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
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Tourmaline (doubly-terminated) with Quartz (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California, USA
3.6 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $330
Gold
813 pit, Alta Gold Mine, Olinghouse Mining District, Pah Rah Range, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
4.6 x 3.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Aragonite PLUS Copper pseudomorph after Aragonite (two piece before and after set) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Dept., Bolivia
1.9 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm and 1.8 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Amethyst (GEMMY scepter crystal)
Purple Hope No. 4 claim, Green Ridge, King County, Washington, USA
4.2 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Chalcopyrite on Quartz
Cavnic Mine, Cavnic, Maramureș, Romania
7.5 x 4.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $355
Shattuckite on Quartz (ex Charlie Key Collection)
Otjikotu, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
3.7 x 3.0 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $605
Scapolite (var: Wernerite) (historic specimen) (ex Gerry Morvell Collection, et al.)
Pyrites, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
8.6 x 6.7 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $348
Fluorite (rare locality specimen) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Watson Mountain Prospect, Gila Fluorspar Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
9.7 x 8.2 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $395
Wire Silver
Beaverdell, Greenwood Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
1.2 x 0.7 x 0.2 cm
Winning Bid: $92
Quartz coated by Manganese Oxides
Diamond Hill Quartz Mine, Antreville, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
12.7 x 6.8 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Brucite (attractive color)
Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan
11.1 x 8.5 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Vivianite in Fossil Clam Shell
Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
5.8 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $314
Turquoise (new find!)
Java, Indonesia
2.8 x 2.0 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Descloizite (classic material)
Berg Aukus, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
5.2 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Vanadinite (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
4.1 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $266
Artinite (great quality) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Artinite Pit, Picacho Peak, New Idria Mining District, San Benito County, California, USA
6.2 x 4.6 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $131
Allophane (fine color) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Kelly Mine, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
5.3 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $166
Siderite (var: Sphaerosiderite) (rare style)
Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA
8.1 x 5.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $61
Quartz with Fluorite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Treasury Mountain, Rock Creek, Elk Mountains, 5 miles SE of Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
16.6 x 9.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $387
Spessartine Garnet
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
4.3 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $275
Limonite pseudomorph after Pyrite (rare locality specimen)
Glendon Mining District, Moore Co., North Carolina, USA
3.5 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $76
Opal-AN (Hyalite Opal) (''Blood Vessel Opal'') (fluorescent)
Étienne Mine, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
4.4 x 4.3 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Beryl (var: Aquamarine) (ex Allen Heyl Collection)
Middlesex County, Connecticut
5.7 x 3.2 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Barite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Eagle Mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado
8.7 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $230
Fluorite (ex Lewis, Phillips and Rose Collections)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee, USA
9.7 x 5.1 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $211
Calcite crystals on Dolomite over Calcite
San Juan de Rayas Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
6.7 x 4.1 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $333
Beryl (var: Aquamarine) (GEMMY crystals) with Muscovite
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
8.3 x 5.9 x 4.7
Winning Bid: $680
Garnierite (old classic material)
New Caledonia, France (Type Locality)
8.2 x 5.2 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $201
Bournonite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Sadlovský Vein, Rožňava Mine (Nadabula), Rožňava, Rožňava District, Košice Region, Slovakia
7.5 x 5.4 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $270
Hydroxylherderite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Golconda pegmatite field, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.3 x 3.2 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $80