New Arrivals Page 2
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JC8905. Pyrite, sphalerite, tetrahedrite, quartz. Animon mine, Huaron district, Huayllay district, Pasco province, Pasco dept., Peru. 14 x 9 x 5 cm 1,110g $35.00 Big piece with scattered pyrites with sphalerite and minor tetrahedrite. There are a couple of broken quartz crystals, so I priced it low because of that. SOLD |
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JC13659. Cerussite. 9 level, Jersey vein, Bunker Hill mine, Kellogg, Coeur d'Alene district, Shoshone county, Idaho. 9 x 4 x 3 cm 229g $40.00. Collected around 1981 or so. Sparkly blades of cerussite, some with twinning. Some corroded galena is also present. |
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JC13659. Another angle. |
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JC13659. Another view. |
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JC13659. Back side. |
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JC13661. Cerussite. 9 level, Jersey vein, Bunker Hill mine, Kellogg, Coeur d'Alene district, Shoshone county, Idaho. 5 x 2 x 2 cm 61g. $25.00 Blades of cerussite, with many twinned. Collected around 1981 or so. |
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JC13661. Another view. |
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JC13661. Back side. |
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JC13662. Scheelite, epidote, andradite, actinolite? Merrill prospect, Coyote flat, Bishop tungsten district, near and above Parchers Resort, Inyo County, California. 6 x 4 x 5 cm 56g $20.00. Several white partial crystals of scheelite. Brilliant blue white fluorescence. Collected in 2014. Scheelite of this quality is pretty rare these days from California. |
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JC13662. Close up view of the scheelite crystal. |
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JC11376. Azurite, malachite. M’Ssici, Alnif, Tinghir, Draa-Tafilalet, Morocco 11.5 x 13 cm 968g. $290.00. Nice large piece with nice color. These are no longer coming out from this locality. Beautiful blue crystallized azurite across this matrix and stalactitic formations with green crystallized malachite. Very showy and in very good condition. These first appeared around 2012 or so, and large cabinet specimens like this are pretty much non existent for sale these days. RESERVED |
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JC11376. Another view. |
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JC11376. Another view. |
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JC11376. Closer view. |
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JC11376. Closer view. |
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JC9488. Azurite, malachite. Liufengshan mine, Chichi county, Chizhou prefecture, Anhui province, China. 7 x 13 cm 489g. $175.00. Not often seen are specimens from here with larger crystals. Most specimens are small druses of crystals. This nice piece has 1 cm crystals in a shallow vug with botryoidal malachite. Crystals have bright luster and display nicely. There are a few broken crystals, mostly on the left side of the specimen in this photo. |
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JC9488. Another view. |
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JC9488. Another view. |
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JC9339. Azurite, malachite. Liufengshan mine, Guichi district, Chizhou prefecture, Anhui province, China. 11 x 18 cm >1000g (2.6 Lbs). $625.00 A large cabinet specimen from the Liufengshan mine, with larger crystals. Rarely does this mine produce crystals over a few mm in size; these are up to 7mm or so, and average about 5mm. There is very little damage to the main crystal exposures. There is one area on the very top of the specimen where it probably contacted the side of the vug/pocket it resided in that has damage This can be seen on the very top, slightly right of center. There a few areas of botryoidal malachite, some of it slightly iron stained, as can be seen. A very nice piece with good sized crystals for the location. A large cabinet specimen from my collection. A really pretty piece, with brilliant luster crystals, that would stand out in any cabinet display. |
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JC9339. Close up of left side in the above photo. |
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JC9339. Closer view of the left side, with a botryoidal malachite sphere tinted yellowish by iron oxide stain. |
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JC9339. Another view. |
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JC9339. Close up of the left end of the above photo. Shows the malachite spheres nicely. |
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JC9339. Close up of the right side in the 2nd photo above. |
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JC10484. Calcite (cobaltoan). Agoudal Mines, Agoudal, Bou Azer District (Bou Azzer District), Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco. 8 x 12.5 cm 688g. $350.00. The specimen features a solid coating of bright pink cobaltoan calcite with a solid matrix, so it is not fragile and displays very well. The mine is currently flooded I have been told, so the chances of more of these from this particular mine is slim. Really pretty, cotton candy pink sparkly botryoids making up the specimen. |
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JC10484. Another view. |
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JC10484. Another view. |
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JC10484. Another view. |
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JC10484. Close up view of the bottom right in the above photo. |
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JC9784. Pyromorphite. Daoping mine, Gongcheng county, Guilin prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, China 4.5 x 6 cm 126g. $28.00. Pale green crystals from this noteworthy location in China. Bright luster on the crystals. SOLD |
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JC9108. Pyromorphite. Moulay Bouzza, Khenifra province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra, Morocco. 5 x 7.5 cm 133g. $60.00 Bright, lime/yellow green crystals from this find of several years ago. Location is now worked out. |
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JC9108. Close up view. |
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JC9466. Vanadinite. ACF mine area, Mibladen mining district, Midelt, Khenifra province, Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 6 x 6.5 cm 166g. $70.00. Bright red crystals on buff colored matrix. Sawn base. Nice. There is one broken crystal, near the top center more easily seen in the close up below. |
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JC9466. Close up. |
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JC8438. Wulfenite. Erupcion mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico. 9 x 11 cm 936g. $1,600.00. An excellent old specimen of Wulfenite from the classic Mexican location of the Erupcion Mine, Chihuahua. The Wulfenite crystals display the quintessential tabular-blocky butterscotch crystals, so characteristic of the location. The Wulfenite crystals measuring to 1.2cm are highly lustrous. A fine, older specimen of Wulfenite from the mine. There is some damage on the top back side, not visible from the front (display side), which does not detract from the specimen. CABINET specimen |
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JC8438. Another view. |
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JC8438. Another view. |
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JC10362. Molybdenite, quartz, epidote. Pine Creek mine, Annex claims, Bishop district, Scheelite, nr. Bishop, Inyo county, California. 3.5 x 7 cm 118g. $30.00. Nearly solid mass of molybdenite crystals, sort of interlocking and not complete crystals. The back is fine grained, granular epidote, with a bit of granular quartz also present. Specimens of Molybdenite from Pine Creek are never seen on the market, and were very rare even when the mine was operating. Collected in 1989. These are exclusive to this site...Mindat does not show any of this quality. RESERVED |
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JC10362. Another view. |
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JC9210. Topaz, albite. Skardu district, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. 6.5 cm Tall x 4.5 cm wide x 5 cm deep. 243g. $200.00. A sharp, single topaz crystal with satellite quartz crystals on one edge and a ball of albite (cleavelandite) on the lower side at the base. Crystal is gem clear in the top half or so, and transparent with veils and (inclusions?) on the bottom half. There is a cleavage plane about half way up on the crystal, and this can be seen in this photo. The crystal has satiny termination faces and bright glassy faces on the prism side. The photos were done on a rotation table, so all sides of the crystal can be seen. Sawn base. Very nicely priced. RESERVED |
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JC9210. Another view. |
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JC9210. Another view. |
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JC9210. Another view. |
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JC8509. Clinozoisite. Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad, Peru. 3.5 x 4.5 cm 53g $10.00. |
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JC8509. Close up. |
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JC9146. Azurite. Khanong open pit, Sepon Mine, Vilabouly District, Savannakhet Province, Laos? or Liufengshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China . 9 x 15 cm 1,206g $450.00 Brilliant blue crystals filling a shallow vug. Crystals to about 5mm in size. A very pretty specimen that really stands out. On one end, not at all visible in the photos, is a hole that goes down into the piece, and it is completely lined with brilliant crystal also, and there is a bit of malachite in rounded balls, down in there too. There has been a bit of controversy over Sepon mine specimens. The mine quit producing azurite in 2015 supposedly. Most of the specimens originally from the mine went to China, and were then sold. The Liufengshan mine in China has produced beautiful azurite very similar to these. So, the question remains, is the Sepon mine location for this piece accurate? I bought it at the Tucson show from a Chinese dealer in 2017, who was insistent that it is from the Sepon mine. The crystals in this piece are brilliant and gemmy...a bit more so than I am used to seeing from the Liufengshan mine. So, hopefully the label is accurate, but there is a question. From my personal collection, #JAC1768 |
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JC9146. Back side. |
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JC9146. Another view. |
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JC9146. Closer view. |
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JC9333. Azurite. Liufengshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China. 6 x 6.5 cm 143g $40.00. Bright blue drusy crystals typical for the Liufengshan mine. Purchased in 2017. |
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JC9333. Another view. |
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JC9333. Back side. |
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JC9293. Azurite. Milpillas Mine, Milpillas, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico. 6 x 10 cm 329g $325.00. Brilliant blue crystals on matrix. Has a sawn base...when I got this one, it had a lot of excess matrix that needed to be removed. Pretty piece with nice contrast with the matrix. Some crystals are flat lying, and some are blades standing vertical on the matrix. Only damage is the very top back side, where a couple of crystals are cleaved off, I'm guessing where they were in contact with the pocket wall and this can be seen in this photo, and the one below, at the very top of the piece. I think nicely priced for its size and beauty. |
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JC9293. Slightly different angle. |
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JC9293. Close view of the top...the damaged crystal on the very top is visible in this photo. Does not really detract from the piece. |
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JC9293. Close up of the lower portion of the specimen. |
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JC9758. Azurite, malachite. Milpillas mine, Cuitaca, Municipio de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico. 4 x 6.5 cm 60g. $325.00. A two centimeter main crystal with satellite crystals attached. The back of the main crystals, not visible in this photo, were in contact with the pocket walls, so parts of the crystals are a bit flat. These are the brilliant crystals with an almost Schiller like luster, where the original crystals were partly replaced by malachite and then a thin layer of azurite crystallized on the malachite, giving this incredible luster the Milpillas azurites are famous for. The visible malachite is for the most part the thin layer of malachite that in the top half of the specimen is now azurite. |
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JC9758. Another view. |
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JC9758. Another view. |
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JC9758. Closer view. |
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JC9389. Smithsonite. Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. 10 x 10.5 cm 538g. $200.00. Pale pink rhombohedral crystals. The crystals measure on the average about 1 cm with a pleasing light pink color. Ex: Jim Du Foe; Ex: Charles Noll collections. |
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JC9389. Another view. |
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JC9389. Another view. |
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JC9389. Another view. |
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JC9389. Close up view...crystals are a lighter pink than the photo indicates. |
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JC9389. Close up view...crystals are a lighter pink than the photo indicates. |
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JC13502. Malachite (primary). Mindingi mine?, Kambove territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo. 8 x 6 x 3.5 cm 271g $75.00. Highly lustrous deep green crystallized malachite over the top of this matrix. In great condition. Very fine and choice example for the species. From recent finds, 2021, in the Congo. When turned in the light, really bright. This is a top view, showing the terminations of the malachite sprays. |
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JC13502. Closer view. |
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JC13502. Oblique view, you can see the base of the sprays on the left side. |
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JC13484. Arsenopyrite, magnetite, quartz, scheelite. Huanggang mine, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia A.R., China. 8.5 x 7 x 6 cm 532g $125.00 Brilliant silvery arsenopyrite crystals coating loellingite. The arsenopyrite crystals are resting on a matrix of magnetite. Nestled down in the middle left in this view is a white scheelite crystal. Small quartz crystals are draped across the lower front. As the camera "sees" things somewhat differently than the human eye, I photographed some of these specimens with both black back grounds, and lighter colored backgrounds. |
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JC13484. View of the scheelite crystal. |
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JC13484. Back side. |
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JC13484. Close up of the left knob coated with arsenopyrite crystals. |
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JC13484. With black back ground. |
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JC13484. Another view. |
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JC13484. Another view. |