FINE MINERAL COLLECTION AUCTIONS featuring OLD CLASSICS - ENDS MARCH 25, 2021

Welcome Back! This week, please find a completely random mix of species, locations, and historic oddities, spanning acquisitions we made between the early 2000s and now, as we processed some older material in the warehouse that had previously gone lost or unappreciated! We have been working hard in our backroom to bring these to light. Look for old finds, and really old finds, of historic classics, and rare species: Some of the highlights from this week’s auction include: Historic specimens from the USA and Germany! To balance out the "lovable rare uglies" we have added in a few fine gem crystals as well!

1. Gemmy TANZANITE, Superb gem TOPAZ on MUSCOVITE, GEM PEDERNEIRA TOURMALINE!

2. COPPER from a New Find in China

3. Arizona WULFENITES including some spectacular and unusual pieces!

4. Rare Japan-law twin QUARTZ from China

5. Large PYRRHOTITE from Russia

6. Old classics from Europe and the USA, Peru and Russia 

 

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Sphalerite, Galena, Chalcopyrite, etc (Bob Reynolds Coll.)
Commodore Mine, Amethyst vein, Creede, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA
13.8 x 7.3 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $215
Aragonite helectite (RARE CALIF. find circa 1940s)
Titus Canyon, Leadfield, Inyo Co., California, USA
11.0 x 6.0 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Calcite (fluorescent - rare France loc. ex Paul Zerfass Coll)
Combronde, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
10.7 x 9.7 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $479
Pyrrhotite (ex Lemanski Coll)
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
13.0 x 10.7 x 9.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,100
Amethyst on Calcite (RARE combo) Gary Weaver Coll.
Santa Francisca Mine, Asientos, Aguascalientes, Mexico
18.3 x 16.2 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $585
large Tetrahedrite group, old Peruvian classic(Chet Lemanski Coll.)
Casapalca Mine, Casapalca, HuarochirI Province, Lima, Peru
16.3 x 13.3 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $470
Rare gem Calcite xl (rare Mexico locale) ex Megaw and Lemanski Coll.
Hercules Mine, La Negra, Coahuila, Mexico
9.8 x 6.3 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $187
Wulfenite & Fluorite (RARE AZ combo!) Bob Reynolds Coll.
Castle Dome District, Castle Dome Mtns, Yuma Co., Arizona, USA
5.1 x 4.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Linarite w/ Caledonite (Bob Reynolds Coll. - rare USA locale)
Reward Mine, Inyo Mts, Inyo Co., California, USA
9.7 x 7.4 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $555
Phantom Fluorite w/ Quartz
Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
6.3 x 4.4 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Vanadinite with Descloizite (rare old location, early 1900s)
Abenab Mine, Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
4.7 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $167
Quartz ps. after Laumontite w/ Delessite (RARE Brazil) Wouter van Tichelen Coll.
Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
7.6 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $420
Wulfenite
Red Cloud Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
4.0 x 2.7 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Iridescent Covellite (old Colorado classic!)
Summitville Mining District, Rio Grande Co., Colorado, USA
9.6 x 7.6 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $710
large Ammonite (superb polished matched set)
Ambarimaninga, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar
15.4 x 13.0 x 1.8 cm (Largest of 2)
Winning Bid: $833