New Stuff! Fresh off the truck and into your shop!

New Stuff from the Jewel Tunnel!

Here are some of the new items we have been unpacking here at the warehouse. Hope something catches your eye!

Doubly terminated quartz crystals
A quality

$25 net per one pound bag (usually over 100 pieces per bag)

These Chinese quartz crystals are described by some as being like the well known and sometimes better quality doubly terminated quartz crystals from the Herkimer region in New York. These are however a fine value. These crystals are from Gui Zhou Province. That is what our suppliers and others tell us and in the future we will try and get a more accurate locality.

Doubly terminated quartz crystals
B quality

$15 net per one pound bag (usually over 80 pieces per bag)

These Chinese quartz crystals are described by some as being like the well known and sometimes better quality doubly terminated quartz crystals from the Herkimer region in New York. These crystals are of lower quality than the A quality crystals. These are still a good value. These crystals are from Gui Zhou Province. That is what our suppliers and others tell us and in the future we will try and get a more accurate locality.

Fluorite Cups

70 mm tall and about 58 mm (outside dimensions) 45 mm inside diameter of cup.
$22 each net

These cups of multicolored fluorite are beefy and quite sturdy as fluorite items go. They are also quite functional. Some people use them for candle holders, put pens and pencils in them or even drink from them. However we would warn out customers that fluorite has very distinct cleavages and that thermal cracking is a distinct possibility. That means that hot wax dripping on the fluorite may cause them to crack or pouring cold or hot liquids in them may also cause them to crack. Enough said.

Hematite looking beads and fiber optic bead bracelets.

$2.50 net per set of 6.

The bracelets consist of hemispherical (half moon shaped) beads of hematine and pairs of spherical beads of colored fiber optic glass that each show a "cats eye" effect. Each bracelet in the package has fiber optic beads of a different color. The image at the right shows what six bracelets look like when worn together. We don't know how the factories in China can make these so cheaply. Everyone sells this material as hematite or hematite. The material is not natural hematite. Our supplier describes it as being "iron powder pressed together and fired like a ceramic. You can test any "hematite" items you have by scratching them on an unglazed tile. Hematite will leave a red streak and hematine will leave a black or dark brown streak.

Light box, with rotating mirror top, multicolored LED lights

$15 each

These light boxes are about 11 cm in diameter and about 4 cm tall. These light boxes will run on 3 AA batteries (not provided) or with the included power plug with AC adapter. The mirror rotates about one time in 1 minute and 15 seconds. The light box contains 7 led lights (2 red, 2 orange, 2 green and 1blue.

Glass Marbles

$7.00 net for 10 pounds of mixed of size (16 and 25mm and variety)

We now have a large selection of Chinese made glass marbles. The marbles come in net bags of approximate one pound each that are designed to hang on hooks for point of sale displays. The net bags are further packaged in plastic bags labeled at the top "Super Champion Marbles" with bar code and a choking hazard warning for small children. How can they make them this cheaply? The marbles in each bag are all of one size and style.

Goldsheen Obsidian Points
25 mm diameter and 150 mm long.
$15 each net

Points have six polished sides and a rounded bottom. Gold sheen is usually present on at least two opposing sides. Good stuff. The obsidian was mined in Mexico and the points cut and polished there as well.

"Rice" quartz from China

$6 per pound net or $25 net for a 5 pound bag.
About 170 pieces per pound. Many crystals in the 2 to 3 cm range.

Not amazing quality but nice small single terminated quartz points. Great for give always, craft projects and much more! These quartz crystals are from Sichuan province, China.

Vivianite crystals

$8 to $80 depending on size and quality.

These are crystals of iron phosphate and are well known and sought after by collectors. They are from a new locality in Bolivia near the Conotillos mine not far from the famous Cerro Rico and city of Potosi. They are found in a red sandstone and are mostly very gemmy, transparent and a beautiful vivid green color when held up to the light. Gem stones can be cut from some of these specimens; that is if you can figure out how to cut something with a cleavage nearly as perfect as mica.

Quartz crystals, doubly terminated. Small sizes.
"Tibetan stick quartz"

$25 to $35 net per flat. Flats have 18, 35 or 54 pieces each in their own cotton lined fold up boxes. The 18 per box are larger than those in the 54 pieces per box.

Most of these are in attractive small clusters. The crystals have a high aspect ratio. That means they tend to be long and thin. They are fairly lustrous and have good striations perpendicular to the long axis of the quartz. Many of the crystals have a few small dark inclusions of (dirt?). We are told that these crystals are from Yunnan province, China. We will try and get a more exact locality in the future.

Quartz crystals, doubly terminated. Larger sizes.
"Tibetan stick quartz"

$50 to $75 net per flat. Flats have pieces each in their own cotton lined fold up boxes. 12 and 15 pieces per box depending on the size of the specimen.

Most of these crystals tend to be doubly terminated single crystals. The crystals have a high aspect ratio. That means they tend to be long and thin. They are fairly lustrous and have good striations perpendicular to the long axis of the quartz. Many of the crystals have a few small dark inclusions of (dirt?). We are told that these crystals are from Yunnan province, China. We will try and get a more exact locality in the future.

Doubly terminated quartz crystals A quality $25 net per one pound bag (usually over 100 pieces per bag) These Chinese quartz crystals are described by some as being like the well known and sometimes better quality doubly terminated quartz crystals from the Herkimer region in New York. These are however a fine value. These crystals are from Gui Zhou Province. That is what our suppliers and others tell us and in the future we will try and get a more accurate locality.
Doubly terminated quartz crystals B quality $15 net per one pound bag (usually over 80 pieces per bag) These Chinese quartz crystals are described by some as being like the well known and sometimes better quality doubly terminated quartz crystals from the Herkimer region in New York. These crystals are of lower quality than the A quality crystals. These are still a good value. These crystals are from Gui Zhou Province. That is what our suppliers and others tell us and in the future we will try and get a more accurate locality.
Fluorite Cups 70 mm tall and about 58 mm (outside dimensions) 45 mm inside diameter of cup. $22 each net These cups of multicolored fluorite are beefy and quite sturdy as fluorite items go. They are also quite functional. Some people use them for candle holders, put pens and pencils in them or even drink from them. However we would warn out customers that fluorite has very distinct cleavages and that thermal cracking is a distinct possibility. That means that hot wax dripping on the fluorite may cause them to crack or pouring cold or hot liquids in them may also cause them to crack. Enough said.
Hematite looking beads and fiber optic bead bracelets. $2.50 net per set of 6. The bracelets consist of hemispherical (half moon shaped) beads of hematine and pairs of spherical beads of colored fiber optic glass that each show a "cats eye" effect. Each bracelet in the package has fiber optic beads of a different color. The image at the right shows what six bracelets look like when worn together. We don't know how the factories in China can make these so cheaply. Everyone sells this material as hematite or hematite. The material is not natural hematite. Our supplier describes it as being "iron powder pressed together and fired like a ceramic. You can test any "hematite" items you have by scratching them on an unglazed tile. Hematite will leave a red streak and hematine will leave a black or dark brown streak.
Light box, with rotating mirror top, multicolored LED lights $15 each These light boxes are about 11 cm in diameter and about 4 cm tall. These light boxes will run on 3 AA batteries (not provided) or with the included power plug with AC adapter. The mirror rotates about one time in 1 minute and 15 seconds. The light box contains 7 led lights (2 red, 2 orange, 2 green and 1blue.
Glass Marbles $7.00 net for 10 pounds of mixed of size (16 and 25mm and variety) We now have a large selection of Chinese made glass marbles. The marbles come in net bags of approximate one pound each that are designed to hang on hooks for point of sale displays. The net bags are further packaged in plastic bags labeled at the top "Super Champion Marbles" with bar code and a choking hazard warning for small children. How can they make them this cheaply? The marbles in each bag are all of one size and style.
Goldsheen Obsidian Points 25 mm diameter and 150 mm long. $15 each net Points have six polished sides and a rounded bottom. Gold sheen is usually present on at least two opposing sides. Good stuff. The obsidian was mined in Mexico and the points cut and polished there as well.
"Rice" quartz from China $6 per pound net or $25 net for a 5 pound bag. About 170 pieces per pound. Many crystals in the 2 to 3 cm range. Not amazing quality but nice small single terminated quartz points. Great for give always, craft projects and much more! These quartz crystals are from Sichuan province, China.
Vivianite crystals $8 to $80 depending on size and quality. These are crystals of iron phosphate and are well known and sought after by collectors. They are from a new locality in Bolivia near the Conotillos mine not far from the famous Cerro Rico and city of Potosi. They are found in a red sandstone and are mostly very gemmy, transparent and a beautiful vivid green color when held up to the light. Gem stones can be cut from some of these specimens; that is if you can figure out how to cut something with a cleavage nearly as perfect as mica.
Quartz crystals, doubly terminated. Small sizes. "Tibetan stick quartz" $25 to $35 net per flat. Flats have 18, 35 or 54 pieces each in their own cotton lined fold up boxes. The 18 per box are larger than those in the 54 pieces per box. Most of these are in attractive small clusters. The crystals have a high aspect ratio. That means they tend to be long and thin. They are fairly lustrous and have good striations perpendicular to the long axis of the quartz. Many of the crystals have a few small dark inclusions of (dirt?). We are told that these crystals are from Yunnan province, China. We will try and get a more exact locality in the future.
Quartz crystals, doubly terminated. Larger sizes. "Tibetan stick quartz" $50 to $75 net per flat. Flats have pieces each in their own cotton lined fold up boxes. 12 and 15 pieces per box depending on the size of the specimen. Most of these crystals tend to be doubly terminated single crystals. The crystals have a high aspect ratio. That means they tend to be long and thin. They are fairly lustrous and have good striations perpendicular to the long axis of the quartz. Many of the crystals have a few small dark inclusions of (dirt?). We are told that these crystals are from Yunnan province, China. We will try and get a more exact locality in the future.