$999 RESERVE LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS:
NEW AUCTIONS END JUNE 23rd!

A dozen specimens and an old bound set of Rocks & Minerals, almost all lower than our unamortized cost basis, which I am willing to sell below cost in some cases. Consider it a chance to get a deal in this weird economy we are all riding in! NOTE: $999 starting bids, with $25 increments

BOOK SALE!:
From a friend's personal library collection, that he is thinning down on duplicates. Many hard to get selections. Please order directly from the owner if interested.

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...

"WHAT'S HOT IN TUCSON 2009" video is now out!

A MAJOR NEW EVENT IN MINERALS! This 4-hour/2-disc video is professionally shot by Bryan Swoboda and features our hobby's modern godfather, Dave Wilber, touring around the highlights of the Tucson Show looking for new finds; and conducting interviews. Everyone who orders through this link from my site gets 10% off as a courtesy- click here to go to the site and order directly.

CHINA FLUORITE COLLECTION PART I:
Yaoganxian Mine fluorite started coming out in abundance in the mid 1990s, sometimes cheap and sometimes not in those early days, and in a huge variety of styles. This collection of exceptional, choice specimens was built by a dealer in China as a private collection, over many years of cherrypicking the flow. Now, as the mine slows down a bit and the lower levels of the mine are actually closed at this point, this collection has been sold. Additionally presented here are about a dozen specimens of strangely colored light-sensitive ("Metamerism") fluorites on dolomite, from a late-2008 pocket at the Shangbao Mine. It took the collector, based in China recall, ten years to cherrypick all these styles, and to also maintain a very high quality level. Of course, being a passionate quality freak, this collector paid high for the top specimens in the size range if they had the perfection sought, and so many of these stayed in China instead of drifting to the US for sale. This update and the next one represent 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.

CHINA FLUORITE COLLECTION PART II:
Miniatures, a few small cabs, and Thumbnails from the same collection that were selected for their quality by the same stadnards as above, but mostly in the $100-500 range. Some real sleepers, here!

OLD FIND OF VIVIANITE...from FLORIDA!:
In the mid-1980s, a small Florida quarry produced some very fine gem vivianite crystals, but few were ever seen on the market. We purchased, last year, most of the mine geologists stash and present it here. Fascinating and unusual phosphate crystals, from Florida.

EXPANDED NEW MIXED UPDATE!:
Here are about 25 specimens from 2 friends' European collections. One is a suite of very different tourmalines, from San Diego and Russian localities. The other suite features choice deaccessions from a friend's collection in Europe, including several important old classics I was surprised he let me pull out for sale

HISTORIC US CLASSICS :
(posted April 13)
I have been saving up the occasional interesting specimen from different lots and collections for 2 years now, to make a special update from them. I finally have posted a selection from this stash, including lots of rare classics from the noted collections of Ken Hollman, Phil Scalisi, George Elling, Ed David, and others.

new from TUCSON!:
(posted April 7)
I picked a few dozen of the most special out of several hundred mixed specimens I purchased at Tucson, to lead our annual post-show mixed updates. Many good Quartz here, in particular!

NEW FIND - lustrous ACANTHITE from MOROCCO:
(posted March 24)
Although acanthite has trickled out of Morocco for several years now, this particular pocket found last summer has surprising lustre and unusually elegant crystallography, making these pieces my favorites yet from this new contemporary source for world-class acanthite (at prices quite reasonable in context to older locales, I felt).

NEW FIND - SILVER from an ancient mine in SPAIN:
(posted March 24)
A surprising rediscovery of classic old wire and crystalline silver from this ancient mining district.

NEW FIND -SUPERB RAMSDELLITE CRYSTALS from ARIZONA:
(posted March 3)
A surprising rediscovery of well-crystallized ramsdellite with unusually high lustre, from an old locality I thought long defunct.

NEW FIND - ZIRCON from PAKISTAN:
(posted March 3)
Beautiful, textbook-sharp red crystals on matrix from what we hop eis the start of a prolific new site.

NEW FROM TUCSON - Red and Pink Olmiite:
a new species from South Africa!
(posted Feb 27)
One of the few really new, exciting finds of any quantity at Munich 2008 and then, in more fullness, at Tucson 2009, was of these beautiful specimens of a new species: Olmiite! I am hesitant to say explicitly that this is an update of a "new find of a rarity" because the assumption is they might be ugly...far from it...My lot was carefully cherrypicked from the new pocket while it was still en route to the show, for quality of lustre, color, and condition.

NEW VIDEO: KIDS COLLECTING in PALA PEGMATITES!
(posted Feb 25)
An outstanding new program for the next generation of mineral collectors! And one long overdue, in my opinion. Filmed on location at the OceanView Mine and the Pala Chief Mine, these kids get an exciting taste of true field collecting in one of the most famous gem and mineral-producing areas in North America. I am proud to be a financial sponsor of this project.

NEW FROM TUCSON: RUBY & SAPPHIRE from TANZANIA
(posted Feb 24)
A surprise from Tanzania, beautiful rubies and ruby/sapphire combo crystals with incredibly sharp form and lustrous faces, really unprecedented for specimen quality ruby crystals in general. These set a new standard, and are sure to become modern classics!

NEW FROM TUCSON: COPPER & CUPRITE from RUSSIA
(posted Feb 24)
Startling new coppers with exquisite crystallization, from a remote Russian localitynear the border with Kazakhstan.

NEW FROM TUCSON: RARE SPECIES
(posted Feb 24)
A large mixed update (2 pages), with 40 specimens of rare species and their type localities: in general, things not seldom seen on the market; and that do not rhyme with "tourmaline" or "aquamarine". A very neat mix, I am proud to say! It takes a lot longer to find and work this kind of thing up, too...

NEW FROM TUCSON: CLASSIC RARITIES OF the KATANGA COPPER/URANIUM BELT
(posted Feb 24)
A selection of 20 specimens of mixed radioactive rarities from former Zaire, from a major systematic European collection

Jeremejevite
3 large crystals from a remarkable find in the summer of 2007 (posted Jan 10, 2009)

MINERALS as ART!
(posted Jan. 10, 2009)
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.

Rare species and more:
Deaccessions from the Mark Feinglos Collection
(posted Jan 10, 2009)

Deaccessions from the Dr. Werner Paar Collection:
Romanian Classics; Suredaite & Toyohaite (new finds)
(posted Jan 10, 2009)

Deaccessions from the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences!
(posted Dec. 15, 2008)
Over 200 specimens from this treasure trove of antique specimens! THIS