General Stock Page 15 

Minerals Beginning with "S"

	JC13129.    Scheelite, andradite.  Pine Creek mine, Scheelite, Bishop district, Inyo county, California.  7 x 5 x 4 cm 198g  $25.00  Collected in the mid 1970's when the mine was operating.  Typical ore from that time period, with tiny, microscopic scheelite crystals heavily impregnated through out the andradite skarn.  The scheelite in these samples has a bit of molybdenum contaminating the scheelite so it has a more cream color to it rather than the blue white in purer material.
	JC13129.  Short wave.
	JC13122.  Scheelite, calcite, epidote, molybdenite.  Pine Creek mine, Scheelite, Bishop district, Inyo county, California.  9.5 x 6 x 4 cm 258g  $35.00    Collected in the mid 1970's when the mine was operating.  Typical ore from that time period, with scheelite crystals embedded in the epidote skarn.
	JC13122.  Short wave.  The calcite fluoresces a brilliant magenta.
	JC13125.     Scheelite, andradite.  Pine Creek mine, Scheelite, Bishop district, Inyo county, California.  6 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm 80g  $23.00  Collected in the mid 1970's when the mine was operating.  Typical ore from that time period, with tiny, microscopic scheelite crystals heavily impregnated through out the andradite skarn.  The scheelite in these samples has a bit of molybdenum contaminating the scheelite so it has a more cream color to it rather than the blue white in purer material.
	JC13125.  Short wave.
	JC13126.    Scheelite, andradite.  Pine Creek mine, Scheelite, Bishop district, Inyo county, California.  4.5 x 4 x 1 cm 30g  $15.00  Collected in the mid 1970's when the mine was operating.  Typical ore from that time period, with tiny, microscopic scheelite crystals heavily impregnated through out the andradite skarn.  The scheelite in these samples has a bit of molybdenum contaminating the scheelite so it has a more cream color to it rather than the blue white in purer material.
	JC13126.  Short wave.
	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.
	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.
	JC7561.  Scheelite, epidote, andradite.  Merrill prospect, Coyote ridge, Bishop Tungsten district, Inyo county, California.  3.5 x 7 cm 125g.  $20.00  Several poorly formed scheelite crystals on poorly formed epidote and minor andradite.  There were a couple of zones in this deposit, one zone being epidote rich, and the other zone andradite rich. The crystal of scheelite in the center is complete, somewhat rounded in appearance.   I collected these in 2014.
	JC7561.  Close up of the center scheelite.
	JC7560.  Scheelite, epidote, andradite.  Merrill prospect, Coyote ridge, Bishop Tungsten district, Inyo county, California.  4 x 8 cm 117g. $18.00   Several poorly formed scheelite crystals on poorly formed epidote and minor andradite.  There were a couple of zones in this deposit, one zone being epidote rich, and the other zone andradite rich.    I collected these in 2014.
	JC7558.   Andradite, scheelite.  Merrill prospect, Coyote ridge, Bishop Tungsten district, Inyo county, California.   4 x 4 cm 83g  $15.00.  Couple of cute, sort of rounded scheelite crystals on small, root beer color andradite crystals.   I collected these in 2014.
	JC7557.  Scheelite, andradite. Merrill prospect, Coyote ridge, Bishop tungsten district, Inyo county, California.   5 x 6 cm 103g  $25.00.  Two obvious scheelite crystals in a vug on small andradite crystals.  Collected in 2014.  They show brilliant white fluorescence under short wave UV.   Scheelite crystals from any location in California are quite rare.  Location is now exhausted.
	JC7557.  Another view.
	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.
	JC7660.  Schorl.  Erongo mountains, Karibib constituency, Erongo region, Namibia.   4 x 4.5 cm 59g  $25.00.  A nice sharp crystal with an attached side car crystal.
	JC7660.  Another view.
	JC7660.  Another view.
	JC13213.  Siderite on quartz.  Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal.  7 x 5 cm 146g   2.5 cm siderite crystal.  $35.00.  Large siderite attached to and inset in quartz crystal.  Siderite has a core a bit different than the outer layer.
	JC13213.  Another view.
	JC13213.  Another view.
	JC13213.  Another view.
	JC13213.  Another view.
	JC13213.  Another view.
	JC13144.    Siderite, wolframite.   Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal.    3.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm 206g   $45.00 A large siderite crystal perched on a black wolframite crystal, with smaller siderites scattered around as seen here.
	JC13036.  Silver.  Bouismas Mine, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.  6.5 x 9 cm 53g   $200.00   A matrix less group of intergrown silver, some crystallized, others sort of platy.   Delicate and pretty.
	JC13036.  Close up.
	JC13036.  Back side.
	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.
	JC13330.  Smithsonite.  Yanga Koubenza Quarries, M'Fouti, Bouenza Dept., Republic of the Congo. 8 x 4 x 2.7 cm 197g  $175.00.  From a somewhat recent find.  Nice light blue botryoidal smithsonite with satiny luster, reminds me of Kelly mine material.
	JC1330.  Another view.
	JC1330.  Close up.  Camera for some reason picked up a bit of purplish color, but it is actually a pretty light blue like the above photos.
	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.
	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.
	JC9487.    Spessartine.  Wushan spessartine mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao county, Zhangzhou prefecture, Fujian prov., China.  8 x 10.5 x 2.5cm    406g.  $100.00.   Plate of crystals with several small quartz crystals present.  The quartz crystals are capped by a white unknown, probably an amorphous silica material.   There is a minor bruise near the top center, and another on the left center, not obvious.   Sawn back.
	JC9487.  I tilted it back a little, giving an oblique front view.
	JC9487.  I tilted it back even more to show the quartz sticking up from the matrix a little bit better.
	JC9487.  Close up.  The two minor bruises are on the top left and far left...both visible as lighter orange spots in the photo.
	JC6713.  Spessartine, albite.  Haramosh Mts., Skardu dist., Gilgit-Baltistan prov.,  Pakistan    9 x 9 cm 449g  $100.00   Wine covered spessartine crystals heavily covering the front, and to a lesser extent, the sides.
	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.
	JC13196.   Sphalerite.  Tri-State district.  2 x 3 cm 10g  $25.00.   Group of bright amber crystals.
	JC13310.   Sphalerite.  Cave-in-Rock, Cave-in-Rock Sub-district, Hardin county, Illinois.  6.5 x 7 x 4.5 cm 366g  $35.00   Dark amber crystals across the face of the piece.
	JC13310.   Another view.
	JC13306.  Sphalerite, calcite.  Rucheng Mine, Caojia, Rucheng Co., Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China   6 x 7.5 x 3 cm 144g  $25.00.   Dark amber crystals on micro crystalline drusy quartz matrix.
	JC13306.   Another view.
	JC13305.  Sphalerite, calcite.  Rucheng Mine, Caojia, Rucheng Co., Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China  7.5 x 7 x 2 cm 158g   $35.00.  Brilliant, dark amber crystals, with a few calcite crystals on the side.  Sawn back.
	JC13164.   Sphalerite.   TriState Missouri, Oklahomas, Kansas.   4 x 2 cm 30g  $5.00   Rubbing on edges of crystals, as can be seen.
	JC13161.  Sphalerite, galena.  Denton mine, Harris Creek sub district, Hardin co., Illinois.  3.5 x 2.5 cm 28g  $10.00   Small miniature of bright lustrous crystals.  A little different from what I usually see from here.
	JC13161.  Another view.
	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.
	JC11433.  Sphalerite.  Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee.  9.4 x 8.5 x 3.5 cm     658g  $80.00  Bright, dark amber crystals.
	JC11433.  Another view.
	JC11433.  Another view.
	JC11433.  Another view.
	JC11433.  Another view.
	JC6744.   Sphalerite, calcite.  Rucheng mine, Chaojia, Nuanshui, Rucheng co., Chenzhou prefect., Hunan province, China.  9 x 8 x 4.5 cm 472g   $40.00.    Dark amber sphalerite on the front side, with bladed calcite crystals on the side.
	JC6744.  Another view.
	JC5281.  Sphalerite.  Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois.  10.5 x 12 x 7 cm  1,188g.   $50.00.   This is a large cabinet specimen of almost all sphalerite from one of the mines in the Hardin County fluorspar belt.  Obviously an older piece.  I can't recall seeing a large cabinet specimen like this in many years.  Although not visible in the photos, there are a couple of small, 3mm or so, purple fluorites scattered around on the back area of the specimen.    It looks better in person, as it is hard to capture the 3 dimensional nature of the sphalerite crystals sticking up from the matrix.  Has an old German label with it.
	JC5281.  Another view.
	JC5281.  Another 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.
	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.
	JC13193.  Stibnite.  Stevens county, Washington.  2.5 cm long crystal.  Wish I had a mine name, but label only says Stevens county.    $10.00
	JC13049.  Stibnite.   Wuning Mine, Qingjiang, Wuning Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China.   4.4 x 3.5 x 5.5 cm tall  $60.00   Nice spray of smaller crystals from here.  Most I have seen tend to have much larger crystals, and I kind of like this one for being a nice clean miniature.
	JC13049.  Another view.
	JC13049.  Another view.
	JC13049.  Another view.
	JC13049.  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.
	JC3907.  Strontianite, calcite.  Minerva#1, Rosiclare Level, Cross cut orebody, Hardin county, Illinois.   6 x 9.5 cm 204g  $40.00   An old classic, collected prior to 2007.  The light brown staining is much more obvious in the photos than reality...camera picked it up more than it should have.
	JC3907.  Another view.
	JC3907.  Another view.
	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.