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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very fine Wulfenite (classic locale) Peter Megaw Coll.
Mina Erupcion, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
8.1 x 4.1 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $1,550
Seymchan meteorite slab (1967) 27 grams (Hunt Coll.)
Srednekansky Dist., Magadan Oblast, Russia
5.6 x 4.3 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $152
Rhodochrosite ps. after fossilized Mollusc (Cook Coll.)
Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
7.3 x 5.2 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $240
Botryoidal Hematite (rare Bisbee!) ex Mullane coll
Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
6.4 x 4.5 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Ktenasite & Sphalerite on Calcite (RARE old combo!) Wolfe & Cook Coll.
Joplin Field, Jasper Co., Missouri, USA
6.7 x 5.7 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $535
Cleavelandite w/ Lepidolite & Tourmaline (Lemanski Coll.)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
11.8 x 11.7 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $139
Amazing Stilbite on Chalcedony stalactites (Smale Coll.)
Jalgaon District, Nashik Division, Maharashtra, India
9.7 x 6.2 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $746
Limonite ps. after Pyrite ( old & RARE Texas!) Hunt Coll.
near Lubbock, Texas, USA
11.7 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $625
Quartz var. Agatized fossil Gastropod (Eocene)
Assa, Morocco
7.5 x 4.0 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $226
Olivenite, Conichalcite & Beudantite (Reynolds Coll.)
Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
7.4 x 5.1 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $189
classic Manganoan Calcite (fluorescent) Daniel Trinchillo Sr. Coll.
Sarbai Deposit, Rudny, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan
10.7 x 6.6 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $526
large doubly-terminated Quartz (Hunt Coll.)
Ron Coleman Mine, Blue Springs, Garland Co., Arkansas, USA
30.0 x 10.9 x 9.2 cm
Winning Bid: $594
Yttrofluorite on large Calcite crystal
Qinglong Mine, Qinglong Co., Qianxinan, Guizhou, China
12.4 x 7.6 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $385
Bi-colored Fluorite (Ireland!) Jim Boteler Coll.
Larkin's Quarry, Shannapheasteen, Galway Co., Ireland
6.2 x 5.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $369
large Smoky Quartz
Shigar Valley, Shigar Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
16.7 x 10.2 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,506
Iridescent Specular Hematite (old classic style)
Brazil
13.9 x 7.7 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $600
Hematite-included Quartz and Calcite (Engelbrecht & Sherburn Coll.)
Wolsendorf, Schwandorf Dist., Bavaria, Germany
13.3 x 7.1 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $115
Azurite (2018 find) Tony Gleckler Coll.
Facet Pocket, Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Mun., Sonora, Mexico
9.3 x 5.9 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $825
Gem Fluorite xls (fluorescent!) ex Sherburn Coll.
Diana Maria Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Weardale, Co. Durham, England,
11.3 x 7.8 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $785
Manganoan Calcite (2012 find - fluorescent!)
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China
6.8 x 5.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $270
Rubellite Tourmaline w/ Quartz (Sherburn Coll.)
Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.2 x 3.9 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,025
Quartz with Hematite & Chalcopyrite inclusions (rare find) ex Sherburn Coll.
Aouli, Mibladen, Midelt Prov., Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
7.2 x 6.8 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $320
Wavellite (rich color) Hunt Coll.
Avant, Garland Co., Arkansas, USA
10.8 x 6.8 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $1,600
large Fluorite (gemmy blue plate - fluorescent) Jim Boteler Coll.
Weishan Mine, Weishan Co., Shandong, China
13.1 x 7.6 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,825
Fluorite on Quartz (Jim Boteler Coll.)
De'an fluorite mine, Wushan, De'an Co., Jiangxi, China
7.7 x 7.0 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $925
large polished Shattuckite and Chrysocolla slice (rare)
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Mun., Sonora, Mexico
18.3 x 14.0 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,334
Fluorite with Quartz (Jim Boteler Coll.)
De'an fluorite mine, Wushan, De'an Co., Jiangxi, China
14.0 x 12.5 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,355
Azurite
Malbunka Copper Mine, Areyonga, Northern Territory, Australia
13.2 x 10.6 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $581
Smithsonite "pocket" (fine color - classic locale) Sherburn Coll.
Lavrion Mining Dist., Lavreotiki, Attica, Greece
7.7 x 4.8 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $758
large Arizona Native Copper (Hunt Coll.)
Ray Mine, Scott Mountain, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
11.8 x 9.5 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $428