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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Gorgeyite (rare sulfate) (fine quality) (ex Bill and Carol Smith Collection)
Inder B deposit and salt dome, Inder, Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan
4.7 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $145
Atacamite (ex David Burgess Collection)
La Farola Mine, Atacama Province, Chile (Type Locality)
10.3 x 8.3 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $67
Schorl (doubly-terminated) (ex Brooks Britt Collection)
Nanuque, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.7 x 2.9 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Lazulite
Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada
6.3 x 5.9 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $161
Prehnite (classic material) (ex Charlie Key)
O & G Woodbury Quarry, Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut
3.7 x 3.7 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $32
Barite ('floater' specimen) (classic material)
Meikle Mine, Bootstrap District, Elko County, Nevada
10.1 x 5.2 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $336
Dioptase (new find!)
Mpita Mine, Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
6.1 x 4.5 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Bastnasite-(Ce)
Zagi Mountain, Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
5.13 ct, 13.88 mm x 6.56 mm
Winning Bid: $145
Wire Silver
Beaverdell, Greenwood Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
1.1 x 0.9 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $107
Grossular Garnet (classic material)
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
6.0 x 3.2 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $650
Creedite (superb color)
Navidad Mine (Rodeo Mine), Abasolo, Mun. de Rodeo, Durango, Mexico
10.1 x 9.1 x 7.1 c,
Winning Bid: $825
Epidote (magnetic!)
Raskoh Mts., Kharan, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
7.2 x 6.8 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $265
Smoky Quartz (Japan-Law Twin)
Capitan Mountains, Lincoln County, New Mexico
4.0 x 2.1 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $158
Chalcoalumite (superb color)
Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise County, Arizona
5.0 x 4.8 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $191
Tourmaline (interesting colors) (12.40 grams)
Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.6 x 1.3 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $249