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JC13590. Fluorite. Revenue group (Cox Canyon mine), IXL district, Churchill county, Nevada 5.5 x 2 cm 43g $10.00. Of interest mainly as an obscure locality piece. Cubic crystals, not lustrous, sort of weak satiny luster. Color varies from pale greenish to near colorless. Collected in 2021. The locality is heavily picked over/collected. Not much chance of anything coming out in the future. RESERVED |
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JC13591. Fluorite. Revenue group. (Cox Canyon mine), IXL district, Churchill county, Nevada 9 x5.5 x 5.5 cm 605g $15.00. Of interest mainly as an obscure locality piece. Cubic crystals, not lustrous, sort of weak satiny luster. Color varies from pale greenish to near colorless. Collected in 2021. The locality is heavily picked over/collected. Not much chance of anything coming out in the future. This one is a little heavy on the matrix, but I was afraid to cut it down, fearing it might fall apart. |
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JC13591. Another, vertical view. |
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JC13592. Fluorite. Revenue group. (Cox Canyon mine), IXL district, Churchill county, Nevada 6 x 5 x 2.5 cm 156g $12.00 Of interest mainly as an obscure locality piece. Cubic crystals, not lustrous, sort of weak satiny luster. Color varies from pale greenish to near colorless some, like this with a sort of frosted look on the crystals. Collected in 2021. The locality is heavily picked over/collected. Not much chance of anything coming out in the future. RESERVED |
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JC13592. Another view. |
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JC13592. Another view. |
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JC13593. Fluorite. Revenue group. (Cox Canyon mine), IXL district, Churchill county, Nevada 10 x 7 x 2 cm 246g $10.00. Of interest mainly as an obscure locality piece. Cubic crystals, not lustrous. Near colorless, some, like this with a sort of frosted look on the crystals. Collected in 2021. The locality is heavily picked over/collected. Not much chance of anything coming out in the future. RESERVED |
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JC13594. Fluorite. Revenue group. (Cox Canyon mine), IXL district, Churchill county, Nevada 12 x 4 x 2 cm $10.00 Of interest mainly as an obscure locality piece. Cubic crystals, not lustrous. Color varies from pale greenish to near colorless, this one has a frosted look on the crystals. Collected in 2021. The locality is heavily picked over/collected. Not much chance of anything coming out in the future. RESERVED |
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JC13594. Closer view. |
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JC13595. Fluorite. Revenue group. (Cox Canyon mine), IXL district, Churchill county, Nevada 5.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm 115g $10.00 Of interest mainly as an obscure locality piece. Cubic crystals, not lustrous, sort of weak satiny luster. Color varies from pale greenish to near colorless; some, like this, with a sort of frosted look on the crystals. Collected in 2021. The locality is heavily picked over/collected. Not much chance of anything coming out in the future. |
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JC13595. Another view. |
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JC9463. Plumbogummite, pyromorphite. Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China. 7.5 x 10 cm 297g. $98.00 Blue gray to gray blue, trying to be botryoidal, appears to be mostly coating quartz, although there are a few partial yellowish pyromorphite crystals on the side. |
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JC9463. Another view. |
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JC9512. Wulfenite. Mežica, Slovenia (Formerly Mies). 5 x 5 x 6 cm 131g. $45.00 Two broken crystals. Yellowish, dullish luster, and crystals on reverse side have a whitish coating on them, as seen below. |
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JC9512. Another view. |
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JC9512. Reverse. |
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JC9512. Reverse. |
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JC13663. Amethyst. Kakamunurle Mine, Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India. 11.2 x 10.3 x 4.3 cm $325.00 A pretty and relatively large, three-dimensional rosette of Amethyst from India. This unusual find is very distinctive for the shape and composition, unlike other Indian finds . The piece is composed of a multitude of very lustrous, deep saturated purple Amethyst crystals that start out as translucent milky to pale purple in color at the point of divergence and radiate upward becoming a beautifully saturated purple color and forming a crown of crystals with excellent transparency and luster, frequently with a scepter look. Daylight shot. Much prettier in person. |
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JC13663. Another view...Daylight. |
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JC13663. Under LED light. |
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JC13663. Back lit. You can see the scepter look on the crystals upper left. |
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JC13663. Closer view. |
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JC13677. Hemimorphite. Santa Eulalia district, Aquiles Serdán municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico. 10.5 x 7 x 4.5 cm 407g $85.00. Nice sized piece with typical white to near transparent crystals. |
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JC13677. Another view. |
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JC13677. Another view. |
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JC13669. Pyromorphite. Guangdong province. (Near Daoping mine) 3.5 x 4.5 cm 26g $30.00 These are a relatively new find from China (2023?). I have tried to find the exact location, but at least on the internet, there has been no definitive location given. Three different locations are given so far. One that sounds the most reasonable, lists the location as a small artisanal mine near the main Daoping mine. One location given is "Yangjiang city"; another is just Guangxi province; others list them as from the Daoping mine, which so far appears to be wrong. They are described as "matcha green"...had to look that one up. Its a type of green tea, and these are described as being that color. Of the ones I have here, they are a sort of olive green, reminds me of some of the La Farges mine, France, pyromorphites color. Some of the smaller crystals have a slightly more orangish tint to them. RESERVED |
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JC13669. Back side. |
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JC13668. Pyromorphite. Guangdong province. (Near Daoping mine). 3.5 x 5 cm 32g $25.00 These are a relatively new find from China (2023?). I have tried to find the exact location, but at least on the internet, there has been no definitive location given. Three different locations are given so far. One that sounds the most reasonable, lists the location as a small artisanal mine near the main Daoping mine. One location given is "Yangjiang city"; another is just Guangxi province; others list them as from the Daoping mine, which so far appears to be wrong. They are described as "matcha green"...had to look that one up. Its a type of green tea, and these are described as being that color. Of the ones I have here, they are a sort of olive green, reminds me of some of the La Farges mine, France, pyromorphites color. Some of the smaller crystals have a slightly more orangish tint to them RESERVED |
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JC13670. Pyromorphite. Guangdong province (Near Daoping mine). 4.5 x 2 x 2.5 cm 32g $25.00 These are a relatively new find from China (2023?). I have tried to find the exact location, but at least on the internet, there has been no definitive location given. Three different locations are given so far. One that sounds the most reasonable, lists the location as a small artisanal mine near the main Daoping mine. One location given is "Yangjiang city"; another is just Guangxi province; others list them as from the Daoping mine, which so far appears to be wrong. They are described as "matcha green"...had to look that one up. Its a type of green tea, and these are described as being that color. Of the ones I have here, they are a sort of olive green, reminds me of some of the La Farges mine, France, pyromorphites color. Some of the smaller crystals have a slightly more orangish tint to them RESERVED |
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JC13670. Another view. |
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JC13671. Pyromorphite. Guangdong province (Near Daoping mine). 2.7 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm 24g $20.00 Thumbnail. These are a relatively new find from China (2023?). I have tried to find the exact location, but at least on the internet, there has been no definitive location given. Three different locations are given so far. One that sounds the most reasonable, lists the location as a small artisanal mine near the main Daoping mine. One location given is "Yangjiang city"; another is just Guangxi province; others list them as from the Daoping mine, which so far appears to be wrong. They are described as "matcha green"...had to look that one up. Its a type of green tea, and these are described as being that color. Of the ones I have here, they are a sort of olive green, reminds me of some of the La Farges mine, France, pyromorphites color. Some of the smaller crystals have a slightly more orangish tint to them |
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JC13672. Pyromorphite. Guangdong province (Near Daoping mine). 2.5 x 3.5 cm 16g $18.00 These are a relatively new find from China (2023?). I have tried to find the exact location, but at least on the internet, there has been no definitive location given. Three different locations are given so far. One that sounds the most reasonable, lists the location as a small artisanal mine near the main Daoping mine. One location given is "Yangjiang city"; another is just Guangxi province; others list them as from the Daoping mine, which so far appears to be wrong. They are described as "matcha green"...had to look that one up. Its a type of green tea, and these are described as being that color. Of the ones I have here, they are a sort of olive green, reminds me of some of the La Farges mine, France, pyromorphites color. Some of the smaller crystals have a slightly more orangish tint to them |
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JC13673. Pyromorphite. Guangdong province (Near Daoping mine). 4 x 2.2 cm 19g $18.00 These are a relatively new find from China (2023?). I have tried to find the exact location, but at least on the internet, there has been no definitive location given. Three different locations are given so far. One that sounds the most reasonable, lists the location as a small artisanal mine near the main Daoping mine. One location given is "Yangjiang city"; another is just Guangxi province; others list them as from the Daoping mine, which so far appears to be wrong. They are described as "matcha green"...had to look that one up. Its a type of green tea, and these are described as being that color. Of the ones I have here, they are a sort of olive green, reminds me of some of the La Farges mine, France, pyromorphites color. Some of the smaller crystals have a slightly more orangish tint to them RESERVED |
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JC13674. Pyromorphite. Guangdong province (Near Daoping mine). 6.5 x 4 x 2.2 cm 84g $150.00 These are a relatively new find from China (2023?). I have tried to find the exact location, but at least on the internet, there has been no definitive location given. Three different locations are given so far. One that sounds the most reasonable, lists the location as a small artisanal mine near the main Daoping mine. One location given is "Yangjiang city"; another is just Guangxi province; others list them as from the Daoping mine, which so far appears to be wrong. They are described as "matcha green"...had to look that one up. Its a type of green tea, and these are described as being that color. Of the ones I have here, they are a sort of olive green, reminds me of some of the La Farges mine, France, pyromorphites color. Some of the smaller crystals have a slightly more orangish tint to them. This one has great form, but dull luster. |
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JC13674. Closer view. |
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JC13675. Pyromorphite. Guangdong province (Near Daoping mine). 4 x 4 x 2 cm 50g $50.00 These are a relatively new find from China (2023?). I have tried to find the exact location, but at least on the internet, there has been no definitive location given. Three different locations are given so far. One that sounds the most reasonable, lists the location as a small artisanal mine near the main Daoping mine. One location given is "Yangjiang city"; another is just Guangxi province; others list them as from the Daoping mine, which so far appears to be wrong. They are described as "matcha green"...had to look that one up. Its a type of green tea, and these are described as being that color. Of the ones I have here, they are a sort of olive green, reminds me of some of the La Farges mine, France, pyromorphites color. Some of the smaller crystals have a slightly more orangish tint to them. This one has great form, but dull luster. |
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JC13675. Closer view. |
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JC13678. Meneghinite. Mosscrow prospect, Birch Creek pluton contact zone, North of Deep Springs valley, Inyo county, California. C: 5-1979. 7.5 x 4 x 4 cm 183g. $30.00 Back in 1979, while looking at the contact zones to the Birch Creek pluton, I found this prospect in the limestone and saw these odd metallic silvery crystals in quartz, some with minor pyrite. Rather mystified by what they are, I had them checked by x-ray powder diffraction, and found out they are meneghinite...apparently this is only the 2nd occurrence in the state, the Calkar quarry being the other one. Silvery, sort of feathery crystals in quartz. Nice locality specimen. RESERVED |
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JC13678. Close up. |
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JC13678. Back side with a bit more of it. |
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JC13679. Meneghinite. Mosscrow prospect, Birch Creek pluton contact zone, North of Deep Springs valley, Inyo county, California. C: 5-1979. 6 x 4 x 3.5 cm 106g $25.00 Back in 1979, while looking at the contact zones to the Birch Creek pluton, I found this prospect in the limestone and saw these odd metallic silvery crystals in quartz, some with minor pyrite. Rather mystified by what they are, I had them checked by x-ray powder diffraction, and found out they are meneghinite...apparently this is only the 2nd occurrence in the state, the Calkar quarry being the other one. Silvery, sort of feathery crystals in quartz. Nice locality specimen. RESERVED |
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JC13679. Another view. |
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JC13680. Meneghinite. Mosscrow prospect, Birch Creek pluton contact zone, North of Deep Springs valley, Inyo county, California. C: 5-1979. 3 x 2.5 cm 15g $15.00 Back in 1979, while looking at the contact zones to the Birch Creek pluton, I found this prospect in the limestone and saw these odd metallic silvery crystals in quartz, some with minor pyrite. Rather mystified by what they are, I had them checked by x-ray powder diffraction, and found out they are meneghinite...apparently this is only the 2nd occurrence in the state, the Calkar quarry being the other one. Silvery, sort of feathery crystals in quartz. Nice locality specimen. RESERVED |
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JC13681. Meneghinite. Mosscrow prospect, Birch Creek pluton contact zone, North of Deep Springs valley, Inyo county, California. C: 5-1979. 5 x 2.5 x 2 cm 29g $20.00 Back in 1979, while looking at the contact zones to the Birch Creek pluton, I found this prospect in the limestone and saw these odd metallic silvery crystals in quartz, some with minor pyrite. Rather mystified by what they are, I had them checked by x-ray powder diffraction, and found out they are meneghinite...apparently this is only the 2nd occurrence in the state, the Calkar quarry being the other one. Silvery, sort of feathery crystals in quartz. Nice locality specimen. RESERVED |
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JC13682. Meneghinite. Mosscrow prospect, Birch Creek pluton contact zone, North of Deep Springs valley, Inyo county, California. C: 5-1979. 3.5 x 3 x 1.5 cm 21g $15.00 Back in 1979, while looking at the contact zones to the Birch Creek pluton, I found this prospect in the limestone and saw these odd metallic silvery crystals in quartz, some with minor pyrite. Rather mystified by what they are, I had them checked by x-ray powder diffraction, and found out they are meneghinite...apparently this is only the 2nd occurrence in the state, the Calkar quarry being the other one. Silvery, sort of feathery crystals in quartz. Nice locality specimen. RESERVED |
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JC13701. Meneghinite. Mosscrow prospect, Birch Creek pluton contact zone, North of Deep Springs valley, Inyo county, California. C: 5-1979. 5 x 4 x 2 cm 106g $18.00 Back in 1979, while looking at the contact zones to the Birch Creek pluton, I found this prospect in the limestone and saw these odd metallic silvery crystals in quartz, some with minor pyrite. Rather mystified by what they are, I had them checked by x-ray powder diffraction, and found out they are meneghinite...apparently this is only the 2nd occurrence in the state, the Calkar quarry being the other one. Silvery, sort of feathery crystals in quartz. A bit of oxidized pyrite is present in this one. Nice locality specimen. RESERVED |
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JC13701. Another view. |
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JC13701. Another view. |
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JC13701. Another view. |
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JC13702. Meneghinite. Mosscrow prospect, Birch Creek pluton contact zone, North of Deep Springs valley, Inyo county, California. C: 5-1979. 5.5 x 5.5 x 3 cm 54g $15.00 Back in 1979, while looking at the contact zones to the Birch Creek pluton, I found this prospect in the limestone and saw these odd metallic silvery crystals in quartz, some with minor pyrite. Rather mystified by what they are, I had them checked by x-ray powder diffraction, and found out they are meneghinite...apparently this is only the 2nd occurrence in the state, the Calkar quarry being the other one. Silvery, sort of feathery crystals in quartz. Nice locality specimen RESERVED |
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JC13702. Back side. |
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JC13703. Meneghinite. Mosscrow prospect, Birch Creek pluton contact zone, North of Deep Springs valley, Inyo county, California. C: 5-1979. 5.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm 37g $18.00 Back in 1979, while looking at the contact zones to the Birch Creek pluton, I found this prospect in the limestone and saw these odd metallic silvery crystals in quartz, some with minor pyrite. Rather mystified by what they are, I had them checked by x-ray powder diffraction, and found out they are meneghinite...apparently this is only the 2nd occurrence in the state, the Calkar quarry being the other one. Silvery, sort of feathery crystals in quartz. Nice locality specimen. . RESERVED |
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JC13703. Another view. |
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JC13703. Another closer view. |
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JC13704. Meneghinite. Mosscrow prospect, Birch Creek pluton contact zone, North of Deep Springs valley, Inyo county, California. C: 5-1979. 3 x 4 x 2 cm 45g $15.00 Back in 1979, while looking at the contact zones to the Birch Creek pluton, I found this prospect in the limestone and saw these odd metallic silvery crystals in quartz, some with minor pyrite. Rather mystified by what they are, I had them checked by x-ray powder diffraction, and found out they are meneghinite...apparently this is only the 2nd occurrence in the state, the Calkar quarry being the other one. Silvery, sort of feathery crystals in quartz. Nice locality specimen. RESERVED |
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JC13704. Another view. |
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JC13704. Back side. |
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JC13705. Meneghinite. Mosscrow prospect, Birch Creek pluton contact zone, North of Deep Springs valley, Inyo county, California. C: 5-1979. 6 x 4.5 x 1 cm 48g $10.00 Back in 1979, while looking at the contact zones to the Birch Creek pluton, I found this prospect in the limestone and saw these odd metallic silvery crystals in quartz, some with minor pyrite. Rather mystified by what they are, I had them checked by x-ray powder diffraction, and found out they are meneghinite...apparently this is only the 2nd occurrence in the state, the Calkar quarry being the other one. Silvery, sort of feathery crystals in quartz. Nice locality specimen. RESERVED |
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JC13705. Back side. |
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JC13706. Meneghinite. Mosscrow prospect, Birch Creek pluton contact zone, North of Deep Springs valley, Inyo county, California. C: 5-1979. 4 x 2 x 1.5 cm 23g $15.00 Back in 1979, while looking at the contact zones to the Birch Creek pluton, I found this prospect in the limestone and saw these odd metallic silvery crystals in quartz, some with minor pyrite. Rather mystified by what they are, I had them checked by x-ray powder diffraction, and found out they are meneghinite...apparently this is only the 2nd occurrence in the state, the Calkar quarry being the other one. Silvery, sort of feathery crystals in quartz. Nice locality specimen. . RESERVED |
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JC13706. Another view. |
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JC13707. Meneghinite. Mosscrow prospect, Birch Creek pluton contact zone, North of Deep Springs valley, Inyo county, California. C: 5-1979. 2.5 x 3 x 2 cm 29g $12.00 Back in 1979, while looking at the contact zones to the Birch Creek pluton, I found this prospect in the limestone and saw these odd metallic silvery crystals in quartz, some with minor pyrite. Rather mystified by what they are, I had them checked by x-ray powder diffraction, and found out they are meneghinite...apparently this is only the 2nd occurrence in the state, the Calkar quarry being the other one. Silvery, sort of feathery crystals in quartz. Nice locality specimen. . RESERVED |
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JC13707. Another view. |
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JC13707. Close up. |
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JC13708. Meneghinite. Mosscrow prospect, Birch Creek pluton contact zone, North of Deep Springs valley, Inyo county, California. C: 5-1979. 4 x 4 x 2 cm 39g $15.00 Back in 1979, while looking at the contact zones to the Birch Creek pluton, I found this prospect in the limestone and saw these odd metallic silvery crystals in quartz, some with minor pyrite. Rather mystified by what they are, I had them checked by x-ray powder diffraction, and found out they are meneghinite...apparently this is only the 2nd occurrence in the state, the Calkar quarry being the other one. Silvery, sort of feathery crystals in quartz. Nice locality specimen. RESERVED |
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JC13708. Another view. |
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JC13708. Another closer view. |
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JC13710. Meneghinite. Mosscrow prospect, Birch Creek pluton contact zone, North of Deep Springs valley, Inyo county, California. C: 5-1979. 4.5 x 3 x 2cm 61g $10.00 Back in 1979, while looking at the contact zones to the Birch Creek pluton, I found this prospect in the limestone and saw these odd metallic silvery crystals in quartz, some with minor pyrite. Rather mystified by what they are, I had them checked by x-ray powder diffraction, and found out they are meneghinite...apparently this is only the 2nd occurrence in the state, the Calkar quarry being the other one. Silvery, sort of feathery crystals in quartz. Nice locality specimen. THESE ABOVE SOLD SO FAST, I HAVE ADDED THESE 15 MORE PIECES. |
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JC13710. Another view. |
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JC13710. Another view. |
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JC13711. Meneghinite. Mosscrow prospect, Birch Creek pluton contact zone, North of Deep Springs valley, Inyo county, California. C: 5-1979. 6 x 3 x 2cm 63g $10.00 Back in 1979, while looking at the contact zones to the Birch Creek pluton, I found this prospect in the limestone and saw these odd metallic silvery crystals in quartz, some with minor pyrite. Rather mystified by what they are, I had them checked by x-ray powder diffraction, and found out they are meneghinite...apparently this is only the 2nd occurrence in the state, the Calkar quarry being the other one. Silvery, sort of feathery crystals in quartz. Nice locality specimen. THESE ABOVE SOLD SO FAST, I HAVE ADDED THESE 15 MORE PIECES. |
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JC13711. Close up |
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JC13712. Meneghinite. Mosscrow prospect, Birch Creek pluton contact zone, North of Deep Springs valley, Inyo county, California. C: 5-1979. 5.5 x 3 x 2 cm 87g $10.00 Back in 1979, while looking at the contact zones to the Birch Creek pluton, I found this prospect in the limestone and saw these odd metallic silvery crystals in quartz, some with minor pyrite. Rather mystified by what they are, I had them checked by x-ray powder diffraction, and found out they are meneghinite...apparently this is only the 2nd occurrence in the state, the Calkar quarry being the other one. Silvery, sort of feathery crystals in quartz. Nice locality specimen. THESE ABOVE SOLD SO FAST, I HAVE ADDED THESE 15 MORE PIECES. |
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JC13712. Back side. |
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JC13713. Meneghinite. Mosscrow prospect, Birch Creek pluton contact zone, North of Deep Springs valley, Inyo county, California. C: 5-1979. 5 x 4 x 1.5 cm 39g $12.00 Back in 1979, while looking at the contact zones to the Birch Creek pluton, I found this prospect in the limestone and saw these odd metallic silvery crystals in quartz, some with minor pyrite. Rather mystified by what they are, I had them checked by x-ray powder diffraction, and found out they are meneghinite...apparently this is only the 2nd occurrence in the state, the Calkar quarry being the other one. Silvery, sort of feathery crystals in quartz. Nice locality specimen. THESE ABOVE SOLD SO FAST, I HAVE ADDED THESE 15 MORE PIECES. RESERVED |
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JC13713. Another view. |
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JC13713. Side view. |
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JC13714. Meneghinite. Mosscrow prospect, Birch Creek pluton contact zone, North of Deep Springs valley, Inyo county, California. C: 5-1979. 6 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm 101g $10.00 Back in 1979, while looking at the contact zones to the Birch Creek pluton, I found this prospect in the limestone and saw these odd metallic silvery crystals in quartz, some with minor pyrite. Rather mystified by what they are, I had them checked by x-ray powder diffraction, and found out they are meneghinite...apparently this is only the 2nd occurrence in the state, the Calkar quarry being the other one. Silvery, sort of feathery crystals in quartz. Nice locality specimen. THESE ABOVE SOLD SO FAST, I HAVE ADDED THESE 15 MORE PIECES. |
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JC13714. Slightly different angle. |
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JC13715. Meneghinite. Mosscrow prospect, Birch Creek pluton contact zone, North of Deep Springs valley, Inyo county, California. C: 5-1979. 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm 38g $15.00 Back in 1979, while looking at the contact zones to the Birch Creek pluton, I found this prospect in the limestone and saw these odd metallic silvery crystals in quartz, some with minor pyrite. Rather mystified by what they are, I had them checked by x-ray powder diffraction, and found out they are meneghinite...apparently this is only the 2nd occurrence in the state, the Calkar quarry being the other one. Silvery, sort of feathery crystals in quartz. Nice locality specimen. THESE ABOVE SOLD SO FAST, I HAVE ADDED THESE 15 MORE PIECES. RESERVED |
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JC13715. Back side. |
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JC13716. Meneghinite. Mosscrow prospect, Birch Creek pluton contact zone, North of Deep Springs valley, Inyo county, California. C: 5-1979. 4 x 2 x 2.5 cm 34g $8.00 Back in 1979, while looking at the contact zones to the Birch Creek pluton, I found this prospect in the limestone and saw these odd metallic silvery crystals in quartz, some with minor pyrite. Rather mystified by what they are, I had them checked by x-ray powder diffraction, and found out they are meneghinite...apparently this is only the 2nd occurrence in the state, the Calkar quarry being the other one. Silvery, sort of feathery crystals in quartz. Nice locality specimen. THESE ABOVE SOLD SO FAST, I HAVE ADDED THESE 15 MORE PIECES. |
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JC13717. Meneghinite. Mosscrow prospect, Birch Creek pluton contact zone, North of Deep Springs valley, Inyo county, California. C: 5-1979. 4.5 x 3 x 1 cm 35g $8.00 Back in 1979, while looking at the contact zones to the Birch Creek pluton, I found this prospect in the limestone and saw these odd metallic silvery crystals in quartz, some with minor pyrite. Rather mystified by what they are, I had them checked by x-ray powder diffraction, and found out they are meneghinite...apparently this is only the 2nd occurrence in the state, the Calkar quarry being the other one. Silvery, sort of feathery crystals in quartz. Nice locality specimen. THESE ABOVE SOLD SO FAST, I HAVE ADDED THESE 15 MORE PIECES. |
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JC13717. Back side. |
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JC13718. Meneghinite. Mosscrow prospect, Birch Creek pluton contact zone, North of Deep Springs valley, Inyo county, California. C: 5-1979. 3 x 3 x 2.5 cm 35g $10.00 Back in 1979, while looking at the contact zones to the Birch Creek pluton, I found this prospect in the limestone and saw these odd metallic silvery crystals in quartz, some with minor pyrite. Rather mystified by what they are, I had them checked by x-ray powder diffraction, and found out they are meneghinite...apparently this is only the 2nd occurrence in the state, the Calkar quarry being the other one. Silvery, sort of feathery crystals in quartz. Nice locality specimen. THESE ABOVE SOLD SO FAST, I HAVE ADDED THESE 15 MORE PIECES. |
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JC13718. Slightly different angle. |
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JC13719. Meneghinite. Mosscrow prospect, Birch Creek pluton contact zone, North of Deep Springs valley, Inyo county, California. C: 5-1979. 4.5 x 3 x 2 cm 42g $15.00 Back in 1979, while looking at the contact zones to the Birch Creek pluton, I found this prospect in the limestone and saw these odd metallic silvery crystals in quartz, some with minor pyrite. Rather mystified by what they are, I had them checked by x-ray powder diffraction, and found out they are meneghinite...apparently this is only the 2nd occurrence in the state, the Calkar quarry being the other one. Silvery, sort of feathery crystals in quartz. Nice locality specimen. THESE ABOVE SOLD SO FAST, I HAVE ADDED THESE 15 MORE PIECES. |
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JC13719. Back side. |
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JC13720. Meneghinite. Mosscrow prospect, Birch Creek pluton contact zone, North of Deep Springs valley, Inyo county, California. C: 5-1979. 5.5 x 4 x 3 cm 52g $15.00 Back in 1979, while looking at the contact zones to the Birch Creek pluton, I found this prospect in the limestone and saw these odd metallic silvery crystals in quartz, some with minor pyrite. Rather mystified by what they are, I had them checked by x-ray powder diffraction, and found out they are meneghinite...apparently this is only the 2nd occurrence in the state, the Calkar quarry being the other one. Silvery, sort of feathery crystals in quartz. Nice locality specimen. THESE ABOVE SOLD SO FAST, I HAVE ADDED THESE 15 MORE PIECES. RESERVED |
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JC13720. Back side. |
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JC13721. Meneghinite. Mosscrow prospect, Birch Creek pluton contact zone, North of Deep Springs valley, Inyo county, California. C: 5-1979. 4.5 x 3 x 2 cm 48g $10.00 Back in 1979, while looking at the contact zones to the Birch Creek pluton, I found this prospect in the limestone and saw these odd metallic silvery crystals in quartz, some with minor pyrite. Rather mystified by what they are, I had them checked by x-ray powder diffraction, and found out they are meneghinite...apparently this is only the 2nd occurrence in the state, the Calkar quarry being the other one. Silvery, sort of feathery crystals in quartz. Nice locality specimen. THESE ABOVE SOLD SO FAST, I HAVE ADDED THESE 15 MORE PIECES.JC13721. RESERVED |
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JC13721. Back side. |
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JC13722. Meneghinite. Mosscrow prospect, Birch Creek pluton contact zone, North of Deep Springs valley, Inyo county, California. C: 5-1979. 3.5 x 2 x 1 cm 19g $8.00 Back in 1979, while looking at the contact zones to the Birch Creek pluton, I found this prospect in the limestone and saw these odd metallic silvery crystals in quartz, some with minor pyrite. Rather mystified by what they are, I had them checked by x-ray powder diffraction, and found out they are meneghinite...apparently this is only the 2nd occurrence in the state, the Calkar quarry being the other one. Silvery, sort of feathery crystals in quartz. Nice locality specimen. THESE ABOVE SOLD SO FAST, I HAVE ADDED THESE 15 MORE PIECES. |
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JC13723. Meneghinite. Mosscrow prospect, Birch Creek pluton contact zone, North of Deep Springs valley, Inyo county, California. C: 5-1979. 3 x 3.5 x 1 cm 16g $8.00 Back in 1979, while looking at the contact zones to the Birch Creek pluton, I found this prospect in the limestone and saw these odd metallic silvery crystals in quartz, some with minor pyrite. Rather mystified by what they are, I had them checked by x-ray powder diffraction, and found out they are meneghinite...apparently this is only the 2nd occurrence in the state, the Calkar quarry being the other one. Silvery, sort of feathery crystals in quartz. Nice locality specimen. THESE ABOVE SOLD SO FAST, I HAVE ADDED THESE 15 MORE PIECES. |
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JC13724. Meneghinite. Mosscrow prospect, Birch Creek pluton contact zone, North of Deep Springs valley, Inyo county, California. C: 5-1979. 4 x 4 x 2 cm 94g $10.00 Back in 1979, while looking at the contact zones to the Birch Creek pluton, I found this prospect in the limestone and saw these odd metallic silvery crystals in quartz, some with minor pyrite. Rather mystified by what they are, I had them checked by x-ray powder diffraction, and found out they are meneghinite...apparently this is only the 2nd occurrence in the state, the Calkar quarry being the other one. Silvery, sort of feathery crystals in quartz. Nice locality specimen. THESE ABOVE SOLD SO FAST, I HAVE ADDED THESE 15 MORE PIECES. |
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JC13724. Another side. |
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JC13724. Another side. |
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JC13724. Another side. |
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JC13724. Another side. |
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JC13724. Another side. |
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JC13683. Quartz. Beals Point/Granite Bay, Folsom reservoir, Placer county, California. 5 x 4 x 3.5 cm 37g. $10.00 Back in 1972, when the drought was in full swing, Folsom lake became dry enough to expose an area of granitic rock between Beals Point and Granite Bay. In the granitics are scattered quartz veins, which at that time had never been looked at by collectors such as myself...so I dug up all of the veins and ended up with a flat of these little quartz specimens, which have languished in storage until I uncovered them recently. A few are presented here...neat location specimens. Last time the lake got low enough to expose the granitics, there has been so much silt coverage, the quartz veins are pretty much buried, so no more quartz from here, as I did a pretty thorough job of digging them up back in 1972. RESERVED |
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JC13683. Another view. |
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JC13684. Quartz. Beals Point/Granite Bay, Folsom reservoir, Placer county, California. 5 x 5 x 4.5 cm 62g. $15.00 Back in 1972, when the drought was in full swing, Folsom lake became dry enough to expose an area of granitic rock between Beals Point and Granite Bay. In the granitics are scattered quartz veins, which at that time had never been looked at by collectors such as myself...so I dug up all of the veins and ended up with a flat of these little quartz specimens, which have languished in storage until I uncovered them recently. A few are presented here...neat location specimens. Last time the lake got low enough to expose the granitics, there has been so much silt coverage, the quartz veins are pretty much buried, so no more quartz from here, as I did a pretty thorough job of digging them up back in 1972. RESERVED |
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JC13684. Vertical view. |
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JC13685. Quartz. Beals Point/Granite Bay, Folsom reservoir, Placer county, California. 7 cm tall x 4.5 x 5 cm 76g. $15.00 Back in 1972, when the drought was in full swing, Folsom lake became dry enough to expose an area of granitic rock between Beals Point and Granite Bay. In the granitics are scattered quartz veins, which at that time had never been looked at by collectors such as myself...so I dug up all of the veins and ended up with a flat of these little quartz specimens, which have languished in storage until I uncovered them recently. A few are presented here...neat location specimens. Last time the lake got low enough to expose the granitics, there has been so much silt coverage, the quartz veins are pretty much buried, so no more quartz from here, as I did a pretty thorough job of digging them up back in 1972. Some broken crystals on the lower right. RESERVED |
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JC13685. Another view. |
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JC13685. Another view. |
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JC13729. Quartz. Beals Point/Granite Bay, Folsom reservoir, Placer county, California. 7 x 5.5 x 2.5cm 37g. $12.00 Back in 1972, when the drought was in full swing, Folsom lake became dry enough to expose an area of granitic rock between Beals Point and Granite Bay. In the granitics are scattered quartz veins, which at that time had never been looked at by collectors such as myself...so I dug up all of the veins and ended up with a flat of these little quartz specimens, which have languished in storage until I uncovered them recently. A few are presented here...neat location specimens. Last time the lake got low enough to expose the granitics, there has been so much silt coverage, the quartz veins are pretty much buried, so no more quartz from here, as I did a pretty thorough job of digging them up back in 1972. This piece is a flat plate with clear crystals sticking up. Some tannish clay material stuck in the cracks here and there. THESE ABOVE SOLD SO FAST, I HAVE ADDED THESE 5 MORE PIECES. RESERVED |
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JC13729. Another view. |
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JC13729. Another view. |
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JC13730. Quartz. Beals Point/Granite Bay, Folsom reservoir, Placer county, California. 4.5 x 4 x 3 cm 28g $10.00 Back in 1972, when the drought was in full swing, Folsom lake became dry enough to expose an area of granitic rock between Beals Point and Granite Bay. In the granitics are scattered quartz veins, which at that time had never been looked at by collectors such as myself...so I dug up all of the veins and ended up with a flat of these little quartz specimens, which have languished in storage until I uncovered them recently. A few are presented here...neat location specimens. Last time the lake got low enough to expose the granitics, there has been so much silt coverage, the quartz veins are pretty much buried, so no more quartz from here, as I did a pretty thorough job of digging them up back in 1972. |
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JC13730. Another view. Crystals vary from somewhat milky, to clear, with bright luster. |
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JC13731. Quartz. Beals Point/Granite Bay, Folsom reservoir, Placer county, California. 5 x 4 x 2.5 cm 40g $12.00 Back in 1972, when the drought was in full swing, Folsom lake became dry enough to expose an area of granitic rock between Beals Point and Granite Bay. In the granitics are scattered quartz veins, which at that time had never been looked at by collectors such as myself...so I dug up all of the veins and ended up with a flat of these little quartz specimens, which have languished in storage until I uncovered them recently. A few are presented here...neat location specimens. Last time the lake got low enough to expose the granitics, there has been so much silt coverage, the quartz veins are pretty much buried, so no more quartz from here, as I did a pretty thorough job of digging them up back in 1972. This piece has bright lustrous crystals completely around, front, back, and sides. Cute. |
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JC13731. Another view. |
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JC13731. Side view, showing crystals on the front and back. |
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JC13732. Quartz. Beals Point/Granite Bay, Folsom reservoir, Placer county, California. 5 x 4 x 2.5 cm 34g $10.00 Back in 1972, when the drought was in full swing, Folsom lake became dry enough to expose an area of granitic rock between Beals Point and Granite Bay. In the granitics are scattered quartz veins, which at that time had never been looked at by collectors such as myself...so I dug up all of the veins and ended up with a flat of these little quartz specimens, which have languished in storage until I uncovered them recently. A few are presented here...neat location specimens. Last time the lake got low enough to expose the granitics, there has been so much silt coverage, the quartz veins are pretty much buried, so no more quartz from here, as I did a pretty thorough job of digging them up back in 1972. |
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JC13732. Another view. |
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JC13733. Quartz. Beals Point/Granite Bay, Folsom reservoir, Placer county, California. 5.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm 52g $12.00 Back in 1972, when the drought was in full swing, Folsom lake became dry enough to expose an area of granitic rock between Beals Point and Granite Bay. In the granitics are scattered quartz veins, which at that time had never been looked at by collectors such as myself...so I dug up all of the veins and ended up with a flat of these little quartz specimens, which have languished in storage until I uncovered them recently. A few are presented here...neat location specimens. Last time the lake got low enough to expose the granitics, there has been so much silt coverage, the quartz veins are pretty much buried, so no more quartz from here, as I did a pretty thorough job of digging them up back in 1972. |
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JC13733. Another view. |
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JC13733. Another view. |
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JC13733. Another view. |
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JC13686. Quartz. Sweetwater mountains plateau, Patterson district, Sweetwater mountains (Sweetwater Range), Mono county, California. 7.3 cm tall. 52g. $10.00 Back in 1996 I was able to drive the terrible road up into the Sweetwater mountains looking at old silver mines that are scattered around in the canyons. The Sweetwaters are all volcanics, and quite colorful and scenic. Interested in seeing the view from the highest point, I took my little 4 wheel drive up a virtually nonexistent road that topped out at the plateau...a beautiful area to see at about 11,000 feet. I was surprised to see several quartz vein occurrences scattered about, completely untouched, so spent the next couple days digging them up. These single crystals are rather unusual, as every other prism face is very narrow and tapers to non existent near the termination, leaving essentially a triangular termination instead of the usual more or less hexagonal terminations. I never could figure out exactly where these singles came from, as they were scattered over a fairly large area. Trigonal quartz habit I think. Three dominant faces giving a triangular look when looked at vertically. |
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JC13686. Another view. |
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JC13687. Quartz. Sweetwater mountains plateau, Patterson district, Sweetwater mountains (Sweetwater Range), Mono county, California. 6.5 cm tall 58g. $10.00 Back in 1996 I was able to drive the terrible road up into the Sweetwater mountains looking at old silver mines that are scattered around in the canyons. The Sweetwaters are all volcanics, and quite colorful and scenic. Interested in seeing the view from the highest point, I took my little 4 wheel drive up a virtually nonexistent road that topped out at the plateau...a beautiful area to see at about 11,000 feet. I was surprised to see several quartz vein occurrences scattered about, completely untouched, so spent the next couple days digging them up. These single crystals are rather unusual, as every other prism face is very narrow and tapers to non existent near the termination, leaving essentially a triangular termination instead of the usual more or less hexagonal terminations. I never could figure out exactly where these singles came from, as they were scattered over a fairly large area. Trigonal quartz habit I think. Three dominant faces giving a triangular look when looked at vertically. Several photos of these below. |
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JC13687. Back side...an attached quartz crystal has broken off. |
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JC13688. Quartz. Sweetwater mountains plateau, Patterson district, Sweetwater mountains (Sweetwater Range), Mono county, California. 7.3 cm tall. 52g. $10.00 Back in 1996 I was able to drive the terrible road up into the Sweetwater mountains looking at old silver mines that are scattered around in the canyons. The Sweetwaters are all volcanics, and quite colorful and scenic. Interested in seeing the view from the highest point, I took my little 4 wheel drive up a virtually nonexistent road that topped out at the plateau...a beautiful area to see at approximately 11,000 feet. I was surprised to see several quartz vein occurrences scattered about, completely untouched, so spent the next couple days digging them up. These single crystals are rather unusual, as every other prism face is very narrow and tapers to non existent near the termination, leaving essentially a triangular termination instead of the usual more or less hexagonal terminations. I never could figure out exactly where these singles came from, as they were scattered over a fairly large area. Trigonal quartz habit I think. Three dominant faces giving a triangular look when looked at vertically. Several photos of these below. |
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JC13688. Another view. |
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JC13689. Quartz. Sweetwater mountains plateau, Patterson district, Sweetwater mountains (Sweetwater Range), Mono county, California. 7.3 cm tall. 52g. $10.00 Back in 1996 I was able to drive the terrible road up into the Sweetwater mountains looking at old silver mines that are scattered around in the canyons. The Sweetwaters are all volcanics, and quite colorful and scenic. Interested in seeing the view from the highest point, I took my little 4 wheel drive up a virtually nonexistent road that topped out at the plateau...a beautiful area to see at approximately 11,000 feet. I was surprised to see several quartz vein occurrences scattered about, completely untouched, so spent the next couple days digging them up. These single crystals are rather unusual, as every other prism face is very narrow and tapers to non existent near the termination, leaving essentially a triangular termination instead of the usual more or less hexagonal terminations. I never could figure out exactly where these singles came from, as they were scattered over a fairly large area. Trigonal quartz habit I think. Three dominant faces giving a triangular look when looked at vertically. I took a series of photos of the typical terminations on these single crystals. Several photos of these below. |
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JC13689. All these single crystals have the same type of termination. |
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JC13689. All these single crystals have the same type of termination. |
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JC13689. All these single crystals have the same type of termination. |
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JC13689. All these single crystals have the same type of termination. |
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JC13689. All these single crystals have the same type of termination. |
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JC13689. All these single crystals have the same type of termination. |
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JC13690. Quartz. Sweetwater mountains plateau, Patterson district, Sweetwater mountains (Sweetwater Range), Mono county, California. 9 cm tall. 57g. $12.00 Back in 1996 I was able to drive the terrible road up into the Sweetwater mountains looking at old silver mines that are scattered around in the canyons. The Sweetwaters are all volcanics, and quite colorful and scenic. Interested in seeing the view from the highest point, I took my little 4 wheel drive up a virtually nonexistent road that topped out at the plateau...a beautiful area to see at approximately 11,000 feet. I was surprised to see several quartz vein occurrences scattered about, completely untouched, so spent the next couple days digging them up. These single crystals are rather unusual, as every other prism face is very narrow and tapers to non existent near the termination, leaving essentially a triangular termination instead of the usual more or less hexagonal terminations. I never could figure out exactly where these singles came from, as they were scattered over a fairly large area. Trigonal quartz habit I think. Three dominant faces giving a triangular look when looked at vertically. I took a series of photos of the typical terminations on these single crystals. These can be seen above. RESERVED |
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JC13690. Another view. |
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JC13691. Quartz. Sweetwater mountains plateau, Patterson district, Sweetwater mountains (Sweetwater Range), Mono county, California. 6 x 5 x 2.5 cm 50g $15.00 Back in 1996 I was able to drive the terrible road up into the Sweetwater mountains looking at old silver mines that are scattered around in the canyons. The Sweetwaters are all volcanics, and quite colorful and scenic. Interested in seeing the view from the highest point, I took my little 4 wheel drive up a virtually nonexistent road that topped out at the plateau...a beautiful area to see at approximately 11,000 feet. I was surprised to see several quartz vein occurrences scattered about and completely untouched, so spent the next couple days digging them up. These are interesting mineral specimens, if not exactly beautiful. The first generation of quartz resulted in clear, tapered quartz crystals, with uncommon but present squarish looking barite crystals. The 2nd generation of quartz completely replaced the barite crystals, and left a secondary growth of mostly small, somewhat milky to clear small quartz crystals, giving the pieces a cactus like appearance, and the last generation of quartz left patchy, micro crystalline quartz crystals here and there on the 2nd generation quartz crystals, giving a sort of fuzzy look to them. RESERVED |
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JC13691. Close up view of one of the first generation quartz crystals covered with the 2nd generation quartz crystals. |
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JC13692. Quartz. Sweetwater mountains plateau, Patterson district, Sweetwater mountains (Sweetwater Range), Mono county, California. 5.3 cm tall. 23g $10.00 Back in 1996 I was able to drive the terrible road up into the Sweetwater mountains looking at old silver mines that are scattered around in the canyons. The Sweetwaters are all volcanics, and quite colorful and scenic. Interested in seeing the view from the highest point, I took my little 4 wheel drive up a virtually nonexistent road that topped out at the plateau...a beautiful area to see at approximately 11,000 feet. I was surprised to see several quartz vein occurrences scattered about and completely untouched, so spent the next couple days digging them up. These are interesting mineral specimens, if not exactly beautiful. The first generation of quartz resulted in clear, tapered quartz crystals, with uncommon but present squarish looking barite crystals. The 2nd generation of quartz completely replaced the barite crystals, and left a secondary growth of mostly small, somewhat milky to clear small quartz crystals, giving the pieces a cactus like appearance, and the last generation of quartz left patchy, micro crystalline quartz crystals here and there on the 2nd generation quartz crystals, giving a sort of fuzzy look to them. This piece is a first generation quartz crystal completely covered with 2nd generation quartz crystals. RESERVED |
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JC13692. Another view. |
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JC13692. Another view. |
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JC13693. Quartz. Sweetwater mountains plateau, Patterson district, Sweetwater mountains (Sweetwater Range), Mono county, California. 7 cm tall. 15g. $15.00 Back in 1996 I was able to drive the terrible road up into the Sweetwater mountains looking at old silver mines that are scattered around in the canyons. The Sweetwaters are all volcanics, and quite colorful and scenic. Interested in seeing the view from the highest point, I took my little 4 wheel drive up a virtually nonexistent road that topped out at the plateau...a beautiful area to see at approximately 11,000 feet. I was surprised to see several quartz vein occurrences scattered about and completely untouched, so spent the next couple days digging them up. These are interesting mineral specimens, if not exactly beautiful. The first generation of quartz resulted in clear, tapered quartz crystals, with uncommon but present squarish looking barite crystals. The 2nd generation of quartz completely replaced the barite crystals, and left a secondary growth of mostly small, somewhat milky to clear small quartz crystals, giving the pieces a cactus like appearance, and the last generation of quartz left patchy, micro crystalline quartz crystals here and there on the 2nd generation quartz crystals, giving a sort of fuzzy look to them. This piece is a first generation quartz crystal completely covered with 2nd generation quartz crystals. RESERVED |
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JC13693. Another view. |
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JC13694. Quartz, quartz pseudo barite. Sweetwater mountains plateau, Patterson district, Sweetwater mountains (Sweetwater Range), Mono county, California. 4.7 cm tall. 17g. $10.00 Back in 1996 I was able to drive the terrible road up into the Sweetwater mountains looking at old silver mines that are scattered around in the canyons. The Sweetwaters are all volcanics, and quite colorful and scenic. Interested in seeing the view from the highest point, I took my little 4 wheel drive up a virtually nonexistent road that topped out at the plateau...a beautiful area to see at approximately 11,000 feet. I was surprised to see several quartz vein occurrences scattered about and completely untouched, so spent the next couple days digging them up. These are interesting mineral specimens, if not exactly beautiful. The first generation of quartz resulted in clear, tapered quartz crystals, with uncommon but present squarish looking barite crystals. The 2nd generation of quartz completely replaced the barite crystals, and left a secondary growth of mostly small, somewhat milky to clear small quartz crystals, giving the pieces a cactus like appearance, and the last generation of quartz left patchy, micro crystalline quartz crystals here and there on the 2nd generation quartz crystals, giving a sort of fuzzy look to them. This piece is a first generation quartz crystal completely covered with 2nd generation quartz crystals. Also present are two squarish barite crystals, completely replaced by quartz. These can be seen in the mid point of the quartz crystal in this view. RESERVED |
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JC13694. Another view. The replaced square looking barite crystals are obvious in this view. |
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JC13694. Another view. |
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JC13695. Quartz. Sweetwater mountains plateau, Patterson district, Sweetwater mountains (Sweetwater Range), Mono county, California. 6 cm tall x 6 cm 87g. $15.00 The first generation of quartz resulted in clear, tapered quartz crystals, with uncommon but present squarish looking barite crystals. The 2nd generation of quartz completely replaced the barite crystals, and left a secondary growth of mostly small, somewhat milky to clear small quartz crystals, giving the pieces a cactus like appearance, and the last generation of quartz left patchy, micro crystalline quartz crystals here and there on the 2nd generation quartz crystals, giving a sort of fuzzy look to them. This piece is first generation quartz crystals completely covered with 2nd generation quartz crystals. Also present are two squarish barite crystals, completely replaced by quartz. These can be seen in the mid point of the quartz crystal in this view. The larger one has been broken, as seen here. RESERVED |
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JC13695. Another view. |
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JC13696. Quartz. Sweetwater mountains plateau, Patterson district, Sweetwater mountains (Sweetwater Range), Mono county, California. 13 x 11 x 6 cm 834g. $25.00 Back in 1996 I was able to drive the terrible road up into the Sweetwater mountains looking at old silver mines that are scattered around in the canyons. The Sweetwaters are all volcanics, and quite colorful and scenic. Interested in seeing the view from the highest point, I took my little 4 wheel drive up a virtually nonexistent road that topped out at the plateau...a beautiful area to see at approximately 11,000 feet. I was surprised to see several quartz vein occurrences scattered about and completely untouched, so spent the next couple days digging them up. These are interesting mineral specimens, if not exactly beautiful. The first generation of quartz resulted in clear, tapered quartz crystals, with uncommon but present squarish looking barite crystals. The 2nd generation of quartz completely replaced the barite crystals, and left a secondary growth of mostly small, somewhat milky to clear small quartz crystals, giving the pieces a cactus like appearance, and the last generation of quartz left patchy, micro crystalline quartz crystals here and there on the 2nd generation quartz crystals, giving a sort of fuzzy look to them. This piece is first generation quartz crystals completely covered with 2nd generation quartz crystals. Also present are two squarish barite crystals, completely replaced by quartz. RESERVED |
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JC13696. View of upper right quadrant. |
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JC13696. View of the left central part of the piece. |
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JC13696. Close up of the upper right...hard to make out are a couple of replaced barite crystals. |
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JC13697. Quartz. Sweetwater mountains plateau, Patterson district, Sweetwater mountains (Sweetwater Range), Mono county, California. 14 x 6.5 x 6.5 cm 688g $25.00 Back in 1996 I was able to drive the terrible road up into the Sweetwater mountains looking at old silver mines that are scattered around in the canyons. The Sweetwaters are all volcanics, and quite colorful and scenic. Interested in seeing the view from the highest point, I took my little 4 wheel drive up a virtually nonexistent road that topped out at the plateau...a beautiful area to see at approximately 11,000 feet. I was surprised to see several quartz vein occurrences scattered about and completely untouched, so spent the next couple days digging them up. These are interesting mineral specimens, if not exactly beautiful. The first generation of quartz resulted in clear, tapered quartz crystals, with uncommon but present squarish looking barite crystals. The 2nd generation of quartz completely replaced the barite crystals, and left a secondary growth of mostly small, somewhat milky to clear small quartz crystals, giving the pieces a cactus like appearance, and the last generation of quartz left patchy, micro crystalline quartz crystals here and there on the 2nd generation quartz crystals, giving a sort of fuzzy look to them. This piece is first generation quartz crystals completely covered with 2nd generation quartz crystals RESERVED |
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JC13697. Another view. |
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JC13697. Close up view showing four replaced, squarish looking, thin barite crystals. |
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JC13697. Back side. |
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JC13698. Quartz. Sweetwater mountains plateau, Patterson district, Sweetwater mountains (Sweetwater Range), Mono county, California. 14 x 10 x 6 cm 788g $25.00 Back in 1996 I was able to drive the terrible road up into the Sweetwater mountains looking at old silver mines that are scattered around in the canyons. The Sweetwaters are all volcanics, and quite colorful and scenic. Interested in seeing the view from the highest point, I took my little 4 wheel drive up a virtually nonexistent road that topped out at the plateau...a beautiful area to see at approximately 11,000 feet. I was surprised to see several quartz vein occurrences scattered about and completely untouched, so spent the next couple days digging them up. These are interesting mineral specimens, if not exactly beautiful. The first generation of quartz resulted in clear, tapered quartz crystals, with uncommon but present squarish looking barite crystals. The 2nd generation of quartz completely replaced the barite crystals, and left a secondary growth of mostly small, somewhat milky to clear small quartz crystals, giving the pieces a cactus like appearance, and the last generation of quartz left patchy, micro crystalline quartz crystals here and there on the 2nd generation quartz crystals, giving a sort of fuzzy look to them. This piece is first generation quartz crystals completely covered with 2nd generation quartz crystals. RESERVED |
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JC13698. Closer view of central area. One of the first generation quartz crystals on the right center in the photo, has been broken. |
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JC13698. Another view...there is a long, almost horizontal first generation quartz crystal in the center top view, and it is covered with little clear 2nd generation quartz crystals. |
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JC13698. Another view...there is a small, squarish, thin, replaced barite crystal near the top center. |
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JC13699. Quartz. Sweetwater mountains plateau, Patterson district, Sweetwater mountains (Sweetwater Range), Mono county, California. 16 x 11 x 9 cm 1,214g $25.00 Back in 1996 I was able to drive the terrible road up into the Sweetwater mountains looking at old silver mines that are scattered around in the canyons. The Sweetwaters are all volcanics, and quite colorful and scenic. Interested in seeing the view from the highest point, I took my little 4 wheel drive up a virtually nonexistent road that topped out at the plateau...a beautiful area to see at approximately 11,000 feet. I was surprised to see several quartz vein occurrences scattered about and completely untouched, so spent the next couple days digging them up. These are interesting mineral specimens, if not exactly beautiful. The first generation of quartz resulted in clear, tapered quartz crystals, with uncommon but present squarish looking barite crystals. The 2nd generation of quartz completely replaced the barite crystals, and left a secondary growth of mostly small, somewhat milky to clear small quartz crystals, giving the pieces a cactus like appearance, and the last generation of quartz left patchy, micro crystalline quartz crystals here and there on the 2nd generation quartz crystals, giving a sort of fuzzy look to them. This piece is first generation quartz crystals completely covered with 2nd generation quartz crystals RESERVED |
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JC13699. Another view, slightly different angle. |
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JC13699. Closer view of the upper left area in the above photo. |
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JC13699. Closer view of the upper right area. |
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JC13699. Closer view of the bottom center. |
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JC13725. Quartz. Sweetwater mountains plateau, Patterson district, Sweetwater mountains (Sweetwater Range), Mono county, California. 5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm 37g $10.00 Back in 1996 I was able to drive the terrible road up into the Sweetwater mountains looking at old silver mines that are scattered around in the canyons. The Sweetwaters are all volcanics, and quite colorful and scenic. Interested in seeing the view from the highest point, I took my little 4 wheel drive up a virtually nonexistent road that topped out at the plateau...a beautiful area to see at approximately 11,000 feet. I was surprised to see several quartz vein occurrences scattered about and completely untouched, so spent the next couple days digging them up. These are interesting mineral specimens, if not exactly beautiful. The first generation of quartz resulted in clear, tapered quartz crystals. The 2nd generation of quartz left a secondary growth of mostly small, somewhat milky to clear small quartz crystals, giving the pieces a cactus like appearance, and the last generation of quartz left patchy, micro crystalline quartz crystals here and there on the 2nd generation quartz crystals, giving a sort of fuzzy look to them. THESE ABOVE SOLD SO FAST, I HAVE ADDED THESE 4 MORE PIECES. |
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JC13725. Back side. |
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JC13726. Quartz. Sweetwater mountains plateau, Patterson district, Sweetwater mountains (Sweetwater Range), Mono county, California. 4 x 3 cm 9g. $8.00 Back in 1996 I was able to drive the terrible road up into the Sweetwater mountains looking at old silver mines that are scattered around in the canyons. The Sweetwaters are all volcanics, and quite colorful and scenic. Interested in seeing the view from the highest point, I took my little 4 wheel drive up a virtually nonexistent road that topped out at the plateau...a beautiful area to see at approximately 11,000 feet. I was surprised to see several quartz vein occurrences scattered about and completely untouched, so spent the next couple days digging them up. These are interesting mineral specimens, if not exactly beautiful. The first generation of quartz resulted in clear, tapered quartz crystals. The 2nd generation of quartz left a secondary growth of mostly small, somewhat milky to clear small quartz crystals, giving the pieces a cactus like appearance, and the last generation of quartz left patchy, micro crystalline quartz crystals here and there on the 2nd generation quartz crystals, giving a sort of fuzzy look to them. THESE ABOVE SOLD SO FAST, I HAVE ADDED THESE 4 MORE PIECES |
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JC13726. Another view. |
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JC13727. Quartz. Sweetwater mountains plateau, Patterson district, Sweetwater mountains (Sweetwater Range), Mono county, California. 4 x 3 cm 12g $8.00 Back in 1996 I was able to drive the terrible road up into the Sweetwater mountains looking at old silver mines that are scattered around in the canyons. The Sweetwaters are all volcanics, and quite colorful and scenic. Interested in seeing the view from the highest point, I took my little 4 wheel drive up a virtually nonexistent road that topped out at the plateau...a beautiful area to see at approximately 11,000 feet. I was surprised to see several quartz vein occurrences scattered about and completely untouched, so spent the next couple days digging them up. These are interesting mineral specimens, if not exactly beautiful. The first generation of quartz resulted in clear, tapered quartz crystals. The 2nd generation of quartz left a secondary growth of mostly small, somewhat milky to clear small quartz crystals, giving the pieces a cactus like appearance, and the last generation of quartz left patchy, micro crystalline quartz crystals here and there on the 2nd generation quartz crystals, giving a sort of fuzzy look to them. THESE ABOVE SOLD SO FAST, I HAVE ADDED THESE 4 MORE PIECES |
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JC13727. Another view. |
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JC13728. Quartz. Sweetwater mountains plateau, Patterson district, Sweetwater mountains (Sweetwater Range), Mono county, California. 4 x 2.5 cm 10g $8.00 Back in 1996 I was able to drive the terrible road up into the Sweetwater mountains looking at old silver mines that are scattered around in the canyons. The Sweetwaters are all volcanics, and quite colorful and scenic. Interested in seeing the view from the highest point, I took my little 4 wheel drive up a virtually nonexistent road that topped out at the plateau...a beautiful area to see at approximately 11,000 feet. I was surprised to see several quartz vein occurrences scattered about and completely untouched, so spent the next couple days digging them up. These are interesting mineral specimens, if not exactly beautiful. The first generation of quartz resulted in clear, tapered quartz crystals. The 2nd generation of quartz left a secondary growth of mostly small, somewhat milky to clear small quartz crystals, giving the pieces a cactus like appearance, and the last generation of quartz left patchy, micro crystalline quartz crystals here and there on the 2nd generation quartz crystals, giving a sort of fuzzy look to them. THESE ABOVE SOLD SO FAST, I HAVE ADDED THESE 4 MORE PIECES |
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JC13728. Another view. Notice some reverse scepter on the front crystal. |
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JC8918. Clinozoisite. Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad, Peru 6 x 2 x 3 cm 53g $10.00 A one time find, and small occurrence of these beige/honey colored crystals. RESERVED |
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JC8918. Side view, back side |
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JC9152. Pyromorphite. Moulay
Bouazza, Khenifra province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra region, Morocco.
5 x 5.5 cm. 67g. $35.00. Pretty little piece from this
limited find in Morocco; the locality is now cleaned out.
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JC9152. Close up view. |
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JC9234. Hemimorphite. Kimbanga Prospect, M'Fouti, Democratic Republic of the Congo. 7 x 8.5 cm 264g $40.00 Light blue crystals. Quite pretty from this limited find. Nicely priced...a quick search of the internet shows the few available quite a bit more expensive. RESERVED |
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JC9234. Back side with both light blue and colorless hemimorphite crystals. |
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JC9234. Close up. |