New Arrivals Page 4
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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 |
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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. |
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BR205. Another view. |
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BR205. Another view. |
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BR205. Another view. |
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BR205. Another view. |
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BR205. Another view. |
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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. |
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BR306. Closer view of the smithsonite. |
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BR306. Back side, mostly hemimorphite. |
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BR306. Close up of hemimorphite |
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BR306. Close up of hemimorphite |
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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. |
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BR385. Slightly different angle. |
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BR385. Back side. |
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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. |
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BR439. Another view. |
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BR439. Another view. |
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BR439. Another view. |
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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 |
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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. |
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JC13975. Closer view. |
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JC13975. Closer view. |
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JC13975. Back side. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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JC13980. Closer view. |
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JC13980. Closer view...tiny pale yellow mimetite crystals can be seen here, sitting on the smithsonite. |
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JC13980. Back side. |
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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. |
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JC13144. Another view. |
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JC13144. Another view. |
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JC13144. Another view. |
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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. |
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JC11566. Another view. |
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JC11566. Another view. |
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JC11566. Another view. |
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JC11542. Tantalite. Minas Gerais, Brazil. A small 2 cm partial crystal. 28g. $10.00 |
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JC11542. Side view. |
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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. |
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JC11965. Another view. |
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JC11965. Closer view. |
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JC12002. Wulfenite. Maoniuping Mine, Mianning County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China . $28.00 5 x 5 cm 109g. Small, honey color crystals coating the matrix. |
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JC12002. Closer view. |
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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 |
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JC12162. Malachite. Kolwezi district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo. 4 x 5.5 cm 57g $12.00. Green, acicular crystals. SOLD |
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JC12163. Malachite. Kolwezi district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo. 4 x 4 cm 35g $8.00 SOLD |
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JC12180. Arsenopyrite. 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 |
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JC12181. Apatite. Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal. 2 x 3.3 cm 6g $10.00. A group of bright, very pale greenish apatite crystals. SOLD |
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JC12182. Apatite. Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal. 3.3 x 4 cm 27g $15.00. A group of white, lustrous apatite crystals. SOLD |
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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. |
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JC12184. Another view. |
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JC12184. Two of the tiny apatite crystals are seen in this photo. |
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JC12184. Two of the tiny apatite crystals are seen in this photo. |
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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. |
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JC4014. Another view. |
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JC4014. Another view. |
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JC4014. Another view. |
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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. |
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JC8628. Adamiite. Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. 7 x 5.5 cm 186g $25.00. Three fan like clusters of pale yellow color. |
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JC8628. Close up of top area. |
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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. |
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JC13957. Another view. |
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JC13957. Closer view. |
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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. |
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JC13971. Close up of top area. |
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JC13971. Close up of central area. |
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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. |
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JC13251. Another view. |
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JC13251. Another view. |
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JC13251. Close up. |
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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. |
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JC12755. Slightly different angle. |
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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. |
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JC13299. Another view. |
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JC13299. Close up. |
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JC13299. Close up of the goethite spray. |
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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. |
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JC12759. Close up. |
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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. |
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JC12024. Another view. |
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JC12024. Another view. |
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JC12024. Another view. |
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JC12024. Another view. |
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JC12024. Another view. |
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JC12024. Another view. |
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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. |
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JC11764. Another view. |
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JC12502. Ruby, fuchsite. Mysore District, Karnataka, India. 3.5 x 4.3 cm 33g $20.00 |
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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. |
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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. |
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JC11893. Another view. |
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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. |
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JC13929. Close up of lower part of specimen. |
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JC13929. Close up of upper part of specimen. |
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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 |
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JC11805. Another view. |
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JC11805. Another view. |
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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. |
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JC11870. Another view. |
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JC11870. Another view. |
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JC11870. Another view. |
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JC11870. Another view. |
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JC11870. Another view. |
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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. |
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JC11903. Another view. |
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JC11903. Another view. |
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JC11903. Another view. |
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JC11903. Another view. |
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JC11903. Another view. |
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JC11903. Another view. |
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JC11903. Another view. |
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JC11903. Another view. |
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JC11903. Another view. |