FINE MINERAL COLLECTION AUCTIONS featuring historic Mineral Specimens - Ends June 24, 2021

Another diverse set of species and localities from new and old finds through collections we have obtained!

Highlights:

1. INDICOLITE TOURMALINE & QUARTZ (1990s Afghanistan)

2. Old, rare pre-1900 Tsumeb MIMETITE & SMITHSONITE

3. Large unusual BERYL from Brazil

4. FLUORITE from Ireland and others

5. Superb PYRITE & GYPSUM from Italy

6. Large Swiss TESSIN-habit SMOKY QUARTZ & old Czech ACANTHITE

7. Imilac PALLASITE METEORITE slice

8. Rare 79 Mine WILLEMITE, HEMIMORPHITE & CHRYSOCOLLA

9. PARADAMITE from the Ojuela Mine

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Copper with Quartz - estate sale (significant, old classic)
Keweenaw Copper District, Upper Peninsula, Michigan, USA
13 x 12 x 9.0 cm
Winning Bid: $2,200
FRANKLIN NJ books
Franklin, NJ, USA
27.5 x 21.0 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $88
Calcite ex Ross Lillie Coll.
Bethel Level, Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
7.3 x 4.5 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $343
Specular Hematite & Quartz on Hematite "kidney ore" ex Hauck coll
Florence Mine, Haile, Copeland, Cumbria, England
9.5 x 7.8 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Pseudocubic Wulfenite (2008 find) ex Dick Hauck coll
San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
7.6 x 6.8 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $430
Cuprian Adamite (classic locale)
Hilarion Mine, Kamariza Mines, Lavrion Mining District, Attica, Greece
3.5 x 3.3 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Unusual floater Quartz (Ron Coleman Coll.)
Ron Coleman Mine, Blue Springs, Garland Co., Arkansas, USA
10.7 x 5.4 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $175
Pyromorphite on Quartz (rare Idaho piece)
Sherman Mine, Lelande Mining District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA
6.8 x 4.8 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $365
Imilac Pallasite Meteorite slab circa 1822 (26 grams)
Imilac, Atacama Desert, Antofagasta, Chile
6.2 x 5.0 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $620
Malachite stalactites (uncommon locale - pre-1998)
Luishia Mine, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
10.1 x 5.8 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $195
Quartz w/ Fluorite & Dolomite ex Herb Obodda Coll.
Xiefang Mine, Ruijin Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
9.5 x 6.8 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $675
Superb Paradamite (rare - Type Locality find)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
11.3 x 7.8 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $603
Iridescent Hematite (fine classic) ex Albanese and Hauck
Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
5.5 x 4.0 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $205
Argentite (Acanthite) w/ Calcite (rare old classic - Phil Scalisi Coll.)
Medenec, Chomutov District, Erzgebirge, Czech Republic
5.8 x 3.6 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $295
Cerussite ps. after DT Anglesite (RARE - old)
Erupcion Mine, Los Lamentos Mts, Chihuahua, Mexico
3.6 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $331
Hubnerite & Quartz (old classic style)
Huayllapon Mine, Pasto Bueno, Pampas District, Ancash, Peru
8.0 x 5.8 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Mimetite & Smithsonite (rare OLD Tsumeb) 19th century
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
5.1 x 4.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $805
Sphalerite & Dolomite (classic locale) Ted Johnson Coll.
Picher Field, Ottawa Co., Tri-State District, Oklahoma, USA
7.4 x 4.7 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $47
Augelite & Quartz
Ortega Mine, Mundo Nuevo Mine, Mundo Nuevo, La Libertad, Peru
6.0 x 3.8 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Ferberite w/ Quartz (Bob Reynolds Coll.)
Panasqueira Mines, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal
11.8 x 10.5 x 9.7 cm
Winning Bid: $580
Fluorite w/ Limonite coating (unusual) ex Boteler coll.
Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
9.7 x 6.0 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $1,000
polished Turquoise nodule (RARE California!) Bob Reynolds Coll.
Iron Mountain deposit, Silver Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
3.1 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Yellow Fluorite (fluorescent) ex Boteler coll.
El Hammam Mine, Ait Mimoune Caidat, Rabat-Sale-Kenitra Region, Morocco
9.9 x 7.2 x 7.1 cm
Winning Bid: $148
Bi-colored Fluorite (Ireland!) ex Boteler coll.
Larkin's Quarry, Costelloe, Connemara, Galway Co., Connacht, Ireland
9.6 x 6.5 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $635
Large Smoky Quartz (rare Tessin habit) ex. Claude Begin Coll.
Bedretto Valley, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
16.5 x 11.5 x 10. cm
Winning Bid: $1,300
Iridescent Pyrite & paper Calcite (RARE Mexico) ex Weaver
Santa Barbara Mine, Santa Barbara, Chihuahua, Mexico
12.0 x 8.6 x 7.7 cm
Winning Bid: $258
large Rhodochrosite, Sphalerite, Pyrite & Quartz (Gary Weaver Coll.)
Manuelita Mine, Morococha Dist., Yauli Prov., Junin, Peru
10.7 x 8.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $261
Large Calcite on Quartz (RARE locale) Gary Weaver Coll.
Santa Rita Mine, La Luz, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
15.8 x 13.8 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $323
Large Rhodochrosite w/ Calcite, Quartz & Tetrahedrite (Gary Weaver Coll.)
Animon Mine, Huaron mining district, Pasco province, Peru
18.3 x 11.2 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $289
Quartz incl. w/ Boulangerite & Arsenopyrite ex Dr. Steve Smale
Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
7.7 x 6.5 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $160