FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends August 12, 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 Bob Reynolds, Gary Weaver, Lee Burnett, Steve Smale, 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. SODALITE (excellent sharp crystal) from Afghanistan 2. Gemmy rare "Trapiche" habit RUBY crystal from Myanmar (Burma) 3. Classic TOURMALINE ''blue cap'' crystal from California (ex Dave Bergman Collection) 4. Wonderful GEM QUALITY colorless drillbit twinned PHENAKITE from Myanmar 5. Fantastic gemmy blue WILLEMITE on orange WULFENITE from Tiger, Arizona 6. Unique, rare and beautiful "herringbone" etched ORTHOCLASE crystal from Greendland 7. Fine quality, gemmy GREEN SPHALERITE crystals with Chalcopyrite from Ouray, Colorado 8. Rare SILVER specimen from a lesser-known locality in Aspen, Colorado 9. Beautiful rich emerald green DIOPTASE with blue PLANCHEITE from Rep. of Congo 10. Rarities include CAVANSITE, OLMIITE, AGRELLITE, MELLITE and MIGEULROMEROITE
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Mellite (rare organic mineral) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Csordakúti Mine, Bicske-Csordakút, Bicskei District, Fejér County, Hungary
4.2 x 3.8 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $52
Celestine with Sulfur (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Racalmuto Sulphur Mines, Racalmuto, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
14.2 x 9.0 x 5.9 cm
Winning Bid: $101
Quartz with Iridescent Pyrite
Morocco
11.3 x 9.6 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Vivianite
Tomokoni adit, near Canutillos, Colavi, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, 36 km NE of Potosi, Bolivia
4.1 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $216
Sodalite (excellent sharp crystal) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
4.3 x 3.7 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $286
Tourmaline (''blue cap'' crystal) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Pala District, San Diego County, California, USA
2.0 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $300
Beryl (var Emerald) (ex Bill Larson Collection)
Emerald deposit, Leckbachgraben, Nasenkopf, Habach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
6.3 x 4.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $89
Citrine on Danburite (rare combo for the locality)
Charcas, Charcas Municipality, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
4.7 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Grossular (''Raspberry'' Garnet)
Sierra de Cruces, Sierra Mojada Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico
5.7 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $118
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
4.6 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $102
Sphalerite (gemmy green crystals) (ex Kosnar and Burnett Collections)
Orphan Vein, 2100 Level, Camp Bird Mine, above Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
15.0 x 8.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $333
Zircon (ex Burnett Collection)
St Peters Dome, Cheyenne District, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
8.5 x 6.8 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Aquamarine with Schorl on Microcline
Erongo Mountain, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
5.0 x 3.8 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $526
Fluorite on Sphalerite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Elmwood Mine, Smith County, Tennessee, USA
6.7 x 5.2 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Wulfenite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos, Mun. de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico
3.1 x 2.6 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $99
Olmiite with Bultfonteinite
N'Chwaning I Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
12.3 x 8.8 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Fluorapatite
Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
4.4 x 3.2 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Schorl and Fluorapatite on Muscovite
Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
7.8 x 5.0 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $280
Agrellite with Vlasovite and Eudialyte (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Kipawa alkaline complex, Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Témiscamingue RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada
7.1 x 6.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Phenakite (gem quality twinned crystal)
Ohngaing, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar (Burma)
2.7 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $338
Pyromorphite (fine color and quality)
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin area, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Central South Region, China
3.8 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $158
Baryte (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Wolsendorf District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
7.8 x 4.8 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Actinolite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Croda del Sole (Sonnenwand), Ortles-Cevedale Group, Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige (South Tyrol), Italy
11.7 x 8.3 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Ruby
Jegdalak Ruby Deposit, Surobi District, Kabul, Afghanistan
4.7 x 3.7 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $148
Hydroxylherderite (''fish-tail'' twins) (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Golconda Mine, Golconda pegmatite field, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.3 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $169
Rosasite pseudomorph after Malachite after Azurite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Silver Bill Mine, Gleeson, Turquoise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
8.6 x 4.9 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $176
Ruby (rare ''Trapiche'' form)
Mong Hsu, Loilem District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)
0.7 x 0.5 x 0.2 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Dioptase with Plancheite
Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
6.3 x 5.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $241
Quartz (''Herkimer Diamond'') (ex Burnett Collection)
Herkimer County, New York, USA
8.3 x 5.2 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $1,051
Cavansite (rare)
Wagholi, Pune (Poona) District, Maharashtra, India
4.6 x 3.4 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $526