FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends June 3, 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, Chet Lemanski and more. 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. RHODOCHROSITE with FLUORITE from the Wutong Mine, China
2. Rarely seen BERYL from the Beryl Mountain Quarry in New Hampshire
3. Beautiful yellow MIMETITE crystals on matrix from Thailand
4. Wonderful PINK COBALT-BEARING CALCITE from Germany (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
5. Rare old locality specimen of SPESSARTINE on MUSCOVITE from Ljosland, Norway
6. Classic AMETHYST scepters on QUARTZ from the Diamond Hill locality in Rhode Island
7. Fine old classic "sixling" twinned ALEXANDRITE from the Novello Mine in Zimbabwe (ex Richard Kosnar Collection)
8. GEMMY red "floater" ALMANDINE GARNET crystal from the Jaipur District, India
9. Hard to find matrix specimen of HEMATITE on QUARTZ from the Big Bertha Mine, near Quartzsite, Arizona
10. Rarities include: DECRESPIGNYITE-(Y), ANDORITE, SUGILITE, MILARITE (rough and cut set) and a Mica / Sericite pseudomorph after Cordierite-Indialite (''Cherry Blossom'')

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Tourmaline with Lepidolite
Pederneira claim, Sao Jose da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.1 x 3.9 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $354
Beryl (rare New England locality)
Beryl Mountain Quarry, South Acworth, Sullivan County, New Hampshire
3.5 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $32
Mimetite (excellent classic material)
Guatomo Mine (''Hat Yai'' Mimetite Locality), Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province, Thailand
9.7 x 7.2 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $136
Mica / Sericite pseudomorph after Cordierite-Indialite (''Cherry Blossom'') (RARE MATRIX piece)
Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture, Kinki Region, Honshu Island, Japan
1.1 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Malachite with Cerussite and Wulfenite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
4.6 x 3.8 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Gypsum pseudomorph after Glauberite
Copper Canyon Area, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
6.9 x 6.7 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $28
Stibnite (old classic material) (ex Doxsee Collection)
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Mare, Maramures Co., Romania
4.3 x 3.8 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Epidote with Quartz (classic material) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska
8.2 x 3.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $333
Fluorite (rare locality specimen - 2017 find)
Koh-i-Maran, Kalat District, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
9.3 x 8.1 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $77
Opal (var: Opal-AN) (formerly Hyalite) (fluorescent)
Étienne Mine, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
3.5 x 2.7 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Amethyst on Quartz (classic material) (rare locality) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Diamond Hill, Ashaway, Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
7.8 x 7.7 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $775
Rhodochrosite with Fluorite
Wutong Mine (Wudong Mine), Liubao, Cangwu Co., Wuzhou, Guangxi, China
2.8 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Hemimorphite with Calcite
79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila County, Arizona, USA
7.4 x 5.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $280
Scapolite (Meionite) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Otter Lake, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada
8.6 x 6.1 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Datolite
Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
2.8 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $33
Dravite Tourmaline (rare locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Unterdraubürg, Carinthia, Austria
8.3 x 4.2 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $15
Sugilite (rare)
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
2.9 x 1.3 x 0.7 cn
Winning Bid: $115
Smoky Quartz (''floater'' specimen)
Steinkopf, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa
4.6 x 2.0 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Malachite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Cashin Mine, La Sal Mining District / Paradox Mining District, Montrose Colorado, Colorado, USA
8.8 x 3.9 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Spherical Amethyst / Quartz with Celadonite inclusions
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
4.3 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Almandine Garnet (''floater'' crystal)
Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
1.7 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Aragonite (rare purple color - twinned crystal)
La Pesquera, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
3.3 x 2.7 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Chrysoberyl (twin)
Ambatondrazaka District, Alaotra-Mangoro Region, Toamasina Province (Tamatave), Madagascar
1.6 x 1.4 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $41
Spodumene (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Nuristan, Afghanistan
4.7 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Hematite with ''Faden'' Quartz (ex Harold Michel Collection)
Big Bertha Mine (Veta Grande Claim), Middle Camp-Oro Fino Mining District, Dome Rock Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
9.3 x 7.7 x 7.6 cm
Winning Bid: $268
Milarite (rough and cut set)
Jaguaracu, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.4 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm (specimen) | 1.38 carats; 7.86 mm x 5.44 mm (stone)
Winning Bid: $130
Magnetite (bizarre crystal group) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Iron Springs Mining District, Iron County, Utah, USA
6.0 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Fluorite (GEM twin)
Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England
2.1 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Plumbogummite (fine color) on Pyromorphite
Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
6.7 x 5.1 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $281
Serpentine Carving, Rabbit
Peru
7.8 x 5.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $85