Galleries of Fine Minerals for Sale
- Azurites-Beautiful Milpillas Finds
- Milpillas is now the world’s finest and most productive source ever of Azurite, without a doubt. We have pursued this mine since its first trickle of material in 2007, and continue to have a strong buying presence there.
- Chinese Scheelites and Barytes
- Jan 21, 2015 - An update of beautiful and unusual new China finds: scheelites from a new find at the most famous mine in China, which although mined economically for tungsten has produced few good scheelites and two-toned barite crystals from Jiangxi.
- Blue Plumbogummites from China
- Jan 19, 2015 - Rich blue plumbogummites are historically quite rare. Chinese mines have been producing these beautiful specimens recently using artisanal mining methods.
- Chinese Purple and Green Combo Fluorites
- Fluorite on fluorite, showing a contrast of color and form that is simply unexpected, from an old commercial fluorspar mine in China. However, over many years of mining here, nobody had EVER seen anything like these pockets of curved purple crystals atop either massive or crystallized green fluorite matrix.
- Vivid Green Demantoids
- These deep green demantoid crystals reach 4 cm in size and seem to be the only species in their pockets. The best of them look like green disco balls. These appear to be artisanally mined by a few small groups of collectors.
- Alkali-Rich Beryls
July 13, 2014 - Alkali-rich beryls are an unusual beryl variety with strange morphology, found only a few other places. This update presents a significant amount of the high-graded material from the pocket found in mid-2012, which is the first reported find of this beryl in Pakistan. The specimens are truly unique, and fascinating crystals!
- Peruvian Native Arsenic Specimens
- Nov. 9, 2014 - From a large but highly unusual find of pure arsenic in this historic mine, found in summer of 2013. Although we have seen many specimens from this mine, including fine orpiment, I had not previously seen pure native arsenic.
- Tourmalines - Two Localities from Minas Gerais, Brazil
- A selection of reasonably priced gem tourmalines from Minas Gerais, Brazil: Cruzeiro Mine gem-red tourmalines & classic multicolored scepters from Barra de Salinas!
- Mimetites from Ojuela, Mexico
- Updated July 1, 2014 - These cute miniatures and small cabinet mimetites from Ojuela, Mexico add a bright pop of color to any collection. Several of them also have small crystals of wulfenite to accent the mimetite.
- Unique Biominerals from Chesapeake Bay, Maryland
- Nov. 9, 2014 - Chesapeake biominerals, including Hollandite, Todorokite, Romanechite, Birnessite, and other unusual manganese and iron species, form when metal-rich subsurface waters emerge from the face of the cliffs along the western shore of Chesapeake Bay.
- Post-Munich Show Mixed Minerals
- View a collection of beautiful fine mineral specimens for sale. These pieces represent a wide variety of treasures and come from all corners of the world.
- The Giancarlo Fioravanti Collection
- Oct 1, 2014 - A selection of worldwide classic minerals from the large Giancarlo Fioravanti Collection, mostly assembled in the 1950s-1970s.
- Wavellites from Arkansas
- View a gallery of beautiful wavellites from Arkansas. These were found at the old DeLinde Pit workings near the town of Avant (sometimes referred to as the Avant Mine), in the summer of 2011. Beautiful on their own merits, this is also a perfect fit for our friends with species and US collections!
- Post-Tucson 2014 Mixed Fine Minerals
- A variety of beautiful fine minerals assembled after the Tucson show - you can find a bit of everything! More coming in the next few days.
- Unique Chinese Calcites
- Aug 11, 2014 - These surreal, elongated, glowing golden crystals (not stalactites!) were found back in 2008 and remain unique, despite all found in this region of China since then. We only just rediscovered these two flats that were "misplaced" for awhile. All come with free, custom lucite bases so they can display standing up.
- Moroccan Vanadinites
- Aug 27, 2014 - These aesthetic tabular vanadinites from Mibladen, Morocco were hiding away in our warehouse since 2009. Rediscovered 5 years later, we're putting them up for sale at the old prices!
- Prehnite Fine Mineral Specimens from Tanzania
- Prehnite is a very common mineral that seldom forms large, beautiful crystals. These unique pastel blue crystals, to 1 inch in size, came out of a single pocket in the Merelani tanzanite mine in the summer of 2013.
- Madagascan Fuchsites
- From finds of the fall 2012, this is a beautiful lot of colorless quartz crystals featuring unusual, sharp phantoms in their tips caused by inclusions of the green mica species, Fuchsite.
- Thumbnails and Miniatures from the Carl Acosta Collection
Featuring a variety of localities, these fine mineral thumbnails and miniatures are from the Carl Acosta Collection.
- Tsumeb - A Classic Locality
A beautiful collection of fine minerals from this classic collecting locality. Special emphasis on the Flynn Collection!
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