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 Minerals Beginning with "R"

 

JC12215.  Rhodonite.  Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia.  10 x 13 x 16 cm   3,186g. Approx. 7 Lbs   $200.00  A large mass of solid rhodonite.  Partial crystal faces are present in a few places.  An old piece, from a small collection of Broken Hill specimens.   
JC12215.  Another view. 
JC12215.  Another view.
JC12488.  Rhodonite.  Brazil.   2.5 x 6.2 x 8 cm 480g Semi polished rectangle/square   $30.00
JC12488.  Back side.  
BR582.  Roselite, Cobaltlotharmeyerite.  Aghbar mine, Souss-Massa-Draa region, Morocco. 7 x 4.5 x 3 cm 106g  $170.00  Two vugs filled with micro-crystals.  Ex: Ossola Mineraux. Ex: Kay Robertson coll. Ex: Mineralogical Research.   
BR582.  Close up of the vug.  
JC13298.  Calcite on rosasite.  Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.   7.3 x 5.3 x 3.5 cm   $46.00  Typical rosasite color, with a thin layer of calcite crystals overlying the rosasite.  There is some rubbing of the calcite, as seen as white spots here and there.  RESERVED
 JC13298.  Another view. 
JC13298.  Another view.  
JC13298.  Close up of bottom left as seen in the top photo. 
JC13298.  Close up of upper right as seen in the top photo.  
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.