A group of six Spanish calcite specimens. The first four are from Llugarín, Asturias, Spain and the last two are from Moscona Mine, Solís, Concejo de Corvera, Asturias, Spain. Each has a few minor bruises and cleaves, and the lot price reflects this. Individual specimen sizes are listed below each picture.

A bright and complexly crystalline chunk of galena. I see no point of attachment, so this might be a floater or (more likely) a cleavage fragment. The depressed price of zinc has closed the mine and ended specimen production October 30, 2008. It is unclear when or even if Elmwood Mine specimens will become as plentiful as they once were.

A glassy, doubly terminated calcite crystal; opaque in the middle and grading to transparent at the tips. Both terminations have tiny cleaves and there is a small contacted area on the base, otherwise free of damage.

An aesthetic,  radiating cluster of fine, deep green epidote blades on a fibrous actinolite (byssolite) matrix. The epidotes reach 2.5 cm in length. A few areas of mostly minor breakage, mostly around the periphery, otherwise the specimen is in very good condition. A previous Mountain Minerals International (Dudley Blauwet) label with a price of $400 testifies to the quality of this specimen. Specimen collected in 2003.

From the locality famous for golden yellow fluorites comes this cluster of translucent to opaque barite crystals. Some cleaved edges along the back, otherwise no significant damage.

This specimen features colorless quartz crystals on and through a matrix of crystalline epidote. Most of the quartz crystals are complete, and the longest is 3.2 cm. The epidote has a verdant green color and with a minimal number of incomplete crystals. Can be displayed at several angles without a stand.

A cluster of transparent cubes to 7 mm with the classic Moscona Mine golden yellow color. The back is decorated with a second generation of small, colorless fluorites and sub-millimeter chalcopyrites. A few small, scattered nicks are notes under a hand lends, but there is no significant damage.

A flat plate of sharp, bright golden-yellow, transparent fluorite crystals for which the Moscona Mine is famous. The fluorites reach 1 cm on edge. The back is dusted with tiny colorless barites and chalcopyrites (third picture). Hard to photograph; better than the pictures suggest. Inconsequential edgewear; otherwise no damage.