A very good-sized specimen of schorl, with multiple prism faces and rhombohedral terminal faces. The brilliance is excellent and the black colour is very intense. A great specimen from this classic African locality.

Excellent specimen formed by numerous idiomorphic wulfenite crystals, richly faceted, brilliant, between transparent to translucent and with an intense orange color. They are accompanied by curious elongated tabular barite crystals. A really fine speciemen from Joan Viñals and purchased by E. Nicolau.

75 €

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Very defined barite crystal, with shapes of different orthorhombic prisms truncated by pinacoidal faces. The transparence is excellent. From this classic Moroccan mine for baryte crystals.

Rhombohedral dolomite crystal from this classic Navarra locality. It is disposed very aerial on a dolomite matrix. Three of the faces of the rhombohedron are dotted with small globules of goethite. A very aesthetic miniature.

Aggregates of tabular siderite crystals, with greenish tones, which are disposed on a matrix with small crystals of quartz, galena and baryte. The sample comes from this classic Almeria mine where it is not easy to find specimens of siderite with this quality. From the Aleydis Soliveres collection.

A good-sized specimen from this Extremadura mine formed by numerous bright andradite crystals, with defined faces, and accompanied by magnetite and an orthoclase crystal. From the Soliveres collection.

Specimen formed by a druse of quartz microcrystals on which several groups of cubic fluorite crystals have grown. They have faces that are asymmetrically beveled by the dodecahedron. Its transparency allows us to see a curious geometric zoning of color. The specimen comes from the J. Vilalta collection and the A. Soliveres collection. From a mine from which it is difficult to find pieces.

110 €

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Sylvite crystalline aggregate, colorless, transparent and shiny. Specimens of such pure sylvite are not easy to find. This comes from the potassium salt works of the Catalonia basin. Analyzed samples.

50 €

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Old specimen of rhodonite from this Peruvian mine. Formed by parallel growths of tabular crystals, with a soft pink color and shine. With pyrite in matrix.

Group of fluorite crystals with curved edges and faces with tiled growths. Transparent to translucent and with a soft bluish violet zoning. An old sample from this classic Asturian mine.

This interesting sample of kyanite is accompanied by a small label indicating that it is from Santa Marta, in Lugo. The only town like "Santa Marta" would be Santa Marta de Fixós, but we cannot confirm that it comes from that area. Similar pieces have been collected in Muras, also in Lugo.

55 €

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Group of neptunite crystals, well developed and rich in faces, bright and arranged on a matrix with white natrolite. The contrast is very aesthetic. It belongs from the Nicolau collection (Barcelona). The formula of neptunite indicates its chemical complexity: KNa₂Li(Fe²⁺)₂Ti₂[Si₄O₁₂]₂

A novelty from Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2022. These specimens come from a recent find in this mining area of the Black Forest and are reminiscent of those found decades ago in this area. They show radial aggregates of extremely brilliant pyrolusite crystals that partially replace manganite. By X-ray diffraction we have been determined the presence of both species, even with a certain predominance of manganite. They usually appear on a matrix of pink granite or as groups of large crystals in parallel growth. In the specimens we can observe the inclined flattened terminal faces. They are highly aesthetic pieces those will become part of the best specimens of these species for European mineralogy. We will send the XRD to the buyer.

470 €

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This is a rich and a huge size specimen of one of the most unique species in all the mineral kingdom. Cylindrite is a lead, iron, tin, antimony sulfosalt that forms in "cylinder" or "tube" shaped crystals, hence the name. In fact, this species belongs to the only group of minerals that naturally forms rounded, curved or tubular shaped crystals. This specimen is especially nice considering that it is loaded with crystals. The mine at Poopo is the type locality for the species. A museum specimen.

Very good size specimen of dioptase. It is a druse of small but very bright and defined crystals. They stand out from the matrix. From a classic town like Tsumeb. *Getting a camera to extract the color of dioptase is an arduous task...

290 €

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Amazing aggregate of prismatic pyromorphite crystals on a baryte matrix. Many of the crystals are doubly terminated and have a good size. They shows slightly curved faces and edges, are a very brilliant olive-green color on the prism with intense yellow tips. On a baryte matrix with galena (not in quartz as the label indicates). This shape is highly appreciated by collectors. This classic French specimen was purchased by a collector to Fabre Minerals.

850 €

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In this small specimen we can see several well-formed cinnabar crystals, bright and transparent, with an intense colour. They are dotted with small rhombohedrons of dolomite, with quartz and pyrite. A very aesthetic miniature.

Old specimen that shows numerous aggregates of nickelskutterudite crystals, formerly called chloantite. Bright globular aggregates stand out against the metallic matrix. It is accompanied by the handwritten label of Joan Viñals and comes from the Nicolau collection (Barcelona).

On the compact quartzite there is a druse of small hyaline quartz crystals, on which various cinnabar crystals have grown. As they are fissure crystals, the largest ones appear flattened, but shiny and with red transparencies. With small drops of liquid mercury.

Group of galena crystals with very rounded cube-ocathedral shapes and dotted with numerous brilliant sphalerite crystals with hexagonal very rare shape. Very curious.

Massive specimen of dialogite, former name for rhodochrosite. This specimen is of historical interest along with the old label that accompanies it. The sites of the old mines are now largely obscured, but there are some overgrown dumps remaining in the forest.

Good-sized specimen of kermesite from this classic Slovak locality. It shows us the characteristic acicular aggregates of kermesite, with reddish reflections on a matrix with stibnite. The specimen comes from the E. Nicolau collection (Barcelona) and was acquired from Joan Viñals (Vilanova i la Geltrú).

150 €

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Aesthetic group of very bright vesuvianite crystals, with striated prisms truncated by pinacoidal faces. They are disposed very aerial on the matrix with grossular. From a Spanish locality known for its skarn (skarnoid) minerals. Prospecting works has been carried out in the area to investigate the possibilities of exploiting tungsten (scheelite).

Good size heliodor crystal. With a greenish yellow color, transparent to translucent, with some faces, some rounded and others more defined. A gem with the old label of former Lloid, by Hortensia Durán y Marçal Llòria (Barcelona). Photo is not very representative of the brilliance and transparence.

240 €

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These specimens of adamite are among the most aesthetic that this classic Mexican mine has offered us. Botryoidal aggregates of copper-bearing adamite, shiny and also forming sheaves. Under LW ultraviolet light they present an exceptional green fluorescence. Nowadays it is difficult to find specimens with this quality.