FINE MINERAL & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends November 11, 2021

This week we have an eclectic selection of fine specimens from classic worldwide localities, as well as a nice selection of rarities and old find material not commonly seen on the market today. Specimens include items from the collection of A.L. Kidwell, Daniel Trinchillo Sr., Bill Larson, Steve Smale, and more! 

Highlights:

1. Unusual, old and rare OLD EUROPEAN specimens from the Al Kidwell Collection of Houston

2. Rare HEMATITE after EPIDOTE w/ QUARTZ from Washington

3. FLUORESCENTS from many localities

4. Large CALCITE on FLUORITE from the Daniel Trinchillo St. Collection

5. Rare MIMETITE from the Red Cloud Mine

6. Old Specimens from the Bill Larson and Steve Smale collections

7. Huge Quartz plate

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Vanadinite (super TN)
Mibladen, Midelt Prov., Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
2.8 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Algodonite, etc (RARE - old) Wilson Coll.
Baltic Mine, Baltic, Houghton Co., Michigan, USA
6.4 x 4.0 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Axinite-(Mn) (RARE USA locale) ex Sinkankas & Larson Coll.
Little Three Mine, Ramona Mining Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
3.8 x 2.4 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $195
Fluorite (fluorescent) w/ Quartz
Homestake Mine, Oatman Mining Dist., Mohave Co., Arizona, USA
9.0 x 6.5 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $195
Amazonite w/ Muscovite (rare combo) Lemanski Coll.
Zapot pegmatite, Gillis Range, Fitting Mining Dist., Mineral Co., Nevada, USA
10.1 x 8.3 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Quartz var. Chalcedony (fluorescent!) Lemanski Coll.
Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo Co., New Mexico, USA
11.3 x 10.2 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Microcline (fluorescent) w/ Aegerine (Lemanski Coll.)
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
10.7 x 10.3 x 6.6 cm
Winning Bid: $86
Willemite, Franklinite, Calcite, etc. (Wilson Coll.)
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining Dist., Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
10.1 x 4.8 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Petalite (fluorescent) Lemanski Coll.
Londonderry Li deposit, Nepean, Western Australia, Australia
11.3 x 7.7 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Willemite w/ Franklinite (Kidwell Coll.)
Franklin, Franklin Mining Dist., Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
8.3 x 6.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Spinel, Norbergite, Graphite, Calcite w/ Muscovite, (Kidwell Coll.)
Franklin Marble, Franklin Mining Dist., Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
8.1 x 6.3 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Smoky Quartz (rare locale - Kidwell Coll.)
Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil
13.2 x 3.9 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $230
Tessin habit Smoky Quartz (RARE! - Kidwell Coll.)
Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil
13.1 x 3.0 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $609
Titanite (Kidwell Coll.)
Tory Hill area, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
7.2 x 6.4 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Cryptomelane (RARE old Pennsylvania) Kidwell Coll.
Warriors Mark Township, Huntingdon Co., Pennsylvania, USA
6.2 x 5.7 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $287
Crocoite (Kidwell Coll.)
Adelaide Mine, Dundas mineral field, Tasmania, Australia
9.8 x 6.9 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $56
Quartz (Kidwell Coll.)
Jeffrey Quarry, Pulaski Co., Arkansas, USA
8.9 x 6.9 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $325
Mimetite on Calcite (RARE - classic locale) Kidwell Coll.
Red Cloud Mine, Silver Mining Dist., La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
6.2 x 4.2 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $498
Pyrite (classic locale) Lemanski Coll.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Ancash, Peru
11.4 x 9.8 x 8.4 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Clinozoisite & Clinozoisite var. Clinothulite (RARE California!) Reynolds Coll.
Birch Creek, White Mountains, Inyo Co., California, USA
13.3 x 7.4 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $131
large Native Arsenic (old classic) Kidwell Coll.
Alberoda, Aue-Bad Schlema, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
14.0 x 10.0 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $330
DT floater Quartz xl (RARE West Virginia!) Kidwell Coll.
Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, USA
10.1 x 5.8 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Dioptase on Calcite
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
8.1 x 5.7 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $1,012
Unusual Stilbite included by clay (ex Jack Halpern Coll.)
Sakur, Ahmadnagar district, Maharashtra, India
12.1 x 8.7 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $411
Rhodonite & Calcite (Kidwell Coll.)
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining Dist., Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
10.7 x 5.6 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Gypsum (excellent twinned style - old!) ex Kidwell Coll.
Great Salt Plains, Jet, Alfalfa Co., Oklahoma, USA
5.8 x 3.6 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $527
Pyromorphite - old classic (Kidwell Coll.)
Krandorf, Schwandorf Dist., Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
7.5 x 4.8 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $298
Stibnite (Italy locale !) Kidwell Coll.
Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
7.2 x 5.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Apophyllite and Stilbite (Kidwell Coll.)
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
8.2 x 8.1 x 7.4 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Tetrahedrite & Quartz (rare Chile) Kidwell Coll.
Teniente Mine, El Teniente, Rancagua, Cachapoal Prov., Chile
12.1 x 11.0 x 8.5 cm
Winning Bid: $109