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 on Quartz (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Sunnyside Mine, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
5.9 x 5.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $38
Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Bedford, Westchester County, New York, USA
3.2 x 2.3 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $97
Chalcedony pseudomorph after Baryte(?) (ex Reynolds and Robertson Collections)
near Fraser, Grand County, Colorado, USA
5.2 x 4.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $15
Spessartine Garnet
Garnet Hill, Ely, Robinson District, White Pine County, Nevada, USA
6.6 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Dolomite (gemmy twin) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Azcarate Quarry, Eugui, Esterebar, Navarre, Spain
5.1 x 3.7 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Ruby (RARE classic locality specimen) (ex Bill Larson Collection)
John Saul Mine (Rockland Mine), Tsavo West, Voi, Taita-Taveta County, Kenya
2.5 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Calcite
Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
7.1 x 5.8 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $173
Celestine (rare locality specimen) (ex Gerry Morvell Collection)
Route 13 Roadcut, Chittenango Falls, Fenner Township, Madison County, New York, USA
9.6 x 4.6 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Pyromorphite (old classic material) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Pyromorphite lode, Zeehan Queen Mine ("Sylvester-Queen"), Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
9.2 x 5.8 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $92
Normandite (old classic) (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
4.7 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $81
Baltic Amber (ex Colin Manlove Collection)
Palanga City Municipality, Klaipėda County, Lithuania
5.5 x 4.6 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Turquoise (classic material) (ex Alex Venzke Collection)
Bishop Mine, Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, USA
3.1 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Sugilite (rare)
N'Chwaning III Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
3.4 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $115
Calcite (classic material) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
North Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana, USA
7.4 x 4.3 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $83
Rhodochrosite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Dr. William Logan Collection)
Eagle Mine, Bonanza District, Saguache County, Colorado, USA
6.1 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $137
Scapolite (GEM quality) (5.91 grams)
Scapolite Locality, Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India
5.2 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $71
Fluorite (uncommon locality specimen)
Homestake-Jack Pot Mine, Gold Road Mining District, Oatman Mining District, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
7.7 x 5.1 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $123
Pyrochroite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
4.2 x 3.1 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $62
Opal (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
San Juan del Río Municipality, Queretaro, Mexico
6.7 x 4.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $115
Fluorapatite (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
4.1 x 3.7 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $55
Muscovite / Lepidolite (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Harding Mine, Picuris District, Taos County, New Mexico, USA
9.3 x 5.1 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $72
Mimetite with Wulfenite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.7 x 4.2 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $490
Dolomite with Pyrrhotite and Siderite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Morro Velho Mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.6 x 6.4 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Malachite (unusual / rare ''stalactite'' locality specimen)
Tentadora Mine, Huancavelica, Peru
3.5 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Baryte
near Stoneham, Weld County, Colorado, USA
10.7 x 9.7 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Azurite with Malachite
Bou Beker, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
7.3 x 6.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $82
Wavellite (classic material) (ex Henry de Linde Collection)
Mine #2, de Linde Pits, Dug Hill, Avant, Garland County, Arkansas, USA
7.4 x 5.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $615