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RM2959   Proustite

Bad Schlema, Aue-Bad Schlema, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany

Specimen rich in Co-ore on which various proustite crystals stand out. Very faceted and transparent, which allows us to see the red color of this silver sulfosalt. A photograph of this specimen, from Volker Betz, was image of the day in mindat (Photo of the Day - 7th Oct 2012). A very remarkable piece for this German mine.


Size: 5 x 4.8 x 3.4 cm.
Main crystal: 4 mm.

Ex. Volker Betz; Ex. Erich Laskowski col.


Price: 270 €Buy
 

RM2955   Quartz and fluorite

Sant Marçal (Matagalls) mines, Sant Marçal, Massís del Montseny, Viladrau, Girona, Catalunya, Spain

In this specimen we can see a group of bluish fluorite crystals partially covered by a druse of minute but very bright quartz crystals.


Size: 5.3 x 6 x 3.8 cm.
Main crystal: 8 mm. fluorita
Found in ±1985.

Price: 45 €Buy
 

RM2951   Fluorite

Berta quarry, El Papiol - Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain

Very good sized specimen of fluorite from this classic Catalan quarry. On the "old" matrix of orange granodiorite there are various groups of crystals, some of them isolated, with octahedral shapes. They have a semi-matte luster and a uniform green color. Very fluorescent under LW-UV light. Specimens of fluorite from this quarry are highly prized by collectors.


Size: 12 x 6.6 x 5.6 cm.
Main crystal: 1.1 cm.
Found in ±1999.

Fluorescent under long wave UV
Price: 100 €Buy
 

RM2947   Hübnerite, pyrite, and quartz

Julcani, Angaraes, Huancavelica, Perú

Very esthetic miniature formed by a group of quartz crystals covered by beveled cubic pyrite on which various tabular crystals of hübnerite stand out, well defined and with a very visible red transparence. Specimen from the Joan Astor collection, acquired in 1982 from Bailey Minerals (Ángel Jesús Talabán García, Segovia 1942-Madrid 2007).


Size: 3.5 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm.
Main crystal: 9 mm.
Found in ±1982.

Col. Joan Astor (Barcelona).


Price: 80 €Reserved

 

RM2940   Elbaite

Cruzeiro mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Elbaite specimen of very good size and thickness, showing us the prisms with vertical striations and well-defined terminal faces. Highlights the brightness and a more intense green color at the top and lighter at the base. A gem from Minas Gerais. It belongs from the Trigo collection.


Size: 4.9 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm.
Found in ±1985.

Col. Trigo (Mataró, Catalunya)
Price: 140 €Buy
 

RM2937   Allargentum, safflorite and calcite

Wenzel Mine, Oberwolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

These German mines have produced some of the best specimens of silver and allargentum from European mines. A good-sized piece, we can see aggregates of this silver and antimony species showing rounded forms. Disposed very aerial on a calcite matrix. With good luster and bronze reflections. With safflorite. It belongs from a Spanish collection, and we will send the handwritten label to the buyer.

 


Size: 6.9 x 5.3 x 2.3 cm.

Col. M. Marí - A. García (Castelló)
Price: 195 €Buy
 

RM2932   Galena, spinel twin and sphalerite

Giudivrska mine, Plovdiv, Plovdiv Oblast, Bulgaria

Very good specimen of galena formed by a large group of crystals with complex shapes and a visible spinel twin. They are disposed on a small matrix.

 


Size: 5.6 x 5 x 4.3 cm.
Main crystal: 3.5 cm.

Price: 160 €Buy
 

RM2929   Magnetite

Huayriquiña mine, Cerro Huañaquino, Potosí, Bolivia

Specimens of magnetite from Cerro Huañaquino were well known decades ago, but today it is not easy to find them, and even less with the quality of this specimen that we propose. It is a druse of very bright octahedral crystals with an intense black colour that are disposed on the rocky matrix.


Size: 8.9 x 5 x 3.5 cm.
Main crystal: 7 mm.

Price: 65 €Buy
 

RM2922   Prehnite and actinolite

Ait Karmosse, Boulemane, Fès-Meknès, Morocco

These prehnite specimens are a novelty from the Mineralexpo Barcelona-Sants 2022 mineral show. They show rich groups formed by sheaf aggregates of crystals, very brilliant, translucent and with a very uniform green color. Sometimes they are accompanied by small acicular crystals of actinolite. They belong from a Moroccan locality near Boulemane.


Size: 8.9 x 6.6 x 5.2 cm.
Found in 02/2022.

Price: 60 €Buy
 

RM2919   Prehnite and actinolite

Ait Karmosse, Boulemane, Fès-Meknès, Morocco

These prehnite specimens are a novelty from the Mineralexpo Barcelona-Sants 2022 mineral show. They show rich groups formed by sheaf aggregates of crystals, very brilliant, translucent and with a very uniform green color. Sometimes they are accompanied by small acicular crystals of actinolite. They belong from a Moroccan locality near Boulemane.


Size: 7.3 x 5.5 x 4.7 cm.
Found in 02/2022.

Price: 65 €Buy
 

RM2913   Pyrrhotite and magnetite

Burguillos del Cerro, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain

Although it is a massive specimen, we can see the pyrrhotite with bronze luster with inclusions of black magnetite. It is not a very common species for the locality. It belongs from the Astor collection. For Spanish locality collectors.


Size: 5 x 4.2 x 3 cm.
Found in ±1985.

Col. Joan Astor (Barcelona).
Classic locality


Price: 35 €Buy
 

RM2912   Aragonite

Minglanilla, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

Very good sized specimen of cyclically twinned aragonite. It belongs from the Manchion collection.


Size: 6 x 5.2 x 5.2 cm.
Found in ±1991.

Col. Manchion (Barcelona).
Price: 30 €Buy
 

RM2902   Aragonite and goethite

Hilarion Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion, Attikí, Greece

Divergent aggregate of aragonite crystals, very aesthetic, brilliant and transparent to translucent. They are disposed on a matrix with goethite. Aragonite specimens from Lavrion are prized by collectors for their aesthetics.


Size: 7 x 5.2 x 3.9 cm.
Main crystal: 8.5 mm.
Found in ±1990.

Classic locality
Price: 40 €Buy
 

RM2895   Skutterudite, safflorite and quartz

Bou Azzer, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate, Souss-Massa-Draâ, Morocco

A very good sized specimen of skutterudite, with well defined and very brilliant crystals. They are accompanied by aesthetic aggregates of lanceolated saffflorite crystals and quartz. A display fine specimen.


Size: 7.2 x 7 x 5 cm.
Main crystal: 1.2 cm.
Found in ±2019.

Price: 135 €Buy
 

RM2892   Fibrous malachite and chrysocolla

Bleida mines, Tinzouline Caïdat, Zagora cercle, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco

Aesthetic specimen of good size upholstered by a layer of botryoidal aggregates of chrysocolla, with a pale blue to light blue. On the chrysocolla there are numerous aggregates of acicular malachite crystals, transparent, brilliant, velvety and that stand out on the matrix.


Size: 15 x 9 x 6 cm.
Found in ±2019.

Price: 75 €Buy
 

RM2886   Malachite and wulfenite

Whim Creek Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Fibrous aggregates of malachite, very characteristic of this mine. They are accompanied by small yellow wulfenite crystals. They are disposed on a goethite matrix. A rarity on the market. With a rare vintage label by Olivier Szentessy (Genève, Switzerland).


Size: 4.4 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm.
Found in ±1985.

Col. Manchion (Barcelona).


Price: 55 €Buy
 

RM2878   Pyromorphite

Resuperferolítica mine, Solana de la Canaleja, Santa Eufemia, Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain

Group of pyromorphite crystals with a brownish green color, with very well defined hexagonal shapes and well defined faces and edges. It comes from a classic Spanish mine and from which good quality specimens have come out.


Size: 3.2 x 3 x 1.8 cm.
Main crystal: 7.8 mm.

Classic locality
Price: 40 €Buy
 

RM2876   Pyromorphite

Resuperferolítica mine, Solana de la Canaleja, Santa Eufemia, Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain

Group of pyromorphite crystals with a brownish green color, with very well defined hexagonal shapes and well defined faces and edges. It comes from a classic Spanish mine and from which good quality specimens have come out.


Size: 3.3 x 2.1 x 2 cm.
Main crystal: 5 mm.

Classic locality
Price: 35 €Buy
 

RM2873   Pyromorphite

Resuperferolítica mine, Solana de la Canaleja, Santa Eufemia, Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain

Group of pyromorphite crystals with a brownish green color, with very well defined hexagonal shapes and well defined faces and edges. It comes from a classic Spanish mine and from which good quality specimens have come out. An aesthetic miniature.


Size: 3.3 x 3 x 2.4 cm.
Main crystal: 1 cm.

Classic locality
Price: 35 €Buy
 

RM2871   Fluorite, pyrite and calcite

Villabona mines, Villabona, Llanera, Asturias, Principado de Asturias, Spain

Group of cubic fluorite crystals, brilliant, transparent and with a yellow color with zoning, more orange in the core of some of the crystals. Dotted with small beveled cubic crystals of pyrite. The back side is fully upholstered in pyrite.


Size: 8.5 x 6.6 x 4.5 cm.
Main crystal: 7.5 mm.
Found in ±1985.

Col. Manchion (Barcelona).


Price: 55 €Buy
 

RM2869   Epidote

Jefferson Co., Montana, United States of America

An epidote specimen from an unusual North American locality. It occurs as parallel aggregates of very elongated prismatic to acicular crystals, with terminal faces, green in color and transparent.


Size: 4.2 x 1.2 x 0.7 cm.
Found in ±1980.

Col. Manchion (Barcelona).
Price: 55 €Buy
 

RM2868   Smoky quartz and microcline

Montnegre Mts., Sant Celoni, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain

Good size smoky quartz crystal. Defined, bright and with "ghost" shapes inside. An old piece from a classic Catalan locality.


Size: 6.4 x 5.1 x 3.9 cm.
Found in ±1985.

Col. Manchion (Barcelona).


Price: 55 €Buy
 

RM2866   Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite and quartz

Huaron mines, Huayllay, Pasco, Perú

Numerous well-defined and interpenetrated sphalerite crystals are arranged on a matrix with quartz crystals, accompanied by pyrite crystals. In the upper part, a group of chalcopyrite crystals with some indentation, which allows us to see the color and brilliance.


Size: 6 x 4.4 x 4.3 cm.
Main crystal: 1.6 cm.
Found in ±1984.

Col. Manchion (Barcelona).


Price: 35 €Buy
 

RM2848   Stibnite

Baia Sprie, Maramures Co., Romania

Group of very elongated prismatic crystals, in parallel growth, very brilliant. The back side has a coating of quartz microcrystals. A piece from the Astor collection acquired in 1974 from Bailey Minerals (Ángel Jesús Talabán García, Segovia 1942-Madrid 2007).


Size: 6.5 x 3 x 2.2 cm.
Found in ±1974.

Col. Joan Astor (Barcelona).
Price: 45 €Reserved

 

RM2844   Dioptase, duftite and calcite

Tsumeb mine (Tsumcorp), Tsumeb, Otjikoto, Namibia

In a vug of the matrix there are numerous complete and brilliant dioptase crystals with the characteristic intense green color. They are accompanied by small yellow crystals of duftite, on calcite rhombohedra. A very aesthetic classic from this mine.


Size: 6.4 x 6 x 5 cm.
Main crystal: 3 mm.
Found in ±1980.

Price: 100 €Buy
 
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