FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends October 20, 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. Large doubly-terminated SMOKY QUARTZ with RUTILE inclusions (ex Brian Kosnar Collection) 2. Beautiful hot pink COBALT-BEARING CALCITE from Morocco 3. Gorgeous CALCITE and QUARTZ with HEDENBERGITE inclusions from China (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection) 4. Rarely seen sherry colored TOPAZ with GREEN FLUORITE inclusion from Pakistan 5. Wonderful GEMMY RED GARNET on matrix from the Red Embers Mine, Massachusetts 6. Gemmy, multi-colored TOURMALINE from Brazil (ex Rich Kosnar Collection 7. Unique "blue core" FLUORAPATITE on TOURMALINE from Brazil 8. Interesting spiral-shaped SEA TURTLE COPROLITE fossil 9. Classic GEMMY twinned FLUORITE cubes from the Rogerley Mine, England 10. Rarities include LORANDITE, TETRAFERRIPHLOGOPITE, PINNOITE and HOPEITE
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Red Zircon
Astor, Astor Valley, Astore District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.7 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $141
Amethyst (''Cactus'' Amethyst)
Boekenhoutshoek area (Boekenhouthoek), Mkobola district, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
7.2 x 5.1 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Smoky Quartz (near ''floater'' specimen) included with Rutile (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
11.8 x 10.6 x 5.9 cm
Winning Bid: $240
Calcite (GEM crystal - rare for the locality) (ex Arnaud Collection, et al.)
Joplin Field, Jasper County, Missouri, USA
9.0 x 8.3 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $173
Tourmaline (multi-color) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Barra do Salinas District, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.7 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Sphalerite (''Spinel'' twins) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Huarón Mine, Huarón Mining District, Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peru
8.7 x 5.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Calcite (cobalt-bearing)
Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
9.5 x 5.1 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Quartz and Calcite included with Hedenbergite (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
8.3 x 6.1 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Prehnite (excellent crystallization) with Tanzanite
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
6.4 x 5.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $129
Copper included in Calcite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Keweenaw Peninsula, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA
3.7 x 3.1 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $72
Topaz with RARE Green Fluorite inclusion
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
2.8 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $321
Fluorite with Rhodochrosite, etc. (Mined 1978) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Sweet Home Mine, Mt. Bross, near Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
3.3 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Baryte coated by Quartz
Sugarbowl Pocket, Zone 4 - Level 175, Murray Mine, Independence Mountains District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
4.3 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Spessartine Garnet
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian, China
3.2 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Calcite on Sphalerite (ex David Burgess Collection)
Joplin Field, Jasper County, Missouri, USA
11.8 x 10.3 x 9.7 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Lorándite (rare and fine quality) (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Allchar, Rožden, Kavadarci Municipality, North Macedonia (Type Locality)
3.7 x 3.2 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $137
Grossular Garnet (rare locality specimen) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Pine Creek Mine, Scheelite, Bishop Mining District, Inyo County, California, USA
7.3 x 7.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $106
Bournonite (''cogwheel'')
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan, China
6.0 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $33
Fluorapatite included with ''Byssolite''
Ganadao, Warsak Intrusions, Mohmand District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
2.0 x 1.7 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Pyrite on Hematite (classic material) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
8.5 x 5.7 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Tetraferriphlogopite (RARE Mica species) (ex Colin Manlove Collection)
Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine (Iron Mine), Kovdor Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia (Type Locality)
8.5 x 6.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $301
Spinel (classic locality) (ex Gerry Morvell Collection)
Amity, Town of Warwick, Orange County, New York, USA
4.3 x 3.5 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Hopeite (ex Petersen Collection)
Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe, Kabwe District, Central Province, Zambia
6.3 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $335
Sea Turtle Coprolite Fossil (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Madagascar
12.4 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $175
Wulfenite (classic material) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Stefanie Mine, Bad Bleiberg, Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria
6.2 x 6.1 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $98
Pyrope-Almandine Garnet (GEMMY red crystals) on Graphite
Red Embers Mine, Erving, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
9.7 x 7.3 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $230
Cancrinite (rare pink color) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Nephton Quarry, Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada
7.7 x 5.7 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $10
Natrolite (large excellent gemmy crystal) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Chimney Rock Quarry, Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
10.5 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $725
Torbernite (historic material) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
6.3 x 5.4 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $175
Hübnerite (rare locality specimen)
Ruby Mine, Galena Mountain, Howardsville, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
7.3 x 5.7 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $195