FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends April 7, 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, Chet Lemanski, 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. Lovely GOLD on QUARTZ from Leadville, Colorado 2. Fine quality WITHERITE from Illinois (ex Al Kidwell Collection) 3. Richly colored gemmy DIOPSIDE crystal from Afghanistan 4. Unusually spherical DIOPTASE specimen from Republic of Congo 5. Beautifully colored blue and black TOURMALINE from Pakistan 6. Wonderful little crystals of CHALCOCITE from the Flambeau Mine, Wisconsin (ex Dan Behnke Collection) 7. Classic rare LINARITE specimen from Tiger, Arizona 8. Attractive "BLOOD VESSEL OPAL" from Mexico 9. Pink SPINEL on matrix from Tanzania 10. Rarities include RHODIZITE, BISMUTH, HETEROSITE, ANTLERITE and INESITE with HUBEITE
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Gold on Quartz
Little Johnnie Mine (Ibex Mine), Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, USA
0.7 x 0.5 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $181
Pyromorphite (ex Richard Rossi Collection)
Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
4.9 x 4.6 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $335
Bixbyite-(Mn) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Topaz Mountain, Thomas Mountains, Juab County, Utah, USA
3.4 x 2.8 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Amethyst with Chalcedony (rare locality specimen) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
near Lake City, Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA
11.3 x 5.8 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Stilbite-Ca
Leveäniemi Mine, Svappavaara, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
7.8 x 7.7 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Diopside (rich color) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Badakhshan, Afghanistan
3.2 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Flint
Corner of Yanovski Street and Hebron Road, Jerusalem, Israel
6.4 x 6.3 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $89
Amethyst (RICH color!)
Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
5.3 x 1.4 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $145
Fluorite (GEM quality crystals)
Naica Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.2 x 5.1 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $406
Cinnabar (RARE locality specimen) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Santa Lucía Mine, Sáin Alto, Saín Alto Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
9.7 x 6.2 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $420
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite with Plancheite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
6.9 x 5.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Rhodizite (rare) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Manjaka, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
3.2 x 3.1 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $104
Tourmaline (beautiful color combination)
Gochalay, near Shengus, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.5 x 1.2 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $229
Gypsum (var: Selenite) (with ''hourglass'' sand inclusions)
Great Salt Plains, Jet, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, USA
8.8 x 2.2 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Opal-AN (Hyalite Opal) (''Blood Vessel Opal'') (fluorescent)
Étienne Mine, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
4.9 x 2.6 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Prehnite ''casts'' after Anhydrite with Natrolite (ex Ken McKim Collection)
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
9.8 x 8.8 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Bismuth (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Germany
8.5 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $38
Adamite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Gold Hill Mine, Deep Creek Mts, Tooele County, Utah
5.7 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Brucite (classic material) (ex Bill Wilson Collection)
Wood's Chrome Mine, Texas, Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
4.7 x 3.4 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $109
Fluorite
Moscona Mine, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
8.5 x 4.8 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $195
Fluorite on Quartz (rare locality specimen)
Iowa Canyon Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
8.1 x 7.8 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Heterosite (rare) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Black Mountain Quarry, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, USA
9.7 x 5.2 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Antlerite (rare classic material) (ex Bill Wilson Collection)
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
4.7 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $125
Apophyllite (ex Richard Rossi Collection)
Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA
9.6 x 5.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $112
Wulfenite (excellent classic material) (ex Mervyn Ford Collection)
Red Cloud Mine, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
2.2 x 1.7 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $315
Lepidolite (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Araçuaí, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9.2 x 5.6 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $112
Plumbogummite replacing Pyromorphite
Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
14.2 x 8.2 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Arsenic-bearing Vanadinite ("Endlichite") (ex Richard Rossi Collection)
Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.4 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Fluorite (ex Tom Campbell Collection)
Xianghuapu Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
4.6 x 3.4 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $125