Polished & Natural Specimens
Included here are a variety of polished specimens and natural mineral specimens perfect for adding to your collection or giving as gifts to friends.
Many of the specimens offered here are wonderful starter pieces for beginning rock collectors, and some are suitable for the more discerning agate, gem, and mineral connoisseurs among us. Measurements are given as width by height by depth. Enjoy!
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#SP101
Specimen: Dome face polished, self collected Cady Mountains purple & white flame agate from California. This color and type combination is rare from this location, and this piece was collected many years ago. The back side is cut flat & could also be polished.
2 1/2″ x 1 3/4″ x 1 5/8″ thick
Price: $40.00
#SP102
Specimen: This is a really cool little face polished Texas plume agate nodule with lots of different colorful mossy inclusions & tiny fortifications.
2 1/8″ x 1 1/8″ x 1″
Price: $16.00
#SP103
Specimen: This is a slightly dome polished Laguna agate with beautiful purple & pink banding with parallax, tubes, and a small orange sagenite burst. This piece is cut flat on the back and is a really pretty specimen!
2 3/8″ x 1 1/2″ x 1/2″ – 7/8″
Price: $45.00
#SP104
Specimen: A nice slightly dome face polished piece of gem silica, chrysocolla, malachite, and quartz. The gem silica is a beautiful aqua baby blue, and this piece could be cut into slabettes for cabbing. There are some tiny fractures in the lower part as seen in the photo. From Arizona.
2 1/8″ x 1 3/8″ x 1 1/2″
WT: 61.3 grams
Price: $75.00
#SP105
Specimen: This is a fantastic, multi-colored face polished fortification agate rough chunk from Morocco with other inclusions. It has a couple of fine fractures near the top & bottom edges as seen in the photo, but that does not detract at all from its beauty.
2 5/8″ x 2″ x 1 1/2″
Price: $40.00
#SP106
Specimen: This is a beautiful dome face polished Texas agate biscuit filled with large red plumes in a dark pink & lavender background. There is a pit towards the bottom as seen in the photo & some small pitting here & there. The face is fully polished and the back is semi-polished with a beautiful 3/4″ crystal druzy pocket.
2 1/4″ x 2 1/8″ x 3/8″ – 3/4″
Price: $30.00
#SP107
Specimen: This is a very nice, self collected face polished unusual fortification agate in colors of lavender & white with open quartz vug and sagenite bursts from Sheeps Bridge, AZ.
2 1/2″ x 1 3/4″ x 1 1/8″
Price: $25.00
#SP108
Specimen: This is a beautiful, fairly large, face polished fortification banded rough chunk of Agua Nueva agate from Mexico with euhedral quartz and other inclusions. It has a few sparkly druzy pockets, and would make an excellent addition for anyones agate collection.
4″ x 1 7/8″ x 1 5/8″
Price: $45.00
#SP109
Specimen: This is a very pretty piece of face polished fortification agate in shades of translucent gold with pink, grey, & black bands from eastern Arizona. A unique piece from this location.
2 1/4″ x 1 3/8″ x 1 3/8″
Price: $18.00
#SP110
Specimen: This is a beautiful face polished multicolor Laguna fortification agate in colors of red and gold with lots of little tubes & flowery inclusions. The lines that you see in the face are healed fractures. From Mexico.
3 1/4″ x 1 3/4″ x 1″
Price: $30.00
#SP111
Specimen: This is a terrific face polished Baker Ranch thunderegg geode agate with striking sagenite needles floating in a translucent green and red background with pale amethyst euhedral quartz. From New Mexico.
2 3/4″ x 2 1/2″ x 1 1/8″
Price: $30.00
#SP112
Specimen: This is a wonderful, large example of a face polished piece of rare Bear Canyon fortification agate in shades of blue-grey, white & black colors. This is material you rarely see come up for sale, especially in this size. The thin fractures are much less evident in hand. From Montana.
4″ x 2 1/2″ x 2″
Price: $200.00
#SP113
Specimen: This is a pretty face polished half nodule of banded agate from Brazil. This piece has nice colors of blue, gold, and white in the bands with a little druzy pocket in the center.
3 1/2″ x 1 1/2″ x 2″
Price: $8.00
#SP114
Specimen: Beautiful face polished Parcelas half nodule agate with pink, lavender, & grey colored bands in a blue background with red inclusions. From Mexico.
1 3/4″ x 1 1/4″ x 1 1/8″
Price: $20.00
#SP115
Specimen: This is a wonderful, large face polished fortification agate half nodule from Kentucky filled with small inclusions and solid euhedral quartz pocket in the center in a multicolor background. This is a very nice specimen from that location.
4 1/2″ x 2 3/8″ x 2 3/4″
Price: $45.00
#SP116
Specimen: This is a pretty tumble polished Ocean Jasper palm stone from Madagascar. There are small colorful orbs throughout the piece with euhedral quartz and a few tiny druzy vugs. This could be cabbed if you wanted to.
1 3/4″ x 1 1/4″ x 1/2″
Price: $8.00
#SP117
Specimen: This is a face polished banded agate from Rancho Laguna, Mexico. This pretty piece has red, pink & lavender bands with an open crystal center. A nice piece for a starter agate collection!
1 1/2″ x 1 1/2″ x 1 1/2″
Price: $18.00
#SP118
Specimen: This is a really sweet face polished piece of Agua Nueva agate from Mexico. It has a center open pocket filled with small quartz crystals surrounded by translucent agate filled with multiple inclusions in different colors.
2 5/8″ x 1 7/8″ x 1 1/2″
Price: $35.00
#SP119
Specimen: This is a nice little face polished Baker Ranch baby thunderegg geode agate with a couple waterline bands at the bottom and a center filled with lots of sparkling quartz crystals.
1 3/4″ x 1 3/8″ x 3/4″
Price: $14.00
#SP120
Specimen: This is a nice face polished Dryhead fortification agate from Montana. There is an open center surrounded by euhedral quartz and agate banding. There is one thin fracture in the banding as seen in the photo, but it is much less noticeable in hand. Great colors in this piece, and it is also dome polished on the back side.
2 7/8″ x 1 3/8″ x 3/4″
Price: $18.00
#SP121
Specimen: This is an interesting face polished stick/sagenite needle agate packed with well-defined needles in shades of blue-grey & other pastel colors. It is gently rounded from being water worn in stream beds. From China.
3 3/8″ x 1 1/2″ x 1 5/8″
Price: $20.00
#SP122
Specimen: Face polished pinkish-tan and brown Dino bone section from Utah. There are some fractures across the face and it is the end part of a bone with a curved area at the back. A great starter specimen or gift!
2 1/2″ x 2″ x 2 3/4″
Price: $16.00
#SP123
Specimen: This is a cool little polished agate pyramid with gold & grey banding & a small druzy pocket. A fun piece to add to your collection or to give as a gift to an agate-loving friend! From Brazil.
1″ x 1″ x 1″
Price: $8.00
#SP124
Specimen: This is a really pretty face polished Mexican agate in colors of red & yellow with euhedral quartz, quartz crystal vugs, sagenite bursts and other inclusions.
3 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ x 2 1/4″
Price: $20.00
#SP125
Specimen: This is a nice face polished piece of Teepee Canyon agate from South Dakota. This piece has some bright red & orange fortifications around a small euhedral quartz center. There are some thin fracture lines across the face, but it could be easily cut a few more times for slabs for cabbing.
2 7/8″ x 2 5/8″ x 2 3/4″
Price: $16.00
Minerals & Crystals
#SPM121
Specimen: This is a beautiful specimen of well-defined pyrite cubes nestled amidst a sea of fantastic, spiky little quartz crystal clusters. From Peru.
3″ x 2″ x 2 1/2″
Price: $40.00
#SPM122
Specimen: This is a very cool little pale smoky quartz crystal point polished all around and filled with terrific shimmering inclusions and dendrites from Brazil. Perfect for a tabletop or small altar.
2 1/4″ x 1 7/8″ x 1 1/2″
Price: $18.00
#SPM123
Specimen: A rare and collectible mineral specimen of large malachite after azurite crystal pseudomorphs along with areas of silky, fibrous malachite. From the Milpillas mine in Mexico.
6″ x 3″ x 1 1/4″
Price: $100.00
#SPM124
Specimen: A beautifully formed and richly colored Amazonite double crystal cluster. From Colorado.
1 5/8″ x 1″ x 1 3/8″
Price: $20.00
#SPM125
Specimen: A wonderful standing quartz plate covered with flat, radiating clear crystal faces included with little green chlorite balls and flecks. Includes metal stand.
2 7/8″ x 2 3/4″ x 1/4″
Total height is 4 1/4″
Price: $16.00
#SPM126
Specimen: This is an awesome piece of massive quartz with pale aquamarine beryl crystals embedded in it. This material comes from Connecticut on the east coast of the USA.
2 1/4″ x 1 1/2″ x 1″
Price: SOLD
#SPM127
Specimen: This is a really cool calcite/sand concretion specimen that looks like a sea creature with an open mouth & a big googly eye! I’m not sure on the location, but it’s been a prized piece in my collection for many years.
4 1/4″ x 1 1/4″ x 1 1/4″
Price: $20.00
#SPM128
Specimen: This is a beautiful, lustrous example of an azurite crystal cluster from Sonora, Mexico. Large well-formed azurite crystals like these are not often found and the Milpillas mine is one of the few in the world that produces fine specimens like this.
1 1/2″ x 1 1/2″ x 3/4″
Wt: 38.1 grams
Price: $200.00
#SPM129
Specimen: This is a wonderful terminated Hanksite crystal from Searles Lake, California, with inclusions. Hanksite often fluoresces and needs to be kept oiled and protected as it will decompose over time if exposed to the elements.
1 1/2″ x 1″ x 3/4″
Price: $18.00
#SPM130
Specimen: This is a very pretty pink Rose Quartz polished sphere. It has thin striated bands and lustrous pearly inclusions. Rose Quartz is recognized as one of the most beneficial stones for healing emotions and promoting loving feelings.
Comes with small plastic stand.
1 3/4″ diameter
Price: $20.00
#SPM131
Specimen: This is a completely natural Oklahoma Rose rock. These roses are a combination of barite, quartz sand and hematite that were dug around the lake Stanley Draper area in Oklahoma. Specimens are difficult to find any more due to land development and decades of previous collecting so this one is a real treasure.
2 1/4″ x 1 3/4″ x 1 1/4″
Price: $20.00
#SPM132
Specimen: This beautiful golden iridescent calcite on matrix is from Oskaloosa, Iowa. These unique variations of calcite form in septarian pockets, just like the septarian nodules that are found in Utah. A rare and interesting piece for your collection.
3 3/8″ x 2″ x 1 1/2″
Price: $16.00
#SPM133
Specimen: This is a very nice elongated bladed crystal of blue Kyanite from Brazil. Metaphysical properties include the ability to prevent an accumulation of negative energy.
4 1/2″ x 3/4″ x 1/4″
Price: $8.00
#SPM134
Specimen: Bornite is a very pretty sulfide mineral that is considered to be an ore of copper and is often called “peacock ore” due to its iridescent tarnish that looks similar to colors you might see on peacock feathers. A great starter piece for a kid’s collection.
2″ x 1 1/2″ x 2″
Price: $4.00
#SPM135
Specimen: This is a really cool scalenohedral calcite sand crystal specimen in the form of a twinned crystal formation. These unique crystals form when grains of sand are cemented with calcite crystals. From South Dakota.
1 1/2″ x 1 3/8″ x 1/2″
Price: $18.00
#SPM136
Specimen: This is a large, beautiful rough specimen piece of a tabular, terminated water-clear topaz crystal from Brazil. There are some fine striations and nicks along the edges and some flat, scaly, lustrous inclusions internally.
2 1/4″ x 3/4″ x 5/8″
Wt: 61.2 grams (305 carats)
Price: $150.00
#SPM137
Specimen: For crystal collectors, a nice, clear single quartz crystal in matrix from Diamond Point, Arizona. It’s hard to come by pieces like this nowadays, and you can see the crystal top sticking up at top center left.
2 3/4″ x 1 1/2″ x 1″
Price: $18.00
#SPM138
Specimen: This is a very large almandine garnet crystal specimen from Idaho. Nice complete and clean crystals like this are rare and some may contain asterism that when cut into cabochons exhibits a desirable star pattern.
Wt: 107.8 grams, 539 carats
Price: $100.00
#SPM139
Specimen: Here is a nice, large single schorl tourmaline crystal with a little attached mica & feldspar. It is a black color and is a great dispeller of negative energy if you are using it for metaphysical purposes.
5 1/4″ x 1 5/8″ x 1 1/2″
Price: $12.00
#SPM140
Specimen: This is a really nice face polished Mexican geode filled with beautiful sparkling quartz crystals, some with internal rainbows. This is a really great display piece if you are a crystal lover!
3″ x 2 3/4″ x 1 1/4″
Price: $18.00
#SPM141
Specimen: This is a really sweet Rainbow Aura quartz crystal cluster specimen. The rainbow colors are achieved by gold and titanium mineral salts sprayed onto the quartz and heated to adhere permanently to the quartz crystals.
2 3/4″ x 1 3/4″ x 1 3/4″
Price: $16.00
#SPM142
Specimen: This is a random lot of yellow apatite crystals from Mexico. The crystals range in size from the longest at 1″ to the shortest at 3/8″. Some need cleaning and a couple may be facetable for a small stone.
Wt: 50 grams
Price: $10.00
#SPM143
Specimen: This is a beautiful natural cluster of well-formed dark smoky quartz crystals. The crystals are almost black and the surfaces are glossy with some fine striations. The crystals range in size from a small druzy to 2″ long. From Brazil.
2 1/4″ x 1 3/4″ x 1 1/8″
Price: $24.00
#SPM144
Specimen: This is a sweet little quartz crystal point tower filled with black Schorl tourmaline crystals running through it. It is polished all around in an asymmetric shape and comes from Brazil. Perfect for a tabletop or small altar and is a protective stone.
2 1/2″ x 1 1/4″ x 3/4″
Price: SOLD
#SPM145
Specimen: This is a terrific specimen of druzy covered pseudomorphic tubes that comes from the world famous Coyamito Ranch agate collecting location in Chihuahua, Mexico. The internal mineral has pretty much eroded away, leaving the beautiful casts you see here.
2″ x 3″ x 1″
Closeout Price: $16.00
