TTK64AN3: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, transparent, with good luster and a pale sky-blue color. From a locality from which few quality specimens are known.
This specimen is from the Alain Martaud collection.
Font d'Arques, Cabrières-Péret mining district, Mèze, Béziers District, Hérault, Occitanie  France (2021)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3 × 3.4 cm = 1.30” × 1.18” × 1.34”

TVL96AN3: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, transparent, lustrous, colorless and very rich in inclusions. From a locality from which few high-quality specimens are known.
The specimen is from the Alain Martaud collection.
Font d'Arques, Cabrières-Péret mining district, Mèze, Béziers District, Hérault, Occitanie  France (2021)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.6 × 3.4 cm = 2.13” × 1.42” × 1.34”

TXM27AN3: Fluorite crystals of unusual habit and color for alpine specimens, dominated by cube forms, beveled by the rhombic dodecahedron. Transparent, with a violet color, on a matrix of smoky Quartz crystals.
The specimen is from the Alain Martaud collection.
Aiguille Verte, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2015)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.9 × 3.4 cm = 1.69” × 1.54” × 1.34”

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

TZP96AN3: Group of Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit, pale yellow in color with coatings of an intense yellow, almost orange, and partially covered by Quartz crystals with inclusions of Goethite and small white lamellar crystals of Baryte. Unusual!
The specimen is from the Alain Martaud collection.
L'Argentolle Mine, L'Argentolle, Saint-Prix, Saint-Léger-sous-Beuvray, Autun District, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté  France

Specimen size: 5.6 × 5.5 × 5.3 cm = 2.20” × 2.17” × 2.09”

TPT48AN3: Druse of Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit, very sharp, with good luster and a pale pink-violet color, an unusual color in this deposit.
This specimen is from the Alain Martaud collection.
Fontsante Mine, Sud 3 vein, Tanneron Massif, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France (2005-2007)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.4 × 2.7 cm = 3.31” × 2.13” × 1.06”

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

TQV87AN3: Fluorite crystals with dominant cubic shapes beveled by the dodecahedron, of an intense green color with deep violet zoning in some areas of the specimen and with small white Quartz crystals.
This specimen is from the Alain Martaud collection.
Fontsante Mine, Lenté D. vein, Tanneron Massif, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France (2005)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 8.2 × 4.3 cm = 4.02” × 3.23” × 1.69”

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

TNR72AN3: Druse with radial and stalagmitic growths of transparent and bright cubic Fluorite microcrystals with a bright and uniform green color. Unusual combination of stalagmitic growths and the deep green color. Associated with small crystals of Baryte.
The specimen is from the Alain Martaud collection.
Fontsante Mine, Saint-Barthélemy vein, Tanneron Massif, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France (1999-2005)

Specimen size: 11.8 × 11.2 × 3.3 cm = 4.65” × 4.41” × 1.30”

TZQ88AN3: Druse of sharp, lustrous Fluorite crystals rich in inclusions. More transparent and ‘clean’ than is usual for specimens from this locality.
This specimen is from the Alain Martaud collection.
L'Avellan Mine, Massif L'Esterel, Fréjus, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France (2009)

Specimen size: 10 × 8.5 × 4.6 cm = 3.94” × 3.35” × 1.81”

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

TAW98AN3: Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit, very sharp and lustrous, transparent and with a yellowish green color, with Sphalerite inclusions and on a matrix of Quartz crystals.
The specimen, from a 1995 find at this locality, comes from the Alain Martaud collection.
Marsanges Mine, La Grande Faille, Langeac, Brioude, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (1995)

Specimen size: 12.7 × 11.6 × 5.5 cm = 5.00” × 4.57” × 2.17”

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

TMX69AN3: Very aerial group of lustrous sharp lenticular crystals of Baryte, with translucent edges and a uniform snow-white color. High quality for the locality.
The specimen is from the Alain Martaud collection.
Font d'Arques, Cabrières-Péret mining district, Mèze, Béziers District, Hérault, Occitanie  France (2019)

Specimen size: 14.3 × 11.2 × 6 cm = 5.63” × 4.41” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 7 × 3.5 cm = 2.76” × 1.38”

TBY26AN3: Very aerial group of doubly terminated Quartz crystals, extremely flattened, with parallel growths and a very visible “faden” growth. They are also water-clear and very lustrous.
The specimen is from the Alain Martaud collection.
Le Freney-d'Oisans, Oisans-Romanche, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.7 × 1.3 cm = 1.34” × 1.06” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.34” × 0.55”

TCB14AN3: Druse of Goethite crystals with a prismatic habit, very lustrous and with finely polycrystalline terminations.
The specimen is from the Alain Martaud collection.
La Quille du Roy, Montredon-Labessonnié, Le Haut Dadou, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.7 × 2.3 cm = 1.65” × 1.06” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.1 cm = 0.12” × 0.04”

TEZ63AN3: Groups of very sharp Tetrahedrite crystals with dominant tetrahedral forms and with clearly visible accessory forms, lustrous, on matrix with thick Quartz crystals, which distinguishes this specimen from others of the same find.
The specimen is from the Alain Martaud collection.
Lina Mine, Alzen, Foix, Ariège Department, Occitanie  France (2012)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 4 × 3.6 cm = 3.03” × 1.57” × 1.42”

TDC27AN3: Group of Calcite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, doubly terminated, with very sharp scalenohedron forms and a very sharp interpenetration twin. Translucent, lustrous and on matrix.
This specimen, which is exceptional for the locality, comes from the Alain Martaud collection.
Largentière Mines, Largentière, Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (±1980)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 6.1 × 5.7 cm = 2.99” × 2.40” × 2.24”

Main crystal size: 7 × 4.4 cm = 2.76” × 1.73”

TMG97AN3: A 'butterfly' twin of two very sharp Calcite crystals, with geometric bands of different intensities of red color due to Hematite inclusions. Interestingly similar to the classic English twinned Calcites from the Bigrigg area.
The specimen is from the Alain Martaud collection.
Vaiges, Meslay-du-Maine, Mayenne, Mayenne Department, Pays de la Loire  France

Specimen size: 7.4 × 7.1 × 2.4 cm = 2.91” × 2.80” × 0.94”

TXD66AN3: Vug of very sharp and lustrous Goethite microcrystals, forming elongated spheroidal growths.
The specimen is from the Alain Martaud collection.
En Bournegade (Embournegade), Alban-le-Fraysse, Le Haut Dadou, Albi, Tarn, Occitanie  France (±1994)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 5.9 × 4.7 cm = 3.82” × 2.32” × 1.85”

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

BDD76AN3: Very sharp crystals of Fluorapophyllite-(K) of quite exceptional size for the deposit. They have a pseudocubic habit and are lustrous, white and on a basalt matrix partially covered by spheroidal growths of Gyrolite. An Scottish classic, hard to come by today.
Talisker Bay, Talisker, Carbost, Minginish, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Highlands  Scotland / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.7 × 2.8 cm = 2.01” × 1.85” × 1.10”

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

TXK47AN3: Matrix groups of two very different generations of Picropharmacolite. The first is made up of groups of microcrystals that form spheres that owe their intense red color to the presence of cobalt salts, and the second are centered groups of acicular crystals with a very pale pink color, almost white.
This specimen, from a 2021 find in the Bou Azzer area, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bou Azzer Mines, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 10.6 × 4.7 × 3.8 cm = 4.17” × 1.85” × 1.50”

TRL57AN3: Matrix groups of two very different generations of Picropharmacolite. The first is made up of groups of microcrystals that form spheres that owe their intense red color to the presence of cobalt salts, and the second are centered groups of acicular crystals with a very pale pink color, almost white.
This specimen, from a 2021 find in the Bou Azzer area, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bou Azzer Mines, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 11 × 7 × 4.7 cm = 4.33” × 2.76” × 1.85”

TEG16AN3: Novelty post-Sainte Marie 2021: Chlorapatite crystals with an elongated prismatic habit, with well defined faces and edges, translucent, lustrous, pale yellow, on matrix, with good size fibrous aggregates of dark green Ferro-actinolite, and Microcline. The first report of Chlorapatite in Imilchil and one of very few reports of this species in Morocco.
From a 2021 find in the Imilchil area, the specimens have been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.4 × 3.1 cm = 1.85” × 1.73” × 1.22”

TFJ12AN3: Novelty post-Sainte Marie 2021: Chlorapatite crystals with an elongated prismatic habit, with well defined faces and edges, translucent, lustrous, pale yellow, on matrix, with good size fibrous aggregates of dark green Ferro-actinolite, and Microcline. The first report of Chlorapatite in Imilchil and one of very few reports of this species in Morocco.
From a 2021 find in the Imilchil area, the specimens have been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 5.5 × 4.4 cm = 2.24” × 2.17” × 1.73”

TGH14AN3: Novelty post-Sainte Marie 2021: Chlorapatite crystals with an elongated prismatic habit, with well defined faces and edges, translucent, lustrous, pale yellow, on matrix, with good size fibrous aggregates of dark green Ferro-actinolite, and Microcline. The first report of Chlorapatite in Imilchil and one of very few reports of this species in Morocco.
From a 2021 find in the Imilchil area, the specimens have been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.3 × 4.8 cm = 2.28” × 2.09” × 1.89”

TNL13AN3: Novelty post-Sainte Marie 2021: Chlorapatite crystals with an elongated prismatic habit, with well defined faces and edges, translucent, lustrous, pale yellow, on matrix, with good size fibrous aggregates of dark green Ferro-actinolite, and Microcline. The first report of Chlorapatite in Imilchil and one of very few reports of this species in Morocco.
From a 2021 find in the Imilchil area, the specimens have been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.4 × 4.8 cm = 2.83” × 1.73” × 1.89”

TAD47AN3: Novelty post-Sainte Marie 2021: Chlorapatite crystals with an elongated prismatic habit, with well defined faces and edges, translucent, lustrous, pale yellow, on matrix, with good size fibrous aggregates of dark green Ferro-actinolite, and Microcline. The first report of Chlorapatite in Imilchil and one of very few reports of this species in Morocco.
From a 2021 find in the Imilchil area, the specimens have been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 7.7 × 5.7 cm = 3.07” × 3.03” × 2.24”

TXN86AN3: Novelty post-Sainte Marie 2021: Chlorapatite crystals with an elongated prismatic habit, with well defined faces and edges, translucent, lustrous, pale yellow, on matrix, with good size fibrous aggregates of dark green Ferro-actinolite, and Microcline. The first report of Chlorapatite in Imilchil and one of very few reports of this species in Morocco.
From a 2021 find in the Imilchil area, the specimens have been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 4.7 × 3.6 cm = 3.11” × 1.85” × 1.42”

TMK56AN3: Novelty post-Sainte Marie 2021: Chlorapatite crystals with an elongated prismatic habit, with well defined faces and edges, translucent, lustrous, pale yellow, on matrix, with good size fibrous aggregates of dark green Ferro-actinolite, and Microcline. The first report of Chlorapatite in Imilchil and one of very few reports of this species in Morocco.
From a 2021 find in the Imilchil area, the specimens have been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 6.6 × 6.2 cm = 3.23” × 2.60” × 2.44”

TDF14AN3: Novelty post-Sainte Marie 2021: Chlorapatite crystals with an elongated prismatic habit, with well defined faces and edges, translucent, lustrous, pale yellow, on matrix, with good size fibrous aggregates of dark green Ferro-actinolite, and Microcline. The first report of Chlorapatite in Imilchil and one of very few reports of this species in Morocco.
From a 2021 find in the Imilchil area, the specimens have been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 8.9 × 4.8 × 3.8 cm = 3.50” × 1.89” × 1.50”

TBE27AN3: Novelty post-Sainte Marie 2021: Chlorapatite crystals with an elongated prismatic habit, with well defined faces and edges, translucent, lustrous, pale yellow, on matrix, with good size fibrous aggregates of dark green Ferro-actinolite, and Microcline. The first report of Chlorapatite in Imilchil and one of very few reports of this species in Morocco.
From a 2021 find in the Imilchil area, the specimens have been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 4.6 × 3.4 cm = 4.61” × 1.81” × 1.34”

TLC86AN3: Novelty post-Sainte Marie 2021: Chlorapatite crystals with an elongated prismatic habit, with well defined faces and edges, translucent, lustrous, pale yellow, on matrix, with good size fibrous aggregates of dark green Ferro-actinolite, and Microcline. The first report of Chlorapatite in Imilchil and one of very few reports of this species in Morocco.
From a 2021 find in the Imilchil area, the specimens have been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 12.2 × 5.7 × 2.6 cm = 4.80” × 2.24” × 1.02”

TPM47AN3: Novelty post-Sainte Marie 2021: Chlorapatite crystals with an elongated prismatic habit, with well defined faces and edges, translucent, lustrous, pale yellow, on matrix, with good size fibrous aggregates of dark green Ferro-actinolite, and Microcline. The first report of Chlorapatite in Imilchil and one of very few reports of this species in Morocco.
From a 2021 find in the Imilchil area, the specimens have been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2021)

Specimen size: 14.8 × 6.8 × 3.4 cm = 5.83” × 2.68” × 1.34”

TXF56AN3: Isolated doubly terminated crystal of Elbaite and clearly hemihedral, with very sharp crystal forms and excellent terminations, the upper ones with a prismatic habit and the opposite one a pedion. Transparent, very lustrous, with the base of the prism up to the middle of the crystal pink with gradations in the color tones, and the termination a pale and uniform green.
Rubaya, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu Province (Kivu)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2020)

Specimen size: 7 × 1.2 × 1 cm = 2.76” × 0.47” × 0.39”

EBA50AN3: Large group of very elongated prismatic Aegirine crystals, with polycrystalline terminations, lustrous, and on matrix. With small doubly-terminated Zircon crystals, twinned Orthoclase crystals and small Quartz crystals. A monumental specimen of Aegirine, of exceptional quality and probably destined to be a classic.
Mount Malosa, Zomba District  Malawi (2015)

Specimen size: 22.5 × 21 × 12 cm = 8.86” × 8.27” × 4.72”

Main crystal size: 6 × 2 cm = 2.36” × 0.79”

GMG67AN3: Group of very sharp Brazilianite crystals with an unusually sharp habit, translucent, with bright luster and an intense yellow color. A Brazilian classic that comes from the Pedro Goy collection.
Divino das Laranjeiras, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 9.4 × 5.6 × 2.9 cm = 3.70” × 2.20” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 2.2 cm = 2.44” × 0.87”

TAH93AN3: Parallel growth of two very sharp Topaz crystals, one of them clearly dominant. Between translucent and transparent, lustrous, with an intense and uniform sky-blue color, and with some inclusions of Elbaite crystals.
Xanda Mine, Virgem da Lapa, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (1978)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 3.9 × 4.5 cm = 2.52” × 1.54” × 1.77”

TPE77AN3: Spheroidal group of tabular crystals of the rare species Veszelyite, with very sharp polycrystalline growths. Translucent, lustrous and deep blue. On matrix, with very pale greenish blue botryoidal Hemimorphite.
Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.3 × 1.9 cm = 1.18” × 0.91” × 0.75”

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

TFE3AN3: Groups of fine tabular crystals of the rare species Veszelyite, with very sharp polycrystalline growths, translucent, lustrous and deep blue. On matrix, with greenish botryoidal Hemimorphite.
Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3.6 × 2.2 cm = 1.42” × 1.42” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”

THL86AN3: Botryoidal growth of very aesthetic shapes, with bands of different shades of green and an intense silky luster, which gives it a peculiar 'chatoyant' appearance.
Shilu Mine, Yangchun, Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province  China (±1995)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.6 × 3.6 cm = 1.85” × 1.42” × 1.42”

TGM98AN3: Botryoidal growth of very aesthetic shapes, with bands of different shades of green and an intense silky luster, which gives it a peculiar 'chatoyant' appearance.
Shilu Mine, Yangchun, Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province  China (±1995)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 6.8 × 4 cm = 2.72” × 2.68” × 1.57”

TFK96AN3: Botryoidal growth of very aesthetic forms, with bands of different shades of green, especially visible on the back of the specimen, and with an intense silky luster.
Shilu Mine, Yangchun, Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province  China (±1995)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 7.1 × 3 cm = 2.83” × 2.80” × 1.18”

TMJ47AN3: Unique scepter growth of two Beryl crystals (aquamarine variety) with well defined faces and edges, very marked dissolution forms, transparent, lustrous, with an intense and uniform blue color, associated with small white Feldspars.
Quỳ Châu District, Nghệ An Province, Bắc Trung Bộ (North Central Coast) Region  Vietnam (2015)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 1.1 × 1 cm = 1.38” × 0.43” × 0.39”