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Minerals

Optional Kits for Advanced Study

Calcite Varieties | Structures in Minerals | Quartz Varieties | Deluxe Minerals | Agate Varieties | Jasper Varieties | Advanced Student Washington Collection | Metals and Metallic Ores | Colors in Minerals | Minerals in Arrowheads | Northwest Minerals | The Student Samples Collection | The Worldwide Polished Stone Collection | The Northwest Rock and Fossil Collection | Minerals by hardness | Minerals by Chemical Composition | The Garnet Collection | The Crystal Collection | Rocks of Washington State | The Chalcedony Collection | Birthstones in the Rough

Calcite Varieties (509) $25.00

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Orange Calcite

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Massive Calcite

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Green Calcite

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Yellow Calcite

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Dog-tooth Calcite

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White Calcite

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Blue Calcite

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Optical Calcite

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Red Calcite

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Honey Calcite

 

 

Structures in Minerals (510) $45.00

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Amorphous

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Laminar

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Monoclinis

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Nodular

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Tabular

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Rosette

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Prismatic

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Rhomohedron

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Encrusting

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Druze

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Bladed

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Boytroidal

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Twinned

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Aggregate

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Hexagonal

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Dodecahedron

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Cube

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Scalenohedron

 

Quartz Varieties (511) $40.00

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Rutile in Quartz

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Pink Quartz

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Massive Quartz

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Geode with Druzy

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Clear Quartz

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Snow Quartz

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Blue Quartz Crystal

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Citrine Quartz

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Herkimer Diamond

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Amethyst

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Orange Aventurine

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Yellow Aventurine

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Tiger Eye

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Blue Aventurine

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Green Aventurine

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Yellow Quartz

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Smoky Quartz

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Red Quartz over Calcite

 

Deluxe Minerals Collection (8.75X13X2.25 inches) (512) Add-on Price $80.00

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Iron Pyrite

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Quartz Point

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Pink Dolomite

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Moss Agate

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Aragonite Crystal

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Sapphire Crystal

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Spectrolite

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Talc

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Fuscite

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Wulfenite

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Iolite

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Onyx

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Gold Ore

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Jade

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Malachite

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Sodalite

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Copper

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Azurite on Malachite

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Chalcopyrite

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Green Calcite

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Thunder Egg

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Smoky Quartz

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Chrysocolla

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Hemimorphite

Agate Varieties (4.5X8.5X1.25 inches) (513) Add-on Price $40.00

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Botswana

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Blue Lace

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"Bubble Gum"

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Idaho Agate

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Moss Agate

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Carnelian

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Laguna Agate

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Turretella

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"Eye" Agate

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Dryhead Agate

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Fire Agate

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Dyed Brazilian

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Lake Auperior

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Lace Agate

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Veri-colored Agate

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Prairie Agate

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Banded Brazilian

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Utah Agate

Jasper Varieties (4.5X8.5X1.25 inches) (514) Add-on Price $35.00

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Zebra Jasper

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Red Jasper

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Natural Leopard

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Brown Zebra

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Yellow Jasper

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Imperial Jasper

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Brecciate

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Natural Blue

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Ocean Jasper

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New Haven Purple

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Brown

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Pink Jasper

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Variegated Jasper

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Picture Jasper

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Brown Jasper

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Yellow Jasper

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Variegated Jasper

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Brown Jasper

Advanced Student Washington Collection (10X7X1.50inches) (515) Add-on Price $45.00

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Jaspers

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Quartz

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Feldspars

36 Tumbled Stones From Whidbey Island, Washington

Metals and Metallic Ores (516) Add-on Price $40.00

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Natural silver

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Hematite

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Pyrite

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Malachite

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Gold Flakes

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Gold Ore

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Rutile

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Ironstone Concretion

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Natural Copper

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Chalcopyrite

Colors in Minerals (517) Add-on Price $25.00

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Red

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Purple

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Strawberry

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Orange

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Lime Green

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Brown

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Yellow

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Honey

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Blue

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Pink

Minerals in Arrowheads (518) Add-on Price $30.00 (10 authentic arrowheads and scrapers)

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Quartz

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Obsidian

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Obsidian

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Agate

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Agate

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Quartzite

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Quartzite

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Chert

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Flint

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Jasper

Northwest Minerals (519) Add-on Price $40.00 (18 specimens from the Northwest)

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Talc - Montana

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Moss Agate - Montana

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Zebra Jasper - Utah

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Quartz - Washington

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Rhyolite - South Dakota

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Carnelian Agate - Oregon

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Mahogany Obsidian - Oregon

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Plume Agate - Oregon

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Chalcopyrite - Montana

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Pineapple Calcite - Oregon

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Selenite - Utah

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Perlite - Oregon

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Flint - Montana

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Sunstones - Oregon

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Hanksite - California

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Gneiss - South Dakota

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Agate Nodule - Idaho

The Student Samples Collection (520) Add-on Price $45.00 (2 samples each of the basic rock types, 6 mineral samples and 6 fossil samples)

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Obsidian (igneous)

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Vesicular Basalt (igneous)

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Shale w/ fossils (sedimentary)

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Limestone w/ fossils (sedimentary)

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Gneiss (metamorphic)

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Schist (metamorphic)

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Smoky Quartz

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Orange Calcite

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Mica

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Serpentine

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Silica

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Microcline

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Trilobite

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Shark Teeth

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Polished Petrified Wood (WA)

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Horn Coral

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Brachiopod

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Dinosaur Bone

The Worldwide Polished Stone Collection (521) 36 large tumbled stones from a variety of locations.  A great collection if you want to get a nice combination of a variety of agates, quartz and jaspers.  Starting in the upper left hand corner:  1st row - Amethyst, Arkansas; green aventurine, Brazil; clear quartz; yellow jasper; sodalite; citrine quartz; 2nd row - Biggs picture jasper, Oregon; leopard-skin jasper; yellow quartz, Whidbey Island, Washington; tiger eye, Africa; moss agate, Eastern Montana; hematite; 3rd row - petrified wood, Arizona; Botswana agate, Africa; blue lace agate, Brazil; carnelian agate, Oregon; zebra jasper; banded beach stone of quartz and jasper, Whidbey Island, Washington; 4th row - red jasper; Laguna agate, Mexico; pink sandwich agate, South Dakota; agate, South Dakota; "pudding stone", Utah; rose quartz, South Dakota; 5th row - milky quartz, Whidbey Island, Washington; banded agate, Pryor Mountains, Montana; plume agate, Oregon; prairie agate, South Dakota; petrified wood, Oregon; jasper, Whidbey Island, Washington; 6th row - Brazilian agate; Dryhead agate, Montana; agate, Utah; Turritella (fossil gastropods) agate, Utah; New Haven Purple jasper, Utah; "bubble gum" agate, South Dakota.  Each stone is carefully selected from my personal collection for beauty and shine.  Each collection comes with identification and very nice plastic box with lid.  The case measures 10 inches x 7 inches x 1.75 inches high.   $45.00 

The Northwest Rock and Fossil Collection (522)  24 personally selected, large specimens from the Northwest.  Some are rough and some are very nicely polished.  All are from my private collection!  What a great sampling from the beautiful Northwest!  From the upper left-hand corner: Row 1 - polished petrified wood from The Dalles, Oregon; polished carnelian agate, Oregon; trilobite (Elrathia kingi), Delta, Utah; "bubble gum" agate, South Dakota; gorgeous polished moss agate, Yellowstone River, Eastern Montana; polished quartz, Whidbey Island, Washington; Row 2 - polished jasper, Whidbey Island, Washington; polished New Haven Purple jasper, Southern Utah; polished petrified wood, South Dakota; polished Richardson thunder egg, Madras, Oregon; tumbled agate nodule, Corral and Horse Basin Creeks, east fork of the Salmon River, Chalis, Idaho; polished "pudding stone" (conglomerate jaspers), Utah; Row 3 - polished petrified wood, Utah; ammonite (Scahpites) section, Northern Montana; polished prairie agate (called Lakota Agate in some circles), South Dakota; rough fossilized algae, Greybull, Wyoming; polished Dryhead agate, Montana; crinoid stems, Purgatory, Colorado; Row 4 - rough rose quartz, Rapid City, South Dakota; agatized wood, Yellowstone River, Eastern Montana; trilobite (Peronopsis - the blind trilobite), Millard County, Utah; polished Biggs Picture jasper, Central Oregon; mica, Rapid City, South Dakota; polished petrified wood, Mattawa, Washington.  The collection comes complete with identification and large sturdy plastic box with lid.  The box measures 8 inches x 13 inches x 2.25 inches deep.  Each compartment measures 2 inches x 2 inches x 2.25 inches deep.  $85.00   

Minerals by Hardness Collection (523) Add-on Price $50.00 Representative samples covering the complete Mohs Hardness Scale - including the diamond!!

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Talc - 1

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Gypsum - 1.5

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Stibnite - 2

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Amber - 2.5

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Calcite - 3

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Aragonite - 3.5

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Rhodochrosite - 4

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Smithsonite - 5

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Magnetite - 5.5

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Opal - 5.5

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Microcline - 6

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Hematite - 6.5

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Emerald - 7

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Staurolite - 7.5

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Blue Topaz - 8

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Ruby - 9

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Sapphire - 9

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Diamond - 10

Minerals by Chemical Composition (Class) (524) Add-on Price $50.00.  18 representative minerals from each of the 10 classes of minerals

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Sulphur - Native element

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Silver - Native element

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Chalcopyrite - Sulfide

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Galena - Sulfide

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Halite - Halide

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Fluorite - Halide

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Spinel - Oxide

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Sapphire - Oxide

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Aragonite - Carbonate

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Azurite - Carbonate

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Smithsonite - Carbonate

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Barite - Sulfate

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Gypsum - Sulphate

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Vanadinite - Phosphate

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Garnet - Silicate

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Howlite - Silicate

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Amber - Organics

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Green Obsidian - Mineraloid

The Garnet Collection(525) Add-on Price $45.00

 

The Crystal Collection (526) Add-on Price $65.00.  18 representative minerals displaying classic crystal structures

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Natural Moissanite

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Ulexite

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Star Garnets

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Citrine

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Sapphire

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Quartz in geode

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Optical Calcite

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Kyanite

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Smokey Quartz

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Stilbite

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Beryl

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Fire Agate

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Aragonite

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Fluorite

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"Pecos Diamond"

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Amethyst

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Golden Apatite

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Apophyllite

Rocks of Washington State (527) Add-on Price $40.00  10 representative rocks and minerals from the State of Washington - FEATURING the famous Ellensburg Blue Agate!

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Tumbled Quartz

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Pumice from Mt. St. Helens - 1980 Eruption

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Tumbled Jasper

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Granite

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Opal

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Vesicular Andecine

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Tumbled Petrified Wood - The State Gemstone of Washington

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ELLENSBURG BLUE AGATE

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Granular Basalt

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Blue Topaz

 

The Chalcedony Collection (528) Add-on Price $35.00.  10 representative minerals classed as cryptocrystalline quartz

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Prase

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Dendritic agate

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Imperial jasper

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Chysoprase

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Purple chalcedony

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Druze quartz

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Sardonyx

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Banded agate

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Fortification agate

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Carnelian

Birthstones in the Rough (529) Add-on Price $60.00  Ever wondered what your birthstone looked like before it is fashioned into that beautiful gem?  Here is a collection of 18 rough gems representing the 12 months of the year!

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Garnet - January

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Rose Quartz - January

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Amethyst - February

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Onyx - February

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Aqaumarine - March

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Quartz Crystal - April

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Emerald - May

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Chrysoprase - May

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Moonstone - June

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Ruby - July

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Carnelian - July

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Peridot - August

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Sapphire - September

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Opal - October

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Tourmaline - October

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Topaz - November

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Citrine - November

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Turquoise - December

 

Free Worksheets with every purchase:

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Mineral Worksheet - 9 interactive questions for continued research

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Fossil Worksheet - 8 interactive questions for continued research

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Thunder Egg Worksheet - 9 interactive questions for continued research