Good sized and aerial specimen of native copper showing curved crystal faces, typical of these specimens, with good color and aesthetics. This specimen is from the findings made in the mid-90 in this American mine. It has not been treated with chemicals, so its color and brightness are natural.

A huge size specimen formed by a rich groups of brilliant atacamite crystals, showing elongated forms, intense green color and with transparence. We can observe several clinoatacamite crystals with pseudocubic or hexagonal forms, easy to be identified. Accompanied by scalenohedral calcite crystals, with brilliant quartz. A aesthetic display specimen.

A very aesthetic specimen from Lily mine showing a large group of atacamite crystals, elongated, deep green color, brilliant and transparent. Some of them are included in very sharp gypsum crystals. They are disposed on a matrix coated by light blue crisocola. We have not observed the presence of clinoatacamite. A sample with an elegant presence.

A very brilliant cobaltoan calcite specimen with an intense pink color. Brilliance is due to several small calcite crystals. From a classic Moroccan locality.

In this specimen we can find two of the most interesting species of this Peruvian mine: clinoatacamite and atacamite. The first one is presented as pseudohexagonal cyclic crystals, wiyth an intense green color. Well defined faces and edges and isolated, allowing to observe them perfectly. The atacamite is presented as tabular prismatic crystals, also with faces and sharp edges, bright green. Matrix is covered by brilliant quartz crystals which transparence allow us to see blue tones of the chrysocolla and malachite.

Small group of very brilliant seligmannite crystals, like mirrors, gray to dark brown color. They show well defined faces and edges. Accompanied by needle-like crystals of dufrénoysite, with fibrous appearance and almost black color, interpenetrating with seligmannite. A premium quality specimen for systematic collectors. BOTH SPECIES have the type locality in Lengenbach.
Code: LB 779 (1999)

A really interesting specimen of this uncommon sulphosalt. It presents elongated crystals, one with terminal faces, metallic luster and it is accompanied by brilliant realgar red crystals, some of them grew on sartorite. On the LGB dolomite matrix with pyrite. From this classic Swiss locality, type locality for the species.
Code: L 23.729 (1992)

A very interesting specimen of silver from Kongsberg, a historical European locality. The Bally-Prior Museum, formed by Eduard Bally (1847-1926) in Schönenwerd (Switzerland), contained objects primarily from the fields of mineralogy and meteoritics, but also from zoology, anthropology, paleontology, archeology, and history. The mineralogical collection originally consisted of 5000 specimens from Switzerland and from worldwide localities. The paleontological and archeological collections consisted of over 5.000 objects. The mineral collection grew to over 10,000 specimens. The Bally-Prior Museum was closed due a lack of financing and its collections were sold off at auction in 2003. A portion of the collection is preserved today in the Cantonal Museum of Geology in Lausanne.

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Isolated crystal of asbecasite showing different faces and quite defined forms for the species. Orange color is evident. It is disposed on a matrix with clinochlore and albite. A difficult species to be found. This specimen is from the type locality.

Exceptional specimen of asbecasite. Exceptional for the size of the crystals, their color and abundance. They show some defined faces and some of them are partially covered by chlorite and fine needles schorl-dravite. Not easy to find on the market. From the type locality.

Find specimens of this rare arsenite-silicate is a hard job. In this specimen we have an aggregate of crystals of asbecasite, with a good orange color, with some visible faces, but fragmented. It is accompanied in the matrix by chlorite, quartz and epidote crystals. A specimen to represent the species in a systematic collection. From the type locality for the species.

Druse formed by developed orthoclase crystals showing twins and complex combinations those we left for crystallography lovers. Good brilliance, defined edges and faces, uniform color, slightly marbled... A piece of quality, from a well-known locality.

Cluster formed by well developed orthoclase crystals showing twins and complex combinations those we left for crystallography lovers. They present some faces with hopper-like forms. Good brilliance, defined edges and faces, uniform color, slightly marbled... A piece of quality, from a well-known locality.

In this specimen we can observe two generations of aurichalcite. A first generation as small rosettes formed by lanceolate greenish crystals and second with thiner crystals, needle-like, some of which are included in rhombohedral calcite crystals, with a light blue color. Stand in a very aesthetic way on the matrix of goethite. A very balanced sample.

A very rich specimen of this rare sulphosalt showing brilliant and sharp franckeite lanceolate crystals forming globular aggregates. They are accompanied by delicate and shiny needles of jamesonite and idiomorphic crystals stannite with a brown color and dull. This combination makes these samples pieces very interesting for systematic mineral collectors. We have analized each species and we will send analysis to the buyer.

Specimens from this mine are hard to distinguish from those of the neighboring San Jose mine and, since the administrative office for both mines was at San Jose, most Itos mine specimens in foreign collections ended up labelled "San Jose mine".

Rich group of quartz crystals (var. amethyst) those show good transparency and color zoning on the terminal top faces, colorless in the prism. Very well defined and developed prism faces. Aerially disposed on a matrix with small crystals of quartz and epidote. Very aesthetic miniature.

A very sharp emerald crystal "trapped" between calcite crystals. The color, transparence and brilliance of these crystal are more than excellent. It shows a very defined prism, with a perfect top pinacoidal face and hints faces of the dipyramid, observed between the prism and the pinacoid. Some interesting color zoning can be observed in its lower part. A true gemmy miniature.

A gemmy emerald crystal with an intense color, disposed very aerial on a matrix with calcite and small crystals of the same mineral. It shows a developed prism, with curious growths on faces, and a terminal pinacoid showing natural corrosion forms and a small dent, which does not affect its aesthetics. Good transparence and brilliance. Good choice with an excellent price.

Group of very nice elbaite crystals, one of them with a good size, transparence and marked color zoning. They are accompanied by a rich group of clevelandite crystals very aerial disposed. We can observe groups of developed lepidolite crystals those give an aesthetic touch to the specimen.

Group of divergent elbaite crystals with good brilliance, defined prismatic faces and complex terminals, almost needle. Good transparence that reveals green color, violet at the upper terminal faces and a delicate red tone in the crystal core. The color zoning is very marked. A gemmy specimen.

A huge size specimen formed by a large group of brilliant pentadodecahedron pyrite crystals. With an excellent luster, gold color and very well defined faces and edges. On a solid matrix of hematite crystals. A specimen for the best display.

A very curious aquamarine crystal showing a well developed prism and a very interesting termination, not very common for the species. We can see at the top, the sharp faces of the dipyramid. On this terminal faces have grown another crystals finishing on the top by a dipyramid truncated by the pinacoid. It has a slight bluish tone. Transparence and brilliance are very good. It is very vertically disposed on albite crystals matrix. A crystallographic gemmy specimen.

Group of cubic fluorite crystals showing well defined faces and edges, with echeloned polysynthetic growth. Excellent transparence and blue to colorless depending on light source. On a quartz layered rocky matrix. A sample with characteristics that make it very interesting for fluorite collectors and from a classic Spanish locality.

Group of cubic fluorite crystals those show defined faces and edges with very interesting staggered polycrystalline growths. Its color varies from bluish violet to purple depending on the type of incident light. Good transparency showing us some color zoning. An aesthetic specimen from a classic Asturian locality.

On a milky quartz matrix we can enjoy some cubic fluorite crystals. One notable for its size. It shows transparency and color zoning. This color zoning is very interesting because it takes the form of an octahedron with an intense violet included in a colorless cube. It is not easy to find samples of fluorite from Cerro Muriano; so even a small dent in a corner, this piece is great quality for the locality.