About Fine Minerals International
Fine Minerals International is a world-renowned purveyor of fine mineral specimens. We are a team of passionate mineral lovers that is dedicated to promoting and elevating the practice of mineral collecting by providing collectors with the highest-caliber fine mineral specimens as well as a complete suite of complementary services that are unmatched in the industry. Under the leadership of Daniel Trinchillo, Fine Minerals International has supplied specimens to the world’s top mineral collectors for over 30 years. Our unwavering focus on acquiring and presenting the fin...Read More
Fine Minerals International
Established in 19911stDibs seller since 2023
Featured Pieces
Blue and Violet Tourmaline Crystal Specimen - Paprok, Afghanistan
Located in Edison, NJ
This striking tourmaline crystal has a mesmerizing blue color, a robust size, and sharp form. Upon first glance, the piece appears to have a dark, almost black cap, but when lit, its...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Afghan Natural Specimens
Materials
Tourmaline
Green Quartz var. Prasiolite Crystal Cluster Mineral Specimen – China
Located in Edison, NJ
Quartz can be found in nearly every corner of the earth, yet despite its abundance, there are some rarer varieties of quartz that differentiate themselves with their distinctive colo...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Natural Specimens
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Quartz
Sky-blue Aragonite Mineral Specimen – Wenshan Mine, China
Located in Edison, NJ
Aragonite is a polymorph of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). It is elementally identical to calcite but is considerably rarer due to the very specific geological conditions required for it...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Natural Specimens
Materials
Multi-gemstone
Seafoam Green Fluorite Crystal Mineral Specimen – Dongpo Ore Field, China
Located in Edison, NJ
This is an attractive example from the Dongpo Ore Field of China. The best Dongpo fluorites are known for translucent crystals with great form and an attractive light green tone. This is a prime example featuring three sharp, cuboctahedral crystals in a saturated, seafoam green tone. The fluorites have multi-stepped faces along their sides and central faces that are smooth, acting like windows into the translucent crystals. The crystals’ lustrous sheen further highlights their intricate structure. They have formed atop a contrasting matrix (host-rock) of bladed, beige dolomite crystals. The dolomite is sharp and has formed in dense intergrown rosettes. Peeking out from under the dolomite and fluorites is a shimmering matrix of druzy, white quartz that frames the piece overall. The juxtaposition of textures, colors, and species makes the already colorful fluorite crystals...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Natural Specimens
Materials
Multi-gemstone
Smoky Quartz Sphere Mineral Specimen – Minas Gerais, Brazil
Located in Edison, NJ
Quartz spheres are cut and polished pieces of quartz that have held cultural significance since (at least) the 1st century when they were first recorded by Pliny the Elder. They were...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Brazilian Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz
Silver Wire Mineral Specimen with Calcite Crystals – Kongsberg, Norway
Located in Edison, NJ
Native silver is among a handful of minerals that have been deemed inherently valuable by mankind since antiquity. In the world of mineral collecting, silver specimens and sulfosalts...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Norwegian Natural Specimens
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Silver
Blue Fluorite Crystal Mineral Specimen, Yaogangxian Mine, China
Located in Edison, NJ
The Yaogangxian mine (whose name translates to, “Jade-Mountain god”) is located within a 4 x 2.5 km expanse of a tungsten-tin (W-Sn) deposit in the Hunan Province of China. Although the deposit has been mined since 1914 for ore, it has only recently been a source of collectible mineral specimens. Despite being among the newer finds in the mineral collecting world, YGX fluorites have distinguished themselves with their enchanting water-color blues, lilacs, and purples and propensity for good form.
This is a sculptural example made up of several cubic fluorite crystals...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Natural Specimens
Materials
Multi-gemstone
Golden Yellow Calcite Crystal Mineral Specimen, Elmwood Mine, USA
Located in Edison, NJ
Although calcite is plentiful and diverse, calcite from Tennessee is instantly recognizable and highly sought-after for its twinned, scalenohedral crystal habit. Often, the scalenohe...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Multi-gemstone
Canary Yellow Calcite Mineral Specimen – Rudny, Kazakhstan
Located in Edison, NJ
Although abundant, the many shapes, colors, and associations of calcite make for a seemingly infinite number of permutations. This allows collectors to have entire suites consisting ...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Kazakhstani Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone, Multi-gemstone
Purple / Blue Fluorite Mineral Specimen – Xiayang Town, China
Located in Edison, NJ
This breathtaking specimen comes from a distinctive group of fluorites that have affectionately been nicknamed, “tanzanite fluorite” for their gemlike aesthetics and color-shifting a...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone, Multi-gemstone
Green, Blue Malachite and Chrysocolla Stalactite Slice Mineral Specimen- DRC
Located in Edison, NJ
Of all the incredible malachite specimens recovered from the Katanga Copper Crescent of the DRC, there is only one known incidence of a stalactite composed of chrysocolla with stunning malachite "eyes" and azurite rings...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Congolese Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone, Malachite, Multi-gemstone
Pink Heart Rhodochrosite Slice Mineral Specimen, Capillitas Mine, Argentina
Located in Edison, NJ
Rhodochrosite stalactites are found exclusively in the Mina Capillitas (“little chapels”) mineral deposit of Argentina. Within each nondescript stalactite is a core with bands of blu...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Argentine Natural Specimens
Materials
Multi-gemstone
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