The Last Update

Page 2 of 2

Previous Page Previous Page

Hide minerals that are already sold

(para ver esta página en español)

   
 

Photos by Fabre Minerals. Under Creative Commons license

Page bottom

The Euro / US$ / Yen exchange rates are the official ones and we update them regularly. You can check the exchange rate details by placing your cursor over the price, or by clicking on it.



Symbols of a past mining splendor
Sainte Marie 2011

Looking and touching

Dr. Rupert Hochleitner from the Museum Mineralogia München

Christoph Keilmann, organizer of the Munich Show Mineralientage


EUROPE (excl. Spain, Portugal and France)

Rhodochrosite with Quartz
Rhodochrosite with Quartz. Rhodochrosite with Quartz.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

RFX13AQ1: Elegant group of rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals with a pale pink color, on a matrix of brilliant white crystals of Quartz.
From the type locality for the Rhodochrosite
Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures  Romania

Specimen size: 6.7 × 6.6 × 2.7 cm = 2.64” × 2.60” × 1.06”

Type locality



Sold
Smithsonite after Calcite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TXX99AQ1: Rhombohedral crystals of orange Smithsonite, covering and replacing a druse of scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
The group has a very good size and quality, better than that of other similar specimens from the same locality.
Jean Baptiste Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture  Greece

Specimen size: 8 × 7.2 × 4.6 cm = 3.15” × 2.83” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.2 cm = 0.75” × 0.47”




Smithsonite after Calcite. Smithsonite after Calcite.
Sold
Proustite with Dolomite
Proustite with Dolomite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Proustite with Dolomite. Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Proustite with Dolomite. Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Proustite with Dolomite. Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Proustite with Dolomite
 

EMM16AQ1: Group of Proustite crystals rich in faces, with prismatic habit and pyramidal terminations. Translucent, with good luster and an intense color, on matrix, with Dolomite.
From a German locality considered to be a great classic for the species.
Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 3.6 × 1.9 × 1.5 cm = 1.42” × 0.75” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”




Sold
Nickelskutterudite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Nickelskutterudite
 

EPR91AQ1: Druse of cubic Nickelskutterudite crystals slightly truncated by the octahedron, lustrous, and with fine polycrystalline growths. An excellent German classic from the type locality for the species.
This specimen, from the Moutet collection (Marseille), has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.1 × 1.8 cm = 1.89” × 1.22” × 0.71”

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

Former collection of Moutet (Marseille)

Type locality

With analysis copy



Nickelskutterudite. Nickelskutterudite.
Sold
Maucherite with Calcite
Maucherite with Calcite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Maucherite with Calcite. Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Maucherite with Calcite. Detail
Detail
Maucherite with Calcite. Detail / Photo: César Menor-Salván
Detail / Photo: César Menor-Salván

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Maucherite with Calcite
 

EJH99AQ1: Radial growths of acicular Maucherite crystals, with bright luster and a metallic grey color, on Calcite matrix.
The specimen, a German classic that is practically impossible to find today, comes from the Moutet collection (Marseille)
Mansfeld-Südharz District, Saxony-Anhalt/Sachsen-Anhalt  Germany

Specimen size: 5.9 × 5.7 × 4.3 cm = 2.32” × 2.24” × 1.69”

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Moutet (Marseille)



Sold
Pyromorphite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.
Calcite with Baryte
Calcite with Baryte. Calcite with Baryte.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Calcite with Baryte
 

TFR74AQ1: Calcite crystals, many of them doubly terminated and one of them clearly dominant and very aerial, with a prism with slightly curved edges and pinacoidal terminations, transparent, lustrous, on matrix, with Baryte.
The specimen is of much higher quality than usual in this mine, and comes from the collection of William Severance, previously in that of Clarence Bement.
Greenside Mine, Patterdale, Eden District, former Cumberland, Cumbria  England / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 7 × 4.5 × 3 cm = 2.76” × 1.77” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 3 × 0.8 cm = 1.18” × 0.31”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Clarence Bement

Former collection of William Severance



Sold
Chalcocite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Chalcocite
 

EXL92AQ1: Druse of very sharp and aerial Chalcocite crystals with a hexagonal habit, very lustrous, and in matrix.
A high-quality classic from the Moutet (Marseille) collection.
Camborne - Redruth - Saint Day District, Cornwall  England / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.6 × 4.3 cm = 2.09” × 1.81” × 1.69”

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

Former collection of Moutet (Marseille)



Chalcocite. Front
Front
Chalcocite. Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Chalcocite.
Sold
Alstonite with Dolomite
Alstonite with Dolomite. Alstonite with Dolomite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EMT72AQ1: Druse of snow-white, twinned Alstonite crystals (pseudohexagonal bipyramidal twin), on matrix, with white lenticular Dolomite crystals.
An English classic that comes from the Moutet collection (Marseille) where it had been mistakenly identified as Witherite.
It has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Alston Moor District, North Pennines Orefield, former Cumberland, Cumbria  England / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 10.8 × 5.8 × 4.7 cm = 4.25” × 2.28” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.4 cm = 0.39” × 0.16”

With analysis copy

Former collection of Moutet (Marseille)



Sold
Quartz (variety amethyst) with Calcite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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”




Quartz (variety amethyst) with Calcite. Quartz (variety amethyst) with Calcite.


The missed and loved Renata Pagano with Ludmila Chesko
Tucson 2011

Sleep well, my love...

John S. White, a happy man
Tucson 2020

Gloria Stabler
Tucson 2011


FSU

Beryl (variety emerald) with Phlogopite
Beryl (variety emerald) with Phlogopite. Front
Front

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Beryl (variety emerald) with Phlogopite
 

EXM87AQ1: Beryl crystal (emerald variety) with a rough termination (but without fractures) between transparent and translucent, lustrous, with an intense and uniform color, on a Phlogopite matrix.
The specimen comes from the Thomas P. Moore collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Malyshevo, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural  Russia

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.1 × 1 cm = 1.10” × 0.43” × 0.39”

Former collection of Thomas P. Moore



Sold
Beryl (variety emerald) with Phlogopite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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”




Beryl (variety emerald) with Phlogopite. Front
Front
Beryl (variety emerald) with Phlogopite. Side
Side
Beryl (variety emerald) with Phlogopite. Beryl (variety emerald) with Phlogopite. Side
Side


Marshall Sussman and his son Aaron in Sainte Marie

Unfinished beauty at the
Munich Show Mineralientage

H'mani Ali son
Sainte Marie 2008


MOROCCO

Dolomite (variety cobalt-bearing dolomite)
Dolomite (variety cobalt-bearing dolomite). Dolomite (variety cobalt-bearing dolomite).

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

ERX47AQ1: Sharp rhombohedral crystals of Dolomite (Co-bearing variety) with an intense color and on a partially metallic matrix, probably Skutterudite.
Bou Azzer Mines, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.2 × 2.8 cm = 2.20” × 1.65” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”




Sold
Hematite with Quartz

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EXX37AQ1: Very aerial crystals of lamellar Hematite with a very sharp pseudohexagonal contour. In very good condition, lustrous, on matrix, and with small Quartz crystals.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2023)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.7 × 2.6 cm = 2.40” × 1.85” × 1.02”

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




Hematite with Quartz. Hematite with Quartz.
Sold
Clinochlore with Magnetite
Clinochlore with Magnetite. Clinochlore with Magnetite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EFL47AQ1: Rosette growths of translucent lamellar Clinochlore crystals with curvatures and polycrystalline growths. Uniform in color, on matrix and with octahedral Magnetite crystals.
The specimen comes from finds from the year 2023 in the Imilchil area.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2023)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 6.5 × 4.4 cm = 3.23” × 2.56” × 1.73”

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




Sold
Clinochlore with Magnetite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

ETL89AQ1: Rosette growths of large, translucent, lamellar Clinochlore crystals with curvatures and polycrystalline growths. Of uniform color and on matrix and with octahedral Magnetite crystals.
The specimen comes from finds from the year 2023 in the Imilchil area.
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2023)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 8.4 × 3.7 cm = 3.62” × 3.31” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 2.8 cm = 1.73” × 1.10”




Clinochlore with Magnetite. Clinochlore with Magnetite.
Sold
Andradite with Feldspar
Andradite with Feldspar. Front
Front
Andradite with Feldspar. Side
Side

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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”




Andradite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

ETX87AQ1: Very sharp dodecahedral Andradite crystal, black in color and very large, on which there are hints of aesthetic 'watermarks' (concentric in some areas of the specimen) of lighter tones, 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: 4.2 × 4 × 3.8 cm = 1.65” × 1.57” × 1.50”




Andradite. Front
Front
Andradite. Side
Side
Andradite. Side
Side
Sold
Andradite
Andradite. Front / Photo: Mark Mauthner
Front / Photo: Mark Mauthner
Andradite. Side
Side

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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”




Andradite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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”




Andradite. Front
Front
Andradite. Side
Side
Quartz after Fluorite
Quartz after Fluorite. Front
Front
Quartz after Fluorite. Side
Side

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

ERR89AQ1: Quartz growth that has completely replaced the walls of a cubic Fluorite crystal and partly filled the space with fine druses of Quartz microcrystals, very lustrous and pink.
Akassi, Tazarout, Sidi Rahal area, El Kelaâ des Sraghna Province, Marrakech-Safi Region  Morocco (2023)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.5 × 5.2 cm = 2.28” × 2.17” × 2.05”




Sold
Quartz (variety amethyst) after Fluorite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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”




Quartz (variety amethyst) after Fluorite. Front
Front
Quartz (variety amethyst) after Fluorite. Side
Side
Quartz (variety amethyst) after Fluorite
Quartz (variety amethyst) after Fluorite. Quartz (variety amethyst) after Fluorite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

ERB26AQ1: Growth of Quartz crystals (amethyst variety) that have replaced the walls and part of the internal structure of multiple cubic Fluorite crystals.
Apart from its mineralogical interest, the specimen is very aesthetic.
Akassi, Tazarout, Sidi Rahal area, El Kelaâ des Sraghna Province, Marrakech-Safi Region  Morocco (03/2023)

Specimen size: 16.9 × 14.8 × 9.2  cm = 6.65” × 5.83” × 3.62”

Main crystal size: 9 × 4 cm = 3.54” × 1.57”




Sold
Quartz

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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”




Quartz. Quartz.
Silver with Calcite
Silver with Calcite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Silver with Calcite. Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Silver with Calcite. Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Silver with Calcite. Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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”

Calcite fluorescent short UV



Silver with Calcite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

ETX96AQ1: 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: 7.9 × 4.8 × 5.1 cm = 3.11” × 1.89” × 2.01”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV



Silver with Calcite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Silver with Calcite. Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Silver with Calcite. Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Silver with Calcite. Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Sold
Silver with Calcite
Silver with Calcite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Silver with Calcite. Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Silver with Calcite. Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EXP67AQ1: 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: 9.4 × 5.4 × 3 cm = 3.70” × 2.13” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 0.6 cm = 1.02” × 0.24”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV



Sold
Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom')

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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”

Minor fluorescence short UV



Elbaite-Schorl Series (variety 'mushroom'). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Sphalerite with Marcasite and Chalcopyrite
Sphalerite with Marcasite and Chalcopyrite. Sphalerite with Marcasite and Chalcopyrite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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”




Sphalerite with Chalcopyrite and Quartz

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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”




Sphalerite with Chalcopyrite and Quartz. Sphalerite with Chalcopyrite and Quartz.


Jesse Fisher at the Munich Show Mineralientage

Recorded passion

The Shows are not easy!
L.D. Bayle (Le Règne Minéral) and Chris Gobin playing friendly

Dr. Roger Warin from Belgium and his wife Marie-Paule


AFRICA (excl. Morocco)

Grandidierite
Grandidierite. Front
Front
Grandidierite. Side
Side
Grandidierite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

ETX89AQ1: Floater group of Grandidierite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, shiny and of a deep and uniform greenish blue color.
Tranomaro Commune, Tranomaro-Maromby area, Amboasary District, Anosy Region (Fort Dauphin Region), Toliara Province (Tuléar)  Madagascar

Specimen size: 2.2. × 1.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.87” × 0.67” × 0.28”




Sold
Grossular

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TJJ47AQ1: Dodecahedral crystal of Grossular, translucent and dark orange, with smaller crystals with the forms of the dodecahedron and the trapezohedron, translucent, lustrous and bright orange.
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: 3.2 × 2.8 × 1.7 cm = 1.26” × 1.10” × 0.67”




Grossular. Front / Photo: Mark Mauthner
Front / Photo: Mark Mauthner
Grossular. Top
Top
Sold
Grossular with Chlorite
Grossular with Chlorite. Front / Photo: Mark Mauthner
Front / Photo: Mark Mauthner

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TBY67AQ1: Very sharp dodecahedral Grossular crystals, translucent, lustrous, colored orange and in a matrix covered by lamellar Chlorite crystals.
The specimen comes from finds from the year 2023 in the Kayes region.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 662 in the volume 54, number 5, September-October 2023
Koukouri diggins, Trantimou, Commune Diakon, Arrondissement Diakon, Bafoulabé Circle, Kayes Region  Mali (2023)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.5 × 2.7 cm = 1.81” × 1.38” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.7 cm = 0.75” × 0.67”




Sold
Grossular with Chlorite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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”




Grossular with Chlorite. Grossular with Chlorite.
Grossular with Chlorite and Epidote
Grossular with Chlorite and Epidote. Grossular with Chlorite and Epidote.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TVX67AQ1: Very sharp dodecahedral Grossular crystals, translucent, lustrous, with orange color, in a matrix covered by lamellar Chlorite as well as Epidote 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: 5.4 × 5 × 3.1 cm = 2.13” × 1.97” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.3 cm = 0.79” × 0.51”




Sold
Grossular

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TXM87AQ1: Very aerial group of dodecahedral Grossular crystals that are sharp on the faces of the trapezohedron, translucent, lustrous, honey-yellow in color, and on matrix.
The specimen comes from finds from the year 2023 in the Kayes region.
Sibinndi, Sangafe area, Commune Diakon, Arrondissement Diakon, Bafoulabé Circle, Kayes Region  Mali (2023)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 3.9 × 3.9 cm = 2.68” × 1.54” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 2.4 cm = 1.34” × 0.94”




Grossular. Front / Photo: Mark Mauthner
Front / Photo: Mark Mauthner
Sold
Inesite with Baryte
Inesite with Baryte. Inesite with Baryte.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

BLM88AQ1: Radial groups of acicular Inesite crystals, translucent and with an intense pink, almost red color. On matrix, with thick tabular crystals of transparent and colorless Baryte.
N'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province  South Africa

Specimen size: 8.7 × 4.7 × 2.6 cm = 3.43” × 1.85” × 1.02”

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




Sold
Wollastonite with Calcite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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”

Minor fluorescence short UV

With analysis copy



Wollastonite with Calcite. Front
Front
Wollastonite with Calcite. Rear
Rear
Wollastonite with Calcite. Front / Photo: Mark Mauthner
Front / Photo: Mark Mauthner
Hibonite with Corundum, Calcite and Diopside
Hibonite with Corundum, Calcite and Diopside. Front
Front
Hibonite with Corundum, Calcite and Diopside. Bottom
Bottom

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

ERQ911AQ1: Hibonite crystal of enormous size (for the species) and with excellent definition of its crystal forms. As if all this were not enough, it is on matrix, with Corundum, Calcite and Diopside.
One of the best known hibonites.
Tranomaro-Maromby area, Amboasary District, Anosy Region (Fort Dauphin Region), Toliara Province (Tuléar)  Madagascar

Specimen size: 7.4 × 6.2 × 6 cm = 2.91” × 2.44” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 5 × 2 cm = 1.97” × 0.79”

Calcite fluorescent short UV



Sold


Rock Currier
Tucson 2010

Eloisa Callén
Tucson 2011

The best, all together: John White, Tom Gressman, Tom Moore, Christi Cramer and Jim Spann

Bryan Swoboda filming them all


BRAZIL

Phenakite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EPP89AQ1: Floater group of transparent and very lustrous Phenakite crystals with sharp crystal forms of short prismatic habit.
A Brazilian classic that comes from the Edmond Landais collection.
Rio Piracicaba (São Miguel de Piracicaba), Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.6 × 3 cm = 1.65” × 1.42” × 1.18”

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

Former collection of Edmond Landais



Phenakite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Phenakite. Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Phenakite. Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Sold


The indefatigable Anaïs
Sainte Marie 2015

A lovely couple: Marie and Terry Huizing (Rocks & Minerals).

Dr. Joan Massagué at a Mineral Up party

Mindat group headed by Jolyon Ralph


SOUTH AMERICA (excl. Brazil)

Proustite
Proustite. Proustite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Proustite
 

ETR67AQ1: Proustite crystals with a prismatic habit and very sharp terminations, between translucent and transparent and with very vivid color.
The specimen comes from one of the most well-known orebodies for the species.
Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region  Chile

Specimen size: 3 × 1.8 × 2 cm = 1.18” × 0.71” × 0.79”

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

Former collection of Moutet (Marseille)



Sold
Cylindrite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Cylindrite
 

EPX47AQ1: Centered groups of very sharp and lustrous Cylindrite crystals, with the typical cylindrical crystal shape of this species.
The specimen has a great pedigree, coming from the collection of Jean Béhier and previously in that of Jean Claude (Marquis) de Mauroy. Is from the type locality for the species.
Santa Cruz Mine, Poopó, Poopó Province, Oruro Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.9 × 2.1 cm = 1.77” × 1.54” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 0.1 cm = 1.02” × 0.04”

Type locality

Former collection of Jean Claude (Marquis) de Mauroy

Former collection of Jean Béhier



Cylindrite. Front
Front
Cylindrite. Rear
Rear
Sold
Rhodochrosite with Quartz
Rhodochrosite with Quartz.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

MGX26AQ1: Group of rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals of good size, very sharp, with good luster and an intense and uniform color. On matrix and with Quartz.
Manuelita Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (15/07/2006)

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

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




Sold
Geocronite with Galena and Fluorite (octahedral)

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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”

Fluorite fluorescent long & short UV



Geocronite with Galena and Fluorite (octahedral). Front / Photo: Mark Mauthner
Front / Photo: Mark Mauthner
Geocronite with Galena and Fluorite (octahedral). Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén


David Mustart and Rick Ely. A lot of fun
Tucson 2020

Alain Martaud and Giancarlo Parodi preparing the exhibition
Sainte Marie 2013

Rob Lavinsky (Arkenstone) y Chris Gobin

Steffen Waris, the best of the best at organizing Mineralientage for so many years...


CHINA

Babingtonite with Prehnite and Quartz
Babingtonite with Prehnite and Quartz. Babingtonite with Prehnite and Quartz.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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”




Babingtonite with Quartz and Prehnite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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”




Babingtonite with Quartz and Prehnite. Babingtonite with Quartz and Prehnite.


Alfredo Petrov
Tucson 2009

Gail Spann and Ian Jones
Sainte Marie 2017

Don y Gwen Lum con Gail
Tucson 2011

Peter Megaw
Tucson 2007


ASIA (excl. China) Australia and Turkey

Fluorite (octahedral) with Muscovite
Fluorite (octahedral) with Muscovite. Front
Front
Fluorite (octahedral) with Muscovite. Side
Side

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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”

Fluorescent long & short UV



Stibnite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EFJ2AQ1: Parallel growth of Stibnite crystals with excellent terminations, lustrous, and with twists and natural curvatures. The specimen is filed along the bottom, possibly for being fitted to a base.
A classic, very difficult to find, that comes from the Valentin Sicher collection.
Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku Island  Japan

Specimen size: 9.2 × 3 × 2 cm = 3.62” × 1.18” × 0.79”

Former collection of Valentin Sicher



Stibnite. Front
Front
Stibnite. Rear
Rear
Sold

Australia

Copper
Copper. Front
Front
Copper. Side
Side
Copper.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

ERB92AQ1: Arborescent growth of lustrous Copper crystals with very sharp crystal forms, with the predominance of those of the octahedron.
This specimen is very aesthetic and of great quality for the locality, and comes from the collection of Jean-Claude Scheer.
Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales  Australia

Specimen size: 13.4 × 7.3 × 3.3 cm = 5.28” × 2.87” × 1.30”

Former collection of Jean-Claude Scheer



Sold

Turkey

Celestine with Colemanite and Hydroboracite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EMX48AQ1: 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: 5 × 4.4 × 3.9 cm = 1.97” × 1.73” × 1.54”

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

Fluorescent and phosphorescent



Celestine with Colemanite and Hydroboracite. Celestine with Colemanite and Hydroboracite.
Sold
Celestine with Colemanite and Hydroboracite
Celestine with Colemanite and Hydroboracite. Celestine with Colemanite and Hydroboracite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EEX88AQ1: 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: 6.4 × 5.9 × 5 cm = 2.52” × 2.32” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.6 cm = 0.63” × 0.24”

Fluorescent and phosphorescent



Sold
Celestine with Colemanite and Hydroboracite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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”

Fluorescent and phosphorescent



Celestine with Colemanite and Hydroboracite. Celestine with Colemanite and Hydroboracite.


   Previous Page Previous Page   Page top

Back to Index Updates

 
USA
US
Minerals
Mexico - Canada
Mexico & Canada
Minerals
Spain (general)
Spanish
Minerals
Spanish Fluorite
Spanish Fluorite
Portugal - Panasqueira
Portugal - Panasqueira
France
French
Minerals
Europe (excl. Spain, Portugal and France)
European
Minerals
FSU
FSU
Minerals
Morocco
Moroccan
Minerals
Africa (excl. Morocco) - Tsumeb
African
Minerals
Brazil
Brazilian
Minerals
South America (excl. Brazil)
South American
Minerals
China
Chinese
Minerals
Asia (excl. China) - Australia - Turkey
Tukey, Asia
& Australia
Minerals
Joaquim Callen's Photo Gallery
Joaquim Callen's
Photo Gallery
The Daunis Collection
The Daunis
Collection
The Jan Buma Collections
The Jan Buma
Collections
The Carles Curto Collection (duplicates)
The Carles Curto
Collection
The Jordi Fabre Collection (duplicates)
The Jordi Fabre Collection
The Vault
The
Vault
Express Minerals by Carles Manresa
Express Minerals
by C. Manresa
Expominerals (Virtual Shows)
Expominerals
Updates
Updates
Minerals - Virtual Museum (#MVM)
Minerals - Virtual Museum
(#MVM)
Home page - Minerals  About us  Client Comments  Friends of Minerals Forum  Feedback Form  Search  
Home
page
Minerals
 About
us
 Client
Comments
 Friends
of
Minerals
Forum
 Feedback
Form
 Search