HF86AM2: Complete floater group of tabular Baryte crystals with sand inclusions (variety baryte rose). An excellent USA classic of which nowadays you don't see many good specimens.
Slaughterville, Cleveland County, Oklahoma  USA

Specimen size: 8.5 × 8.4 × 5.8 cm = 3.35” × 3.31” × 2.28”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 4.8 cm = 2.05” × 1.89”

HB67AM5: Complete floater group of tabular Baryte crystal growths with sand inclusions (variety baryte rose). An excellent USA classic which is rarely seen anymore nowadays.
Slaughterville, Cleveland County, Oklahoma  USA

Specimen size: 12.9 × 11 × 8 cm = 5.08” × 4.33” × 3.15”

TC2110TRF: Group of very sharp Gypsum crystals with good luster and a reddish color, totally filled with sand inclusions. A geological curiousity.
Great Salt Plains, Jet, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma  USA

Specimen size: 8.6 × 7.8 × 6.3 cm = 3.39” × 3.07” × 2.48”

Main crystal size: 5.3 × 4.6 cm = 2.09” × 1.81”

VM56Z4: Very sharp sphenoidal (pseudotetrahedral) Chalcopyrite crystals on black Sphalerite crystals. They are on a matrix of Dolomite showing the typical saddle-like shape. A very characteristic American classic.
Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa County, Oklahoma  USA

Specimen size: 11.4 × 8.6 × 4.2 cm = 4.49” × 3.39” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2.5 cm = 1.26” × 0.98”

AF11AM3: Group of disphenoidal crystals (pseudotetrahedral) of Chalcopyrite, with sharp crystal forms. On a Magnetite matrix with octahedral crystals of Magnetite.
French Creek Mines, St. Peters, Warwick Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania  USA

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.2 × 2.3 cm = 1.73” × 1.26” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.47” × 0.28”

EMT27ASN1: A classic example of American mineralogy. Very bright skeletal and hoppered crystals of Chalcopyrite with a vivid and intense golden color, slightly iridescent with very marked triangular shapes, accompanied by small Pyrite crystals.
A true 'oldie' from mines that operated from the first half of the 18th century until the mid-20th century, and from which specimens were recovered from their waste piles until 1989, when collection was prohibited.
French Creek Mines, St. Peters, Warwick Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania  USA

Specimen size: 6.6 × 6.4 × 4.2 cm = 2.60” × 2.52” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 0.71” × 0.47”

SV3180TPT: These Hamiltonban coppers are not very attractive, but of remarkable size and very difficult to get. A historical part of the US mining heritage.
Blue Ridge Summit, Hamiltonban Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania  USA

Specimen size: 7.5 × 6.9 × 1.6 cm = 2.95” × 2.72” × 0.63”

TD86Q6: White trapezohedral crystals. They are bright, have very well defined faces and edges and are partially coated by small crystals of Fluorapophyllite-(K) The sample is of excellent quality for the locality, a classic for American zeolites.
Cornwall Mines, Cornwall Borough, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania  USA

Specimen size: 9.9 × 7.1 × 4.2 cm = 3.90” × 2.80” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.39” × 0.39”

TPM76AO0: Group of crystals, with one of them clearly dominant and all of them doubly terminated, totally occupied by inclusions of sand. They are formed by a prism with curved edges and a poorly defined terminal rhombohedron. An American classic which it is currently very difficult to obtain in good specimens as the area in which they were found has been declared a National Park.
Rattlesnake Butte, Jackson County, South Dakota  USA

Specimen size: 9.3 × 6.7 × 4.5 cm = 3.66” × 2.64” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 7.6 × 3 cm = 2.99” × 1.18”

MT60AF1: Two doubly terminated crystals, formed by a prism with curved edges and a poorly defined terminal rhombohedron. The crystals are completely filled by sand inclusions. An American classic that is currently difficult to obtain in good samples because the area where they are found has been declared a National Park.
Rattlesnake Butte, Jackson County, South Dakota  USA (± 1990)

Specimen size: 10.9 × 4.9 × 4.7 cm = 4.29” × 1.93” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 9 × 3.3 cm = 3.54” × 1.30”

MT67X6: Cubic crystal of Fluorite with polycrystalline faces and small Galena crystals on their surfaces. The crystal is translucent and bright, has a clear lilac color and it is on a Galena matrix.
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee  USA

Specimen size: 7.5 × 7.3 × 7.5 cm = 2.95” × 2.87” × 2.95”

XM290TFG: Group of cubic Fluorite crystals, interpenetrating, with good luster and a deeper bluish color towards the edges of the crystals, on a limestone matrix covered by whitish and greyish rhombohedral Dolomite crystals.
The specimen comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez Pérez (number 804) whose label we will send to the buyer.
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee  USA

Specimen size: 9.7 × 6.2 × 3.6 cm = 3.82” × 2.44” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.5 cm = 0.98” × 0.98”

GC88AK6: Group of transparent Fluorite crystals, with polycrystalline growths on their faces, partially covered by an aggregate of small yellowish Baryte crystals, on Sphalerite matrix. An American classic.
The specimen is from the Casado Margolles collection (reg. FRM 147) whose label we will send to the buyer.
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee  USA

Specimen size: 12.5 × 7.2 × 7.8 cm = 4.92” × 2.83” × 3.07”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2.1 cm = 0.87” × 0.83”

MAE73CD3: Floater group formed by cubic Fluorite crystals perfectly sharp and interpenetrated with each other, with marked polycrystalline growths on the faces of the crystals, more intense lilac zoning towards the vertices and coated by a multitude of small Chalcopyrite crystals, which are larger on the back of the piece, where Calcite crystals can be seen too.
The piece is not perfect, with several corners being damaged or scratched, but still...
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee  USA

Specimen size: 19.5 × 16.5 × 5.6 cm = 7.68” × 6.50” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 6.9 × 6.5 cm = 2.72” × 2.56”

NTT89AQ1: Floater group of scalenohedral Calcite crystals in parallel growth, twinned and doubly terminated with one of them clearly dominant. Translucent, with very bright luster and intense color. An American classic.
The specimen comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez Pérez.
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee  USA

Specimen size: 11.6 × 5.7 × 4.8 cm = 4.57” × 2.24” × 1.89”

TM14AN1: Sharp Sphalerite crystal, with well defined crystal forms and a very visible twin plane in front, with bright luster and vivid red internal reflections, on a matrix of small Quartz crystals.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, which shows that it was previously in the Melanson collection.
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee  USA

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.8 × 1.4 cm = 0.87” × 0.71” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 0.67” × 0.63”

MP36T0: Well individualized crystals with very well defined faces and edges, very bright, and with intense deep red reflections. On matrix, with white rhombohedral crystals of Dolomite.
Gordonsville Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee  USA

Specimen size: 5.4 × 5.4 × 2.4 cm = 2.13” × 2.13” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.6 cm = 0.75” × 0.63”

AA66AG9: Druse of complex Sphalerite crystals, very rich with faces, clearly twinned and with very well defined forms. They are translucent, very bright, have a very deep color and are on a rocky matrix with small scalenohedral Calcite crystals. An American classic, typical of past samples from the Elmwood mine.
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee  USA

Specimen size: 7.9 × 7.4 × 4.4 cm = 3.11” × 2.91” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.35” × 0.31”

CF86AD3: Druse of complex Sphalerite crystals that are very rich in faces and have very well defined forms. They are translucent, very bright and have a very deep color. On a rocky matrix with small rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. An American classic.
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee  USA

Specimen size: 9.7 × 7.2 × 5.2 cm = 3.82” × 2.83” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.2 cm = 0.51” × 0.47”

MY6R8: Sphalerite crystals more individualized than usual for the locality. They have a very well defined tetrahedral habit and are twinned, translucent and very bright, being implanted on a matrix coated by Quartz with small white crystals of Dolomite and yellow crystals of Calcite. A USA classic.
Gordonsville Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee  USA

Specimen size: 11.4 × 7.2 × 5.7 cm = 4.49” × 2.83” × 2.24”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.3 cm = 0.75” × 0.51”

ET90L1: Very complex Sphalerite crystal groups. Very sharp faces and edges, some of them with interesting curvatures. Crystals are translucent, with a dark honey color, on rhombohedral white Dolomite and scalenohedral yellowish Calcite crystals. Elmwood is one of the great classics of the USA for Calcite crystals, but also it has provided excellent Sphalerite specimens. So, as we said, a great one.
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee  USA

Specimen size: 12 × 10.5 × 4.7 cm = 4.72” × 4.13” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 2.8 cm = 1.69” × 1.10”

TF71K4: Group of two flat, transparent and doubly terminated Quartz crystals on a matrix of Feldspar crystals, probably Orthoclase. The locality is uncommon.
The matrix has, on its backside, a fissure recemented by Quartz but also repaired (or consolidated). This circumstance is noted on the label from the Bob Jones collection, that we'll send with the specimen.
Mineral Mountains area, Beaver County, Utah  USA

Specimen size: 15.5 × 10 × 6 cm = 6.10” × 3.94” × 2.36”

NC87AI3: Single doubly terminated Beryl (variety red beryl) crystal with very well defined faces and edges and perfect terminal faces. It is translucent and has an intense color. An American classic of high quality
The sample is from the Ignacio Hernández collection (num. 26) whose original label we’ll send to the buyer.
Ruby Violet Claims, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah  USA

Specimen size: 4.4 × 4.1 × 2.6 cm = 1.73” × 1.61” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.55” × 0.16”

MY87AM3: Druse of lenticular Azurite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, very lustrous, with a vivid color and with small Malachite concretions. An excellent American classic.
The specimen comes from the Ignacio Gaspar collection (number AZU-11), whose label we will send to the buyer.
La Sal Mountains, La Sal District, Grand County, Utah  USA

Specimen size: 5 × 3.5 × 3.5 cm = 1.97” × 1.38” × 1.38”

TA67Q6: A floater, a nodular aggregate of crystals that have very well defined faces and edges, with an excellent luster and an extraordinary blue color, with small nodules of Malachite. The quality is excellent for the locality.
La Sal Mountains, La Sal District, Grand County, Utah  USA

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.6 × 3.5 cm = 2.44” × 1.81” × 1.38”

TZ27AM9: Very ‘architectural’ spheroidal growths of lenticular Azurite crystals, with good luster and a vivid color, on a matrix partially covered by Malachite.
La Sal Mountains, La Sal District, Grand County, Utah  USA

Specimen size: 6.9 × 3.1 × 2 cm = 2.72” × 1.22” × 0.79”

TD27AN2: Twinned Bixbyite crystal with very sharp twin shapes and an intense luster. A classic of American mineralogy. With a tiny bit of rhyolite matrix.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Solar Wind claim, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah  USA

Specimen size: 1.1 × 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.43” × 0.39” × 0.31”

ME46AE9: Aggregate, on a rocky matrix, of very transparent and bright Topaz crystals with very well defined cubo-octahedral Bixbyite crystals with a rare laminar shape. Small crystals of Hematite coat some faces of the Bixbyite crystals. An excellent thumbnail, very esthetic.
Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah  USA

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.9 × 1.6 cm = 0.87” × 0.75” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”

TF66AN1: Bixbyite crystals of cubic habit with lustrous polycrystalline growths and sharp crystal forms, implanted on a transparent Topaz crystal.
The specimen comes from the collection of José Luís Vallecillo, a collector in Madrid.
Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah  USA

Specimen size: 3.2 × 1.1 × 1 cm = 1.26” × 0.43” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0,5 cm = 0.28” × 0.00”

BFG56AO6: Cuboctahedral crystal of Bixbyite of good size with very sharp crystal forms, with very bright luster, on a matrix of volcanic rock. With coatings of small light purple Fluorite crystals, transparent Topaz crystals and a very sharp Pseudobrookite crystal with excellent terminations.
The specimen comes from an important European collection and was sold by the well-known Dr. Wilke.
Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah  USA

Specimen size: 12.4 × 8.1 × 5.9 cm = 4.88” × 3.19” × 2.32”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.9 cm = 0.43” × 0.35”

NB86AI7: Druse of cubic and very sharp Fluorite crystals that are transparent, bright and have a color change from pale lilac to deepest violet. It’s important to note that Fluorite is a rare species at this locality, very well-known for classical samples of Topaz, Bixbyite, red Beryl and Pseudobrookite.
The sample is from the Raúl Sanabria collection whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah  USA (06/2017)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 7 × 3.4 cm = 3.07” × 2.76” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.08” × 0.08”

MB14AN0: Centered groups, on matrix with Quartz, of fine and lustrous acicular crystals of Pseudobrookite.
We will ship the specimen, which comes from a classic American locality for the species, in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Solar Wind claim, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah  USA

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.4 × 2 cm = 1.14” × 0.94” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.1 cm = 0.16” × 0.04”

MA13AF2: Very elongated Pseudobrookite crystals with good terminations. They are bright, very well defined and are on a rhyolite matrix. An excellent miniature of a very well known American classic.
Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah  USA

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.4 × 2.7 cm = 1.38” × 1.34” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.1 cm = 0.28” × 0.04”

MV13AM7: An isolated crystal of Topaz, very rich in crystal forms and with excellent terminations, with great luster and an intense color, rich in inclusions in the prism and very transparent and brilliant in its upper part.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label, indicating that it was in the Sullivan collection.
Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah  USA

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.83” × 0.47” × 0.31”

TE14AJ1: Group of very sharp topaz crystals on a rhyolite matrix. They have very well defined faces and edges, are bright and transparent with inclusions, and are with two very sharp cubic Bixbyite crystals.
We will send the sample in its original Perkin’s box from the R.J. Noble collection, also containing the collection label.
Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah  USA

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.3 × 1.9 cm = 0.94” × 0.91” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1 cm = 0.79” × 0.39”

TA96E0: Within a pocket in the typical riolite matrix there is this very luminous and upright Topaz. Small crystals of Quartz and Bixbyite accompany it. All of it is very brilliant and bright.
Little Round Top, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah  USA (11/2003)

Specimen size: 8 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm = 3.15” × 1.77” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.47” × 0.39” × 0.24”

EG86AG0: A very fine crystal on a rhyolite matrix. It is very sharp, with very well defined faces and edges, an excellent luster and very transparent.
Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah  USA (06/2017)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 6.7 × 4.4 cm = 3.35” × 2.64” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.9 cm = 0.63” × 0.35”

EF91AI8: Two Topaz crystals on a rhyolite matrix, one of them clearly dominant. They have very well defined faces and edges and are transparent, very bright and with an intense color.
The sample is from the Raúl Sanabria collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah  USA

Specimen size: 10.8 × 7.8 × 4.3 cm = 4.25” × 3.07” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 1.5 cm = 1.22” × 0.59”

EPF93AQ1: Druse of rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals with well-developed crystal forms, of very good size and definition for the locality (which is extraordinarily unusual), lustrous and pale pink.
The specimen is from the collection of Dr. Collin Kaeder.
Burgin Mine, Tintic District, East Tintic Mountains, Juab County, Utah  USA

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.5 × 3.7 cm = 2.52” × 2.17” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.1 cm = 0.51” × 0.43”

TC56N0: Group of cuboctahedral crystals on a base of massive Quartz and coated by a thin layer of microcrystalline Quartz. The sample comes from an American state where Fluorite is very scarce.
Deer Trail Mine, Cottonwood Creek, Baldy Peak (Mount Baldy), Tushar Mountains, Marysvale, Mount Baldy District, Piute County, Utah  USA (1982)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.9 × 2.8 cm = 2.87” × 2.32” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 0.67” × 0.63”

TF27AL4: Group of very sharp Tetrahedrite crystals with well defined interpenetration twins.
The specimen, from a locality little known for the species, comes from the Robert J. Noble collection and we will deliver it in its original Perky box, which also contains the label.
Daly-Judge Mine, Wasatch Mountains, Park City District, Summit County, Utah  USA

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.6 × 2.1 cm = 1.14” × 1.02” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 0.59” × 0.55”

TN46L7: Groups of divergent and very delicate cuprian Adamite crystals on a Limonite matrix. Color varies between greenish yellow to light green. One of the groups, adjacent to a small fissure, has been reinforced with glue. A classic locality from which it is not easy to see samples in the market.
Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill District, Tooele County, Utah  USA

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.7 × 3.3 cm = 1.73” × 1.46” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.08” × 0.04”

MR37Z0: Aggregates of small spheroidal growths of Austinite crystals with an ivory-white color, on a Goethite matrix. The sample, from the type locality for the species and of a better quality than usual for the mine, is from the Al Ordway collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill District, Tooele County, Utah  USA

Specimen size: 6.5 × 3.9 × 3 cm = 2.56” × 1.54” × 1.18”

TD89Y3: Multiple twin of very sharp prismatic crystals. They are red, have an intense luster and are on a chloritic matrix. The sample is of great quality for the locality, relatively unknown for most collectors.
The piece is from the Eric Greene collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Davis Farm, Bethel, Windsor County, Vermont  USA

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5 × 3.8 cm = 2.56” × 1.97” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.5 cm = 0.79” × 0.20”

TRM64AN7: Floater group of crystals with a thick tabular habit, very sharp, between translucent and transparent and with geometric color zoning.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, which shows that it was previously in the Melanson collection.
Fairfax Quarry, Centreville, Fairfax County, Virginia  USA

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 0.94” × 0.71” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 0.55” × 0.51”

EE89AL3: Group of Quartz crystals (variety amethyst) transparent and bright. The color is selectively distributed, with the prism faces being practically colorless, slightly reddish colors on the pyramidal faces, and intense violet concentrated mainly around the terminal edges. The specimen comes from a classic American locality.
North Bend, King County, Washington  USA

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.1 × 4.6 cm = 3.07” × 2.40” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.85” × 0.94”

TK1V2: Parallel growths of dodecahedral crystals with a deep honey color, bright and transparent. The color is darker than usual due to the size of the crystals which are unusually large for the locality, one of the great worldwide classics for the species.
The sample was in the collection of John Lindell, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
"Mud Bunny" pocket, Vesper Peak, Sultan Basin, Sultan District, Snohomish County, Washington  USA (1981)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 6.5 × 5 cm = 3.43” × 2.56” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.4 cm = 0.83” × 0.55”

AM96S9: Good sample, very representative of the material from the Flambeau Mine, a classic for the species. The crystals, on matrix, are sharp and have very well defined faces and edges, showing the metallic bluing characteristic of the samples from this mine.
Flambeau Mine, 1000 level, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin  USA (1994)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 5.4 × 3.8 cm = 2.48” × 2.13” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.43” × 0.39”

TF46AM5: Group of tabular crystals very rich in crystal forms, transparent, lustrous and with a vivid and uniform sky-blue color. The specimen is from a locality from which few quality specimens are known.
Shirley Basin, Medicine Bow, Shirley Basin District, Carbon County, Wyoming  USA

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.4 × 3.4 cm = 2.13” × 1.73” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.5 cm = 0.83” × 0.59”