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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Augelite (gemmy crystal)
Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Dept. Potosi, Bolivia
8.3 x 7.1 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Baculite Fossil with Calcite crystals
Phillips County, Montana
15.3 x 4.2 x 2.1 cm and 5.2 x 2.6 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Mottramite (good quality - classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico
6.4 x 4.5 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $247
Epidote with Andradite Garnet (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Cowboy Mine, Mount Etna, Pine Grove Hills, Wilson Mining District, Lyon County, Nevada
6.9 x 6.2 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $86
Andradite Garnet (var: Topazolite) (rough and cut set)
Topazolite Mine, San Benito County, California
1.6 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm (crystal) | 0.17 carats; 3.24 mm (stone)
Winning Bid: $160
Analcime (rare)
Nova Scotia, Canada
1.03 cts ; 8.4 mm x 6.1 mm
Winning Bid: $161
Chondrodite (rare)
Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
0.64 cts ; 7.0 mm x 4.5 mm
Winning Bid: $47
Andradite Garnet with Epidote, Calcite and Clinochlore
Marki Khel, Spin Ghar range (Speen Ghar range), Khogyani District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
5.7 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $46
Pyrite (rare locality specimen) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Gold Quarry Mine (Pit), Carlin Trend, Eureka County, Nevada
4.7 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $157
Pezzottaite (very rare)
Sakavalana, near Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro area, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar (Type Locality)
0.6 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Cinnabar with Stibnite (hard to find specimen) (ex Harold Michel Collection)
Nikitovka Hg Deposit, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
1.4 x 1.0 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Azurite with Malachite
Liufengshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui, China
8.6 x 5.8 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $430
Cassiterite (old classic) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Harriet Lode, Pendarves Mine, Camborn, Cornwall, England, UK
4.7 x 4.6 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $125
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin area, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Central South Region, China
3.3 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $115
Wavellite (classic material) (ex Henry de Linde Collection)
Henry de Linde Mine, Dug Hill, Avant, Garland County, Arkansas
7.1 x 5.2 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $115