FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends May 5, 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. Stephen Smale, 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. Excellent CRYSTALLIZED GOETHITE from Colorado (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
2. Doubly-terminated gemmy PINK TOURMALINE from the Himalaya Mine, CA (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
3. GEMMY rich orange SPESSSARTINE "floater" crystal from Tanzania
4. COPPER pseudomorph after ARAGONITE with un-pseudomorphed ARGAONITE (Before and After set) from Bolivia (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
5. Classic RUBY crystals on matrix from Afghanistan (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
6. Rare CERUSSITE with CHALCOTRICHITE inclusions from Tsumeb
7. Gemmy blue WILLEMITE with Malachite and Calcite from Tsumeb
8. Excellent GEMMY AQUAMARINE crystals with Muscovite from Pakistan
9. Classics rare VIVIANITE crystals in a MOLLUSK FOSSIL from Ukraine
10. Rarities include ARTINITE, LIBETHENITE with PSEUDOMALACHITE and GARNIERITE