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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Gyrolite (large spheres) with Okenite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Pune (Poona) District, Maharashtra, India
7.6 x 6.2 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Cyanotrichite on Brochantite (classic material) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Grandview Mine, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
6.2 x 5.7 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $128
Miserite (very rare) (fluorescent) (ex Henry de Linde Collection)
North Wilson Pit, Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs, Garland County, Arkansas (Type Locality)
7.9 x 7.8 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $107
Hydroxylherderite (twin) (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Golconda Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.3 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $125
Aquamarine (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.1 x 2.7 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Wulfenite (var: Chromium-bearing) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Santa Ana Mine (Chapacase Mine), Tocopilla, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta, Chile
11.7 x 8.3 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $112
Fluorite (rare locality)
Taourirt Mine, Taourirt Complex, Taourirt Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
4.4 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Spessartine Garnet with Smoky Quartz
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
4.3 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $265
Hewettite (very rare) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Gold Quarry Mine, Maggie Creek Trend, C Eureka Co., Nevada, USA
6.7 x 3.1 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $122
Fluorite with Stannite, Quartz and Pyrite
Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan, China
10.3 x 8.3 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $125
Calcite with Duftite and Malachite (ex Uli Bahmann Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
7.2 x 4.5 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Wulfenite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Příbram District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
4.5 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Calcite (rare ''cast'' specimen)
Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
5.2 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $64
Quartz (RARE locality specimen) (ex Henry de Linde Collection)
Monte Cristo Mine (''Monte Christo'' Mine), Rush, Rush Creek Mining District, Marion County, Arkansas, USA
14.8 x 11.6 x 6.4 cm
Winning Bid: $143
Hematite (fine quality crystal) (classic material)
Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
2.8 x 2.7 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Grossular Garnet with Epidote (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Coyote Range (Coyote Front Range), Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo County, California, USA
9.3 x 7.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $191
Tourmaline with Quartz on Albite (ex Burnett Collection)
Little Three Mine, Ramona, San Diego County, California, USA
9.2 x 7.3 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $626
Native Titanium with Yarlongite (incredibly rare!) (ex Bill Wilson Collection)
Luobusha Ophiolite, Qusum Co., Shannan Prefecture, Tibet, China
5-8 mm (approx. each)
Winning Bid: $530
Pyrite Concretion
Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
8.8 x 5.3 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $127
Andradite Garnet (var: Demantoid)
Antetezambato, near the town of Nosy Faly, Ambanja District, Diana Region, Antsiranana Province, Madagascar
5.8 x 3.1 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Corundum (''floater'' group) (ex Richard Hauck Collection)
Soutpansberg Range, Vhembe District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
4.4 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Dioptase (2019 find)
Mpita Mine, Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
4.6 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Planerite (rare locality specimen) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Buckeye Mountain, Polk Co., Arkansas, USA
8.2 x 6.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $71
Spherical Amethyst
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
7.2 x 5.3 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $300
Lazulite (excellent twinned crystal) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA
3.1 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $175
Olmiite (rare) (ex Rock Currier Collection)
N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
4.4 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Datolite (old classic) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Charcas, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
6.0 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Smoky Quartz (dual scepter specimen)
Steinkopf, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa
5.1 x 3.6 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Pyromorphite (classic material) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
5.7 x 4.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $258