June 16, 2008 The time has come for my annual tribute to my favorite mineral species - Rhodochrosite.  I collect specimens throughout the year and then share them with y'all.  This years update contains close to 90 specimens from all around this wonderful world of ours.  From China to Peru.  From South Africa to Colorado.  I hope you enjoy it! To get started on your Rhodochrosite journey, please click on the following link.  Enjoy!  2008 Rhodochrosite Update

June 11, 2008 Starting tomorrow at 8 am pacific time, I'm honored to announce that Kim and I are hosting our first joint auction.  She helped me pick out many of the listed specimens and she's included two of her masterful jewelry pieces for your bidding pleasure.  In addition, she's added a couple of very collectable cabochons.  To check out the auction, please click on the following link.   Auction

We're also proud to announce that our annual Rhodochrosite Fiesta is almost reading for your viewing pleasure.  We hope to have it posted either this coming Friday evening or sometime on Saturday.  In my humble opinion, this is the best Rhodochrosite update I've ever put together, with specimens from all around the world.  I'll give you a hint - There will be 10 "rooms" with close to 100 specimens available ranging in price from around $50 to near $10,000.  Please check back often as I'll be listing it soon.

Thanks again for your continued interest and please get back to us with any comments you might have.

May 19, 2008 Today's update consists of three "Country" Room updates.  I've updated the Asia, Canada and South America rooms with new specimens.  Lot's of great specimens at reasonable prices.  By the way....................... today is my birthday!   Have a great day!  Enjoy and Na Zdorovye!  I'll raise a toast to your health!

May 9, 2008   Preparing for our July wedding date, we're announcing that Andrei's Rockshop is hosting an inventory reduction sale in order to "move some rocks" in advance of posting more.  We're offering a 25% discount on existing inventory through May 16th or whenever we get around to posting our next update, which will be soon.

As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. 
Thank you for your continued support and have a wonderful Mother's Day weekend!
Andrei

Reasonable offers accepted................

March 26, 2008   I'm happy to announce that my latest solo auction begins on March 27.  Kim and I have selected 107 excellent specimens for your viewing and bidding pleasure.  I've included a number of quality Rhodochrosite specimens from all around the world as well as mineral specimens that I feel meet every collectors tastes.  There are "common" specimens to a number of fairly rare and pedigreed pieces.  If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me.  I hope you enjoy these specimens as much as we did posting them. I've added a link to the auction below.  It begins at 0600 Pacific time on March 27 and runs through 1800 (6pm) on April 1st.

We'll begin posting new updates to our site as soon as we finish shipping out specimens from this auction.
Thanks for your continued interest and have a great day!
Andrei



February 25, 2008  I've completed my third and fourth updates of 2008 and listed below are the links that will take you to them.  The theme of these updates is rather festive as we've updated our site with Native Silver and Gold specimens.  The silver on acanthite specimens are the last I have (and have seen) from a find in China dating back to 2005.  There's also a nice silver specimen from Peru. 

The gold specimens come from the Round Mountain Mine in Nevada which I purchased them when gold prices were a bit more reasonable than the $945/troy ounce of today.  There's also a very nice nugget from Australia for your viewing pleasure.  At these prices, I'm not sure how much longer I'll be able to afford to purchase and resell gold specimens.  For now, I have a reasonable supply that we will continue to offer at reasonable prices, while the supply holds out.   To check out our latest updates, please click on the links listed below.  Enjoy!

GOLD        please click here

SILVER     please click here

February 7, 2008  I've completed my second update of 2008 and listed below is the link that will take you to it.  I've been collecting specimens from all around this wonderful world of ours and have put together an update with 19 wonderful and affordable pieces.  To check them out, please click on the link listed below.

January 30, 2008  I've completed my first update of 2008 and listed below is the link that will take you to it.  I recently purchased a number of excellent (and affordable) Descloizite specimens from the Berg Aukus Mine, Grootfontein, Namibia.  These are really excellent, colorful specimens in my humble opinion and I enjoyed trying to capture their complex geometry in my humble photographs.  To check them out, please click on the link listed below. 

I also plan to list a collection of worldwide classics later this week or early next.  Then Kim and I are off to Tucson.  Enjoy!

To check out this very interesting and attractive suite of Descloizite specimens, please click here.

January 27, 2008  Greetings and Happy New Year to you all. We hope that your New Year has been full of good cheer and good luck so far.  As we prepare for our trip to Tucson, I'd like to update y'all on upcoming postings. 

I'm currently photographing a number of excellent Descloizite specimens from Grootfontein, Namibia.  I anticipate having them posted sometime later this week.  After that, I hope to post a mixed suite of worldwide classics before departing to Tucson on February 9th. 

I've been amassing quite a collection of impressive Rhodochrosite specimens and plan to post them for your surfing pleasure sometime in early March.  After that, I'll be hosting my next solo auction on John Veevaerts auction site in late March.

After that............who knows?  We'll probably be posting our Tucson finds.  My plan for this year is to try and post as many updates and participate in as many multi-dealer auctions (http://www.mineral-auctions.com/) as possible. 

Lastly, I returned home from the Christmas Holidays with a approximately 117 grams of crystalline gold.  With gold prices recently hitting an all time high of around $915 dollars/troy ounce, this is a significant purchase.  Initially, I plan to offer this entire collection of 70+ specimens as a single lot.  I plan to list this significant collection of Native Gold specimens in the next week or so, so stay tuned.

It looks to be a fairly busy year for AA Rockshop especially since Kim and I became engaged on Christmas Day. That means we have a wedding to plan for this summer on top of a day to day job as a Forest Service manager, a full-time student, and running an online business.  I love staying busy and this year should keep us both moving at warp speed.
Stay tuned, the best is yet to come.

All the Best!
Andrei Victorovich

December 10, 2007 - End of the Year Clearance Sale It's been a busy year and the New Year promises to be a better one yet.  I already have purchases lined up for new Rhodochrosite and Gold specimens and am planning for an extended visit to Tucson this coming February.  With all the new goodies I plan to list, I thought the time ripe for an Inventory Liquidation or Clearance Sale. My plans for next year are to revamp and refresh each of the "country" rooms and to offer a number of specialized updates, such as my annual tribute to my mineral specimen of choice, Rhodochrosite! I'll try to update my Kid's Corner as well as time permits.

So for the next 10 days (or so), I'm offering all of the specimens in my country rooms at a whopping 50% off  their listed prices and 25% off the specimens listed in my "Updates" Section. Specimens in my Kid's Corner are already at rock bottom prices, but if you find something that catches your eye and you're placing another order, feel free to make me an offer.  I'm always open to offers!

I'll accept orders through December 19th as my last expected shipping date will be December 20th. After that, I'll be on vacation for the Christmas Holiday! To start your shopping experience, please click here.  Enjoy!

November 27, 2007 - Nepalese Blue Aquamarines I picked these up while visiting Scott Werschky in Reno.  They are the bluest beryl var. aquamarine specimens I have ever come across.  They have rather complex terminations and are really quite attractive in my estimation.  To view them, please click here.  Enjoy!

November 18, 2007 I've completed my latest Gold update for your viewing pleasure.  As gold prices continue to go up and up, I've kept the prices of these specimens reflective of the price I paid for them earlier this year when gold prices were significantly lower.  I've listed seven very attractive specimens that range in price from $40 to $500.  I believe there's something here for every collector's taste.   To check out these quality gold specimens, please click here. 

October 9, 2007 I'm excited to announce that the specimens I recently acquired from the Wolfgang Pohl collection are ready for your viewing pleasure.  There are nineteen specimens from all around the world along with a number of rarities.  To check out these quality specimens, please click here. 

September 27, 2007 It's been a VERY busy summer and I'm finally beginning to find the time to put together a number of updates. I've created a page that highlights a number of my recent acquisitions which I plan to post in the coming weeks.  Please take a look and get back to me if you have any questions or special requests.  Thanks for your patience and I'll be "seeing" y'all soon.  You can take a look at this preview by clicking here.

July 22, 2007 The time has come for my annual tribute to my favorite mineral species - Rhodochrosite.  I collect specimens throughout the year and then share them with y'all.  This years update contains specimens from all around this wonderful world of ours.  From China to Peru.  From South Africa to Colorado.  I hope you enjoy it!

One political comment on the wonderful world of Rhodochrosite and mineral specimens in general.  The one thing that I'm finding and I'm sure allot of my fellow mineral dealers will attest to is the fact that prices seem to keep going up and up.  Kinda like housing prices in California. The question I keep asking is: How high will they go?  I found that specimens I was paying $20-30 for a few years back are now getting close to $100.  The internet has shrunk the world and raised prices.  Oh well - I still enjoyed collecting all of these specimens and am happy to share them with you.

I truly believe that there's something in my update for every collector.  There are rocks from $10 up to almost $3000.  Be sure to check out the last specimen I've listed from Sweet Home.  $3000 may seem like quite a bit to spend on a rock, but this is a relative bargain compared to the prices I see other dealers asking for Sweet Home pieces of this quality.  It's truly an awesome specimen worth checking out at least.  Oh well, enough politicking.  To check out this update, please navigate to page one from the link listed below.  There are four full pages of updates.  Enjoy!

2007 Rhodochrosite Update

June 17, 2007 Happy Fathers Day to all you Dad's out there!  My latest update takes us down under to explore the wonderful world of Australian mineral specimens.  I've prepared two pages of specimens for your browsing pleasure. One consists of 10 random specimens from Crocoite to Spessartine.  The other page updates my Stellerite page of a year ago.  The specimens I presented for sale last year were acknowledged in the on line version of the Mineralogical Record in their "What's New" section.  There are six new specimens I'm presenting here for your viewing pleasure. To check out my latest updates please click on either or both of the following two pages.  Thank you for your patience and I hope to be uploading a really awesome Rhodochrosite update in the next couple of weeks. As I get closer to posting it, I'll let y'all know.

Mixed Australian Minerals
New Stellerite Specimens