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    Specimens  S - T - U

	JC3892.  Smithsonite.  79 mine, Banner dist., Gila Co., Arizona.  6 cm x 8 cm.  229g.  $50.00.  This one has a color hard to describe, it is not green, and it is not blue...it is a sort of sea-foam green.  It looks like bubbles on matrix...great luster.   Sawn base.
	JC3892.  Another view.
	JC4002.  Smithsonite.  El Refugio mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico.  5 x 10.5 cm   343g.  $45.00  Pretty pink color.  On Hold
	JC3665.  Smithsonite.  Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico.  7 x 13.2 cm.  487g.  $125.00.   Pretty, lilac pink.
	JC3765.  Smithsonite.  Hidden Treasure mine, Tooele Co., Utah.  3.7 cm x 5 cm  81g.  $8.00.  Gray blue, botryoidal smithsonite.
	JC3469.  Smithsonite.  Choix, Municipio de Choix, Sinaloa,  Mexico.  7 cm x 10 cm.  493g.  $150.00.   Pretty, lavender pink, botryoidal smithsonite.
	JC3518.  Smithsonite (cuprian).  Tsumeb, Namibia.  1" x 1 1/2"  42g.  $150.00   Bright, light apple green crystals.
	JC1470.  Smithsonite.  Kelly mine, Magdalena, New Mexico.  2" x 4 1/2"  378g.  $250.00  Classic, light blue botryoidal to partially crystalline smithsonite.
	JC1470.  Close-up.
	JC3039.  Smithsonite.  Touissit mine, nr. Oujda, Morocco. 3 1/2" x 3 3/4"  550g.  $200.00  Pale, sort of beige-green smithsonite crystals as a solid coating.  Nice older piece from about ten years ago when smithsonite was briefly available from Touissit.  The mine is now closed.
	JC3039.  Close-up.
	JC3457.  Smithsonite, dolomite and ?.  Tsumeb, Namibia.  2" x 4"  66g.  $95.00.  A dolomite cast coated on the front side with amber brown bladed crystals of smithsonite.  There are a few patches of an unidentified white mineral scattered on the smithsonite.
	JC3457.  Another view.
	JC3457.  Reverse side showing the shape of the dolomite cast, with a few scattered smithsonite crystals on the dolomite.  .
	JC3257.  Spessartine, quartz.  Tongbei, Yunxiao, Fujian, China.  2 1/4" x 2 1/2"  153g.  $200.00   Clear, bright luster, smoky quartz with phantoms and garnet inclusions.  Quartz up to 1 1/2" long.  No damage.  One quartz crystal broke and then re-healed with good growth features that do not detract.  A nice specimen.
	JC3257.  Another view
	JC3257.  Another view
	JC3259.  Spessartine on orthoclase crystals.  Tongbei, Yunxiao, Fujian, China.  1 1/2" x 2"  56g.  $25.00.  Spessartine has a waxy luster.
	JC3261.  Spessartine, quartz.  Tongbei, Yunxiao, Fujian, China.  2 1/4" x 3 1/2"  181g.  $100.00
	JC3261.  Close-up
	JC3262.  Spessartine, quartz.  Tongbei, Yunxiao, Fujian, China.  2 1/4" x 4"  198g.  $125.00.
	JC3262.  Close-up
	JC3245  Spessartine, orthoclase.  Tongbei, Yunxiao, Fujian, China.  2 1/2" x 4"  $65.00.  Gemmy, transparent crystals.  There is a dark mineral either directly under some of  the crystals or in the base of some of the crystals.  Its hard to tell.   Lots of sparkle and displays well.
	JC3245.  Closer view.
	JC3246.  Spessartine, orthoclase.  Spessartine, orthoclase.  Pantuo, Zhanpu (Zhangpu), Approximately 30 km NW from Yungling, Fujian, China. 2" x 2 1/2"  118g. $35.00   Wine colored crystals to 9mm diameter on feldspar.
	JC3246.  Closer view.
	JC3247  Spessartine, orthoclase.  Tongbei, Yunxiao, Fujian, China.   1 1/4" x 2"  35g. $25.00    Dark orange, gemmy crystals to 7mm diameter.
	JC3973.  Sphalerite on dolomitic matrix.  Elmwood mine, Elmwood, Smith County, Tennessee.   5.5 x 10 cm   155g.  $35.00.  Dark red brown, complex crystal.
	JC3963.  Sphalerite, chalcopyrite.  Tri-State district, Missouri-Oklahoma-Kansas.  5 x 5.5 cm   150g.  $20.00  A 5 cm single crystal with small chalcopyrite crystals attached here and there.
	JC3964.  Sphalerite, chalcopyrite.  Tri-State district, Missouri-Oklahoma-Kansas.  6 x 6 cm   143g.  $20.00.  Group of brown crystals.
	JC3866.  Sphalerite on quartz.  Shuikoushan Pb-Zn mine, Changning City (20 km from), Southern Hunan Prov., China.  4 cm x 6 cm  71g.  $35.00    Gemmy, orangish crystals on drusy quartz.
	JC3866.  Another view
	JC3769.  Sphalerite on quartz.  Manuelita mine, Morococha dist., Peru.  4.5 cm x 7.6 cm.  154g.  $15.00
	JC292.  Sphalerite, pyrite.  Huanzala, Peru.  3.7 cm x 6.3 cm  127g.  $30.00.  Black sphalerites with golden pyrite crystals.  These came out about 10 years ago.
	JC3332  Sphalerite, galena.  Gordonsville mine, Gordonsville nr. Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee.  2 1/4" x 4 1/2"  364g.  $150.00.  Two bright galena cubes perched on dark sphalerite.  Galena on sphalerite is relatively rare from these mines.  The larger cube is 5/8" (about 13mm) across.
	JC3147.  Sphalerite, quartz.  Deardorff mine, Cave-in-Rock, Ozark Mahoning group, Hardin Co., Illinois.  2 1/2" x 3"  333g.  $35.00.   Bright black sphalerite from this closed locality.
	JC133.   Sphalerite.   Gordonsville mine, Gordonsville, Tennessee.   3" x 3"   339g   $75.00.  Nice piece, no damage.
	JC1199.  Sphalerite, ankerite.  Eagle mine, Gilman, Eagle Co., Colorado.  1 1/2" x 2"  $12.00.   Collected in the 1960's
	JC729.  Sphalerite, barite, quartz.  Manuelita mine, Morococha dist., Peru.  1 1/2" x 2 1/2"  58g.  $10.00
	JC1079.  Sphalerite.  Manuelita mine, Morococha dist., Peru.  1 1/2" x 1 1/2"  $10.00
	JC1084.  Sphalerite, barite.  Manuelita mine, Morococha dist., Peru.  2" x 3 1/2"  200g.  $15.00.
	JC1084.  Another view.
	JC1085.  Sphalerite, barite.  Manuelita mine, Morococha dist., Peru.  2 3/4" x 4"  385g.  $15.00
	JC3694.  Sphalerite, galena, calcite, quartz.  Shuikoushan Pb-Zn mine, Ghangning City (20 km from), Southern Hunan province, China.  6.5 cm x 7.6 cm  300g.  $35.00  Transparent, shiny sphalerite crystals with calcite on the reverse side.  There is a minor bruise on the large, lower left crystal, and one of the smaller sphalerite crystals in the upper center of the specimen is partly missing, as seen in the photo.
	JC3730.   Sphalerite, chalcopyrite, quartz.   Yaoganxian mine, Yizhang County, Chenzhou prefecture, China.  3.8 cm x 4.8 cm.  74g.  $25.00  Mounded mass of tetrahedral shaped sphalerite.  Minor bruising to several crystals...not obvious but present.
	JC3686.  Stibnite.  Wuning mine, South side of Xiushui river, near Qingjian village, Mt. Tuobei, Wuning County, Jiangxi, China.  2.5 cm x 15.2 cm.   109g.   $90.00    Bright, steely crystals with good terminations.
	JC3687.  Stibnite.  Wuning mine, South side of Xiushui river, near Qingjian village, Mt. Tuobei, Wuning County, Jiangxi, China. 2.5 cm x 14 cm.  82g.  $75.00.  Bright, steely crystals with good terminations.
	JC3687.  Another view.
	JC3688.  Stibnite.  Wuning mine, South side of Xiushui river, near Qingjian village, Mt. Tuobei, Wuning County, Jiangxi, China. 2 cm x 14.5 cm  41g.  $60.00
	JC3688.  Another view.
	JC3907.  Strontianite on calcite.  Minerva #1 mine, Cave-in-Rock, Rosiclare dist., Hardin Co., Illinois.   6 x 9.5 cm.  204g.  $35.00.
	JC3912.  Strontianite, sphalerite, calcite.  Minerva #1 mine, Cave-in-Rock dist., Hardin Co., Illinois.  5.5 cm x 6 cm.  103g.  $15.00.  Mantle of white strontianite around a bruised sphalerite crystal.
	JC1704.  Tetrahedrite, barite, siderite.  Julcani, Angaraes prov., Peru.  3.7 cm x 5 cm.  51g.  $10.00
	JC3158  Tetrahedrite, quartz, sphalerite.  Casapalca, Huarochiri prov., Lima dept., Peru.  7.5 cm x 10 cm.  297g.  $50.00   A classic piece from the find of about 5 years ago.  Casapalca has not been producing anything of note for several years now.
	JC3158.  Another view.
	JC244.  Tetrahedrite, calcite, chalcopyrite.  Casapalca, Huarochiri Prov., Lima Dept., Peru.  2 3/4" x 3 1/2"  349g.  $35.00.  A dusting of chalcopyrite has given many of the tetrahedrite crystals a golden color.
	JC244.  Reverse side.
	JC238.  Tetrahedrite, quartz.  Casapalca, Huarochiri Prov., Lima Dept., Peru.  1 1/2" x 1 3/4"  46g.  $25.00
	JC238.  Reverse side.
	JC2990.  Tetrahedrite, pyrite, bournonite.  Casapalca dist., Huarochiri Prov., Lima Dept., Peru.  1 3/4" x 1 3/4"  68g.  $20.00.  Crowley Coll.#922.  Purchased from Dan Belsher in March 1990.