Fine Mineral Auctions from our warehouse stash and mineral collection purchases - ends September 3, 2020

This week's auction featuring a wonderful selection of material that came from recent unpacking of minerals / collections, many of which we have not viewed since our move to the new building over 2 years ago.  Look for plenty of fine quality, beautiful and important mineral specimens from classic and contemporary localities !!  Also, look forspecimens from the mixed worldwide collection of Richard Mushlitz, acquired in the 1990s and early 2000s
 
Highlights:
 
1. EMERALD xls on a rare CALCITE rhomb
2. Matrix Herkimer QUARTZ "diamonds"
3. LIBETHENITE from the 1975 find in Zambia
4. Ojuela Mine WULFENITE
5. PYROMORPHITE from the 1997 find in Spain
6. Rare New York GYPSUM on CELESTINE and Sterling Hill JEFFERSONITE from New Jersey
7. SCHEELITE & AQUAMARINE from China
8. KYANITE & QUARTZ
9. Rare CORNUBITE from the Type Locality and the British Museum
10. SILVER from Cobalt and British Columbia
 
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Indicolite Tourmaline xls (ex Rolando Gioia Coll.)
Pederneira claim, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.1 x 1.3 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Pyromorphite w/ Barite (1997 find)
San Andres Mine, Espiel, Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain
7.0 x 5.0 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $825
Gypsum on Celestine (RARE combo - classic locale)
Walworth Quarry, Walworth, Wayne Co., New York
10.7 x 8.3 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $71
Scheelite & Aquamarine on Muscovite (R.D. Mushlitz Coll.)
Pingwu beryl mine, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Sichuan, China
7.3 x 5.8 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $1,865
Gem Aquamarine xl (80 grams) R.D. Mushlitz Coll.
Nagar, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.9 x 3.1 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $825
Gem Scapolite (34.26 carats) R.D. Mushlitz Coll.
Mpwapwa District, Dodoma Region, Tanzania
2.0 x 1.5 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Spherocobaltite (rare locale) R.D. Mushlitz Coll.
Kamoto Principal Mine, Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo
4.2 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Powellite (uncommon style - fluorescent) R.D. Mushlitz Coll.
Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Inca de Oro mining district, Atacama, Chile
7.8 x 5.7 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $83
Polished Variscite nodule (132 grams)
Lucin Mining District, Pilot Range, Box Elder Co., Utah
7.2 x 4.3 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $72
Chalcocite xls & Pyrite on ore (old Bisbee)
Cole Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona
10.2 x 6.3 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $149
Plumbogummite ps. After Pyromorphite
Yangshuo Mine, Guilin, Guangxi, China
5.2 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $82
Smithsonite stalactite slices (old - classic locale)
Lavrion District Mines, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
4.6 x 3.9 x 0.5 cm (largest of 2)
Winning Bid: $93
bizarre Quartz scepters
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China
9.3 x 5.5 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $157
Smithsonite ps. After Calcite (Wouter van Tichelen Coll.)
San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.5 x 5.8 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $261
Labradorite (FRL - 1026 grams) R.D. Mushlitz
Nain Complex, Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
17.8 x 9.6 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $346
Calcite & Sphalerite (unusual style) R.D. Mushlitz Coll.
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
10.4 x 9.4 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $163
Hematite (RARE style - classic locale) R.D. Mushlitz Coll.
Cleator Moor, Copeland, Cumbria, England
7.4 x 5.8 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $211
large Ulexite (TV rock)
Boron, Kern Co., California
20.7 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $201
Pyrite (classic Colorado)
Eagle Mine, Gilman, Eagle Co., Colorado
7.0 x 5.8 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $117
Vivianite (3 generations) R.D. Mushlitz Coll.
Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Russia
13.5 x 10.7 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $70
large Apatite xl (classic locale)
Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
12.0 x 4.6 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $42
Emerald on Calcite (R.D. Mushlitz Coll.)
Chivor Mine, Boyaca Department, Colombia
7.0 x 6.1 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $910
DT Stilbite bowtie on Quartz
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
11.3 x 6.7 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $205
Libethenite
Mindola Pit, Nkana Mine, Kitwe, Zambia
1.9 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $28
Cornubite (RARE - Type Locality) ex British Musuem
Wheal Carpenter, Fraddam, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England
3.8 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Hemimorphite (early 1990s finds) R.D. Mushlitz Coll.
Level 16, Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
10.2 x 7.3 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $44
Pyromorphite, Quartz & Galena (RARE combo) R.D. Mushlitz Coll.
Daoping Mine, Guilin, Guangxi, China
7.1 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $129
Prehnite (R.D. Mushlitz Coll.)
O & G Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven Co., Connecticut
8.6 x 5.5 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $97
Amethyst incl. w/ Goethite needles (R.D. Mushlitz Coll.)
Maquar, Zarkashan Mt, Qarabagh Dist., Ghazni, Afghanistan
4.0 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $87