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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Turquoise (classic material)
Bishop Mine, Lynch Station, James River-Roanoke River Manganese District, Campbell County, Virginia
5.8 x 3.8 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $219
Dolomite with Sphalerite and Pyrite (ex Burnett Collection)
Area 68, Level 24, Eagle Mine, Gilman District, Eagle County, Colorado, USA
8.0 x 4.6 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Aerinite (very rare) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
near Frankfurt, Germany
7.2 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Parahopeite (rare) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Reaphook Hill, Martins Well station, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
6.2 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $99
Pseudomalachite (rare - old US locality) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Schuyler Copper Mine, North Arlington, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
11.3 x 8.3 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $77
Cervantite pseudomorph after Stibnite (rare locality specimen)
Fortuna Mine, El Antimonio, Caborca Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
8.3 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Umangite (very rare) (ex Josef Vajdák)
Tumiñico Mine, Sierra de Cacho, Villa Castelli, General Lamadrid department, La Rioja Province, Argentina
4.7 x 4.1 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Hydroxylherderite on Smoky Quartz (rare locality specimen)
Blue Chihuahua Mine, Iron Spring Mountain, Cooper Canyon, Riverside County, California, USA
7.3 x 4.8 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
7.2 x 4.0 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Pyromorphite with Descloizite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Hardshell Mine, Harshaw Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
5.3 x 5.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Amethyst (reverse scepters) with Calcite* (*Calcite is RARE from Bolivia)
Bombori District, Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.7 x 6.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $151
Pyrite with Quartz (ex Richard Kosnar Collection)
San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
13.2 x 7.6 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Calcite (doubly-terminated twin)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
4.6 x 4.1 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Chrysoberyl (twin)
Ambatondrazaka District, Alaotra-Mangoro Region, Toamasina Province (Tamatave), Madagascar
1.6 x 1.2 x 0.1 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Gypsum pseudomorph after Glauberite
Copper Canyon Area, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
4.3 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Fluorite (rare locality specimen - 2017 find)
Koh-i-Maran, Kalat District, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
8.8 x 6.3 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Smithsonite (classic material) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
9.1 x 5.4 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Phosphohedyphane (RARE locality specimen) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
5.8 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $177
Hydroxylherderite (twin) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Golconda Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.8 x 4.1 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $15
Calcite included with Jamesonite (ex Alex Venzke and Abby Dimalanta Collections)
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Mare, Maramures Co., Romania
6.7 x 5.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Azurite on Malachite
Liufengshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China
4.7 x 4.5 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Vauxite with Paravauxite (very rare)
Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (Type Locality for both species)
7.8 x 5.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Brucite (rare yellow color) with Hydromagnesite
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan
3.8 x 3.6 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Mimetite (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
3.0 x 2.2 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Ruby on marble
Jagdalak (Jagdalek) Ruby Mine, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
7.2 x 5.7 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Andradite Garnet (var: Demantoid)
Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
12.8 x 8.7 x 6.9 cm
Winning Bid: $152
Serandite (doubly-terminated)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
3.0 x 0.6 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $163
Rhodochrosite (ex Dr. William Logan Collection)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
6.8 x 5.2 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Hausmannite with Andradite and Datolite
N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
7.7 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Smoky Quartz with Muscovite and Albite (ex Burnett Collection)
Little Three Mine, Ramona, San Diego County, California, USA
10.3 x 7.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $277