Field Expeditions · Source Visits · Mine-Direct
Our Trips
We don't buy from middlemen. Every major specimen in our collection was sourced in person — at the mine, at the dig, at the source. This is our expedition journal.
Brazil — Minas Gerais
Tourmaline · Imperial Topaz · Aquamarine · Rutilated Quartz · Rutile with Hematite
Second return in 2025 — a summer expedition across Minas Gerais and Bahia. Focused on the Governador Valadares and Teófilo Otoni pegmatite corridors, with a dedicated sourcing run in Bahia for rutile with hematite specimens. Every piece selected at the mine face.
Brazil — Minas Gerais
Tourmaline · Topaz · Aquamarine · Heliodor
Fifth expedition to Brazil, opening the year in Minas Gerais. Direct access to miners in the pegmatite belt — sourcing the finest tourmalines and beryls of the season.
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Tourmaline · Chrysoberyl · Smoky Quartz · Garnet
Fourth expedition to Brazil at the height of summer. Extended sourcing across the Minas Gerais gem belt — elbaite tourmalines, imperial chrysoberyl and collector-quality quartz.
View specimens from this trip →Indonesia — Sulawesi & Java
Agate · Zeolite · Petrified Wood · Volcanic Specimens
A different kind of expedition — volcanic islands, lush rainforest, and minerals unlike anything found in the Americas. Spectacular moss agates from Sulawesi and zeolite clusters from Java basalts.
View specimens from this trip →Namibia — Karibib District
Tourmaline · Aquamarine · Muscovite · Fluorite
First expedition to the Karibib pegmatite belt — one of the most productive gem-mineral zones in southern Africa. Exceptional bicolour tourmalines and blue aquamarine on matrix.
View specimens from this trip →Brazil — Rio Grande do Sul
Amethyst · Quartz · Agate · Kyanite · Tourmaline
The first expedition to Brazil — the trip that changed everything. Deep in Rio Grande do Sul, inside an amethyst mine, surrounded by cathedral geodes still attached to the rock. A hand-selected collection of amethysts, quartz, agates, kyanites, tourmalines and other exceptional specimens brought back directly from the source.
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Slovenia — Črni Vrh
Quartz · Smoky Quartz · Alpine Minerals
Personal field collecting at Črni Vrh, Slovenia — extracting quartz crystals directly from the rock. This is what mine-direct sourcing looks like in practice: patience, physical work, and the moment a crystal breaks free.
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