FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends June 2, 2022

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 like, Al Kidwell, Bob Reynolds, Chet Lemanski, Dave Bergman and Gerry Morvell. 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. Fine sharp gemmy PERIDOT crystal from Pakistan 2. Multicolor OPAL replacing Petrified Wood Limb from Virgin Valley, Nevada 3. Gorgeous classic Chromium-bearing CLINOCHLORE (''Kammererite'') from Turkey 4. Beautiful classic WULFENITE crystals on matrix from Los Lamentos, Mexico 5. Excellent quality GEMMY RUBY crystal group from Chatham 6. Attractive purple AMETHYST "Grapes" from Indonesia 7. Fantastic old classic HARMOTOME on FLUORITE from Scotland 8. Rare PURPLE APATITE crystals on matrix from Maine 9. Wonderful yellow cadmium-bearing SMITHSONITE from China 10. Rarities include VALENTINITE, CYLINDRITE, LAVENDULAN with CHENEVIXITE, and TIPTOPITE with ROSCHERITE, MONTGOMERYITE and FAIRFIELDITE
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Tremolite (Hexagonite) (ex Gerry Morvell Collection)
Balmat-Edwards Zinc Mining District, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA
7.3 x 5.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Copper (rare locality specimen) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Isle Royal Mines, Houghton, Houghton Co., Michigan, USA
8.6 x 8.1 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Beryl (old classic) (ex Gerry Morvell Collection)
Case Quarries, Portland, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA
5.8 x 5.8 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $76
Tiptopite (incredibly rare) et al.
Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA (Type Locality)
5.3 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $145
Fluorite
Moscona Mine, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
8.3 x 7.9 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $167
Atacamite with Libethenite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
La Farola Mine, Atacama Province, Chile (Type Locality)
6.2 x 2.5 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Lavendulan with Chenevixite (rare) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
El Guanaco Mine, Taltal, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
8.7 x 7.3 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $298
Topaz (rare locality specimen)
near High Pass, Sawtooth Mountains (Sawtooth Batholith), Idaho, USA
2.8 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $92
Epidote (RARE locality specimen) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Bundy-Murrieta deposit, Menifee, Menifee Mining District, Riverside County, California, USA
7.2 x 6.0 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $228
Löllingite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Bill & Anne Cook Collection)
Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
7.4 x 5.3 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Azurite with Malachite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
3.0 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Rhodizite (very rare) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Antandrokomby pegmatite, Manandona Valley, Sahatany Pegmatite Field (Mt Ibity area), Madagascar
1.7 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Fire Agate
Aguascalientes, Mexico
4.6 x 4.1 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Siderite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Gerry Morvell Collection)
Sterling Mine, Antwerp, Jefferson County, New York, USA
7.1 x 6.8 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $209
Baryte
Northumberland Mine, Northumberland Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
6.3 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Valentinite (2011 find)
San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
1.2 x 0.8 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Chabazite (STRONG color) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA
2.3 x 2.0 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Malachite pseudomorph after Cuprite (old classic) (ex Dr. Barratt Phillips Collection)
Chessy Copper Mines, Villefranche-sur-Saone, Rhone, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
1.2 x 1.0 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Prehnite with Graphite inclusions and minor Tanzanite
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mts, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
7.2 x 6.7 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $126
Duftite on Calcite (''floater'' specimen) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
8.3 x 5.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Purple Apatite (ex Gerry Morvell Collection)
Noyes Mountain Quarry (Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
5.7 x 4.0 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $357
Thulite (manganese-bearing Zoisite) (old material) (ex Morvell and Sebela Collections)
Tyringham, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, USA
4.5 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $243
Dolomite (beautiful crystals)
Manaoshan Mine, Dongpo ore field, Suxian District, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
4.2 x 4.1 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $61
Tourmaline (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California, USA
4.0 x 3.2 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $115
Chromium-bearing Clinochlore (''Kammererite'') (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Aşkale District, Erzurum Province, Turkey
2.1 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $241
Grossular Garnet (classic material)
Jeffrey Mine ("Johns-Manville Mine"), Val-des-Sources, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
2.2 x 1.6 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $575
Malachite (very lustrous crystals) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Mindingi Mine (Mindigi Mine), Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
6.5 x 5.3 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $375
Amethyst / Quartz Geode (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Idar-Oberstein, Hunsruck, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
7.2 x 5.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $205
Wulfenite (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos, Mun. de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.3 x 3.8 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $380
Brazilianite on Albite
Telirio Mine, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.2 x 1.9 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $265