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JFD167AO9: An absolute rarity. From the well-known Dolores Mine in the Los Pedroches Valley, this nice exception piece. The type of minerals found in that mine, with a preponderance of native Bismuth, are not famous for their beauty, but this cobalt-bearing Adamite stands out for its intense color and its good crystallization. Small crystals, yes, but very showy. As a curiosity, the engineer J.A. Carbonell Molina, who found it around 1963, classified it as 'Roselite'. Recent analyses prove that it is actually Adamite.
Dolores Mine, Dolores Mining Group, Las Lomas, Pozoblanco, Comarca Los Pedroches, Córdoba, Andalusia  Spain (±1963)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2.1 × 1.4 cm = 0.91” × 0.83” × 0.55”

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

JFD168AO9: Without the fame of its neighbor, the Troya Mine, in its heyday the Aizpea concession in Zerain yielded excellent specimens like this Baryte, very well formed and transparent and with small Galena crystals on one side and also included in one of the Baryte crystals. Spanish classic from a not well known locality.
Aizpea claim, Cerain mines, Zerain, Comarca Goyerri, Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.6 × 2.4 cm = 2.01” × 1.42” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 2.2 cm = 1.69” × 0.87”

JFD169AO9: So many different habits and so many tonalities… the indefatigable El Horcajo mines, always with high quality specimens.
This specimen had a curious history: the greatly missed Marçal Lloria obtained it when he bought the collection of Josefina Pons from Barcelona, to whom I had sold the piece in the remote past. Marçal put that collection up for sale at the Expominer 2003 Show and as soon as I saw the piece I arranged for it to come back home to papa (ie. me)
El Horcajo Mines, El Horcajo, Almodóvar del Campo, Comarca Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain (±1910)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.8 × 1.9 cm = 1.50” × 1.10” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.5 cm = 0.47” × 0.20”

JFD170AO9: An Aragonese classic that is also 'in the chest' of the Catalans and Valencians because the locality is very close to Tarragona and Castellón. The calcites from there are very nice, though they are not always so transparent. It was found by Joan Carles Mérida, well known Catalan field collector, specializing in the areas of Massabé and Sils.
La Cañada de Verich, Comarca del Bajo Aragón, Teruel, Aragon  Spain (10/2011)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4 × 3.1 cm = 2.09” × 1.57” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 0.9 cm = 0.83” × 0.35”

JFD171AO9: This is the first piece from my personal display cases that I put up for sale. I didn't think I would ever sell any of them as they aren't “duplicates”, but in life you never know and recently I got another specimen that has replaced this one and consequently it goes directly from the collection display to this page.
It comes from the discoveries made in 2009 in the number 15 vein of Tadaout in Taouz, that are characterized by the presence of Siderite at the base of the Vanadinite crystals, which in turn are characterized by their fan-like habit and also by their good color and luster.
Tadaout, vein 15, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (01/2009)

Specimen size: 14.1 × 8.3 × 6.3 cm = 5.55” × 3.27” × 2.48”

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

EMR88AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Cumengeite epitaxial on Boleite with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, with good luster and an intense color. A rarity from the type locality for the species.
Boleo District, Municipio Mulegé, Baja California Sur  Mexico

Specimen size: 0.5 × 0.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16” × 0.16”

EPP88AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Multiple twin of interpenetrating bipyramidal Cumengeite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, with good luster and an intense color. A rarity from the type locality for the species.
Boleo District, Municipio Mulegé, Baja California Sur  Mexico

Specimen size: 0.6 × 0.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.24” × 0.16” × 0.16”

EEB27AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Group of Calcite crystals with the habit known as “nailheads”; formed by a prism with flattened rhombohedron terminations. They are translucent, shiny, colored pale yellow with dark Goethite inclusions. A Spanish classic, very difficult to find nowadays.
The specimen comes from the collection of Guy Jusseau, from Lyon.
Julia Mine, Barrio de la Peña, Bilbao, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain

Specimen size: 11.2 × 5.8 × 6.2 cm = 4.41” × 2.28” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 2.3 cm = 2.05” × 0.91”

ERM47AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals with well defined faces and edges, with fine polycrystalline growths, lustrous, on a matrix of transparent and lustrous Quartz crystals, with the typical local habit. This old specimen comes from the Seeman collection, from Alsace, which proves that, although very scarce, yellow chalcopyrites do exist in La Gardette.
À Giraud Mine, La Gardette mining area, Villard-Nôtre-Dame, Le Bourg d'Oisans, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.7 × 4.3 cm = 2.13” × 1.85” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.35” × 0.24”

ETB91AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystal with very well defined faces and edges, fine polycrystalline growths, good luster and intense yellow color, more vivid than what is usually seen from La Gardette, and of considerable size. Accompanied on its rear by transparent and bright Quartz crystals with the typical habit of the locality.
The specimen comes from finds made between 2018 and 2019
À Giraud Mine, La Gardette mining area, Villard-Nôtre-Dame, Le Bourg d'Oisans, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2018-2019)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.97” × 1.81” × 0.94”

EFX66AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals with well defined faces and edges, good luster and intense yellow color, more vivid than what is usually seen from La Gardette, on a matrix of transparent and lustrous Quartz crystals, with the typical habit of that locality.
The specimen comes from finds made between 2018-2019
À Giraud Mine, La Gardette mining area, Villard-Nôtre-Dame, Le Bourg d'Oisans, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2018-2019)

Specimen size: 13.2 × 12.7 × 4.4 cm = 5.20” × 5.00” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.63”

EMR86AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Spheroidal floater aggregate of acute rhombohedral Calcite crystals with inclusions of sand. An excellent French classic.
Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.9 × 4.8 cm = 2.01” × 1.93” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.31” × 0.24”

EXL66AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent, with excellent luster and an extraordinarily intense blue color, with the mauve tones typical in specimens from this locality. With traces of white Quartz matrix.
The specimen comes from the collection of Michel Maigrot.
Le Beix Mine, Saint-Germain-près-Herment, Herment, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 13.2 × 11.4 × 9.7 cm = 5.20” × 4.49” × 3.82”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.9 cm = 1.22” × 1.14”

ELR66AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Group of twinned Cassiterite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, lustrous, and of exceptional size. A rare French classic of very high quality.
La Villeder, Le Roc-Saint-André, Vannes, Morbihan, Brittany/Bretagne  France (±1900)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 6.1 × 4 cm = 2.56” × 2.40” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 6.5 × 3.6 cm = 2.56” × 1.42”

ELA26AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Elbaite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and very aerial, with defined faces and edges and polycrystalline termination, translucent, with good luster and distinct geometric color zoning, much lighter around the terminations. On a matrix of water-clear crystals of Quartz, and small sharp white crystals of Microcline.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.5 × 3.1 cm = 1.42” × 0.98” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.51” × 0.12”

EBY13AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Floater group of Microcline crystals in polycrystalline growth, with very sharp crystal forms and a beautiful cream-white color.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 663 in the volume 53, number 5, September-October 2022
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2022)

Specimen size: 10.4 × 7.7 × 6.2 cm = 4.09” × 3.03” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.4 cm = 0.71” × 0.55”

EFM14AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Floater group of Microcline crystals in polycrystalline growth, with very sharp crystal forms and a beautiful cream-white color.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2022)

Specimen size: 12.8 × 10.9 × 5.4 cm = 5.04” × 4.29” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.63” × 0.55”

ELL30AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
From a Moroccan locality about which we had no information and very different from the vanadinites known to date, with centered groups of very fine acicular crystals, with good luster and dominant yellowish brown tones, golden reflections and geometric color zoning.
The specimens have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 663 in the volume 53, number 5, September-October 2022
Tissaf, Outat El Haj, Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 6.8 × 4.1 cm = 3.66” × 2.68” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.2 cm = 0.39” × 0.08”

ERF51AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
From a Moroccan locality about which we had no information and very different from the vanadinites known to date, with centered groups of very fine acicular crystals, with good luster and dominant yellowish brown tones, golden reflections and geometric color zoning.
The specimens have 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 Ste. Marie 2022, in the magazine 'Le Règne Minéral' number 166, July-August 2022, page 42
Tissaf, Outat El Haj, Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 6 × 3.4 cm = 4.61” × 2.36” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.2 cm = 0.35” × 0.08”

EFT60AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Polycrystalline botryoidal coatings of very sharp cubic crystals of lustrous Pyrite on a white Baryte matrix. Different from what has been known so far from this mine.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 2.6 × 3.4 cm = 2.44” × 1.02” × 1.34”

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

EPQ14AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Polycrystalline botryoidal coatings of very sharp cubic crystals of lustrous Pyrite on a white Baryte matrix. Different from what has been known so far from this mine.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 663 in the volume 53, number 5, September-October 2022
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.8 × 3.4 cm = 2.64” × 1.89” × 1.34”

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

EXP16AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Polycrystalline botryoidal coatings of very sharp cubic crystals of lustrous Pyrite on a white Baryte matrix. Different from what has been known so far from this mine.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 6.4 × 4.1 cm = 2.64” × 2.52” × 1.61”

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

ERR26AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Polycrystalline botryoidal coatings of very sharp cubic crystals of lustrous Pyrite on a white Baryte matrix. Different from what has been known so far from this mine.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 5.7 × 4.8 cm = 3.62” × 2.24” × 1.89”

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

ELP46AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Polycrystalline botryoidal coatings of very sharp cubic crystals of lustrous Pyrite on a white Baryte matrix. Different from what has been known so far from this mine.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 6.2 × 5.1 cm = 3.43” × 2.44” × 2.01”

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

EFM16AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Polycrystalline botryoidal coatings of very sharp cubic crystals of lustrous Pyrite on a white Baryte matrix. Different from what has been known so far from this mine.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 10.4 × 6.3 × 2.6 cm = 4.09” × 2.48” × 1.02”

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

ERT96AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Polycrystalline botryoidal coatings of very sharp cubic crystals of lustrous Pyrite on a white Baryte matrix. Different from what has been known so far from this mine.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 10.4 × 6 × 3.9 cm = 4.09” × 2.36” × 1.54”

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

EJK27AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Polycrystalline botryoidal coatings of very sharp cubic crystals of lustrous Pyrite on a white Baryte matrix. Different from what has been known so far from this mine.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 11.8 × 6 × 4 cm = 4.65” × 2.36” × 1.57”

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

EFR14AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Group on matrix of very elongated prismatic Aragonite crystals, transparent, lustrous and colorless.
Mamsa, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (04/2022)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.4 × 2.4 cm = 1.81” × 1.34” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 0.2 cm = 1.30” × 0.08”

EJK26AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Group on matrix of very elongated prismatic Aragonite crystals, transparent, lustrous and colorless.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 662 in the volume 53, number 5, September-October 2022
Mamsa, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (04/2022)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.1 × 3 cm = 2.01” × 1.61” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 0.4 cm = 0.87” × 0.16”

EXB96AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Group on matrix of Aragonite crystals, prismatic, very elongated, doubly terminated, transparent, shiny and colorless.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 662 in the volume 53, number 5, September-October 2022
Mamsa, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (04/2022)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.9 × 2.7 cm = 1.30” × 1.14” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 0.9 cm = 1.22” × 0.35”

ELR96AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Very elongated prismatic Aragonite crystal, transparent, lustrous and colorless, very aerial, on a matrix of botryoidal Quartz (chalcedony variety) of pearly white color.
Mamsa, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (04/2022)

Specimen size: 6 × 3.7 × 1.7 cm = 2.36” × 1.46” × 0.67”

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

EGG56AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Group on matrix of very elongated prismatic Aragonite crystals, doubly terminated, translucent, shiny and colorless.
Mamsa, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (04/2022)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4 × 2 cm = 2.09” × 1.57” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 5.3 × 0.8 cm = 2.09” × 0.31”

EHM93AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Group on matrix of large prismatic crystals of Aragonite. They are very elongated, translucent, shiny and colorless.
Mamsa, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (04/2022)

Specimen size: 12.8 × 9.9 × 8.1 cm = 5.04” × 3.90” × 3.19”

Main crystal size: 10 × 2 cm = 3.94” × 0.79”

EGM27AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Equant crystals of Calcite with the dominant crystal forms of the rhombohedron, translucent, unusually intense mauve color (cobalt-bearing variety). On matrix, with white Calcite crystals. An example of the type of specimens that were found many years in Agoudal.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 8.2 × 7.5 × 5.8 cm = 3.23” × 2.95” × 2.28”

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

EBR67AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Calcite crystals forming polycrystalline growths with very well defined rhombohedral faces and excellent color between pink and mauve (cobalt-bearing variety). Very characteristic specimen of the finds that were made in this mine at the beginning of the 21st century.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±2000)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 4.2 × 4.8 cm = 3.23” × 1.65” × 1.89”

ETF37AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Botryoidal growths of transparent rhombohedral Calcite crystals, very lustrous, on matrix and with excellent color between pink and mauve (cobalt-bearing variety). Very characteristic specimen of the finds that were made in this mine at the beginning of the 21st century.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±2000)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.8 × 4.4 cm = 2.52” × 2.28” × 1.73”

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

EXF67AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Botryoidal growths of rhombohedral Calcite crystals with curvatures on the faces and edges, translucent and lustrous. On matrix and with excellent color between pink and mauve (cobalt-bearing variety). A very characteristic specimen of the finds that were made at this mine in the early 21st century.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±2000)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.8 × 4.9 cm = 2.83” × 2.28” × 1.93”

EJR67AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Druse with scalenohedral Calcite crystals with very well defined crystal forms, transparent and very lustrous. On matrix and with excellent color, between pink and mauve (cobalt-bearing variety). Very characteristic of the finds made at this mine in the beginning of the 21st century.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±2000)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 7.4 × 5.6 cm = 2.91” × 2.91” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.24” × 0.16”

EXY98AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Botryoidal growths of rhombohedral Calcite crystals with curvatures on their faces and edges, translucent and lustrous. On matrix and with excellent color, between pink and mauve (cobalt-bearing variety). Very characteristic of the finds that were made in this mine in the early 21st century.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±2000)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.9 × 5.7 cm = 2.83” × 2.72” × 2.24”

EXL67AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Botryoidal growths of rhombohedral Calcite crystals with curvatures on their faces and edges, translucent and lustrous. On matrix and with excellent color, between pink and mauve (cobalt-bearing variety). Very characteristic of the finds that were made in this mine in the early 21st century.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±2000)

Specimen size: 10 × 4.1 × 4 cm = 3.94” × 1.61” × 1.57”

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

ETF49AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Botryoidal growths of rhombohedral Calcite crystals with curvatures on their faces and edges, translucent and lustrous. On matrix and with excellent color, between pink and mauve (cobalt-bearing variety). Very characteristic of the finds that were made in this mine in the early 21st century.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±2000)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 7.7 × 5.1 cm = 3.62” × 3.03” × 2.01”

EJM99AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Botryoidal growths of rhombohedral Calcite crystals with curvatures on their faces and edges, translucent and lustrous. On matrix and with excellent color, between pink and mauve (cobalt-bearing variety). Very characteristic of the finds that were made in this mine in the early 21st century.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±2000)

Specimen size: 10.4 × 6.8 × 5.8 cm = 4.09” × 2.68” × 2.28”

EJP91AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Botryoidal growths of rhombohedral Calcite crystals with curvatures on their faces and edges, translucent and lustrous. On matrix and with excellent color, between pink and mauve (cobalt-bearing variety). Very characteristic of the finds that were made in this mine in the early 21st century.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±2000)

Specimen size: 15.7 × 6.4 × 4.4 cm = 6.18” × 2.52” × 1.73”

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

ETV89AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Zoisite crystal (tanzanite variety) with very sharp crystal forms, with fine parallel growths and deep hopper faces, transparent to translucent, very lustrous, and with an intense, deep and uniform lavender-blue color.
Merelani mines, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region  Tanzania

Specimen size: 3 × 2 × 1.2 cm = 1.18” × 0.79” × 0.47”

EJK46AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Group of Quartz crystals with scepter-shaped growths and very sharp crystal forms, with a relatively short prism, translucent and with a violet color with different shades depending on the area of the crystal, with inclusions. On matrix, edged by small crystals of white Quartz. The specimen comes from a find made in a locality virtually unknown to date.
Berjé, Aïr Massif, Agadez Region  Niger (08/2021)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 5.2 × 3.5 cm = 2.24” × 2.05” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 4.6 × 2.8 cm = 1.81” × 1.10”

EFM47AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Group of Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very sharp crystal forms, with a relatively short prism, translucent and with a very deep intense violet color, on a base of white Quartz. The specimen comes from a find made in a locality practically unknown to date.
Berjé, Aïr Massif, Agadez Region  Niger (08/2021)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 5.2 × 4.6 cm = 3.23” × 2.05” × 1.81”

ETX69AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Group of Quartz crystals with very sharp crystal forms, with relatively short prism faces, translucent, with an intense and deep violet color in the pyramidal areas and lighter in the prism. On matrix, with white Quartz crystals of smaller size. The specimen comes from a find made in a locality practically
unknown to date.
This sample has been referenced and pictured, as a novelty in Ste. Marie 2022, in the magazine 'Le Règne Minéral' number 166, July-August 2022, page 47
Berjé, Aïr Massif, Agadez Region  Niger (08/2021)

Specimen size: 12.6 × 9.3 × 7.3 cm = 4.96” × 3.66” × 2.87”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 4 cm = 1.69” × 1.57”

ERB72AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Group of Quartz crystals with very sharp crystal forms, with scepter growths, with a relatively short prism, translucent and with an intense deep violet color. The specimen comes from a find made in a locality practically unknown to date.
Berjé, Aïr Massif, Agadez Region  Niger (08/2021)

Specimen size: 14.2 × 12.3 × 8.6 cm = 5.59” × 4.84” × 3.39”

Main crystal size: 5.3 × 5.3 cm = 2.09” × 2.09”

EBJ69AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Vesuvianite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, very aerial and large, with very sharp crystal forms, good luster and a uniform dark brown color, in matrix.
Sandaré diggings, Sandaré, Arrondissement Sandaré, Nioro du Sahel Cercle, Kayes Region  Mali (2022)

Specimen size: 11.8 × 7.5 × 6.6 cm = 4.65” × 2.95” × 2.60”

Main crystal size: 6.3 × 4.2 cm = 2.48” × 1.65”

EER27AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Black botryoidal growths of Heterogenite covered almost entirely by a layer of Malachite with greasy luster and very deep color.
We will send a copy of the analysis of the Heterogenite to the buyer.
L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.2 × 2.9 cm = 3.31” × 2.44” × 1.14”

EMP96AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Centered growths of Chrysocolla pseudomorphs after Baryte crystals, with light blue-green tones, and partially coated by small primary crystals of very lustrous and deep green Malachite.
Exceptional aesthetics.
Tenke-Fungurume area, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2020)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 6 × 4.2 cm = 3.46” × 2.36” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 1 cm = 1.73” × 0.39”

EGL54AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Group of very sharp Cuprite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with crystal forms of the octahedron and, to a lesser extent, of the cube. With finely polycrystalline striations, translucent, with an intense red color by transmitted light, on matrix partially covered by Chrysocolla, which in turn is covered by Malachite microcrystals.
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 9 × 6.9 × 5.7 cm = 3.54” × 2.72” × 2.24”

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

EMR26AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Elbaite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and very aerial, with very well defined faces and edges and very rich in faces on the terminations. Transparent, very lustrous, uniform blue with greenish reflections and implanted in a Quartz crystal.
Santa Rosa Mine, Itambacuri, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 4 × 1.9 × 1.7 cm = 1.57” × 0.75” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 0.5 cm = 1.42” × 0.20”

EPM68AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Beryl (variety heliodor) crystal with very sharp crystal forms, with a termination that combines the pinacoid with pyramid faces. Transparent, with bright luster and an intense golden yellow color.
Catuji, Mucuri Valley, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 5.6 × 1.3 × 1.2 cm = 2.20” × 0.51” × 0.47”

EJL47AO9: A novelty at Sainte Marie 2022
Group of sharp twinned Sphalerite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, between translucent and transparent, with good luster and an intense reddish orange. On matrix, with cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena and white Calcite crystals.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 664 in the volume 53, number 5, September-October 2022
Huxu Mine, Dongxiang, Fuzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.4 × 3 cm = 1.61” × 1.34” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 3 cm = 1.22” × 1.18”

EFF27AO9: A novelty at Sainte Marie 2022
Group of sharp twinned Sphalerite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, between translucent and transparent, with good luster and an intense reddish orange. On matrix, with cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena and white Calcite crystals.
Huxu Mine, Dongxiang, Fuzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.7 × 2.9  cm = 1.81” × 1.46” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 2.8× 2.7 cm = 1.10” × 1.06”

ETM48AO9: A novelty at Sainte Marie 2022
Group of sharp twinned Sphalerite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, between translucent and transparent, with good luster and an intense reddish orange. On matrix, with cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena and white Calcite crystals.
Huxu Mine, Dongxiang, Fuzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 3.3 × 3 cm = 2.24” × 1.30” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.5 cm = 1.06” × 0.98”

ELY98AO9: A novelty at Sainte Marie 2022
Group of sharp twinned Sphalerite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, between translucent and transparent, lustrous, and an intense reddish orange. On matrix, with small white Calcite crystals.
Huxu Mine, Dongxiang, Fuzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.1 × 3.4 cm = 2.05” × 1.61” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.02” × 0.94”

EJK89AO9: A novelty at Sainte Marie 2022
Outstanding twinned Sphalerite crystals, more isolated than usual, with very well defined faces and edges, between translucent and transparent, shiny, with an intense reddish color. On matrix, with small white Calcite crystals.


Huxu Mine, Dongxiang, Fuzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.8 × 5.2 cm = 2.68” × 2.28” × 2.05”

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

ETX89AO9: A novelty at Sainte Marie 2022
Outstanding twinned Sphalerite crystals, more isolated than usual, with very well defined faces and edges, between translucent and transparent, shiny, with an intense reddish color. On matrix, with small white Calcite crystals and Quartz.


Huxu Mine, Dongxiang, Fuzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 9 × 5.7 × 3.7 cm = 3.54” × 2.24” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1 cm = 0.79” × 0.39”

ERF90AO9: A novelty at Sainte Marie 2022
Group of outstanding twinned Sphalerite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, between translucent and transparent, lustrous, and an intense reddish orange. On matrix, with cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena and white calcite crystals.
Huxu Mine, Dongxiang, Fuzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 10 × 7.8 × 6.4 cm = 3.94” × 3.07” × 2.52”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.7 cm = 0.83” × 0.67”

ERB71AO9: A novelty at Sainte Marie 2022
Group of outstanding twinned Sphalerite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, between translucent and transparent, lustrous, and an intense reddish orange. On matrix, with cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena and white Calcite crystals.
Huxu Mine, Dongxiang, Fuzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 8 × 3.5 cm = 4.02” × 3.15” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.9 cm = 1.18” × 0.75”

EFM96AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Groups of transparent, lustrous, extraordinarily intense blue prismatic Celestine crystals on a matrix of white Colemanite. A novel association.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 668 in the volume 53, number 5, September-October 2022
Bigadiç Mine, Bigadiç, Balıkesir Province, Marmara Region  Turkey (01-06/2021)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.9 × 4.8 cm = 2.56” × 1.93” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.1 cm = 0.98” × 0.43”

EGH87AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Groups of transparent, lustrous, extraordinarily intense blue prismatic Celestine crystals on a matrix of white Colemanite. A novel association.
Bigadiç Mine, Bigadiç, Balıkesir Province, Marmara Region  Turkey (01-06/2021)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 4 × 4.6 cm = 4.02” × 1.57” × 1.81”

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

EXB90AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Groups of transparent, lustrous, extraordinarily intense blue prismatic Celestine crystals on a matrix of white Colemanite. A novel association.
Bigadiç Mine, Bigadiç, Balıkesir Province, Marmara Region  Turkey (01-06/2021)

Specimen size: 12.7 × 8.8 × 5.8 cm = 5.00” × 3.46” × 2.28”

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

EXA87AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Cross twinning of two very sharp doubly terminated Diaspore crystals, transparent, lustrous and pale greenish yellow colour. One of the terminations is rough but unbroken.
With LED light, a marked dichroism can be seen that changes from yellow to violet. The specimen is of high quality.
Pinarcik, Milâs District, Muğla Province, Aegean Region  Turkey (2022)

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.83” × 0.55” × 0.43”

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

ELR87AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Elongated Diaspore crystals, two of them clearly dominant, with very sharp crystal forms with excellent terminations, transparent, with good luster and a nice light yellow color. On matrix on abundant well crystallized Chloritoid and with white fibrous and lamellar intergrowths of Margarite. The specimen is of an extraordinary elegance and perfection.
The Chloritoid has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Pinarcik, Milâs District, Muğla Province, Aegean Region  Turkey (2022)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 6.3 × 3.5 cm = 2.91” × 2.48” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 1 cm = 1.46” × 0.39”

EJA49AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Floater group of Zunyite crystals, a rare sorosilicate and fluoride of aluminum, that form interpenetration twins with the forms of a tetrahedron beveled by cube faces, very sharp and smooth, reddish to mauve in color.
The specimen comes from a modern find in the locality, which has already become a mineralogical classic.
Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province  Iran (05/2022)

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

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

EFG96AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Zunyite crystal, a rare aluminum sorosilicate and fluoride, on matrix, isolated and very aerial, with the dominant forms of the tetrahedron, beveled by cube faces, with good luster, between reddish and dark brown in color and with lamellar inclusions of Hematite.
The specimen comes from a modern find at the locality, which has already become a mineralogical classic.
This specimen has been photographed and published in the Bulletin ‘MiniBul A.G.A.B.’ on page 10 of number 1/2023
Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province  Iran (05/2022)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.9 × 1.4 cm = 1.61” × 1.14” × 0.55”

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