CLASSIC AND FINE MINERAL LIQUIDATION AUCTION featuring CABINET PIECES - Ends January 6, 2022

We are proud to present a short set over the holidays featuring a selection of fine mineral specimens, many not commonly seen on the market today.  Specimens include items from the collection of A.L. Kidwell, and Bill Larson, that go back 50 years and more in some cases. This is a really special set of mostly old classic finds and interesting “shapes” that we do not normally have to offer.

Highlights:

1.    TOURMALINES, SMOKY QUARTZ and rare AGATE specimens from the Bill Larson Collection

2. RARE GOLD and PYROXMANGANITE slab from the Idarado Mine

3. large CALCITE on AMETHYST from Brazil and large HEMATITE-INCLUDED AMETHYST from Canada

4. rare large SYNTHETIC QUARTZ from Bell Labs

5. classic old Russian banded MALACHITE slab from the 1800s

6. large AGATIZED FOSSIL  CORAL pair from FLORIDA

 

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Bi-colored Fluorite w/ Sphalerite (2007 find - fluorescent)
Gibraltar Mine, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.2 x 6.6 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $255
Pyrite "Sun"
Sparta, Randolph Co., Illinois, USA
8.9 x 8.7 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $164
Cornetite (Type Locality)
L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
12.8 x 7.6 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $715
Sulfur & Celestine (classic locale) Kidwell Coll.
Enna Province, Sicily, Italy
13.3 x 10.5 x 7.9 cm
Winning Bid: $207
Gemmy Smoky Quartz (RARE - Larson Coll.)
Oceanview Mine, Chief Mtn., Pala Mining Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
9.8 x 4.0 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $245
Bi-colored Tourmaline (Larson Coll.)
Tourmaline Queen Mine, Queen Mtn., Pala Mining Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
5.4 x 4.6 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $1,350
Quartz in Agate geode (RARE - old) Walters & Larson Coll.
Riverside County, California, USA
8.2 x 7.5 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $222
Vanadinite w/ Calcite - USA! (1991 find) Weaver Coll.
North Geronimo Mine (Pure Potential Mine), La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
10.6 x 6.2 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $320
large plate of Pyrite octahedrons (Lemanski Coll.)
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Ancash, Peru
13.2 x 9.5 x 8.1 cm
Winning Bid: $207
large Amethyst with gemmy Calcite
Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
28.5 x 21.0 x 9.1 cm
Winning Bid: $1,410
Cavansite and Stilbite (old style)
Wagholi Quarries, Pune Dist., Maharashtra, India
9.5 x 6.7 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $321
Gold in Pyroxmanganite, Quartz, etc slab (RARE 1975 find) ex Peterson Coll.
Argentine Vein, Idarado Mine, Ouray, Ouray Co. Colorado, USA
12.7 x 10.5 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $310
large DT Fluorapatite xls (classic locale) Kidwell Coll.
Bancroft area., Ontario, Canada
13.8 x 7.4 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $235
large Synthetic Quartz (ex Bell Labs & Van Tichelen Coll.)
Bell Laboratories, New Jersey
18.4 x 6.4 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $626
Quartz (old classic - 1974) Kidwell Coll.
Near Lake Ouachita, Mt Ida, Montgomery Co., Arkansas, USA
14.8 x 10.5 x 10.2 cm
Winning Bid: $400
Gem Tourmaline (RARE - Larson Coll.)
Oceanview Mine, Chief Mtn., Pala Mining Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
4.7 x 3.8 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $938
Ankerite, Quartz, and Pyrite (rare combo - classic locale)
Spruce Ridge, King Co., Washington, USA
9.7 x 5.8 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $1,310
Quartz, Tennantite on Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, etc (RARE combo) Kidwell Coll.
Huaron mining district, Huayllay district, Pasco province, Peru
19.0 x 15.7 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $1,850
Gypsum with sand inclusions (Kidwell Coll.)
Great Salt Plains, Jet, Alfalfa Co., Oklahoma, USA
15.8 x 12.5 x 12.0 cm
Winning Bid: $131
Polished Malachite slab (old classic) Van Tichelen Coll.
Nizhnetagilskii massif, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
9.5 x 8.3 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $169
Calcite (2 generations - rare) Lemanski Coll.
Marmoraton Mine, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
9.5 x 7.7 x 6.9 cm
Winning Bid: $230
Gypsum (fluorescent) Kidwell Coll., floater cluster
Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
11.2 x 11.1 x 10.2 cm
Winning Bid: $626
Baryte on Sulfur (Kidwell Coll.)
Machow mine, Tarnobrzeg City Co., Poland
12.9 x 6.5 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Fluorite and Quartz (Kidwell Coll.) - old classic
Kara-Oba W deposit, Betpakdala Desert, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
15.7 x 13.9 x 8.8 cm
Winning Bid: $1,315
Kunzite and Cleavelandite
Dara-e-Pech pegmatite field, Dara-e-Pech Dist., Kunar, Afghanistan
5.8 x 4.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,800
Baryte with Sulfur (Kidwell Coll.)
Machow mine, Tarnobrzeg City Co., Poland
11.5 x 10.0 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $330
Pyrite (classic locale)
Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
9.9 x 7.2 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $1,160
large Amethyst with Hematite inclusions (Kidwell Coll.)
Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
18.0 x 14.4 x 13.8 cm
Winning Bid: $1,411
Pyrite concretion
Dongchuan Cu ore field, Dongchuan Dist., Yunnan, China
6.8 x 6.2 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $444
large Agatized fossil Coral pair (Chalcedony) Kidwell Coll.
Tampa Bay, Tampa, Hillsborough Co., Florida, USA
20.3 x 17.0 x 7.3 cm (largest of 2)
Winning Bid: $2,283