Mixed Cabinet Minerals & Inventory Liquidation Auction - Ends June 9, 2022

Larger pieces are highlighted in this auction including recent finds, classics, and rarities. Many are species and localities you normally don't see in auctions. Larson, Smale, Meieran, Hefendehl, Cook, Weaver, Reynolds, a local collection, and others are featured.

Highlights:

1. Rare AQUAMARINE and TOURMALINE specimens from the Bill Larson Collection.

2. Fine Indian ZEOLITE GROUP pieces including some from the Steve Smale Collection.

3. Huge SCAPOLITE and large FLUORAPATITE from Canada

4. Gemmy TOPAZ from Colorado

5. Selection of Mexico specimens, including classics

6. Excellent FLUORITE on QUARTZ from China

7. Rare Swiss MANGANOAN CALCITE from the St. Gotthard Pass Road Tunnel

8. GOSHENITE BERYL and SCHEELITE combination and a fine CHALCOPYRITE from China

9. Gemmy PHLOGOPITE

10. Rare large WOODWARDITE & AZURITE

11. Selection of BARITE specimens

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Woodwardite w/ Azurite (rare combo - 2021 find)
Qinglong County, Qianxinan, Guizhou, China
13.5 x 9.0 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Vanadinite (2008 pocket) Jeff Kremer Coll.
Mibladen, Midelt Cercle, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
12.3 x 8.5 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $501
Spinel-twinned Silver (Dr. B. Phillips Coll.)
Uranium Mine No. 21, Pribram Dist., Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
7.7 x 7.5 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $118
Rhodochrosite & Fluorite on Quartz (rare rich combo) Dr. Steve Smale Coll.
Wutong Mine, Liubao, Wuzhou, Guangxi, China
10.8 x 5.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $900
Agatized fossil Coral pair (Chalcedony) Lemanski Coll.
Ballast Point, Tampa Bay, Tampa, Hillsborough Co., Florida, USA
12.5 x 10.0 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $109
large Copper w/ Cuprite & Malachite (Stout & Lemanski Coll.)
Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Cercle, Tinghir Prov., Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
16.8 x 11.3 x 8.8 cm
Winning Bid: $465
Sulfur w/ Aragonite & Bitumen (old classic)
Cozzo Disi Mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento Prov., Sicily, Italy
9.3 x 8.5 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Botryoidal "grape" Amethyst
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
10.3 x 9.8 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $166
Calcite w/ Malachite (rare Colorado combo) Weaver Coll.
Copper Rivet Mine, Mesa County, Colorado, USA
7.2 x 5.6 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $252
large Fluorapatite (classic locale) Lemanski Coll.
Yates mine, Otter Lake, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada
17.2 x 6.2 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Wulfenite & Barite on Mimetite (RARE old combo) Cook Coll.
San Francisco Mine, Cerro Prieto, Cucurpe, Sonora, Mexico
9.4 x 5.6 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $276
Ilmenite w/ Chlorite (Cook Coll.)
Tormiq Valley, Haramosh Mts., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
7.2 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $467
huge Scapolite w/ Titanite (rare Canada classic) Cook Coll.
Bear Lake, Litchfield, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada
16.3 x 11.8 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $100
large Manganoan Calcite & Calcite (RARE Swiss find !) Lockhart Coll.
St Gotthard pass road tunnel, St Gotthard pass area, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
16.0 x 9.4 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $331
Bi-colored Tourmaline on Cleavelandite (RARE , circa 1960 !) Larson Coll.
Ed Fletcher Jr. Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mtn., Pala Mining Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
6.3 x 4.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $2,299
Iridescent Covellite (old classic Colorado) Weaver Coll.
Summitville Mine, Summitville Mining Dist., Rio Grande County, Colorado, USA
9.7 x 8.0 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $901
Montebrasite ps. after Muscovite (RARE Maine) Cook Coll.
Diamond Pocket, Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mtn, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
7.8 x 5.0 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $81
Azurite with Malachite (RARE old Mexico) Cook Coll.
Santa Elegio Mine, Aranzazu, Concepcion del Oro Mun., Zacatecas, Mexico
7.6 x 6.7 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $501
Gemmy Topaz (Weaver Coll.)
Tarryall Mountains, Park County, Colorado, USA
6.0 x 4.2 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $484
Fluorapophyllite-(K) on Stilbite (Smale Coll.)
Nashik District, Nashik Division, Maharashtra, India
7.3 x 5.7 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $390
Halotrichite on Chalcanthite (RARE AZ combo) Weaver Coll.
Planet Mine, Planet, Santa Maria Mining Dist., Buckskin Mtns., La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
4.4 x 4.3 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Calcite helectite "loop" (Weaver Coll.)
Potosi Mine, West Camp, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
9.2 x 6.2 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $280
Bi-colored Smithsonite (old style) Weaver Coll.
El Refugio Mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico
8.3 x 5.8 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Fluorite on Quartz (excellent old classic style)
Xiefang Mine, Ruijin Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
13.1 x 10.5 x 8.3 cm
Winning Bid: $825
Pyrite (rare Mexico) Dr. Gene Meieran Coll.
Cananea, Cananea Mun., Sonora, Mexico
8.4 x 5.7 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $275
Baryte & Calcite (Hefendehl Coll.)
Jebel Ouichane, Guelaia Cercle, Nador Prov., Oriental Region, Morocco
8.9 x 7.0 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $361
Chalcopyrite on Quartz with Calcite (RARE combo) Hefendehl Coll.
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
13.2 x 7.4 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $414
Phlogopite on Marble (both fluorescent) Hefendehl Coll.
Koksha Valley, Kuran Wa Munjan Dist., Badakhshan, Afghanistan
13.5 x 9.1 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $380
Dolomite ps. Calcite w/ Quartz & Chalcopyrite (Hefendehl Coll.)
Cavnic, Maramures, Romania
12.4 x 11.8 x 7.2 cm
Winning Bid: $217
Baryte (classic locale) Reynolds Coll.
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Mare, Maramures, Romania
12.1 x 9.0 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $90