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Specimen Catalog & Mineral Guide

Every piece we have brought out of the ground, listed with the data we actually have. We are prospectors, not gemologists — so where a measurement is pending it says so, and where an identification is provisional it says that too. Certificate records are designed to be updatable onchain as lab work and readings come in, so a correction is a recorded revision rather than a quiet edit.

📋 The Data Sheets

Filter and search the full catalog. The CSV contains the same columns for anyone who wants to work with the raw numbers — weight in grams, UV coverage percentage, Geiger readings where taken, value band, and the onchain token id for converted pieces.

55 SPECIMENS INDEXED23 WITH VERIFIED WEIGHT37 UV-FLUORESCENT6 MINTED AS CERTIFICATES
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IDMineralWeightSizeUVReadingValueTierStatus
SPX-001
cert #1
Smoky Quartz crystal on feldspar pegmatiteTBD~8×6 cm matrix, main crystal ~2.5 cmpending$57.50⛏️ STANDARD🎟️ MINTED ONCHAIN
SPX-002Smoky Quartz (cluster mass, translucent)TBD~11×6 cmpending$40–60⛏️ STANDARD📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-003Smoky Quartz mix with possible garnet (unverified)TBD~10×7 cmpending$35–55⛏️ STANDARD📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-004Milky QuartzTBD~9×6 cmpending$15–25📦 BULK📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-005Smoky QuartzTBD~10×6 cmpending$35–55⛏️ STANDARD📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-006Smoky Quartz + Beryl in pegmatite matrixTBD~13×9 cmpending$90–140💎 PREMIUM📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-007Pegmatite mix: smoky quartz, feldspar (amazonite-var), schorlTBD~13×9 cmpending$80–130💎 PREMIUM📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-008Aquamarine-variety Beryl in matrixTBD~3×2 cm crystalpending$70–110💎 PREMIUM📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-009Smoky Quartz in pegmatite mixTBD~10×7 cmpending$40–60⛏️ STANDARD📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-010Beryl (tan/pink, etched prismatic crystal)TBD~6×5 cmpending$75–120💎 PREMIUM📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-011
cert #2
Smoky quartz cone — UNIDENTIFIED below (TBD)TBD~5×4 cmpending$45.50🔬 IN STUDY🎟️ MINTED ONCHAIN
SPX-012Mica (muscovite book)TBD~7×6 cmpending$20–35⛏️ STANDARD📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-013Mica (small book)TBD~4×3 cmpending$10–18📦 BULK📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-014Smoky QuartzTBD~8×5 cmpending$35–55⛏️ STANDARD📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-015
cert #3
Mixed: schorl(?) with mica — tourmaline likelyTBD~6×5 cmpending$70.00🔬 IN STUDY🎟️ MINTED ONCHAIN
SPX-016UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)TBD~2 cmyes (green SW)pending$30–50 (awaiting weight + UV%)🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-017UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)TBD~2-3 cmyes (green SW)pending$30–50 (awaiting weight + UV%)🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-018UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)TBD~2-3 cmyes (green SW)pending$30–50 (awaiting weight + UV%)🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-019UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)TBD~2-3 cmyes (green SW)pending$30–50 (awaiting weight + UV%)🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-020UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)TBD~2-3 cmyes (green SW)pending$30–50 (awaiting weight + UV%)🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-021UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)TBD~2-3 cmyes (green SW)pending$30–50 (awaiting weight + UV%)🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-022UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)TBD~2-3 cmyes (green SW)pending$30–50 (awaiting weight + UV%)🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-023UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)TBD~2-3 cmyes (green SW)pending$30–50 (awaiting weight + UV%)🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-024UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)TBD~2-3 cmyes (green SW)pending$30–50 (awaiting weight + UV%)🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-025UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)TBD~2-3 cmyes (green SW)pending$30–50 (awaiting weight + UV%)🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-026UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)TBD~2-3 cmyes (green SW)pending$30–50 (awaiting weight + UV%)🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-027
cert #4
UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)TBD~2 cmyes (green SW)pending$27.50🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT🎟️ MINTED ONCHAIN
SPX-028UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)TBD~2-3 cmyes (green SW)pending$30–50 (awaiting weight + UV%)🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-029UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)TBD~2-3 cmyes (green SW)pending$30–50 (awaiting weight + UV%)🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-030UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)TBD~2-3 cmyes (green SW)pending$30–50 (awaiting weight + UV%)🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-031UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)TBD~2-3 cmyes (green SW)pending$30–50 (awaiting weight + UV%)🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-032
cert #5
UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)2.5 g~2.5 cm40% (green speckle, ~40% SW coverage)pending$27.50🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT🎟️ MINTED ONCHAIN
SPX-033UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)8.4 g~3 cm35% (green SW coverage, ~35%)pending$35–55 (priced by UV coverage)🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-034UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)2.3 g~2 cm20% (green SW, ~20%)pending$30–50 (priced by UV coverage)🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-035UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)4.5 g~2-3 cm35% (green SW, ~35%)pending$32–52 (priced by UV coverage)🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-036UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)7.4 g~2-3 cm35% (green SW, ~35%)pending$35–55 (priced by UV coverage)🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-037UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)4.6 g~2-3 cm35% (green SW, ~35%)pending$32–52 (priced by UV coverage)🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-038UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)16.9 g~3 cm50% (green SW, ~50%)pending$45–75 (priced by UV coverage)🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-039UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)17.6 g~3 cm50% (green SW, ~50%)pending$45–75 (priced by UV coverage)🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-040UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)11.6 g~2-3 cm40% (green SW, ~40%)pending$35–60 (priced by UV coverage)🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-041UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)0.6 gthumbnail ~1 cm30% (green SW, ~30%)pending$30–50 (priced by UV coverage)🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-042UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)5 g~2 cm35% (green SW, ~35%)pending$32–52 (priced by UV coverage)🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-043UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)1.5 gthumbnail ~1 cm30% (green SW, ~30%)pending$30–50 (priced by UV coverage)🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-044UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)7.3 g~3 cm70% (dense green SW, ~70%)pending$70–100 (high UV coverage premium)🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-045UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)1.4 gthumbnail ~1 cm30% (green SW, ~30%)pending$30–50 (priced by UV coverage)🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-046UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)8.3 g~2-3 cm35% (green SW, ~35%)pending$35–55 (priced by UV coverage)🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-047UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)3.6 g~2 cm35% (green SW, ~35%)pending$32–52 (priced by UV coverage)🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-048UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)1.1 gthumbnail ~1 cm30% (green SW, ~30%)pending$30–50 (priced by UV coverage)🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-049UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)3.8 g~2 cm triangular35% (green SW, ~35%)pending$32–52 (priced by UV coverage)🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-050UV-Fluorescent Matrix (Green SW)1.8 gthumbnail ~1.5 cm30% (green SW, ~30%)pending$30–50 (priced by UV coverage)🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-051Milky Quartz (raw, ~10-14 chunks)713.2 gBowl of 3-8 cm chunks, total 713.2gpending$22–37 (capped at rockhound $15-25/lb)📦 BULK📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-052Smoky Quartz (raw, ~8-12 chunks)694.5 gBowl of 3-5 cm chunks, total 694.5gpending$22–36 (capped at rockhound $15-25/lb)📦 BULK📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-053Clear/milky quartz crystal fragments164.8 gBowl of 4-6 cm chunks, total 164.8gpending$6–10 (capped at rockhound $15-25/lb)📦 BULK📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED
SPX-054
cert #6
UV-Fluorescent Mix (Green + Purple SW) — BULK POOL
pool · 1 random pull 3-6g per pull per cert
633.8 gBULK POOL: each cert = ONE SMALL random piece (single fluorescent chunk, 1-2cm, ~3-6g) from the 633.8g bowl of ~30-40 pieces. Pool is never sold as one piece.55% (green speckle + purple matrix, ~55% SW)pending$18.00🟢 UV-FLUORESCENT🎟️ MINTED ONCHAIN
SPX-055UV-Fluorescent Mix (UV photo reference)TBDsame bowl as SPX-054, UV long-exposure reference55% (green + purple SW reference)pendingTBD (not for sale — see SPX-054)🔬 IN STUDY📋 INDEXED — NOT MINTED

🔬 Field Guide: identifying what we pull

The short version of what the pegmatite ground produces and how each one is actually told apart in the field. Hardness (H) is on the Mohs scale. Nothing here replaces lab work.

SpeciesFormulaHardnessSpec. gravityCrystal systemIn the vault
QuartzSiO272.65Trigonalyes
Smoky QuartzSiO272.65Trigonalyes
Milky QuartzSiO272.65Trigonalyes
BerylBe3Al2Si6O187.5-82.6-2.9Hexagonalyes
Aquamarine (Beryl variety)Be3Al2Si6O187.5-82.68-2.74Hexagonalyes
Morganite (Beryl variety)Be3Al2Si6O187.5-82.71-2.90Hexagonalyes
Muscovite (Mica)KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)22-2.52.77-2.88Monoclinicyes
Microcline / Amazonite (Feldspar)KAlSi3O86-6.52.55-2.63Triclinicyes
Albite / Cleavelandite (Feldspar)NaAlSi3O86-6.52.60-2.65Triclinicyes
Schorl (Black Tourmaline)NaFe3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)47-7.53.0-3.25Trigonalyes
Garnet (Almandine group)Fe3Al2(SiO4)37-7.53.8-4.3Cubicnoted, unverified
ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)53.16-3.22Hexagonalnot held
Uraninite (Pitchblende)UO25.5-67.5-10.0Cubicnot held

Hardness and specific gravity are the two cheapest real tests and both need practice on known material first. Specific gravity separates species that look alike — quartz sits near 2.65 while uraninite runs 7.5–10, so the same-sized piece weighing three times as much is the giveaway that no photo can give you. Values are standard mineralogical ranges, not measurements of our pieces.

Smoky quartz

SiO₂ · H 7. Gray to near-black translucent quartz. The colour comes from natural irradiation acting on trace aluminium inside the crystal — it is not radioactive, and it is not a coating. Look for glassy lustre, conchoidal fracture, and a crystal face at a shallow angle to the prism. Our most common find, usually sitting in feldspar matrix.

Beryl / aquamarine / morganite

Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈ · H 7.5–8. Hexagonal prisms, harder than quartz — it will scratch a window, quartz will not. Aquamarine is the blue-iron variety, morganite the pink-manganese one, heliodor the yellow. Weight for weight the most valuable material we handle, which is why any beryl-class piece gets listed as premium rather than bulk.

Muscovite mica

KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂ · H 2.5–3. Unmistakable once handled: near-perfect basal cleavage, comes apart in thin flexible transparent sheets, and a fingernail will mark it. Books of mica are common in the same matrix as the quartz — we usually leave them attached, because the contrast is what makes a matrix piece look like a matrix piece.

Tourmaline (schorl)

Complex borosilicate · H 7–7.5. Black striated prisms, triangular cross-section with rounded edges (the giveaway versus a black oxide). Very common to find as thin needles running through quartz and feldspar. We do not call a tourmaline variety without a clearer read than a photo gives us.

UV-fluorescent material

Identified by response, not by name. We record these by how they behave under a lamp — coverage percentage and colour under shortwave — because that is what we can actually measure. Green shortwave response often points at uranium-bearing secondaries, but identifying a specific species (uraninite, autunite, torbernite) takes lab confirmation we do not have yet. Until then it stays UV-fluorescent, and it is priced on coverage rather than weight.

Handling anything that reads hot

A Geiger counter gives you counts per minute, not a verdict. Working rules we use: never inhale dust, wash hands after handling, keep pieces in a closed labelled container rather than a living space, and do not break or grind anything that reads elevated. Shipping is US-only for physical pieces and follows USPS Publication 52 / DOT 49 CFR §173.421 (UN2910 limited quantity — under 0.5 mrem/hr at the surface). Anything above those limits does not ship.

Tools we use in the field, and why each one matters
  • 10× hand lens — the single most useful tool. Lustre, cleavage and crystal form all read here.
  • Hardness kit — a quartz point (H7) and a steel file separate quartz from beryl from mica fast.
  • Streak plate — unglazed porcelain. Metals and oxides leave a colour; silicates mostly leave nothing.
  • Hydrochloric acid (dilute) — a fizz means carbonate. Handled outdoors, never on a specimen you care about.
  • Digital scale — every value we publish is anchored to grams, and grams are what we weigh before anything ships.
  • UV lamp — shortwave (254 nm) and longwave (365 nm) give different responses on the same rock. We record which.
  • Geiger counter — a screening tool. It tells you where to be careful, not what a mineral is.
Why a name is not an identification
  • Colour and lustre are field clues, never proof. Several species share both.
  • Hardness and specific gravity are the two cheapest real tests, and both need practice on known material first.
  • Fluorescence under short-wave UV is an observation, not a species identification. Many minerals fluoresce; the cause is often a trace activator rather than a uranium mineral.
  • Our labels carry an explicit status field. UV-Fluorescent means observed under a lamp. Lab-Confirmed means a measurement or analysis exists. Anything unverified says so.

📖 How to read a data sheet

  • Weight — grams, whole numbers. Blank means not yet weighed; it does not mean small.
  • UV coverage — percentage of the visible face that fluoresces, plus the lamp wavelength.
  • Reading — counts per minute and µSv/h where a Geiger reading was taken. “Pending” is honest, not an omission.
  • Value — the USD figure locked at conversion. Where a range appears instead, the piece is not yet priced.
  • Status — indexed (photographed and catalogued, no certificate), minted (onchain certificate exists), or in study.
  • Pool pieces — a bulk bowl is never sold as one certificate. Each certificate drawn from a pool is a single small piece, weighed and photographed on its own before shipping.
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Provisional and experimental: identifications are made by a prospector in the field and are expected to change as measurements accumulate. Mineral collecting involves real physical risk, and radioactive material requires care and, above certain limits, does not ship at all. Nothing here is financial advice or a promise of resale value.

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