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I have approximately 5000 minerals in stock. But this site can only hold 800-900 specimens without slowing loading time. Below is a listing of other minerals  ($75 and up) currently available from our warehouse, but not pictured on this web site. Email to inquire about availability, info or photos. Because these are buried among 4500 specimens in the warehouse, expect a delay of up to one week in filling any requests. Click here if you are lookng for faster service to select from the mineral galleries on this site.

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#44513 - Mineral: Andradite var. Demantoid Garnet, Val Malenco, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy. Lustrous translucent demantoid garnet crystals, the green variety of andradite, in tan-colored matrix. Many crystals are complete, but others are incomplete. Remnants of metallic magnetite are visible on the underside. Ex. Miller collection ca. 1900 Overall Size: 8x4.5x4 cm. Crystal Size: 1-6 mm. Price: $65

#55404 - Mineral: Apophyllite-(KF) on Prehnite with Calcite, O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut. Large cavity lined with lustrous transparent colorless apophyllite crystals to 5 mm on translucent green prehnite crystals in hemispherical aggregates to 3 mm diameter with translucent colorless rhombohedral calcite crystals to 2 mm. Bottom is sawn. Collected ca. 1989 Overall Size: 12x11x10 cm. Crystal Size: 1-5 mm. Price: $150

#5836 - Mineral: Azurite with Malachite ps. after Azurite, Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia. Small pocket of lustrous dark blue azurite crystals with portion pseudomorphed into chatoyant malachite. Overall Size: 2.5x1.5x1 cm. Crystal Size: 9 mm. Price: $65

#57378 - Mineral: Bastnäsite-(Ce), St. Peters Dome, El Paso County, Colorado. Single crystal of translucent dark red-brown bastnäsite-(Ce) with no matrix attached. Weakly radioactive. Collected ca. 1890. Overall Size: 22x17x15 mm. Crystal Size: 22 mm. Price: $85

#5217 - Mineral: Calcite, Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey. Micro calcite overgrowth on large rhombic calcite crystals to 25 mm on edge. Ex. Swigert collection #608. Collected ca. 1985 Overall Size: 11x8x5 cm. Crystal Size: 10-25 mm. Price: $60

#17999 - Mineral: Calcite, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri. Two golden yellow calcite crystals with minor matrix attached on one side. The calcite crystals are translucent and have complex surfaces of many parallel crystal faces. No damage. Ex. Earle Sullivan collection (Ct.) Overall Size: 10x6x5 cm. Crystal Size: 7-10 cm. Price: $65

#27554 - Mineral: Calcite, Herja Mine (Kisbanya), Baia Mare, Maramures, Romania. Flat cluster of translucent gray calcite crystals with white surface coating on crystal faces oriented in one direction. The coating on selected faces was probably due to fluid flow through the cavity. With old Pennypacker pen-and-ink label. Ex. A. Lincoln Sherk II, MD. (1896-1970); ex. Charles Pennypacker Overall Size: 9x8x5 cm. Crystal Size: 5-15 mm. Price: $95

#55088 - Mineral: Celestine with Calcite overgrowth, Lime City, Wood County, Ohio. Large cluster of bladed translucent blue-gray celestine (celestite) crystals to 22 mm with thin overgrowth of transparent colorless scalenohedral calcite crystals to 1 mm. The calcite fluoresces under UV illumination and phosphoresces in the dark. Overall Size: 11x10x7 cm. Crystal Size: 1-22 mm. Price: $65

#33668 - Mineral: Cobaltite, Riddarhyttan, Vastmanland, Sweden. Five beautiful silver-white petagondodecaedric Cobaltite crystals with metallic luster. Superb specimens. RARE. No damage. Ex. Bergslageks Museum specimen. Ex. John A. Rorer, Jr. collection #069; Ex. Dr. Rorer-purchased from Dr. G. Carlson, U of Lon Overall Size: .5X.5X.5cm [x5].. Price: $125

#14442 - Mineral: Columbite-(Fe), Bedford, Westchester County, New York. Large crystal of dark metallic columbite with parallel crystals along the sides. The surface has a tan-colored surface alteration. This was probably collected at the old Kinkel Quarry or nearby pegmatite localities. Ex. Joe Cilen (1916-1997) #12023 Overall Size: 25x22x10 mm. Crystal Size: 10-25 mm. Price: $95

#33608 - Mineral: Copper, Selwyn Mine, Mt. Eliot, Mt. Isa, Queensland, Australia. A superbly crystallized Native Copper specimen. The large crystals [10 mm] have sharp corners and faces with a rich metallic shine. Partly dusted with minute specular Hematite. No damage. Weight 245.0 grams. Specimen o Ex. John A. Rorer, Jr. collection #009; Ex. pvt. collector in Queensland [per Hurley]. Overall Size: 10.5x4.5x3 cm.. Price: $245

#15669 - Mineral: Copper, Found while digging the foundation of Keweenaw Gift Shop, Keweenaw, Michigan. Elongated specimen of native copper with a multi-colored, almost iridescent, patina. On the back side is a hemispherical depression (post-mining?). Ex. Phyllis Smith collection Overall Size: 11x5x4 cm. Crystal Size: -. Price: $50

#23831 - Mineral: Copper, Cornwall, England. Rectangular mass of intergrown copper wire crystals. The copper has tarnished over the years, but could be cleaned. Ex. Joe Cilen (1916-1997) #8754 Overall Size: 35x20x5 mm. Crystal Size: 5 mm. Price: $70

#10196 - Mineral: Copper in Calcite, Calumet, Michigan. Translucent calcite with native copper inclusions. The calcite prevents the copper from oxidizing, keeping the copper a bright metallic color. Ex. J. Legro collection, ca. 1895 Overall Size: 6x4x3 cm. Crystal Size: 1-20 mm. Price: $50

#32751 - Mineral: Crocoite with Gibbsite, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. Lustrous crystals of red-orange crocoite up to 14 mm long on gossan matrix with powdery yellow-orange bindheimite. Many crystals are terminated. Overall Size: 8x5x5 cm. Crystal Size: .1-14 mm. Price: $75

#5332 - Mineral: Cuprite with Native Copper, Bisbee, Warren District, Cochise County, Arizona. Vein of native copper with dark red cuprite crystals running through ligh matrix. Cuprite crystals to 2 mm exposed on bright native copper. Ex. Lizzul collection. Overall Size: 10x5x2 cm. Crystal Size: .5-2 mm. Price: $60

#34744 - Mineral: Epidote and Actinolite, Cumberland, north of Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island. Dark green-black actinolite crystals up to 6 mm on yellow-green epidote crystals. The actinolite are thin, lustrous crystals and they are protected in the recesses of the cavity. Ex. John A. Manley ca. 1890s Overall Size: 6x4x4 cm. Crystal Size: 1-7 mm. Price: $65

#56260 - Mineral: Fluorite with Quartz, Weardale, County Durham, England. Large translucent pink-brown cubic fluorite crystals that fluoresce bright violet under UV illumination. The fluorite crystals have lustrous crystal faces with druzy quarts microcrystal coating on some faces. Ex. Tom Penney collection #177 Overall Size: 15x8x8 cm. Crystal Size: 1-85 mm. Price: $75

#30983 - Mineral: Gypsum var. Selenite, Pina de Ebro, Aragón, Zaragoza Province, Spain. Perfect, water-clear selenite (transparent variety of gypsum) crystals on a base of white gypsum. The crystals are all terminated, though the tallest crystal has brown inclusions in the termination. No damage. Do NOT wash in water. Overall Size: 7x7x5 cm. Crystal Size: 5-55 mm. Price: $75

#57396 - Mineral: Legrandite, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Lustrous transparent-to-translucent yellow legrandite crystals in a tapered aggregate of sub-parallel crystals. The legrandite crystals have striated prism faces with pointed terminations. Overall Size: 12x10x7 mm. Crystal Size: 8-10 mm. Price: $55

#57397 - Mineral: Legrandite, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Lustrous transparent yellow legrandite crystals on one face of brown limonite gossan. The legrandite crystals are exceptionally transparent, have striated prism faces, with pointed terminations. Overall Size: 25x17x15 mm. Crystal Size: 1-11 mm. Price: $55

#30494 - Mineral: Magnetite on Dolomite, New Idria District, San Benito County, California. Dense mixture of black magnetite crystals up to .2 mm intergrown with rhombic, white crystals of dolomite up to 5 mm. Fully crystallized on all sides - no damage. Lininger's label lists the wrong location. Ex. Jay Lininger (1939-2004) California reference collection Overall Size: 5.5x5.5x4 cm. Crystal Size: .2-5 mm. Price: $55

#46869 - Mineral: Malachite pseudomorphs after Azurite, Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia. Large cluster of fibrous green malachite pseudomorphs after large bladed azurite crystals to 70 mm long. The azurite crystallized first, then altered molecule-by-molecule to malachite maintaining the original form of the azurite crystals. Ex. Kathage collection (Namibia) Overall Size: 15x10x10 cm. Crystal Size: 10-73 mm pseudos. Price: $475

#5813 - Mineral: Native Silver, Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Oblast', Kazakhstan. Single wire of native silver in very sculptural formation collected in the big discovery of 1989-1990. Ex. John Durkos #1189 Overall Size: 25x15x1mm. Crystal Size: 25x15x1mm. Price: $70

#31680 - Mineral: Prehnite, Interstate 80 road cut, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey. Exceptionally large plate covered with yellow-green prehnite crystals in spherical aggregates up to 5 mm diameter with areas between the crystals are coated with greenish-brown clay. The contrasting colors and large size make this an attractive specimen. Collected ca. 1970 by Bob Kreider(sp?) Overall Size: 24x17x6 cm. Crystal Size: 3-5 mm. Price: $75

#4493 - Mineral: Prehnite and Calcite, Roncari Quarry, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut. Excellent large crystals of green prehnite and calcite collected ca. 1940. Very well crystallized for prehnite, that usually forms ball shaped aggregates. Ex. Joe Cilen (1916-1997) #708 Overall Size: 9x5x5 cm. Crystal Size: 10-15 mm. Price: $75

#34747 - Mineral: Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz, Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine. Large single termination of a pale-medium purple amethyst quartz crystal with patches of white albite inclusions visible inside the crystal. Minute damage on a few edges due to glaciation collapsing the pocket. Collected in 1969 by Clifford Earl Trebilcock (1920-2000) Overall Size: 11x7x5 cm. Crystal Size: 11 cm. Price: $50

#22544 - Mineral: Quartz var. Rose Quartz Crystals, Rose Quartz Locality, Plumbago Mountain, Oxford County, Maine. White albite matrix with a shallow cavity lined with pink crystals of rose quartz. This is one of the few locatities in the world that produce crystals of rose quartz. Collected in June 1969 by Clifford Earl Trebilcock (1920-2000) Overall Size: 11x6x4 cm. Crystal Size: 2-7 mm. Price: $85

#22543 - Mineral: Quartz var. Rose Quartz Crystals, Rose Quartz Locality, Plumbago Mountain, Oxford County, Maine. White albite matrix with a shallow cavity lined with pink crystals of rose quartz. This is one of the few locatities in the world that produce crystals of rose quartz. This specimen is one of the best of the find. Collected in June 1969 by Clifford Earl Trebilcock (1920-2000) Overall Size: 10x6x5 cm. Crystal Size: 2-8 mm. Price: $125

#23196 - Mineral: Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (with 6.95 carat oval gemstone), Crystal Peak District, Lake George area, Park-Teller Counties, Colorado. Single crystal of smoky quartz with striated crystal faces, with a 6.95 carat oval faceted gemstone of smoky quartz. The termination has a small nick, all else is clean and undamaged. Overall Size: 45x18x14 mm. Crystal Size: 45 mm. Price: $55

#52132 - Mineral: Quartz with Pyrite, Gorge Road condominium excavation, Edgewater, Palisades Sill, Bergen County, New Jersey. The largest specimen collected from a quartz-pyrite formation in a fracture joint in the Palisades Sill diabase. The surfaces are composed of translucent milky quartz crystals to 5 mm with cavities where the pyrite decomposed to limonite. collected ca. 1999 Overall Size: 22x13x3.5 cm. Crystal Size: 1-5 mm. Price: $65

#57381 - Mineral: Samarskite-(Y), Ilmen Mountains, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Russia. (Type Locality for Samarskite-(Y)) Black samarskite-(Y) with brown metamict exterior surfaces and lustrous black where the samarskite-(Y) is freshly exposed. Radioactive. Overall Size: 24x13x12 mm.. Price: $55

#16563 - Mineral: Silver, Beaver Mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada. Heavy specimen composed primarily of native silver with minor cobalt and calcite. The native silver has a nice natural patina. Ex. J. Durkos collection #1205 Overall Size: 6x4x2 cm. Crystal Size: -. Price: $55

#53136 - Mineral: Spinel in marble, Luc Yen, Yenbai (Yen Bai) Province, Vietnam. Large translucent purple octahedral spinel crystals in gray marble that was carved and sawn flat on the bottom to stand upright without additional support. The spinel crystals are uncommonly large for the locality and have many lustrous parallel faces. Overall Size: 11.5x7x7 cm. Crystal Size: 10-35 mm. Price: $225

#57384 - Mineral: Sulfur, Cianciana, Sicily, Italy. Transparent yellow sulfur crystal with fragments of dark matrix included in the bottom where it was attached. The crystal faces have silky luster and the inside is easily visible where double-refraction (similar to calcite) is apparent. Overall Size: 25x22x18 mm. Crystal Size: 25 mm. Price: $55

#44053 - Mineral: Wulfenite with Mimetite, Mina Ojuela, San Juan Poniente Vein, Level 6, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Elongated cluster of tabular square yellow wulfenite crystals up to 7 mm across on brown limonite gossan with translucent botryoidal green mimetite hemispheres to 2 mm diameter. The wulfenite crystals are internally zoned with transparent centers. Overall Size: 12x6.5x4.5 cm. Crystal Size: micro to 7 mm. Price: $150

#44054 - Mineral: Wulfenite with Mimetite, Mina Ojuela, San Juan Poniente Vein, Level 6, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Large cluster with translucent yellow wulfenite crystals up to 10 mm long on brown limonite gossan with botryoidal olive-colored mimetite to 3 mm diameter. The wulfenite crystal forms are unusual elongated four-sided pseudo-scalenohedrons. Overall Size: 12.5x7x6 cm. Crystal Size: micro to 10 mm. Price: $325

#44043 - Mineral: Wulfenite with Mimetite and Calcite, Mina Ojuela, San Juan Poniente Vein, Level 6, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Large cluster with translucent yellow wulfenite crystals up to 7 mm long on brown limonite gossan with olive-colored mimetite and brown calcite microcrystals. The wulfenite crystal forms are unusual elongated four-sided prisms with pinacoid terminations. Overall Size: 11x9x9 cm. Crystal Size: micro to 7 mm. Price: $150

#12065 - Mineral: Zircon, Kipawa Complex, Villedieu Twp., Québec, Canada. Doubly-terminated brown zircon crystal. Very sharp and well formed. Fluoresces under UV illumination. Overall Size: 3x1.5x1.5 cm. Crystal Size: 3 cm. Price: $55

Above is a listing of 100 other minerals currently available from our warehouse, but not pictured on this web site. Email to inquire about availability, info or photos. Because these are buried among 4500 specimens, expect a delay of up to one week in filling any requests. Click here if you are lookng for faster service to select from the mineral galleries on this site.


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