FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends September 8, 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. Excellent large MALACHITE stalactite from the L'Etoile du Congo Mine, DR Congo 2. Classic beautiful purple FLUORITE with RHODOCHROSITE from the Sweet Home Mine (ex Dave Bergman Collection – self-collected) 3. Lovely micro crystals of GOLD on QUARTZ from the Alta Gold Mine, Nevada, USA 4. Wonderful gemmy, MULTI-CRYSTAL TANZANITE group from Tanzania 5. Excellent cabinet sized BOURNONITE on QUARTZ from Bolivia 6. Superb, very good sized doubly-terminated HAMBERGITE from the Himalaya Mine, California (ex Bill Larson Collection) 7. Impressive classic ERYTHRITE crystals on matrix from Morocco (ex Bob Reynolds Collection) 8. Classic fine quality STRONTIANITE on matrix from Austria 9. Gorgeous cabinet sized specimen of "ICE CUBE" FLUORITE crystals from Dalnegorsk, Russia (ex Brian Kosnar Collection) 10. Rarities include VAUXITE, CALEDONITE and PUCHERITE
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Schorl Tourmaline
Erongo Mountains, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
4.7 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $82
Amethyst (''reverse scepters'') on Calcite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Bombori, Chayanta Province, Potosí, Boliviai
6.6 x 4.7 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Aquamarine with Muscovite and Albite
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.7 x 3.7 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Hematite (rare Chinese locality)
Sijiang, Shanxi, China
4.7 x 4.1 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Sulfur (sharp, gemmy crystal)
Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
4.3 x 4.2 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $117
Vivianite pseudomorph after whale bone (ex Dr. Barratt Phillips Collection)
Vivianite locality, Richmond, Virginia, USA
6.3 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Chamosite (''Thuringite'') pseudomorph after Almandine
Michigamme Mine, Michigamme, Marquette iron range, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
3.2 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Caledonite (rare)
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
3.4 x 2.7 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $219
Bournonite with Siderite on Quartz
Machacamarca Mine, Machacamarca District, Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosi Dept., Bolivia
10.3 x 7.3 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $112
Calcite
Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
7.2 x 4.4 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $240
Sphalerite on Muscovite (uncommon for the locality) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal
11.3 x 7.0 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Erythrite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Aghbar Mine, Aghbar, Tansifite Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
7.3 x 4.4 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $349
Strontianite (fine classic material)
Oberdorf magnesite deposit, Oberdorf, Tragöß-Sankt Katharein, Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District, Styria, Austria
8.1 x 7.2 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $109
Variscite (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Dug Hill, Avant, Garland County, Arkansas, USA
9.1 x 5.8 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $91
Fluorite with internal ''phantoms''
Hardin County, Illinois, USA
6.3 x 5.3 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $485
Hambergite (doubly-terminated ''floater'' crystal) (ex Bill Larson Collection)
Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California, USA
4.6 x 1.2 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $179
Cerussite (reticulated twins) on Malachite (NEW FIND)
Palabanda quarries, Mfouati, Mfouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo
5.4 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Quartz (scepter) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Cong Ly, Hunan, China
3.7 x 1.1 x1 .0 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Vauxite (very rare)
Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi, Bolivia (Type Locality)
2.0 x 1.3 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Stephanite (excellent quality)
Porco Mine, Agua de Castilla, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosi, Bolivia
1.7 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Fluorite (classic material)
Blackdene Mine, Ireshopeburn, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
6.4 x 6.2 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $308
Zircon (ex Colin Manlove Collection)
Astor, Astor Valley, Astore District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.6 x 2.6 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $169
Quartz (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Corinto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
15.1 x 9.1 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $331
Opal (RARE locality specimen) (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Sheepyard Opal Field, Finch Co., New South Wales, Australia
6.6 x 4.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $295
Spessartine Garnet with Smoky Quartz on Microcline (ex Gerry Morvell Collection)
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
8.3 x 5.9 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $850
Xenotime-(Y) with Zircon, Parisite-(Ce) and Pyrochlore (ex Gerry Morvell Collection)
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
6.7 x 4.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $290
Goethite pseudomorph after Pyrite (ex Aliaga Collection)
Manuel-Mercedes open pit, Cala Mines, Cala, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain
4.3 x 4.0 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $20
Agate (ex Bob Nowakowski Collection)
Agate Creek, Etheridge Shire, Queensland, Australia
5.0 x 3.9 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Variscite (fine color) on Chalcedony
Ribeirao Cascalheira, Mato Grosso, Brazil
5.7 x 4.8 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Rutile and Brookite included in Quartz (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.7 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $81