FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends July 1, 2021

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 over the last year or so like Bob Reynolds, Gary Weaver and Chet Lemanski. 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. Attractive TURQUOISE pseudomorph after APATITE from Mexico 2. Beautiful BLUE HEMIMORPHITE from Republic of Congo 3. Rare golden BOTRYOIDAL FLUORITE on QUARTZ from India 4. Excellent AMBER with MULTIPLE INSECT INCLUSIONS from Dominican Republic 5. Classic, fine quality CYCLIC TWINNED CASSITERITE from Bolivia 6. Multicolor TOURMALINE crystals on ALBITE from Pakistan 7. Wonderful old time BRAZILIANITE crystal 8. Historic DOUBLY-TERMINATED AZURITE crystal from Tsumeb 9. Fantastic CHRYSOCOLLA pseudomorph after AZURITE from Arizona 10. Beautiful "Spinel"-twinned SPINEL crystal from Vietnam
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Hemimorphite (fine blue color) (2020 discovery)
M'Fouati Mine, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo
6.7 x 5.7 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $103
Fluorite (rare botryoidal habit) on Quartz ''cast'' after Calcite
Mahodari Quarry, Sinnar, Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
4.8 x 4.6 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Dioptase (2019 find)
Mpita Mine, Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
7.8 x 6.5 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Calcite (''flower'')
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan City, Wenshan, Yunnan, China
7.3 x 7.1 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Amber with MULTIPLE insect inclusions
Sabana de la Mar (Sabana), Hato Mayor Province, Dominican Republic
4.8 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $107
Fluorapatite on Quartz
Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
8.3 x 5.0 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Prehnite (GEMMY crystals)
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
9.5 x 6.8 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Calcite with iridescent Chalcopyrite
Brushy Creek Mine, Greeley, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA
7.4 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $290
Brucite (rare yellow color)
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan
5.6 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $38
Anatase with Quartz
Taftan, Chagai District, Balochistan Region, Pakistan
7.1 x 5.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Fluorite included with Chalcopyrite
Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
7.3 x 5.6 x 2.8 cm'
Winning Bid: $221
Aquamarine with Microcline on Muscovite
Pingwu Mine, Huya township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China
5.8 x 4.8 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Spessartine with Smoky Quartz
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China
8.0 x 5.6 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Pyrite
Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
4.7 x 3.9 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Fluorite (botryoidal) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
North of Canon City, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
11.3 x 10.8 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $98
Hausmannite
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
3.1 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Rhodochrosite with Ferberite (ex Dr. William Logan Collection)
Kara-Oba W deposit, Betpakdala Desert, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan
6.3 x 5.3 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $87
Adamite (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.3 x 3.5 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Tourmaline (multicolor crystals)
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.3 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $88
Dolomite (gemmy twinned crystals) on Quartz
Pomba Pit, Serra das Eguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
4.6 x 4.0 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Spherical Quartz with Celadonite inclusions
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
9.3 x 4.8 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Brazilianite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Conselheiro Pena pegmatite district, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.8 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Grossular Garnet (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Coyote Range (Coyote Front Range), Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo County, California, USA
5.9 x 5.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Azurite (doubly-terminated) (ex Bob Trimingham Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
4.5 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $117
Calcite with Hematite inclusions (ex David Burgess Collection)
San Antonio Mine, East Camp, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
9.7 x 8.8 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $301
Sulphohalite (very rare) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA (Type Locality)
4.3 x 3.6 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Prehnite on Calcite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
7.5 x 4.8 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Acanthite (fine crystals) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
San Carlos vein, Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico
7.1 x 5.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Grossular (''Raspberry'' Garnet)
Sierra de Cruces, Sierra Mojada Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico
5.3 x 3.3 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $95