New Arrivals Page 1
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BR102. Azurite, malachite. Big Indian (Blue Crystal; Nevada Lode) mine., San Juan county, Utah 2.5 x 1.7 cm 12g $70.00 Dark blue up to 9mm crystals, with small ball of malachite on back. Ex: Fraziers Minerals Purchased : 8-1997 |
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BR102. View with malachite. |
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BR102. Another view. |
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BR116. Mimetite. Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. 3 x 2 cm 13g $80.00 . Ex: Claude H. Yoder coll.#1144 Purchased : 9-2001. Ex: Francis N. & Jean Marshall coll. Ex: Mineralogical Research. Group of small micro size crystals. Pretty TN |
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BR116. Closer view. |
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BR139. Amethyst. Piedra Parada, Las Vigas, Vera Cruz, Mexico. 7 x 6 x 4.5 cm 183g $250.00 10 moderate purple crystals on sparkly calcite. Largest crystal: 2.8cm Ex: Earth’s Treasures Purchased: 3-2008 . Darker crystals from earlier finds. |
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BR139. Another view. |
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BR139. Another view. |
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BR150. Malachite, cerussite, pyromorphite. Brown’s prospect, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, Australia. 13 x 8.5 x 4.5 cm 532g $150.00 Mounded malachite with crude cerussite and micro crystalline pyromorphite. Ex Mineralogical Research. Purchased : 4-2009 |
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BR150. Closer view. |
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BR150. Closer view. |
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BR150. Closer view. |
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BR150. Closer view. |
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BR211. Pyrargyrite. San Genaro Mine, Santa Ana District, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica, Peru 5.5 cm tall x 4.5 cm 68g $480.00 Bright group of dark crystals. Ex: Miner’s Lunchbox Purchased: 8-2001. These came out about or around 30 years ago, and are no longer being produced from the mine. Specimens for sale are quite rare, and command very high prices. I think this one is well priced. |
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BR211. Another view. |
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BR211. Another view. |
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BR211. Another view. |
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BR211. Back side. |
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BR212. Azurite, malachite. Copper Queen mine., Bisbee, Cochise county, Arizona. 3 x 5 x 2 cm 37g $90.00 Group of dark blue bladed crystals. Two damaged in center, so lower price . Ex: Francis N. & Jean Marshall coll. |
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BR212. Another view. |
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BR212. Another view. |
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BR212. Another view. |
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BR292. Smithsonite. Touissit Mine, 21 km SSE of Oujda, Jerada Province, Oriental, Morocco. 5 x 3.5 cm 69g $150.00 Bright, semi-botryoidal tannish brown Collected: 1988. Ex Frankie Dee Hosea coll.#818. Ex: Rocksmiths; Purchased : 5-2002. Touissit smithsonites are relatively rare. |
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BR292. Another view. |
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BR374. Smithsonite. Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. 6 x 3 cm 64g $95.00 Label says smithsonite & mimetite, smithsonite lavender. This one is gray. Label says on tennantite after azurite. No mimetite, no tennantite after azurite. Ex: W.J. Rodekohr coll.#1091 Ex: Berger coll. Small, gray crystals. No mimetite, no tennantite after azurite. |
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BR374. Another view. |
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BR374. Another view. |
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BR374. Another view. |
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BR377. Azurite, arsentsumebite. Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. 3.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm 35g $285.00 Group of bright bladed crystals with green/light green arsentsumebite. Ex: Andy Seibel Purchased: 5-2002. |
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BR377. Some damage to back side. |
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BR377. Another view. |
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BR452. Azurite. Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. 7cm tall x 4.5 cm 107g $900.00 Group of rather dark blue opaque crystals with bright satiny luster. . Ex: Lorraine Sofia coll. Ex: Mineralogical Research Purchased: 11-2010. Fairly good sized group of parallel crystals. Although the luster is not brilliant....still a large group, rarely seen in this size. Two of the crystals on the front have some growth imperfections on the termination, but do not appear to be broken, as minute crystal faces are present. |
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BR452. Back side. |
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BR452. Another view. |
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BR452. Another view. |
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BR46. Hematite. N’Chwaning II mine., Kalahari Manganese field, South Africa. 4 x 6 cm 59g $75.00 Ex: Mineralogical Research. Label says also andradite...no andradite present. Up to 12 mm individual crystals across top, matrix micro crystals, one partial large crystal on lower front. Sparkly & lustrous. |
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BR46. Back side. |
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BR46. Another view. |
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BR46. Another view. |
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BR46. Close up of one of the crystals. |
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BR46. Another view, same area. |
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BR537. Azurite. Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. 5.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm 54g $250.00 A group of bright 1 cm ball like crystal groups forming the 5.5 cm whole. Old piece. Unusual. Ex: Martin Ehrmann. Ex: Claude H. Yoder Coll.#1022; Purchased: 12-2000 Ex: Mineralogical Research. There is rubbing of the crystal balls as seen in the photos. I took photos of all sides. |
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BR537. Another view. |
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BR537. Another view. |
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BR537. Another view. |
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BR543. Calcite, mottramite. Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. 5.5 x 5 x 2.5 cm 124g $110.00 White, bladed calcite on mottramite with scattered mottramite on the crystals. Damaged crystal in center Ex: Claude H. Yoder coll.#993 Purchased: 9-2000. Ex: Mineralogical Research Purchased: 8-2014 |
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BR543. Another view. |
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BR543. Another view. |
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BR543. Another view. |
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BR578. Common opal. Mt. Shasta area, California. 5 x 5 x 2.5 cm 85g $10.00 White and tan. No further location data given. |
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BR583. Vanadinite. ACF mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province, Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 7 x 5 cm 83g $85.00. Flat plate, bright red brilliant crystals to 6mm. Ex: Rock Currier coll.#40306. Ex: Earth’s Treasures |
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BR583. Closer view. |
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BR73. Wolframite, siderite, muscovite. Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal. 3.5 cm tall x 3.2 cm 38g $85.00 Brilliant single main crystal with smaller crystal on the front, topped by siderite/muscovite. Ex: Lorraine Sofia coll. Ex: Mineralogical Research Purchased: 11-2007. |
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BR73. Another view. |
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BR73. Another view. |
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BR73. Another view. |
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BR79. Sphalerite, quartz. Shuikoushan Mine, Shuikoushan ore field, Changning Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China. 5.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm 90g $390.00 2.5 cm crystals on quartz; honey color crystals. Ex: Pangaea Minerals. Ex: Weinrich Minerals, Purchased:12-2008. Ex: Earth’s Treasures; Purchased : 3-2009. One of the more impressive sphalerite specimens I have seen from here. |
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BR79. With a touch of back lighting. |
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BR80. Wolframite, fluorite, quartz. Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China. 4.5 cm tall x 3.5 cm 121g $175.00 Brilliant crystals with small 1cm fluorite crystals on front. Ex: Lorraine Sofia coll. Ex: Mineralogical Research Purchased: 11-2008 |
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BR80. Close up of the fluorites. |
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BR80. Another view. |
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BR80. Back side. |
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BR99. Azurite. Big Indian (Blue Crystal) mine., San Juan county, Utah. 6 x 4.5 cm 100g $490.00 Bright blue, lighter than usual, top quality piece. No damage to the Azurites on the front or the sides with only very minor contacting on the back. A great piece! One of the better examples in this size range for luster and color, crystal size, and overall aesthetics Ex: Collectors Edge #330. Ex: Mineralogical Research |
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BR99. Reverse. |
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JC4014. Quartz (amethyst) Piedra Parada, Tatatila Municipality, Veracruz, Mexico 4 x 5 x 7.5 cm 93g $125.00. An older piece from my personal collection, (JAC1587), with a bit darker color than most currently offered. Purchased in 2007. |
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JC4014. Another view. |
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JC4014. Another view. |
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JC4014. Another view. |
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JC4014. Another view. I was a little concerned about the quartz sturdiness on the matrix, with a thin crack visible here,, so I put a couple of drops of super glue in the crack. Specimen is not repaired...just a bit reinforced. |
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JC8628. Adamiite. Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. 7 x 5.5 cm 186g $25.00. Three fan like clusters of pale yellow color. |
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JC8628. Close up of top area. |
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JC13837. Azurite. Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. A 1.5 cm crystal. $15.00. Purchased in 1968. Was a larger piece that the crystal broke off of in shipment...so this little dude is what is left. |
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JC13837. Slightly different angle. |
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JC13837. Slightly different angle. |
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JC13957. Galena, sphalerite, pyrite. Huanzala mine, Huallanca district, Dos de Mayo province, Huanuco department, Peru. 10 x 6 x 2.5 cm 450g $48.00. Bright modified galena cubes partially covered with micro crystals of black sphalerite. Sparkly. |
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JC13957. Another view. |
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JC13957. Closer view. |
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JC13971. Hemimorphite on rosasite. Yanga Koubenza, Mfouati, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo. 5.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm 70g $150.00. Bright hemimorphite on bluish rosasite for nice contrast. |
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JC13971. Close up of top area. |
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JC13971. Close up of central area. |
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JC13251. Rhodochrosite. Uchucchacua mine, Oyon dist., Oyon prov., Lima dept., Peru. 5.5 x 7 x 2.5 cm 218g $190.00. Shallow vug filled with numerous pink crystals, slightly modified scalenohedrons. |
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JC13251. Another view. |
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JC13251. Another view. |
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JC13251. Close up. |
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JC12755. Rhodonite. Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 6 x 5 x 1.5 cm 92g $35.00 Bright hot pink/magenta/sort of reddish. Best described as a mass of cleavages, although there are no discrete crystals. Bright luster on the cleavage faces. Pretty. |
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JC12755. Slightly different angle. |
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JC13299. Rhodochrosite. Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdan municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico. 10.2 x 7.8 x 5.2 cm 720g $490.00 An older piece that came out a number of years ago, 1990's. Of interest is a spray of goethite on the right side in these photos. Light pink crystals filling a vug in massive ore. Sawn base. Camera had trouble getting the color just right...they are more pink than shown here. Close up below is more accurate for color. |
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JC13299. Another view. |
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JC13299. Close up. |
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JC13299. Close up of the goethite spray. |
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JC12759. Azurite. Sierra Rica, Manuel Benavides Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico. 6.5 x 3 x 4.5 cm 96g. $45.00. Brilliant, dark blue crystals with a bit of associated quartz, and white specks of what appears to be cerussite. Older piece, I traded for quartz crystals at Re-peat Rock Shop, in Auburn, California in December 1970. Piece was collected prior to that, but I don't know by how much. Crowley collection #61. |
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JC12759. Close up. |
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JC13929. Vanadinite. Puzzler Mine, Adams Mine group (Adams claims), Castle Dome District, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona. 11.5 x 6 x 6 cm 399g $110.00 There is one area near the center where the vanadinites were apparently knocked loose. Easily visible in the photos. |
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JC13929. Close up of lower part of specimen. |
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JC13929. Close up of upper part of specimen. |
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JC11805. Malachite (polished) L'Etoile du Congo Mine (Star of the Congo Mine; Kalukuluku Mine), Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo. 3.5 x 5 cm 153g $18.00 |
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JC11805. Another view. |
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JC11805. Another view. |
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JC11870. Hydroxlherderite? Minas Gerais, Brazil. 3 x 6 cm 31g $20.00 Terminated crystal. Another one from the collection I purchased a few years ago, with no label. Crystals are on a very sparkly matrix of an unknown mineral, to me at least. |
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JC11870. Another view. |
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JC11870. Another view. |
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JC11870. Another view. |
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JC11870. Another view. |
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JC11870. Another view. |
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JC11892. Wulfenite. Erupcion/Ahumada mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico. 5 x 5.5 x 9 cm 382g $95.00 Leaning towards bipyramidal terminations, this is one of the older pieces that came out in the 1960's. A bit of descloizite & calcite here and there. I photographed it from all angles, and front and back. Not perfect, but a nice representative piece from the earlier finds. |
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JC11892. Another view. |
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JC11892. Another view. |
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JC11892. A view of one end. |
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JC11892. Another view. |
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JC11892. Another view. |
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JC11903. Topaz. Fazenda Concórdia pegmatite (Mimoso do Sul Mine), Mimoso do Sul, Espírito Santo, Brazil. 5 x 6.5 cm 172g $125.00 A rather modified topaz crystal, complete and doubly terminated. It has crevices and small holes that have clay down in them. I hit it with a water gun, and had minor results. The clay is really down in there. Interesting piece with all the modifications. Bright luster for the most part. I photographed it from all angles. |
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JC11903. Another view. |
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JC11903. Another view. |
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JC11903. Another view. |
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JC11903. Another view. |
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JC11903. Another view. |
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JC11903. Another view. |
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JC11903. Another view. |
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JC11903. Another view. |
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JC11903. Another view. |
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JC12041. Scheelite, albite.
Mt. Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China.
5 cm crystal 254g $265.00 Orange crystal from
the earlier finds. Good shape, nice and sharp, displays nicely.
I took photos of it from all angles. |
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JC12041. Another view. |
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JC12041. Another view. |
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JC12041. Another view. |
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JC12041. Another view. |
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JC12041. Another view. |
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JC12041. Another view. |
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JC12041. Another view. |
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JC12041. Another view. |