My god, the COLOR on these mimetite crystals is crazy good...just a fiery red, the best I have seen of this material for color. They are smallish at 6-7mm, but the "Three Amigos" make quite an impact visually as they sit on this contrasting matrix, Superb specimen for quality, and a neat label as well.

A REMARKABLE, aesthetic and old-time Tsumeb pseudomorph featuring a splaying cluster of green bayldonite after very long, thin mimetite crystals. The pseudos reach about an inch. Classic, upper level material from Tsumeb's early years prior to WWI : These are thought to have been mined prior to the 1920s. Aesthetic examples are today VERY RARE AND HARD TO OBTAIN , but in any case are also attractive pseudos aside from the historical value! This is a competition-worthy miniature. Interestingly, I am told that many of these when analysed turn out to be the much rarer species, ARSENTSUMEBITE, which would be a bonus. I have not tested this one, and most specimens carry the Bayldonite label as historically they have done, but due to the dark color here, I rate the chance highly this is, indeed, arsentsumebite.

A limonite matrix is host to tabular, lustrous and translucent, orangey-caramel crystals of wulfenite, to 1.6 cm across. Contrasting dramatically with the wulfenites are botryoids of apple green mimetite, to .7 cm across. The major crystal is intact, though some secondary crystals are admittedly damaged. Nevertheless, An appealing old combo specimen from Mina Ojuela - this is a VERY rare combo, found jsut a few times in the past. This particular pocket, with large crystals and stark contrast, was noted from the early 1980s..

Santa Eulalia is the poor stepchild in most people's minds to the commonly seen , more yellow-orange mimetite from the San Pedro Correlitos locality. However, this is only because the good old stuff from here is so rare, and uncommon. This is one of the best I know of, from older finds here (1970s?), and is a solid specimen of splayed, mushroom-shaped rosettes. The crystals are lustrous, slightly translucent, orange-amber colored , really quite unique from the rounded material out of the more common locale (SPC). And for importance, there were a LOT fewer pieces like this found at this locale, so it ranks higher than any comparably sized piece fomr the Ojuela or Correlitos locales in Mexico - and again, has a different look in any case.The largest rosette measures 2.0 cm across. On the back side are a few rhombs of lustrous, white calcite, to 1.0 cm across. This is a VERY significant mimetite from Santa Eulalia worthy of any collection. It was formerly in the collection of Marc Weill, until an exchange to me in 2007. NOTE: NOT Romero collection, but it fit well with the update and so is included here. Comes with custom lucite base already made for the specimen.

A limonite matrix is host to tabular, lustrous and translucent, orangey-caramel crystals of wulfenite, to 1.5 cm across. Contrasting dramatically with the wulfenites are botryoids of apple green mimetite, to .7 cm across. The major crystal is intact, though some secondary crystals are admittedly damaged. Nevertheless, An appealing old combo specimen from Mina Ojuela - this is a VERY rare combo, found jsut a few times in the past. This particular pocket, with large crystals and stark contrast, was noted from the early 1980s.. Comes with custom lucite base already made for the specimen. This specimen was on loaned exhibit in the University of Arizona Museum for over a decade until my purchase of this collection in 2008.