FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends March 25th, 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, David Burgess, 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. Doubly-terminated GEM TWIN CALCITE from the Elmwood Mine, Tennessee
2. Excellent showy, aesthetic, classic NATIVE COPPER from Michigan
3. Multi-color doubly-terminated TOURMALINE from Stak Nala, Pakistan (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
4. Superb, large, highly aesthetic "FADEN" EPIDOTE group from Pakistan (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
5. Wonderful GEMMY "drill bit" twinned PHENAKITE from Myanmar (Burma)
6. Gorgeous twinned ADURLARIA with gemmy lilac FLUORAPATITE from Austria
7. GEM PINK SPINEL TWIN FLUORITE from Pakistan (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
8. Beautiful green FLUORITE on FERBERITE from the Yaogangxian Mine, China
9. Fine, classic AZURITE with MALACHITE on BAYLDONITE from Tsumeb!
10. Rarities include:  CAFARSITE, CUPRIAN POWELLITE with SZENICSITE and CARROLLITE
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Calcite (doubly-terminated GEM twin)
Elmwood Mine, Smith County, Tennessee, USA
4.4 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $79
Fluorite (GEM Pink Spinel Twin) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.6 x 3.8 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $910
Epidote (Fine Large Faden Group) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Tormiq, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
12.1 x 7.3 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $1,019
Calcite ('butterfly-twin')
Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
3.3 x 3.1 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Gypsum with Copper inclusions (rare combo)
Mission Mine, Mission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona
6.3 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Rhodochrosite and Fluorite on Pyrite (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Sunnyside Mine, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, Eureka District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
4.3 x 4.2 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $391
Adularia (twin) with lilac Apatite (ex Johann Zenz Collection)
Notklamm, Neukirchen am Großvenediger, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
11.3 x 8.3 x 7.6 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Brachiopod Fossil
Highway 150 Roadcut, Washington County, Kentucky, USA
4.2 x 3.2 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $81
Cafarsite (rare) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Wanni glacier - Scherbadung area (Monte Cervandone), Binntal, Goms, Valais, Switzerland (Type Locality)
9.3 x 7.3 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Calcite (rare locality specimen)
Meade County, South Dakota, USA
4.8 x 4.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $239
Carrollite on Calcite
Kamoya South II Mine, Kamoya, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
3.1 x 3.0 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Amethyst (reverse scepters) with Calcite* (*Calcite is rare from Bolivia)
Bombori, Potosi Department, Bolivia
7.2 x 5.2 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Calcite ('flower')
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan City, Wenshan, Yunnan, China
7.7 x 6.3 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Wulfenite (classic material)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
5.6 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Phenakite (gem quality 'drill bit' twin)
Ohngaing, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
2.8 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $290
Opal (highly colorful)
Tsehay Mewcha, Wegeltena, Delanta, Wello (Wollo), Afar Province, Ethiopia
1.2 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Pyrite
Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
4.1 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $300
Pectolite (rare locality specimen) (ex Jersey City Museum Collection)
Bergen Hill, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
8.4 x 7.2 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Azurite on Malachite (classic material) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
5000' Level, Northwest Extension, Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
6.3 x 5.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $605
Wulfenite (unusual Spanish locale)
El Centenillo Mine, Albunuelas, Granada, Andalusia, Spain
7.7 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Rosasite with Calcite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
5.3 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Quartz 'cast' after Calcite and Fluorite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Osceola Mine, Cunningham Gulch, Silverton District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
11.6 x 8.4 x 7.1 cm
Winning Bid: $195
Green Fluorite with Rhodochrosite (classic material)
Sunnyside Mine, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, Eureka District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
4.1 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $451
Cerussite (var: Chrome-Cerussite)
Dundas Extended Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
3.4 x 2.0 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $230
Fluorite (bi-colored crystals)
De'an Fluorite Mine, Wushan, De'an Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China
7.3 x 5.6 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Cuprian Powellite with Szenicsite and Molybdenite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Inca de Oro mining district, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
5.4 x 4.8 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Wire Silver (classic material)
Bulldog Mine, Creede District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
6.3 x 6.2 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $605
Rhodochrosite
Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.7 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Kunzite (GEM twin)
Dara-e-Pech pegmatite field, Kunar, Afghanistan
5.3 x 1.6 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $300
Fluorite ('phantom' penetration twin)
Lake George area, Park County, Colorado, USA
3.1 x 2.7 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $116