New Arrivals Page 2
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JC11476. Cerussite, malachite. Mindouli district, Pool department, Republic of the Congo. 6 x 7.8 x 9.3 cm 565g. $285.00 Here is a good quality and rarely seen example of Cerussite from the renowned copper district of Mindouli in the Republic of the Congo. The important aspect of this piece is that it's loaded with dozens of crystals. The crystals meaure up to 2.8 cm with an off-white color and thin prismatic form, and have grown together into what it is commonly referred to a "jackstraw"-shaped group. Most of the crystals are in good shape, however you can see some roughness in places. The reverse side of the piece features a few tiny acicular crystals of green malachite for a nice contrast. This piece came direct in a lot of dioptase specimens from Kimbedi, and stands as one of the finest examples from the locality that I have had to offer. |
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JC11476. Another view. |
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JC11476. Another view. |
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JC11476. Another view. |
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JC11476. Another view. |
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JC11476. Back side with small malachite crystals. |
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JC11476. Closer view of the malachite crystals. |
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JC9948. Azurite. Burra Burra Copper Mine, Burra, Goyder Regional Council, South Australia, Australia 8 x 8.5 cm 388g $125.00 Nearly solid nodule of azurite with a bit of malachite on one corner. |
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JC9948. Another view. |
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JC8150. Cerussite. Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. 4 x 9 cm Wide 145g $50.00 A nodule of what appears to be massive cerussite with a geode like vug in the center lined with cerussite crystals. There is a nice clear larger crystal on the upper left side in this view, which sets it off nicely. I tried to get decent photos of the larger crystal, shown below. RESERVED |
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JC11498. Adamite, calcite. Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. 7 x 8 cm 295g. $45.00 Lustrous light yellow adamite, on a piece with several vugs scattered around on it. A bit different in that respect. Sawn base. RESERVED |
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JC9457. Adamite. Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. 5 x 7.5 cm 107g $25.00. Well formed, prismatic crystals of colorless adamite, which is relatively uncommon for the Ojuela mine. Collected prior to 2018. Bright and sparkly. RESERVED |
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JC13190. Apatite, siderite, arsenopyrite. Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal. 7 x 4.5 x 3 cm 202g $50.00 Pretty piece, with abundant very pale greenish apatites, slightly brownish mica, and silvery arsenopyrite. A really pretty combination piece with the apatite sitting on the siderite with arsenopyrite, bright and silvery on one end and underneath the other minerals. RESERVED |
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JC12464. Apatite, arsenopyrite. Julcani Mine, Julcani District, Angaraes Province, Huancavelica, Peru. 5 x 5.5 cm 212g $45.00. Very pale green apatite crystals on a bed of small, sparkly, arsenopyrite crystals. These were fairly uncommon from here and date to the 1990's.. |
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JC12464. Close up of the apatite crystals. |
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JC3466. Azurite. Liufengshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China. 5 x 7.5 cm 217g. $50.00 Bright royal blue crystals lining a vug in malachite. Older piece from 2006. Pretty and esthetic RESERVED |
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JC3466. Another view. |
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JC3466. Closer view. |
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JC10961. Creedite. Qinglong (Dachang) mine, Dachang Sb ore field, Qinglong county, Qianxinan, Guizhou, China. 5 x 8 cm 176g. $75.00. Light lilac crystals growing on the front side of the piece. From the somewhat recent finds at Qinglong. Good luster with lots of sparkle. |
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JC10961. Another view. |
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JC10961. Close up view. |
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JC10961. Close up view. |
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JC12742. Cuprite. Bisbee, Cochise county, Arizona. 7.3 x 5.6 x 5.2 cm 548g $250.00 A nice piece and a good representative example featuring dozens of small (up to about 4 mm), sharp, metallic, dark red colored crystals of Cuprite, sitting on massive Cuprite matrix. The crystals show combinations of cubic, octahedral and dodecahedral faces. This is an old specimen, dating back many decades, From the collection of Richard ("Dick") Philip Hauck. Has an old label on the back giving the location and purchase price of $2.00. Probably collected in late 1800's to early 1900's. RESERVED |
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JC12766. Descloizite. Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia. Black, sharp, lustrous crystals. 6.5 x 6 x 2 cm 134g $45.00 I acquired this one from Hamel Mining and Minerals (Jean Hamel) in October 1972. Although the crystals are not large, the piece is quite appealing. Crowley Coll. # 300 RESERVED |
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JC13326. Dioptase. N'tola mine, Mindouli, Mindouli district, Pool department, Republic of the Congo. 8 x 6 x 2.3 cm 104g $150.00. Fairly solid mass of crystals on matrix. As is typical for dioptase from the N'tola mine, there is one of those shell like hollow areas on the right side of the piece in this view and shown in the photo of the back side below. Nice for N'tola. Camera has trouble getting the color right. It is the typical dioptase green with very slight bluish tints. Interesting worm like small light colored crystals in one area. |
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JC13326. Another view. |
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JC13326. Back side, on the top is a hollow shell of dioptase typical of many of these from the recent finds at Ntola. |
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JC12148. Pyrite. Julcani Mine, Julcani District, Angaraes Province, Huancavelica, Peru. 6 x 7 x 2 cm 243g $12.00 Bright golden crystals from the heyday of the Julcani mine specimens back in the 1990s |
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JC12148. Another view. |
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JC12393. Pyromorphite. Saint-Salvy mine, Saint-Salvy-de-la-balme, Castres, Tarn, Occitanite, France. 6.5 x 7 cm 38g $185.00 Thin plate with crystals on one side. Very fine specimen from this now closed locality. |
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JC12393. Close up. |
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JC12137. Pyromorphite. Daoping Mine, Gongcheng County, Guilin, Guangxi, China. 2 x 2.5 cm 11g Thumbnail. $10.00 Couple of broken terminations as can be seen in the photo. |
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JC12136. Pyromorphite. Daoping Mine, Gongcheng County, Guilin, Guangxi, China. 2 x 3.5 cm 17g $15.00 From the earlier finds. Some damage as can be seen in the photo. |
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JC3469. Smithsonite. Choix, Mun. De Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico. 6.3 x 7.5 cm 258g $85.00 Lavender smithsonite from the now pretty well exhausted locality. Older piece collected in 2006. Prices on these have gone way up. This one is nicely priced, as I got it fairly cheaply back in 2006. RESERVED |
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JC12008. Sphalerite. Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia. 4 x 5 cm 62g $55.00. A nice miniature of a complexly crystallized sphalerite. Brilliant luster. Has great growth striations I guess you call them. RESERVED |
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JC12114. Spodumene. Afghanistan. 4 cm Tall 15g Clear, colorless crystal. $20.00 Wish I had better locality data for this one. Probably from Darra Pech, Kunar, although the label doesn't say. |
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JC12114. Another view. |
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JC12114. Another view. |
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JC12114. Another view. |
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JC12392. Vanadinite, descloizite. Keban mine, Keban, Elazig province, Turkey. 7 x 7 cm 133g. $85.00 Another rarely seen specimen are the vanadinites from this obscure Turkish mine. Mineral specimens from the Keban Mine of Turkey are rare and are very rarely available. This fine old-time piece features sharp, lustrous, hexagonal, golden-to red brown vanadinite crystals measuring up to 7 mm aesthetically and richly covering the underlying matrix with sparkly descloizite. Probably dates to the 1930's when the mine was active. Half dozen crystals missing as seen by the light spots in the photo. RESERVED |
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JC12833. Grossular. Paymaster canyon, Gillis range, Mineral county, Nevada. 6 x 3 x 3.5 cm 86g $25.00 A partially gemmy, glassy, fairly complete crystal embedded in matrix. It looks like the back of the crystal never had faces, just the front half. The crystal measures 2 cm across. Sawn base. RESERVED |
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JC12106. Rutile. Mount Kaputjugh, Paragachai, Orubad District, Syunik Province, Armenia. 1.5 x 2.5 cm 43g. Thumbnail. $40.00 A tiny sprig of quartz in the center area. Crystal looks undamaged. Rare occurrence. These are considered to be some of the best rutile specimens in the world. The orange rust color obvious in the photos, is quite subdued in reality....camera over emphasized the rusty look. RESERVED |
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JC9690. Zunyite. Big Bertha Extension mine, Middle Camp-Oro Fino district, Dome Rock mountains, Nr. Quartzite, La Paz county, Arizona.3 x 5 cm 38g. $25.00 A 15mm dark gray, mostly complete crystal. The bottom of the crystal is embedded in the grayish, specular hematite rich matrix material. Collected: 1986. Originally called "The Electric Meatball claim", I collected these a few years after the original find. The location is exhausted now for the larger crystals, and rarely more than micro crystals are ever seen on the market. These fluoresce in short wave ultraviolet a deep red color. Best of species for this mineral until the recent finds from Iran. RESERVED |
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JC12067. Cassiterite. Amo Sn deposit, Ximeng County, Pu'er, Yunnan, China. 4 cm crystal 49g $50.00. These have been getting quite scarce. This one is complete on the front and sides, but the back side is incomplete with odd growth features. |
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JC12067. Another view. |
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JC12067. Another view. |
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JC13991. Pyromorphite, barite. Les Farges mine, Ussel, Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. 11.5 x 5 x 4 cm 424g $115.00 Bright lime green micro crystals coating barite crystals. Hard to see, but here and there are small transparent barite terminations sticking through the pyromorphite. The piece has pyromorphite on all sides and the underside. |
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JC13991. Another view. |
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JC13991. Close up of one end in top photo. |
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JC13991. View of one end. |
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JC13991. Back side. |
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JC13991. Under side. |
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JC13995. Linarite. Blanchard mine, Bingham, Hansonburg district, Socorro county, New Mexico. 7.5 x 3 x 1 cm 20g $25.00. Thin plate with sparkly linarite on both sides. RESERVED |
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JC13995. Back side. |
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BR13. Galena. West Fork mine, Reynolds co., Missouri. 4.5 x 3 cm 103g $20.00 Little group of small crystals Ex: Roberts Minerals Purchased: June-1996. |
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BR13. Another view. |
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BR13. Another view. |
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BR22. Malachite (primary crystals). Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo 2.5 x 3.3 cm 29g $120.00 Blocky brilliant dark green crystals to about 1 cm. Excellent small miniature. Ex: Roberts Minerals Puchased: June-1994 Camera had trouble getting the color exactly right, they are bright dark green crystals. |
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BR22. Another view. |
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BR22. Another view. |
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BR28. Sphalerite, quartz. Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia 5 x 4 cm (thin plate) 18g $295.00 Ex: CT Minerals (Chuck Trantham). Ex: Roberts Minerals Purchased: August-1997. A classic single sphalerite crystal 2 cm wide. Bright luster. RESERVED |
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BR28. Another view. |
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BR28. Another view. |
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BR28. Another view. |
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BR28. Another view. |
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BR28. Another view. |
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BR31. Malachite. Copper Queen mine., Bisbee, Cochise county, Arizona. 7 x 4 x 3.5 cm 126g $150.00 Non crystalline stalactite type group. There is an almost stalactite growth in the center of the open area on the right in this photo, and in the center on the below photos. Old specimen. Ex: Lorraine Dodge coll:#LDC55 Collected: 1895-1901. Ex: Mineralogical Research |
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BR31. Another view. |
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BR31. The stalactite looking growth in the center of the piece adds interest. |
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BR430. Descloizite. Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia 5 x 2 x 3.5 cm tall. 101g $85.00 Classic shaped, brown, bladed crystals. Ex: Richard D. Bates (The Contact Zone)#D-38. Ex: Mineralogical Research |
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BR430. Back side. |
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BR511. Hematite after magnetite. Payun volcano, Altiplano de Payun Matru, Mendoza prov., Argentina. 7 x 5 x 4 cm 223g $250.00. Group dominated by a 2.5 cm octahedron. Very sparkly and pretty, the obvious ex magnetite crystal is visible in the photo on the lower left. Ex: Richard Sittinger collection. Purchased: 8-2013 I took photos of this pretty piece from all sides. This one is a little different from most I have seen, as it sits on a bit of matrix. |
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BR511. Another view. |
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BR511. Another view. |
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BR511. Another view. |
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BR511. Another view. |
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BR511. Another view. |
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BR511. Another view. |
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BR511. Another view. Matrix is the light color on the base. |
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BR581. Goethite. Dreamtime claim, Crystal Creek/Crystal Peak area, Teller co., Colorado. 5.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm 105g $150.00 Ex: Claude H. Yoder coll:# 2395 Purchased: 9-2010. Ex: Mineralogical Research. Color is a lustrous brown with reddish tints. Neat for the star burst like crystal groups on the piece. RESERVED |
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BR581. Another view. |
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BR581. Another view. |
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BR581. Another view. Specimen base. |