Doubly terminated quartz crystal of the Compostela hyacinth variety. In a gypsum matrix. It belongs from the former Joan Astor collection (Barcelona). The label indicates locality as Villar del Arzobispo (Valencia), a locality near Domeño.

Very aesthetic quartz (eisenkiesel or Jacinto de Compostela var.) crystal, showing defined faces and edges, with a good size for the locality. Perfect luster, with deep red color. In a gypsum matrix. From a different Spanish locality than usual ones.

Very aesthetic quartz (eisenkiesel or Jacinto de Compostela var.) crystal, showing defined faces and edges, with a good size for the locality. Perfect luster, with deep red color. In a gypsum matrix. From a different Spanish locality than usual ones.

Very aesthetic quartz (eisenkiesel or Jacinto de Compostela var.) crystal, showing defined faces and edges, with a good size for the locality. Perfect luster, with deep red color. In a gypsum matrix with another small crystal. From a different Spanish locality than usual ones.

Very aesthetic quartz (eisenkiesel or Jacinto de Compostela var.) crystal, showing defined faces and edges, with a reasonable size for the locality. Perfect luster and some transparency, with deep red color. In a gypsum matrix. From a different Spanish locality than usual ones.

A good size crystal of teruelite, a variety of dolomite, from the Valencian cut in the CV-35 road well known for these sized specimens. The crystal shows the rhombohedron, brown and translucent under the light. It is included in a solid matrix of gypsum.