FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends December 17, 2020

December 10 2020
 
We have a great selection this week featuring plenty of attractive, fine quality, rare and unusual specimens.  Look for new discoveries that we picked up at shows or direct from the source. We also have plenty of great specimens from various collections that we've purchased over the last year or so.  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. Classic flame red RHODOCHROSITE crystal group from the N'Chwaning Mines, South Africa
2. Large, doubly-terminated DIOPTASE crystal group from the Kaokoveld Plateau in Namibia                                                                             
3. Stellar crystallized "rose" of HYDROXYLAPOPHYLLITE-(K) from Centreville, Virginia
4. Beautiful fluorescent OPAL-AN (Hyalite Opal) from Mexico
5. Gorgeous crystallized PYRITE group from Peru
6. Fine, rare PEZZOTTAITE crystal from the type locality in Madagascar
7. Large, impressive "floater" CELESTINE specimen from Spain
8. Wonderful richly colored WULFENITE crystals on Calcite from Los Lamentos, Mexico
9. Killer thumbnail specimen of XENOTIME-(Y) from Pakistan
10.  Fantastic, showy prismatic WULFENITE crystals on green MIMETITE from the Ojuela Mine, Mexico
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Hausmannite (fine classic material)
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
5.4 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $177
Alexandrite (twin)
Carnaíba mining district, Pindobaçu, Bahia, Brazil
1.3 x 1.2 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Hematite (superb mirror bright crystal)
N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
3.3 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $306
Xenotime-(Y) (killer thumbnail)
Zagi Mountain, Peshawar District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
1.7 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $313
Opal-AN (Hyalite Opal) (fluorescent)
Étienne Mine, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
13.3 x 10.7 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $127
Brucite (superb color)
Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan
6.6 x 3.2 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $148
Rhodochrosite (classic material)
N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
3.8 x 2.8 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Silver (classic material)
Colquechaca (Aullagas), Chayanta Province, Potosi, Bolivia
5.6 x 4.0 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $299
Barite (doubly-terminated crystal)
Pohla-Tellerhauser Mine, Schwarzenberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
6.8 x 5.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Wulfenite on Mimetite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
9.4x 6.3 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $675
Prehnite (recent find - unique color)
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mts, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
9.0 x 6.8 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Orpiment (classic material) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Twin Creeks Mine, Potosi District, Osgood Mts, Humboldt County, Nevada
3.6 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $44
Ferberite (floater specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
6.2 x 5.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Brochantite (rare localty specimen)
Vieja Mine, Potrerillos, Chanaral Province, Atacama, Chile
7.8 x 7.3 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $125
Mimetite (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.0 x 4.9 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Copper
Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona
11.1 x 6.7 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Calcite (var: Cobalt-bearing)
Agoudal Mines, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
7.3 x 4.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Agate (banded)
Nevada
6.2 x 4.6 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $66
Quartz (rare locality specimen) (ex Raul Orellana Collection)
Emilio Mine, Lorone, Obdulia Vein, Colunga Mining District, Caravia Mining Area, Asturias, Spain
8.3 x 5.2 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Fluorite (beautiful color) on Quartz
De'an Fluorite Mine, Wushan, De'an Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China
6.7 x 5.7 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $370
Halotrichite (RARE locality specimen!) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona
7.5 x 5.0 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $141
Variscite (fine color) on Chalcedony
Ribeirao Cascalheira, Mato Grosso, Brazil
4.8 x 3.8 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Hematite ('blister ore') (RARE locality specimen)
Shuangfengshan Au deposit (Twin Peaks Au deposit), Barkol Co., Hami Prefecture (Kumul Prefecture; Qumul Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
7.2 x 5.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $91
Calcite (old classic) (ex Leigh Price Collection)
St Andreasberg, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
8.3 x 3.4 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Kidwellite with Strengite (rare classic material)
Coon Creek Mine (York Mine), Shady, Polk County, Arkansas
8.2 x 5.0 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Amethyst (classic material)
Piedra Parada, Tatatila Municipality, Veracruz, Mexico
5.7 x 5.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $189
Wulfenite on Calcite (fine classic material)
Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos, Mun. de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.7 x 5.1 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $975
Quartz (GEM scepter)
Snoqualmie Pass, Snoqualmie District, King County, Washington
3.2 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $167
Fluorite (GEM crystals!)
Xia Yang Mine, Xia Yang city, Yongchun Co., Quanzhou, Fujian, China
4.3 x 3.5 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $156
Quartz 'cast' after Calcite
Comobabi Mountains, Pima County, Arizona
7.3 x 5.8 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $147