39g $50.00. Coating of bright green globular microcrystals, typical for conichalcite. Older piece. 1960's? Ex Ray DeMark collection
56g $60.00 Dark brown needle like crystals coating the front and a bit of the back.
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JC9957. Amazonite. Crystal creek, Teller county, Colorado. 7 x 10 cm 360 g. $35.00. Light blue crystals. The crack is a shrinkage crack and does not extend all the way through, the specimen is quite sturdy. I Collected this one in 2002. Self collected so I can offer it at a low price. |
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JC9957. Another view. |
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JC9957. Close up view. |
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JC10707. Apatite, siderite & ?. Panasqueira mines, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal. 1.5 thick, x 4.5 x 6.5 cm 58g. $40.00. A light green, thin couple of crystals form a floater group. The back side has a thin layer of siderite and a microcrystalline unknown to me. The piece overall appears to be a floater as there is no obvious point of attachment. Original dealer label has this at $300. Odd piece. |
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JC10707. Slightly different angle and lighting. |
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JC10707. Slightly different angle and lighting. |
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JC10707. Slightly different angle and lighting. |
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JC10707. Back side. There are small windows here and there showing the striated apatite. |
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JC10707. Slightly different angle. There are small windows here and there showing the striated apatite. |
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JC10707. Close up of the upper left in the above photo. Unknown microscopic mineral coating which is a bit sparkly. |
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JC10707. Close up of the lower area. Tiny bladed siderite crystals are seen on the right side of the photo. |
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JC9994. Grossular (topazolite). Cerro De La Concordia, Piedra Parada, Tatatila Municipality, Veracruz, Mexico. 5 x 10 cm 266g $125.00. Light yellow, gemmy crystals. Collected in 2019. Nice piece from the somewhat earlier finds here. Specimens of this quality were rather uncommon from here. |
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JC9994. Another view. |
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JC9994. Another view. |
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JC9994. Closer view. |
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JC9994. Closer view. |
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JC13329. Mimetite. Potosi mine. West Camp, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. 9.4 x 5.1 x 4 cm $235.00. Ex Ikon Mining, Ex Bob Reynolds collection. Old IKONS mining label (Jim and Mary Walker, from the 1960s!) and not a whole lot of these mimetites were produced. Rather prismatic crystals with nice luster. One minor area of damage, visible as a white spot near the center of the specimen. |
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JC13329. Another view. |
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JC13329. Closer view. |
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JC13329. Closer view. |
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JC12390. Pyromorphite, barite. Old Rake vein, Bunton Hush, (North); Gunnerside Gill, Swaledale, North Yorkshire. 5 x 7.5 cm 129g. $65.00 From Paul Nicholson Collection. Green, sub botryoidal to micro crystalline pyromorphite on matrix and also coating small barite crystals. This location produced a very small number of these and are generally not available these days. Considered a rare occurrence now. |
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JC12390. Another view. |
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JC12390. Closer view of the cavity near the bottom center. |
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JC12346. Pyromorphite. San Luis Mine, San José, Guazapares Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico. 4.5 x 9 cm 144g. $275.00. Ex Scott Maylen collection. Lime/yellow green crystals across the face, and sparser on the back. These have become quite hard to come by these days. This is a nice pretty representative piece. |
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JC12346. Close up of the left side in the above photo. |
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JC12346. Close up of the right side. |
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JC12346. Another view. |
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JC12346. Another view. |
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JC10866. Pyromorphite. Driggith mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK. 3 x 7 x 8 cm 129g 3mm crystals. $85.00 Much better than average specimen from this fairly long closed mine. |
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JC10866. Another view. |
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JC10866. Back side. |
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JC10866. Close up. |
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JC10223. Pyromorphite. Barstow'w cut/trench, Roughton Gill South Lode, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK. 7 x 9 cm 441g. $70.00. Collected in 1978 by Richard Barstow. Lime to yellow green crystals in somewhat rusty quartz matrix. The trench/cut has been filled in, and no more specimens will be produced from this particular location. |
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JC10223. Slightly different angle. |
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JC10223. Closer view right side. |
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JC10223. Closer view left side. |
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JC10223. Closer view top of piece. |
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JC9242. Pyromorphite. Pfingstwiese mine, Bad Ems district, Lahn valley, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. 6.5 x 8 cm 208g. $35.00. Nice coverage of crystals from this lesser known mine in the Bad Ems district. Color is a pale lime green with a tannish discoloration in one angle...probably clay. Crystals are rather acicular under the microscope. |
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JC9242. Another view. |
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JC9242. Closer view. |
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JC8793. Pyromorphite. La Vidale mine, Saint-Roch cross, Asprieres, St. Martin de Bouillac, Ville Franche de Rouergue, Aveyron, Mid-Pyrenees, France 9 x 9.5 cm 636g $185.00 These came out around 2010, apparently from collectors working the dumps of the old mine. I acquired this one in 2016. Crowley collection # JAC1751 Yellow green barrel shaped and somewhat more rounded looking crystals as seen. Sawn back |
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JC8793. Another view. |
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JC8793. Close up of the small vug in the upper third of the piece. |
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JC8793. Close up of the small vug on the right side. |
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JC9229. Vesuvianite. Near Clio, Plumas county, California. 4 x 4.5 cm 83g. $25.00. A main crystal that measures 2.5 cm across, slightly translucent and pretty much damage free except for a little bit of growth interference. Color is a root beer brown as shown. Classic shape and form of a flattened di-pyramid. The flat face in the center of the crystal does not show well in the photos. A bit of pale green diopside and corroded siliceous material is also present. I collected this one in 2012. |
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JC9229. Another view. Diopside is the light colored material on the right side of the piece. |
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JC9229. Another view. Diopside is the light colored material on the right side of the piece. |
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JC9229. Back side. |
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JC9229. Back side. |
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JC8148. Quartz. Petersen Mountain, Hallelujah Junction area, Washoe County, Nevada. I collected this one in 2012. 7.3 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm 156g $30.00 Light amethyst with more smoky base. |
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JC8148. Another view. |
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JC8148. Another view. |
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JC8148. Another view. |
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JC10150. Stibnite. White Caps
mine, Manhattan district, Nye county, Nevada. 5.5 x 9.5 cm
314g. $35.00. From a vein with the center filled
with calcite. When I etched the calcite away, this is what
remained...flat lying, sort of feathery looking crystals with satiny luster.
White Caps mine is considered the premier stibnite locality for the U.S.
Odd and interesting piece.
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JC10150. Another view. |
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JC10150. Closer view. |
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JC10150. Closer view. |
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JC12462. Azurite. Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker district, Jerada province, Oriental region, Morocco. 3.5 x 4.3 x 6.2 cm 148g $150.00. Rather flat lying crystals on a chalcocite rich matrix. Interesting crystal formation. |
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JC12462. Slightly different angle. |
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JC12462. Another view. |
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JC12462. Another view. |
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JC12462. Closer view. |
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JC14050. Conichalcite, calcite.
Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. 6.5 x 4.0 x 2.5
cm 39g $50.00. Coating of bright green globular microcrystals, typical for conichalcite. Older piece. 1960's? Ex Ray DeMark collection |
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JC14050. Another view, calcite on the top left. |
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JC14050. Back side with calcite |
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JC14050. Back side with calcite. |
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JC14056. Descloizite. Berg Aukas, Grootfontein, Namibia. 9.3 x 5.9 x 5.7 cm 440g $275.00. One of the more rare crystal types from here are the jet black brilliant luster crystals as seen here. Very nice showy piece, which looks much better in hand. I really like this one. |
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JC14056. Another view. |
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JC14056. Another view. |
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JC14056. Another view. |
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JC14056. Another view. |
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JC14056. Another view. |
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JC14057. Adamite Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. 6 x 2.5 x 2 cm 100g $28.00. Brilliant light yellow with a hint of green, fluorescent crystals. Sawn back. |
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JC14057. Another view. |
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JC14058. Adamite Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. 8 x 5 x 2.5 cm 205g $25.00. Bright yellow with a hint of green, fluorescent crystals. Sawn back. |
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JC14058. Another view. |
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JC14058. Small vug on the back. |
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JC14059. Adamite Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. 3.5 x 3 x 1 cm 18g $5.00. A little trim piece. |
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JC14060. Epidote. (Green Jug claim; Julie claim) Lola claim, Pamlico district, Mineral county, Nevada. 4 cm tall 14g $40.00. A single crystal, with the back side partially coated with tiny bright quartz crystals. Nicely terminated. I collected these in April 1986, and have had this one in the collection since. These were in surface veins on the outcrop, and about 90% of them had damage/broken. This one is whole. As an add note, I told Harvey Gordon about this place, and he subsequently went in with a back hoe and dug the whole place up. He found some nice larger groups and singles. There was never an official Julie claim as far as I know. The green highlights are not as obvious in hand...the camera really showed them in the photos |
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JC14060. Another view, and a view of the back side top of the crystal with all the little quartz crystals coating the back side of the termination. |
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JC14060. Another view, and a view of the back side top of the crystal with all the little quartz crystals coating the back side of the termination. |
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JC14061. Epidote. (Green Jug claim; Julie claim) Lola claim, Pamlico district, Mineral county, Nevada. 4.5 cm tall 10g $40.00. A single crystal, doubly terminated. I collected these in April 1986, and have had this one in the collection since. These were in surface veins on the outcrop, and about 90% of them had damage/broken. This one is whole. As an add note, I told Harvey Gordon about this place, and he subsequently went in with a back hoe and dug the whole place up. He found some nice larger groups and singles. There was never an official Julie claim as far as I know. |
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JC14061. Other views. The green highlights are not as obvious in hand...the camera really showed them in the photos. |
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JC14042. Azurite. Copper Queen mine, Bisbee, Cochise county, Arizona?. 6.5 x 5 x 1.8 cm 51g $65.00. Although the dealer label claims this is from Bisbee, I am not so sure. I have not run across any Bisbee azurites with the bright reddish hematite matrix this one shows. The color of the matrix is very reminiscent of the Ojuela mine minerals. The crystals on this piece, although small, are prismatic, different from the specimens I have seen from Bisbee. Possibly Ojuela mine? |
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JC14042. Closer view. |
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JC14022. Pyromorphite.
Friedrichssegen Mine, Bad Ems, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. 5.1
× 7.7 × 2.6 cm 56g $60.00 Dark brown needle like crystals coating the front and a bit of the back. |
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JC14022. Closer view. |
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JC14022. Back side. |
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JC13997. Linarite, anglesite on galena, galena. Blanchard mine, Bingham, Hansonburg district, Socorro county, New Mexico. 4 x 3.5 x 4 cm 79g $10.00 |
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JC13997. Another view. |
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JC13997. Another view. |
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JC13997. Close up of the galena cube being replaced by anglesite. |
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JC13993. Pyromorphite. Les Farges mine, Ussel, Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France 7 x 3 x 3.5 cm 127g $35.00. Small lime green with a hint of yellow crystals coating white barite. |
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JC13993. A bit closer view. |
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JC13993. Back side. |
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JC13972. Pyromorphite. Daoping area. Goncheng, Guangxi, China. 7.5 x 5.5 x 2.4 cm 120g $200.00 These are from a find of a few years ago; an artisanal prospect near the Daoping mine. These were called the "Macha green" pyromorphites due to their somewhat similar color to that Chinese tea. Although some sites have listed these as from the Daoping mine, they are not. |
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JC13158. Hematite, andradite.
N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe
District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa.
4 x 2.5 x 1 cm 48g $25.00. Mirror bright crystals with
micro andradite crystals partly coating the matrix.
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JC13158. Another view. |
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JC13158. Another view. |
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JC13158. Another view. |
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JC13158. Another view. |
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JC13158. Back side. |
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JC14003. Quartz, chalcopyrite. Boldut mine?, Cavnic, Maramures County, Romania. 11.0 x 5.0 x 3.5 cm 224g $55.00. White, sharp, quartz crystals growing over and around somewhat purplish iridescent small chalcopyrite crystals. I have close ups of the chalcopyrite in the below photos. Ex Paul Siegel collection |
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JC14003. Another view. |
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JC14003. Another view. |
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JC14003. Purplish chalcopyrite crystals nestled in amongst the quartz crystals. |
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JC14003. Purplish chalcopyrite crystals nestled in amongst the quartz crystals. |
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JC14003. Purplish chalcopyrite crystals nestled in amongst the quartz crystals. |
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JC14020. Rhodonite. Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia 13 x 9 x 4 769g $35.00 A massive piece of solid rhodonite with mostly cleavage faces, and one partial crystal face on the front as seen in this view. |
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JC14020. Another slightly different lighting showing the partial crystal outlined in he center. |
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JC14020. Back side. |
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JC14020. Another view showing partial crystal face. |
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BR306. Smithsonite, hemimorphite, cerussite. San Antonio mine., Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. 7 x 5 x 1.5 cm 113g $195.00 Top side has rows of light blue smithsonite botryoids up to 1 cm. . Back side is layer of hemimorphite with tiny cerussite twins (1mm)Ex: Claude Huber Minerals, Purchased: March 2007. |
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BR306. Closer view. |
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BR306. Back side, with hemimorphite and tiny blossoms of white cerussite crystals on the hemimorphite. |
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BR231. Cassiterite. Horní Slavkov, (Schlaggenwald) Bohemia, Czech republic. 5 x 2.8 x 3 cm 93g $175.00 Group of half dozen crystals to 1.5 cm Ex: Francis N. & Jean Marshall coll. Ex: Mineralogical Research. A nice miniature of these brilliant black crystals. Quite rare to see one of these of this quality offered these days. Displays well. |
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BR231. Another view. |
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BR231. Another view. |
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BR231. Another view. |
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BR331. Wulfenite. Ahumada mine, Los Lamentos, Ahumada municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico. 6.5 x 3.5 x 1 cm 44g $85.00 Three crystals, 1.5 and 1.7 cm. Dark orangish crystals. There is a linear orangish thread like orange spot in the middle that looks like where another crystal resided. Ex: Don Boydston #664. Ex: Steve Perry. Minerals, Purchased 5-2006 |
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BR331. Another view. |
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BR331. Another view. |
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BR331. Back side. Micro descloizite? crystals cover the back. |
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BR398. Smithsonite. Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. 10.5 x 7 x 3 cm 185g $250.00 Very pale green drusy micro crystals, sparkly. Ex: Donald K. Olson Minerals Purchased: November-2001 |
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BR398. Another view. |
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BR398. Close up bottom third. |
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BR398. Close up, top third. |
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BR398. Back side. |
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BR107. Hematite, magnesite. Brumado, Bahia, Brazil. 5.2 x 3.5 x 2 cm 100g $200.00 A brilliant, near floater complex crystal. Very nice. Ex: Lorraine Sofia coll.; Ex: Roberts Minerals; Ex: Mineralogical Research. Another major dealer has one nearly identical for $1,200. |
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BR107. Another view. |
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BR107. Back side with magnesite. |
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BR107. Back side with magnesite. |
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BR107. Another view. |
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BR107. Another view. |
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BR473. Cuprite. Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi mining district., Lualaba, DR Congo.1.5 x 2 cm 14g $200.00 Octahedral crystal. Sharp! TN. no matrix. Very minor dings as seen in the photos.. Ex: Lorraine Sofia coll. Ex: Mineralogical Research. I took photos from all sides of this thumbnail cuprite. |
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BR473. Another view. |
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BR473. Back side. |
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BR473. Another view. |
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BR473. Another view. |
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JC13959. Amethyst (Scepter). Goboboseb Mountains Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency Erongo Region, Namibia. 12.5 x 8 x 6.5 cm 629g $390.00 An impressively large amethyst scepter on a white quartz projection from the milky quartz base. Not many scepter from this area of this size and quality. Nice specimen! |
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JC13959. Another view. |
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JC13959. Another view. |
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JC13959. Another view. |
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JC13959. Another view. |
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JC13938. Cerussite, malachite. Brown's Prospect, Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Northern Territory, Australia. 12 x 4 x 2.5 cm 159g $75.00 Ex: Harry Critchley coll. Numerous small cerussite crystals all over the front of this nice cabinet specimen. Many of the cerussite exhibit various types of twinning. |
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JC13938. Closer view. |
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JC13938. Closer view. |
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JC13938. Back side. |