FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends May 20th 2021

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 over the last year or so like Colorado mining legend, Dave Bergman, plus Bob Reynolds, Chet Lemanski 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. Excellent multi-color TOURMALINE from Pakistan (ex Dave Bergman Collection) 2. Classic bright yellow gemmy ANGLESITE on GALENA from Morocco 3. Wonderful GEMMY SPHALERITE crystals on matrix from China (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection) 4. Uniquely crystallized old classic PYRITE from the Climax Mine in Colorado (ex Dave Bergman Collection) 5. Beautiful BLUE HEMIMORPHITE from the Congo 6. Supremely rich fuchsia colored COBALT-BEARING CALCITE from Morocco 7. Attractive GOLD on QUARTZ from California 8. Excellent old classic COVELLITE on matrix from Butte, Montana 9. Gemmy blue INDICOLITE TOURMALINE from the Pederneira Mine, Brazil 10. Rarities include: SHATTUCKITE, VILLIAUMITE, FLUOR-UVITE – UVITE and FLORENCITE-(Ce)
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Hemimorphite (beautiful color)
M'Fouati Mine, Bouenza Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
17.2 x 6.4 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $154
Tourmaline (multi-color crystal) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.0 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Silver with Pearceite, et al. (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Garish Stope, Smuggler Mine, Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
9.0 x 5.8 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Gypsum (var: Selenite) (with ''hourglass'' sand inclusions)
Great Salt Plains, Jet, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma
6.2 x 2.0 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $52
Cuprite altering to Malachite
Chessy copper mines, Chessy, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
1.6 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $113
Atacamite coated by Quartz
Lily Mine, Pisco Umay, Ica, Peru
1.8 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Mimetite (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
2.8 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Azurite on Chrysocolla (rare combo)
Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
4.3 x 3.5 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Calcite (Cobalt-bearing) (superb color)
Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Aghbar, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
7.8 x 5.7 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Pyrite (old classic material - rare crystal habit) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Climax Mine (Climax Open Pit Mine), Climax, Climax Mining District, Lake County, Colorado, USA
4.2 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $109
Epidote
Alchuri alpine-type clefts, Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.7 x 1.2 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $44
Spessartine Garnet
Navegadora Mine, Penha do Norte, Conselheiro Pena, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.0 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $156
Gold on Quartz
Oriental Mine, 16 to 1 Mine, Alleghany, Alleghany Mining District, Sierra County, California, USA
1.4 x 0.9 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Opal-AN (''Hyalite'' Opal) on Orthoclase
Erongo Mountains, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
6.3 x 5.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Calcite with Quartz ''casts'' after Danburite (rare combo)
Charcas, Mun. de Charcas, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
7.5 x 4.8 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Indicolite Tourmaline
Pederneira mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.5 x 0.7 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $240
Andalusite (GEMMY) (ex Richard A. Kosnar Collection)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.3 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $21
Pink Opal (2018 find)
Pisco Province, Ica Department, Peru
4.0 x 2.6 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Florencite-(Ce) on Magnesite
Pomba Pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
3.2 x 2.6 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Prehnite on Epidote
Djouga diggings, Bendougou village, Arrondissement Diakon, Commune Diakon, Cercle de Bafoulabé, Kayes Region, Mali
5.0 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $78
Fluorite on Quartz (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Yongchun Co., Quanzhou, Fujian, China
9.8 x 7.0 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $725
Rhodochrosite with Pyrite (ex Dr. William Logan Collection)
Huaron Mine, Huaron Mining District, Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peru
8.8 x 7.2 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $599
Fluorite (rare locale) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
El Portezuelo, Sierra de Ancasti, Catamarca Province, Argentina
5.2 x 4.0 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $115
Schorl Tourmaline
Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
8.2 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Citrine
Mansa District, Luapula Province, Zambia
9.2 x 5.5 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $350
Shattuckite (fine quality) (ex Charlie Key Collection)
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
4.2 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Fluorite with Celestine
Tule Mine, Melchor Múzquiz, Múzquiz Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico
6.3 x 4.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Malachite (RARE New England locale) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Stoddard Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
7.2 x 6.2 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Sapphire (ex Doxsee Collection)
An Phu (Anfu), Lục Yên District, Yên Bái Province, Vietnam
4.3 x 3.8 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $250