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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Prehnite with Graphite inclusions and minor Tanzanite
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mts, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
7.2 x 5.5 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Azurite on Quartz
Sierra Rica, Manuel Benavides Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.2 x 5.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Mimetite (classic material) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Mount Bonnie Mine, Grove Hill, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory, Australia
7.0 x 4.6 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Rosasite with Hemimorphite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila County, Arizona, USA
13.8 x 12.2 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $195
Muscovite (old classic) (ex Wilke and Watson Collections)
Grafton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
6.5 x 4.3 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $47
Halite (gemmy blue crystal) (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Carlsbad Potash Mining District, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA
3.7 x 2.3 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $328
Topaz (GEM crystal) (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Yuno high mines, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
2.7 x 2.2 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Aurichalcite (ex Colin Manlove Collection)
Sierra Mojada Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico
7.2 x 6.7 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Strengite with Goethite (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Indian Mountain, Cherokee County, Alabama, USA
5.8 x 5.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $198
Wavellite with Variscite (rare locality specimen) (ex Wouter Van Tichelen Collection)
Altmannsgrün, Tirpersdorf, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
4.2 x 3.8 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $161
Orpiment (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad, Peru
3.0 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $51
Pink Grossular Garnet
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
2.7 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Crocoite (classic old material) (ex Franz Desfours-Walderode Collection)
Berezovskoe Au Deposit, Berezovskii, Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast, Russia (Type Locality)
6.2 x 4.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $300
Native Copper (''wire''-like ''nest'')
Rocklands Group Copper Project (Rocklands Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
3.6 x 3.3 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $117
Fluorite with Calcite (2021 find)
Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
13.2 x 6.7 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $321
Siderite (ex Dr. Barratt Phillips Collection)
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
5.3 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $221
Calcite (RARE scepter habit)
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
7.2 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,050
Chrysoberyl
Malyshevo, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
3.2 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $147
Marcasite pseudomorph/cast after Calcite (ex Phillips and Rose Collections)
Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
3.7 x 2.6 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Mica / Sericite pseudomorph after Cordierite-Indialite ("Cherry Blossom") (RARE MATRIX piece) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture, Kinki Region, Honshu Island, Japan
6.7 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Quartz (GEM quality crystals) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Mt Ida, Montgomery County, Arkansas, USA
7.1 x 4.7 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $321
Ferberite (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
5.7 x 4.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Siderite
Yindu Mine, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
5.4 x 4.9 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Tourmaline (rare ''feather''-like habit) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Mutuca Mine, Malacacheta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9.7 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $579
Titanite (gemmy twin)
Capelinha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.7 x 1.7 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $238
Gold
813 pit, Alta Gold Mine, Olinghouse Mining District, Pah Rah Range, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
4.6 x 3.2 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $562
Tourmaline on Albite with Muscovite
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
6.5 x 5.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $261
Rose Quartz (new find) (rare Afghanistan locale)
Parun Pegmatite Field, Nuristan, Afghanistan
4.7 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $485
Smithsonite (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
28-30 Level, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
7.2 x 4.6 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Beryl (var: Heliodor)
Khoroshiv Raion (Volodarsk-Volynskii), Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine
4.6 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $927