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IC Minerals
Inland Lapidary
David K. Joyce
Katy Rock Shop
Kelly's Rocks
Key's Mineral Collection
Khyber Mineral Company
Kristalle
Lehigh Minerals
Lexcel Minerals
Lithosphere

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IC Minerals

Hello, my name is Isaias Casanova. I founded IC Minerals (ICM) in 1989. "Quality minerals at reasonable prices", was the quote on my first business card. I started with local shows but was limited to few national shows, since at the time I worked for a financial institution. In 1994, I decided to produce a video catalog for collectors who were "travel limited" and could not attend the major shows. It was not an original idea, (there were a few mineral videos on the market) so I decided that at least, since my video was not the first, then it would be the best available. I wanted a well videographed production, with music and fine minerals to sell to the collector. With the help of my ex wife Ann, and Herberto Velez (Videographer), we shot IC Minerals on Video, Volume 1. It was well received by the collectors and trade magazines. A year later, I was on the main floor at the Tucson Show. In July 1998, ICM went on the Internet, opening up a new way of offering fine minerals to the collector. I stopped doing videos in 2003 and now concentrate on the Internet site and certain trade shows.

ICM is my business. I do all the photography for the site, the specimen acquisitions, preparation, labeling, research and marketing. Yes, it's fun and I enjoy it tremendously!

ICM is now a full time business. After 15 years, my goals remain the same. To provide collectors with "quality minerals at reasonable prices". I want you to be happy with the minerals ICM offers, whether you find them on the web site, at a major show, at a private showing in your home or in my showroom in the Orlando area. I offer a "money back guarantee" and a 7 day inspection period on all the minerals shipped. Please use expediency in any returns and the care necessary in shipping mineral specimens.

Featured Item: Elbaite with Lepidolite

Location: Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California

Size: 5 x 4.3 x 4.2 cm

Item #: 5546

Comments: A doubly terminated, reddish pink elbaite crystal is joined by another rehealed crystal bladed labite and purple leidolite. Though mostly red-pink, a greenish line runs towards one termination. There are also smaller elbaites thru the albite matrix. Really interesting and beautiful.

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Inland Lapidary

Inland's lapidary equipment, tools, and supplies are available to lapidary hobbyists and rockhounds all over the world. Our line of lapidary equipment includes diamond band saws and trim saws, plus diamond grinders and polishers, - all designed specifically for use on your rocks and minerals.

Inland Lapidary also offers a broad range of diamond grinding wheels and drums, diamond saw blades, and other diamond tools for use on other manufacturers' lapidary machines. You will find replacement diamond grinding wheels for cabbing machines by Barranca, Diamond Pacific, Gemtec, Graves, Lortone, Raytech, and more. We are proud to offer these and other lapidary supplies for both the professional gem maker as well as the casual rock and mineral hobbyist / collector.

Please take some time to look around our site. You will find a site full of helpful reference information most commonly requested by the lapidary enthusiast.

Featured Item: Sintered Burs in 325 and 600 Grit

Inland Lapidary Featured Item We now offer a full range of sintered burs in 325g and 600g in addition to the 100g and 220g burs we have been selling for the past year. Now you can have any shape in the range of grits that you need to take your sculptural and carved work from rough shaping all the way to pre-polish. Our sintered burs are suitable for shaping and carving all kinds of minerals and will last 5 to 10 times longer than diamond plated burs and up to 100 times longer than silicon carbide or aluminum oxide abrasive points.

Sintered burs will last 5 to 10 times longer than diamond plated burs and up to 100 times longer than various types of silicon carbide or aluminum oxide mounted abrasive points. Suitable for shaping and carving all kinds of minerals.

FeaturedItem: ESTWING GOLD PANS

We have added the complete line of Estwing gold pans to the a wide selection of Estwing products we offer. Now even more you can think Inland for Estwing!

Estwing Geological Tools are the first choice of geologists, archeologists, paleontologists and rockhounds worldwide. They are affordable enough for beginners to start with the best.

Inland Lapidary Featured Item

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David K. Joyce Minerals

Here is a website for you that is different! David K. Joyce specializes in Canadian minerals, plus international sulphides, sulphosalts and native elements. Prices are reasonable and quality of the specimens is high. I've been dealing in mineral specimens for over 23 years now and have clients that have been purchasing minerals for that entire length of time.

My inventory includes, Yukon phosphates, Cobalt Camp silver and accessory minerals, Mont Saint-Hilaire rarities, native elements, Grenville minerals, plus many unusual minerals and obscure localities that you just don't see on other dealers' websites.

In addition, I have a contract with Goldcorp Inc to prepare and sell gold specimens from the Red Lake Mine, currently the richest gold mine in the world (650 tons per day @ 2.5 troy oz. per ton!). Have a look at that special section of my website.

I do as much field collecting as I can to offer you interesting minerals at reasonable prices. Have a look under the Mineralogical Pot Pourri or Recent Activities sections of the site to see some of my collecting projects. I am always interested in purchasing mineral collections or very good quality mineral specimen surplus from your collecting efforts. Please contact me about this.

I hope that you find something interesting on the website to add to your collection or to use in your research.

Featured Item: Gold

David K. Joyce Featured Item

Location: Rivard Mine, Red Lake, Ontario, Canada

Item #: 9997

Comments: A rich gold-in-quartz vein cuts across the top of this green fuschite matrix t o make a showy, rich specimen. Lots of chromite in the matrix.

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KatyRockShop.com

As avid collectors for many years we have so much inventory that the time has come to sell and have some fun. Our desire is to bring to you rocks, minerals and fossils that are eye-popping and just plain fun to collect. We love specimens that truly grab your attention and our hope is that you will find that kind of feeling as you go through our inventory.

Please check back to the site often because we will be adding new inventory weekly.

Featured Item: Quartz with Phantom

Kelly's Rocks

Location: Serro do Cabral, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Size: 7 x 4 x 6 cm

Item #: MS326

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Kelly's Rocks

Featured Item: Celestine

Kelly's Rocks

Location: Sakoany deposit, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar

Item #: 33484

Size: 2.6 x 2.4 x 1.6 inches

Comments: A nice partial geode of gemmy, blue-gray celestine crystals. This mineral is often referred to as celestite.

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Key's Mineral Collection

I started Key's Minerals and opened my mineral store in 1998. Initially, I was in the music business in Tokyo. I was a professional saxophone player, and collected minerals as a side hobby.

In 1995, the Great Hanshin Earthquake hit my hometown, Ashiya. This event changed my life. I decided to leave Tokyo, to repair my family home left to me by my mother. I decided to start a fulltime mineral business in my hometown.

Why "Key's Minerals"? I am called "Key-san" by those close to me.

We value your support and aim to provide high quality specimens for the best prices.

Featured Item: Quartz var. Amethyst

Key's Minerals Featured Item

Location: Amatitlan, Mun. de Zumpamgo del Rio, Guerrero, Mexico

Size: 3.2 x 4.3 x 2.1 cm

Item #: AD124

Comments: A cluster of clear quartz with purple phantoms.

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Khyber Minerals

The Khyber Mineral Company specializes in offering high quality mineral specimens at a reasonable price. After several months of planning, the company came alive on the web in May of 2003, following a trip to the North Western Frontier Province of Pakistan where the owner personally selected the initial offering of the specimens. Since then specimens from Pakistan and Afghan regions continue to be made available on the site, the offerings have been extended to include other geographic regions such as Africa, China and South America. Amongst our current offerings are Chinese mimetite, afghanite, bastnäsite, thumbnail Brazilian monazites and xenotimes, and other specimens ranging from fine cabinet aquamarines to new Bolivian vivianites, as well as a selection of fine Russian specimens. The owner believes in developing the business by word of mouth and every attempt is made to leave the customers absolutely delighted. Emails are answered promptly, every attempt is made to ship the product within two business days, and no profits are made from shipping and handling.

Featured Item: Magnetite, Quartz, Manganocalcite

Khyber Minerals Featured Item

Location: Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China

Size: 21.7 x 13.0 x 8.7 cm

Item#: IMCN3

Comments: This exceptional specimen is composed of DODECAHEDRAL crystals. This form is highly unusual in magnetite, except (I am told) in skarn deposits. Everywhere else, they are usually octahedral—think back to the Bolivian pieces, or the loose brazilian octahedrons.

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Kristalle

KRISTALLE, operated by Wayne and Dona Leicht, was founded in 1971. Since then KRISTALLE has gained a worldwide reputation for offering the finest quality mineral and gold specimens. The world's museums consistently come to KRISTALLE to add to their collections as well as collectors from around the world.

Located in a landmark cottage in Laguna Beach, KRISTALLE is considered the finest gallery of its kind in the world. Thousands of specimens are on display of interest to the beginning collector or the most sophisticated advanced collector.

Gold specimens from California have brought KRISTALLE to the attention of the world and no other dealer in the history of collecting has offered the numbers or quality of specimens that are obtainable at KRISTALLE.

You can visit the gallery in person, see the KRISTALLE booth at shows around the world or contact us by fax or e-mail. Serious inquiries will be answered in a timely manner.

We are buyers for fine mineral and gold specimens as well as antiquarian books.

Featured Item: TOURMALINE

Kristalle Featured Item

Location: Goma, Kivu, DR Congo (Zaire), Africa

Size: 1.3 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm

Item #: BL2592

Comments: A short but sweet Tourmaline from the new find at Goma. The single crystal is green with a thin pink then yellowish cap, gemmy with fine wavy fluid inclusions. This is an unusual location for Tourmaline, and is thought to be north of the city of Goma in the volcanic area. The specimen was purchased and is priced based on the gem value due to the gemminess and attractive colour. Most crystals recovered from here are very waterworn, which makes this crystal more exceptional for its crystal form. Net weight 3.2 grams.

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Lehigh Minerals

Check out our weekly auctions;
WWW.LEHIGHMINERALAUCTION.COM

Featured Item: ENARGITE with PYRITE

Lehigh Minerals Featured Item

Location: Huanzala Mine, Huanuco Department, Peru

Size: 8.5 x 7.5 x 4 cm

Item #: 9ldgcirs

Comments: Here is a cabinet sized specimen of black non lustrous Enargite crystals with brassy lustrous Pyrite from Peru's Huanzala Mine ex H Deisinger collection.

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Lithospheres

The goals of our company are to provide quality specimens to you at prices that are fair and reasonable and to ensure that you are completely satisfied with your purchase. If you do not see what you are looking for on our site we are pleased to offer specialty orders. We also buy collections. We update our web page regularly as new specimens arrive and are cleaned and photographed. Look for the lithosphereminerals store on eBay.. If you have any questions or comments, please contact us via email or phone. The company is owned and operated by Jason and Heidi Herrmann. Jason is an ex-geologist and an avid mineral collector. Heidi also has a geology background. We are located in the Reno/Sparks area of Nevada.

Featured Item: Hydrozincite

Lithoshpere Minerals Featured Item

Location: Good Springs, Nevada, United States of America

Size: 7 X 3 X 3 cm

Item #: HYDZN01

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Other Websites of Interest

Investment Collectables

Investment Collectables: Specialising in Cornish mining. My catalogues offer mineral specimens (Cornish, British and world), mining artifacts and memorabilia, lamps, instruments, tools, tokens, mining photographs 19th. C. and modern, maps, documents, mining postcards and much else.

Italian Minerals

Minerals From Italy and Worldwide

Jonathan's Mineral Exchange

Mineral exchange is Montreal based dealership. Operating since 1986. Our main aim is to collect and redistribute Canadian minerals to the collecting community. Many local collectors are contributing to our extensive list of local minerals. Following pages show You only a nibble of what we have to offer

Jule-Art

Check back regularly as we add new items almost every week!

Acrylic Displays: Everything you need to display jewelry, ornaments, art, minerals, literature and more is now easy to buy. We are proud to announce the release of our expanded product line.


Kalahari Minerals

Great mixture of specimens from the Kalahari, Orange River and Namibia! A fine website!


KARP Minerals

The firm KARP was founded in 1990. It is located in the Czech Republic, not far from Prague. It is specialized in dealing in minerals and fossils, especially from the area of the former Soviet Union and Burma. We would like to direct your attention to our wide scale of goods, wide not only in the number of minerals but also in the quality - from inexpensive specimens, often in wholesale with the possibility of discounts, to luxurious top class pieces.

Kaygeedee Minerals

Greetings everyone. My name is Mr. Kerry Day. I am the owner and proprietor of Kaygeedee Minerals, a Canadian company devoted to the mineral collecting hobby. I am an economic geologist/mineralogist/SEM-EDS operator of seventeen years by profession and a mineral collector of twentytwo years by hobby. My web site is subdivided into four sections, namely: i) Common species; ii) Species For Systematic Collectors; iii) New Additions; and iv) EDS. Within Common species you will find an alphabetical listing for the most common 250 mineral species and lapidary varieties known to collectors (in my opinion). Within Species For Systematic Collectors you will find an alphabetical listing of over a hundred rarer species. I do extensive collecting at Mont Saint-Hilaire Quebec and have an extensive list of rare minerals from this locality. Within New Additions you will find, on a monthly or seasonal basis, the new additions to my stock from a variety of sources. If you have requests for specific species/pieces please forward them to me as soon as possible for local collectors consume many new finds/acquisitions before they are listed on the net, and within EDS you will find the details of a qualitative EDS service which I provide.


Kelly's Rocks

Various Minerals from all over. Also has a $1 rock section.

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Kingmike Mining Inc.

Minerals, Fossils, Jewelry, and Gifts

Welcome to Kingmike Mining Online where you are sure to dig up unusual and rare items for your collection. We at Kingmike pride ourselves in offering only the finest quality minerals and fossils nature has to offer. The workmanship and material that creates our jewelry and carvings are top grade.


Kingsly North, Inc.

Here at Kingsley North we carry lapidary equipment and lapidary supplies and accessories for rock-hounds and hobbyists. We carry a complete line of rock tumblers, rotary and vibratory, along with abrasive grit and polishing compounds, diamond trim saws, slab saws, lapidary machines, cabbing machines, faceting equipment, and accessories such as diamond discs, tin, ceramic, zinc, and phenolic polishing laps, diamond blades, belts, diamond discs, powders, compounds, faceting supplies, stone slab saws, rockhound supplies, gem cutting and much more.

Kingsley North also carries a full line of jewelry findings, cabochons, bead necklaces in both round and chip styles, cotton filled jewelry boxes, gemstone display cases and riker mounts.

We have rough rock for your tumbler or slab saws, plus complete book and video libraries to help your every need. We have everything you may possibly need for your hobby or business involving the art of lapidary.

Kingsley North is your complete lapidary supply house since 1939, serving over 50,000 customers through-out the world with same day service from a full time knowledgeable staff.

Discounted prices from Raytech, Lortone, CrystaliteTM Corp., Diamond Pacific Tool Corp., 3M Company, Foredom Electric, Hi-Tech, Lapcraft Inc., Covington Engineering, True Square Metal, Johnson Bros., Gemini Saw Co., Diamond Tech International, MK Diamond, Estwing Mfg., Donegan Optical, Grobet USA, Dremel Mfg., plus many more.


KQMinerals

Many fine mineral specimens and your source for high pressure water guns for mineral cleaning.

Also, featuring auctions on Http://www.mineral-auctions.com


Lapidary Journal

Each issue features great articles on gemstones, artist profiles, the bead and jewelry arts and Step-by-Step's easy-to-follow workshops on jewelry making, gem cutting, and more. Also included are exquisite full-color photo spreads, the world's largest international gem show calendar and much more!

Lane Science Equipment Corp.

Air-Tight Permanent Preservation of Your Valuable Specimens

Lane Science cabinets have been the first choice of museums, universities, and individual collectors throughout the world for over 40 years.


R.A. Langheinrich Meteorites

Meteorite collections appraised! High quality museum specimens, including historic meteorites, and rare witnessed falls always available Professional cutting and preparation of meteorites to the highest standards. Buy with confidence from one of the world's first meteorite businesses, established in 1971

Lang's Fossils

Fossils for sale â?" this is the place to buy a genuine fossil. We offer exceptional fossil specimens from around the world. Specializing in museum grade eurypterid, trilobite, and ammonite fossils. Excavating and preparing the highest quality fossils since 1971.

Lapis International

ExtraLapis, the prestigeous German monograph series is finally available in English. Gloria Staebler and Guenther Neumeier through the newly formed Lapis International have secured the rights to update and print the series.

German publisher Christian Weise recently released the 25th edition of extraLapis, published in Munich since 1991. In addition to extraLapis and numerous other German language, mineral related publications, Christian Weise is the publisher and founder of the widely recognized monthly Lapis, which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary.

Using high quality photographs and a variety of authors, extraLapis has brought German-speaking readers a broad view of the science, culture, mining and history surrounding its subjects. Subjects, which have included: Gold, Calcite, Petrified Wood, Topaz, Native Silver, Opal, and Pyrite as well as the rich mineralogical regions of the Austrian Zillertal, the Alps, and the Italian island of Elba.

Lapis International has agreed to publish English edition of all twenty in the series over the next ten years, simultaneously reissuing, in English, new issues in the series following their publication in German. Their first issue on the minerals of the island of Madagascar was published in November 2001.

Lapis International is committed to bringing to its readers the quality for which extraLapis is known. The English editions will employ most of the original color lithographs, printed and bound in Germany in the same quality as the original editions.


Lexcel Minerals

Guitar lessons didn't pan out, but I stil say that I was "born to rock". That's because a nother form of rock - minral collecting - has become a huge passion of mine.

It was purely a hobby for me until I opened up a gem, mineral and jewelry store called Gallery of Gems in Baca Raton Florida in 1975. During the last 10 years I have dealt in mostly minerals and gems in various shows, such as Tucson's main show and other shows in Florida and around the country.

Today, with the advent of the internet, I am excited to bring the highest quality specimens to avid collectors. So thanks for visiting my site and checking out my life-long passion.


Lithographie LLC

LITHOGRAPHIE, LLC began business under the name Lapis International, LLC in 2001, when mineral dealer and small business consultant Gloria Staebler teamed up with mineralogist and Lapis editor Günther Neumeier to publish licensed English-language editions of the prestigious German mineralogical monograph series extraLapis. Working with author Federico Pezzotta, pegmatite specialist William "Skip" Simmons and translator Alfredo Petrov, the pair published Madagascar, the first extraLapis English monograph, in December 2001. While the English edition of Madagascar was updated and re-edited, it remained was fairly close to the German original. For the second extraLapis, Emeralds of the World, the late John Sinkankas and then Royal Ontario Museum gemologist Terry Ottaway were guest editors. John encouraged Gloria and Günther to depart from the German editions by replacing select texts with articles designed to give the books a more international appeal. John also introduced more rigorous editorial standards, insisting that the quality of the texts matched that of Lapis' stunning illustrations. He was adamant that the English issues should include a reference list.

Loch's Rocks

I (Jay) was first bitten by the rock bug when my wife brought home a small box of rocks and findings after cleaning out her Uncle's house for him. That was in 1997. I then purchased a Lortone tumbler to grind and polish them. That same tumbler is still running to this day in my bedroom? (I work midnights and it creates my "white" noise.)

There have been many other pieces of equipment purchased since then, but none used more. in the summer of "98" I went to a local auction to kill some time and ended up carting out four truck loads of rock and equipment, mostly lapidary. But in one corner was a couple of large containers of a heavy ore like rock. I almost threw them away (as if that were to ever happen?).

Then I discovered they were from Franklin N.J. That opened up a whole new avenue for me, Collecting Fluorescents Minerals. Shortly there after I joined the Fluorescent Mineral Society, member #1147. A good place to view lamps and purchase minerals is Fluorescents.com. Bill Gardner has a few mine claims in Arizona and builds lamps in his spare time. He claims more output than ever of Superbrite? He also has multicolor mineral specimens available from his Purple Passion and Hogan claims.


Lowcountry Geologic

Lowcountry Geologic is not only a direct source for megalodon and other fossil shark teeth, but we also offer fossils from around the world. We strive to bring our customers the best value for their investment. The quality of our material is our first priority, and we keep our prices reasonable.

We welcome you to browse our web site. If you have any questions, please contact us with our online form or by telephone. If there is a fossil you are looking for that you don't see on our site, chances are that we can acquire it for you. We can find fossils for you on a commission basis.


Lucky Strike Mine

Both mines are open for public digging. We hope that you will find the information on our web site informative and helpful. In our Mined Products section we have featured some of our beautiful inventory, much of which is for sale. Directions to the mines can be found in the Contact Us section. Please feel free to give us a call if you see something you like or would like to ask us a question.
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Luiz Menezes; Fine Brazilian Minerals

>The founder, Luiz Alberto Dias Menezes Filho, is a mineral engineer, graduated in 1973 in the "Escola Politecnica da USP". He collects minerals since he was 10 years old.

Luiz was one of the founders of the Brazilian Mineralogy Association (1965), which he directed for eight years.

Since may 1998, Luiz Menezes has been working full time for the company. He is considered a mineral expert in Brazil and overseas. He was awarded for his dedication to mineralogy by a group of researchers who named a recently discovered mineral after him (Menezesite).

He attends the best mineral shows around the world, where he shows his work.

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