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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Malachite (unusual ''stalactite'' specimen - rare locality)
Tentadora Mine, Huancavelica, Peru
3.0 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $117
Spessartine Garnet (rare classic locality specimen) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
6.7 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $129
Kyanite (classic Alpine material) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Sponda Alp - Pizzo Forno, Chironico Valley, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland
7.8 x 6.0 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Acanthite
Imiter District, Djebel Saghro, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draa Region, Morocco
4.2 x 2.6 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $279
Purpurite (rare locality specimen) (ex Bill Wilson Collection)
B.B. No. 7 Quarry, Norway, Oxford County, Maine, USA
3.3 x 3.2 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Rhodochrosite with Chalcopyrite (ex Burnett Collection)
Area 28, Level 19, Eagle Mine, Gilman District, Eagle County, Colorado, USA
8.8 x 6.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $232
Veszelyite with Philipsburgite
Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China
4.8 x 3.6 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $149
Titanite (var: Yttrium-bearing Titanite) (old specimen) (ex Josef Vajdak)
Kragerø, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
6.7 x 4.9 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $274
Chrysocolla with Calcite and Tenorite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Boleo District, Santa Rosalía, Mulegé Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico
7.0 x 5.9 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $465
Quartz (doubly-terminated) with Sphalerite
Replacement Ore Body, Idarado Mine, Ouray-San Miguel Counties, Colorado, USA
6.6 x 5.8 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Copper pseudomorph after Aragonite with Cuprite and Connellite
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
3.2 x 3.1 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Eudialyte (ex Rich Kosnar Collection from Gene Foord)
Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
7.4 x 5.7 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $179
Epidote (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Tormiq, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.7 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Variscite (fine color)
Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil
5.9 x 4.6 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Quartz (''Herkimer Diamond'')
Hickory Hill, Fonda, Mohawk Township, Montgomery County, New York, USA
5.3 x 4.7 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $279
Vanadinite on Barite
Mibladen, Midelt, Khénifra Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
6.3 x 5.8 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $181
Rhodochrosite (ex Dr. William Logan Collection)
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima, Peru
5.2 x 3.2 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $385
Cassiterite (excellent large cyclic twins) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Viloco Mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
5.3 x 4.2 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $319
Adamite (''pinwheel") (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.8 x 3.4 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Heulandite (fine quality - rare locality)
Nizhnyaya Tunguska River Basin, Evenkiysky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
5.3 x 4.1 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Rutile (new find)
Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.3 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Dioptase with Mimetite (2018 find)
Ntola Mine, Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo
5.7 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Cavansite
Wagholi, Pune (Poona) District, Maharashtra, India
6.3 x 5.7 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $269
Vesuvianite (green and purple bi-color) (ex Richard Rossi Collection)
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
10.0 x 4.8 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Spinel (fine crystals)
Mahenge, Morogoro Region, Tanzania
2.9 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $281
Fluorite (rare locality specimen - 2017 find)
Koh-i-Maran, Kalat District, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
9.3 x 8.1 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $301
Smithsonite
Hilarion Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion District, Attikí Prefecture, Greece
7.8 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $509
Glaucodot (classic material)
Hakansboda, Lindesberg, Vstmanland, Sweden
2.2 x 1.8 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $379