Welcome to Penn Minerals!
Our Mission:
- To offer you the finest in Rocks, Minerals and Fossils from the Great State of Pennsylvania!
- To keep you updated on productive collecting sites that are accessible to the general public.
- To maintain a complete list of Rock and Mineral Clubs in PA to help you enjoy Rockhounding!
Mineral Galleries! Online Now!
New Minerals added December 12, 2020 including
a historical specimen of Anglesite from the Wheatley Mine, Malachite and Cuprite from the Cornwall Mine,
as well as other classics from the collections of
Jay Lininger, Martin Anne, and William Lorah.
Anglesite, Wheatley Mine - ex. Berlin Museum of Natural History
Pennsylvania Rock Clubs!
- Visit the Club Page for an extensive listings of a Rock, Mineral, Lapidary or Pale-ontological Club Near You!
- Not Listed on our Rock Clubs Page? Please visit the Club Page and fill out the information form provided! We are waiting to hear from You!
Call for Pennsylvania Minerals
We are in need of Pennsylvania Mineral Specimens! We will buy or trade individual specimens or entire collections. If you have minerals from Pennsylvania that you wish to trade or sell please contact us.
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MATRIX
A JOURNAL OF
THE HISTORY OF MINERALS
We are very pleased to offer MATRIX, Volume 1 through Volume 12, Number 1.
Single Issue Price Volumes
One and Two - $5.00 plus postage.
Single Issue Price Volumes Three through Twelve - $7.50 plus postage
Click Here for a complete listing of all issues including
a table of contents for each issue
Click Here to go directly to the ORDER MATRIX page
with a complete list including prices
REMINISCENCES OF A MINERALOGIST
Minerals, Localities, and Mineralogy
by Arthur Montgomery
Great companion book to
MATRIX Volume 8 Number 2
82 Pages with a Preface by Allen V. Heyl
Price - $20.00 postage paid*
Here's What's in the Library!
- Mines and Minerals of Chester County by Ron Sloto
- Time Walk, A Journey through Time in Adams, Lancaster and York Counties, PA by Jeri L.Jones, Illuistrations by Teanna L. Byerts.
- Please read Mineralizing in Germantown: An Avid Pursuit in an Earlier Era written by the late Jay Lininger. It is an engrossing article about the early days of Pennsylvania mineralogy and mineral collecting in the Philadelphia area.
- Jay also wrote a six part article on the history of Pennsylvania Mineralogy entitled Chronicles of Central Pennsylvania Mineralogy. If you haven't read the articles yet, now is a great time to start!
Enter the Pennsylvania
Mineral Museum Here!
Fluorapatite, Actinolite - Keystone Trap Rock Quarry, Cornog, PA