Mineral Market Features

Features

• Absolutely FREE registration, posting and bidding!
  The are no charges for making use of this auction site. This means there is no registration fee, no fee for posting items for bids, no fee for bidding, and no percentage fee tacked on to sales! FREE, FREE, FREE...NO FEE, NO FEE, NO FEE.

• Full feature online auction with starting bids, bid increments and reserves.
  This is a fully functional online auction board. Post items with a start price and a reserve price if you wish. Select a minimum value that a bidder may "up" the price.

• Image hosting available.
  Free image hosting is available to registered Mineral Market users.

• Sniper protection!
  Hate being outbid at the last hundredth of a tenth of a millisecond? Last second bids extend the length of the auction for TWO minutes beyond closing time.

• Include HTML in your auction.
  Include as much HTML in your descriptions as you'd like to spice up fonts, add links, and add extra images at no extra cost.

• Select your own bid increments.
  Select a minimum dollar or cent value that each bidder must place to outbid one another.

• Outbid and High Bid E-mails mailed automatically.
  Automatic email notifications are sent to bidders and sellers when an auction is over. You are also notified when you've been outbid.

Category Descriptions

• Mineral Specimens
  Displayable or particularly interesting specimens of any mineral species at any price.

• Fluorescent Mineral Specimens
  Mineral specimens that fluoresce (glow) under an ultraviolet lamp.

• Rare Mineral Species
  Less frequently available mineral species by market standards. Species that are seemingly in short supply.

• High Dollar Minerals
  Exceptional display specimens of absolute top quality minerals, nearly unrivaled in today's market. Specimens in this category will rarely be inexpensive.

• Microminerals
  Minerals that require magnification to best be viewed. Items in this category might be mounted or possibly attached to larger pieces of matrix. The specimen might not be micro in size but the minerals on it should be.

• Bulk Mineral Flats
  Volume quantities of pre-sorted or mine run specimens or material priced for bulk sale.

• Research Grade Minerals
  Specimens of minerals that are, perhaps, not so aesthetically pleasing and are priced accordingly to be of interest to the scientific community for research.

• Faceted Gemstones
  Loose, faceted (cut and polished), ready to be set gemstones for sale.

• Cabochons, Beads, Slabs, Spheres
  Rocks or gemstones cut into any of these four shapes - Cabs, beads, slabs or spheres.

• Lapidary Rough
  Rocks or gemstones suitable for cutting into cabs, beads, slabs, stones or spheres.

• Lapidary Tools/Supplies
  Tools or supplies for wielding rocks or gemstones into cabs, beads, slabs, stones and spheres.

• Fossil Animal Specimens
  Displayable or particularly interesting fossilized remains, remnants or casts of any animals species at any price.

• Fossil Plant Specimens
  Displayable or particularly interesting fossilized remains, remnants or casts of any plant species at any price.

• Fossil Insect Specimens
  Displayable or particularly interesting fossilized remains, remnants or casts of any insect species at any price.

• Other Fossils
  Any other fossils which, for one reason or another, don't appear to fit into any of the three previous categories.

• High Dollar Fossils
  Exceptional display specimens of absolute top quality fossils, nearly unrivaled in today's market. Specimens in this category will rarely be inexpensive.

• Research Grade Fossils
  Specimens of fossils that are, perhaps, not so aesthetically pleasing and are priced accordingly to be of interest to the scientific community for research.

• Rock Specimens
  Displayable or particularly interesting specimens of any rock variety at any price.

• Rock Samples
  Rock suitable for educational purposes or research.

• Rock for Tumbling/Polishing
  Rock pieces which, when tumbled or polished, reveal an aesthetically pleasing appearance.

• Landscape Rocks
  Attractive, colorful or decorative rocks, rough or carved, suitable for landscaping.

• Fine Jewelry
  Any finely jeweled or precious metal accessory or art at any price.

• Findings, Settings, etc.
  Ring, earring or necklace settings for loose stones, jewelry parts and pieces, jump rings, etc..

• Jewelry Tools/Supplies
  Tools or supplies for creating or repairing finely jeweled or precious metal accessories and art.

• Precious Metals
  Any precious metals in ingots, ores, stock, etc., at any price, preferably market value.

• Prospecting Tools/Equipment
  Tools for aiding in mineral and metal exploration.

• Mining Equipment
  Small or large mechanical equipment to aid in mineral and metal exploration, mining, or processing.

• Heavy Machinery
  Large or particularly powerful mechanical equipment, preferably related to mineral or metal exploration, mining or processing.

• Meteorites, Moldavites, Tektites
  Displayable or particularly interesting specimens of any meteorite, moldavite or tektite at any price.

• Crystals
  Whole crystals or crystal fragments for display, jewelry or metaphysical purposes at any price.

• Metaphysical Items
  Any stone, crystal or craft believed to have special healing powers or properties.

• Carvings
  Any rock or gem shaped to an aesthetic form by carving. Media other that stone is non preferable.

• Arts and Crafts
  Any artwork or craft that utilizes rocks, gems, fossils, or minerals. Crafts other that those aforementioned are non preferable.

• Craft Materials
  Any materials suitable for crafts but rocks, gems, fossils or minerals are preferred.

• Books, Magazines, Literature
  Any form of printed paper information pertaining to the earth sciences.

• Maps and Mapping Equipment
  Any printed maps displaying any variety of information about any region or any piece of equipment used in mapping.

• Lab Equipment
  Any item use for scientific research in a laboratory.

• Microscopes and Magnifiers
  Microscopes or any device used for magnification.

• Tools and Equipment
  Mechanical or hand tools or any equipment that might be used for any application pertaining to the earth sciences.

• Clothing and Apparel
  Items of clothing or apparel suitable for mineral collecting, hiking, prospecting, mining or craftwork or any safety accessory.

• Computer Software
  Computer software applications pertaining to the earth sciences, but particularly mineral, fossils, gem or rock collecting.

• Collections, Suites
  Entire collections of minerals or fossils, estate sales, complete suites of mineral varieties or minerals from a certain locality, or small or large collections or many differing varieties of rocks, gems, fossils or minerals.

• Displays and Cases
  Plastic boxes, glass domes, paper containers, shadow boxes, stands, shelves for displaying minerals, gems, rocks or fossils or cases, hutches, cabinets and counters for the same use.

• Other Supplies
  Any supply pertaining to mineralogy, geology, paleontology, the lapidary arts, or earth sciences in general which, for one reason or another, doesn't appear to fit into any other category.

• Other Non-Categorized
  Any item or service pertaining to mineralogy, geology, paleontology, the lapidary arts, or earth sciences in general which, for one reason or another, doesn't appear to fit into any other category.

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