North American Minerals - $501 and up

Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada

Large matrix Vesuvianite specimen, one of the largest and best I've seen of this type. The crystals are purple mangan Vesuvianite covered by an outer layer of yellow/green Vesuvianite. The mine is closed an no more is likely to come out, 6.5 x 5 x 4.5 cm.

Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada

Large Lazulite crystals on both sides of specimen. Two of the largest crystals, which reach 1.6cm in size, are prominently displayed across the upper edge of the specimen. Good piece from the original finds, 12 x 6.5 x 5 cm.

Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada

GEM Grossular crystals covering matrix. Largest is a completely transparent 1.4cm wide crystal. There are a couple of trivial dings, otherwise perfect. Very hard to get Jeffrey pieces of this quality now, 9 x 4 x 4 cm.

Gemmy yellow Barite crystals to 7mm with Quartz over irridescent Bornite coated Pyrite. I've seen these for sale occasionally, but never before such a good one and never before one with the gemmy yellow Barites. Super old piece from the Don Boydston collection dating back to the 1950s, size 11 x 8.5 x 5.5 cm.

Large well terminated Neptunite crystal, 4.2 cm long (rare this large), with two attached Benitoite crystals. Small joaquinite crystals are also present; one on top the benitoite which is on top of the Neptunite, two others are attached to the lower end of the Neptunite. 5.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm.

A large vug lined with white Calcite is filled with a heaping mass of red Cuprite included Calcite crystals interfused with crystalline Copper. The Calcite crystals are small "rice-grain" crystals massed together to form a large spherical cluster. Good from all sides with loads of Copper, a classic. Ex. Marcus Johnston collection, size 11.5 x 9 x 8 cm.

Gem red Pyragyrite with smooth crystal faces on main crystal. While many pyragyrites show only red translucency, this one has internal areas that are totally transparent and look like red glass when backlit, size 2.8 x 2.7 x 2 cm.

Bright Blue Lazulite crystals to 1.2 cm long thickly clustered on thin matrix plate. I bought a large lot fo these years ago and the few specimens with the white micro crystals coating the Lazulite (apatite? Brazilianite?) alwas had the brightest blue crystals, and this was the best of such specimens. Quartz and Siderite in association, backside also crystallized with smaller crystals, 13 x 12.5 x 3.5 cm.

Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California

Large single Benitoite crystal with a couple Neptunite crystals on Natrolite onback. Benitoite is 2.2 cm in longest dimension, 2.2 x 2.2 x 1.9 cm.