New Arrivals Page 2
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JC7463. Scheelite, andradite, and actinolite pseudo after diopside. Merrill prospect, Coyote Ridge, Inyo county, California. 6 x 8.5 cm 165g. $30.00. More than seven honey color crystals to 6mm in size scattered across a shallow vug lined with small andradite crystals and sort of greenish beige micro-crystalline actinolite. C: 2014. Scheelite fluoresces bright white. RESERVED |
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JC7463. Another view. |
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JC7463. Another view. |
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JC7463. Close up of upper scheelite crystals. |
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JC7463. Close up of 3 crystals near the middle, with a partial crystal on the lower left. |
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JC7463. Close up of two scheelite crystals, one on the lower right, and one on the left edge of this photo. |
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JC7558. Andradite, scheelite, actinolite pseudo diopside. Merrill prospect, Coyote ridge, Bishop Tungsten district, Inyo county, California. 4 x 4 cm 83g $15.00. Couple of cute, sort of rounded scheelite crystals on small, root beer color andradite crystals. I collected these in 2014. Bright white fluorescence on the scheelites. RESERVED |
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JC7560. Scheelite, epidote, andradite. Merrill prospect, Coyote ridge, Bishop Tungsten district, Inyo county, California. 4 x 8 cm 117g. $15.00 Several poorly formed scheelite crystals on poorly formed epidote and minor andradite. There were a couple of zones in this deposit, one zone being epidote rich, and the other zone andradite rich. I collected these in 2014. Bright white fluorescence on the scheelites. |
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JC7560. Close up of left and center partial crystals. |
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JC7563. Scheelite, andradite, and actinolite pseudo diopside. Merrill prospect, Coyote Ridge, Inyo county, California. $15.00 I collected these in 2014. Several small scheelite crystals and partial crystals. Bright white fluorescence on the scheelites. Garnets are much lighter and have good glassy luster. RESERVED |
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JC7563. Another view. |
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JC10191. Axinite. Colebrook Hill mine, Colebrook Hill, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia. 6 x 6.5 cm 138g. $25.00. Up to 11 mm purplish brown crystals in a vug in massive axinite. A tough one to photo. The crystals are nice and sharp, with a trace of epidote present. RESERVED |
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JC10191. Another view. |
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JC10191. Another view. |
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JC10191. Back side. |
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JC10191. Closer view of the cavity with axinite blades inside. |
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JC13457. Scheelite, andradite, epidote Merrill prospect, Coyote Ridge, Inyo county, California. 5 x 3 x 2 cm 33g $10.00 C: 2014 A single mostly complete light beige scheelite crystals in a nest of andradite with an epidote partial crystal on the right. |
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JC13457. Slightly different angle |
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JC13457. Close up of the scheelite crystal. |
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JC13458. Almandine. Cat Spur creek, Nr. Emerald creek, Latah county, Idaho. 2 x 2.5 cm 27g $8.00. Cat Spur creek is located a few miles East of the Garnet gulch/Emerald creek garnet locality. The crystals are differentiated by the odd zones of limonite on the outside of the crystals that look like little worm marks. So far I haven't found anyone that has an explanation for this odd thing on the crystals. Collected in 1978...back then these things up to golf ball size were just laying around on the surface...today hard to find any. I photographed it from front and back. RESERVED |
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JC13458. Another view. |
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JC13458. Another view. |
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JC13458. Another view, with a bit brighter light. |
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JC12776. Almandine. Cat Spur creek, Nr. Emerald creek, Latah county, Idaho. 4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm 90g $8.00 Cat Spur creek is located a few miles East of the Garnet gulch/Emerald creek garnet locality. The crystals are differentiated by the odd zones of limonite on the outside of the crystals that look like little worm marks. So far I haven't found anyone that has an explanation for this odd thing on the crystals. Collected in 1978...back then these things up to golf ball size were just laying around on the surface...today hard to find any. I photographed it from front and back. Some of these are really raggedy and not well formed, this being a good example. More so in the larger specimens, than the smaller ones. RESERVED |
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JC12776. Another view. |
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JC12776. Another view. |
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JC12777. Almandine. Cat Spur creek, Nr. Emerald creek, Latah county, Idaho. 3 x 3 x 2 cm 44g $8.00 Cat Spur creek is located a few miles East of the Garnet gulch/Emerald creek garnet locality. The crystals are differentiated by the odd zones of limonite on the outside of the crystals that look like little worm marks. So far I haven't found anyone that has an explanation for this odd thing on the crystals. Collected in 1978...back then these things up to golf ball size were just laying around on the surface...today hard to find any. I photographed it from front and back. Some of these are really raggedy and not well formed, this being a good example. More so in the larger specimens, than the smaller ones. RESERVED |
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JC12777. Another view. |
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JC13459. Almandine. Cat Spur creek, Nr. Emerald creek, Latah county, Idaho. 2.5 x 2.5 cm 28g. $8.00 Cat Spur creek is located a few miles East of the Garnet gulch/Emerald creek garnet locality. The crystals are differentiated by the odd zones of limonite on the outside of the crystals that look like little worm marks. So far I haven't found anyone that has an explanation for this odd thing on the crystals. Collected in 1978...back then these things up to golf ball size were just laying around on the surface...today hard to find any. I photographed it from front and back RESERVED |
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JC13459. Another view. |
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JC13460. Almandine. Cat Spur creek, Nr. Emerald creek, Latah county, Idaho. 2.7 x 2.7 cm 35g $9.00 Cat Spur creek is located a few miles East of the Garnet gulch/Emerald creek garnet locality. The crystals are differentiated by the odd zones of limonite on the outside of the crystals that look like little worm marks. So far I haven't found anyone that has an explanation for this odd thing on the crystals. Collected in 1978...back then these things up to golf ball size were just laying around on the surface...today hard to find any. I photographed it from front and back. RESERVED |
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JC13460. Another view. |
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JC13461. Almandine. Cat Spur creek, Nr. Emerald creek, Latah county, Idaho. 2 x 2 cm 14g $8.00 Cat Spur creek is located a few miles East of the Garnet gulch/Emerald creek garnet locality. The crystals are differentiated by the odd zones of limonite on the outside of the crystals that look like little worm marks. So far I haven't found anyone that has an explanation for this odd thing on the crystals. Collected in 1978...back then these things up to golf ball size were just laying around on the surface...today hard to find any. I photographed it from front and back RESERVED |
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JC13461. Another view. |
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JC13461. Another view. |
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JC13462. Almandine. Cat Spur creek, Nr. Emerald creek, Latah county, Idaho. 2 x 2.2 cm 13g $7.00 Cat Spur creek is located a few miles East of the Garnet gulch/Emerald creek garnet locality. The crystals are differentiated by the odd zones of limonite on the outside of the crystals that look like little worm marks. So far I haven't found anyone that has an explanation for this odd thing on the crystals. Collected in 1978...back then these things up to golf ball size were just laying around on the surface...today hard to find any. I photographed it from front and back. This one has a flat base, apparently never formed properly. |
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JC13462. Another view. |
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JC13463. Almandine. Garnet Gulch, Emerald creek, Latah county, Idaho. 1.8 x 2 cm 13g $8.00 Garnet gulch has for many years been the main collecting area, and administered by the U.S. Forest Service. This one was collected in 1978, before the Forest Service became involved. RESERVED |
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JC13463. Another view. |
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JC13464. Almandine. Cat Spur creek, Nr. Emerald creek, Latah county, Idaho. 1.7 x 2 cm 15g $8.00 Cat Spur creek is located a few miles East of the Garnet gulch/Emerald creek garnet locality. The crystals are differentiated by the odd zones of limonite on the outside of the crystals that look like little worm marks. So far I haven't found anyone that has an explanation for this odd thing on the crystals. Collected in 1978...back then these things up to golf ball size were just laying around on the surface...today hard to find any. I photographed it from front and back. This one is a little less covered with these worm like tracks, although still a bit pitted looking as is normal for the ones from Cat Spur creek. RESERVED |
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JC13464. Another view. |
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JC13464. Another view. |
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JC4489. Almandine. Pee Wee Gulch, Nr. Emerald creek, Latah county, Idaho. 2.5 x 3 cm 23g. $8.00 . Although Garnet Gulch is the most often seen location for these, the mica schists that these occur in are scattered over a fairly large area. Pee Wee gulch is a nearby location. They look very similar to Garnet gulch specimens, but tend to be a bit more rounded and often have a bit of schist clinging to them. RESERVED |
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JC4489. Another view. |
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JC9726. Epistilbite. Gibelbach, Fiesch, Goms, Valais, Switzerland. 4.5 x 5 cm 105g $5.00. Cavity on the front with near micro sized blades of epistilbite, and some smaller cavities on the back. Label says there is fluorite present...some micro crystals of cubic material may be the fluorite. Uncommon location. RESERVED |
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JC9726. Closer view of the cavity. |
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JC9726. Cavity on the back side. |
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JC9726. Cavity on the back side. |
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JC8948. Wulfenite. Glove mine, Devil's Cash Box ridge, Amado, Cottonwood canyon, Tyndall district, Santa Rita mountains, Santa Cruz county, Arizona. 2.4 x 4.3 cm 5g. $15.00. RESERVED |
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JC8948. Back side. |
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JC8945. Calcite, hematite. Dal'negorsk, Kavalerovo mining district, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern region, Russia. 2.5 x 4 cm 16g. $15.00. Nice hexagonal crystals, highly translucent with sparkling hematite. Cute miniature. |
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JC8945. Another view. |
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JC8945. Another view. |
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JC8749. Stibnite. Wuning
Mine, Qingjiang, Wuning Co., Jiangxi, China. 9.5 cm long.
14g. $18.00 Has a flat termination. Single crystal
with smaller off shoot crystals near the base.
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JC8749. Other views. |
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JC8863. Azurite, malachite. Aranzazú mine (Cobre mine); Concepción del Oro, Concepción del Oro municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico 3.5 x 4.5 cm 78g $15.00 Brilliant blue small crystals with little malachites mixed in. |
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JC8863. Closer view. |
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JC8510. Zoisite. Rosario Mabel mine., Pampa Blanca, Castrovirreyna province, Huancavelica, Peru. 2 x 4.5 cm 28g $10.00 Honey color prismatic, bright luster, crystals. RESERVED |
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JC12410. Fluorite. Dixie mine, Mountain Wells district, Churchill county, Nevada. 3.2 x 7 cm 84g $10.00 Only all purple specimen collected from a small vein in the ceiling of one of the stopes in the mine. Satiny luster, modified cubes. Collected in 2022. RESERVED |
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JC12410. Another view. |
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JC12410. Another view. |
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JC12270. Fluorite. Dixie mine, Mountain Wells district, Churchill county, Nevada. 4.5 x 9 cm 122g $20.00. Small, bright, honey color, transparent crystals. Largest crystals are 8mm across. Collected in 2022. There are 3 zones of crystals at this mine, running approximately west to east. The left most zone has the honey color crystals, the central zone has the purple tinted, somewhat botryoidal looking material, and the east most zone has gray to light green crystals. This specimen is from the western part of the deposit, with honey color, cubic crystals, highly transparent with bright luster. RESERVED |
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JC12273. Fluorite. Dixie mine, Mountain Wells district, Churchill county, Nevada. 5 x 6.5 cm 170g. $18.00. Light honey color crystals with bright satiny luster. Transparent. Largest crystals are 1 cm or slightly larger. Collected in 2022. There are 3 zones of crystals at this mine, running approximately west to east. The left most zone has the honey color crystals, the central zone has the purple tinted, somewhat botryoidal looking material, and the east most zone has gray to light green crystals. This specimen is from the western part of the deposit, with honey color, cubic crystals, highly transparent with bright luster. RESERVED |
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JC12273. Another view. |
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JC12273. Another view. The black color is underneath the transparent crystals. |
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JC12273. Another view. |
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JC12273. Close up view of the top right area. |
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JC12323. Fluorite. Dixie mine, Mountain Wells district, Churchill county, Nevada. 6 x 6.5 cm 122g $18.00 Light purple, satiny luster. Purple is lighter than the photo would indicate. Collected in 2022. There are 3 zones of crystals at this mine, running approximately west to east. The left most zone has the honey color crystals, the central zone has the purple tinted, somewhat botryoidal looking material, and the east most zone has gray to light green crystals. This is a mound of highly modified cubic crystals, with a bit of purple color zoning on the edges from the central area of the mine complex. RESERVED |
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JC13323. Another view. |
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JC12400. Fluorite. Dixie mine, Mountain Wells district, Churchill county, Nevada. 3.5 x 6 cm 96g $15.00 Collected in 2022. There are 3 zones of crystals at this mine, running approximately west to east. The left most zone has the honey color crystals, the central zone has the purple tinted, somewhat botryoidal looking material, and the east most zone has gray to light green crystals. this specimen is from the central zone, with yellowish material on the left, grading into almost botryoidal looking crystal mounds on the right with a bit of purple zoning on the outer edges of the crystal mounds. RESERVED |
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JC12400. Closer view of the right side, with a bit of back light. |
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JC12405. Fluorite. Dixie mine, Mountain Wells district, Churchill county, Nevada. 5 x 5 cm 82g $15.00 Collected in 2022. There are 3 zones of crystals at this mine, running approximately west to east. The left most zone has the honey color crystals, the central zone has the purple tinted, somewhat botryoidal looking material, and the east most zone has gray to light green crystals. This piece is from the eastern part of the deposit, where the specimens of highly modified cubes have a pale green color. Bright glassy luster. RESERVED |
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JC12405. Closer view. |
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JC12406. Fluorite. Dixie mine, Mountain Wells district, Churchill county, Nevada. 5.5 x 6.5 cm 93g $15.00Collected in 2022. There are 3 zones of crystals at this mine, running approximately west to east. The left most zone has the honey color crystals, the central zone has the purple tinted, somewhat botryoidal looking material, and the east most zone has gray to light green crystals. This piece is from the eastern part of the deposit, where the specimens of highly modified cubes have a pale green color. Bright glassy luster. RESERVED |
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JC12407. Fluorite. Dixie mine, Mountain Wells district, Churchill county, Nevada. 4 x 5 cm 42g $20.00 Collected in 2022. There are 3 zones of crystals at this mine, running approximately west to east. The left most zone has the honey color crystals, the central zone has the purple tinted, somewhat botryoidal looking material, and the east most zone has gray to light green crystals. This piece is from the eastern part of the deposit, where the specimens of highly modified cubes have a pale green color. Bright glassy luster. Rarely found are these little stalactite like specimens, with pale green bases (a little lighter than the photo would indicate) grading to very light green with the slightest hint of purple on the topmost part of the specimen. Quite neat miniature. RESERVED |
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JC12407. Back side. |
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JC12414. Fluorite. Dixie mine, Mountain Wells district, Churchill county, Nevada. 6 x 6.5 cm 161g $15.00 Collected in 2022. There are 3 zones of crystals at this mine, running approximately west to east. The left most zone has the honey color crystals, the central zone has the purple tinted, somewhat botryoidal looking material, and the east most zone has gray to light green crystals. This specimen is from the east part of the mine, with very light green with yellowish hints, of highly modified cubes, with bright luster. RESERVED |
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JC12414. Close up view. |
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JC12417. Fluorite. Dixie mine, Mountain Wells district, Churchill county, Nevada. 7 x 7 cm 157g $15.00 Collected in 2022. There are 3 zones of crystals at this mine, running approximately west to east. The left most zone has the honey color crystals, the central zone has the purple tinted, somewhat botryoidal looking material, and the east most zone has gray to light green crystals. this piece is one of the gray color, almost botryoidal looking, highly modified cubes, from the eastern part of the deposit. Small, sparkly crystals. Near the base is the greenish fluorite this one grew on. RESERVED |
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JC12417. Close up of the central area. |
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JC12424. Fluorite. Dixie mine, Mountain Wells district, Churchill county, Nevada 6 x 7 cm 291g $20.00 Sawn back. This is a three layer specimen when viewed from the side. Bottom layer is amber, next layer is dark purple, top layer is white with hints of amber and purple. Collected in 2022. There are 3 zones of crystals at this mine, running approximately west to east. The left most zone has the honey color crystals, the central zone has the purple tinted, somewhat botryoidal looking material, and the east most zone has gray to light green crystals. This piece is from the central area, with bright luster, almost botryoidal looking, highly modified cubic crystals, with a sort of yellowish/honey core grading out to light purple outer zoning. Rather pretty. RESERVED |
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JC12424. Another view. |
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JC12426. Fluorite. Dixie mine, Mountain Wells district, Churchill county, Nevada. 3.3 x 5 cm 35g $18.00 Collected in 2022. There are 3 zones of crystals at this mine, running approximately west to east. The left most zone has the honey color crystals, the central zone has the purple tinted, somewhat botryoidal looking material, and the east most zone has gray to light green crystals. This piece is from the eastern part of the deposit, where the specimens of highly modified cubes have a pale green color. Bright glassy luster. Rarely found are these little stalactite like specimens, with pale green bases (a little lighter than the photo would indicate) grading to very light green with the slightest hint of purple on the topmost part of the specimen. Quite neat miniature. RESERVED |
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JC12426. Another view. |
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JC12275. Fluorite. Dixie mine, Mountain Wells district, Churchill county, Nevada 5 x 7 x 7cm 296g $20.00 This is a three layer specimen when viewed from the side. Bottom layer is amber, next layer is purple, top layer is purple with underlying amber, giving it a little bit of different look with hints of amber and purple. Collected in 2022. There are 3 zones of crystals at this mine, running approximately west to east. The left most zone has the honey color crystals, the central zone has the purple tinted, somewhat botryoidal looking material, and the east most zone has gray to light green crystals. This piece is from the central area, with bright luster, almost botryoidal looking, highly modified cubic crystals, with a sort of yellowish/honey core grading out to light purple outer zoning. Rather pretty. RESERVED |
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JC12275. Another view. |
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JC12275. Another view. |
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JC12306. Fluorite. Dixie mine, Mountain Wells district, Churchill county, Nevada 3.5 x 5 x 6 cm 127g $15.00 Collected in 2022. There are 3 zones of crystals at this mine, running approximately west to east. The left most zone has the honey color crystals, the central zone has the purple tinted, somewhat botryoidal looking material, and the east most zone has gray to light green crystals. This piece is from the eastern part of the deposit, with very pale green cubic crystals, quite transparent with good luster. |
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JC12306. Another view. |
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JC12312. Fluorite. Dixie mine, Mountain Wells district, Churchill county, Nevada 6 x 8 x 13 cm 595g $35.00 Collected in 2022. There are 3 zones of crystals at this mine, running approximately west to east. The left most zone has the honey color crystals, the central zone has the purple tinted, somewhat botryoidal looking material, and the east most zone has gray to light green crystals. This piece is from the eastern part of the deposit, with very pale green cubic crystals, quite transparent with good luster. Of interest is the knob on top, when looked at vertically and sidewise appears octahedral, probably just a fluke of nature rather than a coating of fluorite over an octahedral mineral, still interesting though. Cabinet size piece. |
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JC12312. Another view. |
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JC12312. Another view. |
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JC12312. Another view. |
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JC13453. Mimetite. Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. 9.0 x 5.0 x 4.5 cm 327g $85.00 Pale yellow, almost beige color, upstanding sprigs of mimetite, sort of like little pine apples, covering the front of the piece. Nice and sparkly. Ex Fabre Minerals collection; Ex Claus Hedegaard#10826 collection. Daylight photo. |
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JC13453. Close up |
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JC13453. LED light photograph. |
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JC13453. Close up |
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JC11697. Epidote, quartz. Pampa Blanca, Ica, Peru. 6 x 7.5 cm 165g. $25.00. From the finds of quite a few years ago now. Sprays of epidote green epidote crystals. |
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JC11697. Another view. |
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JC11697. Another view. |
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JC11697. Another view. |
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JC11697. Another view. |
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JC11698. Wolframite, dolomite. Panasqueira Mines, Covilhă, Castelo Branco, Portugal. 5 x 10.5 cm 200g. $200.00. An impressive long wolframite crystal for Panasqueira. It is partially doubly terminated. The base of the crystal group, right hand end in this photo, is partially terminated. The left end is completely terminated. Luster is brilliant. The face has scattered little dolomite crystals on it, and there are a couple of hard to see arsenopyrite crystals stuck on the left half. The back is coated with beige dolomite rhombs. |
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JC11698. Slightly different angle. |
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JC11698. Back side, showing the dolomite rhombs. |
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JC11700. Pollucite. Kunar?, Or Paprock? Afghanistan. 5 x 9 cm 214g. $40.00. I took 4 photos. One for each side of this 4 sided piece. Mostly subhedral crystal, with no good crystal faces. Label just said Afghanistan, so I guessed at the location. RESERVED |
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JC11700. Another view. |
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JC11700. Another view. |
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JC11700. Another view. |
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JC11703. Beryllonite. Telírio claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil. TN. Thumbnail in Perky box. $35.00. Fairly sharp, complex, translucent crystal group. |
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JC11704. Vauxite, paravauxite. Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí, Bolivia. 2 x 4 cm 27g. $45.00. An older piece of the rare vauxite and paravauxite. RESERVED |
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JC11704. Another view. |
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JC11097. Epidote. Kharan district, Balochistan region, Pakistan. 4.5 x 5 cm 35g. $25.00 Several sprays standing vertically off the matrix. Matrix appears to be albite. Nice luster. From the finds of a few years ago. |
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JC11097. Another view. |
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JC11097. Another view. |