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 Minerals Beginning with "R"

	JC11912.  Realgar, calcite.  Shimen Mine, Jiepaiyu, Hunan Province, China.  4 x 6.5 cm 84g.  $300.00.   Beautiful complete crystal on a calcite crystal.    RESERVED
	JC11912.  Another view.
	JC11912.  Another view.
	JC11571.  Rhodonite.  San Martin mine, Chiurucu, Huallanca district, Bolognesi province, Ancash department, Peru.  2.5 x 5.5 cm tall.  71g.  $80.00    Partially complete bladed crystals.   Color is bright pink, not quite as pink as the photo would indicate.
	JC11571.   Another view.
	JC11571.   Another view.
	JC12124.   Rhodochrosite.  Imuris, Imuris Municipality, Sonora, Mexico.  Two pieces.  2 x 2.3 cm largest piece.  $10.00
	JC11925.   Rhodochrosite.   Capillitas mining district, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina.   4 x 5 cm 39g  $40.00    Massive slice.
	JC11900.  Rhodochrosite.  Boldut Mine, Cavnic, Maramure , Romania.  6 x 6 cm 190g.  $95.00.  Delicate pink wormlike aggregate of crystals.   Pretty.
	JC11869.  Rhodochrosite (polished).  Capillitas district, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina.  3 x 4 x 5 cm    131g.  $50.00.
	JC11869.  Back side.
	JC11856.   Rhodochrosite, wolframite, bertrandite, pyrite Kara-Oba W deposit, Betpakdala Desert , Karazhal, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan.   6 x 8 cm 266g   $300.00   Pink rhodochrosite crystals intermixed with white bertrandite crystals and a incomplete wolframite crystal in the center.
	JC11856.   Another view.
	JC11856.   Another view. back side.
	JC11856.   A closer view.
	JC11845.   Rhodochrosite.   Capillitas mining district, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina.    3 x 4 cm 58g. Massive/Cleavages   $10.00
	JC11846.  Rhodochrosite.   Capillitas mining district, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina.  3.5 x 4 cm 44g. Massive/Cleavages   $10.00
	JC11847.  Rhodochrosite.   Capillitas mining district, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina.  2.5 x 3.5 cm 35g. Massive/Cleavages.   $10.00
	JC11848.  Rhodochrosite.  Capillitas mining district, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina.   2.5 x 2.5 cm & 2 x 2.5 cm Massive/Cleavages  $8.00
	JC11842.  Rhodochrosite.   Imuris, Imuris Municipality, Sonora, Mexico.   Cleavage.   1.5 x 1.5 x 2.5 cm   17g. with a smaller 4 g. piece included.   $20.00.   Apparently all this mine produced was cleavages like this...no crystals.
	JC11837.  Rhodochrosite.  Hotazel Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa.   17mm tall Thumbnail   $150.00.    RESERVED
	JC11837.  Slightly different angle.
	JC11837.  Slightly different angle.
	JC11837.  I rotated the specimen 360 degrees, oblique view, side view, back view.    As seen in this and the next two shots below.
	JC11837.  Another view.
	JC11837.   Another view.
	JC11837.  Back lit, front view.
	JC11837.  Back lit, slightly different angle, front view.
	JC11837.   Back lit, slightly different angle, back lit.
	JC11823.  Rhodochrosite.   Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima, Peru.   2 x 3 cm 20g   $35.00.   A couple of crystals in shallow vug.
	JC11824.  Rhodochrosite.   Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima, Peru.   2 x 3 cm 14g   $100.00.   Light pink scalenohedrons.
	JC11809.  Rhodochrosite.   Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima, Peru.  3.5 x 4.5 cm 60g   $15.00  Smallish pink crystals, most just partial crystals.  Two small ones are nearly complete as seen in the photos.
	JC11809.  Closer view.
	JC11804.  Rhodochrosite.   Santa Rita Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín, Peru.  3 x 3.5 cm 39g   $35.00.  A few crystals, mostly cleavages.
	JC11804.  Another view.
	JC11775.   Rhodochrosite.   Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima, Peru.  5 x 5 cm 137g.   $275.00    Several scalenohedral crystals on black coated matrix for contrast.
	JC11775.   Closer view.
	JC11583.  Rhodochrosite, quartz, galena.  Casapalca mines area, Casapalca, Chicla district, Huarochiri province, Lima department, Peru.  11 x 6 x 3.5 cm   256g.   $65.00.    Small pink crystals coating matrix.   Sawn base.  A few cubes of galena are present on the lower front.   Specimen is very slightly more pink than the photo indicates.
	JC11583.   More of a vertical view.
	JC11583.  Close up.
	JC10963.  Rosasite, hemimorphite, hydrozincite, smithsonite.     Zinc Hill mine, Zinc Hill subdistrict, Darwin district, Inyo county, California.  8 x 10 cm   622g.  $50.00    Near the same place as the malachite/rosasite/hemimorphite area was a zone of smithsonite/rosasite/hemimorphite/willemite.    On this piece, a somewhat oxidized smithsonite bearing matrix has hydrozincite with hemimorphite, some coated black.  Rosasite covers about 1/4 of the area with little specs of later hydrozincite? sitting on it and the hemimorphite.   Implanted on this is hemimorphite, some coated with the unknown black mineral, and lastly hydrozincite.     I wrote the Zinc Hill mine up in the Mineralogical Record.  I kept a dozen or so pieces of the best quality from this find, and decided to de-access some of them here.  These were collected in 1970.     As a side note, at that time you could drive up to Darwin Falls, a year round waterfall in a canyon not too far from the mine.  I would get up at 4 a.m., dig minerals until noon (this was in July), then retire to the falls and stand under the water off and on until dark...more fun.    See  Min. Rec. Vol. 16, P.110-113 1975
	JC10963.  A closer view
	JC10963.  Close up view of the hemimorphite/ rosasite area.  The white specks are probably hydrozincite
	JC10963.  Close up of the hemimorphite.
	JC10490. Elbaite/Rubellite.   Malkhan Pegmatite Field, Krasnyi Chikoy, Chitinskaya Oblast, Transbaikal, Eastern Siberia, Russia.  5 cm tall crystal.  39g.   $290.00    Pinkish red termination, with the sides partially coated with microscopic quartz crystals which add sparkle to the sides.     Discovered in 1980 by Russian geologists, this area has been a prolific source of beautiful (and expensive) tourmaline specimens.
	JC10490.  Back side.
	JC11924.   Ruby.   Mysore District, Karnataka, India.   2 x 2.5 cm across the face.   32g. Single crystal.   $30.00
	JC11924.  Back side.
	JC11716.  Ruby.  Mysore District, Karnataka, India.   3 x 4.3 cm 25g.   $50.00   Slice about 1 cm thick.
	JC11716.  Back side.
	JC11715.  Ruby.  Mysore District, Karnataka, India.   2.3 x 4 cm 66g.   $50.00    Two eyes surrounded by green chlorite?
	JC11711.  Ruby.  Mysore District, Karnataka, India.  3.5 x 3.5 cm 28g.   $65.00.   Ruby slice about 1 cm thick, with green chlorite? on the back.
	JC11711.  Opposite end.
	JC12106.  Rutile.  Mount Kaputjugh, Paragachai, Orubad District, Syunik Province, Armenia.  1.5 x 2.5 cm 43g.   Thumbnail.   $90.00  A tiny sprig of quartz in the center area.  Crystal looks undamaged.  Rare occurrence.  These are considered to be some of the best rutile specimens in the world.
	JC12106.  Back side.   Crystal face, not a cleavage.
	JC12060.  Rutile, quartz.  Mount Kaputjugh, Paragachai, Orubad District, Syunik Province, Armenia.   3.5 x 5 cm 76g  $500.00  These came out briefly in the 1990's,  from the small one time find more than 15 years ago on the Armenian/ Azerbaijan border. This find of Rutile produced some incredible specimens like this that are now considered to be among the very best of the species.  A clean, doubly terminated crystal, with a satellite crystal on the front.
	JC12060.  Different angle.
	JC12060.  Different angle.