FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends Feb 11th, 2021

A completely random mix of species, locations, and historic oddities, spanning acquisitions we made between the early 2000s and around 2012, as we processed some older material in the warehouse that had previously gone to shows, to liquidate at auction. 

Some of the highlights from this week’s auction include:

Historic specimens from USA and Germany!

Old classics worth $1000-5000

Special rarities!

TOURMALINE, ex Obodda collection, valued $9500 !

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Manganite (old Classic locale circa 1880s!)
Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Harz, Thuringia, Germany
8.2 x 6.5 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $2,469
Quartz included by Hedenbergite, Hematite
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China
19.7 x 8.1 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $473
Opal replacing snail fossils ("Lussatite")
Les Rois Mine, Dallet, Puy de Dome, Rhone Alpes, France
8.3 x 4.7 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $580
Brucite
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan
5.0 x 3.3 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $175
Celestine
Wessels Mine, Kalahari, South Africa
6.0 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $127
Calcite
Dongpo Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan Prov., China
13.4 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $411
Manganese Biominerals (Todorokite, Romanechite, Birnessite)
Chesapeake Bay, Calvert County, Maryland, USA
7.3 x 5.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Scheelite, Dolomite, Quartz
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
14.1 x 9.8 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $415
Calcite on Calcite
Black Rock, Lawrence County, Arkansas, USA
8.2 x 7.3 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Titanite (sphene) - twinned, unusual locality ex Schlicter
Dodo, Polar Urals, Russia
4.2 x 3.4 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Spessartine on very dark Smoky Quartz ex Chen WeiGang
Wushan Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co.,, Fujian, China
6.1 x 3.8 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $380
Rhodochrosite (old locality, ex Univ. Arizona Museum)
True Fissure Mine, Phillipsburg, Montana, USA
7.4 x 5.6 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $792
Quartz Var. Amethyst - Huge, rare locality piece ex Sielecki Coll
Kuridala, Cloncurry, Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
31.0 x 23.0 x 11.5 cm
Winning Bid: $2,719
Manganocalcite (strongly fluorescent)
Huanzala Mine, Dos De Mayo Province, Huanuco Dept., Peru
18.3 x 9.5 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $627
Magnetite and Peridot
Naran-Kagan Valley, Mansehra District, Kohistan, Pakistan
4.0 x 3.2 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Calcite (Fluorescent) ex Obodda collection
Fozichong Mine, Guangxi Province, China
9.0 x 8.0 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $284
Scheelite (rare locality)
Gharmung Area, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
6.0 x 5.9 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $73
Ramsdellite
Mistake Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
5.9 x 3.7 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Silver ex Hauck Collection
Eleura Mine, Cobar, NSW, Australia
5.1 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $247
Copper ex Ernie Schlichter coll.
Itauz Mine, Dzezkazgan, Kazakhstan
9.5 x 9.0 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $466
Calcite cast with Sphalerite ex. Scott Rudolph Coll.
Herja Mine, Baia Mare, Maramures, Romania
10.2 x 8.3 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $487
Fluorite and Galena
Cave-in-Rock area, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
10.9 x 9.3 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $594
Calcite var. Manganoan (fluorescent) ex. Nowakowski Coll
Nikolai Mine, Dalnegorsk, Siberia, Russia
20.5 x 8.7 x 8.7 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Augelite
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion Province, La Libertad, Peru
4.0 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Azurite (old classic)
Chessy, Rhone, Rhone-Alpes, France
4.9 x 4.8 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $794
Fluorite gem octohedra
Riemvasmaak, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
4.6 x 4.5 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $252
Jouravskite on Xonotlite
N'Chwaning III Mine, Kalahari MN field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
2.6 x 2.0 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Lepidolite With Tourmaline on Albite
Pech, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
15.0 x 9.8 x 8.0 cm
Winning Bid: $385
Tourmaline With Quartz ex Obodda collection
Paprok Mine, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
12.6 x 7.1 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $4,351
Fluorite on Baryte
Berbes Mining area, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
7.2 x 4.3 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $183