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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Fluorapatite (blue ''core'') on Tourmaline
Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.7 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Fluorite (classic gemmy twinned crystals) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Frosterley, Weardale, County Durham, England, UK
7.2 x 5.7 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $409
Trona (gemmy crystals)
Owens Lake, Olancha, Owens Valley, Inyo County, California, USA
7.6 x 6.7 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Prehnite with Apophyllite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Lane & Son Trap rock Quarries, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
7.7 x 5.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Pinnoite (rare borate species)
Inder B deposit and salt dome, Inder, Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan
5.3 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $117
Fluorapatite (rich color) on Quartz
Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
8.1 x 5.3 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $53
Smithsonite (classic material)
San Antonio Mine, East Camp, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.1 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $76
Wulfenite with Descloizite
Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mts, Ahumada Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
3.4 x 2.4 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Epidote (fine crystal group) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Hashupa Epidote Locality, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
6.0 x 4.1 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Beryl (var: Aquamarine) with Muscovite on Albite
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
8.3 x 5.4 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $369
Fluorite (gemmy crystals)
Moscona Mine, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
9.7 x 7.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $141
Calcite on Arsenopyrite
Trepča Stari Trg Mine, Trepča complex, Trepča valley, Mitrovica, Mitrovica District, Kosovo
5.4 x 5.4 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Brochantite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Mex-Tex Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
11.3 x 7.7 x 6.9 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Dolomite ''cast'' after Calcite (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
6.2 x 4.5 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Fluorite (classic material) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Tule Mine, Melchor Múzquiz, Múzquiz Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico
6.3 x 5.4 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $309