FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends September 29, 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. Uniquely colored GEM multi-color TOURMALINE from Brazil 2. Classic and fine quality COPPER "ROSE" pseudomorph from New Mexico 3. Rare SHIGAITE on BARYTE with RHODOCHROSITE from South Africa 4. Large PEROVSKITE crystal from Italy (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection) 5. Doubly-terminated DIOPTASE on matrix from Republic of Congo 6. Superb & rarely seen MUSCOVITE on matrix from Myanmar 7. A rarely seen GOLD specimen from Peru 8. GEMMY ZOISITE crystal group from Pakistan 9. Attractive fluorescent OPAL-AN ("Blood Vessel Opal") from Mexico 10. Rarities include KERMESITE, VESZELYITE and KURNAKOVITE
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Shigaite on Barite with Rhodochrosite (very rare association)
N'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
4.6 x 4.1 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Quartz (rare locality specimen) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Highland Mary Blowout, Cunningham Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
13.8 x 7.7 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Opal-AN (formerly Hyalite Opal) (4 pieces) (RARE LOCALITY)
Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.4 x 2.1 x 1.1 cm to 1.2 x 1.0 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $102
Muscovite (superb locality specimen) with Topaz
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
6.1 x 4.8 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $205
Tourmaline (unusual coloring) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Chia Mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.1 x 1.7 x 0.9 cm,
Winning Bid: $220
Copper pseudomorph after Azurite (''rose'') (rare material)
Copper Rose Mine, San Lorenzo, Georgetown District, Grant County New Mexico, USA
3.7 x 3.6 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $131
Spessartine Garnet (rich color)
Nani Hill, Loliondo, Ngorongoro District, Arusha Region, Tanzania
1.6 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Gold (rare Peruvian locality)
Casma, Ancash Department, Peru
1.7 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $115
Cavansite (ex Angela Kosnar Collection)
Wagholi, Pune (Poona) District, Maharashtra, India
2.3 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Realgar (gemmy crystal)
Shimen Mine, Shimen Co., Changde, Hunan, China
2.1 x 1.1 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Quartz ''cast'' after Calcite (rare locality)
Comobabi Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
6.3 x 5.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $52
Wavellite (unusual color and style) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Montgomery County, Arkansas, USA
7.6 x 4.6 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Copper (ex Gerry Morvell Collection)
Arizona, USA
6.1 x 3.7 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $46
Smithsonite (beautiful color) (cadmium-bearing)
Wenshan, Yunnan, China
7.3 x 5.8 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $96
Hemimorphite (fine blue color) (2020 discovery)
M'Fouati Mine, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo
8.9 x 5.8 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Bournonite on Quartz with Pyrite
Viboras Mine, Machacamarca, Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosi, Bolivia
4.8 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $118
Malachite (''Primary'') on Malachite
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo
5.7 x 5.2 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $51
Calcite (classic material) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA
10.3 x 4.7 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Fluorite (GEM ''phantom'' crystals) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
6.2 x 5.2 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $371
Calcite (rare locality specimen) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
near Portland, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
8.3 x 5.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $15
Quartz (''Herkimer Quartz'')
Herkimer County, New York, USA
3.6 x 3.5 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Datolite with Stilbite (ex Gerry Morvell Collection)
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
5.2 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $46
Perovskite (large crystal for the locality) (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Rocca Castellaccio, Ciappanico, Torre di Santa Maria, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
4.5 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $300
Aquamarine with Muscovite and Albite
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.8 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $127
Kurnakovite (fine crystals) (ex Gerry Morvell Collections)
US Borax Mine, Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
7.3 x 4.6 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $97
Dioptase (doubly-terminated) on Quartz
Sanda Hills occurrences, Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo
3.8 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $126
Quartz (near ''floater'' specimen) (ex Allen Heyl Collection)
Mt Ida, Montgomery County, Arkansas, USA
13.2 x 7.1 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $61
Brucite (rare rich yellow color)
Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan
7.6 x 6.1 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $55
Fluorite (gemmy modified crystals)
Naica Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.7 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $300
Arsenopyrite (old classic)
Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal
3.9 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $65