$999 RESERVE LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS:
NEW AUCTIONS END January 19th!

Over a dozen specimens pulled from our high-end inventory, almost all lower than our unamortized cost basis, which I am willing to sell below cost in some cases. NOTE: $999 starting bids, with $25 increments

CREEDITE - new find from China!

new find of uniquely crystallized OLMIITE from the KALAHARI MANGANESE FIELDS !
A new pocket found in the fall of 2009, of uniquely isolated, sharp, squarish crystals of this beautiful rare species

ETTRINGITE - new large yellow crystals
from the Kalahari Manganese Field, many on matrix !

intense green EMERALD CRYSTALS from Zambia!

SMITHSONITE (green Cuprian) from the 79 Mine in ARIZONA !

WULFENITE - new large yellow crystals from Namibia !

GOLD !
A small update of 22 mostly heavy, aesthetic gold nuggets as well as a few surprising large crystals from many different locations.

Gibbsite from China: New Find !
This past summer I was offered a small lot of approximately 50 specimens of unusual, lightweight, alunimum-rich gibbsite specimens from China. I picked the best dozen and a half, presented here

NEW FIND: intense blue Aurichalcite in Calcite !
Now posted, a selection of 3 dozen of the top specimens from a few small pockets found in May and July of 2009, featuring calcite so thickly invested by Aurichalcite inclusions that they are a riveting, neon blue color, many with aurichalcite needles visible within.

NEW FEATURE!: Rare Cut Gemstones !
Now posted, a selection of over 100 rare cut gems, mostly from the old dealer stock of a friend in the gem trade for some 50 years. MANY unusual items here!

THE JOSEF VAJDAK COLLECTION OF RADIOACTIVE SYSTEMATICS (NOTE:this has now SOLD to a museum)
...with a core suite specializing in the rare uranium Mineralogy of Pribram, Czech Republic. Offered for sale, on behalf of the owner, as a collection only.

3 dozen specimens posted FOR SALE from...
THE MIGUEL ROMERO SANCHEZ COLLECTION of MEXICAN MINERALS
In this link, we have posted extensive information about this seminal collection,
as well as specimens for sale which have been put away, since 2008, for this update.

2 dozen new specimens posted on Nov 10th...
from a new pocket of intense blue AQUAMARINE from NAMIBIA!
STAY TUNED FOR A LARGE UPDATE OF 50 or more $100-&-up specimens coming for the holidays!

NEON-RED TOURMALINE from Brazil!
In October, a small pocket of these unusually etched, cityscape-like, intensely colored tourmalines was found at the old Cruzeiro Mine. I am told by several sources that very few pieces came out, perhaps only half a dozen. Only 4 were available at the Munich Show, of which I picked up these three.

NEW FIND of CELESTITE from South Africa!
Celestite is a rare species from the Kalahari Manganese Fields, and these are the best we have yet seen come out, over several decades.

NEW FIND of PHENAKITE GEM CRYSTALS!
selections from a small new pocket discovered in August, 2009 of gem-quality PHENAKITE crystals from JOS PLATEAU, NIGERIA

SAN DIEGO COUNTY COLLECTION :
The long-delayed third and final installment in our posting of the expansive San Diego county collection assembled between the late 1970s and 2005 by William Larson and Ed Swoboda, for the company showroom of The Collector store in Fallbrook, California. 70 NEW SPECIMENS added!

NEW FIND of intense orange CREEDITE from Mexico!
over 50 specimens, a wide variety from $100-up, now posted

selections from the ROBERT WHITMORE COLLECTION
of East Coast and Worldwide Classics:
Bob Whitmore is one of the most prominent East Coast field collectors of his generation, specializing in North-East United States classics for 50 years. He also maintained small worldwide and broader US Classics collections built through trade and occasional purchase. 46 specimens from the collection, now posted!

ED DAVID COLLECTION:
Selections from the 1000 specimens I obtained from the famous collection of Dr. Ed David of New Jersey - recently updated!

JOHN WHITE MINERAL COLLECTION OF RARE SPECIES & LOCALES:
John White lived in Seattle, Washington, and spent decades building an extensive collection of minerals including large suites of rarities and locality pieces. A HUGE MIX OF VERY UNUSUAL SPECIMENS IN THIS UPDATE: MOST PRICED BELOW $500 !

SAN DIEGO COUNTY COLLECTION:
A long-delayed second installment in the update of the expansive San Diego county collection assembled between the late 1970s and 2005 by William Larson and Ed Swoboda, for the company showroom of The Collector store in Fallbrook, California.

APATITE: Sapo Mine, 2007 find
A small stash of 10 fine apatite specimens put away when they came out, in mid-2007. Although the mine has continued to produce since then, this particular style and habit has not been seen come out in some time now.

BABINGTONITE from China
Amazing, high quality babingtonites from this locality, of literally unprecedented size and richness, have redefined what the collector can own for this species. When they first came out 2 years ago, they were very high priced, in line with babingtonite specimens from historic Connecticut and Massachusetts locales. However more have been mined since and prices have come down a bit. I recently obtained a large lot of nicer quality pieces at a VERY low price that I am trying to pass on, here...

HERDERITE: New Find
Good purple herderites on matrix have been a thing of distant memory since the famous finds in this valley in the late 1970s. A friend in Brazil sent these up to me, from a recent find - 3 nice matrix pieces, all priced (I think, surprisingly) reasonably at under $2000. The miners down there perhaps haven't seen any in decades to judge value from, so the prices I paid were also very reasonable.

VANADINITE - NEW POCKET!
A surprising pocket of Vanadinite from a new mine near the old ACF Mine workings, with robust geometric, cogwheel-like and flowery crystal habits - we bought the entire pocket (approix. 400 good pieces and another 500 lesser) and cherrypicked out many of the best specimens for update. In person, these are very much more robust, and show unusual forms, compared to most previous finds in this area.

DAVIDITE from a legendary 1970s find!:
From the drawer of a museum where they have sat for 30-plus years, the rumoured HUGE davidite crystals found in the 1970s in Zambia...

CHINESE FLUORITE COLLECTION
of SHANGBAO AND YAOGANGXIAN FINDS from 1997-2009!:
This update represents picks from dozens of pockets over a decade, thus, and not any one find. For the new Shangbao pieces, a premium should be attached to those specimens on the good dolomite crystals, which makes this find stand out.

MINERALS as ART!

A selection of about a dozen mixed specimens (priced $2000-$35,000) chosen for their aesthetics to be painted by internationally known wildlife artist Gamini Ratnavira. Original paintings are included.

Deaccessions from the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences!
Over 200 specimens from this treasure trove of antique specimens! THIS