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JC8010. Copper. Itauz mine, Zhilandy group, Satpayev, Ulytau region, Kazakhstan. 4.3 x 5 cm 6g. $35.00 | |
JC8010. Reverse. | |
JC8023. Calcite. Egremont, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK. 4.5 x 4.5 cm 53g $25.00 Minor ding | |
JC8023. Slightly different angle. | |
JC8023. Reverse. | |
JC8029. Stilbite. Basalt quarry, Ambarjomiambana, Sambava dist., Sava region, Antsiranana prov., Madagascar 7 cm Tall. 41g $15.00 RARE specimen of highly lustrous, pearlescent stilbite. Stilbite is essentially unknown from this basalt road-metal quarry RESERVED | |
JC8030. Quartz. Minas Gerais, Brazil. 5.5 x 9 cm 87g $30.00. Wish I had a more exact location. Sort of a flat plate with parallel crytal development. A hint of amethyst on the tips of the left most and right most crystal terminations. Rest is sort of zoned light smoky, with a slight hint of amethyst. RESERVED | |
JC9313. Azurite. Milpillas mine, Milpillas, Santa Cruz municipality, Sonora, Mexico. 4 x 7 cm 43g $75.00 Scattered, midnight blue, slightly gemmy crystals on white dickite matrix. Reserved | |
JC9313. Slightly different angle. | |
JC9313. Slightly different angle. | |
JC9313. Close up, top center. | |
JC9313. Close up, left end. | |
JC9457. Adamite. Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. 5 x 7.5 cm 107g $30.00. Well formed, prismatic crystals of colorless adamite, which is relatively uncommon for the Ojuela mine. Collected prior to 2018. Bright and sparkly. | |
JC9457. Close up of central area. | |
JC9467. Azurite. Christiana Mine, Mercati mines, Agios Konstantinos (Kamariza), Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece. 6 x 8 cm 126g. $70.00 From the 2012 find a nearly solid mass of bright blue crystals. Pretty and nice. | |
JC9467. Side view. | |
JC9467. Close up. | |
JC9766. Hemimorphite. Potosí Mine?, West Camp, Santa Eulalia Mining Dist., Aquiles Serdán Mun., Chihuahua, Mexico. 5 x 5 x 10 cm 196g $75.00 Up to 5.5 cm crystals. Much better than average group of crystals, with bright, glassy luster, and pure white color. Quite a nice specimen, older piece, and well priced. RESERVED | |
JC7679. Barytocalcite. Alston Moor District, North Pennines, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK 7 x 7 cm 335g $35.00 A relatively rare old-time specimen of solid, well-crystallized, lustrous, tan barytocalcite crystals from the Type Locality area of the Alston Moor District of England. | |
JC7679. Close up of central area. | |
JC7571. Wulfenite. Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. 7.5 x 11 cm 364g. $150.00. A solid covering of orange, dog tooth style crystals making for a very nice wulfenite specimen. Collected prior to 2015 when I acquired the piece. | |
JC7571. Closer view of top third of specimen. | |
JC7571. Another view. | |
JC7584. Vanadinite, mottramite. JC Holmes claims, Temporal Gulch area, Patagonia, Wrightson district, Santa Rita mountains, Santa Cruz county, Arizona. 7 x 10 cm 207g $35.00. Nice coverage of orange crystals from this 2005 find. A bit of black mottramite micro crystals visible on the left side. RESERVED | |
JC5905. Apophyllite, & ? Jalgoan, India. 9.5 cm tall x 3.5 cm wide $10.00. A stalagmite like piece with white apophyllite crystals scattered on it. I'm not that good with zeolites, so not sure what the underlying matrix is that these apophyllite crystals are perched on. Cute piece, nice and sparkly. RESERVED | |
JC8479. Calcite (manganoan). Pachapaqui mining district, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru 5 x 10 cm 219g. $50.00 Pale pink scalenohedron partially coated by a 2ndry coat of small scalenohedrons. Purchased from Golden Minerals (Don Knowles), April-6-93 Ex Dennis Belsher coll. #2117. Ex Crowley coll. # JAC1087. Once in around 1988, these showed up in a few pockets and they were brought out and sold quickly. I have not seen the style again. Elegant, carpet like clusters of this fantastical pale pink calcite, colored by manganese, fluoresce so brightly in a magenta color. RESERVED | |
JC7374. Andradite, epidote. Garnet Hill mine, Garnet Hill, Moore’s creek, Calaveras Co., California. 4.5 x 5.5 cm 111g $50.00 Ex Chuck Trantham collection #2123, collected by Chuck in the early 1960's. Largest crystal is 2.5 cm across. A gorgeous, deep red brown, garnet cluster with large crystals of very high, waxy luster that would be considered extremely good for this locality. Minor epidote is present. Specimens of this quality are becoming quite rare on the market these days. RESERVED | |
JC7388. Wulfenite, mimetite. San Juan Poniente, Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico. 8 x 9 cm 241g $50.00. From the San Juan Poniente vein occurrence of 2008. Blocky, somewhat elongated orange wulfenite crystals with a background matrix of greenish mimetite. A classic find from the Ojuela. | |
JC7388. Close up. | |
JC13442. Barite. Palos Verdes Hills, Palos Verdes Peninsula, Los Angeles County, California. 11.5 x 7 x 3.5 cm 233g $80.00 A classic piece from this long exhausted locality. There is a broken blade on the front, and a chipped blade near the center. Nice luster. | |
JC13442. Side view. | |
JC7635. Libethenite. Mindola pit, nr. Kitwe, Zambia A 1.5 cm crystal on a bit of matrix. $10.00. RESERVED | |
JC7635. Another view. | |
JC7643. Crocoite. Adelaide m., Zeehan dist., nr. Dundas Tasmania. 6.1 cm terminated crystal. 2g. $10.00. Single long crystal, terminated on one end. | |
JC7643. Another view. | |
JC7643. View of termination. | |
JC7643. View of termination. | |
JC7645. Quartz. Pampa Blanca, Pampa Blanca District, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica, Peru. 3 x 4 cm 40g 3 scepters. $5.00 | |
JC7645. Another view. | |
JC7647. Augelite, quartz. Ortega prospect, Mundo, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion Province, La Libertad Department, Peru. 2.2 x 2.5 cm 6g $15.00. Mostly complete, greenish crystal. | |
JC7647. Another view. | |
JC7647. Another view. | |
JC12280. Fluorite. Dixie mine, Mountain Wells Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada. 6 x 9 cm 176g $25.00 A satiny luster, purple stalactite like group of fluorite crystals from this pretty much unknown mine. RESERVED | |
JC12280. Another view. | |
JC13441. Olivenite. Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada 4 x 4 x 1 cm 11g $30.00 Flat plate, olive crystals. Ex Crowley collection #JAC109. Collected 1974. RESERVED | |
JC8688. Wulfenite, calcite. Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. 4.5 x 6 cm 71g $20.00. 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. | |
JC8688. Vertical view. | |
JC8688. Vertical view. | |
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. | |
JC12361. Another view. | |
JC12361. Back side. | |
JC13418. Pyrite. Leadville, Lake county, Colorado? 7 x 7 x 4.5 cm 302g $25.00 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. RESERVED | |
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 $35.00 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. | |
JC13420. Slightly different angle. | |
JC13420 Back side. | |
JC13420. Back side. | |
JC13422. Calcite, mottramite? Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. 8 x 5.5 x 3 cm 142g $35.00 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. | |
JC13422. Another view. | |
JC13422. Another view. | |
JC13422. Another view. | |
JC12694. Ludlamite. Cabeça do Cachorro claim, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil. 11.4 x 8.8 x 2.2 cm 375g $300.00 First saw these 3 years ago at Tucson. Since then there has been a lot of material available, and has so often happened with mineral finds, they will quickly disappear from the market place. Beautiful green glassy lustrous translucent crystals of ludlamite measuring to 1.0 cm in size mostly covering the top of this matrix. Fine example for the species. | |
JC12694. Another view. | |
JC12694. Close up. | |
JC12694. Close up. |