The 2016 NY/NJ Gem & Mineral show had an interesting array of minerals, from new finds to classic pieces. One of the more interesting events that everyone at the show buzzing about was a booth by hikers James Pascale and Jordan Salits, who had huge Quartz crystal clusters for sale from a new find in Ellenville, New York. This classic locality produced large Quartz crystals many years ago, but James and Jordan accidentally stumbled upon a new occurrence of huge crystals while hiking the area.
Another area of interest was Gary Maldovany's table which had an entire section of fabulous, unusual Amity (New York) minerals that he purchased from Glenn Rhein. Other new finds including Amazonite from Madagascar (reminiscent of the Colorado material,) Almandine from North Carolina, and green Quartz included with Chlorite from Upstate New York. Click the pictures below for a larger pop-up.
Yellow Quartz Crystals (Color Caused by Iron Oxide Inclusions) from Diamond Hill, South Carolina
Ultra-Rocks, Bryan Major
Almandine Garnet from Madison Co., North Carolina
Relics Gems, Lucas Critcher
Drusy Quartz from Middleville, Herkimer Co., New York
Alan's Quality Minerals, Alan Benson
Large Quartz Crystal Clusters from Ellenville, New York
James Pascale and Jordan Salits
More Large Quartz Crystal Clusters from Ellenville, New York
James Pascale and Jordan Salits
