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BR136.  Hemimorphite  Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico.    6 x 5 x 4 cm Tall 174g   $145.00   Upstanding, with light coating of hematite on the sides and terminations.  Ex: Claude Huber Minerals,  Purchased: 4-2003   I took photos of this one from all sides.  
BR136.  Another view. 
BR136.  Another view. 
BR136.  Another view. 
BR205.  Tetrahedrite, quartz.  Casapalca, Junin prov., Peru.  5 x 4.5 x 3 cm 90g    $125.00     Mound of up to 1.5 cm tetrahedrites with bright 1.5 cm quartz crystals.    Ex: Lorraine Sofia coll. Ex: Mineralogical Research  Purchased: August-2008.  I took photos from all angles.  The tetrahedrites are a bright silvery color, much brighter than the photos would indicate.  
BR205.  Another view. 
BR205.  Another view.
BR205.  Another view.
BR205.  Another view.
BR205.  Another view.
BR306.  Smithsonite, hemimorphite, cerussite?   San Antonio mine., Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. 12 x 9 x 2 cm 297g  $250.00  Top side has rows of light blue smithsonite botryoids up to 1 cm, with tiny scattered cerussite? crystals (mm). Back side is layer of hemimorphite with tiny cerussite? twins (1mm). Ex: Claude Huber Minerals.  Purchased : March-2007.
BR306.  Closer view of the smithsonite. 
BR306.  Back side, mostly hemimorphite.  
BR306.  Close up of hemimorphite
BR306.  Close up of hemimorphite
BR385.  Cerussite altering to hydrocerrusite.   Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. 5.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm 65g  $375.00    Reticulated twins, white in color.  Ex: William (Bill) Hiss coll.#3015. Ex: Miners Lunchbox;  Purchased: August-2001.  Why Bill put his label on the front instead of the back.... I don't know.   The label could be removed.   
BR385.  Slightly different angle. 
BR385.  Back side.
BR439.  Epidote.  Imilchill, Alto Atlas, Morocco. 3 x 4 cm 24g   $40.00.   Ex: Fraziers Minerals  Purchased: February-2011.  Glassy, slightly gemmy and translucent crystals. 
BR439.  Another view. 
BR439.  Another view. 
BR439.  Another view. 
BR86.  Cassiterite.  Amo Sn deposit, Ximeng Co., Pu'er, Yunnan, China prov., China.   3 x 3 x 2 cm 31g   $550.00   A gemmy 1.5 x 1.8 cm crystal sitting on smaller crystals. Excellent. They were immediately prized and have almost disappeared. Unlike from any other location, these had a unique, recognizable style that could be very esthetic.   Ex: Jean-Pierre Cand coll. Purchased: October-2001   One of those hard to photograph to get a really good idea of what a great piece this is.  Much better in person.   Glassy luster, transparent crystal sitting on smaller crystals.  I took photos from all angles, and the last couple I back lit it a bit.    Very fine small miniature, virtually unobtainable these days.   The label that comes with it is wrong...it says Hunnan province. 
BR86.  Another view. 
BR86.  Another view.
BR86.  Another view.
BR86.  Another view.
BR86.  Another view.
BR86.  Another view.
BR86.  Another view.
BR86.  Another view with a bit of back lighting.  You can see right into the crystal. 
BR86.  Another view with a bit of back lighting.  You can see right into the crystal. 
BR86.  Another view with a bit of back lighting.  You can see right into the crystal. 
JC13975.  Dioptase.  Magma Mine, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona.  8 x 6 x 1.5 cm 96g  $165.00.   A flat plate, covered on both sides with small, brilliant luster dioptase.
JC13975.  Closer view. 
JC13975.  Closer view. 
JC13975.  Back side. 
JC13976.  Andradite (demantoid).  From near the Dallas Gem (Benitoite) mine, Serpentine dome, New Idria district, San Benito county, California.   7 x 3 x 1 cm 33g  $65.00.   Small, light greenish, bright crystals on matrix.  
JC13976.   Closer view. 
JC13977.  Mottramite.  Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia.  3.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm 29g  $65.00.   Not often seen from Tsumeb is well crystallized dark green mottramite like this one.  Nice small miniature.   Rare in crystals of this quality and distinct form.  
JC13977.  Slightly different angle. 
JC13980.  Smithsonite, mimetite.  Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia.   13 x 9 x 3.5 cm 1,054g  $275.00.   Small, quite sparkly greenish smithsonite with a grading into orange cadmium smithsonite.  Tiny mimetite prisms are scattered all over the smithsonite.  I looked at this piece under the microscope, and the orange color is the crystal color, not a coating.   
JC13980.  Closer view. 
JC13980.  Closer view...tiny pale yellow mimetite crystals can be seen here, sitting on the smithsonite. 
JC13980.   Back side.  
JC13144.  Wolframite, siderite.  Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal.  3.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm 206g  $20.00   A nice size siderite is sitting on a black, blocky Wolframite crystal.  I photographed it from different angles.
JC13144.  Another view. 
JC13144.  Another view. 
JC13144.  Another view. 
JC11566.   Quartz, arsenopyrite.  Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China.  4 x 4 x 10 cm 145g  $25.00.   A couple of bright luster parallel quartz crystals lying aslant the matrix, with several bright silvery arsenopyrites scattered around the base and sides of the crystals.   
JC11566.  Another view. 
JC11566.  Another view. 
JC11566.  Another view. 
JC11542.  Tantalite.  Minas Gerais, Brazil.  A small 2 cm partial crystal.  28g.  $10.00   Label says repaired, but not sure where, as it is not obvious. 
JC11542.  Side view. 
JC11965.  Wardite.   Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada.  3 x 3.8 cm 21g  $40.00.   A small miniature with numerous crystals.   The color is a sort of greenish tint to them, not obvious in the photos.    Older piece from the first finds up there. 
JC11965.  Another view.  
JC11965.   Closer view. 
JC12002.   Wulfenite.   Maoniuping Mine, Mianning County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China .  $28.00   5 x 5 cm  109g.   Small, honey color crystals coating the matrix. 
JC12002.  Closer view. 
JC12161.  Malachite.  Kolwezi  district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo.  5.5 x 5.5 cm 45g  $12.00   Pretty green specimen, partly botryoidal, partly crystallized.  
JC12161.  Slightly different angle. 
JC12161.  Back side. 
JC12162Malachite.  Kolwezi  district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo.  4 x 5.5 cm 57g $12.00.    Green, acicular crystals.
JC12162.  Another view. 
JC12162.  Back side.
JC12163.  Malachite.  Kolwezi  district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo.  4 x 4 cm 35g  $8.00
JC12163.  Back side. 
JC12180Arsenopyrite.  Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal.  2.3 x 2.3 cm 22g  $10.00.   A cute thumbnail with brilliant silvery crystals and a bit of muscovite on one side. 
JC12180.  Another view. 
JC12180.  Another view. 
JC12180.  Another view. 
JC12181Apatite.  Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal.   2 x 3.3 cm 6g  $10.00.   A group of bright, very pale greenish apatite crystals.  
JC12181.  Another view. 
JC12181.  Different view, daylight shot. 
JC12182Apatite.  Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal.   3.3 x 4 cm 27g  $15.00.   A group of white, lustrous apatite crystals.   
JC12182.  Another view.  
JC12184.  Quartz, Apatite.  Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal.    4 x 5 cm 40g  $15.00.   A group of quartz crystals with a nearly colorless apatite on the left side in this photo.  a few tiny crystals are clustered around the base of the quartz crystals.   
JC12184.  Another view. 
JC12184.  Two of the tiny apatite crystals are seen in this photo. 
JC12184.  Two of the tiny apatite crystals are seen in this photo. 

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