FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends SATURDAY Nov 30, 2019

PLEASE NOTE:  This auction closes on a SATURDAY due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the US.
A great selection this week with plenty of attractive, good quality, rare and unusual specimens.  Look for new discoveries that we picked up at recent shows or direct from the source, plus we have plenty of pieces from the newly acquired Gary Weaver collection along with a newly purchased prominent worldwide collection from the Midwest, plus dealers' inventories, and plenty from Kay Robertson!  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. GOLD with PETZITE from the Golden Wonder Mine, Colorado
2. Beautiful gemmy green DIOPTASE from Republic of Congo
3. Eye-catching gemmy SPESSARTINE GARNET with QUARTZ from China
4. Gorgeous twinned crystals of ANATASE with epitaxial RUTILE from Brazil
5. Attractive CASSITERITE crystal with an unusual habit for the locality from Pingwu, China
6. An unusual etched / skeletal PYRITE crystal from Washington
7. A showy specimen of the PURPLE QUARTZ ("Grape" Chalcedony / Agate) from Indonesia
8. Excellent rare ANDORITE thumbnail from Bolivia
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Fluorite on Sphalerite with Calcite (ex Ross Lillie Collection)
Bethel Level, Annabel Lee mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois
7.3 x 5.7 x 4.7 cm
Aquamarine (doubly-terminated) with Muscovite
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
2.3 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm
Prehnite (good color and quality)
C Block Mine, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Arusha Region, Tanzania
3.4 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm
Pyrite (natural skeletal / etched crystal)
Purple Hope #4 Claim, Green Ridge, King County, Washington
2.7 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm
Sphalerite (GEMMY crystals) on Quartz
Shuikoushan Mine, Shuikoushan ore field, Changning Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China
8.8 x 5.7 x 3.3 cm
Gold with Petzite (rare locality specimen) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Golden Wonder Mine, Lake City District, Hinsdale County, Colorado
3.0 x 1.1 x 0.4 cm
Azurite with Malachite
Liufengshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China
6.1 x 4.6 x 3.8 cm
Wulfenite (classic material) (ex Irv Brown Collection)
Old Yuma Mine, Saguaro National Monument, Amole Mining District, Tucson Mts, Pima County, Arizona
2.3 x 1.6 x 0.6 cm
Quartz with Pyrite
Boldut Mine, Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramureș Co., Romania
5.7 x 4.8 x 4.7 cm
Quartz included with Siderophyllite ("Tanzurine")
Malambo, west of Lake Natron, Arusha Region, Tanzania
1.2 x 1.1 x 0.6 cm
Halite (beautiful color)
Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California
8.7 x 7.8 x 7.3 cm
Kosnarite (rare) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Jenipapo, Itinga, Taquaral, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.4 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
Diopside with Epidote (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Tormiq, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
3.8 x 2.1 x 1.2 cm
Cassiterite (rare habit for the locality)
Pingwu Beryl Mine, Huya Township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China
4.7 x 3.1 x 1.2 cm
Fluorite coated by Quartz with Pyrite
Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
6.2 x 4.2 x 3.8 cm
Chalcocite (classic material) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin
3.7 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Malachite
Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo
5.6 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Vauxite (rare)
Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (Type Locality)
7.2 x 3.8 x 1.3 cm
Stibnite with Marcasite
La Salvadora mine, Oruro, Bolivia
5.8 x 3.8 x 2.3 cm
Amethyst (slight "Fenster" habit)
Bombori, Potosi Department, Bolivia
3.6 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Hematite
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
7.3 x 7.1 x 5.1 cm
Adamite (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
7.2 x 5.7 x 2.4 cm
Fluorite with bi-pyramdial Quartz (ex Brian Lloyd)
Saxony, Germany
3.7 x 3.5 x 3.3 cm
Ruby (4 crystal set) (2.75 carats)
Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam
from 0.6 x 0.2 x 0.2 cm to 0.4 x 0.3 x 0.3 cm
Goethite with "Onegite" (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
near Florissant, Teller County, Colorado
3.2 x 2.7 x 1.5 cm
Azurite with Malachite
Hilarion Mine, Hilarion area, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine], Lavrion District, Attikí Prefecture, Greece
5.7 x 3.1 x 1.3 cm
Andorite (excellent quality)
San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
2.7 x 2.6 x 0.6 cm
Anatase with Rutile (twin) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Cuiabá District, Gouveia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.7 x 1.3 x 0.9 cm
Andalusite (crystallized)
Jenipapo, Itinga, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.5 x 1.7 x 13 cm
Malachite
Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Yangjiang, Guangdong, China
3.0 x 2.8 x 1.7 cm