Boulder Opal in Ironstone

Locality: Yaraka opal mine in Queensland, Australia.

Size:57.9 x 28.9 mm / 2.27" x 1.13".

Botryoidal Chalcopyrite

Locality: Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China

Size: 10.0 x 7.0 x 5.5 cm

Chalcopyrite

Locality: Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China

Size: 3.5 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm

Native Gold with Quartz

Locality: Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise County, Arizona.

Size:5 cm by 3 cm by 1.7 cm

Large Plate of Rhodochrosite

Locality: Cassandra Mine, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece.

Size: 9.3 cm by 14 cm by 7.5 cm

Exquisite Crystalline Native Gold on Quartz

Locality: Eagle's Nest Mine, Placer County, California.

Size: 7 cm by 4.2 cm by 2.5 cm

Gem Boulder Opal in Brown Ironstone Matrix

Locality: Quilpie Shire, Queensland, Australia.

Size: 4.5 cm by 6.6 cm by 2.8 cm

Submission Saturday is Back! 

It’s been quite awhile and I’ve missed seeing all the lovely stones and collections you all share with us. We have some Helpful Guidelines you can find on our Submission Page . Thank you so much! We’ll be posting everything we can throughout the day and anything that doesn’t make it this Saturday, will be queued first for next Submission Saturday. We can’t wait to see what you’ve got for us!

Siderite & Chalcopyrite

Locality: Kaiwu Mine, Hezhang Co., Bijie, Guizhou, China

Size: 10.1 cm

Hematite Quartz

Locality: Jinlong hill, Longchuan Co. (Lungchuan Co.), Heyuan, Guangdong, China

Size:14.5 cm

Fluorite Friday.

Hello! Fluorite Friday, I’m thinking of making it a thing. Would anyone be interested? It has such variety of color and shape. We’d love to showcase it every Friday. Thoughts? Thanks!

Boulder Opal in Ironstone

Locality: Quilpie, Quilpie Shire, Queensland, Australia.

Size: Cabinet

Spessartine Garnet atop Smoky Quartz

Locality: Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China.

Size: 5.4 cm by 6 cm by 4.7 cm

Pyrite on Matrix

Locality: Ampliación a Victoria Mine, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain

Size: 20.3 x 17.8 x 10.2 cm

Rhodochrosite Blades with Calcite

Locality: Madan Ore Field, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria

Size: 20.3 x 15.2 x 12.7 cm

Sulfur sitting atop Calcite or Aragonite Matrix

Locality: Agrigento (Girgenti), Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy

Size: 12.7 x 8.4 x 9 cm

Blue Tourmaline

Locality: Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Size: 33 x 12.7 x 10.2 cm

Massive Purple Fluorite with Barite & Sphalerite 

Locality: Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn Dist., Smith Co., Tennessee, USA

Size: 26.7 x 24.8 x 15.2 cm

Clear Fluorite with Inclusions

Locality: Dal'negorsk Tetyuche, Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia

Size: 4.1 x 3.46 x 3.56 cm