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:
![Ethiopian Opal NY/NJ Show 2015](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f04%2fny-nj-mineral-show-2015-dealer-minerals-01.jpg)
Huge
White Opal gem from Ethiopia, 45 ct.
Ethiopian Opal, Amde Zewdalem
![Ethiopian Opal NY/NJ Show 2015](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f04%2fny-nj-mineral-show-2015-dealer-minerals-02.jpg)
Incredible Colorless
Opal with play of color. This piece is fist size!
Ethiopian Opal, Amde Zewdalem
![Double Malachite Stalactites DR Congo](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f04%2fny-nj-mineral-show-2015-dealer-minerals-03.jpg)
Artfully Shaped Double
Malachite Stalactites from the DR Congo
Land of Crystals, Shurland & Cherylanne
![Peach Stilbite Apophyllite Maharashtra, India](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f04%2fny-nj-mineral-show-2015-dealer-minerals-04.jpg)
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
![Purple Fluorite Tombstone, Arizona](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f04%2fny-nj-mineral-show-2015-dealer-minerals-05.jpg)
New Find of Purple
Fluorite from the old Silver Mines of Tombstone, Arizona
Cassidy's Crystals, Nick & Cassidy Flanagan
![Purple Fluorite Tombstone, Arizona](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f04%2fny-nj-mineral-show-2015-dealer-minerals-06.jpg)
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
![Amethyst Ellis Mine, Due West, South Carolina](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f04%2fny-nj-mineral-show-2015-dealer-minerals-10.jpg)
Another
Amethyst on matrix pulled out this year by Bryan from the Ellis Mine
Ultra-Rocks, Bryan Major
http://www.ultrarocks.org
![Ruby Winza Tanazania](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f04%2fny-nj-mineral-show-2015-dealer-minerals-08.jpg)
Excellent gem-quality
Ruby,30x27x22 mm, from the Winza Mina in Tanzania
Quest Minerals, Don Thompson
![Spessartine matrix, from Nani, Loliondo, Tanzania](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f04%2fny-nj-mineral-show-2015-dealer-minerals-09.jpg)
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
![Pyrite Crystals from Navajun,Spain](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f04%2fny-nj-mineral-show-2015-dealer-minerals-11.jpg)
Stacked
Pyrite Crystals from Navajun, Spain
Piritas de Navajun, Daniel Ulibarri
![Uranium Minerals](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f04%2fny-nj-mineral-show-2015-dealer-minerals-12.jpg)
Suite of Rare Uranium Minerals from an Old Collection Recently Acquired by Michael Shannon
Shannon & Sons Minerals, Michael Shannon
http://www.shannonsminerals.com
![Kasolite Crystals from from Kasolo, Congo](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f04%2fny-nj-mineral-show-2015-dealer-minerals-13.jpg)
Rare Kasolite Crystals from the Above Suite from Kasolo, Congo
Shannon & Sons Minerals, Michael Shannon
http://www.shannonsminerals.com
![Pyrite Crystals from Navajun,Spain](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f04%2fny-nj-mineral-show-2015-dealer-minerals-14.jpg)
Autunite Crystals from the Augeres Mine, Ambazac, Haute-vienne, France
Shannon & Sons Minerals, Michael Shannon
http://www.shannonsminerals.com
![Laguna Agate from Mexico](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f04%2fny-nj-mineral-show-2015-dealer-minerals-15.jpg)
Polished
Laguna Agate Slice with Excellent Banding from Mexico
Collected Between 2005-2014 and Polished by Alberto Rey
Del Rey Agates, Alberto Ray
![Laguna Agate from Mexico](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f04%2fny-nj-mineral-show-2015-dealer-minerals-16.jpg)
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 from Mexico](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f04%2fny-nj-mineral-show-2015-dealer-minerals-17.jpg)
"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
![Fibrous Sugilite N'Chwaning II Mine Kalahari Mn Deposit S. Africa](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f04%2fny-nj-mineral-show-2015-dealer-minerals-19.jpg)
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
![Fibrous Sugilite N'Chwaning II Mine Kalahari Mn Deposit S. Africa](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f04%2fny-nj-mineral-show-2015-dealer-minerals-18.jpg)
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
![Amethyst Goboboseb Mts, Erongo Region, Namibia](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f04%2fny-nj-mineral-show-2015-dealer-minerals-21.jpg)
An Excellent
Amethyst on Matrix from the Goboboseb Mts, Erongo Region, Namibia
Original Collection of Charles Cecil
Crystal Junction, Aaron Robin
![Amethyst Goboboseb Mts, Erongo Region, Namibia](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f04%2fny-nj-mineral-show-2015-dealer-minerals-22.jpg)
Large Skelelal
Amethyst from the Goboboseb Mts, Erongo Region, Namibia
Original Collection of Charles Cecil
Crystal Junction, Aaron Robin