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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Fluorite (ex Lee Burnett Collection)
Esperanza Mine, Melchor Muzquiz, Mun. de Melchor Muzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico
7.7 x 7.3 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $290
Ruby
Jagdalak (Jagdalek) Ruby Mine, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
5.7 x 5.1 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Volborthite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Copley, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
7.3 x 4.7 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Quartz (var: Chalcedony) (var: Agate) (Condor Agate)
San Rafael Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina
11.0 x 7.6 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Amethyst on Fluorite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Amethyst Queen Claim, Copper Creek District, Unaweep Canyon, Unaweep Mining District, Mesa County, Colorado, USA
9.7 x 5.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $87
Rose Quartz (new find) (rare Afghanistan locale)
Parun Pegmatite Field, Nuristan, Afghanistan
4.8 x 3.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Brazilianite with Albite
Telirio Mine, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.0 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Colusite (rare locality specimen) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Anaconda Mine, Butte District, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
5.3 x 5.1 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $179
Albite (rare gemmy purple crystal!)
Khyber Agency, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
5.3 x 3.6 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $98
Pyrite
Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
7.1 x 6.2 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Chalcedony pseudomorph / fossil after Gastropod (Hippochrenes volgensis)
Volga River Region, near settlement Batai in Saratov Region, Russia
5.7 x 4.7 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Halite on Trona (NEW FIND!)
Owens Lake, Olancha, Owens Valley, Inyo County, California, USA
10.1 x 7.6 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Wulfenite on Dolomite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Apex Mine, San Carlos, Manuel Benavides Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
3.2 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $380
Topaz (classic material)
Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, USA
3.4 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $415
Epidote (gemmy ''Faden'' crystal group) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Hashupa Epidote Locality, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
2.8 x 1.9 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Fluorite on Amethyst with Barite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Nancy Hanks Mine, Unaweep Canyon, Unaweep District, Mesa County, Colorado, USA
8.2 x 5.7 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $217
Spessartine Garnet with Smoky Quartz on Microcline (ex Gerry Morvell Collection)
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian, China
8.0 x 7.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $454
Brookite (ex Obodda)
Taftan, near Dalbandi, Baluchistan, Pakistan
4.1 x 3.6 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Adamite (rare pink color) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.7 x 3.1 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $280
Chrysocolla pseudomorphs after Malachite after Azurite (ex Rose and Phillips Collections)
Tenke-Fungurume Area, Lualaba, Democratic Republic of Congo
10.0 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Mottramite (fine locality specimen) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
7.3 x 4.6 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Aquamarine (doubly-terminated GEM crystal) (ex Richard Kosnar Collection)
Padre Paraiso, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.7 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $461
Calcite on Amethyst (ex Richard Rossi Collection)
Sirena Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
8.4 x 5.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Chalcopyrite (fine old classic) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Georg Mine, Willroth, Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld, Altenkirchen District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
9.7 x 7.2 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $285
Brucite (rare yellow color)
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan
6.2 x 5.1 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Fluorite with Dolomite
Moscona Mine, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
8.3 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $496
Calcite (classic material)
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
5.3 x 5.2 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Inesite (ex Doxsee Collection)
N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
3.3 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $485
Kyanite with Staurolite (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Campolungo pass, Campolungo, Piumogna Valley, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland
8.7 x 5.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $281