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Amazing Tourmaline in Quartz from the Santa Rosa Mine in Brazil.
This gemmy blue/green crystal was mined in 2014.
Crystal Springs Mining & Jewelry (Thomas Nagin)
www.crystalspringsmining.com



Another great Tourmaline in Quartz recently mined from the Santa Rosa Mine, Brazil.
Has a deep, emerald-green crystal perfectly jutting out of the Quartz matrix.
Crystal Springs Mining & Jewelry (Thomas Nagin)
www.crystalspringsmining.com



Two deep blue Azurite sun formations on Kaolinite in the shape of lips.
Mined at the Malbunka Copper Mine in Northern Territory, Australia
Crystal Classics (Ian Bruce)
www.crystalclassics.co.uk



 Large, rounded Quartz pseudomorph after Calcite, with Amethyst, Rose Quartz,
and non-pseudomorphed Calcite. An oddity from Artigas, Uruguay.
Rocko Minerals (Rob Rosenblatt)
www.rockominerals.com



A superb Pyrrhotite with an amazing 3D Texture from from the Trepca Mine, Kosovo.
North Star Minerals (Ross C. Lillie)
www.northstarminerals.com



Well-crystallized, cubic Silver from the Indiana Mine, Ontonagon Co, Michigan
Silver in well-formed cubic crystals like this is extremely rare.
Hoghton Estate Sales (John Rascona)



Beautiful {%Pyrite}% cubes in matrix from Navajun, Spain
These Pyrites were just featured in the Jan/Feb edition of Rocks & Minerals
Piritas de Navajun (Daniel Ulibarri)
www.piritasdenavajun.us



Very large Japan-Law Twin of a "Smoky" Citrine from Mansa, Zambia
This is one of the best crystals of the find.
Crystal Habit (Peter Beckwith)



Large, aesthetic, peach-colored Stellerite from a new find in Sakur, India
Matrix India (M.F. and Sami Makki)
www.matrixindiaminerals.com



New find of large, round radiating brown Thomsonite, from Sakur, India
Matrix India (M.F. and Sami Makki)
www.matrixindiaminerals.com



New find of yellow Stolzite coating Scheelite on Quartz
from Mundo Nuevo, La Libertad, Peru
Jaroslov Hyrsl



A new find of water-clear Tsavorite Garnets with amazing clarity and luster, collected October 2014
Capetown Matrix Crystals (Patrick Meyer)



A beautiful dodecahedral Tsavorite crystal from the same find.
Capetown Matrix Crystals (Patrick Meyer)



An Astonishingly Large and Brittle Crocoite Cluster Probably Over a Foot in Length
The Adelaide Mining Company (Adam Wright)
www.theadelaidemine.com



Beautiful and Large Tourmaline from Alto Ligonha, Mozambique
Geofil (Sebastian Rodriguez Rosa)



Crystallized Malachite from the Mutanda Mine, Congo
These are not pseudomorphs of Azurite but rather rare individual crystals
Voelter Minerals (Jon Voelter)
www.voelterminerals.com



Crystal cluster of Huge Amazonite crystals from Crystal Peak, Mt Antero, Colorado
These came from the Icon Pocket
Pinnacle 5 Minerals (Joe Dorris)
www.pinnacle5minerals.com

Grounds of the InnSuites Hotel



Food Tent and People Lounging In the Open Areas



Large Crystals and Flyer Showing the New TV Series Mineral Explorers
Crystal Springs Mining & Jewelry (Thomas Nagin)
www.crystalspringsmining.com



Fossils and Books in the Fossil Hall
This area looks like a museum library



New Find of Hematite-stained red Quartz from Morocco, at Izizauen Alnif, near Tinejdad
Cornerstone Minerals (Greg Turner)
www.cornerstoneminerals.com



New Find of Dark Purple Fluorite from the Crystal Victory Mine, Hardin Co., IL
Allectoris Minerals (Rocko Rosenblatt and Kevin Downey)



Beautiful, Large Liddicoatite with Good Backlighting from Madagascar
Little Big Stone (Frederic Gautier)

The stretch of motels (Clarion Inn, Howard Johnson, Motel 6) with tents
along the Interstate 10 Freeway Corridor



Large South American Amethyst Geodes in a tent at the Clarion Inn.
La Genuina Amethysts, Artigas, Uruguay



Ted Smith of the Ace of Diamonds Herkimer Mine.
Ted Drives Down every Year from NY to sell some of his amazing Herkimer Diamonds.
www.herkimerdiamonds.com



Boxes of Large Herkimers in the Sunlight. These are all half price.
Ace of Diamonds Herkimer Mine (Ted Smith)
www.herkimerdiamonds.com



Huge Quartz Crystals in front one of the tents of the Brazilian Dealers.



Very large Aquamarine crystals in Quartz from Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
RM Gemas, Brazil (Robson X. da Costa)



On of the Fine Individual Aquamarine Crystals from the Above Lot



Tents of Brazilian dealers between the Clarion and Howard Johnson



Young Saguaro Cacti and Succulents Across the Street from the Shows

Large tent of the 22nd Street Show.
Note the deep blue sky, indicative of the great weather.



Sign outside the tent promoting the 22nd Street View, accompanied with Live Music



Nice Dinosaur fossil display at the show



Beautiful African Malachite, with some very large pieces!
African Arts and Minerals, Bellflower, CA



Beautiful Polished Opal with Play of Color from the Spencer Opal Mines in Idaho
Spencer Opal Mines (Claudia and A.J Couture)
www.spenceropalmines.com



New find of white botryoidal Quartz from Ouray, CO.
Miners Mall (Dennis Schneider & Tammey Holdbrook)
www.minersmall.com



New Colorado Turquoise from Cripple Creek, mined in 2014
Miners Mall (Dennis Schneider & Tammey Holdbrook)
www.minersmall.com



Beautiful gemmy 120 ct. Aquamarine from Mt. White, CO; one of the best pieces collected in 2014
The Lucky Miner, (Dwayne Hall - of the Prospectors TV Series)
TheLuckyMiner.com



Dwayne Hall of the Prospectors TV Series wearing a Minerals.net cap.
Dwayne collected the above Aquamarine



Peridot gemstone from Freemont County, Colorado.
This stone holds the record for Colorado's largest faceted Peridot at 4.81 cts.
Found by Travis Anderson (Prospectors) and cut by Carl Holzer.



Incredible Aquamarine from Mt. Antero, Colorado, collected in 2012.
Collected by Ron Griese; displayed at the booth of Travis Anderson of the Prospectors.
The larger stone is 5 3/8 inches!



Large lot of small, recently collected gemmy Peridot from Freemont County, CO
Travis Anderson, Prospectors



Large Slab of Oregon Sunstone in Volcanic Matrix
Oregon Sunstone Exchange (Josh the Terrible)
www.sunstoneexchange.com



The above Sunstone sliced in two showing the structure and texture.



Schiller Sunstone Rough in Water from the Oregon Sunstone Exchange



Video Explaining the Sunstone

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