New Arrivals Page 4
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JC3468. Azurite. Liufengshan mine, Guichi district, Chizhou, Anhui, China. 9 x 5 x 2.5 cm 158g $50.00. I had this one on the site once before with a lot of excess matrix that I trimmed off and made this rather nice piece. A shallow vug filled with brilliant sparkly blue micro crystalline botryoids...or close to it anyway. RESERVED |
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JC3468. Slightly different angle. |
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JC3468. Black back ground. |
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JC8897. Copper. Lake Superior copper district, Keweenaw peninsula, Michigan. 10 x 12 cm 658g $150.00 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. |
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JC8897. Close up of right central area. |
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JC8897. Back side. |
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JC8897. Another view. |
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JC8897. Closer view of top left of above photo. |
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JC8897. Another view of back side. |
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JC8897. Another view. |
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JC8897. Close up of upper right in above photo. |
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JC13598. Spessartine. Wushan spessartine m. Tongbei, Yunxiao, Fujian, China. 9 x 4.7 x 2.3 cm 90g $150.00 Brilliant, sparkly luster, gemmy, wine red crystals on matrix. Better than most material coming out from this location these days. |
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JC13598. Another view. |
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JC13598. Closer view. |
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JC13527. Epidote. Casterner de les Olles, Tremp, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. 5.4 × 4.5 × 3.3 cm 64g $40.00. From a relatively new find in Spain. These are usually in flat plates, this one is better in that it is slightly mounded. Brilliant, gemmy crystals. This is really pretty material, the luster and transparency make these pretty special. RESERVED |
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JC13527. Another view. |
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JC13527. Another view. |
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JC13527. Vertical view. |
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JC13608. Wulfenite. La Morita Mine, Ascención Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico. 5.3 × 3 × 1.5 cm 54g $150.00. Brilliant yellow with a hint of caramel, nice undamaged miniature on a bit of matrix. This mine no longer is producing any wulfenite of any quality...was a sort of one shot deal a few years back. RESERVED |
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JC13608. Another view. |
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JC13608. Closer view. |
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JC13609. Arsenopyrite, quartz, mica, fluorite. Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China. 8.5 × 6.5 × 5.5 cm 496g $200.00 A complete floater specimen. I can find no point of attachment. Brilliant silvery crystals. Hard to photo graph as they are so bright and shiny, the reflections make it difficult. Much better piece than normal. This is a good one. Has quartz and muscovite on the bottom, and a tiny, pale purple fluorite on one edge, seen here in the left most part of the specimen. I photographed it from all angles, and used both a black back ground, and a light back ground. RESERVED |
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JC13609. Another view. The greenish tint on the top most crystals is some sort of weird reflection, actually is brilliant silvery. |
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JC13609. Another view. |
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JC13609. View of the bottom of the piece with quartz crystals and muscovite. |
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JC13609. View of the bottom of the piece with quartz crystals and muscovite. |
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JC13609. Another view. |
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JC13609. Another view. |
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JC13609. Another view. |
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JC13609. Another view. |
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JC13609. Another view. |
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JC13609. Another view. |
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JC13609. View of the bottom of the piece with quartz crystals and muscovite. |
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JC13609. Another view. The blue color is a reflection of the sky from my photo room window. |
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JC13609. Another view. |
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JC13609. View of the bottom of the piece with quartz crystals and muscovite. |
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JC13609. View of the bottom of the piece with quartz crystals and muscovite. |
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JC13614. Pyrite, dolomite. East open pit mine, Nanisivik mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. 7.6 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm 82g $55.00. Crystallized dolomite has a scattering of bright pyrite crystals over the front and back sides. Pieces from the Nanisivik mine are quite uncommon these days. |
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JC13614. Back side. |
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JC13614. Close up. |
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JC13615. Amethyst. Goboboseb Mts, Brandberg, Daures, Erongo, Namibia. 7.5 x 6.0 x 5 cm 3 cm crystals. $95.00. Some of the crystals are sceptered. Ex Marc Fleischer collection. |
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JC13615. Another view. |
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JC13615. Another view. Blemish with iron stain on the right hand crystal. |
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JC13615. Another view...a little hard to tell but the right most crystal is a scepter. |
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JC13616. Arsenopyrite, siderite, muscovite. 3 level, Panasqueira Mines, Covilhă, Castelo Branco, Portugal. 10.5Tall x 7 x 5.5 cm $240.00 To quote the previous owner "An old classic from the mining heyday of Portugal; a beautiful and large, tabular, parallel grouping of Arsenopyrite from Panasqueira. It is a composite and almost perfectly parallel grouping of prismatic, silvery metallic Arsenopyrite crystals with excellent, chisel-like terminations and abundant, yet subtle, striations parallel to their length. This results in cascading, scintillating reflectivity off the piece that can only be appreciated in person" Brilliant silvery parallel crystal group, with small siderite and muscovite around the base and coating the back. There is a blemish on the lower center, sort of rectangular silvery spot. Not sure if it is damage or a growth imperfection. I took photos of it from different angles and both a black background and a light back ground. The brilliant reflections make it tough to photo. Maybe a bit of an over kill on the number of photos, as I was trying to show the different reflections depending on the angle of tilt. This is a good one. |
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JC13616. Another view. |
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JC13616. Another view. |
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JC13616. Another view. |
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JC13616. Another view. |
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JC13616. Another view, I laid it on its side for this shot. |
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JC13616. Back side. |
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JC13616. Another view. |
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JC13616. Another view. |
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JC13616. Another view. |
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JC13616. Another view. |
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JC13616. Another view. |
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JC13616. Another view. |
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JC13633. Libethenite. Shituru Mine, Likasi, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo. 7 x 5 x 2 cm 107g $15.00. Scattered crystals across the face. |
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JC13634. Libethenite. Shituru Mine, Likasi, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo. 4 x 4 x 2.5 cm $10.00 8g Scattered crystals across the face. RESERVED |
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JC13635. Libethenite. Shituru Mine, Likasi, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo. 2.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm 30g $8.00 RESERVED |
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JC9295. Milpillas Mine, Milpillas, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico 5 x 6 cm 86g $85.00. Brilliant blue crystals typical of Milpillas. The matrix is a breccia with mixed little cobbles of matrix rock. One of these had been resting against the central crystal, and left little specks of host rock imbedded in the azurite where the azurite crystal grew against it. This can best be seen in the photos with the black background. |
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JC9295. Another view. |
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JC9295. Another view. |
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JC9295. Another view. |
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JC13528. Vanadinite on barite. ACF mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province, Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 5 x 5 x 4 cm 206g $15.00 Dark red crystals on white barite. |
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JC13528. Another view. |
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JC13528. Another view. |
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JC13528. Another view. |
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JC13596. Cerussite. Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. 4.5 cm tall, x 2.5 x 2.5 cm 64g $200.00. I got this fine specimen from A.L. (Al) McGuinness in January 1981. Transparent, gemmy, brilliant luster. Nice piece. Ex Crowley Collection #175. I photographed it from all sides. RESERVED |
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JC13596. Another view |
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JC13596. Another view |
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JC13596. Another view |
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JC13596. Another view |
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JC13570. Copper. Mineral Park mine, Mineral Park, Mineral Park district, Wallapai district, Cerbat mountains, Mohave county, Arizona. 4 x 7 cm 72g. $10.00 I was recently going through my storage flats, and ran across these coppers. I acquired them in the mid 1980's when the mine was operating and had forgotten I had them. I don't think these coppers are available these days, at least I didn't see any taking a look at the internet. They formed in thin seams in the host rock, so are rather thin flat sheets with a dark copper color. This one has quite a bit of the host rock, with the copper around the edges. |
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JC13570. Back side. |
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JC13571. Copper. Mineral Park mine, Mineral Park, Mineral Park district, Wallapai district, Cerbat mountains, Mohave county, Arizona. 7.5 x 3.5 cm 34g. $10.00 I was recently going through my storage flats, and ran across these coppers. I acquired them in the mid 1980's when the mine was operating and had forgotten I had them. I don't think these coppers are available these days, at least I didn't see any taking a look at the internet. They formed in thin seams in the host rock, so are rather thin flat sheets with a dark copper color. This one has quite a bit of the host rock, with the copper scattered through it. |
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JC13571. Back side. |
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JC13579. Copper. Mineral Park mine, Mineral Park, Mineral Park district, Wallapai district, Cerbat mountains, Mohave county, Arizona. 7 x 3 cm 2g $8.00 I was recently going through my storage flats, and ran across these coppers. I acquired them in the mid 1980's when the mine was operating and had forgotten I had them. I don't think these coppers are available these days, at least I didn't see any taking a look at the internet. They formed in thin seams in the host rock, so are rather thin flat sheets with a dark copper color. Color is a bit darker than the photo would indicate. This one is a really thin sheet...about as thick as a sheet of computer printer paper. RESERVED |
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JC13579. Back side. |
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JC11558. Calcite. Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu county, Chenzhou, Hunan, China. 5.5 x 6 cm 41g. $35.00. Flattened crystal, has some minor dings, as seen in the photos. |
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JC11558. Back side. |
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JC11558. Side view. |
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JC11566. Quartz, arsenopyrite. Yaogangxian mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang county, Chenzhou, Hunan, China. 4 x 4 x 10 cm 145g. $35.00 Couple of long quartz crystals with arsenopyrite crystals clustered at the base of the quartz crystals. |
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JC11566. Another view. |
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JC11566. Another view. |
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JC11566. Another view. |
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JC9894. Andradite. Bendougou village, Arrondissement Diakon, Commune Diakon, Cercle de Bafoulabe, Kayes region, Mali. 8 x 10 cm 365g. $45.00. Several brilliant luster black andradite crystals. There are some nearly black acicular crystals perched down in the garnet crystals that I am guessing are one of the varieties of hornblende. There are a few greenish, somewhat acicular epidote crystals of small size here and there on the specimen. The black andradite from here is frequently referred to as melanite, however melanite has a titanium component in the formula and I am not sure these qualify as melanite. RESERVED |
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JC9894. Another view. |
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JC11418. Hubnerite, quartz. Pasto Bueno, Pampas District, Pallasca Province, Áncash, Peru. 5 x 5 x 5.5 cm 154g. $25.00 Has a series of bladed crystals when looked at sideways. Looks best from the front, but tends to sort of hide the crystals behind the first one in the front. Terminations are present, although slightly ragged looking. |
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JC11418. Another view. |
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JC11418. Side view. |
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JC11215. Libethenite M'sesa mine, Kambove district, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo. 7 x 10 cm 267g. $75.00. Bright crystals scattered across the front as can be seen. Not a lot of these on the market. There are some broken crystals on that lower front area, other than that, its in pretty good shape. |
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JC11215. Close up top right area. |
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JC11215. Close up left side. |
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JC11422. Microlite, manganoan tantalite, albite. Ipę mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 2.5 x 4 cm 14g. $30.00. Orange microlite crystals on bladed albite with a incomplete tantalite crystal in the front. RESERVED |
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JC11433. Sphalerite. Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee. 9.4 x 8.5 x 3.5 cm 658g $50.00 Bright, dark amber crystals. |
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JC11433. Another view. |
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JC11433. Another view. |
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JC11433. Another view. |
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JC11433. Another view. |
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JC11525. Quartz, calcite, fluorite, sphalerite. W.L. Davis-Deardorff mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock subdistrict, Hardin county, Illinois. 3.5 x 7 x 10 cm $100.00. Bright quartz crystals, with calcite crystals perched on the quartz, with a small fluorite off to one side, and a sphalerite matrix. |
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JC11525. Another view. |
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JC11525. Another view. |
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JC11525. Another view. |
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JC11439. Quartz (prase) with
actinolite inclusions, andradite. Serifos Island, Milos, South
Aegean, Greece. 4 x 10 cm 107g $50.00 A
deep green quartz crystal completely filled with actinolite inclusions
giving the intense color. It lies on a bed of tiny andradite
crystals. There is a spot near the base of the crystal where it looks
like another crystal has broken off. Well priced...these tend to be
rather expensive as a quick search of the internet shows. |
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JC11439. Another view. |
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JC11439. Another view. |
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JC11533. Anglesite pseudo cerussite. Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna county, New South Wales, Australia. 3 x 4.5 cm 47g $25.00. Sparkly anglesite crystals replacing the cerussite. |
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JC11533. Another view. |
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JC11533. Another view. |
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JC11916. Anhydrite, calcite. Naica Complex, Chihuahua, Mexico. 4 x 12 cm Tall. 104g $150.00. Light blue anhydrite with colorless scalenohedral coating the back. Nice specimen. |
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JC11916. Reverse. |
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JC11549. Goethite. Pikes Peak, El Paso county, Colorado. 3 x 3.2 x 4 cm. 62g. $15.00. Nice brilliant spray from the somewhat lesser known Pikes Peak. RESERVED |
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JC11549. Another view. |
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JC13167. Anorpiment. Palomo mines, Castrovirreyna province, Huancavelica dept., Peru. 5 x 3 cm 16g $35.00 One of those really rare things, recognized as a new mineral in 2013 or thereabouts. Most specimens came out around 2011, and this one came from that time frame. Very soft mineral with a hardness of about 1. Some minor rubbing on this one, not surprising given its softness. |