FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends Thursday, March 26, 2020

Our weekly auction features a nice mix of good quality, rare and unusual specimens.  Look for new discoveries that we picked up at recent shows or direct from the source, plus pieces from the newly acquired Gary Weaver collection along with dealers' inventories. 

 

You'll find a mix of attractive GEMSTONES this week too! 

                                                                                           

Some of the highlights from this week’s auction include:

 

1. Classic "Trapiche" RUBY crystal from Mogok, Myanmar (Burma)

2. Attractive unusually compressed gemmy multicolor TOURMALINE from Brazil

3. Wonderful AMBER from Dominican Republic with MULTIPLE INSECT INCLUSIONS!

4. A cool FLUORITE from an obscure mine in Colorado with rare TETRAHEXAHEDRAL CRYSTALS!

5. Fantastic old time reticulated / twinned CERUSSITE from Tiger, Arizona

6. Beautiful GEM quality, doubly-terminated, TWINNED KUNZITE from Afghanistan

7. Gorgeous "STAR" MUSCOVITE on matrix from Brazil

8. A really attractive MULTI-TWINNED CALCITE specimen from a rare locality in WEST VIRGINIA!

 

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Ruby (rare "Trapiche" habit)
Mong Hsu, Loilem District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)
0.6 x 0.6 x 0.2 cm
Winning Bid: $77
Cassiterite (superb cyclic twins)
Viloco Mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
3.6 x 3.4 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $51
Amber with MULTIPLE insect inclusions
Sabana de la Mar (Sabana), Hato Mayor Province, Dominican Republic
4.7 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Fluorite (rare tetrahexahedral habit and rare locality!) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Topeka Mine, Topeka-Kentucky Giant vein, Ouray District (Uncompahgre District), Ouray County, Colorado
8.3 x 7.7 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $68
Cerussite (reticulated twins) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony Deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona
9.3 x 6.6 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $157
Lavender Quartz (unique material)
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
4.2 x 3.1 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Kunzite (Doubly-terminated GEM twinned crystal) (28.03 grams)
Laghman, Afghanistan
5.0 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $175
Andradite Garnet (rare locality)
Kimmeria, Xanthi, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
5.6 x 2.9 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $56
Tourmaline (multi-crystal set)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.7 x 0.3 x 0.2 cm to 1.0 x 0.5 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $37
Dolomite (twins) on Magnesite
Pomba Pit, Serra das Eguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
3.8 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $77
Andradite Garnet (var: Demantoid)
Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
9.7 x 4.6 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Fluorite (rare color and habit!)
Nashik Quarry, Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
3.5 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Hausmannite (ex Charlie Key Collection)
Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
4.7 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $46
Prehnite (ex Dustin Ziegler Collection)
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
7.3 x 4.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Stellerite (NOT Stilbite) (good quality)
Glendowda Station, Tambar Springs, Pottinger Co., New South Wales, Australia
7.7 x 5.2 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Emerald (rare cat's eye gem)
Swat District, Pakistan
1.78 ct, 7.10 mm x 6.60 mm
Winning Bid: $50
Rubellite Tourmaline (vibrant color)
Brazil
0.58 ct, 5.14 mm
Winning Bid: $30
Sapphire
Sri Lanka
1.17 ct, 5.50 mm x 7.18 mm
Winning Bid: $45
Moldavite
Besednice, Český Krumlov District, South Bohemian Region, Czech Republici
9.63 ct, 18.0 x 13.5 mm
Winning Bid: $130
Triplite (superb color)
Pakistan
0.32 ct, 4.5 x 3.5 mm
Winning Bid: $35
Smithsonite (classic material)
Tsumeb Mine, Namibia
1.77 ct, 8.4 x 5.3 mm
Winning Bid: $160
Chalcopyrite coated by Sphalerite with Quartz (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Idarado Mine, San Miguel County, Colorado
7.3 x 4.8 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Pyrite (ex Dr. William Logan Collection)
Champion Mine, near Lake City, Cinnamon Pass, Park District, Hinsdale County, Colorado
5.8 x 4.3 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $97
"Star" Muscovite (ex David Burgess Collection)
Jenipapo, Itinga, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.7 x 6.1 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $176
Opal-AN (Hyalite Opal) with minor "Blood Vessel Opal"
Étienne Mine, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
6.2 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Malachite
Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Yangjiang, Guangdong, China
4.2 x 2.7 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Calcite (multi-twinned specimen) (RARE locale!) (ex William T. Carter Collection)
"Caldwell Cave", 9 miles SW of Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia
5.3 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $108
Tourmaline (unique "flattened" multicolor crystal) (59.70 grams)
Cruzeiro Mine, Santa Maria do Suacui, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9.1 x 2.7 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $644
Fluorite (ex David Burgess Collection)
Castle Dome Mining District, Yuma County, Arizona
4.0 x 3.8 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $91
Calcite (Manganese-bearing)
Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan, China
11.2 x 7.1 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $240