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JC2898.  Calcite.  Dal'negorsk, Russia.  5.7 cm x 6.3 cm  115g.  $40.00.  Two different crystal forms on the same specimen. 
JC2899.  Lepidolite and tourmaline. Muiane, Mocambique.   7.7 x 12.7 cm.  487g.  $75.00.  Mostly lilac to purple lepidolite with minor elbaite.  Pretty piece. 
JC3915.  Malachite and malachite pseudo azurite.  Tsumeb, Namibia.    4.5 x 5 cm.  115g.  $35.00.  Both botryoidal and pseudomorphous after azurite.  Two views.  Pretty.  Sawn back. 
JC3915.  Another view. 
JC3920.  Malachite.  Lukuni mine,  Lubumbashi, Congo.  5 x 8 cm   262g.  $20.00.  A knob of solid malachite.  There is a rub mark on the top center and a small scratch on the lower front, both visible in the photo.  
JC3921.  Pyromorphite.  Rosenburg mine, Bad - Ems, Rhineland, Germany.  7 x 8 cm   339g.  $350.00   Pale beige, almost pinkish crystals on white matrix.  Flat plate.  A few of the crystals, most of which are standing more or less straight out from the matrix, are broken.  These are not visible in the photo, nor are they obvious on the specimen.  Overall a nice piece that displays well.
JC3923.  Mimetite (campylite).  Dry Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria,  England  6.5 cm x 8.5 cm.  202g.  $125.00  Good orange color.  Waxy luster.  A few crystals have been contacted and these are visible in the photo.  Sawn back.  
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. 
JC3942.   Quartz.  Adam Peak (nr.), Osgood Mountains, Potosi district, Humboldt County, Nevada. 6.5 x 8 cm   131g.  $35.00.  Light smoky quartz crystals with phantoms that can be seen in the photo.  These are from a new and limited find, a single pocket.   Minor muscovite is associated.  
JC3942.  Another view.  
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. 
JC3968.  Pyromorphite Friedrichsagen mine, Bad - Ems, Germany.  3 x 6 cm  86g.  $ 100.00   Group of brown crystals.  Two photos showing front and back.  Pyromorphite from the Friedrichsagen mine are much harder to come by than the nearby Rosenburg mine. 
JC3968.  Reverse side.
JC3969.  Pyromorphite.  Sherman mine, Sunset Peak, nr. Burke, Coeur d'Alene district, Shoshone County, Idaho.  3 x 4.5 cm.  18g.  $15.00.   Specimens from the Sherman are becoming hard to find on the market.  This one was collected in the 1960's.
JC3970.  Pyromorphite.  Sherman mine, Sunset Peak, nr. Burke, Coeur d'Alene district, Shoshone County, Idaho.  5.5 x 10 cm.   231g.  $225.00.  A nice sized and showy specimen from the Sherman.  Looks good both on front and back, as seen in the two photos.  Collected in the 1960's.  
JC3970 Reverse side
JC3972.  Dioptase.  Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Arizona.  5 x 6 cm.  90g.  $50.00.   This one is kind of different, with the smooth fault slickensides on the top side.
JC3972.  Another view. 
JC3973.  Sphalerite on dolomitic matrix.  Elmwood mine, Elmwood, Smith County, Tennessee.   5.5 x 10 cm   155g.  $35.00.  Dark red brown, complex crystal. 
JC3974.  Andradite.  Arrondissement Diakon, Cercle de Bafoulabe, Keyes Region, Mali.  5 x 6 cm.  $40.00   3.5 cm crystal with smaller crystals.  The color is a dark brown, with just a hint of green.  Very hard to get the exact color in the photo, but this is close. 
JC3975.   Andradite.  Arrondissement Diakon, Cercle de Bafoulabe, Keyes Region, Mali. 5.5 x 7 cm   264g.  $50.00   The color is a dark brown, with just a hint of green.  Very hard to get the exact color in the photo, but this is close.  Complex single crystal with smaller satellite crystals. 
JC3975.  Another view. 
JC3976.  Spessartine on orthoclase.   Tongbei, Yunxiao, Fujian, China.  6 x 10 cm.  205g.  $75.00   Jewel like transparent, gemmy orange crystals. 
JC3976.  Another view. 
JC3977.  Azurite, malachite.  New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona.  8 x 8.5 cm  178g.  $75.00   Collected in 1967.  Brilliant blue bladed azurite coating the matrix.  
JC3978.  Azurite, malachite.  Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona.  8 x 10 cm   235g.  $75.00.   Blue, almost botryoidal azurite with light green malachite showing through.  The blue is just a little bit darker than shown here.  Specimen was originally purchased in the 1960's, so probably predates the 1960's.
JC3979.  Azurite, malachite.  New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona.  5 x 9 cm  185g  $70.00   Collected in 1967.  Brilliant blue bladed azurite coating the matrix, the azurite is in two colors...a darker blue and a lighter blue as shown in the photos. 
JC3979.  Another view showing the different colors of azurite.
JC3980.  Cuprite (pseudo after delafossite?).  Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona.  4 x 5 x 8 cm.  219g.  $40.00.   Dark red cuprite forms a thin layer on a dark hematitic matrix.  The cuprite is on two sides of the specimen as shown in the two photos.  
JC3980.  View of the other side. 

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