Gems/Minerals

Just cleaned out a hoarders apartment. Six people six hours to empty. Guy collected gems/minerals among other things. There is probably three hundred specimens at over a thousand pounds total. Anyone have any contacts that are rockhounds or are into lapidary?

Originally Posted by Hurrikane

Just cleaned out a hoarders apartment. Six people six hours to empty. Guy collected gems/minerals among other things. There is probably three hundred specimens at over a thousand pounds total. Anyone have any contacts that are rockhounds or are into lapidary?

you should find some help on this site : Bob's Rock Shop: Table of Contents

I'm a rockhound! Kinda of stuff did you get? Could you post some pics? Certain pieces are worth more than others.

I'm a professional geologist. Please post some pictures, sounds like you scored.

You might want to give this place a try.
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Good luck.

Thanks all for the info. I'm probably going to offer it as one lot just to get rid of it all. It will take weeks to sort through everything. Pictures that I took turned out really crappy but I jotted down some info from a few pieces. 1- four color fluorescent unknown origin 2- polished calcite 3- calcite crystal in fossil clam 4- Madagascar spectralite/labradorite 5- dark muscovite 6- Libyan desert glass. There are hundreds more. Stuff from all over the world, most still in original mailer.

molybdenite ?

tugturite ?

Originally Posted by Hurrikane

I'm probably going to offer it as one lot just to get rid of it all. It will take weeks to sort through everything. 6- Libyan desert glass. There are hundreds more. Stuff from all over the world, most still in original mailer.

6- Libyan desert glass prices

sales from individual pieces could might maybe pay the monthly rent on a small self storage room plus have a few coins left over for.........

you just became an instant rockhound