FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends October 1, 2020

This week's auction is a little unusual because we are throwing into the pot a good group of my “duffelbag material” high-graded out of a quick run through 20,000 pieces of the Lemanski Collection, recently purchased, including several $4000-5000 specimens! Look for plenty of fine quality, beautiful and important mineral specimens from classic and contemporary localities.

1 Important RUBY from Afghanistan

2. Classic old German CERUSSITE

3. Amazing spinel-twinned SILVER

4. Large old WULFENITE from the Glove Mine

 

5. INDICOLITE TOURMALINE and SMOKY QUARTZ from Brazil

 

6. Killer SMITHSONITE from Sardinia

 

7. HISTORIC USA MINERALS – BABINGTONITE & CINNABAR and STIBNITE from California

 

8. important $5000 BRAZILIANITE crystal from the Type Locality (1940 era)

 

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Wulfenite (classic AZ - 1957) Eugene Sensel Coll.
Glove Mine, Cottonwood Canyon, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona
10.7 x 6.5 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $675
Indicolite Tourmalines on Smoky Quartz
Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.8 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $337
Magnetite - superb octahedrons ex Sam Nasser Coll.
Cerro Huanaquino, Potosi, Bolivia
3.6 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Cyclic-twinned Cerussite (rare old classic) - New York State Museum
Friedrichssegen Mine, Bad Ems, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
4.7 x 2.9 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $227
Quartz ps. After Gypsum (Nebraska!) Wouter van Tichelen Coll.
Crawford, Dawes Co., Nebraska
10.5 x 8.3 x 7.0 cm
Winning Bid: $139
Smoky Quartz - Morion Style (Chet Lemanski Coll.)
Recruta Farm, Anage, Bahia, Brazil
8.5 x 8.4 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $149
Fluorapatite (Chet Lemanski Coll.)
Ipira complex, Bahia, Brazil
4.4 x 3.9 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $41
Smithsonite (superb classic) Chet Lemanski Coll.
Masua Mine, Iglesias, South Sardinia Prov., Sardinia, Italy
9.6 x 6.5 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $485
fine polished Malachite "eye" slab from Bisbee (circa 1968)
Holbrook Ext., Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
12.1 x 7.1 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Stibnite (California) - Chet Lemanski Collection
McLaughlin Mine, Knoxville, Napa Co., California
5.8 x 4.5 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $103
Color-zoned Fluorite (fluorescent) Bob Nowakowski Coll.
Dundas Quarry, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
3.7 x 3.6 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $115
Fluoro-richterite (NY State Museum specimen)
Earle's Farm, Wilberforce, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
9.0 x 4.8 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Howlite polished nodule (old classic from California!)
Lang Mine, Tick Canyon, Lang, Los Angeles Co., California
5.9 x 5.3 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Uvarovite Garnet (Type Locality in 1800s) Chet Lemanski Coll.
Saranovskii Mine, Gornozavodskii Dist., Perm Krai, Russia
8.4 x 4.6 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $191
polished historic Cinnabar slab (rare !) Chet Lemanski Coll.
New Idria, San Benito County, California
7.0 x 4.0 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Baryte (classic Colorado) Chet Lemamski Coll.
Stoneham, Weld County, Colorado
5.2 x 2.7 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Schorl & Quartz (RARE Maine locale) Chet Lemanski Coll.
A.C. Perham Quarry, West Paris, Oxford Co., Maine
6.1 x 4.1 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Smithsonite (classic AZ) Chet Lemanski Coll.
79 Mine, Hayden area, Gila County, Arizona
2.8 x 2.5 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $61
Celestine (superb Texas!) ex Joe Lobell Coll.
Glenrose Fm., Lampasas Co., Texas
8.0 x 5.5 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Babingtonite, Prehnite - rare USA locale! (Chet Lemanski Coll.)
Lane's Quarry, Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts
11.7 x 6.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $141
Meyerhofferite ps. After Inyoite (Type Locality)
Monte Blanco Mine, Inyo Co., California
3.8 x 3.6 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $125
Pyrite octahedrons (classic locale) Chet Lemanski Coll.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Bolognesi Prov., Ancash, Peru
6.2 x 5.4 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Chromium rich Diopside (Chet Lemanski Coll.)
Aracuai, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.2 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Rhodonite & Galena (classic locale) Chet Lemanski Coll.
South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
7.6 x 6.0 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $109
large Tiger's Eye (892 grams) Chet Lemanski Coll.
Northern Cape, South Africa
15.6 x 6.7 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Zinnwaldite (Mica Group) Chet Lemanski Coll.
Ze Pinto prospect, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
13.1 x 10.0 x 8.4 cm
Winning Bid: $96
Hauyne var. Lazurite (Type Locality) Chet Lemanski Coll.
Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
6.5 x 6.2 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $142
Rose Quartz (classic locale) Chet Lemanski Coll.
Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.8 x 5.5 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $181
Scheelite (Russia - fluorescent) Chet Lemanski Coll.
Tenkergin Mine, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia
5.5 x 3.9 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $70
California Kunzite crystal ex Chet Lemanski Coll.
Pala Mining District, San Diego Co., California
5.4 x 3.0 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $115