A to Z Mineral Shop at Nature's Art Village - Oakdale, Connecticut

Alicia Stanley

Amazing store with so much to look at! It’s like stepping into a dinosaur museum without having to pay for admission. This store is perfect for gifts of any occasion and gifts for children. I have never seen such a vast assortment of rocks and minerals in one place!

Millie

Fantastic, gorgeous store with great prices on SUCH a variety of beautiful inventory. Sadly I couldn't find a stuffed frog plush while there but that didn't bother me as everything I saw was wonderful. Very friendly staff was super courteous and informative. The bead selection was phenomenal, the stone and mineral selection was so hard to walk away from, the florescent display was stunning, the plushy collection was a child (or adults!) dream. Definitely worth going.

Dan Landino

I have been collecting fossils and minerals for over 20 years. This shop by far has the biggest and best selection that I’ve come across and that includes shops I have gone to while traveling across the country. Brandon, in the gallery was extremely helpful in helping me find the perfect fossil centerpiece for my collection. I was able to purchase the largest fossil in my collection there and it looks amazing as my centerpiece in my display cabinet. I would definitely recommend making the trip to check the shop out and will definitely be making a return to grow my collection!

Brianna Payne

This shop is wonderful. So many specimens. Beautiful gems and jewlery and some really cool fossil pieces. Spent about an hour there and can't wait to go back.

Senali Fonseka :3

Variety of specimens, dinosaur fossils, minerals, jewelry, etc. Amazing staff who is passionate and educated about the beauties sold. I loved my experience and it was well worth the 7h drive. Only wish it was closer. Thank you for the amazing experience.

I would post pictures, but none is allowed in the store. Ask to see the dark room for a beautiful surprise ?

Shelby Dayton

Brandon was so professional and knowledgeable about every mineral and stone in the store! All he had me do was touch one specimen and it had to come home with me. His energy is bright, warm, and friendly and I definitely can’t wait to come back! 10/10 recommend, say hi to Brandon!

Mrs Sunshine

I thought of several clever ways to leave a review for this place, but decided just to throw my thoughts down in a heap instead. So here is my honest review of A to Z Mineral Shop...
When you walk into the building, you're gonna want to turn left. The mineral store is right there. Upon walking into A to Z, there are amazing fossils, dinosaur skeletons, sparkly rocks (yes, i called then sparkly rocks, get over it), and a very knowledgeable guy named Brandon.
You definitely have to go when Brandon is working. Not only was he such a fun person to talk to, but he knew everything about all of the minerals in there! I asked him for some obscure specimens and he knew everything about what I was looking for! From bismuth, rough diamonds, dendritic quartz, rutilated quartz, cyanotrichite, to sulfur specimens; he knew them all! He was also very patient when my kiddo asked him a billion questions!
The selection is definitely worth the trip, but I'm not gonna lie, Brandon is the reason why we'll be repeat visitors!

Treveir Davis

So I gotta say first, this place is amazing so much to check out for beginners to advance mineral collectors. An the prehistoric fossils an bug filled sap from millions of years ago give you a crazy experience to be able to hold history it’s amazing. The people there where so down to earth an just really friendly an helpful I also gotta give a big shout out to Brandon for helping me an my wife find stones we haven’t been able to see or find before thanks again for all the help. Also insane uranium glass collection so cool to actually see some