Fine Mineral Auction ends October 15, 2020

This week features a selection of new material from the recent acquisition of the huge collection of Chet Lemanski, plus a few exciting new finds from China and abroad, augmented with treasures from our warehouse including many things not seen in a decade or more.

1. Herkimer QUARTZ "diamonds"

2. Selection of WULFENITE, FLUORITE & GYPSUM specimens

3. Tsumeb MALACHITE after AZURITE

4. NEW FIND of ADAMITE from Laurium

5. Specimens from the Bill Pinch and Ed David collections

6. Rare Chinese WOODWARDITE and CREEDITE

7. classic TOURMALINES


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Ruby xls (fluorescent) on large matrix
Jegdalek ruby deposit, Surobi District, Kabul, Afghanistan
16.5 x 16.0 x 6.4 cm
Winning Bid: $270
"Mushroom" Tourmaline (Chet Lemanski Coll.)
Palelni mine, Momeik Township, Shan State, Myanmar
3.4 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $365
Fluorite (rare locale) ex Ross Lillie Coll.
Rosiclare Level, Victory Mine, Spar Mountain, Hardin Co., Illinois
6.8 x 6.0 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Analcime (old classic - Type Locality)
Cyclopean Islands, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy
5.7 x 5.3 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Wulfenite (Gary Weaver Coll.)
Touissit, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
8.6 x 5.7 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Sand-included Calcite crystals
Rattlesnake Butte, Jackson County, South Dakota
8.2 x 6.8 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $90
gemmy Cassiterite (unusual shape) & Quartz
Amo Sn deposit, Ximeng County, Pu'er, Yunnan, China
5.3 x 4.8 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $87
Fluorite ball on Quartz
Mahodari, Sinnar, Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
9.4 x 7.0 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $585
green Mimetite w/ Wulfenite
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.9 x 4.2 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Woodwardite (NEW FIND of this Aluminum species)
Qinglong County, Guizhou, China
9.6 x 8.2 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $1,216
Calcite twin (classic old fluorescent style) ex Payne Coll.
Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.2 x 4.5 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $358
Creedite (rare China locale)
Tonglushan Mine, Daye Co., Hubei, China
9.8 x 7.6 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Pseudocubic Wulfenite w/ Mimetite (2008 find)
San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
12.6. x 9.0 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $207
Azurite on Malachite
Lost Lake claim, Nacimiento Mine, San Pablo, Sandoval Co., New Mexico
8.0 x 7.1 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $265
Apophyllite with Stilbite
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
2.8 x 2.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Fluorite w/ Pyrite (famous 1981 find) Chet Lemanski Coll.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Ancash, Peru
3.8 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $320
Bi-colored Tourmaline (old - 46 grams) Chet Lemanski Coll.
Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California
3.5 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $197
Gem Topaz crystal
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.6 x 3.0 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Cuprian Austinite (2006 find)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
10.0 x 8.4 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $435
Large banded Fluorite slice
Hunan Province, China
30.3 x 13.4 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Hauyne var. Lazurite (Type Locality) Ed David Coll.
Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
9.6 x 5.4 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $560
Gypsum w/ sand inclusions (Joe Lobell Coll.)
Great Salt Plains Wildlife Refuge, Jet, Alfalfa Co., Oklahoma
14.2 x 8.3 x 7.0 cm
Winning Bid: $230
Fish-tail twinned Gypsum floater (fluorescent)
Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
10.6 x 9.7 x 8.6 cm
Winning Bid: $420
Olmiite (Type Locality)
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
4.2 x 4.0 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $235