Information about the minerals’ specific geographical origins, known as locality, has been shared, if known, using the original information provided with the specimens, without alteration. Locality information is of significant interest scientifically as it gives insight to the geology of the area the crystal originated from, while for mineral collectors it helps to determine rarity. The more detailed the locality information is, the more scientifically useful it is; it can also potentially make the mineral more valuable for collectors. Each listing also includes the crystal’s dimensions (except in the case of tumbled stones).
When reading the below, it will be helpful for you to know a few mineralogical terms. A matrix is any rock material in which a fossil, crystal, or other material is embedded. Pseudomorphs are designated by the use of “after” in the mineral name and signify a crystal that once consisted of one mineral that was eventually replaced by a different mineral while still retaining its previous exterior form. Finally, in minerology, provenance denotes any information related to the history of the collection of a specific mineral specimen. Here “Provenance: Ex Rock H. Currier Collection” means the item has a history of once belonging to Rock Currier, a famous and significant mineral collector.
4–5 Sheet Selenite | Cathedral Valley, Utah, U.S. | 25.7 × 15.6 × 2.6 cm
6–7 Amethyst with hematite | Moonlight Mine, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada | 10.4 × 6.6 × 3.4 cm
14 Opal in matrix | Trinidad, Queretaro, Mexico | 5.7 × 4.4 × 2.4 cm
18 Clockwise from top: Azurite | Nevada Lode, La Sal, Utah, U.S. | 8.5 × 6 × 3.4 cm AZURITE | Nacimiento Mine, Sandoval County, New Mexico, U.S. | 6.4 × 4.4 × 1.8 cm AZURITE | Morenci, Arizona, U.S. | 5.2 × 4.1 × 2 cm AZURITE SUN | Malbunka Copper Mine, Western Aranda Country, Areyonga (Utju), Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia | 7.8 × 6.1 × 2.9 cm
23 Calcite concretion (aka Fairy Stone) | Québec, Canada | 23.4 × 15.6 × 1.2 cm
31 Smoky Quartz | Lake George, Colorado, U.S. | 24.2 × 10.5 × 8.7 cm
36–37 Twin Law Quartz | 7.4 × 6.9 × 5.9 cm
44 Quartz egg with rutile and other unknown inclusions | 4 × 3.1 × 3.1 cm
45 Pyrite with quartz | Peru | 9.4 × 6.3 × 4.3 cm
51 Sand Dune Jasper | Madagascar | 12.3 × 10.6 × 0.6 cm
52–53 Amethyst and “Citrine” Cactus Quartz (AKA SPIRIT OR PINEAPPLE QUARTZ) | Mpumalanga, South Africa | 12.5 × 12 × 14.1 cm | The orange- yellow hue of this crystal is the result of staining from other minerals rather than the color having been generated within the crystal itself. Therefore, this is not geologically considered a citrine, though it lends itself to citrine-like energies because of its color.
58 BERYL | Spargoville, Australia | 10.2 × 9.1 × 0.7 cm
60–61 La Pietra Paesina (AKA RUIN MARBLE OR FLORENTINE MARBLE) | Florence, Italy | 10.2 × 7.1 × 0.7 cm
62 Pink Porphyry | Murchison Province, Western Australia, Australia | 27.1 × 6.3 × 9.7 cm
63 MALIGANO Jasper Cabochon| Sulawesi, Indonesia | 3 × 3 × 0.5 cm | Cabochon cut by Gary Wiersema
64–65 Quartz and minor calcite and pyrite | South Shetland Islands, Livingston Island, Antarctica | 9.2 × 8.9 × 6.2 cm
68 Clockwise from top left: Chrysocolla | Congo | 8.6 × 9 × 4 cm Andradite Garnet | Mexico | 8.8 × 6.4 × 5.4 cm Lepidolite variety “Watermelon Mica” | Brazil | 8.2 × 5.4 × 0.7 cm PHENAKITE | Nigeria | 1.9 × 1.4 × 1.1 cm Topaz | 1.8 × 1.3 × 0.8 cm SPINEL | 1.6 × 1.5 × 1.2 cm EPIDOTE | Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan | 4.9 × 4.3 × 3.1 cm SODALITE HEMIMORPHITE | Mexico | 7.6 × 6.3 × 4 cm
78 QUARTZ | Arkansas, U.S. | 10.6 × 2.9 × 3.5 cm
79 AMETHYST | 21.2 × 13.6 × 7.1 cm
80 ROSE QUARTZ | 8.3 × 8 × 5.3 cm
81 CITRINE | Shaba, Zaire | 7.7 × 4.4 × 2.9 cm
82 SMOKY QUARTZ | 5.7 × 2.1 × 1.8 cm
83 QUARTZ | Arkansas, U.S. | 10.1 × 6.5 × 4.2 cm
84 QUARTZ WITH SPECULAR HEMATITE | Musina, South Africa | 8.5 × 2.5 × 2 cm
85 QUARTZ WITH HEMATITE | Jinlong Hill, Guangdong Province, China | 11.2 × 8.7 × 9.4 cm
86 AGATE SLICE | 12.8 × 13.6 × 5.8 cm | Provenance: Ex Rock H. Currier Collection
87 OCEAN JASPER | Marovato Mine, Ambolobozo Peninsula, North West Coast, Madagascar | 5.6 × 3.3 × 0.4 cm
88 QUARTZ CHALCEDONY | Nasik, India | 7.1 × 4.8 × 3.5 cm
89 GOLD SHEEN OBSIDIAN (AKA MAHOGANY OBSIDIAN) | United States | 8.8 × 7.5 × 0.6 cm
90–91 From left to right:
BLACK TOURMALINE | Namibia | 6.3 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm
ROSE QUARTZ | 6.3 × 2 × 4.7 cm
BOTRYOIDAL HEMATITE | Morocco | 6.3 × 4 × 2.9 cm
93 BLACK TOURMALINE | Capelinha, Minas Gerais, Brazil | 14.5 × 9.7 × 6.3 cm
96 BLACK TOURMALINE IN QUARTZ CABOCHON | 3.1 × 2.2 × 0.5 cm
101 From left to right:
BLACK TOURMALINE | China | 4.1 × 3.6 × 4.2 cm
BLACK TOURMALINE | Brazil | 12 × 4.5 × 3.3 cm
BLACK TOURMALINE | Namibia | 5.1 × 4.9 × 5.3 cm
102 HEMATITE PSEUDOMORPH AFTER MAGNETITE | Payún Volcano, Altiplano del Payún Matru, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina | 6.9 × 6 × 5.2 cm
105 HEMATITE | Brumado, Bahia, Brazil | 3 × 2.1 × 0.4 cm | Provenance: Ex Rock Currier Collection
110 HEMATITE GEODE | Pilbara Region, Western Australia, Australia | 9.8 × 7.8 × 7.9 cm
115 BOTRYOIDAL HEMATITE | Morocco | 6.4 × 3.6 × 2.6 cm
116 LIMONITE AND HEMATITE PSEUDOMORPH AFTER MARCASITE (AKA PROPHECY STONE) | White Desert, Egypt | Approx. 8.7 × 1.2 cm to 13.6 × 3 cm each
123 HEMATITE WITH RUTILE | Novo Horizonte, Brazil | 3.7 × 3.5 × 0.5 cm
126 ROSE QUARTZ WITH DENDRITE INCLUSION | Brazil | 4.2 × 2.9 × 2.8 cm
129 ROSE QUARTZ GEODE (left) | Patagonia | 7.3 × 5.5 × 2 cm
PINK QUARTZ (right) | Pitorra Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil | 5 × 3.8 × 2.6 cm Because these rare pink-colored quartzes have chemical formulas that differ from traditional rose quartz, they are not geologically considered rose quartz. But they are still energetically close enough to share rose quartz’s purpose of manifesting divine love. In particular, the geode shapes provide an added focus of manifesting that love inward, toward one’s self.
132 ROSE QUARTZ | 26 × 24.7 × 16.5 cm
135 RAINBOW LATTICE | Utnerrengatye (Rainbow Caterpillar) Mine, Harts Range, Northern Territory, Australia | 1.5 × 0.7 × 0.3 cm
144 LABRADORITE | 7.5 × 2.8 × 1.4 cm (front); 4.6 × 4.8 × 1.1 cm (rear)
146 AMETRINE | Anahi Mine, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia | 9.5 × 2.9 × 4.1 cm | The color zoning in this stone occurs as a result of the trace hematite in the lattice changing oxidation states during the crystal’s growth.
147 FIRE AGATES | Mexico | 1.1 × 0.8 × 0.6 cm (top); 1.4 × 1.2 × 0.6 cm (bottom)
149 Outer circle, clockwise from top:
CALCITE | Mexico | 15.4 × 10.8 × 9.2 cm
COBALT CALCITE | Congo | 7.2 × 6 × 4.2 cm
CALCITE | Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner, Ulanhad League, Mongolia Autonomous Region, China | 5.7 × 3.5 × 6 cm
CALCITE (BLUE ROUGH) | Mexico
SAND CALCITE | 6.7 × 2 × 1.9 cm
MANGANO CALCITE | Mangano, Peru | 5.8 × 3.4 × 3.1 cm
CALCITE (GREEN RHOMBOID) | Mexico | 5.8 × 2.2 × 2.1 cm
Inner circle:
CALCITES (ORANGE, CHARTREUSE, AND RED) | Mexico
150 TOURMALINE SLICES | 2.5 × 2.2 × 0.4 cm (top); 2.4 × 2.2 × 0.4 cm (bottom)
151 TOURMALINE SLICE | 3 × 3 × 0.3 cm
157 Clockwise from top:
ASTROPHYLLITE | Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 7 × 7.3 × 4.2 cm
CALCITE | Date Iron Mine, Hubei Province, China | 6.9 × 8.1 × 3.7 cm
COPROLITE | 3.6 × 1.5 × 1.4 cm
SPINEL IN MARBLE | Vietnam | 8.8 × 3 × 3.1 cm
WAVELLITE | Arkansas, U.S. | 7.9 × 5.4 × 5.8 cm
160 CITRINE RODS | Zambia | Approx. 3.4 × 0.6 to 5.4 × 0.6 cm each
161 RED PHANTOM QUARTZ | Zaire | 7.2 × 5.7 × 4.1 cm
162 Top to bottom:
BLACK TOURMALINE WITH CHRYSOCOLLA | 5.6 cm
BLUE LACE AGATE | 5.9 cm
ROSE QUARTZ | 7.2cm
163 Top to bottom:
OCEAN JASPER | 5.9 cm
LEPIDOLITE | 5.1 cm
QUARTZ | 7 cm
PINOLITH | 5 cm
164 QUARTZ | 6.6 × 4.5 × 2.4 cm
165 QUARTZ | Arkansas, U.S. | 7.7 × 3.6 × 2.5 cm
188 RED JASPER CONGLOMERATE (AKA JELLY BEAN JASPER) | Pilbara Region, Western Australia, Australia | 14.2 × 11.5 × 5.5 cm
189 CHIPBOARD RHYOLITE | La Paz County, Arizona, U.S. | 11.7 × 9.6 × 9.8 cm
190 RAINBOW OBSIDIAN CABOCHON | 9.2 × 9.2 × 1.4 cm | Cabochon cut by Kevin Lane Smith
191 FLUORITE WAND | 3.8 × 1 × 0.9 cm | Provenance: Ex Rock Currier Collection
192 AGATE EGG | 7.3 × 5.3 × 5.3 cm | Provenance: Ex Rock Currier Collection
193 TRAPICHE QUARTZ | Boyacá, Colombia | 3.5 × 2.3 × 0.6 cm
194 QUARTZ PLATONIC SOLIDS | Minas Gerais, Brazil | Approx. 2.8 × 2.8 × 2.8 cm each | Provenance: Ex Rock Currier Collection
195 QUARTZ VENTIFACTS | Thola Pampa, Potosí, Bolivia | Approx. 2.5 × 1.9 × 2 cm each
196–97 AGATE SNAIL (CHALCEDONY, OPAL, MOGANITE) | Dakhla, Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira, Western Sahara | 3.4 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm
202–03 MANGANOAN CALCITE | Manaoshan, Hunan Province, China | 14.5 × 5.3 × 3 cm
204–05 QUARTZ WITH PETROLEUM INCLUSIONS | Pakistan | 0.4 × 0.6 × 1.1 cm
208–09 QUARTZ SPHERE | 8.5 cm
220–21 CELESTINE VARIETY CHRYSANTHEMUM STONE | Liuyang County, Daxi River, Yonghe, Changsha Prefecture, Hunan, China | 7.9 × 7.2 × 3 cm
236 SMOKY QUARTZ | Argentière Glacier, Mont Blanc, Chamonix, France | 10.4 × 8.4 × 4.8 cm
237 PYRITE BALL | Hengyang, Hunan Province, China | 7.6 × 8.1 × 6.5 cm
238–39 GREEN FLUORITE ON QUARTZ | Fujian Province, China | 9.7 × 9.1 × 9.1 cm
242 SMOKY QUARTZ | near Zomba, Malawi | 9.6 × 3.4 × 2.5 cm
244–45 River-tumbled black tourmaline ring by As Above So Below
251 SMOKY QUARTZ HOPPER | Minas Gerais, Brazil | 7.3 × 5.6 × 2.6 cm | Provenance: Ex Rock Currier Collection
256 HALITE | Nacimiento, New Mexico, U.S. | 8 × 6.8 × 3 cm
257 SELENITE (rear) | Morocco | 21.3 × 3.7 × 3 cm
BROCHANTITE (front) | Milpillas, Sonora, Mexico | 3.3 × 3.2 × 1.2 cm
259 AMETHYST | Brazil | 11 × 7.2 × 4.1 cm (combined)
264–65 AMETHYST | Veracruz, Mexico | 19 × 17.7 × 4.7 cm
266–67 SPECULAR HEMATITE (bottom) | Michigan, U.S. | 22.2 × 17.8 × 0.9 cm
CALCITE, QUARTZ, AND HEMATITE (top; lower left) | Santa Eulalia District, Municipalidad de Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico | 7.6 × 7.4 × 2.6 cm | Provenance: Ex Rock Currier Collection
HEMATITE (TUMBLED) (top; upper right)
274 PYRITIZED AMMONITE (left) | Russia | 4.6 × 3.8 × 1.3 cm
SKELETAL PYRITE (right) | Purple Hope, No. 4 claim (Green Ridge), King County, Washington, U.S. | 6.5 × 5.1 × 3.6 cm
275 PYRITE RIVER STONE (left) | China | 5.6 × 5.2 × 5 cm
CUBIC PYRITE iN MATRIX (right) | Navajún, Spain | 4.2 × 6.8 × 3.8 cm
278 AMETHYST WITH PREHNITE | Goboboseb, Namibia | 3.9 × 2.7 × 2.4 cm
279 TECTONIC QUARTZ | Dalnegorsk, Russia | 6.8 × 6.4 × 6.1 cm
280 POLYHEDRAL AGATE | Paraíba, Brazil | 7.2 × 4.6 × 3.8 cm | Provenance: Ex Rock Currier Collection
281 JACINTO QUARTZES | Cortes de Pallás, Valencia, Spain | Approx. 1.7 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm each
282 TABULAR QUARTZ | Baixio Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil | 18.9 × 15.8 × 1.6 cm
283 ETCHED QUARTZ | Baixio Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil | 18.8 × 8.3 × 7.2 cm
284 TOURMALINE IN QUARTZ | Minas Gerais, Brazil | 5 × 3.3 × 2.6 cm
285 SMOKY QUARTZ | Piz Vial, Greina, Graubünden, Switzerland | 6.8 × 2.4 × 2.2 cm
286–87 SPODUMENE | Pala Chief Mine, San Diego, California, U.S. | 7.3 × 1.6 × 1.1 cm | Rockhounded by author
301 SELENITE STAR | Canada | 8.8 × 7.4 × 6.9 cm | Altar by Ako Castuera. Marble table by Nathan Hunt.
310–11 CUBIC PYRITE | Navajún, Spain | 19.7 × 10.4 × 10.2 cm
312–13 “SUGAR CUBE” BARITE WITH QUARTZ | Queenstake’s Murray Mine, Zone 4, Level 175, Stop 13, Sugarbowl Pocket, Elko County, Nevada, U.S. | 11.4 × 7.4 × 8.9 cm
319 KUNZITE | Pala Chief Mine, San Diego, California, U.S. | 6.7 × 2.7 × 1.2 cm | Rockhounded by author
323 FADEN QUARTZ | Pakistan | 3.7 × 3.1 × 1.8 cm
325 SELENITE | Naica, Mexico | 6.6 × 5.2 × 2.2 cm | Ouroboros by Ako Castuera