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.
- GEM23-37
- Diaspore (twinned)
- Mugla Province, Turkey
- Thumbnail
- 2.5 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm
- $6,500.00
- GEM23-29
- Elbaite Tourmaline
- Cruzeiro Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Thumbnail
- 3.1 x 1.5 x 0.9 cm
- $750.00
- GEM23-16
- Beryl var. Emerald on Quartz
- Panjshir, Afghanistan
- Thumbnail
- 2.4 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm
- $2,450.00
- GEM23-10
- Jeremejevite (Rough & Cut)
- Ameib Farm 60, Usakos, Karibib Con., Erongo Region, Namibia
- Thumbnail
- 2.5 x 0.4 x 0.4 cm, 0.35 ct
- $3,500.00
- GEM23-05
- Forsterite var. Peridot
- Sapat Gali, Mansehra Dist., Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Prov., Pakistan
- Thumbnail
- 3.0 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm
- $950.00
- MTN23-32
- Dioptase
- Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
- Thumbnail
- 2.9 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm
- $1,250.00
- MTN23-31
- Tinzenite
- Molinello Mine, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
- Thumbnail
- 2.5 x 2.3 x 1.0 cm
- $1,200.00
- MTN23-30
- Pentagonite
- Wagholi Quarries, Pune Dist., Pune Div., Maharashtra, India
- Thumbnail
- 2.2 x 1.9 x 1.6 cm
- $1,250.00
- MTN23-25
- Bixbyite on Topaz
- Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA
- Thumbnail
- 2.8 x 2.7 x 1.9 cm
- $2,250.00
- MTN23-24
- Corundum var. Ruby
- Jegdalek ruby deposit, Surobi Dist., Kabul, Afghanistan
- Thumbnail
- 2.6 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm
- $1,800.00
- MTN23-23
- Hematite with Hausmannite
- Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari, Northern Cape, South Africa
- Thumbnail
- 3.0 x 2.1 x 1.0 cm
- $950.00
- MTN23-22
- Serandite
- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
- Thumbnail
- 2.6 x 1.6 x 1.0 cm
- $2,000.00
- MTN23-21
- Sperrylite
- Broken Hammer Deposit, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
- Thumbnail
- 1.3 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm
- $1,800.00
- MTN23-19
- Spessartine on Feldspar
- Shengus, Roundu Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
- Thumbnail
- 2.5 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm
- $250.00
- MTN23-18
- Cuprite with Malachite
- Mashamba West Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
- Thumbnail
- 2.7 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm
- $750.00
- MTN23-17
- Milarite on Adularia
- Valenciana Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico
- Thumbnail
- 1.9 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
- $350.00
- MTN23-16
- Milarite
- Jaguaracu, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Thumbnail
- 1.9 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm
- $285.00
- MTN23-14
- Pink Fluorapophyllite
- Pune Dist., Pune Div., Maharashtra, India
- Thumbnail
- 2.6 x 2.4 x 0.7 cm
- $900.00
- MTN23-15
- Malachite ps. after Cuprite
- Chessy-les-Mines, Rhone, Rhone-Alpes, France
- Thumbnail
- 2.2 x 2.0 x 1.9 cm
- $2,000.00
- MTN23-11
- Cordierite var. Iolite
- Coroaci, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Thumbnail
- 2.5 x 1.4 x 0.5 cm
- $1,250.00
- MTN23-08
- Smithsonite
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
- Thumbnail
- 2.2 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm
- $950.00
- MTN23-07
- Smithsonite
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
- Thumbnail
- 3.2 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm
- $950.00
- MTN23-06
- Natrolite
- Clear Creek deposits, Idria Peak, San Benito Co., California, USA
- Thumbnail
- 2.5 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm
- $400.00
- MTN23-01
- Chrysoberyl
- Colatina, Espírito Santo, Brazil
- Thumbnail
- 2.3 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm
- $1,200.00
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