Clear Crystal Cluster

WW2 Tunnel Pocket at Fisher Mountain

Avant Mining, LLC was founded in 2010 by James Zigras with the purchase of a small wavellite mine in the community of Avant, Arkansas. As Mr. Zigras diversified the company by acquiring various other wavellite, variscite and turquoise mines in the state of Arkansas, a renewed interest in the properties of quartz crystals became the focus of the company. Since then, Avant Mining has grown to become the largest quartz crystal mining company in the world with 23 mines and over 12,000 acres of land. We pride ourselves on being an industry leader in both ethical and sustainable mining practices. Specimens from our mines have been featured at the Smithsonian, Yale, Harvard, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and various universities across the country.