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May 7, 2012- Peru! I recently returned from Peru with quite a few new specimens. This first page contains over 60 specimens, encompassing the majority of Peruvian finds made over the last few years, as well as a couple older pieces. Click here to see the specimens!
March 18, 2012- Clearance page! Over 70 specimens, all but 18 under $50 and all under $100. Click here to see the specimens!
April 17, 2012- Mixed Minerals- A group of 20 mixed specimens. Click here to see the specimens!
April 17, 2012- Inner Mongolia Under $100 A group of 57 specimens from new finds in Inner Mongolia, all but 5 under $100. Click here to see the specimens!
March 18, 2012- Mixed Tucson Specimens- A group of more unusual specimens from Tucson. Click here to see the specimens!
March 18, 2012- Clearance page! 60 specimens, approximately 2/3 under $50 and all but a couple under $100. Click here to see the specimens!
February 14, 2012- Korean and Japanese Amethysts. New from Tucson: a page containing specimens from a new find of Japanese amethyst, and a number of classic South Korean scepters. Click here to see the specimens!
February 14, 2012- Inner Mongolia III- More minerals from Inner Mongolia (including more new finds!), some sourced in Tucson and others sent to me directly from China. Click here to see the specimens!
January 15, 2012- Inner Mongolia II- A final update before Tucson containing more minerals from inner Mongolia, including pink fluorites and a number of (cheaper) genthelvites, among others. There are a few pieces from elsewhere in China included as well. Click here to see the specimens!
December 6, 2011 Mixed Minerals! A page of mixed minerals, mainly from China, India, and Romania. Click here to see the specimens!
December 6, 2011 Clearance Minerals! A page of 73 new specimens, 43 under $50, and all but 3 under $75. There are also 11 additional reduced priced items. Click here to see the specimens!
November 11, 2011 Inner Mongolia! A page containing 70 specimens from recent finds at the Huanggang Iron mine in Inner Mongolia. I have tried to include examples of as much of the new material as possible, and to my knowledge there are only 3 items of note found there that are not included (rhodonite, purple fluorite/arsenopyrite and brown calcite balls). In any case, this should provide a more complete image of the interesting things that (to date) have been found at this important new locality. Click here to see the specimens!
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October 1, 2011 New finds from Bolivia! A page containing specimens of new ludlmaite, valentinite, and a few slightly older pyromorphites. The ludlamites are exceptionally rich and from a new location, the Estano Orko Mine (virtually all previous pieces have come from Huanuni). The valentinites are exceptionally huge crystals of this very rare oxide species (despite being thumbnails). Click here to see the specimens!
October 1, 2011 Clearance Page! A page containing 76 clearance items, the vast majority under $50, and all but 3 under $100. Click here to see the specimens!
Septermber 23, 2011 Denver! A page containing nearly 40 specimens from Denver as well as from recent trips to India. Click here to see the specimens!
August, 12 2011 Mixed Minerals! A page Containing 32 mixed specimens from around the world. Click here to see the specimens!
August 12, 2011 Clearance page! A page containing 73 specimens, all but 14 priced $50 or less. Click here to see the page!
July 3, 2011 Madagascar! A page containing 57 varied specimens from my second trip to Madagascar. There is a bit of everything in here, from the gem minerals (particularly some exceptional matrix liddicoatites) that the country is famous for, to rare, ugly things like hibonite, monazite, and samarskite. Click here to see the specimens!
June 17, 2011 India II - Since my last update I have taken a second trip to India and continued on to Madagascar. This page contains a number of Indian minerals from the last two trips, including some exceptional fluorites and calcites. Minerals from Madagascar will follow in the coming weeks. Click here to see the speicmens!
June 17, 2011 Clearance! A page containing 57 minerals, most under $50, and all under $85. Click here to see the specimens!
April 20, 2011 India! I left for India immediately after Tucson. Although I was primarily there for non-mineral reasons, I took a couple day trips to see what I could find. Particularly notable in this update are the red fluorites-- I did not see any at Tucson 2011 and have only seen pieces very infrequently in the past, so I would assume that these specimens are from a new find. Click here to view the specimens!
March 29, 2011 Tucson 2! I had to leave for India shortly after Tucson, so my updates got delayed. Here is a second mage of specimens from Tucson, containing a number of Chinese specimens, as well as a few other interesting items. Click here to see the specimens!
March 29, 2011 Clearance! 59 specimens, all but 9 of them under $50. Click here to see the specimens!
February 5, 2011- Tucson! I am set up in Tucson till the end of the show, but here are some of the specimens I picked up on my breaks. Click here to see the specimens!
January 1, 2011- Mixed specimens! A page of mixed specimens from recent acquisitions as well as pieces rediscovered as I prepare for Tucson. There are some exceptional alabandites, a cabinet henmilite, and a number of other pieces. Click here to see the specimens!
November 28, 2010- A note about irradiated specimens from Pakistan/ Afghanistan. I just saw more of this stuff for sale here in the US, the treatments were not disclosed, and I want to make sure more people know what to look for.
November 24, 2010- Pakistan/ Afghanistan . I returned from a buying trip to Peshawar, Pakistan a couple weeks ago, this first page contains 40 of the specimens I brought back. Click here to see the specimens!
October 18, 2010- South America! A page of minerals, all but two from South America. There are several specimens from a 2008 find of world class alabandite, a couple odd amethysts, and more. I had also received requests for more Peruvian realgar specimens, ten of those are also on the page. Click here to see the specimens!
August 11, 2010- Mixed Minerals! A selection of mixed minerals from old collections and new finds. Click here to see the specimens!
June 29, 2010- Bolivia! It has been a while since I posted anything from Bolivia, so here is page containing nearly 40 specimens from various localities, including a number of silver minerals from the Porco Mine, operated since the 1500's. Click here to see the specimens!
June 16, 2010- Mixed Minerals. A page of mixed minerals acquired in Peru, Tucson, and elsewhere. This page has a number of display specimens, as well as rarities... I couldn't decide how to categorize them, so I threw them all together. Click here to see the specimens!
May 26, 2010- Tourmaline var. Liddicoatite! A page of over 50 specimens of the rare liddicoatite variety of Tourmaline from last summer's trip to Madagascar. These mainly range in size from thumbnails to miniatures, in various colors and habits- lots of reds, pinks, and even a yellow crystal. Click here to see the specimens.
May 16, 2010- Tucson Part 4! A page of 27 mixed specimens from Tucson and elsewhere. There are some very nice pieces in this update-- a barite from the "American Mineral Treasures" display, a killer rhodochrosite, an amazing parisite, a couple huge Chinese Wulfenites, and others. Click here to see the specimens!
March 26, 2010- Tucson Part 3! A page of 27 mixed minerals from this year's Tucson show. There are a couple few finds, some rarities, and a number of other beautiful and interesting pieces. There are also a few minerals from Honduras, of all places. Click here to view the specimens!
February 21, 2010- MOZAMBIQUE! A page of minerals from Mozambique. I came across a couple dealers in Tucson with minerals from this country. As bountiful as Mozambique's pegmatites have been, there never seem to be any specimens available from there. Click here to view the specimens!
February, 5 2010- TUCSON 2010!!! The first page of specimens from the Tucson show. There are specimens from a couple new finds, some old classics, and more. I will be posting a page every week for the next few weeks. Click here to see the speimens!
December 17, 2009- Peru Under 50, Again! A second "Peru Under $50 page containing nearly 70 specimens, all but about 5 or 6 of them priced under $50. There are a few mixed sulfides, a number of dioptase and silver sulfosalt specimens, as well as rhodochrosite thumbnails. Click here to see the specimens!
December 7, 2009- Peru, Part II. This update is more sulfide-intensive than the previous Peruvian update. Many of the sulfides on this page are from finds made over the last few years, and in my opinion were (for the most part) better than the usual. Click here to see the specimens!
Novermber 3, 2009- IRAN! A selection of approximately 60 Persian mineral specimens, including a number of wulfenites, some very fine reticulated cerussites, mimetite, hemimorphites, and more. Minerals from Iran are difficult to get in any quality, and the specimens here represent a particularly fine grouping. Click here to see the specimens!
September 2, 2009- New find of Demantoid Garnets! Over 30 specimens from a new find of bright green demantoid garnets from Madagascar. These were discovered a couple months ago in a mangrove swamp near the northern tip of the island. Most of what has been found went to Thailand to be cut, but I was able to obtain a number of beautiful clusters and matrix specimens on my recent trip to the country. Click here to see the specimens!
August 26, 2009- MADAGASCAR! I have just returned from my last buying trip of the summer, this one to Madagascar. This first page of Malagasy specimens contains a random sampling of the material I brought back. I will be posting more specimens from Madagascar, as well as from my previous trip to Peru, as time permits in the coming weeks. I also have a number of interesting mixed goodies that I have saved up for the coming updates.
But for now, click here to see the new specimens!
July 26, 2009- PERU! I have just returned from a buying trip to Peru, with a few hundred specimens. This first page is a random sampling of the material I
June 11, 2009- Tucson Update #3!. A final update of Tucson specimens containing nearly 40 specimens of varying origin and price. Summer is here, so I will be updating the site frequently over the next few weeks, in preparation for our most ambitious buying trips to date. But for now, click here to see the new specimens!
May 17, 2009- Peru! 47 specimens, 43 of which are under $50. Lots of stuff from new finds, some not so new things, and rhodochrosite. Click here to view the specimens!
May 10, 2009- Mixed Minerals! A page of 24 mixed specimens from various localities. There are a few Tsumeb specimens, a number of European and North American classics and a variety of other interesting material. Click here to see the specimens!
April 6, 2009- Bolivian Sulfosalts. This update contains 33 specimens from Bolivia, mostly rare sulfosalts, but there are also a few other oddities. There are some andorites, teallites cylindrites, metastibnites from the best of species find, and others. Click here to see the specimens!
March 19, 2009- Tucson Minerals III. This update contains specimens from the Amalia mine: Boleite, Cumengeite, and chrysocolla ps.boleite. The pseudos are from a limited new find, and are in my opinion amongst the most interesting novelties of the show. There are also several superb boleites, and a couple matrix cumengites. Click here to see the specimens!
February 28, 2009- Tucson Minerals II. Another page containing specimens from Tucson, including a couple Chinese euclase specimens, some Peruvian silver minerals, and other interesting specimens. Click here to view the specimens!
February 23, 2009- Tucson Minerals! A page containing 25 specimens from Tucson. This page contains several pieces from Tsumeb and other African localities, as well as numerous classic and contemporary European specimens. Click here to view the specimens!
January 11, 2009- Paravauxite! A page containing a number of paravauxite/ sigloite specimens, from the type locality for both species. The specimens range in size from a few centimeters to large cabinets, and come from the personal stash of a miner I met in Bolivia.
Click here to view the specimens!
December 21, 2008- Mixed minrals. A page of mixed minerals, including some display speicmens, radioactives, and rarities. Click here to view the specimens!
December 13, 2008- 2 Pages: Copper ps. Aragnonite and Bismuth Nuggets. While in Bolivia, I managed to obtain of a small quantity of bismuth nuggets from the Villaque Alluvial fields, along with number of classic copper ps. aragonite pseudos from Cocorro. Click an image below to view the corresponding page.
December 2, 2008- Pakistani Minerals! A selection pegmatite minerals, including aquamarines, garnets, topazes, and even a vayrynenite/herderite/topaz/tourmaline combo specimen. Click here to view the specimens.
November 16, 2008- Stannite w/ jamesonite. A small selection of specimens from a new find out of Bolivia. These specimens represent a very unusual association, and hail from the nearly depleted San Jose Mine. They are not the prettiest specimens, but are yet another example of the many interesting things to come from the mines of Bolivia. Click here to view the specimens!
November 06, 2008- Bolivian MONAZITE! A small selection of specimens form a new find at Llallagua. The monazites from this find are some of the best to come out in recent years, being richer and (in my opinion) more aesthetic than any other monazites found there in a long, long time. Click here to view the specimens!
October 17, 2008- A page containing 16 diverse specimens, including a killer cabinet cuprosklodowskite, a henmilite, assorted african minerals and more. Click here to view the specimens.
August 29, 2008- BOLIVIA! I have just come back from a week in Bolivia, where I acquired a few hundred specimens. I have posted one page containing just over 30 pieces, all of very high quality. Click here to view the specimens!
August 17, 2008- Another page containing 30 clearance items, most priced under $50. There are some of the new Mexican wulfenites, stibnites, and a couple kesterites and afghanites have also been thrown... Click here to view the specimens
August 13, 2008- Minerals from Springfield aTwenty-six specimens in all, including several Bolivian rarities, a couple diamond in matrix specimens from Brazil, Click here to view the first page!
July 19 2008- Mixed minerals. A selection of 22 specimens, including several shattuckites from the recent Namibian finds, a few Bolivian rarities, a rare Zambian emerald, and others.
June 12, 2008- Chinese Adamite. A small selection of above average adamite specimens from recent Chinese finds. Click here to view the specimens!
May 31, 2008- Mixed Specimens. 25 specimens from all over the world, including a phosphophyllite, henmilite, assorted Chinese minerals, and others. Click here to view the specimens!
May 15, 2008-Rhodochrosite! Over 20 rhodochrosite specimens from Uchucchacua, along with a couple rhodonites. That was initially going to be posted after Tucson, but I decided to wait until after additional specimens arrived from Peru to post the page. Click here to view the specimens!!
March 21, 2008- Mimetite! A page of Chinese mimetite specimens, from the 2003 find. Not much of this stuff was available, but I managed to find a few rather good pieces. Click here to see the specimens!
August 17, 2007- Pyromorphite! After carefully assembling a collection of almost 100 pyromorphite specimens over the past two years, I'm putting it up for sale. There are a lot of very unique pieces here--some date to the last century, and many are nearly impossible to find in any quality. Most of the major finds of the past few decades are represented in the collection--Les Farges, Cordoba, various Bunker Hill pockets, Daoping etc. If nothing else, I hope you enjoy the photographs.
There are 4 pages of pyromorphites, organized by continent. Please click here to view the first page.
July 4, 2007- Tourmaline! I have posted over 50 tourmaline specimens from Pakistan and Afghanistan, from single crystals all the way up to a large cabinets. Click here to view the specimens!
8/29/06- Afghanite! While in Pakistan I stumbled across a miner who had stashed away a large lot of exceptional pieces from the 2001 find. I purchased the entire lot, and am now offering a selection from those pieces. Almost all are sharp and translucent, and several are even double terminated. Click here to view the specimens!
8/20/06- I have just returned from northern Pakistan with several hundred specimens.
Over the next few weeks, I will be posting a number of these pieces. Included in the updates will be Afghan and Pakistani tourmalines, afghanite, chondrodite, topaz, aquamarine, new reticulated rutiles and blue apatite, and a number of other rare and unusual specimens.
2/28/04- Afghanite specimens posted. Click here to view them. Also, still more minerals to come- new finds from Russia, Brazil, and other South American countries, as well as Chinese chalcotrichite, and various mixed minerals.
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