CLASSIC AND FINE MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - END MARCH 31, 2022

Diversity is a highlight of this week's eclectic auction featuring a variety of classics, rarities, recent finds and many species you don't see in auctions. Specimens from the Hefendehl, Bill & Anne Cook, Kidwell, Larson and Rossi collections are featured, along with others.  Highlights include:

1. Superb ELPIDITE
2. AZURITE "sun"
3. TOURMALINE
4. Rare large California COLEMANITE and rare old HALITE specimens
5. AJOITE in QUARTZ
6. Classic and rare large ALMANDINE GARNET
7. Selections of large cabinet sized specimens including OPAL, MANGANOAN CALCITE, SMITHSONITE, FLUORITE & SMOKY QUARTZ
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banded Opal (RARE USA opal locale ex. Cook Coll.)
Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, USA
11.5 x 3.2 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $311
Pokerchip Calcite xls (fluorescent - classic locale) Cook Coll.
Bufa Mine, Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
13.2 x 5.6 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $320
Rhodochrosite (sharp TN) (Pellar Coll.)
Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
2.0 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Tourmaline (old classic style) ex. Schmidt collection
Cruzeiro mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
10.2 x 5.3 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $1,460
Ferberite on Quartz (Rossi Coll.)
Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
7.9 x 4.4 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Azurite "sun"
Malbunka Copper Mine, Areyonga, Northern Territory, Australia
6.3 x 5.8 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $405
Graphite (RARE Montana locale!)
Crystal Graphite Mine, Dillon Mining District, Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA
13.4 x 5.7 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $336
Smoky Quartz w/ Astrophyllite & Riebeckite (rare combo) Herb Obodda
Zagi Mtn., Peshawar Dist., Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Prov., Pakistan
10.7 x 8.8 x 8.2 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Halite (RARE OLD California - 1898!) Burnett Coll.
Pluto Springs, Death Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA
13.3 x 8.5 x 7.0 cm
Winning Bid: $601
Prehnite w/ Calcite & Datolite (Cilen Coll.)
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA
5.2 x 4.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Quartz with Ajoite inclusions (classic locale) Hefendehl Coll.
Messina Mine, Musina, Limpopo, South Africa
9.5 x 8.4 x 5.9 cm
Winning Bid: $1,950
Orpiment (old classic material)
Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca Dist., La Libertad, Peru
7.8 x 7.3 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $485
Sulfur
Cozzo Disi Mine, Agrigento Province Sicily, Italy
2.9 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $225
Fluorite on Fluorite
Xiefang Mine, Ruijin Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
13.6 x 7.8 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Quartz with Byssolite inclusions (classic locale)
Miage Glacier, Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy
9.3 x 8.4 x 7.8 cm
Winning Bid: $775
Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Stilbite (Bonisoli Coll.)
Pune District, Maharashtra, India
6.8 x 4.2 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $420
Calcite & Amethyst in Quartz geode (historic locale) ex Kidwell Coll.
Idar-Oberstein, Birkenfeld Dist., Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
7.5 x 7.4 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $265
large Almandine Garnet xl (RARE NH) ex. van Tichelen Coll.
Palermo mine, Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA
12.2 x 6.4 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $1,150
Metatorbernite
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
8.9 x 6.4 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $470
Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Mun., Sonora, Mexico
8.9 x 8.4 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $876
Andradite var. Melanite Garnet (old classic) Burnett Coll.
New Idria Mining District, San Benito Co., California, USA
15.2 x 9.0 x 7.5 cm
Winning Bid: $430