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JC13892.  Wulfenite, descloizite.   Sidi Amer, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Prov. Oriental Region, Morocco.   6.5 x 5 x 3 cm 147g  $40.00.  Thin yellow crystals of wulfenite on sparkly near black descloizite.  Wulfenite has been partly covered in white calcite crystals in spots. 
JC13892.  Another view.
JC13892.  Another view.
JC13892.  Another view.
JC13892.   Closer view.  
JC13893.  Wulfenite, descloizite.   Sidi Amer, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Prov. Oriental Region, Morocco.  8 x 5.5 x 5 cm 201g   $30.00   Scattered thin yellow crystals of wulfenite on near black, sparkly, descloizite.  
JC13893.   Another view.  
JC13893.  Back side.  
JC13893.  Back side.  
JC13798.  Smithsonite.  Palabanda quarries, Mfouati, Mfouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo.  7.5 x 4 x 2 cm 89g  $125.00   Light blue, sparkly smithsonite grading to white sparkly smithsonite on the left.  Pretty piece.   
JC13799.  Mimetite.  Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia.   8 x 4.5 x 2 cm  141g. $20.00   Several fat, pale yellow mimetite crystals.  
JC13799.  Another view. 
JC13803Linarite, Galena.  Dispozitch mine, Silver Star Mining district, Mineral county, Nevada.  5 x 5 x 1.5 cm  98g  $10.00.    Had some excess matrix from the linarites from here..
JC13803.  Another view. 
JC13803.  Back side. 
JC13807Azurite.  Liufengshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China.  8 x 5.5 x 2 cm  $185.00  A flattish plate with the face covered with brilliant blue highly lustrous azurite.  Larger crystals than usual from the Liufengshan mine.  Pretty.  Minor malachite is also present.  
JC13807.  More of an oblique shot.
JC13807.  Another view.
JC13807.  Another view.
JC13807.  Close up.   
JC13808.  Austinite (cuprian), calcite.     Hilarion Mine, Kamariza Mines , Agios Konstantinos , Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece.   7 x 4.5 x 4 cm  98g  $60.00.    Scalenohedral calcite crystals and matrix coated with little spherules of cuprian austinite.  Relatively rare in this quality from here.   
JC13808.  Another view. 
JC13808.  Another view. 
JC13809.  Cerussite, galena.  Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco.  6 x 6 x 5 cm 373g  $40.00  Small vug filled with brilliant cerussite crystals, and galena also present and seen here on the top of the piece.  
JC13809.  Another view. 
JC13809.  Close up of the vug lined with brilliant crystals. 
JC13809.  Another view. 
JC10687.  Azurite.  Sierra Rica, Manuel Benavides municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico.   5.5 x 7 cm  226g.  $30.00   Bright blue, spherical aggregates of azurite on quartz.  Sawn back
JC10687.  Another view.  
JC10687.  Another view.  
JC10854.   Creedite.  Qinglong mine, Dachang Sb ore field, Qinglong county, Qianxinan, Guizhou, China.  7 x 8 cm  137g.   $175.00    Nice coverage of lilac crystals from the recent finds in China.   Good piece.   Pretty and sparkly creedite.    I think looks better in person.  
JC10854.   Closer look.  
JC10397.  Descloizite   Berg Aukas Mine (Berg Aukus Mine), Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia.  5 x 9 cm    123g.  $50.00.   Classic specimen from Berg Aukas.  Bladed, near black to brown bladed crystals make up the piece.  There are 3 broken crystals, visible in this photo as light areas near the center top area of the piece.   Otherwise in good shape.  
JC10397.   Closer view of left side.
JC10397.  Closer view of the right side. 
JC10670.  Malachite pseudo azurite, minor azurite.  Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto region, Namibia.  6.5 x 9 cm  210g.  $50.00    Front face of piece is covered with fairly sharp pseudos of malachite after azurite.  
JC10670.  Another view, sort of oblique.  
JC10670.  Another view, sort of oblique.
JC10670.  Close up.
JC10670.  Close up.
JC11496.   Pyromorphite.  Black Star pit, Mount Isa mine, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia.   2.8 x 5.3 x 8.2 cm  107g.  $98.00.   Nice coverage on a sort of weird matrix...it looks like wood.    
JC11496.  Close up.  
JC11475.  Pyromorphite.   Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.  6.5 x 7 cm 211g.  $250.00.   Solid coating of mustard color crystals with yellow tips, which are typical from this mine.  Label says it has wulfenite...I do not see any.  
JC11475.   Slightly different angle.  
JC11475.  Close up.   A few broken crystals here and there...typical of specimens of this type.  
JC10461.  Spessartine.   Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China.  8 x 4.5 x 5 cm 277g  $65.00.   Bright, dark wine red crystals with good luster.  
JC10461.  Close up. 
JC10331.  Vanadinite (endlichite).  Touissit-Bou Beker district, Jerada province, Oriental region, Morocco.   7 x 12 cm  271g.  $75.00.    Mass of bright, tan crystals from the finds of many years ago.    There is a bit of black, micro crystalline mottramite beneath the vanadinite crystals.   Nice bright luster on these.   
JC10331.  Close up view. 
JC10331.  Close up view. 
JC10331.  Another view.
JC10222.  Wulfenite.  Zelidja mine, Touissit-Bou Beker district, Jerada province, Oriental region, Morocco.  10 x 12 cm   361g.   $125.00.   Nice coverage of yellow/butter scotch yellow crystals.  Largest crystal is 18mm across.  I counted a couple of broken, smaller crystals, otherwise in good shape.  Matrix is odd looking, corroded dolomite, with a few saddle shaped small dolomite crystals on the back.  Wulfenite crystals on the back side are rather dull, some with a beige clay like material that didn't come off in the ultrasonic cleaner.   
JC10222.  Another view.  
JC10222.  Close up left side. 
JC10222.  Close up lower center.
JC10454.  Sphalerite.   Shuikoushan Mine, Shuikoushan ore field, Changning Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China.  8 x 9 cm    145g.  $75.00.   Translucent, almost gemmy amber crystals on a drusy quartz matrix.  There is some bruising on a few of the crystals.  
JC10454.  Another view.  
JC10454.  Another view.  
JC10454.  Close up view central area.  
JC10329Melanite.  Serpentine Dome, New Idria district, San Benito county, California.  6 x 10 cm 459g  $40.00.    Front face covered with brilliant black crystals.  Sawn back.
JC10329.  Close up of top center.
JC10329.  Another view. 
JC10687.  Azurite.   Sierra Rica, Manuel Benavides Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico.  5.5 x 7 cm 226g  $25.00.   Brilliant blue crystals scattered about.  
JC10687.  Another view. 
JC10687.  Another view. 
JC11095.  Dioptase, mimetite.   N'tola Mine, Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo.  4.5 x 5 x 12 cm 330g  $265.00.  Cabinet piece with the front covered in bright luster dioptase, with tiny micro crystals of mimetite scattered about.  
JC11095.  Another view.  
JC11095.  Back side. 
JC11095.  Another view.  
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.   Very eye catching. 
JC10484.  Another view.  
JC10484.  Another view.
JC10484.  Another view.
JC10484.  Close up view of the bottom right in the above photo.  

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