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Minerals Beginning with "S"

	JC12486.  Scheelite.  Mt Xuebaoding, Ping Wu, Sichuan Prov., China    5 x 5 x 5.5 cm 514g  $45.00.   Waxy luster, sort of light honey color crystal group.  Nice fluorescence.    Not complete crystals.
	JC12486.  Another view.
	JC12217.  Scheelite.  Mt. Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China.  7.5 x 10 x 13.5 cm  4,010g   Approx. 9 Lbs.   $500.00   A whopping big single crystal of scheelite from Pingwu.   Overall a light orange in color.   Not super sharp, but really big for the locality.
	JC12217.  Another view.
	JC12217.  Another view.  A bit of back lighting to show the color.
	JC12217.  Another view.
	JC12217.  Another view.  An odd thing...a hole on the back side has a partially formed crystal on the inside.
	JC12217.  Close up of the hole on the back side.
	JC12097.  Scheelite.   Mt. Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China.  4 x 5 cm 131g  $95.00.   A single bright orange crystal from the earlier finds.
	JC12097.  Back side.
	JC12097.  Top/termination.
	JC12080.  Scheelite, muscovite.  Mt. Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China.  5 x 7 cm 192g  $200.00.  From the earlier finds, where the scheelite has this nice very orange color.
	JC12080.  Another view.
	JC12080.  Another view.
	JC12080.  Close up.
	JC12041.  Scheelite, albite.  Mt. Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China.  5 cm crystal. 254g  $350.00.  A nice small cabinet of a good orange crystal.
	JC12041.  Different angle.
	JC12041.  Side view.
	JC12041.  Back side.
	JC12041.  Bottom.
	JC12016.  Scheelite.  Pingwu beryl mine, Huya township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu county, Mianyang, Sichuan, China.  4cm single crystal. 100g  $40.00
	JC12016.  Another view.
	JC12016.  Another view.
	JC11123.   Scheelite.   Pingwu beryl mine, Huya township, Mt. Xuebaoding, Pingwu county, Mianyang, Sichuan, China.  6.5 x 11.5 cm  703g.   $580.00    Three scheelite crystals, lined up in a row with a thin bit of matrix on the bottom of the specimen.  Color is a honey yellow-orange.   No damage.  Bright luster as can be seen in the photos.   Very nice specimen.
	JC11123.  Photo with the bottom on the top of the photo.
	JC11123.   Another view.
	JC11123.   Another view.
	JC11123.   Another view.
	JC11123.   Another view.
	JC12043.  Schorl, quartz.  Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan.  5 x 5 cm 68g   $140.00   A neat single black crystal perched on a quartz crystal.   Nice sharp termination, with good bright luster.   Nice miniature.
	JC12043.  Another angle.
	JC12043.  Another angle.
	JC12043.  Another angle.
	JC12043.  Another angle.
	JC9248.  Schorl.   Antelope lake, Indian valley, Plumas county, California.    2 x 3 x 3 cm  20g.  $7.00    I collected these from a quartz pegmatite that had some of these frozen in the quartz and not easily removed.   Location is actually about 1 mile southwest of Antelope lake.    Collected in 2015.
	JC9248.  View of termination.
	JC9249.   Schorl.   Antelope lake, Indian valley, Plumas county, California.   3 x 3.5 x 4 cm  84g.  $10.00  I collected these from a quartz pegmatite that had some of these frozen in the quartz and not easily removed.   Location is actually about 1 mile southwest of Antelope lake.    Collected in 2015.
	JC9249.   view of termination.
	JC12071.  Scolecite.  Nasik, India.  3 x 10.5 cm tall.   29g  $45.00.
	JC12072.  Scolecite.  Nasik, India.  2 x 9 cm tall  13g   $35.00
	JC12737.  Shattuckite   Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia.  5.7 x 3.7 x 2.2 cm 38g  $175.00.   A choice and pretty specimen, with nice silky luster.   Ex Charlie Key collection. SOLD
	JC12681.  Silver.  Tamdrost Mine, Tamdrost, Tansifite Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.   5 x 5.5 x 3 cm 99g with stand.  $150.00
	JC12681.  Closer view, top area.
	JC12681.  Back side.
	JC12345.  Silver.   Bou Azzer district, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.  3.5 x 6 cm 69g.   $250.00.   Not sure which mine, and label just says Bou Azzer.  Could be Bouismas mine.   Aggregates of small silver crystals etched out of calcite.  Good coverage on both sides.
	JC12345.  Closer look.
	JC12345.  Back side.
	JC12490.  Smithsonite.  Choix, Choix Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico.   4 x 6 cm 126g   $150.00  Hot pink, botryoidal smithsonite from this now defunct locality.
	JC12490.  Another view.    Best display view.
	JC12475.  Smithsonite.  Choix, Choix Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico.  7.3 × 5.5 × 3.6 cm 150g  $148.00.  Nice, lustrous botryoidal smithsonite from this classic locality  There is a thin layer of lilac smithsonite overlying a slightly darker layer of almost crystalline smithsonite.  This can be seen at the top of the specimen.  A really pretty piece.
	JC12475.  Slightly different angle, sort of oblique view.
	JC12475.  With black background.
	JC12077.  Smithsonite.   San Antonio Mine, East Camp, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico.   6 x 8 cm 268g   $150.00.   Interesting finger of smithsonite sticking up from the central area.  The color is a bit lighter than the photo shows...sort of a light gray with slight yellowish tints here and there.
	JC12077.  Another angle.
	JC12077.  Another angle.
	JC12077.  Another angle.
	JC11999.  Smithsonite.   Choix, Choix municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico.  4 x 5 cm 67g  $35.00.   Light pink botryoidal.
	JC11800.  Smithsonite.  Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Magdalena Mining District, Socorro County, New Mexico.  3.5 x 6 cm 48g.  $50.00
	JC11551.   Smithsonite.  El Refugio mine, Choix, Choix municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico.  4.5 x 5 cm  87g.  $70.00.  Pretty pink specimen from this now defunct locality.  The specimen is a bit more pink than the photo would indicate.   It is more of a light pink.
	JC10657.  Smithsonite.  Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia.   Grayish crystals with a slight hint of green.    4 x 6 cm  105g.  $35.00.
	JC10657.   Another view.
	JC10535.   Smithsonite.  79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner district, Drippiing Spring mountains, Gila county, Arizona.   8 x 8 cm  637g.   $120.00.   Nice olive green to slightly apple green botryoidal smithsonite.    Good luster.   No damage to naked eye.
	JC10535.   Different view.
	JC10535.  Another view.
	JC10535.  Close up view.
	JC9770.  Smithsonite.  Refugio mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico.   5 x 10 cm  189g.  $325.00.    Pink to slightly lilac pink specimen from this now exhausted locality.  Specimen is not back lit.
	JC9770.   Another view.
	JC9770.  Back side.
	JC8325.  Smithsonite.  El Refugio mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico.  5 x 7.5 cm  63g.  $250.00.  There is a fair amount of pink smithsonite from Choix, but I haven't seen many with this hot pink color, more intense than usual.  The mine is now closed and buried...no more coming out from what I hear, and assume is accurate.
	JC3469.  Smithsonite.  Choix, Municipio de Choix, Sinaloa,  Mexico.  7 cm x 10 cm.  493g.  $200.00.   Pretty, lavender pink, botryoidal smithsonite from this pretty much exhausted locality.
	JC12167.  Sodalite (polished).  Afghanistan.  2.6 x 5.3 cm   $64.00   A sort of knob, polished all around.
	JC12167.  Another side.
	JC12167.  Another side.
	JC12460.   Spessartine, quartz.  Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China.  2 x 6 x 11.5 cm 349g  $250.00.  A cut above average for this locality.  The garnets are a light orange, with bright luster, and gemmy.  The smoky quartz are black, gemmy, and transparent.   Gives a nice color contrast.   So often from here the quartz are frosted or lighter colored.  These have great luster.   Sawn base.
	JC12460.  Vertical view.
	JC12460.  View from the back side.
	JC12460.  Closer view of the main quartz crystals.
	JC12460.  Closer view of the main quartz crystals.
	JC12460.  Closer view of the main quartz crystals.
	JC12460.  Closer view of the main quartz crystals.
	JC12460.  Closer view of the main quartz crystals.
	JC12459.  Spessartine, quartz.  Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China.  2 x 5.5 x 6.5 cm 117g   $75.00.  Light orange crystals, bright and gemmy.  There are a few smoky quartz crystals scattered about.  The larger one on the right has the back side cleaved off.
	JC12459.  Slightly different angle.
	JC12459.   Slightly different angle.
	JC12459.  Closer view of the main quartz crystals.
	JC12458.  Spessartine.  Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China.  3 x 3.5 x 8.5 cm wide 108g  $125.00.  Bright orange crystals on all sides.
	JC12458.  Back side.
	JC12458.  Another view.
	JC12453.   Spessartine, galena.  Broken Hill mines, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna county., New South Wales, Australia.  6 x 7 x 8 cm 459g      $140.00    1.5 cm main crystal.  Wine red crystals embedded in fine grained galena.   There is a ding on the back side of the main crystal.
	JC12453.  Another view.
	JC12453.  Another view.
	JC12453.  Another view.
	JC11598.  Spessartine, quartz.  Wushan Spessartine mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao county, Zhangzhou, Fujian, China.   4 x 4 cm  42g.  $27.00.   Fairly large, dark orangish red crystals with quartz.  Quartz is dinged.
	JC11598.  Another view.
	JC10566.  Spessartine, quartz.   Wushan Spessartine mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou prefecture, Fujian province, China.   8 x 11.5  cm  400g.   $175.00.   Several clear and gemmy smoky quartz crystals on a feldspar matrix, the feldspar has numerous scattered wine red spessartine garnets present.
	JC10566.  Oblique view.   The quartz crystal in the center far back has a small chip on the termination, easily visible in the photo.
	JC10566.   Closer view of the specimen
	JC10566.   Close up of the quartz crystal with the chip out of the termination.
	JC10566.  Close up of the central quartz crystal.
	JC10461.  Spessartine.   Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China.  9 x 11 cm  548g.  $120.00.   Bright, dark wine red crystals with good luster.   A patch of feldspar (microcline?) occupies the upper center of the piece.
	JC10461.  Another view.
	JC10461.  Close up view.
	JC10461.  Close up view.
	JC6713.   Close up view of the top of the display face.
	JC6713.   Close up of the side with the albite crystals and spessartines growing on them.
	JC6713.   Another view showing the albite crystals with garnets in between.
	JC12102. Sphalerite.  Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee  3 x 3.5 cm 55g  $18.00.   Some slight rubbing on the crystal.  White rhombs of dolomite also present.
	JC12008.   Sphalerite.  Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia.  4 x 5 cm 62g  $85.00.  A nice miniature of a complexly crystallized sphalerite.  Brilliant luster.
	JC12008.  Another view.
	JC12008.  Another view.
	JC11905.  Sphalerite.   Shuikoushan, Hengyang, Hunan, China.  4 x 6 cm 171g.  $40.00.  Large, complex, dark reddish amber crystal on a bit of matrix.
	JC11905.  Another view.
	JC11905.  Another view.
	JC11599.  Sphalerite, quartz.   Tri-state district, Kansas-Missouri-Oklahoma.   4.5 x 6.5 cm  79g.  $45.00.  Bright red-amber crystals on drusy quartz.  Some of the sphalerites are dinged.   Bit brighter sphalerite than usually seen from here.
	JC11599.  Reverse.
	JC11599.  Closer view.
	JC11433.  Sphalerite.   Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee.  9 x 17cm  >1000g.  $125.00  A solid mass of sphalerite crystals with an interior color of medium amber, which can be seen as little golden spots here and there.
	JC11433.  Another view.
	JC11433.  Side view.
	JC11433.  Close up.
	JC11433.  Close up.
	JC11433.  Close up.
	JC11033.  Sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite.  Joplin, Jasper county, Missouri.    5.5 x 8 cm  232g. $50.00.    A near floater group...I could not find a point of attachment, although there is a chip out of the back side which may have been where it was attached to the pocket wall.   Bright composite sphalerite crystals with two, about 6mm, cubes of galena attached.   Small, triangular shaped chalcopyrite are scattered all about the piece.  Acquired in 1965 from Harry Sering minerals.  Crowley Collection #: 22.   I traded this from Harry for quartz crystals from the Crystal mine near Shingle Springs, California.
	JC11033.  Another view.
	JC11033.  Another view, back side.
	JC11033.  Another view.
	JC10454.  Sphalerite.   Shuikoushan Mine, Shuikoushan ore field, Changning Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China.  8 x 9 cm    145g.  $185.00.   Translucent, almost gemmy amber crystals on a drusy quartz matrix.  There is some bruising on a few of the crystals.
	JC10454.   Closer view.
	JC10454.   Closer view.
	JC10454.   Closer view.
	JC10454.   Closer view.
	JC3973.   Sphalerite.  Elmwood mine, Carthage, Smith county, Tennessee.   5.5 x 10 cm 155g.  $50.00.   A brilliant group of crystals on a drusy quartz covered chert matrix.   This one is really bright.
	JC3973.  Close up.
	JC12068.  Spinel.  Aldan, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia.  2 x 3 cm 29g with stand   $50.00.   Single, black looking crystal.
	JC12068.  Another angle.
	JC12068.  Another angle.
	JC12059. Spinel? Zircon?  Dark Brown crystals. Tetrahedrons? Location?   This one came in the collection with no label.    Color is very dark brown, making the crystals look black.  On the back side where it is broken, it is glassy luster, no obvious cleavage, somewhat conchoidal fracture, which fits for Spinel.    2.5 x 3.5 cm 47g  $65.00.    Assuming it is Spinel, it best fits the spinels from Sri Lanka.
	JC12059.  Back side.
	JC12114.   Spodumene.  Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.  4 cm Tall 15g  Clear, colorless crystal.   $40.00
	JC12114.  Different angle.
	JC11958.  Spodumene.  Minas Gerais, Brazil.   1.8 x 6 cm 32g.  $40.00.    Clear, very pale yellow crystal fragment.
	JC11958.  Another view.
	JC11958.  Another view.
	JC11432.  Spodumene.   Brazil.  1.8 x 2.6 cm   4g.  $5.00.   A little section of spodumene.
	JC12165.    Staurolite.  Picuris District, Taos County, New Mexico   1.7 x 1.5 & 1.2 x 1.5 Two little crosses   $5.00
	JC11768.  Stellerite.   Sarbai Deposit, Rudny, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan.  2 x 3.5 cm 16g.  $35.00.   Cute group of radiating crystals from this relatively rare location.  Pretty rounded, lustrous clusters of honey color stellerite (more rare than stilbite, its relative) from Russia, centered attractively on the matrix. Old material, hard to get now
	JC11768.  Another view.
	JC12035.   Stibnite, calcite. Xianhuang mine, Beixiang - Furongchang ore field, Jinchengjiang District, Hechi, Guangxi, China.  4 x 4 cm 24g  $30.00.  Multiple bright crystals with scattered calcite crystals.
	JC12035.  Slightly different angle.
	JC12035.  Slightly different angle.
	JC12035.  Back side.
	JC12034.  Stibnite, calcite. Xianhuang mine, Beixiang - Furongchang ore field, Jinchengjiang District, Hechi, Guangxi, China.  2.5 x 3 x 4 cm 39g  $18.00.
	JC12034.  Closer view.
	JC12032A.  Stibnite, calcite. Xianhuang mine, Beixiang - Furongchang ore field, Jinchengjiang District, Hechi, Guangxi, China.  2.3 cm Thumbnail.   $10.00
	JC12032A.  Another view.
	JC12022.   Stibnite  Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramures county, Romania.  6 cm Tall   12g  $125.00.  Very lustrous spray of stibnite crystals.
	JC12022.  Another angle.
	JC12022.  Another angle.
	JC11899A.  Stibnite.  Wuning mine (Wuling Mine; Qingjiang Mine), Qingjiang, Wuning Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China.  7 x 15 cm 118g.  $200.00.  Beautiful group of tall acicular crystals with great luster.
	JC11899A.   Another view.
	JC11899A.   Another view.
	JC11899A.  Close up of main vertical crystal.
	JC11899A.  Close up of lower part of specimen.
	JC11755.  Stibnite, calcite.  Xikuangshan Sb deposit, Lengshuijiang county, Loudi, Hunan, China.  4 x 5 cm  35g.  $250.00.  Brilliant stibnite crystals on and in the calcite crystal.  These came out several years ago.
	JC11755.  Another view.
	JC11755.  Back side.
	JC11755.  Another view.
	JC9949.  Stibnite.  Old Herja mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Mare, Maramures, Romania.   4.5 x 5 x 6 cm   127g.  $75.00.    Group of crystals...this view is looking vertically down on the specimen.  Crystals are bright and lustrous.   Some damage to some of the terminations.
	JC9949.  Side View.
	JC12103.  Stilbite, quartz.  Jalgaon District, Nashik Division, Maharashtra, India.  4.5 cm Tall.   10g  $25.00   Double terminated stilbite perched on a column of drusy quartz.
	JC12103.  Closer view.
	JC11969A.  Sugilite.  Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa.  2.5 x 4 cm  $200.00.   Unpolished slice of solid sugilite.
	JC11969.  Sugilite.  Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa.   4.5 x 5.5 cm 51g.  $350.00.   Solid mass of pretty purple sugilite.
	JC12141.  Sulfur.  Unknown location.   5 x 8 cm 142g  $2.00.   Massive gob of sulfur, with some micro-faces on the top.
	JC11921.   Sulfur.  El Desierto mine, San Pablo de Napa, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí, Bolivia.  6.5 cm Tall single crystal   11g.  $40.00
	JC11922.  Sulfur.  El Desierto mine, San Pablo de Napa, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí, Bolivia.  6 cm tall.  8g Single crystal.  $35.00.
	JC11923.  Sulfur.  El Desierto mine, San Pablo de Napa, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí, Bolivia.   5.8 cm tall.  11g   Single crystal.  $30.00.
	JC11908.  Sulfur.  El Desierto mine, San Pablo de Napa, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí, Bolivia.  3 x 6 cm 41g.  $75.00  Bright yellow, nearly transparent crystals.
	JC11908.   Vertical view.