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Welcome to Mineral Maniacs, a site devoted to providing you with fine mineral specimens. I select pieces based on aesthetics, high quality, and good value.</p> <p class="style1">As for me, I have been a mineral collector for over 30 years. I am located in the USA, in Southern California. I am an absolute fanatic of fine mineral and crystal specimens, hence this site is appropriately named Mineral Maniacs!</p> <br> <br> <p> <p class="style1"><a href="http://www.the-vug.com/vug/thevugcast01.html" target="mainFrame">Watch me on the very first webcast from The-Vug.com!</a> </p> </TD> <TD> <p align="center"><img src="MMImages/DiggingQuartz.jpg" width="400" height="308" /> </p> <p align="center">Here I am smiling after getting into a quartz pocket.</p> </TD> </TR> </table> <p> <p align="left">Ordering is easy. Simply send an email to me describing what you are interested in and I will contact you to make arrangements to get your order to you. <p> <p align="left">If you would like to contact me right away and have Yahoo IM, please ping me here:</p> <p align="center"> <object id="pingboxgist8sulyq8W0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://wgweb.msg.yahoo.com/badge/Pingbox.swf" width="240" height="410"><param name="movie" value="http://wgweb.msg.yahoo.com/badge/Pingbox.swf" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="flashvars" value="wid=lBfeF3S2SmxP9uuA.DHZx2U1XOYUKP9h" /></object> <p> <p align="left">For complete ordering details please see the <A HREF="ordering.html">ordering page</a>. <br /> <br /> </p> <table width="50%" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3"> <tr> <td><div align="right"><img src="MMImages/masterca.gif" width="58" height="37" /></div></td> <td><div align="left"><img src="MMImages/visa.gif" width="58" height="37" /></div></td> </tr> </table> </p> <p> <center> <b><font> <FONTSIZE "2"> Search this website!</font></b> </center> <!-- Begin PicoSearch Query Box --> <center> <p>&nbsp;</p> <form method="post" action="http://www.picosearch.com/cgi-bin/ts.pl"> <input type="hidden" name="index" value="119434" /> <table bgcolor="WHITE" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tr> <td><table bgcolor="WHITE" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tr> <td><a href="http://www.picosearch.com/" target="_top"><img border="0" src="http://www.picosearch.com/picosmallg.gif" alt="PicoSearch" /></a></td> <td><input type="text" name="query" value="" size="20" /></td> <td><input type="submit" value="Search" name="SEARCH" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="right"><select name="opt"> <option selected="selected" value="ANY">Search ANY word </option> <option value="ALL">Search ALL words&nbsp; </option> <option value="EXACT">Search EXACT phrase&nbsp; </option> </select></td> <td align="left"><font size="-2">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.picosearch.com/cgi-bin/ts.pl?index=119434&amp;help=help">Help</a></font></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table> </form> </center> <!-- End PicoSearch Query Box --> <!--- Start of Footer ---> <BR> <BR> <p align="center"><img src="MMImages/Footer.jpg" width="403" height="190" /></p> <BR> </BODY> </HTML>