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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Sulfur (rare locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
La Pepa Mine, Punta Brava District, Tres Puentes, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
9.7 x 7.3 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $113
Cylindrite (very rare) (ex Dr. Vasco Trancoso Collection)
Poopó, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia
5.3 x 4.0 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $67
Peridot (multi-crystal group)
Sapat Gali, Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
3.6 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Grossular Garnet (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Sierra de Cruces, Sierra Mojada Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico
5.4 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Variscite (fine color)
Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil
4.2 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Staurolite with Garnet (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Hondo Canyon, Picuris District, Taos County, New Mexico, USA
7.6 x 5.5 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Azurite (excellent ''floater'' ''rosette'')
Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
2.6 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Goethite (classic material)
Serra da Mina Mine, Cercal do Alentejo, Santiago do Cacém, Setúbal, Portugal
11.1 x 8.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $125
Calcite
Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
5.7 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $172
Topaz (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
2.4 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Corundum (rare locality) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Gallatin County, Montana, USA
4.5 x 4.2 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $145
Fluorapatite (rare locality)
Aravakurichi, Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India
3.2 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Spherical Amethyst (''Grapes'')
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
8.8 x 5.1 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Copper
Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USA
3.6 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $167
Marcasite pseudomorph after Pyrrhotite (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi, Bolivia
4.3 x 3.7 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $46
Prehnite (classic material) (ex Gerry Morvell Collection)
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
7.2 x 7.0 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $125
Silver (found in 1850!) (ex Colin Manlove Collection)
Himmelsfürst Fundgrube Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
7.3 x 6.9 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $541
Titanite (twin) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Capelinha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.6 x 2.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $195
Andorite (fine quality crystals)
San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
4.1 x 3.1 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $157
Azurite (rare Spanish locality) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
La Estrella mine (La Platilla mine), Pardos deposit, Pardos, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
7.7 x 5.6 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $137
Baryte (classic material) (ex Colin Manlove Collection)
Frizington, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
8.3 x 5.8 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $192
Vanadinite (excellent crystals)
ACF Mine, Mibladen, Aït Oufella Caïdat, Midelt Cercle, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
6.7 x 4.4 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $225
Shattuckite (good quality)
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo
7.8 x 6.3 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $225
Heulandite with Celadonite inclusions (''floater'' specimen)
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
6.5 x 4.6 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Fluorite (rich color) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Erongo Mountains, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
5.3 x 4.6 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $166
Wulfenite
Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos, Mun. de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.3 x 2.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $232
Tremolite (large crystal section) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
near Perth, Ontario, Canada
10.1 x 7.3 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Hemimorphite on Goethite/Limonite stalactites
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
7.7 x 6.1 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $1,999
Kunzite (doubly-terminated)
Nuristan, Afghanistan
7.1 x 4.6 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $350