A classic pyromorphite specimen of excellent quality, rich in hexagonal prisms, very well defined, with the typical beige-brown color of the specimens of this German locality. Translucent to transparent. Matrix is formed by quartz crystals which makes the phosphate stand out in a very aesthetic way. It is accompanied by chalcopyrite. One reason to select this specimen from the Daunis collection is the old label of Juan Montal, a well-known Catalan mineral dealer from Vilafranca del Penedés (Barcelona), who was active in the middle of the s. XX until the 1980s. The piece is very good for the locality and the label full of history.

Size: 6.0 x 4.0 x 3.5 cm.
Main crystal: 5 x 2 mm.

Excol. Lluís Daunis & Maria Ruscalleda (Barcelona). Ex. Juan Montal (Vilafranca del Penedés).

A group of tabular baryte crystals of this locality known for mercury minerals. This specimen, from the Daunis collection, shows us interpenetrating crystals, of good size and translucent. With a small damages, it is an old piece, very interesting for historical baryte and Spanish collectors.

Size: 7.8 x 7.0 x 4.4 cm.
Main crystal: 30 x 27 mm.

Excol. Lluís Daunis & Maria Ruscalleda.

A very rich group of cubic fluorite crystals, with an intense violet to purple color depending on incident light. On a matrix covered by quartz and baryte crystals. Good size and with L. Daunis (Barcelona) handwritten label collection.

Size: 8.4 x 8.0 x 7.5 cm.
Main crystal: 25 x 25 mm.

Excol. Lluís Daunis & Maria Ruscalleda.
Classic locality

Rich group of needle to fibrous like dufrénoysite crystals, brilliant and disposed in a vug (12x7 mm) in the dolomite matrix. Dufrénoysite is now a member of sartorite group. With the FGL (Forschungsgemeinschaft Lengenbach) label L-10-4404 and from the Type Locality.

Size: 6.5 × 4.5 × 2.5 cm
Found in 2010.

Localidad Tipo - Type Locality

Very interesting specimen for its unusual chemistry, this is a hidrated calcium sulphite: CaSO3·H2O. It shows several aesthetically lanceolated laminar to prismatic crystals, well defined, with brilliance, transparence and colourless. From the 1983 discovery and collected by Dr. Kurt Reiss. From the Jim Thomas collection. Note: Type locality.

Size: 2.1 × 1.8 × 1.5 cm
Main crystal: 1.5 mm
Found in 1983.

Localidad Tipo - Type Locality

Nice and very interesting aggregates of dundasite needles, a unusual lead and aluminium hydroxycarbonate, from this classic Valencian locality. Dundasite is filling cavities in the goethite matrix. Also accompanied by globular sauconite with an intense yellow color. All of them analyzed by SEM-EDS by Rosell Minerals.

Size: 5.3 × 3.2 × 3.0 cm
Found in 2015.

From a find in the area of La Celia mines. This crystal is very rich in faces, doubly terminated, gem quality, very brilliant and with an excellent transparence. It is accompanied by numerous other smaller crystals. This locality is located in La Celia volcano where we find remains of a volcanic neck (chimney) and streams from Pliocenic age (1.8-5 million years). These mines have a special geological interest, as they contains an exceptional locality for fluorapatite in the volcanic rock "jumillite". Jumillite is a volcanic rock of the lamproite group, a variety of phonolitic leucitite, consisting essentially of diopside and leucite and, to a lesser content, by olivine, alkali feldspar and phlogopite.

Size: 5.5 × 3.5 × 3 cm
Main crystal: 12 mm.
Found in 2015.

Fluorescent under long wave UV

This specimen is full of brilliance, not easy to show with the camera. The Nador hematite specimens are well known but without matrix. In these specimens we can enjoy a rich group of crystals, with very defined faces and edges, brilliant and disposed very aerially on the rhyolite matrix. The specimens come from a small rhyolite quarry very close to the community of Nador, on the road to Melilla. These hematite have sometimes been erroneously labeled as "Ouichane" or "Jebel Ouichane", the locality for the blue baryte. Very diferent and aesthetic.

Size: 5.0 x 4.7 x 2.4 cm.
Main crystal: 10 x 6 mm.

These specimens are full of brilliance, not easy to show with the camera. The Nador hematite specimens are well known but without matrix. In these specimens we can enjoy a rich group of crystals, with very defined faces and edges, brilliant and disposed very aerially on the rhyolite matrix. The specimens come from a small rhyolite quarry very close to the community of Nador, on the road to Melilla. These hematite have sometimes been erroneously labeled as "Ouichane" or "Jebel Ouichane", the locality for the blue baryte. Very diferent and aesthetic.

Size: 5.5 x 4.0 x 2.3 cm.
Main crystal: 7 x 7 mm.

This specimen is full of brilliance, not easy to show with the camera. The Nador hematite specimens are well known but without matrix. In these specimens we can enjoy a rich group of crystals, with very defined faces and edges, brilliant and disposed very aerially on the rhyolite matrix. The specimens come from a small rhyolite quarry very close to the community of Nador, on the road to Melilla. These hematite have sometimes been erroneously labeled as "Ouichane" or "Jebel Ouichane", the locality for the blue baryte. Very diferent and aesthetic.

Size: 7.8 x 5.4 x 2.5 cm.
Main crystal: 8 x 7 mm.

In my opinion, among all known radioactive minerals, kasolite is the most aesthetic. It presents forms of elongated to tabular prisms, very well defined and sharp, many of them doubly terminated and of intense yellow color, even with some transparency. It is accompanied by wulfenite crystals of orange color. The matrix is partially covered by brilliant and transparent torbernite thin tabular crystals. With some malachite. A aesthetic sample from a classic locality, to be observed with attention, nowadays it is very difficult to see good samples like these.

Size: 3.8 x 2.8 x2.5 cm.
Main crystal: 1.5 mm

Excol. F. Coune (Belgium).
Presents radioactive activity.

In my opinion, among all known radioactive minerals, kasolite is the most aesthetic. It presents forms of elongated to tabular prisms, very well defined and sharp, many of them doubly terminated and of intense yellow color, even with some transparency. It is accompanied by wulfenite crystals of orange color. The matrix is partially covered by brilliant and transparent torbernite thin tabular crystals. With some malachite. A aesthetic sample from a classic locality, to be observed with attention, nowadays it is very difficult to see good samples like these.

Size: 4.0 x 3.6 x 2.8 cm.
Main crystal: 2 mm

Excol. F. Coune (Belgium).
Presents radioactive activity.

Very aesthetic group of sklodowskite crystals, showing a very sharp prismatic crystals, with transparence and intense yellow color. Old and really good specimen from col. Coune (B) collection, found in 1960's. This species is named by Marie Skłodowska-Curie.

Size: 5.8 x 5.4 xd 3.6 cm.

Excol. F. Coune (Belgium).
Presents radioactive activity.

Good sized hydromagnesite specimens from this mine and with this quality are uncommon. On the rocky matrix, several globular aggregates of transparent crystals, with a white aspect. Brilliant and very rich specimen. Specimen originally in the collection of Hubin (Belgium).

Size: 8.5 x 6.5 x 4.0 cm.
Main crystal: 3 mm glob.

This is a esthetic and good size hydrozincite specimen, very rich from Ojuela mine. Quite attractive, with little snowy balls formed by several crystals of the mineral have formed in shallow recesses in a contrasting matrix of limonite. Really nice under loupe... Hydrozincite forms in the oxidation zones of zinc deposits as masses or crusts. Excol. Hubin (B).

Size: 5 x 5 x 4 cm
Main crystal: 4 mm agreg.

Excol. Hubin (Neupré, Belgique)
Fluorescent under short wave UV

Vug in the rocky matrix totally covered by numerous tabular crystals of tarbuttite, forming parallel aggregates of green apple color. These tarbuttite crystals from the Skorpion mine can be considered among the best in the world.

Size: 6.7 x 6.0 x 3.7 cm.

Analyzed specimen with report

Aesthetic tarbuttite specimen formed by numerous tabular crystals, forming parallel aggregates of green apple color. These tarbuttite crystals from the Skorpion mine can be considered among the best in the world. They are partially covered with tiny crystals of fluorapatite, rich in Zn, but without becoming skorpionite. To my understanding many specimens of this deposit labeled as skorpionite are scholzite and/or fluorapatite rich in Zn. We will send analysis to the buyer. It is accompanied by lanceolate crystals of hemimorphite. Good sized specimen.

Size: 7.0 x 3.5 x 2.4 cm.

Analyzed specimen with report

These specimens from Zacatecas are among the most well-known jamesonites in the world, nowadays not easy to find in the marked. This piece features superb, acicular groups of steel-grey jamesonite with brilliant pyrite and quartz crystals.From the former Hubin collection, Belgium.

Size: 8.4 x 6.5 x 5.0 cm.

Excol. Hubin (Neupré, Belgique)

A good-sized specimen of this monoclinic amphibole named grunerite, which in its fibrous form is called "amosite". The name has also been used to refer to other members of the group, and form series with cummingtonite. Grunerite is defined as a monoclinic amphibole belong to the magnesium-iron-manganese amphibole subgroup. A worldwide classic from this South African locality.

Size: 7.0 x 3.8 x 3.0 cm.

Excol. Lluís Daunis & Maria Ruscalleda.
Classic locality

Rich group of tabular crystals of baryte with transparency, very defined, with a book shape. It is accompanied by a L. Daunis handwritten label that refers to the Esperanza mine.
Tercera Esperanza Mine (Esperanza Mine), Cabezo de San Ginés, San Ginés de la Jara, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain

Size: 7.3 x 5.0 x 4.2 cm.

Very rich group of anglesite crystals, which show very good transparence, defined faces and edges, formed by first and second order prisms. They are disposed in a cavity of the galena matrix. From a classic Italian locality from where it is not easy to find anglesite specimens of this quality in the market. It comes from the former collection of L. Daunis (Barcelona) with handwriten label.

Size: 6.0 x 5.5 x 4.0 cm.
Main crystal: 15 x 4 mm.

This is one of the old jasper specimens collected by Mr. L. Daunis on the Montjuïc mountain in Barcelona. A place well known by Catalan mineralogists and geologists for the characteristic variety of mineral species that have been collected during centuries. It is a jasper piece with a slightly polished part that allows to enjoy the nobility of this semi-precious stone, the rest presents the original tone. A classic Barcelona sample and label that should not miss in a quality collection.

Size: 7.5 x 5.0 x 5.0 cm.
Found in 1960's.

Excol. Lluís Daunis & Maria Ruscalleda.

A huge size orthoclase crystal, showing defined prism and pinacoidal faces. It present a small repared edge made many years ago by the owner Sr. L. Daunis, a very perfect work. Crystal is embeded in this porphyry granite-adamellite, part of the potent dykes with large phenocrysts of potassium feldspar (orthoclase) of great perfection. A classic Spanish locality for the species.

Size: 10.5 x 9.2 x 7.5 cm.
Main crystal: 4.7 x 2.8 cm.

Excol. Lluís Daunis & Maria Ruscalleda.

A specimen from this classic locality of the world mineralogy totally different from the seen. It is an old piece of a German collection, made up of an array full of green mottramite nodules. One of its faces has been cut allowing to observe the aesthetic aggregates of intense green tone that remember leaves. He analyzed the sample and shows the presence of a certain percentage of As.The results are sent to the buyer. Something very different from Tsumeb ...

Size: 8.7 x 8.5 x 6.5 cm.

Excol. Sepp Sclick (D)

Very rich ramsdellite specimen, a rare manganese oxide, formed by several interpenetrated and some isolated groups of well defined crystals. Brilliance is really notable and on matrix. Ramsdellite from this small and defunct mine in a remote corner of Arizona was first found, in the early 1900s. However, the locality was apparently lost for some time and only rediscovered by the father/son team of Roy Jones and Dick Jones in the 1960s. These specimens are from a recent found in 2016.

Size: 6.5 x 5.5 x 3.0 cm.
Main crystal: 6 x 5 mm.
Found in 11/2016.