Announcements

  • January 9, 2018 - New Update/Auction Closing

    We have added more specimens from the Povill collection to the website.  You can see these by clicking on the "Latest Additions" link on our home page.

     

    This is a reminder that the auction will close this evening at 7 p.m. eastern standard time.  There are 135 great specimens available.  Highlights include:

    1. rare crystallized leadhillite from Missouri, ex our private collection
    2. beautiful cabinet sized amethyst from Mexico
    3. several excellent old Tri-State calcite specimens, all from our private collection
    4. rare barite from the Tri-State district
    5. superb old Austrian epidote - ex Lloyd Tate collection
    6. many choice and showy specimens from Elmwood, Tennessee
    7. crystallized cerussite from the Tri-State District, old and rare
    8. two water clear gem fluorite specimens from Russia
    Plus many others.35  Check them out at the Auction Link on our home page.
  • January 6, 2018 - New Update

    We have added more specimens to the website.  To see the new items please click on the "Latest Additions" link on the website home page.

  • January 5, 2018 - New Update

    Over 60 new specimens have been posted to the website.  You can check these out by clicking on the "Latest Additions" link on the home page.

  • January 2, 2018 - New Update, Auction Closing

    We have added more specimens from the Povill collection to the website.  You can see these by clicking on the "Latest Additions" link on our home page.

     

    This is a reminder that the auction will close this evening at 7 p.m. eastern standard time.  There are 150 great specimens available.  Highlights include:
    1. pretty chrysocolla, quartz from Chile
    2. a superbly crystallized epidote from Mexico
    3. very attractive large crocoite from Tasmania
    4. a wonderful cabinet sized matrix twin galena from Missouri
    5. several good pieces from southern Illinois
    6. well crystallized gold from Romania
    7. choice niobophyllite from Malawi
    8. well crystallized pyrargyrite from Chanarcillo, Chile
    9. cumengeite crystals on matrix from Mexico
    10. large showy blue fluorapatite from Russia
    11. neatly crystallized native silver from Spain
    Plus many others.  Check them out at the Auction Link on our home page.
  • December 31, 2017 - New Update

    More specimens from the Povill collection have been added to the website.  To view these click on the 'Latest Additions' link on the home page.

  • December 29, 2017 - New Update

    We have added more specimens from the Povill collection to the website.  To view these click on the "Latest Additions" link on the home page.

  • December 28, 2017 - New Update, New Auction

    New specimens have been added to the website.   To view these directly click on the "Latest Additions" link on the home page.

    New Auction specimens are also now posted.  There are 150 great specimens available.  Highlights include:

    1. pretty chrysocolla, quartz from Chile
    2. a superbly crystallized epidote from Mexico
    3. very attractive large crocoite from Tasmania
    4. a wonderful cabinet sized matrix twin galena from Missouri
    5. several good pieces from southern Illinois
    6. well crystallized gold from Romania
    7. choice niobophyllite from Malawi
    8. well crystallized pyrargyrite from Chanarcillo, Chile
    9. cumengeite crystals on matrix from Mexico
    10. large showy blue fluorapatite from Russia
    11. neatly crystallized native silver from Spain

    Plus many others.  You can check these out by clicking on the "Auction" link on our home page.

  • December 26, 2017 - New Update, Auction Closing

    We have added another 40 new specimens from the Povill collection to the website.  You can see these by clicking on the "Latest Additions" link on our home page.

    This is a reminder that the auction will close this evening at 7 p.m. eastern standard time.  There are 149 great specimens available.  Some of the highlights include:

    1. gem red rubellite from Brazil
    2. gem red rhodochrosite from South Africa
    3. many fine Cornish specimens including fluorapatite, metatorbernite, olivenite
    4. gem elbaite from California
    5. several fine Milpillas Mine azurite specimens
    6. Chanarcillo, Chile silver
    7. large choice amazonite/smoky quartz specimen
    8. large fine diopside from Quebec
    9. very fine cuprite from Namibia
    10. rare and neat old Tri-State specimens

    Plus many others.  There are many great things this week!  Check them out at the Auction Link on our home page.

  • December 23, 2017 - New Update

    We have added more specimens from the Povill collection to the website.  You can see these by clicking on the "Latest Additions" link on our home page.

  • December 22, 2017 - New Update

    We have added another 35 new specimens to the website, all from the Povill collection.  To view these, click on the "Latest Additions" link on our home page.