ELBAITE TOURMALINE, variety WATERMELON. Single crystal with green color on the ends and pink in the middle. One end is terminated, with minor damage. Luster is vitreous. The crystal is 1.3 inches in length. Pictures show with and without a light on the side to illustrate the translucency. From the famous Himalaya Mine in California.

Brilliant GOLD LEAF crystals, thumbnail size. Weighs 1.6 grams (0.055 ounces). Length is 0.9 inches. Mariposa County, California is famous for its gold production since the California Gold Rush in 1849. From the collection of Beau Gordon.

Brilliant GOLD LEAF from the famous Little Jonny Mine in Leadville, Colorado. The gold weighs 1.8 grams (0.063 ounces).

Almandine Garnets in Schist, Alaska

Rhodochrosite, Chalcopyrite, Quartz 

Champion Mine, Cinnamon Pass, Hinsdale County, Colorado 

Rocky Mountain Gems an Minerals

Reddish-Pink RHODOCHROSITE with minor Tetrahedrite and Chalcopyrite from The Sweet Home Mine in Colorado.

Reddish-Pink RHODOCHROSITE with minor Tetrahedrite and Pyrite from The Sweet Home Mine in Colorado.

Reddish-Pink RHODOCHROSITE with minor Galena and Pyrite from The Sweet Home Mine in Colorado.

Vitreous black TOURMALINE from the Harney Peak Pegmatite of South Dakota.

Purpurite from Larimer County, Colorado

A beautiful slab of Ocean Breeze Jasper

A beautiful slab of Ocean Breeze Jasper

A rare iron phosphate mineral, Strengite, from Arkansas. 

A rare pseudomorph of Smithsonite after Dolomite from Arkansas. 

Fluorite, Lead Hill, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Pyrite Sun, Ziegler Coal Mine, Sparta, Illinois