FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends November 4, 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 over the last year or so like Dave Bergman, Bob Reynolds, Chet Lemanski and Al Kidwell. 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 purple and green VIVIANITE from Idaho (ex Richard Kosnar Collection) 2. Interesting DIOPSIDE and EPIDOTE dual "Faden" specimen from Pakistan 3. Attractive GOLD specimen from rare California locale (ex Dave Bergman Collection) 4. Wonderful gemmy AMBER with interesting inclusions from Germany 5. Rare RHODOCHROSITE from the Czech Republic (ex Bill Logan Collection) 6. Hard to find HEULADNITE specimen from Connecticut (ex Chet Lemanski Collection) 7. Elusive ANHDYRITE crystal from Algeria (ex Chet Lemanski Collection) 8. RARE CRYOLITE rough and cut set from Greenland 9. Excellent historic ANALCIME specimen from the type locality! 10. Rarities include MASUTOMILITE, NICKELINE and FRANCKEITE with WURTZITE
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Gold with Hematite (rare locality) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Alvord Mine, Alvord Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA
8.3 x 5.8 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $369
Cavansite (ex Angela Kosnar Collection)
Wagholi, Pune District, Maharashtra, India
5.9 x 5.4 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Goethite (great quality) with ''Onegite''
Dreamtime Mine, Crystal Peak area, Teller County, Colorado
3.3 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Fluorapophyllite-(K) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Lonavala Quarry, Pune District, Maharashtra, India
7.3 x 6.6 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $86
Allophane (new find - beautiful color)
Qinglong Mine, Dachang Sb ore field, Qinglong County, Qianxinan, Guizhou, China
6.3 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Staurolite (incredibly sharp ''cross'' twin) (ex Hauck Collection)
Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA
2.2 x 1.4 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Quartz (''Mango Quartz'')
Cabiche, Quípama Municipality, Boyacá Department, Colombia
2.4 x 0.8 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Wire Silver on matrix with Quartz (classic material)
Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
3.1 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $109
Conichalcite with Calcite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.7 x 5.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Turquoise pseudomorph after Apatite
Potosi Mountain area, Clark County, Nevada, USA
3.3 x 2.4 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Aragonite
La Pesquera, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
2.8 x 2.3 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Amber with ''Air Dendrites'' and ''Wood Chip'' Inclusions
Velten, Oberhavel District, Brandenburg, Germany
4.8 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Smithsonite (cadmium-bearing) (from IRELAND!)
Sheshodonnell East Mine, Carran, The Burren, Clare County, Munster, Ireland
2.3 x 1.7 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Schorl (doubly-terminated)
Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
10.3 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Brochantite with Gypsum (RARE locality specimen)
Kansas Mine, Aurum District, White Pine County, Nevada, USA
10.8 x 7.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $176
Andalusite (crystallized)
Jenipapo, Itinga, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.6 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $10
Petrified Palm Root with Chalcedony (New Find)
Garut, West Java, Indonesia
42.98 ct ; 27.89 mm
Winning Bid: $20
Malachite in Granite (''K2 stone'' ''Ketonite'')
Foothills of K2 Mountain, on the border between Gilgit–Baltistan northern Pakistan and the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang, China
2.8 x 2.2 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $42
Fluorite included in Quartz
Amborompotsy, Amborompotsy Commune, Ambatofinandrahana, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar
5.2 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $55
Rhodochrosite (ex Dr. William Logan Collection) (rare locality specimen)
Chvaletice, Pardubice District, Pardubice Region, Czech Republic
5.3 x 4.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $159
Topaz (RARE locality) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Bar 'N' Grill Occurrence, Lanfair, Lanfair Valley, San Bernardino County, California, USA
4.3 x 3.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $156
Fluorite (classic gemmy twins)
Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
6.7 x 5.4 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Strontianite (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Hardin County, Illinois
7.6 x 5.6 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Ettringite
N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Northern Cape, South Africa
47 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $365
Nickeline (rare) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Eisleben, Mansfeld Basin, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
3.0 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Fluorite (from Kentucky) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Marion, Crittenden County, Kentucky, USA
6.7 x 4.3 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Analcime (OLD historic specimen from the type locality) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Cyclopean Islands, Aci Trezza, Aci Castello, Etna Volcanic Complex, Catania, Sicily, Italy (Type Locality)
4.3 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $330
Malachite (unusual ''stalactite'' specimen - rare locality)
Tentadora Mine, Huancavelica, Peru
4.0 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Anhydrite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Djebel Melah d'El Outaya, Aures Massif, Djemorah District, Biskra Province, Algeria
4.0 x 3.1 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $115