Contact me directly to learn more about available specimens. I have many more specimens than can be shown here, so if you are seeking something in particular, ask. I often have other specimens of the species shown, but in different sizes and prices. I enjoy getting to know my customers and believe that learning about you and your collection will help me find specimens that will enhance your collection.
        I accept PayPal, credit cards, and checks on US banks. Payment is required prior to shipping. Insured shipping within the US is free. Prompt insured returns of unaltered specimens (at your expense) will result in full immediate refunds. Due to current transportation problems, we are not shipping out of North America at this time.
       Cabinet specimens are larger than fit into a 5-inch cube. Small cabinets (s-cab) are under the 5-inch cube but larger than miniature. Miniatures (min) fit within a 2-inch cube,  Toenails fit within a 1.5-inch cube, and Thumbnails (TN) fit within a 1-inch cube.
       Many of my best specimens come with custom bases by The Sunnywood Collection, the industry standard. For information about having your collection mounted contact them at www.sunnywood.com

                  May-June 2024                                                           July-August 2024                         

    Here is something just in and for the Hardrock Summit.

       Superb and sought-after cabinet specimens of

celestine from Canicasse Mine, Caltanissetta,, Sicily, Italy

Specimen Galleries

​I still have a nice lot of Chrysoberyl, variety Alexandrite, from Zimbabwe. Most are sharp thumbnail sixlings but there are a few miniatures. Their first public outing was in Tucson where thumbnail collectors grabbed several. I'll have more in Plano, though. They show nice color change and some translucency. We have also added Alexandrites from Brazil that are associated with emeralds.​ Alexandrites were gone from the market for a decade. Get yours now.








               




                     On the left are photos of a large thumbnail and on the right is a miniature and a close-up of its top.

                                             The pairs are show the color change in LED white and Tungsten light.​

Leonard Himes     Dealer in Fine Mineral Specimens

​​​                            My galleries show specimens that are currently available for purchase.

      I advertise regularly in Rocks & Minerals and sometimes in the The Mineralogical Record and other publications. My ads show either exceptional specimens from my inventory or excellent specimens that coordinate with articles in the current issue. Please support these journals with your subscription, if you don't already. It will enhance your mineral knowledge. You can contact them at www.tandfonline.com/vram and www.MineralogicalRecord.org. I know that most serious collectors take the MR but I'm surprised at how many do not subscribe to R&M. If you haven't for a while, you should give it another look. Over the past decades it has become a very good publication, frequently rivaling the MR for content and it is often more readable for non-scientists. This year is volume 99, so I'm sure that next years issues will be spectacular! Let me know if my encouragement caused you to subscribe and I'll credit you with your first-year subscription amount on your next mineral specimen purchase of over $200.

      Here are my recent and current Rocks and Minerals ads.  The featured specimens were available at the time the ad was submitted, unless they show lab jobs I have done for others. However, specimens often sell prior to the magazine's publication due to the long lead time for ad submissions. But, it never hurts to ask if they are still available. Predicting when a specimen will sell is impossible!

                    Note that because ads must be submitted months in advance, show information might have changed.

At our Denver shows we will be featuring Beryl, variety Morganite. Beryl comes in several varieties such as Aquamarine, Emerald, Heliodor and Red Beryl, colored by different impurities but with the same chemical formula. The cabinet specimen shown here has five sharp hexagonal crystals. We have specimens priced from the upper hundreds to many thousand dollars.

We are pleased to have been chosen to sell minerals form the collection od Bill Stone, founder of the Sunnywood Collection. Bill's eye for quality and contacts with he best dealers in the country resulted in wonderful specimens over the years. Below are photos of some of the specimens we will be offering in Denver in September. All, of course, are on Sunnywood bases. Another is featured in my Current R&M ad.