US$    € EURO    ¥ YEN    £ POUND    CAN$    AUS$    3 specimens selected  -  back to the Galleries MD-144897 - Quartz, Aerinite - - Archived Olvera Ophite, Olvera, Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain thumbnail, 1.0 x 1.4 x 0.8 cm. CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: 1.0 x 1.4 x 0.8 cm. A RARE and showy thumbnail cluster of lustrous, deep blue, dipyramidal quartz crystals colored by aerinite inclusions from near Malaga, Spain. Aerinite is a RARE silicate, found worldwide almost exclusively in Spain. A well-written article on this find is found in the Mineralogical Record, Volume 27, Number 2, 1996. MD-157338 - Quartz, Aerinite - - Archived Olvera Ophite, Olvera, Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain small cabinet, 6.4 x 4.4 x 4.1 cm. CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: 6.4 x 4.4 x 4.1 cm. A RARE and showy specimen of a vug richly lined with lustrous, deep blue, dipyramidal quartz crystals colored by aerinite inclusions from near Malaga, Spain. Aerinite is a RARE silicate, found worldwide almost exclusively in Spain. A well-written article on this find is found in the Mineralogical Record, Volume 27, Number 2, 1996. This is quite good for the material. MD-243081 - Quartz, Aerinite - - Archived Olvera Ophite, Olvera, Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain thumbnail, 2.4 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: CLICK HERE FOR LARGER IMAGE: 2.4 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm (largest). A rare and superb, 4-piece set of striking, glassy, lustrous, blue-gray, dipyramidal quartz crystals colored by aerinite inclusions from near Malaga, Spain. Aerinite is a rare silicate, found worldwide almost exclusively in Spain. Each of the four, pristine compound crystals has unique character. A well-written article on this find is found in the Mineralogical Record, Volume 27, Number 2, March/April, 1996.