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Featured Item: Tourmaline
Location: Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Size: 5,5 x 2,5 cm
Item #: 4914
Comments: The luster is excellent from top to bottom, the crystal is complete and uncontacted all the way around, and can be displayed from any angle.
McDougall Minerals sells high-quality mineral specimens from all over the world at fair prices to collectors of all levels, from beginners to connoisseurs. The website includes news about recent finds and shows, learning resources, articles and photographs, and adventures to mineral localities.I have been deeply involved in the world of minerals and mining for the last 25 years, having acquired and dealt in thousands of mineral specimens (many acquired directly from the source and also personally collected). When it comes to mineral specimens themselves, I care most about three things: quality, aesthetics and the interesting-unusual.My prior career included 18 years with a top Canadian firm, where excellent, professional, responsive client service and client relationships were fundamental to our success, and I am happy to bring this same approach to McDougall Minerals. The goal of McDougall Minerals – what makes me tick these days – is to bring you the best I can in mineral specimens from all over the world, to help you enjoy the world of minerals and build the collection you want to build. I hope you will find our website interesting and fun to read – and hopefully you will find mineral specimens for your collection.
Location: Meikle Mine, Bootstrap Mining District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA
Size: 8.9 x 6.8 x 6.0 cm
Item #: 200547
Comments: A large, sharp, 6.6 cm golden barite crystal perched on associated barite crystals from the Meikle Mine in Nevada. The crystals have glassy lustre and some of the small ones are completely transparent, while the large central crystal is translucent. The large crystal has minor chipping – I would mount it for display as in the first photograph and from that angle the main crystal is super (without support, it sits as in the third photo). The smaller crystals are mostly excellent but a few are incomplete. These imperfections make this very affordable for such a great display piece. Looks fantastic in the cabinet.
The barites from the Meikle Mine came out for about 3 years in the late 1990s and are wonderful specimens for the species. This piece is from the Pete Richards collection – it was originally sold by Harvey Gordon to the A.E. Mineral Museum of Michigan Tech (where it was catalogue # 98217).
Mineral Classics is a family business dedicated to supplying fine quality mineral specimens and gemstones to collectors, museums and anybody interested in the science and hobby of mineralogy. Founded by Richard A. Kosnar, a world-renowned mineral collector and dealer for over 40 years. Today, Rich’s son, Brian continues to carry on the legacy. For 20+ years he has attended and participated in major gem and mineral shows worldwide along with lecturing to various clubs around the United States. You can also find Brian appearing frequently in the “What’s Hot” video series by Blue Cap Productions.
Location: Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 2.2 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm
Item #: RUTILEBRAZ122101
Comments: Rutile is known from thousands of localities around the world, but there was a very limited find of some of the finest quality crystallized examples of the species in the early 1970s in Brazil. My father, Richard Kosnar was on site at Diamantina when they were coming out and purchased a select few pieces of these amazing Rutiles. There are two characteristics that make this piece so special. First is the overall quality, as it is a superb, very well-crystallized, razor-sharp, brilliantly lustrous, metallic, deep red colored, reticulated twinned crystal group, and a complete “floater” to boot as it’s crystallized on all sides. The second and more impressive aspect of the piece is that it is incredibly GEMMY, which may not ordinarily be a major factor when it comes to Rutile, but you usually only see “needle”-thin crystals that will pass light, and the amount of transparency that you can see when this piece is backlit, is mind-blowing considering the thickness of the crystals. This is ostensibly one of the finest crystallized Rutile specimens ever seen from any Brazilian locality for the simple fact that it is GEM GRADE Rutile in addition to being superbly crystallized. You just don’t see crystals of this thickness that will pass light, and as you can see, there are deep glowing fiery hues inside of this specimen when it’s backlit. If you’re a thumbnail collector, or if you’re a more discerning collector who appreciates top quality crystallized examples of any species, regardless of the size, this is an important and historic specimen that would make a superb addition to any collection.
Location: Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Size: Small cabinet – 7.6 × 9.5 × 4.5 cm
Item #: MTR602709
Comments: Beautiful lustrous purple crystals of smithsonite on galena matrix from the world renowned Tsumeb Mine. Rich specimen.
Fine mineral specimens. Specializing in minerals from North and South America, rare species, native Copper specimens, Tourmaline, Beryl and Topaz specimens.
Location: Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
Size: 4 x 3.1 x 2.6 cm – 1.6 x 1.2 x 1 in
Item #: 6803
Comments: A stack of thin Hematite crystals with outwardly growing, epitaxial Rutile crystals around the edges. The Hematite crystals are nearly black in color with a metallic luster and are aligned in various directions. The Rutile crystals have a high metallic luster and are a rick golden color. The specimen has been artfully mounter by Luiz Menezes on an acrylic base with a post in the back to prop it up. The specimen has been mounted with tack and can easily be unmounted if desired.
Location: India
Size: 6″ L x 3.8″ W x 4.6″ H (approx.) – 6 pounds, 7 ounces
Item #: AP-005
Comments: Pale Golden Apatite, crystallized – great collector’s piece with extraordinary rainbows throughout.
Discover planetary magic and unusual gift ideas. Mama’s Minerals has rocks, gems, minerals, geodes, quartz crystals and more. Or use your creativity to turn rough rock and found treasures into beautiful decorative items with our rock tumblers and rock polishers, bead supplies, lapidary equipment, and jewelry making tools. Enjoy the mysteries of heaven and earth. Are you a rock hound, mineral or fossil collector, meteorite enthusiast, or metaphysician? Browse our catalog for timeless examples of Mother Nature’s handiwork: meteorites and tektites, crystal gemstones, fossils and petrified wood, sharks teeth and trilobites, igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary rocks. trike it rich…with our gold prospecting equipment, metal detectors, picks & hammers, and other tools. Expand your horizons. Visit the Learn More section for in-depth articles, rock and gem clubs, and helpful links.
Here you will find meteorites and meteorite products for sale, also photos of meteorites from the personal collection of Robert Haag – master collector of space gems on this planet
Intimate Gems is proud to be at the center of a revival of mineral exploration in South Asia and we have created this site to help promote and provide mine direct rough and mineral specimens from Afghanistan and Pakistan to dealers and volume purchasers around the globe. We are centered in New York and primarily deal over the net and via mail order. Presently, we have offices in Namak Mandi Peshawar, Pakistan and Gujranwala, Pakistan.
Bill Butkowski started “The Mineral Cabinet” business in 1966, selling specimens at “The Pond”, at Franklin New Jersey. Specialties include clean aesthetic specimens in all price ranges. Sizes include thumb nails to cabinet sized specimens. Minerals specimens are usually selected for my website with exhibition purposes in mind.
Offering a large assortment of top quality mineral, crystal, and rock specimens in all sizes. We also feature a very popular bi-weekly rock and mineral auction. Cabinet sized mineral specimens are our speciality and offers are always welcome! Come on in and browse the rooms and enjoy the beautiful mineral photographs. Layaway instalment plans are also available for larger or multiple purchases! For museum quality minerals, visit our other website at Exceptional Minerals.
See a specimen you like in one of our mineral rooms? Make an offer! All offers will be considered and a reply or counteroffer will follow shortly!
Mineral Identification Tools by Mineralab
We offer a unique selection of affordable and easy-to-use tools for making your own mineral and gem identifications.
We have been in business since 1985. We are located in Waretown N.J. We only do sales from our website. We do not have a store ourselves, but some of our affiliates do. We try to bring an updated, well priced, easy to buy, and easy to sell, website for you to enjoy. Some of the best stones and fossils available from around the world will be on our site. We will also try to provide the best pictures and descriptions possible. We will be adding new things all the time.
We, at the Mineral Mall, will endeavor to offer you, the mineral collector, highly desirable mineral specimens at affordable prices. Each mineral specimen that we purchase for resale will be individually selected with you, the collector, in mind. We will strive to do our best to make your visit to the Mineral Mall an enjoyable experience.!
Excellent show reports and minerals available from those shows!
The mineralminers.com website is a virtual gallery displaying thousands of images of unique mineral specimens, crystals, gemstones, lapidary rough, mineral spheres, jewelry & other handcrafted gem and mineral gift ideas. We bring these items to you from mines and lapidary shops around the world, eliminating the usual middleman chain of importers and wholesalers. We hand-select only superior quality items to be displayed at mineralminers.com. Our goal here at mineralminers.com is to bring you collector quality items at true miners’ prices. We want to be Your Personal ‘Link’ Direct To The Mines!TM Each of the items in our virtual gallery is for sale! Most of our mineral specimens and crystals are purchased by private collectors, although many are bought by mineral dealers, retail stores, educational institutions and museums. We offer a sophisticated shopping cart with SSL encryption for secure online order processing of credit card purchases, so you may browse thru our online inventory and purchase whatever you like from the privacy of your home or office. Many of our items are perfect for use in interior & exterior decoration, design, and landscaping.
We are the source of information for mineral collectors and amateurs around the world who seek a deeper knowledge of minerals, mineral deposits & localities, collections and more !
Hello, My name is Ivan Tolumbadjiev. I live and work in Madan, Bulgaria. The present web-site represents minerals from Madan’s mine field-Southwest Rhodopy Mountains, Bulgaria. Most of the specimens are from old locations s ome of which had stopped mining over 30 year ago. I collect only high quality minerals. However I have an array of specimens ranging in a variety of quality, size and price. You can buy specimens from me at the best prices because there are no mediators to heighten the prices. Please feel free to contact me for any information or questions you may have. You can be sure to hear back from me. My site is updated regularly, so be sure to visit it often.