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RM1386   Clinoatacamite with quartz, calcite and malachite
Cu2Cl(OH)3

Brilliant specimen of this Peruvian mine with a good size. It is a druse of quartz and calcite crystals, very bright and showing a bluish tone due to they are covering chrysocolla. Over them, we can see numerous groups of bright green clinoatacamite crystals. Well defined faces and edges, interpenetrating and isolated. A fine quality specimen, colorfull and with aesthetics.

Size: 10.0 x 9.7 x 5.2 cm.
Main crystal: 2 x 2 mm. clinoat.
Found in 2015.
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RM1387   Globular Mimetite

Rich group of globular aggregates of mimetite, with an intense orange color. Good size. It comes from an area of the German Black Forest where nowadays it is forbidden collect minerals.

Size: 9.3 x 7.8 x 4.0 cm.
Main crystal: 10 x 8 mm. glob.
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RM1374   Stolzite with hübnerite and quartz

Very sharp dipyramidal scheelite crystals those are coated by lemon yellow stolzite. They are disposed on a flattened hübnerite crystal partially covered by quartz crystals. Pure aethetic specimen.

Size: 4.3 x 3.7 x 2. 8 cm.
Found in 2015.
Fluorescent under short wave UV
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RM1373   Stolzite with quartz

Very sharp dipyramidal scheelite crystals those are coated by lemon yellow stolzite. They are on a matrix of quartz crystals. A very interesting and aethetic miniature.

Size: 2.7 x 1.9 x 1.7 cm.
Found in 2015.
Fluorescent under short wave UV
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RM1371   Vivianite

Group of sharp vivianite crystals forming aggregates. Excellent brilliance and intense deep green color, visible at the terminal faces of the crystals. These minerals appear in phosphate vein, in fossiliferous areas, the phosphate source.

Size: 7.5 x 6.0 x 3.0 cm.
Main crystal: 27 x 3 mm.
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RM1370   Stilbite-Ca

Iceland was known historically for its zeolites, before than Indian ones flood the collections. In this old specimen of "desmin" we can enjoy a group of sharp stilbite crystals, with good size and notable luster. On matrix. A piece for leading mineral collectors.

Size: 6.0 x 5.5 x 4.0 cm.
Main crystal: 32 x14 mm.
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RM1367   Ilmenite with epidote

This specimen is really interesting not only for the quality of the crystal but the locality it comes from. Few specimens are represented in collections. This sample shows a brilliant metallic luster and sharp faces and edges. Located in a gully, this locality consists of outcropping hydrothermally-altered and weathered Wooltana volcanics containing veins and pockets of zeolites, calcite and crystallised ilmenite.

Size: 5.3 x 4.7 x 2.8 cm.
Main crystal: 27 x 20 x 8 mm.
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RM1366   Chalcopyrite with siderite
CuFeS2

Brilliant group of chalcopyrite crystals, twinned and with complex forms, but with well defined faces and edges. The golden color, with iridescence, indicates that it is a "old" specimen. The piece comes from an interesting and classic English locality where few chalcopyrite specimens are known with this quality. These specimens were obtained at the beginning of XX century, it is a very "old" mineralogical sample from Clemens A. Winkler, german chemist who discovered the Germanium.

Size: 6.0 x 3.8 x 3.6 cm.
Main crystal: 8 x 8 mm.
Found in ±1900.
Excol. Clemens A. Winkler (1838-1904).
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RM1368   Beryl, var. emerald

Defined beryl (var. emerald) crystal in a matrix micasquist. The color, transparency and luminosity of beryl are quite good. It shows a defined prism with top pinacoidal faces. The specimen is significant as a locality piece.

Size: 5.5 x 3.8 x 1.8 cm.
Main crystal: 14 x 5 mm.
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RM1403   Euxenite-(Y)

An old specimen collected in the 50s by L. Gautron in the pegmatite dikes those are located about 20 km SW of the city of Antsirabé, in the main highland of Madagascar. It is a euxenite-(Y) crystal showing defined faces and rounded edges, with good size. A historical specimen.

Size: 3.4 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm.
Found in ±1950.
Excol. L. Gautron.
Presents radioactive activity.
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RM1395   Aegirine with smoky quartz
NaFe3+Si2O6

Group of aegirine parallel growth with very elongated crystals, bright faces and very sharp and acute termination. Almost black green that makes it stand out for its aerial position on a matrix of smoky quartz crystals. A nice gem.

Size: 6.0 x 4.3 x 4.3 cm.
Main crystal: 34 x 4 mm.
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RM1396   Twinned aegirine with microcline
NaFe3+Si2O6

Very elongated crystal of aegirine, brilliant, defined with clearly visible terminal faces. A very aerial and aesthetic piece.

Size: 5.8 x 5.3 x 4.0 cm.
Main crystal: 34 x 4 mm.
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RM1406   Sérandite

A very aethetic miniature specimen of sérandite, showing a good salmon color. Defined and with a nice size... From the classic MSH.

Size: 2.3 x 1.3 x 0.9 cm.
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RM1409   Desautelsite con artinite

A specimen for systematic collectors... A large group of needle-like colorless crystals (prismatic) of artinite, forming aesthetic rosettes. But in this sample we highlight some aggregates of desautelsite crystals, a rare manganese and magnesium carbonate found in very few locations. They are orange crystals forming groups together with the artinite.

Size: 4.3 x 1.6 x 1.8 cm.
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RM1410   Desautelsite con artinite

A specimen for systematic collectors... A large group of needle-like colorless crystals (prismatic) of artinite, forming aesthetic rosettes. But in this sample we highlight some aggregates of desautelsite crystals, a rare manganese and magnesium carbonate found in very few locations. They are orange crystals forming groups together with the artinite.

Size: 4.4 x 2.4 x 1.4 cm.
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RM1411   Claraite with theisite

Excellent groups formed by lamellar crystals of claraite, of an intense turquoise blue, on a matrix of dolomite and sulphides. It is accompanied by spheric aggregates of theisite crystals. Analysis results will be sent to the buyer.

Claraite is a rare copper and zinc carbonate which may contain sulfur and/or arsenic. Theisite is a rare copper and zinc arsenate-antimonate that has been described for the first time in this mine in the Catalan Pyrenees. These mineral species are the second citation in Spain.
We have published a book called "Rocabruna i el seu entorn. La mina de les Ferreres" where you could enjoy all species collected and determined until the date of publication (2014).

Size: 4.0 x 3.8 x 3.5 cm.
Found in 2015.
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RM1415   Calcite with dolomite
Ca(CO3)
  -  5. Carbonatos y nitratos

Very aerial calcite crystal showing the rhombohedral shape with very curious faces on edges belonging to other orders rhombohedron. Transparent to translucent, colorless and very bright. It is disposed on a matrix with dolomite. Calcite specimens from la Florida mines are known and valued worldwide. An aesthetic specimen from the Spanish mineralogy.

Size: 8.8 x 4.3 x 4.0 cm.
Main crystal: 33 x 28 mm.
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RM1413   Quartz eisenkiesel (Jacinto de Compostela) with gypsum
SiO₂
  -  4. Óxidos e hidróxidos

Very aesthetic quartz (eisenkiesel or Jacinto de Compostela var.) crystal, showing defined faces and edges, with a good size for the locality. Perfect luster, with deep red color. In a gypsum matrix. From a different Spanish locality than usual ones.

Size: 6.3 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm.
Main crystal: 17 x 8 mm.
Excol. J.C. Tarín
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RM1414   Quartz eisenkiesel (Jacinto de Compostela) with gypsum
SiO₂
  -  4. Óxidos e hidróxidos

Very aesthetic quartz (eisenkiesel or Jacinto de Compostela var.) crystal, showing defined faces and edges, with a good size for the locality. Perfect luster, with deep red color. In a gypsum matrix. From a different Spanish locality than usual ones.

Size: 7.2 x 5.5 x 2.8 cm.
Main crystal: 22 x 10 mm.
Found in 2016.
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RM1380   Fluorite with baryte

Exceptional specimen of fluorite from this classic French mine. It shows a group of cubic crystals, interpenetrating, brilliant, intense yellow-orange, translucent to transparent and tiled growths on their faces. It is accompanied by barite tabular crystals. A French classic with a brightness and superior quality for the locality.

Size: 7.0 x 6.4 x 5.0 cm.
Main crystal: 20 x 20 mm.
Excol. Guillert.
Fluorescent under long wave UV
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RM1382   Fluorite with quartz

Group of cubic fluorite crystals, with defined faces and edges and polysynthetic growths. Purple color with zoning, more intense on edges and good transparency. Hard to see in collections.

Size: 7.7 x 6.7 x 5.0 cm.
Main crystal: 12 x 12 cm.
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RM1381   Fluorite

Group of cubic fluorite crystals, with defined faces and edges and polysynthetic growths. Purple color with zoning and good transparency. Hard to see in collections.

Size: 9.2 x 7.4 x 4.0 cm.
Main crystal: 12 x 12 mm.
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RM1408   Almandine

Almandine crystal, rich in faces, with forms of the dodecahedron, and rounded edges. A classic of Spanish mineralogy, nowadays very difficult to see.

Size: 4.5 x 3.0 x 2.9 cm.
Found in 1973.
Collected by Marçal Llòria.
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RM1417   Aragonite on basaltic rock
Ca(CO3)
  -  5. Carbonatos y nitratos

From a locality not represented in collections it is coming this specimen of aragonite. It shows aggregates of prismatic crystals, very sharp, in divergent growth, transparent and good brilliance. These specimens were collected in a nearby cliffs of two small volcanoes in the western end of the Cape Vert peninsula, near Dakar, in underground quarries. A mineral rarity.

Size: 6.0 x 6.0 x 3.4 cm.
Main crystal: 14 x 1 mm.
Fluorescent under long wave UV
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RM1418   Almandine with feldspar

A nice almandine crystals, one of them dominant, from a locality not well represented in collections. Defined, with faces with staggered growth. It is disposed on a matrix of feldspar and quartz.

Size: 6.4 x 5.0 x 3.4 cm.
Main crystal: 12 x 12 mm.
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