Red Beryl from Wah Wah Mountains, Utah

 

M & W Minerals

Walter R. Kellogg

 

517 294 6709

mwminerals@comcast.net

                           

 

Fine mineral specimens. Specializing in minerals from North and South America, rare species, native Copper specimens, specimens from Michigan, Tourmaline, Beryl and Topaz specimens.

Currently for sale on the webiste are 925  mineral specimens with individual webpages,  863 thumbnail specimens  and 201 mineral specimens priced 20 dollars and under.

Minerals sold on the website (first sale 12/5/09): 2444

Minerals returned (with full refund) - 5  --- and resold to a satisfied customer): 3  Minerals returned and exchanged for a different specimen: 4

Minerals returned  due to damage in shipping (with full refund): 2      Packages lost in transit: 3 --- packages  returned because of delivery problems: 2

Updates Email Bulletins: If you want to receive an email each time new minerals are added to the website (usually, each Wednesday) please send an email to mwminerals@comcast.net. We do not automatically add you to the email list when you buy something and then force you to tell us to take you off the email list.

Minerals sold to collectors in the countries of Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada (Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, B.C., Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Saskatchewan), China, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Mongolia, Norway, Peru, Portugal,  Russia, Scotland, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, and Wales

and the U.S. states of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland,  Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey,  New Mexico, New York,  Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Washington DC

Mineral Galleries    $20 Dollars & Under   Study & Hobby Samples   Links  Search  Show Schedule

Updates                 

                 

Latest Updates

Minerals Specimen: Cuprian Adamite and Segnitite from San Rafael Mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA

 

Previous Updates

Minerals Specimen: Watermelon Tourmaline from Cruzeiro mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

 

 

 

 

Minerals from Geographic Regions

United States

Minerals Specimen: Amazonite with possible Phenakite from Florissant, Crystal Park area, Teller County, Colorado, USA

 

Brazil

Minerals Specimen: Rutilated Quartz with Hematite from Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil

 

China

Minerals Specimen: Manganoan Calcite and Quartz from Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia, China

 

Canada

Minerals Specimen: Bicolor Vesuvianite from Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada

 

Mexico

Minerals Specimen: Lavender Smithsonite Sphere from Chihuahua, Mexico

 

Africa

Minerals Specimen: Morganite from Alto Ligonha pegmatites, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique

 

Russia

Minerals Specimen: Scepter Calcite from Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia

South and Central America

 

Minerals Specimen: Sliced Rhodochrosite Stalactites from Capallitas Mine, Adalgala Dept., Catamarca, Argentian

 

Europe

Minerals Specimen: Halite Pseudomorph after Gypsum from Salt deposit, Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France

 

Asia

Minerals Specimen: Okenite Included in Optical Calcite from Mumbai District, Maharashtra, India

 

Michigan

Minerals Specimen: Celestine on Sulfur from Maybee, Monroe County, Michigan, USA

 

Arizona

Minerals Specimen: Druzy Quartz over Chrysocolla Stalactites from 1990 foot level, Ray Mine, Scott Mountain area, Mineral Creek District, Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

 

New York

Minerals Specimen: Herkimer Diamonds from Herkimer, New York, USA

 

California

Minerals Specimen: Gold on Quartz from Harvard Mine, Jamestown, Mother Lode belt, Tuolumne Co., California, USA

 

Nevada

Minerals Specimen: Mcguinnessite from Basic Refractories mine, Gabbs District, Nye Co., Nevada, USA

 

New Jersey

Minerals Specimen: Stilbite from Workhouse Quarry, Lawreceville, Mercer Co., New Jersey, USA

 

New England

Minerals Specimen: Tourmaline from Oxford County, Maine, USA

 

 

Galleries by Special Interest

Rare Species

Minerals Specimen: Barbosalite and Hureaulite from Lavra do Tome, Galileia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

 

Pseudomorphs and Casts

Minerals Specimen: Prehnite pseudomorphs after Laumonite from Lane & Sons Traprock quarries, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA

 

Minerals with Inclusions

Minerals Specimen: Okenite Included in Optical Calcite from Mumbai District, Maharashtra, India

 

Fluorescent

Minerals Specimen: Mix of Various Fluorescent Minerals in Plaster from


 


Polished and Worked

Minerals Specimen: Datolite from Caledonia Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA

 

Thumbnails 

Sorted by Most Recent

 Minerals Specimen: Spessartine Garnet on Smoky Quartz from Tongbei, Fujian, China

Thumbnails 

Sorted Alphabetically 

Minerals Specimen: Adamite from Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico

 

Galleries by Species or Group

 

Tourmaline

Minerals Specimen: Tourmaline (Elbaite) from Alto Ligonha pegmatites, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique

 

Copper 

Minerals Specimen: Copper Crystals from Flint Steel Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA

 

Zeolites

Minerals Specimen: Okenite on Prehnite from Mumbai District, Maharashtra, India

 

Calcite

Minerals Specimen: Manganoan Calcite from Manaoshan Mine, Dongpo ore field, Chenzhou City, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China

 

Quartz

Minerals Specimen: Smoky Quatrz Scepter on Amethyst from Itaguacu, Espirito Santo, Brazil

 

Fluorite

Minerals Specimen: Fluorite from Cave-In-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois

 

Topaz

Minerals Specimen: Bicolor Topaz with Unidentified Inclusions from Marambainha, Carai, Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

 

 

Beryl

Minerals Specimen: Red Beryl on Rhyolite Matrix from Violet Claims, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah, USA

 

Gold and Silver

Minerals Specimen: Gold on Quartz from Harvard Mine, Jamestown, Mother Lode belt, Tuolumne Co., California, USA

 

Garnet 

Minerals Specimen: Grossular Garnet from Lake Jaco, Sierra de la Cruz, Mun. de Sierra Mojada, Coahuila, Mexico

 

 

 

Systematic Galleries

 

Native Elements 

Minerals Specimen: Etched Sulfur from Stoneco Quarry, Maybee, Monroe County, Michigan

Oxides & Hydroxides

Minerals Specimen: Rutile on Hematite from Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil

 

Sulfides

Minerals Specimen: Arsenopyrite from Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia, China

 

Carbonates

Minerals Specimen: Azurite and Malachite from Anhui Province, China

 

Halides

Minerals Specimen: Halite Pseudomorph after Gypsum from Salt deposit, Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France

 

Phosphates

Minerals Specimen: Purpurite from Goabev Farm 34, Karibib, Namibia

 

Sulfates

Minerals Specimen: Golden Celestine from Yate, Chipping Sodbury District, South Gloucestershire, England, UK

 

Borates and Hydrocarbons

Minerals Specimen: Ludwigite from Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA

 

Sorosilicates

Minerals Specimen: Dark Blue Hemimorphite from Wenshan Mine, Wenshan County, Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China

 

Nesosilicates

Minerals Specimen: Datolite from Cape Mine, Mosquito District, Copper Harbor, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA

 

Inosilicates

Minerals Specimen: Rhodonite Crystal with Galena and Sphalerite from Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia

 

 

Tectosilicates

Minerals Specimen: Amazonite with possible Phenakite from Florissant, Crystal Park area, Teller County, Colorado, USA

Cyclosilicates

Minerals Specimen: Benitoite with minor Neptunite from Gem Mine, San Benito County, California, USA

 

Phyllosilicates

Minerals Specimen: Apophyllite on Quartz Stalactite from Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India

 

 

 

 

Galleries by Price 

 

Under 25 Dollars

Minerals Specimen: Silver Copper Halfbreed from Butler Lode, Nebraska Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA

 

25 to 49 Dollars

Minerals Specimen: Creedite from Mina Navidad, Abasolo, Durango, Mexico

 

50 to 99 Dollars

Minerals Specimen: Gold Crystals from Mad Mutha Mine, Ten Mile District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA

 

100 to 199 Dollars

Minerals Specimen: Lazulite Pseudomorph after Sodalite with Pyrite and Mica from Faisbad, Koksha Valley, Jurm District, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan

 

200 to 299 Dollars

Minerals Specimen: Morganite from Urucum Mine, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

 

300 to 499 Dollars

Minerals Specimen: Tourmaline on Quartz from Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil

 

500 Dollars and Greater

Minerals Specimen: Tourmaline from Paprok Mine, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan

 



Wulfenite on Mottramite from the 79 Mine, Hayden, Gila Co., Arizona