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    Minerals Beginning with "L" and "M"

	JC11836.  Lazulite.  Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada.   15mm TN   $25.00.
	JC11215.   Libethenite  M'sesa mine, Kambove district, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo.   7 x 10 cm  267g.  $150.00.  Bright crystals scattered across the front as can be seen.   Not a lot of these on the market.    There are some broken crystals on that lower front area, other than that, its in pretty good shape.
	JC11215.  Close up top right area.
	JC11215.  Close up left side.
	JC9826.  Liddicoatite, quartz.   Ambarinakanga, Antsira, Madagascar.   7 x 7 x 9 cm   511g.  $900.00.   A 7 cm liddicoatite crystal is nestled into a pale smoky quartz crystal group.   A luscious specimen, with the crystal nicely centered in the quartz.   The crystal on the lower front is broken off, as seen in the photo.  The small crystal on the left of the main crystal is likewise broken off.  The main crystal is pristine.   Displays beautifully as seen in the photos.   Sawn back on the quartz and some non facing faces of the quartz smoothed..   Collected in  July 2006 from a single pocket find at this occurrence.    Ambarinakanga is a large town, and this occurrence was somewhere near there, although the exact locality is not on the label.   ON SALE TAKE 20% OFF THE MARKED PRICE PRICE
	JC9826.  Another view.
	JC9826.  Another view.
	JC11906. Limonite after pyrite.   Gachala Municipality, Cundinamarca Dept., Colombia.  3 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm 190g  $100.00     Pyrite "iron cross twin" specimen that was collected from the Guavió-Guatéque Mining District of Colombia. These twinned pyrite crystals are pentagonal dodecahedrons that underwent surface alteration to goethite, giving the exterior of the crystals their dark color.   These came out around 2007 as I understand it.
	JC11906.  Another view.
	JC11906.  Another view.
	JC11906.  Another view.
	JC12690.  Linarite, galena, anglesite.  Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico.  15.0 x 8.0 x 3.5 cm  665g   $160.00   Ex Patty Gaspari-Bridges collection.  Bladed, flat lying linarite on the front and back.  Of some added interest are a few galena cubes that are coated/being replaced by anglesite.
	JC12690.  Closer view.
	JC12690.  Close up of one of the galena cubes being coated/replaced by anglesite.
	JC12690.   Close up of some of the small galena cubes being coated/replaced by anglesite.
	JC12347.  Linarite.    Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico. 6.5 x 8.5 cm 270g.   $275.00.   This is one of the older pieces from the Blanchard.  Probably dates back 30 or 40 years when these, with the heavy coating of brilliant, lathlike crystals lying generally flat on the matrix, were found.    From a narrow seam, and it has a few contact points scattered across the piece.   Ex Scott Maylen collection.
	JC12347.  Closer view of the top half.
	JC12347.  Closer view of the bottom half.
	JC11668.  Linarite.  War Eagle mine, Shoshone mines, Upper Noonday Camp, Nopah range, Inyo county, California.   2.5 x 4.3 x 4.7 cm   88g.  $198.00.  Another one of those very rare locations for linarite in California.   First one I have run across from this location.  Ex Bob Reynolds collection.
	JC11668.   Close up view.
	JC11375.   Linarite.  Grand Reef mine, Laurel canyon, Grand Reef mountain, Klondyke, Aravaipa district, Graham county, Arizona.   2.3 x 3.5 cm   21g. with stand.  $ 95.00   Solid coating of linarite, partially wrapping around the side.   Nice coating, not often seen in this amount on one face.
	JC11375.   Closer view.
	JC6964.  Lollingite, arsenopyrite, fluorite, quartz.   Huanggang Mine, Kèshíkèténg Qí, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia A.R., China.   5.5 x 7.5 x 6 cm T. 394g.   $125.00.  Brilliant, silvery arsenopyrite crystals coating lollingite crystals.  The flourites are octahedral, although hard to tell in the photos.   They are colorless.   There is a bit of massive quartz on top of the fluorites in the center of the piece.
	JC6964.   Another view.  The white area next to the fluorite appears to be gypsum.
	JC6964.   Another view
	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.
	JC10861.  Closer view.
	JC10861.   Closer view.
	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.
	JC10752.  Closer view.
	JC10752.  Back side.
	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.
	JC10765.   Closer view.
	JC10765.  Back side.
	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.
	JC10785.   Closer view of the upper right.
	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.
	JC10817.   Closer view of the terminations.
	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.
	JC10819.  View of the termination.
	JC10819.  Another view of the termination.
	JC10827.   Ludwigite.   Spring Gulch/Valley View mine area, Quartzite (White Rock) canyon, Spring Mountain district, nr. Big Windy Peak, Lemhi county, Idaho.  3 x 5 cm  39g.  $30.00  Group of crystals, with minor oxidation staining on them.
	JC10840.   Ludwigite, calcite, forsterite?.   Spring Gulch/Valley View mine area, Quartzite (White Rock) canyon, Spring Mountain district, nr. Big Windy Peak, Lemhi county, Idaho.  7 x 8.5 cm  221g.  $125.00.   One of the few matrix pieces.  This one was in a narrow vein, so the crystals sticking vertically up from the matrix contacted the opposite wall, which left a beige residue on there ends.   The beige material is supposedly forsterite, but I have not had it verified.
	JC10840.  Another view.
	JC10840.   Close up view.
	JC10842.   Ludwigite.   Spring Gulch/Valley View mine area, Quartzite (White Rock) canyon, Spring Mountain district, nr. Big Windy Peak, Lemhi county, Idaho.    8 x 12 cm  778g.  $175.00.   Mass of short black prisms.
	JC10842.   Closer view.
	JC12168.  Malachite.  Kolwezi mining district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo    3 x 4.7 cm 39g  $8.00
	JC12168.  Another side.
	JC12168.  Reverse.
	JC12164.  Malachite.  Kolwezi mining district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo. 4 x 4.5 cm 47g   $12.00
	JC12164.  Reverse.
	JC12163.  Malachite.  Kolwezi mining district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo. 4 x 4 cm 35g   $12.00
	JC12163.  Reverse.
	JC12162.  Malachite.  Kolwezi mining district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo.   4 x 5.5 cm 57g   $13.00
	JC12162.  Reverse.
	JC12161.  Malachite.  Kolwezi mining district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo.  5.5 x 5.5 cm 45g   $13.00
	JC12161.  Reverse.
	JC12149.  Malachite.  Polished knob.  Congo.  6 x 7 cm 363g  $35.00.
	JC12140.  Malachite.  Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo.  2 x 4 cm   $5.00
	JC12139.  Malachite.  Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo.  1.5 x 4 cm   $5.00
	JC12138.  Malachite.  Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo.  2.5 x 3.7 cm   $5.00  SOLD
	JC11928.  Malachite.   Sir Dominick Mine, Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola Region, North Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia.   2.5 x 3.5 cm 18g.   $25.00.   Felted mass of malachite crystals.
	JC11908A.  Malachite.  Congo.  6.5 x 6.5 cm   398g.  $35.00   A polished knob of malachite.
	JC11805.  Malachite (polished).  L'Etoile du Congo Mine (Star of the Congo Mine; Kalukuluku Mine), Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo.  3.5 x 5 cm 153g.  $30.00   Pretty polished knob, showing growth rings.
	JC11612.  Malachite.   Shilu mine, Yangchun county, Yangjiang, Guangdong, China.   7.5 x 9 cm  207g.  $90.00.    Botryoidal malachite from the recent finds of a year or so ago.
	JC11611.  Malachite.   Shilu mine, Yangchun county, Yangjiang, Guangdong, China.   9 x 9 cm   595g.  $175.00.   Botryoidal malachite from the recent finds at this mine.
	JC11611.   Another view.
	JC11611.   Another view.
	JC11611.   Another view.
	JC11610.  Malachite.  Shilu mine, Yangchun county, Yangjiang, Guangdong, China.  6 x 13 cm   509g.  $200.00.   From the recent finds at the Shilu mine, sharp botryoids of malachite making up a solid mass of malachite.
	JC11610.  Closer view.
	JC11495.  Malachite, cerussite.  Brown's prospect, Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Coomalie Shirte, Northern territory, Australia.   8.5 x 10 cm   499g.  $195.00.   Nice older example from this well known find.   Cream white, with some slight staining, cerussite crystals on botryoidal malachite.  Nicer specimen than usually seen for sale.
	JC11495.  Closer look.
	JC11495. Close up.
	JC10732.  Malachite pseudo azurite, azurite. Kerrouchene, Kerrouchen Caïdat, El Kbab Cercle, Khénifra Province, Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region, Morocco.  3 x 5 cm   24g.  $70.00.  Nice little group of sharp crystals.  The largest, partially pesudomorphed crystal has a bit of sandstone stuck on the end of the crystal.
	JC10732.  Another view.
	JC10732.  Another view.
	JC10670.  Malachite pseudo azurite, minor azurite.  Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto region, Namibia.  6.5 x 9 cm  210g.  $95.00    Front face of piece is covered with fairly sharp pseudos of malachite after azurite.
	JC10670.   Another view.
	JC10670.  Oblique view.
	JC10670.  Vertical view.
	JC10670.  Closer view.
	JC10670.  Closer view.
	JC10654.  Malachite pseudo after, azurite.  1900 level, 105 stope, Campbell shaft, Bisbee, Cochise county, Arizona.  6 x 6 x 6.5 cm    343g.  $165.00.  Large pseudos of malachite after azurite to 2.7 cm  .  Hard to get a good angle on these for the photos...the pseudos tend to blend in to the rest of the malachite.   Ex Scott Williams, 1956.  Ex. Dr. Eugene E. Sensel collection #232.
	JC10654.  Another view.
	JC10654.  Another view.
	JC10654.  Another view.
	JC10654.  Another view.
	JC10474.   Malachite.   Mindingi mine?, Shaba, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire).   9.5 x 10 cm  782g.  $150.00.  The botryoidal malachite in this piece has intense green color, with what appears to be a thin, secondary coat of bright sparkly malachite crystals.  The piece has lots of sparkle and great eye appeal.
	JC10474.   Another view.
	JC11979.  Manganite. Manganese deposit, Ilfeld, Harztor, Nordhausen District, Thuringia, Germany.  2 x 5 cm 21g.  $250.00.   Nice little miniature from this famous locality.
	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.
	JC11937A   Manganotantalite.   Alto do Giz pegmatite??, Equador, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.   2 cm crystal fragment.  $20.00
	JC11937B.   Manganotantalite.   Alto do Giz pegmatite??, Equador, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.   1.7 cm crystal fragment.  $18.00
	JC11937C.   Manganotantalite.   Alto do Giz pegmatite??, Equador, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.   2 cm crystal fragment.  $20.00
	JC11937D.   Manganotantalite.   Alto do Giz pegmatite??, Equador, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.   2 cm crystal fragment.  $20.00
	JC11919.  Mangantantalite.    Alto do Giz pegmatite??, Equador, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.   3 x 3 cm 73g.   $300.00.   A nicely terminated crystal group with a reddish color.   Good piece of this rather rare mineral in good crystals.
	JC11919.   Another view.
	JC11919.  Reverse.
	JC11919.   Another view.
	JC12561.   Melanite.  Serpentine Dome, New Idria district, San Benito county, California.   10.0 x 5.0 x 3.0 cm 164g.  $60.00.    Plate, with crystals on both sides.   From a very tight vein in the typical schistose rock these came in.   Areas where the specimens sides contacted the vein walls, have a rubbed look.
	JC12561.  Another view.
	JC12561.  Back side.
	JC12561.  Closer view.
	JC12561.  Closer view.
	JC12561.  Closer view.
	JC12561.  Closer view.
	JC12116.  Melanite garnet.  Nr. Benitoite mine, Serpentine dome, New Idria district, San Benito county, California.   2.5 x 4.5 cm 17g  $10.00
	JC10921.  Melanite, diopside.   Serpentine dome, New Idria district, San Benito county, California.   3.5 x 8.5 cm  65g.  $5.00.   Collected from an outcrop that has been completely removed about 3/4 mile west of the Benitoite mine.   Small acicular diopside crystals with scattered melanite crystals.   Collected in 1978.
	JC10921.  Close up view of the melanite.
	JC10875.  Melanite.  Serpentine dome, New Idria district, San Benito county, California.  7 x 8 cm  220g.  $38.00.    Druze of crystals across the face, with some micro crystals of clinochlore.  Sawn back.
	JC10875.   Closer view.
	JC12190.  Mica sheet.  India.  Transparent.  The silica putty holding it up is easily seen through the mica sheet. 9 x 12 cm 31g.  $10.00  A thin sheet of muscovite? mica.
	JC12190.   View without the silica putty behind it.
	JC11422.   Microlite, manganoan tantalite, albite.   Ipê mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil.  2.5 x 4 cm  14g.  $90.00.    Orange microlite crystals on bladed albite with a incomplete tantalite crystal in the front.
	JC12441.  Back side.
	JC11368.   Mimetite.  Velardeña, Velardeña District, Cuencamé Municipality, Durango, Mexico.  9 x 11.5 cm   362g.  $250.00.   Olive-green spherical clusters of nubby to euhedral mimetite crystals totally cover the undulating surface of this  large plate from this much less well-known extensive mining district in Durango.   Mineral specimens are in fact, rare from Velardena.  Cuprian green mimetite is a rare varietal from this locality, as mimetites shown in mindat are yellow. The bit of scattered bruising is certainly only a modest detraction to this rare, very rich, and showy large piece. Ex Bob Reynolds Collection
	JC11368.  Closer view.
	JC11368.  Closer view.
	JC11471.      Mimetite & ?.  Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.   9 x 9 cm  272g.  $10.00.   Tiny, white mimetite crystals associated with a greenish mineral that I'm not sure what it is.   Would have been nice if it had had a label with it.
	JC11471.  Close up.
	JC11471.  Closer view of the bottom center.
	JC11471.  Close up of the bottom center.
	JC11466.     Mimetite.  Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.   7 x 11 cm  283g.  $12.00.   Flattish plate of tiny, acicular, pale yellow to pale yellowish orange mimetite crystals across the face and back.
	JC11466.   Close up.
	JC11466.   Back side.
	JC10557.   Mimetite, mottramite?  Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia.   7 x 9.5 cm  334g.  $365.00.   A very odd (weird?)  mimetite from Tsumeb.  Looks like coral.  Sort of cauliflower like, cream colored crystal aggregates completely cover the front of the piece.  A greenish tint is caused by a very thin layer of what looks like sparkly mottramite or duftite at the base and sides of the crystals.   Arkenstone had priced this one at $1,800.
	JC10557.  Closer view.
	JC10557.  Close up.
	JC10124.  Mimetite.  Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto region, Namibia.    8 x 8 cm   349g.   $150.00.    Fat, yellow crystals on gray matrix.
	JC10124.  Close up view.
	JC3787.  Mimetite, calcite.  Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.   5 x 7 cm   169g.  $35.00.   I purchased this one in 2007, so it was collected on or before that date.
	JC3787.  Close up.
	JC11986.  Molybdite.   Glen Eden Mines, Dundee, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia.   3.5 x 4 cm 27g.   $30.00.  Yellow is paler than the camera shows...more of a light yellow.
	JC11986.  Side.
	JC11986.  Back.