FINE MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDAITION AUCTIONS - Ends Feb 18, 2021

THIS WEEK we are proud to offer you another extra-special set featuring old classics from collections we spent the last few months unpacking. Look for first sight of many new specimens from the lifelong collections of:  Dr. Bob Reynolds, long the curator at the San Bernardino County Museum; Dr. James Carter’s estate here in Dallas. So many items in these collections, we simply never see on the market today – and yet here they are, up for auction! These are NOT show leftovers, but are being released first to the internet

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

1. Many CALIFORNIA specimens including a rare old Los Angeles AZURITE

2. TOURMALINES & SCHORLS from California and BRAZIL

3. significant AQUAMARINE & TOPAZ specimens

4. Fine COLEMANITE from the Type Locality

5. Large . gorgeous Arizona AURICHALCITE

6. CERUSSITE from Tiger, Arizona !

7. Superb old English BARITE & CALCITE circa mid-1800s !

8. METATORBERNITE & TOBERNITE specimens

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from 1887, 72-piece Blowpipe Reference Mineral Set (ex Larson Coll)
USA
18.5 x 13.7 x 4.6 cm (box)
Winning Bid: $1,051
Gemmy watermelon Tourmalines (recent new find!)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.3 x 6.2 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $5,170
Pyrite (classic locale) Giancarlo Fioravanti Coll.
Niccioleta Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Prov., Tuscany, Italy
9.7 x 7.4 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $458
Lepidolite (Charles Noll Coll.)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.8 x 6.4 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $351
Manebach-twin Orthoclase w/ Epidote (RARE CA combo) Bob Reynolds Coll.
Riverside County, California, USA
10.3 x 5.0 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $209
Torbernite with Goethite (RARE NV combo) Bob Reynold Coll.
Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope Mining District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA
14.2 x 10.8 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $265
Baryte (old classic Georgia!) ex Minette & Reynolds Coll.
Cartersville, Cartersville Mining Dist., Bartow Co., Georgia, USA
9.9 x 6.2 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $350
large Schorl w/ Muscovite (Bob Reynolds Coll.) - unusual locality
Fano Mine, Cahuilla Mining District, Riverside Co., California, USA
12.2 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $335
Colemanite (superb - Type Locality) Ordway & Reynolds Coll.
Furnace Creek Mining District, Inyo Co., California, USA
9.7 x 7.7 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $151
DT Topaz xl (Bob Reynolds Coll.)
Maynard's Mine, Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA
6.7 x 3.2 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $465
Pyromorphite (Bob Reynolds Coll.)
Daoping Mine, Guilin, Guangxi, China
8.2 x 8.0 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $799
Quartz (famous Arkansas find) Bob Reynolds Coll.
McEarl Mine, Blue Springs, Garland Co., Arkansas, USA
8.4 x 7.8 x 7.7 cm
Winning Bid: $669
Aquamarine, Albite & Muscovite (RARE triple combo!) ex Reynolds Coll
Nagar, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
11.1 x 9.1 x 7.8 cm
Winning Bid: $655
Schorl, Smoky Quartz & Feldspar (RARE CA) Bob Reynolds Coll.
Lithia Dike Mine, Cahuilla Mountain, Cahuilla Mining District, Riverside Co., California, USA
13.2 x 7.6 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $925
important large Aurichalcite (AZ!) Bob Reynolds Coll.
Mystery-Silver Bill mines, Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
13.0 x 9.8 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Amazonite w/ Schorl (Bob Reynolds Coll.)
Zapot pegmatite, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA
7.0 x 5.6 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $117
Pyromorphite & Crocoite (Bob Reynolds Coll.)
Platt Prospect, Dundas, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia
10.1 x 9.8 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $315
Amethyst (Bob Reynolds Coll.)
Anahi Mine, Angel Sandoval Province, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
11.4 x 8.6 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $255
Bi-colored Tourmaline, Cleavelandite, etc. (rare CA) Bob Reynolds Coll.
Jensen Quarry, Jurupa Mts, Jurupa Valley, Riverside Co., California, USA
7.3 x 5.5 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $2,050
superb Baryte & Calcite (c mid-1800's classic) ex Reynolds Coll.
Frizington, Cumbria, England
12.8 x 6.9 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $580
Baryte (Bob Reynolds Coll.)
Cavnic, Maramures, Romania
13.4 x 12.4 x 7.1 cm
Winning Bid: $477
Rhodochrosite & Pyrite on Quartz (classic NC) Jack Eaker Coll.
Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA
8.0 x 4.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $400
Gemmy Aquamarine & Smoky Quartz (rare combo)
Erongo Mountains, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
4.8 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $725
Mohawkite & Quartz (large, polished block - 1216 grams)
Mohawk Mine, Mohawk, Keweenaw Co., Michigan
11.7 x 7.1 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $333
Snowflake Cerussite (classic Arizona)
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
6.0 x 4.6 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $437
Greenockite-included Smithsonite (James Carter Coll.)
Rush Creek Mining District, Marion Co., Arkansas, USA
4.6 x 2.7 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Floater Pyrite nodule (Texas!) James Carter Coll.
Martin Marietta Materials Cement quarry, Midlothian, Ellis Co., Texas, USA
7.1 x 6.1 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $189
Calcite (fluorescent)Cynthia Payne Coll.
Jose Maria Patoni, San Juan del Rio Municipality, Durango, Mexico
5.7 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $276
Rhodochrosite helectites! (classic locale - 1980s)
Capillitas mining district, Catamarca Province, Argentina
4.5 x 4.5 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $385
Columbite (RARE South Dakota)
Peerless Mine, Keystone, Pennington Co., South Dakota, USA
2.7 x 2.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $265