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RM2899   Celestine

Els Esbornacs, Santa Eulàlia de Riuprimer, Osona, Catalunya, Spain

These celestite specimens are a classic of Catalan mineralogy. They were found decades ago in fissures in the carbonate marls of Els Esbornacs area (Catalan word meaning fissures produced by landslides), in the Plana de Vic. They occur as orthorhombic prismatic crystals, transparent to translucent, bright and with a very characteristic greyish-blue color.


Size: 6.4 x 5 x 2.8 cm.
Main crystal: 5 mm.
Found in ±1980.

Classic locality
 

RM2898   Celestine

Els Esbornacs, Santa Eulàlia de Riuprimer, Osona, Catalunya, Spain

These celestite specimens are a classic of Catalan mineralogy. They were found decades ago in fissures in the carbonate marls of Els Esbornacs area (Catalan word meaning fissures produced by landslides), in the Plana de Vic. They occur as orthorhombic prismatic crystals, transparent to translucent, bright and with a very characteristic greyish-blue color.


Size: 8 x 3.5 x 3.4 cm.
Main crystal: 6 mm.
Found in ±1980.

Classic locality
 

RM2897   Celestine

Els Esbornacs, Santa Eulàlia de Riuprimer, Osona, Catalunya, Spain

These celestite specimens are a classic of Catalan mineralogy. They were found decades ago in fissures in the carbonate marls of Els Esbornacs area (Catalan word meaning fissures produced by landslides), in the Plana de Vic. They occur as orthorhombic prismatic crystals, transparent to translucent, bright and with a very characteristic greyish-blue color.


Size: 9 x 6.2 x 4.6 cm.
Main crystal: 5 mm.
Found in ±1980.

Classic locality
 

RM2896   Celestine

Els Esbornacs, Santa Eulàlia de Riuprimer, Osona, Catalunya, Spain

These celestite specimens are a classic of Catalan mineralogy. They were found decades ago in fissures in the carbonate marls of Els Esbornacs area (Catalan word meaning fissures produced by landslides), in the Plana de Vic. They occur as orthorhombic prismatic crystals, transparent to translucent, bright and with a very characteristic greyish-blue color.


Size: 6 x 4.4 x 3.2 cm.
Main crystal: 4 mm.
Found in ±1980.

Classic locality
 

RM2169   Banded flint

El Brull, Osona, Catalunya, Spain

These specimens of banded flint were collected decades ago in the area of El Brull, in the Montseny massif, and identified as agate. They appear in nodules and veins, embedded in a siliceous limestone, presenting bands of gray tones, between light to dark gray. These kind of striped flind are well know in jewelery, and very appreciated. It is a unique curiosity of the Catalan mineralogy of many years ago.


Size: 7.0 x 6.0 x 5.9 cm.
Found in 1960's.

 

RM2175   Smoky quartz

Montseny-Montnegre Mts., Viladrau, Osona, Catalunya, Spain

Smoky quartz crystal, good size, with defined faces and edges. It presents small nicks without affecting its aesthetics. Smoked tone, very uniform and with transparence. It comes from the formed collection Manchion (Barcelona) and in the attached information indicates that it was collected in the Montseny massif, which makes it interesting since there are not many specimens in collections from this mountains. With minor feldspar matrix.


Size: 5.7 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm.
Found in 07/1985.

#175 Col. Manchion (Barcelona).


 

RM1731   Banded flint

El Brull, Osona, Catalunya, Spain

These specimens of banded flint were collected decades ago in the area of El Brull, in the Montseny massif, and identified as agate. They appear in nodules and veins, embedded in a siliceous limestone, presenting bands of gray tones, between light to dark gray. These kind of striped flind are well know in jewelery, and very appreciated. It is a unique curiosity of the Catalan mineralogy of many years ago.


Size: 12 x 8.5 x 6 cm.
Found in 1960's.



 
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