Minerals

	M001 $12.50	Hematite - This is a package of about 50 beautifully polished pieces of hematite. The individual pieces measure from about 5mm to 20+mm and would be perfect for wire wrapping or other crafts. The picture is representative of the individual packages of 50. $12.50 ($2.50 shipping)
	M002 $17.50	Renaissance Birthstone Display - Most gem scholars agree that the tradition of birthstones arose from the Breastplate of Aaron, a ceremonial religious garment set with 12 gemstones that represented the 12 tribes of Israel and also corresponded with the 12 signs of the zodiac and the 12 months of the year. Throughout the ages, different cultures developed different birth stone lists. This gorgeous display consists of gemstones from a 15th-16th century European list. $17.50
	M003 $17.50	Apache Tear - This is a huge, natural, unpolished Apache Tear, excavated in Arizona. It is mounted on a heavy laminated background that is cut to fit a standard 5" x 7" frame which you can get at your local WalMart for about $2.50 for one like the one pictured (not included). The background has the history of the Apache Tear legend and photos of Geronimo and Cochise, the two most famous Apache chiefs. Apache legend tells us that an Apache Brave was forbidden by the gods to go to war without one of these sacred stones, the Apache tear on his person. It is rumored that as late as the last half of the 19th century Geronimo and Cochise, the most famous of the Apache chiefs, instructed their warriors to carry these small, black charms when they went to battle. Geronimo is known to have had one of these stones when he escaped from a U.S. Army prison in 1869. White men who have made friends with the Apaches have been given these stones as a token of friendship, and never had to fear for safe passage through Apache territory when they presented their stones to war parties. Even today these stones are held sacred by the Apache tribe and are used during their secret tribal rites. Apache tears were formed by nature millions of years ago from volcanic action and are only found in a few places in the world. They are actually obsidian, a natural volcanic glass. When lava is thrown from a volcano and cools rapidly, the result is this black glassy material. This particular one is most unusual in that it is larger those normally found. Keep in mind, Apache tears should be handled with care. Like glass, obsidian is very sharp when broken. I was able to get several of these giant Apache Tears and the picture is representative. $17.50
	M004 14.00 each	Large Sekenite Crystals - These very nice crystals measure over over 6" each (2 available) - $14.00 each
	M005 $7.50/pair	This is for a pair of incredibly strong hematite magnets. I had never seen anything like these prior to fossil wholesaler's last visit. They must be kept away from pacemakers, credit cards, computers, cell phones, or anything else affected by magnets. They are great to play with. Separate them with a finger and throw the pair into the air and listen to the loud rattle as they fall. You can even put one on each side of your ear lobe for a really unusual earring. The more you play with them the more you will find to do with them. They each measure approximately 2.5" long and come in a small glass top case. Warning...It's best to throw them over grass or a thick rug. If they hit concrete they will shatter like glass. $7.50/pair
	M006 $2.00 each	Oca Geode Halves - These beautiful geodes measure around 1-1.5" in diameter and are polished. Inside each are beautiful crystals. $2.00 each
	M007 $5.00 each	Beautiful hand-painted onyx eggs. These beautiful eggs come with a stand. They measure a little over 1" tall. I have only eight of them. An owl, panda, kitten, peacock, hawk, raccoon, frog, and polar bear. $5 each
	M008 $19.00	Pyrite Cube in Matrix - This is an outstanding display piece that has a large natural pyrite cube in matrix. The scan does not do this item justice. The natural pyrite has a mirror finish and the colors are awesome. This beauty was found in Spain. The cube is about 3/8 to 1/2". I have several of these and the picture is representative - $19.00
	M009 $14.00	Pyrite Octahedron - This is a recently discovered pyrite formation and has only recently been imported to the US. It comes from Spain. Pyrite is more often seen as a cube formation but this formation is made up of pyramids. It would make a most interesting display piece, gift, or part of a mineral collection. I have several pieces, all beautiful. $14.00
	M010 $2.50	Mineral Collection - This nice educational tool contains samples and descriptions of 12 different minerals - pyrite, fushite, amethyst, quartz, citrine, sodalite, peacock copper, turquoise, hematite, calcite, jasper, and green quartz. - $2.50 each
	M011 $10.00	Jasper Necklace - This beautiful bright-red 30" carnelian necklace has a wholesale value of over $25.00. Carnelian is the birthstone for June. It was widely used by the ancient Romans in signet rings used to stamp wax seals and by 15th century royalty in their crowns and other jewelry. Only one available. $10.00
	M012 $17.50	Gems & Minerals of the Bible - This beautiful 5" x 7" display contains 15 gems and minerals mentioned in the Bible and includes the passage where the item was mentioned. Included are alabaster, amythest, beryl, jasper, flint, sulfur, quartz crystal, coal, galena, hematite, agate, malachite, marble, carnelian, and onyx. I have created several of these displays and the picture is representative. $17.50
	M013 $1.00/bag	Bag of silicon - Silicon is actually an element like copper or iron but it is non-metalic. It is one of the most common ingredients of minerals and rocks and makes up about one fourth of the earth's crust in the form of quartz, agate, feldspar, and many others. It is used today in making computer chips because of its unusual electrical properties. These pieces come from California. There are approximately 100 pieces per bag. These pieces would be great for craft and jewelry work as well as for experiments. $1/bag
	M014 $13.50	Rainbow Sphere - This gorgeous sphere is extremely difficult to get a decent picture of. The crystal sphere is about 1" ;in diameter and has a map of the globe etched into it. When the globe is placed on the crystal cube stand the array of colors are indescribaly beautiful. I have never seen anything just like it. $13.50
	M015 $9.00	Crystal Pyramid - 1 3/4" - $9.00
	M016 $9.00	Onyx Pyramid - 4" - $18.00
	M017 $10.00	Onyx Pyramid - 2 1/2" - $10.00
	M018 $11.00	Onyx Pyramid - 2 3/4" - $11.00
	M019 $9.00	Onyx Pyramid - 2" - $9.00
	M020 $15.00	Onyx Pyramid - 3" - $15.00
	M021 $15.00	Black Onyx Pyramid - 3" - $15.00
	M022 $9.00	Onyx Pyramid - 2" - $9.00
	M023 $35.00	Malachite Obelisk - 4.25" tall - $35.00
	M024 $.99 ea	Tiger eye, also spelled tiger's-eye and tigereye. Tiger eye is also called crocidolite cat's-eye or African cat's-eye. It has a rich yellow and golden brown stripes, with a fine golden lustre when polished. Tiger eye is quartz that contains oriented fibres of crocidolite that have been replaced by silica. It is displaying chatoyancy (a vertical luminescent band like that of a cat's eye) . Tiger eye typically has lustrous alternating yellow or brown bands. With its bands resembles an eye of tiger, so it is received its name due to this similarity. Tiger Eye is the anniversary gemstone for the 9th year of marriage. Roman soldiers wore tiger's-eye for protection in battle. Tiger Eye was thought to be all seeing due to its appearance. Tiger Eye is used for focusing the mind. It is said that Tiger Eye offers protection during travel, strengthens convictions and confidence. This very warm stone is beneficial for the weak and sick. Some believe Tiger eye relieves high blood pressure. Tiger eye wear is very helpful in the presence of following diseases: bronchial asthma, kidney, rheumatic heart disease, otitis and psoriasis. The most important mine for Tiger Eye is in South Africa. The best stones come from Griqualand West. Comes with a descriptive card. Inquire about quantity purchases. $.99 each or $18.00 per pound
	M025 $.99 ea	Picture Rock - $.99 each or $18.00 per pound
	M026 $99 ea.	Bloodstone - Also called heliotrope, bloodstone is a dark green translucent chalcedony. The green color results from densely packed mossy crystal growths called dendrites. Speckled throughout the lovely green color are tiny spots of red jasper which resemble drops of blood from which this stone gets its name. Bloodstone has been popular as a semi-precious gemstone for thousands of years and many legends are associated with it. In the Middle Ages, bloodstone was attributed special powers as the spots were thought to be the blood of Jesus Christ. It was used in sculptures representing flagellation and martyrdom. Bloodstone is also a birthstone for March. It is found in India, Brazil and Mexico. Comes with a descriptive card. Inquire about quantity purchases. $.99 each or $14.00 per pound
	M027 $.99 ea	Moss Agate - (also called mocha stone) is a semi-precious gemstone formed from silicon dioxide. This mineral is commonly found in limestone and granite. It is a form of agate which includes minerals of a green color embedded in the chalcedony, forming filaments and other patterns suggestive of moss. It also sometimes resembles blue-cheese. The field is a clear or milky-white quartz, and the included minerals are mainly oxides of manganese or iron. Moss agate is of the white variety with green inclusions that resemble moss. It occurs in many locations. The colors are formed due to trace amounts of metal present as an impurity, such as chrome or iron. The metals can make different colors depending on their valence. Despite its name, moss agate does not contain organic matter and is usually formed from weathered volcanic rocks. Montana moss agate is an agate found in the alluvial gravels of the Yellowstone River and its tributaries between Sidney and Billings, Montana. The agate originally was formed in the Yellowstone National Park area of Wyoming as a result of volcanic activity. In Montana moss agate the red color is the result of iron oxide, the black is there result of manganese oxide. As far as mystical properties, moss agates are considered the most powerful of the agates. It was the agate of warriors. Moss agate is the most powerful of the agates that helps balance emotional energy. It helps the user to let go of anger and bitterness, so the emotions are balanced. When used in jewelry the moss agate is believed to bring the wearer health, friends and riches. Moss agate enhances concentration, persistence, endurance and success in one's endeavors. It is an abundance stone. $.99 each or $18.00 per pound
	M028 $.99 ea	Carnelian - (also spelled cornelian) is a reddish-brown mineral which is commonly used as a semi-precious gemstone. Similar to carnelian is sard, which is generally harder and darker. (The difference is not rigidly defined, and the two names are often used interchangeably.) Both carnelian and sard are varieties of the silica mineral chalcedony colored by impurities of iron oxide. The color can vary greatly, ranging from pale orange to an intense almost-black coloration. Carnelian was recovered from Bronze Age Minoan layers at Knossos on Crete in a form that demonstrated its use in decorative arts; this use dates to approximately 1800 BC. Carnelian was used widely during Roman times 2000 years before the present era to make signet or seal rings for imprinting a seal with wax on correspondence or other important documents. Hot wax does not stick to Carnelian. Sard was used for Assyrian cylinder seals, Egyptian and Phoenician scarabs, and early Greek and Etruscan gems. The Hebrew odem (translated sardius), the first stone in the High Priest's breastplate, was a red stone, probably sard but perhaps red jasper. $.99 each or $18.00 per pound
	M029 $99 ea	Buddstone - This stone is named for its discoverer, Billy Budd, who first mined it in the eastern Transvaal region of Africa. It is serpentine with a high content of silica and can be polished to a very nice glossy shine. - $.99 each
	M030 $40.00	Dryhead agate - This comes from Montana. These beautiful rocks are known for their lovely fortification patterns of orange, red, and white. This beauty measures approximately 4" x '3.5" x 1" thick. Both faces are polished. There are several quartz crystal pockets. $40.00
	M031 $15.00	Arizona Petrified Wood - This beauty measures about 1.75" x 2.25" and stands about 2" tall. Polished on one side only. $15.00
	M032 $15.00	Arizona Petrified Wood - This very nice piece measures about 3" x 3.75" x 3/4" thick and it is polished on both sides. $15.00
	M033 $.95/gram	Unpolished Baltic Amber - Amber is any natural resin which oozed its way out of a tree and eventually fossilized at any time from recent times back to the Carboniferous Period of some 300 million years ago. Amber is generally yellow or yellow brown and translucent, and it is pretty when polished. In its fresh form, resin has been known to collect insects or leaves in its sticky clutches, preserving them in visually perfect splendor for thousands of years. While an occasional large insect may be preserved in amber, it is usually smaller ones because the larger ones were able to get out of the stickey resin. Resins which can become amber are found wherever certain kinds of trees oozing sap (a few conifers and angiosperms) are found--almost everywhere in the northern hemisphere of our planet. Baltic amber (known as succinite) is a specific subset of amber that is found only in northern Europe: it accounts for some 80% of the known amber in the world. Between 35 and 50 million years ago, sap oozed out from a forest of conifers (probably either false larch or kauri) in the region now covered by the Baltic Sea, and eventually hardened into clear lumps. Shoved around northern Europe by glaciers and river channels, lumps of genuine Baltic amber can still be found today on the eastern coasts of England and Holland, throughout Poland, Scandinavia and northern Germany and much of western Russia and the Baltic states. There is no telling what, if anything, you might find after polishing this amber. I have found some very nice insect specimens. Instructions for polishing are included. This Baltic Amber is priced at $.95 per gram. The pictured pieces weigh from 5 grams to 16 grams.
	M034 $9.00	Amber With Inclusion - These very small pieces of polished Baltic Amber have inclusions. It is difficult to tell just what the inclusions are without magnifying them, but they are there. The picture on the right has been magnified 10 times. $9 each
	M035 $49.00	Fantastic collection of 41 different minerals - These are in a glass-top display case with 50 jars. 41 minerals are included, leaving 9 jars for you to put your own minerals in. There is key to the various minerals is included. Where there is room, there are more than one sample. Included are the following: petrified wood,picture rock, amazonite, snowflake obsidian, bloodstone, tiger eye, sodalite, mugglestone, amethyst crystal, brac. jasper, leopardskin jasper, moonstone, moss agate, buddstone, carnelian, peridot,obsidian, rhodocrosite, red aventurine, rose quartz, red jasper, silicon, topaz, turquoise, unkinite, verigcite, zircon, flourite, garnet, howite, jade, peacock copper, pyrite, apache tear, argonite, beaded agate, citrine, dalmation agate, desert rose, pearl, and mother of pearl. Five of these displays are available - $49.00
	M036 $20.00 each	Beautiful Malicite Carvings - I only have a few of these remaining. Of these smaller ones I have several frogs, two alligators, four rinos, one hippo, a turtle and a snake. These are all priced at $20 each
	M037 $29.00 each	These are larger Malicite Carvings - I have two rhinos, frog, and a hippo. These beauties are $29 each.
	M038 $60.00	Obsidian Sphere - This is a large, 4.5" diameter beautiful jet black obsidian sphere. It is far more beautiful than the scan appears because these spheres are difficult to scan. $60.00
	M039 $12.50	Crystal Sphere - This sphere measures 3" in diameter and the bottom has been ground flat so that it will stand by itself. It is crystal clear, but the bubbles show up a darker tan in the photo. - $12.50
	M040 $22.00	Pyrite Sphere - This beauty, also known as "fools gold," measures 2" in diameter and is priced at $22.00
	M041 $29.00	Moonscape Sphere - This pyrite (fool's gold) sphere measures 2.5" in diameter and is one of my favorites. The sphere has craters in it that makes it look like a moonscape. I have several and the picture is representative. $29.00
	M042 $24.00	Leopardskin Sphere - This beauty measures 2" in diameter and is priced at $24.00
	M043 $5.00	2" diameter. Note the beautiful reds, greens, blues, white - $5.00
	M044 $20.00	Angelite Sphere - 2 1/2" diameter - $20.00
	M045 $75.00	Ruby in Zoisite - Gorgeous 2" diameter - Peru - $75
	M046 $30.00	2" diameter - Aragonite - Peru - $30
	M047 $100.00	Ruby Sphere - 2" diameter - $100
	M048 $40.00	Labradorite Sphere - 2 1.2" diameter - $40.00
	M049 $6.00	Onyx Sphere - 2" diameter - $6.00
	M050 $15.00	3" Sphere - $15.00
	M051 $90.00	Ruby in Zoisite - 2 1/2" Sphere - $90
	M052 $19.50	2 1/2" milky white, Selenite - almost iridescent sphere - $19.50
	M053 $20.00	Pyrite Sphere - 1 3/4" diameter - Peru - $20.00
	M054 $25.00	Pyrite Sphere - 2" diameter - Peru - $25.00
	M055 $45.00	Pyrite "Moonscape" Sphere - This is a gorgeous large, 3"diameter "Moonscape" sphere - so named because of the craters in the pyrite. This is a museum quality piece. $45.00
	M056 $29.00	Pyrite Moonscape Egg - This is the only one of these I have seen. The 3" free-form obelisk egg has a flattened bottom so that it will stand on any flat surface. A very nice item. $29.00
	M057 $75.00	Sphalerite, Pyrite, Quartz - Peru - This gorgeous museum quality piece has numerous needle quartz crystals growing out of a black sphalerite matrix. There are also some very nice pyrite formations in the matrix. It measures approximately 2.5" long. $75.00
	M058 $115.00	Sphalerite, Pyrite, Quartz - Peru - Similar to M057, this beauty is larger, measuring approximately 4" and weighing 2 pounds. There are numerous needle quartz crystals and gorgeous pyrite cubes and Octahedrons. $115.00
	M059 $90.00	Calcite in Fossil Clam Shell - This beauty is from Florida. It measures about 4.5" - $90.00
	M060	?????
	M061 $29.50	Large Pyrite Cube - This beauty was mined in Spain. $29.50
	M062 $24.50	Medium Pyrite Cube - This beauty was mined in Spain. $24.50
	M063 $15.00 Each	Small Pyrite Cube - This beauty was mined in Spain. $15,00 each
	M064	Arizona Petrified Wood - This very nice piece measures about 4" x 2.75" x 1/2" thick and it is polished on both sides. $10.00
	M065	Arizona Petrified Wood - This very nice piece measures about 2 3/4 X 2 1/4 X 1/2" thick and it is polished on one side. $9.00
	M066 $10.00	Arizona Petrified Wood - This very nice piece measures about 4" x 3" x 1/2" thick and it is polished on both sides. $10.00
	M067	Arizona Petrified Wood - This very nice piece measures about 4" x 2 3/4" x 1" thick and it is polished on one side. $10.00
	M068	Arizona Petrified Wood - This beauty measures about 5.25" x 2.25" x 1/2" and is polished on both sides. $5.00
	M069	Arizona Petrified Wood - this little beauty measures about 2.5" x 1.5" x 1" and is polished on one side. $2.50
	M070
	M071
	M072
	M073
	M075
	M075
	M076