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FXM-TGV Freibergite Subgroup (Ag₆,[Ag₆]⁴⁺)(Cu₄ C²⁺₂)Sb₄S₁₂S_0-1

El Vagón mine, Lanteira, Granada, Andalusia, Spain

Nice bronce tetrahedrical 0.4 mm crystal of Freibergite, from the first dump of the mine

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The baryte geode fron Humbold mine

El Estrecho de San Ginés, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain

Lots and lots of baryte...

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Me working in the geode

El Estrecho de San Ginés, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain

Humbold mine, me, getting some barite from the geode...

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First dump with the shaft of the mine at the end

El Vagón mine, Lanteira, Granada, Andalusia, Spain

Here is the first dump, lots and lots of siderite nodules that contain the rare sulfides from this old mine.

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QKL-56M Chalcostibite CuSbS₂

El Vagón mine, Lanteira, Granada, Andalusia, Spain

Nice Chalcostibite crystal in the center of the siderite sample. It have 1 cm by 3 mm wide.

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El Vagón mine, Lanteira, Granada, Andalusia, Spain

This is a 3.5 cm fantastic Chalcostibite single crystal that I found (09-06-2008) in the first dump of the mine. The common for this mineral in the dumps are from 0.5 to 1 cm but this one is exceptional!

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8DF-J26 Gypsum CaSO₄·2H₂O

Brunita open pit, La Unión, Murcia, Spain

This is a nice Gypsum sample that I collected in 1993.
size 12 x 7 cm

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J1D-VQY Pyrrhotite Fe_1-xS , Pyrite FeS₂

Brunita open pit, La Unión, Murcia, Spain

1,2 cm hexagonal Pyrrhotite crystal

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