FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and Mineral Specimen LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends May 6, 2021

This week we hoped to give you a completely random mix of species, locations, and historic oddities, mostly from the lifelong collections of: Dr. Bob Reynolds, long the curator at the San Bernardino County Museum; and Chet Lemanski (Lemanskiite and MINDAT fame). So many items in these collections we simply never see on the market today – and yet here they are, up for auction! Nobody has picked over our stock during COVID, and these are NOT show leftovers, but are being released FIRST to the internet.  

Highlights:

1. Rare RUBY after SPINEL from Tanzania

2. HIMALAYA TOURMALINE and SIGNIFICANT ORANGE SPESSARTINE GARNET CRYSTAL

3. Classic old Illinois FLUORITE LOTS

4. Rare green ARAGONITE , old style, from Italy

5. Franklin and worldwide FLUORESCENTS

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Doubly-Terminated gem Tourmaline (old USA classic) ex Reynolds
Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California, USA
12.0 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $1,622
Polished Chrysocolla and Malachite in Chalcedony
Inspiration Mine, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
4.2 x 2.6 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $246
Celestine (Bob Reynolds Coll.)
Sakoany deposit, Katsepy, Mitsinjo, Boeny, Madagascar
16.4 x 6.5 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $291
Creedite w/ Fluorite "pineapple"
Navidad Mine, Abasolo, Rodeo, Durango, Mexico
8.3 x 7.3 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Amethyst (RARE locale)
Gairo District, Morogoro Region, Tanzania
7.1 x 5.8 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $145
Fluorite w/ Galena, Sphalerite & Quartz (old) Eugene Sensel Coll.
Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
12.9 x 9.9 x 6.6 cm
Winning Bid: $301
very large Baryte xl incl. w/ Pyrite (classic locale) Chet Lemanski Coll.
Niobec mine, Saint-Honore, Quebec, Canada
20.4 x 8.6 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $776
Crystallized Copper (old classic Bisbee) Mullane Coll.
Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
14.0 x 9.0 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $1,050
Neptunite & Natrolite (classic locale) ex Lemanski
Dallas Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California, USA
5.5 x 5.4 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Hetaerolite (rare Bisbee) Sensel & Lemanski Coll.
Campbell Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
11.3 x 8.2 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $380
Fluorite (rare Canada classic) Chet Lemanski Coll.
Madawaska Mine (Faraday Mine), Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada
5.2 x 4.8 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Cadmium Smithsonite - superb xls (rare variety)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
6.0 x 5.2 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,060
gem Morganite in matrix
Pech, Chapa Dara Dist., Konar Province, Afghanistan
6.5 x 6.4 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $925
very large Willemite, Calcite & Franklinite (classic!) Chet Lemanski Coll.
North Ore Body, Sterling Mine, Franklin Mining Dist., Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
19.0 x 13.5 x 11.4 cm
Winning Bid: $215
DT Smoky Quartz xls (Bob Reynolds Coll.)
Crystal Tips Mine, Petersen Mountain, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA
10.7 x 8.0 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Grossular Garnet & Quartz (Rare CALIF.) Bob Reynolds Coll.
Pine Creek Mine, Scheelite, Bishop Mining Dist., Inyo Co., California, USA
4.9 x 3.8 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Amethyst (Bob Reynolds Coll.)
Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay
14.4 x 8.5 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $525