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JC11494. Uvarovite.
Marsh Flats Chrome Associates properties,
Moccasin Peak area, Tuolumne Co., California.
2.5 x 3 cm 20g. $25.00. Smears and small crystals
typical of specimens from this area. |
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JC11494. Close up view. |
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JC13300. Vanadinite. ACF mine
area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province, Meknes-Tafilalet
region, Morocco. 8.8 x 7.2 cm 262g $250.00. Sharp group of
red with hints of brownish orange, crystals. There is one broken
crystal on the lower left portion visible in the photo as an orangish
blemish. |
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JC13300. Another slightly
different angle. |
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JC13300. Close up of left side.
Broken crystal can be seen on the lower left. |
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JC13300. Close up of upper right. |
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JC13248. Vanadinite. ACF mine
area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province, Meknes-Tafilalet
region, Morocco. 7 x 9 cm 230g $250.00
Nice red crystals heavily coating matrix. Displays well, with bright
luster. This one I actually de-accessed from the
collection. Collected in 1998. Crowley collection
#1389. |
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JC13248. Vertical view. |
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JC13248. Vertical view, flipped
from the above photo. |
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JC13248. Oblique view. |
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JC13241. Vanadinite, barite.
Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province, Meknes-Tafilalet
region, Morocco. 2.5 x 1.5 cm 8g Thumbnail. $10.00 |
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JC13227. Vanadinite.
Apache mine, Radium, Burch area, Globe Hills district, Globe-Miami district,
Gila county, Arizona. 2.8 x 2.4 cm 8g Thumbnail.
$5.00 |
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JC13225. Vanadinite,
barite. ACF mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province,
Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 6.5 x 2.5 cm 72g
$18.00 |
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JC13222. Vanadinite. ACF
mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province,
Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 2.2 x 1.5 cm 12g Single
crystal $15.00. Thumbnail. |
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JC13220. Vanadinite. ACF mine
area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province, Meknes-Tafilalet
region, Morocco. 5 x 5 x 2 cm 60g $15.00. |
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JC13219. Vanadinite.
Apache mine, Radium, Burch area, Globe Hills district, Globe-Miami district,
Gila county, Arizona. 3.5 x 2.4 x 2 cm 14g
$10.00 |
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JC13022. Vanadinite on barite. ACF
mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province,
Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 6 x 6 cm 110g $25.00
Bright red, highly lustrous crystals on white barite. There are 3
broken crystals near the top center visible in the photo. |
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JC13022. Closer view, where a
couple of missing crystals can be seen. |
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JC13023. Vanadinite on barite. ACF
mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province,
Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 4.5 x 3.5 cm 72g
$22.00 Brilliant, red, translucent, crystals on
white barite. Has one small broken crystal, visible in the lower
center in this photo. |
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JC13023. Another view. |
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JC13023. Angle looking more down
on the specimen. |
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JC13025. Vanadinite on barite. ACF
mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province,
Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 3 x 3.5 cm 18g
$16.00 Bright red crystals on white barite. Two broken crystals
in the foreground, easily seen in the photo. |
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JC13025. Another view. |
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JC13027. Vanadinite on barite. ACF
mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province,
Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 1.8 x 3.5 cm 24g
$20.00 Brilliant, red with just a hint of orange crystals.
Pretty small miniature. |
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JC13027. Another view. |
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JC13028. Vanadinite on barite. ACF
mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province,
Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 3 x 4 cm 46g
$27.00 Brilliant red, somewhat translucent crystals on white barite.
Nice miniature. |
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JC13028. Another view. |
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JC13029. Vanadinite on barite. ACF
mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province,
Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 6 x 6 cm 102g
$35.00 Brilliant, deep red crystals on white barite. There
are 4 small broken crystals, not obvious but present. |
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JC13029. Another view. |
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JC13029. Another view. Edge
on view of the ones on the right...look a bit dark in the photo, but are a
deep red. |
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JC13030. Vanadinite on barite. ACF
mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province,
Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 6.5 x 5 cm 136g
$30.00 Brilliant, deep red crystals on white barite. There
are 3 small broken crystals present, not obvious, but present. |
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JC13031. Vanadinite on barite. ACF
mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province,
Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 3.5 x 6 cm 84g 1 small ding
$35.00 Brilliant, bright red crystals on white barite. |
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JC13031. Another view. |
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JC13032. Vanadinite on barite. ACF
mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province,
Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 3.5 x 3 cm 34gk
$22.00 Brilliant, bright red crystals on white barite. A
few crystals have tiny dings on there edges, hard to see, but present. |
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JC13032. Another view. |
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JC13033. Vanadinite on barite. ACF
mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province,
Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 2 x 4 cm 24g $22.00
Brilliant, bright red crystals on white barite. |
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JC13033. Another view. |
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JC13034. Vanadinite on barite. ACF
mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province,
Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 2 x 3 cm 28g $20.00
Brilliant deep red crystals on white barite. One crystal, center
front, has a chip out of the edge of the crystal. Hard to see in
the photos, as its not obvious. |
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JC13034. Another view. |
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JC13034. Another view. |
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JC13035. Vanadinite on barite. ACF
mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province,
Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 2.5 x 3 cm 22g $15.00
The main top center crystal is bruised. Bright red, brilliant
crystals. |
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JC13035. Another view. |
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JC13011.
Vanadinite (var. endlichite)
Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos Mountains, Municipio de Ahumada, Chihuahua,
Mexico. 9 x 9 x 2.5 cm 202g $50.00.
Rather delicate, acicular crystals with brilliant luster coating a carbonate
matrix. Pretty and sparkly. These are recent finds from
the Erupción mine |
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JC13011. Close up view. |
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JC13010.
Vanadinite (var. endlichite)
Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos Mountains, Municipio de Ahumada, Chihuahua,
Mexico. 9 x 5 x 2.5 cm 82g $50.00.
Rather delicate, acicular crystals with brilliant luster coating a carbonate
matrix. Pretty and sparkly. These are recent finds from
the Erupción mine |
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JC13010. Close up view. |
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JC13009.
Vanadinite (var. endlichite)
Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos Mountains, Municipio de Ahumada, Chihuahua,
Mexico. 9 x 5 x 2 cm 74g $45.00. Rather
delicate, acicular crystals with brilliant luster coating a carbonate
matrix. Pretty and sparkly. These are recent finds from
the Erupción mine |
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JC13009. Close up view. |
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JC13008.
Vanadinite (var. endlichite)
Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos Mountains, Municipio de Ahumada, Chihuahua,
Mexico. 7 x 5 x 1.5 cm 46g $50.00
Rather delicate, acicular crystals with brilliant luster coating a carbonate
matrix. Pretty and sparkly. These are recent finds from
the Erupción mine. |
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JC13008. Close up view. |
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JC13007.
Vanadinite (var. endlichite)
Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos Mountains, Municipio de Ahumada, Chihuahua,
Mexico. 8 x 7 x 4 cm 172g $40.00 Rather
delicate, acicular crystals with brilliant luster coating a carbonate
matrix. Pretty and sparkly. These are recent finds from
the Erupción mine. |
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JC13007. Close up view. |
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JC12767. Vanadinite (arsenian).
Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental
Region, Morocco. 6 x 5.5 x 1.5 cm 106g $95.00 I
acquired this one from Al McGuinness in May 1980; Collected in 1980.
One of the earlier pieces to come out from here, brilliant luster sort of
olive colored crystals with white/cream terminations.
Although the crystals are not large, the overall appearance I thought rather
pretty. Crowley coll. # 293 |
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JC12767. Close up. |
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JC12756. Vanadinite. ACF mine
area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province, Meknes-Tafilalet
region, Morocco. 2 x 2.5 cm 14g $20.00
Some scratches on the lower front. Red orange crystals, waxy luster. |
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JC12757. Vanadinite. ACF mine
area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province, Meknes-Tafilalet
region, Morocco. 2 x 2.5 cm 12g $15.00.
Minor damage to the lower front, easily seen in the photo. Dark
red orange color with satiny luster. |
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JC12758. Vanadinite. ACF
mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province,
Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 1.5 x 2 cm 10g $10.00.
Scratch on the face, seen in the photo. |
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JC12750. Vanadinite. ACF mine
area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province, Meknes-Tafilalet
region, Morocco. 5 x 3 x 3.5 cm 70g $40.00.
Brick red/red orange crystals. There is a scratch on the topmost
crystal easily visible in the photo. |
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JC12750. Slightly different angle. |
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JC12733. Vanadinite. Old Yuma
Mine, Tucson Mountain District Saguaro National Park, Amole Mining District,
Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona. 8 x 9 x 6.5 cm 435g
$280.00. Dark red crystals. Old piece from
Nick Hawes collection. There are a couple of contact marks, not
obvious. |
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JC12733. Another view. |
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JC12733. Another view. |
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JC12733. Another view. |
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JC12733. Another view. |
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JC12733. Another view. |
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JC12477. Vanadinite. Mibladen
district, Midelt province, Draa-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 9.8 ×
6.7 × 3.4 cm 284g $200.00 Ex Brian Lloyd #447 & 0884. An
older piece, probably pre-2000. Zoned crystals, a bit different than
normally seen from here. I haven't seen many like this, in this
quality. |
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JC12477. Another vertical view. |
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JC12477. Close up. |
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JC12392. Vanadinite, descloizite.
Keban mine, Keban, Elazig province, Turkey. 7 x 7 cm 133g.
$200.00 Another rarely seen specimen are the vanadinites from
this obscure Turkish mine. Mineral
specimens from the Keban Mine of Turkey are rare and are very rarely
available. This fine old-time piece features sharp, lustrous, hexagonal,
golden-to red brown vanadinite crystals measuring up to 7 mm aesthetically
and richly covering the underlying matrix with sparkly descloizite.
Probably dates to the 1930's when the mine was active.
Half dozen crystals missing as seen by the light spots in the photo. |
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JC12050. Vanadinite. Mibladen
district, Midelt province, Draa-Tafilalet region, Morocco.
6 x 5 x 4 cm 178g. $90.00 Large, red to orangish red
crystals, satiny luster. The back of the piece is rather dull,
brownish. The large crystal in the center is 2.5 cm across. |
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JC12050. Slightly different angle. |
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JC11731. Vanadinite. ACF mine area,
Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province, Meknes-Tafilalet
region, Morocco. 5 x 5.5 cm 103g. $25.00.
Large, but not gorgeous crystals along the top edge. |
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JC11730. Vanadinite. ACF mine area,
Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province, Meknes-Tafilalet
region, Morocco. 6.5 x 7.5 cm 163g. $30.00
Red orange crystals, a few dings/broken crystals are present. |
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JC11724. Vanadinite.
Puzzler Mine, Adams Mine group, Castle Dome District, Castle Dome Mountains,
Yuma County, Arizona. 6.5 x 7.5 cm 101g. $40.00
Face coated with small typical crystals from the Puzzler. |
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JC11724. Closer view. |
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JC11689. Vanadinite, calcite. Apex
mine, San Carlos, Manuel Benavides municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico.
7 x 9 cm 119g $65.00 Sort of brownish orange crystals poking out
of the calcite, mostly on the bottom half of the specimen.
This is a vertical view, the next photo down I tilted the specimen back to
better show the vanadinite crystals in the front. |
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JC11689. Tilted it back a
bit |
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JC11671.
Vanadinite.
Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.
6 x 9 cm 134g. $125.00. What attracted me to this one, is
the brilliant glassy luster, but also, the crystals are mostly transparent
and gemmy, making for a really pretty piece. Color is
intense red orange, leaning to red as seen in the photos. |
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JC11671. Slightly closer view. |
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JC11671. Closer view. |
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JC11671. Closer view. |
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JC11529. Vanadinite on barite. ACF
mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province,
Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 5 x 7 cm 185g.
$75.00. Bright red crystals on bladed barite. Bit of white
aragonite on the lower side. |
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JC11529. Different view. |
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JC11529. Close up. |
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JC11514. Vanadinite, calcite.
Apex mine, San Carlos, Manuel Benavides municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico.
5 x 7 cm 133g. $100.00 Nice crystals partially
covered with calcite. |
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JC11514. Closer view.
Left end. |
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JC11514. Closer view. Right
end. |
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JC11262.
Vanadinite. Puzzler mine, Adams mine group, Castle Dome district,
Castle Dome mountains, Yuma county, Arizona. 3 x 4 cm
27g. $8.00 The upper workings in the shaft, have slightly
different type of crystals, in that the color tends to be a little more
brown than deeper in the shaft. |
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JC11263. Vanadinite.
Puzzler mine, Adams mine group, Castle Dome district, Castle Dome mountains,
Yuma county, Arizona. 2.5 x 2.5 cm 14g. $5.00
Somewhat more reddish crystals. |
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JC11264.
Vanadinite. Puzzler mine, Adams mine group, Castle Dome district,
Castle Dome mountains, Yuma county, Arizona. 2.3 x 2.7 cm
5g. $5.00. |
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JC11265. Vanadinite.
Puzzler mine, Adams mine group, Castle Dome district, Castle Dome mountains,
Yuma county, Arizona. 1.4 x 2.2 cm 4g. $5.00 |
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JC11266. Vanadinite.
Puzzler mine, Adams mine group, Castle Dome district, Castle Dome mountains,
Yuma county, Arizona. 2 x 3 cm 9g. $5.00 |
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JC11267. Vanadinite.
Puzzler mine, Adams mine group, Castle Dome district, Castle Dome mountains,
Yuma county, Arizona. 1.5 x 2 cm 5g. $5.00 |
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JC11268. Vanadinite.
Puzzler mine, Adams mine group, Castle Dome district, Castle Dome mountains,
Yuma county, Arizona. 1.5 x 3 cm 9g. $5.00. |
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JC11269. Vanadinite.
Puzzler mine, Adams mine group, Castle Dome district, Castle Dome mountains,
Yuma county, Arizona. 2 x 2.2 cm 10g. $5.00. |
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JC11270. Vanadinite.
Puzzler mine, Adams mine group, Castle Dome district, Castle Dome mountains,
Yuma county, Arizona. 2 x 3 cm 9g. $5.00. |
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JC11274. Vanadinite.
Puzzler mine, Adams mine group, Castle Dome district, Castle Dome mountains,
Yuma county, Arizona. 2.5 x 3 cm 8g. $5.00. |
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JC11275.
Vanadinite. Puzzler mine, Adams mine group, Castle Dome district,
Castle Dome mountains, Yuma county, Arizona. 2 x 2.3 cm 8g.
$5.00. |
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JC11275. Back side. |
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JC11276.
Vanadinite. Puzzler mine, Adams mine group, Castle Dome district,
Castle Dome mountains, Yuma county, Arizona. 2 x 4.2 cm 18g.
$5.00 The upper workings in the shaft, have slightly different
type of crystals, in that the color tends to be a little more brown than
deeper in the shaft. |
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JC11277. Vanadinite.
Puzzler mine, Adams mine group, Castle Dome district, Castle Dome mountains,
Yuma county, Arizona. 1.7 x 2.5 cm 11g. $5.00 |
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JC11278. Vanadinite.
Puzzler mine, Adams mine group, Castle Dome district, Castle Dome mountains,
Yuma county, Arizona. 1 x 1.5 cm 3g. $5.00 |
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JC11279. Vanadinite.
Puzzler mine, Adams mine group, Castle Dome district, Castle Dome mountains,
Yuma county, Arizona. 2.2 x 3.5 cm 9g. $5.00 |
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JC10500. Vanadinite on barite. ACF
mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province,
Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 8 x 8 cm 369g.
$135.00 Brilliant, red with orange tint, on white barite that
has very minor limonite staining. |
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JC10467. Vanadinite.
Mibladen mining district, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.
6.5 x 10.5 cm 269g. $175.00. Bright red
crystals on barite and on partially black coated country rock for nice
contrast. Pretty. |
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JC10467. Closer view, left
side. |
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JC10467. Closer view of
upper right and center. |
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JC10331. Vanadinite (endlichite).
Touissit-Bou Beker district, Jerada province, Oriental region, Morocco.
7 x 12 cm 271g. $125.00. Mass of bright,
tan crystals from the finds of many years ago. There is a
bit of black, micro crystalline mottramite beneath the vanadinite crystals. |
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JC10331. Close up. |
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JC9906. Vanadinite on
black manganese coated barite. ACF
mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province,
Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 6 x 9 x 9 cm
805g. $800.00 Bright, dark red, gemmy vanadinites on black
manganese coated barite. The specimen is a knob of matrix, with the
barite/vanadinite wrapping around the knob as seen in the photos below.
Displays very well. Gorgeous specimen. |
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JC9906. Another view. |
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JC9906. Back side of the specimen. |
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JC9906. Back side.
Tilted slightly more forward to show the crystals on the top. |
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JC9904. Vanadinite on barite. ACF
mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province,
Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 10 x 14 cm >1000g.
$325.00. A CABINET specimen with white blades of barite partially
coated with bright red, highly lustrous and gemmy, vanadinite crystals.
This one had a large chunk of matrix on the back which I sawed off to
lighten the weight. |
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JC9904. Close up view. |
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JC9904. Closer view. |
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JC9903. Vanadinite on barite. ACF
mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province,
Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 8 x 13 cm 718g.
$398.00. A matrix of barite blades on this CABINET size specimen
is heavily encrusted with bright red, gemmy vanadinite crystals. No
obvious damage. This is a beautiful specimen that really stands out.
The vanadinite is literally solidly coating the barite with vanadinite on
all sides of the specimen, with the back side not as heavily coated with
vanadinite showing the barite blades to great advantage. |
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JC9903. Back side. |
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JC9903. Close up of one area on
the right side. |
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JC9903. Another view. |
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JC9864. Vanadinite, barite. ACF
mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province,
Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 7.5 x 7.5 cm
290g. $150.00. Dark red crystals on black coated barite
blades. One vanadinite on the upper left edge has two small dings on
it...visible in the photo as two white spots on the crystal. There are
two barite blades with rub marks on them, and one broken small barite
blade...they show up as white spots on the black matrix. |
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JC9864. Another view. |
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JC9907. Vanadinite, barite.
ACF mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province,
Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 7.5 x 8 cm 231g.
$125.00. Brilliant red crystals on white barite. The
crystals are so bright a red they kind of overwhelmed the camera photo.
The color is bright red, with brilliant luster. There is a little bit
of white gypsum on some of the vanadinite crystals on the left side of
the specimen. There is a minor rub spot near the very top of the
piece only noticeable on close inspection. |
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JC9907. A closer view. |
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JC9466. Vanadinite. ACF
mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province,
Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 6 x 6.5 cm 166g.
$90.00. Bright red crystals on buff colored matrix. Sawn
base. Nice. |
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JC9466. Another view. |
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JC9361. Vanadinite, barite. ACF
mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province,
Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 8 x 8 cm 453g.
$95.00 Bright red vanadinite with a slight orange tint on white
barite. Some gypsum dusting some of the crystals on the top left from
the display side shown here. A solid mass of barite.
Back side is massive barite with no vanadinite. Largest vanadinite
crystal is about 7mm. |
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JC9246. Vanadinite. ACF mine
area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt province, Draa-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 6.5 x 11.5 cm 202g. $125.00
Dense coating of dark red crystals on barite. |
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JC9063.
Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.
6.5 x 10 cm 272g. $250.00. Dark red, with brownish
tones. One crystal has a tiny ding on its edge, otherwise undamaged.
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JC9063. Another view. |
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JC7909. Vanadinite var. endlichite.
Ahumada mine, Los Lamentos mountains, Ahumada municipality, Chihuahua,
Mexico. 4 x 5 cm 92g $20.00. Numerous brown
crystals with scattered calcite. Looks better in person. |
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JC7909. Another view. |
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JC7584.
Vanadinite. JC Holmes claims. Santa Rita mountains, Santa Cruz
county, Arizona. 7 x 10 cm 207g. $65.00
Good coverage of orange crystals on black mottramite. This location is
an American classic, and has been thoroughly cleaned out.
This piece dates from the original find in the early 1980's. Minor
damage. The veins in this deposit carrying the vanadinite were pretty
tight and it was quite difficult to remove pieces without some damage to the
crystals rubbing against adjacent wall rock or other vein fragments. |
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JC7348. Vanadinite. JC Holmes
mine, Temporal Gulch area, Patagonia, Wrightson district, Santa Rita
mountains, Santa Cruz county, Arizona. 8 x 9 cm 328g.
$90.00. A flat plate of pumpkin orange crystals typical from
this find of the mid 1980's. These have been quite
uncommon on the market, until a few from the original find that have been
stored away for the past 35 years were offered at the Denver show. |
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JC7348. Close up view. |
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JC6959. Vanadinite. San
Antonio m., chimenea Cox, Level 4. East Camp. Santa Eulalia.
6 x 7 cm 107g $90.00 These unusual vanadinites
came out several years ago, a one time find, and no more have appeared since
then. Pretty and sparkly. |
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JC6959. Close up view. |
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JC2114. Vanadinite on barite. ACF
mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province,
Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 10 x 14 cm >1000g.
$250.00. This large, and rather heavy barite specimen has the barite
blades encrusted with bright red vanadinites from micro size crystals on up.
Displays beautifully. |
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JC2114. Another view.
Slightly different angle. |
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JC2114. Close up view. |
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JC2114. Close up view. |
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JC2114. Close up view. |
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JC2115. Vanadinite on barite. ACF
mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province,
Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 7 x 11 cm 747g.
$225.00. Brilliant red crystals on white barite blades. |
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JC2115. Close up view. |
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JC2118. Vanadinite on barite. ACF
mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province,
Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 5.5 x 9.5 cm 503g.
$90.00. Brilliant red crystals on white barite blades.
Some of the barite has a light staining of some kind of gray material. |
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JC2118. Vertical view.
Minor damage in the somewhat left of center near top...hard to see it. |
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JC13325. Vesuvianite. Alchuri
alpine-type clefts, Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Shigar District,
Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. 8.5 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm 150g $175.00
Numerous dark brown with a reddish hint occupying the front of the piece.
Nice luster. A bit of damage on the left side, as seen in the close up
below. Nice pieces of this quality are not all that common. |
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JC13325. Another view. A
little hard to see the individual crystals in the openings in the front. |
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JC13325. Another view. A
little hard to see the individual crystals in the openings in the front. |
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JC13325. Close up of the left
side. |
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JC13325. Close up of the right
side. Sorry about the lint...should have hit it with air gun. |
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JC13325. Turned it upside down. |
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JC13325. Back side. |
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JC12675. Vesuvianite.
Bill Waley Mine (Bill Waley Indian Allotment Mine), Drum Valley, Washapie
Mountain, Tulare County, California. 17 x 7 x 6 cm 906g
$250.00 Bright luster crystals through the center.
This one was coated with blue calcite which has been etched off.
Looks better in person. There were very few cabinet specimens
collected from this find. I first collected these from the Bill Waley Indian Allotment
tungsten mine in Drum Valley, CA in 1972. They were in a cave type area in
the mine, where on many, the calcite had been dissolved away leaving the vesuvianite.
I wrote the location up in "California Geology", October 1974. Vol. 27,
Article title: Loellingite and Black Vesuvianite from Tulare county,
California. Pages 224-226. California Div. of Mines and Geology publication.
Mostly of interest as an odd color, and somewhat strange form for
vesuvianite. A one time find, nothing is left of these, and a rare
occurrence for vesuvianite. It
has been suggested that these might be wiluite...I compared the x-ray
diffraction pattern I took of these, and it appears to be closer to
vesuvianite, although the diffraction pattern for wiluite and vesuvianite
are very close in appearance. |
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JC12675. Closer view. |
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JC12675. Closer view. |
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JC12675. Closer view. |
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JC12550. Vesuvianite. Sierra de
Cruces, Sierra Mojada Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico. 3.8 x 8.9 x
10.5 cm 285g $125.00. For a completely different look,
here is a piece of classic vesuvianite crystals from Mexico. These are
the classic form for vesuvianite. Numerous sort of tan/brownish, very
slightly greenish on some some crystals. |
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JC12550. Another view. |
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JC12550. Another view. |
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JC12550. Closer view. |
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JC12550. Closer view. |
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JC12550. Closer view. |
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An idealized drawing of what the
vesuvianite from near Clio, Plumas county, California looks like.
Flattened di-pyramids.
The following specimens represent the collecting efforts from over a
dozen pockets from this locality. All of the specimens were in small,
6" or so, to medium 12-18" sized, pockets filled with dirt and
sand...where the limestone had dissolved away and left the vesuvianite
specimens loose in the pockets and covered with dirt/sand. Any damage
to the specimens was through natural processes and possibly damage from
earthquakes. Some of the pockets had the vesuvianite heavily
covered with diopside that has weathered so severely that it falls off the
vesuvianite in any type of cleaning process...essentially being rotten.
A couple of small pockets had diopside crystals on the vesuvianite that
actually held together as discreet crystals of a light green color. |
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JC10985. Vesuvianite, diopside.
Nr. Clio, Plumas county, California. 5 x 6 cm 11g
$40.00 4cm crystals. The diopside has coated and actually grown
into the crystals a bit, giving this somewhat pockmarked appearance.
Most of the diopside is present as somewhat wormy looking crystal aggregates
partially coating the brown vesuvianite. Where the vesuvianite is not
coated with diopside, it has glassy luster. The vesuvianite crystals
are complete. |
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JC10985. Another view. |
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JC10985. Another view. |
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JC10985. Another view. |
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JC10985. Another view, this of the
back side. |
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JC10986. Vesuvianite. Nr.
Clio, Plumas county, California. 3.5 x 5 cm 74g.
$15.00. Glassy brown crystals, none are complete.
Damage to the back side and edges of a couple of the crystals. 2 cm crystals and smaller.
The white patch is quartz? |
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JC10986. Another view. |
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JC10986. Another view. |
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JC10986. Another view. |
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JC10986. Back side. |
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JC10987. Vesuvianite, diopside.
Nr. Clio, Plumas county, California. 5 x 6.5 cm 135g
$30.00 2 cm crystals and smaller. Light green diopside crystals
in wormy looking aggregates across the middle of the group. The
vesuvianite crystals at the top of the piece are complete, with glassy
luster, dark brown. The smaller vesuvianite crystals from the
middle on down are mostly incomplete. The back side of the piece is
mostly massive/cleaved. |
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JC10987. Another view. |
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JC10987. Another view. |
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JC10987. Another view. |
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JC10988. Vesuvianite. Nr.
Clio, Plumas county, California. 7 x 8 cm 212g.
$45.00 4.5 cm main crystal. Aggregate of several crystals.
The main crystal is complete, although it has wormy looking beige brown
unknown mineral as a partial coating on it. The other
crystals are mostly complete. Appears to be a floater specimen, which
is not common with these. Crystals are lustrous where not covered with the wormy secondary
mineral. |
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JC10988. Another view. |
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JC10988. Back side. |
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JC10990. Vesuvianite. Nr.
Clio, Plumas county, California. 9 x 9 cm 453g.
$50.00 2.3 cm crystals and smaller, many on the back side. Light
brown crystals on the front, a little lighter than the photo would indicate.
Luster is bright, just short of glassy, but close. Most crystals
on the front are complete; same for the ones on the side and back.
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JC10990. Side view. |
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JC10990. Back side. |
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JC10990. Close up of the front
crystals. |
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JC10991. Vesuvianite. Nr.
Clio, Plumas county, California. 7 x 8.5 cm 334g. $45.00
2.5 to 4 cm crystals. The tip of the top center main crystal has
been broken off and shows a little bit of rehealing when turned in the
light. The left side in this photo shows growth interference where
other crystals once grew against the ones in this photo. The top
left crystal has the tip broken off on its bottom, visible in the photo.
Luster is glassy. |
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JC10991. Another view. |
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JC10991. Another view. |
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JC10993. Vesuvianite. Nr.
Clio, Plumas county, California. 6 x 7 cm 233g.
$45.00
2 cm and smaller crystals. The main crystal, near the top center
in this view, is complete. Most of the other crystals are
complete also. Luster is near glassy, although there is some
beige overgrowth of secondary vesuvianite here and there.
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JC10993. Another view. |
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JC10994. Vesuvianite. Nr.
Clio, Plumas county, California. 3.5 x 4.5 x 5 cm
108g. $40.00 3 cm and smaller crystals.
Main crystal is mostly complete although the top of the main crystal is a
little bit incomplete due to growth interference. The
smaller side crystal is complete on the top half, the bottom half is
missing. The beige, wormy looking material on the lower
left of the main crystal is unknown. |
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JC10994. Another view. |
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JC10995. Vesuvianite. Nr.
Clio, Plumas county, California. 6 x 6.5 cm
146g. $40.00 3.5 cm crystal. A two
sided piece, not sure which is best. The main crystal seen here
is complete except for where other crystals have grown against it,
restricting the growth there, as can be seen on the left side of the crystal,
as a sort of whitish area. The same growth interference is
present on the lower front of the big crystal. Glassy luster on
the complete faces. |
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JC10995. Reverse. Diopside,
now rotted away has left the face with small tiny pits in the crystal.
The lower center crystal is complete. |
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JC10996. Vesuvianite. Nr.
Clio, Plumas county, California. 5 x 6 cm 181g
$45.00 4cm main crystal. This one is from the pocket that
had a secondary growth of sparkly orangish brown vesuvianite on the main
brown vesuvianite crystals. The crystal is about 50%
complete, with a portion missing on the left front where another crystal was
growing on the main crystal and has been broken off.
The bottom one third of the crystal is missing. |
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JC10996. Back side. The back side
of the crystal has been coated by a secondary layer of orangish brown
sparkly vesuvianite. The big crystal is pretty much complete
underneath this secondary coating. |
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JC10997. Vesuvianite. Nr.
Clio, Plumas county, California. 5 x 7 cm 201g.
$30.00 3 cm crystals and smaller. Brown
crystal with good bright luster. Several of the crystals have had
their tips of one face edge broken off, leaving them partially incomplete. |
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JC10997. Side view. |
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JC10998. Vesuvianite. Nr.
Clio, Plumas county, California. 5 x 6 cm 122g.
$45.00
2.5 cm main crystal. The main crystal, on the top of the specimen is
complete with no broken corners; the satellite crystals are mostly complete
also. The light area on the lower left portion is
incomplete growth, where another crystal, now absent, grew against it.
A little pitting is present as white spots where another mineral grew and is
now gone. |
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JC10998. Back side. |
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JC10999. Vesuvianite. Nr.
Clio, Plumas county, California. 5 x 8 cm 200g.
$38.00 1.8 cm and smaller crystals all over this
piece. The edges of the crystals are a little rough, maybe due to
jostling in the pocket it was found in...gives the edges a slightly raggedy
look. |
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JC10999. Another view. |
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JC10999. Another view. |
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JC10999. Another view. |
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JC11001. Vesuvianite. Nr.
Clio, Plumas county, California. 5.5 x 6.5 cm 159g.
$40.00
5 cm and smaller crystals. Just to the right of the upper face
termination is a small area, few mm across that has been broken/chipped;
visible in this photo. Some of the tips on the smaller crystals in
front are missing. The main crystal is about 75% complete, with
the bottom 1/4, visible on the back, missing. |
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JC11001. Another view. |
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JC11001. Back side. |
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JC11002. Vesuvianite. Nr.
Clio, Plumas county, California. 5 x 7.5 cm 171g.
$25.00 3 cm main crystal. A lot of growth
interference on this one. The main crystal, easily seen here, has had
the top corner cleaved off. The right edge, where the
white is, is incomplete growth. The white crystal on the extreme
left edge appears to be an albite crystal, but has not been analyzed. |
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JC11003. Vesuvianite. Nr.
Clio, Plumas county, California. 5 x 8 cm 249g.
$40.00. 3.5 cm and smaller crystals. This is one of the ones from
a single pocket that had a lot of beige/orangish brown secondary growth on
the crystals. It appears to be vesuvianite, but has not been analyzed.
The crystals are mostly complete. The whole specimens looks a
little lighter in color than the photo would indicate. |
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JC11003. Another view. |
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JC11003. Another view. |
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JC11003. Another view. |
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JC11004. Vesuvianite. Nr.
Clio, Plumas county, California. 4.5 x 7 cm 93g.
$40.00
3 cm main crystal. From the same pocket that produced the crystals
with a secondary growth of beige/orange brown material, giving the specimen
an overall beige look. The main crystal on the upper left is
complete with no damage. |
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JC11004. Another view. |
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JC11005. Vesuvianite. Nr.
Clio, Plumas county, California. 6 x 8.5 cm
362g. $50.00. 4 cm and smaller crystals.
The main crystal, as well as the entire specimen is a slightly orangish
beige rather than the greenish look the camera gave the photo.
The main crystal on the right side has had the back side partially etched
away by later dissolution apparently. One of the larger
crystals on the upper left has had some growth interference so it is not
complete. Luster is bright where the secondary material is not
present. |
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JC11005. Another view. |
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JC11006. Vesuvianite. Nr.
Clio, Plumas county, California. 6 x 6 x 8 cm 422g.
$50.00 2 cm and smaller crystals. Most of the
crystals are on the front, although there are some on the back side also.
Some of the crystals on the front have had the tips of the corners chipped,
probably from jostling in the pocket. Luster is bright.
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JC11006. Another view. |
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JC11006. Another view. |
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JC11006. Another view. |
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JC11008. Vesuvianite. Nr.
Clio, Plumas county, California. 5 x 6 x 9.5 cm 288g.
$45.00
2.5 cm and smaller crystals. From the pocket that
had the odd secondary growth of what appears to be sparkly beige/orangish
beige material. It is most obvious on the bottom of the piece.
Crystals are mostly complete and undamaged on the front face. A
sort of interlocking mass of crystals. |
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JC11008. Another view. |
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JC11008. Another view. |
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JC11009. Vesuvianite. Nr.
Clio, Plumas county, California. 4.5 x 7.5 cm 173g.
$40.00 2 cm and smaller crystals. Brown
crystals, with some etching on them. A bit of poorly crystallized
diopside is present down amongst the base of the crystals. |
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JC11009. Another view. |
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JC11009. Another view. |
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JC11009. Another view. |
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JC11010. Vesuvianite. Nr.
Clio, Plumas county, California. 5.5 x 6 cm 101g.
$40.00
3 cm crystals. Crystal is complete with about 1/2 of it buried
in the matrix, so you are seeing the top half. The light colored
material on the faces appears to be where diopside crystals were growing and
are now leached away or rotted away. The larger crystal on
the right side has had its corner broken off...the flat spot in the photo.
Luster is bright where the diopside? spots aren't present. |
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JC11010. Another view. |
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JC10011. Vesuvianite. Nr.
Clio, Plumas county, California. 4 x 5.5 cm 88g.
$30.00 Brown crystals. The main crystal seen in the
photo is mostly complete...its face has been chipped/bruised as can be seen
by the brown color in the middle of the crystal face where a flat face
should be present.
2 cm and smaller crystals. |
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JC10011. Another view. |
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JC10011. Another view. |
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JC11012. Vesuvianite. Nr.
Clio, Plumas county, California. 3 x 5.5 cm 60g.
$18.00
1.5 cm and smaller brown crystals. The tips of the sides
of the di-pyramids are broken off. Not obvious but present
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JC11012. Another view. |
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JC11013. Vesuvianite, diopside.
Nr. Clio, Plumas county, California. 5 x 6 cm 91g.
$40.00 5 cm crystal. The crystal has been partly covered by diopside
crystals growing on the face and actually eating into the face a bit,
leaving small pits where the diopside crystals have weathered out. The
vesuvianite crystals are about 2/3 complete. The right lower side of the main crystal
has been broken off...it is the part without diopside on it in the photo.
Luster is bright where there is no diopside. |
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JC11013. Back side. |
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JC11013. Another view. |
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JC11014. Vesuvianite. Nr.
Clio, Plumas county, California. 6 x 8 cm 175g.
$60.00 5 cm crystal. Diopside that has rotted/leached away, has left small pits
on the crystal. The large, main crystal is about 2/3 complete, the base
of it never formed. The left side near the top is not completely
formed. It is not broken, just never formed...may have been due to
another crystal growing against it. Back side is also
pitted, presumably from where diopside grew and has been leached or rotted
away. |
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JC11014. Another view. |
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JC11014. Another view. |
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JC11014. Another view. |
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JC11014. Another view. |
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JC11014. Another view. |
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JC11016. Vesuvianite. Nr.
Clio, Plumas county, California. 3 x 3.5 cm 35g.
$18.00. Somewhat raggedy, etched triple crystal.
3 cm crystals. |
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JC11016. Back side |
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JC11017. Vesuvianite. Nr.
Clio, Plumas county, California. 4 x 5 cm 73g.
$25.00. Mostly complete crystals heavily coated with diopside
residue. The actual diopside crystals for the most part fell apart or
were leached away, leaving this poorly crystallized residue, that has
actually eaten into the vesuvianite. 3 cm crystals. |
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JC11017. Another view. |
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JC11018. Vesuvianite. Nr.
Clio, Plumas county, California. 3 x 6.5 cm 137g.
$25.00
1.7 cm crystals. Note the greenish core on the broken crystal in the
lower front. About half the crystals are complete. |
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JC11018. Another view. |
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JC11019. Vesuvianite. Nr.
Clio, Plumas county, California. 5 x 6 cm 90g.
$35.00 3 cm crystals. Most of the crystals have been coated with a secondary
layer of somewhat sparkly orange brown vesuvianite. The left
corner of the front crystal has been broken off. |
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JC11019. Another view, this
is more likely the front side for viewing. The main crystal is
complete on the top half, the bottom half is heavily etched. Luster is
a bit dull, more waxy than anything. |
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JC11019. Another view. |
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JC11021. Vesuvianite. Nr.
Clio, Plumas county, California. 3 x 6 cm 84g.
$30.00 1.5 cm crystals. This small pocket was filled
with little groups of small crystals like this. Most fell apart when I
tried to extract them, as they were highly fractured and tightly packed in
the pocket. They have small very pale green almost white diopside
crystals scattered around them. Most crystals are complete and
undamaged. |
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JC11021. Another view. |
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JC9229. Vesuvianite. Near Clio,
Plumas county, California. 4 x 4.5 cm 83g. $50.00.
A main crystal that measures 2.5 cm across, slightly translucent and pretty
much damage free except for a little bit of growth interference. Color
is a root beer brown as shown. Classic shape and form of a
flattened di-pyramid. The flat face in the center of the crystal does
not show well in the photos. A bit of pale green diopside and
corroded siliceous material is also present. Mined in 2012. |
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JC9229. Another view. |
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JC9229. Another view. |
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JC9229. View of opposite side. |
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JC11917. Viitaniemiite crystal.
Shigar District?, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. 3.2 cm 5g
$150.00 Very rare
single crystal. A few scratches on one side as can be easily
seen in the photo.
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JC12695. Vivianite, ludlamite.
Cabeça do Cachorro claim, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil.
13 x 11 x 6.5 cm 361g $450.00 Bladed vivianite crystals,
mostly standing up from the matrix, a single small ludlamite is sitting on
the matrix. I have looked at hundreds of vivianites from this
find, and have not seen any with upstanding crystals like in this specimen.
Not all are terminated, as these are found in hollow nodules, and the tips
were undoubtedly against the wall of the nodule. |
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JC12695. Another view. |
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JC12695. Another view. |
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JC12695. Another view. |
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JC12695. Another view. |
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JC11802. Vivianite. Bolivia
(all that the label says). 2.5 x 6 cm with stand 30g with
stand $150.00. A flattish crystal, with imbedded growth
marks from some other mineral. |
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JC11802. Back side. |
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JC11789. Vivianite.
Machacamarca district, Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosí, Bolivia.
3 x 5.8 cm 73g $150.00. stout green crystal with
apparent twinning. A bit of brown childrenite and some light
green paravauxite. Ex. Alfredo Petrov coll. Back
side has an almost iridescent green color to it, visible in the photo below. |
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JC11789. Another view. |
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JC11789. Another view, back side. |