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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Calcite (unusual locality)
South of Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, USA
7.4 x 4.6 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $47
Ruby (RARE locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Ol Doinyo Orok Mt. (Namanga Hills), Namanga Division, Kajiado County, Kenya
5.6 x 4.6 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Azurite (old classic)
Rudabánya, Kazincbarcika District, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary
4.9 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Smithsonite (classic material)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
4.7 x 4.3 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $115
Brochantite with Spangolite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Mex-Tex Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
5.8 x 4.9 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $193
Hematite with Rutile
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
2.8 x 1.6 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $96
Fluorite (beautiful crystals) on Quartz (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
No. 4 Mine, Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Chifeng City (Ulanhad League), Inner Mongolia, China
5.6 x 5.0 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $309
Tarbuttite (attractive color)
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund, Karas Region, Namibia
3.2 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Muscovite (var: Fuchsite) (large rich specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Brazil
12.1 x 8.8 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Siderite with Sphalerite (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Neudorf, Harzgerode Mining District, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
3.8 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $109
Titanite on Oligoclase
Montijos Quarry, Monte Redondo e Carreira, Leiria, Leiria, Portugal
6.3 x 4.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Grossular Garnet with Calcite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Coyote Range (Coyote Front Range), Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo County, California, USA
6.8 x 5.2 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $91
Fluorite (rare color for the locality) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Fluorite Mine, Valzergues, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie, France
7.8 x 6.3 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Wulfenite (old classic material) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Mezica (Miess), Slovenia
6.8 x 6.7 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Decrespignyite-(Y) (ridiculously rare) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Paratoo Copper deposit, Yunta area, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia (Type Locality)
7.7 x 3.7 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
6.5 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $101
Fluorite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
12.3 x 8.2 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Andorite (very rare)
San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
2.7 x 2.6 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $102
Pentagonite (rare)
Wagholi, Poona, India
5.7 x 4.6 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $390
Calcite (var: Cobalt-bearing Calcite) (RARE locality) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Rottweil, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
8.0 x 5.3 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Siderite on Pyrite with Stannite
Siete Suyos mine, Atocha-Quechisla District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia
2.6 x 2.4 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $32
Chrysoberyl (var: Alexandrite) (ex Richard Kosnar Collection)
Novello Mine, Masvingo (Fort Victoria), Masvingo, Zimbabwe
2.9 x 2.4 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Olivenite (var: Zinc-bearing Olivenite) (rare)
Veta Negra Mine, Pampa Larga Mining District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
6.3 x 4.0 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $148
Stilbite-Ca
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
6.2 x 4.6 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $52
Calcite (doubly-terminated) on Galena (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA
3.7 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Barite on Calcite (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Elk Creek, Dalzell, Meade County, South Dakota, USA
4.8 x 3.8 x 2.6
Winning Bid: $147
Neptunite (classic material) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
California State Gem Mine (Dallas Gem Mine), Santa Rita Peak, San Benito County, California, USA
3.8 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Almandine (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Sedalia Copper Mine, north of Salida, Chaffee Coounty, Colorado, USA
4.6 x 4.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Spessartine Garnet with Smoky Quartz
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
5.0 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $141
Spessartine on Muscovite (rare old locale) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Ljosland, Iveland, Agder, Norway
6.7 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $369