FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends July 14, 2022

Mixed specimens this week include gem crystals, classic locales, fine display specimens and a selection of assorted piece from our inventory and collections we've purchased such as Rich Kosnar, Bill and Anne Cook, Dave Bergman, Chet Lemanski, Al Kidwell and more! Look for attractive higher value pieces this week, all starting at $10 reserve bids! Some of the highlights from this week’s auction include: 1. Excellent sharp RUBY crystal on marble from Afghanistan 2. GEM quality golden-yellow SPODUMENE from Brazil (ex Rich Kosnar Collection) 3. Beautiful gemmy green DIOPSIDE on matrix from a 2021 find in Afghanistan 4. Recently mined DIOPTASE Republic of Congo 5. Wonderful rare RHODOCHROSITE with BERTRANDITE from Kazakhstan 6. Attractive OPAL in matrix from Australia 7. Hard to find MATRIX IMPERIAL TOPAZ specimen from Brazil 8. Lovely spherical AMETHYST (GRAPE QUARTZ) from Indonesia 9. Fantastic RARE PURPLE APATITE from the Cryo Genie Mine in San Diego County, California 10. Rarities include FERROKESTERITE, OTAVITE, CLINOPTIOLITE-K, NATIVE ANITMONY and PARISITE-Ce on BASTNASITE-Ce
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Ruby (fine crystal) on marble
Jagdalak (Jagdalek) Ruby Mine, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
4.6 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $537
Spodumene (GEM crystal) (ex Richard Kosnar Collection)
Resplendor, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.3 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $1,200
Quartz (GEM quality crystals) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Mt Ida, Montgomery County, Arkansas, USA
4.3 x 3.5 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Silver (Spinel-twins)
Batopilas, Andres del Rio District, Mun. de Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico
1.5 x 0.7 x 0.1 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Mimetite (var: Campylite) (old classic material) (ex Petersen Collection)
Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells Mining Region, Cumbria, England, UK
5.7 x 4.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Black Kyanite (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Ribeirão da Folha, Minas Novas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9.7 x 4.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Chrysocolla pseudomorph after Malachite replacing Azurite after Gypsum (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Ray Mine, Mineral Creek District, Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
6.3 x 4.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Pyrite (good quality for the locality) with Quartz
Trepča Stari Trg Mine, Trepča complex, Trepča valley, Mitrovica, Mitrovica District, Kosovo
5.7 x 5.2 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $72
Hemimorphite (fine classic material)
Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.3 x 5.2 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $215
Spherical Amethyst (''Grape'' Quartz)
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
8.3 x 4.6 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Ferrokesterite (exceptionally fine rare crystals)
San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
3.6 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $435
Andradite Garnet (new find)
Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
5.2 x 3.6 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $71
Otavite (rare) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
7.2 x 7.2 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $1,928
Azurite with Malachite (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Tongshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China
8.4 x 7.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Wolframite (RARE old locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Zinnwald-Cínovec mining region, Ore Mountains, Europe
8.2 x 4.9 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $232
Lazurite pseudomorph after Scapolite (excellent !) (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Badakhshan, Afghanistan
4.3 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $149
Clinoptilolite-K (ex Richard Kosnar Collection)
Hončova hůrka Hill, Skotnice, Nový Jičín District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic
5.2 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Hematite pseudomorph after Magnetite
Payún Matrú volcano, Altiplano de Payún Matrú, Agua Escondida District, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina
3.6 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Pyromorphite (fine color and quality)
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
2.3 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Parisite-(Ce) overgrowing Bastnäsite-(Ce) (RARE) (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Zagi Mountain, Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
1.8 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $69
Jadeite Carving, Bowl (ex Bill Larson Collection)
Hpakant-Tawmaw Jade Tract, Hpakant Township, Mohnyin District, Kachin State, Myanmar (Burma)
5.5 x 5.3 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Hemimorphite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Esmeralda Mine, Magistral, El Oro Municipality, Durango, Mexico
7.1 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Hematite on Dolomite (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
9.4 x 6.7 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $125
Wavellite (classic material)
Avant, Garland County, Arkansas, USA
12.8 x 9.7 x 7.2 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Calcite with Boulangerite inclusions (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
5.2 x 3.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $280
Orthoclase (classic ''Carlsbad'' twin) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
La Machota Baja outcrop, Zarzalejo, Community of Madrid, Spain
4.7 x 3.8 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $17
Chromium-bearing Clinochlore (''Kammererite'') (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Krop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Erzerum Province, Eastern Anatolia, Turkey
8.8 x 5.7 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $132
Riebeckite (beautiful formations!)
Prieska, Siyathemba, Pixley ka Seme, Northern Cape, South Africa
9.1 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Kunzite (gemmy doubly-terminated crystal)
Kantiwa Pegmatite Field (Kantiway), Wama District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
7.2 x 2.6 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Magnetite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Marki Khel, Spin Ghar range (Speen Ghar range), Khogyani District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
5.7 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $52