Fine Mineral and Mineral Collection Liquidation Auction - Ends Thurs, Sept 23

This auction features an  outstanding selection of old classics and particularly a strong group of Southern California pegmatite classics and rarities from the Bill Larson and Bob Reynolds mineral Collections out of California ; and classics from the Chet Lemanski mineral collection. The auction also includes a diverse selection of species and localities from old and new finds.

Highlights:

1. TOURMALINES

2. Unusual large old Broken Hill MANGANOAN CALCITE

3. Gem AQUAMARINE from Brazil

4.AZURITE and MALACHITE from the Sepon Mine in Laos

5. TSUMEB  specimens

6. RARE Pasto Bueno green FLUORITE w/ HUBNERITE & QUARTZ

7. Selection of FLUORITE (many from China), CALCITE and BARITE specimens

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Indicolite Tourmaline & Quartz (1960s!) Sinkankas & Larson Coll.
Tourmaline Queen Mine, Pala Mining Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
8.0 x 7.3 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $800
"Pumpkin" Calcite (2019 find)
Daye County, Huangshi, Hubei, China
10.3 x 6.0 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $313
Azurite w/ Malachite
Sepon Mine, Vilabouly District, Savannakhet Province, Laos
8.5 x 6.0 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,075
Large Manganoan Calcite (old rare style) ex Milton Lavers Coll.
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
16.3 x 9.7 x 9.7 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Watermelon Tourmaline (RARE old San Diego Co.) Osborn & Larson Coll.
San Diego Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California, USA
3.5 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $450
Pyrite on Siderite (old 1800s classic) ex Paul Zerfass Coll.
Mesage Mine, Grenoble, Isere, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
9.9 x 7.3 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $350
Cuprian Smithsonite (unusual style)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
4.5 x 3.0 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Siderite ps. after Pyrrhotite w/ Quartz, etc. (Wouter van Tichelen Coll.)
Turt Mine, Oas Mountains, Satu Mare, Romania
7.7 x 7.2 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Witherite (old classic - Type Locality area) circa 1800s
Alston Moor District, Cumbria, England
8.0 x 5.6 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $92
Fluorite (2 habits) w/ Quartz (Leithauser Coll.)
Xianghualing Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
5.8 x 5.2 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Samarskite / Monazite-(Ce) (RARE North Carolina) ex Cilen & Lemanski Coll.
Ramsey Mine, Ramseytown, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA
4.0 x 1.8 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $331
Smoky Quartz scepter w/ Schorl (Shield Flynn Coll.)
Erongo Mts., Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
5.4 x 1.9 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Linarite & Anglesite ps. after Galena, etc (classic combo) Wouter van Tichelen Coll
Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA
5.2 x 4.4 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Baryte (classic locale) Bob Reynolds Coll.
Silius, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
7.2 x 6.8 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $79
Botryoidal Amethyst (Richard Rossi Coll.)
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
11.0 x 9.7 x 8.3 cm
Winning Bid: $645
Gem color-zoned Fluorite w/ Dolomite & Chalcopyrite
Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
2.7 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $225
Color-zoned gem Fluorite w/ Quartz & Dolomite
Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
3.4 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Fluorite on Fluorite on Quartz (ex Smale Collection)
De'An Fluorite Mine, Wushan, De'An Co., Jiangxi, China
8.3 x 4.6 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $1,050
Fluorite and Quartz (classic locale)
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
7.3 x 5.7 x4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $230
Botryoidal Malachite
Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Guangdong, China
4.2 x 3.5 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $86
Fluorite and Quartz (2017 find)
Quan Zhou city, Yong Chun County, Fujian Province, China
7.2 x 4.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $205
Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
4.5 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $435
Hematite
Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
5.2 x 3.2 x 0.1 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Calcite (rare style - 2008 find)
Dongpo ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
10.6 x 4.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $332
Malachite ps. after Azurite (Rob Reynolds Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
6.8 x 4.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $352
Muscovite (1989 find) Bob Reynolds Coll.
Ze Pinto prospect, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.2 x 6.0 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Baryte on Fluorite (RARE combo - classic urban LA locale!) ex Reynolds
Felix Mine, Azusa, Los Angeles Co., California, USA
10.4 x 7.3 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $450
Wulfenite (classic locale)
Red Cloud Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
3.0 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $255
Cobaltoan Calcite on Aragonite
Wenshan County, Yunnan, China
9.0 x 6.4 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Baryte (rare Canada) Bob Reynolds Coll.
Touché claims, Rock River, Dawson mining dist., Yukon, Canada
8.0 x 7.8 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $100