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This page will feature sale specimens.   The original price will be left on them, just deduct the % off that I give

Today, June 8, 2024, I added a number of specimens with starting prices of 30% off

	JC11102. Epidote.     Kimmeria deposit, Xanthi, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece.   8 x 11 cm  423g.  $165.00    A nice large plate of brilliant crystals.  There are some broken crystals, not uncommon from here.  Also present are a few small roots that weren't removed by the collector.  Much better quality than the average specimen from here.      ON SALE, TAKE 50% OFF THE MARKED PRICE
	JC11102.  Another view.
	JC11102.  Close up view with a few roots.
	JC10700.    Epidote.  Groppaggi, Bargone, Casarza Ligure, Genoa, Liguria, Italy.   8 x 9 cm  378g.  $40.00.   One of those rather unusual locations in Italy.   Stubby, good green color, epidotes coating what appears to be a feldspathic matrix.   Specimens are rarely seen from here...makes an interesting locality specimen.   The gent I bought it from collected it himself.     ON SALE, TAKE 60% OFF THE MARKED PRICE
	JC10700.  Closer view.
	JC10700.  Closer view.
	JC9402.  Epidote.  Bendougou village, Arrondissement Diakon, Commune Diakon, Cercle de Bafoulabe, Kayes region, Mali. 4 x 7 cm  159 g.   $10.00.  A few larger crystals growing on the back of the specimen.  The front is damaged.  Actually a trim piece from one of the other specimens that I thought would look much better by itself instead of attached to another specimen.   The back crystal could be trimmed off to make a small miniature.        ON SALE, TAKE 60% OFF THE MARKED PRICE
	JC8548.  Epidote.  Northern Frontier province, North East province, Kenya.   2.5 cm Tall Thumbnail 7g.  $20.00   ON SALE, TAKE 60% OFF THE MARKED PRICE
	JC8548.  View of the termination.
	JC8548.  Back side showing a thin layer of tiny hematite crystals.
	JC8548.  Back side showing a thin layer of tiny hematite crystals.
	JC11764. Ferberite, pyrite.   Tae Hwa Mine, Neungam-ri, Angseong-myeon, Chungju City, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea.  2 x 3.5 cm   28g.  $65.00    An excellent specimen of sharp, chevron-shaped ferberite blades from the classic Korean locality.  A little group of cubic pyrite at the base adds a little pizzazz to the piece.  Terminations are mostly complete.    ON SALE, TAKE 60% OFF THE MARKED PRICE.
	JC11764.   Another view, slightly different angle.
	JC11563.   Ferberite, quartz.  Panasqueira mines, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal.   5.5 x 8 cm   198g  $ 140.00     Broken crystal in back and on side.    ON SALE, TAKE 30% OFF THE MARKED PRICE.
	JC11563.   Another view.
	JC11563.   Another view.
	JC12252.   Fluorite.  Dixie mine, Mountain Wells district, Churchill county, Nevada.   6.5 x 9.5 cm 263g   $40.00.   Sawn back     Light honey color, transparent crystals with glassy luster.    Largest crystals are slightly over 1 cm across.      ON SALE, TAKE 30% OFF THE MARKED PRICE.
	JC12252.  Closer view.    Crystals are way more honey color than this photo indicates.  Actually a light honey color with grayish tints.
	JC12246.   Fluorite.  Dixie mine, Mountain Wells district, Churchill county, Nevada.   8 x 13 cm 741g Sawn back   $50.00.   Light honey color crystals on the left and right, and colorless crystals down the center and on the far left.   Crystals are totally transparent with glassy luster.    The honey color is slightly darker than the photos would indicate.    Crystals average 7 to 8 mm across.    ON SALE, TAKE 30% OFF THE MARKED PRICE.
	JC12246.  Closer view.
	JC12088.  Fluorite, pyrite.  Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal.  3 x 7 cm 119g  $20.00.   A somewhat large, but rather dull, fluorite crystal has a crown of funky looking pyrite crystals.   Odd piece.       ON SALE, TAKE 30% OFF THE MARKED PRICE.
	JC12088.  Another view.
	JC12088.  Another view.
	JC8205.  Gypsum.  N'Chwaning II mine, N'Chwaning mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape province, South Africa.  A 3 cm rather complex crystal.  $3.00.   Cleaved on one side.   ON SALE TAKE 60% OFF THE LISTED PRICE
	JC8205.  Another view.
	JC11951.   Hematite.  Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey. 4.5 x 7 cm 403g    $35.00.       ON SALE, TAKE 30% OFF THE MARKED PRICE.
	JC11951.   Another view.
	JC11820.  Hematite.  Payún Matrú volcano, Altiplano de Payún Matrú, Agua Escondida District, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina.  3 x 3 cm 10g   $65.00.   Nice stack of crystals with lots of sparkle.      ON SALE, TAKE 30% OFF THE MARKED PRICE.
	JC11820.  Another view.
	JC11820.  Another view.
	JC11820.  Another view.
	JC11820.  Another view.
	JC11820.  Another view.
	JC12358.  Heulandite.  Rat's Nest claim, Bayhorse district, nr. Challis, Custer county, Idaho.  5 x 6.5 cm 80g.  $35.00   Group of light pinkish crystals on mordenite.     ON SALE, TAKE 50% OFF THE MARKED PRICE
	JC12358.  Another view.
	JC12544.   Heterogenite.   Star of the Congo, Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Southern area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).   4.5 x 5.5 x 8.5 cm 189g  $100.00  Brilliant, wet looking black botryoids with chrysocolla.     ON SALE, TAKE 30% OFF THE MARKED PRICE
	JC12544.  Another view.
	JC11808.  Hubnerite.   Pasto Bueno, Pampas District, Pallasca Province, Áncash, Peru.  1.5 x 3 x 3 cm 53g.   $30.00   Flat termination, with about half of it lustrous.   ON SALE, TAKE 50% OFF THE MARKED PRICE
	JC11808.  Back side.
	JC11811.  Hubnerite, quartz. Pasto Bueno, Pampas District, Pallasca Province, Áncash, Peru.  2.5 x 2.7 cm 21g  $18.00   Terminations are complete, with good luster.ON SALE, TAKE 50% OFF THE MARKED PRICE
	JC11811.  Back side.
	JC12145.  Jadeite. China.  A slice of jadeite.  Back lit in the lower photo.  6.5 x 11.5 cm 129g  6mm thick.  $40.00   ON SALE TAKE 30% OFF THE MARKED PRICE PRICE
	JC12145.  Back lit.
	JC10681. Ludwigite, forsterite?  Spring Gulch/Valley View mine area, Quartzite (White Rock) canyon, Spring Mountain district, nr. Big Windy Peak, Lemhi county, Idaho.   10 x 16 cm >1000g.   $150.00  The front face is covered with a heavy scattering of prisms, many with tiny dots of forsterite?  The central area of black lustrous crystals was etched out of calcite, and the edges and part of the back is composed of oxidized semi massive ludwigite, which has this odd amorphous orange oxide material.  There is a patch of larger black ludwigite crystals on the back.  I have been told the light colored specks of anhedral mineral are forsterite, but I haven't personally had it analyzed.     Looks better in person.  The ludwigite prisms tend to blend together in the photos.       ON SALE TAKE 50% OFF THE MARKED PRICE PRICE
	JC10861.  Closer view.
	JC10861.   Closer view.
	JC10819.  Ludwigite, forsterite?  Spring Gulch/Valley View mine area, Quartzite (White Rock) canyon, Spring Mountain district, nr. Big Windy Peak, Lemhi county, Idaho.  5 x 5.5 cm  64g.   $40.00   A rather ugly piece, its claim to fame though is it has a terminated crystal.   Terminated crystals are quite rare.  The termination is flat, with a few small offsets.  The beige material is supposedly forsterite, but I have not had it verified.    ON SALE TAKE 30% OFF THE MARKED PRICE PRICE
	JC10819.  View of the termination.
	JC10819.  Another view of the termination.
	JC10817.  Ludwigite.  Spring Gulch/Valley View mine area, Quartzite (White Rock) canyon, Spring Mountain district, nr. Big Windy Peak, Lemhi county, Idaho.   4 x 7 x 7 cm  143g.  $40.00  A rather ugly piece, its claim to fame though is it has a couple of terminated crystals.   Terminated crystals are quite rare.  The termination is flat, with a few small offsets.    ON SALE TAKE 30% OFF THE MARKED PRICE PRICE
	JC10817.   Closer view of the terminations.
	JC10785.  Ludwigite, calcite, forsterite?  Spring Gulch/Valley View mine area, Quartzite (White Rock) canyon, Spring Mountain district, nr. Big Windy Peak, Lemhi county, Idaho.  8 x 9.5 cm   463g.  $135.00.   Many prisms in calcite.  A bit of oxidation here and there, but not much overall.  The beige material is supposedly forsterite, but I have not had it verified.    ON SALE TAKE 30% OFF THE MARKED PRICE PRICE
	JC10785.   Closer view of the upper right.
	JC10765.  Ludwigite, calcite.   Spring Gulch/Valley View mine area, Quartzite (White Rock) canyon, Spring Mountain district, nr. Big Windy Peak, Lemhi county, Idaho   5 x 7.5 cm  133g.   $100.00.   Groups of jackstraw like crystals.   Some minor hematite on the back and front.     ON SALE TAKE 30% OFF THE MARKED PRICE PRICE
	JC10765.   Closer view.
	JC10765.  Back side.
	JC10752.   Ludwigite, calcite, forsterite?.  Spring Gulch/Valley View mine area, Quartzite (White Rock) canyon, Spring Mountain district, nr. Big Windy Peak, Lemhi county, Idaho.  6 x 12 cm   685g.  $175.00.  Mass of bright black crystals, coverage on broth front and back.    I have been told the light colored specks of anhedral mineral are forsterite, but I haven't personally had it analyzed.     ON SALE TAKE 50% OFF THE MARKED PRICE PRICE
	JC10752.  Closer view.
	JC10752.  Back side.
	JC6808.   Magnetite, ludwigite.  Spring Gulch/Valley View mine, Quartzite (White Rock) canyon, Spring Mountain district, nr. Big Windy Peak, Lemhi county, Idaho.   5 x 8 cm  168g.  $35.00.    Mostly black octahedrons of magnetite with some corroded ludwigite crystals in the lower front.   Magnetite's are about 1.5 cm in diameter and smaller.   The magnetite crystals are a little crude/pitted with satiny luster.    ON SALE, TAKE 60% OFF THE MARKED PRICE
	JC6808.  Another view.
	JC6808.  Another view.
	JC4399.   Magnetite.  Spring Gulch/Valley View mine, Quartzite (White Rock) canyon, Spring Mountain district, nr. Big Windy Peak, Lemhi county, Idaho  3.5 x 5 cm  151g.  $20.00.   Group of somewhat crude octahedral crystals.  Collected in 2003.   ON SALE, TAKE 60% OFF THE MARKED PRICE
	JC4399.  Another view.
	JC12483.  Malachite (semi-polished).  Congo.   8 x 13 cm 791g   $35.00.      ON SALE, TAKE 30% OFF THE MARKED PRICE
	JC12483.  Another view.
	JC11908A.  Malachite.  Congo.  6.5 x 6.5 cm   398g.  $35.00   A polished knob of malachite.      ON SALE, TAKE 30% OFF THE MARKED PRICE
	JC11979.  Manganite. Manganese deposit, Ilfeld, Harztor, Nordhausen District, Thuringia, Germany.  2 x 5 cm 21g.  $250.00.   Nice little miniature from this famous locality.        ON SALE, TAKE 30% OFF THE MARKED PRICE.
	JC11979.  Another view.
	JC11979.  Another view.
	JC11979.  Another view.
	JC11979.  Another view.  Shows up a bit better with the black background.
	JC11979.  A closer view.
	JC10340.  Molybdenite, quartz, epidote.  Pine Creek mine, Annex claims, Bishop district, Scheelite, nr. Bishop, Inyo county, California.   4 x 7 cm   119g.   $35.00.  Several rosettes of molybdenite embedded in a quartz rich matrix, with minor fine grained epidote.      ON SALE, TAKE 60% OFF THE MARKED PRICE.
	JC10340.  Another view.
	JC10340.  Another view.
	JC10342.  Molybdenite, quartz, epidote.   Pine Creek mine, Annex claims, Bishop district, Scheelite, nr. Bishop, Inyo county, California.  5 x 5 x 10 cm.   309g.   $45.00.   Numerous small molybdenite rosettes embedded in a quartz matrix with associated fine grained epidote.   The largest rosette is 1 cm, with most rosettes less than that.          ON SALE, TAKE 60% OFF THE MARKED PRICE.
	JC10342.  Another view.
	JC10342.  Another view.
	JC10342.  A closer view.
	JC10384.  Molybdenite, epidote, quartz.  Pine Creek mine, Annex claims, Bishop district, Scheelite, nr. Bishop, Inyo county, California.       8.5 x 13 cm  >1000g.  $100.00.   Heavy specimen of molybdenite in a somewhat rusty epidote, quartz matrix.    Crystals of the molybdenite are not well defined, being mostly subhedral.   I took several photos of the front, back and sides.          ON SALE, TAKE 60% OFF THE MARKED PRICE.
	JC10384.  Another view.
	JC10384.  Another view.
	JC10384.  A view of the backside, which is mostly fine grained epidote.
	JC10311.  Molybdenite, hornblende, quartz, feldspar.  Pine Creek mine, Bishop district, Scheelite, nr. Bishop, Inyo county, California.  6 x 7 cm  168g.  $25.00.   Granular grayish quartz and white feldspar makes up the matrix with minor hornblende crystals also present.   The molybdenite is present as anhedral to subhedral crystals scattered throughout.   Has a sawn base.         ON SALE, TAKE 60% OFF THE MARKED PRICE.
	JC10311.   Back side.
	JC10317.  Molybdenite, hornblende, quartz, feldspar.  Pine Creek mine, Bishop district, Scheelite, nr. Bishop, Inyo county, California.  4.5 x 6 cm  91g.  $15.00.  A few subhedral molybdenite crystals are embedded in a hornblende rich matrix with grayish granular quartz.    Has a sawn base.         ON SALE, TAKE 60% OFF THE MARKED PRICE.
	JC10317.   Another view.