NO RESERVE - Fine Mixed Mineral and Inventory Liquidation Auction - Ends Aug 25, 2022

This eclectic mixed auction features many larger specimens and pieces from the Taylor Hunt, Jim Boteler, Sherburn, and Lemanski collections. Recent finds, classics, and rarities are highlighted. Larson, Smale, Daniel Trinchillo Sr., Megaw, Reynolds, Cook, and other collections are featured.  

Highlights:

1. WULFENITE from the Dr. Peter Megaw Collection

2. Fine selection of FLUORITE and QUARTZ specimens, including large pieces

3. Large HUBEITE, INESITE & APOPHYLLITE

4. Richly colored WAVELLITE from Arkansas

5. TOURMALINES, including a NEW SCHORL find

6. Rare HYDROXYLHERDERITE from the Bill Larson Collection

7. Large New Jersey PREHNITE pseudomorph

8. Superb STILBITE and CHALCEDONY from the Dr. Steve Smale Collection

9. Rare large CALCITE from Kazakhstan from the Daniel Trinchillo Sr. Collection

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Gold nugget w/ Quartz ex Hunt coll.
Bendigo, City of Greater Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
3.3 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $3,600
large Native Silver slab (Hunt Coll.)
Cobalt area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Ontario, Canada
14.5 x 7.9 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $403
Fluorapatite (Hunt Coll.)
Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
5.7 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Copper in Datolite nodule slice (Robertson Coll.)
Copper Country, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USA
6.1 x 3.7 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $90
significant early & large Hubeite (rare - Type Locality), Inesite & Apophyllite (Lemanski Coll.)
Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei, China
16.3 x 11.8 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $343
large Native Copper sheet (Dan Behnke Coll.)
White Pine Mine, White Pine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA
21.2 x 9.5 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Hyalite Opal (fluorescent!) Tony Gleckler Coll.
Zacatecas, Mexico
2.6 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Fluorite & Galena w/ Marcasite (RARE) Lemanski Coll.
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
9.3 x 8.2 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $343
huge Meionite xls (rare Mexico) Lemanski Coll.
La Panchita Mine, La Panchita, La Pe Mun., Oaxaca, Mexico
14.5 x 8.2 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $320
Scorodite & Pyrite (2008 find) Reynolds Coll.
Baishiding Mine, Zhongshan Co., Hezhou, Guangxi, China
12.3 x 8.7 x 7.2 cm
Winning Bid: $535
Dolomite (James Carter self-collected)
Black Rock, Lawrence Co., Arkansas, USA
9.2 x 8.4 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $98
large Prehnite ps. after Anhydrite (classic locale) Jacobson & Stanchich Coll.
Upper New Street Quarry, Woodland Park, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA
18.6 x 15.5 x 8.7 cm
Winning Bid: $320
Baryte (classic Colorado) Reynolds Coll.
Stoneham, Weld Co., Colorado, USA
10.8 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Floater botryoidal "grape" Amethyst
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Prov., Sulawesi, Indonesia
10.6 x 8.7 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $1,250
Schorl, Microcline & Lepidolite (NEW FIND)
Shigar Valley, Shigar Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
10.9 x 6.8 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $506
Crocoite (classic locale)
Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Zeehan Dist., Tasmania, Australia
9.4 x 7.5 x 5.9 cm
Winning Bid: $445
Amethyst (Sherburn Coll.)
Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Tatatila Mun., Veracruz, Mexico
4.7 x 3.4 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $137
Senarmontite ps. Stibnite (rare) Ken Roberts Coll.
Qinglong Mine, Dachang ore field, Qianxinan, Guizhou, China
7.7 x 2.5 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $375
Bismuthinite in Quartz (rare)
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
6.4 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $202
Quartz with Rhodochrosite (rare combo for locality)
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
9.9 x 7.5 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $147
Fluorite with Sphalerite and Calcite (Jim Boteler Coll.)
Cave-in-Rock Mining Sub-Dist., Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
6.8 x 6.6 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $480
Color-zoned Fluorite with Baryte (classic locale) Jim Boteler Coll.
Berbes, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
8.9 x 7.6 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $490
Smoky Quartz (Larson Coll.)
Hercules Mine, Ramona, San Diego Co., California, USA
10.1 x 5.5 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $391
Quartz w/ Hematite & Dolomite inclusions , Epidote (Sherburn Coll.)
Hongxizhen Area, Meigu County, Sichuan, China
10.2 x 7.5 x 7.1 cm
Winning Bid: $235
"Cactus style" Amethyst (Sherburn Coll.)
Boekenhoutshoek area, Mkobola, Mpumalanga, South Africa
9.4 x 5.1 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $147
Prehnite & Natrolite nodule (Taylor Hunt Coll.)
Wave Hill station, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory, Australia
8.2 x 7.2 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $340
large Celestine geode (Hunt Coll.)
Sakoany deposit, Katsepy, Boeny, Madagascar
18.0 x 13.6 x 7.5 cm
Winning Bid: $625
Pyrite (Sherburn Coll.)
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mtns., Simanjiro Dist., Tanzania
6.4 x 6.2 x 5.9 cm
Winning Bid: $157
Fluorite with Pyrite inclusions ex Hunt coll
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-In-Rock Sub-Dist., Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
15.8 x 6.5 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $395
Calcite (Co-bearing) w/Dolomite (Sherburn Coll.)
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi Mining Dist., Lualaba, DR Congo
15.1 x 8.5 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $180