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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Bi-colored Fluorite (fluorescent) Chet Lemanski Coll.
Victoria Flat, Greenlaws Mine, Weardale, County Durham, England
7.7 x 6.5 x 6.4 cm
Winning Bid: $70
large Calcite (rare locale- fluorescent) Art Soregaroli Coll.
Calcite occurrence, Huancayo Province, Junin, Peru
12.5 x 11.2 x 9.6 cm
Winning Bid: $331
Phantom Fluorite & Calcite (fluorescent) Bob Reynolds Coll.
Xianghualing Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
6.6 x 4.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $172
Smoky Quartz w/ Goethite (rare CO locale) Bob Reynolds Coll.
Royer claim, Crystal Peak area, Park Co., Colorado, USA
11.5 x 7.9 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $269
Gemmy watermelon Tourmaline (recent new find)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.4 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $477
Schorl coated w/ Muscovite (RARE old CA) - Reynolds Coll.
Thompson Peak, Plumas Co., California, USA
11.1 x 7.5 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $379
Chrysocolla w/ Malachite & Tenorite (RARE NV) Bob Reynolds Coll.
Santa Fe District, Gabbs Valley Range, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA
9.0 x 6.0 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Vanadinite (Bob Reynolds Coll.)
Mibladen, Midelt, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
6.5 x 4.6 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $278
Franklinite (old classic)
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Franklin Mining Dist., Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
5.6 x 4.0 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $469
unusual DT Tourmaline (1980 - 40 grams)
Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California, USA
4.9 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $409
Quartz ps. after Fluorite (RARE L.A.-area urban locale!) ex Robertson
near Encino, Los Angeles Co., California, USA
9.1 x 5.2 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $343
Azurite (rare circa 1800s, Los Angeles, CA!)
nr. Hollywood & Vine, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California, USA
6.3 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $800
Metatorbernite (classic locale) Bob Reynolds Coll.
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
5.4 x 4.8 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $1,350
large Axinite-(Fe) (rare, superb CALIF locale!) ex Ordway & Reynolds
Jensen Quarry, Jurupa Mts, Jurupa Valley, Riverside Co., California, USA
10.2 x 7.8 x 7.5 cm
Winning Bid: $2,072
Azurite (Bob Reynolds Coll.)
Morenci Mine, NW Extension, Morenci, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA
9.9 x 8.1 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $466