Spain Gallery-2

In this Gallery we present specimens from a number of Spanish localities. These include some classic sites as the Almadén district for cinnabar, Zaragoza for its gypsum crystals, La Rioja for pyrite and others in page 1 while page 2 is represented by a group of specimens from the fluorite mines in Asturias as well as others from a number of small localities in Northern and Eastern Spain.

WSPA-13/2 - Gypsum

Ballestar, Castellón Province (Valencia, Spain)

A floater matrixless cluster of greyish translucent gypsum crystals to 7.5 cm. long. Undamaged. From the Lluis Daunis collection, well-known collector from Barcelona.

7.5x4.5x3 - 30 €

WSPA-12/1 - Barite

Campos de Golf area, Cartagena, Murcia Province (Murcia, Spain)

Group of spear-shaped crystals of whitish barite to about 2.5 cm. long over a core of light blue massive barite. Quite clean of damage with all the main crystals undamaged.

9.4x7.5x6 - 65 €

WSPA-12/2 - Barite

San Jorge Mine, La Unión, Murcia Province (Murcia, Spain)

Group of light blue crystals of barite to 3x1.5x1.2 cm. with minor matrix at bottom. Undamaged.

6.7x3.6x3.5 - 40 €

WSPA-09/38 - Calcite La Cuerre Mine, La Florida Mines, Labarces (Cantabria, Spain) A 4x3-cm. lustrous transparent light golden scalenohedral crystal of calcite with some massive dolomite attached on a thin slab of grey coarse limestone matrix. Presents minor cleaving at the termination behind the small piece of dolomite. 5.8x5.3x2.6 - 28 €

WSPA-09/44 - Calcite and dolomite

La Cuerre Mine, La Florida Mines, Labarces (Cantabria, Spain)

An slab of light pink to white partly crystallized dolomite coated by small scalenohedral crystals of calcite is host to a lustrous transparent 2.5x2-cm. main crystal. There are some black crystals of sphalerite to 3 mm. at bottom. One of the crystal faces (the shiny face on the picture below) has been thinly cleaved.

9.7x7.5x3 - 40 €

WSPA-S/N-7 - Fluorite and calcite

Jaimina Mine, Caravia, Oviedo Province (Asturias, Spain)

Group of grey translucent cubic crystals of fluorite to 2.4 cm. on edge, some with a castellated appearance and interesting growth features on the faces. In several places there are some white scalenohedral calcite crystals to about 1 cm. The fluorite crystals exhibit numerous small inclusions of red cinnabar and golden chalcopyrite. Just a very few tiny nicks in some corners quite difficult to see, otherwise undamaged.

7x6x3.5 - 25 €

MS 1/12

WSPA-2001-7 - Dolomite and calcite

Respina Mine, Puebla de Lillo, León Province (Castilla y León, Spain)

A nearly floater matrixless cluster of saddle-shape dolomite crystals to about 1.5 cm. partly coated by tiny yellowish calcite crystals. Just a tiny nick as seen at far right on the right picture.

3x1.7x1.5 - 9 €

WSPA-2001-9 - Dolomite and calcite

Respina Mine, Puebla de Lillo, León Province (Castilla y León, Spain)

A floater matrixless cluster of saddle-shape white crystals of dolomite with pearly luster to about 1.5 cm. The bottom is partly coated by tiny yellowish calcite crystals. Just a few small cleaved areas at the edges, otherwise undamaged and quite nice.

4x2.8x1.8 - 10 €

MS 12/12

WSPA-S/N-39 - Anglesite on goethite

San Valentín Mine, La Unión, Murcia Province (Murcia, Spain)

Mass of lustrous black botroidal goethite intermixed with some quartz and showing numerous prismatic goethite-coated anglesite crystals to about 7 mm. long. This crystals may be void (goethite epimorphs), have some anglesite remnants or even cerussite peudomorphs after the previous anglesite. An Spanish classic.

7.2x6.4x4.1 - 20 €

MS 6/12

WSPA-S/N-40 - Anglesite on goethite

San Valentín Mine, La Unión, Murcia Province (Murcia, Spain)

Mass of lustrous black botroidal goethite intermixed with some quartz and showing numerous prismatic goethite-coated anglesite crystals to about 5 mm. long. This crystals may be void (goethite epimorphs), have some anglesite remnants or even cerussite peudomorphs after the previous anglesite. An Spanish classic.

6x4.5x3.5 - 14 €

WSPA-S/N-42 - Anglesite on goethite

San Valentín Mine, La Unión, Murcia Province (Murcia, Spain)

Mass of lustrous black botroidal goethite intermixed with some quartz and showing numerous prismatic goethite-coated anglesite crystals to about 6 mm. long. This crystals may be void (goethite epimorphs), have some anglesite remnants or even cerussite peudomorphs after the previous anglesite. An Spanish classic.

5.3x3.5x2.9 - 12 €

WSPA-S/N-35 - Pseudobrookite

La Celia Mine, Jumilla, Murcia Province (Murcia, Spain)

A piece of jumillite (a rare ultrapotassic volcanic rock) with some lustrous prismatic black crystals of pseudobrookite to 3 mm. long and small black scales of hematite on a vuggy area.

3.5x3.4x2.5 - 12 €