Fine Mineral and Inventory Liquidation Auction - Ends July 21, 2022

Classics, rarities, and recent finds are highlighted in this auction. Many are species and localities you normally don't see in auctions. This auction features specimens from the Taylor Hunt Collection and a number of gem species. Larson, Ed Swoboda, Cook, Hefendehl, Reynolds, Lemanski, and other collections are featured.

Highlights:

1. TOURMALINE, TOPAZ, and BERYL specimens

2. Rare California AMAZONITE and unusual pegmatite specimens

3. Old RHODOCHROSITE from the Hotazel Mine

4. Fine reticulated CERUSSITE from Tsumeb

5. Rare old SCHEELITE and BERTRANDITE from South Korea

6. Large Chinese AZURITE and Indian specimens

7. Classic old Czech specimens including large CASSITERITE

8. Rare large CYMATOLITE after SPODUMENE from New Hampshire

9. Superb and rare Naica ARSENOPYRITE after PYRRHOTITE from the Ed Swoboda Collection

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Mottramite ps. Wulfenite (Cook Coll.)
Total Wreck Mine, Empire Mining Dist., Pima Co., Arizona, USA
2.3 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Fluorapatite, Pyrite & Arsenopyrite (classic locale) Hefendehl Coll.
Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal
5.3 x 5.3 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $181
large rare Turquoise nugget (Reynolds Coll.)
Royston Mine, Royston Mining Dist., Nye Co., Nevada, USA
13.4 x 6.8 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $221
huge Cymatolite ps. after Spodumene (RARE) Cook Coll.
Parker Mountain Mine, Strafford Co., New Hampshire, USA
22.6 x 7.3 x 6.6 cm
Winning Bid: $534
Berthierite w/ Stibnite (RARE old combo) Foote, Cilen & Lemanski Coll.
Příbram Dist., Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
8.3 x 7.0 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $199
Fluorite (fluorescent - classic locale circa 1800s) Lemanski Coll.
Blackdene Mine, Ireshopeburn, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
10.3 x 9.0 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Schorl on Cleavelandite (RARE) Reynolds Coll.
Blue Lady Mine, Warner Springs Mining Dist., San Diego Co. California, USA
9.2 x 8.5 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Bi-colored Tourmaline, Smoky Quartz, Lepidolite, etc.
Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande Mining Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
10.7 x 10.3 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Molybdenite, Calcite, Pyrite & Serpentine (RARE NJ) Lemanski Coll.
Royal Green Marble Quarry, Phillipsburg, Warren Co., New Jersey, USA
13.2 x 7.3 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $221
Gemmy Smoky Quartz (RARE Utah) Reynolds Coll.
Beaver Co., Utah
10.0 x 5.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $340
large Cassiterite (rich old classic) Lemanski Coll.
Cínovec, Erzgebirge, Czech Republic
15.3 x 9.5 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $171
Cobalt-bearing Calcite (2 generations)
Wenshan Co., Yunnan, China
8.8 x 4.2 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $148
Dendritic Silver in Calcite slab (Cook Coll.)
Cobalt area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Ontario, Canada
8.2 x 6.2 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $137
DT Schorl & Spessartine Garnet (RARE CA combo) Larson Coll.
Audrey Lynn Mine, Cahuilla Mining Dist., Riverside Co., California, USA
6.9 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm (2 pieces - largest)
Winning Bid: $110
Amazonite, Microcline & Muscovite (RARE CA) self-collected by Bob Reynolds
Bar 'N' Grill occurrence, Lanfair, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
10.8 x 7.8 x 7.8 cm
Winning Bid: $208
Gypsum (rare China)
Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
12.2 x 5.8 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Cinnabar, Quartz and Dolomite (RARE combo) Taylor Hunt Coll.
Tongren Mine, Bijiang Dist., Guizhou, China
7.7 x 6.4 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $318
Rhodochrosite (old classic)
Hotazel Mine, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
3.3 x 3.0 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $608
Gem Topaz (Hunt Coll.)
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Shigar Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.5 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Amethyst (classic locale) Hunt Coll.
Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Tatatila Mun., Veracruz, Mexico
3.5 x 2.6 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $129
Azurite on Quartz (Peter Megaw)
Sierra Rica, Manuel Benavides Mun., Chihuahua, Mexico
11.2 x 6.7 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $330
Pyrite (RARE Colorado!) Trantham & Sherburn Coll.
Brass Balls Claim, Eagle Co., Colorado, USA
6.8 x 6.4 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $116
Rhodochrosite (classic locale) Gleckler Coll.
Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.9 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Smithsonite (old style) ex Hales & Megaw
El Refugio Mine, Choix, Choix Mun., Sinaloa, Mexico
12.2 x 8.8 x 7.5 cm
Winning Bid: $405
large Kyanite in Quartz (Hunt Coll.)
Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
18.0 x 12.7 x 6.4 cm
Winning Bid: $310
large Chalcedony & Chalcedony on Calcite (Hunt Coll.)
Jalgaon Dist., Nashik Division, Maharashtra, India
23.5 x 13.8 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Spessartine & Baveno-twinned Orthoclase (RARE combo) Reynolds Coll.
Little Cahuilla Mountain, Cahuilla Mining Dist., Riverside Co., California, USA
5.7 x 4.8 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $35
large Azurite (Reynolds Coll.)
Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Guangdong, China
9.3 x 6.7 x 6.6 cm
Winning Bid: $825
Arsenopyrite ps. after Pyrrhotite (RARE - superb) Swoboda, Stout & Barratt Coll.
Naica, Saucillo Mun., Chihuahua, Mexico
10.8 x 9.0 x 6.6 cm
Winning Bid: $625
Tephroite, Zincite, Willemite & Franklinite (Type Locality - classic combo) Cook Coll.
Sterling MIne, Franklin Mining Dist., Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
11.5 x 9.7 x 7.0 cm
Winning Bid: $180