New Arrivals Page 1
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JC664A. Azurite. Touissit, Morocco. 4 x 4.5 cm 110g. $75.00 A miniature of deep blue, highly translucent crystals on chalcocite matrix. There are a couple of broken crystals, and I oriented the top two photos to show these. These are not at all obvious when on display. Lots of sparkle and a pretty piece. |
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JC664A. Another view. |
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JC664A. Side view of the specimen. |
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JC5336. Crocoite. Adelaide mine, Zeehan dist., Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. 4 x 7.5 cm 80g. $60.00. Somewhat vuggy, jackstraw crystals. No matrix. Brilliant luster, deep red orange crystals. On Hold |
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JC5337. Hessonite. Ala valley, Piedmont, Italy. 7 x 9 cm 233g. $65.00. Brilliant luster, cinnamon color crystals with scattered chlorite. Nice specimen. |
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JC5337. Closer view. |
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JC5359. Smithsonite. Hidden Treasure mine, Tooele County, Utah. 6 x 9.5 cm 442g. $125.00. A really nice smithsonite from here with outstanding color. |
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JC5359. Another view |
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JC5359. Closer view. |
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JC5360. Hubnerite, quartz. Huayllapon mine, Pasto Bueno, Pallasca prov. Ancash dept., Peru. 4.5 x 8 cm 262g. $150.00. A 5 cm wide crystal nestled in quartz with another nice crystal behind the main crystal, which can be seen in the photo lower down. This is a nice clean crystal with no damage to the naked eye. |
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JC5360. Another view |
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JC5360. Reverse. The crystal in the forefront here has been cleaved down the side. |
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JC5361. Sphalerite, quartz, pyrite, pyrite pseudo pyrrhotite. Keystone mine (Mt. Emmons), Crested Butte, Gunnison Co., Colorado. 13 x 19 cm >1000g. $70.00. Add $10 for shipping within the US. A large, flat plate of quartzite matrix encrusted with quartz, pyrite, pyrite pseudo pyrrhotite, sphalerite and galena. Not the most colorful specimen, but a great locality specimen. I added to close up views to give a better idea of how the crystals look. The pyrite is mostly present as little pseudos after pyrrhotite. |
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JC5361. Another view. |
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JC5361. Close up view |
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JC5361. Another close up view. |
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JC5362. Rhodochrosite. Champion mine, Hinsdale County, Colorado. 3 x 5.5 cm 71g. $35.00. A little vug in sulfide ore with pretty pink crystals in it. Two views are shown. On Hold |
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JC3562. Another view. |
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JC5448. Cerussite, malachite, pyromorphite. Brown's prospect, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, Australia. 7 x 10 cm 300g. $185.00. A nice cerussite from here. Off white, bladed and reticulated crystals. The yellow material is micro crystalline pyromorphite. Nice contrast with the malachite. On Hold |
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JC5449. Malachite, cerussite, pyromorphite. Brown's prospect, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, Australia. 4 x 6 cm 145g. $60.00. A vug with velvety, botryoidal malachite. Some cerussite crystals are also present as white bladed crystals. The yellowish material surrounding the vug is massive to microcrystalline pyromorphite. On Hold |
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JC5449. Another view. |
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JC5449. Another view. |
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JC5450. Quartz. Crystal Creek, Teller County, Colorado. 20 cm long. 302g. $35.00. When held up to the light this crystal is totally transparent and gemmy. There is a minor ding on the termination, and the termination is a little bit ragged as the large crystal apparently was trying to grow into the top/bottom of the vug. The base of the crystal is broken from feldspar matrix, then rehealed with short stubby crystals growing from it; I show a photo of this in the lowermost photo. On Hold |
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JC5450. Another view. |
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JC5450. Another view. |
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JC5450. Base of the crystal showing the rehealed quartz with the pyramidal termination faces sticking straight out. |
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JC5464. Smithsonite, dioptase, duftite? Tsumeb, Namibia. 4 x 7 cm 66g. Very pale pink smithsonite crystals with inclusions of dioptase. There appears to be a minor dusting of duftite on the left top side of the piece. The included dioptase crystals are quite small, less than 1mm. I show two photos below with included dioptase crystals. On Hold |
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JC5464. Another view. What appears to be duftite is the green microcrystals on the left end of the specimen. The more emerald green coloring is the dioptase. |
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JC5464. A close up showing the dioptase inclusions. The highly reflective smithsonite crystal in the lower middle right shows a dioptase crystal inclusion quite clearly. This same crystal is also shown in the photo below. |
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JC5464. Another view showing the dioptase inclusions. |
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JC5465. Rosasite on wulfenite. Bambolla mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. 5 x 8 cm 98g. This is a mass of interlocking wulfenite crystals, all of a dark, near black color (manganese? inclusions). The front face of wulfenite crystals is dusted with teal blue rosasite. This is the 1st wulfenite I have seen from this location. It appears to be a legitimate location, as wulfenite is listed from the Bambolla mine. On Hold |
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JC5466. Vanadinite (endlichite), descloizite. Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico. 5 x 6.5 cm 144g. $35.00. A mass of interlocking vanadinite crystals, dusted with tiny, disc shaped descloizite crystals. Sparkly. |
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JC5466. Close up view. |
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JC4034. Descloizite. Abenab mine? Grootfontein, Namibia. 7 x 7.5 cm 148g. $45.00. Brilliant black to deep brown spear shaped crystals on what looks like a quartzitic matrix. There is minor damage here and there as can be seen in the photos. Overall a nice piece, with super good luster on the crystals. |
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JC4034. Another view. |