FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends September 15, 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 Rich 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. Fantastic "rose" of AZURITE from the Blue Grotto Prospect, Utah, USA (ex Brian Kosnar Collection) 2. Rare and historic PROUSTITE pseudomorph after SILVER from Jachymov, Czech Republic 3. Attractive doubly-terminated RUBY specimen from Mogok, Myanmar 4. Rarely seen excellent MALACHITE stalactite from PERU! 5. Superb and very hard to find PHLOGOPITE Mica specimen from Brazil(!)(ex Brian Kosnar Collection) 6. Rich specimen of gemmy twinned CINNABAR from Ukraine (ex Colin Manlove Collection) 7. A cool historic SYNTHETIC QUARTZ crystal from Bell Laboratories (ex Al Kidwell Collection) 8. Beautiful CARBONATECYANOTRICHITE specimen on Quartz from China 9. Gemmy bi-colored FLUORITE on MUSCOVITE from Pakistan 10. Rarities include VESZELYITE, SUGILITE and PYROCHROITE
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Fluorite (GEMMY multi-color ''phantom'' crystals)
Okorusu Mine (Okarusu Mine), Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
4.4 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Proustite pseudomorph after Silver (rare - historic locality)
Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
8.7 x 4.7 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $222
Pyromorphite (fine color and quality)
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
3.7 x 1.4 x 1.2 c,
Winning Bid: $112
Spherical Amethyst
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
7.2 x 5.6 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Quartz (''Mango Quartz'') (near ''floater'' specimen)
Cabiche, Quípama Municipality, Boyacá Department, Colombia
4.3 x 3.2 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Manganite (old classic) (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Harz, Thuringia, Germany (Type Locality)
6.3 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $132
Pyrite (rare spherical habit - unique locality specimen) (ex Dr. Barratt Phillips Collection)
Kassandra Mining District, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
2.7 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $27
Ruby (doubly-terminated) (ex Colin Manlove Collection)
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
3.3 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $376
Baryte with Hematite (fine locality specimen)
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
4.8 x 4.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $125
Azurite with Malachite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Blue Grotto prospect, La Sal, La Sal Mountains, San Juan County, Utah, USA
5.1 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $502
Fluorite (GEMMY ''Spinel''-twin with multiple moving water bubble inclusions) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Siglo XX Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.7 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $153
Dioptase with Mimetite (2018 find)
Ntola Mine, Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo
4.7 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Phlogopite (rare Mica species for Brazil) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.5 x 3.8 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $252
Fluorapatite included with ''Byssolite''
Ganadao, Warsak Intrusions, Mohmand District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
2.4 x 2.2 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $48
Bournonite (''cogwheel'') on Sphalerite
Viboras Mine, Machacamarca, Saavedra Province, Potosi, Bolivia
3.7 x 3.3 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Veszelyite (good quality)
Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China
3.6 x 3.4 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $73
Albite (var: Pericline) (ex Gerry Morvell Collection)
Acushnet Quarry, Acushnet, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
6.9 x 6.3 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Datolite (ex Gerry Morvell Collection)
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
8.2 x 7.3 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $87
Epidote (RARE locality specimen) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Miracle Mountain Mine, Garnet Hill, Calaveras County, California, USA
4.7 x 3.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $58
Cinnabar (rich specimen) (ex Colin Manlove Collection)
Sofiya Mine, Nikitovka Hg Deposit, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
8.3 x 6.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $240
Calcite
Hilton deposit, Borrego Springs, San Diego County, California, USA
5.7 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Opal-AN (Hyalite Opal) (''Blood Vessel Opal'')
Étienne Mine, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
4.5 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Copper pseudomorph after Aragonite with Cuprite
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
2.3 x 1.9 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Fluorite (GEMMY bi-colored crystal) on Muscovite
Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
11.4 x 9.2 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $887
Fluorapatite (fluorescent)
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
6.4 x 4.6 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Epidote (doubly-terminated / multi-terminated ''Faden'' group) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Tormiq, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.6 x 4.1 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $198
Sapphire (''floater'' crystal)
Chilas, Diamar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
1.0 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $115
Olmiite (rare) (ex Gerry Morvell Collection)
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
7.2 x 3.9 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $292
Carbonatecyanotrichite (rare and fine quality) (ex Gerry Morvell Collection)
Qinglong Mine, Dachang Sb ore field, Qinglong County, Qianxinan, Guizhou, China
7.3 x 5.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $92
Stilbite with Laumontite and Datolite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
8.2 x 4.8 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $45