November 2021 Update

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JFD30AN7: Doubly terminated Augite crystal of good size for the locality and on matrix, which is not so common in specimens of this species. It also has small crystals of some associated Zeolite (possibly Phillipsite). It comes from a well-known, although somewhat forgotten locality, located very close to an urban area. Antonino Bueno Yanes found them in July 2014 and this is how this Spanish classic 'came to light' again.
Outcrop located on the road to the dock, Morro del Jable, Pájara, Fuerteventura, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands  Spain (07/2014)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.7 × 2.5 cm = 1.06” × 1.06” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.3 cm = 0.83” × 0.51”

JFD31AN7: Navajún and its Ampliación a Victoria mine are known worldwide for their cubic pyrites that are among the best in the world, but in addition to the cubes there are also pyrites like this one, with octahedral faces. They appear in the deposit at only a single spot where no work has been done for many years. Maybe one day work will be done in that section again and more of these characteristic cubo-octahedral pyrites will appear, but for now...
I bought it of course from Pedro Ansorena in 2002. Pedro is the owner of the mine and the person who knows it best.
Ampliación a Victoria Mine, De Alcarama Range, Navajún, Comarca Cervera, La Rioja  Spain (±2000)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.3 × 3.6 cm = 1.50” × 1.30” × 1.42”

JFD32AN7: The habit of this Pyrite is known in Spain as a 'matchbox'. Some faces of the cube are wider and more elongated than the others, giving this 'rectangular' appearance. They are rare in Navajún and when they do appear they are highly desired, especially if they are in matrix, as in this case.
Ampliación a Victoria Mine, De Alcarama Range, Navajún, Comarca Cervera, La Rioja  Spain (2014)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.1 × 3.7 cm = 2.52” × 2.01” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.3 cm = 1.06” × 0.91”

JFD33AN7: A classic mine for Spanish mineralogy from which, however, very few specimens were saved, probably due to the method of exploitation, and perhaps because Pyrite and Galena are very abundant minerals in Spain and so that is why little attention was paid to specimens from this particular mine, although some specimens from this deposit are at least as good as those from other more famous Spanish localities.
This piece came into my hands thanks to the kindness of Conchita Ferrando, widow of Jorge Darlington Rivera, a geologist at the mine who had the wisdom to make a small collection of the specimens he obtained while working there. Without him and Conchita, it is more than likely that references of the mining heritage of the Alcudia Valley would have been lost.
Diógenes Group of Mines, Quintos Lebrachos, Solana del Pino, Comarca Valle de Alcudia y Sierra Madrona, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (1972-1975)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 4.8 × 4 cm = 3.31” × 1.89” × 1.57”

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

JFD34AN7: Beautiful iridescent goethites appear not only in Huelva, but also in Murcia, in the famous San Valentín Quarry. They can be very beautiful, like this one that covers Quartz crystals and in which an elongated botryoidal group seems to form a narrow bridge over the Goethite itself. From Alain Martaud's collection, I liked it when I bought it from him because it was so elegant and original.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain

Specimen size: 6.9 × 5.8 × 3.4 cm = 2.72” × 2.28” × 1.34”

JFD35AN7: The La Lapilla goethites have an 'architectural' point and, although their color is sometimes not as intense as that of the Tharsis goethites, their structure and the design of their formations have always attracted me. I got it (of course) from Fermín Clemente, a great field collector in the Huelva area.
La Lapilla Mine, La Lapilla, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia  Spain (03-04/2008)

Specimen size: 14.3 × 8.5 × 4.9 cm = 5.63” × 3.35” × 1.93”

JFD36AN7: I had seen many pieces from this locality, but never found one that completely satisfied me. In 2013, Ester Pulido from 'Tesoros Naturales' had this piece and, given how 'fresh' the Fe-bearing Dolomite looked, and the beautiful edging of the white Calcite, I really liked it and bought it from her. In fact I still think that it is very beautiful for what is usually seen in this locality.
Iron mines of Ojos Negros, Ojos Negros, Comarca Jiloca, Teruel, Aragon  Spain

Specimen size: 11.6 × 9.4 × 5 cm = 4.57” × 3.70” × 1.97”

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

JFD37AN7: Geoda de las Monjas ('The Nun's pocket') is an already mythical name in the compendium of fluorite finds from La Viesca. One of the characteristics of this vug, apart from its quality and the enormous sizes of the best pieces, was what gave it its name ('Nuns' because of the shape of their bonnets) due to the relative presence of Quartz epimorphs after scalenohedral Calcite crystals that had disappeared, leaving only the shell of Quartz that used to coat them.
The most desirable epimorphs? Those that also had Fluorite crystals of good size on top of the epimorphs, such as in the case of this piece, which is what makes it such a high-quality specimen.
La Viesca Mine, Las Monjas pocket, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (05/2010)

Specimen size: 11 × 8.7 × 8.3 cm = 4.33” × 3.43” × 3.27”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 4.7 cm = 1.85” × 1.85”

JFD38AN7: Quartz is ubiquitous in Panasqueira and appears there in a great diversity of habits. In this floater, recrystallized at its base, what is attractive, in addition to its transparency and perfection, is the presence of a Cassiterite crystal in the center of the piece and the numerous inclusions of Fluorapatite crystals, a very rare inclusion due to the very different formation temperatures of Quartz and Fluorapatite. Completing this combo piece is the presence of Siderite on the back.
I bought it from Alberto Ledo in 2014. Alberto is part of the new generation of Portuguese dealers who go often to the mine and sometimes get great specimens from there.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (10/2014)

Specimen size: 11.6 × 4.5 × 2.8 cm = 4.57” × 1.77” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 9.1 × 2.9 cm = 3.58” × 1.14”

JFD39AN7: Laguépie is an interesting French locality where a quarry exploits leptynites (microgneiss) and where local field collectors often find interesting things. A good example is this elegant piece in which we can see different generations of Quartz of different colors that cover spheres of what has been called “spherosiderites” and it is true that fibrous structures can be seen inside the spheres, compatible with carbonates. Also inside the Quartz crystals there are inclusions of what appears to be Chalcopyrite.
A very fine piece and different from those usually seen.
Laguépie, Quercy-Rouergue, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2019)

Specimen size: 6 × 5.5 × 5.3 cm = 2.36” × 2.17” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.2 cm = 0.51” × 0.47”

JFD40AN7: Although less famous than Tsumeb, the lead and copper secondaries found in the Touissit mines were of extraordinary quality. As an example, this Cerussite in a cyclic twin on a Galena matrix, with the characteristic luster of the specimens of this mine that, curiously, despite being a Galena mine, gives specimens that seem 'clean' and have a special elegance. I got this specimen on one of my many trips to Morocco, specifically one I did in 1995.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (±1995)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 5 × 4.8 cm = 2.48” × 1.97” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 5 cm = 2.05” × 1.97”

TRM64AN7: Floater group of crystals with a thick tabular habit, very sharp, between translucent and transparent and with geometric color zoning.
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 Melanson collection.
Fairfax Quarry, Centreville, Fairfax County, Virginia  USA

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 0.94” × 0.71” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 0.55” × 0.51”

TFA14AN7: Two Vesuvianite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and thick, with very sharp crystal forms and perfect terminal faces, with a highly developed pinacoid. Between transparent and translucent, with bright luster and a uniform yellow color
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 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.79” × 0.63” × 0.55”

TTM13AN7: Very aerial spheroidal growths of glossy black Goethite. On matrix with Dolomite and small cubic Pyrite crystals.
We will ship the piece in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, which shows a Wawa location, which was actually where the port of export of the material extracted from the mine was located.
Helen-MacLeod Mines, McMurray and Chabanel Townships, Algoma District, Ontario  Canada

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.4 × 1.5 cm = 1.06” × 0.94” × 0.59”

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

TMX16AN7: Globular growths of lenticular Austinite crystals, with sharp crystal forms and strong curvatures on the faces and edges, translucent, with a yellow-green 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.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.2 × 1.2 cm = 1.26” × 0.87” × 0.47”

TXF14AN7: Botryoidal Rhodochrosite growths, with good luster and an intense pink color, partially covering a stalagmitic growth of Hisingerite.
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 Melanson collection.
Potosí Mine, Santo Domingo (Francisco Portillo), Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 4 × 1.3 × 1.3 cm = 1.57” × 0.51” × 0.51”

TML14AN7: Floater group with two very sharp Pyrite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and both very lustrous.
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 Sullivan collection.
Ampliación a Victoria Mine, De Alcarama Range, Navajún, Comarca Cervera, La Rioja  Spain

Specimen size: 2 × 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 0.79” × 0.55” × 0.51”

TBJ14AN7: Twinned Chalcopyrite crystals with the dominant forms of the bisphenoid, very sharp, lustrous, and partially covered by small Quartz crystals and spheroidal aggregates of Calcite microcrystals. A classic specimen from Cavnic, where good specimens of Chalcopyrite are rare.
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 Melanson collection.
Cavnic Mine, Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures  Romania

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.4 × 1.7 cm = 0.98” × 0.94” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.9 cm = 0.63” × 0.35”

TTM16AN7: Group of very sharp tabular Djurleite crystals, on matrix, one of them clearly dominant and with very sharp crystal forms. These Djurleites are considered among the best in the world.
We will send the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label on which it appears that it was purchased from ‘Fabre’
Aït Ahmane (auxiliary shaft), Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (11/2014-05/2015)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.8 × 2.2 cm = 1.18” × 1.10” × 0.87”

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

TXL13AN7: Radiated groups of Franckeite crystals with a flattened prismatic habit, sharp, well defined and with good luster, associated with small elongated Zinkenite crystals.
We will ship this piece in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Itos Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.4 × 1.9 cm = 1.26” × 0.94” × 0.75”

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

TJX62AN7: Floater aggregate with very aerial spheroidal shapes, translucent and with an intense and uniform lilac color. We highlight, apart from the color, the finesse and elegance of this specimen.
We will ship this specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province  Indonesia

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 0.87” × 0.71” × 0.47”

TFA86AN7: Two doubly terminated Dravite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very sharp crystal forms and excellent terminations, a bright black color and on matrix. With Biotite and small Albite crystals.
The specimen, from a classic American locality for the species, comes from the Bob and Pam Steward collection (number 199), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Biermann Quarries (Bethel Quarries), Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut  USA (±1968)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.4 × 4.8 cm = 2.83” × 2.52” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 3.2 cm = 2.05” × 1.26”

NBR14AN7: Very aerial and parallel polycrystalline growth of translucent and very lustrous Celestine crystals, with sharp crystal forms and excellent terminations.
The specimen, an occasional find, comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez (number 823), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Celestine deposit, Hurchillo floodgates, Tajo-Segura irrigation system, Arneva, Orihuela, Comarca Vega Baja del Segura, Alicante / Alacant, Valencian Community / Comunitat Valenciana  Spain (2014)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 3.1 × 3 cm = 3.46” × 1.22” × 1.18”

NBA27AN7: Fluorite crystals with cube shapes clearly beveled by the dodecahedron. Very transparent and lustrous and colorless, although with very slightly violet tones. On matrix, with coatings of small Quartz crystals.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 7 × 5.4 × 3.1 cm = 2.76” × 2.13” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1 cm = 0.67” × 0.39”

NFJ57AN7: Druse of transparent Fluorite crystals with good luster and an intense yellow color, partially covered by tabular crystals of Baryte with a light blue color, transparent and lustrous, with small white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals.
This piece comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 802), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2021)

Specimen size: 8.1 × 7.2 × 6.6 cm = 3.19” × 2.83” × 2.60”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 0.87” × 0.67”

NZR50AN7: Group of cubic crystals with staggered bevels on the edges, lustrous, very transparent, with an intense purplish blue color and with very marked geometric color zoning.
This piece comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 818), whose label we will send to the buyer.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±2016)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 8.6 × 6.4 cm = 3.82” × 3.39” × 2.52”

Main crystal size: 8.4 × 4.9 cm = 3.31” × 1.93”

NRA66AN7: Very curious white lamellar Calcite crystals with geometric color zoning and a small group of Pyrite crystals, very lustrous and rich in faces, dominated by pyritohedra. The upper levels of Panasqueira continue to provide surprising novelties, with specimens different from what was previously known.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (06/2021)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 5.2 × 2.7 cm = 3.39” × 2.05” × 1.06”

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

NAT27AN7: Group of large Chalcopyrite crystals with the typical curvatures of Panasqueira specimens, very aerial, lustrous and on matrix. Along with the Chalcopyrite there are also very sharp and lustrous Sphalerite crystals and the whole is bordered by lenticular crystals of Siderite. The upper levels of Panasqueira continue to provide surprising novelties, with specimens different from what was previously known.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (06/2021)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 4.7 × 3.1 cm = 3.43” × 1.85” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 4.8 × 3.1 cm = 1.89” × 1.22”

ETM66AN7: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and an intense yellow color with a fine geometric zoning on the violet edges. Of great quality for what is known at this mine, it comes only from one specific find.
La Barre Mine, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, Pontgibaud, Saint-Ours, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (09/2020)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.7 × 2.3 cm = 1.97” × 1.46” × 0.91”

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

EFF46AN7: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and an intense yellow color with a fine geometric zoning on the violet edges. Of great quality for what is known at this mine, it comes only from one specific find.
La Barre Mine, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, Pontgibaud, Saint-Ours, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (09/2020)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4 × 2.8 cm = 2.20” × 1.57” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.9 cm = 0.31” × 0.35”

EBH27AN7: Druse of crystals with a cubic habit with polycrystalline growths on the faces that form sharp steps, lustrous, transparent and with a very deep and uniform blue-violet color.
A French classic that comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Fontsante Mine, Tanneron Massif, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.6 × 2.1 cm = 2.83” × 2.60” × 0.83”

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

ERT48AN7: Group of crystals with a very sharp cubic habit, translucent, with good luster and a uniform green color, with a last phase of growth of a more yellow color. From the ‘Figuier’ vein, which is reputed to have produced the best quality Fluorites in this deposit.
A French classic that comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Fontsante Mine, Figuier vein, Tanneron Massif, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France (2011)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.6 × 3.2 cm = 3.03” × 2.60” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 4.6 × 2.2 cm = 1.81” × 0.87”

EJM27AN7: Druse on matrix of flattened lenticular crystals of Siderite, translucent, with good luster and a light and uniform brown color with golden tones. An excellent French classic.
La Mure coal mines, La Mure, Matheysine-Trièves, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 13.2 × 7.4 × 3 cm = 5.20” × 2.91” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.2 cm = 1.22” × 0.87”

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”

TFR27AN7: Botryoidal aggregate of coralloidal Aragonite with an intense and uniform sky-blue color. The specimen, from a well known French locality, has a more intense color than usual in specimens from this provenance.
A French classic that comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Arrigas Mines, Arrigas, Le Vigan, Gard Department, Occitanie  France (±1985)

Specimen size: 10.6 × 7.5 × 4.2 cm = 4.17” × 2.95” × 1.65”

TFM98AN7: Spheroidal growths of Smithsonite, with good luster and an intense and uniform lemon-yellow color, on a Quartz matrix, with Pyrite microcrystals. This piece is of high quality for the locality, unusual in collections.
Sheshodonnell East Mine, Carran, The Burren, Clare County, Munster Province  Ireland

Specimen size: 10.2 × 6.6 × 3.7 cm = 4.02” × 2.60” × 1.46”

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

TCB98AN7: Fluorite crystals with an unusual habit, cubic but beveled by tetrahexahedron faces, translucent, with an intense violet color and on a matrix of white lamellar Baryte crystals and small coatings of Quartz microcrystals (hematoidal variety) of an intense and uniform red color.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 02/2021, page 100
Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 8.1 × 7.4 × 5 cm = 3.19” × 2.91” × 1.97”

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

NMA89AN7: Group of very sharp crystals of considerable size, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and a greenish yellow color. With coatings of white Quartz crystals and small aggregates of Pyrite crystals.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 821), whose label we will send to the buyer.
El Hammam, Ait Mimoune, Khémisset Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Region  Morocco (1999)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 8.9 × 5.6 cm = 4.61” × 3.50” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 5.7 × 4 cm = 2.24” × 1.57”

EAM66AN7: A Gold with the dominant forms of the octahedron in highly stylized parallel growths, hopper growths and with distinct twinning according to the spinel law. The material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (09/2021)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.4 × 0.6 cm = 1.10” × 0.55” × 0.24”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 0.4 cm = 0.83” × 0.16”

EJT27AN7: A Gold with the dominant forms of the octahedron in highly stylized parallel growths, hopper growths and with distinct twinning according to the spinel law. The material has been carefully analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This sample has been referenced and pictured, as a novelty in Munich 2021, in the magazine 'Le Règne Minéral' number 162, November-December 2021, page 21
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (09/2021)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 0.8 × 0.5 cm = 1.42” × 0.31” × 0.20”

EFQ88AN7: Good size, doubly terminated and very sharp crystals of Brazilianite. They are transparent, with a bright luster and a very vivid color, on an Albite matrix. With small, very sharp crystals of Greifensteinite, a rare calcium, iron and beryllium phosphate.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 877), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Telírio claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2018)

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

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.1 cm = 0.83” × 0.43”

ETB16AN7: A bundle of Elbaite crystals, translucent, with bright luster and a deep green color, on a matrix of transparent Albite crystals. Very aesthetic.
Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 9.4 × 6.5 × 5 cm = 3.70” × 2.56” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 7 × 2.3 cm = 2.76” × 0.91”

EGH87AN7: Beryl crystal with very sharp crystal forms, terminated by two pyramids with slight curvatures and beveled by the pinacoid. Transparent (gem quality), with internal dissolution channels, very lustrous and with an intense and uniform yellow color (heliodor variety)
Padre Paraíso, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 5.1 × 1 × 0.9 cm = 2.01” × 0.39” × 0.35”

EFX92AN7: Beryl crystal with very sharp crystal forms, terminated by two pyramids with slight curvatures and beveled by the pinacoid. Transparent (gem quality), with internal dissolution channels, very lustrous and with an intense and uniform yellow color (heliodor variety)
Padre Paraíso, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 7.1 × 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 2.80” × 0.63” × 0.59”

EAB96AN7: Floater octahedral Gold with very sharp crystal forms and faces and with deep hopper growths with sharp internal steps.
Santa Elena de Uairén, Gran Sabana, Bolívar State  Venezuela

Specimen size: 1.5 × 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.59” × 0.35” × 0.31”

TRR66AN7: Aggregates on matrix of twinned crystals, with a fibrous appearance, many of them with good terminations, with bright luster and an intense red color. An ‘oldie’ from Chile that has not been seen for many years.
Agua Colgada Quarry, Sierra La Totora District, Freirina, Huasco Province, Atacama Region  Chile

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4 × 4.7 cm = 2.28” × 1.57” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 0.9 cm = 1.02” × 0.35”

EFB27AN7: Spheroidal growths of very sharp lenticular rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals, with good luster and a more intense and vivid pink color than usual in specimens from this deposit. On matrix, with small aggregates of Sphalerite crystals and transparent Quartz crystals.
Austria Duvas Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (07/2021)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.7 × 4.1 cm = 2.64” × 1.85” × 1.61”

EMR86AN7: Botryoidal growths of very sharp lenticular rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals, with good luster and a more intense and vivid pink color than usual in pieces from this deposit. With small water-clear crystals of Quartz, very lustrous, with Sphalerite.
Austria Duvas Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (07/2021)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 6.4 × 3.6 cm = 2.95” × 2.52” × 1.42”

EBZ96AN7: Spheroidal growths of Rhodochrosite with an intense and uniform pink color, with water-clear and very lustrous Quartz crystals and aggregates of sharp, lustrous Sphalerite microcrystals.
Austria Duvas Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (07/2021)

Specimen size: 12 × 8.6 × 5.3 cm = 4.72” × 3.39” × 2.09”

EFM88AN7: A novelty in Tucson Virtual 2021. Unique fan growths, with three generations, the first being a larger crystal with a slightly smoky color visible on the back of the sample, a second, with crystals of good size and intense color, and a last phase, with smaller crystals, very sharp, translucent, with a very bright luster and an intense and uniform color. It should be noted that the color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but is the intrinsic color of the quartz. Different from what has been seen so far from this locality.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2021)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.6 × 2.6 cm = 2.44” × 1.81” × 1.02”

TGR14AN7: Stalactitic growths of Chalcocite covered by a thin film of Chalcopyrite, with dominant blue and magenta tones. The existing bibliography suggests that in some cases Chalcocite may be partially substituted by Djurleite.
Tongshankou Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (2019)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.34” × 0.98” × 0.87”

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

TFF86AN7: Stalactitic growths of Chalcocite covered by a thin film of iridescent Chalcopyrite, with dominant blue and purple tones. On a Calcite matrix. From the existing bibliography, it is deduced that in some cases Chalcocite may be partially substituted by Djurleite.
Tongshankou Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (2019)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3 × 2.1 cm = 2.09” × 1.18” × 0.83”

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

EDM56AN7: A novelty in the summer of 2021 and, in all likelihood, the best known for the species thus far. Imayoshiite occurs in numerous very sharp crystals, with a tabular habit and hexagonal outline, transparent, very lustrous and colorless that are associated with spheroidal growths of Bultfonteinite of good size and pinkish color, and with small white fibrous coatings of some Shinichengite (this new mineral species was initially labeled as possible Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite)
This specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This sample has been referenced and pictured, as a novelty in Munich 2021, in the magazine 'Le Règne Minéral' number 162, November-December 2021, page 15
Shijiangshan Mine, Shijiangshan village, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (15/07/2021)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 4 × 1.6 cm = 1.73” × 1.57” × 0.63”

TMR94AN7: Very aerial and floater group of sharp Borcarite crystals, a very rare borate-carbonate. The crystals, with sharp shapes, are translucent, have a uniform green color and are partially covered by small white and sharp crystals, of considerable size for those known, of Cahnite, an arsenate that is also considered very rare. A specimen of the highest quality for what is known for this species.
Shijiangshan Mine, Shijiangshan village, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (2011)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 2.9 × 2.6 cm = 2.05” × 1.14” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.5 cm = 0.43” × 0.20”

TMB98AN7: Druse on matrix of aggregates of very sharp Veszelyite crystals, with sharp crystal forms, translucent, with good luster and an extraordinarily intense and uniform color. High quality for the species.
Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2 × 2.3 cm = 0.98” × 0.79” × 0.91”

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

TMA66AN7: Botryoidal growths of very aesthetic Malachite 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: 8 × 4.5 × 2.7 cm = 3.15” × 1.77” × 1.06”

TRM66AN7: Botryoidal growths of very aesthetic Malachite 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: 7.2 × 7 × 3.7 cm = 2.83” × 2.76” × 1.46”

EEB94AN7: Botryoidal growths of very aesthetic Malachite shapes, with bands of different shades of green and an intense silky luster, which gives it a peculiar 'chatoyant' appearance.
This particular piece features a pareidolia phenomenon, simulating a group of human figures (or a pair of joined water bottles)
Shilu Mine, Yangchun, Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province  China (±1995)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 8 × 3.3 cm = 3.27” × 3.15” × 1.30”

NGB66AN7: Group of water-clear quartz crystals, very transparent and lustrous, with sharp, transparent and colorless Baryte crystals.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 837), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Jinkouhe District, Leshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province  China

Specimen size: 9.7 × 8.4 × 4.7 cm = 3.82” × 3.31” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 1.1 cm = 1.77” × 0.43”

NNM49AN7: Very well defined spheroidal growth of small dipyramidal Cavansite crystals, with sharp crystal forms, centered on a basalt matrix covered by Stilbite-Ca crystals.
This piece comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 711), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Wagholi Quarry, Wagholi, Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra  India (2004)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.6 × 4.2 cm = 3.31” × 2.20” × 1.65”

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

TMF98AN7: Botryoidal Smithsonite growths, with remnants of rock matrix, translucent, with good luster and a uniform sky-blue color, with fine white festoons. The specimen comes from a find in the year 2020 made in a locality not known until now for quality Smithsonites in the world of collecting. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Aladağ Mine, Zamanti River area, Denizovasi, Yahyalı District, Kayseri Province, Central Anatolia Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 12.4 × 10.2 × 4.4 cm = 4.88” × 4.02” × 1.73”