New Arrivals Page 4
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JC13982. Vanadinite. Touissit, Touissit-Bou-Beker district, Jerada prov., Oriental region Morocco. 6.3 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm 164g. $250.00. Ex Brian Kosnar, Ex Arkentsone. Although the label from Arkenstone (Rob Lavinsky) says Touissit, I have doubts. I have not been able to find any like this from Touissit....all the ones on the internet are brownish or tan, not orange. May well be Mibladen. Arkenstone label saying Touissit, is included with the piece. |
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JC13982. Another view. |
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JC13982. Back side showing the matrix. |
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JC13986. Pyromorphite. Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. 11 x 7.5 x 3 cm 359g $550.00 Solid mass of crystals grading from a sort of medium green to a darker green. Luster on the sides of the crystals is moderately bright, and the terminations are dull. Crystallized all around, no matrix. Nice old time piece from Les Farges. |
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JC13986. Another view. |
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JC13986. Another view. Crystals are a bit darker than the photo would indicate. |
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JC13986. Closer view. |
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JC13989. Stibnite, barite. Kadamzhay Mine, Kadamzhay ore field, Kadamjay District, Batken Region, Kyrgyzstan. 13.5 cm tall x 5 x 3.5 cm 117g. $290.00. Nice bright group of crystals coated by barite crystals on the back side. The mine, in this much less known former Soviet Union country, produced briefly in the early 1990s. RESERVED |
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JC13985. Another view. |
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JC13989. Back side with barite crystals. |
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JC13996. Linarite, galena coated by anglesite. Blanchard mine, Bingham, Hansonburg district, Socorro county, New Mexico, 5.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm 96g $18.00 |
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JC13996. View of galena crystal. |
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JC13996. Closer view of galena crystal. |
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JC14006. Amethyst. Shamrock mine, Bell Mountain district, Churchill county, Nevada. 8 x 4 x 1.5 cm 73g $15.00 Pale, sparkly, prismatic amethyst crystals formed on a bed of microcrystalline drusy quartz. Lots of sparkle. I collected these back in May of 2020. Sawn back. .RESERVED |
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JC14007. Amethyst. Shamrock mine, Bell Mountain district, Churchill county, Nevada. 6 x 3 x 2 cm 46g $15.00 Pale, sparkly, prismatic amethyst crystals formed on a bed of microcrystalline drusy quartz. Lots of sparkle. I collected these back in May of 2020. .RESERVED |
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JC14009. Amethyst. Shamrock mine, Bell Mountain district, Churchill county, Nevada. 5.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm 54g $15.00 Pale, sparkly, prismatic amethyst crystals formed on a bed of microcrystalline drusy quartz. Lots of sparkle. I collected these back in May of 2020. .RESERVED |
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JC14010. Amethyst. Shamrock mine, Bell Mountain district, Churchill county, Nevada. 6 x 2.5 x 3.5 cm 49g $15.00 Sparkly, prismatic amethyst crystals formed on a bed of microcrystalline drusy quartz. Lots of sparkle. I collected these back in May of 2020. .RESERVED |
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JC14011. Amethyst. Shamrock mine, Bell Mountain district, Churchill county, Nevada. 5 x 3 x 2 cm 40g $15.00 Pale, sparkly, prismatic amethyst crystals formed on a bed of microcrystalline drusy quartz. Lots of sparkle. I collected these back in May of 2020. .RESERVED |
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JC14012. Amethyst. Shamrock mine, Bell Mountain district, Churchill county, Nevada. 5 x 2 x 3 cm 28g $15.00 Pale, sparkly, prismatic amethyst crystals formed on a bed of microcrystalline drusy quartz. Lots of sparkle. I collected these back in May of 2020. .RESERVED |
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JC14013. Amethyst. Shamrock mine, Bell Mountain district, Churchill county, Nevada. 5 x 5 x 3 cm 54g $15.00 Sparkly, prismatic amethyst crystals formed on a bed of microcrystalline drusy quartz. Lots of sparkle. I collected these back in May of 2020. .RESERVED |
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JC14015. Amethyst. Shamrock mine, Bell Mountain district, Churchill county, Nevada. 5 x 3.5 x 2 cm 38g $10.00 Pale, sparkly, prismatic amethyst crystals formed on a bed of microcrystalline drusy quartz. Lots of sparkle. I collected these back in May of 2020. .RESERVED |
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JC10583. Amethyst. Shamrock mine, Bell Mountain district, Churchill county, Nevada. 5 x 7 cm 101g. $15.00 Pale, sparkly, prismatic amethyst crystals formed on a bed of microcrystalline drusy quartz. Lots of sparkle. I collected these back in May of 2020. .RESERVED |
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BR34. Malachite. Copper Queen mine., Bisbee, Cochise county, Arizona. 6.5 x 4 x 3 cm 121g $75.00 Rounded knob of malachite, with minor rub spots here and there. Old piece.... . Ex: Lorraine Dodge coll.#LDC91 Collected: 1895-1901. Ex: Mineralogical Research. |
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BR34. Another view. |
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BR34. Another view. |
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BR129. Hematite, quartz. Cleator Moor Iron Mines, Cleator Moor, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK. 8 x 5 x 5 cm 267g $250.00 Fat, 2.5 cm quartz crystal with specular hematite. This one looks way better in person, it is really pretty, with brilliant specular hematite blades offset by the fat quartz crystals; hematite crystals extend part way around towards the back. Ex: Lorraine Sofia coll. Ex: Weinrich Minerals. Ex Mineralogical Research .RESERVED |
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BR129. Another view. A couple of small quartz crystals peeking through the hematite. |
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BR129. Another view. A couple of small quartz crystals peeking through the hematite. |
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BR129. Another view. A couple of small quartz crystals peeking through the hematite. |
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BR129. Another view. A couple of small quartz crystals peeking through the hematite. |
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BR146. Vanadinite. ACF mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province, Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 4 x 4.5 cm 49g $100.00 Dark red crystals up to 8mm on sandstone Ex: Jean-Pierre Cand coll. Purchased: May-2000 |
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BR146. A vertical view. |
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BR146. Side view. |
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BR146. Side view. |
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BR220. Mimetite. Pingtouling Mine, Liannan County, Qingyuan, Guangdong, China 5.8 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm 99g $750.00 Crystals to 6mm. Brilliant yellow crystals from the original find of 20 or so years ago. Quite pretty. There is some minor rubbing on one edge, barely noticeable. Ex: Steve Perry Minerals Purchased May-2006 |
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BR220. Another view. |
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BR220. Another view. |
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BR220. Another, closer view. |
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BR258. Copper. Keweenaw peninsula, Michigan. 6 x 10 cm 99g $35.00 Flat plate of poorly crystallized copper. Ex: Francis N & Jean Marshall coll. Ex: Mineralogical Research |
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BR258. Back side. |
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BR371. Copper. Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto region Namibia. 6 x 3 cm 48g $200.00 Group of crystals, no matrix. Odd color to these, some have a slight silvery color on the terminations. Crystallized copper specimens from Tsumeb are quite rare. Ex: Kevin Conroy Minerals. Ex: Mineralogical Research |
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BR371. Another view. |
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BR371. Closer view. |
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BR371. Closer view. |
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BR570. Azurite. Morenci Mine, Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona. 4.5 x 3.5 x 4.5 cm 70g $75.00 Double ball of 18mm wide azurites. Pretty and bright. Ex: Earth’s Treasures |
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BR570. Another view. |
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BR570. Back side. |
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JC13975. Dioptase. Magma Mine, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona. 8 x 6 x 1.5 cm 96g $165.00. A flat plate, covered on both sides with small, brilliant luster dioptase crystals. |
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JC13975. Closer view. |
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JC13975. Closer view. |
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JC13975. Back side. |
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JC13980. Smithsonite, mimetite. Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. 13 x 9 x 3.5 cm 1,054g $275.00. Small, quite sparkly greenish smithsonite with a grading into orange cadmium smithsonite. Tiny mimetite prisms are scattered all over the smithsonite. I looked at this piece under the microscope, and the orange color is the crystal color, not a coating. |
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JC13980. Closer view. |
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JC13980. Closer view...tiny pale yellow mimetite crystals can be seen here, sitting on the smithsonite. |
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JC13980. Back side. |
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JC11566. Quartz, arsenopyrite. Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China. 4 x 4 x 10 cm 145g $25.00. A couple of bright luster parallel quartz crystals lying aslant the matrix, with several bright silvery arsenopyrites scattered around the base and sides of the crystals. |
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JC11566. Another view. |
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JC11566. Another view. |
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JC11566. Another view. |
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JC11965. Wardite. Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada. 3 x 3.8 cm 21g $40.00. A small miniature with numerous crystals. The color is a sort of greenish tint to them, not obvious in the photos. Older piece from the first finds up there. .SOLD |
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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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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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JC13299. Rhodochrosite. Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdan municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico. 10.2 x 7.8 x 5.2 cm 720g $450.00 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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JC11476. Cerussite, malachite. Mindouli district, Pool department, Republic of the Congo. 6 x 7.8 x 9.3 cm 565g. $285.00 Here is a good quality and rarely seen example of Cerussite from the renowned copper district of Mindouli in the Republic of the Congo. The important aspect of this piece is that it's loaded with dozens of crystals. The crystals meaure up to 2.8 cm with an off-white color and thin prismatic form, and have grown together into what it is commonly referred to a "jackstraw"-shaped group. Most of the crystals are in good shape, however you can see some roughness in places. The reverse side of the piece features a few tiny acicular crystals of green malachite for a nice contrast. This piece came direct in a lot of dioptase specimens from Kimbedi, and stands as one of the finest examples from the locality that I have had to offer. |
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JC11476. Another view. |
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JC11476. Another view. |
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JC11476. Another view. |
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JC11476. Another view. |
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JC11476. Back side with small malachite crystals. |
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JC11476. Closer view of the malachite crystals. |
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JC9948. Azurite. Burra Burra Copper Mine, Burra, Goyder Regional Council, South Australia, Australia 8 x 8.5 cm 388g $125.00 Nearly solid nodule of azurite with a bit of malachite on one corner. |
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JC9948. Another view. |
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JC12464. Apatite, arsenopyrite. Julcani Mine, Julcani District, Angaraes Province, Huancavelica, Peru. 5 x 5.5 cm 212g $45.00. Very pale green apatite crystals on a bed of small, sparkly, arsenopyrite crystals. These were fairly uncommon from here and date to the 1990's.. |
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JC12464. Close up of the apatite crystals. |
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JC10961. Creedite. Qinglong (Dachang) mine, Dachang Sb ore field, Qinglong county, Qianxinan, Guizhou, China. 5 x 8 cm 176g. $75.00. Light lilac crystals growing on the front side of the piece. From the somewhat recent finds at Qinglong. Good luster with lots of sparkle. |
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JC10961. Another view. |
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JC10961. Close up view. |
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JC10961. Close up view. |
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JC13326. Dioptase. N'tola mine, Mindouli, Mindouli district, Pool department, Republic of the Congo. 8 x 6 x 2.3 cm 104g $150.00. Fairly solid mass of crystals on matrix. As is typical for dioptase from the N'tola mine, there is one of those shell like hollow areas on the right side of the piece in this view and shown in the photo of the back side below. Nice for N'tola. Camera has trouble getting the color right. It is the typical dioptase green with very slight bluish tints. Interesting worm like small light colored crystals in one area. |
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JC13326. Another view. |
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JC13326. Back side, on the top is a hollow shell of dioptase typical of many of these from the recent finds at Ntola. |
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JC12148. Pyrite. Julcani Mine, Julcani District, Angaraes Province, Huancavelica, Peru. 6 x 7 x 2 cm 243g $12.00 Bright golden crystals from the heyday of the Julcani mine specimens back in the 1990s SOLD |
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JC12393. Pyromorphite. Saint-Salvy mine, Saint-Salvy-de-la-balme, Castres, Tarn, Occitanite, France. 6.5 x 7 cm 38g $185.00 Thin plate with crystals on one side. Very fine specimen from this now closed locality. |
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JC12393. Close up. |
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JC12137. Pyromorphite. Daoping Mine, Gongcheng County, Guilin, Guangxi, China. 2 x 2.5 cm 11g Thumbnail. $10.00 Couple of broken terminations as can be seen in the photo. |
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JC12136. Pyromorphite. Daoping Mine, Gongcheng County, Guilin, Guangxi, China. 2 x 3.5 cm 17g $15.00 From the earlier finds. Some damage as can be seen in the photo. |
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JC12114. Spodumene. Afghanistan. 4 cm Tall 15g Clear, colorless crystal. $20.00 Wish I had better locality data for this one. Probably from Darra Pech, Kunar, although the label doesn't say. |
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JC12114. Another view. |
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JC12114. Another view. |
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JC12114. Another view. |
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JC12067. Cassiterite. Amo Sn deposit, Ximeng County, Pu'er, Yunnan, China. 4 cm crystal 49g $50.00. These have been getting quite scarce. This one is complete on the front and sides, but the back side is incomplete with odd growth features. |
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JC12067. Another view. |
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JC12067. Another view. |
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JC13995. Linarite. Blanchard mine, Bingham, Hansonburg district, Socorro county, New Mexico. 7.5 x 3 x 1 cm 20g $25.00. Thin plate with sparkly linarite on both sides. SOLD |