General Stock Page 3
Minerals Beginning with "B"
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JC12028. Barite. Baryte locality, Xichang County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China. 3 x 3 cm 29g $35.00 Small group with phantoms. |
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JC12028. Another view. |
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JC12028. Another view. |
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JC12026. Barite. Baryte locality, Xichang County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China. 4 cm Tall 23g $25.00 Single honey color crystal. |
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JC12026. Back side. |
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JC11930. Barite. Palos Verdes Hills (Palos Verdes Cliffs), Palos Verdes peninsula, Los Angeles Co., California. Single crystal, 3 cm tall. $5.00 C:1973 |
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JC11931. Barite. Palos Verdes Hills (Palos Verdes Cliffs), Palos Verdes peninsula, Los Angeles Co., California. 3.5 cm wide, thin, crystal group $5.00 C: 1973. |
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JC11927. Barite. Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru. 2.5 x 2.5 cm 17g $15.00. Thumbnail specimen. |
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JC11927. Another view. |
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JC11926. Barite. Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru. 2.5 x 3 cm 32g $20.00. |
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JC11926. Another view. |
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JC11894. Barite. Kunming, Yunnan, China. 9 x 11 cm 416g $275.00. Although the label says Guizhou, this is completely different from any barites I've seen from that area. Kunming has produced identical pieces, so this is much more likely. This collection I acquired has had a few label issues, and I think this is one. Beautiful, clear, gemmy, chisel shaped barite crystals on a flat plate. |
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JC11894. Oblique angle. |
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JC11894. Vertical view. |
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JC11893. Barite. Washington county, Missouri. 6.5 x 7.5 cm 293g $35.00. Label says “Russet crested, Platte River, MO.” No such location as Russet or Russet crested. There are numerous old barite mines in Washington county, so this is probably a locality known to the locals. The rust color is not as strong as the photo shows, specimen over all is slightly off white. |
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JC11893. Another view. |
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JC11748. Barite with stibnite and stibiconite. Xikuangshan Sb deposit, Lengshuijiang county, Loudi, Hunan, China. 2.5 x 4 cm 38g. $35.00. A group of stibnite crystals on the front, almost entirely replaced with stibiconite. Back side shows nice barite crystals. |
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JC11748. Slightly different angle. |
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JC11748. Back side. |
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JC11428. Barite. Palos Verdes Hills (Palos Verdes Cliffs), Palos Verdes peninsula, Los Angeles County, California. 5 x 8 cm 211g. $10.00. Bladed crystals, several broken from this well known location. |
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JC11428. Slightly different angle. |
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JC11426. Barite. Dufton Fell Mine, Dufton, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK. 5 x 6 cm 93g. $135.00 An old piece from this long closed mine. On the back it has a bit of brown goethite as a thin layer. Some minor rubbing on the crystal terminations, not surprising as it probably was collected in the early 1900's. Rarely ever seen for sale. |
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JC11423. Barite. Palos Verdes Hills (Palos Verdes Cliffs), Palos Verdes peninsula, Los Angeles County, California. 4 x 5 cm 81g. $5.00. Bladed crystals, some broken, from this well known location. |
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JC11032. Barite. Meikle mine, Goldstrike mines, Bootstrap district, Elko county Nevada. 5 x 7 cm 162g. $450.00. From the 1st finds of the classic barite from here. Brilliant, golden yellow, thick tabular crystals to about 2.5 cm. No matrix to speak of. Collected in early 1997. I acquired the piece in June 1997 from Silver Capital Arts in Wallace Idaho. Crowley collection #: 1257 |
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JC11032. Another view. |
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JC11032. Another view. |
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JC11032. Another view. |
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JC11987. Bastnasite. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province Malagari, Pakistan. 7g single larger piece, 6g smaller piece Thumbnails $40.00. |
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JC11812. Benitoite. Dallas Gem (Benitoite) mine. Head of San Benito river, Serpentine dome, nr. Santa Rita peak, New Idria district, San Benito county, California. 3 x 4 cm 18g. $50.00 Group of partial crystals. Although hard to see, one is complete on the top RESERVED |
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JC11812. Another view. |
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JC11431. Beryl.
Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer Co., South Dakota. 4 x 6 x 9
cm 212g. $18.00. A section of light green
beryl. There can be seen the sides of the crystal in the lower photo,
and this piece is broken off on the top and bottom, so only this section
remains. |
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JC11431. Side view showing the crystals side. |
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JC12031. Beryllonite. Pakistan. 1.5 x 3 cm 15g A single subhedral crystal. $35.00 |
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JC12031. Another view. |
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JC12020. Beryllonite? Niyil-Bruk, Niyil, Braldu Valley?, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. 3 x 5.5 cm 90g $40.00. No label came with this one, so this is a guess as to the locality. |
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JC12020. Another view...back side. |
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JC12015. Beryllonite. Niyil-Bruk, Niyil, Braldu Valley?, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. 3 x 4 cm 17g $40.00 A transparent beryllonite crystal sits in the center of what appears to be albite crystals. The little dark green crystals look like they may be apatite crystals. |
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JC12015. Close up of the glassy and transparent beryllonite crystal. |
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JC11786. Beryllonite.
Dara-e-Pech pegmatite field, Dara-e-Pech district, Kunar, Afghanistan.
3.5 x 5.5 cm $500.00 The finest examples of Beryllonite
are those from Afghanistan. This rare sodium beryllium phosphate is often
found in smaller, nondescript specimens from various other pegmatite
localities around the world, but the specimens from Afghanistan are
incredibly well-formed, large and beautiful. This piece is a good-sized,
sharp, well-formed, euhedral, pseudo-hexagonal (monoclinic) crystal group of
Beryllonite showing the typical heavily striated prism edges, free of
matrix. The piece is actually a complete "floater" with no damage or point
of attachment anywhere. This piece dates back to the mid to late 1990s, when
some of the best examples of the material came out of Afghanistan.
Specimens are virtually not available for sale these days. One dealer
had one very similar to this one in size etc. for $2,500.00 |
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JC11786. Back side. |
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JC11703. Beryllonite. Telírio claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil. TN. Thumbnail in Perky box. $100.00. Fairly sharp, complex, translucent crystal group. |
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JC12324. Biotite in andesite. Cheese Camp Ridge quarry, Picket Pen Rd., Crystal Lakes basin, El Dorado county, California. 5 x 5.5 x 9 cm 349g. $20.00. These fall under the category of weird/odd mineral occurrences. A very vesicle laden andesite, has in almost all vesicles over a few mm in size, one or more transparent biotite crystals sitting in them. The biotite is very delicate and thin bladed, with the blades usually transparent. They don't photograph very well, however, when turned in the light there is lots of sparkle from the bright biotite blades. The location name is worth a chuckle also....These were collected last fall (September 21) when I was wandering around checking out old roads just to see where they went. |
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JC12324. Another view. The dark color in the vesicles are biotite crystals. |
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JC12324. Closer view. The biotite blades are more visible here in the close up. |
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JC12324. Closer view. The biotite blades are more visible here in the close up. |
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JC12327. Biotite in andesite. Cheese Camp Ridge quarry, Picket Pen Rd., Crystal Lakes basin, El Dorado county, California. 5.5 x 6 cm 181g. $15.00 These fall under the category of weird/odd mineral occurrences. A very vesicle laden andesite, has in almost all vesicles over a few mm in size, one or more transparent biotite crystals sitting in them. The biotite is very delicate and thin bladed, with the blades usually transparent. They don't photograph very well, however, when turned in the light there is lots of sparkle from the bright biotite blades. The location name is worth a chuckle also....These were collected last fall (September 21) when I was wandering around checking out old roads just to see where they went. |
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JC12327. Close up of several vesicles with the brown biotite blades in them. |
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JC12328. Biotite in andesite. Cheese Camp Ridge quarry, Picket Pen Rd., Crystal Lakes basin, El Dorado county, California. 6.5 x 7.5 cm 148g. $15.00 These fall under the category of weird/odd mineral occurrences. A very vesicle laden andesite, has in almost all vesicles over a few mm in size, one or more transparent biotite crystals sitting in them. The biotite is very delicate and thin bladed, with the blades usually transparent. They don't photograph very well, however, when turned in the light there is lots of sparkle from the bright biotite blades. The location name is worth a chuckle also....These were collected last fall (September 21) when I was wandering around checking out old roads just to see where they went. |
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JC12328. Close up of several vesicles with the brown biotite blades in them. |
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JC12329. Biotite in andesite. Cheese Camp Ridge quarry, Picket Pen Rd., Crystal Lakes basin, El Dorado county, California. 4 x 7 cm 71g. $12.00 These fall under the category of weird/odd mineral occurrences. A very vesicle laden andesite, has in almost all vesicles over a few mm in size, one or more transparent biotite crystals sitting in them. The biotite is very delicate and thin bladed, with the blades usually transparent. They don't photograph very well, however, when turned in the light there is lots of sparkle from the bright biotite blades. The location name is worth a chuckle also....These were collected last fall (September 21) when I was wandering around checking out old roads just to see where they went. |
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JC12329. Close up of several vesicles with the brown biotite blades in them. |
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JC12330. Biotite in andesite. Cheese Camp Ridge quarry, Picket Pen Rd., Crystal Lakes basin, El Dorado county, California. 6.5 x 7.5 cm 146g. $15.00 These fall under the category of weird/odd mineral occurrences. A very vesicle laden andesite, has in almost all vesicles over a few mm in size, one or more transparent biotite crystals sitting in them. The biotite is very delicate and thin bladed, with the blades usually transparent. They don't photograph very well, however, when turned in the light there is lots of sparkle from the bright biotite blades. The location name is worth a chuckle also....These were collected last fall (September 21) when I was wandering around checking out old roads just to see where they went. |
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JC12330. Close up of several vesicles with the brown biotite blades in them. |
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JC12331. Biotite in andesite. Cheese Camp Ridge quarry, Picket Pen Rd., Crystal Lakes basin, El Dorado county, California. 5.5 x 6.5 cm 111g $15.00 These fall under the category of weird/odd mineral occurrences. A very vesicle laden andesite, has in almost all vesicles over a few mm in size, one or more transparent biotite crystals sitting in them. The biotite is very delicate and thin bladed, with the blades usually transparent. They don't photograph very well, however, when turned in the light there is lots of sparkle from the bright biotite blades. The location name is worth a chuckle also....These were collected last fall (September 21) when I was wandering around checking out old roads just to see where they went. |
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JC12331. Close up of several vesicles with the brown biotite blades in them. |
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JC12332. Biotite in andesite. Cheese Camp Ridge quarry, Picket Pen Rd., Crystal Lakes basin, El Dorado county, California. 4.5 x 8.5 cm 92g. $15.00 These fall under the category of weird/odd mineral occurrences. A very vesicle laden andesite, has in almost all vesicles over a few mm in size, one or more transparent biotite crystals sitting in them. The biotite is very delicate and thin bladed, with the blades usually transparent. They don't photograph very well, however, when turned in the light there is lots of sparkle from the bright biotite blades. The location name is worth a chuckle also....These were collected last fall (September 21) when I was wandering around checking out old roads just to see where they went. |
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JC12332. Close up of several vesicles with the brown biotite blades in them. |
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JC12333. Biotite in andesite. Cheese Camp Ridge quarry, Picket Pen Rd., Crystal Lakes basin, El Dorado county, California. 5 x 7.5 cm 150g. $15.00 These fall under the category of weird/odd mineral occurrences. A very vesicle laden andesite, has in almost all vesicles over a few mm in size, one or more transparent biotite crystals sitting in them. The biotite is very delicate and thin bladed, with the blades usually transparent. They don't photograph very well, however, when turned in the light there is lots of sparkle from the bright biotite blades. The location name is worth a chuckle also....These were collected last fall (September 21) when I was wandering around checking out old roads just to see where they went. |
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JC12333. Close up of several vesicles with the brown biotite blades in them. |
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JC12334. Biotite in andesite. Cheese Camp Ridge quarry, Picket Pen Rd., Crystal Lakes basin, El Dorado county, California. 4.5 x 5 cm 44g. $10.00 These fall under the category of weird/odd mineral occurrences. A very vesicle laden andesite, has in almost all vesicles over a few mm in size, one or more transparent biotite crystals sitting in them. The biotite is very delicate and thin bladed, with the blades usually transparent. They don't photograph very well, however, when turned in the light there is lots of sparkle from the bright biotite blades. The location name is worth a chuckle also....These were collected last fall (September 21) when I was wandering around checking out old roads just to see where they went. |
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JC12334. Close up of several vesicles with the brown biotite blades in them. |
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JC12335. Biotite in andesite. Cheese Camp Ridge quarry, Picket Pen Rd., Crystal Lakes basin, El Dorado county, California. 4 x 4.5 cm 30g. $10.00 These fall under the category of weird/odd mineral occurrences. A very vesicle laden andesite, has in almost all vesicles over a few mm in size, one or more transparent biotite crystals sitting in them. The biotite is very delicate and thin bladed, with the blades usually transparent. They don't photograph very well, however, when turned in the light there is lots of sparkle from the bright biotite blades. The location name is worth a chuckle also....These were collected last fall (September 21) when I was wandering around checking out old roads just to see where they went. |
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JC12335. Close up of several vesicles with the brown biotite blades in them. |
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JC11985. Bismuth (nugget). Vilaque River, Los Andes Province, La Paz, Bolivia. 2.5 x 3 cm 35g $40.00 |
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JC11985. Another view. |
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JC12030. Bixbyite. Thomas range, Juab county, Utah. A 17mm single crystal. 11g. $75.00. Nice thumbnail. |
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JC12030. Another view. |
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JC12030. Another view. |
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JC11984. Bixbyite, topaz. Thomas range, Juab county, Utah. 8mm crystal 3g Thumbnail specimen. $75.00 |
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JC11984. Another view. |
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JC11984. Another view. |
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JC11771. Bixbyite, Topaz. Thomas range, Juab county, Utah. Thumbnail. Bixbyite is 1.5 cm across. $95.00 |
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JC11771. Another view. |
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JC12024. Bournonite. Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China. 3 x 3.8 cm 68g $150.00. A squarish crystal trying to be doubly terminated and not quite making it. |
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JC12024. Another view. |
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JC12024. Another view. |
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JC11911. Bournonite. Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China 4.5 x 7 cm 225g $255.00 A large and brilliant partial crystal. |
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JC11911. Another view. |
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JC11911. Another view. |
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JC11669. Brochantite, cuprite. Bou Beker, Touissit-Bou Beker district, Jerada province, Oriental region, Morocco. 9 x 15.5 cm >1000 g. $190.00. A bit different from what is usually seen for brochantite from Bou Beker. Matrix is mostly massive (and heavy) cuprite. Sawn back, as there was about 5 Lbs of matrix attached to the back of this thing that needed to be removed to make it a better specimen. Good ore!. These are sort of felted crystals, with parallel growth of acicular to hair like brochantite forming solid crystal masses. Hard to describe. Close ups below. |
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JC11669. Closer view. |
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JC11669. Close up. |
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JC11669. Close up. |
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JC11669. Close up. |
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JC11669. Close up. |
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JC11825. Brookite. Kharan District, Balochistan Region, Pakistan. 3.5 cm 3g $40.00. Terminated single crystal. RESERVED |
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JC11826. Brookite. Kharan District, Balochistan Region, Pakistan. 2.5 cm 2g $30.00 Terminated single crystal |