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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Hübnerite (fine rich specimen) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Adams Mine, Cement Creek, Silverton, Silverton District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
9.0 x 8.0 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Calcite (pseudo-pyritohedral) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Shizhuyuan Mine, Dongpo ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
7.6 x 5.7 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Dioptase (unusual form)
Mpita Mine, Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
8.0 x 8.0 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $477
Prehnite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Copper Valley prospect, Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
8.7 x 7.1 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Cassiterite (cyclic twins) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Elsmore, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
3.7 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Danburite (fine crystals) with Calcite (ex David Burgess Collection)
Charcas, Charcas Municipality, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
5.4 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $125
Pentagonite (rare)
Wagholi, Poona, India
2.7 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $305
Hutchinsonite (very rare) with Orpiment (ex Richard Rossi Collection)
Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine; ASARCO Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru
4.7 x 4.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Obsidian (''Apache Tear'') (rare matrix specimen) (ex Richard Rossi Collection)
Picketpost Mountain area, Superior, Superior District, Pinal County, Arizona
6.3 x 4.8 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $102
Tanzanite
D-Block Mine, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
1.8 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $167
Stilbite on Heulandite (great color)
Wasson's Bluff, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
2.9 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Barite (fine classic material) (ex Burnett Collection)
Sherman Mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, USA
10.8 x 8.2 x 7.8 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Shattuckite (ex Richard Rossi Collection)
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
4.3 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Bournonite on Pyrite and Quartz
Viboras Mine, Machacamarca, Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
12.6 x 11.3 x 8.7 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Ruby on marble
Jagdalak (Jagdalek) Ruby Mine, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
5.7 x 5.4 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $357
Precious Opal (multicolor) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Virgin Valley District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
3.4 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $91
Lepidolite with Muscovite ''core''
Barra do Salinas district, Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.1 x 3.1 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Zaratite (very rare)
Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia
4.1 x 3.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $61
Azurite (fine quality crystals)
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
3.2 x 2.9 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $171
Mimetite (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.2 x 3.8 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $455
Brucite (rare yellow color)
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan
8.3 x 6.6 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $335
Fluorapatite on Muscovite on Feldspar
Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
5.3 x 4.3 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $355
Vivianite (beautiful PURPLE crystals) (ex Lee Burnett Collection)
Blackbird Mine, Blackbird mine complex, Blackbird Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
9.8 x 6.0 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Copper (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Hungary
9.2 x 6.3 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $875
Tennantite with Chalcocite and Chalcopyrite (ex Dan Behnke Collection)
Flambeau Mine, Rusk County, Wisconsin, USA
6.3 x 4.7 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $209
Spessartine Garnet on Schorl Tourmaline (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Audrey Lynn Mine, Little Cahuilla Mountain, Cahuilla Mining District, Riverside County, California, USA
5.2 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $420
Sphalerite on Galena (excellent thumbnail) (ex Mark Kielbaso Collection)
Gordonsville Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee, USA
2.1 x 2.0 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Calcite with Descloizite
Los Lamentos Mts (Sierra de Los Lamentos), Ahumada Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.5 x 6.1 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Crocoite (classic material) (ex Richard Rossi Collection)
Red Lead Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia
5.2 x 3.1 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $250