FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends March 24, 2022

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 like, Al Kidwell, Bob Reynolds, Chet Lemanski and Gary Weaver. 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. Newly mined beautiful green DIOPSIDE on matrix from Afghanistan 2. GEMMY IMPERIAL TOPAZ crystal from a recent new discovery in Zambia 3. Classic TOURMALINE on QUARTZ from Oxford County, Maine 4. Lovely purple STRENGITE with KIDWELLITE (from KIDWELL's Collection!) 5. Wonderful multi-crystal group of PERIDOT from Pakistan 6. RARE historic GOLD specimen from a classic Australian locality! (ex Al Kidwell Collection) 7. Newly mined LAVENDER CHALCEDONY from Arizona 8. Unusual and hard to find RHODOCHROSITE specimen from the Yaogangxian Mine in China 9. Attractive OPAL-AN (''Hyalite'' Opal) from Czech Republic 10. Rarities include VESZELYITE, GOLDMANITE, SELIGMANNITE and VEATCHITE
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Diopside (NEW FIND!)
Janduk Mine, Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Koksha Valley, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
8.7 x 6.7 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $175
Wavellite with Quartz
Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi, Bolivia
13.8 x 10.5 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Imperial Topaz (rare locality)
Karengerenge village, Solwezi District, North-Western Province, Zambia
1.6 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $265
Brookite (gemmy ''phantom'' crystals)
Zard Mtn, Ras Koh Mountains, Kharan District, Balochistan Region, Pakistan
9.5 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $221
Natrolite ''cast'' after Anhydrite with Prehnite and Calcite (ex Ken McKim Collection)
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
9.3 x 7.3 x 6.9 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Fluorite (classic material) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Judith Lynn Claim, Pine Canyon Deposit, Burro Mountains District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
8.7 x 4.6 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Barite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Cerro Warihuyn (Huarihuyn), Miraflores, Huamalíes Province, Huánuco Department, Peru
7.4 x 5.7 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Copper (old classic) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
8.8 x 7.5 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $208
Fluorite (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
San Martín, Argentina
6.3 x 5.1 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Sphalerite on Calcite
Keokuk, Lee Co., Iowa, USA
10.5 x 10.2 x 7.2 cm
Winning Bid: $91
Lavender Chalcedony (NEW FIND) (fluorescent)
Green Fire Prospect, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
5.3 x 4.6 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $205
Axinite-(Fe)
Khapalu (Khaplu), Ganache District (Ghanche District), Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
2.7 x 2.6 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Opal-AN (Hyalite Opal) with Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite (var: ''Staffelite'')
Valec (Waltsch), Doupov (Duppau), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
7.3 x 5.3 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Tourmaline on Quartz (classic material)
Oxford County, Maine, USA
10.6 x 8.2 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Goldmanite (rare Garnet species)
Rybnícek, Pezinok Co., Bratislava Region, Slovakia
5.2 x 4.3 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Veszelyite (good quality)
Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China
4.2 x 3.6 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $142
Siderite (rare locality specimen)
Le Burg Mine, Alban - Le Fraysse area, Tarn, Occitanie, France
6.8 x 4.8 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $145
Strengite with Kidwellite (ex Kidwell Collection!!)
Coon Creek Mine (York Mine), Shady, Polk County, Arkansas, USA
6.3 x 5.3 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $179
Peridot (rare multi-crystal group)
Sapat Gali, Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
4.2 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Muscovite on Albite
Mt. Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
5.7 x 4.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $67
Serpentine Carving, Lion
Serpentine Hill, North Dundas, Tasmania, Australia
5.3 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Vivianite (rare locality specimen)
Hope Saddle, south of Richmond, Nelson Province, South Island, New Zealand
5.2 x 3.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Spessartine Garnet on Smoky Quartz
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
4.6 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $230
Scorzalite (rare)
Estaño Orcko Mine, Colavi Subdistrict, Machacamarca District, Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosí, Bolivia
3.7 x 1.9 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $63
Gold (RARE{!} historic locality specimen) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Lake View Consols Gold Mine (Lake View and Star), Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
10.3 x 4.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,300
Fluorite with Quartz ''flower''
Homestake-Jack Pot Mine, Gold Road Mining District, Oatman Mining District, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
6.7 x 5.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $345
Titanite (''floater'' twin) included with ''Chlorite'' (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Gletsch, Furkapassgebiet, Goms, Wallis, Switzerland
4.2 x 1.1 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Sphalerite (rare locality)
Welland Canal, Niagara Falls, New York, USA
2.4 x 2.2 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $67
Cerussite (rare locality specimen) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Tynagh Mine, Killimor, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland
3.8 x 2.9 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Conichalcite on Dolomite (rare locality specimen) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
9.2 x 7.3 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $115