FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends December 2, 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. Beautiful classic pink DOLOMITE from Arkansas (ex Dave Bergman Collection) 2. VIVIANITE from a RARE Brazilian locality 3. Gemmy "Tanzanite Fluorite" specimen with Calcite from China 4. Wonderful rare CRYSTALLIZED TURQUOISE from Virginia 5. Classic old-time DIOPTASE with WULFENITE from Tiger, Arizona (ex Dave Bergman Collection) 6. GEM QUALITY SMOKY QUARTZ scepter specimen from Brazil 7. RARE rough and cut set of SELLAITE from Russia 8. Hard to find PSEUDOMALACHITE specimen from New Jersey 9. HYDROXYLHERDRITE on SMOKY QUARTZ from a rare California locality 10. Rarities include MORENOSITE, UMANGITE, PHOSPHOHEDYPHANE, VAUXITE, PARAVUAXITE, MCGUINNESSITE and AEIRINITE
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Dolomite (classic material) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Black Rock, Lawrence County Zinc Mining District, Lawrence County, Arkansas, USA
11.3 x 8.6 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Quartz (''Faden'')
Tole, Wana, South Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
7.7 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Pentagonite (rare)
Wagholi Quarries, Wagholi, Pune District, Maharashtra, India
5.4 x 4.8 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Calcite (multi-generational crystals)
Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
8.1 x 7.3 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Dioptase with Wulfenite (classic combo) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
5.2 x 4.2 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $195
Molybdenite (rare locality specimen) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Los Andes, Anconcagua, Chile
4.7 x 3.6 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Aegirine with Orthoclase (RARE locality specimen) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Cove Creek Bridge and The Branch area, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA
5.7 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Stilbite (ex Richard Kosnar Collection)
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
4.4 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Colemanite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Boron, Kern County, California, USA
6.7 x 5.6 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Amazonite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Rocket Claim, Teller County, Colorado, USA
5.7 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Sellaite (RARE rough and cut set)
Suran, Ishlya, Beloretsk district, Bashkortostan (Bashkiria), Urals, Russia
4.3 x 3.1 x 1.8 cm (specimen) ; 0.64 cts; 5.10 mm x 4.37 mm (stone)
Winning Bid: $67
Quartz (var: Eye Agate)
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2.0 x 2.0 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
4.1 x 3.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite (var: ''Staffelite'') with Opal-AN (Hyalite Opal)
Valec (Waltsch), Doupov (Duppau), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
8.6 x 5.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $77
Beryl (var: Aquamarine) (ex Allen Heyl Collection)
Middlesex County, Connecticut
7.4 x 2.8 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $109
Calcite (ex Alex Venzke Collection)
Alliansen, Malmberget, Gallivare, Norrbotten, Sweden
6.9 x 6.7 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $169
Malachite (polished) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Kateketa Mine, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
7.0 x 4.6 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $62
Fluorapatite with Albite on Quartz
Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
4.1 x 3.8 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Gypsum (var Selenite - ''Desert Rose'')
Samalayuca Desert, Ahumada Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.3 x 3.8 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $15
Spodumene (highly etched ''floater'' crystal)
Dara-e-Pech pegmatite field, Dara-e-Pech District, Kunar, Afghanistan
5.8 x 3.6 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Vivianite (RARE locality specimen!)
Ênio claim, Laranjeiras, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.7 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Fluorite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Mt. Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
7.1 x 6.8 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Copper with Tenorite coating Cuprite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Ray Mine, Scott Mountain, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
7.8 x 5.3 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Morenosite (rare) (ex Bill Wilson Collection)
Marbridge No. 1 Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada
6.3 x 3.7 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Fluorite (ex Herb Obboda Private Collection)
San Antonio Mine, East Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico
8.3 x 6.3 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $195
Fluorite (''Tanzanite Fluorite'') with Calcite
Xia Yang Mine, Xia Yang city, Yongchun Co., Quanzhou, Fujian, China
8.5 x 5.0 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Thenardite (fine crystals) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Soda Lake, Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
7.3 x 6.4 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $45
McGuinnessite (rare) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Copper King Mine, Red Mountain, Mendocino County, California, USA (Type Locality)
8.8 x 8.7 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $98
Smoky Quartz (GEM Scepter)
São Geraldo do Baixio, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.2 x 3.1 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $104
Cuprite (uncommon locality specimen)
Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
7.3 x 5.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $219