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New Arrivals Page 3
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JC13943. Cerussite. Tsumeb mine, Otjikoto, Namibia. 8.0 x 4.0 x 2.2 cm 228g $180.00 Nice twin, often called snowflake twins. Ex Harry Critchley collection RESERVED |
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JC13943. Reverse |
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JC13943. Top view. Some damage along the top of the crystals. |
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JC13944. Silver. Beaver Mine, Coleman Township, Cobalt area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada . 3.2 x 2.0 x 1.6 cm 12g $65.00 A very rare crystallized silver from the Beaver mine which shut down in 1940, so this piece predates that. No matrix, silver all around. Ex James Smith collection. I didn't notice the cotton fibers on this until I saw the photos...I will remove these before shipping. RESERVED |
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JC13944. Another view. |
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JC13944. Another view. |
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JC13944. Back side. |
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JC13945. Vanadinite, calcite. Apex mine, San Carlos, Manuel Benavides Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico. 6.0 x 5.0 x 2.5 cm 86g $125.00 This is a really cute vanadinite from here, with nice bright orange crystals along with the stark white calcite rhombs for contrast. Prettier than a lot of these I have seen. Ex Dr. Hernandez-Uribe coll. RESERVED |
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JC13946. Pyrite pseudo pyrrhotite, sphalerite. Trepca Stari Trg Mine, Trepča complex, Mitrovica, Mitrovica District, Kosovo. 9.5 x 6.0 x 5.5 357g $50.00 Golden pyrite, in a sort of bladed look, replacing pyrrhotite. Black sphalerite on the back. Piece has some missing areas, visible in the photo below. |
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JC13946. Another view, with black sphalerite in the back with a little quartz crystal. |
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JC13946. Back side with sphalerite crystals. |
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JC13946. Back side, another view. |
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JC13950. Rosasite. Silver Bill Mine, Costello Mine group, Gleeson, Turquoise District , Cochise County, Arizona. 7 x 4 x 2 cm 39g $155.00 Blue botryoids over the face. Ex Richard Helsel coll. |
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JC13950. Another view. |
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JC13950. Closer view. |
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JC13951. Malachite pseudo azurite. Milpillas Mine, Milpillas, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico 9 x 5.5 x 2 cm 110g $225.00 Up to 3 cm crystals in well defined chatoyant blades. The largest crystal is in the left rear in this photo. RESERVED |
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JC13951. Another view. |
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JC13951. Vertical view. |
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JC13953. Pyrite on and pseudo after enargite. Cerro de Pasco mine, Simón Bolívar District, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peru. 8 x 7.5 x 3.5 cm 319g $150.00. 1 cm enargite crystals covered with and also replacing enargite, are bright sparkly pyrite crystals. A somewhat mound shaped mass of enargite, with the top covered with these bright sparkly crystals. A relative oldie, predating the 1990's. Bright and sparkly (only said this 3 times). Ex Otto Gruson coll. Nice piece from this seldom seen location these days. RESERVED |
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JC13953. Another view. |
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JC13953. Another view. |
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JC13953. Closer view. |
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JC13953. Closer view. |
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JC13953. Closer view. |
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JC13955. Grossular variety hessonite. Testa Ciarva, Mussa, Alp Balme, Turin, Piedmont, Italy. 10.5 x 6 x 3.5 cm 377g $295.00. A flat plate covered with brilliant lustrous dark wine red crystals. Purportedly collected in the 1870's. The area has been closed to all collecting for a number of years now. Not often do you see a piece of this quality and size available for sale. |
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JC13955. Close up of the crystals. |
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JC13955. Close up of the crystals. |
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JC13956. Zunyite. Big Bertha Extension mine, Middle Camp-Oro Fino district, Dome Rock mountains, Nr. Quartzite, La Paz county, Arizona. 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm 26g A 4mm crystal in matrix. $15.00. Before the recent find of these in Iran, the ones from the Dome Rock mountains were considered the best in the world. Collected in 2000. Fluorescent dark red. RESERVED |
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JC13956. Close up. |
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JC13958. Pyromorphite. Sherman mine (Leary Mine), upper 9 mile creek, nr. Burke, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho. 2.7 x 2 cm $18.00 Thumbnail. Well crystallized all around, front and back. A rarely seen thumbnail size piece collected by Art Cooper in the late 1960's. |
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JC13958. Back side. |
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JC11971. Apatite. Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal. 3 x 4.5 cm 49g $120.00 A sharp group of beige to very slightly pink crystals. Associated with white dolomite? crystals. Nice miniature. Older piece...pre 2000. |
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JC11971. Another view. |
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JC11971. Another view. |
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JC11971. Another view. |
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JC11971. Another view. |
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JC11911. Bournonite. Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China 4.5 x 7 cm tall. 225g $90.00 A large, brilliant luster partial crystal. RESERVED |
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JC11911. Another view. |
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JC11911. Another view. |
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JC11911. Another view. |
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JC11911. Termination. |
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JC11964. Ferberite. Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China. 4 x 8 cm tall 161g $175.00 This is an old specimen, probably from the 1990s but perhaps early 2000s. Sharp, brilliant black with a partial coating of near micro crystalline muscovite. Sharp termination, really nice piece. |
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JC11964. Another view. |
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JC11964. Back side. |
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JC11964. Back side. |
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JC13147. Chalcocite. Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Ladysmith-Rhinelander Metavolcanic Complex, Rusk County, Wisconsin. 6 x 3.5 x 3 cm 212g $90.00 Multi color iridescent, on sort of sub botryoidal crystals. The short lived open pit mine at Flambeau produced a plethora of fine multi-colored and generally lustrous, chalcocite crystals. They are considered among the best in the world for the species, and are certainly among the best from any modern location |
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JC13147. Another view. |
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JC13147. Back side or base depending on orientation. |
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JC13147. Another view. |
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JC13147. Another view. |
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JC13147. Closer view. |
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JC13147. Closer view. |
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JC13147. Closer view. |
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JC13176. Galena. Rosiclare Level, Main Orebody, Denton Mine, Ozark-Mahoning Mining Company, Harris Creek District, S. Illinois 3 x 5 cm 76g $15.00 Ex: North Star Minerals, Tucson, 1989. A miniature of modified cubic crystals. |
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JC13176. Reverse |
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BR134. Azurite, malachite. Copper Queen mine, Bisbee, Cochise county, Arizona. 4 x 4 cm 55g $200.00 Has a 2 x 3 cm bladed crystal. Looks like a damaged crystal on the front. Ex: Lorraine Sofia coll. Ex: Mineralogical Research; Purchased: 11-2007. I took photos of this one from all angles. |
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BR134. Another view. |
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BR134. Another view. |
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BR134. Another view. Large bladed crystal on the front. |
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BR134. Another view. |
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BR134. Another view. |
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BR233. Hubnerite, calcite., Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramure County, Romania. 1.7 x 3 cm tall. 12g $125.00 Bright crystal partially covered with small balls of calcite. A tiny chalcopyrite crystal on back Hubnerite is quite rare from this locality, and this is a nice brilliant crystal, that is closer to a thumbnail, although could also be called a small miniature. A good example from Baia Sprie. Ex: Fraziers Minerals. |
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BR233. Another view. |
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BR233. Back side.. |
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BR281. Epidote. Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska. 3 x 2.5 cm 12g $250.00 A no matrix, group of crystals to 2.1 cm long. Classy small miniature. Crystals are partially gemmy as seen in the photos. The specks on the crystals are dust...I didn't notice until I saw the photos. When shipped will be dust free. Ex: Jean-Pierre Cand coll: Purchased : 10-2001. A really neat specimen from here. |
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BR281. Another view. |
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BR281. Another view. |
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BR281. Another view. |
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BR281. Another view. |
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BR451. Aragonite (tarnowitzite). Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. 3.5 x 5.3 cm 51g Stout 1.5 x 1 cm crystals. $150.00. Ex: Richard D. Bates coll.# T-23. Ex: Mineralogical Research. Nice clean miniature of these. |
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BR451. Another view. |
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BR451. Another view. |
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BR451. Another view. |
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BR495. Azurite, malachite (polished). Metcalf mine, Morenci, Greenlee county, Arizona. 6 x 4.2 x 1.5 cm 60g $145.00 Pretty blue polished piece . Ex Lorraine Sofia coll., Ex Mineralogical Research. |
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BR495. Reverse. |
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BR527. Zincolivenite, tennantite? matrix. Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. 7.5 x 8.5 cm 171g. $175.00 Plate of micro crystalline to small balls of zincolivenite, all dark green. |
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BR527. Closer view left side. |
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BR527. Closer view, central right side. |
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BR527. Closer view upper right. |
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BR627. Ammonite. No location given. 9.5 x 7.5 cm 488g $50.00 A silicified (agate) grayish and tan and white polished ammonite. RESERVED |
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BR627. Back side. |
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BR627. Used to be the ammonite opening. |
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BR628. Citrine? quartz. No location given (Brazil?) 7 cm tall x 4 cm wide. 129g $15.00 May be an orange coating. At first glance this looks like citrine, but when I looked at the base, it appears that the interior is clear and colorless. |
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BR628. Another view. |
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BR628. Another view. |
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BR83. Inesite, hubeite, fluorapophyllite?. Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China. $980.00 A stout 4 x 8.5 cm tall quartz, with 4+ inesite sprays on it, with a small pyrite on the lower front, and micro crystalline sparkly brown hubeite coating the front and side of the quartz also. The Inesite is coated with sugary, tiny crystals of what appears to be Fluorapophyllite? These are now uncommon and no longer being found. Ex: Jean-Pierre Cand coll. Purchased : 5-2001. I photographed it from all sides. |
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BR83. Another view. |
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BR83. Another view. |
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BR83. Another view. |
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BR83. Another view. |
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BR83. Another view. |
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BR83. Close up of Inesite. |
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BR83. Close up of Inesite bow tie. |
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BR97. Blue Grotto prospect. (Big Indian mine., Blue Crystal mine.) La Sal, Utah. 3.5 x 4 cm 52g $125.00 Typical bright blue crystal flower (rose). Ex: Lorraine Sofia coll. Ex: Mineralogical Research |
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BR97. Another view. |
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BR97. Another view. |
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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. |
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JC10854. Closer look. |
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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. |
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JC10397. Closer view of left side. |
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JC10397. Closer view of the right side. |
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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. |
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JC10670. Another view, sort of oblique. |
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JC10670. Another view, sort of oblique. |
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JC10670. Close up. |
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JC10670. Close up. |
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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. Nicely priced |
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JC10222. Another view. |
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JC10222. Close up left side. |
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JC10222. Close up lower center. |