Initial Ste. Marie 2011 Update

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TQ76S9: Druse of very bright crystals, with phantom growths and neat and individualized terminations which is not so with the samples from Santa Eulalia.
Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico (±1980)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 6 × 3.3 cm = 3.0” × 2.4” × 1.3”

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

NG36S9: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2011. Group of crystals, one of them clearly dominant, on a Quartz matrix. The main crystal, very aerial, is completely transparent and has very well developed dodecahedron bevels.
Cantera Llamas, Duyos, Caravia, Asturias  Spain (02/2010)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.3 × 1.8 cm = 1.0” × 0.9” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.8 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

NP26S9: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2011. Dominant single cubic crystal, slightly elongated and with some other smaller crystals. It is very transparent and shows very well marked geometrical color zoning, from clear lilac to the deepest violet.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 29 in number 2011/2
Cantera Llamas, Duyos, Caravia, Asturias  Spain (02/2010)

Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.1 × 1.2 cm = 0.7” × 0.4” × 0.5”

NB46S9: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2011. An extraordinarily transparent crystal, very bright and of slightly lilac color, with very well developed dodecahedron bevels and on a Quartz matrix.
Cantera Llamas, Duyos, Caravia, Asturias  Spain (02/2010)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.1 × 2.1 cm = 1.0” × 0.8” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

NQ86S9: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2011. A floater crystal, extraordinarily transparent, very bright and slightly violet, with very well developed dodecahedron bevels.
Cantera Llamas, Duyos, Caravia, Asturias  Spain (02/2010)

Specimen size: 1.6 × 1.3 × 0.6 cm = 0.6” × 0.5” × 0.2”

NJ96S9: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2011. Very aerial group, on a Quartz matrix, of violet cubic crystals, some of them with “window” growths and very well marked color zoning with solid inclusions in the center of each crystal.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘Mineralienbörse Ste.-Marie-aux-Mines 2011’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 12 of number 5/2011
Cantera Llamas, Duyos, Caravia, Asturias  Spain (02/2010)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3.6 × 2.2 cm = 1.4” × 1.4” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”

ND47S9: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2011. Cubic crystals with very well developed dodecahedron bevels. They are colorless, completely transparent, very bright, and are implanted on a group of scalenohedral crystals of Calcite.
Cantera Llamas, Duyos, Caravia, Asturias  Spain (02/2010)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3.2 × 2.8 cm = 1.3” × 1.3” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

NK47S9: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2011. Group of cubic crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very well developed dodecahedron bevels and with echeloned growths on the cube faces. They are transparent, violet and are on a Barite matrix.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 29 in number 2011/2
Cantera Llamas, Duyos, Caravia, Asturias  Spain (02/2010)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.4 × 2.4 cm = 1.5” × 1.3” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 2.9 cm = 1.1” × 1.1”

NF87S9: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2011. Group of cubic crystals on Quartz matrix. They are violet and some of them have “window” growths and color zones that are very well marked by the presence of solid inclusions in the center of each crystal.
Cantera Llamas, Duyos, Caravia, Asturias  Spain (02/2010)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 5.2 × 2.9 cm = 2.1” × 2.0” × 1.1”

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

NE28S9: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2011. Group of cubic crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very well developed dodecahedron bevels, transparent clear violet color and on Quartz matrix.
Cantera Llamas, Duyos, Caravia, Asturias  Spain (02/2010)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 5.8 × 5.6 cm = 2.3” × 2.3” × 2.2”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2.2 cm = 0.9” × 0.9”

NC69S9: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2011. Floater group of cubic crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very well developed dodecahedron bevels, of slight lilac color, very bright and completely transparent.
Cantera Llamas, Duyos, Caravia, Asturias  Spain (02/2010)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 1.2 × 1.8 cm = 1.0” × 0.5” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.5 cm = 0.7” × 0.6”

ME26S9: Druse of very bright complex crystals of Sphalerite, partially coated by parallel growths of very flattened rhombohedral crystals of Calcite with a lenticular habit.
Boldut Mine, Cavnic, Maramures  Rumania (10/2003)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 8.4 × 4.8 cm = 3.3” × 3.3” × 1.9”

MF66S9: Very flattened rhombohedral crystals of Calcite. They have a lenticular habit and are white, very bright and show curious curvatures on their faces and edges, being implanted on a group of Quartz crystals and on Calcite matrix.
Boldut Mine, Cavnic, Maramures  Rumania (10/2003)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 9.2 × 4 cm = 3.6” × 3.6” × 1.6”

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

MA46S9: Two very well differentiated generations of Sulfur coexisting. On a matrix with Calcite, there is a first generation with bright crystals of very well developed faces and edges that is partially coated, in some areas, by a second phase characterized by rough and earthy forms having a clearer yellow color.
Machów Mine,Tarnobrzeg, Podkarpackie  Poland

Specimen size: 8.4 × 7.1 × 4.7 cm = 3.3” × 2.8” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

MC61S9: Spheroidal growths on matrix of pale pink Rhodochrosite partially coated by small growths, also spherical, of white Calcite. We specially note the locality because it is notably uncommon for the species.
Madem Laccos Mine, Cassandra, Chalkidiki, Macedonia  Greece (2010)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.7 × 3.4 cm = 2.4” × 1.9” × 1.3”

TF36S9: Spheroidal growths on matrix of pale pink Rhodochrosite partially coated by small growths, also spherical, of white Calcite, with small, very bright and well defined, crystals of Sphalerite and Pyrite. We especially note the locality because it is notably uncommon for the species.
Madem Laccos Mine, Cassandra, Chalkidiki, Macedonia  Greece (2010)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 6.6 × 4.4 cm = 3.7” × 2.6” × 1.7”