The Craft Miner - Thomas Greene
Thomas Greene is the founder of The Craft Miner as well as a passionate mineral collector himself. Tommy has been collecting minerals since he was young but only recently decided to pursue his passion for minerals as a full-time career. Based in New Jersey, he does a lot of prospecting on the East Coast but also travels inside & outside the US.
High quality stilbite cluster from Snake Hill, New Jersey. This specimen has great coloration and is gemmy for stilbite. A great representation of this amazing N.J. locality that is no longer accessible.
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Size: 7.5 x 5.5 x 3 cm
High quality stilbite from Snake Hill, New Jersey. This specimen came from a small pocket found by Thomas Greene (The Craft Miner) in 2022. It is a very gemmy piece and a great representation of this famous locality that is no longer accessible.
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SIze: 9 x 5.5 x 3 cm
Thumbnail wavellite specimen mined at the Mount Pleasant Mills quarry in Pennsylvania by Tommy Greene (The Craft Miner). This specimen is very aesthetic, displaying both the interior radial crystals and intact spherulitic crystals.
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Size: 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm
Miniature wavellite specimen mined at the Mount Pleasant Mills quarry in Pennsylvania by Tommy Greene (The Craft Miner). This specimen is very aesthetic, displaying full spherulitic crystals associated with calcite.
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Size: 5.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm
Small cabinet wavellite specimen mined at the Mount Pleasant Mills quarry in Pennsylvania by Tommy Greene (The Craft Miner). This specimen is very aesthetic, displaying a ton of radial crystals. High quality wavellite is only found at 3 localities in the United State, one of which is the Mount Pleasant Mills quarry in PA.
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Size: 7 x 3.5 x 4
Miniature wavellite specimen mined at the Mount Pleasant Mills quarry in Pennsylvania by Thomas Greene (The Craft Miner). This specimen is very aesthetic, featuring large & sharp bright green spherulitic crystals. Wavellite of this quality is very rare, only coming from 3 localities in the U.S., one of which is the Mount Pleasant Mills quarry.
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Size: 5.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm
Large Cabinet wavellite specimen mined at the Mount Pleasant Mills quarry in Pennsylvania by Tommy Greene (The Craft Miner). This specimen is very aesthetic, displaying both the interior radial crystals and intact spherulitic crystals. Wavellite of this quality is rare, only being found at 3 localities in the U.S., one of which is the Mount Peasant Mills quarry.
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Size: 12.5 x 7 x 7 cm
Beautiful bright orange stilbite bowties and a few golden calcite crystals perched on top a bed of clear quartz in a basalt matrix from New Jersey. This specimen was mined in Montclair by Thomas Greene (The Craft Miner). Both ends of the basalt host rock are mineralized.
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Size: 10 x 11 x 4.5 cm
Calcite with hematite inclusions on a small plate of amethyst from the Purple Kush f2 Pocket in New Jersey. The Purple Kush f2 pocket was hit by Thomas Greene (The Craft Miner) in 2023 and only yielded a few calcite specimens. Calcites with hematite inclusions are very rare in New Jersey making this a really neat thumbnail specimen.
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Size: 2 x 3 x 2 cm
Gorgeous cactus amethyst & anhydrite specimen from the Purple Kush Pocket f2 in Haledon, New Jersey. The Purple Kush Pocket f2 was hit by Thomas Greene in 2023. This piece is so unique because it is split down the middle with amethyst on one side and colorful anhydrite sprays on the other, reminiscent of a rising sun. Material like this is extremely rare and is likley unavailable anywhere else.
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Size: 17.5 x 10 x 6 cm
Beautiful cactus quartz with calcite perchers from the Purple Kush Pocket f2 hit by Thomas Greene (The Craft Miner) in Haledon, New Jersey. This piece also features an unknown blue mineral.
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Size: 4 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm
Very unique amethyst/quartz & anhydrite specimen from the Purple Kush F2 Pocket found in New Jersey by Thomas Greene (The Craft Miner). This piece has neat anhydrite casts throughout the whole piece. It does have some secondary mineralization coating it because it came from the bottom of the pocket.
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Size: 10 x 9 x 5 cm
Beautiful cactus amethyst & anhydrite specimen from the Purple Kush Pocket f2 found by Thomas Greene (The Craft Miner) in Haledon, New Jersey. This piece is super unique with an anhydrite backing and no host rock.
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Size: 6 x 4 x 3 cm
Super interesting amethyst & anhydrite specimen from the Purple Kush Pocket f2. The Purple Kush Pocket f2 was found in Haledom, New Jersey by Thomas Greene (The Craft Miner). This piece is very unique with an anhydrite spray resembling a rising sun. You don't see amethyst like this from N.J. often.
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Size: 5.5 x 2.5 x 3.5 cm
Beautiful amethyst with hematite inclusions from The Purple Kush Pocket f2. This pocket was hit in Haledon, New Jersey by Thomas Greene (The Craft Miner) in 2023. Specimens of this size and quality are very rare for New Jersey.
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Size: 11 x 9 x 4 cm
This cactus amethyst/quartz specimen is from a recent find by The Craft Miner in Haledon, New Jersey. This specimen in particular resembles a heart and has great luster while showing no signs of damage. Amethyst is a rarity in The Garden State, making this a wonderful addition to anyone’s collection.
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Pegmatites of the Pikes Peak batholith have produced some of the finest Amazonite specimens ever discovered and this piece, from Lake George, is no exception. This cabinet-sized specimen is most notable for its choice form, white-cap & intense, saturated colors. The color is actually variegated, ranging from a typical and desired blue to areas that are green/brown. This is an interesting and attractive variation that isn't all that common. The white-cap is just the cherry on top of an already incredible specimen. Undoubtedly an old-timer, this is a classic Amazonite specimen from one of the most storied and well-known districts in Colorado.
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