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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Mimetite (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.1 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Sphalerite with Chalcopyrite and Dolomite
Black Rock Quarry, Lawrence County Zinc District, Lawrence County, Arkansas, USA
2.6 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Quartz Carving, Rhinoceros (ex Bill Larson Collection)
Göscheneralp, Uri, Switzerland
7.2 x 4.8 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $343
Hematite (''iron rose'')
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.2 x 2.1 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $117
Fluorite (gemmy crystals)
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan, China
6.3 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $172
Quartz (''Mango Quartz'')
Cabiche, Quípama Municipality, Boyacá Department, Colombia
7.8 x 4.6 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $255
Spessartine Garnet with Smoky Quartz
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
9.5 x 3.9 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Descloizite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Berg Aukus, Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
6.7 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $148
Pyrite (classic material)
Bingham Canyon Mine, Oquirrh Mountains, Salt Lake County, Utah
4.2 x 3.9 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $266
Quartz with Actinolite inclusions (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
8.1 x 3.2 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $132
Calcite on Quartz ''casts'' after Anhydrite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Keystone Mine, Cunningham Gulch, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
9.3 x 5.9 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $187
Talc (beautiful color) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Argonaut Mine, Ludlow, Windsor County, Vermont, USA
8.4 x 5.3 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $233
Fluorite with Ferberite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Kara-Oba W deposit, Betpakdala Desert, Karazhal, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
8.9 x 6.8 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Dioptase
Christoph Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
7.9 x 5.6 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $191
Afghanite (excellent crystals) (ex Obodda)
Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
4.2 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $442
Amethyst (''Grapes'')
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
5.5 x 3.4 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $330
Cronstedtite (old classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Wheal Jane, Baldhu, Kea, Cornwall, England, UK
5.7 x 3.8 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $221
Fluorite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
La Viesca, La Collada, Asturias, Spain
4.4 x 4.2 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $230
Topaz
Dassu, Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.6 x 3.6 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $346
Aragonite
La Pesquera, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
2.8 x 2.8 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $179
Quartz (''phantom'' with unusual inclusions)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.5 x 8.1 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $195
Wavellite (from the type locality!)
High Down Quarry (Heddon Quarry), West Buckland, North Devon, Devon, England, UK (Type Locality)
8.9 x 4.6 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $580
Howlite (important historic piece) (ex Manchester Collection!)
Black's Quarry, Windsor, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada (Type Locality)
5.3 x 4.1 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,499