Welcome to Apalachee Minerals:
Hello and welcome.
We have posted quite a few minerals from various locations around the world.
However, you will see
that we specialize in minerals from the Southeastern U.S.
Additionally, you will find some nice agatized coral
pairs that we collected from Florida and Georgia and cut and polished ourselves. We've also posted quite a few nice
specimens of Florida
calcite (including some matrix pieces) that we've commercially mined from Ruck's Pit.
Additionally, we have a variety of gem trees, hand made by Lory Maddox,
using minerals that we've collected as bases. Please feel free to
browse.
Thanks for stopping by and we hope you will come back and visit us as we will be posting many more specimens in the near future. If you have any comments, or questions, please visit our comments page and let us know. Have a great day!
We recently posted several new
minerals and one gem tree.
CLICK HERE to see what they are.
We will have many of these new specimens are our shows this year.
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Our upcoming show schedule in 2010:
- The Georgia Mineral Society's
42st Annual
Gem, Mineral, Jewelry, and
Fossil Show
May 7-9 The Cobb County Civic Center, retail: worldwide specimens
(for more information: http://www.gamineral.org/may-show.htm )
- 3rd
Annual
Southeast Gem & Mineral Show, Cartersville, GA,
August 20-22, A Martin Zinn Exposition, Room #171, retail: worldwide
specimens, wholesale: cut and polished agatized coral.
(for more information: http://www.mzexpos.com/southeast.htm )
- Tampa Bay 51st
Annual Gem & Mineral Show, Tampa, FL, October 23 & 24, 2010. (for
more information:
http://www.tampabayrockclub.com/ )
- The Georgia Mineral Society's
42st Annual
Gem, Mineral, Jewelry, and
Fossil Show
If you have any questions about these shows, feel free to call us at 850-443-0504.
To see the largest single plate of calcified Mercenaria permagna clams ever
recovered from Rucks’ Pit, click on the picture to the right. This piece measures 35 x 25 x 6.9 inches (89 x 63.5 x 17.5
cm), and is home to over 40 Mercenaria clams.
About us:
We are a family of 3, Gary, Lory and Gena.
As a family, we enjoy various outdoor activities, one of which is rock
collecting. We love to travel and are usually spending our free time looking
for rocks. Gary has been an avid mineral collector since childhood
and he continues to enjoy the hobby. As with many collectors, he has entered the world of
mineral dealing and plans to present a variety of minerals on our site.
Lory had to learn to appreciate the growing collection, so she learned to create
gem trees. She’s been making these gem trees for over ten years now.
She now enjoys the adventure of rock collecting for finding a variety of bases
for her trees. A variety of different trees are also available on our
site (see Gem Trees). Eventually she hopes to learn to wire wrap some
of our specimens. We'll keep you posted on that progress.
Gena has been on rock collecting trips before she could walk.
She loves to travel and enjoys helping to wrap the rocks we collect on our
trips. She has her own rock collection and prides herself on adding to it.
If you get a chance, come by and see us at a show.
Last Updated:
11/12/2009
Apalachee Minerals
P.O. Box 6862
Tallahassee, FL 32314-6862, USA
850-443-0504
order@apalachee-minerals.com