United States
Discover a world-class collection of mineral specimens from the United States, one of the most diverse and historically important mineral-producing countries globally. The USA is famous for producing some of the finest collector minerals ever found, spanning hydrothermal veins, carbonate deposits, pegmatites and classic mining districts.
Key localities include Colorado (Sweet Home Mine, famous for rhodochrosite), Illinois (fluorite districts such as Cave-in-Rock), Arizona (Bisbee, Morenci, Red Cloud Mine), Utah (Topaz Mountain), New Mexico, Nevada and the Appalachian mining regions. Franklin and Sterling Hill in New Jersey are world-famous for an extraordinary diversity of fluorescent minerals, including vivid willemite, franklinite and zincite, found nowhere else on Earth in such variety.
This collection features highly sought-after minerals such as rhodochrosite (Sweet Home Mine, Colorado), fluorite (Illinois, Colorado and other classic districts), galena, sphalerite, wulfenite, vanadinite, barite, calcite, quartz varieties including terminated "Herkimer diamonds" from New York State, rare benitoite (California's official state gem), and garnet.
The United States is also globally significant for uranium and secondary uranium minerals, with classic occurrences in Colorado Plateau districts and historic mining areas, producing specimens valued for both scientific importance and intense fluorescence.
US minerals are especially prized for their sharp crystallization, bold colors and iconic worldwide localities. From deep red rhodochrosite crystals to cubic fluorite, metallic galena and sphalerite associations, and vibrant secondary uranium minerals, this collection represents some of the most recognizable and desirable mineral species in modern collecting.
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Product type
Minerals collector specimens · Masterpiece our finest pieces · Decorative minerals · Crystal healing
Origin
Continent, country or Italian region where the specimen was found.
Special features
TOP, Aesthetic, Radioactive, Fluorescent, Phosphorescent, Pseudomorphosis, Rare, Rare locality, New find, Systematic, Topographic, Historic.
Shape
Crystal, Crystal cluster, Crystals on matrix, Geode, Massive, Free form, Polished, Slice, Mineral lot.
Color
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Size
Micromount 0–1 cm · Thumbnail 1–5 · Small cabinet 5–8 · Medium cabinet 8–15 · Large cabinet 15–25 · Museum 25+ cm.
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