FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends SATURDAY January 2nd, 2021

We have a great selection to start 2021, featuring plenty of attractive, fine quality, classic, contemporary, rare and unusual specimens.  Look for new discoveries that we picked up at shows or direct from the source. We also have plenty of great specimens from various collections that we've purchased over the last year or so.  You might even find the occasional fossil, lapidary or gem item from time to time.   Look here for the not so typical mineral specimens along with plenty of your favorites.  We don't just offer the "standard 20 species", but an eclectic mix of specimens that appeal to everybody!
 
Some of the highlights from this week’s auction include:
 
1. Fantastic MATRIX specimen of IMPERIAL ORANGE TOPAZ from Pakistan
2. Excellent razor-sharp, octahedral CUPRITE crystal on matrix from Arizona    
3. Beautiful bright BLUE HEMIMORPHITE on matrix from Republic of Congo
4. Superb, very rare, fine quality OLMIITE specimen from South Africa
5. Gorgeous glowing green FLUORAPATITE with BYSSOLITE inclusions from Pakistan
6. Wonderful glowing pink MUSHROOM RUBELLITE TOURMALINE from Myanmar
7. Awesome GRAPE AMETHYST specimen from Indonesia
8. AMBER from the Dominican Republic with MULTIPLE INSECT INCLUSIONS!
9. Rarities include ZIPPEITE, JOHANNITE, USHKOVITE and DUFRENITE
10.  Look for pieces from Chet Lemanski, Dr. Bill Logan, Gary Weaver and Dr. Stephen Smale!
 
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Celestine with Fluorite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Tule Mine, Melchor Múzquiz, Mun. de Melchor Múzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico
7.1 x 4.2 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Bournonite ('cogwheels') on Sphalerite
Viboras Mine, Machacamarca, Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.3 x 5.8 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $112
Rhodochrosite (ex Dr. William Logan Collection)
Raura District, Cajatambo Province, Lima, Peru
6.7 x 4.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $114
Ushkovite with Dufrenite (very rare)
Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.3 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $420
Gaspeite (excellent quality)
132 North Ni Mine, Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
6.3 x 3.8 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $211
Fluorite on Arsenopyrite (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
6.3 x 4.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $344
Fluorite (RARE locality specimen)
Sabinal, Ascención Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.8 x 4.8 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $147
Calcite (ex Henry de Linde Collection)
Rosiclare Mining District, Hardin County, Illinois
3.8 x 3.5 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $169
Quartz (beautiful habit) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
K.D. Pocket, Ouray Amphitheater, Ouray County, Colorado
10.7 x 9.3 x 7.8 cm
Winning Bid: $275
Gypsum (GEM fishtail twins) (floater specimen)
Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
6.3 x 5.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $209
Quartz coating Chrysocolla (classic material)
Live Oak Pit, Inspiration Mine, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona
6.8 x 4.4 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $365
Rhodochrosite (classic material)
Sweet Home Mine, Mount Bross, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado
6.1 x 4.2 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $283
Amethyst ('Grapes')
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
8.5 x 6.7 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $948
Calcite (iron-included)
Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.3 x 5.4 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $434
Amethyst / Smoky Quartz (doubly-terminated scepter)
Santa Maria do Jetibá, Espírito Santo, Brazil
4.7 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $379