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Collector
Quality Mineral Sales Since 1996. Online since 1998.
We Specialize in Minerals from the Black Hills of South Dakota
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The
Periodic Table in Earth and Sky
August 15
The Daily Five will Resume in September |
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Next
Update: Thursday, August 28 at 8AM US Mountain Time
Last Updated: Thursday, August 14th
Please note: All Orders made
after Aug. 17 will not be shipped until Sept. 4
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New
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August
14, 2008
Mostly
Species |
August
28, 2008
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Aug.
12, 2008
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MATRIX
Magazine
SD Issues I & II available for $20 each. While supply
last.
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Website Features:
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Powerful new SEARCH ENGINE capable of searching by elements,
compounds, localities, size and price.
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SHOPPING CART - for easy order placement.
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SECURE SERVER for financial transactions.
- Finally, auto-updated Galleries tracking available, sold items & new
additions. Each gallery draws from a huge database containing
photos, localities, elements, size etc. Create your
own gallery by using our SEARCH
ENGINE.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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On June
12, 2008 Dakota Matrix switched servers. DakotaQ of
Rapid City is our new host. As a result, the database
which drives the website has been upgraded. You should
see a significant improvement in the speed of the
website. In the near future, we will redesign our
website to further improve upon it's functionality.
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Because of
increases by the US Postal Service, our rates have
increased also. Effective immediately, all domestic
priority rates are increased by 50 cents.
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Just
acquired the Dejan Polak collection in July,
2006. This is a systematic collection, which will be
posted alongside the Kidwell Collection.
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We
acquired the Dr. A. L. Kidwell Collection in
July, 2006. Look for continued postings throughout the
Summer and Fall.
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We will be
participating in John Veevaert's Mineral-Auctions.com
sometime starting in October. If you've been watching
these auctions, you undoubtedly have seen some
fantastic mineral specimens go for easy money. There
is a great group of dealers participating on these
auctions - all of which are trusting and reliable.
Don't look any further than Mineral-Auctions.com
for screamin' deals.
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Message
Board
- NOTICE: We changed our
policy on ordering. Nothing earth shaking, but you may
want to read about the changes. Click Ordering, Shipping and
Payments.
- We pay CASH for
collections - if you are contemplating selling yours or
know someone who is, please contact us.
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Please see
above for the Date and Time of the NEXT UPDATE!!
Check Time
Zones at: Time
and Date.com or Tripod.com
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FAQ's - all about our
site, ordering, payment etc.
Ordering, Shipping and
Payments
- Notice - New Policy on Ordering.
World
Time Zones
MATRIX Magazine - A
Journal of the History of Minerals.
Read Our Customer Testimonials
About Us
Articles &
Publications by Tom Loomis
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New to
this Website?
Here are some tips for you:
- When
you see the smiley face
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we have uploaded at least five new
additions somewhere on the website for that date posted below
the face. When you see a frowney face
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haven't uploaded any minerals for the day. The "day"
defined as sometime between 8AM and 10PM USA Mountain Time. So
if you visit the website early in the day and see a frowney
face, check back later. It may have changed to a smiley face!
This will not include the main "New Additions
Updates" usually scheduled once per week. Postings
this week include:
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Monday:
Jalpaite w/ Silver & Chrysocolla, Maucherite, Stewartite
w/ Rockbridgeite & Mitridatite, Vanadinite
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Tuesday:
Cinnabar, Mimetite w/ Malachite, Paulingite-Ca, Rhodochrosite
w/ Pyrite, Scheuchzerite
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Wednesday: Check
our update tomorrow at 12:00 MT for over 20 new additions
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Thursday: Calcite
"Sand Calcite", Chrysoberyl, Pyrite, Strengite w/
Phosphosiderite, Wicksite, & Barbosalite, Tourmaline -
Rubellite (All South Dakota Localities)
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Friday: The
Periodic Table in Earth and Sky
- We update at least once per
week. Usually it's on Thursdays at 8AM
Mountain Time. Click
here for a time conversion. However sometimes the update
is on Tuesday or Wednesday. These are Scheduled updates that are shown as
one of the linked mineral photos above and published on the New
Addition Galleries. Just look at the dates above and click
on the link below the date or the photo above it. New Addition
pages provide a means for you to see what has been posted
without flipping through all the Galleries. However, see
below.....
- We don't always announce the New
Addition updates via email. I don't like annoying you all the
time with emails. You get enough spam. That's why we schedule
our updates.
- Every so often we launch a surprise
update and publish these on the New Addition pages. No
saying when that is, but you'll know when it happened by
looking at the update notices above.
- We also upload about 5
minerals per day to various galleries that ARE NOT on the
New Addition Galleries. If you just feel like browsing the
Galleries, you will find new minerals posted everyday in the
Under/Over$50 and Rare Mineral Galleries. We do this because
if you are new to the site, been away on vacation or whatever,
we want you too to find good stuff rather than having missed
out on the recent updates to the New Addition pages. So if you
saw a mineral you missed out on in a recent update, check the
galleries. You can also use the search
engine if you have a specific mineral in mind.
- We offer bulk mineral deals occasionally
via email. Click
here to see examples. If you are interested in these, ask
to get on our email
list.
- We also offer basic, representative
minerals on a text listing. Click
here to view these text listings. We do not take photos of
these. They are good minerals but we like to keep the price
down therefore we don't like to put too much time and effort
into them.
- We participate on Mineral-Auctions.com.
- To Order please use the shopping
cart. It's a three step process, so be sure to
check out by clicking on the last link to send order. If you
don't like the shopping you can email us your order. But
beware, someone may "scoop" that specimen out from
under you as I don't always catch the emails in time!!
- You can pay by PAYPAL,
credit card
(secured), or send a check or money orders. New, established
customers, must pay first. For more information on payments or
shipping click here.
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Tom Loomis
New email (as of July 1, 2008): dakotamatrix@gmail.com
NOTE - I still have the dakotamatrix@msn.com
account. I just don't like it. Gmail is much better.
If your email to us gets bounced back try this
address:
alternate email: dakotamatrix@gmail.com |
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phone: (605) 718 - 9130 |
| Address: |
Dakota Matrix Minerals
Tom Loomis
PO Box 415
Rapid City, South Dakota 57709
USA |
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