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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Fluorapatite (RARE Alaskan locality!) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Kingak Shale, Arctic Creek, Mount Michelson, Brooks Range, Alaska
8.8 x 7.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $420
Fluorite (multi-color "phantom" crystals)
Okorusu Mine (Okarusu Mine), Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
3.6 x 2.8 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $460
Celestine with Calcite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Holloway Quarry (Rockwood Quarry), Newport, Berlin Charter Township, Monroe County, Michigan, USA
7.7 x 5.9 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin area, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Central South Region, China
2.8 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Cuprite (ex Richard Rossi Collection)
Rubtsovsk Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai, Russia
3.3 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Andradite Garnet (ex Tom Campbell Collection)
Arrondissement of Diakon, Bafoulabé Cercle, Kayes Region, Mali
5.2 x 4.2 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $267
Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Stilbite-(Ca) (ex Richard Rossi Collection)
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
5.2 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Ilvaite (ex David Burgess Collection)
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
4.3 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite (ex Richard Rossi Collection)
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
8.0 x 5.7 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Corundum pseudomorph after Spinel
Mahenge, Morogoro Region, Tanzania
3.9 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $117
Silver (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Cobalt Lode Mine, Coleman Township, Cobalt area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada
6.2 x 5.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $331
Andradite Garnet (var: Demantoid)
Antetezambato, near the town of Nosy Faly, Ambanja District, Diana Region, Antsiranana Province, Madagascar
3.7 x 2.7 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Malachite (unusual ''stalactite'' specimen - rare locality)
Tentadora Mine, Huancavelica, Peru
2.7 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $270
Vanadinite (classic material) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
North Geronimo Mine, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
6.9 x 3.6 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $161
Rhodochrosite (rare locality specimen) (ex Dr. William Logan Collection)
Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou, Yizhang Co., Hunan, China
4.9 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $239
Spodumene (highly etched ''floater'' crystal)
Dara-e-Pech pegmatite field, Dara-e-Pech District, Kunar, Afghanistan
6.7 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Rosasite with Calcite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
7.7 x 5.7 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Olivenite (old classic)
Phoenix United Mine, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK
6.7 x 6.4 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Pyrite
Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
4.2 x 3.9 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Sulfur
El Desierto mine, San Pablo de Napa, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí, Bolivia
3.5 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Rhodochrosite on Pyrite (ex Dr. William Logan Collection)
Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad, Peru
3.7 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $209
Prehnite (good quality)
Oficarsa Quarry (Cerro de las Culebras), Carchelejo, Jaén, Andalusia, Spain
7.6 x 6.2 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $151
Fluorapatite on Calcite (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Yates mine, Otter Lake, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada
7.8 x 4.6 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $125
Wiluite (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Vilyui River Basin, Mirninsky District, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia (Type Locality)
2.7 x 1.4 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Azurite (classic material)
Chessy Copper Mines, Chessy, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (Type Locality)
3.3 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Pyrolusite (classic material) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Taylor Mine, Alberta, Baraga County, Michigan, USA
6.1 x 5.7 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Seligmannite (rare) (ex Bill Wilson Collection)
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binntal, Goms, Valais, Switzerland (Type Locality)
5.7 x 4.1 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $885
Gypsum (''floater'' specimen) (ex Richard Rossi Collection)
Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
6.7 x 6.1 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $435
Veatchite (very rare) on Colemanite (ex Bob Reynolds and Jim & Dawn Minette Collections)
Borax Pit #3, Ryan District, Death Valley, Inyo County, California
4.6 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $455
Tourmaline (gemmy bi-color crystal)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.0 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $188