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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Anhydrite
Naica Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.9 x 1.2 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Silver Bill Mine, Costello Mine Group, Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
5.8 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Colemanite (fine large crystals) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
U.S. Borax open pit, U.S. Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kramer District, Kern County, California
8.3 x 6.7 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $133
Datolite (rare unpolished nodules!) with Copper (ex Dan Behnke Collection)
Caledonia Mine, Mass City, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
4.2 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Calcite (manganese-bearing) (ex Charlie Key)
Kalahari Manganese Field, North Cape, South Africa
5.3 x 4.8 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Heulandite with Galena, Fluorite, et al. (RARE locality) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Thomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
10.3 x 8.0 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Fluor-uvite-Uvite Series (Tourmaline) with Florencite-(Ce) on Quartz
Pomba pit, Serra das Eguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
8.2 x 2.1 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $132
Fluorite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Muela Mine, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
7.3 x 6.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Black Kyanite
Ribeirão da Folha, Minas Novas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.8 x 5.8 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Calcite (rare locality specimen) (ex Burnett Collection)
near La Junta, Otero County, Colorado, USA
13.5 x 11.6 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Masutomilite (RARE Mica species!)
Tanakami-yama, Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan (Type Locality)
3.7 x 2.7 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $125
Hübnerite on interesting Quartz ''cast'' (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion Province, La Libertad Department, Peru
7.8 x 6.3 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Plumbogummite pseudomorphing after Pyromorphite
Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
3.9 x 3.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $215
Diopside and Epidote (dual ''Faden'' group) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Tormiq Valley, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
7.9 x 3.0 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Chalcopyrite (fine crystals) with Galena
Casapalca Mine, Casapalca, Chicla District, Huarochirí Province, Lima, Peru
7.3 x 6.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $425
Cassiterite (excellent cyclic twins)
Viloco Mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
3.2 x 2.2 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Vivianite (beautiful bi-color crystal) (ex Richard Kosnar Collection)
Blackbird Mine, Blackbird mine complex, Blackbird Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
4.0 x 0.9 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $311
Dioptase with Mimetite (beautiful combo!) (2019 find)
Mpita Mine, Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
4.8 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $201
Tourmaline (multicolor crystals) on Albite
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.7 x 4.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $365
Celestine (classic locality) (ex Alex Venzke Collection)
Meckley's Quarry, Mandata, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
12.8 x 9.2 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Dravite Tourmaline
Yinnietharra, Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia
5.7 x 5.5 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Wulfenite on Barite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Rowley Mine, Theba, Painted Rock District, Painted Rock Mts, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
8.3 x 5.0 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $350
Franckeite with Wurtzite (rare combo) (ex Josef Vajdak)
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia (Type Locality for Wurtzite)
7.8 x 5.9 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $125
Zircon (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Astor, Astor Valley, Astore District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.1 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Cryolite (RARE rough and cut set)
Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland
5.3 x 3.2 x 1.1 (specimen) ; 0.66 cts, 6.64 mm x 4.48 mm (stone)
Winning Bid: $306
Cobaltite (classic ''floater'' crystal)
Hakansboda, Lindesberg, Vstmanland, Sweden
1.5 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $379
Aquamarine with Schorl, Albite and Muscovite
Nagar, Northern Areas, Pakistan
3.3 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $875
Vanadinite (var: Arsenic-bearing Vanadinite) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Mibladen, Aït Oufella Caïdat, Midelt Cercle, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
8.7 x 5.2 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $465
Spinel (''floater'' crystal)
Mahenge, Morogoro Region, Tanzania
2.3 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $330