Wendy & Frank Melanson Collection Frank and Wendy Melanson have operated the mineral dealership Hawthorneden since 1968. Since then, Wendy has amassed a fantastic collection of thumbnail sized specimens with Frank’s assistance. Their frequent trips to Brazil and great contacts in Canada and around the world have given them access to a vast array of minerals and localities represented in this collection of nearly 10,000 specimens.

Here is a good jeremejevite crystal with wonderful color from the fairly recent Erongo discovery. As with many of these crystals, the terminations are deeply etched, but the prism faces on this one are relatively unscathed.