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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Baryte (old classic) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Cumbria, England, UK
10.3 x 4.8 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Sulfur with Bitumen inclusions
Cozzo Disi Mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
5.3 x 3.3 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $158
Anhydrite (fine blue color) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Naica Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico
8.0 x 6.0 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Friedelite (rare)
Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
5.8 x 4.1 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Fluorite on etched Microcline
Erongo Region, Namibia
5.8 x 4.7 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Turquoise pseudomorph after Fluorapatite (rare)
Baviacora Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
2.6 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Amethyst (doubly-terminated crystals) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Kingston Range District, Kingston Range, San Bernardino County, California, USA
7.7 x 5.2 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $162
Cerussite (var: Chrome-Cerussite)
Magnet Mine, Magnet, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
5.1 x 4.8 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Citrine on Danburite (rare combo for the locality)
Charcas, Charcas Municipality, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
4.0 x 1.3 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Galena (''Spinel-Law'' Twins)
Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
6.3 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $63
Spinel (excellent twinned crystal) (ex Doxsee Collection)
Minh Tien Mine, Lục Yên District, Yên Bái Province, Vietnam
3.1 x 3.0 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $81
Galena on Rhodochrosite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Stari Trg Mine, Trepča complex, Trepča valley, Mitrovica, Mitrovica District, Kosovo
10.0 x 5.2 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Smithsonite (beautiful color) (Cadmium-bearing)
Wenshan, Yunnan, China
5.3 x 3.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $700
Goethite / Limonite pseudomorph after Marcasite (ex Doxsee Collection)
White Desert, Farafra Oasis, New Valley, Egypt
4.0 x 3.6 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $250