FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends March 11th, 2021

We have a great selection this week, featuring plenty of attractive, fine quality, classic, contemporary, rare and unusual specimens.  Look for new discoveries that we picked up at shows or direct from the source. We also have plenty of pieces from various collections that we've purchased over the last year or so including Gary Weaver, Bob Reynolds, Dave Bergman, Rich Kosnar 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. Attractive gemmy green VIVIANITE crystals from Bolivia (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
2. Classic "heart"-shaped twinned CHRYSOBERYL from Brazil (ex Kosnar Collection)
3. Attractive GOLD on QUARTZ from California
4. Excellent very rare ANDORITE crystals from Bolivia
5. Large AQUAMARINE crystal from Connecticut (ex Allen Heyl Collection)
6. Historic CINNABAR specimen from the National Museum {Prague} Collection         
7. Wonderful WULFENITE crystals on matrix from the 79 Mine, Arizona (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
8. Beautiful, very sharp, highly lustrous EPIDOTE from Pakistan (looks like Austria!)   
9. Wonderful showy MOTTRAMITE specimen from the Ojuela Mine, Mexico
10. Rarities include:  KURAMITE, VALENTINITE, WOODHOUSEITE, EUCHROITE and HILAIRTE 
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Brookite on Quartz
Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan
2.1 x 1.7 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Amethyst (scepter) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Riley Pocket, Little Giant Basin, San Juan County, Colorado
9.1 x 1.6 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $335
Ametrine (polished slab) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Anahi Mine, La Gaiba District, Sandoval Province, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
7.9 x 5.1 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $144
Wire Silver
Porco Mine, Quijarro Province, Potosi Dept., Bolivia
2.1 x 1.3 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Chrysoberyl (heart-shaped twin) (ex Richard Kosnar Collection)
Itaguacu, Espirito Santo, Brazil
1.7 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Barite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Cerro Warihuyn, Miraflores, Huamalíes Province, Huánuco, Peru
5.0 x 4.8 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $115
Rosasite (superb color and quality) with Calcite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mun. de Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
8.3 x 6.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $186
Cuprite
Ray Mine, Scott Mountain, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
5.7 x 5.2 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Cobaltoan Calcite (excellent color)
Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
5.5 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $270
Hematite pseudomorph after Marcasite (classic material)
White Desert, Farafra Oasis, New Valley, Egypt
5.3 x 4.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Fluorite (GEM crystals)
Rosiclare Level, Minerva #1 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning Group, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
4.7 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Hemimorphite (fine blue color) (2020 discovery)
M'Fouati Mine, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo
11.8 x 9.3 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Schorl with Quartz and Albite
Shengus, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.6 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Anapaite (classic material)
Kerch peninsula, Crimea peninsula, Crimea Oblast', Ukraine
5.7 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Gold on Quartz
Oriental Mine, 16 to 1 Mine, Alleghany, Alleghany Mining District, Sierra County, California, USA
1.7 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $352
Cave Calcite (2 generations)
Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
13.0 x 10.6 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $73
Rhodochrosite on Quartz (near 'floater' specimen)
Sunnyside Mine, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
8.1 x 4.3 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Copper (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Arequipa, Peru
4.9 x 4.4 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $177
Calcite (multi-generational growth) (ex Cynthia Payne Collection)
Leiping Mine, Leiping, Guiyang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan, China
5.2 x 5.1 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $49
Azurite with Malachite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
4.8 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Quartz (doubly-terminated crystals) (RARE locality specimen)
Ben Franklin Mine, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
11.2 x 10.1 x 6.4 cm
Winning Bid: $325
Kuramite (extremely rare)
Campbell Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
1.6 x 1.3 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Prehnite (new find in 2020) (rare locality specimen)
near the city of Huancavelica, Huancavelica Department, Peru
16.2 x 11.2 x 8.2 cm
Winning Bid: $211
Pink Quartz (recent find)
Choique Mine, Pehuenches Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina
4.8 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $350
Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Stilbite
Poona (Pune), Maharashtra, India
7.6 x 5.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Cinnabar (antique specimen with great pedigree) (ex National Museum {Prague} Collection)
Jedová hora (Dědova hora; Giftberg), Neřežín, Chaloupky, Beroun District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
4.6 x 3.8 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $330
Woodhouseite (rare)
Champion Mine, Mountain Peak, White Mts, Mono County, California, USA (Type Locality)
1.4 x 1.0 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Magnetite (rare cubic form)
2500' Level, Fowler Ore Body, Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St Lawrence County, New York, USA
2.3 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Euchroite (rare classic material)
Svatodusna deposit, Lubietova (Libetbanya; Libethen), Banska Bystrica Region, Slovakia (Type Locality)
1.7 x 1.2 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $70