Fine Mineral Auctions from the depths of our Warehouse ! - ends June 25, 2020

One unexpected bonus to being stuck in Dallas through the hot summer and able to go to  work all day, is there is more time to go looking for old classics and treasures in the back rooms....here is yet another set featuring a mix of beautiful and important classics from our storage areas of old collections, and things that needed to be processed and cleaned. Enjoy!

HIGHLIGHTS:

1. Gem AQUAMARINE xls w/ MUSCOVITE

2. Many LARGE CABINET DISPLAY PIECES this week!

3. Classic, gorgeous WILLEMITE & CALCITE from Franklin

4. Elmwood specimens from the Consie Prince Collection

5. Superb GEM PERIDOT xl and a large PERIDOT BOMB

6. Rare large floater QUARTZ shard from San Diego County and rare large DIOPTASE plate from Morenci

7. Large gem INDICOLITE TOURMALINE from the Pederneira Mine

8. Very rare large AXINITE from Fresnillo, Mexico

9. RARE, old spinel-twinned GALENA from Neudorf

Filter By

Chalcedony ps. After Calcite (RARE CA) Dixon & Wolfe Coll.
Afton Canyon, Cady Mountains, San Bernardino Co., California
9.2 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Celestine (rare old classic)
Germany
8.7 x 5.8 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $98
Colemanite on Calcite (rare, old CA classic) ex Minette
Ext. 17, Boron Pit (U.S. Boron Mine), Kern Co., California
11.5 x 8.3 x 7.5 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Calcite on Amethyst - rare locality combo (Gary Weaver Coll.)
Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
14.6 x 11.3 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $335
Axinite w/ Calcite (RARE Mexico Locale!) ex Dave Stoudt Coll.
Fortuna Mine, Mun. de Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico
14.3 x 7.4 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $435
Smithsonite & Hemimorphite
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Luderitz District, Karas Region, Namibia
11.6 x 5.1 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Calcite (classic Ohio) ex Rob Lavinsky Coll.
Pugh Quarry, Weston, Wood Co., Ohio
9.8 x 8.3 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $365
Microcline w/ Schorl ex Obodda
Raikot, Chilas, Diamer District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
11.5 x 10.7 x 7.5 cm
Winning Bid: $148
Grossular Garnet (uncommon NM) Gary Weaver Coll.
San Pedro Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe Co., New Mexico
8.0 x 6.3 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $213
Large Gypsum with "hourglass" sand inclusions (Lobell Coll.)
Great Salt Plains Wildlife Refuge, Jet, Alfalfa Co., Oklahoma
15.5 x 7.8 x 7.7 cm
Winning Bid: $128
Large Fluorite (3 generations - rare 2016 find)
Yiwu Co., Jinhua, Zhejiang, China
12.0 x 11.8 x 10.2 cm
Winning Bid: $240
Malachite ps. After Azurite (Gary Weaver Coll.)
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
12.2 x 9.7 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Wulfenite (uncommon AZ locale) Gary Weaver Coll.
Silver Bill Mine, Gleeson, Turquoise Mining Dist., Cochise County, Arizona
6.6 x 5.0 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $315
Iridescent Chalcocite xls on matrix (RARE old classic)
Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk Co., Wisconsin
12.4 x 7.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Gem Sphalerite & Calcite (classic locale) ex Sanabria Coll.
Las Manforas Mine (Aliva Mine), Camaleno, Cantabria, Spain
9.8 x 8.3 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $186
Large biomorphic Copper ex Gary Weaver Coll. (4 pounds!)
Copper Country, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
15.8 x 11.3 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $175
Large Smithsonite (classic old locale)
El Refugio Mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico
22.0 x 15.3 x 7.9 cm
Winning Bid: $500
Gem Forsterite var. Peridot (superb miniature gem XL)
Sapat Gali, Naran, Kaghan Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
3.8 x 2.3 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $1,000
DT Willemite xl on Calcite (classic fluorescent) Ted Bartels Coll.
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey
7.8 x 6.8 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $675
Gem Celestine xls
Sakoany deposit, Katsepy, Mitsinjo, Boeny, Madagascar
6.7 x 6.5 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $465
Color-zoned Fluorite (New Find)
Qinglong Mine, Dachang Sb ore field, Qinglong Co., Guizhou, China
23.0 x 13.7 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $420
Gem Indicolite Tourmaline
Pederneira mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
11.5 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $803
Rare large floater Quartz shard (Bill Larson Coll.)
Carmelita Mine, Warner Springs District, San Diego County, California
30.7 x 18.3 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $468