Thumbnails
For our little collectors out there - explore a gallery of beautiful thumbnail fine minerals brought to you by The Arkenstone. Thumbnail specimens from across the globe are represented at a variety of price points. While there are many different ways that collectors choose to specialize, many collectors are drawn to the perfect crystal shapes found in these small, delicate specimens.
In 2014, The Dallas Mineral Collecting Symposium featured a lecture by Dr. James Houran, notable psychologist and thumbnail collector, who shared his viewpoint on why these little crystals are such a fun and challenging way to focus a collection.
- SM24-071
- Olivenite
- Milpillas Mine, Santa Cruz Mun., Sonora, Mexico
- Thumbnail
- 2.6 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm
- $1,650.00
- SM24-068
- Peridot
- Sapat Gali, Naran, Kaghan Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Prov., Pakistan
- Thumbnail
- 2.8 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm
- $950.00
- SM24-063
- Beryl var. Red Beryl
- Ruby Violet Claims, Beaver Co., Wah Wah Mtns., Utah, USA
- Thumbnail
- 1.5 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
- $2,400.00
- SM24-062
- Smithsonite var. Cobaltian
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto, Namibia
- Thumbnail
- 2.8 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm
- $1,250.00
- SM24-059
- Legrandite
- Aztec Sun Pocket, Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
- Thumbnail
- 2.7 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
- $4,800.00
- SM24-021
- Neptunite
- Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California, USA
- Thumbnail
- 2.9 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm
- $1,500.00
- SCH-1144
- Calcite sceptre
- Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
- Thumbnail
- 2.3 x 1.0 x 1.0 cm
- $300.00
- SCH-561
- Azurite
- Kerrouchene, Khenifra Prov., Morocco
- Thumbnail
- 2.9 x 1.8 x 0.7 cm
- $450.00
- SCH-574
- Topaz
- Marambaia, Caraí, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Thumbnail
- 3.2 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
- $450.00
- SCH-539
- Quartz var. Amethyst
- Kakamunurle Mine, Karur Dist., Tamil Nadu, India
- Thumbnail
- 2.6 x 2.0 x 2.0 cm
- $950.00
- SCH-528
- Azurite crystals in Azurite concretion
- Mikheevskoe, Kartalinsky Dist., Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
- Thumbnail
- 2.8 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm
- $300.00
- SCH-535
- Magnetite
- Cheever Mine, Mineville, Essex Co., New York, USA
- Thumbnail
- 2.6 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm
- $350.00
- SCH-522
- Pyromorphite
- Hardshell Mine, Patagonia Mtns., Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA
- Thumbnail
- 3.1 x 2.4 x 0.8 cm
- $200.00
- SCH-521
- Corundum var. Sapphire
- Ratnapura, Sabaragamuwa Prov., Sri Lanka
- Thumbnail
- 2.7 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm
- $1,800.00
- CSG-41
- Adamite (Copper-bearing) with Aragonite
- Hilarion Mine, Lavrion, Lavreotiki, Attica, Greece
- Thumbnail
- 2.9 x 2.6 x 1.4 cm
- $1,250.00
- CSG-38
- Azurite rose
- Christiana Mine, Lavrion, Lavreotiki, Attica, Greece
- Thumbnail
- 2.7 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm
- $400.00
- CSG-17
- Malachite ps. Azurite
- Sounion Mine #6, Lavrion, Lavreotiki, Attica, Greece
- Thumbnail
- 3.2 x 2.3 x 1.9 cm
- $225.00
- CSG-16
- Adamite var. Cuprian
- Christiana Mine, Lavrion, Lavreotiki, Attica, Greece
- Thumbnail
- 2.8 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm
- $1,250.00
- RHC-027
- Rhodonite
- Zinc Corporation Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
- Thumbnail
- 1.9 x 0.5 x 0.3 cm
- $2,000.00
- RWP23-11
- Diopside
- Ala Valley, Lanzo Valleys, Piedmont, Italy
- Thumbnail
- 1.8 x 1.4 x 0.7 cm
- $400.00
- RWP23-07
- Cavansite with Stilbite
- Wagholi Quarries, Wagholi, Pune Dist., Pune Div., Maharashtra, India
- Thumbnail
- 2.9 x 2.0 x 1.1 cm
- $900.00
- RWP23-05
- Legrandite
- Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Mun., Durango, Mexico
- Thumbnail
- 2.9 x 1.1 x 0.5 cm
- $1,800.00
- RWP23-02
- Pentagonite
- Wagholi Quarries, Wagholi, Pune Dist., Pune Div., Maharashtra, India
- Thumbnail
- 2.1 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
- $1,250.00
- RWP23-01
- Quartz
- Ace of Diamonds Mine, Middleville, Herkimer Co., New York, USA
- Thumbnail
- 2.3 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm
- $600.00
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