FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends January 14th, 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. Fantastic classic EPIDOTE "Faden" from Pakistan
2. Historic fine quality PHOSGENITE on matrix from the Monteponi Mine, Italy
3. Excellent quality, deep red SPESSARTINE GARNET on matrix from Pakistan
4. Wonderful old crystallized COPPER specimen from the Emke Mine, Onganja, Namibia
5. Superb old classic golden BARITE from the Wet Grooves Mine in England
6. Beautiful and rare "TRAPICHE" RUBY crystal from Myanmar (Burma)
7. Classic silvery GALENA crystals on matrix from Neudorf, Germany
8. Large, attractive, complex, gemmy SPHALERITE crystal group from China
9. A cool historic SYNTHETIC QUARTZ from Bell Telephone Laboratories
10. Rarities include LIVEINGITE, RAMSDELLITE and GETCHELLITE
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Opal-AN (Hyalite Opal) with Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite (var: Staffelite)
Valec (Waltsch), Doupov (Duppau), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
5.3 x 5.3 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $146
Zinnwaldite Mica (classic material) (ex National Museum {Prague} Collection)
Cinovec / Zinnwald, Erzgebirge, Saxony & Usti Region (Bohemia), Germany & Czech Republic (Type Locality)
10.7 x 9.6 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $2,627
Barite (fine large classic) (ex Cureton Collection)
Wet Grooves Mine (Wet Groves Mine), Carperby-cum-Thoresby, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, UK
11.8 x 8.7 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $836
Liveingite (incredibly rare)
Lengenbach Quarry, Fald (Feld), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland (Type Locality)
7.8 x 6.2 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $725
Aquamarine (doubly-terminated GEM 'floater' with unique growth lines)
Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
8.0 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $141
Wire Silver (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
San Genaro Mine, Castrovirreyna Mining District, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica, Peru
4.8 x 4.0 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Rhodochrosite (ex Dr. William Logan Collection)
Manuelita Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junin Department, Peru
5.3 x 4.9 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $300
Epidote (excellent 'Faden' group) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Tormiq, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistani
7.5 x 2.1 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Ramsdellite (fine classic material)
Lake Valley District, Sierra County, New Mexico (Type Locality)
13.2 x 7.4 x 5.9 cm
Winning Bid: $350
Vivianite
Tomokoni adit, Canutillos Mine, Colavi, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
5.7 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $357
Creedite with Green Fluorite
Navidad Mine, Abasolo, Rodeo, Rodeo Municipality, Durango, Mexico
8.0 x 7.0 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $243
Ferberite with Fluorite (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
6.1 x 2.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $141
Thomsonite (rare pink color) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
5.8 x 4.9 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $526
Erythrite (classic material)
Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Bou Azer, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco
7.2 x 6.3 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $632