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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Rosasite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
3.6 x 3.3 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $119
Aragonite pseudomorph after Glauberite (rare locality specimen)
Salt Mine Area, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
6.7 x 5.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Adamite (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
10.3 x 6.4 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $103
Fluorite (bi-colored crystals)
De'an Fluorite Mine, Wushan, De'an Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China
5.3 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Fluorite (GEM crystals!) (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
4.3 x 4.1 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $179
Chrysocolla with Malachite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Manto Tres Gracias Mine, Diego de Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
7.2 x 5.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $176
Fluorite on Quartz
Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
6.7 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $41
Malachite (unusual / rare "stalactite" locality specimen)
Tentadora Mine, Huancavelica, Peru
3.1 x 0.5 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Galena on Sphalerite (classic material) (ex Bill Pinch Collection)
Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper County, Missouri
7.2 x 5.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Calcite (gemmy twin) with Mordenite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India
6.8 x 4.9 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Ruby (rare "Trapiche" habit)
Mong Hsu, Loilem District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)
0.6 x 0.5 x 0.2 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Barite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Stoneham, Weld County, Colorado, USA
5.8 x 5.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Sphalerite (excellent gemmy crystals) (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Shizhuyuan Mine, Dongpo ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
6.3 x 6.0 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $191
Sugilite (rare)
N'Chwaning III Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
4.0 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $465
Kunzite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Dara-i-Pech pegmatite field (Darra-i-Pech; Pech), Chapa Dara District, Kunar, Afghanistan
7.3 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $230
Smithsonite (beautiful color) (Cadmium-bearing)
Wenshan, Yunnan, China
6.2 x 5.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Autunite
Daybreak Mine, Mount Kit Carson, Spokane County, Washington, USA
3.8 x 2.4 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $370
Cerussite (twin) (rare locality specimen) (ex Charlie Key)
Christoph Mine, Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia
2.3 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $61
Quartz with Hematite (var: Specularite) inclusions
Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
6.3 x 2.7 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $86
Fluorapatite (superb gemmy crystal!) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
3.5 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Pyromorphite (classic material) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Corrèze, Limousin, France
6.0 x 3.7 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $700
Malachite with Cerussite (1973 discovery) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Brown's Prospect, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, Australia
7.3 x 4.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $387
Wulfenite with Mimetite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.3 x 3.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $575
Plumbogummite (excellent color)
Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
12.6 x 6.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $924
Albite (rare gemmy PURPLE crystals!)
Khyber Agency, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
4.0 x 3.0 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $320
Copper (attractive crystals)
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
6.1 x 4.8 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $202
Azurite (classic material)
Chessy Copper Mines, Chessy, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (Type Locality)
4.3 x 4.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $705
Quartz with iron oxide coating (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Osceola Mine, Cunningham Gulch, Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
7.6 x 6.3 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $232
Azurite ("Blueberries")
Lost Lake claim, Nacimiento Mine, San Pablo, Sandoval County, New Mexico
11.3 x 7.8 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $1,125