FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends April 21, 2022

We have a great selection this week, featuring plenty of attractive, fine quality, classic, contemporary, rare and unusual specimens from around the world. Look for some great specimens from various collections that we've purchased like, Al Kidwell, Bob Reynolds, Dr. Stephen Smale, Dr. William Logan, Chet Lemanski, Bill and Anne Cook, Dave Bergman and Gary Weaver. You might even find the occasional fossil, lapidary or gem item from time to time. Look here for the not so typical mineral specimens along with plenty of your favorites. We don't just offer the "standard 20 species", but an eclectic mix of specimens that appeal to everybody! Some of the highlights from this week’s auction include: 1. Highly aesthetic FLUOR-UVITE – UVITE on QUARTZ from Brazil 2. Superb, GEMMY IMPERIAL TOPAZ from a NEW FIND in Zambia! 3. Attractive RUBY crystals on matrix from Myanmar 4. Classic GEM QUALITY RUBELLITE TOURMALINE from the famous Jonas Mine find 1978 5. Interesting FIRE OPAL specimen from SUDAN (rare locality!) 6. Wonderful classic gemmy yellow ANGLESITE from Touissit, Morroco (ex Smale Collection) 7. Gemmy RED SPINEL crystals on matrix from Tanzania 8. Beautiful bi-color LEPIDOLITE crystal from Brazil 9. Wonderful classic three-dimensional PYRITE specimen from Peru 10. Rarities include EUXENITE-(Y), AKERMANITE-GEHLENITE, VALENTINITE and GAYLUSSITE
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Calcite with Chalcopyrite (rare locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
5.6 x 4.2 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Magnetite (rare cubic form) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
ZCA No. 4 Mine, Balmat, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
10.7 x 9.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $320
Allophane (new find - beautiful color)
Qinglong Mine, Dachang Sb ore field, Qinglong County, Qianxinan, Guizhou, China
3.7 x 3.3 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Stilbite-(Ca) on Laumontite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Lonavala Quarry, Lonavale, Pune District, Maharashtra, India
8.8 x 3.2 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Calcite
Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
6.8 x 5.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Kutnohorite (2 pieces) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Levane, Bucine, Arezzo Province, Tuscany, Italy
4.1 x 2.7 x 1.3 cm and 3.2 x 2.7 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Conichalcite (ex Gerry Morvell Collection)
Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill District, Deep Creek Mts, Tooele County, Utah, USA
7.2 x 5.8 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Quartz paramorph after Tridymite (rare triclinic Quartz polymorph) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Zovon, Vo', Padova Province, Veneto, Italy
8.3 x 7.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $115
Ammonite Fossil (2 pieces)
Arfoud (Erfoud), Arfoud Cercle, Errachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
4.1 x 3.3 x 0.8 cm and 3.8 x 3.0 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Barite
Cerro Warihuyn (Huarihuyn), Miraflores, Huamalíes Province, Huánuco Department, Peru
6.3 x 4.6 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $97
Orthoclase (old specimen) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Greenland
7.8 x 6.0 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Adamite (Copper-bearing) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
6.2 x 4.3 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Smoky Quartz ''casts'' after Laumontite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Buck Mine, Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado, USA
10.2 x 6.7 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Calcite with Quartz and Pyrite (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Idarado Mine, near Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
7.7 x 6.2 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Fire Opal Nodule (rare locality specimen) (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Sudan
4.1 x 4.0 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $295
Trilobite Fossil (Peronopsis interstricta)
Wheeler Formation, Millard County, Utah, USA
0.7 x 0.5 x 0.2 cm
Winning Bid: $36
Goethite / Limonite pseudomorph after Marcasite (classic material)
White Desert, Farafra Oasis, New Valley, Egypt
3.8 x 3.6 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $63
Anglesite (classic material) (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker Mining District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
2.8 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $800
Copper included in Calcite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
2.5 x 1.6 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Sulfur (beautiful skeletal / ''hoppered'' crystal)
El Desierto mine, San Pablo de Napa, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí, Bolivia
4.0 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Akermanite-Gehlenite series (rare) (ex Gerry Morvell Collection)
Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Northern Cape, South Africa
6.2 x 5.1 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $229
Lepidolite (bi-color) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Barra do Salinas district, Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9.0 x 4.4 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Cancrinite with Sodalite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Town of Bancroft, Dungannon Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
19.2 x 9.7 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $145
Spinel (fine crystals)
Mahenge, Morogoro Region, Tanzania
2.9 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Natrolite (uncommon locality specimen)
Horseshoe Dam area, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
10.7 x 5.5 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Pyrite (fine quality crystals)
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru
5.6 x 5.4 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $345
Aquamarine with Albite and Muscovite
Pingwu Beryl Mine, Huya Township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China
4.6 x 4.1 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Quartz (var: Chalcedony) (''Desert Rose'') (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Barros Cassal, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
5.7 x 4.6 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Amethyst with Quartz and Chalcedony (polished slice) (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Ametista do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
4.2 x 4.0 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $286
Azurite with Malachite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Tongshan Mine (West Tongshan Mine), Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China
7.4 x 6.9 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $1,000