Announcements

  • February 28, 2019 - New Update

    We continue to add new specimens to the website. To view these please click on the Latest Additions link on the home page.

     

     

  • February 27, 2019 - New Auction Specimens

    We have updated the auction site with 149 new specimens.  This auction will close Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at 7 p.m. eastern standard time.  Some of the highlights include:

    • lovely calcite/fluorite combination from Illinois
    • fine crystallized copper/cuprite from Russia
    • rare minerals in cabinet sized pieces
    • gorgeous dioptase from Africa
    • superb deep orange almost gemmy scheelite from China
    • wonderful brazilianite from Brazil
    • pretty adamite from Mexico
    • excellent tourmaline from Brazil
    • numerous attractive and interesting specimens from Missouri
    • Plus many others ....

     

  • February 26, 2019 - New Update, Auction Closing

    We continue to add new specimens to the website. Be sure to check out our Latest Additions.
    This is a reminder that the auction will close this evening at 7 p.m. eastern standard time. There are 150 new auction specimens are now available.
    Highlights include:
    • a superb lustrous gem calcite from China
    • gem blue aquamarine on matrix
    • an excellent malachite after azurite from Mexico
    • exceptionally good classic British calcite
    • large well crystallized copper from Michigan
    • superb ludlockite from Tsumeb
    • large red crystals of vanadinite on matrix
    • pink smithsonite from Tsumeb
    • aesthetic silver from Mexico
    • numerous choice fluorite and calcite specimens from Illinois
    • Plus many others
    View our fine specimens and place your bid today!
    Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for special offers!
  • February 21, 2019 - New Auction

    We will be home from Tucson soon. We have thousands of new specimens to process and put on the web. There will be neat stuff in all price and size ranges, attractive specimens, classics, and rare species. Watch for new updates coming this weekend or early next week.
    Some terrific new auction specimens have now been posted. Many of these were in our stock priced from $500 to $2500! This auction will close Tuesday evening, Feb 26, 2019, at 7 p.m. eastern standard time. There are 150 new auction specimens are now available.
    Highlights include:
    • a superb lustrous gem calcite from China
    • gem blue aquamarine on matrix
    • an excellent malachite after azurite from Mexico
    • exceptionally good classic British calcite
    • large well crystallized copper from Michigan
    • superb ludlockite from Tsumeb
    • large red crystals of vanadinite on matrix
    • pink smithsonite from Tsumeb
    • aesthetic silver from Mexico
    • numerous choice fluorite and calcite specimens from Illinois
    • Plus many others
    View our fine specimens and place your bid today!
    Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for special offers!
  • February 17, 2019 - Special Sale!

    We have placed 60 specimens in the Special Sale section, all at 50% off.

  • February 5, 2019 - Auction Closing, Westward Look show

    If you are currently in Tucson be sure to see us this weekend at the Fine Mineral Show, Westward Look Resort, Feb 7 - 11. We have some great things on offer this year!
    This is a reminder that the auction will close this evening at 7 p.m. eastern standard time. There are 141 new auction specimens are now available.
    Highlights include:
    • excellent rare volborthite from Mexico
    • showy rosasite from Mexico
    • gem aquamarine crystal from China
    • showy specimens from the Sweetwater mine, Missouri
    • Silver on Galena from Ojuela mine, Mexico
    • large showy fluorite from Ireland
    • excellent crystallized proustite from Morocco
    • Plus many others
    View our fine specimens and place your bid today!
    Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for special offers!
  • January 28, 2019 - New Update

    I have added a small selection, but of excellent minerals, to the website.  This will be the last update until after the Tucson shows at the end of February.  The auctions will continue to operate throughout.  To view the latest update please click on the Latest Additions link on the home page.

  • January 23, 2019 - New Auction Specimens

    I have added 134 new specimens for the auction this week.  Some of the highlights include:

    • A large gemmy rosy purple fluorite cluster from Illinois
    • nice azurite from Bisbee, Arizona
    • several good specimens from the Ojuela mine, Mexico
    • many good thumbnails including a choice grossular from Vermont
    • superb wulfenite/mottramite combination from Mexico
    • large fine kidney ore hematite from England

    Plus many others.  The auction will close at 7 p.m. eastern standard time on Tuesday, January 29, 2019.  

  • January 19, 2019 - New Update

    I have added more specimens to the website.  To view these click on the Latest Additions link on the home page.

  • January 18, 2019 - New Update

    I have added new specimens to the website.  To view these directly please click on the Latest Additions link on the home page.