Welcome to Thomson Minerals !

Welcome to Thomson Minerals !

Minerals are listed geographically. Please click on the relevant regional button on the left or at the bottom of the page, to enter each gallery.

Dimensions are in centimetres, (Height x Width x Depth) One Inch = 2.5 cms (or 25mm). Please note that measurements are approximate.

Prices are listed in US Dollars ($) and may occasionally fluctuate depending on current exchange rates.
Use this link for currency conversion: www.xe.com/ucc/
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About........

Firstly, let me introduce myself. My name is Colleen Thomson, and I am based 50 miles North of London, England, in the lovely County of Buckinghamshire.

I have been an avid mineral collector for the best part of 25 years, and my house is in imminent danger of imploding under the weight of rocks! I may yet be killed by a rockfall in my own lounge one day........Hence the website.

Incidently - I'm the devastatingly gorgeous one in the red hard hat in the photo above!!...don't laugh...You would look that rough too at some unGodly hour of a Sunday morning in the bottom of a quarry....at least it wasn't raining :-)

Let me just point out that this is not my main business - I already have a full time job slaving over a hot hairdryer.

The website came about because I felt the need to 'recycle' some of my collection, and because it will hopefully provide me with funds to upgrade some of my specimens. A hopeless rock addict to the last!

Talking of which - my specialist interests include : Copper and Lead secondaries,Phosphates; Fluorites and the Minerals of Greece and Romania (this last one all Mark Wrigley's fault). ;-) ·

I am always willing to swap material with other collectors. Interesting Micromounts always welcomed. Send me your trades list.

I would be interested if you have any Single specimens or collections for sale.

Thanks for taking the time to trawl through all the text (if you got this far!)Enjoy the website & browse around. If you do not see anything on the site you like - just ask, I may not have gotten around to photographing it yet!

.....And remember, if you redistribute your rocks around your house, at least it will sink evenly....