We buy old rock collections, mineral specimens, crystals & gems

We BUY, SELL, TRADE Rock, Gem, & Mineral Collections

and we want Specific specimens / pieces :

We can Travel to you, Pay Cash or payment via Paypal or other online methods.
We can buy individual pieces or entire collections and backyard/storage hoards
At times we can trade or barter individual pieces or inventory - if you want to trade mineral specimens, CLICK HERE TO SEE MY TRADE PAGE.
We can sell your collection on consignment
Send us an email with description (as best you know), clear photographs showing SIZE and DETAIL, etc.

OUR CURRENT WANTS:

Any of the specific specimens pictured at the bottom of THIS page and @ THIS LINK;
Garage, attic, and storage collections of rock, mineral and crystal specimens incl lapidary rough rock;
Minerals, crystals and rocks from storage containers and / or estate collections;
Old pieces to entire collections of old Rattlesnake Jasper Howardite; Wingate Pass or Wash Plume Agate from near Death Valley; Bullion Plume Agate from California; Candy Cane or Forest Fire Agate from Idaho.
San Diego County & Southern California Mineral Specimens and crystals: Tourmaline, Kunzite, Morganite, Aquamarine, Topaz, Spessartine, Quartz, Lepidolite, and associated pegmatite gems and minerals from San Diego County; etc., including but not limited to, Pala, Rincon, Mesa Grande, Ramona, Aguanga, Chihuahua Valley, Warner, Coahuila Mtn, Red Mt, Anza, Thomas Mt., Jacumba, and others;
"Blue Cap" Tourmalines from Pala, San Diego County, California. If you have a pink to red tourmaline with a blue tip or cap and it is over 2 inches tall, we will probably want to buy it, whether it is a single crystal or attached to other rock / matrix. CONTACT US first. This includes Tourmalines from the Tourmaline Queen (Pala Queen or Queen Mine), Tourmaline King, Ed Fletcher, etc., Mines..... Of particular want are Bluecap Tourmalines from the 1972 find at the Tourmaline Queen Mine, please CONTACT US first!
Kunzite Spodumene and Morganite Beryl from Hiriart Mtn at Pala, with old labels or documented history (incl. Sickler, Ashley, Katerina, Vanderberg or Vandenberg, White Queen, Hiriart, Fargo, Senpe, Sempe, San Pedro, Anita, Aqualedge, (et al) Mines.
Mineral, Crystal, and Ore Specimens from the Homestake Gold Mine, Lead, South Dakota, incl collections;
Gold Quartz specimens from Custer Co., South Dakota, incl. Goldfish Mine, Gold Fish Group Mine, Salmon Mine, and any photos or documentation and history of these mines;
Gold, Quartz, ore specimens from the Holy Terror Mine at Keystone South Dakota;
Collections of old mining law books, texts, documents, magazines and publications about mining and gemstones, particularly southern california and northern nevada opal; and just about anything pertaining to the history of the Southern California pegmatite and tourmaline deposits and the opal deposits of Virgin Valley, Nevada. We also want Collections of old mining law books, texts, Interior Dept Decisions volumes ("Decisions of the Land Department"), documents, magazines and publications about USA mining law.

EXAMPLES of what we want (Click to enlarge): If you have something similar we might buy it, CONTACT US.

old Howardite Rattlesnake Jasper we want to buy cash paid

old Bullion Mountain Plume Agate we want to buy cash paid

old Wingate Pass Death Valley Plume Agate we want to buy cash paid

old Idaho Forest Fire Plume Candy Cane Agate we want to buy cash paid

Apache Flame Agate Mexico we buy pieces like this

Apache Agate Mexico we buy pieces like this cash paid

Blue Cap Tourmaline California we will buy pieces like this

pink tourmaline blue top cap we want to buy pieces

Blue Cap Tourmaline california wanted Cash Paid Contact Us

Pala Blue Cap Pink Tourmaline we want wanted we will pay cash

Blue Cap Tourmalines WANTED from California we will pay cash

California Tourmaline wanted we will pay cash

Kunzite-VanderbergMine-California-141mm-JB527-12 we want pieces like this cash paid

California Spessartine Spessartite Garnet Ramona WANTED we will pay cash

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Specific Pieces WANTED

SPECIFIC PIECES THAT WE WANT:

I would like to acquire the pieces shown BELOW. If you have any of these, I am willing to trade for and/or purchase them.

Kunzite Crystal Oceanview Mine

Kunzite crystal from the Oceanview Mine at Pala California. I sold this crystal several years ago to Erik Cordova of SDMC, I would like to buy it back. Contact me if you have it and want to sell it.

We want old stock Howardite Rattlesnake Jasper

Old stock Howardite Rattlesnake Jasper, WE WILL BUY individual pieces to entire collections. Cash Paid

Blue Cap Elbaite Tourmaline Pala California

We will buy tourmalines that look like this... CONTACT US FIRST!

Kunzite Matrix, Vanderberg Mine Pala

I WANT THIS SPECIFIC PIECE! MINID#WL4-QHD Kunzite, Vanderberg Mine, Hiriart Mountain, Pala, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA

Hiriart Mine Kunzite, Pala Calif.

I want this SPECIFIC piece and any others with a documented history from the Hiriart Mine or others from Hiriart Mtn at Pala....

We BUY, SELL, TRADE Rock, Gem, & Mineral Collections

and we want Specific specimens / pieces :

We can Travel to you, Pay Cash or payment via Paypal or other online methods.

We can buy individual pieces or entire collections and backyard/storage hoards

At times we can trade or barter individual pieces or inventory - if you want to trade mineral specimens, CLICK HERE TO SEE MY TRADE PAGE.

We can sell your collection on consignment

Send us an email with description (as best you know), clear photographs showing SIZE and DETAIL, etc.

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Any of the specific specimens pictured at the bottom of THIS page and @ THIS LINK;

Garage, attic, and storage collections of rock, mineral and crystal specimens incl lapidary rough rock;

Minerals, crystals and rocks from storage containers and / or estate collections;

Old pieces to entire collections of old Rattlesnake Jasper Howardite; Wingate Pass or Wash Plume Agate from near Death Valley; Bullion Plume Agate from California; Candy Cane or Forest Fire Agate from Idaho.

Kunzite Spodumene and Morganite Beryl from Hiriart Mtn at Pala, with old labels or documented history (incl. Sickler, Ashley, Katerina, Vanderberg or Vandenberg, White Queen, Hiriart, Fargo, Senpe, Sempe, San Pedro, Anita, Aqualedge, (et al) Mines.

Mineral, Crystal, and Ore Specimens from the Homestake Gold Mine, Lead, South Dakota, incl collections;

Gold Quartz specimens from Custer Co., South Dakota, incl. Goldfish Mine, Gold Fish Group Mine, Salmon Mine, and any photos or documentation and history of these mines;

Gold, Quartz, ore specimens from the Holy Terror Mine at Keystone South Dakota;

SPECIFIC PIECES THAT WE WANT: ​

SPECIFIC PIECES THAT WE WANT: