Collection of Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium E-mail : pauwels.minerals@skynet.be Click HERE to see a brief biography of Mario PAUWELS. Click on picture to close the window I was born in 1964 in Belgium and I live nearby the city of Antwerp, in the northern and Flemish (or Dutch) speaking part of Belgium. Without any familiar background in mineral collecting but always with the support of my parents, who always accompanied me at young age on collecting trips and to mineral shows in Belgium and Germany, I started already to collect minerals when I was a ten years "old" boy. Years ago after my first visit to a major mineral show, I deceided to reduce my collection in quantity and collect only on quality. Around that time I started also to participate at mineral shows as a part time mineral dealer, but I always considered myself more a collector than a dealer. These days I do only a few local shows a year as a mineral dealer, but as a very passionate collector you can find me each year again at all the major American and European mineral shows, always in surch for some specimens that makes the trip worth. My personal collection is based on aesthetic, undamaged and unrepaired mineral specimens and gem crystals from worldwide locations. I must admit that because of the more than sixty trips that I have made so far to the American Continent, that specimens from North America and from Brazil are well represented in my collection. And as a passionate collector I am always in search to add new specimens to my collection or to upgrade specimens for my collection. That means that dealers or other collectors who have aesthetic, undamaged and UNREPAIRED mineral specimens or gem crystals to sell or to trade that could interest me, that they can always contact me. Regards, Mario Pauwels HEULANDITE / STILBITE 9.2 cm x 5 cm Poona, India Collection of Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium Photography by Fernand VAN MIEGHEM Photo courtesy of Mario PAUWELS This photo is copyrighted to Mario PAUWELS. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent. MORGANITE / APATITE / QUARTZ / CLEVELANDITE 13,8cm x 11,6cm - Morganite: 6,5cm Paprok Mine, Pech, Kunar Province, Afghanistan Collection de Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Anvers, Belgique Photo : Jeffrey SCOVIL Photo publiée avec l'aimable autorisation de Mario PAUWELS Cette photo est la propriété de Mario PAUWELS. Reproduction interdite sans autorisation écrite. KUNZITE 17 cm x 8.5 cm Urucum Mine, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil Collection of Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium Photography by Fernand VAN MIEGHEM Photo courtesy of Mario PAUWELS This photo is copyrighted to Mario PAUWELS. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent. FLUORITE / WOLFRAMITE / PYRITE 9,5 cm x 5 cm x 4,7 cm Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhou County, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China Collection of Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium Photography by Jeffrey SCOVIL Photo courtesy of Mario PAUWELS This photo is copyrighted to Mario PAUWELS. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent. AQUAMARINE 24.5 cm x 18 cm Pedra Azul, Minas Gerais, Brazil Collection of Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium Photography by Fernand VAN MIEGHEM Photo courtesy of Mario PAUWELS This photo is copyrighted to Mario PAUWELS. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent. TOURMALINE (double terminated) / LEPIDOLITE / CLEVELANDITE 18.2 cm x 4.6 cm Himalaya Mine, California, U.S.A Collection of Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium Photography by Fernand VAN MIEGHEM Photo courtesy of Mario PAUWELS This photo is copyrighted to Mario PAUWELS. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent. TOURMALINE / QUARTZ 8.2 cm x 2.9 cm Escondido Mine, Golconda, Minas Gerais, Brazil Collection of Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium Photography by Jeff SCOVIL Photo courtesy of Mario PAUWELS This photo is copyrighted to Mario PAUWELS. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent. SPESSARTINE / ORTHOCLASE / QUARTZ 10cm x 9,5cm x 8,5cm Spessartine: 7cm x 6,5cm Shigar Valley, Skardu, Northern Areas, Pakistan Collection of Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium Photography by Jeffrey SCOVIL Photo courtesy of Mario PAUWELS This photo is copyrighted to Mario PAUWELS. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent. ANTIMONITE 24 cm x 20.2 cm Lu Shi mine, Hunan province, China Collection of Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium Photography by Fernand VAN MIEGHEM Photo courtesy of Mario PAUWELS This photo is copyrighted to Mario PAUWELS. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent. TOURMALINE (double terminated) 13.5 cm x 2.8 cm Sapo Mine, Goiabeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil Collection of Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium Photography by Fernand VAN MIEGHEM Photo courtesy of Mario PAUWELS This photo is copyrighted to Mario PAUWELS. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent. SMITHSONITE 9.5 cm 6.5 cm Kelly Mine, Socorro county, New Mexico, U.S.A. Collection of Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium Photography by Fernand VAN MIEGHEM Photo courtesy of Mario PAUWELS This photo is copyrighted to Mario PAUWELS. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent. FLUORITE 14 cm x 12 cm x 8 cm Minerva no.1 Mine, Cave Inn Rock District, Illinois, U.S.A Collection of Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium Photography by Jaquim CALLEN Photo courtesy of Mario PAUWELS This photo is copyrighted to Mario PAUWELS. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent. GOLD "ramshorn" 10,1 cm x 1,5 cm , 175 grams Butte Creek, Paradise, Plumas County, California, U.S.A Collection of Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium Photography by Jeffrey SCOVIL Photo courtesy of Mario PAUWELS This photo is copyrighted to Mario PAUWELS. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent. PYROMORPHITE 10.1 cm x 8.3 cm Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Idaho, U.S.A. Collection of Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium Photography by Fernand VAN MIEGHEM Photo courtesy of Mario PAUWELS This photo is copyrighted to Mario PAUWELS. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent. AMAZONITE / SMOKEY QUARTZ 8 cm x 7 cm Smokey Hawk mine, Pikes Peak, Colorado, U.S.A. Collection of Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium Photography by Fernand VAN MIEGHEM Photo courtesy of Mario PAUWELS This photo is copyrighted to Mario PAUWELS. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent. AQUAMARINE 21.1 cm x 5.1 cm Medina, Minas Gerais, Brazil Collection of Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium Photography by Fernand VAN MIEGHEM Photo courtesy of Mario PAUWELS This photo is copyrighted to Mario PAUWELS. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent. ROSE QUARTZ / MICROCLINE 16 cm x 12 cm Pitorra mine, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil Collection of Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium Photography by Fernand VAN MIEGHEM Photo courtesy of Mario PAUWELS This photo is copyrighted to Mario PAUWELS. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent. SPODUMENE / KUNZITE 19 cm x 6,2 cm Resplendor Mine, Resplendor, Minas Gerais, Brazil Ex Keith Proctor Collection Collection of Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium Photography by Fernand VAN MIEGHEM Photo courtesy of Mario PAUWELS This photo is copyrighted to Mario PAUWELS. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent. QUARTZ with TOURMALINE inclusions / CALCITE 22.6 cm x 10.6 cm Minas Gerais, Brazil Collection of Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium Photography by Fernand VAN MIEGHEM Photo courtesy of Mario PAUWELS This photo is copyrighted to Mario PAUWELS. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent. HELIODOR 20.7 cm x 5.7 cm Wolodarsk Wolynskij, Ukraine Collection of Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium Photography by Fernand VAN MIEGHEM Photo courtesy of Mario PAUWELS This photo is copyrighted to Mario PAUWELS. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent. AMETHYST on matrix Specimen: 12,8 cm x 10,8 cm x 10 cm - Cluster : 8,8 cm x 8.5 cm x 6.3 cm Piedra Parada Mine, Las Vigas, Vera Cruz, Mexico Ex Sandor Fuss, Ex Stuart Wilensky, Ex Keith Proctor collection Collection of Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium Photography by Fernand VAN MIEGHEM Photo courtesy of Mario PAUWELS This photo is copyrighted to Mario PAUWELS. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent. AMETHYST / EPIDOTE 20,8 cm x 17,5 cm Piedra Parada Mine, las vigas, Vera Cruz, Mexico Collection of Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium Photography by Fernand VAN MIEGHEM Photo courtesy of Mario PAUWELS This photo is copyrighted to Mario PAUWELS. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent. BARITE / CALCITE 6,7 cm x 5,8 cm Elk Creek, Meade county, South dakota, U.S.A. Collection of Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium Photography by Fernand VAN MIEGHEM Photo courtesy of Mario PAUWELS This photo is copyrighted to Mario PAUWELS. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent. EMERALD 6.3 cm x 2.5 cm Nandu Mine, Nandu village, Kaduna, Nigeria Collection of Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium Photography by Fernand VAN MIEGHEM Photo courtesy of Mario PAUWELS This photo is copyrighted to Mario PAUWELS. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent. QUARTZ floater 18 cm x 14 cm Leshan, Sichuan Province, China Collection of Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium Photography by Fernand VAN MIEGHEM Photo courtesy of Mario PAUWELS This photo is copyrighted to Mario PAUWELS. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent. TOURMALINE on CLEAVELANDITE 17,5 cm x 10 cm x 7,5 cm. Afghan Pocket, Pederneira Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil Collection of Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium Photography by Joaquim CALLEN Photo courtesy of Mario PAUWELS This photo is copyrighted to Mario PAUWELS. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent. FLUORITE 11.6 cm x 7.1 cm Minerva no.1 Mine, Cave Inn Rock District, Illinois, U.S.A Collection of Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium Photography by Fernand VAN MIEGHEM Photo courtesy of Mario PAUWELS This photo is copyrighted to Mario PAUWELS. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent. HEULANDITE, STILBITE, CHALCEDONY 13 cm x 5,0 cm. Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India Collection of Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium Photography by Fernand VAN MIEGHEM Photo courtesy of Mario PAUWELS This photo is copyrighted to Mario PAUWELS. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent. CALCITE / SPHALERITE 14 cm x 10 cm x 8,7 cm. Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee, U.S.A. Ex Pellman collection Collection of Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium Photography by Fernand VAN MIEGHEM Photo courtesy of Mario PAUWELS This photo is copyrighted to Mario PAUWELS. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent. OLMIITE 8,6 cm x 5,1 cm N'chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari Desert, South Africa Ex Uli Bahmann collection Collection of Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium Photography by Fernand VAN MIEGHEM Photo courtesy of Mario PAUWELS This photo is copyrighted to Mario PAUWELS. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent. MIMETITE 8,2 cm x 5.0 cm Congresso Leon Mine, San Pedro Corralitos, Chihuahua, Mexico Collection of Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium Photography by Fernand VAN MIEGHEM Photo courtesy of Mario PAUWELS This photo is copyrighted to Mario PAUWELS. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent. GOLD 9,7 cm x 9,5 cm x 3,2 cm - 815 grammes Super Pit (The Fimiston Open Pit Mine), Kalgoorlie, Western Austalia This specimen was on display at the "Special Exhibit Australia" at the 2008 Münich Show Collection of Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium Photography by Fernand VAN MIEGHEM Photo courtesy of Mario PAUWELS This photo is copyrighted to Mario PAUWELS. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent. EPIDOTE on ADULARIA 19,0 cm x 11,7 cm x 4,4 cm Tormiq Valley, Skardu Road, Haramosh Mountains, Gilgit, Pakistan Collection of Mario PAUWELS, Burcht, Antwerp, Belgium Photography by Fernand VAN MIEGHEM Photo courtesy of Mario PAUWELS This photo is copyrighted to Mario PAUWELS. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent. All photos are copyrighted to MARIO PAUWELS Reproduction is prohibited without written consent.