Mineral Gallery

Last Updated: 5/19/2013

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The following is a sample selection of some of

the minerals we offer. Simply click on the thumbnail

picture to see an enlarged version.

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thumbnail Item PS1 - RUTILE on SMOKY QUARTZ - North American Emerald Mine, Hiddenite, North Carolina; a good miniature showing numerous dark rutile crystals both on and included within light smoky quartz crystals. Measurements are 7.6 x 3.5 x 3.5 cms, and condition is good. $49.  
thumbnail Item PS2 - AMETHYST - Diamond Hill Mine, Antreville, South Carolina; a dozen light-amethyst crystals sit on a thin quartz matrix piece (with additional milky quartz crystals noticeable at base). Specimen is in good condition, and measures 9.5 x 6.5 x 4.6 cms. A nice SC amethyst, dug during Chet's ownership. $105.  
thumbnail Item PS3 - TOURMALINE (Schorl)- Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil; a great etched schorl specimen, with minor lepidolite association. Essentially two long, tapering schorls with nice lustre. Dimensions are 3.7 x 3 x 7.5 cms. $77.  
thumbnail Item PS4 - CALCITE and FLUORITE - Minerva Mine #1, Cave-in-Rock, Illinois; parallel sprays of calcite crystals form nearly a full sphere, formed atop a purple/yellow fluorite formation. Fluorite has inclusion of chalcopyrite. An interesting specimen, measuring 5.5 x 5 x 6.5 cms, and in good condition. $70.  
thumbnail Item PS5 - OPAL - Rainbow Ridge Mine, Virgin Valley, Nevada; a colorful sample of this high water-content silicate, untreated (and hence in the water-filled vial). The picture here does not do the specimen justice, as there are substantial greens/blues not coming out in this photo. Opal is 3 cm in length and nearly 2.5 cm in diameter. $295.  
thumbnail Item PS6 - TOURMALINE on QUARTZ - Minas Gerais, Brazil; a single, terminated, green elbaite crystal, 3.2 cm in length, is exposed from a quartz matrix section. Full dimensions are 5 x 4 x 5 cms, and condition is very good. $34.  
thumbnail Item PS7 - PYROMORPHITE - Midnight Mine, Mullan, Idaho; yellow/green, tapered pyromorphite "barrels" cross atop a small matrix piece. Mounted on a removeable plastic base for best orientation. Dimensions are 2.3 x 2.4 x 4.5 cms, and condition is fine. $49.  
thumbnail Item PS8 - SMOKY QUARTZ - North American Emerald Mine, Hiddenite, North Carolina; a light smoky crystal - palm-sized - with a small rutile association at botton left. Crystal is terminated and "re-healed" along the lower right and back where other crystals were in contact. Dimensions are 6 x 3.3 x 13.5 cms. $30.  
thumbnail Item PS9 - GALENA on SPHALERITE and PYRITE- Huanzala Mine, Huanuco Dept., Peru; a nice Peruvian combination piece, with twinned galena on a crystallized sphalerite and pyrite matrix. Dimensions are 4.5 x 3.8 x 3 cms, and condition is very good. $39.  
thumbnail Item PS10 - FLUORITE - De'an, Jiangxi Province, China; these are always so awesome when backlit! When they first came out and were available in Tucson, the room was full of them, of all sizes, and all were backlit. What a sight! This one is the green/purple octahedral crystals, and measures 11.5 x 8.5 x 3.6 cms. Condition is good. $98.
thumbnail Item PS11 - SILVER - Imiter Mine, Dades Region, Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco; a high-quality wire silver specimen, with numerous wires grown from various points. Measures 5 x 4 x 4.2 cms. A nice choice for a silver collector! $1,300.  
thumbnail Item PS12 - TOURMALINE - Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico; a neat display of two "prickly" (to the touch) schorl tourmaline growths, stood up on a plastic base for best orientation. Measures 3.5 x 1.7 x 5.5 cms. Condition is good. $45.  
thumbnail Item PS13 - SMOKY QUARTZ, RUTILE and MICA- North American Emerald Mine, Hiddenite, North Carolina; a cabinet-sized specimen of quality North Carolina smoky quartz, with both rutile and mica associations. Rutile is at base and is both on surface of, and included in, crystals (see second photo). Dimensions are 11.5 x 10 x 12.5 cms, and condition is very good. $345.  
thumbnail Item PS14 - PYRITE and QUARTZ - Morococha District, Junin Dept., Peru; numerous pyrites, with a slight "coppery coloration", are intermixed with milky-white quartz crystals. A nice Peruvian piece, measuring 14 x 9 x 6.2 cms. $135.  
thumbnail Item PS15 - AQUAMARINE - Shigar, NW Frontier Province, Pakistan; a long, terminated grouping of aqua crystals, measuring 7.5 cm in length and 1+ cm wide. Condition is good, as is clarity to crystals. $250.  
thumbnail Item PS16 - FLUORITE - Guangxi, China; a grouping of light-blue fluorite cubes, the largest of which is roughly 3 cm in diameter, has purple phantoms in their interior. Minor association of clear quartz crystals at back and base. Dimensions are 5.7 x 5.5 x 3.7 cms. A reasonably-priced Chinese fluorite specimen. $40.  
thumbnail Item PS17 - CHALCOPYRITE - Morococha District, Yauli Province, Peru; octahedral crystals, with a nice "coppery" coloration best describes this specimen of chalcopyrite. Measures 8.5 x 5.5 x 4 cms, and in very good condition. $60.  
thumbnail Item PS18 - VESUVIANITE - Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada; (thumbnail) a grouping of vesuvianites, showing both the violet and apple-green colors. Condition is good. $19.  
thumbnail Item PS19 - CALCITE - Verchniy Mine, Vladivostock, Russia; a half-dozen lustrous, scalenohedral calcites are grouped together in this specimen. Measurements are 6.5 x 6 x 2.7 cms, and in great shape. These are also fluorescent (orange/red) under SW light. Condition is very good (as is transparancy to crystals). $60.  
thumbnail Item PS20 - BARITE - Xiefang Mine, Jiangxi Province, China; deep-brown colored and exhibiting a nice lustre, this specimen is a 9.5 x 7.5 x 3.1 cm plate of crystallized barite. $89.  
thumbnail Item PS21 - CROCOITE - The "71 Pocket", Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia; fiery reddish-orange (relatively wide), prismatic crystals of this lead chromate fill a vug. Measurements are 8.7 x 5.3 x 5 cms. $160.  
thumbnail Item PS22 - QUARTZ CRYSTALS - Huaron, Peru; a great specimen of slender, terminated quartz crystals with fine clarity and form! Minor association of sphalerite and chalcopyrite (common in Peruvian pieces). Measurements are 7.5 x 6.5 x 4 cms. $78.  
thumbnail Item PS23 - SPHALERITE - Shuikoushan Mine, Hunan Province, China; deep-orange sphalerite crystals run up the center of a shallow, quartz-lined depression in this specimen. Colorful, and a good sample of Chinese sphalerite. Measures 6 x 5.5 x 4 cms, and in good condition. $50.  
thumbnail Item PS24 - FERBERITE with FLUORAPATITE and ARSENOPYRITE- Panasqueira, Portugal; a 4 x 2 x 4.4 cm wolframite (ferberite) crystal has an association of light-blue fluorapatites and crystals of arsenopyrite along one side. A good Portugese combination sample. Condition is fair -to- good. Two pictures - $115.  
thumbnail Item PS25 - CELESTITE - Maybee, Michigan; a single celestine crystal, light gray/blue in color, sits on a small matrix piece. Dimensions are 3 x 1 x 6.2 cms, and condition is good. Slight blemish to tip, but not very noticeable on display. $22.  
thumbnail Item PS26 - BARITE - Cerro Warihuyan, Miraflores, Huanuco Dept., Peru; a nice, dark, tabular barite grows up off a small matrix section. Measurements are 6 x 3.5 x 3.5 cms, and condition is good. $35.  
thumbnail Item PS27 - TOURMALINE - Minas Gerais, Brazil; displayed in a 2" x 2" box, this specimen is both green/red colored as well as doubly-terminated. It measures 3 cm in length, and is in good condition. $45.  
thumbnail Item PS28 - FLUORITE - Okorusa Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Namibia; deep-green, semi-transparant crystals with (some) slight purple edging best describes this specimen. Measures 12 x 7 x 3 cms, and in good condition. $78.  
thumbnail Item PS29 - RUTILE on HEMATITE - Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil; plates of jet-black hematite are heavily covered with golden rutile needles. These reflect the light off the hematites very well, giving the specimen a "glitter" look. Measures 6.2 x 3.5 x 1 cms, and in good condition. $80.  
thumbnail Item PS30 - SCHORL TOURMALINE on SMOKY QUARTZ- Minas Gerais, Brazil; a cabinet-sized specimen of a large, flattened smoky quartz face with two fibrous schorl tourmaline growing on top. An interesting specimen (aren't most?), measuring 17 x 8 x 6.5 cms. Condition is good. $95.  

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