Pyrite on Galena (Spinel Twin Law) with Quartz Specimen #Tu090512 Black Cloud Mine Leadville Lake County Colorado 3.3 x 2.4 x 2.2cm Miniature $35 This specimen consists of a few clusters of golden pyritohedrons nestled atop battleship gray galena xls, some displaying spinel twinning. Also found scattered all about this piece are numerous white quartz xls.  Interesting mineral specimen!

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	Native Gold Specimen #Tu090513 Round Mountain Mine Nye County Nevada 1.8 x 0.9 x 0.5cm Thumbnail 1.02 grams $75 This specimen of arborescent native gold displays flattened octahedral xls, hoppered faces, and dendritic branching.  A delicate and attractive specimen. Stay tuned as I plan to list a number of gold specimens in the near future.  I recently obtained a number of high quality Round Mountain specimens and plan to list a "smorgasbord" of specimens, potentially covering every collectors tastes and budget.

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	Karpatite, Cinnabar and Quartz  Specimen #Tu090514 Los Picachos #1 San Benito County, California 6.3 x 5.1 x 2.5cm Small Cabinet Fluorescent $50 At this years Tucso show, I stopped by Rick Kennedy's room at the Inn Suites and purchased several karpatite specimens from his new find at Los Picachos, San Benito County, California.  Rick has a claim on this locale and has been producing specimens for several years now.  He was successful in finding a good deal of high grade material and was displaying it at the show.  Karpatite is an organic mineral and it is brightly fluorescent under SW UV light. I have three other specimens available for sale. This specimens consists of matrix that has been coated with quartz and minor bright red cinnabar xls.  Amongst the quartz are expose vugs or "tunnels" that contain canary yellow karpatite xls.  They were originally entombed within quartz casings but these casings have been removed, exposing the karpatite.  When exposed to SW UV light the xls glow a bright neon blue color.

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	Rhodochrosite  Specimen #Tu090515 Catamarca Argentina 9.7 x 6.2 x 5.3cm Cabinet H. Westenberger Collection This is a very interesting specimen, indeed.  What really makes it interesting to me is that it displays a multitude of rhodochrosite generations or depositions in one specimen.  The top layer which you see displayed to the left is made up of finely bladed pink rhodo xls measuring approximately 3mm in thickness.  Pre-dating this generation is what you typically find in Catamarca - banded rhodo xls.  The stuff that goes into cutting material usually.  Pre-dating that is another thin (1-2mm) layer of bladed and/or botryoidal xls.  Following that is another layer (1.0cm) of banded Rhodochrosite.  Following this is a layer of what I would best describe as nearly crystalline xls that can seen in my second photo on the right.  To top it off, there is a final layer of what I would best describe as another botryoidal layer.  This is one cool rock!  No damage.

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	Roselite (Wendwilsonite) Specimen #Tu090516 Bou Azzer Morocco 6.4 x 5.4 x 1.5cm Small Cabinet $35 This specimen consists of matrix that has been covered by a druzy coat of sparkly, magenta colored micro Roselite xls.   An attractive specimen, in my humble estimation.

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	Native Silver on Calcite Specimen #Tu090517 210 Meter Level Gottes Hulfe in der Noth Kongsberg Buskerud Norway 4.5 x 3.2 x 2.0cm Miniature $45 This specimen consists of a calcite matrix that displays numerous dendritic wire like masses of silver all over it. There are also several silver patches or masses found on it as well. No damage.  I have a number of these specimens available for sale in a variety of size, shape and price.  Please feel free to contact me for further details.

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	Smoky Quartz  Specimen #Tu090518 Camerons Cone Area Crystal Park El Paso County Colorado 10.3x5.5x4.5 cm Cabinet G.W. Fisher Collection $150 Normally I wouldn't have noticed this specimen, but my lovely wife Kim pointed it out and once I looked at it closer, I became intrigued with it. It consists of three major inter grown crystals of quartz var smoky quartz on a microcline matrix. The xls are all virtually perfect with only the tiniest of nicks on one of them. What makes this a really cool piece is not only does it have a very nice smoky color, but the outside of the xls display a reddish brown horizontal banding or staining, most likely hematite. This specimen comes from the collection of noted Colorado collector George Fisher.