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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Vesuvianite (classic material)
Jeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
1.4 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Lazulite (classic locality)
Werfen, Salzburg, Austria
6.7 x 5.6 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $229
Copper (classic material)
Quincy Mine, Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
6.3 x 3.8 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $419
Tourmaline (doubly-terminated crystal) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.2 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $252
Spinel (twinned crystal) on matrix
Sungate Mine, An Phu, Luc Yen District, Yen Bai Province, Vietnam
3.8 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $232
Dolomite (excellent twin)
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Navarre, Spain
5.3 x 4.6 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Tourmaline (multi-color) with Albite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California, USA
4.6 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $900
Gemmy Green Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Stilbite
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
5.3 x 4.8 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Sulfur (rare locality specimen)
Darwin, Inyo County, California, USA
3.8 x 3.7 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Fluorite (uncommon locality) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Skinner lode, Silver Creek area, Oatman Mining District, Black Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
7.8 x 5.1 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $375
Quartz with Calcite and Pyrite
Cavnic Mine, Cavnic, Maramureș, Romania
11.6 x 9.3 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $320
Fluorite on Ferberite (rare combo)
Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
4.8 x 4.0 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $380
Andradite Garnet
Quartzite Mountain, Stanley Mining District, Santa Teresa Mountains, Graham County, Arizona, USA
7.3 x 5.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Hausmannite with Celestine (ex Mushlitz Collection)
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
6.3 x 4.2 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $152
Azurite partially pseudomorphing to Malachite on Bayldonite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
11.3 x 6.3 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $1,500