New Arrivals Page 1
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JC13859. Spessartine. Wushan Spessartine mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China. 8 x 4 x 6 cm 262g. $25.00. Typical wine colored crystals on feldspar matrix. |
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JC13859. Closer view. |
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JC13879. Amethyst on fluorite. Mambilla plateau, Taraba state, Nigeria. 15 x 8 x 3 cm 887g. $90.00. Amethyst coated Fluorite with Pyrite from a recent, unique find from Taraba State, Nigeria. This rare combination of Amethyst and Fluorite looks amazing both under regular and UV lighting. The Fluorite fluoresces a violet-blue color, while impurities in the Amethyst fluoresce orange, giving it incredible contrast under UV lighting. The fluorite varies from a greenish to slightly purplish color. On the fluorite there is frequently a layer of tiny pyrite crystals, which can be seen as the yellowish color on the boundary between the fluorite and amethyst. RESERVED |
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JC13879. Back side, showing the greenish color fluorite. The yellow areas are tiny pyrite crystals. |
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JC13880. Amethyst on fluorite. Mambilla plateau, Taraba state, Nigeria. 8.5 x 6.5 x 3.5 cm 354g $40.00. Amethyst coated Fluorite with Pyrite from a recent, unique find from Taraba State, Nigeria. This rare combination of Amethyst and Fluorite looks amazing both under regular and UV lighting. The Fluorite fluoresces a violet-blue color, while impurities in the Amethyst fluoresce orange, giving it incredible contrast under UV lighting. The fluorite varies from a greenish to slightly purplish color. On the fluorite there is frequently a layer of tiny pyrite crystals, which can be seen as the yellowish color on the boundary between the fluorite and amethyst RESERVED |
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JC13880. Another view. |
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JC13880. Back side, showing the grayish green fluorite, with the yellow spots as tiny pyrite crystals. |
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JC13881. Amethyst on fluorite. Mambilla plateau, Taraba state, Nigeria. 12 x 9 x 4 cm 730g $150.00. Amethyst coated Fluorite with Pyrite from a recent, unique find from Taraba State, Nigeria. This rare combination of Amethyst and Fluorite looks amazing both under regular and UV lighting. The Fluorite fluoresces a violet-blue color, while impurities in the Amethyst fluoresce orange, giving it incredible contrast under UV lighting. The fluorite varies from a greenish to slightly purplish color. On the fluorite is frequently a layer of tiny pyrite crystals, which can be seen as the yellowish color on the boundary between the fluorite and amethyst. On this piece, the corner of the cubic fluorite is seen on the lower front as a purplish color, which in reality is slightly lighter than the photo shows. |
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JC13881. Another view, with the corner of the fluorite crystal visible in the lower center. |
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JC13881. Another view. |
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JC13881. Back side, showing the grayish green fluorite and a yellow band of pyrite on top of the fluorite. |
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JC13882. Amethyst on fluorite. Mambilla plateau, Taraba state, Nigeria. 10 x 8 x 5 cm 636g $85.00 Amethyst coated Fluorite with Pyrite from a recent, unique find from Taraba State, Nigeria. This rare combination of Amethyst and Fluorite looks amazing both under regular and UV lighting. The Fluorite fluoresces a violet-blue color, while impurities in the Amethyst fluoresce orange, giving it incredible contrast under UV lighting. The fluorite varies from a greenish to slightly purplish color. On the fluorite there is frequently a layer of tiny pyrite crystals, which can be seen as the yellowish color on the boundary between the fluorite and amethyst. RESERVED |
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JC13882. Another view. |
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JC13882. Another view. |
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JC13882. Back side showing the greenish fluorite, and the yellow is a band of pyrite on the fluorite. |
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JC13883. Amethyst on fluorite. Mambilla plateau, Taraba state, Nigeria. 7 x 8 x 2 cm 188g $65.00 Amethyst coated Fluorite with Pyrite from a recent, unique find from Taraba State, Nigeria. This rare combination of Amethyst and Fluorite looks amazing both under regular and UV lighting. The Fluorite fluoresces a violet-blue color, while impurities in the Amethyst fluoresce orange, giving it incredible contrast under UV lighting. The fluorite varies from a greenish to slightly purplish color. On the fluorite there is frequently a layer of tiny pyrite crystals, which can be seen as the yellowish color on the boundary between the fluorite and amethyst. |
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JC13883. Back side showing greenish and purplish fluorite. Yellow is a thin layer of pyrite on the fluorite. |
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JC13860. Cerussite, barite, galena. Mibladen mining district, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco. 9.1 x 5.5 x 2.6 cm 262g. $75.00. A better than average piece with nice sized cerussite scattered around on the galena matrix, with a small flower of pinkish barite for contrast. |
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JC13860. Slightly different angle. |
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JC13860. Another view. |
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JC13860. Another view. |
| JC13865. Mimetite. Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico. 8.5 x 8.5 x 3 cm 478g. $75.00. Brilliant yellow, tiny, acicular crystals making a near solid mass of mimetite. These first came out around 2009, and this year at Tucson there were a few more scattered around, apparently newly collected from the same area as the earlier ones like this. Pretty and sparkly. The back side is drusy calcite. RESERVED | |
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JC13866. Mimetite. Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico. 7.5 x 6 x 2.5 cm 237g $50.00 Brilliant yellow, tiny, acicular crystals making a near solid mass of mimetite. These first came out around 2009, and this year at Tucson there were a few more scattered around, apparently newly collected from the same area as the earlier ones like this. Pretty and sparkly. RESERVED |
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JC13866. Closer view. |
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JC13867. Chabazite. Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico. 7 x 5.5 x 2 cm 135g $25.00. Blocky, lustrous, sort of cream color crystals with hints of yellow. I saw several of these scattered around at Tucson, 2026. Some of them have included yellow mimetite. This group has hints of that in the yellowish areas around the base and in the yellowish crystals. |
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JC13867. Another view. |
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JC13867. Another view. You can see the yellowish color in the crystals from the included mimetite in this view. |
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JC13867. Another view. |
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JC13868. Conichalcite. Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. 8 x 6 x 3.5 cm 226g. $35.00. The hematite matrix is not nearly as red as the photo shows....to get the color right on the conichalcite, it made the matrix way to red. There was very little conichalcite anywhere that I visited. The few I saw were surprisingly expensive. RESERVED |
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JC13868. Closer view. |
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JC13869. Azurite. Morenci Mine, Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona. 6 x 4 x 3 cm 117g. $35.00. An older piece with pretty blue rosette style crystals forming a solid layer. There has been some rubbing of the crystals as can be seen in the photos. RESERVED |
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JC13869. Side view. |
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JC13869. Close up view. |
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JC13869. Back side. |
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JC13870. Marcasite. Bou Nahas mine, Oumjrane area, Alnif Cercle, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco. 8 x 5 x 3 cm 209g $40.00 A floater group of brilliant, silvery bladed crystals. Very flashy. The crystals are so brilliant, it is hard to tell the 3 dimensional quality, and bladed look of the crystals .RESERVED |
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JC13870. Another view. |
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JC13870. Another view. |
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JC13870. Another view. |
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JC13870. Another view. |
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JC13870. Closer view. |
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JC13871. Dioptase, plancheite. Tantara mine? Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo. 10 x 5.5 x 6.5 cm 267g $50.00. Sparkly dark green dioptase crystals along the inside top area, with lighter green crystals across the flat area, and a single dark crystal sitting on top of the small crystals...a bit different, with two generations of dioptase, most obvious being the single crystal in the center left sitting on the small, lighter colored crystals. |
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JC13871. Another view. |
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JC13469. Azurite. El Cobre mine, Concepción del Oro, Concepción del Oro Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico. 5 x 4 x 2.5 cm 110g $110.00 Sparkling translucent blue crystals of azurite scattered throughout the front of this goethite matrix. Classic material for this old locality. These were collected back in the 1960's. Brilliant blue, gemmy crystals scattered around in small vug like openings. From an old collection. |
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JC13469. Close up. |
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JC13469. Another view. |
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JC13469. Another view. |
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JC13796. Hematite, quartz. Jinlong Hill, Longchuan Co, Heyuan, Guangdong, China. 7.5 x 7.5 cm tall x 5.5 cm front to back. 243g $50.00. Quartz crystals make a nice back drop to the hematite blades in the foreground. |
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JC13796. Another view. Odd line across the quartz crystals...not sure what caused that. |
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JC13796. Another view. Odd line across the quartz crystals...not sure what caused that. |
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JC13800. Mimetite. Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. 4 x 3 cm 23g $90.00 Nice miniature of fat, light yellow, lustrous mimetites. The crystal on the top left is sceptered to add interest. |
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JC13800. Another view. |
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JC13800. The Scepter crystal is seen on the middle right. |
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JC13777. Hematite, quartz. Jinlong Hill, Longchuan Co, Heyuan, Guangdong, China 10 x 6 x 4.5 cm 351g $150.00. Numerous blades of hematite on this flat lying matrix. A couple of broken quartz crystals. Sawn base. |
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JC13777. Side view. |
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JC13777. Vertical view. |
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JC13777. Vertical view. |
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JC13777. Close up. |