New Arrivals Page 2
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JC9021. Malachite pseudo azurite on gibbsite?. Milpillas Mine, Milpillas, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico. 7 x 7 cm 190g $20.00 Several small bladed crystals of azurite completely replaced by malachite. Collected in 2016. |
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JC9021. Slightly different angle. |
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JC9021. Close up. |
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JC9037. Mimetite. Filon Sur Cut, Minas de Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca, El Andevalo, Hkuelva, Andalusia, Spain. 2.5 x 5 cm 52g $20.00 Collected:2014 |
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JC9037. Another view. |
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JC9044. Azurite, malachite pseudo azurite. Liufengshan mine, Lishan town, Chizhou, Anhui province, China. 6 x 7 cm 254g $120.00 Nice bladed azurite on the top side, growing on a layer of malachite pseudo azurite, with small little azurite crystals on top of the malachite. One of the earlier pieces to come out from this find. Collected in 2016. |
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JC9044. Closer view. |
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JC9044. Close up of the top side. |
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JC9045. Azurite. Liufengshan mine, Lishan town, Chizhou, Anhui province, China. 4.2 x 7 cm 197g $120.00 Good size crystals for this locality, with nice bright luster. One of the earlier pieces to come out from this find. Collected in 2016. |
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JC9045. Closer view. |
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JC9046. Azurite. Liufengshan mine, Lishan town, Chizhou, Anhui province, China. 4.6 x 8 cm 184g $78.00 Brilliant blue sparkly crystals coating the face. One of the earlier pieces to come out from this find. Collected in 2016. |
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JC9046. Close up view. |
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JC9049. Azurite, malachite pseudo azurite. Khanong open pit, Sepon Mine, Vilabouly District, Savannakhet Province, Laos. 8 x 11.5 cm 608g. $345.00 A nice little concave vug has malachite pseudos after azurite, and azurite, with the larger azurites on the left edge. Pretty and displays well. This mine has quite producing any decent azurites now. This piece was collected in 2016. |
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JC9049. Another view. |
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JC9049. Close up left side. |
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JC9049. Close up right side and center. |
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JC9049. Close up of central area. |
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JC9049. Another close up. |
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JC9094. Azurite. Bou Beker, Touissit-Bou Beker district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco. 7 x 7 cm 223g $45.00. A little different than what is normally seen from here. Dark blue, lustrous crystals on a dark matrix. Collected in 2016. |
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JC9094. Close up. |
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JC9139. Wulfenite. Touissit-Bou Beker district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco. 7 x 8.5 cm 112g $120.00. Nice plate of bright yellow crystals. A few broken crystals are present, not surprising on how thin the crystals are. Collected in 2016. |
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JC9139. Another view. |
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JC9139. Close up of upper area on the previous photo. |
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JC9139. Close up of bottom area on the previous whole specimen photo. |
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JC9145. Calcite. Red Dome Mine, Mungana, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia. 6 x 8 cm 193g $75.00. Several gemmy, clear crystals on a limonitic matrix. A few pockets yielded a number of these around 2010, or a bit later. Mine is now closed. These are pretty uncommon in this size in the mineral market these days. Collected prior to 2017 when I acquired the specimen. |
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JC9145. Another view. |
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JC9145. Another view. |
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JC9145. Another view. |
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JC9203. Azurite, malachite pseudo after azurite. Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia. 6 x 9 cm 158g $145.00 A sort of concave vug, with prismatic dark blue crystals, and several becoming replaced by malachite. Crystals have waxy luster. |
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JC9203. View of right side of specimen |
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JC9203. View of left side. |
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JC8642. Barite, pyrite. Estaño Orcko mine, Colavi subdistrict, Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosí, Bolivia. 6.3 x 8.5 cm 160g $50.00 The crystals on this specimen are good quality, sharp, well-formed, lustrous, water-clear to translucent, colorless, tabular blades up to 5mm or more. From a one time find in 2002. Considered some of the best barites to emerge from Bolivia. |
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JC8642. Close up. |
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JC8897. Copper. Lake Superior copper district, Keweenaw peninsula, Michigan. 10 x 12 cm 658g $200.00 The old label lists this specimen as from the "Lake Superior mine". I cannot find a reference to a mine in the district with that exact mine name. A beautiful specimen, with small copper crystals festooned on all sides, with calcite cleaved rhombs stuck here and there, and partially hidden are a couple of small calcite crystals. An older specimen, with the original price listed as $750.00. Original label comes with the piece and lists minor silver in association, although I didn't see any when I examined it. I took photos of this nice piece from all angles and sides. RESERVED |
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JC8897. Close up view. |
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JC8897. Back side. |
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JC8897. Another view. |
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JC8897. Close up of above photo. |
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JC8897. Another view. |
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JC8897. Another view. |
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JC8897. Close up of above photo. |
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JC9293. Azurite. Milpillas Mine, Milpillas, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico. 6 x 10 cm 329g $375.00 A really nice piece, with the brilliant blue crystals on the beige matrix. Some crystals are flat lying, and some are blades standing vertical on the matrix. Only damage is the very top back side, where a couple of crystals are cleaved off, I'm guessing where they were in contact with the pocket wall. Sawn base. I think very nicely priced for the quality. |
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JC9293. Slightly different angle. |
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JC9293. Close up of upper area. |
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JC9293. Close up of lower area. |
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JC9337. Pyrite, quartz. Noche Buena Mine, Mineral de Noche Buena, Melchor Ocampo Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico. $5.00 |
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JC9342. Smithsonite. Sounion mines, Lavrion, Lavreotiki, Attica, Greece. 5 x 9 cm 219g $90.00. Old specimen of near robins egg blue smithsonite. Pretty. Not many of this pretty blue color are around any more. |
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JC9342. Close up of the botryoids. |
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JC9355. Azurite. Liufengshan mine, Lishan town, Chizhou, Anhui province, China. 7 x 8 cm 315g $85.00. Dark blue, sort of chisel shaped crystals coating a slightly concave vug. Collected in 2017. |
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JC9355. Close up of upper right. |
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JC9355. Close up of lower left. |
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JC9358. Azurite. Liufengshan mine, Lishan town, Chizhou, Anhui province, China. 7 x 9.5 cm 315g $80.00. beautiful blue, thin bladed crystals with an almost botryoidal look in a shallow concave vug. Not many of these vibrant blue specimens like this came out. Collected in 2017. RESERVED |
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JC9358. Close up. |
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JC9361. Vanadinite, barite, gypsum. ACF mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province, Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 8 x 8 cm 453g $75.00. Glassy, near gemmy, bright red with a hint of orange crystals on barite. Collected in 2017. |
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JC9361. Closer view. |
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JC9361. Another view. |
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JC9361. Another view. |
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JC9364. Azurite. Khanong open pit, Sepon Mine, Vilabouly District, Savannakhet Province, Laos. 6.5 x 8 cm 140g $125.00. Blocky, bright blue crystals filling a shallow vug. No more good specimens such as this are coming out from this location these days. Sawn back. Collected in 2017. |
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JC9364. Another view. |
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JC9364. Another view. |
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JC9364. Close up. |
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JC9384. Epidote, quartz. Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Alaska. 6 x 7.5 cm 214g $125.00 Ex: W.L. Roberts; Ex: Charles Noll collections. Bright, dark green prismatic crystals coating the matrix, with scattered quartz crystals for contrast. Older piece. Looks better in person. Collected prior to 2017 when I acquired the piece. |
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JC9384. Another view. |
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JC9384. Another view. |
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JC9384. Another view, slightly different angle. |
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JC9384. Closer view. |
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JC9384. Closer view. |
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JC11597. Wolframite/ ferberite. Panasqueira mines, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal. 5 x 7 cm 304g $45.00. Brilliant, tabular crystal. Both the left side of the crystal appear to be cleaved off. |
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JC11597. Another view. |
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JC11597. Another view. |
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JC11597. Another view. |
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JC11781. Ferberite. Panasqueira mines, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal. 5.5 x 5.5 cm 164g $45.00. Group of lustrous, blocky crystals. Nice miniature. |
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JC11781. Another view. |
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JC11781. Another view. |
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JC11781. Another view. |
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JC11781. Side view. |
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JC13036. Silver. Bouismas Mine, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco. 6.5 x 9 cm 53g $160.00 A fairly flat, rather delicate mass of silver that does not appear to be very crystallized. Etched out of calcite. Almost all silver, with just a tiny bit of limestone matrix left |
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JC13036. Close up. |
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JC13036. Back side. |
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JC13500. Vanadinite. ACF mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province, Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 19 x 11 x 3 cm 807g $350.00. Large specimen, nice red crystals with very bright luster. This one really stands out in a cabinet. Only blemish is a small hole in the upper left side, where it looks like a crystal/crystals fell out. Visible on the middle left in the close up below. |
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JC13500. Closer view. |
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JC13501. Amethyst (Cactus amethyst) Boekenhouthoek, Mkobola, Thembisile Hani Local Municipality, Nkangala District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa. 11 x 9.5 x 7 cm 440g $185.00. There have been a number of these that have come out over the last several years. I couldn't resist this one though, it is so darn pretty. Better than the photos would indicate. Bright and colorful. Nice eye appeal. |
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JC13501. Tungsten light. |
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JC13502. Malachite (primary). Mindingi mine?, Kambove territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo. 8 x 6 x 3.5 cm 271g $95.00. Highly lustrous deep green crystallized malachite over the top of this matrix. In great condition. Very fine and choice example for the species. From recent finds, 2021, in the Congo. When turned in the light, really bright. This is a top view, showing the terminations of the malachite sprays. |
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JC13502. Closer view. |
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JC13502. Oblique view, you can see the base of the sprays on the left side. |
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JC13503. Dioptase, malachite. Kapata mine?, Kolwezi district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo. 8.5 x 7.5 x 2 cm 174g $250.00 Medium green malachite, appears to be a pseudo after something, sitting on bright, lustrous, dark green/greenish blue, with typical dioptase color. Photo is pretty accurate on the colors. There were a lot of these specimens scattered through several dealers...95% at least of them have damage, and the majority are not bright luster. This one is pretty good and clean. As the camera "sees" things somewhat differently than the human eye, I photographed some of these specimens with both black back grounds, and lighter colored backgrounds. RESERVED |
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JC13503. With light back ground. |
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JC13503. Another view. |
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JC13503. Another view. |
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JC13484. Arsenopyrite, magnetite, quartz, scheelite. Huanggang mine, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia A.R., China. 8.5 x 7 x 6 cm 532g $125.00 Brilliant silvery arsenopyrite crystals coating loellingite. The arsenopyrite crystals are resting on a matrix of magnetite. Nestled down in the middle left in this view is a white scheelite crystal. Small quartz crystals are draped across the lower front. As the camera "sees" things somewhat differently than the human eye, I photographed some of these specimens with both black back grounds, and lighter colored backgrounds. |
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JC13484. View of the scheelite crystal. |
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JC13484. Back side. |
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JC13484. Close up of the left knob coated with arsenopyrite crystals. |
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JC13484. With black back ground. |
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JC13484. Another view. |
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JC13484. Another view. |
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JC13509. Cerussite. Les Dalles Mine, Mibladen, Aït Oufella Caïdat, Midelt Cercle, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco. 6 x 4 x 3 cm 111g $70.00 A somewhat odd shaped satiny luster crystal on a bit of barite. Quite different from the usual style of cerussite from here. I photographed it from all sides. |
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JC13509. Another view. |
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JC13509. Another view. |
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JC13509. Another view. |
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JC9949. Stibnite. Old Herja mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Mare, Maramures, Romania. 4.5 x 5 x 6 cm 127g. $70.00. Group of crystals...this view is looking vertically down on the specimen. Crystals are bright and lustrous. Some damage to some of the terminations. |
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JC9949. Side View. |
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JC12001. Prehnite, & ?. Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey 4.5 x 5 cm 36g. $18.00. Prehnite is more of a pale green than the photo would indicate. RESERVED |
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JC11743. Prehnite. Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey. 5 x 5 cm 80g. $15.00 Typical piece from this well known locality. |
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JC11750. Siderite, apatite. Panasqueira mines, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal. 4.5 x 6.5 cm 131g. $75.00. A large siderite crystal with a bit of muscovite on one side, with a light purple apatite crystal attached. |
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JC11750. Another view. |
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JC11750. Another view. |
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JC11750. Close up view. |
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JC11750. Another view. |
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JC11750. Another view. |
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JC11753. Prehnite. Kayes region, Mali. 3 x 6 cm 45g. $35.00. 6 cm tall prehnite. RESERVED |
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JC11753. Another view. |
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JC11755. Stibnite, calcite. Xikuangshan Sb deposit, Lengshuijiang county, Loudi, Hunan, China. 4 x 5 cm 35g. $50.00. Brilliant stibnite crystals on and in the calcite crystal. These came out several years ago. |
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JC11755. Another view. |
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JC11755. Back side. |
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JC11755. Another view. |
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JC12345. Silver. Bou Azzer district, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco. 3.5 x 6 cm 69g. $175.00. Not sure which mine, and label just says Bou Azzer. Could be Bouismas mine. Aggregates of small silver crystals etched out of calcite. Good coverage on all sides. Most pieces at Tucson this year were not as good as this, and with higher prices.... |
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JC12345. Back side. |
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JC12345. Close up. |
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JC9350. Epidote. Coayllo, Mala district, Canete province, Lima departmet, Peru. 5.5 x 6 cm 210g. $45.00. A group of sharp crystals. Terminations are a little dull...sort of satiny, while the prism faces are bright and lustrous. No damage to the naked eye except for crystals on the very edges of the piece. As the camera "sees" things somewhat differently than the human eye, I photographed some of these specimens with both black back grounds, and lighter colored backgrounds. |
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JC9350. Another view. |
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JC9350. Another view. |
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JC9350. Another view. |
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JC9350. Another view. |
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JC9350. Another view. |
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JC9760. Wulfenite. Zelidja mine, Touissit-Bou Beker district, Jerada province, L'oriental region, Morocco. 4.5 x 8 cm 159g. $125.00. Light orange crystals on the front and back of this older specimen from here. Probably collected around 1984. Nice luster to the crystals. A few broken crystals on the front and back, not obvious. |
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JC9760. Closer view of the front. |
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JC9760. Back side. Crystals are actually more glassy on this side. Pretty. |
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JC7756. Analcime. Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper mine), Edong district, Daye county, Huangshi, Hubei, China. 4 x 5 cm 63g $32.00 From what looks like a one time find from the mine of a few years ago (around 2016?).Translucent to transparent crystals. |
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JC7756. Another view. |
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JC7756. Another view. |
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JC7756. Another view, back side. |
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JC7740. Calcite, quartz. Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany. 2.5 x 5.5 cm 41g 4cm crystal $30.00 Very pale pinkish tint to the crystal. There is an incomplete quartz crystal sticking out of the bottom of the calcite crystal, and another more complete crystal on the side, so it looks like the calcite grew off the bottom quartz crystal, and also on the side quartz crystal. |
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JC7740. Another view. |
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JC7740. Another view. |
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JC7740. Another view. |
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JC7743. Analcime. Fengjiashan mine (Daye Copper mine), Edong district, Daye county, Huangshi, Hubei, China. 3 x 4.3 cm 35g $30.00. From what looks like a one time find from the mine of a few years ago (around 2016?).Translucent to transparent crystals. |
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JC7743. Another view. |
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JC7743. Another view |
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JC7746. Adularia, actinolite. Alchuri , Shigar valley, Skardu district, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan. 6 x 7 cm 61g $30.00. Hairy looking actinolite is hanging onto the adularia crystal on most sides. Adularia is also partially included with actinolite. |
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JC7746. Another view. |
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JC7746. Another view. |
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JC13444. Quartz. O'Neal Quarry, Plymouth, Hancock County, Illinois. 5 x 4.5 x 1.5 cm 35g $5.00. I collected this in 1980 with Gene Tribbey. Of interest as a locality piece...do not think you will find any of these for sale anywhere else. Mindat shows a few photos of these. Reserved |
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JC13449. Barite, calcite. Mahoning mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-In-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois. 9 x 10 x 2.5 cm 267g $125.00 I purchased this one from Harvey Gordon Minerals, December 1988, who got it from the mineral dealer Harry Sering, Indianapolis. Collected in the 1960's. Nice clear bladed barite crystals that formed on a mass of scalenohedral calcite crystals, which entirely coat the back side. |
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JC13449. Close up of barite crystals. |
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JC13449. Calcite crystals on back side. |
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JC13449. Close up of calcite crystals on back side. |
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JC8010. Copper. Itauz mine, Zhilandy group, Satpayev, Ulytau region, Kazakhstan. 4.3 x 5 cm 6g. $35.00 |
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JC8010. Reverse. |
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JC5781. Cerussite. Daoping Lead-Zinc mine, Goncheng county, Guilin prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, China. 4.5 x 8 cm 143g $40.00 Sparkly, translucent to transparent crystals. |
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JC5781. Another view. |
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JC5781. Another view. |
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JC5781. Close up. |
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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. |
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JC9467. Side view. |
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JC9467. Close up. |
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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. |
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JC7571. Closer view of top third of specimen. |
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JC7571. Another view. |
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JC12694. Ludlamite. Cabeça do Cachorro claim, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil. 11.4 x 8.8 x 2.2 cm 375g $350.00 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. |
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JC12694. Another view. |
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JC12694. Close up. |
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JC12694. Close up. |
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JC11436. Azurite, malachite. Morenci mine, Morenci, Greenlee county, Arizona. Approximately 5 x 6 x 8 cm 433g. $50.00. Brilliant blue, somewhat botryoidal azurite. Older piece. Pretty. RESERVED |
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JC11436. Side view. |
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JC11436. Close up. |