FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends February 25th, 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 including Steve Smale, Gary Weave, Chet Lemanski, Bill Pinch, Rich Kosnar and more !  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 GEM quality crystal of JEREMEJEVITE from Namibia
2. A very large, impressive gemmy EPIDOTE / CLINOZOISITE crystal from Pakistan
3. Rarely seen "Trapiche" RUBY from Myanmar (Burma)
4. Uniquely formed hollow spherical "casts" of DIOPTASE from Republic of Congo
5. Fantastic, HIGHLY ETCHED FLUORITE crystal from the Elmwood Mine, Tennesee
6. Excellent, old classic NATIVE BISMUTH from Connecticut!
7. Outstanding, mirror-bright, razor-sharp HEMATITE crystals on matrix from South Africa
8. Fine classic PYROMORPHITE from the Les Farges Mine, France
9. Superb, gorgeous blue color, rare PLUMBOGUMMITE from China
10. Rarities include ZANAZZIITE, SUGILITE, LINARITE and SZENICSITE
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Zanazziite (very rare) on Rose Quartz (original discovery!)
Ilha claim, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.3 x 2.0 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Jeremejevite (excellent GEM crystal!)
Mile 72, Cape Cross area, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
1.3 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $169
Epidote / Clinozoisite (excellent thick crystal) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Hashupa Epidote Occurrence, Hashupa, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
10.4 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $461
Fluorite (classic gemmy twins) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
5.8 x 5.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $186
Ettringite / Sturmanite
Kalahari Manganese Fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
4.1 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Barite on Quartz
Jinkouhe District, Leshan, Sichuan, China
7.9 x 6.3 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $136
Hematite (outstanding quality)
N'Chwaning III Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Northern Cape, South Africa
4.4 x 3.7 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $1,550
Spessartine Garnet on Microcline
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
4.8 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $106
Moldavite
Besednice, Cesky Krumlov, Bohemia, Republic
4.0 x 2.3 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Quartz (slight smoky "Fenster" / Scepter crystal)
Liliana Mine, Chihuahua Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.4 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $62
Dioptase (unique form)
Mpita Mine, Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
6.8 x 4.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $625
Azurite (ex Leigh Price Collection)
Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker District, Jerada Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco
5.7 x 3.6 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $440
Fire Opal
Queretaro, Mexico
1.8 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Fluorite (superb unique highly etched crystal) (ex Leigh Price Collection)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
8.5 x 6.3 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $435
Mimetite (from the 1950s) (ex Josef Vajdak)
Berg Aukus, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
7.4 x 5.7 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $179
Malachite pseudomorph after Cuprite
Chessy Copper Mines, Chessy, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
2.7 x 2.2 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Fluorite with Barite and Quartz
Moscona Mine, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
11.3 x 8.3 x 7.8 cm
Winning Bid: $99
Amethyst ("Grapes")
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
3.4 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $171
Fluorapatite included with "Byssolite" (recent find)
Ganadao (Gandahab), Mohmand Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
2.6 x 2.5 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $79
Axinite-(Fe)
Khapalu (Khaplu), Ganache District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.2 x 2.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Andradite Garnet (var: Demantoid)
Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
7.8 x 4.3 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Rhodochrosite
Wutong Mine (Wudong Mine), Liubao, Cangwu Co., Wuzhou, Guangxi, China
3.3 x 2.8 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $63
Pyrite (excellent crystal) (ex Soregaroli Collection)
Chino Mine (Santa Rita Pit), Santa Rita Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
3.2 x 2.8 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $139
Calcite
San Luis Potosi, Mexico
7.8 x 6.4 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $99
Linarite and Anglesite pseudomorphing Galena (ex Gary R. Weaver Collection)
Sunshine No 2 Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
4.2 x 3.2 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Native Bismuth (excellent rare old classic) (ex AMNH Collection!)
Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
5.8 x 4.8 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $311
Dioptase (from the type locality!) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Altyn-Tyube, Bukhar-Zhyrau, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan (Type Locality)
3.8 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Vesuvianite
Jeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
2.6 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $68
Szenicsite (incredibly rare material) (ex Szenics specimen)
Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Inca de Oro mining district, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile (Type Locality)
7.2 x 4.8 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $198
Copper on Quartz (old classic material) (ex Marcella Watson Collection)
Houghton County, Michigan, USA
7.3 x 6.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $327