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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Cornetite (Type Locality) w/ Malachite
L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
11.8 x 7.2 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $660
Fluorite, Calcite & Chalcopyrite on Quartz
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
8.0 x 5.4 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $454
Fluorite with Quartz, Pyrite and Calcite
El Hammam, Ait Mimoune Caidat, Khemisset Prov., Rabat-Sale-Kenitra Region, Morocco
8.2 x 6.3 x 5.9 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Roselite
Bou Azzer Mine, Ouarzazate Prov., Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
10.7 x 6.4 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $343
Awaruite (Josephinite) - a rare alloy nugget ex. Cook Coll.
Josephine Creek placers, Josephine Creek Dist., Josephine Co., Oregon
2.2 x 1.2 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $139
Quartz w/ Amethyst phantom
Goboboseb Mtns., Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia
9.5 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $445
Vanadinite on Baryte (classic locale)
Mibladen, Midelt Province, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
7.0 x 5.1 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $315
Beryl var. Goshenite & Scheelite (Hefendehl Coll.)
Pingwu beryl mine, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China
9.5 x 7.7 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $430
Gemmy Aquamarine w/ Quartz (RARE CA) Larson Coll.
Esmeralda Mine, Mesa Grande, Mesa Grande Mining Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
7.1 x 6.1 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $432
Libethenite (1975 find)
Mindola Pit, Nkana Mine, Kitwe, Zambia
10.9 x 7.5 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $112
Banded velvet Malachite (Weaver Coll.)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mapimi Mun., Durango, Mexico
4.9 x 3.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $104
large Heulandite and Stilbite on Amethyst (RARE combo)
Halls Harbour, Bay of Fundy, Kings Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
17.5 x 17.0 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $1,451
Baryte (rare early 2000s finds - 2 generations) Reynolds Coll.
Mianyang, Sichuan, China
12.5 x 9.2 x 7.5 cm
Winning Bid: $270
Baryte with phantoms (Reynolds Coll.)
Xikuangshan Sb deposit, Lengshuijiang Co., Loudi, Hunan, China
10.8 x 8.9 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $420
Tourmaline with complex color zones
Pech, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
6.3 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $2,222
gem Topaz with Tourmaline and Cleavelandite
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
10.4 x 6.1 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $4,801
Beryl var. Aquamarine - exquisite cluster
Shigar Valley, Shigar Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.3 x 4.5 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $1,700
Azurite with Malachite on Quartz
Touissit-Bou Beker mining dist., Jerada Prov., Oriental Region, Morocco
8.2 x 6.6 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $450
Tourmaline with Albite
Paprok, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
8.5 x 3.8 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $271
Rhodochrosite (rare style)
Kounrad Massif, Balkhash, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
8.0 x 7.7 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $259
large Smithsonite (rare locale) Weaver Coll.
Buena Tierra Mine, West Camp, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
13.1 x 9.1 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $945
Heulandite w/ Stilbite (Dr. Steve Smale Coll.)
Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
10.8 x 7.0 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $240
Wulfenite with Calcite (Weaver Coll.)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
9.6 x 6.0 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $425
Topaz with Cleavelandite - superb gem crystal on matrix
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Shigar Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
7.4 x 6.5 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $3,351
Okenite & Gyrolite on Prehnite (superb RARE old combo) Cook Coll.
Malad Quarry, Malad, Mumbai Suburban dist., Maharashtra, India
9.7 x 9.0 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $585