I went around the The NY/NJ Gem & Mineral Show last Sunday looking around for interesting booths and asking some of the dealers to show me new or interesting minerals for our reports. I took photos of some of the items, and posted them for everyone below:
Huge
White Opal gem from Ethiopia, 45 ct.
Ethiopian Opal, Amde Zewdalem
Incredible Colorless
Opal with play of color. This piece is fist size!
Ethiopian Opal, Amde Zewdalem
Artfully Shaped Double
Malachite Stalactites from the DR Congo
Land of Crystals, Shurland & Cherylanne
Peach Colored
Stilbite with
Apophyllite from Maharashtra, India
Though these Indian Zeolites are Very Common, this one Stood Out Incredibley
Land of Crystals, Shurland & Cherylanne
New Find of Purple
Fluorite from the old Silver Mines of Tombstone, Arizona
Cassidy's Crystals, Nick & Cassidy Flanagan
Another Example of the Purple
Fluorite from the old Silver Mines of Tombstone, Arizona
Cassidy's Crystals, Nick & Cassidy Flanagan
Amethyst on matrix mined this year by Bryan Major from the Ellis Mine, Due West, South Carolina
Ultra-Rocks, Bryan Major
http://www.ultrarocks.org
Another
Amethyst on matrix pulled out this year by Bryan from the Ellis Mine
Ultra-Rocks, Bryan Major
http://www.ultrarocks.org
Excellent gem-quality
Ruby,30x27x22 mm, from the Winza Mina in Tanzania
Quest Minerals, Don Thompson
Orange
Spessartine in Mn-rich
Muscovite matrix, from Nani, Loliondo, Tanzania
These Spessartines have Recenly Flooded the Matrix, but I have yet to see a Matrix piece prior to this
Quest Minerals, Don Thompson
Stacked
Pyrite Crystals from Navajun, Spain
Piritas de Navajun, Daniel Ulibarri
Suite of Rare Uranium Minerals from an Old Collection Recently Acquired by Michael Shannon
Shannon & Sons Minerals, Michael Shannon
http://www.shannonsminerals.com
Rare Kasolite Crystals from the Above Suite from Kasolo, Congo
Shannon & Sons Minerals, Michael Shannon
http://www.shannonsminerals.com
Autunite Crystals from the Augeres Mine, Ambazac, Haute-vienne, France
Shannon & Sons Minerals, Michael Shannon
http://www.shannonsminerals.com
Polished
Laguna Agate Slice with Excellent Banding from Mexico
Collected Between 2005-2014 and Polished by Alberto Rey
Del Rey Agates, Alberto Ray
A Very Large
Laguna Agate Polished Nodule with Intricate Banding from Mexico
Collected Between 2005-2014 and Polished by Alberto Rey
Del Rey Agates, Alberto Ray
"Purple Passion Agate"- Agate with Natural Purple Color, Mined by Alberto Ray from his Mexican Deposit
Collected Between 2005-2014 and Polished by Alberto Rey
Del Rey Agates, Alberto Ray
New Find of Fibrous Sugilite from the N'Chwaning II Mine in the Kalahari Mn Deposit of S. Africa
Throwin' Stones, Rusty James
http://www.throwinstones.com
Focus on One of the new Fibrous Sugilites from the N'Chwaning II Mine.
Throwin' Stones, Rusty James
http://www.throwinstones.com
Amethyst/
Smoky Quartz Scepter Depicted with its Original Photo
Original Collection of Charles Cecil
Crystal Junction, Aaron Robin
An Excellent
Amethyst on Matrix from the Goboboseb Mts, Erongo Region, Namibia
Original Collection of Charles Cecil
Crystal Junction, Aaron Robin
Large Skelelal
Amethyst from the Goboboseb Mts, Erongo Region, Namibia
Original Collection of Charles Cecil
Crystal Junction, Aaron Robin
