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 Minerals Beginning with "R"

	JC8963.  Rhodizite.  Ampasogona pegmatite, Tetezantsio-Andoabatokely pegmatite field, Andrembesoa commune, Betafo district, Vakinankaratra region, Antananarivo province, Madagascar.  4.5 x 4.5 cm  92g.  $75.00.  A 16mm crystal, one corner is dinged.
	JC8963.  Another view.
	JC8963.  Another view.
	JC8964.    Rhodizite, rubellite.  Ampasogona pegmatite, Tetezantsio-Andoabatokely pegmatite field, Andrembesoa commune, Betafo district, Vakinankaratra region, Antananarivo province, Madagascar.  3.3 x 4.3 cm  58g.  $50.00.   A 1 cm crystal with associated rubellite.
	JC8964.  Another view.
	JC8965.    Rhodizite.  Ampasogona pegmatite, Tetezantsio-Andoabatokely pegmatite field, Andrembesoa commune, Betafo district, Vakinankaratra region, Antananarivo province, Madagascar.  3 x 4.5 cm  41g.  $50.00.   A 1 cm crystal.
	JC8965.  Another view.
	JC8966.    Rhodizite, rubellite.  Ampasogona pegmatite, Tetezantsio-Andoabatokely pegmatite field, Andrembesoa commune, Betafo district, Vakinankaratra region, Antananarivo province, Madagascar.  3 x 3.7 cm  38g.  $45.00.   A 1 cm crystal, with associated rubellite.
	JC8966.  Another view.
	JC8966.  Another view.
	JC8967.    Rhodizite, rubellite.  Ampasogona pegmatite, Tetezantsio-Andoabatokely pegmatite field, Andrembesoa commune, Betafo district, Vakinankaratra region, Antananarivo province, Madagascar.  2.5 x 3.7 cm   36g.  $45.00.  A 1 cm crystal with associated rubellite.
	JC8967.  Another view.
	JC8967.  Another view.
	JC8968.    Rhodizite.  Ampasogona pegmatite, Tetezantsio-Andoabatokely pegmatite field, Andrembesoa commune, Betafo district, Vakinankaratra region, Antananarivo province, Madagascar.  2.7 x 3.2 cm  33g.  $45.00.  A 1 cm crystal embedded in feldspar, quartz and ?
	JC8968.  Another view.
	JC8968.  Another view.
	JC8969.    Rhodizite, rubellite.  Ampasogona pegmatite, Tetezantsio-Andoabatokely pegmatite field, Andrembesoa commune, Betafo district, Vakinankaratra region, Antananarivo province, Madagascar.  2.7 x 4 cm  90g.  $45.00    A 7mm crystal
	JC8969.  Another view.
	JC8969.  Another view.
	JC8970.    Rhodizite.  Ampasogona pegmatite, Tetezantsio-Andoabatokely pegmatite field, Andrembesoa commune, Betafo district, Vakinankaratra region, Antananarivo province, Madagascar.  3.2 x 5.5 cm  69g.  $60.00.  A 13mm compound crystal group.
	JC8970.  Another view.
	JC8970.  Another view.
	JC8971.    Rhodizite.  Ampasogona pegmatite, Tetezantsio-Andoabatokely pegmatite field, Andrembesoa commune, Betafo district, Vakinankaratra region, Antananarivo province, Madagascar.  3 x 4 cm  33g.  $50.00.   A 1 cm crystal
	JC8971.  Another view.
	JC8971.  Another view.
	JC8972.    Rhodizite, rubellite.  Ampasogona pegmatite, Tetezantsio-Andoabatokely pegmatite field, Andrembesoa commune, Betafo district, Vakinankaratra region, Antananarivo province, Madagascar.  2.5 x 2.5 cm 19g.  $40.00.   Thumbnail.  A 12mm crystal with associated rubellite.
	JC8972.  Another view.
	JC8972.  Another view.
	JC8973.    Rhodizite, rubellite.  Ampasogona pegmatite, Tetezantsio-Andoabatokely pegmatite field, Andrembesoa commune, Betafo district, Vakinankaratra region, Antananarivo province, Madagascar.  3 x 3 cm  22g.  $45.00.   A 1 cm crystal.
	JC8973.  Another view.
	JC8973.  Another view.
	JC8974.    Rhodizite.  Ampasogona pegmatite, Tetezantsio-Andoabatokely pegmatite field, Andrembesoa commune, Betafo district, Vakinankaratra region, Antananarivo province, Madagascar.  2 x 3.4 cm  19g.  $35.00   A 6mm crystal and two smaller crystals.
	JC8974.  Another view.
	JC8974.  Another view.
	JC9325.  Rhodochrosite.  Wessels mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape province, South Africa.   5 x 8.5 cm.  66g.  $69.00.  Drusy, sparkly, pink crystals.  They appear to be coating an earlier generation of another mineral (dolomite?).    Pretty.
	JC9325.  Close up view.
	JC9325.  Close up view.
	JC9017.  Rhodochrosite.  N'Chwaning I mine, Northern Cape province, South Africa.  5.5 x 5.5 cm  137g.  $90.00   Bright pink, sparkly crystals.  A two toned specimen with slightly darker pink on the left side in this view.
	JC9017.   Another view.
	JC8660.  Rhodochrosite.  N'Chwaning II mine, Northern Cape province, South Africa.  5 x 7 cm  123g.  $75.00.   Cotton candy pink bladed crystals.  Scuff mark in center, easily seen in photo.        ON SALE, TAKE 20% OFF THE MARKED PRICE.
	JC8660.  Another view.
	JC8660.  Close up.  Scuff mark can be seen in center of specimen.
	JC8608.  Rhodochrosite.  N'Chwaning II mine, N'Chwaning mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape province, South Africa. 7 x 11.5 cm  388g.  $250.00.   Pink, somewhat botryoidal shaped with tiny sparkly crystals making up the botryoids.  From recent finds.   The true color is a darker pink than the photo shows.
	JC8608.  View looking down at steep angle showing the botryoids along the top of the piece.
	JC8608.  Close up view.
	JC8608.  Close up view.
	JC8608.  Back side.
	JC8363.  Rhodochrosite, sphalerite.  Manuelita mine, Morococha district, Yauli province, Junin department, Peru.  9 x 9 cm  608g  $135.00.   A solid plate of zoned rhombohedral rhodochrosite crystals growing on massive sphalerite.   The specimen is a reddish pink, a little more red than the photos would indicate.
	JC8363.  Another view.
	JC8363.  A close up view.
	JC8367.  Rhodochrosite, quartz.  Eniovche mine, Madan ore field, Rhodope mountains, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria.  4.3 x 6 cm  123g.  $75.00.   New find.  Bright pink slightly skewed rhombs on sparkly drusy quartz.    SOLD
	JC9497.  Roselite.  Bou Azzer mine, Bou Azzer district, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate province, Draa-Tafilalet region, Morocco.  4.5 x 5 cm  76g.  $40.00.  Small purple crystals coating a vug/opening in partly oxidized matrix.
	JC9497.  Another view.
	JC9506.  Rubellite in quartz.  Stewart mine, Tourmaline Queen mountain, Pala district, San Diego county, California.   3.7 x 4 cm  41g.  $22.00.   Nice pink, mostly opaque crystals typical of the mine production back in the 1970's.
	JC8850.  Rutile.  Champion mine, White mountain peak, White mountains, Mono county, California.  4 x 4 cm  77g.  $3.00.  Partial crystal in matrix.
	JC8757.  Rutile.  Champion mine, Inyo Mountains, Inyo county, California.   3.8 x 5.5 cm.  62g.  $5.00.   A somewhat fractured single crystal with a smaller satellite crystal.
	JC8757.   Another view.