FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends September 9, 2021

We have a great selection this week, featuring plenty of attractive, fine quality, classic, contemporary, rare and unusual specimens from around the world. Look for some great specimens from various collections that we've purchased over the last year or so like Bob Reynolds, Gary Weaver, Chet Lemanski, and our own Alex Venzke. You might even find the occasional fossil, lapidary or gem item from time to time. Look here for the not so typical mineral specimens along with plenty of your favorites. We don't just offer the "standard 20 species", but an eclectic mix of specimens that appeal to everybody! Some of the highlights from this week’s auction include: 1. Classic old-time AZURITE pseudomorphing to Malachite from the TYPE LOCALITY for Azurite 2. Beautiful GOLD on QUARTZ from California 3. Uniquely formed "spherical" DIOPTASE from Rep. of Congo 4. Attractive PYRITE crystal on matrix from Massachusetts 5. Wonderful KIDWELLITE with STRENGITE from Arkansas 6. GEM quality CALCITE on Hematite/Goethite from Mexico 7. Classic TOPAZ on ALBITE from the Little Three Mine, California 8. Wonderful DIOPTASE specimen on CALCITE from Tsumeb (ex Bob Reynolds Collection) 9. Eye-catching beautiful blue VESZELYITE from China 10. Rarities include MESSELITE, PSEUDOMALACHITE, MISERITE, TYUYAMUNITE and KARNASURTITE-(Ce)
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Azurite pseudomorphing to Malachite (old classic)
Chessy Copper Mines, Villefranche-sur-Saone, Rhone, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France (Type Locality for Azurite)
4.6 x 4.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Gold on Quartz
Oriental Mine, 16 to 1 Mine, Alleghany, Alleghany Mining District, Sierra County, California, USA
1.3 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $86
Amethyst (rare "reverse scepters")
Bombori, Potosi Department, Bolivia
7.3 x 6.1 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Calcite (pseudo-pyritohedral)
Shizhuyuan Mine, Dongpo ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
9.2 x 7.8 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $98
Dioptase (unique form)
Mpita Mine, Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
4.6 x 3.1 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $166
Epidote (gemmy)
Hashupa Epidote Locality, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.2 x 1.6 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $37
Fluorite (classic gemmy twins) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
6.0 x 5.5 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $175
Minium (rare) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
5.2 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $227
Marcasite (ex Alex Venzke Collection)
Blackstone Mine, New Diggings area mines, Upper Mississippi Valley Mining District, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA
8.0 x 5.4 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $465
Pentagonite (rare)
Wagholi, Poona, India
6.5 x 6.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $231
Silver
Porco Mine, Quijarro Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
5.4 x 3.9 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $286
Augelite with Siderite, Pyrite and Quartz
Tasna Mine, Rosario section of Cerro Tasna, Nor Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
11.7 x 8.2 x 8.2 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Diaspore with Hematite
Selcuk, Mugla Province, Aegean Region, Turkey
4.7 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Sphalerite (classic material) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper County, Missouri, USA
7.1 x 6.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Pyrite (classic material) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USAir
5.7 x 4.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $116
Fluorite (classic material) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Stoneco Lime City Quarry, Lime City, Wood County, Ohio, USA
7.3 x 6.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $206
Brucite (rare yellow color)
Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan
5.1 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Microlite Group
Ipe Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.3 x 6.1 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Calcite (GEM quality) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Hercules Mine (Negra Mine), La Negra, Sierra Mojada Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico
5.1 x 3.7 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Quartz ''casts'' after Anhydrite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Vampire Pocket, Uncompahgre Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
7.3 x 6.6 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $28
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
New Cornelia Pit, Ajo, Little Ajo Mts, Ajo District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
6.1 x 4.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $218
Hemimorphite (unusual color) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
San Antonio Mine, East Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.7 x 5.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Kidwellite with Strengite (great quality)
Three Oaks Gap, Story, Polk County, Arkansas, USA
7.7 x 5.7 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $61
Fluorapatite with Magnetite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Iron Springs Mining District, Iron County, Utah, USA
5.7 x 5.1 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Karnasurtite-(Ce) (incredibly rare) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Hackmanite Stock (Pegmatite No. 62), Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia (Type Locality)
5.8 x 4.1 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Azurite with Malachite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
4.2 x 4.0 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Cinnabar (rare locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Dedova Hora (Poisonous Mountain), near Horovice, Bohemia, Czech Republic
4.3 x 3.7 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Dioptase (classic material) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
3.4 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $255
Prehnite with GEM Datolite and Apophyllite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Lane & Son Trap rock Quarries, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
11.3 x 9.4 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $186