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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Calcite (''butterfly'' twin)
Devils Corral Mine, Sulphur, Sulphur Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
4.6 x 3.9 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Lazulite
Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada
5.7 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Smithsonite (Cadmian)
Wenshan, Yunnan, China
6.5 x 6.1 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Pseudomalachite (fine rare locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Schuyler Copper Mine, North Arlington, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
4.7 x 4.4 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $77
Rhodochrosite (RARE) locality) (ex Dr. William Logan Collection)
Cook's Kitchen Mine, Corn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
2.8 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Azurite with Malachite on Quartz
Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Cercle, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
8.6 x 5.2 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Dolomite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Aughamore Quarry, Aughamore, Sligo County, Connacht, Ireland
5.0 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Veszelyite (rare and fine)
Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China
4.4 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $232
Barite (fine quality) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Stanisławów, Gmina Męcinka, Jawor County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
8.8 x 6.7 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $291
Calcite (''flower'')
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan City, Wenshan, Yunnan, China
8.4 x 6.6 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Andradite Garnet (var: Demantoid)
Antetezambato, near the town of Nosy Faly, Ambanja District, Diana Region, Antsiranana Province, Madagascar
3.4 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Creedite (beautiful color)
Navidad Mine (Rodeo Mine), Abasolo, Mun. de Rodeo, Durango, Mexico
6.1 x 4.8 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $106
Copper (aesthetic ''leaf''-like specimen) (unique locality piece)
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
8.2 x 8.1 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $229
Pseudomalachite (fine rare locality specimen)
Mt. Glorious Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
3.2 x 2.5 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $91
Azurite in Granite (''K2 stone'' ''Ketonite'')
Foothills of K2 Mountain, on the border between Gilgit–Baltistan northern Pakistan and the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang, China
3.7 x 3.6 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Miserite (very rare) (fluorescent) (ex Henry de Linde Collection)
North Wilson Pit, Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, USA (Type Locality)
7.1 x 3.6 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $87
Tyuyamunite (rare) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Ridenaur Mine, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
11.2 x 6.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $119
Spessartine Garnet on Microcline
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
4.8 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Messelite (rare) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Messel Mine, Messel, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany (Type Locality)
5.6 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $129
Siderite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, USA
9.2 x 8.8 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $175
Topaz on Albite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Little Three Mine, Ramona, San Diego County, California, USA
8.8 x 6.6 x 6.4 cm
Winning Bid: $697
Smithsonite (classic material)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
5.5 x 4.6 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $102
Quartz on ''bent'' Tourmaline
Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
9.3 x 3.3 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $251
Cerussite with Silver (excellent locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Bunker Hill Mine, Yreka Mining District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
13.2 x 6.7 x 6.4 cm
Winning Bid: $454
Chrysoberyl (twin) (2013 find)
Ambatondrazaka District, Alaotra-Mangoro Region, Toamasina Province (Tamatave), Madagascar
1.7 x 1.0 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Fluorite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.0 x 4.3 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $46
Rutile (fine classic twin) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA
4.5 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $269
Natrolite-Mesolite (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
9.3 x 7.8 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $714
Calcite dusted with Pyrite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Sokolovskoe Iron Mine, Rudny, Kostanay Province, Kazakhstan
9.7 x 9.1 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $981
Ruby (rare classic locality specimen) (ex Bill Larson Collection)
John Saul Mine, Tsavo West, Voi, Taita-Taveta County, Kenya
3.1 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $1,963