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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Polybasite
Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico
1.5 x 1.1 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Veszelyite (superb quality)
Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China
4.4 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $168
Petalite (rare sharp gem quality crystals)
Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.3 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Calcite (pseudo-pyritohedral)
Shizhuyuan Mine, Dongpo ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
10.3 x 7.2 x 6.9 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Amethyst (''Grapes'')
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
4.7 x 3.4 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $295
Cyanotrichite (rare) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Maid of Sunshine Mine, Turquoise District, Dragoon Mts, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
4.3 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Galena with Marcasite and Chalcopyrite
Joplin Field, Jasper County, Missouri, USA
4.4 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Rose Quartz (bi-colored)
Pitorra Claim, Laranjeiras, Galileia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.8 x 4.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $88
Ruby (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
4.0 x 3.9 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $77
Orpiment and Realgar Replacing Fossil Coral
Gold Bar Mine, Antelope Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
7.2 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Mimetite (rare locality specimen) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Mount Bonnie Mine, Grove Hill, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory, Australia
3.1 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Andradite Garnet (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Osgood Mts, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
5.6 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Brucite (fine color)
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan
13.7 x 7.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Andalusite (var: Chiastolite) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
4.3 x 3.9 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $245
Colemanite (good sized crystals - rare locale) (ex Reynolds)
East Coleman Mine, Furnace Creek, Death Valley, Inyo County, California, USA
11.2 x 6.6 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $158
Rutile (classic material) (ex Doxsee Collection)
Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA
3.5 x 2.7 x 2.6 cm'
Winning Bid: $150
Fluorite (WATER CLEAR crystals) (ex Brooks Britt Collection)
Xianghuapu Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
5.0 x 4.8 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $268
Stichtite (large rare specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Kaapsche Hoop, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa
11.3 x 8.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $219
Inesite with Hubeite (rare) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper Mine), Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China (Type Locality for Hubeite)
5.7 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $161
Vesuvianite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Roshenkopf, Tyrol, Austria
4.7 x 4.5 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $135