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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Nephrite Jade (polished) Taylor Hunt Coll.
Jade Creek, Hokitika, Westland Dist., West Coast Region, New Zealand
10.5 x 4.0 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $403
Reticulated Cerussite (classic form)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
6.4 x 5.4 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $3,839
Gem bi-colored Tourmalines w/ Lepidolite (Taylor Hunt Coll.)
Pederneira mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.2 x 2.2 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $484
Tourmaline on Quartz (Hunt Coll.)
Urubu mine, Monte Belo, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.7 x 6.5 x 5.9 cm
Winning Bid: $550
Gemmy Aquamarine & Muscovite (Hunt Coll.)
Nagar Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.8 x 5.3 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $575
Gem Spodumene (Hunt Coll.)
Laghman, Afghanistan
5.8 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $498
Cinnabar on Dolomite (Hunt Coll.)
Tongren Mine, Bijiang Dist., Tongren, Guizhou, China
3.6 x 2.1 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $141
large Prehnite ps. Laumontite with Fluorapophyllite-(K) (Dick Hauck Coll.)
Malad Quarry, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
17.5 x 9.4 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $506
Fluorapophyllite & Stilbite (Hunt Coll.)
Jalgaon Dist., Nashik Division, Maharashtra, India
13.8 x 12.6 x 9.4 cm
Winning Bid: $362
Ferberite & Fluorapatite (classic locale) Lemanski Coll.
Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal
8.9 x 6.3 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $221
Quartz with Actinolite inclusions (Hunt Coll.)
Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Shigar Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
9.6 x 3.5 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $222
Baryte (Zerfass Coll.)
Champeix, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
9.2 x 5.7 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $262
Scheelite w/ Bertrandite (RARE old combo) Cook Coll.
Tae Hwa Mine, Neungam-ri, North Chungcheong Prov., South Korea
4.8 x 4.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $610
Rare green petrified Wood (Cr-rich) Cook Coll.
nr. Winslow, Navajo Co., Arizona
5.5 x 3.5 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Gem Topaz & Cleavelandite (Mushlitz Coll.)
Shigar Valley, Shigar Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.9 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $756
Beryl (rare CA) Reynolds Coll.
Fano Mine, Cahuilla Mining Dist., Riverside Co., California, USA
8.5 x 4.3 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $358
Molybdenite (classic locale) Hunt Coll.
Wolfram Camp, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia
4.4 x 4.4 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Ruby (RARE - fluorescent) Sherburn Coll.
John Saul mine, Tsavo West, Taita-Taveta Co., Kenya
1.2 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $391