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I up dated Gallery 13 with
mimetite, rose quartz, dioptase, vanadinite, hematite after marcasite,
skutterudite, stannite, celestite on sulphur, alexandrite, pyromorphite
and others on 2/6/2012.
| GALLERY 13 |
I updated Gallery 3 with
apophyllite, hydroxylherderite, amazonite, rose quartz, jamesonite
in selenite, wulfenite, smithsonite, gahnite, barite, amethyst
and smoky quartz, manganese in quartz, tetrahedrite and others on
2/1/12.
| GALLERY 3 |
I created Tucson 2012 Gallery
with the new find of chalcopyrite with siderite and fluorite on quartz
from Inner Mongolia; blue hemimorphite from Mexico; copper
from Russia; apatite on muscovite stalactites, rose quartz
crystals, scepter tourmaline, and uvite on euclase from Brazil;
and rhodonite from Peru on 1/30/12.
| TUCSON 2012 GALLERY 2 |
I created the Tucson 2012 Gallery on 1/23/12. The
new find of hematite included quartz is the best and most intense, rich
orange quartz that has been found from Orange River and perhaps any
location. The hematite is included in a very clear quartz that then is
overcoated with clear quartz. The quartz has a superb, gem luster.The new find of effenbergerite contains the
best specimens ever found of this rare species with crystals a quantum
leap above previous specimens. The new fluorites are among the
most aesthetic specimens
that I have seen.
| TUCSON GALLERY 2012 |
I updated Under 50 Gallery 6 with
apophyllite with stilbite, uvarovite, melanite, linarite, sulphur,
arsendescloizite, fluorite on sphalerite, fulgarite, devilline,
rhodochrosite and others on 1/19/12.
| UNDER 50 GALLERY 6 |
I updated Gallery 15 with
axinite, orpiment, stellerite, elbaite, celestite on sulphur,
stibnite, wulfenite, wulfenite and mimetite, andradite,
fluorite,siderite and rutile in quartz, ferrotantalite, dandurite,
azurite and others on 1/17/12.
| GALLERY 15 |
I updated Under 50 Gallery 1 with
azurite, double refractory calcite, mimetite, dioptase, aquamarine,
xenotime, amethyst, hematite in quartz, fluorite, uvarovite,
apatite and others on 1/13/12.
| UNDER 50 GALLERY 1 |
I updated Gallery 9 with datolite, austinite, dioptase, calcite, vanadinite, wulfenite, adamite, smithsonite, andradite, copper after azurite, selenite, and others on 1/10/12.
| GALLERY 9 |
I updated Gallery 24 with
malachite after cuprite from Chessy, France, legrandite, chrome
cerussite. calcite on dandurite, wavellite,
rhodochrosite, bastnasite,
tourmaline, wavellite, pyromorphite from Les Farges, France,
heulandite on celadonite, cobaltoan dolomite, boulder opal, chrysocolla stalactites, brazilianite, cobaltoan calcite and others on 1/05/12.
| GALLERY 24 |
I updated the Smithsonite Gallery
with smithsonite from Mexico, Arkansas, and New Mexico on 1/4/12. According to Pete Megaw, the mine has depleted the
smithsonite deposit in Choix, Mexico.
| SMITHSONITE GALLERY |
I updated Under 50 Gallery 3 with cuprian smithsonite.
aurichalcite, rhodochrosite, valentinite, citrine, rainbow
hematite, apatite, fluorite, brochantite, barite, aquamarine,
sulphur and others on 1/02/12.
| UNDER 50 GALLERY 3 |
I updated Classic Gallery 7 with
cassiterite, raspberry garnet, blue apatite, siderite, calcite on
sphalerite, fluorite, wulfenite, druzy quartz on shattuckite, roselite, calcite rhodochrosite and others on 12/27/11.
| CLASSIC GALLERY 7 |
I updated Classic Gallery 11 with
malachite, sphalerite, quartz, orange kyanite, staurolite, fluorite,
azurite, amethyst. spinel, smithsonite, crocoite, rutile in quartz,
cobaltoan dolomite and others on 12/14/11.
| CLASSIC GALLERY 11 |
I updated New Acquistions Gallery 3
with lepidolite, siderite and rutile in quartz, campylite,
cinnabar, hematite in quartz, barite, fluorite with pyrite,
apatite, brochantite, amethyst from Hungary, cobaltoan calcite
and others 12/06/11.
| New Acquisitions Gallery 3 |
I updated Classics Gallery 6 with
native bismuth, wood tin, cassiterite, "spirit" quartz, dioptase.
plumbogummite, faden chlorite included quartz, fluorite with barite,
benitoite with neptunite, quartz, galena with calcite, campylite,
autunite and others on 12/01/11.
| CLASSICS GALLERY 6 |
I updated Under 50 Gallery 7 with rhodochrosite, almandine, citrine,
malachite with azurite,
hemimorphite, chalcocite, quartz,
apatite, calcite and others on 11/29/11.
| UNDER 50 GALLERY 7 |
I updated Under 50 Gallery 2 with
hiddenite, marcasite and sphalerite stalactite, sapphirine, stilbite on
druzy quartz stalactite, sinhalite, lepidolite and muscovite, malachite
with devilline, amethyst, celadonite in heulandite and others on
11/23/11.
| UNDER 50 GALLERY 2 |
I updated Gallery 7 with topaz and topaz ith hyalite from Zacatecas,
Mexico, realgar, calcite, amethyst, calcite on amethyst, schorl,
elbaite, lepidolite in muscovite, kunzite, fluotite and others on 11/21/11.
| GALLERY 7 |
I updated the New Acquisitions
Gallery with manganoan adamite, pyrite, rhodochrosite (from Taxco,
Mexico), aurichalcite, cuprian smithsonite, hematite and quartz,
paragasite, manganese nodules,
rosasite, morganite, apophyllite, spessartine on smoky quartz,
neptunite, morganite, and others on 11/08/11.
| NEW ACQUISITIONS GALLERY |
I updated Gallery 4 with kinoite,
rutile on hematite, amethyst, Turkey fat smithsonite, fluorite,
cobaltoan dolomite, selenite. spessartine with smoky quartz,
barite, scepter quartz, topaz on schorl and others on 11/03/11.
| GALLERY 4 |

I updated Under 50 Gallery 4 with
smithsonite, trinitite, mimetite, hematite in quartz,
cornetite,creedite, chrysocolla, xenotime, muscovite, rubellite,
azurite, quartz, azurite on malachite, siderite on quartz, calcite, and
others on 11/01/11.
| UNDER 50 GALLERY 4 |
I updated Gallery 20 with torbernite, demantoid from
Canada, aquamarine, rubellite, cornetite, fluorite, chromean amesite,
ludlamite, hematite on quartz, smoky quartz, rutile, calcite, hematite after marcasite, magnetite and others on 10/27/11.
| GALLERY 20 |
I created the Rhodochrosite and Variscite Gallery with
Rhodochrosite - Wudong, Guangxi Zhuang, China, and
Variscite, Wardite with Crandallite - Little
Green Monster Mine, Clay Canyon, near Fairfield, Utah County, Utah on 10/24/11.
| RHODOCHROSITE AND VARISCITE GALLERY |
I updated Gallery 18 with all new minerals including crocoite, dravite, smithsonite from Kelly, New Mexico, cavansite, chrome amesite, grossular garnet, fluorite, torbernite, hydroxylherderite, siderite on quartz, clinochlore (seraphinite), gaylussite, powellite, devilline, fluorite in quartz, celadonite in stilbite, topaz after amphibole, rubellite and others on 10/13/11.
| GALLERY 18 |





I consolidated and added additional savings on the
individual minerals in addition to the 30% discount for the
Special Discount Gallery.
| SPECIAL DISCOUNT GALLERY |
I created Denver Gallery 2011 with
elbaite, co pper after cuprite and cuprite from Russia, andradite
from Iran. Manganocalcite,
erythrite, barite, fuchiteon/inquartz, hematite in quartz,
ruby and sapphire, apatite with ferberite and others on
9/27/11.
According
to the Russian publication, the Mineral Observer, the copper mine will be
through the oxidation zone in six months and the cuprites
and copper after cuprite will no
longer be found.Also, the elbaite are very good pieces from the Martin Zinn and Ernie Schlicter Collections.
The erythrite are sharply terminated magenta crystals from the recent find.
| DENVER 2011 GALLERY |
I updated Under 50 Gallery 5 with
axinite, manganocalcite, rainbow hematite, faden quartz,
arsenopyrite,chalcopyrite on sphalerite and fluorite from Fort Wayne,
Ohio, Mexico, Kazakhstan, and China on 9/15/11.
| Under 50 Gallery 5 |
I updated Gallery 6 with yellow wavellite
from the water treatment plant of Hot Springs, azurite, hematite in/on
quartz, scheelite on quartz, topaz, rhodochrosite, calcite,
quartz on pyrite, larger mimetite crystals, danburite, and others on
9/13/11.
| GALLERY 8 |
I updated the Ste. Marie Gallery
with datolite, Aqua Nueves agate, bicolor spodumene, bartyocelestite.
smoky quartz from Romania, elbaite in quartz, apatite,
glendonite, manganocalcite, ruby, smithsonite, legrandite with
paradamite, rhodochrosite, prehnite, chlorite in quartz from
Switzerland, sphalerite on galena from Peru, and others on
9/06/11.
| STE. MARIE GALLERY |
I updated PreTucson Gallery 3 with
variscite, wardite, crandallite from Fairfield, Utah, spessartine on
smoky quartz, dravite, rhodochrosite from Greece, danburite, fluorite,
galena after pyrrhotite, goethite on calcite, glendonite,
cobaltoan calcite, quartz on sphalerite, aragonite on
manganocalcite, fluorite with spessartine, staurolite and others
on 8/30/11.
| Pre-Tucson Gallery 3 |
I updated PreTucson Gallery 2 with
autunite, fluorite, fluorite on quartz from Kazakhstan. Los Lamentos
wulfenite, hubnerite, topaz. elbaite, fluorite on calcite,
scheelite, kammererite and others on 8/18/11.
| PreTucson Gallery 2 |
I updated PreTucson Gallery with uvite, faden magnesite, devilline in
selenite, cobaltoan calcite, topaz with twinned magnesite crystals,
Japanese twinned
quartz on sphalerite, chalcopyrite, apatite, pyromorphite, lazulite and others on 8/16/11.
| PreTucson Gallery |
I updated the Large Specimen Gallery
with calcite , scolectite, pyrite on quartz, sphalerite on pyrite,
muscovite, hubeite on inesite,
rhodochrosite, creedite, smithsonite, and others on 8/9/11.
| Large Specimen Gallery |
I updated Gallery 1 with
fluorite, sulphur, silver. prehnite on epidote, datolite on quartz,
cornetite, apatite, amethyst, scepter amethyst, covellite on
calcite,fluorite on schorl,
faden quartz, apophyllite, wavellite, dioptase on calcite, rose
quartz, apatite, alexandrite, apophyllite on hubeite,
amethyst flower. amethyst stalactite and others on 8/1/11.
| Gallery 1 |
I created the Smithsonite Gallery with specimens of turkey fat smithsonite and smithsonite from Arkansas; smithsonite
from Choix, Mexico; and smithsonite
from Santa Eulalia, Mexico, on 7/28/11. These tend to be minature to
small cabinet specimens
and from locations that are no longer producing.
| Smithsonite Gallery |
I updated Under 100 Gallery 1 with
mimetite, hematite after magnetiteselenite, apatite, elbaite in quartz,
chlorite in quartz, stibnite in quartz, spinel, hematite in
quartz, fluorite and others on 7/26/11.
| Under 100 Gallery 1 |








I added new specimens To Sale Gallery 2
including hyalite, botyroidal fluorite, azurite and malachite,
ruby sphere and rods, pyrite, hureaulite, goethite, pyrrhotite,
included quartz and others on 7/22/11. There is an additional 30%
discount on the specimen's lowest price.
| SALE GALLERY 2 |
I updated Gallery 3 with
specimens of legrandite, fluorite, hedenbergite in quartz,
tangerine quartz, raspberry grossular garnet, jeremejevite, wulfenite,
jamesonite in calcite, goethite, sphalerite on pyrite, elbaite and others on 7/20/11.
| GALLERY 3 |
I
updated Gallery 10 with datolite and quartz, fluorite, barite,
chalcopyrite, calcite, and quartz from Romania; calcite, hematite and
quartz, anatase, stibnite in quartz, danburite, and others on 7/14/11.
| GALLERY 10 |
Direct Questions or comments to Chris Wright - wrightsr@ipa.net