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High Grade Treasures is Jesse and Martha Wellman.
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any questions, I will answer them! Please send Questions to High Grade
Treasures
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email me, and we will take
care of your order.
Great to have you visiting
our web site! This is like a peice of art that evolves, and we hope you like what you find. Martha
and I last went to an area near Eureka Nevada looking for Ordovician silicified trilobites. This
was my first time at this exact location, and we discovered that the outcrops where near
the summit of the range. So next time we go we will have to prepare accordingly. I am in the
process of putting together the last things needed for my photo studio, and this should result
in a lot more pictures on this site in the next few weeks.
Have a Great
Day! Sunday, February 25th. Less than a month to Spring!!!
Your
satisfaction with any item, or service we offer is our number one concern. If for any reason you are not 100%
satisfied with anything or any aspect of an item or a transaction, we offer a 30
day money back guarantee when returned in the original condition, no questions
asked.
We
accept PayPal, checks, and money orders for those who are in the United States.
We accept international money orders for international customers, funds in
U.S. Dollars. All checks must clear
before an item is shipped, and this can add time, Paypal, or a money order
is the quickest way for you to have your purchase.
We pay for shipping within the U.S. if the
order is over $100.00. Orders under
$100.00 within the U.S. pay a flat $5.00 shipping fee. International orders are billed at the
actual cost, and we will be in contact with you to agree upon the best possible
cost, speed, and safety for the delivery of your order. We ship by
U.S.P.S. unless you want other means that will
be arranged at the time of the order.
All
of our items are 100% natural. They
may have had some mechanical or chemical cleaning. If any item has had repairs or
stabilization done this will be noted in bold. If in the course of time we offer
anything that is not 100% natural, it will be noted in bold also.
Most of the items on this site have
come from purchases made at the mine of origin, or through someone who was at
the mine.
Some items we have collected ourselves
too.
Nature is
phenomenal beauty in the right conditions.
Our items represent the conditions of formation resulting in remarkable
combinations of form, color, symmetry, rarity, and beauty. This is not a museum, but would be a good
place to start building your own personal natural history museum. If you would like some guidance in how to
begin the curator-ship of your own library of natural wonders please contact
us.
We
are in the process of adding shows to our schedule. Currently
we can be seen at the California Mining and Mineral Museum show in Mariposa
California in April of each year.
Please
send an email for anything related to rocks, minerals, fossils, gems, crystals,
mineralogy, mineral exploration, you get the idea.
High Grade Treasures
We live in
bright-lights high-desert Reno Nevada.
Located on the
western edge of the Great Basin extensional province, and on the eastern flank
of the mighty Sierra Nevada mountain range, the area (within a long days drive)
has over 10,000 historical producing mines, and several dozen modern long-lived
open pit, and underground gold mines. Nevada has
been gifted mineral wise being in the top 10 gold producing areas of the world.
This has made Reno a great place for a mineral collector to live.
But wait, there is more. Also
fossil
bearing strata from the Paleozoic to the Pleistocene containing some of the
earliest trilobites, more recent mastodon remains and a good variety in between
are found here. Though there is always someplace else that is reported to be
better for this thing or that, the geological richness of the area is truly
remarkable, and really should be enjoyed first hand.
I
am also member of the Geological Society of Nevada, and The Friends of
Mineralogy of Northern Nevada where we have rubbed elbows with the famous Fred
Pough. I received my B.S. in Geology from Chico state in 1992.
Good
friends we share a few laughs with are Alan Day and Scott Werschky of
Miners lunch box, also Greg Ferdock of Sierra Nevada Gem Finders, and Scott Kleine
of Great Basin Minerals.
I have worked in mineral
exploration for over 10 years, and also consult with information systems development.
Items for the
systematic collector, the living room mantle decorator, the artesian, and the
connoisseur of the ascetic natural world, we hope this internet site has
something of interest for
all.
Thank You!
Have a great day, and may you always find things of beauty along
your path.
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