Dave Bunk Minerals

BERYL var. Aquamarine; Brazil; Jesse La Plante photo
ERICAITE on ANHYDRITE; Hänigsen, Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany; Jesse La Plante photo
CHALCOCITE; 170 Meter Level, Block 31-50, Mine No. 57, Dzhezkazgan, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan
POLYBASITE; Guanajuato, Municipio de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
AZURITE on MALACHITE; Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
PYRITE; Pogo Mine, Southeast Fairbanks Borough, Alaska, USA
PYRITE on HEMATITE (IRON-cross twin); Batère, Pyrénées-Orientales, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
ACANTHITE on PYRARGYRITE; Chañarcillo, near Copiapó, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile; Jesse La Plante photo
GAHNITE; Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA; Jesse La Plante photo
LEGRANDITE; Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
SMITHSONITE; Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia; Jesse La Plante photo
CUPRITE on COPPER; Old Dominion Mine, near Globe, Globe-Miami District, Gila County, Arizona, USA; Jesse La Plante photo
CHALCOPYRITE; Cooks Kitchen Mine, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom; Jesse La Plante photo
GOLD; Ibex Mine/Little Jonny Mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, USA; Jesse La Plante photo
QUARTZ var. Amethyst on DATOLITE; Charcas, Municipio de Charcas, San Luis Potosí, Mexico; Jesse La Plante photo
WULFENITE; Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos, Municipio de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico; Jesse La Plante photo
COPPER; 5150 Bench, East Pit, Chino Mine, near Bayard, Grant County, New Mexico, USA; Jesse La Plante photo
CALCITE with COPPER on PREHNITE; Phoenix Mine, near Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA; Jesse La Plante photo
COPPER on ANALCIME; Phoenix Mine, near Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA; Jesse La Plante photo
FLUORITE with BARITE on SPHALERITE; Elmwood Mine, near Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee, USA; Jesse La Plante photo
QUARTZ var. Amethyst; Blue Points Mine (formerly Diamond Willow Mine), Pearl, Near Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada; Jesse La Plante photo

Olde Town Arvada has become a very comfortable new home for Dave Bunk Minerals, Lithographie, Ltd., Jesse La Plante. With many restaurants, shops, and watering holes within an easy walk, it’s a great place to spend the day. And the recently opened Gold Line light rail stop is only two blocks from our shop.

Our website is running smoothly, and we’re posting weekly updates to both the website, and our eBay store.

Dave Bunk Minerals is still open by appointment, but our new store, Lithos, is open regular hours, and you’re welcome to stop in and browse our great selection of minerals, books, fossils, meteorites, and more.

Welcome to Dave Bunk Minerals. We update our website every Thursday at 10:00 AM, and our eBay store every Tuesday at 10AM.

Both sites have over 1,000 specimens to search, and the selection keeps getting bigger. We feature new finds like the recent garnet aquamarine combos, and collections like Bryant Harris, Frank and Wendy Melanson, and more.

We’re currently working on two major thumbnail collections from Rich Olsen and Gene Reynolds that will add thousands of new TN”s to our inventory.

And we’re also processing our massive Colorado mineral inventory slowly but surely, and we should have regular updates from many Colorado localities.

Feel free to contact us if you would like to be added to our email update list.

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