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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Emerald in Schist (classic locale) Frank Levy Coll.
Habach valley, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
6.5 x 6.5 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $197
Quartz casts after Calcite (Ken Roberts Coll.)
Remedios Mine, Taxco de Alarcon, Guerrero, Mexico
12.5 x 9.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Gypsum w/ sand inclusions (Joe Lobell Coll.)
Great Salt Plains Wildlife Refuge, Jet, Alfalfa Co., Oklahoma
14.8 x 10.3 x 7.8 cm
Winning Bid: $307
Kidwellite, Eleonorite, Dufrenite & Cacoxenite ex Don Owens Coll.
Three Oaks Gap, Polk Co., Arkansas
4.6 x 3.0 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $189
Cobaltite, Nickeline & Skutterudite slab (R.D. Mushlitz Coll.)
Cobalt area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Ontario, Canada
8.0 x 7.2 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Large Copper sheet (rare style) R.D. Mushlitz Coll.
Calumet & Hecla Mine, Calumet, Houghton Co., Michigan
27.5 x 14.3 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $435
Adamite (fluorescent) R.D. Mushlitz Coll.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
7.5 x 6.1 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Variscite nodule (polished) R.D. Mushlitz Coll.
Edison Bird Mine, Lucin, Box Elder Co., Utah
10.3 x 6.4 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $203
large Fluorite on Calcite, etc (rare Illinois mine) Dick Heck Coll.
Gaskins Mine, Empire Mining Sub-District, Pope Co., Illinois
14.7 x 12.7 x 8.8 cm
Winning Bid: $495
Pinnoite (rare borate) ex Fersman Museum
Inder B deposit and salt dome, Inder, Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan
6.8 x 4.9 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Natrolite (1895 RARE old classic) W.G. Levison Coll.
Woodcliff Park, Bergen Co., New Jersey
9.0 x 7.8 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $330
Skutterudite (sharp xls) & Calcite
Vein No. 7, Bou Azzer Mine, Amerzgane, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
7.8 x 7.7 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $610
Malachite (3 generations - classic locale)
Onganja Mine (Emke Mine), Seeis, Khomas Region, Namibia
7.7 x 4.5 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $221
Heterogenite w/ Chrysocolla (R.D. Mushlitz Coll.)
L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
10.2 8.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Spinel-twinned Copper (New Find)
Rocklands Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
5.9 x 2.0 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $427
Aquamarine set (rare, old )
Tsarafara Nord, Sahatany Valley, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
5.8 x 1.0 x 0.5 cm (largest of 4)
Winning Bid: $231
DT gem Herkimer Quartz "diamonds" (80 grams)
Middleville, Town of Newport, Herkimer Co., New York
3.0 x 2.2 x 1.9 cm (largest of 9)
Winning Bid: $491
DT gem Herkimer Quartz "diamonds" (17 grams)
Middleville, Town of Newport, Herkimer Co., New York
1.8 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm (largest of 42)
Winning Bid: $240
Bi-colored Fluorite xls (fluorescent) Dr. S. Moreton Coll.
Joseph Brown's Crosscut, Greenlaws Mine, Daddry Shield, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
13.3 x 11.0 x 9.5 cm
Winning Bid: $626
Spherical Fluorite on Calcite on Quartz
Mahodari, Sinnar, Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
8.5 x 7.3 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $803
Duftite on Calcite (Carlton Davis & Mushlitz Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
6.4 x 4.5 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $244
Miguelromeroite (rare arsenate) R.D. Mushlitz Coll.
Veta Negra Mine, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapo Province, Atacama
6.1 x 5.0 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $845