Worldwide Update - March 20, 2013

We've acquired a couple of collections in recent months and have now made the first group of minerals from these available through our main site.

These specimens come from various locations around the world and include the following highlights:

Native Silver
Houghton Mine, Michigan, USA

Azurite, Malachite, Chrysocolla
Robinson Mine, White Pine County, Nevada

Calcite
Meikle Mine
Elko County, Nevada

Additional pieces come from Australia, China, Peru, Russia, Tsumeb, the United Kingdom and other localities in the United States. In total there are 18 specimens and all of them can be seen on our "New Minerals" page.

We will be posting more in the near future.  In the meantime, enjoy!

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Video - Introduction to Mineral Cleaning and Preparation

We've just launched a channel on YouTube to showcase minerals and more.  The "more" includes our first video offering, which is Jon Voelter's presentation at the 2012 Dallas Mineral Collecting Symposium.  

Over the course of his speech Jon touches on numerous topics including trimming, air abrasion, chemical techniques, stabilization, repair, reconstruction, restoration and dealing with fakes.

Thanks to Rob Lavinsky at the Arkenstone for permission in using this video.