FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends February 11th, 2020

We have a great selection this week, featuring plenty of attractive, fine quality, classic, contemporary, rare and unusual specimens.  Look for new discoveries that we picked up at shows or direct from the source. We also have plenty of pieces 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. Wonderful, gemmy DIOPTASE crystals on matrix from Republic of Congo
2. Beautiful multicolor TOURMALINE from Pakistan
3. Old-time, classic fine quality SKUTTERUDITE from Germany (ex Obodda)
4. Fine, beautifully crystallized, historic COPPER specimen from Michigan  
5. Excellent metallic BOURNONITE on matrix from Bolivia
6. Hard to find AQUAMARINE crystal from Connecticut
7. Superb AZURITE with MALACHITE from Milpillas, Mexico
8. Impressive single MAGNETITE crystal from Utah
9. Terrific IMPERIAL TOPAZ crystal from Brazil
10. Rarities include KIDWELLITE with STRENGITE, PARAVAUXITE with SIGLOITE, GASPEITE and PHOSPHOPHYLLITE!
 
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Gold in Quartz with sulfides
Sunnyside Mine, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
5.7 x 5.5 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $131
Bivalve Fossil
Jherruk-Lakhra-Bara Nai (Sind), Salt Range (Punjab) and Samana Range (N.W. F. P.), Pakistan 
5.4 x 5.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Tourmaline (multicolor) with Albite
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
6.1 x 3.7 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $1,150
Copper (fine crystals) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
6.1 x 2.4 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,700
Fluorite (unique crystals) on Quartz
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng Prefecture, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
8.3 x 7.3 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Brucite (attractive color)
Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan
8.3 x 6.1 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $73
Copper included in Calcite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Keweenaw County, Michigan
4.8 x 4.0 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $385
Fluorite (classic material) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Felix Mine, Azusa, San Gabriel Mts, Los Angeles County, California
5.3 x 3.8 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Sphalerite (excellent gemmy crystals) (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Shizhuyuan Mine, Dongpo ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
9.7 x 9.3 x 8.8 cm
Winning Bid: $367
Kidwellite with Strengite (rare classic material)
Coon Creek Mine (York Mine), Shady, Polk County, Arkansas
4.6 x 3.2 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $147
Tourmaline (tri-color) (7.55 grams) (ex Richard A. Kosnar Collection)
Cruzeiro Mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.6 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $322
Saddle-shaped Dolomite on Fluorite
Moscona Mine, Solis, Corvera de Asturias, Villabona Mining Area, Asturias, Spain
8.3 x 7.6 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Azurite with Malachite (great quality)
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
6.1 x 4.6 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $439
Rhodochrosite (mistaken for Tsumeb!) (ex Dr. William Logan Collection)
Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.6 x 3.1 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Fluorite (2017 find)
Koh-i-Maran, Kalat District, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
5.1 x 4.9 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Sulfur
El Desierto mine, San Pablo de Napa, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia
3.6 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $79
Turquoise pseudomorph after Fluorapatite (rare)
Baviacora Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
2.6 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Silver (20.85 grams) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Cobalt, Ontario, Canada
7.7 x 4.5 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $443
Fluorite (classic material)
Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
12.8 x 8.2 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $450
Amazonite with Tourmaline (rare combo)
Zapot Pegmatite, Gillis Range, Fitting District, Mineral County, Nevada
4.3 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $41
Azurite (classic "rose")
Morenci Mine, Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
3.3 x 2.6 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $115
Beryl (var: Aquamarine) (ex Allen Heyl Collection)
Middlesex County, Connecticut
5.3 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Rhodochrosite (classic material)
Inakuraishi Mine, Furubira District, Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan
2.3 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Imperial Topaz (classic material) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.2 x 1.9 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $2,319
Calcite (classic twinned crystal) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee, USA
6.3 x 3.4 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $132
Adamite (Copper-bearing) (new find)
Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
3.7 x 2.2 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $127
Bournonite (fine crystal) on Quartz with Pyrite
Viboras Section, Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Potosi Department, Bolivia
9.3 x 6.0 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $479
Chrysoberyl (sixling twin) (2013 find)
Ambatondrazaka District, Alaotra-Mangoro Region, Toamasina Province (Tamatave), Madagascar
1.3 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Epidote (superb twinned crystal group) (ex Williams Collection)
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska
4.6 x 4.0 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $491
Dolomite
San Vicente Mine, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
7.2 x 6.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $195