New Arrivals Page 1
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JC11449. Austinite (cuprian). Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. 4 x 5.5 cm 90g. $15.00 Light green to somewhat grayish small sparkly crystals. |
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JC11449. Close up. |
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JC11607. Azurite, malachite. Liufengshan mine, Guichi district, Chizhou, Anhui, China. 7 x 8 x 14 cm 866g. $400.00 From the recent finds (2022) at the mine. A two sided piece. This side is drusy bladed royal blue crystals with bright luster and a lot of fuzzy malachite. The other side is azurite with a little bit of acicular, primary malachite crystals on the azurite. A very pretty piece that displays well from either side. |
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JC11607. Close up of left side. |
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JC11607. Close up of right side. |
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JC11607. Reverse side, very pretty with brilliant luster drusy azurite coating a shallow vug (depression), with a bit of malachite for contrast. |
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JC10650. Dioptase, Kaokoveld plateau, Kunene region, Namibia. 3 x 5 cm 34g. $65.00. Cute miniature. Difficult to photograph as the crystals tend to blend into each other in the photos. Crystals are bright, rather gemmy, with that classic dioptase color. Looks better in person. |
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JC10650. Another view. Blocky, bright luster crystals. |
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JC12690. Linarite. Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico. 13 x 7 x 4.5 cm 387g $90.00 Ex Patty Gaspari-Bridges collection. Bladed, flat lying linarite on the front and back. |
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JC12690. Close up of the linarite. |
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JC12347. Linarite. Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico. 6.5 x 8.5 cm 270g. $200.00. This is one of the older pieces from the Blanchard. Probably dates back 30 or 40 years when these, with the heavy coating of brilliant, lathlike crystals lying generally flat on the matrix, were found. From a narrow seam, and it has a few contact points scattered across the piece where it was in contact with the opposite wall of the vein. Ex Scott Maylen collection. Very pretty. |
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JC12347. Another view. |
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JC12347. Another view. |
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JC12347. Close up of right side of the above photo. |
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JC11611. Malachite. Shilu mine, Yangchun county, Yangjiang, Guangdong, China. 9 x 9 cm 595g. $50.00. Botryoidal malachite from the recent finds (2022) at this mine. |
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JC11611. Close up of top center area. |
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JC11611. Close up of lower area. |
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JC11611. Another view. |
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JC11613. Malachite. Shilu mine, Yangchun county, Yangjiang, Guangdong, China. 9 x 13 cm 414g $65.00 Botryoidal malachite from the recent finds (2022) at this mine. |
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JC11613. Closer view of left side. |
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JC11613. Another view. |
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JC11495. Malachite, cerussite. Brown's prospect, Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Coomalie Shirte, Northern territory, Australia. 8.5 x 10 cm 499g. $135.00. Nice older example from this well known find. Cream white, with some slight staining, cerussite crystals on botryoidal malachite. Nicer specimen than usually seen for sale. |
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JC11495. Close up of the left side in the above photo. |
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JC11495. Close up of the lower right side in the top photo. |
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JC7417. Malachite. Mubambe
mine., Katanga, DR Congo. 7 x 8 cm 224g $40.00
Botryoidal malachite with somewhat sparkly botryoids. Could not find
much about this mine on the internet.
Ex Bud Ehrle collection. Collected prior to 2014. A
really pretty specimen with the malachite actually sparkly.
According to the AI statement "Mubambe refers to a prominent mining community and geographic grouping located in the Kambove Territory of the Haut-Katanga Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). "Mubambe mine" appears to be a typo or phonetic variation of the Lubambe Copper Mine, which is closely tied to the historic Katanga region." So the specimen comes from a mine near there. |
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JC7417. Slightly different angle. |
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JC7417. Back side. |
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JC11368. Mimetite. Velardeña, Velardeña District, Cuencamé Municipality, Durango, Mexico. 9 x 11.5 cm 362g. $150.00. Olive-green spherical clusters of nubby to euhedral mimetite crystals totally cover the undulating surface of this large plate from this much less well-known extensive mining district in Durango. Mineral specimens are in fact, rare from Velardena. Cuprian green mimetite is a rare varietal from this locality, as mimetites shown in mindat are yellow. The bit of scattered bruising is certainly only a modest detraction to this rare, very rich, and showy large piece. Ex Bob Reynolds Collection |
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JC11368. Close up of upper area. |
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JC11368. Close up of right side. |
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JC11368. Close up of left side. |
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JC13011. Vanadinite (var. endlichite) Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos Mountains, Municipio de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico. 9 x 9 x 2.5 cm 202g $35.00. Rather delicate, acicular crystals with brilliant luster coating a carbonate matrix. Pretty and sparkly. These are recent finds (2023) from the Erupción mine |
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JC13011. Close up. |
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JC13011. Close up. |
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JC13010. Vanadinite (var. endlichite) Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos Mountains, Municipio de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico. 9 x 5 x 2.5 cm 82g $35.00. Rather delicate, acicular crystals with brilliant luster coating a carbonate matrix. Pretty and sparkly. These are recent finds (2023) from the Erupción mine |
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JC13010. Close up. |
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JC13009. Vanadinite (var. endlichite) Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos Mountains, Municipio de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico. 9 x 5 x 2 cm 74g $30.00. Rather delicate, acicular crystals with brilliant luster coating a carbonate matrix. Pretty and sparkly. These are recent finds (2023) from the Erupción mine |
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JC13009. Close up. |
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JC13008. Vanadinite (var. endlichite) Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos Mountains, Municipio de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico. 7 x 5 x 1.5 cm 46g $40.00 Rather delicate, acicular crystals with brilliant luster coating a carbonate matrix. Pretty and sparkly. These are recent finds (2023) from the Erupción mine |
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JC13008. Close up. |
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JC13007. Vanadinite (var. endlichite) Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos Mountains, Municipio de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico. 8 x 7 x 4 cm 172g $25.00 Rather delicate, acicular crystals with brilliant luster coating a carbonate matrix. Pretty and sparkly. These are recent finds (2023)from the Erupción mine. |
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JC13007. Close up. |
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JC10327. Wulfenite. Mežica, Carinthia Region, Slovenia. 10 x 15 cm 965g. $100.00. Something not often seen is a large plate of crystals such as this from here. There are some broken crystals, as can be seen in the close ups. Overall in good shape. Crystals are not bright and lustrous, more of a dull waxy luster. |
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JC10327. Close up. |
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JC10327. Close up. |
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JC10327. Another view. |