Post Munich 2022 Update

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JFD182AP2: The great classics are always great classics!
Even though it is not a top piece, more than anything because of the size of the crystal, it is a Dolomite from 'el pozo' in matrix, undamaged, twinned and has that special 'light', that transparency and luster of the best dolomites from Eugui, those of 'el pozo'
Asturreta Quarry, 'el pozo', Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre)  Spain (±1972)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.2 × 4.4 cm = 2.52” × 1.65” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 3.3 cm = 1.34” × 1.30”

JFD183AP2: The blue barytes from the Moscona mine are so appreciated... above all in the past when the mine had not yet yielded so much material, and, why not say it, because of the transparency and color of those early blue barytes, which were, in my opinion, better than most that came out later. Pretty and elegant was what I expected back then to get with a blue baryte from Moscona and this one served me well.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (1989)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.6 × 3.3 cm = 1.73” × 1.42” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.6 cm = 0.75” × 0.63”

JFD184AP2: From much quantity can come quality. Of all the thousands of pieces that we have all seen these years from the Moscona mine, some stand out. This one, due to the color and the edges of the cubes of Fluorite bordered by transparent Baryte crystals, is a joy.
It was in a very special collection, its previous owner knew what he was doing.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (1990-2000)

Specimen size: 13.8 × 11.1 × 4.6 cm = 5.43” × 4.37” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.5 cm = 0.98” × 0.98”

JFD185AP2: For a long time I was looking for a piece with Topaz that was worthy of Panasqueira, and I was really happy when I got this specimen with its Fluorite, its Siderite and even its small elongated Fluorapatite crystal. Later, in more modern times, more topazes came out, but that is another story.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Region  Portugal (1985)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.3 × 1.7 cm = 1.73” × 1.30” × 0.67”

JFD186AP2: On my first 'exploratory' trip in 1986 I crossed all of Morocco, from Oujda to Agadir, in a Moroccan car with three Moroccans and me in the car. The experience was unforgettable, I learned a lot and got Hepatitis A. The best thing about the trip (despite the headaches of getting these specimens): a lot of good erythrites from the Bou Azzer Mine, of which I was especially proud of this one, and kept it.
Many memories...
Bou Azzer Mine, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (1986)

Specimen size: 10.1 × 7 × 3.4 cm = 3.98” × 2.76” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.4 cm = 0.39” × 0.16”

MBA56AP2: Multiple twin of sharp shiny Cerussite crystals, flattened, between transparent and translucent. The specimen, from a mine well known for its pyromorphites but in which quality cerussites are rare, comes from the collection of Thomas P. Moore and we will send it to the buyer with its original Perky box.
Bunker Hill Mine, Bunker Hill properties, Kellogg, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho  USA

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.3 × 1.8 cm = 1.34” × 0.91” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1.5 cm = 1.26” × 0.59”

EZR99AP2: Scalenohedral crystals of Calcite, one of them clearly dominant, accompanied by leafy aggregates of Copper surrounding the Calcite crystals externally, but with the particularity that other Copper crystals are included within the scalenohedrons of Calcite, giving them the reddish color so characteristic of this type of specimen, an American classic.

Quincy Mine is located in the city of Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan State, United States. It forms part of the historic copper mining district of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, one of the most important regions in the world for native copper production during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The mine became known as 'Old Reliable' because of its long and steady copper output.

Geologically, the mineralization belongs to the Lake Superior copper district, characterized by native copper deposits associated with Proterozoic basaltic volcanic rocks of the Keweenawan Group. Copper occurs filling amygdaloidal cavities and fractures within basalts and volcanic conglomerates, commonly associated with secondary minerals such as Calcite, Epidote, Prehnite, and Datolite.
Quincy Mine, Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.8 × 2.3 cm = 2.40” × 1.89” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 4 × 2.1 cm = 1.57” × 0.83”

TCX90AP2: Groups of short and very sharp prismatic crystals of Creedite, between transparent and translucent, with a light and uniform lilac color, on matrix. Specimens with this tone and quality are very rare in this Mexican mine.
The sample has been noted and photographed in the monograph 'Mexico X' of the ‘Mineralogical Record‘ magazine on page 873 in the volume 55, number 6, November-December 2024
Navidad Mine, Abasolo, Rodeo, Municipio de Rodeo, Durango  Mexico (10-12/2019)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.9 × 3.4 cm = 2.80” × 1.93” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.28” × 0.24”

MCR66AP2: Cobaltite crystal on matrix, aerial, with well defined faces and edges, metallic luster and cubic morphology. Note the locality of origin of the piece, which is not as well known as the classic Swedish locality of Hakansboda but which, although less prolific, is one of the few localities that can be compared in quality with that of the specimens from Sweden. Comes from the Thomas P. Moore collection and we will ship it to the buyer in its original Perky box.
Brazil Lake occurrence (Elizabeth Lake Mine, Espanola), Foster Township, Sudbury District, Ontario  Canada

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2 × 1.7 cm = 0.91” × 0.79” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.39” × 0.39”

ERB50AP2: Druse formed of Pyromorphite crystals with a uniform apple-green color and good luster, with doubly terminated crystals with a prismatic habit and flat terminations, and with small traces of matrix at the base and back of the piece.
A glory of the past, very representative of the best that the San Andrés Mine produced.
San Andrés Mine, Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.6 × 3.5 cm = 2.64” × 2.20” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.39” × 0.24”

MTB56AP2: Obtained in Munich 2022
Druse of transparent crystals of Fluorite with very good luster and an intense color and with rims and inclusions of Pyrite microcrystals. Specimens from this find show characteristics somewhat different from those previously known, especially the luster and intensity of color.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (2022)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 5.5 × 4.2 cm = 2.24” × 2.17” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.28” × 0.28”

NNM37AP2: From a May 2022 find in a new area, which has been called coquera del agua, in the well-known Llamas Quarry. The crystals of Fluorite on this specimen have a cubic shape beveled by the rhombododecahedron, are very transparent and lustrous, with a light and uniform lilac color, on matrix, with Quartz.
Llamas Quarry, coquera del agua, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca del Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (05/2022)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.9 × 3.8 cm = 2.64” × 1.93” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.31” × 0.28”

NNE16AP2: From a May 2022 find in a new area, which has been called coquera del agua, in the well-known Llamas Quarry. The crystals of Fluorite on this specimen have a cubic shape beveled by the rhombododecahedron, and are extraordinarily transparent and lustrous. They are a uniform light purple in color, on matrix, with small scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
Llamas Quarry, coquera del agua, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca del Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (05/2022)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 6.7 × 5.6 cm = 2.72” × 2.64” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1 cm = 0.55” × 0.39”

ETF26AP2: Very aerial polycrystalline growth of Fluorite crystals on matrix, with Quartz. This lustrous and translucent group shows an intense concentration of blue-violet color in its central area.
Fontsante Mine, Tanneron Massif, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.9 × 1.7 cm = 1.61” × 1.54” × 0.67”

ELX86AP2: Groups of very sharp Fluorite crystals with a cubic shape, between transparent and translucent, with very good luster and an extraordinarily intense and vivid yellow color. In matrix, with small Quartz crystals. The specimen comes from Les Escauffages, a very specific zone in the well-known locality of Valzergues, famous for the quality of its specimens.
Les Escauffages, Valzergues Mines, Valzergues, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 10.4 × 6.8 × 4 cm = 4.09” × 2.68” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.63”

ELJ94AP2: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and a yellow core and bluish green outer areas. High quality and size for what is known from this mine, it comes from a limited find made in 2019
La Barre Mine, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, Pontgibaud, Saint-Ours, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2019)

Specimen size: 17.4 × 14.7 × 6.8 cm = 6.85” × 5.79” × 2.68”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2.4 cm = 0.94” × 0.94”

TRB17AP2: Floater group of acute rhombohedral Calcite crystals with sand inclusions. An excellent French classic.
Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France

Specimen size: 6.8 × 3.1 × 2.8 cm = 2.68” × 1.22” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.5 cm = 0.75” × 0.59”

TLM16AP2: Aggregate of Baryte crystals with a tabular habit, one of them clearly dominant and doubly terminated, with a slight bluish color and more transparent areas towards the termination of the crystal. The specimen has a somewhat higher quality than what is usually found in that mine, where Baryte is not the most prominent species.
This specimen comes from the collection of Alain Martaud whose label we will send to the buyer.
Marsanges Mine, La Grande Faille, Langeac, Brioude, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (±1965)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 4.5 × 3.2 cm = 2.91” × 1.77” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 2.6 cm = 1.34” × 1.02”

ERM68AP2: Flattened lenticular Siderite crystals, translucent, lustrous, and light brown in color, uniform, with golden tones. On matrix, with white lenticular Calcite crystals and small Pyrite crystals.
An excellent French classic,
La Mure coal mines, La Mure, Matheysine-Trièves, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 16.2 × 9.8 × 5.3 cm = 6.38” × 3.86” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.3 cm = 1.06” × 0.51”

THV27AP2: Druse of deep black, twinned Sphalerite crystals with the dominant forms of the tetrahedron, with intense luster, on matrix, with white lenticular Calcite crystals and Pyrite crystals with iridescent oxide patinas and small Galena crystals.
The specimen comes from Ferat Voca, a former worker in this classic mine.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2000-2021)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 5.6 × 6 cm = 3.35” × 2.20” × 2.36”

TLB48AP2: Coatings of Celestine crystals with elongated prismatic shape, between transparent and translucent, with very good luster and a snow-white color, that cover a group of thick Sulphur crystals. A quality Italian classic.
La Grasta Mine, Delia, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily  Italy

Specimen size: 11.1 × 5.3 × 6.9 cm = 4.37” × 2.09” × 2.72”

BRM27AP2: Pyromorphite crystals, on matrix, with very sharp crystal forms, lustrous, and showing two different phases, one of them with an intense green color and the other with crystals of lesser size and yellow tones. The specimen, a rarity, comes from an important European collection.
Tanzfleck, Freihung, Amberg-Sulzbach, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern  Germany

Specimen size: 5.2 × 2.6 × 1.8 cm = 2.05” × 1.02” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.08”

BLF37AP2: Group of Pyrite crystals with very well defined polycrystalline growths, lustrous, in a Calcite matrix. The specimen, a German classic, comes from an important European collection.
Eupel Mine, Niederhövels, Wissen, Flammersfeld, Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz  Germany

Specimen size: 12.8 × 8.8 × 6.2 cm = 5.04” × 3.46” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.47” × 0.47”

MFH1AP2: Obtained in Munich 2022.
From a September 2022 find. Centered growths of Erythrite crystals, translucent, with a very intense luster and color and with small crystals of a second Erythrite generation, fibrous and paler in color, located at their ends, in a Skutterudite matrix with small Quartz crystals.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (09/2022)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 2.9 × 2.9 cm = 2.05” × 1.14” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.5 cm = 0.55” × 0.20”

MLP1AP2: Obtained in Munich 2022
From a September 2022 find. Centered growths of translucent Erythrite crystals, with an intense luster and color and on a Skutterudite matrix.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (09/2022)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 4.4 × 2.4 cm = 2.72” × 1.73” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.24”

ETE46AP2: Elongated Aragonite crystals, most of them transparent and lustrous, radially arranged around a little rock matrix. Almost entirely colorless, but some of the crystals have a small yellowish coating on the terminations of the crystals.
Mamsa, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (04/2022)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.1 × 4.7 cm = 2.09” × 1.61” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.12”

EXE96AP2: Elongated Aragonite crystals, most of them transparent and lustrous, radially arranged around a little rock matrix. Almost entirely colorless, but some of the crystals have a small yellowish coating on the terminations of the crystals.
Mamsa, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (04/2022)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 5 × 3.9 cm = 2.24” × 1.97” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 0.7 cm = 0.98” × 0.28”

EXE56AP2: Elongated Aragonite crystals, most of them transparent and lustrous, radially arranged around a little rock matrix. Almost entirely colorless, but some of the crystals have a small yellowish coating on the terminations of the crystals.
Mamsa, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (04/2022)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.7 × 4.7 cm = 2.28” × 2.24” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 0.7 cm = 0.98” × 0.28”

EPE17AP2: Elongated Aragonite crystals, most of them transparent and lustrous, radially arranged around a little rock matrix. Almost entirely colorless, but some of the crystals have a small yellowish coating on the terminations of the crystals.
Mamsa, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (04/2022)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.9 × 5 cm = 2.44” × 2.32” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 0.7 cm = 1.22” × 0.28”

ELE27AP2: Elongated Aragonite crystals, most of them transparent and lustrous, radially arranged around a little rock matrix. Almost entirely colorless, but some of the crystals have a small yellowish coating on the terminations of the crystals.
Mamsa, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region  Morocco (04/2022)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 5.4 × 4.7 cm = 3.11” × 2.13” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 1.1 cm = 1.10” × 0.43”

ETT70AP2: Very aerial and esthetic group of Proustite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, transparent, with extraordinary luster and intense red color, very vivid. In Calcite matrix, treated with acid in order to successfully highlight the aesthetics of the Proustite.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2018)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.7 × 2.1 cm = 1.89” × 1.46” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.59” × 0.16”

ETV86AP2: Group of very sharp tabular Baryte crystals, one of them clearly dominant, transparent, very lustrous, and with phantom growths defined by the abundant reddish Hematite inclusions. With some geometric contact, but free of damage.
Tighza–Jebel Aouam mining district (M’Rirt), Khénifra Province, Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 7 × 3.7 cm = 2.87” × 2.76” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 5.6 × 5.4 cm = 2.20” × 2.13”

TFL50AP2: Floater group of Vanadinite crystals, very sharp, and with colors that range from orange to reddish, with parallel and polycrystalline growths. With minor remnants of manganese oxides on the back of the piece, it has an unusual quality for the deposit.
Tadaout, vein 12, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2019)

Specimen size: 10.4 × 7.9 × 3.7 cm = 4.09” × 3.11” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.39” × 0.28”

MTX14AP2: Centered groups of acicular Malachite crystals, with good luster and an intense deep color.
The specimen comes from the collection of Thomas P. Moore and we will send it to the buyer with its original Perky box.
Onganja (Emke) Mine, Helen Farm 235, Onganja mining area, Seeis, Windhoek District, Khomas Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.91” × 0.63” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.59” × 0.20”

TRA87AP2: Parallel growth of Elbaite crystals with very sharp crystal forms and very rich in terminal faces. Transparent, with the clarity characteristic of this locality, with good luster and a clear color zoning, green in much of the prism and even the top, but pinkish at the base.
Rubaya, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu Province (Kivu)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2021)

Specimen size: 6 × 2 × 2 cm = 2.36” × 0.79” × 0.79”

TBM99AP2: Very sharp Dioptase crystals, many of them doubly terminated, translucent, with a bright luster and very deep color and implanted on a matrix covered with microcrystals of yellow Mimetite. This specimen was collected by Pierre Vincent and was in his collection
The Mimetite has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
-----   (±1970)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.9 × 2.3 cm = 2.32” × 1.93” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.3 cm = 0.31” × 0.12”

TPA99AP2: Druse of very lustrous equant crystals of Dioptase, with a very vivid color and with lamellar crystals of Wulfenite with coatings of Pyromorphite microcrystals.
The Pyromorphite has been analyzed and the results were a surprise because until now these coatings had been called Cerussite! We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
M'Fouati, M'Fouati District, Bouenza Department, Bouenza Region  Republic of the Congo

Specimen size: 6 × 4.6 × 4.4  cm = 2.36” × 1.81” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.39” × 0.28”

TBM98AP2: Druse, on matrix, of Hemimorphite crystals with recognizable crystal shapes, translucent and pale blue. From a classic locality, but one with few quality specimens.
This specimen comes from the collection of D. Colin, whose label we will send to the buyer.
M'Fouati Mine, M'Fouati, M'Fouati District, Bouenza Department, Bouenza Region  Republic of the Congo

Specimen size: 11.4 × 9.7 × 7.4 cm = 4.49” × 3.82” × 2.91”

ENX98AP2: Cyclic twins of very sharp, transparent and lustrous smoky-colored Cerussite crystals, on matrix, with pale green Duftite microcrystal coatings.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 6 × 4.1 × 3.3 cm = 2.36” × 1.61” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.5 cm = 0.94” × 0.59”

TTM49AP2: Druse of very sharp and lustrous Azurite crystals with an acute prismatic shape, translucent, and on matrix.
A good Tsumeb classic.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 10.9 × 6.3 × 4.2 cm = 4.29” × 2.48” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.2 cm = 0.35” × 0.08”

EZR90AP2: Sharp and elongated crystals of Brazilianite, one of them clearly dominant and perfectly terminated, transparent, with a color between yellow and greenish and an intense luster, in Albite matrix. Coming from the well-known pegmatite region of Aimores in Brazil, one of the classic deposits for this type of specimen.
Telírio claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.7 × 3.8 cm = 2.28” × 2.24” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 1.4 cm = 1.69” × 0.55”

EHJ50AP2: Group of sharp and profiled crystals of Brazilianite, some of them very rich in faces and terminations, others partially doubly terminated. Yellowish and lustrous, with some translucent crystals and on a matrix of white Albite. From the well-known pegmatite region of Aimores in Brazil, one of the classic deposits for this type of specimen.
Telírio claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 10.6 × 8.3 × 4.4 cm = 4.17” × 3.27” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 1.1 cm = 1.61” × 0.43”

ELL93AP2: Very aerial polycrystalline growth of Quartz (pink quartz variety) with transparent crystals, very lustrous and deep pink, which seem to grow around an isolated and centered crystal of transparent Quartz (variety smoky quartz).
A classic, fine and elegant Brazilian specimen.
Ilha claim, Taquaral, Itinga, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 7 × 6.7 × 3.6 cm = 2.76” × 2.64” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 4 × 2.4 cm = 1.57” × 0.94”

MTX88AP2: A new discovery at Munich 2022
High quality Geocronite crystals with sharp crystal forms and polycrystalline growths marked by striations, associated with crystals of slightly translucent, apple-green Fluorite which, due to the contrast with the Geocronite, generates very aesthetic pieces.
The Geocronite has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Milpo Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Atacocha mining district, Pasco Province, Pasco Department  Peru (07-08/2022)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.1 × 1.7 cm = 1.02” × 0.83” × 0.67”

MLP99AP2: A new discovery at Munich 2022
High quality Geocronite crystals with sharp crystal forms and polycrystalline growths marked by striations, associated with crystals of slightly translucent, apple-green Fluorite which, due to the contrast with the Geocronite, generates very aesthetic pieces.
The Geocronite has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Milpo Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Atacocha mining district, Pasco Province, Pasco Department  Peru (07-08/2022)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.5 × 2 cm = 1.02” × 0.98” × 0.79”

MRR14AP2: A new discovery at Munich 2022
High quality Geocronite crystals with sharp crystal forms and polycrystalline growths marked by striations, associated with crystals of slightly translucent, apple-green Fluorite which, due to the contrast with the Geocronite, generates very aesthetic pieces.
The Geocronite has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Milpo Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Atacocha mining district, Pasco Province, Pasco Department  Peru (07-08/2022)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.2 × 1.8 cm = 1.57” × 1.26” × 0.71”

MFA46AP2: A new discovery at Munich 2022
High quality Geocronite crystals with sharp crystal forms and polycrystalline growths marked by striations, associated with crystals of slightly translucent, apple-green Fluorite which, due to the contrast with the Geocronite, generates very aesthetic pieces.
The Geocronite has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Milpo Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Atacocha mining district, Pasco Province, Pasco Department  Peru (07-08/2022)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.1 × 2.2 cm = 1.73” × 1.22” × 0.87”

MFR57AP2: A new discovery at Munich 2022
High quality Geocronite crystals with sharp crystal forms and polycrystalline growths marked by striations, associated with crystals of slightly translucent, apple-green Fluorite which, due to the contrast with the Geocronite, generates very aesthetic pieces.
The Geocronite has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This specimen has been published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the 'What’s New on the Internet Reports' section, report 65, November 15, 2022 edition, page 2
Milpo Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Atacocha mining district, Pasco Province, Pasco Department  Peru (07-08/2022)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.1 × 3 cm = 2.44” × 2.01” × 1.18”

ERR1AP2: Curious growth of Fluorite, a complete floater crystal with a very flattened and elongated morphology, a very distinct spinel-law twin. Between transparent and translucent, with good luster and concentric geometric color zoning. In matrix, with small Calcite crystals.
Weilasituo Mine, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (06/2022)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4 × 2.5 cm = 2.48” × 1.57” × 0.98”

EFM67AP2: Botryoidal and spheroidal growths of light bluish green Aurichalcite, on matrix, associated with trapezohedral Chalcopyrite crystals with an external patina of oxides.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (06/2022)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.9 × 2.7 cm = 1.89” × 1.54” × 1.06”

EPR87AP2: Botryoidal and spheroidal growths of light green Aurichalcite, on matrix, associated with trapezohedral Chalcopyrite crystals with an external patina of oxides, Baryte and small Quartz crystals. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (06/2022)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 4.1 × 3.8 cm = 3.46” × 1.61” × 1.50”

EFL86AP2: Very aerial stalactitic growth of Quartz crystals with reddish iron oxides inclusions, partially covered by very sharp trapezohedral crystals of Chalcopyrite.
Huxu Mine, Dongxiang, Fuzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province  China (07/2021)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 2 × 1.4 cm = 1.89” × 0.79” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.39” × 0.24”

ETP37AP2: Very aerial group of Tennantite-Tetrahedrite crystals covered by a fine surface film of Chalcopyrite, on matrix with Quartz crystals rich in reddish inclusions of iron oxides.
Huxu Mine, Dongxiang, Fuzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province  China (07/2021)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.4 × 2 cm = 1.54” × 0.94” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1 cm = 0.51” × 0.39”

EPR97AP2: Botryoidal Pyrite growths with very vivid metallic iridescence, very lustrous, in matrix, with acute scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
Daguangshan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (06/2022)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 4.3 × 2.6 cm = 2.95” × 1.69” × 1.02”

EFE88AP2: Botryoidal growths of Prehnite, translucent and intense green in color, with coatings of small, very sharp Babingtonite crystals, on a matrix of very lustrous water-clear Quartz crystals.
Babingtonite occurrences, Qiaojia, Zhaotong Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (06/2022)

Specimen size: 8 × 3.1 × 3.3 cm = 3.15” × 1.22” × 1.30”

TFR50AP2: Spheroidal growths of Bultfonteinite, of good size, on matrix, with Shinichengite (this new mineral species was initially labeled as possible Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite) that forms small fibrous spheroidal coatings of white color associated with Andradite on the matrix.
The specific area in the locality where the discovery took place has now been covered over, so no new finds are expected at that specific location.
Shijiangshan Mine, Shijiangshan village, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (09/2021)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 6.1 × 4.6 cm = 3.23” × 2.40” × 1.81”

EPB89AP2: Group of crystals with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, with extraordinarily bright luster and intense reddish brown tones. More transparency and general quality than what we've known until now of these axinites-(Fe) from Pakistan.
Ras Koh Mountains, Kharan District, Balochistan (Baluchistan)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 7 × 5.2 × 4.5 cm = 2.76” × 2.05” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 4 × 2.4 cm = 1.57” × 0.94”

EPQ89AP2: Two rhombododecahedral crystals of Lazurite of good size, on Calcite matrix, with very sharp crystal forms and an intense and vivid color.
This specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province  Afghanistan

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.3 × 3 cm = 2.40” × 1.69” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 2.4 cm = 1.34” × 0.94”

TLP28AP2: Growth on Calcite matrix of rhombododecahedral crystals of Lazurite, of great size for the deposit. The crystal forms are not perfect, but are sharp, with an intense and vivid color.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province  Afghanistan

Specimen size: 8.8 × 7.1 × 4.4 cm = 3.46” × 2.80” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 3.4 cm = 1.77” × 1.34”

EXX67AP2: Flattened prismatic Diaspore crystal, large, transparent to translucent, with bright luster and an intense greenish yellow color and with steps at the base of the crystal and on a specific area of the rear where it is difficult to know whether they are stepped growth or cleavages. Its terminations are covered by Ilmenite crystals, with Rutile microcrystals and leafy aggregates of Margarite.
The Ilmenite has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ilbir Mountain, Pinarcik, Milâs District, Muğla Province, Aegean Region  Turkey (2020)

Specimen size: 14.2 × 5 × 2.2 cm = 5.59” × 1.97” × 0.87”