Purple-Sky-Minerals / David Hospital

[David Hospital]

Hi lovers and passionates of systematic minerals,

A new auction of systematic minerals is online at E-rocks /Purple Sky Minerals !!

https://e-rocks.com/items/auction/775949/purple-sky-minerals-04-apr-11-apr-2017

Some outstanding rarities in this auction are:

Anorpiment
Mcalpineite
Ojuelaite
Lemanskiite
Sayrite
Liroconite
Aluminocerite-(Ce)
Whelanite
Behoite
Buttgenbachite
Despujolsite
Juansilvaite
Veenite
Wilcoxite
Nakauriite
Hopeite
Onoratoite&sulphur
Turanite
Strontioginorite
Zdenekite
Baddeleyite
Elyite
Cyanotrichite
Ralstonite
Cuspidine
Roedderite
Creaseyite
Nevadaite
Marshallsussmanite
Bottinoite

..so I highly recommend to have a look !

Good luck if you bid !

[David Hospital]

Hi collectors of very rare Tellurium minerals: this week an Special Moctezuma (Bambolla, Bambollita) auction is online at Purple Sky Minerals !!

https://e-rocks.com/items/auction/768077/purple-sky-moctezuma-special-25-mar-31-mar-2017

Some outstanding rarities in this auction are:

Teineite
Eztlite (outstanding specimen !!)
Cuzticite
Tlalocite (very sought after Te mineral !)
Cesbronite
Xocomecatlite
Sonoraite+mackayite
Stutzite
Tlapallite+hessite
Paratellurite
Tellurite
Burckhardtite
Jarosite
Paratellurite
Denningite
Tellurium
Zemannite
Some of them have old labels from famous collectors and dealers...so I highly recommend to have a look !

Good luck if you bid !

[David Hospital]

Hi lovers and passionates of systematic minerals,

A new auction of systematic minerals is online at E-rocks /Purple Sky Minerals !!

https://e-rocks.com/items/auction/766070/purple-sky-minerals-13-mar-20-mar-2017

Some outstanding rarities in this auction are:

Hubeite
Hauchecornite
Vendidaite
Cumengeite
Chloargyrite
Euclase
Protochabourneite
Tooeleite
Ajoite
Laitakarite
Crednerite
Pezzottaite
Obradovicite-(KCu)
Henmilite
Thometzekite
Souzalite
Mereheadite
Tolbachite
Sapphire
Betpakdalite-CaCa
Montgomeryite
Sylvanite
Ewaldite
Mansfieldite
Boleite
Tacharanite
Coiraite
Phosphosiderite
Chalcotrichite
Shigaite

..so I highly recommend to have a look !

Good luck if you bid !

[David Hospital]

Hi lovers and passionates of systematic minerals,

A new auction of systematic minerals is online at E-rocks /Purple Sky Minerals !!

https://e-rocks.com/items/auction/759363/purple-sky-minerals-02-mar-09-mar-2017

Some outstanding rarities in this auction are:

Pillaite
Kapundaite
Heterogenite
Ohmilite
Manganiceladonite
Hochquartz
Woodwardite
Kremersite
Tremolite
Sorbyite
Tokkoite
Mellite
Creaseyite
Boracite
Copper & Gypsum
Furutobeite
Chalcostibite
Hinsdalite
Osmium
Anatase
Susannite & Caledonite
Claringbullite
Native Zinc
Tsilaisite
Chenguodaite
Nepskoeite
Rodalquilarite
Woodhouseite
Uchucchacuaite
Rosenbergite

..so I highly recommend to have a look !

Good luck if you bid !

[David Hospital]

Hi lovers and passionates of systematic minerals,

A new auction of systematic minerals is online at E-rocks /Purple Sky Minerals !!

https://e-rocks.com/items/auction/755512/purple-sky-minerals-20-feb-27-feb-2017

I highly recommend to have a look !

Good luck if you bid !

David Hospital
Purple Sky Minerals

[David Hospital]

Hi lovers and passionates of systematic minerals,

A new auction of systematic minerals is online at E-rocks /Purple Sky Minerals !!

https://e-rocks.com/items/auction/746978/purple-sky-minerals-10-feb-17-feb-2017

Some outstanding rarities in this auction are:

Maghrebite (very rare mineral from the type locality)
Melanotekite
Bobkingite
Scarbroite
Haydeeite
Namibite
Piemontite (this is the only known piemontite specimen from Cap Garonne, new for the locality !, analyzed by Raman spectroscopy )
Tetradymite
Ericaite
Afmite
Schuilingite-(Nd)  (outstanding specimen of this species, the last I have !)
Sylvanite
Shkatulkalite
Pintadoite & Fernandinite
Luzonite
Thometzekite
Callaghanite
Chalcopyrite
Zalesiite
Hemusite
Vanuralite
Parahopeite
Phosphovanadylite-(Ca)
Mullite & Pseudobrookite
Tellurium
Phenakite
Despujolsite (outstanding specimen with gemmy crystals!)
Kapellasite
Hawleyite & Greenockite (the two cadmium sulphides in the same specimen !)
Lafossaite

..so I highly recommend to have a look !

Good luck if you bid !

Thanks for your time.

David Hospital
Purple Sky Minerals

[David Hospital]

Hi lovers and passionates of systematic minerals,

An auction of Systematic Minerals is online at E-rocks /Purple Sky Minerals !!

https://e-rocks.com/items/auction/741813/purple-sky-minerals-30-jan-06-feb-2017

Some outstanding rarities in this auction are:

Chayesite
Fiedlerite
Blixite&Phosgenite
Montgomeryite
Palenzonaite
Alfredopetrovite
Fogoite-(Y)
Tubulite
Paratacamite-(Mg)
Montroseite
Veszelyite
Kombatite
Ferrimolybdite
Janhaugite
Embreyite
Sylvanite
Tooeleite
Krupkaite
Jeremejevite
Karibibite
Morimotoite
Krasheninnikovite
Fluorstrophite
Sibirskite
Iwakiite
Lesukite
Rodalquilarite
Rittmannite
Nepskoeite & Korshunovskite
Woodhouseite
...so I highly recommend to have a look !

[David Hospital]

Hi lovers and passionates of systematic minerals,

A new auction of systematic minerals is online at E-rocks /Purple Sky Minerals !!

https://e-rocks.com/items/auction/736758/purple-sky-minerals-20-jan-27-jan-2017

Some outstanding rarities in this auction are:

Spertiniite
Buttgenbachite (outstanding specimen of this very rare mineral in matrix !)
Hellyerite
Redgillite
Mansfieldite
Chernovite
Namuwite
Microsommite
Matioliite
Wakabayashilite
Gold
Umangite
Lucchesiite
Rutile
Rucklidgeite
Lombardoite
Apuanite
Väyrynenite
Almeidaite
Liddicoatite
Coeruleite
Bahianite
Huanghoite
Nagyagite
Desautelsite
Freieslebenite
Leogangite
Edgarbaileyite
Djurleite
Hoelite
..so I highly recommend to have a look !

Good luck if you bid !

[David Hospital]

Hi lovers and passionates of systematic minerals,

A new auction of systematic minerals is online at E-rocks /Purple Sky Minerals !!

https://e-rocks.com/items/auction/732981/purple-sky-minerals-12-jan-19-jan-2017

Some outstanding rarities in this auction are:

Wilancookite
Bonattite,
Coquandite
Pseudobrookite
Montgomeryite
Willemite
Gilalite & Kinoite
Ralstonite
Tanteuxenite-(Y)
Durangite
Franzinite...and many more !!

Good luck if you bid !

Thanks for your time.

David Hospital
Purple Sky Minerals

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[David Hospital]

Hi lovers and passionates of systematic minerals,

A new auction of systematic minerals is online at E-rocks /Purple Sky Minerals !!

https://e-rocks.com/items/auction/729668/purple-sky-minerals-03-jan-10-jan-2017

Some outstanding rarities in this auction are:

Danbaite
Sugilite
Despujolsite
Raspite
Caledonite&Leadhillite
Agardite-(Nd)
Gatumbaite&Burangite
Tungstenite
Cafarsite
Rosiaite
Veszelyite

...and many others !

I highly recommend to have a look !

Good luck if you bid !

Thanks for your time.

David Hospital
Purple Sky Minerals

[David Hospital]

Hi lovers and passionates of systematic minerals,

The last auction of 2016 of Purple Sky Minerals is online at E-rocks !!

https://e-rocks.com/items/auction/723634/purple-sky-minerals-23-dec-30-dec-2016

Some outstanding rarities in this auction are:

Despujolsite (absolutely exceptional specimen of this species on hausmannite matrix !)
Henmilite (outstanding specimen with deep blue sharp crystals)
Hauchecornite (with sharp crystals !
Marumoite (extremely rare sulphasalt !)
Maucherite
Pezzotaite (geemy specimen !)
Vendidaite
Sphalerite (gemmy green in color !)
Boracite
Noonkanbahite
Chelyabinsk meteorite (from the 2013 fall!)
Hephaistosite (very rare thallium mineral from La Fossa crater !)
Simpsonite
Kombatite
Kuzelite
Boleite
Cafarsite
Heidornite
Smrkovecite
Euclase
Quartz+oil+... (3 phase inclusions in one quartz crystal : gas. liquid and solid)
Mellite
Creaseyite
Cervandonite
Quartz (on 35 millions years old petrified wood)
Cumengeite
Gold (from Musonoi)
Aeschynite

...so I highly recommend to have a look !

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL !!

Thanks for your time.

David Hospital
Purple Sky Minerals

[David Hospital]

Hi lovers and passionates of Tsumeb minerals,

A special Tsumeb Rarities auction is online at E-rocks /Purple Sky Minerals !! This time you will see some extreme rare minerals like Brunogeierite and Gerdtremmelite, almost never seen for sale in any web.

https://e-rocks.com/items/auction/711748/purple-sky-tsumeb-rarites-13-dec-20-dec-2016

The complete list of species at auction is :

Brunogeierite  (exceptional specimen with aerial cubic crystals !!)
Gerdtremmelite  (typical specimen with some brown spherical aggreegates of crystals !!)
Alamosite  (outstanding small specimen of this species with gemmy crystals !!)
Lavendulane  ( a mineral species very rarely seen in Tsumeb collections !!)
Fahleite  (confirmed specimen with analysis of this very rare species)
Helmutwinklerite  (confirmed specimen with analysis of this very rare species)
Greenockite  (outstanding specimen with sharp crystals !!)
Tsumebite  (confirmed specimen with analysis of this very rare species)
Cuprite (gemmy crystals !!)
Leiteite (specimen on matrix (!) which is very rarely seen in this species !)
Minrecordite
Carminite+Gartrellite
Mottramite
Duftite
Cerussite
Serpierite
Tsumcorite
Molybofornacite
Linarite
Ludlockite
Duftite
Tarnowitzite
Mottramite
Cerussite
Leadhillite
Copper
Dioptase
Chalcotrichite
Gallite
Wulfenite
Beudantite
Silver
Bayldonite
Germanite

Please, don't miss to have a look on this exceptional auction...full of interesting minerals !.

Good luck if you bid !

[David Hospital]

Hi lovers and passionates of systematic minerals,

A new auction of Systematic Minerals is online at E-rocks /Purple Sky Minerals !!

https://e-rocks.com/items/auction/711827/purple-sky-minerals-02-dec-09-dec-2016

Some outstanding rarities in this auction are:

Lombardoite (new IMA 2016-058 mineral !)
Canosioite (new IMA 2015-030 mineral !)
Vanuralite
Tienshanite
Wadalite
Cacoxenite
Argentopyrite
Jeremejevite
Miargyrite
Corderoite
Phosphophyllite
Gravegliaite
Durangite
Wilancookeite
Sperrylite
Vrbaite
Cumengeite
Tremolite
Rucklidgeite
Montroseite
Owyheeite
Terlinguacreekite & Kleinite
Suredaite
Wickenburgite
Chenite
Lafossaite
Sabelliite
Melonite


...and many more ...so I highly recommend to have a look !

Good luck if you bid !

[David Hospital]

Hi lovers and passionates of Lengenbach minerals !!

An auction of Lengenbach Rarities is online at E-rocks /Purple Sky Minerals !!

https://e-rocks.com/items/auction/707291/purple-sky-minerals-lengenbach-rarities-24-nov-01-dec-2016

Some of them are real rarities never seen before, like the ones in the list below, all with the corresponding analysis:.

Dalnegroite (IMA 2009-058) (extremely rare thalllium mineral from the quarry !!)
Hendekasartorite (IMA 2016-075) + Incomsartorite ( IMA 2016-035) (new Lengenbach minerals approved this year !)
Heptasartorite (IMA 2015-073) + Enneasartorite ( IMA 2015-074) (new Lengenbach minerals approved last year !)

Other outstanding rarities are:

Edenharterite (very rare mineral from the quarry !)
Sinnerite (very rare mineral from the quarry !)
Imhofite (very rare mineral from the quarry !)
Hatchite/Wallisite
Trechmannite
Marrite
Baumhauerite
Liveingite
Sartorite
Seligmannite
Jordanite
Hutchinsonite
Liveingite
Dufrenoysite
Smithite
Rathite
Binnite
Lengenbachite
Sphalerite
Wurtzite

I hope you enjoy the auction.

Good luck if you bid !

Thanks for your time.

David Hospital
Purple Sky Minerals

[David Hospital]

Hi lovers and passionates of systematic minerals,

A new auction of Systematic Minerals is online at E-rocks /Purple Sky Minerals !!

https://e-rocks.com/items/auction/700705/purple-sky-minerals-14-nov-21-nov-2016

Some outstanding rarities in this auction are:

Tooeleite (new Spanish locality with tooeleite crystals !)
Karibibite
Tellurium
Widgiemoolthalite (outstanding specimen of this extreme rarity )
Uraninite+gold from Musonoi
Hessite
Chambersite
Legrandite (aesthetic speciemen !!)
Behierite
Wilancookite (outstanding specimen of this new mineral, IMA 2015-034)
Lucchesiite (new mineral IMA 2015-043)
Rebulite (one of the rarest thallium minerals from Allchar !)
Terrywallaceite
Minium
Hellyerite
Luzonite
Matioliite
Buttgenbachite (outstanding specimen from a new locality)
Lead
Vayrynenite
Lawrencite
Rucklidgeite
Tanteuxenite
Shigaite
Chelyabinsk meteorite (certified specimen from this 2013 meteorite fall)

..so I highly recommend to have a look !

Good luck if you bid !

Thanks for your time.

David Hospital
Purple Sky Minerals

[David Hospital]

Hi lovers and passionates of systematic minerals,

A new auction of Systematic Minerals is online at E-rocks /Purple Sky Minerals !!

https://e-rocks.com/items/auction/700631/purple-sky-minerals-07-nov-14-nov-2016

Good luck if you bid !

Thanks for your time.

David Hospital
Purple Sky Minerals

[David Hospital]

Hi lovers and passionates of systematic minerals,

An auction of Systematic Minerals is online at E-rocks /Purple Sky Minerals AND FINISHES IN 3 DAYS !!

https://e-rocks.com/items/auction/700572/purple-sky-minerals-28-oct-04-nov-2016

Some outstanding rarities in this auction are:

Schuilingite-(Nd) (extremely rare REE mineral with analyses included)
Rhabdophane-(Y)
Rodalquilarite (from the type locality in Rodalquilar)
Aurostibite
Cuprite
Pillaite
Camerolaite
Leogangite
Sussexite
Paravauxite
Kinoite
Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)
Hoelite
Annabergite (pink annabergite !, not the usual green, with analysis included)
Alumohydrocalcite
Tubulite
Delafossite
Ronneburgite
Baratovite
Nakauriite
Strengite
Klinobisvanite
Pseudobrookite
Henritermierite
Shattuckite
Bazhenovite

and many more ...so I highly recommend to have a look !

Good luck if you bid !

[David Hospital]

Hi lovers and passionates of systematic minerals,

This week an special auction on very rare Tellurium minerals from Moctezuma mines (Bambolla, Bambollite, San Miguel) is online at Purple Sky Minerals/ E-rocks !!.
In addition to the rarity of the species, many old labels from famous collectors are included with the specimens : A.L. McGuinness, A.L.Kidwell, Scott Williams, David New, Globo de Plomo, Cureton, John, J,Metteer, The Adit,

https://e-rocks.com/items/auction/692503/purple-sky-minerals-moctezuma-17-oct-24-oct-2016

Some outstanding rarities in this auction are:

Tlalocite  (outstanding specimen of this rarity !!)
Teineite
Xocomecatlite
Eztlite
Carlfriesite
Poughite
Cliffordite
Sonoraite
Spiroffite & Tellurite
Zinc tellurite
Paratellurite
Burckhardtite
Kuranakhite
Spiroffite
Denningite
Chlorargyrite
Tlapallite
Coloradoite
Coronadite
Stutzite
Tellurite
Pyrite
Goethite
Tellurium & Zemannite
Jarosite


..so I highly recommend to have a look !

Good luck if you bid !

[David Hospital]

Hi lovers and passionates of systematic minerals,

An auction of Systematic Minerals is online at E-rocks /Purple Sky Minerals !!

https://e-rocks.com/items/auction/680235/purple-sky-minerals-10-oct-17-oct-2016

Many interesting rare minerals are there...so I highly recommend to have a look !

Good luck if you bid !

[David Hospital]

Hi lovers and passionates of systematic minerals,

A new auction of Systematic Minerals is online at E-rocks /Purple Sky Minerals !!

https://e-rocks.com/items/auction/678887/purple-sky-minerals-30-sep-07-oct-2016

Some outstanding rarities in this auction are detailed below. You will see some very rare Japanese minerals almost never seen in the market (marked in blue).

Nickellotharmeyerite
Aguilarite
Tsumoite
Sylvanite
Pellouxite
Timroseite
Georgiadesite
Putnisite
Hemusite
Paramelaconite
Eulytine
Phoenicochroite
Fluorstrophite
Morimotoite
Pintadoite
Minasragrite
Pyrostilpnite
Inderite
Yoshimuraite
Furutobeite
Lanthanite
Marumoite
Moganite
Iowaite
Cerchiaraite-(Mn)


 ...so I highly recommend to have a look !

[David Hospital]

Hi lovers and passionates of systematic minerals,

An auction of Systematic Minerals is online at E-rocks /Purple Sky Minerals !!

https://e-rocks.com/items/auction/673105/purple-sky-minerals-22-sep-29-sep-2016

Some outstanding rarities in this auction are: the very new mineral Wilancookite (IMA 2015-034), Whitecapsite (ima 2012-030), Reppiaite, Hectorfloresite, Mushistonite+kesterite, Krasnovite, Brandtite, Laurelite, Prosopite, Tungstibite, Mcguinnesite, Dickthomssenite, Veszleyite, Freudenbergite, Ambrinoite
Amstallite, Elyite, Coquandite, Meierite, Nambulite, Ohmilite, Suzukiite, Urusovite, Hashemite,  Johillerite,  and many more ...so I highly recommend to have a look !

Good luck if you bid !

Thanks for your time.

[David Hospital]

Hi Tsumeb fanatics,

My current Tsumeb rarities auction finishes in ONLY 10 HOURS ! so if you want to increase the number of very rare Tsumeb minerals in your collection, now it's a good opportunity.
As you probably know, many of these species are very rarely seen in the mineral market, even in the micromount market, and my next Tsumeb auction is still not scheduled but sure until Christmas, or probably later.

So, don't miss this auction !

https://e-rocks.com/items/auction/666785/purple-sky-tsumeb-rarities-08-sep-15-sep-2016

[David Hospital]

Hi Tsumeb fanatics,

After some months of my last Tsumeb Rarities auction, I'm ready for the next one, this week at e-rocks.

This time about 8 specimens in the auction can be labeled as extreme rarities from the mine, see the species in the list below marked in purple color.

https://e-rocks.com/items/auction/666785/purple-sky-tsumeb-rarities-08-sep-15-sep-2016

Some outstanding rarities in this auction are:

Brunogeierite (exceptional small specimen with many sharp crystals of this very rare Tsumeb mineral, it's only the second time in 10 years of e-rocks that a brunogeierite is set at auction !)
Galloplumbogummite+gallite (analyzed specimen)
Fahleite (analyzed specimen)
Gerdtremmelite (part of the holotype specimen, as stated in the Gebhard label included)
Helmutwinklerite (analyzed specimen)
Thometzekite (outstanding and nice specimen)
Tsumebite (analyzed specimen, it is not arsentsumebite but the phosphate analog tsumebite; Tsumebite from Tsumeb is an extremely rare mineral)
Wilhelmkleinite (small reference specimen)
Molybdofornacite (very nice crystals !!)
Greenockite (outstanding orange crystlals !)
Minrecordite
Cuprite
Leadhillite
Hydrocerussite
Carminite+Gartrellite
Mottramite
Zincgartrellite
Duftite
Cerussite
Serpierite
Tsumcorite
Mimetite+goethite
Gartrellite
Ludlockite

..so I highly recommend to have a look !

Good luck if you bid !

Thanks for your time.

David Hospital
Purple Sky Minerals

[David Hospital]

Hi lovers and passionates of systematic minerals,

An auction of Systematic Minerals is online at E-rocks /Purple Sky Minerals !!

https://e-rocks.com/items/auction/666383/purple-sky-minerals-30-aug-07-sep-2016

Some outstanding rarities in this auction are:

Tremolite (exceptional gemmy specimen from Merelani !)
Hundholmenite-(Y)
Wilcoxite
Whitecapsite
Teineite (from the type locality, the Teine mine in Japan !)
Goedkenite & Palermoite (very rare epitaxy from Palermo !)
Szenicsite
Dickthomssenite (exceptional small specimen)
Burkeite
Nordstromite
Petersite-(Y) (exceptional green microcrystals !)
Francisite
Embreyite
Euchlorine
Roggianite
Pellouxite
Iridosmine
Weilerite
Aguilarite
Demicheleite-(Br)
Carrboydite
Tungstenite
Panasqueiraite
Campigliaite
Antimony
Veszelyite
Barnesite
Seligmannite
Tripuyite&Valentinite
Bystromite & Ordoñezite

...so I highly recommend to have a look !

[David Hospital]

Hi lovers and passionates of systematic minerals,

A new auction of Systematic Minerals is online at E-rocks /Purple Sky Minerals !!

https://e-rocks.com/items/auction/658102/purple-sky-minerals-21-aug-28-aug-2016

Some outstanding rarities in this auction are: hilgardite&boracite, claringbullite, ekaterinite, putnisite, volkovskite, chubarovite, grandidierite, castellaroite, barahonaite-Al, latrappite, montgomeryite, gagarinite-(Y), yuanfuliite,sewardite, a lot of mixed minerals and many more...so I highly recommend to have a look !

Good luck if you bid !