New Arrivals Page 1
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JC4032. Calcite. Elmwood mine, Carthage, Smith county, Tennessee. 10 x 11.5 cm 560g $250.00 Ex: Norm Radford collection. Ex: Crowley collection #1590. A highly transparent, golden tipped calcite from the earlier finds. Purchased in August, 2007. RESERVED |
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JC8688. Wulfenite, calcite. Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. 4.5 x 6 cm 71g $25.00. Golden bladed transparent crystals with a slight amount of calcite growing on the wulfenite, giving them a sparkly appearance. A larger crystal stands out on the left end, and is much paler yellow than the other crystals. |
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JC8688. Vertical view. |
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JC8688. Vertical view. |
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JC12361. Heulandite. Rat's Nest claim, Challis, Bay Horse district, Custer county, Idaho. 3 x 5.5 cm 37g $10.00. Most of these from the Rat's Nest claim are a pinkish to salmon color, this one is white, and quite bright in luster. Cute piece. |
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JC12361. Another view. |
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JC12361. Back side. |
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JC13411. Wulfenite. Los Lamentos, Ahumada municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico. 9.5 x 6 x 4 cm 202g $175.00 Ex Ghislaine De Jonghe collection #551 Caramel colored crystal on mostly hematite matrix. Has micro crystals of willemite as whitish areas on the matrix. RESERVED |
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JC13411. Another view. |
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JC13413. Pyrite pseudo marcasite. Nanisivick mine, Nanisivick, Baffin Island, Qikiqtaaluk region, Nunayut, Canada. 12 x 8.7 x 3.1 cm 588g $225.00 A large sized specimen compose primarily of thin, bladed crystals of marcasite which have pseudomorphed to pyrite. Exhibiting the bladed habit often seen in marcasite. The terminations exhibit the notched habit also seen with marcasite. The surfaces have a bright metallic golden luster. A tough one to photo. Hard to show the blade like marcasites that have been pseudomorphed by pyrite. RESERVED |
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JC13418. Pyrite. Leadville, Lake county, Colorado? 7 x 7 x 4.5 cm 302g $30.00 Although the dealer I purchased this from, World Wide Gems and Minerals, Sacramento, California, in 1964, had this labeled as Leadville, it looks suspiciously like Eagle mine pyrite. So, I have priced it as if it is from the Eagle mine. Ex Crowley collection #148 Brilliant, golden pyritohedral crystals form a solid mass with no matrix. Minor dings here and there. |
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JC13418. Another view. |
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JC13420. Epidote, quartz. Rosario Mabel claim (Flor de Peru II claim), Pampa Blanca District, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica, Peru. 4 x 4.5 x 3 cm 32g $45.00 Purchased from Top Gem Minerals, Tucson, 2-96. Ex Crowley collection #1215 Picked this one because it has very bright luster. There is one broken crystal on the back side, one on the side as seen here, and a small one in the center, rather hard to see. |
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JC13420. Slightly different angle. |
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JC13420 Back side. |
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JC13420. Back side. |
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JC13422. Calcite, mottramite? Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. 8 x 5.5 x 3 cm 142g $60.00 Purchased from John Metteer, Mineral Mailbox, in 1979. Ex Crowley Collection # 422 Bladed, nearly transparent crystals. bright luster. Mottramite? shows through as black on the transparent crystals. |
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JC13422. Another view. |
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JC13422. Another view. |
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JC13422. Another view. |
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JC13423. Vanadinite, mottramite. Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker district, Jerada province, Oriental region, Morocco. 10 x 6 x 5 cm 328g $60.00 Purchased from Tony Jones, California Rock and Mineral, in Tucson, 2-1989. Ex Crowley collection # 865. A nice large cabinet example for the species from this locality, large thick crystals to 2.0 cm in length covering the top of this matrix. In great condition. Sort of honey brown crystals, fairly large for this find from 30+ years ago. |
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JC13423. Another view. |
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JC13423. Another view. |
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JC13423. Close up left end. |