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	JC3751.  Adamite, calcite.  Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.  3.2 x 5 cm.  43g.  $20.00.  Two radiating spheres of adamite are capped by reddish, hematite included calcite crystals.  A little different from the usual adamite.
	JC4004.  Adamite.  Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.  6.5 x 11.5 cm  305g.  $70.00.   Yellow green crystals.  From the finds of the 1970's.
	JC4005.   Adamite.  Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.  7.5 x 9 cm  355g.  $70.00   Light yellow crystals.  Two views shown.  Displays well either on its side, or standing on end, as in the below shot.  The crystals are clear, gemmy, and a light yellow that was very hard to capture in the photos.  From the finds of the 1970's.
	JC4005.  Another view
	JC4007 Adamite (cobaltoan).  Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.  4 x 6 cm.  136g.  $40.00.   Pretty light purple crystals grading into slightly yellowish crystals.  I took this shot in tungsten light, the photo below it was shot in daylight.   From the finds of the 1970's.
	JC4007.  Adamite (cobaltoan)
	JC4008 Adamite.  Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.  10 x 12 cm  359g.  $75.00   Yellow green crystals.  From the finds of the 1970's.
	JC4021 Adamite (cobaltoan).  Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.  4 x 4.8 cm 64g.  $25.00  Up to 1.5 cm lavender crystals.  From the finds of the 1970's.
	JC4022 Adamite.  Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico  4.5 x 6 cm  63g.  $35.00.  Light yellow green gemmy, brilliant crystals.  From the finds of the 1970's.
	JC4023 Adamite.  Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.  6 x 7.5 cm  117g.  $50.00.   Light yellow green crystals.  From the finds of the 1970's.
	JC4024.  Adamite (cuprian), calcite.  Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. 6 x 9.5 cm.  316g.     From the finds of the 1970's.  Sold
	JC4025.   Adamite, calcite.  Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.  7 x 10 cm.  243g.    Botryoidal yellow green adamite partly coated by calcite.  Two photos from different angles.  Looks good displayed from either way.   From the finds of the 1970's.  Sold
	JC4037 Adamite.  Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.  4.5 x 8 cm  237g.  $35.  Bi-color crystals, purple on one side and white on the other.  I think this one is pretty recently found.
	JC4037.  Close up of left end.
	JC4054.   Adamite.  Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.  8 cm x 8 cm  211g.  $125.00.   From the finds of the 1970's.  Bright, light yellow small cog-wheel sprays of adamite.   Two views are shown.
	JC4054.
	JC4054.  Close up.
	JC3777.  Almandine.  Madagascar.  2.5 cm x 3.2 cm.  20g.  Approximately 8mm crystal in quartz.   Sold
	JC3975.   Andradite.  Arrondissement Diakon, Cercle de Bafoulabe, Keyes Region, Mali. 5.5 x 7 cm   264g.  $50.00   The color is a dark brown, with just a hint of green.  Very hard to get the exact color in the photo, but this is close.  Complex single crystal with smaller satellite crystals.
	JC3975.  Another view.
	JC3975  Backside of specimen.
	JC3878.  Andradite.  Arrondissement Diakon, Cercle de Bafoulabe, Kayes region, Mali.  5.5 cm x 6.5 cm  201g.      $100. 00    2 cm crystals.  Two views are shown.
	JC3878.  Another view.
	JC3690.  Arsenopyrite, siderite, quartz.  Nandan, Guanxi prov., China.  7.7 cm tall x 6.5 cm wide x 5 cm thick.  $175.00  These are quite uncommon from Nandan, and different from other arsenopyrite from China with the contrasting siderite.  A superior arsenopyrite.
	JC3678.  Arsenopyrite, quartz.  Yaoganxian mine, Yizhang County, Chenzhou prefecture, China.  5 cm x 7.5 cm tall.  271g. $75.00   An unusual complexly crystallized specimen, with the arsenopyrite in a stepped pattern of growth.  The piece is complimented by a quartz crystal growing out of the side of the arsenopyrite termination.  Displays quite well with excellent silvery metallic luster.
	JC3284.  Arsenopyrite, quartz, sphalerite.  Pucarrajo mine, Huallanca dist., Bolognesi province, Ancash department, Peru.  2" x 2 1/2" x 4"   306g.  $60.00.  Brilliant, silvery crystals.  Both sides display well.  The back side has more quartz, and has a brilliant black sphalerite on it. Very good Peruvian arsenopyrite.   Nice display specimen.   Better in person.
	JC3284.  Reverse side.
	JC3999.  Azurite, malachite.  Aouli mine, Haute Moulouya, Khenifra prov., Meknew-Tafilalet region, Morocco.  7 x 10 cm  411g.  $35.00.  Brilliant, sparkly, dark blue crystals coating matrix.  The malachite is a distinct green...more green than shown in the photo.  Sold
	JC4000.  Azurite, malachite.   Aouli mine, Haute Moulouya, Khenifra prov., Meknew-Tafilalet region, Morocco.  6 x 9 cm  330g.  $30.00.  Brilliant, sparkly, dark blue crystals coating matrix, with a fan of grass green malachite on the bottom and a bit on top.  Sold
	JC4028.  Azurite.  Aouli mine, Haute Moulouya, Khenifra prov., Meknew-Tafilalet region, Morocco.  8 x 11 cm   402g.  $40.00.  Brilliant blue, sparkly, drusy crystals coating matrix.  Better in person, with lots of sparkle.
	JC566.  Azurite, malachite pseudo after azurite.  Puit IX (Shaft 9), Zelidja mine, Touissit dist., Oujda-Angad prov., Oriental Region, Morocco.  2.5 x 5 cm.  33g   $50.00.  Pretty sparkling dark blue translucent crystals.  Some of the azurite is pseudomorphing to malachite.
	JC566.  A closer view of the top end of the specimen.
	JC565.  Azurite.  Touissit, Morocco.  3.2 cm x 3.2 cm.  41g.  $40.00.  A small miniature of deep blue, gemmy, bladed crystals.
	JC565.  Another view.
	JC3745.  Azurite, malachite after cuprite.  Copper Queen mine, Bisbee, Arizona.  3.7 cm x 7.6 cm.  88g.  $225.00.   Ex. National Museum with labels.  Dark blue bladed crystals with tiny green malachite specks scattered around.  Very typical of Bisbee.  The malachite appears to be pseudomorphous after cuprite.  Looks better in person.  Azurite is tough to photograph.
	JC3745.  Another view.
	JC3658.  Azurite.  Liu Feng Shan mine, Anhui prov., China.  4.6 cm x 12.8 cm.  $100.00   Brilliant blue, somewhat bladed crystals with a bit of secondary brilliant blue azurite on top of them.  Very pretty specimen.
	JC576.  Azurite  Touissit, Morocco.  5 cm. x 5 cm.  87g.  $40.00.  Brilliant luster, blue black azurite filling a vug in massive dark gray chalcocite matrix.  The matrix is slightly darker than in this photo.  No damage that I can see except on the edges of the vug where it was removed.
	JC579.  Azurite.  Touissit, Morocco.  3.8 cm x 6.3 cm.  84g.  $35.00.  Deep, almost blue black crystals on dolomite.  There is a naturally etched area in the center left of the specimen, and some of the peripheral azurite crystals are broken, which is most obvious on the lower left of the specimen.
	JC582.  Azurite.  Touissit, Morocco.  2.5 cm x 5.7 cm.  77g.    $50.00.  Brilliant blue-black crystals.  Some of the crystals on the edge are beginning to alter to malachite.
	JC612.  Azurite.  Touissit, Morocco.  4.5 cm x 6.4 cm.  145g.  $75.00.  Brilliant blue-black crystals, not quite as blue as shown here.  The crystals on the upper right are bladed and are a centimeter long by a centimeter wide.  There is a minor ding on one of them.  The brown area in the center is where the opposite wall of the vug was in contact with the crystals.  It is a duller brownish gray and less obvious in "real life" so to speak.
	JC612.  Azurite.  Touissit, Morocco.  Another view.
	JC3661.  Azurite.   Liufengshan mine, Lishan, Chizhou, Anhui prov., China.  3.8 cm x 5 cm.  106g.  $30.00.   Brilliant, neon blue to a more royal blue, bladed to botryoidal crystals.
	JC3662.  Azurite.   Liufengshan mine, Lishan, Chizhou, Anhui prov., China.  3.3 cm x 5.7 cm.  64g.  $30.00 Brilliant, neon blue bladed to botryoidal crystals.
	JC664A.  Azurite, siderite?  Touissit, nr. Oujda, Morocco.  1 3/4" x 2 1/2"  137g.  $75.00.  Dark royal blue, gemmy, and sparkly crystals with small patches of what appears to be a reddish brown siderite on the azurite in places.
	JC664A.  Another view
	JC3276.  Azurite, malachite.  Bisbee, Warren dist., Cochise Co., Arizona.  2 1/4" x 4"  119g.  $225.00.   A relatively thin shard of limonitic matrix coated on both sides with bladed dark blue azurite and dull green malachite.
	JC3276.  Another view
	JC3276.  Close up of the top of the specimen.
	JC754.  Azurite.  Touissit, Touissit dist., Oujda, Morocco.  1 1/4" x 1 3/4"  32g.   $150.00.   A group of bright, sparkly blue crystals.  Very pretty when in a display, lots of sparkle.  Very hard to catch the true beauty with a photo...much better in person.
	JC754.  Another view
	JC754.  Another view
	JC754.  Another view