FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends May 19, 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, Dr, Chet Lemanski, Dave Bergman 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. Doubly-terminated GEM QUALITY AQUAMARINE crystal from Brazil (ex Richard Kosnar Collection) 2. Robust rich orange-red SPESSARTINE GARNET specimen from Pakistan 3. Beautiful DIOPTASE with MIMETITE specimen from Rep. of Congo 4. Excellent CHALCEDONY pseudomorph / fossil after Gastropod (Hippochrenes volgensis) from Russia 5. Classic sherry colored TOPAZ from Utah 6. Historic CHALCOPYRITE from the Georg Mine, Germany 7. Superb crystals of MANGANITE from the Wessels Mine, South Africa 8. Rare GEMMY PURPLE ALBITE crystal on matrix from Pakistan 9. Wonderful classic gemmy yellow MIMETITE crystals on matrix from Tsumeb 10. Rarities include KIDWELLITE (from Kidwell's collection!!), GAHNITE, BENJAMINITE and VOLBORTHITE and COLUSITE
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Spessartine Garnet
Raikot, Chilas, Diamer District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.6 x 2.8 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $134
Quartz (rare locality specimen)
Ophir Pass, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
8.3 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Dioptase with Mimetite (2018 find)
Ntola Mine, Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo
4.8 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Pyrite or Marcasite pseudomorph after Pyrrhotite (ex Reynolds and Robertson Collections)
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Mare, Maramures Co., Romania
4.7 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Azurite (classic material)
Chessy Copper Mines, Chessy, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (Type Locality)
4.3 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Peridot (GEMMY crystal) with Ludwigite inclusions (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Sapat Gali, Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
2.4 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Benjaminite (very rare) (ex Bill Wilson Collection)
Outlaw Mine, Round Mountain Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA (Co-Type Locality)
2.9 x 2.7 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $253
Fluorite (GEM quality) on Quartz
Llamas Quarry, Duyos, Obdulia vein, Caravia District, Caravia mining area, Asturias, Spain
3.8 x 3.2 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Pyrophyllite (large impressive specimen)
Graves Mt, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA
12.6 x 10.8 x 9.1 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Andradite Garnet (var: Demantoid)
Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
3.9 x 3.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $88
Uvarovite (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Saranovskii Mine, Saranovskaya Village (Sarany), Gornozavodskii District, Perm Krai, Russia (Type Locality)
4.6 x 3.6 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Cave Calcite (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
11.6 x 5.2 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Fluorite with Quartz (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Homestake-Jack Pot Mine, San Francisco District, Oatman District, Black Mts, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
7.3 x 4.6 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Kidwellite (ex Kidwell Collection !!)
Coon Creek Mine (York Mine), Shady, Polk County, Arkansas, USA
6.3 x 4.4 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $173
Quartz (rarely seen ''Faden" and ''phantom'' crystal) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Stand on Your Head Mine, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
3.2 x 2.1 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Quartz (var: Chalcedony) (2016 find)
Smara, Es-Semara Province, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra Region, Morocco
5.7 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Mimetite (classic material)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
3.3 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $133
Opal (var: Opal-AN) (formerly Hyalite Opal) (fluorescent)
Monok, Szerencs District, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary
3.3 x 3.1 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Manganite (superb crystals) (ex Gerry Morvell Collection)
Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
5.3 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $161
Brochantite with Spangolite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Mex-Tex Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
5.8 x 4.9 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $61
Quartz (rare locality specimen)
Bullion King Mine, Porphyry Gulch, Red Mountain area, Ouray County, Colorado
7.5 x 6.3 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $136
Galena (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Picher Field, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, USA
7.3 x 6.5 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Rhodochrosite (obscure locality specimen) (ex Dr. William Logan Collection)
Julia Fisk Mine, Iowa Gulch, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, USA
6.2 x 3.8 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Gahnite Spinel (rare locality specimen)
Davis Pyrite Mine, Rowe, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, USA
8.7 x 5.2 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $186
Lazulite (ex Gerry Morvell Collection)
Graves Mt, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA
5.7 x 5.2 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Analcime with Natrolite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Narre Waren Quarry, Flinders area, Victoria, Australia
4.3 x 2.8 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Orpiment and Realgar Replacing Fossil Coral
Gold Bar Mine, Antelope Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
4.6 x 4.2 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Variscite (fine color) on Chalcedony
Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil
4.1 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Vesuvianite (classic locality) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Webster Prospects (Goodall Farm prospect), Sanford, York County, Maine, USA
6.7 x 6.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $54