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Specimens  - B -

	JC3497.  Barite.  Sherman mine, Leadville, Lake Co., Colorado.  1" x 1 1/4"  16g.  $15.00.
	JC3483.  Barite.  Basin, Jefferson Co., Montana.  1 5/8" x 2 1/2"  93g.  $10.00.  Golden honey colored, satin luster crystals typical for the locality.
	JC3401.  Barite, dolomite.  Cerro Huarihuayun, Miraflores nr. Llata, Huanlalies prov., Huanuco dept., Peru.  2" x 3"  78g.  $90.00  A doubly terminated "flower" of barite crystals perched  on a knob of matrix.  Two views are shown.  The crystals are highly translucent to transparent, and are a light smoky color.
	JC3401.  Another view.
	3822.  Aquamarine.  Erongo, Namibia.  1.7 x 4.3 cm  9g.  $45.00.  Doubly terminated light blue crystals.
	JC3827.  Aquamarine.  Erongo, Namibia.  3  x 3 cm.  13g.  $40.00.
	JC3828.  Aquamarine.  Erongo, Namibia.  2.5 x 4 cm.  15g.  $35.00.
	JC3830.  Aquamarine, schorl.  Erongo, Namibia.  2.5 x 3 cm.  $35.00.  11g.  The schorl in the foreground is not terminated.
	JC3832.  Aquamarine.  Erongo, Namibia.  3.5 x 4 cm.  $40.00.  17g.  $40.00
	JC3833.  Aquamarine.  Erongo, Namibia.  2 cm x 3.5 cm.  13g.  $40.00.
	JC3833  Another view
	JC3834.  Aquamarine.  Erongo, Namibia.  2.5 x 4.2 cm.  6g.  $40.00   Doubly terminated crystals.
	JC3707.  Aquamarine, muscovite.  Shibodian mine, Xuebaoding Mountain, Pingwu county, Aba Tibetan prefecture, China.   7 x 10 cm.  336g.  $75.00.  The pale blue aquamarine crystals are standing edge on to the matrix.  They are highly translucent, but not totally transparent.  Quite bright in luster.
	JC3774.  Aquamarine.  Shigar valley, Northern area, Pakistan.  7mm x 23 mm.  2g.  $25.00  Gemmy, light blue, single crystal.
	JC3706.  Aquamarine, muscovite.  Shibodian mine, Xuebaoding Mtn., Pingwu Co., Aba Tibetan prefecture, China.  7 cm x 8.3 cm  354g.  $500.00.  The main crystal is huge for the locality, measuring 5.7 cm across.  Although not gemmy, the crystals are very lustrous, and display well.  Nice light blue color also.  Can be displayed from several angles and both the front and back look good.
	JC3764.  Aquamarine.  Erongo, Namiba.  1.3 cm x 2.5 cm.  7g.  $10.00   Translucent crystal.
	JC3719.  Aquamarine, schorl, mica.  Skardu, Northern areas, Pakistan.  3.7 cm x 7.7 cm.  95g.  $100.00.   The main center crystals is 2.8 cm long.  The aquamarine is embedded in a mix of black schorl crystals and mica.  The aquamarine in the upper center of the specimen (topmost crystal), has been repaired.  The main crystal is not terminated.
	JC3695.  Beryl (Aquamarine) bordering on goshenite, muscovite.  Shibodian mine, Xuebaoding Mtn., Pingwu Co., Aba Tibetan prefecture, China.  5 cm x 5.8cm.  143g.  $75.00   4.5 cm crystal, of very pale blue, almost colorless.  The crystal is undamaged, however some of the muscovite crystals are bent where they have been bruised on the edges.
	JC3696.  Beryl (Aquamarine) bordering on goshenite, muscovite.  Shibodian mine, Xuebaoding Mtn, Pingwu Co., Aba Tibetan prefecture, China.  3.8cm x 5 cm.  70g.   $50.00   2.8 cm clear, nearly colorless crystal standing amongst cream white bladed muscovite crystals.  Some of the muscovite is bent where it has been brushed against, probably while collected.
	JC3696.  Another view
	JC3696.  Another view.
	JC3699   Beryl (Goshenite).  Shibodian mine, Xuebaoding Mtn, Pingwu Co., Aba Tibetan prefecture, China.  5.8 cm x 6.4 cm  170g.    $45.00  Goshenite crystals with a light yellow color near the base and in the smaller crystals.  Crystals are up to 3.2cm across.
	JC3699.  Another view.
	JC3700.   Beryl (Aquamarine), muscovite.  Shibodian mine, Xuebaoding Mtn, Pingwu Co., Aba Tibetan prefecture, China.  6.4cm x 7cm.  119g.  $40.00.  Several tabular light blue crystals of aquamarine.  The largest one has some minor chipping on its edge.
	JC3700.  Another view.
	JC3703.   Beryl (Aquamarine).  Shibodian mine, Xuebaoding Mtn, Pingwu Co., Aba Tibetan prefecture, China.  6.5 cm x 10.2 cm.   426g.  $150.00   The main crystal measures 6.5 cm across, a very large crystal for this location.  The specimen is light blue, and translucent rather than transparent.  One end has been naturally etched away, giving the specimen a strange look on that end.  There are neat growth marks over the entire face of the crystal.  The specimen has brilliant luster.  I show three views here, to give you an idea of what the growth faces look like, as well as the etched end.
	JC3703.  Another view
	JC3703.  Another view, showing the etching.
	JC3704.  Beryl (Aquamarine), muscovite.  Shibodian mine, Xuebaoding Mtn, Pingwu Co., Aba Tibetan prefecture, China.  5.5 cm x 7.6 cm.  161g.  $100.00   Compound crystal, with a sort of stepped growth.  A near floater, with only one small visible area on the back that was the attachment point.  Brilliant luster, translucent crystals.
	JC3704.  Another view
	JC3705.   Beryl (Aquamarine), muscovite.  Shibodian mine, Xuebaoding Mtn, Pingwu Co., Aba Tibetan prefecture, China.  5.7 cm x 6.5 cm.  118g.  $50.00   Several translucent to transparent, light blue crystals.  Minor chipping on the main crystal as well as the smaller crystals.  Brilliant luster.
	JC3705.  Another view
	JC3727.  Bournonite.  Yaoganxian mine, Yizhang County, Chenzhou prefecture, China.   3.8 cm x 3.8 cm   66g. $350.00   Bright, splendant group of crystals.  There is a minor dusting of a later mineral that looks like sphalerite, and what appears to be a small sphalerite ball sitting on top of one of the terminations.  The sphalerite? crystals are so small they are difficult to identify even under the microscope.  They add nice sparkle to the specimen.  There is very minor chipping on a couple of the terminations visible under hand lens.   A beautiful miniature.
	JC3772.  Brochantite on ?  , quartz.   San Carlos mine, Zacatecas, Mexico.  4.3 cm x 5 cm  48g.  $38.00
	JC3772.  Another view.