FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends June 30, 2022

Mixed specimens this week include gem crystals, classic locales, fine display specimens and a selection of assorted piece from our inventory and collections we've purchased such as Rich Kosnar, Bill and Anne Cook, Dave Bergman, Chet Lemanski, Gerry Morvell and more! Look for attractive higher value pieces this week, all starting at $10 reserve bids! Some of the highlights from this week’s auction include: 1. Excellent old classic AMAZONITE with beautiful "stripes" from Colorado (ex Brian Kosnar Collection) 2. Fine gemmy IMPERIAL TOPAZ crystal from a rare Zambian locality 3. Beautiful RUBY crystal on marble from Afghanistan 4. Classic old-time DIOPTASE with PLANCHEITE from Reneville, Republic of Congo 5. Gorgeous red FLUOR-UVITE – UVITE crystal group from Brazil 6. Attractive OPAL pseudomorph after mussel shell from Australia 7. Notably LARGE MAGNETITE crystal on matrix from China 8. Wonderful classic orange PYROMORPHITE from the Bunker Hill Mine, Idaho 9. Fantastic purple APATITE on matrix from Mawi, Afghanistan 10. Rarities include TSUMCORITE, STEPHANITE, LEMANSKIITE, ANNITE, TEPHROITE, VESZELYITE and BERTHIERITE
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Fluorite on Microcline (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Dreamtime Mine, Crystal Peak, Teller County, Colorado
3.7 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Epidote (very slightly magnetic) (ex Obodda)
Raskoh Mts., Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan
7.2 x 6.4 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $166
Rose Quartz on Quartz with Zanazziite (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Ilha Claim (Lavra da Ilha), Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.7 x 2.9 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Epidote (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
El Pozo quarry, Alta Gracia, Alta Gracia District, Santa María Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina
9.2 x 5.2 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Calcite pseudomorph after Alabandite (RARE) (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima, Peru
5.8 x 4.6 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $96
Berthierite (superb RARE locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Nakase Mine (Nakaze Mine), Sekinomiya-machi, Yabu City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
8.0 x 6.2 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $96
Amethyst (excellent rare locality specimen) (ex Gerry Morvell Collection)
Woodland Road ''Ridge Road'' construction site, Southborough, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA
7.8 x 6.7 x 5.9 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Zinnwaldite (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Winnipeg River Area, Manitoba, Canada
8.3 x 8.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $91
Heulandite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Monastir, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
6.7 x 6.3 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Tephroite (RARE old locality specimen)
Treburland Manganese deposits, Altarnun, Cornwall, England, UK
4.7 x 4.6 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Variscite with Wavellite (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Lichtenberg open cast, Ronneburg U deposit, Thuringia, Germany
7.3 x 4.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $153
Andradite Garnet (var: Demantoid) (var: Topazolite)
San Benito County, California, USA
2.6 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Tsumcorite (exceedingly rare)
Michael Mine, Weiler, Seelbach, Seelbach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
2.3 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Pyrite (fine classic crystals)
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru
10.7 x 8.8 x 6.9 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Aquamarine (gemmy ''floater'' crystal) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Jaquetô Mine, Guaratinga, Bahia, Brazil
1.8 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $550
Ruby on marble
Jagdalak (Jagdalek) Ruby Mine, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
8.4 x6 .2 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $327
Limonite pseudomorph after Pyrite (ex Dr. Barratt Phillips Collection)
Bösingfeld, Extertal, Lippe, Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
4.6 x3.8 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $68
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
2.5 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Fluorite with Celestine (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio, USA
14.2 x 7.1 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $207
Brucite (fine rare yellow color)
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan
3.7 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Annite (rare Mica species - fine quality) (ex Al Ordway Collection)
Garfield Hills, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
6.7 x 3.9 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Aegirine (ex Obodda)
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
3.7 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $72
Barite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Colorado Fluorspar Company Mine, Wagon Wheel Gap, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
6.2 x 4.4 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $96
Quartz with ''Chlorite'' Phantom (ex Dr. Steven Smale Collection)
Dhading District, Bagmati Pradesh, Nepal
4.3 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Kimberlite (host rock for diamonds) (ex James M. Howard Collection)
Monastery Mine, Clocolan, Setsoto Local Municipality, Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality, Free State, South Africa
4.1 x 3.2 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Hematite (rare locality specimen)
Chub Lake prospects, Chub Lake, Hailesboro, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA
11.8 x 10.7 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $87
Magnetite (very large crystal)
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
11.3 x 10.3 x 6.6 cm
Winning Bid: $242
Dioptase with Plancheite (old specimen)
Renéville Mine (Djoué Mines), Renéville, Kindanba District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo
4.7 x 4.1 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $230