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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Diopside (rare locality specimen) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Yates Mine, Otter Lake, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada
7.1 x 3.8 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Celestine (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Ottawa Silica Company Quarry (Rockwood Quarry), Rockwood, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
9.2 x 5.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Tourmaline (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.7 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $375
Grossular Garnet (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Chihuahua, Mexico
6.0 x 3.9 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $390
Fluorite (''floater'' specimen) (ex Ross Lillie Collection)
Bethel Level, Minerva #1 Mine, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
4.7 x 3.0 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $272
Spodumene (heavily etched ''floater'' crystal)
Dara-e-Pech pegmatite field, Dara-e-Pech District, Kunar, Afghanistan
6.5 x 3.2 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $148
Mimetite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Pingtouling Mine, Liannan Co., Qingyuan Prefecture, Guangdong, China
13.5 x 6.3 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Siderite (ex Lee Burnett Collection)
Eagle Mine, near Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado, USA
9.2 x 6.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $122
Muscovite (var: Alurgite) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Itamarandiba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.6 x 5.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Fluorite (two generations)
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
6.8 x 6.7 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Azurite (''sun'')
Malbunka Copper Mine, Areyonga, Gardiner Range, MacDonnell Region, Northern Territory, Australia
3.1 x 3.1 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Rutile with Hematite
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
2.5 x 2.3 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $215
Wulfenite coated by drusy Quartz (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Finch Mine (Barking Spider Mine), Banner District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
6.3 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $270
Cuprite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
12.3 x 7.4 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $221
Willemite with Calcite and Malachite (ex Gerry Morvell Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
7.3 x 5.7 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $255
Copper (rare locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Hancock Mine, Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
5.3 x 4.4 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $255
Epidote (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Calumet Iron Mine, Turret District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
9.7 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Ruby on marble (ex Dr. Stephen Small Collection)
Jagdalak (Jagdalek) Ruby Mine, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
6.2 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $230
Galena (ex Lee Burnett Collection)
Tri-State District, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA
6.6 x 5.0 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Flying Insect Fossil
Florissant Formation, Teller County, Colorado, USA
3.1 x 2.7 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $67
Cerussite included with Cuprite (var: Chalcotrichite) (RARE locality specimen)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
1.7 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $36
Goethite (great quality) with ''Onegite'' (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
C. G. Coil Claim on Yucca Hill, Steven's Ranch, near Lake George, Park County, Colorado, USA
8.7 x 5.1 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Libethenite with Pseudomalachite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Mindola Pit, Nkana Mine (Rokana Mine), Kitwe, Kitwe District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
3.6 x 2.6 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $101
Cavansite with Stilbite (ex Angela Kosnar Collection)
Wagholi, Pune (Poona) District, Maharashtra, India
5.2 x 3.7 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $500
Mimetite (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Aquiles Serdan, West Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.2 x 3.7 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $72
Creedite (classic material)
Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico
3.3 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $215
Malachite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Slater Mine, Eminence, Shannon County, Missouri, USA
4.7 x 4.2 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Schorl (rare classic locality specimen)
Crabtree Mine, Spruce Pine, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA
5.2 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Scapolite (good color)
Dara-e-Pech pegmatite field, Dara-e-Pech District, Kunar, Afghanistan
2.3 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Spessartine Garnet (gemmy ''floater'' crystal)
Nani Hill, Loliondo, Ngorongoro District, Arusha Region, Tanzania
1.7 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $280