FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends January 27, 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, 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. Hard to find HÜBNERITE specimen from the Sweet Home Mine, Colorado (ex Dave Bergman Collection) 2. Beautiful bright orange "floater" SPESSARTINE crystal from Tanzania 3. Classic GEMMY TWINNED DOLOMITE on matrix from Spain (ex Al Kidwell Collection) 4. Excellent large PARGASITE crystal from Sri Lanka (ex Chet Lemanski Collection) 5. Beautiful pink CALCITE crystals in a geode from Missouri 6. Classic gemmy RUBY crystal from the famous John Saul Mine in Kenya 7. Attractive purple APATITE on matrix from Afghanistan 8. KIDWELLITE from the type locality from the collection of AL KIDWELL !! 9. Wonderful specimen of beautiful purple CHROMIAN CLINOCHLORE ("KAMMERERITE") from Turkey 10. Rarities include DAWSONITE, KRÖHNKITE, CARNALLITE and SABINAITE
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Kidwellite (ex Kidwell Collection!)
Coon Creek Mine (York Mine), Shady, Polk County, Arkansas, USA
4.0 x 3.8 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Fluorite (2 generations - 2-sided specimen) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Naica Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.3 x 4.8 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $77
Almandine Garnet (old East Coast classic)
Green's Farm locality, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
10.1 x 6.2 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $148
Fuchsite (chromium-bearing Muscovite) (RARE locality) (ex Bill Wilson Collection)
Wimhof Quarry, Vilshofen, Passau District, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany
10.0 x 4.0 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $20
Quartz (scepter) (ex Bill Larson Collection)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.6 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $67
Carnallite (rare specimen from the type locality) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (Type Locality)
10.2 x 7.1 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Tennantite Subgroup (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Dzhezkazgan mining district, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
4.1 x 4.0 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $137
Brazilianite on Albite (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Telirio Mine, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.8 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $145
Calcite on Sphalerite (old specimen) (ex Richard Heck Collection)
Denton Mine, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
3.6 x 3.2 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Fluorite (rare locality) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Belorechensk deposit (Belaya Rechka), Maykopsky District, Adygea, Russia
9.1 x 5.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Stokesite (rare) (ex Mervyn Ford Collection)
Urucum Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.8 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Quartz (GEM quality crystals) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Calanda, Grisons, Switzerland
6.2 x 4.7 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $91
Magnetite (rare locality specimen) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Rumpersdorf, Weiden bei Rechnitz, Oberwart District, Burgenland, Austria
9.1 x 6.1 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Chromian Clinochlore (''Kammererite'') (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Krop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Erzerum Province, Eastern Anatolia, Turkey
9.2 x 7.8 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $319
Mimetite (classic material)
Guatomo Mine (''Hat Yai'' Mimetite Locality), Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province, Thailand
5.7 x 3.2 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $91
Barite
Cerro Warihuyn (Huarihuyn), Miraflores, Huamalíes Province, Huánuco, Peru
4.8 x 2.7 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $108
Malachite (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo
7.5 x 5.9 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Kröhnkite (rare classic material) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile (Type Locality)
4.7 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Tincalconite pseudomorph after Borax (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA
8.7 x 5.7 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Cuprite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
6.9 x 3.6 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Sabinaite (extremely rare)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
3.6 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Epidote (very slightly magnetic) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Raskoh Mts., Kharan, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
7.2 x 5.8 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $115
Rhodochrosite (''rosettes'') (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Sunnyside Mine, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
4.9 x 3.6 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $500
Ilvaite (old classic from the type locality)
Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy (Type Locality)
2.6 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Dawsonite (very rare pink color) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Limoncino, Livorno, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
7.2 x 5.7 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Zircon
Astor Valley, Astor District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.7 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Dolomite (excellent classic twins) (ex Al Kidwell and Univ. of Navarra Collections)
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Navarre, Spain
8.2 x 6.2 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Cerussite on Barite (ex Tom Campbell Collection)
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
3.7 x 3.1 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $286
Barite with Calcite and Dolomite on Fluorite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
La Collada Mining Area, Siero, Asturias, Spain
7.8 x 6.8 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Spessartine Garnet (beautiful color) (''floater'' crystal)
Nani Hill, Loliondo, Ngorongoro District, Arusha Region, Tanzania
1.8 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $310