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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Grossular Garnet (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
6.8 x 4.5 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $351
Danburite (classic material)
Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
5.7 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $118
Pyrite (fine crystals)
Huaron mine, Huaron Mining District, Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peru
6.7 x 5.4 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $1,051
Calcite (classic material)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
9.2 x 6.7 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $88
Franklinite (old classic) (ex Tom Campbell Collection)
Franklin Mine, Sussex County, New Jersey
3.5 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Fluorite (GEM quality crystals)
Naica Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.3 x 5.1 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $319
Pezzottaite (very rare)
Sakavalana, near Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro area, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar (Type Locality)
0.7 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) (excellent classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Fairfax Quarry, Centreville, Culpeper Basin, Fairfax County, Virginia
8.8 x 8.1 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $337
Scheelite
Pingwu Beryl Mine, Huya Township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China
3.6 x 2.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $87
Dioptase (large doubly-terminated crystals)
Christoph Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
4.1 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $300
Ruby Spinel (10 crystal set)
Mogok, Sagaing District, Mandalay Division, Myanmar (Burma)
0.6 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm to 0.3 x 0.3 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $446
Azurite pseudomorphing to Malachite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
5.8 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $248
Wavellite (classic material) (ex Henry de Linde Collection)
Henry de Linde Mine, Dug Hill, Avant, Garland County, Arkansas
9.3 x 8.8 x 6.6 cm
Winning Bid: $287
Celestine (large floater specimen) (rare locality) (ex Raul Orellana Collection)
Arneva, Orihuela, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
15.1 x 3.6 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $329