FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends Aug 25, 2022

Mixed specimens this week include gem crystals, classic locales, fine display specimens and a selection of assorted piece from our inventory and collections we've purchased such as Rich Kosnar, Bill and Anne Cook, Chet Lemanski, Al Kidwell and more! Look for attractive higher value pieces this week, all starting at $10 reserve bids! Some of the highlights from this week’s auction include: 1. Unique "feather"-shaped TOURMALINE crystal from Brazil (ex Brian Kosnar Collection) 2. RARELY seen KUNZITE specimen from the Katerina Mine, San Diego County, California 3. Excellent, classic, highly etched HELIODOR from Ukraine 4. Beautiful "solution corner" FLUORITE from the Elmdwood Mine, USA (ex Brian Kosnar Collection) 5. Wonderful gemmy, multi-terminated EPIDOTE "Faden" from Pakistan (ex Rich Kosnar Collection) 6. Gorgeous polychrome polished slice of TOURMALINE from Madagascar 7. SUPERB CABINET SIZED MAGNETITE specimen from Bolivia! 8. Fine DIOPTASE with WULFENITE from Tsumeb 9. GEMMY RARE blue HALITE on matrix from New Mexico (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection) 10. Rarities include SAFFLORITE, GORMANITE, FARFIELDITE and ZUNYITE
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Safflorite (rare excellent crystals)
Bouismas Mine, Tansifite Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
6.2 x 5.2 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $445
Azurite (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Morenci Mine, Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
4.6 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $255
Kunzite (rare locality specimen)
Katerina Mine, Hiriart Hill, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
4.6 x 3.6 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $212
Quartz (''Faden'') (ex Herb Obodda)
Tole, Wana, South Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
6.3 x 3.5 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $97
Fluorite (''solution corner'') (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee, USA
3.2 x 3.1 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Epidote (doubly-terminated / multi-terminated ''Faden'' group) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Tormiq, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
6.9 x 5.1 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $195
Thomsonite (rare red color) with Stilbite and Heulandite
Aurangabad District, near Nasik, Maharashtra, India
5.6 x 4.7 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Silver (''tree'') (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Batopilas, Andres del Rio District, Batopilas Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
1.4 x 1.3 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Tourmaline (polychrome polished slice)
Tsilaizina pegmatite, Sahanivotry Manandona, Antsirabe II, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
3.6 x 2.9 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Magnetite (superb large specimen)
Cerro Huañaquino, Potosí, Bolivia
12.1 x 7.6 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $751
Calcite
Elk Creek, Meade County, South Dakota, USA
5.8 x 4.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Fairfieldite (excellent) (ex O'Donnell and Nichols Collections)
Foote Mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
3.0 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $49
Fire Agate
Aguascalientes, Mexico
3.7 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Quartz with Fluorite
El Hammam Mine, El Hammam, Ait Mimoune Caïdat, Khémisset Cercle, Khémisset Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Region, Morocco
8.3 x 7.1 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Fluorite (polished slice) (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Stoneco Auglaize Quarry, Junction, Paulding County, Ohio, USA
6.1 x 4.7 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $198
Gormanite (rare) (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.8 x 8.4 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Fluorite (complex crystals) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.7 x 4.2 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $199
Beryl (doubly-terminated) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.3 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Calcite (classic material)
North Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana, USA
4.7 x 3.7 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Creedite (excellent color)
Navidad Mine, Indé Municipality, Durango, Mexico
4.3 x 4.3 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Dioptase with Wulfenite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
4.1 x 3.1 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $365
Zunyite (rare) (ex Colin Manlove Collection)
Big Bertha Mine, Dome Rock Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
9.6 x 8.3 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $196
Amethyst (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Wanda mines, Wanda, Iguazú Department, Misiones Province, Argentina
9.3 x 5.8 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Fluorapatite (rich color) on Quartz
Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
3.7 x 1.7 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $195
Magnetite (classic fine quality crystals)
2500' Level, Fowler Ore Body, Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St Lawrence County, New York, USA
2.6 x 2.1 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $128
Malachite (rare locality specimen)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.1 x 5.8 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $321
Smithsonite (cadmium-bearing)
Wenshan, Yunnan, China
8.0 x 6.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Hydrozincite coating Calcite (rare locality specimen) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Milford Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
9.2 x 4.6 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $81
Fluorapophyllite-(K) (rare pink color)
San Martín Mine, San Martín-Sabinas District, San Martín, Sombrerete Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
6.7 x 5.9 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Allargentum (rare)
Imiter Mine, Tinghir Cercle, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
4.8 x 4.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $150