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 Minerals Beginning with "R"

	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.  SOLD
	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.