FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends November 19, 2020

We have a great selection this week featuring plenty of attractive, fine quality, rare and unusual specimens.  Look for new discoveries that we picked up at shows or direct from the source. We also have plenty of great specimens from various collections that we've purchased over the last year or so.  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. Beautiful gemmy green FLUORITE on QUARTZ from South Africa
2. GLOWING yellow BRUCITE on matrix from Pakistan
3. Rarely seen PURPLE ALBITE crystals on matrix from Pakistan
4. Classic "iron rose" HEMATITE on matrix from Switzerland (ex Bill Pinch Collection)
5. GEM QUALITY doubly-terminated AQUAMARINE crystal from Pakistan
6. Large PYROMORPHITE crystals pseudomorphing to PLUMBOGUMMITE from China
7. Rarities include: OLMIITE, RILANDITE, ANDORITE and ARTHURITE
8. RED and BLUE TOURMALINE crystal from the Cruzeiro Mine, Brazil
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Epidote (rare locality)
Kimmeria, Xanthi, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
5.7 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $42
Aquamarine (doubly-terminated GEM crystal)
Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.0 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Celestine (RARE locality specimen) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Ute Pass, Manitou Springs area, El Paso County, Colorado
8.0 x 6.0 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $119
Olmiite (rare - good quality)
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
5.3 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $236
Cave Calcite (2 generations)
Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.7 x 5.0 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $22
Rhodochrosite (classic material)
Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.3 x 0.7 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $261
Jamesonite pseudomorph after Fizelyite (ex Wouter Van Tichelen Collection)
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia (Kisbánya), Baia Mare, Maramures, Romania
9.3 x 6.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $67
Andorite
San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
3.8 x 2.8 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $61
Rhodochrosite on Quartz
Sunnyside Mine, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado
5.7 x 5.0 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $88
Spherical Quartz with Celadonite inclusions
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
6.3 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Mimetite with Wulfenite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
4.7 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $131
Ramsdellite (classic material)
Lake Valley District, Sierra County, New Mexico (Type Locality)
7.0 x 6.4 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $199
Aurichalcite with Smithsonite
79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila County, Arizona
8.4 x 7.3 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $47
Calcite ("Nagelkalk" = "Nail Lime") (Scepter Crystals)
Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic
5.0 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Variscite (fine color) on Chalcedony
Ribeirao Cascalheira, Mato Grosso, Brazil
4.8 x 3.8 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Sphalerite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Commodore Mine, Creede, Mineral County, Colorado
4.3 x 3.9 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $101
Brucite (superb rare color)
Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan
9.3 x 6.7 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Pyrite
Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
4.7 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $33
Austinite
Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Tooele County, Utah
3.4 x 3.0 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $22
Azurite with Malachite
Northwest Extension, Morenci Mine, Copper Mountain District, Greenlee County, Arizona
6.1 x 3.1 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $176
Augelite (rare green color) with Quartz
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion Province, La Libertad Department, Peru
4.7 x 3.9 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $164
Gypsum (var: Selenite) (RARE locality specimen)
Level 6, Camp Bird Mine, above Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado
7.0 x 4.2 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $113
Fluorite on Quartz "casts" after Calcite
La Fluorita Dulcita Claim, Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona
5.4 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $129
Hematite (classic Alpine "iron rose") (ex Bill Pinch Collection)
Bächital (Reckinger Tal), Reckingen, Grafschaft, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
6.5 x 4.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $199
Siderite coating Calcite (rare locality specimen)
Goodfro Mine, south of Ouray, San Juan Mts, Ouray County, Colorado
11.3 x 8.8 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $63
Malachite on Calcite (classic material)
Campbell Shaft, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise County, Arizona
7.4 x 5.3 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $131
Pyrophyllite (rare classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Indian Gulch Mine, Mariposa County, California
6.3 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Fluorite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Mt Antero (14,000 feet elevation), Chaffee County, California
10.3 x 6.7 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Pyrite (rare locality specimen)
Atlas Cement Quarry, Monkey Run, Ralls County, Missouri
7.3 x 6.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $91
Natrolite with Analcime and Aegirine (ex Schlichter Collection)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
5.1 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $60