FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends December 30, 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, Richard Rossi, 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. Classic gemmy multi-color TOURMALINE from Brazil (ex Dave Bergman Collection) 2. GEM QUALITY yellow SCAPOLITE crystal from Tanzania (ex Richard Kosnar Collection) 3. Beautiful AQUAMARINE crystal group from Pakistan (ex Bob Reynolds Collection) 4. Wonderful classic orange WULFENITE crystals from Tiger, Arizona (ex Bob Reynolds Collection) 5. Excellent GEMMY ORANGE SPESSARTINE GARNET from Tanzania 6. Classic ADAMITE "pinwheel" from the Ojuela Mine, Mexico 7. Large impressive cyclic twinned CASSITERITE crystals from Bolivia (ex Chet Lemanski Collection) 8. GOLD on QUARTZ from California 9. Excellent large AXINITE-(Fe) crystal from California (ex Bob Reynolds Collection 10. Rarities include VESZELYITE, PURPURITE, GLAUCODOT and EUDIALYTE
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Spessartine Garnet (gemmy) (7.69 grams)
Nani Hill, Loliondo, Ngorongoro District, Arusha Region, Tanzania
1.8 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $925
Gold on Quartz
Oriental Mine, 16 to 1 Mine, Alleghany, Alleghany Mining District, Sierra County, California, USA
1.4 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $161
Astrophyllite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Eveslogchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
5.2 x 4.3 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $108
Fluorite on Quartz ''casts'' after Laumontite
Buck Mine, Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado, USA
10.8 x 10.3 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $580
Pyrite (near ''floater'' specimen) (ex Richard Rossi Collection)
Racracancha Mine, Tinyahuarco District, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peru
6.7 x 4.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $406
Uvarovite Garnet (ex Richard Rossi Collection)
Saranovskii Mine, Saranovskaya, Sarany Village, Gorozavod area, Permskaya Oblast', Urals Region, Russia (Type Locality)
8.2 x 4.8 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Sphalerite (''Ruby Jack'' crystals) with Quartz (ex Mark Kielbaso Collection)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee, USA
5.7 x 4.1 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Wulfenite (excellent classic crystals) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
8.8 x 5.8 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $366
Aquamarine with Albite (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Pingwu Mine, Huya Township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China
6.9 x 6.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Azurite with Malachite
Morenci Mine, Copper Mountain District, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
4.3 x 2.9 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $141
Opal-AN (Hyalite Opal) (''Blood Vessel Opal'') (fluorescent)
Étienne Mine, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
4.2 x 3.2 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $333
Fluorite with Apatite (mined 1977 by Dave Bergman) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Sweet Home Mine, Mt Bross, near Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
4.2 x 2.4 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $266
Hematite (fine quality) (rare locality)
Sijiang, Shanxi, China
4.3 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $79
Anhydrite with Calcite (ex Richard Rossi Collection)
Naica Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.6 x 4.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Pseudomalachite (classic material) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Chibiluma, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
7.8 x 4.8 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $151
Chamosite (''Thuringite'') pseudomorph after Almandine
Michigamme Mine, Marquette Iron Range, Marquette County, Michigan
3.6 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Fluorite with Celestine (classic material) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio, USA
8.5 x 6.7 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Brucite (rare yellow color)
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan
8.7 x 5.5 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Blue Tide Seam Onyx
Garut, West Java, Indonesia
27.16 ct ; 38.61 mm x 18.87 mm
Winning Bid: $110
Pink Quartz (recent find)
Choique Mine, Pehuenches Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina
5.2 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $108
Topaz (GEM quality) on Smoky Quartz
Klein Spitzkopje granite stock, Spitzkopje Area, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
4.2 x 3.2 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $300
Stilbite on Chabazite (great color) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Parrsboro, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
9.1 x 5.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $169
Calcite on Sandstone (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Black Silver Mine (Lower Level), Dexter Creek, Ouray County, Colorado
8.8 x 7.0 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Mottramite with Calcite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
4.6 x 3.1 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $145
Spinel (rare locality) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Potter Pass (Kaiser Peak Area), Fresno County, California, USA
8.1 x 5.3 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $198
Amethyst (scepter) on Quartz (mined in 1956)
Deer Hill Locality, Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine
8.0 x 5.7 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) (rare locality specimen) (ex Alex Venzke Collection)
New Goose Creek Quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
6.3 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Aquamarine (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
7.5 x 4.3 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $215
Barite
Cerro Warihuyn (Huarihuyn), Miraflores, Huamalíes Province, Huánuco Department, Peru
5.2 x 4.3 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $169