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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Datolite w/ Calcite (rare combo - superb) Ed David Coll.
Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
12.3 x 10.5 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $970
Gem Tanzanite (28.12 carats)
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mts, Manyara Region, Tanzania
2.6 x 2.6 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $603
Wulfenite (1996 find)
Red Cloud Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
5.4 x 4.0 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $280
Germanite (rare - Type Locality) w/ Malachite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
9.3 x 5.6 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $376
Pyromorphite (4 generations)
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA
7.3 x 6.5 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $675
Turquoise nodule pair (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Fox Mine, Cortez Mining District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA
5.9 x 4.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $193
Quartz ps. after Anhydrite w/ Calcite & Chlorite (Wouter van Tichelen Coll.)
Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA
8.8 x 4.3 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $433
Rhodochrosite
Ushkatyn No. 3 deposit, Zhayrem, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
6.3 x 3.2 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $585
Dravite Tourmaline (Bob Reynolds Coll.)
Yinnietharra, Western Australia, Australia
5.4 x 4.4 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $71
Gemmy Aquamarine xls (NEW Find)
Nagar, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
7.0 x 5.2 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $420
Reticulated Cerussite (classic Arizona) Bob Reynolds Coll.
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
8.3 x 5.8 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $227
Stibnite (California)
McLaughlin Mine, Knoxville, Napa Co., California, USA
5.5 x 4.9 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $479
Gem DT Indicolite Tourmaline
Pederneira mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.6 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $845
Fluorite ball on Amethyst (rare combo)
Mahodari, Sinnar, Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
6.3 x 6.1 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $526
Dolomite (James Carter self-collected)
Black Rock, Lawrence Co., Arkansas, USA
11.1 x 6.3 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Prehnite w/ Graphite
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mts, Manyara Region, Tanzania
3.1 x 2.9 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Spinel-twinned Copper (New Find)
Chengmenshan Mine, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China
8.3 x 5.5 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $167
Pseudocubic Wulfenite w/ Calcite (2008 find)
San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
7.0 x 4.2 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $152