Mineral Gallery

	Item PS1 - HYALITE OPAL - Chalk Mountain, Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina; a layer of blue hyalite opal covers the top of a triangular-shaped granitic matrix. Note that the blue hyalite is much less common than the typical green that comes from the Spruce Pine mining district. Measurements are 3 1/2" x 1 1/4" x 2 1/2", and condition is good. $70.
	Item PS2 - GOLD - Eagle's Nest Mine, Placer County, California; gold grows up off a piece of matrix, looking like a "dragon's head". Specimen was previously in the inventory of (dealer) Kristalle, and measures 1" x 3/4" x 7/8". Condition is very good. Includes Kristalles' label. $900.
	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 - WULFENITE - Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico; a nice cabinet specimen of vibrant-orange wulfenite! Specimen measures 3 1/2" x 3" x 4", and condition is good. $225.
	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 - ANTIMONY - Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany; (thumbnail) a group of silvery antimony - roughly 3/8" in diameter. Not a mineral I come across often! $55.
	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 - TOURMALINE - Cruzeiro Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil; a nice thick, bi-color, terminated elbaite tourmaline crystal. Crystal stands 1 1/8" tall and 5/8" in diameter. Ex M. Phantom Minerals specimen (incudes their label), and in great shape. $120.
	Item PS10 - AMETHYST (sceptre) - Chibuka Mine, Zambezi Valley, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe; a 2 1/2" high, 1 1/2" wide, doubly-terminated amethyst crystal has grown atop a "stem" crystal (hence the "sceptre" designation). Crystal is semi-transparant, with full measurements at 1 1/2" x 1 1/4" x 3 1/4". Condition is very good. (Note: a note on the old label indicates "enhydro - moveable bubble, but I didn't see it) $250.
	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 - HELIODOR - Volodarsk-Volynskii, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine; a heavily-etched, highly-transparant, light yellow-green heliodor crystal. Specimen measures 1 3/4" long and 3/8" wide, and came to me through a purchase from the Bob Lauf Collection (it was priced at $80 when he bought it in 2010). Condition is very good. $88.
	Item PS14 - AMETHYST - Las Vigas, Vera Cruz, Mexico; roughly 50 thin amethyst crystals, with a deeper purple color in the tips, have grown on the top surface of a 6" x 1 /4" x 3" matrix section. A very good piece from this location. $245.
	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 - GARNET in QUARTZ - Gudger Mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina; a well-formed almandine, 3/8" in diameter, is exposed in a white quartz matrix. Full measurements are 3/4" x 1 1/8" x 1 1/4". Specimen was in the Dennis Herman Collection (comes with his label), and condition is very good. $80.
	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 - TURGITE - Crowder's Mountain, Gaston County, North Carolina; these coloful specimens of this irridescent hematite haven't been common for years (this came along with the ruby thumbnail; PS4). Specimen is a "plate". , measuring 3 3/4" x 3/16" x 3 1/4". Colors vary with browns, reds, yellows and greens. Condition is very good. $100.
	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 - STIBNITE - Linshu Mine, Hunan Province, China; s spray of (mostly) terminated stibnite crystals, measuring 3 1/2" high and 1 3/4" wide. A showy specimen - ex Mark Hosler piece. Comes mounted on a thick, beveled plastic base for best orientation and display. Condition is very good. $110.
	Item PS23 - CALCITE on CALCITE - J-Level, Buena Tierra Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico; an interesting growth of calcite - with transparant, flattened calcites overlaying darker (red-brown) scalenohedral calcite crystals. Santa Eulalia is a wonderland for calcites! Dimensions are 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" x 3", and specimen is in good shape. $90.
	Item PS24 - GOLD in QUARTZ - Leonora, Australia; (thumbnail) a 3/8" chunk of milky-white quartz, with a fair amount of gold showing on all sides. A good sample of gold in it's natural state. $145.
	Item PS25 - STAUROLITE - near Hayesville, Clay County, North Carolina; this piece is two intersecting staurolite crystals, each approximately 1 1/2" long and doubly-terminated. An aesthetic piece due to this orientation. Condition is good. $70.
	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 - Almandine GARNET- Henson Creek Mine, Spear, Avery County, North Carolina; a well-defined, dark-brown almandine, with nice dodecahedral form. Garnet is nearly complete (bottom is really the exception), and measures 1 3/8" in diameter (relatively large from this location). Condition is very good. $79.
	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 - DOLOMITE - North American Emerald Mine, Hiddenite, North Carolina; a quality Hiddenite specimen, with two sharp dolomite rhombs (twinned), with associations of calcite and mica at the base, and rutile on the back. Obviously from Jamie's hard-rock mining (the carbonates only held up when dug from hard-rock pockets, or weathering would've destroyed them). Dimensions are 2 1/8" x 1 3/8" x 2 1/2", and condition is very good. $95.
	Item PS31 - ORTHOCLASE - Rowan County, North Carolina; a nice sample of "Carlsbad twinned" orthoclase crystals from North Carolina! Dimensions are 3 3/8" x 1 5/8" x 2 3/4", and specimen is in very good shape. Ex Kenny Gay Collection piece (comes with his label). $60.
	Item PS32 - ALMANDINE GARNET - Fanny Gouge Mine, Micaville, Yancey County, North Carolina; a fist-sized sample of almandine in smoky quartz, with over a dozen garnets showing. Largest garnet is roughly 1/2" in diameter, with total measurements at 4" x 3 1/4" x 3". Condition is good. Previously in the Kenny Gay Collection (he bought it from the late Luther Thomas in August of 1998). $50.
	Item PS33 - GALENA on DOLOMITE- Sweetwater Mine, Viburnam Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri; a fist-sized mixture of grey galena and white dolomite, with a larger galena cube displayed at the front. Largest cube measures 1 1/4" x 1 3/8" x 1 7/8", while specimen measures 3 3/4" x 3" x 3 1/4". Piece stands well on it's own, and condition is good. $80.
	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 - ELBAITE TOURMALINE in QUARTZ- Cruzeiro Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil; a 3/4" long, blue-green, semi-transparant elbaite is exposed in a clear quartz crystal. Quartz crystal is 1 1/4" tall and 3/4" wide, and condition is good. $48.
	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 - PYRITE with QUARTZ and SPHALERITE- Huaron, Peru; a good Peruvian cobmination piece, with bright pyrite cubes, slender quartz crystals and minor sphalerite along the base. Dimensions are 1 1/2" x 3" x 1 1/2", and condition is 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 - HEMATITE - Henry, Lincoln County, North Carolina; (thumbnail) jet-black plates of hematite are clustered on a small matrix piece. I've been told that these are from the Workman Farm (though I'm not certain, as it wasn't on the original label). Condition is good. $45.
	Item PS41 - FLUORITE - Walworth, New York; (thumbnail) a self-collected piece - collected some years back. This is a water-clear fluorite sitting on a small piece of matrix. Condition is good. $20.
	Item PS42 - BERYL with Schorl TOURMALINE - Ray Mine, Yancey County, North Carolina; (I enjoy looking at these "broken and re-healed" crystals, always giving me pause to consider the stages of specimen development....) this piece is a green beryl crystal, terminated and roughly 2 1/4" long. There's a noticeable "shift" about 1 1/2" down where there was a break and then the conditions were right for further growth. There's also both schorl tourmaline and muscovite mica present as secondary growths, adding to the specimen. Full measurements are 2" x 1 1/2" x 2 1/2", and condition is good. $76.
	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 - TURGITE - Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia; a colorful sample of turgite on hematite from the classic Graves Mountain site. Measurements are 2 1/4" x 1 3/4" x 1", and condition is good. $65.
	Item PS47 - AMETHYST - Enigma Mine, Hiddenite, Alexander County, North Carolina; a 1 7/8" long line of light-amethyst crystals - many of which are doubly-terminated. This piece came from the initial amethyst find off the Enigma, and it's in good shape (could be further cleaned). $85.
	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 - AFGHANITE - Koksha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan; (thumbnail) a grouping of two deep-blue afghanite crystals, from the type locality. For a "rough idea of size", crystals run just under 3/8" in length, and condition is good. $42.
	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.