CLASSIC AND FINE MINERAL LIQUIDATION AUCTION featuring OLD CLASSIC MINERALS & CABINET PIECES - Ends January 20, 2022

We present another short set featuring a selection of fine mineral specimens, many not commonly seen on the market today.  Specimens include items from the collections of A.L. Kidwell, Bill Larson, Dr. Miguel Romero, Herb Obodda and Shields Flynn, that go back 50 years and more in some cases. Many of the old Kidwell specimens were purchased in the 1930s-1950s, and there are some old classics here that we seldom see today. This is a really special set of mostly old classic finds and rarities that we hope you find as educational and really interesting as we do, that can only be found in these massive old collections.   

 

Highlights:

1. TOURMALINE and QUARTZ from the Bill Larson Collection

2. Unique ARSENOPYRITE, BOURNONITE & CALCITE from Peru

3. Large old-time WISCONSIN minerals: HEMATITE "needle ore” and Mn-CALCITE

4. Superb JAMESONITE

5. ex Miguel Romero collection,  RHODOCHROSITE on QUARTZ

6.  Selection of rarities and highly unusual specimens from the Chet Lemanski Collection

7. Excellent California INESITE from the Jack Halpern Collection

8.  SMOKY QUARTZ with SPESSARTINE GARNET

 

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Tourmaline w/ Lepidolite (old classic) Larson Coll.
Stewart Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mtn., Pala Mining Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
4.2 x 3.7 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $1,900
Calcite (fluorescent) in Quartz geode (classic locale) Kidwell Coll.
Idar-Oberstein, Birkenfeld Dist., Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
11.4 x 10.6 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $343
Sphalerite on Dolomite (classic locale) Kidwell Coll.
Mid-Continent Mine, Treece, Picher Field, Cherokee Co., Kansas, USA
13.1 x 8.0 x 7.2 cm
Winning Bid: $96
Quartz var. Citrine
Mansa District, Luapula Province, Zambia
7.5 x 4.0 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $121
"Ram's horn" Selenite (old Texas classic!) James Carter Coll.
Terlingua Mining District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
7.8 x 5.5 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Jamesonite on Quartz (superb) Herb Obodda Coll.
Noche Buena Mine, Melchor Ocampo Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
9.4 x 5.0 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $625
large Calcite twin (old classic) Kidwell Coll. in 1934
Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper Co., Missouri, USA
17.1 x 5.5 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $333
Schorl w/ Muscovite (Lemanski Coll.)
Basha Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
7.7 x 6.9 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Weird large Pitticite and Jarosite stalactite (RARE Bolivia) Lemanski Coll.
Kami Mine, Ayopaya Province, Cochabamba, Bolivia
17.7 x 4.6 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $223
Tantalite ps. After Microlite (very rare) ex Obodda
Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
9.8 x 8.0 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $176
Mn-bearing Calcite (fluorescent) Gene LaBerge & Kyle Kevorkian Coll.
Montreal Mine, Gogebic Range, Iron Co., Wisconsin, USA
4.5 x 3.8 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Cassiterite (old classic) Calvert, Sensel & Lemanski Coll.
Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
8.2 x 6.1 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Skutterudite (RARE, OLD - classic locale)
Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
6.1 x 5.4 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $388
Baryte (old classic Georgia) Cilen & Lemanski Coll.
Cartersville Mining District, Bartow Co., Georgia, USA
6.4 x 6.3 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Mn-bearing Calcite (fluorescent! - classic Colorado)
Idarado Mine, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
11.2 x 9.0 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Smoky Quartz w/ Spessartine Garnet
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Fujian, China
10.3 x 9.6 x 8.0 cm
Winning Bid: $713
Native Arsenic (old, rare - Shield Flynn Coll.)
Duderstadt , Lower Saxony, Germany
3.2 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Awaruite (Josephinite) (rare alloy) Shields Flynn Coll.
Josephine Creek placers, Josephine Creek Dist,, Josephine Co., Oregon
2.3 x 1.5 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $343
Fluorite octahedrons (fluorescent) Lemanski Coll.
Riemvasmaak, Kakamas, Northern Cape, South Africa
8.3 x 6.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $150
large Co-Dolomite casts after Calcite (old classic) Kidwell Coll.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
17.0 x 12.8 x 10.3 cm
Winning Bid: $97
Unique Arsenopyrite "volcano" w/ Bournonite & Calcite (Willis & Lemanski Coll.)
Pachapaqui mining district, Bolognesi Prov., Ancash, Peru
12.8 x 8.5 x 8.3 cm
Winning Bid: $415
Rhodochrosite on Quartz (classic locale) Miguel Romero Coll.
Remedios Mine, Taxco de Alarcon, Guerrero, Mexico
10.4 x 7.0 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $268
Inesite (excellent - classic CA finds!) ex Jack Halpern Coll.
Hale Creek Mine, Mad River Rock, Coastal Range, Trinity Co., California, USA
7.0 x 4.0 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $327
Stibnite on Quartz (old CA) Kidwell Coll.
nr. Hollister, Stayton Mining District, Diablo Range, San Benito & Merced Co., California, USA
9.8 x 8.5 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $110
large Hematite
Montreal Mine, Gogebic Range, Iron Co., Wisconsin, USA
19.4 x 3.9 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $182
Quartz w/ Montmorillionite inclusions (Dawson, Walters & Larson Coll.)
White Queen Mine, Hiriart Mtn, Pala Mining Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
9.7 x 8.8 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $425
Silver/Copper "halfbreed" (old classic) Shields Flynn Coll.
Copper Country, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
2.5 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $112
large Okenite, Gyrolite & Calcite geode (old style ex Kidwell Coll.)
Pune District, Maharashtra, India
16.3 x 10.3 x 9.8 cm
Winning Bid: $720
Spinel-twinned Silver "feather" (Dick Hauck Coll.)
Elura Mine, Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia
5.1 x 1.2 x 0.2 cm
Winning Bid: $310