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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important Brazilianite (Type Locality - circa 1940) Chet Lemanski Coll.
Corrego Frio mine, Linopolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.0 x 3.2 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,560
Graphite on Marble from Franklin (Chet Lemanski Coll.)
Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey
5.8 x 5.1 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $315
DT Sapphire xl (rare style) Chet Lemanski Coll.
Ilmen Mountains, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
4.2 x 3.5 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $88
Fluorapatite (Chet Lemanski Coll.)
Cerro de Mercado Mine, Durango, Durango, Mexico
4.2 x 2.5 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $53
large Erythrite (old classic!) - Chet Lemanski Coll.
Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn District, Queensland, Australia
20.1 x 8.6 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $232
Libethenite
Mindola Pit, Nkana Mine, Kitwe, Zambia
3.8 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Stilbite bowtie with Heulandite
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
10.4 x 8.0 x 7.8 cm
Winning Bid: $167
Malachite ps. After Azurite (Ed David Collection)
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
6.3 x 4.4 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $82
Lepidolite (Chet Lemanski Coll.)
Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.3 x 4.1 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $985
Fluorite ex Dr. S. Moreton Fluorite Coll
Greenlaws Mine, Daddry Shield, Co. Durham, England, UK
11.5 x 10.5 x 8.5 cm
Winning Bid: $430
Amethyst with Hematite inclusions (Chet Lemanski Coll.)
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
7.6 x 6.6 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $209
Pectolite geode pocket ! (classic NJ) Chet Lemanski Coll.
Millington Quarry, Somerset Co., New Jersey
7.7 x 7.0 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $175
fine Ruby xls (fluorescent) Chet Lemanski Coll.
Jegdalek ruby deposit, Surobi District, Kabul, Afghanistan
6.2 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $2,326
"Raspberry" Grossular Garnets (Chet Lemanski Coll.)
Sierra de Cruces, Coahuila, Mexico
14.1 x 9.7 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $720