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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Zircon
Astor, Astor Valley, Astore District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.2 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Scapolite (GEM quality)
Scapolite locality, Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India
7.7 x 0.3 x 0.2 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Microcline with Smoky Quartz and Albite (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Moat Mountain, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA
5.2 x 4.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Wavellite (classic material) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Ronneburg U deposit, Thuringia, Germany
8.3 x 4.2 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Chalcocite (fine crystals) (ex Dan Behnke Collection)
Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin, USA
6.2 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $131
Calcite
Tieshan Fe-Cu deposit (Daye iron mine), Tieshan District, Huangshi, Hubei, China
6.4 x 3.8 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Inesite with Hubeite (rare) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper Mine), Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China (Type Locality for Hubeite)
4.8 x 4.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $156
Hematite with Lizardite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Dypingdal serpentine-magnesite deposit, Snarum, Modum, Viken, Norway
4.7 x 4.4 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Linarite (classic locality specimen) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
5.7 x 5.3 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $498
Tourmaline (doubly-terminated) with Albite
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains Massif, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.1 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $175
Monazite-(Ce) (color change ''butterfly'' twins)
Contacto Vein, Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bustillos Province, Potosi, Bolivia
6.9 x 5.7 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $61
Goethite (great quality) with ''Onegite''
Dreamtime Mine, Crystal Peak area, Teller County, Colorado
7.1 x 4.6 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $261
Chrysocolla Stalactites coated by Chalcedony
Ray Mine, Scott Mountain, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
4.3 x 4.1 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $315
Tennantite on Quartz (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Aranzazú Mine (Cobre Mine), Concepción del Oro, Concepción del Oro Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
6.2 x 4.7 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Fluorapatite
Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.1 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Hematite
N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
1.2 x 1.2 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Prehnite with Quartz
O & G Woodbury Traprock Quarry (Orenaug Quarry), Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
4.2 x 2.8 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $20
Aquamarine with Albite
Pingwu Mine, Huya Township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China
6.3 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Pyrite (fine quality locality specimen)
Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi, Bolivia
3.6x 3.0 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Dioptase (unusual form) (2018 find)
Ntola Mine, Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo
10.0 x 7.2 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $800
Quartz on Barite on Quartz (RARE locality specimen) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
East Portal, Bankers and Exchange Mine, North of Ouray, Paquin Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
8.2 x 6.4 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $98
Vivianite (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Tomokoni adit, Canutillos Mine, Colavi, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
7.4 x 4.2 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $113
Vanadinite (ex Burnett Collection)
Apache Mine, Gila County, Arizona, USA
7.7 x 4.8 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Chrysoberyl (twin) (2013 find)
Ambatondrazaka District, Alaotra-Mangoro Region, Toamasina Province (Tamatave), Madagascar
1.7 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $930
Mimetite (ex Tom Campbell Collection)
Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.1 x 3.6 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $152
Dryhead Agate
Dryhead Agate Mine, Bighorn River area, Pryor Mountains, Big Horn County, Montana, USA
4.8 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Witherite (fine classic material) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
7.8 x 6.5 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $296
Spinel (fine crystal) on marble
Mahenge, Morogoro Region, Tanzania
2.7 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $385
Grossular (classic material) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
6.7 x 4.3 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $460
Azurite with Cerussite twins (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
9.7 x 5.6 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $628