Minerals are the creation of 4.5 billion years of earth's transformations from a fiery mass of gasses to the lush life-filled landscape we know. For mineral collectors, locality, or the mine where a mineral was discovered, is akin to its birthplace. Every mineral carries with it aspects of where it was "born" into this world. No matter where a specimen was unearthed, we can view them equally without any preconceived bias, prejudice, or egocentric view. When these minerals formed there were no artificial boundaries, no separate countries or cultures. Minerals have no attachment to a place or time, just to the earth as in one globe with no political, religious, or ethnic considerations. Minerals are the earth's "art" and everyone can appreciate and collect them.
Stuart Wilensky, President & Founder of Wilensky Exquisite Minerals