FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends December 3, 2020

December 3 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. Superb orange GROSSULAR GARNET from the famous Jeffrey Mine, Canada
2. Fantastic old classic TOURMALINE with interesting colors from an uncommon locality in Brazil                                                                            
3. Excellent, large twinned MICROCLINE crystal from Millar's Mine, Canada
4. ARSENOPYRITE on QUARTZ (RARE Russian locality!) (ex Bill Pinch Collection)
5. Wonderful LOLLINGITE on QUARTZ from China (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
6. Beautiful green FLUORAPATITE with "Byssolite" inclusions from Pakistan
7. Wonderful green PYROMORPHITE from the Daoping Mine, China
8. Stellar GETCHELLITE with ORPIMENT from the Twin Creeks Mine, Nevada (rare locality)
9. A wonderful and fine quality GORGEYITE crystal group Kazakhstan (ex Bill and Carol Smith Collection)
10. Outstanding "floater" specimen of golden BARITE from the Meikle Mine, Nevada 
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Calcite (flower)
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan Co., Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
7.7 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $67
Kunzite (doubly-terminated) (293.40 grams)
Nuristan, Afghanistan
9.7 x 5.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Microcline (large twin) (rare locality specimen)
Millar's Mine, Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
12.3 x 8.1 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $99
Fluorite with Fluorapatite (rare association) (ex Art Soregaroli Collection)
Okorusu Mine (Okarusu Mine), Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
5.7 x 5.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $265
Lollingite on Quartz (fine quality) (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
7.3 x 5.4 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $285
Pollucite (rare) (ex Obodda)
Shengus (Shingus), Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.5 x 3.1 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Topaz (etched gem crystal)
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.1 x 2.9 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Fluorapatite included with 'Byssolite' (recent find)
Ganadao (Gandahab), Mohmand Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
4.0 x 2.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $211
Amethyst (reverse scepters) with Calcite* (*Calcite is rare from Bolivia)
Bombori, Potosi Department, Bolivia
4.3 x 3.7 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $56
Calcite (old classic)
Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise County, Arizona
6.3 x 6.1 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $109
Fluorite (rare locality specimen - 2017 find)
Koh-i-Maran, Kalat District, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
12.1 x 9.3 x 7.8 cm
Winning Bid: $270
Bournonite (doubly-terminated 'cogwheel') with Pyrite
Viboras Mine, Machacamarca, near Colavi, Potosi Department, Bolivia
2.8 x 2.2 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
4.7 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $202
Strontianite (large crystals) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois
7.8 x 5.0 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $191
Cuprite on Copper (rare locality) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Rio Tinto Mine, Mountain City Mining District, Elko County, Nevada
6.7 x 4.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Fluorite with Barite
La Cabana, Berbes Mining area, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
12.7 x 10.5 x 7.8 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Spessartine Garnet on Smoky Quartz
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
9.2 x 4.9 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Fluorite Carving, Turtle
Jiangxi Province, China
5.2 x 3.6 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Pink Quartz with Calcite (new find)
Choique Mine, Pehuenches Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina
6.3 x 4.5 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Arsenopyrite on Quartz (rare locality specimen) (ex Bill Pinch Collection)
Zabytoye deposit, Primorsky Krai, Russia
4.1 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Azurite (superb, gemmy crystals)
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
3.7 x 3.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $131
Hubnerite with unique Quartz crystals
Huayllapon Mine, Pasto Bueno, Ancash Department, Peru
3.5 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Adamite (Cuprian) (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
4.3 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $73
Getchellite (superb) with Orpiment (hard to find from this locality)
Twin Creeks Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada
5.9 x 4.5 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $269
Pyrite on Quartz with Dolomite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Black Cloud Mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado
8.4 x 6.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $96
Norbergite (classic material)
Lime Crest Quarry, Franklin Marble, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey
2.6 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $36
Hausmannite
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
2.8 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $67
Fluorite (classic GEM crystals)
Jaimina Mine, Carrales, Obdulia vein, Caravia District, Asturias, Spain
7.1 x 4.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $145
Smithsonite
79 Mine, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila County, Arizona
6.3 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $70