FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends Aug 26, 2021

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 over the last year or so like Colorado mining legend, Dave Bergman, plus Richard Kosnar, Bob Reynolds, Gary Weaver, Lee Burnett, Chet Lemanski, and our own Alex Venzke. 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. AFGHANITE (excellent crystals) from Afghanistan 2. Beautiful “MANGO QUARTZ” from Colombia 3. Fine classic MALACHITE “rose” pseudomorphs after AZURITE from Morenci, Arizona (ex Dave Bergman Collection) 4. Attractive gemmy green DIOPTASE from the Christoph Mine, Namibia 5. Unusual rare HELVINE ROUGH and CUT set 6. Important historic HOWLITE specimen from the TYPE LOCALITY (ex James G. Manchester Collection) 7. Old time ALMANDINE GARNET from the Russel Mine in Massachusetts 8. Classic old WAVELLITE from the TYPE LOCALITY in England 9. Wonderful, good sized, gemmy sherry colored TOPAZ from Pakistan 10. Rarities include THENARDITE, PINITE pseudomorph after ANDALUSITE, BROMIAN CHLORARGYRITE, “WILLIAMSITE” (ANTIGORITE) and CRONSTEDTITE
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Gypsum (''Fishtail'' twins) (ex Richard A. Kosnar Collection)
Certain Teed Gypsum Mine (Briar Gypsum Mine), Briar, Howard County, Arkansas, USA
5.1 x 2.2 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $20
Sapphire with Diaspore and Chloritoid (rare locality specimen)
Naxos Island, Naxos, South Aegean, Greece
6.3 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Helvine (rough and cut set)
Different Localities
5.6 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm (specimen) ; 18.41 cts, 20.46 mm x 16.95 mm (stone)
Winning Bid: $87
Epidote
Zard Mtn, Ras Koh Mountains, Kharan District, Balochistan Region, Pakistan
3.6 x 3.3 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite ''roses'' (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Morenci, Shannon Mts, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
6.3 x 5.6 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $279
Beryl (rare New England locality)
Beryl Mountain Quarry, South Acworth, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, USA
3.2 x 3.2 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $20
Opal (pink and lavender)
Pisco Province, Ica Department, Peru
5.3 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Chrysocolla (RARE locality specimen) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Angelina II Copper Mine, Pisco Province, Ica, Peru
5.3 x 4.8 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Chalcedony (var: Agate) (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
16.4 x 9.9 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $266
Imperial Topaz (5 crystal set)
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.5 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm to 1.7 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Serpentine Carving, Lizard
Peru
9.9 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $113
Spangolite (mined in 1959 by Fred Pough and Mark Bandy!)
Mex-Tex Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
4.7 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $43
Amethyst (classic material)
Piedra Parada, Mun. de Tatatila, Veracruz, Mexico
3.7 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Uvarovite (rare locality specimen) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Uvarovite Mine, NW Calico Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
6.0 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $56
Pinite pseudomorph after Andalusite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Lüsens Valley, Tyrol, Austria
5.9 x 5.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $106
Tourmaline (classic material)
Power's Farm, Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
2.6 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Thenardite (fine rare crystals) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA
6.4 x 5.8 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Rhodochrosite (rare locality specimen) (ex Dr. William Logan Collection)
Daniel Bonanza Mine, south of Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
11.0 x 5.3 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $184
Hematite on Rutile ''star'' (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
5.0 x 3.4 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $166
Malachite with Chrysocolla
L'Etoile du Congo Mine (Kalukuluku Mine), Lubumbashi, Katanga, DR Congo
5.6 x 5.4 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Chlorargyrite (var: Bromian Chlorargyrite) (old rare specimen) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Tres Puntas, Chañarcillo Mining District, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
6.3 x 5.3 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Spodumene (highly etched ''floater'' crystal)
Dara-e-Pech pegmatite field, Dara-e-Pech District, Kunar, Afghanistan
6.7 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $86
Pyrite (''iron cross'' twin)
Gachalá Municipality, Guavió-Guatéque District, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
5.1 x 4.6 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Azurite with Malachite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
4.6 x 3.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Adamite (ex Lee Burnett Collection)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.5 x 4.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Astrophyllite (var: Magnesian) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
9.7 x 6.3 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $17
Calcite with Mottramite (ex Alex Venzke Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
4.3 x 3.7 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Antigorite (var: Williamsite) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Line Pit (Lowe's Mine), State Line Mining District, Cecil County, Maryland, USA
7.3 x 4.6 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $99
Shattuckite (2014 find)
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
4.7 x 3.8 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Tourmaline (multicolor) with Albite
Stak Nala, Skardu Road, Haramosh Mts., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.5 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $165