Announcements

  • July 12, 2017 - SPECIAL SALE!

    We are having a one day sale with 139 choice pieces available at discounts from 40% to 67% off!  Check the "On Sale Now" box in the center of our website home page.  The sale will end in 24 hours.

  • July 12, 2017 - New Update, New Auction Specimens

    We have added 20 new specimens to the website, all very fine and choice thumbnail specimens.  Look for more new material to be added in the coming days.

    We have also added 150 new specimens to the next auction.  Some neat things here including:

    • Phil Martin collection specimens
    • A very fine large pyromorphite on barite from France
    • A beautiful purple fluorite on sphalerite from Tennessee
    • Several choice large fluorite crystals from Ohio, these old ones from neat localities
    • Fine amazonites from Colorado
    • Gorgeous large gemmy green apophyllite from India
    • Plus many others
  • July 9, 2017 - New Update

    We have added 20 new specimens to the website.  This update includes:

    • A set of beautiful thumbnail and miniature size rhodochrosite specimens from South Africa
    • Fine celestine from Texas
    • Gorgeous deep green fluorite from Namibia
    • Crystallized rose quartz from Brazil
    • Superb emerald thumbnail from Colombia
    • Plus many others
  • July 8, 2017- New Discounted Specimens

    We have moved over 200 new specimens in to the "Discount Galleries", all at 50% off.  Be sure to check these out; there are some very good bargains to be had!

  • July 7, 2017 - New Update

    Today we have added another 24 great specimens to the website.  Some very attractive things in this update including:

    • gem tourmaline crystals
    • beautiful Idaho pyromorphite
    • several showy rhodochrosite specimens from Colorado, Mexico, and Romania
    • superb gem amethyst from Guerrero, Mexico
    • two beautiful rose quartz specimens from Brazil
    • pink gem fluorite from Huanzala, Peru
    • plus many others

    To view these specimens click on the "Latest Additions" link.  Please note that we are currently away on a buying trip and shipping may be delayed until after July 19, 2017.

  • July 6, 2017 - New Update

    We have added 20 new specimens.  Some beautiful things in this update including:

    • several gem tourmaline crystal specimens
    • gemmy blue topaz on matrix from Brazil
    • very pretty pyromorphite from Idaho
    • sharp yellow large sulfur crystal on small matrix from Sicily
    • gem green fluorite from Namibia
    • outstanding blue gem fluorite from Illinois
    • Plus many others
  • July 5, 2017 - New Auction Specimens Posted

    We have updated the auction website with 138 new items.  This week we have many fine things from long closed US localities such as:

    • Calcite from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Tri-State District
    • Attractive fluorite from Illinois
    • Showy azurite from Morenci, Arizona
    • Fine Elmwood, Tennessee specimens
    • Neat and showy amethyst from Naica, Mexico
    • Phil Martin collection specimens
    • Neat thumbnail specimens
  • July 4, 2017 - New Update/Auction Closing

    We have added over 80 new specimens to the website.  These updates include some beautiful new pieces from China, including new gem blue fluorite specimens.  Also a set of 48 choice thumbnail specimens. 
    This is a reminder that the auction will close this evening at 7 p.m. eastern standard time. 
    There are 134 new auction specimens available.  Some really neat things this week.  Some of the highlights include:

    Fine large Romanian calcite with jamesonite inclusions
    Gem barite on matrix from Colorado
    Assorted neat historical specimens from Cornwall
    Several good specimens from the Viburnum Trend
    Two very showy calcite/fluorite specimens from Illinois
    Very good franklinite on matrix from New Jersey
    Plus many others
    You can find these by clicking on the Auction Link on our Home Page.
  • July 1, 2017 - New Update

    We added 24 specimens to the website.  This update includes very attractive specimens such as gem tourmalines, large blue Spanish fluorite, Mexican amethyst, etc.

  • June 28, 2017 - New Auction

    We have posted new specimens for the auction this week, ending on July 4, 2017 at 7 p.m. eastern standard time.  There are 134 great specimens available.  Some of the highlights include:

    • Choice gem matrix barite from Colorado
    • Many good calcite specimens from Missouri
    • Beautiful Russian uvarovite
    • Two showy calcite/fluorite combinations, one on yellow fluorite and one on purple, from Illinois
    • Plus many others