Mineral Gallery

	Item PS1 - CHALCOTRICHITE - Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona; (thumbnail) a thin layer of this cuprite variety covers a copper base in this specimen. The red color is noticeable, and condition is good. $35.
	Item PS2 - QUARTZ with Clay inclusions- Tate Blvd., Hickory, North Carolina; an interesting grouping of clear quartz crystals has clay/mud at various spots inside. The quartz has numerous etchings and "odd faces" throughout, and measures 2 1/4" x 1 3/8" x 2 5/8". The back is nearly complete, but does have a few portions missing (some re-healed). Condition is good. $95.
	Item PS3 - PHENAKITE - Anjana Bonoina, Madagascar; (thumbnail) a rather gemmy, terminated crystal of this beryllium silicate! A nice, quality specimen, in good shape. $68.
	Item PS4 - CALCITE - Cumberland, England; a nice (old) specimen of dogtooth calcites, from two classic collections! This piece came through both the Carnegie Museum (in Pittsburg) and the W. W. Jefferis Collection, and both labels accompany the specimen. Measurements are 3 1/2" x 2 3/4" x 1 3/4", and condition is good. $90.
	Item PS5 - MARCASITE on GALENA - Gordon Mine, Picher, Oklahoma; a dull galena cube (1 3/4" x 1 1/4" x 1 1/2") has a partial covering of golden marcasite crystals spread across a few of it's faces. These (and other mid-western minerals) used be everywhere, but now it's mainly the old collections that are bringing these back on the market. This piece was an old Caveny Creations inventory specimen, in good shape. $70.
	Item PS6 - HERKIMER DIAMOND - Middleville, New York; a high-end herkimer that I've had stowed away in inventory for probably 25+ years (anyone remember the collector Ken Silvy? I purchased his whole inventory at the Tucson Show in the early 1990's, and this was one of them). Specimen is two doubly-terminated quartz crystals ("Herkimers" since they're from Herkimer, NY) - both glassy, a light-smoky coloration, and in prime condition. There's a minor bit of matrix near the base, which adds to aesthetics. Dimensions are 2 3/4" x 3 1/2" x 4 1/2". $350.
	Item PS7 - CALCITE with MARCASITE inclusions- Logansport, Indiana; a matrix piece is loaded with calcites (some are present on back as well), where the calcites are heavily included with marcasite (there's enough marcasite to show numerous flashy spots across specimen). Piece came through M. Phantom Minerals (includes their label), and measures 3 3/4" x 3" x 5" as pictured. A nice mid-western specimen, in good shape. $95.
	Item PS8 - Golden BERYL - Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina; a piece of the pegmatite (mostly quartz, smoky quartz and mica) has a half-dozen golden beryl crystals embedded in it. Some crystals show iron-staining, and the longest of these is roughly 1 1/2" long. Specimen measures 5 1/2" x 2 3/4" x 3", and condition is good. $70.
	Item PS9 - EMERALD - Rist Mine, Hiddenite, North Carolina; a 2 1/2" long NC emerald - just under 1/2" wide - from the old Rist Mine. Crystal is semi-transparant, and condition is good. Note that larger Carolina emeralds are difficult to find for sale these days (with no one currently bringing any out). $2,300.
	Item PS10 - MALACHITE on CHRYSOCOLLA - Mashamba West, Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo; tufts of light-blue chrysocolla run across the middle of a matrix piece, with round malachite nodules in a seam mid-way up, and a larger (3/8") nodule at the right. The color contrast adds to the looks of this specimen, and dimensions are 2 3/4" x 2 1/2" x 2". Condition is very good. $59.
	Item PS11 - SCAPOLITE - Vesuvius, Italy; a large, terminated, red version of this silicate mineral (red is a rarer color). Crystal stands 7/8" tall and 7/8" in diameter, with some faces slightly "pocked" in places. Condition is good. $110.
	Item PS12 - SHARK TOOTH - Texas Gulf Mine, Aurora, North Carolina; a good-sized fossil shark tooth from NC - 2 1/4" wide and 3" long. Condition is good. $55.
	Item PS13 - CARROLLITE - Kamoya South 2 Mine, Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo; silver-colored, dodecahedral crystals of this (rare) sulfide of copper and cobalt run up a seam in a white calcite matrix. Dimensions are 7/8" x 3/4" x 1 1/4", with largest crystal being roughly 1/4" across. Condition is very good. $90.
	Item PS14 - RHODOCROSITE on QUARTZ - Huaron, Peru; rounded clusters of light-pink rhodocrosite have formed on top of a bed of quartz crystals in this specimen. Dimensions are 2" x 1" x 3/4", and specimen is in good shape. $40.
	Item PS15 - RHODOCROSITE - Foote Mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina; a 1 7/8" x 7/8" x 2 1/2" matrix piece has an open seam of pink rhodocrosite running across it. Seam is roughly 7/8" long and 3/8" wide. Condition is good. $145.
	Item PS16 - EUCLASE - Last Hope Mine, Zimbabwe; (thumbnail) a sample of the deep, royal-blue euclase crystals from one of the few sources. Ex M. Phanton Minerals inventory, and condition is good. $90.
	Item PS17 - TOPAZ - Medina, Minas Gerais, Brazil; a large, terminated, naturally-blue topaz crystal from a well-known Brazilian location. This specimen has good transparancy, and measures 3" x 1 1/2" x 1 3/4". Condition is good. $1,425.
	Item PS18 - CUPRITE - Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona; an octahedral cuprite crystal is set on a 3/4" x 7/8" matrix section. Cuprite is roughly 3/16" in diameter (.5 cm for those so inclined), and condition is good. $32.
	Item PS19 - DIOPTASE - Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of the Congo; (thumbnail) a cluster of deep-green, elongated crystals of this copper silicate. Condition is very good. $55.
	Item PS20 - FLUORITE - Fujian Province, China; a fist-sized plate of octahedral fluorite crystals, with nice deep-green color and a satin lustre. Dimensions are 5" x 1 3/4" x 3", and condition is very good. $120.
	Item PS21 - SMOKY QUARTZ - Enigma Mine, Hiddenite, Alexander County, North Carolina; gemmy, brown, terminated smokies comprise a high-quality (NC) quartz specimen. This came out when Chris, Mark and I were digging a few years back (when it became the Enigma). Measurements are 2 3/8" x 2" x 1 1/2", and condition is fine. $195.
	Item PS22 - GOLD - Timmins, Ontario, Canada; (thumbnail) a nice sample of Canadian gold on a piece of milky quartz, with more than one piece of gold showing. Condition is good. $29.
	Item PS23 - FERROAXINITE - Puyva Mine, Ural Mountains, Russia; chocolate-brown, glassy crystals of this iron-rich member of the axinite group are clustered in a 1 3/4" x 3/4" x 1 1/4" specimen. Piece is mounted on a thick, clear plastic base, and condition is good. $80.
	Item PS24 - FLUORAPATITE - Foote Mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina; (thumbnail) (I was actually a bit surprised how good this specimen is when I put it under nice lighting for the photo!) a quality grouping of bi-color fluorapatites, showing the green/purple color zoning, from the Foote. $85. BTW - Albemarle Corporation is actively preparing this locale to be a source of lithium again. They've gratiously set up a way to get TOURS of the facility! NO COLLECTING, but a great educational opportunity that I highly recommend (and they do take you down into the pit). Drop me an email if you'd like to learn how to sign up.
	Item PS25 - FLUORITE and BARITE on SPHALERITE - Elmwood Mines, Smith County, Tennessee; a nice Elmwood combination piece, with three of the main minerals (crystallized) found there. Dimensions are 4" x 2 1/2" x 3 1/2", with largest fluorite cube being roughly 3/4" in diameter. Fluorites have a deep purple coloration, and condition is good. $135.
	Item PS26 - EPIDOTE - Korshunovskiy Mine, Irkutien Region, Russia; a 2 1/4" x 1 5/8" x 1 1/4" plate of deep-green epidote crystals. Specimen has a nice lustre to it, and condition is good. $45.
	Item PS27 - SPESSARTINE GARNET - Tongbei, Fujian Province, China; (thumbnail) a cluster of sharp, orange spessartines, with nice lustre. Condition is very good. $29.
	Item PS28 - ERYTHRITE - Bou Azzer, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco; a fine miniature of bladed, deep-magenta colored crystals of this cobalt arsenate, measuring 1 1/2" x 1 1/4" x 1 1/4". Condition is very good. $110.
	Item PS29 - BOLEITE - Boleo, Baja California, Mexico; (thumbnail) a deep-blue, cubic crystal of this halide mineral. Longest side is just under 1/4" across, and lustre and condition are good. $20.
	Item PS30 - LAZULITE - Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia; a 1 5/8" x 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" chunk of granular quartz is heavily embedded with dipyramidal, deep-blue lazulite crystals. Largest lazulite is roughly 1/2" long, and condition is good. $145.
	Item PS31 - SMOKY QUARTZ on CLEVELANDITE- Karibib, Namibia; a specimen I picked up in Tucson last week, consisting of deep chocolate-brown smoky quartz crystals interspersed with well-defined, off-white clevelandite crystals. Dimensions are 2 3/8" x 1 3/4" x 1 1/4". Specimen is in good shape. $175.
	Item PS32 - THULITE - Mjones, Snillfjord, Krokstadora, Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway; I picked these up at the 2025 Tucson Show, as the pink color really jumped out at me. This one measures 2" x 1 1/4" x 1 1/8", and condition is good. $49.
	Item PS33 - GOLD on QUARTZ - Lowder Mine, Stanly County, North Carolina; (thumbnail) from the Kenny Gay collection - a small quartz matrix has gold perched at the top edge. These are relatively hard to come by (I've heard of, but hadn't seen this location until I purchased Kenny's collection). $40.
	Item PS34 - TOURMALINE - Golcunda Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil; a single, terminated, blue/green crystal - semi-transparant and in nice shape. Crystal is 1 1/4" tall and a little over 1/4" wide. $70.
	Item PS35 - COPPER - Merchant Lode, Caledonia Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan; (thumbnail) a fine sample of the crystallized copper from the famous Caledonia Mine. Condition is very good. $30.
	Item PS36 - HEMIMORPHITE - Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona; light-blue nodules of this zinc mineral cover the front surface of a thin matrix section. Dimensions are 1 1/4" x 7/8" x 2", and condition is good. $38.
	Item PS37 - STAUROLITE ("Fairy Cross") - roadcut near Brasstown, Clay County, North Carolina; three intersecting, terminated staurolite crystals from the North Carolina mountains. Longest crystal is just under 2" long and roughly 1 1/4" wide. Full measurements are 2 1/4" x 1 1/2" x 1 3/8", and condition is good. $65.
	Item PS38 - RHODOCROSITE - Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico; (thumbnail) vibrant, light-pink rhodo crystals sit on a small matrix piece in this specimen. Condition is very good. $38.
	Item PS39 - BARITE on SPHALERITE - Cumberland Mine, Smith County, Tennessee; each end of a 3" crystallized sphalerite plate has a rounded barite growth on it. Color contrast helps this piece stand out. Condition is good. $49.
	Item PS40 - TOURMALINE on QUARTZ- Cruzeiro Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil; green elbaite tourmaline crystals are set on a portion of a tabular quartz crystal. Tourmaline is present on top, sides, and included within the quartz. Dimensions are 2 1/8" x 1/2" x 1 1/2", and condition is good. $48.
	Item PS41 - COBALTOCALCITE - Shaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo; a colorful neon-pink sample of this cobalt-rich carbonate. In this piece, the crystals cover one end of a 2" x 1" x 2" matrix. Condition is good. $90.
	Item PS42 - DIOPTASE on CALCITE - Tsumeb, Namibia; sparkling, emerald-green dioptase crystals partially cover a white calcite-lined matrix (nice color contrast!). Dimensions are 1 3/4" x 2" x 3/4", and condition is very good. $88.
	Item PS43 - BARITE - Cerro Warihuyan, Miraflores, Huanuco Dept., Peru; a fine barite specimen, with gemmy, grey (tabular) barite crystals clustered together. Dimensions are 2" x 1 3/8" x 1". $155.
	Item PS44 - VARISCITE - Lucin, Utah; a somewhat triangular-shaped specimen of this aluminum phosphate mineral, with a nice greenish-blue color. Top side has been polished to better show hues of green. Piece measures 2 1/2" x 2" x 1 5/8", and condition is very good. $90.
	Item PS45 - ARSENOPYRITE and JAMISONITE- Silverton, Colorado; (thumbnail) a 7/8" x 3/4" cluster of arsenopyrite crystals has steel-grey, acicular needles of jamisonite attached. Condition is good. $22.
	Item PS46 - ANATASE - Hardangervidda West, Vestland, Norway; numerous bipyramidal anatase crystals (some with truncated ends) cover a small matrix piece. Measurements are 3/4" x 3/4" x 3/4", and condition is good. $75.
	Item PS47 - MANGANITE - Hfeld, Nordhausen, Harz Mountains, Thuringia, Germany; thin, prismatic crystals of manganite, with a chrome lustre, cover the top surface of a 1 5/8" x 1 1/8" x 1 1/4" matrix. Condition is good. Recently acquired at the 2025 Tucson show. $40.
	Item PS48 - AMAZONITE - Pikes Peak area, Colorado; a 1 1/2" tall, 1" wide, terminated amazonite, with a nice blue coloration near it's base (the blue hues are apparently due to lead/water impurities in the feldspar). A well-formed crystal, in good shape. $49.
	Item PS49 - AZURITE and MALACHITE - Bou Becker, Toussit, Morocco; a nice combination of blue and green copper carbonates, in a 4" x 2" x 1" plate. Azurite "glistens" in light, and condition is good. $115.
	Item PS50 - VESUVIANITE - Anjerd Mine, East Azarbaijan Province, Iran; a single, terminated vesuvianite - 3/4" high and 1/2" wide, with a greenish-brown coloration. Most assuredly NOT a location that I come across often (this is my first Iranian mineral I've carried). Condition is good. $70.