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Minerals Beginning with "H", "I", "J", and "K"

	JC12005.   Hematite on quartz.  Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil.  4 x 4.5 cm 98g   $90.00.  Rarely seen are matrix specimens of hematite from this location.  Minor dings here and there on the edges.  Brilliant luster.
	JC12384.   Hematite, epidote, quartz.  Peacock mine, Cuprum, Adams county, Idaho.  C: July 2009.   3 x 4 x 4 cm  63g.  $15.00.   Several thin platy hematite crystals are present on the front, embedded in anhedral quartz.   Minor epidote is also present, although poorly formed.
	JC12384.  Another view.
	JC12384.  Another view.
	JC11951.   Hematite.  Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey. 4.5 x 7 cm 403g    $35.00.
	JC11951.   Another view.
	JC11880.  Hematite (Pseudo after magnetite).  Payún Matrú volcano, Altiplano de Payún Matrú, Agua Escondida District, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina.  5 x 6 cm 74g.  $150.00.   The pseudos out of this national park area in Argentina were (and are) quite the sensation for their sharpness and aesthetics. This piece is likely from the second wave, which has produced pseudos with a much higher metallic luster and sheen than the original specimens from the 1990s.  This piece is composed of sharp octahedral crystals with brilliant luster.   There is a secondary partial layer of micro crystals with brilliant luster, giving these even more sparkle.
	JC11880.  Another view.
	JC11880.  Another view.
	JC11880.  Another view.
	JC11878.  Hematite (pseudo after magnetite).  Payún Matrú volcano, Altiplano de Payún Matrú, Agua Escondida District, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina.      2.5 x 5.5 cm 20g.    $125.00   This is a neat piece, so I took a bunch of photos from various angles. There is a secondary partial layer of micro crystals with brilliant luster, giving these even more sparkle.
	JC11878.  Another view.
	JC11878.  Another view.
	JC11878.  Another view.
	JC11878.  Another view.
	JC11878.  Another view.
	JC11878.  Another view.
	JC11877.  Hematite (Pseudo after magnetite).  Payún Matrú volcano, Altiplano de Payún Matrú, Agua Escondida District, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina.   3.5 x 4 cm 18g.   $90.00    The pseudos out of this national park area in Argentina were (and are) quite the sensation for their sharpness and aesthetics. This piece is likely from the second wave, which has produced pseudos with a much higher metallic luster and sheen than the original specimens from the 1990s.  There is a secondary partial layer of micro crystals with brilliant luster, giving these even more sparkle.
	JC11877.  Another view.
	JC11877.  Another view.
	JC11877.  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.
	JC11820.  Another view.
	JC11820.  Another view.
	JC11820.  Another view.
	JC11820.  Another view.
	JC11820.  Another view.
	JC11741.   Hematite.   Payún Matrú volcano, Altiplano de Payún Matrú, Agua Escondida District, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina.    3.5 x 9 cm 103g.   $800.00.  The photos do not do this one credit.  It is actually quite sparkly, with a near black color.   The area is closed to all collecting, and no more of these are coming out.  This is a good one.  It actually looks a little longer in person.
	JC11741.  Another view.
	JC11741.  Another view.
	JC11741.  Another view.
	JC11741.  Another view.
	JC11741.  Another view.
	JC11741.  Another view.
	JC11741.  Another view.
	JC11550.  Hematite, andradite.  N'Chwaning mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape province, South Africa.  1.2 x 2.5 x 6.5 cm   132g.  $80.00.  Nice, sort of doubley terminated, single crystal of lustrous hematite.  The right side in the photo is broken off.
	JC11550.  A view of the side with tiny andradite garnet crystals adhering to the hematite.
	JC11550.  Another view.
	JC10459.  Hematite, quartz.  Jinlong hill, Longchuan Co. (Lungchuan Co.), Heyuan, Guangdong, China.  8 x 10 cm    444g.  $250.00.   Nicely shaped hematite blades/roses with a secondary growth of microscopic, sparkly crystals, of unidentified mineral.   There are broken quartz crystals along the edges, otherwise in good shape.
	JC10459.   Another view.
	JC10459.   Another view.
	JC10459.   close up view.
	JC10459.   close up view.
	JC10459.   close up view.
	JC7509.  Hemimorphite.  Empress mine, Zinc Hill subdistrict, Darwin district, Inyo county, California.  3 x 5 cm  79g.   $5.00.   Colorless bladed crystals.  Collected in 2001
	JC7509.  Close up
	JC11374.   Hessonite, clinachlore.  Gava valley, Voltri, Genoa, Liguria, Italy.      5 x 7.5 cm  124g.  $120.00.   Gemmy bright hessonite crystals with scattered clinochlore standing up vertically from the matrix.
	JC11374.  Closer view.
	JC10547.  Hessonite.   Ala, Trentino-Alto Adige, Piedmont, Italy.  2 x 3.5 x 8 cm  140g.  $225.00.   An exceptional Italian hessonite.  The photos do not do it justice.   Brilliant, gemmy crystals to near 1 cm in size, with beautiful orange-red color.   I tried several different exposures...none are as good as I would like.  A much better than average specimen.
	JC10547.  Another view.
	JC10547.  Another view.
	JC10547.  close up.
	JC10547.  close up.
	JC10547.  close up.
	JC10547.  close up.
	JC10547.  close up.
	JC10547.  close up.
	JC10547.  close up.
	JC12360.  Heulandite.  Rat's Nest claim, Bayhorse district, nr. Challis, Custer county, Idaho.   5 x 6 cm   140g.  $35.00.   A nice group of  3 cm crystals on mordenite.  Crystal group is light salmon pink at the base and grades to white at the top as seen.  Terminations are mostly complete, a very slight rubbing or contact on one edge, quite hard to see.
	JC12360.  Another view.
	JC12360.  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.
	JC12358.  Another view.
	JC12356.  Heulandite, mordenite.  Rat’s Nest claim, Bayhorse district, nr. Challis, Custer county, Idaho.   6.5 x 8.5 cm 275g   $40.00.   Nice grouping of light salmon pink color heulandites on a bed of mordenite.
	JC12356.  Closer view.
	JC12354. Heulandite.  Rat's Nest claim, Challis, Bay Horse district, Custer county, Idaho.  5 x 8 x 8 cm 279g.  $45.00   A nice vug on the front side filled with light salmon colored crystals.  Back side has many crystals also.  The white material is mordenite.
	JC12354.   Back side.
	JC12433.    Hubnerite.  Ruby mine, Galena mountain, Howardsville, Animas district, San Juan county, Colorado.  5.3 x 5.7 x 7.3 cm 255g.  $250.00.   One location in Colorado that has very rarely seen specimens for sale is the Ruby mine.   Specimens are quite rare, and this is a fine example of the hubnerite specimens from there.
	JC12433.  Another view.
	JC12433.  Closer view.
	JC12433.  Closer view.
	JC12073.  Hubnerite, quartz.   Pasto Bueno, Pampas District, Pallasca Province, Áncash, Peru.   5 x 11 cm 459g  $500.00.   A nice classic specimen.  This one was tough to photograph and make it as appealing as it is in real life.  I took a lot of shots trying to show it as best I could.    The terminations are all complete.  Some of them have little rough areas, but they appear natural.   One of the larger crystsals on the right center as that same rough look that is also natural.   Looks great in hand.
	JC12073.  Different angle.
	JC12073.  Different angle.
	JC12073.  Different angle.
	JC12073.  Different angle.
	JC12073.  Back side.
	JC12073.  Closer view.
	JC12073.  Closer view.
	JC12073.  Closer view.
	JC12073.  Closer view.
	JC12073.  Angle shot.
	JC12073.  Closer view.
	JC12073.  Closer view.
	JC12073.  Light back ground.
	JC12073.  Closer view.
	JC12073.  Closer view.
	JC12073.  Closer view.
	JC12073.  Closer view.
	JC12073.  Closer view.
	JC11952.   Hubnerite.   Brandberg West Mine?, Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia.   2.5 x 5.5 cm 156g   $60.00  A single, fairly well formed crystal.  Specimens of this quality from here are quite rare.
	JC11952.  Another view.
	JC11952.  Another view.
	JC11952.  Another view.
	JC11952.  Another view.
	JC11952.  Another view.
	JC11740.  Hubnerite.   Brandberg West Mine, Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia OR Krantzberg tungsten mine north-east of the Erongo Mountains and the Brandberg Mountains, Namibia.   4 x 6.5 cm 346g   $150.00   A partial crystal.  The back side is cleaved off.   Label just says Namibia, so making a guess here as to the location.   A whopper of a crystal for Namibia.
	JC11740.   Another view.
	JC10083.  Hubnerite, quartz.  Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion province, La Libertad, Peru.  8 x 8 cm   188g.   $100.00.   Nice, sharp, black, lustrous crystals nestled in quartz crystals.
	JC10083.  Another view.
	JC10083.  Another view.
	JC11876.  Hydroxylherderite, quartz.  Brazil?  2 x 2.5 cm 6g.  $55.00   Thumbnail.   Unfortunately in this collection I acquired there are a few pieces with no labels.   This being one.   Looks similar to pieces from Aracuai, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
	JC11876.  Another view.
	JC11876.  Another view.
	JC11870.  Hydroxlherderite?.  Namibia? Brazil?   3 x 6 cm 31g  $50.00    Terminated crystal.    Unfortunately in this collection I acquired there are a few pieces with no labels.   This being one.
	JC11870.  Another view.
	JC11870.  Another view.
	JC11870.  Another view.
	JC11365.  Inesite, hubeite.  Fengjiashan mine (Daye copper mine), Daye county, Huangshi, Hubei, China.   7 x 10 cm  120g.  $285.00.  Pretty pink needles of inesite with dark brown crystals of hubeite decorating the central area.
	JC11365.  Another view.
	JC11365.  Close up of the hubeite area with pink inesite.
	JC11365.  Close up of the inesite on the left side of the piece.
	JC11365.  Another close up of the left side of the piece.
	JC12145.  Jadeite. China.  A slice of jadeite.  Back lit in the lower photo.  6.5 x 11.5 cm 129g  6mm thick.  $40.00
	JC12145.  Back lit.
	JC12186.  Kunzite.   Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil.  5 x 10.5 cm 77g  $160.00   A thin crystal, light lilac pink in color.   Appears to be cleaved on the back and bottom edge.
	JC12186.  Same view with black background.