FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends December 16, 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 like, Bob Reynolds, Chet Lemanski, Gary Weaver, Al Kidwell, Dave Bergman and Rich Kosnar. 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. Attractive fine quality HEULANDITE crystals on matrix from India (ex Dave Bergman Collection) 2. Beautiful RUBY (rare ''Trapiche'' form crystal) from Myanmar 3. Excellent GEMMY green PERIDOT crystals on matrix from Pakistan (ex Richard Kosnar Collection) 4. Wonderful rare PURPLE colored ALBITE from Pakistan 5. Eye-catching yellow CADMIUM-BEARING SMITHSONITE from China 6. LARGE FLUOR-UVITE – UVITE TOURMALINE crystal from Brazil (ex Tom Campbell Collection 7. Attractive SMOKY QUARTZ with RUTILE inclusions carving of Buddha from Brazil 8. A really unusual crystal group of WULFENITE from Tsuemb 9. Rarely seen AQUAMARINE crystal on matrix from the Blue Lady Mine in California 10. Rarities include TANGDANITE, WHERRYITE, SULFOHALITE, IDRIALITE and SENEGALITE
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Heulandite (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India
10.2 x 8.2 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $175
Peridot (rare multi-crystal group) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Sapat Gali, Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
4.3 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $631
Ruby (rare ''Trapiche'' form)
Mong Hsu, Loilem District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)
0.6 x 0.5 x 0.2 cm
Winning Bid: $376
Wire Silver
Beaverdell, Greenwood Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
1.7 x 1.1 x 0.1 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Sodalite (ex Richard Rossi Collection)
Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
8.3 x 5.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $535
Fluorite (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Rosiclare Level, Minerva Mine #1, Ozark-Mahoning Group, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
6.7 x 6.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $122
Copper (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Morenci, Clifton-Morenci District, Shannon Mountains, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
3.7 x 3.2 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Grossular (var: Hessonite) with Clinochlore (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Pian della Mussa, Val d'Ala, Valli di Lanzo, Torino, Piemonte, Italy
6.4 x 4.6 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $187
Precious Opal
Virgin Valley District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
4.8 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $125
Hübnerite (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Huayllapon Mine, Pasto Bueno, Ancash Department, Peru
6.6 x 2.2 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $55
Fluorite on Quartz
De'an Fluorite Mine, Wushan, De'an Co., Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi, China
7.4 x 6.1 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $237
Aquamarine (rare locality specimen) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Blue Lady Mine, Chihuahua Valley, Warner Springs, San Diego County, California, USA
7.3 x 5.8 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $198
Wulfenite (bi-pyramidal crystals) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
8.3 x 4.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $156
Stibnite (classic material) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
La Salvadora Mine, Oruro, Bolivia
5.7 x 2.2 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $290
Chabazite (great color)
Wasson's Bluff, Parrsboro, Bay of Fundy, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
9.7 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $127
Cornetite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
3.5 x 1.7 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Pink Chalcedony
South of Deming, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
3.7 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $55
Fluorite (gemmy multi-color crystals)
Okorusu Mine (Okarusu Mine), Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
9.7 x 6.8 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Lollingite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Zloty Stok (Reichenstein), Zabkowice District, Lower Silesia, Poland
6.0 x 5.0 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $79
Barite with Fluorite, Galena and Calcite (ex Mark Kielbaso Collection)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee, USA
5.3 x 5.0 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Galena
Turt Mine, Turt, Negrești-Oas, Oas Mountains, Satu Mare, Romania
4.2 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Mimetite (rare color and locality) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Ironwood Mine, Silver Bell Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
6.2 x 3.8 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $265
Albite (rare GEM PURPLE crystals!)
Khyber Agency, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
7.5 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $450
Calcite (twin)
Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.6 x 5.1 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Allophane (rare blue color) with Creedite
Qinglong Mine, Dachang Sb ore field, Qinglong County, Qianxinan, Guizhou, China
4.4 x 3.1 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $53
Jasper pseudomorph after Barite (ex Richard Rossi Collection)
Floy Wash, Grand County, Utah, USA
5.3 x 4.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $175
Quartz with Hemimorphite and Tangdanite (rare association)
Kunming, Yunnan, China
3.7 x 3.1 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Cuprite (var: Chalcotrichite) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
11.3 x 7.4 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $338
Tourmaline in Dolomite (rare locality specimen) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
5.6 x 4.0 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $80