Fine Mineral Auctions from our warehouse stash and mineral collection purchases - ends Aug 20, 2020

From unpacking minerals and mineral collections, material even we have not seen since we moved over 2 years ago...we are happy to present another diverse lot of beautiful and important mineral specimens. Enjoy many older classic specimens from older mineral Collections !! Many specimens are from the mixed worldwide collection of Richard Mushlitz, acquired in the 1990s and early 2000s

HIGHLIGHTS:

1. large, gorgeous VIVIANITE from Brazil

2. TOURMALINES including old classics!

3. Rare large Illinois FLUORITE on CALCITE

4. Michigan CELESTINE

5. METEORITE from Odessa, Texas

6. Old rare CINNABAR in CALCITE from Terlingua, Texas

7. a dated 1895 , New Jersey NATROLITE

8. Rare GERMANITE from Tsumeb

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large Vivianite (superb cabinet piece - Brazil!)
Cabeca do Cachorro claim, Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil
15.3 x 11.4 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $1,950
Heulandite on Chalcedony
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
10.5 x 8.0 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $685
Gemmy DT bi-colored Tourmaline xls (1980s classic)
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.9 x 4.0 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $736
Malachite stalactites (R.D. Mushlitz Coll.)
Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo
8.6 x 7.1 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $93
Cuprite on Copper (classic locale) R.D. Mushlitz Coll.
Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
7.5 x 5.4 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $93
Hematite
Florence Mine, Copeland, Cumbria, England
13.2 x 8.5 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $550
Malachite replacing Azurite (sharp xls)
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
4.5 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Galena (classic locale)
Treece, Picher Field, Tri-State District, Cherokee Co., Kansas
7.1 x 5.8 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $81
large Heulandite w/ Mordenite (R.D. Mushlitz Coll.)
Rat's Nest claim, Challis, Custer Co., Idaho
15.1 x 12.1 x 8.1 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Mimetite w/ Wulfenite (2013 find)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
4.8 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $241
Hydroxylapatite ps. After? (rare - Kary Robertson Coll.)
Astillero Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
10.3 x 9.5 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Watermelon Tourmaline w/ Quartz
Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.4 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Calcite (rare - optical grade "Iceland Spar")
ZCA No. 2 Mine, Balmat, St. Lawrence Co., New York
6.8 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $270
Datolite
Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
4.3 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $109
Gem Kunzite (180 grams) R.D. Mushlitz Coll.
Mawi pegmatite, Du Ab District, Nuristan, Afghanistan
8.0 x 4.8 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Celestine (excellent Michigan XL ! ) R.D. Mushlitz Coll.
Ottawa Silica Company Quarry, Rockwood, Wayne Co., Michigan
10.0 x 6.0 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $672
Quartz w/ Rutile inclusions
Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.2 x 4.4 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $222
Fluorite
Melchor Muzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico
7.1 x 5.1 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Galena w/ Rhodochrosite (classic locale)
Trepca complex, Mitrovica, Mitrovica District, Kosovo
7.7 x 6.0 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $265
Fluorite (fluorescent - classic locale) R.D. Mushlitz Coll.
William Wise Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire
7.6 x 4.6 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Tugtupite (rare - Type Locality area) R.D. Mushlitz Coll.
Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
4.2 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $330
Orpiment (classic 1999 find)
Cut 62, Twin Creeks Mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada
7.3 x 5.5 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $398
Doubly-Terminated Indicolite Tourmaline (11 grams)
Pederneira mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.7 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Germanite (rare - Type Locality) ex Gebhard Coll.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
4.2 x 3.2 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Banded Smithsonite slab (unusual!) ex R.D. Mushlitz Coll.
Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Socorro Co., New Mexico
9.0 x 4.5 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $127
Faden Quartz (R.D. Mushlitz Coll.)
Tole, Wana, South Waziristan Dist., Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Prov., Pakistan
7.6 x 4.1 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $145
Odessa Meteorite (656 grams) R.D. Mushlitz Coll.
Odessa, Ector Co., Texas
8.3 x 4.6 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $800
Cinnabar in Calcite (rare old Texas classic) Kay Robertson Coll.
Terlingua Mining District, Brewster Co., Texas
8.2 x 7.0 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $340
Fluorite (fluorescent) Gary Weaver Coll.
Gila Fluorspar Mining District, Grant Co., New Mexico
12.0 x 7.2 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Staurolite (classic "cross" twin) R.D. Mushlitz Coll.
Keivy Mountains, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
8.6 x 6.5 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $735