New Arrivals Page 1
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JC11927. Barite. Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru. 2.5 x 2.5 cm 17g $8.00. Thumbnail specimen. |
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JC11927. Another view. |
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JC11927. Another view. |
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JC11927. Another view. |
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JC11927. Another view. |
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JC9906. Vanadinite on black manganese coated barite. ACF mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province, Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 6 x 9 x 9 cm 805g. $500.00 Bright, dark red, gemmy vanadinites on black manganese coated barite. The specimen is a knob of matrix, with the barite/vanadinite wrapping around the knob as seen in the photos below. Displays very well. Gorgeous specimen. |
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JC9906. Another view. |
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JC9906. Back side of the specimen. |
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JC9906. Back side. Tilted slightly more forward to show the crystals on the top. |
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JC9903. Vanadinite on barite. ACF mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province, Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 8 x 13 cm 718g. $285.00. A matrix of barite blades on this CABINET size specimen is heavily encrusted with bright red, gemmy vanadinite crystals. No obvious damage. This is a beautiful specimen that really stands out. The vanadinite is literally solidly coating the barite with vanadinite on all sides of the specimen, with the back side not as heavily coated with vanadinite showing the barite blades to great advantage. |
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JC9903. Back side. |
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JC9903. Close up of one area on the right side. |
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JC9903. Another view. |
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JC11831. Manganocalcite, quartz. Pachapaqui mining district, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru. 2 x 3 cm 8g $8.00. Bladed crystals, not lustrous. Fluorescent sort of reddish pink. |
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JC11831. Another view. |
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JC13381. Chalcopyrite, "freibergite", minor pyrite. Eagle mine, Gilman, Eagle county, Colorado. 7 x 4.5 cm 80g $40.00. Ex Crowley Collection #451. Acquired September 1979 from Mathiason Minerals, Fremont, California. A flat plate of good sized chalcopyrite crystals mostly coated by micro crystals of "freibergite" which is actually microscopic tetrahedrite. Lots of sparkle to the tetrahedrite. Nice golden color to the chalcopyrite. |
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JC13381. Another view. |
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JC13381. Another view. |
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JC13381. Another view. |
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JC13381. Close up view. |
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JC13381. Close up view. |
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JC11928. Malachite. Sir Dominick Mine, Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola Region, North Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia. 2.5 x 3.5 cm 18g. $10.00. Felted mass of malachite crystals. |
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JC11872. Prehnite, epidote. Kayes Region, Mali. 4 cm Tall 29g. $10.00 |
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JC9949. Stibnite. Old Herja mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Mare, Maramures, Romania. 4.5 x 5 x 6 cm 127g. $50.00. Group of crystals... Crystals are bright and lustrous. Some damage to some of the terminations. |
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JC9949. This view is looking vertically down on the specimen |
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JC9949. Another view. |
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JC9949. Another view. |
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JC11921. Sulfur. El Desierto mine, San Pablo de Napa, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí, Bolivia. 6.5 cm Tall single crystal 11g. $20.00 |
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JC11921. Another view. |
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JC11921. Side view. |
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JC11922. Sulfur. El Desierto mine, San Pablo de Napa, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí, Bolivia. 6 cm tall. 8g Single crystal. $20.00. |
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JC11922. Other views. |
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JC11922. On its side. J |
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JC11923. Sulfur. El Desierto mine, San Pablo de Napa, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí, Bolivia. 5.8 cm tall. 11g Single crystal. $20.00. |
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JC11923. Another view. |
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JC11923. On its side. |
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JC11923. On its other side. |
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JC9904. Vanadinite on barite. ACF mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province, Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 10 x 14 cm >1000g. $185.00. A CABINET specimen with white blades of barite partially coated with bright red, highly lustrous and gemmy, vanadinite crystals. This one had a large chunk of matrix on the back which I sawed off to lighten the weight. Pretty. |
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JC9904. Close up, left side. |
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JC9904. Close up, right side. |
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JC9864. Vanadinite, barite. ACF mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province, Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 7.5 x 7.5 cm 290g. $135.00. Dark red crystals on black coated barite blades. One vanadinite on the upper left edge has two small dings on it...visible in the photo as two white spots on the crystal. There are two barite blades with rub marks on them, and one broken small barite blade...they show up as white spots on the black matrix. |
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JC9864. Another view. |
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JC9864. Another view. |
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JC11789. Vivianite. Machacamarca district, Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosí, Bolivia. 3 x 5.8 cm 73g $45.00. stout green crystal with apparent twinning. A bit of brown childrenite and some light green paravauxite. Ex. Alfredo Petrov coll. Back side has an almost iridescent green color to it, visible in the photo below. |
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JC11789. Another view. |
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JC11789. Another view, back side. A bit of brown childrenite and some light green paravauxite. |
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JC11789. Another side. |
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JC9957. Amazonite. Crystal creek, Teller county, Colorado. 7 x 10 cm 360 g. $50.00. Light blue crystals. The crack is a shrinkage crack, the specimen is quite sturdy. Collected in 2002. |
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JC9957. Another view. |
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JC9957. Another view. |
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JC9901. Epidote, quartz. Rosario Mabel claim (Flor de Peru II claim), Pampa Blanca, Castrovirreyna district, Castrovirreyna province, Huancavelica department, Peru. 5 x 9 cm 138g. $30.00. A couple of sprays on quartz. From the finds of several years ago. Some of the terminations on the epidote are gone...typical of so many of these. Has nice luster. Looks better in person. |
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JC9901. Another view. |
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JC9901. Another view. |
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JC9901. Another view. |
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JC9834. Epidote, prehnite. Bendougou village, Arrondissement Diakon, Commune Diakon, Cercle de Bafoulabe, Kayes region, Mali. 4 x 5.5 cm 106g. $20.00. Although a bit hard to tell from the photos, this is a nice miniature of nice lustrous epidote crystals, brighter than most from here, with a ball of prehnite on the back side. There are no damaged or broken crystals on this one. The dealer brought these over from Mali in barrels with no padding, and the specimens were still covered with their original dirt. There are minor dings here and there because of the way they were shipped over to the U.S |
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JC9834. Another view. |
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JC9834. Another view. |
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JC9834. Another view. |
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JC9834. Another view. |
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JC9834. Another view. |
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JC11885. Frankeite. Oruro city, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia. 2.5 x 4 cm 72g. $35.00. A flattish specimen of frankeite, with poorly developed terminations on the top side. Quite rare mineral. |
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JC11855. Another view. |
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JC11855. View of the top, with odd terminations. |
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JC11952. Hubnerite. Brandberg West Mine?, Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia. 2.5 x 5.5 cm 156g $30.00 A single, fairly well formed crystal. Specimens of this quality from here are quite rare. |
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JC11952. Another view. |
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JC11952. Another view. |
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JC11952. Another view, terminations. |
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JC11876. Hydroxylherderite, quartz. Brazil? 2 x 2.5 cm 6g. $25.00 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. |
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JC11876. Another view. |
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JC11876. Another view. |
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JC11876. Another view. |
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JC11876. Another view. |
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JC12071. Scolecite. Nasik, India. 3 x 10.5 cm tall. 29g $20.00. |
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JC9770. Smithsonite. Refugio mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico. 5 x 10 cm 189g. $275.00. Pink to slightly lilac pink specimen from this now exhausted locality. Specimen is not back lit. Nice color, sort of waxy luster. |
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JC9770. Another view. |
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JC9770. Back side. |
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BR74. Apatite, arsenopyrite, mica. Boca Grande mine, Covilhă, Castelo Branco, Portugal. 4.5 x 4 x 1.5 cm 24g $275.00 Group of flat, green crystals to 2cm in size. Tiny, brilliant silver micro crystals of arsenopyrite here and there. |
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BR74. Another view. |
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BR74. Another view. |
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BR366. Mimetite. Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. 3.2 x 3.5 cm 17g $90.00 Somewhat acicular light yellow crystals to 8mm. Ex Claude Yoder coll.#1145 Purchased: September-2001. Ex: Mineralogical Research. |
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BR366. Slightly different angle. |
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BR505. Azurite. Burra Burra mine, North Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia. 7 x 6 x 4.5 cm 265g $250.00 Bright blue globular ball of micro crystalline azurite...solid azurite. Specimens of azurite were discovered in a clay zone in the early 70s when this old mine was open cut. Ex: CK Minerals. Ex Mineralogical Research; purchased April 2013 I photographed it from all sides. |
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BR505. Another view. |
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BR505. Another view. |
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BR505. Another view. |
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BR505. Another view. |
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JC9478. Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite mine, Mineral claim 24456, Mt. Shoobridge, Norther Territory, Australia. 5 x 6.8 cm 223g. $115.00. A nearly solid mass of yellow green/lime green crystals. These are from a little mining venture to procure pyromorphite specimens from this prospect. The find is quite limited, and very few specimens were produced. A rather different locality and not related to the Rum Jungle locality. Rarely seen material from a remote and little known location, the location was a small prospect long abandoned that was worked for specimens for a short time in the early 1990s. Both side are literally and liberally coated with hexagonal crystals, interspersed with a druze of pyromorphite crystals. The crystals are not lustrous, as is typical for this location. |
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JC9478. Another view. |
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JC9478. Closer view. |
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JC9762. Vanadinite. Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco. 6.5 x 10 cm 281g. $55.00. Typical specimen on a somewhat porous matrix, with tan/olive crystals. Damage to some of the crystals on the extreme right center, a small knob that sticks out slightly. Main body is damage free to naked eye. Many of these tend to be rather dull in luster, this piece has nice bright crystals. |
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JC9762. Another view. |
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JC9762. Closer view. |
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JC11361. Adamite. Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. 1.8 x 3.5 x 5.3 cm 38g. $150.00. A choice cluster of pinwheel adamite. Older piece. A rather nice miniature. |
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JC11361. Another view...sort of vertical |
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JC11361. Side view showing the left pinwheel. |
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JC11361. Another view. |
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JC11835. Topaz. Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 3g 1.8 cm Thumbnail. Terminated single crystal. Light golden yellow; often called "Imperial topaz". $10.00 |
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JC11835. Another view. |
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JC11835. Another view. |