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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Sapphire (''Trapiche'') (ex Bill Larson Collection)
Nanyaseik, Myitkyina District, Kachin State, Myanmar (Burma)
1.1 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $175
Prehnite (''casts'' after Anhydrite) (ex Gerry Morvell Collection)
McBride Avenue & Browertown Road pumping station, Woodland Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
6.3 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $198
Pucherite (very rare) (with old Ward's label)
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
7.2 x 6.4 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $280
Andradite Garnet (NEW FIND)
Afghanistan
4.6 x 3.9 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $145
Calcite
Stari Trg Mine, Trepca, Kosovska Mitrovica, District of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo
7.7 x 4.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $158
Chalcostibite (rare) on Azurite (ex Colin Manlove Collection)
Rhar el Anz, Cherrat Wadi, Casablanca Prefecture, Casablanca-Settat Region, Morocco
5.2 x 3.7 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Wulfenite (rare locality specimen) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Eureka Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
5.7 x 5.4 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $305
Sphalerite (fine crystals) with Dolomite (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Picher Field, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, USA
8.9 x 5.1 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $289
Plumbogummite (fine color and quality)
Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
6.7 x 4.7 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $684
Colemanite (rare color) (ex Colin Manlove Collection)
Kestelek Mine, Mustafa Kemalpafla, Bursa Province, Marmara Region, Turkey
9.1 x 6.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $505
Schorl Tourmaline with Albite
Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
14.7 x 4.1 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $341
McGuinnessite (very rare) (ex Colin Manlove Collection)
Copper King Mine, Red Mountain, Red Mountain Mining District, Mendocino County, California, USA (Type Locality)
4.6 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $94
Liddicoatite Tourmaline
Befisiotra Mine, Tsitondroina, Ikalamavony, Haute Matsiatra, Madagascar
4.5 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $266
Vivianite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Morococala Mine, Dalence Province, Oruro Dept, Bolivia
3.1 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $215
Gold on Quartz
813 pit, Alta Gold Mine, Olinghouse Mining District, Pah Rah Range, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
2.1 x 1.6 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $881
Fluorapophyllite-(K) coating Amethyst (rare association) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
4.9 x 2.9 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $123
Baryte (doubly-terminated) (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott County, Iowa, USA
7.3 x 3.5 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $175
Fluorite (''ice cube'' crystals) with Sphalerite and Calcite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
2nd Sovetskii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
11.7 x 9.0 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,309
Copper with Silver and Algonodite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Cashin Mine, La Sal Mining District (Paradox Valley), Montrose County, Colorado, USA
5.7 x 5.2 x 0.3 c
Winning Bid: $376
Tourmaline (GEM crystal)
Mawi Pegmatite, Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan
2.4 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $230
Fluorite (rare locality specimen)
Taourirt Complex, Taourirt Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
7.3 x 6.3 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $491
Beryl (var: Morganite) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan
3.1 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Silver (beautiful crystallization) (ex Colin Manlove Collection)
Pöhla-Tellerhäuser Mine, Schwarzenberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
4.1 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $700
Malachite Stalactite (fine quality)
L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
14.4 x 7.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $802
Prehnite on Epidote
Djouga diggings, Bendougou village, Arrondissement of Diakon, Bafoulabé Cercle, Kayes Region, Mali
3.9 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $138
Dolomite with Chalcopyrite (rare locality specimen) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Vereinigung Mine, Katzwinkel, Wissen, Altenkirchen District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
8.3 x 5.7 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $355
Fluorite (beautiful color) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Kara-Oba W deposit, Betpakdala Desert, Karazhal, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
2.7 x 2.3 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $295
Tanzanite (rare multi-crystal group)
D-Block Mine, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mts, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
4.3 x 3.2 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $438
Fluorite with Rhodochrosite (collected in 1978 by Dave Bergman)
Sweet Home Mine, Mt. Bross, near Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
2.3 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $507