Post-Ste. Marie 2010 Update

N36GQ7: Group of prismatic crystals on matrix, most of them doubly terminated, with an excellent definition of faces and edges, some with flat pinacoidal terminations and others with acute multipointed terminations. The color and luster are very good. A glory of the past, from one of the best pockets ever found at the San Andrés Mine.
Mina San Andrés, Geoda del Túnel, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (11/1998)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 5.2 × 4.7 cm = 2.6” × 2.0” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.2” × 0.2”

N4DQ7: Group of prismatic crystals on matrix, most of them doubly terminated, with an excellent definition of faces and edges and with flat pinacoidal terminations. The color and luster are excellent. A glory of the past, from one of the best pockets ever found at the San Andrés Mine.
Mina San Andrés, Geoda del Túnel, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (11/1998)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.3 × 3.8 cm = 2.4” × 2.1” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.2” × 0.2”

N86NQ7: Group on matrix of multiple subparallel growths of very acute elongated crystals, a very unusual habit at San Andrés, similar to the samples from El Horcajo. This kind of crystal which dominates, co-exists with another generation of darker but well-developed small crystals. A glory of the past, from one of the best pockets ever found at the San Andrés Mine.
Mina San Andrés, Geoda del Túnel, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (11/1998)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 4.7 × 4.3 cm = 2.7” × 1.9” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.5 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

MF9Q7: A piece from a classic but not so well known locality. The small crystals have very good quality, with a very obvious twin and an extraordinary luster. With crystals of Quartz and on matrix.
Krásne, Šumperk, Moravia  Czech Republic

Specimen size: 8.8 × 8.3 × 5.5 cm = 3.5” × 3.3” × 2.2”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

EY11Q7: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2010. White elongated crystals of pearly luster implanted on groups of acicular crystals of Malachite with a silky luster and a very deep and uniform color. From a recent find in Bou Beker where this association hasn’t been found before.
Bou Beker, Touissit District, Oujda  Morocco (05/2010)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.3 × 1.8 cm = 1.4” × 0.9” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.1 cm = 0.3” × 0.0”

EX13Q7: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2010. White elongated crystals of pearly luster implanted on groups of acicular crystals of Malachite with a silky luster and a very deep and uniform color. From a recent find in Bou Beker where this association hasn’t been found before.
Bou Beker, Touissit District, Oujda  Morocco (05/2010)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.3 × 1.6 cm = 0.9” × 0.9” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.2 cm = 0.3” × 0.1”

EZ14Q7: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2010. White elongated crystals of pearly luster implanted on groups of acicular crystals of Malachite with a silky luster and a very deep and uniform color. From a recent find in Bou Beker where this association hasn’t been found before.
Bou Beker, Touissit District, Oujda  Morocco (05/2010)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 2.3 × 1.5 cm = 2.1” × 0.9” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.2 cm = 0.4” × 0.1”

ET46Q7: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2010. White elongated crystals of pearly luster implanted on groups of acicular crystals of Malachite with a silky luster and a very deep and uniform color. From a recent find in Bou Beker where this association hasn’t been found before.
Bou Beker, Touissit District, Oujda  Morocco (05/2010)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.2 × 2.7 cm = 2.0” × 1.7” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.2 cm = 0.3” × 0.1”

ER86Q7: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2010. White elongated crystals of pearly luster in parallel growths, forming convoluted columns, implanted on groups of acicular crystals of Malachite with a silky luster and a very deep and uniform color. From a recent find in Bou Beker where this association hasn’t been found before.
Bou Beker, Touissit District, Oujda  Morocco (05/2010)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.2 × 3.3 cm = 2.6” × 2.0” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

EV96Q7: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2010. White elongated crystals of pearly luster implanted on groups of acicular crystals of Malachite with a silky luster and a very deep and uniform color. From a recent find in Bou Beker where this association hasn’t been found before.
Bou Beker, Touissit District, Oujda  Morocco (05/2010)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.7 × 3.9 cm = 2.8” × 1.9” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.2 cm = 0.4” × 0.1”

EQ27Q7: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2010. White elongated crystals of pearly luster in parallel growths, forming convoluted columns, implanted on groups of acicular crystals of Malachite with a silky luster and a very deep and uniform color. From a recent find in Bou Beker where this association hasn’t been found before.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2010 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 94, page 55.
Bou Beker, Touissit District, Oujda  Morocco (05/2010)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.6 × 4.4 cm = 3.1” × 2.6” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

EP47Q7: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2010. White elongated crystals of pearly luster in parallel growths, forming convoluted columns, implanted on groups of acicular crystals of Malachite with a silky luster and a very deep and uniform color. From a recent find in Bou Beker where this association hasn’t been found before.
Bou Beker, Touissit District, Oujda  Morocco (05/2010)

Specimen size: 11.4 × 8.1 × 5.3 cm = 4.5” × 3.2” × 2.1”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.2 cm = 0.4” × 0.1”

EP66Q7: Thick tabular crystals with an extraordinary luster and orange color, slightly different from the usual and contrasting with pure white crystals of Barite. All in a rocky matrix.
Coud'a, Mibladen, Midelt  Morocco (05/2010)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.1 × 4.5 cm = 3.3” × 2.4” × 1.8”

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

EM87Q7: Thick tabular crystals with an extraordinary luster and orange color, slightly different from the usual and contrasting with pure white crystals of Barite. All in a rocky matrix.
Coud'a, Mibladen, Midelt  Morocco (05/2010)

Specimen size: 11 × 11 × 5.8 cm = 4.3” × 4.3” × 2.3”

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

EM27Q7: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2010. From a small vein in the Agoudal area different from the classic veins of Bou Azzer, the crystals, on matrix, are characterized with an excellent definition of faces and edges and exceptional depth of color and intensity of luster.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Bou Azzer area, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (04-05/2010)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.7 × 3.5 cm = 2.0” × 1.9” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.4 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

EP48Q7: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2010. From a small vein in the Agoudal area different from the classic veins of Bou Azzer. The crystals, on matrix, form parallel groups, large for the species, with an excellent definition of faces and edges and exceptional depth of color and intensity of luster.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Bou Azzer area, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (04-05/2010)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.8 × 4 cm = 2.0” × 1.9” × 1.6”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.7” × 0.3”

EQ69Q7: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2010. From a small vein in the Agoudal area different from the classic veins of Bou Azzer. The crystals, on matrix, form parallel groups, large for the species, with an excellent definition of faces and edges and exceptional depth of color and intensity of luster. Some of the smaller groups are partially coated by Bariopharmacosiderite which has been analysed. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Bou Azzer area, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (04-05/2010)

Specimen size: 11 × 8 × 6.7 cm = 4.3” × 3.1” × 2.6”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.8 cm = 0.6” × 0.3”

ET89Q7: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2010. From a small vein in the Agoudal area different from the classic veins of Bou Azzer. The crystals, on matrix, form parallel groups larger and thicker than usually seen in this species, with an excellent definition of faces and edges and exceptional depth of color and intensity of luster.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Bou Azzer area, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (04-05/2010)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 5.8 × 6.6 cm = 3.0” × 2.3” × 2.6”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 0.4 cm = 0.9” × 0.2”

EV51Q7: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2010. From a small vein in the Agoudal area different from the classic veins of Bou Azzer. The crystals, on matrix, form parallel groups, much larger than usually seen in this species, with an excellent definition of faces and edges and exceptional depth of color and intensity of luster. On Quartz crystals partially coated by, probably, Heterogenite (not analyzed).
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Bou Azzer area, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (04-05/2010)

Specimen size: 12.3 × 9.3 × 4.7 cm = 4.8” × 3.7” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 7 cm = 2.8”

ED16Q7: Very aerial group of octahedral crystals with deep and uniform green color, between transparent and translucent and on Quartz matrix. The combo is very esthetic.
Riemvasmaak, Gordonia, Namaqualand, Northern Cape  South Africa (01/2010)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.7 × 2.6 cm = 1.7” × 1.1” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.5” × 0.5”

EA97Q7: A plate of octahedral crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with centered inclusions. They are very transparent, having a very intense and uniform green color.
Riemvasmaak, Gordonia, Namaqualand, Northern Cape  South Africa (01/2010)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 5.2 × 4.1 cm = 3.4” × 2.0” × 1.6”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2.4 cm = 1.3” × 0.9”

EC28Q7: Isolated and grouped octahedral crystals, transparent and with a very intense and uniform green color and partially coated by white Quartz.
Riemvasmaak, Gordonia, Namaqualand, Northern Cape  South Africa (01/2010)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 5.7 × 3.2 cm = 3.2” × 2.2” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.5 cm = 0.7” × 0.6”

EB68Q7: Group of transparent octahedral crystals with a very intense and uniform green color, some of them with centered inclusions.
Riemvasmaak, Gordonia, Namaqualand, Northern Cape  South Africa (01/2010)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 8.3 × 4.8 cm = 3.7” × 3.3” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.2 cm = 1.0” × 0.9”

TF1Q7: Complex clusters of “artichoke” Quartz with clearly curved faces and edges, of greenish blue color and on a matrix of white rhombohedral crystals of Dolomite with mosaical growths on their faces. A very esthetic piece.
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang, Hunan  China (12/2007)

Specimen size: 22 × 12.5 × 10.8 cm = 8.7” × 4.9” × 4.3”

Main crystal size: 7 × 2.2 cm = 2.8” × 0.9”

MD10Q7: Spheroidal aggregate of yellowish acicular crystals of Mesolite on a matrix of crystals of Heulandite partially coated by groups of white Stilbite and with Laumontite.
Kannad, Aurangabad, Maharashtra  India (08/2009)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 5.7 × 3.3 cm = 2.6” × 2.2” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.4 cm = 1.2” × 0.9”

ME11Q7: Spheroidal aggregate of yellowish acicular crystals of Mesolite on a matrix of crystals of Heulandite partially coated by groups of white Stilbite and with Laumontite.
Kannad, Aurangabad, Maharashtra  India (08/2009)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 6 ×  3.8 cm = 3.3” × 2.4” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2.2 cm = 0.9” × 0.9”

TN54Q7: A complete crystal of Quartz with multiple lower terminations and inclusions of acicular crystals of Astrophyllite plus fine isolated and grouped crystals of Schorl. A sharp translucent tabular crystal of Bastnäsite-(Ce) is esthetically positioned on the Quartz.
Zagi Mountain, Kafoor Dheri  Pakistan (2005)

Specimen size: 12.3 × 10.8 × 7.8 cm = 4.8” × 4.3” × 3.1”

Main crystal size: 9.2 × 8 cm = 3.6” × 3.1”