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	JC10185.  Azurite, malachite pseudo azurite.  Milpillas mine, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico.   6 x 8 x 9.3 cm.  569g.  $750.00.  A fine example of Milpillas azurite/malachite.  Several of the crystals are partially to completely altered to malachite as pseudos after the azurite.  The larger crystal on the upper right is 5 cm in width, nice size for this locality.  Luster is quite bright.   Good specimen.
	JC10185.  Closer view of the upper right area with the 5 cm crystal.
	JC10185.  Close up view of the larger crystal, which is partially altered to malachite while still having azurite visible.
	JC10185.  Another view.
	JC10185.  Close up view of the larger crystal, which is partially altered to malachite while still having azurite visible.    It is on the extreme left side in this photo.
	JC10185.  Close up view
	JC10185.  Another view.
	JC10185.  Close up view
	JC10185.  Close up view of the 5 cm crystal, which is partially altered to malachite.
	JC9903.  Vanadinite on barite. ACF mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province, Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco.  8 x 13 cm  718g.  $398.00.   A matrix of barite blades on this CABINET size specimen is heavily encrusted with bright red, gemmy vanadinite crystals.  No obvious damage.  This is a beautiful specimen that really stands out. The vanadinite is literally solidly coating the barite with vanadinite on all sides of the specimen, with the back side not as heavily coated with vanadinite showing the barite blades to great advantage.
	JC9903.  Back side.
	JC9903.  Close up of one area on the right side.
	JC9903.  Another view.
	JC9904.  Vanadinite on barite. ACF mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province, Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 10 x 14 cm  >1000g.  $325.00.  A CABINET specimen with white blades of barite partially coated with bright red, highly lustrous and gemmy, vanadinite crystals.  This one had a large chunk of matrix on the back which I sawed off to lighten the weight.
	JC9904.  Close up view.
	JC9904.  Closer view.
	JC9906.    Vanadinite on black manganese coated barite. ACF mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province, Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco.    6 x 9 x 9 cm    805g.  $800.00   Bright, dark red, gemmy vanadinites on black manganese coated barite.  The specimen is a knob of matrix, with the barite/vanadinite wrapping around the knob as seen in the photos below.   Displays very well.   Gorgeous specimen.
	JC9906.  Another view.
	JC9906.  Back side of the specimen.
	JC9906.   Back side.  Tilted slightly more forward to show the crystals on the top.
	JC9943.   Epidote, albite, orthoclase.  Tormiq valley, Haramosh mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.   8 x 8 x 8.5 cm    464g.   $500.00.   Talking to the dealer that had these, they apparently came from a single pocket collected in late 2017.    He had several of these at Tucson, 2019, and I acquired all of them.  He claimed these were the last of the good pieces, although a few inferior specimens were still around.   None of the other Pakistani dealers I visited had any of these.   The matrix is orthoclase (or microcline?).  Suspended in the epidotes are scattered white crystals of albite for nice contrast.   The specimens consist of a dense mass of green epidote sprays in an almost jackstraw like habit.  Luster is quite bright.    The specimen is a mound of crystals, with crystals on all sides of the piece, except for the base of feldspar.    Much better in person, these are classic, superior specimens from a one time find of limited extent.     There is a small saw mark on the base where I cut off some excess and ugly matrix.   Some of these listed on the internet give the locality as Alchuri district, Shigar Valley, Pakistan...so there is some confusion as to the actual location.
	JC9943.  Another view.
	JC9943.  Another view.