FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends December 10, 2020

We have ANOTHER diverse selection this week featuring a mix of specimens of a quality and price range that you would normally expect to see on retail websites, but AT LIQUIDATION AUCTION as we flow out several large collections to new homes. Look for new discoveries that we picked up at recent shows or direct from the source, as well. We have added many more specimens from the untouched, unpicked collections of Chet Lemanski and Gary Weaver that we have only just sorted out!

Highlights:

1. important STIBNITE from ROMANIA

2. NEW FIND of Chinese ALLOPHANE

3. Chet Lemanski and James Carter Collection OLD CLASSICS

4. Large AZURITE from Bisbee

5. CLASSIC ENGLISH FLUORITES and OLD ENGLISH HEMATITE

6. important  CALCITE-included COPPER and COPPER from Michigan

7. Rare Texas CALCITE

8. Large Sunnyside Mine FLUORITE w/ RHODOCHROSITE

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Cobaltoan Calcite (2 generations - classic locale)
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo
7.3 x 5.0 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $56
Allophane (NEW FIND of this Aluminum species)
Qinglong County, Guizhou, China
7.4 x 4.8 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $173
important old classic Stibnite on Baryte - ex Obodda
Breiner Mine, Baiut, Maramures, Romania
15.8 x 14.0 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $442
Hematite "kidney ore" (classic locale) Chet Lemanski Coll.
Beckermet Mine, Haile, Copeland, Cumbria, England
13.2 x 9.5 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $267
Gem Smoky Quartz xl ex Lemanski coll.
Switzerland
8.9 x 3.1 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Quartz w/ Baryte (Chet Lemanski Coll.)
Jinkouhe District, Leshan, Sichuan, China
11.7 x 8.6 x 6.4 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Bipyramidal and pseudocubic Wulfenite xls
San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
17.2 x 10.7 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Lake Superior Agate ex Houran Coll.
Duluth, St. Louis Co., Minnesota
5.0 x 3.0 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Wulfenite (classic locale) Wolfgang Wendel Coll.
Plaka Mines, Lavrion mining district, Attica, Greece
6.8 x 5.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $355
Thomsonite (rare - 2006 find)
Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India
7.2 x 3.8 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $46
Titanite, Hauyne, Augite & Sanidine (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Laacher See area, Eifel Volcanic Fields, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
10.3 x 6.2 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $20
Fluorapatite (Type Locality) ex Kay Robertson Coll.
Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
6.6 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $89
Vivianite (classic locale)
Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Russia
3.5 x 2.2 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $82
Eudialyte (Chet Lemanski Coll.)
Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
2.6 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $63
Gem Willemite (Chet Lemanski Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
2.4 x 1.8 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Chambersite (rare borate) Chet Lemanski Coll.
Venice Salt dome, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
0.6 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $198
GEM clear Apophyllite, Stilbite & Celadonite
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
12.4 x 6.0 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $2,250
large Erythrite (old classic!) - Chet Lemanski Coll.
Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn District, Queensland, Australia
11.3 x 7.2 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $64
Pyrolusite (Seaman Museum & Chet Lemanski Coll.)
Taylor Mine, Alberta, Baraga Co., Michigan
11.3 x 8.0 x 7.0 cm
Winning Bid: $604
Fluorite on Quartz (rare - Alaska!) Chet Lemanski Coll.
Zarembo Island, Chatham Strait, Wrangel City and Borough, Alaska
14.5 x 9.0 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $82
Dravite Tourmaline (Chet Lemanski Coll.)
May Downs Station, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
8.7 x 4.4 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $128
Fluorite, Calcite, & Hydrozincite (rare USA Locale ex Lemanski Coll.)
Thomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston, Litchfield Co., Connecticut
10.6 x 7.2 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $377
Orange Creedite ex Lemanski Coll
Mina Navidad, Abasolo, Durango, Mexico
7.9 x 6.4 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $225
Red Apophyllite (rare), Stilbite & Mordenite
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
9.1 x 8.4 x 7.9 cm
Winning Bid: $237
Bi-colored Fluorite & Quartz (Chet Lemanski Coll.)
Kara-Oba W deposit, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
11.8 x 10.4 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $255
large Fluorite w/ Rhodochrosite (classic CO) Chet Lemanski Coll.
Sunnyside Mine, Gladstone, Eureka Mining District, San Juan Co., Colorado
18.0 x 12.4 x 8.1 cm
Winning Bid: $237
Variscite, Wardite & Crandallite (old classic) James Carter Coll.
Little Green Monster Variscite Mine, Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Utah Co., Utah
7.8 x 6.3 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $89
Cinnabar (rare - classic locale) Chet Lemanski Coll.
Cavnic, Maramures, Romania
2.3 x 2.0 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Odessa Meteorite (8.4 grams) James Carter Coll.
Odessa, Ector Co., Texas
1.8 x 1.6 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Bi-colored Tourmaline w/ Lepidolite (old classic) Rolando Gioia Coll.
Cruzeiro mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.4 x 2.9 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $747