CLASSIC AND FINE MINERAL LIQUIDATION AUCTION featuring OLD CLASSICS - Ends March 3, 2022

CLASSIC AND FINE MINERAL LIQUIDATION AUCTION featuring OLD CLASSICS - Ends March 3, 2022

This eclectic auction features a diverse variety of classics, rarities, recent finds and many specimens you don't normally see in auctions.  

Specimens from the Bill Larson, Al Kidwell, Bob Reynolds, Richard Rossi, Bill & Ann Cook and other collections are featured. We have been slowly selling pieces from many of these collections for 2 years now, and all of these are unseen, fresh, recently unpacked, and presented to you first in our auctions! We feel very lucky to have picked up the large collection of Bill and Anne Cook of Cleveland, recently. It is a tribute to their long efforts, how many interesting minerals and old localities were preserved and carefully labelled so you can see them now. Bill and Anne collected for at least 60 years. 

Highlights:

1. TOURMALINES

2. Bill Larson Collection CALIFORNIA specimens (some dating to the 1940s)

3. Selection of LARGE pieces including STIBICONITE, GYPSUM, SCOLECITE, QUARTZ & FLUORITE

4. AQUAMARINE

5. Rare MOHAWKITE & COPPER

6. Idarado Mine GOLD slab



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Amethyst scepters on Quartz (rare California) Reynolds Coll.
Crystal Ridge, Johnson Spring, Inyo Mts., Inyo Co., California, USA
10.3 x 8.0 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $335
Pyrite concretion (extinct Texas location) Kidwell Coll.
Dallas-Fort Worth Airport (DFW Airport), Dallas Co., Texas, USA
6.6 x 5.5 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $283
Japan-law twin Quartz (John White & Jack Halpern Coll.)
Pampa Blanca, Ica, Peru
4.7 x 4.1 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $437
Hydroxyherderite, Smoky Quartz & Feldspar (old) - Scripps & Larson Coll.
Blue Chihuahua Mine, Iron Spring Mtn, Riverside Co., California, USA
11.3 x 10.7 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $252
Corundum (classic California find from 90s ) Larson Coll.
Soboba Hot Springs, San Jacinto Mts, Riverside Co., California, USA
9.3 x 9.0 x 6.6 cm
Winning Bid: $337
Calcite (rare old California locale) Larson Coll.
Hilton deposit (Gunsight Mine), Borrego Springs, San Diego County, California, USA
11.7 x 8.7 x 7.5 cm
Winning Bid: $265
Smoky Quartz w/ Montmorillionite inclusions (Larson Coll.)
White Queen Mine, Hiriart Mtn, Pala Mining Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
13.0 x 7.5 x 7.1 cm
Winning Bid: $575
Lepidolite, Smoky Quartz & Schorl (classic CA) Larson Coll.
Little Three Mine, Ramona Mining Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
14.8 x 11.0 x 10.7 cm
Winning Bid: $663
Baryte "roses" (Oklahoma State Rock - old) Kidwell Coll.
Norman, Cleveland Co., Oklahoma, USA
12.3 x 8.3 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $308
Witherite (fluorescent) Kidwell Coll.
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-In-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
3.5 x 3.4 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Vanadinite w/ Calcite - old Mexico classic & rare large size! ex Reynolds
Apex mine, San Carlos, Chihuahua, Mexico
11.7 x 9.2 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $555
Crystallized Copper w/ Cuprite (2021 find)
Chengmenshan Mine, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China
8.3 x 6.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $427
large bi-colored Fluorite w/ Bitumen (Chet Lemanski Coll.)
Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
19.0 x 15.0 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $576
large Stilbite (Washington) - old classic, ex Kidwell Coll.
Lewis River, Skamania Co., Washington, USA
14.8 x 10.3 x 9.8 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Cuprite-coated Copper w/ Malachite (old classic) ex Kidwell Coll.
Mount Isa Mines, Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
13.2 x 6.8 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $135
DT Almandine Garnet on Schist (RARE MA locale)
Hawks Pyrite Mine, Charlemont, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, USA
6.5 x 4.7 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $265
large Gypsum w/ phantom
Qinglong Mine, Dachang Sb ore field, Qinglong Co., Guizhou, China
25.8 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $601
large gemmy Doubly-terminated Quartz (old classic)
Ron Coleman Mine , Blue Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, USA
19.3 x 6.8 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $576
Fluorite w/ Chalcopyrite ex Lemanski Coll.
Cave-in-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
8.6 x 7.8 x 7.1 cm
Winning Bid: $255
Baryte, Wulfenite & Cerussite on Galena (Rossi Coll.)
Les Dalles Mine, Mibladen, Midelt Province, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
9.0 x 5.1 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $147
Gem Indicolite Tourmaline
Pederneira mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.7 x 1.1 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $131
Vanadinite (As-bearing) on Wulfenite (Reynolds Coll.)
Erupcion Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
16.6 x 8.8 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $230
large Scolecite ( Bill & Anne Cook Coll.)
Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
16.3 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $242
Gold in Quartz & Sulfide slab (RARE Colorado classic locale)
Idarado Mine, Ouray, Ouray Co. Colorado, USA
6.7 x 6.4 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $311
Rhodochrosite (Rumble & Rossi Coll.)
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
6.9 x 3.8 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $213
Rhodochrosite stalactites (1989 find) Rossi Coll.
Capillitas mining dist., Andalgala Dept., Catamarca Prov., Argentina
5.5 x 4.3 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $205
"Poker chip" Calcite xls (old classic - fluorescent) Kidwell Coll.
Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
8.0 x 7.2 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $215
Manganoan Calcite (2012 find - fluorescent!)
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
10.1 x 5.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $279
large polished Mohawkite on Copper (RARE combo) Bill & Anne Cook Coll.
Mohawk Mine, Mohawk, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA
11.0 x 5.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $643
large Stibiconite ps. after Stibnite (Bill & Anne Cook Coll.)
Xikuangshan Sb deposit, Loudi, Hunan, China
27.7 x 5.0 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $662