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Minerals Beginning with "B"

	JC12197.  Barite.  Palos Verdes Hills (Palos Verdes Cliffs), Palos Verdes peninsula, Los Angeles County, California.  4 x 6.5 cm 117g  $5.00   Small bladed crystals.
	JC12196.  Barite.  Palos Verdes Hills (Palos Verdes Cliffs), Palos Verdes peninsula, Los Angeles County, California.   5 x 9 cm 172g  $8.00.  Small bladed crystals.
	JC12195.   Barite.  Palos Verdes Hills (Palos Verdes Cliffs), Palos Verdes peninsula, Los Angeles County, California. 3.5 x 7.5 cm 157g $5.00  Small bladed crystals.
	JC12104.  Barite.  China.     1.7 x 2.6 cm  18g. Thumbnail.   $10.00   No visible damage.  Wish I had a better location information.
	JC12092.  Baryte.  Frizington, West Cumberland Iron Field, Cumbria, England, UK.  4.5 x 6 cm 85g  $165.00.   Several barite blades with a grayish color with a hint of blueness.   Minor hematite internal coloring near the terminations.   Some dolomite crystals are seen resting on the matrix plate.   There are very minor tiny dings here and there on the piece, not surprising considering how old it is.
	JC12092.  Different view.
	JC12092.  Another view.
	JC12092.  Another view.
	JC12065.  Barite.  Carbonia-Iglesias Province (these came out in this time period,  2005-2016), Sardinia, Italy.   6 x 6 cm 38g   $125.00   Group of parallel growth crystals.   In good shape.
	JC12065.  Back side.
	JC12064.  Barite.   Baryte locality, Xichang County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China.  4 cm Tall   25g   $35.00.  Amber color single crystal, with smaller crystals attached at base.
	JC12064.  Another view.
	JC12028.  Barite.  Baryte locality, Xichang County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China.  3 x 3 cm 29g   $35.00   Small group with phantoms.
	JC12028.   Another view.
	JC12028.   Another view.
	JC12026.   Barite.  Baryte locality, Xichang County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China.  4 cm Tall 23g   $25.00  Single honey color crystal.
	JC12026.  Back side.
	JC11930.  Barite.   Palos Verdes Hills (Palos Verdes Cliffs), Palos Verdes peninsula, Los Angeles Co., California.   Single crystal, 3 cm tall.  $5.00    C:1973
	JC11931.   Barite.   Palos Verdes Hills (Palos Verdes Cliffs), Palos Verdes peninsula, Los Angeles Co., California.   3.5 cm wide, thin, crystal group  $5.00    C: 1973.
	JC11927.  Barite.   Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru.  2.5 x 2.5 cm 17g $15.00.  Thumbnail specimen.
	JC11927.   Another view.
	JC11926.  Barite.   Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru.   2.5 x 3 cm 32g  $20.00.
	JC11926.   Another view.
	JC11748.  Barite with stibnite and stibiconite.   Xikuangshan Sb deposit, Lengshuijiang county, Loudi, Hunan, China.  2.5 x 4 cm  38g.  $35.00.  A group of stibnite crystals on the front, almost entirely replaced with stibiconite.   Back side shows nice barite crystals.
	JC11748.  Slightly different angle.
	JC11748.  Back side.
	JC11428.   Barite.   Palos Verdes Hills (Palos Verdes Cliffs), Palos Verdes peninsula, Los Angeles County, California.    5 x 8 cm 211g.  $10.00.   Bladed crystals, several broken from this well known location.
	JC11428.   Slightly different angle.
	JC11423.   Barite.   Palos Verdes Hills (Palos Verdes Cliffs), Palos Verdes peninsula, Los Angeles County, California.    4 x 5 cm  81g.  $5.00.  Bladed crystals, some broken, from this well known location.
	JC11987.  Bastnasite.  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province  Malagari, Pakistan.   7g single larger piece, 6g smaller piece  Thumbnails $40.00.
	JC12172.  Beryl (red).  Wah Wah mountains, Utah.  A 5mm crystal in a perky box.   $95.00
	JC11431.   Beryl.   Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer Co., South Dakota.  4 x 6 x 9 cm  212g.   $18.00.   A section of light green beryl.  There can be seen the sides of the crystal in the lower photo, and this piece is broken off on the top and bottom, so only this section remains.
	JC11431.  Side view showing the crystals side.
	JC12015.   Beryllonite.  Niyil-Bruk, Niyil, Braldu Valley?, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.  3 x 4 cm 17g   $40.00  A transparent beryllonite crystal sits in the center of what appears to be albite crystals.   The little dark green crystals look like they may be apatite crystals.
	JC12015.  Close up of the glassy and transparent beryllonite crystal.
	JC12324.  Biotite in andesite.  Cheese Camp Ridge quarry, Picket Pen Rd., Crystal Lakes basin, El Dorado county, California.  5 x 5.5 x 9 cm  349g.  $20.00.   These fall under the category of weird/odd mineral occurrences.   A very vesicle laden andesite, has in almost all vesicles over a few mm in size, one or more transparent biotite crystals sitting in them.  The biotite is very delicate and thin bladed, with the blades usually transparent.  They don't photograph very well, however, when turned in the light there is lots of sparkle from the bright biotite blades.   The location name is worth a chuckle also....These were collected last fall  (September 21) when I was wandering around checking out old roads just to see where they went.
	JC12324.  Another view.  The dark color in the vesicles are biotite crystals.
	JC12324.   Closer view.  The biotite blades are more visible here in the close up.
	JC12324.   Closer view.  The biotite blades are more visible here in the close up.
	JC12327.  Biotite in andesite.  Cheese Camp Ridge quarry, Picket Pen Rd., Crystal Lakes basin, El Dorado county, California.  5.5 x 6 cm  181g.  $15.00   These fall under the category of weird/odd mineral occurrences.   A very vesicle laden andesite, has in almost all vesicles over a few mm in size, one or more transparent biotite crystals sitting in them.  The biotite is very delicate and thin bladed, with the blades usually transparent.  They don't photograph very well, however, when turned in the light there is lots of sparkle from the bright biotite blades.   The location name is worth a chuckle also....These were collected last fall  (September 21) when I was wandering around checking out old roads just to see where they went.
	JC12327.  Close up of several vesicles with the brown biotite blades in them.
	JC12328.   Biotite in andesite.  Cheese Camp Ridge quarry, Picket Pen Rd., Crystal Lakes basin, El Dorado county, California.  6.5 x 7.5 cm  148g.  $15.00    These fall under the category of weird/odd mineral occurrences.   A very vesicle laden andesite, has in almost all vesicles over a few mm in size, one or more transparent biotite crystals sitting in them.  The biotite is very delicate and thin bladed, with the blades usually transparent.  They don't photograph very well, however, when turned in the light there is lots of sparkle from the bright biotite blades.   The location name is worth a chuckle also....These were collected last fall  (September 21) when I was wandering around checking out old roads just to see where they went.
	JC12328.  Close up of several vesicles with the brown biotite blades in them.
	JC12329.  Biotite in andesite.  Cheese Camp Ridge quarry, Picket Pen Rd., Crystal Lakes basin, El Dorado county, California.  4 x 7 cm  71g.  $12.00    These fall under the category of weird/odd mineral occurrences.   A very vesicle laden andesite, has in almost all vesicles over a few mm in size, one or more transparent biotite crystals sitting in them.  The biotite is very delicate and thin bladed, with the blades usually transparent.  They don't photograph very well, however, when turned in the light there is lots of sparkle from the bright biotite blades.   The location name is worth a chuckle also....These were collected last fall  (September 21) when I was wandering around checking out old roads just to see where they went.
	JC12329.   Close up of several vesicles with the brown biotite blades in them.
	JC12330.  Biotite in andesite.  Cheese Camp Ridge quarry, Picket Pen Rd., Crystal Lakes basin, El Dorado county, California.   6.5 x 7.5 cm  146g.  $15.00   These fall under the category of weird/odd mineral occurrences.   A very vesicle laden andesite, has in almost all vesicles over a few mm in size, one or more transparent biotite crystals sitting in them.  The biotite is very delicate and thin bladed, with the blades usually transparent.  They don't photograph very well, however, when turned in the light there is lots of sparkle from the bright biotite blades.   The location name is worth a chuckle also....These were collected last fall  (September 21) when I was wandering around checking out old roads just to see where they went.
	JC12330.   Close up of several vesicles with the brown biotite blades in them.
	JC12331.   Biotite in andesite.  Cheese Camp Ridge quarry, Picket Pen Rd., Crystal Lakes basin, El Dorado county, California.  5.5 x 6.5 cm  111g  $15.00    These fall under the category of weird/odd mineral occurrences.   A very vesicle laden andesite, has in almost all vesicles over a few mm in size, one or more transparent biotite crystals sitting in them.  The biotite is very delicate and thin bladed, with the blades usually transparent.  They don't photograph very well, however, when turned in the light there is lots of sparkle from the bright biotite blades.   The location name is worth a chuckle also....These were collected last fall  (September 21) when I was wandering around checking out old roads just to see where they went.
	JC12331.   Close up of several vesicles with the brown biotite blades in them.
	JC12332.   Biotite in andesite.  Cheese Camp Ridge quarry, Picket Pen Rd., Crystal Lakes basin, El Dorado county, California.  4.5 x 8.5 cm  92g.  $15.00    These fall under the category of weird/odd mineral occurrences.   A very vesicle laden andesite, has in almost all vesicles over a few mm in size, one or more transparent biotite crystals sitting in them.  The biotite is very delicate and thin bladed, with the blades usually transparent.  They don't photograph very well, however, when turned in the light there is lots of sparkle from the bright biotite blades.   The location name is worth a chuckle also....These were collected last fall  (September 21) when I was wandering around checking out old roads just to see where they went.
	JC12332.  Close up of several vesicles with the brown biotite blades in them.
	JC12333.   Biotite in andesite.  Cheese Camp Ridge quarry, Picket Pen Rd., Crystal Lakes basin, El Dorado county, California.   5 x 7.5 cm  150g.   $15.00   These fall under the category of weird/odd mineral occurrences.   A very vesicle laden andesite, has in almost all vesicles over a few mm in size, one or more transparent biotite crystals sitting in them.  The biotite is very delicate and thin bladed, with the blades usually transparent.  They don't photograph very well, however, when turned in the light there is lots of sparkle from the bright biotite blades.   The location name is worth a chuckle also....These were collected last fall  (September 21) when I was wandering around checking out old roads just to see where they went.
	JC12333.  Close up of several vesicles with the brown biotite blades in them.
	JC12334.   Biotite in andesite.  Cheese Camp Ridge quarry, Picket Pen Rd., Crystal Lakes basin, El Dorado county, California.  4.5 x 5 cm  44g.   $10.00    These fall under the category of weird/odd mineral occurrences.   A very vesicle laden andesite, has in almost all vesicles over a few mm in size, one or more transparent biotite crystals sitting in them.  The biotite is very delicate and thin bladed, with the blades usually transparent.  They don't photograph very well, however, when turned in the light there is lots of sparkle from the bright biotite blades.   The location name is worth a chuckle also....These were collected last fall  (September 21) when I was wandering around checking out old roads just to see where they went.
	JC12334.   Close up of several vesicles with the brown biotite blades in them.
	JC12335.   Biotite in andesite.  Cheese Camp Ridge quarry, Picket Pen Rd., Crystal Lakes basin, El Dorado county, California.  4 x 4.5 cm  30g.  $10.00   These fall under the category of weird/odd mineral occurrences.   A very vesicle laden andesite, has in almost all vesicles over a few mm in size, one or more transparent biotite crystals sitting in them.  The biotite is very delicate and thin bladed, with the blades usually transparent.  They don't photograph very well, however, when turned in the light there is lots of sparkle from the bright biotite blades.   The location name is worth a chuckle also....These were collected last fall  (September 21) when I was wandering around checking out old roads just to see where they went.
	JC12335.   Close up of several vesicles with the brown biotite blades in them.
	JC11985.   Bismuth (nugget).  Vilaque River, Los Andes Province, La Paz, Bolivia.  2.5 x 3 cm 35g    $40.00
	JC11985.  Another view.
	JC12192.  Bixbyite, topaz.  Thomas range, Utah.   7 x 10 mm Thumbnail.    $50.00
	JC12192.  Another view.
	JC12079.  Bournonite?  Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China.  5 x 7.5 cm 520g  $250.00    All the label said on this one is Yaogangxian mine.  Could possibly be ferberite of unusual form.  Non magnetic, insoluble in HCl...so I tend to think bournonite.    Flat topped, squatty crystals.
	JC12079.  Another view.
	JC12079.  Another view.
	JC12079.  Bottom side.
	JC12024.   Bournonite.  Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China.  3 x 3.8 cm 68g   $150.00.   A squarish crystal trying to be doubly terminated and not quite making it.
	JC12024.  Another view.
	JC12024.  Another view.
	JC11911.   Bournonite.   Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China   4.5 x 7 cm 225g  $255.00   A large and brilliant partial crystal.
	JC11911.  Another view.
	JC11911.  Another view.
	JC12066.  Bornite, chalcocite.  Dzhezkazgan district, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan.  2.7 x 3 x 2 cm   $75.00   Label says it has chalcocite, which I do not really see except as a coating? on the bornite.  Sharp bornite crystals with typical sort of iridescence (chalcocite coating?)
	JC12066.  Another angle.
	JC12066.  Another angle.
	JC12066.  Closer view.
	JC11669.  Brochantite, cuprite.   Bou Beker, Touissit-Bou Beker district, Jerada province, Oriental region, Morocco.   9 x 15.5 cm  >1000 g.   $190.00.   A bit different from what is usually seen for brochantite from Bou Beker.  Matrix is mostly massive (and heavy) cuprite.  Sawn back, as there was about 5 Lbs of matrix attached to the back of this thing that needed to be removed to make it a better specimen.  Good ore!.    These are sort of felted crystals, with parallel growth of acicular to hair like brochantite forming solid crystal masses.   Hard to describe.   Close ups below.
	JC11669.  Closer view.
	JC11669.  Close up.
	JC11669.  Close up.
	JC11669.  Close up.
	JC11669.  Close up.
	JC11826.   Brookite.  Kharan District, Balochistan Region, Pakistan.  2.5 cm 2g   $30.00   Terminated single crystal