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JFD237AQ1: A curiosity: A well crystallized Quartz from the Aragonese Pyrenees and from the little known locality of Valsaroleta, with Chlorite and ferriferous Dolomite, which at the time were described as Pyrophyllite and Ankerite on the Folch label, the “Pyrophyllite” having been opportunely modified by Mr. Folch himself and with the “Ankerite” later re-described as ferriferous Dolomite. Nowadays we have much more information than was available 76 years ago when this elegant piece was found.
Balsaroleta, Sallent de Gállego, Tena Valley, Comarca Alto Gállego, Huesca, Aragon  Spain (1947)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 8.2 × 3.1 cm = 3.62” × 3.23” × 1.22”

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

JFD239AQ1: Around the year 2015, these curious barytes unexpectedly began to be found in the Haití Mine, with large crystals and a color difficult to describe, between yellow and blue, and with inclusions of this mine's unavoidable manganese oxides.
This specimen was found by the well-known field collector 'Retamero', a well known name in this district.
Haití Mine, Cabezo de San Ginés, San Ginés de la Jara, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2015)

Specimen size: 9.6 × 5.6 × 1.8 cm = 3.78” × 2.20” × 0.71”

JFD240AQ1: Before the two great Reguerín pockets (Reguerín and Reguerín II) were discovered, there had already been finds of very transparent light blue Fluorite in the area of the La Viesca Mine, just like this specimen, which has a good crystal size too.
It brings back many memories of that glorious time when hundreds or even thousands of Fluorite specimens appeared continuously. Nothing like the current situation.
La Viesca area, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (1991)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 5.6 × 4.2 cm = 2.95” × 2.20” × 1.65”

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

JFD241AQ1: A good example of what the Reguerín I pocket yielded. I liked its architecture, and that the Fluorite was mounted on Quartz with its characteristic perimorphs of Calcite, which have growth phantoms too and, in general, has more “life” than most other pieces from this pocket, whose specimens generally had larger cubes, but whose overall look was more “dull” than the appearance of this piece, which I always found to be very cheerful.
La Viesca Mine, Reguerín pocket, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (04/1994)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 8 × 5.4 cm = 4.02” × 3.15” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.8 cm = 0.83” × 0.71”

JFD242AQ1: Panasqueira ferberites are among the standard-bearers of that mining district, but have always been difficult to acquire without flaws and with a certain “dynamism”, like this piece in which the many Ferberite crystals seem scattered in the Quartz crystals, which are very transparent and have small Muscovite rosettes at their base.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1996)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.9 × 5.4 cm = 1.57” × 1.54” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 0.67” × 0.47”

JFD243AQ1: Doubly terminated, very sharp, and without the slightest defect, this Ferberite has been for many years one of the prides of my collection. The Siderite crystals that border it, the Marcasite-Arsenopyrite and Quartz, complete its beauty.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (1994)

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

Main crystal size: 5.7 × 2.2 cm = 2.24” × 0.87”

JFD244AQ1: This Quartz floater crystal is very flat, doubly terminated, and with recrystallized faces, and on it grow very aerial, sharp crystals of Fluorapatite.
A typical Panasqueira piece, but without the little dings that they usually have there.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (±1995)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4 × 1.9 cm = 1.89” × 1.57” × 0.75”

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

JFD245AQ1: Nice group of Fluorapatite crystals with the center of the crystals exhibiting images of circular growth of darker color, which are locally called “olho de bou” (bull's eyes).
With Siderite and Muscovite on the matrix, both slightly coated by Chlorite.
A showy and exceptionally well preserved piece.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (±1970)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.6 × 2.8 cm = 2.76” × 2.20” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.6 cm = 0.91” × 0.63”

JFD246AQ1: A great French classic with a very majestic, thick and shiny Cassiterite crystal. The crystal does not have any matrix, but its base is clearly recrystallized, so the piece could be considered a floater, which added to the fact that its upper termination is perfect, makes it stand out from most of those seen from there.
In short: high quality and very unusual.
La Villeder, Le Roc-Saint-André, Vannes, Morbihan, Brittany/Bretagne  France (±1900)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.7 × 3.8 cm = 1.89” × 1.46” × 1.50”

JFD247AQ1: One of the first fluorites to be seen from El Hamman, this piece found and purchased in the year 1985 already pointed to what that mine later demonstrated: intense color, extraordinary fluorescence under UV light, and staggered growths, often fringed by crystals of Quartz.
El Hammam, Ait Mimoune, Khémisset Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Region  Morocco (1985)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 7.6 × 3.8 cm = 3.35” × 2.99” × 1.50”

JFD248AQ1: For a short time during the year 2005 these titanites in Microcline were being found in the Imilchil area. I really liked them because of the contrast between the Titanite and the Microcline, and because the Titanite crystals were almost always very isolated, so I bought many pieces from that find. Among all of them this was one of the ones I selected, precisely because of the good contrast between the Titanite and the Microcline.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2005)

Specimen size: 9.6 × 6.6 × 4.5 cm = 3.78” × 2.60” × 1.77”

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

JFD249AQ1: In the 1980s-1990s little was known about these well-crystallized goethites from Tizirine-Sidi Rahal, which used to be labeled “Pyrolusite”, because their main seller, Infles Abdullah, had his basar near the Imini manganese mine.
Later it was learned that the crystals were pleochroic and when analyzed were confirmed to be goethites.
This fine piece comes from that glorious period, associated with a group of Calcite crystals, although Calcite, curiously, is a species that is not abundant in these vugs.
Sidi Rahal, El Kelaâ des Sraghna Province, Marrakech-Safi Region  Morocco (±1980)

Specimen size: 12.5 × 10.2 × 5.6 cm = 4.92” × 4.02” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.39” × 0.35”

JFD250AQ1: This is the last piece of my collection that I propose for sale to the public, since this is the end of the
journey for Fabre Minerals. That is why I wanted piece no. 250 of my collection to be a special piece, of great quality, and what could be more special than one of the legendary anglesites from Touissit, undoubtedly the best in the world.
This one has superb color, the crystal is large and it is in very good condition, as are all the smaller crystals around it. As the crystal is so centered in its Galena matrix you have to display it by turning the piece a little so that it can be seen better and you can appreciate its exceptional luster and the darker colored interior inclusions.
I am aware that I am describing it in a very superlative way, but, what can I do, it is the last piece of my collection that I am offering and I have tried to make this farewell piece a really special piece.
Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (1989)

Specimen size: 9.1 × 9 × 6.3 cm = 3.58” × 3.54” × 2.48”

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

EXY92AQ1: Fairfieldite is a very rare phosphate of calcium and manganese and this extraordinary specimen may be considered among the best known for the species, if not the best.
A group of translucent, lustrous, cream-white crystals sit on matrix with green-brown Fluorapatite.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland County, North Carolina  USA

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.6 × 2.1 cm = 1.46” × 1.02” × 0.83”

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

NTT89AQ1: Floater group of scalenohedral Calcite crystals in parallel growth, twinned and doubly terminated with one of them clearly dominant. Translucent, with very bright luster and intense color. An American classic.
The specimen comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez Pérez.
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee  USA

Specimen size: 11.6 × 5.7 × 4.8 cm = 4.57” × 2.24” × 1.89”

EXJ47AQ1: Lamellar Heindricksite crystals with very well developed crystal forms for the species, shiny and dark green, almost black. On matrix, with dodecahedral crystals of Andradite, the “polyadelphite” variety, which contains a wide range of elements.
The specimen, from the type locality for Hendricksite, comes from the Moutet collection, from Marseille, and is accompanied by an old label from Deyrolle, from Paris, which we will send to the buyer.
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey  USA

Specimen size: 4.2 × 4 × 2.6 cm = 1.65” × 1.57” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2.2 cm = 0.91” × 0.87”

EJJ27AQ1: Franklinite crystals rich in faces with the dominant shapes of the octahedron and the dodecahedron, of more than considerable size for what is known for the species and in a Calcite matrix.
The specimen, an American classic, is excellent, both for its mineralogical and aesthetic quality, as well as for its perfect state of conservation.
Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey  USA

Specimen size: 12.5 × 11.7 × 8.8 cm = 4.92” × 4.61” × 3.46”

Main crystal size: 4.9 × 4 cm = 1.93” × 1.57”

EGR96AQ1: Arborescent growths of Silver and Copper, intermingled but, at the same time, well differentiated (“halfbreed” variety), both with recognizable and well developed crystal forms.
A Keweenaw classic, rare and of excellent quality.
Keweenaw County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.7 × 2.5 cm = 1.81” × 1.46” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.63” × 0.20”

TXF91AQ1: Dendritic growth of very elongated Copper crystals, with reddish tones due to Cuprite coatings, a rare association in Ontonagon specimens.
The specimen comes from the collection of William Severance (number 94-14), whose number on a small piece of paper we will send to the buyer.
White Pine Mine, White Pine, Ontonagon County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 12.7 × 5.1 × 1 cm = 5.00” × 2.01” × 0.39”

TPP48AQ1: Extraordinarily flattened floater plate of elongated Copper microcrystals.
The specimen comes from the collection of William Severance.
Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 16.4 × 8.2 × 1.1 cm = 6.46” × 3.23” × 0.43”

EJR14AQ1: Group of Microcline crystals (variety amazonite) with very sharp crystal forms and an intense and uniform green color.
The specimen comes from the Thomas P. Moore collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Pikes Peak, Teller County, Colorado  USA

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.8 × 1.9 cm = 0.94” × 0.71” × 0.75”

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

ETP50AQ1: Coatings of very sharp lenticular Rhodochrosite crystals, with an intense and uniform color, on a matrix of small white Quartz crystals and with small Fluorite crystals of a soft green color.
The specimen comes from the Moutet collection, in Marseille, and is accompanied by an old Deyrolle label, from Paris, which we will send to the buyer.
Silverton, Animas District, San Juan County, Colorado  USA

Specimen size: 10 × 4.4 × 5.5 cm = 3.94” × 1.73” × 2.17”

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

EPC10AQ1: Floater twinned Rutile crystal, complete.
Extraordinarily sharp and lustrous, with small remnants of Pyrophyllite matrix that attest to the locality.
The specimen comes from the Jean-Claude Scheer collection and has an unusual quality.
Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia  USA

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.8 × 1 cm = 0.87” × 0.71” × 0.39”

EJY66AQ1: Group of very sharp Covellite crystals, with a hexagonal outline, aerial, very bright luster and an intense metallic blue color, on a Pyrite matrix.
The specimen comes from the Yvan Delqué collection (number 11), whose original box, which includes information, we will send to the buyer.
Butte, Butte District, Silver Bow County, Montana  USA

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

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

EPF93AQ1: Druse of rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals with well-developed crystal forms, of very good size and definition for the locality (which is extraordinarily unusual), lustrous and pale pink.
The specimen is from the collection of Dr. Collin Kaeder.
Burgin Mine, Tintic District, East Tintic Mountains, Juab County, Utah  USA

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.5 × 3.7 cm = 2.52” × 2.17” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.1 cm = 0.51” × 0.43”

EXJ16AQ1: Parallel growth of two Turquoise after Beryl crystals, on matrix.
A mineralogical rarity from the Thomas P. Moore collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Apache Mine, Turquoise Mountain, Halloran Springs District, San Bernardino County, California  USA

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2 × 1.9 cm = 1.06” × 0.79” × 0.75”

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

TPM86AQ1: Radial growths of acicular crystals of Aurichalcite, with very good luster and an intense and uniform color on a limonite matrix.
The specimen is from the collection of Dr. Collin Kaeder.
79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Gila County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.9 × 1 cm = 1.34” × 1.14” × 0.39”

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

TRX93AQ1: Botryoidal growth of Felsőbányaite, a very rare aluminum sulfate, with a uniform blue color possibly due to staining by copper salts, on matrix, and with a small Azurite growth.
The specimen is from the collection of Bill and Sandy Bowman (number 2299) and we will send the buyer both the label (in which it appears as "Chalcoalumite") and a copy of the analysis that correctly identifies it as Felsőbányaite.

Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.9 × 2.1 cm = 1.69” × 1.14” × 0.83”

TFH47AQ1: Group of Quartz crystals with two growth phases, one of transparent crystals and a second, as a coating, translucent and white, in which there are growths of Opal in some areas. The two main crystals, clearly differentiated, form a japan-law twin.
Washington Camp-Duquesne Mines, Patagonia Mountains, Washington Camp-Duquesne District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 6.5 × 6.3 × 5.3 cm = 2.56” × 2.48” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 4.9 × 2.2 cm = 1.93” × 0.87”

ERJ6AQ1: Group of Calcite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and complete, rhombohedral, elongated, transparent, very lustrous and aerial on its limonite matrix.
The specimen comes from the Thomas P. Moore collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2 × 2.1 cm = 1.06” × 0.79” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1 cm = 0.75” × 0.39”

ERT9AQ1: Divergent prismatic crystals of Donnayite-(Y), one of them clearly dominant, with a green-grey color, lustrous and aerial on the matrix, with Calcite crystals.
The piece comes from the type locality for the species and due to its quality and crystal size it can be considered as among the best known.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.7 × 3 cm = 1.77” × 1.46” × 1.18”

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

EEZ70AQ1: Scheelite crystal with very marked polycrystalline growths, between transparent and translucent, and with very bright luster and intense orange color.
This specimen, of the best quality for the locality, comes from the collection of Jean Chervet (number 7813) whose label we will send to the buyer.
Conchita Mine, Puerto del Lentisco-Arroyo Bosquecillo, Estepona, Comarca Costa del Sol Occidental, Málaga, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.2 × 3.3 cm = 2.05” × 1.65” × 1.30”

EFF49AQ1: Individualized Cinnabar crystals with sharp crystal forms dominated by the prism. Translucent, with good luster and a deep color, on matrix, with small crystals of transparent Quartz. A Spanish classic.
Almaden Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain

Specimen size: 10.2 × 7.2 × 3.5 cm = 4.02” × 2.83” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.28” × 0.20”

TJR27AQ1: Druse of very sharp white Baryte crystals, with parallel growths and slight curvatures on the faces and edges, between transparent and translucent, with very good luster, in matrix.
The specimen comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez Pérez (number 555), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Cola de Caballo Cove, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (2008)

Specimen size: 11.2 × 8.6 × 6.5 cm = 4.41” × 3.39” × 2.56”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.5 cm = 1.18” × 0.59”

NFR66AQ1: A novelty for Spanish mineralogy (see: La extraordinaria paragénesis de minerales de mercurio de Usagre)
Group of Eglestonite crystals -a mineral species produced by the alteration of other mercury minerals - with the dominant forms of the octahedron, on matrix, of a honey color, translucent, and completely filling a vug, as well as being dispersed in the rest of the piece. They are accompanied by Calomel crystals with an adamantine luster, and small Mercury droplets that are sustained thanks to their high surface tension.
Both of the mercury halide species have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
These minerals are photosensitive, blackening easily in sunlight and even under the light of a lamp, so we recommend keeping them in the dark.
Mariquita mining group, Cerro de las Minas, Usagre, Comarca Campiña Sur, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain (2015)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.8 × 1.5 cm = 1.10” × 0.71” × 0.59”

NTX96AQ1: A novelty for Spanish mineralogy (see: La extraordinaria paragénesis de minerales de mercurio de Usagre)
Group of Eglestonite crystals -a mineral species produced by the alteration of other mercury minerals - with the dominant forms of the octahedron, on matrix, of a honey color, translucent, and completely filling a vug, as well as being dispersed in the rest of the piece. They are accompanied by Calomel crystals with an adamantine luster, and small Mercury droplets that are sustained thanks to their high surface tension.
Both of the mercury halide species have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
These minerals are photosensitive, blackening easily in sunlight and even under the light of a lamp, so we recommend keeping them in the dark.
Mariquita mining group, Cerro de las Minas, Usagre, Comarca Campiña Sur, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain (2015)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.7 × 1.3 cm = 1.26” × 1.06” × 0.51”

NNB96AQ1: A novelty for Spanish mineralogy (see: La extraordinaria paragénesis de minerales de mercurio de Usagre)
Group of Eglestonite crystals -a mineral species produced by the alteration of other mercury minerals - with the dominant forms of the octahedron, on matrix, of a honey color, translucent, and completely filling a vug, as well as being dispersed in the rest of the piece. They are accompanied by Calomel crystals with an adamantine luster, and small Mercury droplets that are sustained thanks to their high surface tension.
Both of the mercury halide species have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
These minerals are photosensitive, blackening easily in sunlight and even under the light of a lamp, so we recommend keeping them in the dark.
Mariquita mining group, Cerro de las Minas, Usagre, Comarca Campiña Sur, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain (2015)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 4.4 × 3 cm = 1.81” × 1.73” × 1.18”

NXT96AQ1: A novelty for Spanish mineralogy (see: La extraordinaria paragénesis de minerales de mercurio de Usagre)
Group of Eglestonite crystals -a mineral species produced by the alteration of other mercury minerals - with the dominant forms of the octahedron, on matrix, of a honey color, translucent, and completely filling a vug, as well as being dispersed in the rest of the piece. They are accompanied by Calomel crystals with an adamantine luster, and small Mercury droplets that are sustained thanks to their high surface tension.
Both of the mercury halide species have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
These minerals are photosensitive, blackening easily in sunlight and even under the light of a lamp, so we recommend keeping them in the dark.
Mariquita mining group, Cerro de las Minas, Usagre, Comarca Campiña Sur, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain (2015)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.2 × 2.2 cm = 2.36” × 1.65” × 0.87”

NHM27AQ1: A novelty for Spanish mineralogy (see: La extraordinaria paragénesis de minerales de mercurio de Usagre)
Group of Eglestonite crystals -a mineral species produced by the alteration of other mercury minerals - with the dominant forms of the octahedron, on matrix, with a honey color and translucency, completely filling a vug, as well as being dispersed on the rest of the piece. They are associated with Calomel crystals with an adamantine luster, and small Mercury droplets that are sustained thanks to their high surface tension.
Both of the mercury halide species have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
These minerals are photosensitive, blackening easily in sunlight and even under the light of a lamp, so we recommend keeping them in the dark.
The specimen comes from the Antonino Bueno collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Mariquita mining group, Cerro de las Minas, Usagre, Comarca Campiña Sur, Badajoz, Extremadura  Spain (2015)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.9 × 3.2 cm = 2.28” × 1.54” × 1.26”

TVF54AQ1: Druse of Calcite crystals rich in faces with the dominant forms of the prism and a very flattened apical rhombohedron, translucent, lustrous, and rich in Goethite inclusions.
A Spanish classic of great quality.
Julia Mine, Barrio de la Peña, Bilbao, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain

Specimen size: 14 × 11.3 × 6.2 cm = 5.51” × 4.45” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 2 cm = 1.85” × 0.79”

TBR27AQ1: Group of Galena crystals with parallel growths on the edges, lustrous, and of more than considerable size for the deposit.
An excellent and very old Spanish classic in excellent condition and with better aesthetics than this Spanish Fluorite locality usually offers.
Distrito Linares-La Carolina, Santa Elena, Comarca Sierra Morena, Jaén, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 16.3 × 9.4 × 5.5 cm = 6.42” × 3.70” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 4.3 cm = 2.44” × 1.69”

TRM37AQ1: Druse of very sharp cubic Fluorite crystals, transparent, with good luster and an intense and uniform honey-yellow color.
The specimen comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez Pérez.

Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (07/2022)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.9 × 4.4 cm = 2.83” × 2.72” × 1.73”

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

TJL87AQ1: Druse of very sharp cubic Fluorite crystals, transparent, with good luster and an intense and uniform honey-yellow color, and partially covered by small groups of very lustrous white Baryte crystals.
The specimen comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez Pérez (number 2300), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2012)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 6.7 × 2.6 cm = 3.11” × 2.64” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.7 cm = 0.79” × 0.67”

NAC27AQ1: Group of extraordinarily transparent Fluorite crystals, beveled by dodecahedron forms, with a uniform pale lilac color and brilliant luster.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2023)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.6 × 2.9 cm = 1.50” × 1.42” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.7 cm = 0.79” × 0.67”

NAB27AQ1: Very transparent Fluorite crystal of good size, finely beveled by dodecahedron forms, with a uniform lilac color and brilliant luster, with phantom growths.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2023)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm = 1.46” × 1.30” × 1.34”

NAD97AQ1: Very transparent Fluorite crystal of good size and luster, finely beveled by dodecahedron faces, of a uniform pale lilac color, with phantom growths and very rich in inclusions.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2023)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.2 × 2.8 cm = 1.93” × 1.26” × 1.10”

NPP68AQ1: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals with Quartz, transparents, extraordinarily lustrous and with a delicate sky-blue color.
Found in recent workings of the La Viesca Mine.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2022)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 7.4 × 4.6 cm = 3.74” × 2.91” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.1 cm = 0.51” × 0.43”

NRB70AQ1: Group of Fluorite crystals with Quartz and with very balanced forms of the cube and the dodecahedron, translucent, and with geometric growths that concentrate the intense violet color in the heart of the crystal.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2010)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 7.6 × 6.7 cm = 4.53” × 2.99” × 2.64”

Main crystal size: 6 × 5.8 cm = 2.36” × 2.28”

NTX90AQ1: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, of a good size, and that unlike other specimens from La Viesca are extraordinarily transparent and shiny, and of a very light greenish blue color, almost colorless.
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±2005)

Specimen size: 10.3 × 8.4 × 8.3 cm = 4.06” × 3.31” × 3.27”

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

TFE91AQ1: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, transparent, with good luster and an intense deep violet color. With selective coatings of Calcite and even a scalenohedral crystal that is of large size for the locality, where Calcite is normally rare. Also with parallel growths, which includes small second generation Fluorite crystals. The Calcite crystal exhibits some small cleavage, forgivable due to its uncommon size.
This very unusual specimen was in the collection of Tomás Cerezo in Alicante.
Los Cobayos Quarry (La Paredona), Berbes mining area, Los Cobayos, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1990)

Specimen size: 12.8 × 8.3 × 7.7 cm = 5.04” × 3.27” × 3.03”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.6 cm = 1.22” × 1.02”

TGG91AQ1: A large Fluorite crystal that was pseudomorphed by Quartz, microcrystalline in a first phase and with small translucent crystals of a later generation. Subsequent recrystallization of the Fluorite has created crystals with balanced cube and tetrahexahedron forms, transparent, with good luster and a uniform light blue color.
We must add that the locality produced only very few specimens, but which were very characteristic with the tetrahexahedron and the transparency and brilliance of the Fluorite crystals.
María de las Nieves Mine, Aurora vein, Caravia mining area, El Cuetu, Prado, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain

Specimen size: 12.5 × 11.3 × 8.3 cm = 4.92” × 4.45” × 3.27”

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

ETT37AQ1: Parallel growth of large Ferberite crystals, elongated, lustrous, and with coatings of rhombohedral Calcite-Dolomite crystals. Its definition and morphological perfection are outstanding, which is not common for this species in Panasqueira, not even in small specimens.
The specimen comes from the collection of Francisco Fernández Ortega.

Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 21 × 8.5 × 7 cm = 8.27” × 3.35” × 2.76”

Main crystal size: 20 × 2.5 cm = 7.87” × 0.98”

EMJ49AQ1: Galena pseudomorphs after Pyromorphite (sexangulite variety)
Aerial prismatic crystals of Pyromorphite pseudomorphed by Galena (variety sexangulite), on matrix. An old specimen, a rarity with "pedigree" and subjected to numerous avatars, as evidenced by the extensive accompanying labels. From the collection of Ferdinand Gonnard it went to the École de Mines in Paris, and from there to a German collector whose name was not preserved, to be, later, commercialized and passed successively to Frédéric Bonnet, Maxime Tomljanovic, Thierry Buléon, and Benjamín Carballo. This type of specimen is so difficult to obtain that it is not surprising that it moved through so many collections.

Huelgoat, Châteaulin, Finistère, Brittany/Bretagne  France

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.6 × 1.8 cm = 1.42” × 1.02” × 0.71”

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

EXL99AQ1: Group of generally hooked Gold crystals, some with crystal forms deformed by curvatures.
The specimen comes from a find at the end of the 19th century in a locality practically unknown by the Gold seekers of the time, although reported subsequently in scientific and popular publications, and was discovered by chance among the minerals for sale at a local merchant.
Hennebont, Lorient, Morbihan, Brittany/Bretagne  France (±1880)

Specimen size: 1.7 × 1.2 × 0.5 cm = 0.67” × 0.47” × 0.20”

EYP3AQ1: Dendritic growths of generally hooked crystals, some with crystal forms deformed by curvatures, on Quartz matrix.
The specimen comes from a find at the end of the 19th century in a location practically unknown by the Gold seekers of the time, although it was later reported in scientific and popular publications, and was discovered by chance among the minerals for sale at a local merchant.
Hennebont, Lorient, Morbihan, Brittany/Bretagne  France (±1880)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.61” × 0.98” × 0.87”

EPQ17AQ1: Dendritic growths of generally hooked Gold crystals, some with crystal forms deformed by curvatures, on Quartz matrix.
The specimen comes from a find at the end of the 19th century in a location practically unknown by the Gold seekers of the time, although it was later reported in scientific and popular publications, and was discovered by chance among the minerals for sale at a local merchant.

Hennebont, Lorient, Morbihan, Brittany/Bretagne  France (±1880)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 1.18” × 0.87” × 0.59”

EPX51AQ1: Vug of equant Azurite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, partially pseudomorphed by Malachite, and on matrix.
An excellent -and old- French classic of high quality and from the Azurite type locality.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.4 × 3.4 cm = 1.93” × 1.73” × 1.34”

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

EPX89AQ1: A novelty from Sainte Marie 2023.
Fine aerial growth of very sharp Axinite-(Fe) crystals, transparent, lustrous, brown with mauve tones, and with small white Albite coatings. No axinites like these were previously known from this locality.

Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans, Le Bourg d'Oisans Comune, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2019-2020)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 4.9 × 4 cm = 3.27” × 1.93” × 1.57”

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

EFZ66AQ1: Druse of cubic Pyrite crystals with polycrystalline growths and slight distortions and curvatures on all their faces.
Saint-Denis-d'Orques, La Flèche, Sarthe Department, Pays de la Loire  France (2022)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.7 × 3.2 cm = 2.68” × 1.85” × 1.26”

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

EPX98AQ1: Nodule of Pyrite crystals with a well-defined cubic habit and smooth faces with very fine striations. The nodule presents a curious partition that forms a cross-shaped figure.
Unique among all those found there.
Saint-Denis-d'Orques, La Flèche, Sarthe Department, Pays de la Loire  France (2022)

Specimen size: 12.5 × 11 × 2.6 cm = 4.92” × 4.33” × 1.02”

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

EMJ56AQ1: Floater group of extraordinarily flattened transparent Calcite crystals, sharp and rich in inclusions.
Unusual for this locality.
La Combe de la Selle, Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans, Le Bourg d'Oisans Comune, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2022)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 6.5 × 0.4 cm = 3.11” × 2.56” × 0.16”

EEX90AQ1: Floater group of rhombohedral Calcite crystals with small pinacoidal terminations and with sand inclusions.
An excellent French classic of good size and nice architecture.
Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6 × 5.8 cm = 2.83” × 2.36” × 2.28”

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

ETR47AQ1: Large group of prismatic crystals of Pyromorphite on Baryte, with very good luster and an unusually deep and uniform green color.
On the Baryte matrix there are small tabular crystals of the same Baryte but with a very orange color, probably due to inclusions of iron oxides.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

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

EFM86AQ1: Equant crystals of Calcite, very rich in faces, transparent, with good luster and uniform yellow color, on matrix, with small Sphalerite crystals.
This specimen, which due to its quality and the size of the crystals should be considered as uncommon for the locality, comes from the collection of Pierre-Marie Guy.
Trèves Mine, Fournels Valley, Trèves, Gard, Occitanie  France (1971)

Specimen size: 24.5 × 12.3 × 13 cm = 9.65” × 4.84” × 5.12”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.9 cm = 0.98” × 0.75”