FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends April 22, 2021

Another completely random mix of species, locations, and historic oddities, spanning acquisitions we made between the early 2000s and now. We're offering first sight of many new specimens from the lifelong collections of: Dr. Bob Reynolds, long the curator at the San Bernardino County Museum; and Chet Lemanski (Lemanskiite and MINDAT fame). 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. We have added a selection of tourmalines and fluorescents, as well.  

Highlights:

1. Rare SAPPHIRE from Russia

2. TOURMALINES

3. Classic old Illinois QUARTZ & FLUORITE

4. Large ALMANDINE plate from Austria

5. Franklin fluorescents

6. CALCITES from the Rob Lavinsky Calcite Collection

7. Excellent TANZANITE and VANADINITE specimens

8. NEW FINDS of AQUAMARINE and COPPER

9. Superb Russian DATOLITE and CALCITE from the Ed David Collection

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Gem Tourmaline
Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.1 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $728
Pyrite octahedrons (Bob Reynolds Coll.)
Animon mine, Huaron mining district, Pasco, Peru
5.4 x 5.0 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Wulfenite altering to Mottramite w/ Quartz (Bob Reynolds Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
3.9 x 2.8 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Cobaltoan Calcite
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi district, Lualaba, DR Congo
5.4 x 4.7 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $262
Calcite with Realgar (Rob Lavinsky Coll.)
Jiepaiyu Mine, Shimen deposit, Changde, Hunan, China
5.4 x 3.5 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $430
Hematite on Quartz (classic Arizona)
Big Bertha Mine, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
2.9 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Reticulated Cerussite (classic form) Bob Reynolds Coll.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
9.3 x 6.4 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $385
Francevillite & Curienite (Type Locality for both) Bob Reynolds Coll.
Mounana Mine, Franceville, Haut-Ogooue Province, Gabon
7.8 x 4.6 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $660
Quartz w/ Fluorite (old classic) Sensel, Clement, Lemanski Coll.
W.L. Davis-Deardorff Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
11.7 x 6.9 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $316
Gypsum ps. Glauberite (excellent) Ordway & Reynolds Coll.
Camp Verde, Camp Verde Mining District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
15.2 x 8.0 x 7.2 cm
Winning Bid: $179
Baryte (classic Norway) Bob Reynolds Coll.
Styggedalsgangen, Trak, Bamble, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
11.0 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $268
large gem Quartz xl (Ron Coleman Coll.)
Ron Coleman Mine, Jessieville, Garland Co., Arkansas, USA
15.6 x 7.9 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $616
Almandine Garnets (classic locale)
Granatenkogel north slope, Gaisberg valley, Imst District, Tyrol, Austria
13.5 x 10.5 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $1,750
Fluorite
Fontsante Mine, Var, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
14.7 x 9.6 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $858
large Vanadinite
Mibladen, Midelt, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
15.5 x 8.3 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $160
large Calcite plate
Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
22.1 x 12.0 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $700
Corundum var. Sapphire (Bob Reynolds Coll.)
Soboba Hot Springs, San Jacinto Mts, Riverside Co., California, USA
12.6 x 8.4 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $256
Tourmaline, Quartz and Cleavelandite
Pech, Dara-e-Pech District, Kunar, Afghanistan
13.0 x 6.5 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,363
"Ram's horn" Selenite (Gypsum) Bob Reynolds Coll.
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
12.6 x 9.1 x 6.9 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Calcite "brain" w/ Quartz & Pyrite (Chet Lemanski Coll.)
Cavnic, Maramures, Romania
13.0 x 10.1 x 6.4 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Sphalerite, Willemite & Franklinite (RARE - classic locale) Chet Lemanski Coll.
North Ore Body, Sterling Mine, Franklin Mining Dist., Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
12.0 x 10.5 x 10.0 cm
Winning Bid: $268
Opal in Petrified Wood (RARE Thailand) Chet Lemanski Coll.
Nakhon Ratchasima (Khorat), Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand
12.0 x 10.7 x 7.0 cm
Winning Bid: $1,057
DT Calcite xls (fluorescent) Rob Lavinsky Coll.
Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
13.3 x 7.4 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,010
Willemite, Franklinite & Calcite (classic locale) Chet Lemanski Coll.
Franklin Mine, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
14.6 x 10.1 x 8.7 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Sapphire (RARE - old) Fersman Museum
Miass, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
9.9 x 7.8 x 5.9 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Vanadinite (excellent - 2019 find)
Mibladen, Midelt, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
8.1 x 4.1 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $700
Scolecite on Stilbite
Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
12.8 x 10.8 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $343
Almandine Garnet (rare old New York) Testone & Lemanski Coll.
Bedford, Westchester Co., New York, USA
2.7 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $327
Bismuthinite & Quartz (Cilen & Lemanski Coll.)
Atocha-Quechisla mining district, Potosi, Bolivia
11.7 x 7.3 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $385
Red Apophyllite (rare), Stilbite & Mordenite
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
11.8 x 9.5 x 7.7 cm
Winning Bid: $360