FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends June 17, 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. GEM quality AQUAMARINE crystals from Pakistan (ex Dave Bergman Collection) 2. Rare, fine, classic JEREMEJEVITE crystal from Namibia 3. Stellar AZURITE "ROSE" from the Detroit Mine, Morenci, Arizona 4. Highly sculptural Mn-bearing CALCITE specimen from Peru 5. Classic GEM QUALITY penetration twinned FLUORITE from the Heights Mine in England (Mined 1928) 6. Beautiful WULFENITE on MIMETITE from the Ojuela Mine, Mexico (ex Bob Reynolds Collection) 7. Fine quality, rare RAMSDELLITE from the TYPE LOCALITY in New Mexico 8. Gorgeous, aesthetic "leaf"-like COPPER specimen from Bolivia 9. Fantastic ROSASITE pseudomorph after MALACHITE after AZURITE from Arizona 10. LARGE CABINET sized "finger"-shaped PREHNITE specimen from Pakistan
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Aquamarine (GEM crystals) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
6.5 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $534
Green Fluorite with Rhodochrosite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Sunnyside Mine, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, Eureka District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
6.3 x 5.1 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $166
Fluorite (GEM penetration twins) (Mined in 1928) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Heights Mine, Westgate, Stanhope, Co. Durham, England, UK
7.6 x 6.2 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $590
Jeremejevite (GEMMY crystal)
Mile 72, Cape Cross area, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
1.5 x 0.3 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Azurite (''rose'') (classic material)
Detroit Mine, Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
4.2 x 4.1 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $255
Rhodochrosite (ex Dr. William Logan Collection)
N'Chwaning III Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
5.2 x 3.6 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $172
Wulfenite on Mimetite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.0 x 4.8 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Calcite (''flower'') with Chalcopyrite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
4.3 x 3.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $112
Ramsdellite (fine classic material)
Lake Valley District, Sierra County, New Mexico (Type Locality)
9.8 x 3.6 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Tourmaline (bi-color) (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Cruzeiro Mine, Santa Maria do Suaçui, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.8 x 1.0 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Aquamarine (deep color) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Ardeth Lake Area, Sawtooth Batholith / Sawtooth Mts, Boise County, Idaho, USA
1.7 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $67
Prehnite (''finger''-shaped formations) (LARGE specimen)
Kharan, Baluchistan, Pakistan
17.1 x 11.0 x 9.6 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Shattuckite (good quality)
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo
4.8 x 3. 3x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Copper (aesthetic ''leaf''-like specimen) (unique locality piece)
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
7.7 x 4.8 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Plumbogummite on Pyromorphite
Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
12.3 x 9.0 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $197
Titanite (twins) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Wallhorntörl South Slope, Timmelbachtal, Prägraten, Virgental, Osttirol, Tyrol, Austria
9.7 x 6.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Apatite (classic material)
Cerro de Mercado Mine, Victoria de Durango, Cerro de los Remedios, Mun. de Durango, Durango, Mexico
6.3 x 4.8 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $141
Azurite (excellent quality)
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
5.3 x 3.6 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Pyrite (natural skeletal / etched crystal)
Purple Hope #4 Claim, Green Ridge, King County, Washington
2.1 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Quartz (''Mango Quartz'')
Cabiche, Quípama Municipality, Boyacá Department, Colombia
2.9 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Prehnite
Lower New Street, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
11.9 x 9.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite ''rose''
Morenci, Shannon Mts, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
4.4 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $99
Calcite
Gibraltar Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
8.8 x 7.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Wulfenite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Red Cloud Mine, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
1.6 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Magnetite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Kola Peninsula, Russia
5.5 x 4.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $77
Quartz (Smoky Quartz and Amethyst)
Woodpecker Mine, Mineral Mt. District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
8.7 x 4.8 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $152
Pyrite (fine crystals) (ex Doxsee Collection)
Dzhezkazgan mining district, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
2.9 x 2.7 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Malachite (polished) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Kateketa Mine, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
6.2 x 5.0 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Calcite (Mn-bearing) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Idarado Mine, Red Mountain District, Ouray / San Miguel Counties, Colorado, USA
6.8 x 4.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Astrophyllite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Astrophyllite vein (Rova River), West Keivy Block, Western Keivy Massif, Keivy Mountains, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
9.3 x 7.2 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $120