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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Chalcopyrite on Calcite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Aranzazú Mine, Concepción del Oro, Concepción del Oro Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
7.2 x 5.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Fluorapophyllite-(K) (RICH color)
Pune District, Pune Division, Maharashtra, India
6.3 x 4.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Calcite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
7.3 x 6.7 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Opal (var: Precious Opal) (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Crystal Valley, Mintabie, North West Province, South Australia, Australia
7.5 x 6.2 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $205
Native Antimony (classic material)
Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland
3.6 x 2.4 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $266
Apatite (classic material) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Cerro de Mercado Mine, Victoria de Durango, Cerro de los Remedios, Mun. de Durango, Durango, Mexico
3.3 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $400
Quartz with Chalcopyrite
Cavnic Mine, Cavnic, Maramureș County, Romania
6.0 x 4.4 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Fluorite with Quartz
Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
8.6 x 7.4 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Wire Silver
Hongda Mine, Xiaoqinggou Ag-Mn deposit, Lingqiu Co., Datong Prefecture, Shanxi Province, China
5.6 x 1.9 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $96
Strontianite pseudomorph after Celestine (rare locality specimen) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Alverson Mine, Fidalgo Island, Skagit Co., Washington, USA
7.3 x 6.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Brochantite with Atacamite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Potrerillos, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
7.7 x 5.6 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $537
Damourite pseudomorph after Tourmaline (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Mount Rubellite Quarries, Hebron, Oxford County, Maine, USA
6.3 x 4.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Dioptase (unusual form) (2018 find)
Ntola Mine, Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo
6.9 x 5.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $151
Calcite (manganese-bearing) (fluorescent)
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
5.7 x 5.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $198
Diopside (New Find - 2021)
Janduk Mine, Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Koksha Valley, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
4.5 x 4.3 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Azurite in Granite (''K2 stone'' ''Ketonite'')
Foothills of K2 Mountain, on the border between Gilgit–Baltistan northern Pakistan and the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang, China
3.7 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Titanite with Adularia and Clinochlore
Arondu, Basha Valley, Shigar district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
7.2 x 6.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $81
Wulfenite coated by drusy Quartz (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Finch Mine (Barking Spider Mine), Banner District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
7.2 x 5.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $556
Vesuvianite (old classic locality) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Hamrefjell, Hamre, Øvre Eiker, Viken, Norway
7.3 x 6.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Apatite (RARE purple color for the locality) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Cryo-Genie Mine, Warner Springs, Warner Springs Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
3.2 x 2.9 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $189
Pink Fluorite (classic material)
Planggenstock, Göscheneralp, Göschenen Valley, Göschenen, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland
5.0 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $725
Cavansite
Wagholi, Pune (Poona) District, Maharashtra, India
3.1 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $320
Opal (var: Opal-AN) (formerly Hyalite Opal) (fluorescent)
Monok, Szerencs District, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary
3.3 x 3.1 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $41
Aquamarine with Albite (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Pingwu Mine, Huya Township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China
4.2 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $133
Calcite
Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
7.3 x 5.2 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Rhodochrosite with Bertrandite
Kara-Oba W deposit, Betpakdala Desert, Karazhal, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
6.3 x 5.8 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $291
Tourmaline (var: Rubellite) with Albite and Smoky Quartz
Malkhan pegmatite field, Krasnyi Chikoy, Krasnochikoysky District, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia
5.7 x 5.4 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $650
Barite (ex Richard Kosnar Collection)
Muddy Creek, Tributary of Crater Creek, Pagosa Springs, Rio Grande County, Colorado, USA
11.2 x 6.7 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $172
Topaz (var: Imperial) on Quartz (RARE matrix specimen)
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.7 x 5.7 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $441
Hedenbergite (RARE ''Faden'' specimen) (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Tormiq Valley, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.1 x 1.3 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $677