FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends October 6, 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. Attractive AZURITE with MALACHITE from the Milpillas Mine, Mexico 2. Rare IRISH Calcite specimen from the collection of Tim Sherburn 3. Excellent matrix GALENA specimen from the Sweetwater Mine, Missouri 4. Fine quality ANDORITE crystal group from the San Jose Mine, Bolivia 5. Beautiful spherical AMETHYST ("Grapes") from Indonesia 6. Unique, historic synthetic QUARTZ crystal from Bell Laboratories 7. Mica / Sericite pseudomorph after Cordierite-Indialite (''Cherry Blossom'') from Japan 8. Wonderful SHATTUCKITE specimen from the Tantara Mine, DR Congo 9. Rich green colored FLUORITE with Muscovite on Feldspar from Erongo, Namibia 10. Rarities include NICKELSKUTTERUDITE, and RAMSDELLITE and CYLINDRITE
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Galena with Chalcopyrite on Dolomite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA
6.7 x 6.2 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Calcite (slight lavender color with Marcasite ''phantom'') (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Picher Field, Kansas/Oklahoma, USA
7.7 x 6.2 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Fluorite (rich color)
TG (T&G) Prospect, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
2.7 x 2.4 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Vivianite in Fossil Clam Shell
Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
6.4 x 4.4 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Dioptase (uncommon locality)
Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
5.7 x 4.7 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $49
Calcite (RARE Irish locality!) (ex Tim Sherburn Collection)
Navan Mine (Tara Mine), Navan (An Uaimh), Meath County, Leinster, Ireland
9.0 x 7.2 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $298
Ruby on marble
Jagdalak (Jagdalek) Ruby Mine, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
3.5 x 2.3 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $149
Mica / Sericite pseudomorph after Cordierite-Indialite (''Cherry Blossom'')
Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture, Kinki Region, Honshu Island, Japan
0.6 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Fluorite (gemmy modified crystals) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.5 x 4.8 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $51
Muscovite with RARE Garnet inclusion
Deer Park Mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
9.5 x 9.3 x 0.1 cm
Winning Bid: $61
Ramsdellite (classic material)
Lake Valley District, Sierra County, New Mexico (Type Locality)
7.8 x 6.7 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $99
Serandite with Analcime (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry) Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
3.8 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $149
Spinel (excellent crystal group) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Katukubura Hills, Kolonne, Embilipitiya, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
6.3 x 5.0 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Quartz (Ticino / Tessin Habit) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Mother Cline Mine, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
6.3 x 5.7 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $116
Fluorite (rich color)
Nancy Hanks Mine, Unaweep Canyon, Unaweep District, Mesa County, Colorado
4.2 x 3.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Serpentine Carving, Turtle
Peru
7.8 x 4.6 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Aragonite
La Pesquera, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
3.2 x 2.0 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $36
Kornerupine (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Mt Riddock Station, Harts Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
4.6 x 3.2 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $83
Galena (RARE locality specimen) (ex Phillips and Rose Collections)
Tayahua Mine, Mazapil, Mazapil Mun., Zacatecas, Mexico
6.3 x 4.7 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $201
Pectolite (rare pink color) (ex Gerry Morvell Collection)
Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
5.7 x 4.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $97
Calcite (manganese-bearing)
Trepča Stari Trg Mine, Trepča complex, Trepča valley, Mitrovica, Mitrovica District, Kosovo
5.8 x 4.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Mimetite (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.7 x 4.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $268
Danburite
Charcas, Charcas Municipality, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
5.1 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Smithsonite (interesting form) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
10.7 x 6.1 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Rhodochrosite (ex Dr. William Logan Collection)
Mountain Monarch Mine, Upper Uncompahgre River, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
6.3 x 4.6 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $112
Tourmaline (''cat's eye'' crystals) (ex Gerry Morvell Collection)
Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
5.3 x 4.9 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Sphalerite (interesting crystallization)
Elmwood Mine, Smith County, Tennessee, USA
9.1 x 5.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $68
Nickelskutterudite (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
6.0 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $52
Aurichalcite with Rosasite (ex Pecha Collection)
Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
6.3 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Synthetic Quartz (ex Bell Telephone Laboratories)
New Jersey, USA
8.6 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $365