Well, we sold a lot of stuff on Saturday. However, we still have a lot left to go.
Here's what we're doing:
1) we're putting out SOME new stuff (some extras of minerals we already had displayed on Saturday, and some new minerals) We also have new dino bones out.
2) we MAY be cutting prices.
Also, I received an email from someone who has an Ultra Tech Faceting Machine with all the equipment & manuals. It is an older model, but it has been in storage for 20 years. She wants to sell it. Anyone who is interested, leave a comment with your contact info and I'll give you her email address.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Calcite, calcite, and more calcite.
Here is some of the calcite for sale:
Pyrite and calcite crystals:
These calcite pieces will exhibit double refraction very well.
This is one HUGE calcite crystal...
These calcite pieces have been in the basement so long, they've turned Wheaton colors!
More calcite:
Pyrite and calcite crystals:
These calcite pieces will exhibit double refraction very well.
This is one HUGE calcite crystal...
These calcite pieces have been in the basement so long, they've turned Wheaton colors!
More calcite:
Monday, August 10, 2009
Photos are still coming...
... later. I will begin posting photos around August 21st.
-Bryn H, student manager, W.C. Rock Sale
-Bryn H, student manager, W.C. Rock Sale
Final News Release
Final News Release: August 8, 2009
Coming soon and then, never again;
Wheaton College's Geology Department hosts EARTH'S GARAGE SALE.
We are moving into the limited spaces of a new science building and must offer thousands of fine items collected over 150 years of field education. The materials are on sale for very reasonable to down-right super-low prices. We desire to provide precious artifacts of natural history to as many people as possible. There will truly be something there for everyone.
Place: Armerding Hall basement, corner of Irving and Kennilworth on the Wheaton College campus.
Times: 9:30am to 4:30pm on Saturday, Sept. 5th and Labor Day Monday, Sept. 7th.
For Sale: Mineral specimens, Rocks, and Fossils of all quality levels and from all over the world; Microscopes, Surveying instruments, maps and other geological materials.
Credit cards, cash and local checks with ID accepted. All proceeds are to support student field work and research projects.
For more information, contact: Dr. Jeff Greenberg 630-752-5866 jeffrey.k.greenberg@wheaton.edu
Coming soon and then, never again;
Wheaton College's Geology Department hosts EARTH'S GARAGE SALE.
We are moving into the limited spaces of a new science building and must offer thousands of fine items collected over 150 years of field education. The materials are on sale for very reasonable to down-right super-low prices. We desire to provide precious artifacts of natural history to as many people as possible. There will truly be something there for everyone.
Place: Armerding Hall basement, corner of Irving and Kennilworth on the Wheaton College campus.
Times: 9:30am to 4:30pm on Saturday, Sept. 5th and Labor Day Monday, Sept. 7th.
For Sale: Mineral specimens, Rocks, and Fossils of all quality levels and from all over the world; Microscopes, Surveying instruments, maps and other geological materials.
Credit cards, cash and local checks with ID accepted. All proceeds are to support student field work and research projects.
For more information, contact: Dr. Jeff Greenberg 630-752-5866 jeffrey.k.greenberg@wheaton.edu
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Rock Sale Announcement from Dr. Greenberg
Friends,
Please note that the Geology Department at Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL (about 20 miles west of Chicago) is hosting a two-day [Sat. Sept.5 and Labor Day Mon. Sept.7] sale; 9:30am-4:30pm each day.
This event will feature a fantastic amount of good to excellent quality items accumulated over 150 years. Materials must be sold in order to make the transition to a new natural history museum in Fall 2010.
Be aware that the items will be sold at far below normal retail prices expected from stores or online dealers.
Prices begin at 25c (something for everyone) and range upwards, with most materials from 25c to $10.
Credit cards and cash will be accepted.
Minerals, rocks, fossils, maps, microscopes, and other geological items will be displayed in the basement of the college's Armerding Science Building (map available from the Wheaton College web site). In addition to many exotic global sources, good representation of materials come from: Illinois, Wisconsin, and the Midwest, California, South Dakota, Texas, North Carolina-northern Georgia, New Jersey, New York, Kentucky, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, southern Canada, Arkansas, and Oregon.
PARTIAL INVENTORY for the Giant Geology Sale of minerals, rocks, fossils, maps, microscopes, etc. :
MINERALS:
*Adamite *Allanite *Amblygonite *Analcite *Andalusite *Anglesite *Apatite(s) *Apophyllite *Aragonite *Aurichalcite *Azurite *Barite *Beryl *Bornite *Brookite *Cassiterite *Celestite *Chalcocite *Chalcopyrite *Chlorite(s) *Chromite *Columbite *Copper *Cordierite *Corundum *Covellite *Cryolite *Cuprite *Datolite *Desclozite *Dolomite *Enargite *Epidote *Feldspar(s) *Ferberite *Fluorite *Garnet(s) *Galena *Gold *Graphite *Gypsum *Hedenbergite *Hematite *Heulandite *Hexagonite *Hornblende *Ilvaite *Kyanite *Lazulite *Leucite *Magnetite *Malachite *Marcasite *Mica(s) *Molybdenite *Norbergite *Olivine *Pectolite *Prehnite *Pyrite *Pyrolusite *Pyrophyllite *Pyrrhotite *Pyromorphite *Pyroxene(s) *Rhodochrosite *Rhodonite *Siderite *Sillimanite *Smaltite *Smithsonite *Sodalite *Sphalerite *Spodumene *Stannite *Staurolite *Stibnite *Stilbite *Sulphur *Sylvite-halite *Talc *Topaz *Tremolite-actinolite *Triphyllite *Tourmaline(s) *Turquoise *Vesuvianite *Vanadinite *Willemite *Zincite *Zircon *Zoisite(s)
AND calcite and quartz minerals in great variety.
ROCKS:
of all igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic types; polished and clear enameled, including rare structural samples
FOSSILS:
including all major groups; invertebrate, vertebrate animals,(bivalves, trilobites, corals, gastropods,cephalopods, crinoids, algae, brachiopods, bryozoa, turtles,oreodonts), plants (Mazon Creek fauna,fossil wood, leaves)
LAPIDARY ROUGH:
including lots of material from the quartz family
GEO-ODDITIES:
such as cave deposits, dendrites, fulgarite "lightning rock", wind-polished ventifacts, and concretions in many forms.
PLEASE NOTE THAT DEALERS WILL BE GIVEN NO PREVIEWS OR OTHER PREFERENCES.
Please note that the Geology Department at Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL (about 20 miles west of Chicago) is hosting a two-day [Sat. Sept.5 and Labor Day Mon. Sept.7] sale; 9:30am-4:30pm each day.
This event will feature a fantastic amount of good to excellent quality items accumulated over 150 years. Materials must be sold in order to make the transition to a new natural history museum in Fall 2010.
Be aware that the items will be sold at far below normal retail prices expected from stores or online dealers.
Prices begin at 25c (something for everyone) and range upwards, with most materials from 25c to $10.
Credit cards and cash will be accepted.
Minerals, rocks, fossils, maps, microscopes, and other geological items will be displayed in the basement of the college's Armerding Science Building (map available from the Wheaton College web site). In addition to many exotic global sources, good representation of materials come from: Illinois, Wisconsin, and the Midwest, California, South Dakota, Texas, North Carolina-northern Georgia, New Jersey, New York, Kentucky, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, southern Canada, Arkansas, and Oregon.
PARTIAL INVENTORY for the Giant Geology Sale of minerals, rocks, fossils, maps, microscopes, etc. :
MINERALS:
*Adamite *Allanite *Amblygonite *Analcite *Andalusite *Anglesite *Apatite(s) *Apophyllite *Aragonite *Aurichalcite *Azurite *Barite *Beryl *Bornite *Brookite *Cassiterite *Celestite *Chalcocite *Chalcopyrite *Chlorite(s) *Chromite *Columbite *Copper *Cordierite *Corundum *Covellite *Cryolite *Cuprite *Datolite *Desclozite *Dolomite *Enargite *Epidote *Feldspar(s) *Ferberite *Fluorite *Garnet(s) *Galena *Gold *Graphite *Gypsum *Hedenbergite *Hematite *Heulandite *Hexagonite *Hornblende *Ilvaite *Kyanite *Lazulite *Leucite *Magnetite *Malachite *Marcasite *Mica(s) *Molybdenite *Norbergite *Olivine *Pectolite *Prehnite *Pyrite *Pyrolusite *Pyrophyllite *Pyrrhotite *Pyromorphite *Pyroxene(s) *Rhodochrosite *Rhodonite *Siderite *Sillimanite *Smaltite *Smithsonite *Sodalite *Sphalerite *Spodumene *Stannite *Staurolite *Stibnite *Stilbite *Sulphur *Sylvite-halite *Talc *Topaz *Tremolite-actinolite *Triphyllite *Tourmaline(s) *Turquoise *Vesuvianite *Vanadinite *Willemite *Zincite *Zircon *Zoisite(s)
AND calcite and quartz minerals in great variety.
ROCKS:
of all igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic types; polished and clear enameled, including rare structural samples
FOSSILS:
including all major groups; invertebrate, vertebrate animals,(bivalves, trilobites, corals, gastropods,cephalopods, crinoids, algae, brachiopods, bryozoa, turtles,oreodonts), plants (Mazon Creek fauna,fossil wood, leaves)
LAPIDARY ROUGH:
including lots of material from the quartz family
GEO-ODDITIES:
such as cave deposits, dendrites, fulgarite "lightning rock", wind-polished ventifacts, and concretions in many forms.
PLEASE NOTE THAT DEALERS WILL BE GIVEN NO PREVIEWS OR OTHER PREFERENCES.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Barite for sale!
Besides this beautiful barite rose, the Wheaton College Rock Sale will be selling bladed white barite (associated with quartz geode-type crystals), and South Dakota golden barite.
Agates for sale!
The Wheaton College Rock Sale will include several thin-sliced agates (left). We also have hundreds of other agates- moss agates, thunder eggs, Mexican lace agates, Botswana agates (bright orange and pink), turritella fossil agates, agatized fossils, etc.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Intro
Greetings, rock & mineral collectors!
This blog is here to spread the word about the upcoming Wheaton College Geology Department Rock & Mineral Sale, to give interested parties some previews of the stuff that will be for sale, and to update you all on the progress of preparation.
For now, let me just sum up that there will be a lot of rocks, minerals, fossils, and geologic maps for sale.
Dr. Greenberg, the head honcho for this project, will contribute updates occasionally, as will I.
The sale is Labor Day Weekend. Check back every now and then for updates!
Bryn M. Hendricks
Geology Major/ Rock Sale Manager
This blog is here to spread the word about the upcoming Wheaton College Geology Department Rock & Mineral Sale, to give interested parties some previews of the stuff that will be for sale, and to update you all on the progress of preparation.
For now, let me just sum up that there will be a lot of rocks, minerals, fossils, and geologic maps for sale.
Dr. Greenberg, the head honcho for this project, will contribute updates occasionally, as will I.
The sale is Labor Day Weekend. Check back every now and then for updates!
Bryn M. Hendricks
Geology Major/ Rock Sale Manager
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