FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends January 13, 2022

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. Beautiful gemmy pink and blue bi-colored TOURMALINE crystals from Brazil (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
2. Unusual DIOPTASE specimen from Replubic of Congo
3. Excellent BOURNONITE crystal on QUARTZ and PYRITE matrix from Bolivia
4. Gemmy TANZANITE crystal from Tanzania
5. Wonderful old classic BARITE from the Sherman Mine in Leadville, Colorado (ex Burnett Collection)
6. AMETHYST and SMOKY QUARTZ scepters on QUARTZ from a rare California locale
7. An excellent thumbnail of SPHALERITE on GALENA from the Gordonsville Mine (ex Mark Kielbaso Collection
8. GOLD on QUARTZ from Canada
9. Fine old classic HUBNERITE from the Adams Mine, Colorado (ex Gary Weaver)
10. Rarities include HUTCHINSONITE, ZARATITE and FLUELLITE

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Tourmaline (bi-color crystals) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Santa Rosa Mine, Itambacuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.1 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $1,105
Spherical Amethyst (''Grapes'')
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
8.7 x 7.4 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $143
Gold on Quartz
Timmins area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada
1.0 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $74
Willemite (rare locality) (ex Richard Rossi Collection)
Berg Aukas (Berg Aukus) Mine, Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
8.6 x 6.4 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $300
Astrophyllite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection from Gene Foord)
Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
6.2 x 5.1 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $93
Epidote on Quartz
Zard Mtn, Ras Koh Mountains, Kharan District, Balochistan Region, Pakistan
3.9 x 3.8 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Fluorite on Microcline
Erongo Mountains, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
7.8 x 5.4 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $98
Plumbogummite (strong color)
Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
10.2 x 6.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $221
Fluorite (classic material) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Stoneco Lime City Quarry, Lime City, Wood County, Ohio, USA
7.4 x 6.2 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $264
Fluorite with Muscovite
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan, China
6.3 x 4.4 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $106
Azurite on Malachite (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Liufengshan Mine, Anqing-Guichi Mining District, Guichi District, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China
10.1 x 6.3 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Anatase with Rutile
Cuiaba District, Gouveia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.8 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $47
Fluorite with Chalcopyrite (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Denton Mine, Ozark-Mahoning Group, Hardin County, Illinois
5.0 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Stilbite with Calcite (rare locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
O & G Woodbury Traprock Quarry, Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
9.8 x 8.4 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $10
Smoky Quartz (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Mt. Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
7.3 x 5.8 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Creedite (classic material) (ex Richard Rossi Collection)
Level 8, San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.8 x 4.2 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Calcite (rare locality specimen)
Martin Marietta Quarry, Lapel, Madison Co., Indiana, USA
7.5 x 5.8 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $99
Austinite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill District, Deep Creek Mts, Tooele County, Utah, USA
7.2 x 4.8 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Andradite Garnet (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
4.2 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $151
Fluorite on Quartz ''casts'' after Calcite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
La Fluorita Dulcita Claim, Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
7.5 x 5.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $87
Calcite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Osceola Mine, Cunningham Gulch, Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
8.2 x 5.6 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Fluellite (rare) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Willard Mine, Willard Mining District, Humboldt Range, Pershing County, Nevada
5.2 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $26
Pink Dolomite with Chalcopyrite (looks like Arkansas!)
Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
8.0 x 5.5 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Brochantite with Cyanotrichite and Chalcoalumite (classic material) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Grandview Mine, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
6.3 x 5.8 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Amethyst and Smoky Quartz scepters on Quartz (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Crystal Ridge, Johnson Spring, Tibbetts Mining District, Inyo Mts, Inyo Co., California, USA
4.9 x 3.8 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $106
Smithsonite (fine rare locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Antler Mine, Pine Peak, Hualapai Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
9.6 x 6.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $156
Smoky Quartz (unusual color zoning)
Santa Teresa Mountains, Graham County, Arizona, USA
9.7 x 5.2 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Linarite, etc. (ex Bill Wilson Collection)
Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo District, Inyo Mts, Inyo County, California, USA
7.3 x 6.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Bornite with Covellite and Pyrite (rare locality specimen) (ex Bill Wilson Collection)
Holbrook Mine (Shaft), Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona
7.7 x 4.5 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $105