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RM3487   Microcline, albite and smoky quartz
K(AlSi₃O₈)
  -  9. Silicates

A specimen composed of several good-sized microcline crystals with well-defined faces and edges, accompanied by white albite crystals. A group of smoky quartz crystals with good luster and transparency stands out at the top. This specimen comes from the collection of Peter Seroka (Potsdam, 1942 - L'Escala, 2020), a well-known German collector residing in Catalonia and a lover of feldspars.

Size: 10.4 x 7 x 3.7 cm.
Col. Peter Seroka (L'Escala, Catalunya) #623.
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RM3519   Stibiconite after stibnite

This specimen comes from the Nicolau collection in Barcelona and was acquired from the well-known Barcelona mineral dealer, Enric Kucera. The specimen shows an intricate group of stibnite crystals that are almost completely transformed into stibiconite. It is accompanied by Kucera's label.

Size: 10.3 x 6.4 x 6 cm.
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RM3527   Microcline and Opal-AN
K(AlSi₃O₈)
  -  9. Silicates

A curious specimen composed of several prismatic microcline crystals, some of them interpenetrated by something resembling a Carlsbad twin. They are partially coated by globular aggregates of opal, which fluoresce strongly under ultraviolet light. This specimen comes from the Peter Seroka collection and was acquired in 2007 from Allan Fraser.

Size: 8.6 x 4.5 x 4 cm.
Main crystal: 8.6 x 2.3 cm.
Found in ca. 2005.
Col. A. W. Fraser; Col. P. Seroka (Catalonia).
Fluorescent under long wave UV
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RM3543   Chalcopyrite and Quartz
CuFeS2
  -  0.

A very aesthetic and classic specimen of the hard to find and attractive chalcopyrites from the Friedrich-Wilhelm Mine. This specimen shows a brilliant, metallic, semi-iridescent, brass colored crystals of chalcopyrite scattered on the underlying quartz matrix. Richly faceted, with complex forms on the chalcopyrites. Very old material. From the former J. Vilaseca collection (Barcelona).

Size: 15.2 x 7.8 x 4.2 cm.
Main crystal: 1.4 cm.
Col. Vilaseca #628
260 €
RM3544   Cinnabar and Quartz

A fine specimen of cinnabar from the classic Spanish mine, Escarlati, in León. This specimen shows various aggregates of interpenetrating mercury sulfide crystals, with good color and visible octahedral shapes. They are arranged on a porous matrix that had been covered with calcite but was removed chemically. Only in this way can we enjoy these crystals. It comes from the Jaime Murria collection (Barcelona).

Size: 8.2 x 6.3 x 4.9 cm.
Col. Jaime Murria (Barcelona).
110 €
RM3557   Smoky quartz, Aegirine, Microcline and Albite
SiO₂
  -  4. Oxides and hydroxides

In this specimen, we can observe various smoky quartz crystals, with a very uniform colour and exceptional transparence. They are disposed on a feldspar matrix, accompanied by various prismatic aegirine crystals with striated faces and a very intense black color. This specimen belongs from the Jaime Murria collection (Barcelona).

Size: 5.6 x 4.8 x 3.8 cm.
Col. Jaime Murria (Barcelona).
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RM3555   Quartz, var. amethyst
SiO₂
  -  4. Oxides and hydroxides

The amethyst quartz specimens from this old Murcia mine are highly prized among collectors. In this specimen, we can see various doubly terminated quartz crystals, with the amethyst color showing some zoning, more intense at the tips. The luster is very good.

Size: 6.1 x 4.1 x 3.4 cm.
Main crystal: 6.1 x 3.4 cm.
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RM3554   Allanite-(Ce), Dissakisite-(Ce) and Calcita
CaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)
Size: 4.7 x 4.1 x 3.2 cm.
Main crystal: 1 cm.
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RM3528   Heulandite-Ca

Lovely orange groups of highly lustrous heulandite crystals. Crystals form together beautifully to create these highly aesthetic clusters of unusually orange crystals. Lustre is fantastic for the species.

Size: 7.4 x 4.9 x 1.9 cm.
Main crystal: 1 cm.
60 €
RM3535   Pyrite

A very rich group of octahedral pyrite crystals, with exceptional luster and well defined faces and edges. Accompanied by sphalerite. This mine is the origin of the base for the "Ballon d'Or" award, awarded each year to the world's best football player.

Size: 7.7 x 6.6 x 3.5 cm.
Main crystal: 1.4 cm.
Reserved
RM3538   Pyrite and Sphalerite

A group of octahedral pyrite crystals, of good size, with exceptional luster and very defined faces and edges. It is accompanied by sphalerite crystals. The base of the "Ballon d'Or," awarded annually to the best player in the world, comes from this mine.

Size: 7.4 x 6.9 x 5.2 cm.
Main crystal: 2 cm.
Reserved
RM3536   Pyrite

A very rich group of octahedral pyrite crystals, with exceptional luster and well defined faces and edges. This mine is the origin of the base for the "Ballon d'Or" award, awarded each year to the world's best football player.

Size: 8 x 6.1 x 4 cm.
Main crystal: 1.6 cm.
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RM3534   Pyrite, Sphalerite and Quartz

A very rich group of octahedral pyrite crystals, with exceptional luster and well defined faces and edges. Accompanied by sphalerite and quartz. This mine is the origin of the base for the "Ballon d'Or" award, awarded each year to the world's best football player.

Size: 6.9 x 5.6 x 3.8 cm.
Main crystal: 1.6 x 1.6 cm.
Reserved
RM3537   Pyrite and Sphalerite

A rich group of cuboctahedral pyrite crystals, with exceptional luster and very defined faces and edges. It is accompanied by sphalerite and quartz. The base of the "Ballon d'Or," awarded annually to the world's best player, comes from this mine. Very good size and remarkable quality.

Size: 9.2 x 6.6 x 2.1 cm.
Main crystal: 1.5 cm.
Reserved
RM3542   Pyrite

A very rich group of octahedral pyrite crystals, with exceptional luster and well defined faces and edges. This mine is the origin of the base for the "Ballon d'Or" award, awarded each year to the world's best football player.

Size: 6 x 4.6 x 4.1 cm.
70 €
RM3540   Pyrite

Cube forms, octahedron and dodecahedron.

Size: 5.7 x 3.6 x 3.4 cm.
Main crystal: 2.1 x 2 cm.
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RM3539   Pyrite and Sphalerite

An exceptional specimen composed of several pyrite crystals, one of which stands out for its size, with a very remarkable luster. We observe interesting crystallographic growths that show the cube faces with triglyphic striations and the smooth octahedron faces. It is accompanied by small, lustrous quartz and sphalerite crystals. A very interesting piece from both an aesthetic and crystallographic point of view. The basis of the "Ballon d'Or," awarded annually to the best player in the world, comes from this mine.

Size: 5.5 x 4.8 x 3.7 cm.
Main crystal: 3.4 x 3.3 cm.
Reserved
RM3551   Pyrite after Pyrrhotite and Quartz

In this specimen, we can observe several hexagonal pyrrhotite crystals that have been completely replaced by pyrite. The luster is very good, and they stand out in a matrix formed by numerous quartz crystals. A very interesting and aesthetic pseudomorphosis.

Size: 11.6 x 9.1 x 5 cm.
Main crystal: 4.7 x 3.8 cm.
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RM3552   Pyrite after Pyrrhotite, Quartz and Sphalerite

In this specimen, we can observe several hexagonal pyrrhotite crystals that have been completely replaced by pyrite. The luster is very good, and they stand out in a matrix formed by numerous quartz crystals. With black sphalerite. A very interesting and aesthetic pseudomorphosis.

Size: 11.6 x 8.1 x 7.5 cm.
Main crystal: 8.1 x 5.7 cm.
100 €
RM3556   Anatase
TiO2

The anatase crystals from this Norwegian locality are a classic of world mineralogy. They are notable for their size. In this specimen, we see a crystal formed by a tetragonal bipyramid truncated at the vertices by pinacoids. Growth contacts and some small chips can be observed, but they do not detract from the quality of the specimen. It is disopsed very aerial on a small quartz matrix.

Size: 1.9 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm.
Main crystal: 1.6 x 1 cm.
100 €
RM3478   Rhodochrosite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite and Quartz

In this specimen, we can observe numerous rosette-shaped aggregates formed by lenticular rhodochrosite crystals, with a faint pink hue that contrasts with a matrix composed of numerous quartz and calcite crystals, some of them flattened rhombohedrons. It is accompanied by several faceted crystals of brilliant chalcopyrite. A highly aesthetic specimen from this classic Kosovo mine.

Size: 11.6 x 11.4 x 4.8 cm.
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RM3477   Calcite
Ca(CO3)
  -  5. Carbonides and nitrates
Size: 11.5 x 6.1 x 3.8 cm.
Main crystal: 6.1 x 5.9 cm.
Col. Jaime Murria (Barcelona).
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RM3475   Chalcedony (quartz var.)

Aesthetic slab of chalcedony, a translucent cryptocrystalline variety of quartz, with layered growths, blue-gray tones, and botryoidal. It belongs from the Jaime Murria collection (Barcelona).

Size: 10.4 x 9 x 2 cm.
Col. Jaime Murria (Barcelona).
55 €
RM3476   Andradite
Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
  -  9. Silicates

Group of andradite crystals, which show us very well defined faces of the dodecahedron truncated at the edges by those of the trapezohedron. It has an intense brown color and a more marked shine on the trapezohedron faces. Specimen from this classic Russian town that is rare today.

Size: 11 x 5.4 x 4.5 cm.
Main crystal: 5.7 x 5 cm.
Col. Jaime Murria (Barcelona).
220 €