Mineral Gallery

	Item PS1 - RHODOCROSITE - Santa Rita Mine, Casapalca, Peru; a quality specimen of this manganese carbonate from Peru. Sharp, pink rhombs are grouped together in a 6.3 x 4.5 x 2.3 cm cluster. Condition is fine, and color is great. $90.
	Item PS2 - CALCITE - Leiping Mine, Guiyang County, Chenzou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China; flattened calcite rhombs, semi-transparant and well-formed, are stacked in a "mushroom-like" orientation in this cabinet-sized specimen. Crystals are light-yellow/tan in color colorful, with a darker coloration towards the center that really stands out with good lighting. Measures 12 x 12.5 x 8.2 cms and condition is very good. $168.
	Item PS3 - SILVER - Imiter Mine, Dades Region, Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco; fine silver "wires" bend and turn as they protrude from a 3.5 x 2.5 cm matrix piece. A great showing of wire silver! Condition is very good. $295.
	Item PS4 - MESOLITE - Kannad, near Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India; a fine specimen of tan-colored mesolite spheres sitting on a stilbite and heulandite-covered matrix piece. Nice acicular crystal groups! Condition is near excellent; dimensions are 8.5 x 8.5 x 5.2 cms. $210.
	Item PS5 - CALCITE in Geode- Chihuahua, Mexico; "poker chip" calcites are stacked as they grew in this calcite-lined geode. Condition is good; dimensions are 8.5 x 7.5 x 6 cms. $20.
	Item PS6 - HELIODOR and SCHORL TOURMALINE- Zeylatoya Vada, Tajikistan; a wide (3.2 cm) yellow beryl, exhibiting good form and numerous black schorl tourmaline crystals along it's top surface (minor albite as well). Full dimensions are 3.2 x 2 x 4.3 cms, and condition is very good. Note that multiple pictures are present for better prespective. $340.
	Item PS7 - AMETHYST - Bouhenhouthoek, near Pretoria, South Africa; a nice sample of the "cactus quartz" (marketing term) - wide amethyst crystals with many smaller ones (secondary growth) clustered along their sides. Measures 7.4 x 6.9 x 6.5 cms and in very good condition. $92.
	Item PS8 - BARITE on FLUORITE- Xiefang Mine, Ganzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China; picked up at this year's show in Arizona - this specimen consists of near-gemmy, light-brown barite crystals covering the surface of a light-green fluorite matrix. Crystals are up to .8 cm in diameter, with total measurements at 13.5 x 13 x 5.2 cms. Condition is shape. $295.
	Item PS9 - PYRITE - Huanzala Mine, Huanuco Dept., Peru; octahedral pyrite crystals, up to 3 cm in diameter, are stacked and displayed vertically based on mounting of this specimen (removeable from base if desired). Condition is very good, with measurements at 3.7 x 3.1 x 6.3 cms. $68.
	Item PS10 - CALCITE on ADAMITE- Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico; a limonite vug is filled with white calcites and light-green adamite crystals. Condition is good, with measurements at 5.1 x 3 x 3.5 cms. $25.
	Item PS11 - QUARTZ (Sceptre) - Hallelujah Junction, California; a 6 x 4.3 x 8 cm smoky quartz crystal sits atop it's stem (2.5 cm in diameter; 3.2 cm in length). A sizeable display of sceptre quartz. Condition is good. $225.
	Item PS12 - TOURMALINE, ALBITE and SMOKY QUARTZ- Gilgit, Pakistan; a great specimen of dark-green elbaite tourmaline crystals, in parallel growth, partially wrapped by white, crystallized albite, and a single smoky quartz crystal protruding from the albite. Tourmalines are all doubly-terminated! Most assuredly a quality Pakistani piece. Measures 9 x 5.7 x 5 cms, and in very good condition. $170.
	Item PS13 - PYRITE - Morococha Mine, Junin District, Ancash, Peru; a choice cluster of highly-modified pyrite cubes. Minor quartz association. Showy, and measuring 7 x 7.5 x 6.5 cms. Condition is very good. $95.
	Item PS14 - FLUORITE - Mine #1, Hardin County, Illinois; a light-yellow fluorite sample, with chalcopyrite inclusions and a slight blue tinge at the outer edges. Crystal is semi-transparant and measures 6 x 4 x 4.1 cms. Condition is fair. $75.
	Item PS15 - SPHALERITE - Shuikoushan Mine, Hunan Province, China; vibrant, semi-transparant, orange crystals of this zinc slufide sit atop a druse-quartz coated matrix section. Crystals are near-gemmy in their characteristics. Specimen measures 6.5 x 5 x 4 cms. Condition is very good. $50.
	Item PS16 - RUTILE on HEMATITE- Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil; a superb specimen consisting of of fine golden rutile "needles" interspersed with black hematite plates. Condition is very good, with measurements at 6.4 x 5.4 x 2.5 cms. $95.
	Item PS17 - HERKIMER DIAMONDS - Herkimer, New York; a quality specimen consisting of approximately 8 "herkimers", the largest being nearly 4 cm in length. Reconstructed as they sat in the pocket (nearly all are), with each of the crystals being in great condition. Noticeable inclusions in most crystals. Total measurements are 8.2 x 3.5 x 5.8 cms. $170.
	Item PS18 - APOPHYLLITE and STILBITE- Nasik, India; a 12 x 12.5 x 3.3 cm basalt plate has a vibrant, crystalline druse quartz coating to it. On this surface are a few tabular apophyllite crystals, with truncated corners, as well as a pink stilbite growth. Specimen is in very good condition. $145.
	Item PS19 - SPESSARTINE GARNET and SMOKY QUARTZ- Tongbei, Fujian Province, China; numerous spessartines surround and coat a smoky quartz and feldspar base in this piece. Displays a nice color contrast, and in good condition. Dimensions are 9 x 8.5 x 2.6 cms. $95.
	Item PS20 - FLUORITE on DOLOMITE - Elmwood Mine, Smith County, Tennessee; a fine miniature; a deep-purple, 2.2 cm fluorite cube contrasted against a white dolomite-coated limestone matrix. Nice! Total measurements are 6.5 x 5 x 3 cms. $70.
	Item PS21 - AZURITE - Las Sal, Utah; a single, deep-blue azurite rosette with minor malachite association. Condition is very good, with measurements at 5 x 5 x 3 cms. $86.
	Item PS22 - FLUORITE on SPHALERITE- Elmwood Mine, Smith County, Tennessee; three 2.5 cm fluorite cubes sit on a crystallized sphalerite matrix in this specimen. Dimensions are 5 x 4.2 x 7.4 cms, and condition is good. Slight blemish on lower left cube, but not very noticeable unless turned up in that direction. $62.
	Item PS23 - FLUORITE - Hunan Province, China; a nice cluster of purple fluorite cubes, slightly larger than fist-sized. Condition is good. Measures 14 x 11 x 8 cms, and condition is good. $130.
	Item PS24 - FLUORITE - Okorusa Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Namibia; blue-green coloration shows in these cubes, which are semi-transparant. Displayed as a flat plate, measuring at 12.3 x 7.5 x 2.9 cms. Condition is good. $68.
	Item PS25 - SMOKY QUARTZ - Paulista Mine, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil; a fist-sized grouping of highly transparant, light smoky quartz crystals with really great inclusions (where the quartz grew up over the matrix). Terminations are good, and condition is fine. Measures 8.5 x 6 x 9.5 cms. $110.
	Item PS26 - AMETHYST - Las Vigas, Vera Cruz, Mexico; a doubly-terminated, light-purple amethyst crystal (4 cm in length) is stacked up on another minor crystal, and perched on a small matrix section in this piece. Displays well, and in very good shape. Total dimensions are 5 x 4.3 x 3 cms. A good quality specimen for the price. $45.
	Item PS27 - AMAZONITE - Majestic Pocket, Smoky Hawk Mine, Teller County, Colorado; deep-green amazonite crystals form a high-quality, 5.2 x 3.3 x 3 cm specimen. Crystals are in very fine condition. $65.
	Item PS28 - CAVANSITE - Wagholi Quarry, Pune, Maharashtra District, India; small acicular crystals of cavansite coat the surface of white, pearly, "bowtie-shaped" stilbite crystals in this specimen. Condition is good, with measurements at 9.8 x 6.5 x 7 cms. $125.
	Item PS29 - COPPER - Itauze Mine, Dzezkazgan, Kazakhstan; another Russian copper specimen, this one larger and free-standing (if so desired). Very well-crystallized! Measures 8 x 3 x 5.4 cms. Fine condition. $150.
	Item PS30 - CALCITE and PYRITE - Huanzala Mine, Huallanco District, Huanuco Dept., Peru; pyrite dodecahedrons are grouped together, with small, white calcite crystals completely coating one of them, and a minor galena association as well. Condition is good, with measurements at 9.5 x 4.8 x 3.8 cms. $40.