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EMP89AQ1: Parallel growths of prismatic crystals with curved terminations with a greasy luster and brown color, typical of the Pyromorphite crystals from this classic German locality, although the piece as a whole has a different aspect from the usual Bad Ems pieces, with that group of 'cascaded' crystals.
Bad Ems, Bad Ems District, Lahn Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 8.9 × 5 × 4 cm = 3.50” × 1.97” × 1.57”

TPT67AQ1: Isolated crystals of Quartz (variety amethyst), one of them clearly dominant, with parallel growths and some scepters, very transparent, with good luster and a very uniform color. In matrix with small Calcite crystals.
Capurru Quarry, Osilo, Sassari Province, Sardinia/Sardegna  Italy

Specimen size: 10.2 × 9.5 × 6.7 cm = 4.02” × 3.74” × 2.64”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.3 cm = 1.06” × 0.51”

ERP91AQ1: Individual crystals of Beryl (emerald variety) between transparent and translucent, with good luster and an intense and uniform color, on a Phlogopite matrix.
Very old piece with more transparency than is usual in emeralds from this locality.
Izumrudnye Kopi area, Malyshevo, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural  Russia

Specimen size: 6.7 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm = 2.64” × 1.26” × 0.87”

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

ETP67AQ1: Very sharp dodecahedral Andradite crystal, black in color and very large, on which some aesthetic 'watermarks' of lighter tones are superimposed, for which we are unaware of the cause.
The specimen, with fragments of Feldspar matrix, comes from a find in May 2023 in the Imilchil area.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2023)

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

EFH96AQ1: Very sharp dodecahedral Andradite crystals of good size and uniform black color.
The specimen comes from a find in May 2023 in the Imilchil area.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2023)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 5.7 × 4.3 cm = 2.40” × 2.24” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 4.1 cm = 1.65” × 1.61”

EMP87AQ1: Group of large and very sharp dodecahedral Andradite crystals, with a black color, and on which are superimposed some aesthetic 'watermarks' (concentric in some areas of the specimen) of lighter tones, and of unknown cause.
The specimen comes from a find in May 2023 in the Imilchil area.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2023)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.4 × 4.4 cm = 2.36” × 1.73” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 3.5 cm = 1.69” × 1.38”

EJA13AQ1: Growth of Quartz crystals (amethyst variety) that have replaced the walls and part of the internal structure of a large cubic Fluorite crystal.
Akassi, Tazarout, Sidi Rahal area, El Kelaâ des Sraghna Province, Marrakech-Safi Region  Morocco (03/2023)

Specimen size: 12.9 × 12.6 × 11.6 cm = 5.08” × 4.96” × 4.57”

Main crystal size: 11.4 × 10.4 cm = 4.49” × 4.09”

EGY1AQ1: Very sharp polycrystalline growths of lustrous Quartz crystals, rich in inclusions and with variable color between pink and red.
The specimen is very aesthetic.
Akassi, Tazarout, Sidi Rahal area, El Kelaâ des Sraghna Province, Marrakech-Safi Region  Morocco (03/2023)

Specimen size: 13.2 × 12.8 × 9.2 cm = 5.20” × 5.04” × 3.62”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 1.3 cm = 1.30” × 0.51”

EXX27AQ1: New from Sainte Marie 2023.
Dendritic growths of octahedral Silver crystals, very well defined and lustrous, in Calcite matrix.
The specimen comes from a Moroccan locality unknown until now for collectible specimens.
Zgounder Mine, Jebel Siroua, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region  Morocco (2023)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.7 × 4.6 cm = 2.68” × 2.24” × 1.81”

TTA89AQ1: Groups of polycrystalline parallel growths, which open and curve progressively from the base to the terminations. Uniform red in color (variety rubellite) in most of the crystal and with darker tones on the pyramidal faces.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region  Morocco (2021)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 5.3 × 3.7 cm = 2.09” × 2.09” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 3.2 cm = 1.77” × 1.26”

EPR87AQ1: Sphalerite crystals with different growth zones, somewhat more transparent and colored inside the crystal and black and polycrystalline on the surface. In matrix, with very sharp and lustrous crystals of Marcasite and iridescent Chalcopyrite on the base.
The specimen comes from a 2023 find in the Bou Nahas Mine where such large and sharp crystals of Sphalerite had not so far been reported.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2023)

Specimen size: 12 × 9.8 × 5.8 cm = 4.72” × 3.86” × 2.28”

EXL68AQ1: Sphalerite crystals with sharp crystal forms, in matrix, with groups of small Chalcopyrite crystals and small white Quartz coatings. The specimen comes from a find made in 2023 in the Bou Nahas Mine where such large and well defined crystals of Sphalerite have not been reported before.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2023)

Specimen size: 12.8 × 10.7 × 4.3 cm = 5.04” × 4.21” × 1.69”

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

TRR37AQ1: Druse of very sharp dodecahedral Grossular crystals, translucent, with good luster and orange color and on a matrix covered by lamellar Chlorite crystals.
The specimen comes from finds from the year 2023 in the Kayes region.
Koukouri diggins, Trantimou, Commune Diakon, Arrondissement Diakon, Bafoulabé Circle, Kayes Region  Mali (2023)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 2.4 × 1.7 cm = 2.05” × 0.94” × 0.67”

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

TBA67AQ1: Very sharp Wollastonite crystal with very well defined parallel growths and polycrystalline terminations, somewhat greenish gray, and translucent.
The size and definition of the crystal forms are excellent for a species which is usually not very attractive. With minor Calcite in the holes of the faces.
  Madagascar

Specimen size: 12 × 3.3 × 2 cm = 4.72” × 1.30” × 0.79”

NHD86AQ1: Geocronite crystals with very sharp crystal forms and with an intense luster that distinguishes it from the darker matte Galena which accompanies it on the matrix, along with several green and transparent octahedral crystals of Fluorite.
Milpo Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Atacocha mining district, Pasco Province, Pasco Department  Peru (07-08/2022)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.9 × 2.9 cm = 2.80” × 2.32” × 1.14”

THM46AQ1: Prismatic and flattened crystals of Babingtonite, many of them doubly terminated, very lustrous, on a matrix of light green botryoidal Prehnite and Quartz crystals.
The specimen comes from a find in April 2023.
Babingtonite occurrences, Qiaojia, Zhaotong Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (04/2023)

Specimen size: 16.7 × 12.8 × 4 cm = 6.57” × 5.04” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.3 cm = 0.87” × 0.51”

MFB67AQ1: Very large Babingtonite crystals, flattened, many of them doubly terminated, in matrix, with pale green botryoidal Prehnite, and Quartz. Among the best for the species.
The specimen comes from a find in April 2023.
Babingtonite occurrences, Qiaojia, Zhaotong Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (04/2023)

Specimen size: 16.3 × 12.4 × 7.7 cm = 6.42” × 4.88” × 3.03”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 2.4 cm = 1.38” × 0.94”

TRF89AQ1: Group of octahedral Fluorite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, very sharp, transparent, with color zoning, pale green in the core of the crystal and pink on the outside. With lamellar Muscovite crystals.
Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.6 × 4.4 cm = 2.13” × 1.81” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 5.1 × 4  cm = 2.01” × 1.57”

EJB29AQ1: Group of Celestine crystals with a prismatic habit, translucent, with good luster and an intense, deep and uniform blue color.
On matrix, with small white crystals of Colemanite and fibrous yellowish aggregates of Hydroboracite, which form the base.
Bigadiç Mine, Bigadiç, Balıkesir Province, Marmara Region  Turkey (01-06/2021)

Specimen size: 10.4 × 8.9 × 6.2 cm = 4.09” × 3.50” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.67” × 0.24”