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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.     SOLD
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   $500.00   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.    SOLD
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 crystals.
JC13975.  Closer view. 
JC13975.  Closer view. 
JC13975.  Back side. 
JC13976.  Andradite (demantoid).  Green Fire mine, 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.    SOLD
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.     SOLD
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  
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.   SOLD
JC12162Malachite.  Kolwezi  district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo.  4 x 5.5 cm 57g $12.00.    Green, acicular crystals.  SOLD
JC12163.  Malachite.  Kolwezi  district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo.  4 x 4 cm 35g  $8.00  SOLD
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.    SOLD
JC12181Apatite.  Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal.   2 x 3.3 cm 6g  $10.00.   A group of bright, very pale greenish apatite crystals.     SOLD
JC12182Apatite.  Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal.   3.3 x 4 cm 27g  $15.00.   A group of white, lustrous apatite crystals.      SOLD
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. 
JC4014.  Quartz (amethyst)    Piedra Parada, Tatatila Municipality, Veracruz, Mexico   4 x 5 x 7.5 cm 93g   $125.00.   An older piece from my personal collection,  (JAC1587), with a bit darker color than most currently offered.   Purchased in 2007.  
JC4014.   Another view. 
JC4014.   Another view.
JC4014.   Another view.
JC4014.   Another view. I was a little concerned about the quartz sturdiness on the matrix, with a thin crack visible here,, so I put a couple of drops of super glue in the crack.   Specimen is not repaired...just a bit reinforced.    
JC8628.  Adamiite.  Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.    7 x 5.5 cm 186g  $25.00.   Three fan like clusters of pale yellow color.   
JC8628.   Close up of top area.  
c JC13957.  Galena, sphalerite, pyrite Huanzala mine, Huallanca district, Dos de Mayo province, Huanuco department, Peru.    10 x 6 x 2.5 cm 450g   $48.00.    Bright modified galena cubes partially covered with micro crystals of black sphalerite.   Sparkly.   
JC13957.   Another view.  
JC13957.   Closer view.  
JC13971.  Hemimorphite on rosasite.   Yanga Koubenza, Mfouati, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo.  5.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm 70g  $150.00.   Bright hemimorphite on bluish rosasite for nice contrast.  
JC13971.  Close up of top area. 
JC13971.  Close up of central area.  
JC13251.   Rhodochrosite.  Uchucchacua mine, Oyon dist., Oyon prov., Lima dept., Peru.  5.5 x 7 x 2.5 cm 218g  $190.00.   Shallow vug filled with numerous pink crystals, slightly modified scalenohedrons.   
JC13251.  Another view.  
JC13251.  Another view.  
JC13251.   Close up.  
JC12755.   Rhodonite.  Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil.  6 x 5 x 1.5 cm 92g  $35.00  Bright hot pink/magenta/sort of reddish.  Best described as a mass of cleavages, although there are no discrete crystals.  Bright luster on the cleavage faces.   Pretty.
JC12755.   Slightly different angle. 
JC13299.  Rhodochrosite.  Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdan municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico.  10.2 x 7.8 x 5.2 cm 720g   $450.00   An older piece that came out a number of years ago, 1990's.   Of interest is a spray of  goethite on the right side in these photos.   Light pink crystals filling a vug in massive ore.   Sawn base.   Camera had trouble getting the color just right...they are more pink than shown here.  Close up below is more accurate for color.  
JC13299.   Another view.
JC13299.   Close up.
JC13299.   Close up of the goethite spray.  
JC12759.   Azurite.  Sierra Rica, Manuel Benavides Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico.   6.5 x 3 x 4.5 cm  96g.  $45.00.   Brilliant, dark blue crystals with a bit of associated quartz, and white specks of what appears to be cerussite.    Older piece, I traded for quartz crystals at Re-peat Rock Shop, in Auburn, California in December 1970.  Piece was collected prior to that, but I don't know by how much. Crowley collection #61.  
JC12759.   Close up.
JC12024.   Bournonite.  Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China.  3 x 3.8 cm 68g   $75.00   A squarish crystal trying to be doubly terminated and not quite making it. 
JC12024.   Another view.
JC12024.   Another view.
JC12024.   Another view.
JC12024.   Another view.
JC12024.   Another view.
JC12024.   Another view.
JC11764. Ferberite, pyrite.   Tae Hwa Mine, Neungam-ri, Angseong-myeon, Chungju City, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea.  2 x 3.5 cm   28g.  $30.00    An excellent specimen of sharp, chevron-shaped ferberite blades from the classic Korean locality.  A little group of cubic pyrite at the base adds a little pizzazz to the piece.  Terminations are mostly complete.   
JC11764.   Another view. 
JC12502.   Ruby, fuchsite.  Mysore District, Karnataka, India.   3.5 x 4.3 cm 33g   $20.00
JC11711.  Ruby.  Mysore District, Karnataka, India.  3.5 x 3.5 cm 28g.   $20.00.   Ruby slice about 1 cm thick, with green chlorite? on the back.     
JC11893.   Barite.  Washington county, Missouri. 6.5 x 7.5 cm 293g  $18.00.   Label says “Russet crested, Platte River, MO.” No such location as Russet or Russet crested.  There are numerous old barite mines in Washington county, so this is probably a locality known to the locals.
JC11893.   Another view. 
JC13929.   Vanadinite.  Puzzler Mine, Adams Mine group (Adams claims), Castle Dome  District, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona.  11.5 x 6 x 6 cm 399g  $110.00   There is one area near the center where the vanadinites were apparently knocked loose.  Easily visible in the photos.  
JC13929.   Close up of lower part of specimen.
JC13929.  Close up of upper part of specimen. 
JC11805.  Malachite (polished)  L'Etoile du Congo Mine (Star of the Congo Mine; Kalukuluku Mine), Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo.   3.5 x 5 cm 153g  $18.00  
JC11805.  Another view.
JC11805.  Another view.
JC11870.  Hydroxlherderite?  Minas Gerais, Brazil.   3 x 6 cm 31g   $20.00  Terminated crystal.    Another one from the collection I purchased a few years ago, with no label.  Crystals are on a very sparkly matrix of an unknown mineral, to me at least. 
JC11870.  Another view.  
JC11870.  Another view.  
JC11870.  Another view.  
JC11870.  Another view.  
JC11870.  Another view.  
JC11903.  Topaz.   Fazenda Concórdia pegmatite (Mimoso do Sul Mine), Mimoso do Sul, Espírito Santo, Brazil.  5 x 6.5 cm 172g $125.00    A rather modified topaz crystal, complete and doubly terminated.  It has crevices and small holes that have clay down in them.    I hit it with a water gun, and had minor results.  The clay is really down in there.   Interesting piece with all the modifications.  Bright luster for the most part.  I photographed it from all angles.    
JC11903.   Another view.  
JC11903.   Another view. 
JC11903.   Another view. 
JC11903.   Another view. 
JC11903.   Another view. 
JC11903.   Another view. 
JC11903.   Another view. 
JC11903.   Another view. 
JC11903.   Another view. 

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