FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends September 10, 2020

We have a great selection this week featuring plenty of attractive, fine 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 collections of Gary Weaver and David Burgess!  We've thrown in some fossil and gem items this week as well!   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. Excellent quality AZURITE specimen from the Milpillas Mine, Mexico 2. Attractive gemmy "phantom" AMETHYST / QUARTZ from Namibia (ex Charlie Key) 3. Classic yellow SMITHSONITE (included with GREENOCKITE) from Arkansas 4. Beautiful red and blue bi-colored TOURMALINE from the Cruzeiro Mine (ex Richard Kosnar) 5. Fine quality and attractive MOTTRAMITE from the Ojuela Mine, Mexico 6. Wonderful AMBER with MULTIPLE insect inclusions from Domincian Republic 7. Rarities include SUGILITE, PEZZOTAITE and 8. Gorgeous PENTAGONITE "sprays" on matrix from Wagholi, India 
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Quartz (rare locality specimen)
Mount Pentelicus, Athens District, Attica, Greece
4.7 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $41
Azurite (excellent quality)
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
5.7 x 4.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $311
Pyrite
Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
4.7 x 4.3 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Axinite-(Fe)
Khapalu, Ganache District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.2 x 3.5 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $87
Fluorite (unique reddish color in areas)
Moscona Mine, Soils, Corvera de Asturias, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
6.0 x 4.2 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Topaz (classic material)
Tepetate, Mun. de Villa de Arriaga, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
3.3 x 2.3 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Quartz / Amethyst (phantom crystals) (ex Charlie Key Collection)
Tafelkop, Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Daures, Erongo Region, Namibia
10.3 x 6.1 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $211
Rhodochrosite with Chalcopyrite (ex Dr. William Logan Collection)
Raura District, Cajatambo Province, Lima, Peru
9.2 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Smithsonite with Greenockite inclusions (ex Henry de Linde Collection)
Rush Creek Mining District, Marion County, Arkansas
2.7 x 2.1 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $83
Goshenite Beryl on Muscovite (ex David Burgess Collection)
Pingwu Beryl Mine, Huya Township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan, China
4.7 x 4.6 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Spangolite (mined in 1959 by Fred Pough and Mark Bandy!)
Mex-Tex Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico
4.4 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Tourmaline (bi-color) (49.47 grams) (ex Richard A. Kosnar Collection)
Cruzeiro Mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.6 x 2.4 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $232
Prehnite (new discovery)
near the city of Huancavelica, Huancavelica Dept., Peru
10.3 x 8.4 x 7.8 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Dioptase (2019 find)
Mpita Mine, Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
5.5 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $109
Opal (pink and lavender)
Pisco Province, Ica Department, Peru
3.2 x 3.1 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Sugilite (rare fibrous habit) (2016-2017 finds)
N'Chwaning III Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
5.3 x 3.5 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $132
Chalcanthite (rare locality specimen)
Christmas Mine, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila County, Arizona
2.7 x 2.6 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Kyanite (rare locality specimen) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Khit Ostrov (Khit Island), Louhi District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
6.7 x 4.4 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Fluorite (color zoned crystals)
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning Group, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois
7.2 x 5.3 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $221
Adamite
Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
4.0 x 2.7 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Andradite Garnet (var: Demantoid)
Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
3.2 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $55
Sapphire
Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam
1.3 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $101
Pentagonite (rare)
Wagholi Quarries, Wagholi, Pune District, Maharashtra, India
7.5 x 4.9 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $323
Sphalerite on Galena (ex Mark Kielbaso Collection)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
3.4 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Cornetite (RARE locality specimen) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Blue Jay Mine, Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada
8.0 x 4.2 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $162
Calcite (twin) (rare locality specimen)
Monon Crushed Stone Company Quarry, Monon, White County, Indiana
8.8 x 5.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Rosasite (old classic)
Silver Bill Mine, Costello Mine group, Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona
6.1 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $167
Amber with MULTIPLE insect inclusions
Sabana de la Mar (Sabana), Hato Mayor Province, Dominican Republic
3.7 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Calcite (doubly-terminated crystals)
Jiepaiyu Mine, Shimen deposit, Shimen Co., Changde, Hunan, China
8.0 x 6.0 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $122