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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Smoky Quartz w/ Lepidolite on Muscovite (unusual!)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
9.5 x 9.2 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $188
Large Quartz w/ Fluorite octahedrons (new finds)
Shijiangshan mine, Linxi County, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
17.1 x 8.0 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $325
Gypsum & Pyrite (superb - classic locale)
Niccioleta Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Prov., Tuscany, Italy
7.2 x 6.2 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $320
Brochantite (rare California locale!) Bob Reynolds Coll.
War Eagle Mine, Upper Noonday Camp, Nopah Range, Inyo Co., California, USA
10.5 x 7.3 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $145
Quartz w/ Adularia (classic locale)
Goscheneralp, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland
11.8 x 9.0 x 7.0 cm
Winning Bid: $685
Variscite & Crandallite (Dick Hauck Coll. - early 1900s)
Little Green Monster Variscite Mine, Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Utah Co., Utah, USA
6.3 x 5.7 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $285
Stannite & Quartz (large crystals! circa 1990s) ex Smale
Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
10.3 x 6.8 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $230
Large unusual Beryl xl ex Chet Lemanski coll
Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
12.2 x 11.3 x 8.0 cm
Winning Bid: $666
Willemite (RARE) on Hemimorphite w/ Chrysocolla (Chet Lemanski Coll.)
79 Mine, Chilito, Banner Mining Dist., Gila Co., Arizona, USA
14.5 x 8.8 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $875
Smithsonite (classic old Mexico style)
El Refugio Mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico
11.3 x 11.0 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $270
Baryte "ball" on Sphalerite (classic combo) Bob Reynolds Coll.
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
12.1 x 9.5 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Indicolite Tourmaline on Quartz (old - early 1990s)
Dara-e-Pech pegmatite field, Dara-e-Pech Dist., Kunar, Afghanistan
5.7 x 4.4 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,850
Calcite on Chalcedony-Goethite-coated Fluorite (rare combo)
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
14.7 x 9.5 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $1,305
Large botryoidal Fluorite (fluorescent) ex Boteler coll.
Minggang Mine, Shihe District, Xinyang, Henan, China
12.8 x 10.0 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $725
Large "cactus" Quartz incl. w/ iron oxides (rare color style)
Boekenhoutshoek, Mkobola, Mpumalanga, South Africa
19.5 x 8.5 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,604
Fluorite cube w/ Limonite coating ex Boteler coll.
Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
6.3 x 5.9 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $260