FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends November 18, 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 like, Bob Reynolds, Chet Lemanski and Al Kidwell and Rich Kosnar. 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. Rarely seen COPPER specimen from Cashin Mine in Colorado (ex Richard A. Collection) 2. Attractive "dual scepter" SMOKY QUARTZ specimen from South Africa 3. Unusual and unique PYRITE CONCRETION from China 4. RARE WULFENIE specimen from Příbram, Czech Republic 5. Excellent twinned LAZULITE crystal from Graves Mt, Georgia (ex Chet Lemanski Collection) 6. Fine quality gemmy SULFUR crystals from Maybee, Michigan (ex Dan Behnke Collection) 7. Hard to find PLANERITE specimen from Buckeye Mountain, Arkansas (ex Al Kidwell Collection) 8. Beautiful RED CHROMIUM-BEARING WULFENITE from Chile (ex Bob Reynolds Collection) 9. Attractive "floater" CORUNDUM crystal group from Soutpansberg Range, South Africa 10. Rarities include HEWETTITE, NATIVE TITANIUM with YARLONGITE, MISERITE and HUMMERITE
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Gadolinite-(Y) (rare matrix crystal)
Frikstad, Iveland, Agder, Norway
6.7 x 5.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Geode with Sphalerite and Quartz (ex Richard Kosnar Collection)
Hamilton, Hancock County, Illinois, USA
7.4 x 6.9 x 2.6 cm and 7.3 x 6.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $197
Lepidolite
Morro Redondo Mine, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.9 x 3.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $265
Copper with Azurite and Malachite (ex Richard Kosnar Collection)
Cashin Mine, La Sal District, Montrose County, Colorado, USA
5.7 x 5.2 x 0.3 c
Winning Bid: $220
Raspberry Grossular Garnet
Sierra de la Cruz, Mun. de Sierra Mojada, Coahuila, Mexico
4.7 x 3.1 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Hematite pseudomorph after Magnetite
Payun Volcano, Altiplano de Payun Matru, Malargue Department, Mendoza, Argentina
5.7 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Fluorite with Celestine (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Tule Mine, Melchor Múzquiz, Mun. de Melchor Múzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico
8.0 x 7.8 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Malachite with Cerussite (old classic) (ex Kidwell and McLaughlin Collections)
Brown's Prospect, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, Australia
5.3 x 4.1 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Rhodochrosite with Sphalerite (ex Richard Kosnar Collection)
Sunnyside Mine, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, Eureka District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
6.2 x 4.4 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $117
Spessartine Garnet (recent find)
Garnet Hill, Ely, Robinson District, White Pine County, Nevada
5.2 x 5.2 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Hübnerite (rare locality specimen) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Zanett Tunnel, Grizzly Bear Mine, Ouray Amphitheater, Bear Creek Canyon, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
7.0 x 6.7 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Muscovite (var: ''Ruby'') (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
North Bay area, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada
9.2 x 6.5 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $162
Microcline (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Crystal Peak area, near Lake George, Teller County, Colorado, USA
8.0 x 5.7 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Azurite (classic material)
Morenci, Shannon Mts, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
7.8 x 6.5 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Sphalerite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Burnett and Harvard University Collections)
Wolftone Mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, USA
8.7 x 6.6 x 5.9 cm
Winning Bid: $199
Prehnite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
3.7 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $101
Imperial Topaz (4 crystal set)
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.7 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm to 1.0 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Monazite-(Ce) (color change ''butterfly''-twinned crystals)
Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bustillos Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.7 x 4.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Andradite Garnet
Karlsguvan, Uppsala County, Sweden
5.0 x 4.8 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Serpentine Carving, Duck (16.81 grams)
Peru
3.7 x 2.9 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Goethite (classic locality) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Oreland, Springfield Township, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania, USA
7.7 x 5.6 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Grossular Garnet
Chihuahua, Mexico
5.2 x 5.1 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Pyrite (classic material) (ex Burnett and Harvard University Collections)
Carlton Talc Mine, Chester, Windsor County, Vermont, USA
10.1 x 6.3 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $261
Sulfur (good quality) with Calcite (ex Dan Behnke Collection)
Maybee Quarry, Maybee, Monroe Co., Michigan, USA
5.3 x 3.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Orthoclase with Smoky Quartz and Epidote (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Riverside Co., California, USA
6.3 x 4.5 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Wulfenite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Apex Mine, San Carlos, Manuel Benavides Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.5 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Bornite on Dolomite (rare locality) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Thomas Münzer shaft, Copper slate deposits, Sangerhausen, Mansfeld-Südharz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
7.4 x 4.5 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Hummerite (very rare) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Hummer Mine, Paradox Valley, Uravan Mining District, Montrose County, Colorado, USA (Type Locality)
5.7 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Silver
Batopilas, Andres del Rio District, Batopilas Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
3.3 x 2.9 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Mimetite with Calcite (rare color and habit for the locality) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
San Pedro Corralitos, Casas Grandes Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.7 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $120