FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends November 3, 2022

Mixed specimens this week include gem crystals, classic locales, fine display specimens and a selection of assorted piece from our inventory and collections we've purchased such as Dave Bergman, Brian Kosnar, Bill and Anne Cook, Chet Lemanski, Al Kidwell and more!  Look for attractive higher value pieces this week, all starting at $10 reserve bids!

Some of the highlights from this week’s auction include:

1. Wonderful classic LEGRANDITE on matrix from Ojuela Mine, Mexico 
2. Excellent AMBER with MULTIPLE INSECT INCLUSIONS from Dominican Republic
3. Rare green color twinned HYDROXYLHERDERITE on matrix from Pakistan (ex Cook Collection)
4. Attractive spherical AMETHYST ("Grapes") from Indonesia
5. Interestingly yellow colored QUARTZ with "Chlorite" "phantom" from Switzerland  (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
6. Rarely seen and historic AXINITE-Fe specimen from Japan! (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
7. Fine quality RUBY crystal on matrix from Russia
8. Beautiful, gemmy STRONG YELLOW colored BRUCITE from Pakistan
9. Fantastic rare GROUTITE crystals on multi-colored PETRIFIED WOOD from Arizona
10. Rarities include MUSHISTONITE / KESTERITE and BOLTWOODITE 

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Cerussite (large fluorescent crystal)
Mibladen Mining District, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
3.9 x 3.8 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $97
Spherical Amethyst (''grapes'')
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
8.3 x 7.8 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $211
Bournonite with Pyrite on Quartz
Viboras Mine, Machacamarca District, Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosi, Bolivia
7.8 x 5.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Quartz with Pyrite (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Idarado Mine, near Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
5.7 x 3.6 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Legrandite (rare classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
4.2 x 3.6 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $215
Spessartine Garnet with Smoky Quartz and ''Hyalite'' Opal (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
7.7 x 7.2 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $406
Pyrite (attractive modified crystal) (ex Tim Sherburn Collection)
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mts, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
4.1 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $82
Spodumene (heavily etched ''floater'' crystal) with Smoky Quartz
Dara-e-Pech pegmatite field, Dara-e-Pech District, Kunar, Afghanistan
11.0 x 3.4 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Zircon (var: Cyrtolite) (ex Dan Behnke Collection)
MacDonald Mine, Monteagle Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
4.4 x 3.3 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $81
Amethyst with Galena (classic material) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Commodore Mine, Creede, Mineral County, Colorado, USA
8.4 x 6.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $72
Gold on Quartz
Oriental Mine, 16 to 1 Mine, Alleghany, Alleghany Mining District, Sierra County, California, USA
0.6 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Amber with MULTIPLE insect inclusions
Sabana de la Mar (Sabana), Hato Mayor Province, Dominican Republic
3.2 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Clinozoisite (RARE locality specimen)
Cerro San Cristobal, San Vicente de Cañete, Cañete Province, Lima, Peru
4.7 x 4.1 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Ettringite
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
2.7 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $51
Epidote (''fan''-shaped crystals)
Zard Mtn, Ras Koh Mountains, Kharan District, Balochistan Region, Pakistan
3.7 x 3.6 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Spodumene (var: Kunzite) (sharp gemmy crystal)
Nuristan, Afghanistan
3.4 x 2.1 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Almandine (good sized crystal) on schist (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Granatenkogel north slope, Gaisberg valley, Obergurgl, Gurgler valley, Sölden, Imst District, Tyrol, Austria
7.1 x 4.4 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $161
Celestine (fine rare crystals for the locality) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Billie Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District, Inyo Co., California, USA
5.3 x 4.6 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $68
Brucite (excellent rare yellow color)
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan
5.1 x 3.8 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $137
Pyrite (classic material)
Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
7.7 x 6.3 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $161
Spessartine Garnet on Smoky Quartz
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
5.3 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $61
Prehnite (classic material) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Le Bourg-d'Oisans, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
5.7 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $47
Azurite (fine quality crystals) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker District, Jerada Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco
3.3 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Microcline (rare locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Long Hill prospects (Turkey Hill prospects), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
6.3 x 5.7 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $89
Amethyst (classic material)
Piedra Parada, Tatatila Municipality, Veracruz, Mexico
5.7 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Fluorite (classic material)
Naica Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.8 x 4.7 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Quartz (interesting color with ''Chlorite'' ''phantom'') (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Schin Gorge, Thusis, Viamala Region, Grisons, Switzerland
7.3 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $244
Covellite (large crystal group) (ex Lewis and Petersen Collections)
Reynolds Mine, Golconda Tunnel, Summitville, Rio Grande County, Colorado, USA
8.3 x 7.4 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $750
Heulandite (rare pink color) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
7.8 x 5.2 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $131
Titanite with Pyroxene, Fluorapatite and Pyrolusite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Smart Mine, Miller property, Sebastopol Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
7.3 x 6.7 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $131