New Arrivals Page 4
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JC10465. Vanadinite. Apex mine, San Carlos, Manuel Benavides Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico 8 x 10 cm 390g $220.00 Orange crystals interspersed with calcite rhombs, and some smaller sort of brownish more vermicular crystals here and there...maybe from an earlier generation of crystals? From the somewhat recent finds around 2019. The zone has been worked out, and no more are supposedly going to be coming out. |
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JC10465. Left end, closer view. |
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JC10465. Right side, closer view. |
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JC13465. Pyromorphite. Little Giant mine, nr. Mullan, Coeur d’Alene district, Shoshone co., Idaho. 8.2 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm 190g $175.00 This one has been around a while...collected in the 1960's? Ex. George Loud; Bart Bowles; Ned Blanford collections. RESERVED |
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JC13465. Closer view, left side. |
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JC13469. Azurite. El Cobre mine, Concepción del Oro, Concepción del Oro Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico. 6 x 6 x 2.5 cm 203g $150.00 Sparkling translucent blue crystals of azurite scattered throughout the front of this goethite matrix. Classic material for this old locality. These were collected back in the 1960's. Brilliant blue, gemmy crystals scattered around in small vug like openings. From an old collection. |
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JC13469. Closer view. |
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JC13470. Azurite. El Cobre mine, Concepción del Oro, Concepción del Oro Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico. 10 x 6 x 7 cm 464g $180.00 Sparkling translucent blue crystals of azurite scattered throughout the front of this goethite matrix. Classic material for this old locality. These were collected back in the 1960's. Brilliant blue, gemmy crystals scattered around in small vug like openings. From an old collection. |
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JC13470. Closer view. |
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JC13470. Back side. |
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JC13471. Azurite. El Cobre mine, Concepción del Oro, Concepción del Oro Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico. 9 x 7 x 3.5 cm 362g $180.00. Sparkling translucent blue crystals of azurite scattered throughout the front of this goethite matrix. Classic material for this old locality. These were collected back in the 1960's. Brilliant blue, gemmy crystals scattered around in small vug like openings. From an old collection. |
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JC13471. Closer view. |
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JC13471. Back side. |
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JC13472. Vanadinite, calcite. Apex mine, San Carlos, Manuel Benavides Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico. 8.5 x 8.5 x 5.5 cm 602g $220.00. Orange crystals interspersed with white calcite rhombs. From the somewhat recent finds around 2019. The zone has been worked out, and no more are supposedly going to be coming out. As the camera "sees" things somewhat differently than the human eye, I photographed some of these specimens with both black back grounds, and lighter colored backgrounds. RESERVED |
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JC13472. View with beige back ground. |
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JC13472. View with light gray back ground. |
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JC13472. View with white back ground. |
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JC13473. Vanadinite, calcite. Apex mine, San Carlos, Manuel Benavides Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico. 7.5 x 5 x 2 cm 157g $150.00. Orange crystals interspersed with white calcite rhombs. From the somewhat recent finds around 2019. The zone has been worked out, and no more are supposedly going to be coming outAs the camera "sees" things somewhat differently than the human eye, I photographed some of these specimens with both black back grounds, and lighter colored backgrounds. RESERVED |
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JC13473. Another view. |
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JC13473. View with white back ground. |
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JC13473. View with white back ground. |
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JC13473. Closer view. |
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JC13474. Prehnite, epidote. Kayes region, Mali. 12 x 8 x 3 cm 282g $40.00 Back side is coated with mostly poorly formed epidote crystals. |
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JC13474. Another view. |
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JC13475. Adamite (cuprian). Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. 12.5 x 6.5 x 2 cm 192g $95.00. Light green, sparkly crystals. Crystals are an odd light green, with bluish undertones. Bit different from what I have usually seen from Ojuela. RESERVED |
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JC13475. Closer view. |
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JC13476. Hemimorphite. Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. 11.5 x 8.5 x 5 cm 548g $55.00 White, translucent to near transparent, bright luster crystals. Displays well. Sawn back. |
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JC13476. Closer view. |
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JC13476. Close up view. |
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JC13477. Austinite (cuprian). Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. 7 x 4 x 3.5 cm 100g $30.00 Crystals are a bit more of a grayish green...camera made them slightly to bright of a green. As the camera "sees" things somewhat differently than the human eye, I photographed some of these specimens with both black back grounds, and lighter colored backgrounds. RESERVED |
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JC13477. With the black back ground, the color here is closer to the actual color. |
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JC13477. Another view. |
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JC13478. Austinite (cuprian). Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. 5 x 5 x 2.5 cm 50g $25.00. Specimen is actually a slightly bit lighter than the photo would indicate. Cute piece. RESERVED |
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JC13478. Another view. |
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JC13478. Closer view. |
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JC13479. Austinite (cuprian). Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. 6 x 5 x 4 cm 127g $35.00. Sort of frosty green color. As the camera "sees" things somewhat differently than the human eye, I photographed some of these specimens with both black back grounds, and lighter colored backgrounds. RESERVED |
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JC13479. View with white back ground. True color is closer in the upper photo. |
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JC13479. Another view. |
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JC13481. Amethyst (grape). Mamuju Regency, West Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. 12 x 7 x 6 cm 403g $175.00 Front side. View, with black background. Color is more accurate here. There were quite a bit of these at Tucson, but 99% did not have any luster to the little botryoids. This one has a nice sparkle to them. As the camera "sees" things somewhat differently than the human eye, I photographed some of these specimens with both black back grounds, and lighter colored backgrounds. |
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JC13481. Front side. Color is a bit lighter, more like the photo with the black background. Front side is nice and three dimensional with little groups poking out from the main matrix. |
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JC13481. Close up. The crystals are a bit more purple in reality, and less of the pink undertones as seen here. The white spots are sparkles. |
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JC13481. Back side. |
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JC13482. Chalcopyrite, siderite. Kaiwu Mine, Hezhang Co., Bijie, Guizhou, China. 11 x 7 x 3 cm 386g $175.00 Bright golden crystals, a bit more golden than this photo would indicate, with sort of beige/honey colored siderite. As the camera "sees" things somewhat differently than the human eye, I photographed some of these specimens with both black back grounds, and lighter colored backgrounds. RESERVED |
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JC13482. Slightly different angle. |
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JC13482. Closer view with black back ground. |
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JC13482. With light color background. |
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JC13482. Close up. Crystals are a bit more golden than the photo would indicate. |
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JC13482. Close up. Crystals are a bit more golden than the photo would indicate. |
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JC13483. Stibnite. Wuning Mine (Qingjiang Mine), Qingjiang, Wuning Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China. 4 x 7.5 cm 50g $80.00 Brilliant silvery blue crystals in an odd parallel arrangement...quite different from what I usually see, and displays very well...quite eye catching. As the camera "sees" things somewhat differently than the human eye, I photographed some of these specimens with both black back grounds, and lighter colored backgrounds. RESERVED |
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JC13483. Slightly different angle. |
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JC13483. With a white back ground. |
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JC11722. Calcite. Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico. 8 x 12 cm 664g. $95.00. Dominating this piece is a slightly hematite colored dog tooth crystal on the right side, it really sets off the piece, there is just enough of the hematite color to give the crystal a pinkish look. Smaller crystals are obvious on the rest of the piece. The dog tooth crystal is modified on the back. |
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JC11722. Back side. |
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JC11722. View with the main crystal pointed down. |
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JC11724. Vanadinite. Puzzler Mine, Adams Mine group, Castle Dome District, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona. 6.5 x 7.5 cm 101g. $30.00 Face coated with small typical crystals from the Puzzler. |
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JC11724. Closer view. |
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JC11725. Zircon. Mud Tank Zircon Field, Alcoota Station, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia. 4 x 6 cm 226g. $75.00. Large for the locality, these are rarely found complete in pieces of this size. |
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JC11725. Another view. |
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JC11725. Another view. |
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JC11725. Another view. |
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JC11740. Hubnerite. Brandberg West Mine, Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia OR Krantzberg tungsten mine north-east of the Erongo Mountains and the Brandberg Mountains, Namibia. 4 x 6.5 cm 346g $75.00 A partial crystal. The back side is cleaved off. Label just says Namibia, so making a guess here as to the location. A whopper of a crystal for Namibia. RESERVED |
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JC11740. Another view. |
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JC11741. Hematite. Payún Matrú volcano, Altiplano de Payún Matrú, Agua Escondida District, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina. 3.5 x 9 cm 103g. $300.00. The photos do not do this one credit. It is actually quite sparkly, with a near black color. The area is closed to all collecting, and no more of these are coming out. This is a good one. It actually looks a little longer in person. |
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JC11741. Another view. |
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JC11741. Another view. |
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JC11741. Another view. |
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JC11741. Another view. |
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JC11741. Another view. |
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JC11741. Another view. |
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JC11741. Another view. |