A virtual mineral museum with over 194,609 photographs illustrating 63,005 mineral specimens from worldwide localities.

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I retired from selling minerals. Now I only offer my services appraising mineral collections.

The future:

This site will now evolve into a reference site for mineral collectors.

Below are some of my career statistics:

• Started mineral collecting: 1968

• Started selling minerals part-time: 1989

• Started web site: 1996 (original web site hosted on AOL)

• Retired from selling minerals: 2023

• Items Sold: 81,435 (Minerals: 80,799; Books: 636)

• Packages shipped: 26,561

• Minerals photographed: 66,163

• Photographs created: 193,778

• Videos created: 3032

• Diamonds sold: 2,266

• Thumbnail-sized minerals sold: 26,278

• Number of mineral species: 1728

Top 18 species sold:

* not a species, but a category of mineral types.

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Customer Feedback:

"Your site was the first site I went to online 17 years ago and hands down the best. I have learned so much about minerals and have turned many rock collectors on to your mineral museum which I still visit on a regular basis. My husband told me to pick something out for Christmas so I will get busy looking for that last thing to order. Although I didn't order a lot from you I always looked forward to Tuesday. Your site taught me a lot in my fledgling years. You will be missed. John Betts Fine Minerals... the greatest." Tiffany

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Quick Reference for Mineral Species, Formula, Class, and Type Locality

List of Water Soluble Mineral Species

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About the Owner

Background Information

Why I Collect Minerals

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Biography of the artist Edward Betts

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