New Arrivals Page 4
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JC10694. Azurite, malachite pseudo after azurite. Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker district, Jerada province, Oriental region, Morocco. 6 x 10 cm 368g. $45.00. Azurite crystals coating the brown matrix. The green areas are azurite crystals replaced by malachite. Colorful, with good luster. |
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JC10694. Closer view |
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JC10694. Another view. |
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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 |
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JC10687. Another view. |
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JC10687. Another view. |
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JC10337. Azurite. Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. 3.5 x 3.5 cm 35g. $45.00. Purportedly from the Easter Pocket. A group of lustrous dark blue crystals. Largest on the top, with crystals all around the piece. A tough one to photo, so I took several angles of the front of the piece. There is a main crystal measuring 2.3 cm from top to bottom, it is flat lying, with a bit of green malachite replacement near the base, as seen in this photo and the ones below. It has a couple of smaller satellite crystals sticking out vertically from the flat lying main crystal. The back side has several small azurite crystals also. |
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JC10337. Another view of the flat lying crystal. Not sure what the grey patch near the top is, looks like a bit of matrix rock? |
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JC10337. Another view of the flat lying crystal. Not sure what the grey patch near the top is, looks like a bit of matrix rock? |
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JC10337. Another view of the flat lying crystal. Not sure what the grey patch near the top is, looks like a bit of matrix rock? |
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JC10337. Another view of the flat lying crystal. Not sure what the grey patch near the top is, looks like a bit of matrix rock? |
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JC10337. Another view of the flat lying crystal. Not sure what the grey patch near the top is, looks like a bit of matrix rock? |
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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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JC12454. Grossular. Jeffrey mine, Val-de-des-Sources, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada. 3.2 x 6 cm 21g $300.00. Something you don't usually see from the Jeffrey mine, and is in fact quite rare, is a complete floater specimen with no points of attachment such as this. Pretty and gemmy with glassy luster. RESERVED |
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JC12454. Back 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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JC12561. Melanite. Serpentine Dome, New Idria district, San Benito county, California. 10.0 x 5.0 x 3.0 cm 164g. $40.00. Plate, with crystals on both sides. From a very tight vein in the typical schistose rock these came in. Areas where the specimens sides contacted the vein walls, have a rubbed look. Nice glassy luster on the crystals. RESERVED |
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JC12561. Slightly different angle. |
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JC12561. Close up. |
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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. |
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JC11496. Close up. |
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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. |
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JC11475. Slightly different angle. |
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JC11475. Close up. A few broken crystals here and there...typical of specimens of this type. |
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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. |
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JC10461. Close up. |
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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. |
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JC10331. Close up view. |
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JC10331. Close up view. |
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JC10331. Another view. |
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JC10698. Wulfenite. Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker district, Jerada province, Oriental region, Morocco. 5.5 x 8.5 cm 177g. $200.00. A better quality example of the wulfenite from this mine. Bright yellow crystals coating the front of the piece. It is mostly wulfenite, with less attractive wulfenite on the back also. There are a few broken crystals, hard to see, but visible on a close look at the close up photos below. Attractive specimen. . |
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JC10698. Close up view. |
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JC10698. Back side. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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JC10454. Another view. |
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JC10454. Another view. |
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JC10454. Close up view central area. |
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JC13858. Azurite. Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. 2 x 2.5 cm 16g $15.00 Cute thumbnail. |
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JC13858. Another view. |
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JC13858. Another view. |
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JC10126. Pyromorphite. Burgam Mine, Stiperstones, Worthen with Shelve, Shropshire, England, UK. 2.5 x 4 cm 36g $35.00. Cute miniature, with pyromorphite pretty much covering all the barite matrix. Collected in the period of 1960's - 1970's. |
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JC10126. Another view. |
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JC10126. Another view. |
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JC10329. Melanite. 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. |
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JC10329. Close up of top center. |
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JC10329. Another view. |
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JC10687. Azurite. Sierra Rica, Manuel Benavides Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico. 5.5 x 7 cm 226g $25.00. Brilliant blue crystals scattered about. |
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JC10687. Another view. |
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JC10687. Another view. |
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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. |
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JC11095. Another view. |
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JC11095. Back side. |
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JC11095. Another view. |
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JC13810. Azurite. Chengmenshan Mine, Jiujiang Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China. 7.5 x 7.5 x 4.5 cm 299g $225.00 The large open pit Chengmenshan mine in China is probably best-known for its Copper and Cuprite specimens, but a very small amount of fine quality Azurite "roses" have been found there. This piece is nearly a complete "floater" as it's crystallized all the way around. This is a good opportunity to acquire an azurite that is rarely seen for sale on the market these days. These are much rarer than their counterparts from the Liufengshan mine. Ex: Harry Critchley collection #3981. I took several photos of all sides of the piece. RESERVED |
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JC13810. Another view. |
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JC13810. Another view. |
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JC13810. Another view. |
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JC13810. Another view, calling it the back side. |
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JC13810. Another view. |
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JC13810. Another view. |
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JC13811. Azurite, malachite. Copper Queen mine, Bisbee, Cochise county, Arizona. 4 x 3 x 3 cm 40g $195.00 A 3.5 cm crystal partially replaced by malachite, and the malachite actually looks like it is growing outward from the azurite crystal...rather odd. A quite nice miniature with a fairly large azurite crystal for the locality. I photographed it from several angles. |
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JC13811. Slightly different angle. |
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JC13811. Slightly different angle. |
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JC13811. More of a side view. |
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JC13811. Another view. |
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JC13811. Another view. |
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JC13811. Another view. |
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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. Very eye catching. |
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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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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. |