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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Calcite (classic locale) Kidwell Coll.
Picher Field, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, USA
13.2 x 10.3 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Hematite ps. after Epidote w/ Quartz (RARE) ex van Tichelen Coll.
Bessemer Ridge, Green Mtn., North Bend, King Co., Washington, USA
16.4 x 5.8 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $1,727
Libethenite
Mindola Pit, Nkana Mine, Kitwe, Zambia
5.3 x 4.1 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $211
Chalcocite on Pyrite (rare old classic) Soregaroli Coll.
5750 Level, South Pit, Chino Mine, Santa Rita, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA
2.8 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $336
Hematite-tinted Calcite (Steve Smale Coll., late 1990s)
Mine No. 884, Leiping, Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
9.7 x 5.8 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $490
Galena (old classic) from a 19th C. Zurich Coll.
Himmelfahrt Mine, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany
6.2 x 6.2 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Pyrite (classic locale) Kidwell Coll.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Ancash, Peru
8.9 x 7.2 x 6.9 cm
Winning Bid: $98
Bi-colored Fluorite (Kidwell Coll.)
Melchor Muzquiz, Muzquiz Mun., Coahuila, Mexico
12.2 x 10.4 x 7.6 cm
Winning Bid: $246
Cavansite and Stilbite (old style)
Wagholi Quarries, Wagholi, Pune Dist., Maharashtra, India
7.7 x 5.8 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $470
Berzeliite (Type Locality), Hausmannite & Calcite (Stockholm Mus. & Kidwell Coll.)
Langban mine, Langban Ore Dist., Filipstad, Varmland Co., Sweden
6.7 x 4.4 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $434
Orthoserpierite (RARE Arizona) Wilson Coll.
Childs-Adwinkle Mine, Copper Creek, Bunker Hill Dist., Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
11.9 x 8.7 x 7.2 cm
Winning Bid: $143
fine Quartz cluster (Kidwell Coll.)
Mt. Ida, Montgomery Co., Arkansas, USA
14.0 x 11.9 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $960
Hematite "kidney ore" (old classic) Kidwell Coll.
Cumbria, England, UK
12.9 x 5.0 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $475
Amethyst geode (THE classic European locale! ) Kidwell Coll.
Idar-Oberstein, Birkenfeld Dist., Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
12.0 x 8.0 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $826
Manganoan Calcite (2012 find - fluorescent!)
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
9.8 x 5.3 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $411
Calcite (RARE Georgia) Lemanski Coll.
New York Quarry, Marble Hill, Pickens Co., Georgia, USA
13.2 x 8.2 x 7.2cm
Winning Bid: $198
Calcite on Amethyst & Quartz (classic locale)
Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
14.8 x 8.4 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $400
Pseudomalachite (old - Kidwell Coll.)
Kakanda deposit, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo
5.6 x 3.3 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $255
Vayrynenite
Shengus, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
2.0 x 0.4 x 0.2 cm
Winning Bid: $305
Calcite on Fluorite (Daniel Trincillo Sr. Coll.)
Xianghualing Mine, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
14.9 x 13.8 x 9.9 cm
Winning Bid: $2,110