FINE MINERAL AND MINERAL LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends Dec 16, 2021

Another 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.  There is also a good selection of large pieces.   Specimens include items from the collection of A.L. Kidwell, Steve Smale, Brent Lockhart and more! 

Highlights:

1. Large QUARTZ plate

2. Rare Tiger STOLZITE with WULFENITE & CERUSSITE

3. Fine VANADINITE

4. Steve Smale Collection specimens

5. Large COPPER  from a New Find

6. Rare large old RHODOCHROSITE & QUARTZ from Japan

7. Swiss specimens from the Brent Lockhart Collection

8. Large SPESSARTINE GARNETS from Pakistan

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DT Calcite w/ Siegenite on Pyrite, Marcasite & Sphalerite (Soregaroli Coll.)
Nanisivik Mine, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada
4.3 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $115
Gemmy DT Smoky Quartz w/ Spessartine Garnet
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Fujian, China
11.0 x 3.4 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $363
large Spessartine Garnets w/ Schorl, Smoky Quartz, etc.
Shengus, Roundu Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
9.1 x 6.7 x 6.4 cm
Winning Bid: $209
Riebeckite var. Crocidolite (rare - old) Kidwell Coll.
Granite Railway Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA
16.8 x 2.9 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Adamite (Cu-bearing - classic locale)
Hilarion Mine, Kamariza Mines, Lavrion, Attica, Greece
6.7 x 4.4 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $109
Hematite & Feldspar (classic locale - collected by Ed David)
Uto Mines, Uto, Stockholm Co., Sweden
10.8 x 5.8 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $194
Fluorite (''Tanzanite Fluorite'')
Yongchun Co., Quanzhou, Fujian, China
6.5 x 5.4 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $230
Stolzite w/ Wulfenite & Cerussite (RARE Arizona combo) Reynolds Coll.
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
7.0 x 5.7 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $299
Hematite-tinted Calcite (Steve Smale Coll., late 1990s)
Mine No. 884, Leiping, Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
10.6 x 6.8 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $364
Gem color-zoned Fluorite on Quartz
Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
7.8 x 7.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,548
Calcite w/ Celestine & Hyalite Opal (rare - old) Payne Coll.
Mojina Mine, Buenaventura Mun., Chihuahua, Mexico
10.8 x 5.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $126
Wulfenite (old style - classic locale) Reynolds Coll.
Erupcion Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.5 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $159
Pyromorphite (Smale Coll.)
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
4.2 x 3.9 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $301
Calcite & Fluorite w/ clay coating? (1970s) Ross Lillie Coll.
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-Dist., Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
8.3 x 7.0 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $177
Fluorite on Celestine (Reynolds Coll.)
Melchor Muzquiz, Mun. de Melchor Muzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico
7.2 x 5.4 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $125
Smoky Quartz (Lockhart Coll.)
Cristallina Valley, Val Medel, Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland
11.5 x 11.3 x 10.9 cm
Winning Bid: $925
Strontianite (fluorescent) on Calcite (Reynolds Coll.)
National Limestone Quarry No. 2, Mount Pleasant Mills, Snyder Co., Pennsylvania, USA
17.7 x 6.4 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $625
Fluorite w/ hydrocarbons (Lemanski Coll.)
Annabel Lee Mine, Harris Creek Mining Sub-Dist., Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
19.0 x 10.7 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $725
Gyrolite, Quartz & Calcite (old classic) Steve Smale Coll.
Malad Quarry, Malad, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
10.9 x 8.3 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $450
large polished Agate slab (Ken Roberts Coll.)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
17.5 x 15.4 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $343
large Wavellite (Owens Coll.)
Mauldin Mtn. Quarries, Montgomery Co., Arkansas, USA
20.0 x 14.6 x 7.6 cm
Winning Bid: $910
Fluorite with Quartz (old classic) Kidwell Coll.
W.L. Davis-Deardorff Mine, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-Dist., Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
12.2 x 6.2 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $885
Okenite (old classic) Steve Smale Coll.
Malad Quarry, Malad, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
11.2 x 7.5 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $802
Calcite with Hematite inclusions (Kidwell Coll.)
Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
24.1 x 15.5 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $1,565
Calcite w/ Chalcopyrite
Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
12.8 x 9.0 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $390
Quartz w/ Chlorite (RARE Swiss) Lockhart Coll.
NEAT Access gallery, Amsteg, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland
13.5 x 10.9 x 9.8 cm
Winning Bid: $858
huge Quartz cluster (Kidwell Coll.)
Mt. Ida, Montgomery Co., Arkansas, USA
26.7 x 23.0 x 11.5 cm
Winning Bid: $975
large Calcite w/ Chalcopyrite & Marcasite (Lee Burnett Coll.)
Brushy Creek Mine, Viburnum Trend, Greeley, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
23.0 x 14.3 x 12.1 cm
Winning Bid: $1,750
large unusual Pyrite concretion
Dongchuan Cu ore field, Dongchuan Dist., Yunnan, China
12.0 x 11.1 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $892
large banded Fluorite slice
Hunan Prov., China
32.8 x 14.0 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $910