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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Schorl Tourmaline (RARE locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Vladaiya, Vitosha Mt, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria
5.0 x 3.8 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $38
Fluorite with Chalcopyrite and Barite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Bjelaja Retska, Caucasus, Russia
11.2 x 7.9 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Villiaumite on Sodalite (var: Hackmanite) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
12.0 x 10.0 x 6.4 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Milky Quartz with ''casts'' after Calcite on Quartz (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Cliffhanger Pocket, Ouray Amphitheater, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
7.2 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Anglesite on Galena
Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
6.2 x 5.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Pyrargyrite (classic material)
Fresnillo, Fresnillo Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
2.2 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Fluor-uvite - Uvite Series (Tourmaline) (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Pomba Pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
3.0 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Beryl (var: Aquamarine) (unusual habit and coloring)
Deo Darrah, Kuran Wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
9.2 x 5.5 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Quartz with Actinolite inclusions (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Alchuri alpine-type clefts, Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
7.3 x 4.1 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $72
Hemimorphite (fine blue color)
M'Fouati Mine, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo
5.1 x 3.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Covellite (fine classic material) (ex Heinz Gugeler Collection)
Leonard Mine, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Butte-Silver Bow, Montana, USA
5.2 x 4.5 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $747
Chrysotile (rare locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Vaalkop Dam, Bulhoek (Bulhoekkop), Rustenburg , Bojanala Platinum District, North West, South Africa
9.0 x 4.6 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $625
Sphalerite (excellent gemmy crystals) (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Shizhuyuan Mine, Dongpo ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
11.6 x 11.3 x 7.2 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Brookite on Quartz
Taftan, Chagai District, Baluchistan, Pakistan
5.3 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $92
Magnetite (rare cubic form)
2500' Level, Fowler Ore Body, Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St Lawrence County, New York, USA
1.7 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $105