Fine Mixed Mineral and Inventory Liquidation Auction - Ends Sept 1, 2022

Recent finds, classics, and rarities are highlighted in this eclectic auction with a number of large pieces. Specimens from the Cook, Lemanski, Hunt, Reynolds, Sherburn, Megaw and other collections are featured.   

Highlights:

1. Large STIBICONITE after STIBNITE

2. Rare QUARTZ with Hematite inclusions from China and rare QUARTZ with clay and CHLORITE inclusions from Brazil

3. Old, rare CHROMITE from Russia

4. ERYTHRITE from Schneeberg

5. Striking Greek GYPSUM with movable bubbles

6. TITANITE and MAGNETITE from Nevada

7. Rare LUDLOCKITE from Mexico

8. Tsumeb specimens

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large Baryte (Sherburn Coll.)
Winterberg Quarry, Iberg, Bad Grund, Lower Saxony, Germany
15.3 x 13.2 x 7.0 cm
Winning Bid: $527
Marcasite (RARE - old USA locale) Lemanski Coll.
Dodgeville, Upper Mississippi Valley Mining Dist., Iowa Co., Wisconsin, USA
10.3 x 6.8 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $209
Titanite & Magnetite (rare Nevada combo) Reynolds Coll.
Buena Vista Iron Mine, Mineral Basin Mining Dist., Churchill Co., Nevada, USA
7.4 x 6.8 x 6.4 cm
Winning Bid: $383
Mordenite in pocket (rare locale) Cook Coll.
Chinchwad, Pune Dist., Maharashtra, India
8.0 x 6.9 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $400
Pyromorphite & Cerussite (rare Idaho piece) Reynolds Coll.
Sherman Mine, Lelande Mining Dist., Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA
7.2 x 5.0 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $500
Pollucite, Muscovite & Feldspar (Cook Coll.)
Pech pegmatite field, Dara-e-Pech Dist., Kunar, Afghanistan
10.3 x 7.7 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Thenardite (excellent) ex Ordway & Reynolds Coll.
Thenardite Soda Lake, Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo Co., California, USA
10.7 x 6.8 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Calcite (rare locale - 2020 find)
Gunung Keriang, Alor Setar, Kota Setar Dist., Kedah, Malaysia
7.8 x 5.8 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $238
Vanadinite
Mibladen, Midelt Prov., Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
5.1 x 4.2 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $106
significant Chromite (RARE old Russian specimen)
nr. Volga River, Russia
5.6 x 4.7 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Synthetic Quartz (Motorola Laboratories)
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
15.5 x 2.2 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $237
Fluorapatite (Lemanski Coll.)
Cerro de Mercado Mine, Durango, Durango, Mexico
7.8 x 6.5 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $258
large orange Creedite (ex Lemanski Collection)
Navidad Mine, Abasolo, Durango, Mexico
13.7 x 9.3 x 7.8 cm
Winning Bid: $825
Galena w/ Siderite & Quartz (RARE old classic) Hunt Coll.
Kamsdorf, Unterwellenborn, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt Dist., Thuringia, Germany
8.2 x 4.0 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $188
Spessartine Garnet & Smoky Quartz (Hefendehl Coll.)
Wushan Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Fujian, China
6.0 x 4.7 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $465
Amethyst w/ Hematite inclusions (classic locale) Lemanski Coll.
Thunder Bay Dist., Ontario, Canada
9.0 x 5.2 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $233
Todorokite (Type Locality) on Quartz (RARE combo) Lemanski Coll.
Todoroki mine, Yoichi Dist., Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
5.2 x 5.0 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $283
Duftite on Calcite (classic rare association style) Cook Coll.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
6.3 x 4.7 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $575
Ludlockite in Gypsum (RARE locale)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí Mun., Durango, Mexico
3.7 x 2.6 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Pyrite ps. Anhydrite w/ Galena (RARE 1992 find) Cook Coll.
Milliken Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
5.0 x 1.8 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $41
Dolomite (classic locale) Cook Coll.
Magnesite deposit, Sunk, Hohentauern, Styria, Austria
5.0 x 4.1 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $129
Anhydrite (Cook Coll.)
Naica, Saucillo Mun., Chihuahua, Mexico
9.5 x 5.0 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $112
Gypsum w/ movable bubbles on Goethite (RARE) ex van Tichelen
Kamariza mines, Lavrion Mining Dist., Lavreotiki, Attica, Greece
6.9 x 6.8 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $631
Gem "Tanzanite" Fluorite on Quartz
Yongchun Co., Quanzhou, Fujian, China
6.2 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $409
Vanadinite on Baryte (Hunt Coll.)
Mibladen, Midelt Prov., Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
7.2 x 5.1 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $460
large Descloizite on Wulfenite (Megaw Collection)
Erupcion Mine, Los Lamentos, Ahumada Mun., Chihuahua, Mexico
15.1 x 12.5 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $241
"Kiwi" Calcite on Petrified Wood
Garfield Co., Utah, USA
8.0 x 7.9 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $775
finely Crystallized Copper w/ Cuprite (2021 find)
Chengmenshan Mine, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China
6.8 x 5.5 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $137
Quartz ps. after Wulfenite (RARE Tsumeb) Cook Coll.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
5.5 x 5.3 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Geothite ps. Marcasite (Cook Coll.)
White Desert, Farafra Oasis, New Valley Governorate, Egypt
3.5 x 3.2 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $470