JPL1 Malachite ps. Cuprite (7 Crystals!)

Chessy-les-Mines, Rhone, Rhone Alpes, France

Largest: 1.8x 1.75x 1.7cm 

Smallest:  .7x .7x .4 cm

$500

A set of 7 malachite ps curprite specimens from this classic locality.  These things are very, very hard to find today.  There are octahedrons, didecahedrons, and hoppered octahedrons in this set. 

JPL2 Quartz (Japan Law Twin)

Pasto Bueno Mine, Pallasca Province, Ancash Deparment, Perú

7.6x 6.0x 2.9 cm

$485

A superb Japan law twin from Peru.  The twin measures 4.8 cm across, and displays prominently atop a matrix of quartz.  This is one of the most aesthetic and "to the point" Japan law twins that I have ever seen from Peru--usually the twin is semi-hidden somewhere within a jumble of crystals.

JPL3 Pollucite, Spodumene var. Kunzite

Paprok, Nuristan Prov., Afghanistan
27.0x 15.5x 14.0 cm

$900

A large cabinet specimen hosting a very large   7 cm pollucite, etched as is the usual case for specimens from this locality.  Pollucite is a rare cesium bearing zeolite, and there is a second, smaller crystal measuring just under one inch located to the right of the main one.

  Also on the matrix is a large kunzite crystal (which has been etched as well.)

Despite the etching, this kunzite retains exceptional gemmyness.  Large portions of it would be suitable for cutting.  What is more, when viewed from above, the color is an interesting cross between purple and green, quite unlike any other spodumene I have seen from the region.  

I am not a gem cutter, but If you know what you are doing you could trim this thing to end up with quite a bit of high quality gem rough, and an exceptional pollucite specimen on top of that.

JPL4 Cuprosklodowskite

Musonoi Extension, Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of Congo 

5.1x 3.2x 1.9 cm

$200

A specimen of cuprosklodowskite, comprised of the cross section of a vein.  The cuprosklodowskite is partially altered to (uranophane?) in parts, and associated with vanderbrandeite at the center of the specimen.  

JPL5 Boracite w/ Hilgardite

Boulby mine, Boulby, Loftus, Yorkshire, UK

4.7x 2.6x 1.6 cm

$225

A rare large miniature specimen of boracite from this classic locality.  This specimen is almost certainly from the finds of the early 90's, and as such are almost impossible to find.

JPL6 Rheniite
KudriaviyVolcano, Iturup Island, Russia
3.6x 2.1x 1.4 cm

$175

A nice miniature specimen with many bright rheniite crystals on a lava matrix.  This is one of the only naturally occurring minerals that contains rhenium, and has to be collected at the volcano.  Very rare stuff, and quite rich given what it is.

JPL7 Serandite, Rhodochrosite
Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville Co., Québec, Canada
4.9x 1.6x 0.8 cm

$175

An terminated serandite crystal, coated with dark rhodochrosites on the reverse.  As you cans see in the lower right image, there is a blemish near the top to one of the rhodochrosites.  The color is also a bit less bright than the images show.  Regardless, such specimens from MSH are are exceedingly hard to come by, and crystals of this size are generally much more expensive.

JPL8 Scorodite

Hemerdon Ball Mine, Plympton, Devon, UK

4.7x 4.5x 2.8 cm.

$78

An English scorodite specimen, hosting a vug filled with thousands of small crystals.  The color changes from blue under incandescent light (pictured) to greenish in sun of fluorescent lighting.

JPL9 Betafite (5 Crystals)

Silver Crater Mine, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada

JPL10 Fluorite, Calcite

Shangbao Pyrite mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
6.1x 6.8x 5.7 cm

$145

A bright purple fluorite, lying against a cluster of calcite crystals.  They crtainly stands out among the endless examples of Chinese fluorite.   

JPL17 Soddyite

Swambo, Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of Congo 

2.4x 1.5x 1.3 cm

$65

A rich thumbnail specimen, covered in soddyite.  I am told there is also swamboite on this specimen, but I have not verified this and so am selling it only as soddyite. Pictures taken at 8.2x and 11x magnification.

JPL11 Thorite

Kemp's Prospect, Cheddar, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

JPL13 Thorite

Kemp's Prospect, Cheddar, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

JPL15 "Mohawkite"

Ahmeek, Keenaw Co., Michigan, United States