March 2022 Update

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JFD96AO2: A piece that I have had for many years, from the very popular Sierra y Lomas Quarry (aka Los Serranos Quarry), with its usual Clinozoisite-Epidote (Series) crystals, its usual Quartz (in this case with inclusions), and with a not so usual Calcite crystal, very clear and shiny.
Sierra y Lomas Quarry (Los Serranos Quarry), Cabezo Negro, Albatera, Comarca Vega Baja del Segura, Alicante / Alacant, Valencian Community / Comunitat Valenciana  Spain (±1983)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 3.1 × 2.2 cm = 2.24” × 1.22” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.63” × 0.59”

JFD97AO2: A very good example of the quality of the sphalerites from the Troya mine, with the addition that since the matrix is all Dolomite, there are no sulphide stains of any kind and that is why the matrix looks so white, despite the many years that have passed since it was found.
Troya Mine, Mutiloa, Comarca Goyerri, Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain (1985)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.2 × 1.9 cm = 1.61” × 1.26” × 0.75”

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

JFD98AO2: From a huge vug found in 1990 by one of the most well known field collectors in Berbes, José Manuel Cuesta, owner of the Playa de Vega campsite and through whose hands thousands (sic) of pieces have passed, often destined for the guests of his campground.
The quality of the pieces from that vug was not extraordinary, but the quantity of specimens that came out was indeed extraordinary, and some of them very fine, like this one.
La Cabaña, Valdelmar, Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1990)

Specimen size: 11.4 × 6.6 × 4.3 cm = 4.49” × 2.60” × 1.69”

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

JFD99AO2: The fluorites from Buxières-les-Mines are striking for their globular appearance and for the brilliance and transparency of the multitude of small crystals that make up the globules. In addition, in this specimen the two colors stand out, the typical brown from the locality and a violet color in some areas.
I bought it from Alain Martaud in 2011, and he got it from Dr. Martin's collection.
Buxières-les-Mines, Moulins, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 9.7 × 8 × 3.3 cm = 3.82” × 3.15” × 1.30”

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

JFD100AO2: Despite their general uniformity, Panasqueira specimens can show a lot of variety. This Ferberite is very different from those that usually appear there since its crystals are highly elongated and fine, forming a kind of lattice. Fortunately, I am certain that it is from there since I bought it in 1990 in the mine 'Escritorio', freshly extracted from the mine by Zé da Tropa.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1990)

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

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.55” × 0.08”

JFD101AO2: Nothing special but, as always in Panasqueira, with 'something' particular. It has the added value of having been in the private collection of a Portuguese doctor who at the time was very assiduous in trying to obtain the best pieces that came out of Panasqueira.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (±1985)

Specimen size: 4 × 2.6 × 0.5 cm = 1.57” × 1.02” × 0.20”

Main crystal size: 3 × 0.7 cm = 1.18” × 0.28”

JFD102AO2: An important piece. The Quartz is a floater, with recrystallizations on both sides and, hanging from it, a beautiful group of very isolated Fluorite cubes with dodecahedron faces on their edges and an intense blue color. The most remarkable thing about this piece, apart from the fact that it was in a very important French collection, is the fact that it is not from the more recent Fluorite finds there, but is much older, from the year 2000 approximately. Back then this was one of the best fluorites ever found in Panasqueira…
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 11.4 × 5.7 × 5.9 cm = 4.49” × 2.24” × 2.32”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.63” × 0.59”

JFD103AO2: Nice association of Azurite, Malachite, Cerussite and Wulfenite. The quality and type of Azurite crystal shows that it is from Touissit, a locality where Azurite with such a variety of associated species was not common at all.
Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (1994)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.7 × 2.3 cm = 1.73” × 1.46” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.6 cm = 0.94” × 0.24”

JFD104AO2: One of the first well-crystallized acanthites seen from Imiter. Although specimens with sharper crystals came out later, this Acanthite is not bad at all as it is well accompanied by groups of small pink Calcite rhombohedra.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 4 × 3.1  cm = 1.73” × 1.57” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.94” × 0.43”

JFD105AO2: Large Skutterudite crystal that has kept its luster well all these years. The best skutterudites in the world are those from Bou Azzer, and those from the Bou Azzer Mine proper, like this one, were and continue to be a reference standard for museums and collectors around the world.
Bou Azzer Mine, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (1988)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.6 × 4.8 cm = 2.28” × 2.20” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2 cm = 1.22” × 0.79”

TXA14AO2: Group on matrix of very shiny twinned disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals, on limonite matrix.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the collection of Robert J. (Bob) Noble, which also contains the label.
Pea Ridge Mine, Sullivan, Washington County, Missouri  USA

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2 × 2.4 cm = 1.02” × 0.79” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 0.59” × 0.55”

TBM16AO2: Complete floater Fluoro-richterite crystal, very sharp and with a very short prismatic habit, almost lenticular. Lustrous, and black with dark green internal reflections. A relatively abundant Canadian classic decades ago and now in short supply, especially in this quality.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the collection of Robert J. (Bob) Noble, which
also contains the label.
East Gibson Road, Tory Hill, Haliburton County, Ontario  Canada

Specimen size: 2 × 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.55” × 0.47”

TTR46AO2: Aggregate of elongated Vesuvianite crystals rich in crystal forms, very sharp, transparent, with good luster and a greenish yellow color and with intense mauve-colored phantom growths in the nucleus of the crystal. Specimens of Asbestos Vesuvianite of such quality are beginning to be very scarce, since the deposit has been flooded for a long time.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the collection of Robert J. (Bob) Noble, which
also contains the label.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.5 × 2 cm = 1.02” × 0.98” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.39” × 0.24”

TJB86AO2: Floater group of octahedral Cuprite crystals, with minor shapes of the cube and the dodecahedron, one of them dominant and very aerial, translucent, with good luster and a deep red color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the collection of Robert J. (Bob) Noble, which
also contains the label.
Rubtsovskoe Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2 × 1.8 cm = 0.98” × 0.79” × 0.71”

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

TBB47AO2: A very sharp and lustrous floater crystal with sharp crystal forms of Wodginite, a rare oxide of tin, tantalum and manganese, of large size and sharp for the species.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the collection of Robert J. (Bob) Noble, which
also contains the label.
Itatiaia, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.2 × 1.3 cm = 0.94” × 0.87” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.5 cm = 0.75” × 0.59”

TRJ16AO2: Group of very sharp 'Pearceite' crystals, with a hexagonal outline, lustrous and on matrix, with Calcite and Proustite crystals. In the absence of more information, we retain the original name 'Pearceite' although Uchucchacua specimens, according to the recent nomenclature changes introduced by the IMA, would generally more specifically be Pearceite-T2ac.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the collection of Robert J. (Bob) Noble, which
also contains the label.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department  Peru

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.3 × 1.5 cm = 0.94” × 0.91” × 0.59”

TZE56AO2: Hübnerite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, very sharp and rich in crystal forms, translucent, very lustrous and on a matrix of water-clear Quartz crystals.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the collection of Robert J. (Bob) Noble, which
also contains the label.
Mundo Nuevo mining area, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sánchez Carrión Province, La Libertad Department  Peru

Specimen size: 3.1 × 1.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.22” × 0.67” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1 cm = 0.83” × 0.39”

TYR64AO2: Botryoidal Cassiterite aggregate, in the habit / variety known as 'wood tin', lustrous and deep black.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the collection of Robert J. (Bob) Noble, which
also contains the label.
Cóndor Iquiña plateau, Macha area, Chayanta Province, La Paz Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.7 × 2.7 cm = 1.14” × 1.06” × 1.06”

TEL46AO2: Topaz crystal with an unusual morphology due to its sharp terminations, very lustrous and transparent, colorless, with inclusions and small Albite crystallizations.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the collection of Robert J. (Bob) Noble, which
also contains the label.
Apo Ali Gun, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 3 × 1.7 × 1.4 cm = 1.18” × 0.67” × 0.55”

TDM76AO2: Centered aggregates of acicular white Minyulite crystals of high quality, on a limonitic matrix, lustrous and transparent. Minyulite is a rare phosphate, but classic at this locality.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the collection of Robert J. (Bob) Noble, which
also contains the label.
Tom's Quarry, Kapunda, North Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia  Australia

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.5 × 2.1 cm = 1.02” × 0.98” × 0.83”

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

TTX17AO2: Centered groups of very lustrous acicular Stibnite crystals on matrix. We note that specimens from this locality on matrix are not very common.
McLaughlin Mine, Knoxville, Knoxville District, Napa County, California  USA

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4.9 × 2.1 cm = 2.60” × 1.93” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.94” × 0.08”

NFH46AO2: Cream-colored Calcite crystals with a lenticular shape, one of them clearly dominant, with transparent tabular Baryte crystals with a yellow color instead of the more frequent blue. Also white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals and a matrix of transparent Fluorite crystals with an intense yellow color, with fine coatings of metallic sulphides.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2019)

Specimen size: 12.3 × 7.8 × 6.8 cm = 4.84” × 3.07” × 2.68”

Main crystal size: 4 × 2.9 cm = 1.57” × 1.14”

NTV68AO2: Group of Fluorite crystals with steps and polycrystalline growths, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and a very deep and intense blue color with violet tones.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 4.6 × 4.5 × 3 cm = 1.81” × 1.77” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.8 cm = 0.94” × 0.71”

NTB96AO2: Group of Fluorite crystals with polycrystalline growths on the surface of the faces, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and an intense color, with marked geometric color zoning on the edges,and on a matrix of white Quartz epimorphs after older crystals of Calcite that have disappeared.
La Viesca Mine, Las Monjas pocket, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (05/2010)

Specimen size: 21.1 × 13.2 × 8 cm = 8.31” × 5.20” × 3.15”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 2 cm = 1.38” × 0.79”

EFL27AO2: Fluorite crystals with the forms of a cube and a rhombododecahedron, with polycrystalline growths and an intense violet color. In matrix.
The specimen is from a not very well known deposit from which it is currently very difficult to obtain quality specimens.
Bois le Duc, Foisches, Charleville-Mézières District, Ardennes, Grand Est  France

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.4 × 2.6 cm = 1.42” × 0.94” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 2 cm = 0.83” × 0.79”

MHX47AO2: Group of very sharp tabular Azurite crystals, with polycrystalline growths on their faces, with good luster and a deeper and more vivid color than usual in specimens from this locality. With small white tabular Baryte crystals.
From the type locality for the species.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.8 × 2.5 cm = 1.85” × 1.50” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1 cm = 0.71” × 0.39”

MHV90AO2: Polycrystalline growths of very sharp, translucent, lustrous, equant Azurite crystals with a deeper color and brighter than usual in specimens from this locality. With small white tabular Baryte crystals.
From the type locality for the species.
Mine Bleu, Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 8.1 × 5.1 × 4.3 cm = 3.19” × 2.01” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.39” × 0.20”

EMG87AO2: Druse of very sharp scalenohedral Calcite crystals, transparent, with good luster and an intense yellow color with iridescence.
The specimen has a fine crack on the back that, according to the original label, has been reinforced. It comes from the Alain Martaud collection and we will send the original label to the buyer.
Bagard Quarry, Bagard, Alès, Gard, Occitanie  France (2006)

Specimen size: 17 × 8.2 × 7.5 cm = 6.69” × 3.23” × 2.95”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.06” × 0.71”

MHB86AO2: Very sharp cubo-octahedral Galena crystals with good luster. On matrix, with Pyrite microcrystal coatings.
The specimen is very old, as evidenced by the handwritten label that accompanies it.
Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia  Czech Republic

Specimen size: 8 × 6 × 3.8 cm = 3.15” × 2.36” × 1.50”

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

MZF99AO2: Growths of small acicular Olivenite crystals with a very vivid satiny luster, a deep and uniform green color, on matrix and with Quartz.
This specimen is an excellent English classic from the Paul Sainfeld collection.
Wheal Gorland, Saint Day, Camborne - Redruth - Saint Day District, Cornwall  England / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.1 × 2.7 cm = 2.20” × 1.61” × 1.06”

MHR99AO2: Group of Fluorite crystals completely covered by very lustrous transparent Quartz crystals except for some small areas on the edges and vertices that allow the Fluorite to be seen. On the back there is a Calcite crystal that is very representative of the “nail head” habit from this locality.
Blackdene Mine, Ireshopeburn, Weardale, North Pennines Orefield, County Durham  England / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 8.4 × 6 × 4.1 cm = 3.31” × 2.36” × 1.61”

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

MLJ70AO2: Everything about this specimen of Topaz is out of the ordinary, especially the unusual location and the size of the crystal, which is also very sharp and with lustrous faces. On matrix, with Albite, Quartz and lamellar aggregates of Muscovite.
The specimen, sawn at the back to reduce excess matrix, comes from the collection of Dr. Jukka Konnunaho, of Finland.
Viitaniemi pegmatite, Eräjärvi, Orivesi, Tampere, Pirkanmaa  Finland

Specimen size: 13 × 9.4 × 6.2 cm = 5.12” × 3.70” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 10 × 7.6 cm = 3.94” × 2.99”

MXL90AO2: Very aerial dendritic growth of elongated octahedral Copper crystals, with a very sharp spinel-law twin. The exact locality of the specimen is difficult to determine because of its age, but according Russian experts it belongs to the Dzezkhazgan copper zone of the former USSR.
Satpayev, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 10.8 × 5.3 × 2 cm = 4.25” × 2.09” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 0.7 cm = 1.06” × 0.28”

EXM61AO2: Parallel growth of Gold crystals with very sharp crystal morphology, with the dominant forms of the octahedron, hopper faces, a very distinct spinel-law twin, and curious hooked terminations.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 0.9 × 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.35” × 0.08” × 0.08”

EFL74AO2: Parallel growth of very elongated Gold crystals, with very sharp crystal morphology, with the dominant forms of the octahedron, hopper faces, a very marked spinel-law twin, and curious hooked terminations.
Aouint Ighoman, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 1.9 × 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.75” × 0.12” × 0.08”

MLA56AO2: Floater rosette aggregate of lamellar Hematite crystals, with epimorphic growths of Rutile crystals between acicular and prismatic, with bright luster and a reddish orange color. The specimen comes from an old French collection.
Ambositra District, Amoron'i Mania Region  Madagascar

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.2 × 1 cm = 1.38” × 1.26” × 0.39”

MFM56AO2: Floater rosette aggregate of lamellar Hematite crystals, with epimorphic growths of Rutile crystals between acicular and prismatic, with bright luster and a reddish orange color. The specimen comes from an old French collection.
Ambositra District, Amoron'i Mania Region  Madagascar

Specimen size: 4 × 3.5 × 1.4 cm = 1.57” × 1.38” × 0.55”

MPL66AO2: Floater rosette aggregate of lamellar Hematite crystals, with epimorphic growths of Rutile crystals between acicular and prismatic, with bright luster and a reddish orange color. The specimen comes from an old French collection.
Ambositra District, Amoron'i Mania Region  Madagascar

Specimen size: 4.3 × 4.1 × 1.3 cm = 1.69” × 1.61” × 0.51”

MZY86AO2: Floater rosette aggregate of lamellar Hematite crystals, with epimorphic growths of Rutile crystals between acicular and prismatic, with bright luster and a reddish orange color. The specimen comes from an old French collection.
Ambositra District, Amoron'i Mania Region  Madagascar

Specimen size: 4.6 × 4.1 × 1.2 cm = 1.81” × 1.61” × 0.47”

MXY76AO2: Floater rosette aggregate of lamellar Hematite crystals, with epimorphic growths of Rutile crystals between acicular and prismatic, with bright luster and a reddish orange color. The specimen comes from an old French collection.
Ambositra District, Amoron'i Mania Region  Madagascar

Specimen size: 4.4 × 4.1 × 1 cm = 1.73” × 1.61” × 0.39”

TGR10AO2: Group of Quartz crystals (variety pink quartz), many of them doubly terminated, with an intense pink color, with transparent terminations and on a slightly smoky Quartz matrix.
Galiléia, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.1 × 4.1 cm = 3.07” × 2.40” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 1 cm = 1.22” × 0.39”

TYX90AO2: Druse, on matrix, of very sharp rhombohedral crystals, with polycrystalline surfaces, with good luster and an intense and vivid pink color. The specimen comes from a find in the Manuelita mine, made at a great depth, and with specimens of higher quality than those previously known.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (03/2019)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 8 × 6.1 cm = 3.31” × 3.15” × 2.40”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.55” × 0.43”

MDR99AO2: Very sharp trapezohedral Analcime crystals, transparent, and lustrous. On matrix, with small Calcite crystals. The specimen comes from a recent find, in December 2021, and is characterized by the great transparency of the crystals.
Fengjiashan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.3 × 2 cm = 1.65” × 1.30” × 0.79”

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

MTA37AO2: A novelty on the market in 2022. Very aerial and aesthetic arborescent growth of Silver. On matrix of Calcite.
These pieces come from a find made in a small gold working, currently closed, and which showed no evidence of such good silvers until now.
Jizishan deposit, Linqu, Weifang Prefecture, Shandong Province  China (±2014)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.1 × 0.9 cm = 0.98” × 0.43” × 0.35”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.55” × 0.08”

TCZ89AO2: A novelty on the market in 2022. Very aerial and aesthetic arborescent growth of Silver, with numerous small Calcite crystals that adorn it and differentiate it from the classic Hongda silvers.
These pieces come from a find made in a small gold working, currently closed, and which showed no evidence of such good silvers until now.
This specimen has been published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the 'What’s New on the Internet Reports' section, report 63, April 15, 2022 edition, page 2
Jizishan deposit, Linqu, Weifang Prefecture, Shandong Province  China (±2014)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.6 × 0.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.63” × 0.24”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.1 cm = 0.59” × 0.04”

MFM72AO2: A novelty on the market in 2022. Very aerial and aesthetic arborescent growth of Silver, with a very marked spinel-law twin plane. On matrix, with numerous small Calcite crystals that adorn it and differentiate it from the classic Hongda silvers.
These pieces come from a find made in a small gold working, currently closed, and which showed no evidence of such good silvers until now.
Jizishan deposit, Linqu, Weifang Prefecture, Shandong Province  China (±2014)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 1.8 × 1.1 cm = 1.73” × 0.71” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 3 × 0.1 cm = 1.18” × 0.04”

MPB16AO2: A novelty on the market in 2022. Very aerial and aesthetic arborescent growth of Silver, with a very marked spinel-law twin plane. On matrix, with numerous small Calcite crystals that adorn it and differentiate it from the classic Hongda silvers.
These pieces come from a find made in a small gold working, currently closed, and which showed no evidence of such good silvers until now.
Jizishan deposit, Linqu, Weifang Prefecture, Shandong Province  China (±2014)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 4.2 × 1.3 cm = 1.81” × 1.65” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.1 cm = 0.79” × 0.04”

TBY88AO2: A novelty on the market in 2022. Very aerial and aesthetic arborescent growth of Silver, with a very marked spinel-law twin plane. On matrix, with numerous small Calcite crystals that adorn it and differentiate it from the classic Hongda silvers.
These pieces come from a find made in a small gold working, currently closed, and which showed no evidence of such good silvers until now.
This specimen has been published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the 'What’s New on the Internet Reports' section, report 63, April 15, 2022 edition, page 2
Jizishan deposit, Linqu, Weifang Prefecture, Shandong Province  China (±2014)

Specimen size: 9 × 3.2 × 1.3 cm = 3.54” × 1.26” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 7.2 × 0.1 cm = 2.83” × 0.04”

TAX10AO2: A novelty on the market in 2022. Very aerial and aesthetic arborescent growth of Silver, with a very marked spinel-law twin plane. On matrix, with numerous small Calcite crystals that adorn it and differentiate it from the classic Hongda silvers.
These pieces come from a find made in a small gold working, currently closed, and which showed no evidence of such good silvers until now.
Jizishan deposit, Linqu, Weifang Prefecture, Shandong Province  China (±2014)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 4.4 × 3 cm = 3.35” × 1.73” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 5.5 × 0.1 cm = 2.17” × 0.04”

MLB46AO2: New on the market in 2022. Botryoidal growths of Aragonite, very aerial, translucent and with an intense blue color due to inclusions of copper salts. Curiously, its duller green matrix is Calcite instead of Aragonite, as analysis surprisingly showed the presence of both polymorphs in the same piece.
Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.1 × 3.4 cm = 1.89” × 1.22” × 1.34”

MLC96AO2: New on the market in 2022. Botryoidal growths of Aragonite, very aerial, translucent and with an intense blue color due to inclusions of copper salts. Curiously, its duller green matrix is Calcite instead of Aragonite, as analysis surprisingly showed the presence of both polymorphs in the same piece.
Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 6.3 × 3.9 cm = 3.66” × 2.48” × 1.54”

MLD67AO2: New on the market in 2022. Botryoidal growths of Aragonite, very aerial, translucent and with an intense blue color due to inclusions of copper salts. Curiously, its duller green matrix is Calcite instead of Aragonite, as analysis surprisingly showed the presence of both polymorphs in the same piece.
Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 6.9 × 3 cm = 2.80” × 2.72” × 1.18”

MLD77AO2: New on the market in 2022. Botryoidal growths of Aragonite, very aerial, translucent and with an intense blue color due to inclusions of copper salts. Curiously, its duller green matrix is Calcite instead of Aragonite, as analysis surprisingly showed the presence of both polymorphs in the same piece.
Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 12.3 × 5.9 × 3.6 cm = 4.84” × 2.32” × 1.42”

MLE68AO2: New on the market in 2022. Botryoidal growths of Aragonite, very aerial, translucent and with an intense blue color due to inclusions of copper salts. Curiously, its duller green matrix is Calcite instead of Aragonite, as analysis surprisingly showed the presence of both polymorphs in the same piece.
Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 13.7 × 8.4 × 5.1 cm = 5.39” × 3.31” × 2.01”

MHR27AO2: Spheroidal and centered growths of white acicular Bultfonteinite crystals, covered almost entirely by a subsequent growth of pink Shinichengite (this new mineral species was initially labeled as possible Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite)
The specific spot at the locality where the find was made has already been closed, so no new discoveries can be expected in that specific place.
Shijiangshan Mine, Shijiangshan village, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (09/2021)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.3 × 1.5 cm = 1.10” × 0.91” × 0.59”

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

MLR87AO2: A novelty for 2021. The Shinichengite (this new mineral species was initially labeled as possible Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite) forms small fibrous spheroidal coatings of an intense pink color that accompany spheroidal growths of Bultfonteinite, of a good size and of an orange-brown color, all of this on a matrix of cleavages of Calcite.
The specific spot at the locality where the find was made has already been closed, so no new discoveries can be expected in that specific place.
Shijiangshan Mine, Shijiangshan village, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (09/2021)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.7 × 1.2 cm = 1.30” × 1.06” × 0.47”

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

MLP99AO2: A novelty for 2021. The Shinichengite (this new mineral species was initially labeled as possible Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite) forms small fibrous spheroidal coatings of an intense pink color that accompany spheroidal growths of Bultfonteinite, of a good size and of an orange-brown color, all of this on a matrix of cleavages of Calcite.
The specific spot at the locality where the find was made has already been closed, so no new discoveries can be expected in that specific place.
Shijiangshan Mine, Shijiangshan village, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (09/2021)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.4 × 3.2 cm = 2.24” × 1.73” × 1.26”

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

MAM90AO2: A novelty for 2021. Shinichengite (this new mineral species was initially labeled as possible Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite) forms small fibrous spheroidal coatings of an intense pink color that accompany spheroidal growths of Bultfonteinite, of good size and of an orange-brown color. On massive Andradite matrix with some small crystals at the base.
The specific spot at the locality where the find was made has already been closed, so no new discoveries can be expected in that specific place.
Shijiangshan Mine, Shijiangshan village, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (09/2021)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.8 × 3.7 cm = 2.01” × 1.50” × 1.46”

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

MRF50AO2: A novelty for 2021. Shinichengite (this new mineral species was initially labeled as possible Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite) forms small fibrous spheroidal coatings of an intense pink color that accompany spheroidal growths of Bultfonteinite, of good size and of an orange-brown color. On massive Andradite matrix with some small crystals at the base.
The specific spot at the locality where the find was made has already been closed, so no new discoveries can be expected in that specific place.
Shijiangshan Mine, Shijiangshan village, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (09/2021)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.4 × 3.4 cm = 2.40” × 1.73” × 1.34”

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

MMP26AO2: A novelty for 2021. Shinichengite (this new mineral species was initially labeled as possible Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite) forms small fibrous spheroidal coatings of an intense pink color that accompany spheroidal growths of Bultfonteinite, of good size with an orange-brown color. On matrix, with Calcite cleavages and a single Andradite crystal.
The specific spot at the locality where the find was made has already been closed, so no new discoveries can be expected in that specific place.
Shijiangshan Mine, Shijiangshan village, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (09/2021)

Specimen size: 12.1 × 7.2 × 6.7 cm = 4.76” × 2.83” × 2.64”

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

MBR37AO2: A novelty for 2021 and, in all probability, the best known so far for the species. The Imayoshiite appears as a very well defined crystal, with a tabular habit and hexagonal outline, transparent, very lustrous and colorless, on spheroidal growths of pinkish Bultfonteinite.
The specific spot at the locality where the find was made has already been closed, so no new discoveries can be expected in that specific place.
Shijiangshan Mine, Shijiangshan village, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (09/2021)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.06” × 0.87” × 0.67”

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

MXE70AO2: Drusy aggregate of very sharp Veszelyite crystals, with well defined crystal forms, translucent, with great luster and an extraordinarily intense and uniform color. On matrix, with globular growths of light blue Hemimorphite. High quality for the species.
The Hemimorphite has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (10/2021)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.4 × 2.4 cm = 1.93” × 1.34” × 0.94”

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

MJB27AO2: Groups of very sharp Veszelyite crystals, with well defined crystal forms, translucent, with great luster and an extraordinarily intense and uniform color. On matrix, with colorless Quartz crystals, an uncommon paragenesis at this locality.
Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (10/2021)

Specimen size: 8 × 4.9 × 4.7 cm = 3.15” × 1.93” × 1.85”

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

MAK88AO2: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals that are transparent, with good luster and a very marked color zoning. With pale lilac throughout most of the crystal but with very deep violet lines along the edges and with coatings of small white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals.
Qinglong Mine, Dachang, Qinglong, Qianxi'nan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 9 × 6.4 × 3.9 cm = 3.54” × 2.52” × 1.54”

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

MXZ72AO2: Columnar and stalactitic growths, very aerial, of Malachite, with the intense silky sheen typical of specimens from this locality, which gives them a peculiar "chatoyant" appearance. Deep green in color, it also has some curious concretionary Malachite growths with a much lighter tone, with small recrystallized holes in the terminations, probably due to very rapid growth.
Shilu Mine, Yangchun, Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province  China (±1995)

Specimen size: 8 × 7.8 × 4.8 cm = 3.15” × 3.07” × 1.89”

MGP27AO2: Topaz crystal rich in crystal forms, with excellent terminations. The flat lower face is not a cleavage plane but rather a contact plane, as can be seen with the naked eye. The crystal is especially transparent and lustrous, with a uniform and vivid orange color, on a Quartz matrix. Extraordinary!
Katlang, Mardan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa  Pakistan

Specimen size: 6.9 × 4.8 × 4.2 cm = 2.72” × 1.89” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 1.8 cm = 1.50” × 0.71”

NGX99AO2: Botryoidal growths of Brucite, with visible crystal forms, better defined than usual for the species. Translucent, with good luster and an intense and uniform lemon-yellow color. On matrix, with white growths of Dypingite.
The Dypingite has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan (Baluchistan)  Pakistan (2016)

Specimen size: 13.2 × 8.6 × 5.4 cm = 5.20” × 3.39” × 2.13”