New Arrivals Page 4
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JC5304. Wulfenite. Union mine, 10th level, Mezica, Slovenia. 5 x 5.5 cm 165 g. $35.00. Tabular butterscotch colored wulfenite crystals trying to be dipyramidal. Neat little location piece. |
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JC5305. Quartz. Pup (Little Giant) claims, Birch Creek Pluton, nr. Deep Springs Valley, Inyo County, California. 9 x 13 cm 760 g. $40.00. C: 1990. Clear, mostly gemmy quartz crystals have a honey colored near orange layer on the crystals, in turn covered by a final layer of tiny drusy crystals. The crystals look orange, but as can be seen in the broken crystals, the interiors are clear and colorless. There are a few broken crystals and some of the final drusy coating has come off in a few places. Some of the crystals are free of the final drusy coating, but most are not. The thin spider web like druses appear to be some type of zeolite that the quartz druse then coated. Interesting locality specimen from this one time find. No more are left. |
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JC5305. Another view |
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JC5305. Another view. |
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JC5306. Quartz. Pup (Little Giant) claims, Birch Creek Pluton, nr. Deep Springs Valley, Inyo County, California. 6 x 12 cm 368g. $15.00 C: 1990. Quartz crystals have a honey colored near orange layer on the crystals, in turn covered by a final layer of tiny drusy crystals. The crystals look orange, but as can be seen in the broken crystals, the interiors are clear and colorless. There are a few broken crystals and some of the final drusy coating has come off in a few places. Some of the crystals are free of the final drusy coating, but most are not. Interesting locality specimen from this one time find. No more are left. |
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JC5307.Quartz. Pup (Little Giant) claims, Birch Creek Pluton, nr. Deep Springs Valley, Inyo County, California. 5.5 x 7 cm 287g. $20.00 C: 1990. Clear, some gemmy, quartz crystals have a honey colored near orange layer on the crystals, in turn covered by a final layer of tiny drusy crystals. The crystals look orange, but as can be seen in the broken crystals, the interiors are white. There are a few broken crystals and some of the final drusy coating has come off in a few places. Some of the crystals are free of the final drusy coating, but most are not. The thin spider web like druses appear to be some type of zeolite that the quartz druse then coated. Interesting locality specimen from this one time find. No more are left. |
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JC5308 Quartz. Pup (Little Giant) claims, Birch Creek Pluton, nr. Deep Springs Valley, Inyo County, California. 5 x 7 cm 233g. $20.00 C: 1990. Clear, mostly gemmy quartz crystals have a honey colored near orange layer on the crystals, in turn covered by a final layer of tiny drusy crystals. The crystals look orange, but as can be seen in the broken crystals, the interiors are clear and colorless. There are a few broken crystals and some of the final drusy coating has come off in a few places. Some of the crystals are free of the final drusy coating, but most are not. The thin spider web like druses appear to be some type of zeolite that the quartz druse then coated. Interesting locality specimen from this one time find. No more are left. |
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JC5309. Quartz. Pup (Little Giant) claims, Birch Creek Pluton, nr. Deep Springs Valley, Inyo County, California. 4 x 7.5 cm 233g. $15.00 C: 1990. Clear, mostly gemmy quartz crystals have a honey colored near orange layer on the crystals, in turn covered by a final layer of tiny drusy crystals. The crystals look orange, but as can be seen in the broken crystals, the interiors are clear and colorless. There are a few broken crystals and some of the final drusy coating has come off in a few places. Some of the crystals are free of the final drusy coating, but most are not. The thin spider web like druses appear to be some type of zeolite that the quartz druse then coated. Interesting locality specimen from this one time find. No more are left. Sold |
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JC5312. Quartz. Zaca mine, Colorado Hill, Alpine County, California. 7 x 12 cm 284g. $25.00. A geode like gas bubble in silicified rhyolite has been filled with quartz crystals. I usually clean the iron stains off these, but this one I liked as is for the color differences. Collected in 2008. |
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JC5316. Quartz, chlorite. Crystal mine, nr. French Gulch, nr. Shingle Springs, El Dorado County, California. Chlorite inclusions and phantoms. 6 x 6 cm 249g. $15.00. C: 1965 The Crystal mine is a well known but undocumented locality for quartz with chlorite phantoms. The location has always been referred to as "near Shingle Springs" with no mine name. This is an interesting locality specimen with minor chlorite phantoms. Some of the crystals are damaged or broken. The mine has been closed and filled since the mid 1990's. |
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JC5317. Quartz, chlorite. Crystal mine, nr. French Gulch, nr. Shingle Springs, El Dorado County, California. 4 x 6 cm 88g. $10.00 Minor chlorite inclusions and phantoms. A 2nd generation of slightly milky quartz has left the center crystal, reflecting the light, on the other crystals. C: 1965 The Crystal mine is a well known but undocumented locality for quartz with chlorite phantoms. The location has always been referred to as "near Shingle Springs" with no mine name. This is an interesting locality specimen with minor chlorite phantoms. Some of the crystals are damaged or broken. The mine has been closed and filled since the mid 1990's. |
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JC5318. Quartz, chlorite. Crystal mine, nr. French Gulch, nr. Shingle Springs, El Dorado County, California. 6.5 x 10.5 cm 260g. $10.00. C: 1965 The Crystal mine is a well known but undocumented locality for quartz with chlorite phantoms. The location has always been referred to as "near Shingle Springs" with no mine name. This is an interesting locality specimen with minor chlorite inclusions. Some of the crystals are damaged or broken. The mine has been closed and filled since the mid 1990's. |
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JC5319 Quartz, chlorite. Crystal mine, nr. French Gulch, nr. Shingle Springs, El Dorado County, California. 6 x 7 cm 171g. $15.00. Chlorite inclusions and phantoms. C: 1965 The Crystal mine is a well known but undocumented locality for quartz with chlorite phantoms. The location has always been referred to as "near Shingle Springs" with no mine name. This is an interesting locality specimen with chlorite phantoms. Some of the crystals are damaged or broken. The mine has been closed and filled since the mid 1990's. |
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JC5320 Quartz, chlorite. Crystal mine, nr. French Gulch, nr. Shingle Springs, El Dorado County, California. 7 x 9.5 cm 271g. $15.00. Chlorite inclusions and phantoms. C: 1965 The Crystal mine is a well known but undocumented locality for quartz with chlorite phantoms. The location has always been referred to as "near Shingle Springs" with no mine name. This is an interesting locality specimen with chlorite phantoms. Some of the crystals are damaged or broken. A 2nd generation of colorless quartz crystallized on the chlorite included crystals. On this piece the 2nd generation has been damaged near the center of the specimen. The mine has been closed and filled since the mid 1990's. |
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JC5321.Quartz, chlorite. Crystal mine, nr. French Gulch, nr. Shingle Springs, El Dorado County, California. 5 x 9 cm 196g. $15.00. Chlorite inclusions and phantoms. C: 1965 The Crystal mine is a well known but undocumented locality for quartz with chlorite phantoms. The location has always been referred to as "near Shingle Springs" with no mine name. This is an interesting locality specimen with chlorite phantoms. Some of the crystals are damaged or broken. The mine has been closed and filled since the mid 1990's. |
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JC5321. Another view. |
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JC5322. Quartz, chlorite. Crystal mine, nr. French Gulch, nr. Shingle Springs, El Dorado County, California. 5 x 6 cm 145g. $15.00. Chlorite inclusions and phantoms. C: 1965 The Crystal mine is a well known but undocumented locality for quartz with chlorite phantoms. The location has always been referred to as "near Shingle Springs" with no mine name. This is an interesting locality specimen with chlorite phantoms. Some of the crystals have minor damage. The mine has been closed and filled since the mid 1990's. |
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JC5322. Back side. |
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JC5323. Quartz, chlorite. Crystal mine, nr. French Gulch, nr. Shingle Springs, El Dorado County, California. 6 x 7 cm 185g. $25.00 Chlorite inclusions and phantoms. C: 1965 The Crystal mine is a well known but undocumented locality for quartz with chlorite phantoms. The location has always been referred to as "near Shingle Springs" with no mine name. This is an interesting locality specimen with chlorite phantoms. Some of the crystals have minor damage. The mine has been closed and filled since the mid 1990's. |
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JC5323. Another view. |
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JC5324. Malachite. Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona. 6 x 8 cm 335g. $20.00. This is from an old collection I acquired several years back. The only label with this was a crumbling piece of paper with handwritten "Brochantite Bisbee". The specimen is malachite, and I assume the location is correct, and just the name of the mineral is wrong. It was probably collected in the late 1950's to early 1960's as are most of the pieces in the collection. It is massive, with no vugs....but quite pretty. Sold |
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JC5325. Pyrophyllite. Indian Gulch?, Mariposa County, California. 6 x 9.5 cm 306g. $20.00. From the same collection as the malachite above. Old handwritten label said Mariposa County...so it is probably from Indian Gulch. Sold |
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JC5326. Microcline, albite. Crystal Creek, Teller County, Colorado. 7 x 8 cm 642g. $25.00., A 7 cm microcline crystal resting on graphic granite. Two views are shown. One side of the crystal terminal face has a very slight tinge of green to it, but it is really faint. It shows a little in the lower photo. Sold |
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JC5327 Microcline. Crystal Creek, Teller County, Colorado. A 6 cm crystal. 234g. $15.00. |
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JC5328. Microcline, albite. Crystal Creek, Teller County, Colorado. 8 x 9 cm 444g. $35.00. A group of pink microcline crystals with an oriented overgrowth of albite on them that look like teeth on the pink microcline. |
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JC5329 Microcline, albite. Crystal Creek, Teller County, Colorado. 6 x 7 cm 157g. $18.00. A group of pink microcline crystals with an oriented overgrowth of albite on them that look like teeth on the pink microcline. There is less albite on this one than some of the others, but the microcline is quite pretty. |
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JC5329. Another view. |
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JC5330 Microcline, albite. Crystal Creek, Teller County, Colorado. 5.5 x 6 cm 94g. $20.00. A group of pink microcline crystals with a little oriented overgrowth of albite on them. |
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JC5331. Microcline, albite. Crystal Creek, Teller County, Colorado. 4 x 6.5 cm 74g. $18.00. A group of pink microcline crystals with an oriented overgrowth of albite on them that look like teeth on the pink microcline. The cracks on the specimen must be shrinkage cracks, as the specimen is quite solid, and the cracks do not extend through to the back side. |
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JC5331. Another view. |
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JC5332. Microcline, albite. Crystal Creek, Teller County, Colorado. 5 x 6.5 cm 94g. $18.00 A group of pink microcline crystals with an oriented overgrowth of albite on them that look like teeth on the pink microcline. |
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JC5332. Another view. |
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JC5333. Microcline, albite. Crystal Creek, Teller County, Colorado. 5 x 7 cm 208g. $20.00. A group of pink microcline crystals with an oriented overgrowth of albite on them that look like teeth on the pink microcline. Growing on both are goethite pseudomorphs after siderite. Nice color contrasting. Sold |
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JC5334. Goethite pseudo siderite, microcline. Crystal Creek, Teller County, Colorado. 5.5 x 7.5 cm 116g. $15.00. |