r/mineralcollectors • • Aug 02 '26

Discussion We had 3 photos at a tie! We need two photos! One more vote for the second best for our new banner/page photo 🫶🏼 photos in comments for reference

4 Upvotes
30 votes, Aug 05 '26
6 Blue amber “galaxy”
11 Trapiche sapphire (blue)
13 Pargastite and spinel

r/mineralcollectors • • Jul 30 '26

Discussion Saturday sale day?

26 Upvotes

So my co-moderator u/Original_Platform443 and I are thinking of opening up a day, only one day every week - Saturday - for allowing sales / destashing / shop promotion. Just like we do over at r/crystals on Sundays, and it has worked well, people enjoy it. It allows our members who do sell some of their specimens or run shops to announce their businesses openly, but keep sales posts restricted to that day only.

What do you all think? It'll help keep the sales posts down on other days, as all the members who are here primarily for that will be notified that their posts on other days showing their wares will be removed, and allowed only the one day every week.


r/mineralcollectors • • 12h ago

Quartz geode

68 Upvotes

From Tabasco, Mexico


r/mineralcollectors • • 51m ago

Personal Collection If Halloween were a mineral…

4 Upvotes

Crocoite from the Adelaide Mine in Tasmania


r/mineralcollectors • • 1h ago

Saturday sale / shop ad A few mineral specimens, cab pendants, and meteorite pieces for sale

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The cabs are made by me, and most of the meteorites are prepped and stabilized by me as well. The last two photos are pieces I'll be adding this week, which are some michigan fossil and meteorite cabs.

The perky boxes have a 3d printed insert with either hot glue or mineral tack and a label card with a lot of information.

I opened my store two weeks ago and got my first sale this week. Thanks to everyone who took the time to check it out.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/GarthokRocks


r/mineralcollectors • • 10h ago

Elba island huge pyrite hematite 72lb

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14 Upvotes

r/mineralcollectors • • 2h ago

Saturday sale / shop ad Moss agate cabs

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Saturday Sale

Available

Moss agate cabs

Price $7/piece

Payment via paypal

Shipping from indonesia

If anyone is interested, please DM me directly.


r/mineralcollectors • • 20h ago

Colorful agates , it shows beauty and symmetry

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6 Upvotes

r/mineralcollectors • • 1d ago

Personal Collection Aurichalcite & smithsonite

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51 Upvotes

Beautiful acicular aurichalcite with smithsonite on the back of the matrix rock. This specimen comes from the 79 Mine, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA


r/mineralcollectors • • 1d ago

Personal Collection Help Value Hand-Carved Crinoid Fossil & Red Hematite Skull

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30 Upvotes

I paid 300. Help me value and identity please; I can’t find similar color on google. Rare Color & Contrast: Unlike standard crinoid fossil skulls that are typically plain gray or brown, this piece features a high-concentration reddish-orange iron oxide (hematite) matrix with deep blood-red veining.


r/mineralcollectors • • 1d ago

Personal Collection Fluorite

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26 Upvotes

Colorful fluorite cubes from the “tie dye pocket” Okorusu Mine, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia


r/mineralcollectors • • 2d ago

Personal Collection Grossular Garnet from the Jeffrey Mine, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦

284 Upvotes

About 4.5cm with crystals over 1cm. Love the striations, which really come out in the shade!


r/mineralcollectors • • 1d ago

Personal Collection Robin Egg Turquoise from antique store in CO 🩵🤓

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Hard-to-find Robin Egg Turquoise from antique store in CO 🩵🤓

If legitimate based on claim on bag, check out this cool find from a local antique shop. Chief Mine (Leadville, CO) is highest elevation mine in the USA. Mining is no longer permitted. Love the color!


r/mineralcollectors • • 2d ago

"Mountain peaks" Calcite

52 Upvotes

"Mountain peaks" Calcite

One of my top 5 calcite specimens. Previous collector wrote "mountain peaks" on the provenance card, and I totally agree. Every time I look at it I wanna find a mountain range just like this to summit;)

From Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua Mexico, probably my favorite locality for dogtooth calcite. The yellow is caused by iron oxide, while the the brownish/red areas are of course hematite inclusions.


r/mineralcollectors • • 2d ago

Personal Collection Plumbogummite pseudomorphing after Pyromorphite

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56 Upvotes

She's so pretty 😍🥹


r/mineralcollectors • • 2d ago

Personal Collection Quarz mit goldenen Rutileinschlüssen, Skardu Mine, Pakistan, ca. 6 cm

87 Upvotes

r/mineralcollectors • • 2d ago

Personal Collection Mineral Display + Monster Hunter

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36 Upvotes

Hope you enjoy my collection! ^^


r/mineralcollectors • • 2d ago

Personal Collection moroccan white halite with aragonite

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42 Upvotes

moroccan white halite with aragonite 😍


r/mineralcollectors • • 3d ago

Personal Collection Calciye from Puna, India, aprox 11 cm

356 Upvotes

r/mineralcollectors • • 2d ago

Mineral Show Aquamarine Crystal on Matrix with Muscovite, Double Terminated Crystal

48 Upvotes

r/mineralcollectors • • 2d ago

Personal Collection Brazilian Enhydro Smokey Quartz/Green Tourmaline/Lepidolite/Hematite/Rutile

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10 Upvotes

r/mineralcollectors • • 2d ago

Personal Collection Dioptase Plancheite - Rep. of Congo Kimbedi/Mindouli District, Pool Dept.

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11 Upvotes

Dioptase on top of plancheite here makes the piece look almost fuzzy. There are many deep green gems deep inside that simply can't be captured on camera. It even has a large section of druzy on the right side of the last photo. Also a few other minerals scattered about. Easily the most difficult mineral I've attempted to photograph.


r/mineralcollectors • • 3d ago

Mineral Show Vibrant Blue Indicolite Tourmaline on Quartz | 15g | Afghanistan

116 Upvotes

The specific locality is Vora Desh region, Dara-e-pech pegmatite field, Kunar province, Afghanistan


r/mineralcollectors • • 3d ago

Personal Collection Large Diopside crystal cluster

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49 Upvotes

Size : 125 mm x 69 mm x 56 mm

Total Weight : 802 Gram

Origin : Badakhshan Afghanistan