FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends October 27, 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. Hard to find RHODOCHROSITE from the Moose Mine in Gilpin County, Colorado (ex Dr. Bill Logan Collection) 2. Excellent old classic AZURITE specimen from the Czar Mine, Bisbee, Arizona (ex Dick Hauck Collection) 3. Beautiful emerald green DIOPTASE on PLANCHEITE/SHATTUCKITE from Rep. of Congo 4. Attractive gemmy QUARTZ / AMETHYST "reverse" scepter crystal from Madagascar 5. Wonderful reticulated "snowflake"-twinned CERUSSITE from Tiger, Arizona (ex Bob Reynolds Collection) 6. GEM QUALITY AQUAMARINE crystal from Brazil (ex Rich Kosnar Collection) 7. Fine classic twinned ADULARIA with "Chlorite" from Austria 8. Eye-catching YELLOW SMITHSONITE (cadmium-bearing) from China 9. Classic rich blue LINARITE on matrix from the Reward Mine, California (ex Bob Reynolds Collection) 10. Rarities include EZCURRITE, ARSENDESCLOIZITE, ANDORITE, MENDIPITE, WAGNERITE and MURMANITE
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Rhodochrosite (rare locale) (ex Dr. William Logan Collection)
Moose Mine, Russel Gulch, Gilpin County, Colorado, USA
3.7 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Fluorapatite (ex Leigh Price Collection)
Yates Mine, Otter Lake, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada
5.3 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Orthoceras Fossil
Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco
17.5 x 11.6 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Azurite (superb old classic) (ex Dick Hauck Collection)
Czar Mine (Czar Shaft), Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Warren District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
2.6 x 2.3 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $330
Dioptase on Plancheite / Shattuckite
Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo
3.3 x 2.9 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Hemimorphite (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
10.1 x 7.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $71
Quartz / Amethyst (''reverse'' scepter)
Marovoalavo Mine, Andilamena Quartz Quarries, Andranotokana Massif, Andilamena, Alaotra-Mangoro, Madagascar
4.2 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Epidote (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Tormiq, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.3 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Fluorite (unusual tabular habit) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Bethel Level, Annabel Lee Mine, Harris Creek Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
3.6 x 2.0 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $43
Gahnite (rare locality) (ex Gerry Morvell Collection)
Trotter Mine (Dump), Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
4.4 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Spessartine Garnet with Smoky Quartz
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian, China
6.1 x 4.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Arsendescloizite (rare)
San Juditas Level, Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico
5.2 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $140
K-Feldspar (var: Adularia) (twin) with ''Chlorite'' (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Knorr Glacier, Gschlöss Valley, Tauern Valley, East Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
5.7 x 4.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $20
Sphalerite with Calcite
Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.1 x 3.9 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Pink Chalcedony (fluorescent)
South of Deming, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
5.6 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Arsenopyrite
Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
4.7 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $31
Mimetite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Pingtouling Mine, Liannan Co., Qingyuan Prefecture, Guangdong, China
8.6 x 7.7 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Cerussite (excellent reticulated twins) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony Deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
5.4 x 5.2 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Azurite in Granite (''K2 stone'' ''Ketonite'')
Foothills of K2 Mountain, on the border between Gilgit–Baltistan northern Pakistan and the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang, China
3.6 x 3.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Pink Quartz (different from Rose Quartz)
Choique Mine, Pehuenches Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina
4.2 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $209
Linarite (classic material) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Reward Mine, Reward, Russ District, Inyo Mts, Inyo County, California
6.7 x 4.3 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Feldspar (RARE Scottish locality!) (ex Tim Sherburn Collection)
Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK
4.6 x 3.2 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $89
Quartz (var: "Sternquarz" / Star Quartz) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Johannes Mine, Göpfersgrün, Wunsiedel, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
8.8 x 5.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $125
Smithsonite (beautiful color) (Cadmium-bearing)
Wenshan, Yunnan, China
11.0 x 6.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $136
Psilomelane (rare locality specimen) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Clarashall Mine, Ruschberg, Baumholder, Birkenfeld District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
7.4 x 5.1 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $209
Fluorite (unique ''curved'' crystals) on Quartz
De'an Fluorite Mine, Wushan, De'an Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China
5.7 x 4.1 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $211
Analcime (good sized crystal) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Chimney Rock Quarry, Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
4.6 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Crocoite (classic material)
Red Lead Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
3.1 x 0.7 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Aegirine with doubly-terminated Smoky Quartz (ex Obodda)
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Malawi
9.1 x 1.7 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Ajoite (ex Dr. Vasco Trancoso Collection)
New Cornelia Mine (Ajo Mine), Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA (Type Locality)
5.3 x 4.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $71