Minerals From North America up to $200

Large single Benitoite crystal, 2.2cm, with a small Neptunite, 3.4 x 2.8 x 1.6 cm.

Phantomed purple crystal accented with Barite on one side, 5.8 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm.

Gemmy orange Grossular crystals to 8mm, well separated on matrix. After years of relative abundance, with the mine now closed for some time, these Garnets are becoming more scarce in good display specimens and are climbing in price, size 4.8 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm.

Well crystallized, undamaged cluster with a large crystal on top giving the effect of a scepter. Irridescent patina on all sides flashing blues and golds. Ex. John Barlow collection #5798, 2.9 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm.

Thumbnail specimen featuring a well formed 1.5cm crystal. Ex. Sam Nasser collection, 2 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm.

Benitoite crystals to 1.7cm with a small Neptunite, 5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm.

Bright blue acicular crystals (indicative of the Tin Stope) in clusters to 4mm wide. One cluster is hemispherical, the other is radial showing off the individaul crystals. Superb for a Tin stope Clinoclase thumb, size 3.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm.

Cluster of Neptunite crystals to 1.9 cm with approximately 25 Djurleite crystals, 11.5 x 7 x 5.5 cm.

Sugary-looking drusy Quartz covering orange Wulfenite crystals and botryoidal groups of light blue Hemimorphite. The Wulfenites reach 8mm and stand up off the matrix, great one for the locality, size 2.5 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm.

Good example of occurrence with sparkly Anglesite and Cerrusite coating the surface of Galena. Malachite and Linarite also present making this a colorful piece, 5.5 x 5 x 3.5 cm.

Fine Neptunite crystals on matrix, top luster with the feature being a 2.8 cm double terminated crystal. Specimen size 6 x 4 x 4 cm.

Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Wisconsin

A large single crystal with irridescent bronze patina. This is a good large crystal from a mine now closed, 2.1 x 1.8 x 1 cm.

Karpatite crystals to 2cm with drusy Quartz and cinnabar, good crystals on both sides, 6.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm.

Excellent thumbnail from this closed mine, row after row of oriented, lenticular crystals with iridescent bronze/purple patina, hard to capture iridescence in photo, 2.2 cm.

Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California

Neptunite crystals on Natrolite, longest 2.5 cm, 3.7 x 3.5 x 2.3 cm.

Complete single crystal with stepped faces, deep red color translucent along edges, 2.4 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm.

Guanajuato, Mexico

Large cubic crystals, ex. John Barlow collection #3561 (Acanthite specimens #3562 and 3563 are described in his book), 2 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm.

Single Benitoite crystal, 1.1 cm, well exposed on thin stalk of matrix. One termination missing, nearly a triple term, size 3 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm.

Single Benitoite crystal, 1.1 cm, well exposed on thin stalk of matrix. A neat thing aboutt his piece is that there is a little vug in the Natrolite lined with Natrolit crystals - such crystals are usually totally destroyed if present by the acid etching process, size 3.5 x 2 x 1.8 cm.

Pink Natrolite crystal from the Jeffrey Mine - I had heard of these but never before seen one. Terminated single crystal with a smaller 1.3 cm crystal sticking through the termination, from the Frank Edwards Collection, 3.9 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm.

Copper Rose Mine, Grant Co., New Mexico

Copper crystal that has replaced a 3cm wide cluster of Azurite. Good, sharp replacement. I have seen a few of these before but as loose crystals detached from matrix, 5 x 3.8 x 2.5 cm.

7.5 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm.

Fine, complete 3.5 cm crystal. Ex. Sam Nasser thumbnail collection, 2.7 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm.

Clusters of bright apple green Adamite on limonite. Rare to find this color for sale now, size 8 x 6 x 4 cm.

Nevada Lode, San Juan Co., Utah

Rounded cluster of Azurite crystals, superb for Utah and good from anywhere, with round Malachite. From finds in the 1970s, 2.8 x 2 x 1.5 cm.

Unusual Adamite with long individual crystals to 1.5 cm, 6.5 x 5 x 2 cm.

Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Wisconsin

Cluster of well formed crystals with irridescent red and gold patina, 1.3 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm.

Rare large, clear Grossular garnets to 1 cm wide. Slightly yellow at the transparent corners, 1.7 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm.

1.1 cm wide crystal with excellent form set among smokey quartz crystals, 3.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm.

Gemmy etch purple/pink crystal from the historic Vandenberg, size 6 x 3.7 x 2 cm.

Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Wisconsin

Thumbnail group of well formed crystals with irridescent purple/blue patina. A floater, crystallized and complete all around, 2.3 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm.

Hemispherical cluster of Leifite with high luster across the individual terminations, 2.3 x 1.9 x 1.3 cm.

Rare clear Grossular garnets with chrome rich green cores to 8mm wide, 2 x 2 x 1.5 cm.

Well formed prismatic single crystal, undamaged except for possibly on the underside of the attached smaller crystal, translucent ruby red color when backlit with Calcite, 2.5 x 1.0 x 1.5 cm.