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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Quartz with Hematite (Specularite) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
near Marble, Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
5.6 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $76
Grossular Garnet (classic material)
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
1.6 x 1.4 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Manganite (old classic) (ex Hamilton College / Oren Root Collection)
Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Harz, Thuringia, Germany (Type Locality)
7.1 x 5.7 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Wavellite (classic material) (ex Henry de Linde Collection)
Henry de Linde Mine, Dug Hill, Avant, Garland County, Arkansas
9.7 x 3.7 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Pyrite (rare locality specimen) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Alice Glory Hole, Alice Mine, Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
5.0 x 4.4 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $126
Fluorite (old classic) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Weardale, County Durham, England, UK
6.0 x 5.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $91
Grossular Garnet (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Coyote Range (Coyote Front Range), Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo County, California, USA
6.8 x 6.7 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $143
Silver (ex Raul Sanabria Orellana Collection)
La Suerte Mine, Hiendelaencina, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
3.7 x 2.2 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $132
Aquamarine (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.3 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Amethyst on Fluorite (rare locality specimen)
Amethyst Queen Claim, Copper Creek District, Unaweep Canyon, Unaweep District, Mesa County, Colorado, USA
6.9 x 5.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
3.7 x 2.7 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Zircon (ex David Burgess Collection)
Astor Valley, Astore District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.2 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Tourmaline (old classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy (type locality for Elbaite)
2.3 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $134
Augelite (rare green color) on Quartz (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion Province, La Libertad, Peru
6.1 x 3.2 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Hemimorphite (outstanding blue color) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan City, Wenshan, Yunnan, China
5.6 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $705
Hilairite (very rare) (ex Charlie Key)
Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada (Type Locality)
1.9 x 1.5 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $15
Variscite (fine color) on Chalcedony
Ribeirao Cascalheira, Mato Grosso, Brazil
5.3 x 4.8 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $20
Chrysotile (classic locale) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Belvidere Mountain Quarries (VAG Quarry), Lowell & Eden, Orleans & Lamoille Cos., Vermont, USA
14.6 x 8.8 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Xenotime-(Y) (fine crystal)
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
2.8 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Allophane (rare locality specimen) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
4.3 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $92
Andorite (superb quality crystals) with Zinkenite
San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
2.8 x 2.5 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $48
Vivianite (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Tomokoni adit, near Canutillos, Colavi, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, 36 km NE of Potosi, Bolivia
6.2 x 2.3 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $700
Epidote (impersonating Austria!)
Zard Mtn, Ras Koh Mountains, Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan
3.5 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Wulfenite (beautiful crystals)
Whim Creek Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia, Australia
4.3 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $132
Valentinite (rare)
Colavi Mine, Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosi, Bolivia
3.2 x 2.4 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $77
Cerussite on Malachite (classic material)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
3.4 x 3.0 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Cuprite (var: Chalcotrichite) on Copper
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
4.2 x 2.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $213
Brazilianite (classic material) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Telirio Claim, Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.2 x 3.2 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $218
Mottramite (good quality - classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
8.8 x 4.6 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Wulfenite (thick crystals) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila County, Arizona, USA
5.3 x 3.7 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $630