Post-Munich 2011 Update

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EA68T6: Groups of very acute dipyramidal crystals with very well defined faces and edges and in a Dolomite matrix. An excellent sample, even considering that some of the terminations have broken tips.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb  Namibia

Specimen size: 6.1 × 3.6 × 3.6 cm = 2.4” × 1.4” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.5” × 0.1”

MD11T6: Aggregate of very elongated crystals of Childrenite with very sharp faces and edges, partially coated by Roscherite. In a Quartz matrix with Albite. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Lavra do Poço Dantas, Piauí, Taquaral, Minas Gerais  Brazil (09/2006)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.8 × 3.1 cm = 2.4” × 1.9” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.6” × 0.1”

MX62T6: Aggregate of very elongated crystals of Childrenite with very sharp faces and edges, partially coated by Roscherite, in a matrix of crystallized Quartz. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Lavra do Poço Dantas, Piauí, Taquaral, Minas Gerais  Brazil (09/2006)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 5 × 4.2 cm = 2.2” × 2.0” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.6” × 0.2”

MG63T6: Aggregate of very elongated crystals of Childrenite with very sharp faces and edges, partially coated by Roscherite, in an Orthoclase matrix. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Lavra do Poço Dantas, Piauí, Taquaral, Minas Gerais  Brazil (09/2006)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.8 × 2.6 cm = 2.4” × 1.9” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 0.4 cm = 0.7” × 0.2”

MD67T6: Group of octahedral crystals of Alabandite with very sharp faces and edges, neatly Spinel law twinned, with an intensity of luster very uncommon for the species. In matrix, with Rhodochrosite.
Mina Uchucchacua, Nivel 300, ↓895m., Oyón, Departamento Lima  Peru (09/2009)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3 × 2.7 cm = 1.5” × 1.2” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

ME51T6: A really big crystal with a neat Spinel law twin, a luster more intense than usual for the species, and partially coated by small crystals of Calcite.
Mina Uchucchacua, Nivel 300, ↓895m., Oyón, Departamento Lima  Peru (09/2009)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 2.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.8” × 1.1” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 2 cm = 1.3” × 0.8”

MC92T6: A really big crystal with a neat spinel law twin, a luster more intense than usual for the species, and partially coated by small crystals of Calcite.
Mina Uchucchacua, Nivel 300, ↓895m., Oyón, Departamento Lima  Peru (09/2009)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.9” × 1.4” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.2 cm = 1.5” × 1.3”

EG27T6: A novelty at Munich 2011. Floater group of sharp tetrahedral crystals that are translucent on their edges, with a dark brown color and bright luster. Excellent quality for the species. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Huanggang Mine, Kèshíkèténg Qí, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia A.R.  China (07/2011)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.3 × 2.1 cm = 1.0” × 0.9” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.3 cm = 0.5” × 0.5”

MV70T6: A novelty at Munich 2011. Group of sharp tetrahedral crystals of Genthelvite, one of them clearly dominant, with a dark brown color, translucent edges, in matrix, and related dodecahedral crystals of Andradite. Excellent quality for the species. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published in the magazine ‘Rivista Mineralogica Italiana’ on page 259 in number 2011/4
Huanggang Mine, Kèshíkèténg Qí, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia A.R.  China (2011)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.7 × 2.3 cm = 1.6” × 1.5” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.3 cm = 0.5” × 0.5”

ML10T6: A novelty at Munich 2011. Very aerial group of sharp tetrahedral crystals of Genthelvite with a dark Brown color, translucent edges and with small crystals of Quartz. Excellent quality for the species. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Huanggang Mine, Kèshíkèténg Qí, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia A.R.  China (2011)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.3 × 1.8 cm = 1.3” × 0.9” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1 cm = 0.6” × 0.4”

EA96T6: Transparent lenticular crystal with a yellow color and a very neat phantom growth corresponding to a first very flattened rhombohedron. It is on matrix, with small acicular crystals of Stibnite on the contact zone between the cristal and the matrix.
Xikuangshan Mine, Lengshuijiang, Hunan  China (2009)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 3.1 × 3.9 cm = 2.4” × 1.2” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2.8 cm = 1.3” × 1.1”

TM67T6: A crystal composed of the cube and a very well developed dodecahedron. The faces of the cube are neat and completely transparent, contrasting with a rough and translucent dodecahedron. In matrix, with Quartz crystals.
Xianghuapu Mine, Linwu, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2008)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 5.6 × 4.5 cm = 3.9” × 2.2” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 3.4 cm = 1.6” × 1.3”

MP96T6: Group of trapezohedral crystals of Spessartine, bright, transparent and with a very intense color. They are coating a group of Orthoclase crystals. The lack of some crystals at the top is probably due to a contact, not damage.
Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou, Fujian  China (2005)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.9 × 2 cm = 1.8” × 1.5” × 0.8”

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

PE14T6: Group of crystals more elongated than usual for these Chinese Mimetites. Faces and edges are sharp and the crystals have an intense yellow-orange color and good luster.
Pingtouling Mine, Liannan, Sanjiang, Guangdong  China (01/2003)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.6 × 1.2 cm = 0.8” × 0.6” × 0.5”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”