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                                                                                                                                                                    Minerals Beginning with "E"

JC13314.  Elbaite.  Skardu area, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.  5 x 2.5 cm 30g  $150.00  Yellow green cluster, terminated with a flat termination on the top.  
JC13314.  Another view. 
JC13314.  View of the termination.  
JC13314.  Another view.
JC13314.  Another view.
JC13314.  Another view.
JC13301.  Elbaite on quartz.  Chhappu, Braldu Valley, Shigar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.  4.6 x 2 cm 23g  $150.00.   Cute miniature with several green transparent elbaite tourmaline crystals perched on the side of the quartz crystal.  
JC13301.  Slightly different angle. 
JC13301.  Slightly different angle. 
JC11546.  Elbaite.  Karibib constituency, Erongo region, Namibia.   4 cm tall.  30g.  $95.00   Deep green crystal.
JC11546.   Another view. 
JC11546.   Another view. 
JC11541. Elbaite.  Cruzeiro mine?, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil.   3 cm tall.  20g.  $75.00.    Not sure of the exact location on this one.   Appears to be Cruzeiro mine, although the label says only Minas Gerais.
JC11541.  Back side.  
JC11541.   Closer view
JC10490. Elbaite/Rubellite.   Malkhan Pegmatite Field, Krasnyi Chikoy, Chitinskaya Oblast, Transbaikal, Eastern Siberia, Russia.  5 cm tall crystal.  39g.   $290.00    Pinkish red termination, with the sides partially coated with microscopic quartz crystals which add sparkle to the sides.     Discovered in 1980 by Russian geologists, this area has been a prolific source of beautiful (and expensive) tourmaline specimens.   
JC10490.  Back side.  
JC13362.   Epidote.  Khowrin mountain, Kuhandan village, Saveh town, Tafresh county, Markazi province, Iran.  9 x 10 x 2 cm 344g  $135.00.   Brilliant luster, dark green, prismatic crystals completely coating the matrix.  These came out a several years ago, and the deposit is supposedly cleaned out as of 2006.
JC13362.  Another view.  
JC13362.  Close up.
JC13352.   Epidote, quartz.   Hongxizhen Unnamed Mining Area, Meigu County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China.  8.1 x 4.4 x 4.2 cm   134g  $175.00   An attractive association specimen from this fairly well-known locality in Meigu County, Sichuan, China. The piece hosts attractive "spray"-like groups of highly lustrous, deep green colored Epidote, with individual crystals measuring up to 6 mm long, sitting on a matrix of Quartz which range from gem quality and colorless to more translucent with a slight Amethystine quality.   The largest Quartz crystal is  doubly-terminated and measures 3.7 cm. A few contacts can be seen on the Quartz crystals, but the piece is largely in good shape and displays quite well. These specimens started coming out in the early 2000s, but have since dried up and are much harder to find on the market today.  From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#32 C)  The matrix is not as yellow as the photos would indicate.
JC13352.  Side view.  Light amethyst color on the base as a light purple band.  
JC13352.  Another view.  
JC13352.  Another view.  
JC13352.  Another view.  
JC13346.   Epidote, albite, quartz.    M.T. Pit No. 1, Thompson Peak, Plumas County, California.    9 x 5 x 2.5 cm 104g   $30.00             Named by/for Bay Area collectors Jeanne Mager and Chuck Trantham.  From Charles (Chuck) Trantham collection.  Lustrous olive green sprays of epidote are heavily encrusting a matrix of microcline and albite, with partial, incomplete, smoky quartz on the back.   The albite crystals are for the most part epitaxial on microcline, although on some specimens the albite has come free of the microcline.      An obscure location not widely known outside of California.     .   
JC13346.  Another view.   
JC13346.  Another view.
JC13346.  Back side. 
JC13296.  Epidote, quartz, axinite.  Canta, Lima, Peru.  7.8 x 5 cm  106g   $71.00.    Sprigs of upstanding acicular epidote crystals, with clear quartz crystals throughout.  A few tiny axinite crystals are scattered here and there.    RESERVED
JC13296.  Another view. 
JC13296.  Another view.
JC13296.  Another view.
JC13296.  Another view, close up.
JC13247.  Epidote, axinite. Pampa Blanca, Pampa Blanca District, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica, Peru. 3 x 5.5 cm 38g   $37.00   Spray of epidote crystals with a couple of somewhat crude axinite crystals on the base, seen on the right in this photo.  
JC13247.   Slightly different angle, showing the axinite on the bottom right.  
JC12696.   Epidote, hematite.   Pakot, North Eastern Province, Kenya.  6 x 4.5 x 3 cm 118g  $10.00.   Several mostly flat lying epidote crystals, covered with micro crystalline sparkly hematite.   From the find of about 20 years ago.   
JC12696.  Another view.  
JC12529.  Epidote.  Bendougou, Diakon, Arrondissement of Diakon, Bafoulabé Cercle, Mali.   1.7 x 4.7 cm 31g   $15.00.   Double terminated crystal, with good luster.  Typical very dark green color for these.  
JC12529.  Slightly different angle.  
JC12530.  Epidote.  Bendougou, Diakon, Arrondissement of Diakon, Bafoulabé Cercle, Mali.   1.8 x 4 cm 27g  $15.00   Double terminated crystal, with good luster.  Typical very dark green color for these.  
JC12531.   Epidote.  Bendougou, Diakon, Arrondissement of Diakon, Bafoulabé Cercle, Mali.   1.8 x 4.3 cm 30g   $15.00   Double terminated crystal, with good luster.  Typical very dark green color for these.  
JC12532.  Epidote.  Bendougou, Diakon, Arrondissement of Diakon, Bafoulabé Cercle, Mali.  2.2 x 4.5 cm 40g  $15.00   Double terminated crystal, with good luster.  Typical very dark green color for these.    
JC12533.   Epidote.  Bendougou, Diakon, Arrondissement of Diakon, Bafoulabé Cercle, Mali.   1.5 x 5.7 cm 30g  $35.00   Two adjoined double terminated crystals, with good luster.  Typical very dark green color for these.  
JC12533.  Another view.  
JC12533.  Another view.  
JC11097.  Epidote.  Kharan district, Balochistan region, Pakistan.   4.5 x 5 cm  35g.   $35.00  Several sprays standing vertically off the matrix.  Matrix appears to be albite.   Nice luster.   From the finds of a few years ago.   
JC11097.  Another view. 
JC11097.  Another view. 
JC10559.  Epidote, albite.   Imilchil, Errachidia province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.  4 x 5 cm  53g.  $25.00    Sprigs of dark green, gemmy,  epidote, with bright luster, implanted on the feldspar matrix.  The cluster on the top edge was hard to photograph as the white matrix tended to make the epidote look too dark.  
JC10559.   Another view. 
JC10559.   Another view. 
JC10559.   Another view, showing the cluster on the top edge.   . 
JC10528.   Epidote.  Tormiq valley, Haramosh mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.  8 x 12 cm  273g.  $160.00.   These appear to be from the same find as two years ago, and also look like they are from the pocket wall, unlike the earlier specimens which occurred with albite? (some say adularia).   Hard to be certain.  The  Pakistani dealer I got these from was not terribly forthcoming as to the location and only said they are from a find last year or two...rather vague.   These are green sprays, with bright luster.   A few of them have the identical siliceous material on the terminations as the ones I got last year.    This pretty much ties them to the same occurrence.   There are some broken sprays on all the specimens I saw.  These are the best of the lot I saw at Tucson, and only the one dealer had them.   These are quite pretty, and display nicely.  From what appears to be a single pocket discovery.  
JC10528.  Close up view. 
JC10528.  Side view. 
JC10528.  Another side view shot, slightly different angle.  
JC10528.   Oblique view.  
JC10528.  Another close up shot.  
JC10529.  Epidote.  Tormiq valley, Haramosh mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. 9 x 11 cm  492g.  $150.00.   These appear to be from the same find as two years ago, and also look like they are from the pocket wall, unlike the earlier specimens which occurred with albite? (some say adularia).   Hard to be certain.  The  Pakistani dealer I got these from was not terribly forthcoming as to the location and only said they are from a find last year or two...rather vague.   These are green sprays, with bright luster.   A few of them have the same siliceous material on the terminations as the ones I got last year.    This pretty much ties them to the same occurrence.   There are some broken sprays on all the specimens I saw.  These are the best of the lot I saw at Tucson, and only the one dealer had them.   These are quite pretty, and display nicely.  From what appears to be a single pocket discovery.  
JC10529.  Another view.  
JC10529.  Another view.  
JC10529.  Another view.  
JC10031.  Epidote.  Khorwin Mt., Kuhandan, Saveh Town, Tafresh City, Markazi Prov., Iran   4.5 x 5 cm  92g.  $45.00.   Flat face of matrix is covered with prismatic green epidote crystals from a find reportedly made in /about/ 2002.  Apparently a single pocket find, now exhausted, according to 2006 information on Mindat.
JC10031.  Closer view
JC6473.  Epidote.  Raywoo Mine, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.     6 x 8 cm 250g.  $90.00  Twin crystals with odd shaped crystals, a floater piece.  I got this one from Rock Currier (Jewel Tunnel Imports) in 2011.    Amazing crystals for the species came out of this sensational find ca. 2008-2010.
JC6473.  Another view...twins look like a flattened "V"
JC6473.  Base...big crystal.  
JC6473.  Another view. 
JC13105.   Eucryptite & ?.  Midnight Owl mine, Independence gulch, White Picacho district, Yavapai county, Arizona.  5.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm 102g  $30.00
JC13105.  Short Wave.  The blue mineral may be spodumene. 
JC13105.  Another view. 
JC13258.  Eucryptite & ?.  Midnight Owl mine, Independence gulch, White Picacho district, Yavapai county, Arizona.  5 x 2 x 2 cm 30g  $25.00
JC13258.  Short wave.
JC13271.   Eucryptite & ?.  Midnight Owl mine, Independence gulch, White Picacho district, Yavapai county, Arizona.  4.5 x 4 x 1.5 cm 74g $25.00. 
JC13271.  Short Wave.  Blue mineral may be spodumene. 
JC13272.  Eucryptite & ?.  Midnight Owl mine, Independence gulch, White Picacho district, Yavapai county, Arizona.  4.5 x 4.3 x 2 cm 110g  $25.00
JC13272.  Short wave.  
JC13275.    Eucryptite.  Midnight Owl mine, Independence gulch, White Picacho district, Yavapai county, Arizona.  6.5 x 4 x 2 cm 88g  $30.00
JC13275.  Short wave.  
JC13276.   Eucryptite & ?.  Midnight Owl mine, Independence gulch, White Picacho district, Yavapai county, Arizona.  5 x 4 x 1.5 cm 68g $20.00
JC13276.  Short wave.