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Minerals Beginning with "F" and "G"

	JC13205.  Ferberite, fluorite.    Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China   2.5 x 4 cm Tall  58g   $90.00
	JC13205.  Back side.  Completely covered with small purple fluorite crystals
	JC11781.  Ferberite.  Panasqueira mines, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal.  5.5 x 5.5 cm 164g  $45.00.   Group of lustrous, blocky crystals.  Nice miniature.  RESERVED
	JC11710.  Ferberite, fluorite, quartz.   Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China.  3.5 x 4.5 cm   94g   $40.00   Double terminated ferberite crystals.    Brilliant luster, sharp crystals forming a pleasing group.   Nice miniature.
	JC11710.  Back side view.   Tiny muscovite crystals partially coating the back and the quartz.  Small fluorite crystal at the base.
	JC11710.  I tilted this up to show the bottom of the specimen and the other terminations.
	JC11699.  Ferberite, quartz, fluorite.   Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China.   4.5 x 7 cm 191g.   $98.00   A bright ferberite crystal is decorated with quartz crystals around the base with scattered small pretty much colorless fluorite cubes.   The back side is coated with quartz and a few fluorite cubes.
	JC11699.  Slightly different angle.
	JC11699.  Tilted a bit.
	JC11699.   Back side.
	JC11693.  Ferberite, arsenopyrite, quartz.   Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China.   8 x 10 cm 276g.  $198.00.  This is one of those that looks much better in person so to speak.  Over a dozen brilliant blades of ferberite, both on end and lying sideways.  Interspersed are several vertical standing or flat lying arsenopyrite crystals.   Micro drusy quartz partially coats a few of the ferberites, and transparent quartz crystals are scattered here and there.   A pretty piece.
	JC11693.   Close up top center.
	JC11693.  Close up top right.
	JC11693.  Another view.
	JC11693.  Another view.
	JC11693.  Another view.
	JC11031.  Fluorite.  Heights mine, Weardale, County Durham, England.   6.5 x 7 cm  197g.  $ 50.00      Sawn back.  Bluish green crystals that do not change color from tungsten lighting to daylight lighting.  The white material around the crystals is probably calcite.  An older piece, originally purchased from Wards Natural Science, then to the J. P. Osborn and sons collection # 179 then to the Bill Warren collection.  I acquired the piece in August 1983 from Bill.   Crowley collection #: 734.
	JC11031.  Another angle
	JC11031.  Another view.
	JC13260.  Fluorite.  Rogerley mine, Frosterley, County Durham, England.  2.2 x 2 cm 20g  $5.00
	JC13260.  Short wave.
	JC13256.  Fluorite.  Stoneco White Rock Quarry, Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio.   4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm 68g  $15.00
	JC13256.  Short wave.
	JC13255.  Fluorite.  Stoneco White Rock Quarry, Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio.  4 x 4 x 3.5 cm 108g  $15.00.
	JC13255.  Short wave.
	JC12491.  Fluorite.  Qinglong Mine (Dachang Mine), Dachang Sb ore field, Qinglong County, Qianxinan, Guizhou, China.  2.5 x 3.5 x 4.5 cm 65g   $5.00   Small transparent crystal.
	JC12478.  Blackdene Mine, Weardale, County Durham, United Kingdom.  9.7 × 6.9 × 4.5 cm 488g  $350.00    A 9 cm crystal with a bit of matrix on the bottom.  A tiny ding on the top left edge, visible in the lower photo.   Another crystal is growing out of the bottom clearly visible in the photo.  A classic Blackdene specimen with a fairly large crystal for the locality.   The mine is famous for these almost floater single crystals.  Rare to find in this size.  A well known British dealer has one of these at 4.5 cm across for $1,000.
	JC12478.   Slightly different angle.
	JC11600.  Fluorite on quartz "casts" after calcite.  La Fluorita Dulcita prospect, nr. Tombstone, Cochise county, Arizona.  3.7 x 5.7 x 7.5 cm   113g.  $175.00.   A commercially worked little "mine" where these fluorites are collected.   Crystals are octahedrons for the most part.   Specimen is not back lit, it just tends to be a bit translucent.
	JC11600.  Back side.
	JC11600.  Close up view.
	JC11596.  Fluorite, hubnerite.  Pasto Bueno, Pampas district, Pallasca province, Ancash department, Peru.  3.5 x 4 cm  52g.  $30.00.   Modified octahedron, sort of light green color, with hubnerite crystal on the back.
	JC11596.  Side view.
	JC11596.  Another view.
	JC11596.  View of back with hubnerite crystal.
	JC8004.    Fluorite, apatite.  Yaogangxian mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang county, Chenzhou prefecture, Hunan province, China.  3.7 x 5 cm 65g.  $35.00.  A large greenish apatite crystal is host to a purple zoned fluorite crystal resting on its face.   Unusual combo from here.
	JC8004.  Side view.
	JC8004.  Side view.
	JC13086. Franklinite, willemite, calcite.      Franklin, Sussex county, New Jersey.  7.5 x 6 x 5 cm 358g  $20.00
	JC13086.  Back side showing pinkish willemite band.
	JC13086.  Short wave.
	JC13086.  Short wave, another view.
	JC12991.  Franklinite (crystals), calcite.  Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey.   6.5 x 4.5 x 1.5 cm 58g  $25.00    Sharp little crystals in calcite.  Etching might expose more.
	JC12991.   Another view.
	JC12991.   Short wave.
	JC13176.  Galena.   Rosiclare level, Denton mine, Hardin county, Illinois    3 x 5 cm 76g  $40.00.  Nice group of bright crystals.  From North Star Minerals, Tucson, 1989.
	JC13108.  Galena, calcite.  Unknown location.   7 x 7 x 2.5 cm 282g  $10.00
	JC12152.   Galena, fluorite.   Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico.  4 x 5 cm 122g  $28.00  Brilliant silvery crystals across the face.  Pretty.   Has a tiny fluorite on the lower face.
	JC12152.  Another angle.
	JC7569.  Galena on pyrite.  Huanzala, Huallanca district, Dos de Mayo province, Huanuco department, Peru.  6.5 x 10 cm 487g  $45.00.  An excellent galena from Huanzala with brilliant luster crystals solidly coating a pyrite matrix.  Collected in 2015.
	JC7569.  Vertical view.
	JC7569.  Vertical view.
	JC3607.  Galena.  Tri-state district.  3 x 3.5 cm 131g    $6.00   Cube of galena, not real bright.
	JC3607.  Back side.
	JC5955.   Goethite.  Crystal Creek, Teller county, Colorado.  C: 2003.   1.5 x 3 cm 10g  $8.00  Almost a thumbnail, this small miniature shows nice brilliance.    I photographed it from all sides.  Collected in 2005.
	JC5955.  Another view.
	JC5955.  Another view.
	JC5955.  Another view.
	JC5955.  Another view.
	JC12454.  Grossular.  Jeffrey mine, Val-de-des-Sources, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada.   3.2 x 6 cm 21g   $385.00.  Something you don't usually see from the Jeffrey mine, and is in fact quite rare, is a complete floater specimen with no points of attachment.
	JC12454.  Another view.
	JC12454.  Back side.
	JC13311.  Gypsum (sand inclusions) Great Salt plains, Jet, Alfalfa county, Oklahoma.  7 x 8 x 3.5 cm 258g   $25.00.   Upstanding crystals on flat plate...minor rubbing on some of the crystals as can be seen as the whitish spots.
	JC13311.  Another view.
	JC11414.   Gypsum.   Laguna Guzman, Rancho Salias Terrazas, Ahumada Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico.  4 x 4.5 cm   51g.  $3.00.   A typical small rose of gypsum from this well known location.