FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends July 15, 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 Colorado mining legend, Dave Bergman, plus Bob Reynolds, Gary Weaver, Richard Kosnar 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. Excellent AZURITE with vibrant blue color from the Milpillas Mine in Mexico 2. Beautiful old-time gemmy green twinned TITANITE with PERICLINE from Brazil (ex Rich Kosnar) 3. Wonderful classic multi-color TOURMALINE from the Himalaya Mine (ex Dave Bergman Collection) 4. Classic, textbook twinned gem DOLOMITE from Spain 5. COLEMANITE with good sized crystals from California (ex Bob Reynolds Collection) 6. Eye-catching, gemmy, emerald green DIOPTASE crystals from Republic on the Congo 7. Fine quality AZURITE crystal group from Touissit, Morocco 8. Gorgeous gemmy sherry colored TOPAZ crystal group from Pakistan (ex Dave Bergman Collection) 9. Interesting bi-colored ROSE QUARTZ crystal from Brazil 10. Rarities include GADOLINITE-(Y), MENDIPITE, VESZELYITE and STICHTITE
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Azurite (excellent quality - vibrant color)
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
6.9 x 4.9 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Dolomite (excellent twin)
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Navarre, Spain
4.2 x 3.7 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Titanite (gemmy twin) with Pericline (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Capelinha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.4 x 2.6 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $115
Copper (aesthetic ''fire coral''-like specimen) (unique locality piece)
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
7.8 x 6.0 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Amethyst
Purple Hope No. 4 Claim, Green Ridge, King County, Washington, USA
2.9 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Carrollite
Kamoya South II Mine, Kamoya, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
3.1 x 3.1 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Wulfenite with Mimetite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
San Judas Shaft, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.7 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Pyrite (ex Irv Brown Collection)
Austria
2.9 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Chrysocolla (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Inca de Oro Mining District, Chañaral/Copiapó Provinces, Atacama Region, Chile
9.3 x 7.8 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $308
Quartz pseudomorph after Calcite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Ohio Mine, Ouray Amphitheater, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
13.2 x 8.6 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Gadolinite-(Y) (RARE locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Baringer Hill Mine, Bluffton, Llano County, Texas, USA
5.5 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $126
Fluorite (unique color combination)
Koh-i-Maran, Kalat District, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
6.4 x 5.0 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $106
Bournonite (''cogwheels'') on Sphalerite
Viboras Mine, Machacamarca, Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.9 x 6.4 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Tourmaline (classic material) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California, USA
3.5 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $187
Quartz (rare locality specimen) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Keystone Mine, Cunningham Gulch, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
17.6 x 6.4 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Dioptase
Mpita Mine, Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
5.7 x 3.4 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Topaz (fine sherry colored crystals) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.4 x 4.0 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $414
Scapolite
Dara-e-Pech pegmatite field, Dara-e-Pech District, Kunar, Afghanistan
1.8 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $41
Mimetite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
9.8 x 6.4 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $166
Mendipite (extremely rare)
Mendip Hills, Somerset, England, UK (Type Locality)
5.3 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $92
Fluorite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Cookes Peak Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
10.2 x 9.5 x 7.1 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Kunzite (doubly-terminated gem quality crystal)
Kantiwa pegmatite field (Kantiway), Wama District (Vama District), Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
9.2 x 3.4 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $276
Chrysoberyl (sixling twin) (2013 find)
Ambatondrazaka District, Alaotra-Mangoro Region, Toamasina Province (Tamatave), Madagascar
1.3 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $57
Tiger's Eye Carving, Buddha (ex Bill Larson Collection)
Northern Cape, South Africa
5.7 x 3.7 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Azurite (fine quality crystals)
Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker District, Jerada Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco
5.2 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Aquamarine (GEM quality)
Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
6.7 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $186
Stibnite (classic material) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
La Salvadora Mine, Oruro, Bolivia
8.7 x 4.1 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $145
Fluorite (purple and green crystals) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Surprise Mine, Cookes Peak District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
7.3 x 4.8 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $230
Cuprite (var: Chalcotrichite) (rare locality specimen) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Bagdad Mine, Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
8.3 x 6.9 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Tourmaline (bi-colored) on Lepidolite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Pala District, San Diego County, California, USA
4.8 x 4.6 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $121