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Specimens  Q - R

JC3938.  Quartz.  Adam Peak (nr.), Osgood Mountains, Potosi district, Humboldt County, Nevada.  7 x 8 cm   298g.  $35.00.  A new find, limited in size.  Light smoky quartz with minor muscovite.  Most of the crystals have some phantoms.   
JC3939.  Quartz.  Adam Peak (nr.), Osgood Mountains, Potosi district, Humboldt County, Nevada.  7 x 9 cm  219g.  $20.00.   Light smoky quartz crystals.  A new find, limited in size. 
JC1662.  Amethyst.  Veta Hachkay, Pisco prov., Ica dept., Peru.  3.2 cm x 3.2 cm.  25g.  $12.00. 
JC3557.  Quartz.  Spruce Claim, King County, Washington.  2.5 cm x 5 cm  22g.  $5.00  
JC3547.  Quartz with hematite inclusions/phantoms.  Orange River, nr. Pella, South Africa. 5 cm x 5 cm   78g.  $20.00.  Sharp, red inclusions.

 

JC3550.  Amethyst.  Kuridala, 65 km south of Cloncurry, north west Queensland, Australia.  5.7 cm x 5.6 cm  103g.  $15.00.  A little geode like arrangement.  A couple of the crystals have damage.
JC3553.  Quartz (some sceptered).  Alice mine glory hole, Alice, Colorado.  4.5 cm x 5 cm   39g.  $10.00
JC3525.  Quartz.  Bor quarry, Dal'negorsk, Russia.  2 1/2" x 3 1/4"  136g.  $35.00.  The crystals are both sceptered and included with an unknown mineral.  The inclusions/phantoms give the crystals a pale brownish appearance.  Some of the terminations are somewhat hollow looking, rather like hoppering.  Bright luster.
JC3525.  Another view
JC3525.  Another view.
JC3526.  Quartz, hematite.  Minas Gerais, Brazil.  1 1/2" x 2"  31g.  $20.00.  Blades of bright hematite around the base of the crystal. 
JC3529.  Quartz (amethystine).  Comstock lode, Virginia City, Nevada.  2" x 2" x 2"  197g.  $15.00.  The crystals are milky, however, when viewed from the side, the amethyst coloration band is quite obvious. 
JC3529 showing the amethyst banding.
JC3532.  Quartz.  Atlas Mountains, Morocco.  1" x 1 3/4"  $15.00   Single crystal with a nice phantom and black (carbon?, goethite?) inclusions. 
JC3533.  Quartz (hematitic)  Orange River nr. Pella, South Africa.  2" x 2 1/2"  145g.  $30.00.  Bright red hematite phantoms.
JC3534.  Quartz (hematitic)  Orange River nr. Pella, South Africa.  1 1/2" x 2"  32g.  $20.00.  Orange hematite phantoms
JC3536.  Quartz (hematitic)  Orange River nr. Pella, South Africa.  1 3/4" x 2" x 2"  88g.  $18.00   Red-orange to brownish phantoms, more pronounced near the terminations.  
JC3536.  Close-up view.
JC3542.  Quartz.  Broken Hill mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.  1 1/4" x 3"  125g.  $10.00.  The quartz crystals have a distinct light green color. 
JC3514.  Quartz with hematite inclusions/phantoms.  Orange River, nr. Pella, South Africa.  1 1/2" x 2 1/2"  66g.  $10.00
JC3503.  Quartz with schorl? inclusions.  Nr. Yerington, Lyon Co., Nevada.  1 1/4" x 2 1/4"  70g  $10.00
JC3501.   Quartz with hematite inclusions/phantoms.  Orange River, nr. Pella, South Africa.  1 1/4" x 1 3/4"  14g.  $10.00. 
JC3496.  Quartz with hematite inclusions/phantoms.  Orange River, nr. Pella, South Africa.  1 1/4" x 2 1/2"  70g.  $15.00.  It has reddish to black-brown short needle-like inclusions on the back side, that are red on the top front side. 
JC3484.  Quartz.  Carson Hill mine, Carson Hill, Calaveras Co., California.  2 1/2" x 3 1/2"  263g.  $30.00.  This piece was collected about 25 years ago.  The open pit gold mine has been closed for a number of years, and the quartz crystal areas reclaimed.  A nice piece from a now extinct locality. 
JC3484.  Another view. 
JC3317  Rose quartz, rutile?  Lavra de Ilha pegmatite, Jequitinhonha River, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil.  1 3/4" x 3"  116g.  $350.00   Pretty pink crystals.  There are a couple of tiny needles of what appears to be rutile on the reverse side.  Three views are shown.  The true color is near to the close-up below...a pretty pink.   The crystals in the crystal spray shown in the close-up below are 1 1/4" long (top to bottom), which is fairly good sized for rose quartz crystals.  Displays well from either side.  A really nice specimen.
JC3317.  Another view (reverse side).
JC3317.  Close-up of the crystal spray.   This is pretty close to the true color of the rose quartz. 
JC3324.  Amethyst.  Brandberg area, Uis, Erongo mountains, Namibia.  1 1/2" x 2 1/2"  63g.  $50.00   Really cute group, as the photo shows.
JC2916   Amethyst   Piedras Parado, Municipio De Profesor Rafael Ramirez (Las Vigas), Veracruz, Mexico.  2 1/4" x 3"   65g.   $200.00    From the recent finds.  Displays well.  
JC2916.  Another view
JC2917.   Amethyst   Piedras Parado, Municipio De Profesor Rafael Ramirez (Las Vigas), Veracruz, Mexico.   2 1/2" x 3"   65g.  $250.00   Large single crystal standing upright with several others on the side.  Displays well. 
JC2918   Amethyst   Piedras Parado, Municipio De Profesor Rafael Ramirez (Las Vigas), Veracruz, Mexico.  3 1/4" x 3 1/4"   99g.  $225.00   Displays well.  
JC2918.  Another view. 
JC1711.  Quartz (amethyst).  Chihuahua, Mexico (probably Santa Eulalia).  3 1/4" x 3 1/4"  213g.  $10.00.   Small purple crystals partially coating etched limestone. 
JC1475.  Quartz (rose-quartz). Lavra de Ilha, Jequitinhonha River, Taquaral, Aracuai, Minas Gerais, Brazil.   2 1/4" x 4 1/4"  260g.  $200.00  A very pretty specimen that has been repaired.  The repair is visible in the back, but not the front. 
JC1475.  Another view
JC1328.  Quartz.  Zaca mine, Colorado Hill, Alpine Co., California.  2" x 2 1/2"     151g.    $20.00.  A single crystal perched in an open vug in silicified rhyolite. 
JC3155.  Quartz.  Crystal Creek, Teller Co., Colorado.   1 3/4" x 2" x 2 3/4" long. 77g.  $25.00.   Nice clean, internally gemmy quartz on a quartz fragment.  
JC3155.   Another view
JC2831  Quartz  Canterra Quesga, Pasto Bueno, Pallasca Prov., Ancash Dept., Peru.   5" x 5"  506g.  $150.00.   The pictures do not do this specimen justice.  It is quite three dimensional and displays well.  I don't see many quartz specimens I like, and I like this one.  Quite showy. 
JC2831   Another view.
JC2224.  Quartz.  Zaca mine, Colorado Hill, Alpine County, California.  3" x 4"  191g.  $18.00. 
JC2230.  Quartz.  Zaca mine, Colorado Hill, Alpine County, California.  2 1/2" x 3"  143g. $20.00
JC3433  Quartz.  Emilio mine, Asturias, Spain.  1 1/4" x 1 1/2"  22g.  $10.00  Double terminated single crystal, completely colorless.  The top termination is chipped, as is the bottom termination where it was apparently embedded in other crystals. 
JC1071.  Quartz (some chlorite phantoms).  Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico.     1 3/4" x 2 1/4"  84g.  $15.00. 
JC3893.  Rhodochrosite, microcline.  Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada.  5 cm x 7 cm  109g.  $20.00   These came out many years ago.  Odd brown saddle shaped rhodochrosite.  
JC1069.  Rhodochrosite, quartz.  Manuelita mine, Morococha dist., Peru.  1 1/2" x 2"  97g.  $5.00  Pale pink rhombs on dull milky quartz crystals.