Fine Mixed Mineral & Inventory Liquidation Auction - Ends October 13, 2022

This eclectic auction features a number of interesting large specimens and multiple $10,000 specimens at no reserve, as well as classics from old collections and a few recent finds.


1. MEXICO specimens including PURPLE ADAMITE and PSEUDOBOLEITE

2. Large QUARTZ gwindel w/ CHLORITE from the Brent Lockhart Collection

3.  Franklin RHODONITE, FRANKLINITE, etc specimens

4. Fine Chinese RHODOCHROSITE, BRAZILIANITE, and old classic Chessy AZURITE from the Hefendehl Collection

5. RUBY and TOURMALINE

6. Unusual etched MORGANITE from the Little Three Mine

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Hemimorphite (classic locale) Dr. Peter Megaw Coll.
San Juanito Lugar, Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
5.7 x 3.9 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $126
"Raspberry" Grossular Garnets (Gleckler Coll.)
Sierra de Cruces, Sierra Mojada Mun., Coahuila, Mexico
8.8 x 7.4 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $725
Mimetite - rare locale (Gleckler Coll.)
Bilbao Mine, La Blanca, Ojocaliente, Zacatecas, Mexico
6.6 x 6.1 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $131
Wulfenite on Baryte (Gleckler Coll.)
Rowley Mine, Painted Rock Mining Dist., Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA
8.2 x 6.3 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $232
Pseudoboleite & Cumengite (rare) Gleckler Coll.
Amelia Mine, Boleo Dist., Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, Mexico
5.8 x 4.4 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Tiger carving on Corundum crystal (Sherburn Coll.)
Longido Dist., Arusha Region, Tanzania
6.9 x 5.3 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $179
Limonite ps. Pyrite (Texas!) Sherburn Coll.
near Lubbock, Texas, USA
7.4 x 6.6 x 5.9 cm
Winning Bid: $81
Libethenite (1975 find) ex Lemke coll.
Mindola Pit, Nkana Mine, Kitwe, Copperbelt Prov., Zambia
5.3 x 4.8 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $55
Inderite with Gowerite (Type Locality) Reynolds Coll.
Furnace Creek Wash, Furnace Creek Mining Dist., Inyo Co., California, USA
7.2 x 3.4 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Malachite ps. Azurite (Sherburn Coll.)
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
3.6 x 2.2 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $147
Grossular Garnet (Sherburn Coll.)
Handan, Hebei, China
2.7 x 2.7 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Andradite var. Demantoid Garnet
Antetezambato Demantoid-Topazolite Mine, Ambanja, Madagascar
4.8 x 3.6 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $454
Native Copper (superb crystallization) Sherburn Coll.
White Pine Mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA
5.8 x 3.0 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Amethyst scepter (self-collected - Sherburn Coll.)
Petersen Mountain, Hallelujah Junction area, Lassen Co., California, USA
8.6 x 5.7 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $210
large Celestine w/ Calcite ex Nowakowski
Ottawa Silica Company Quarry, Rockwood, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA
13.2 x 6.6 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $255
Quartz "Herkimer Diamond" w/ bitumen inclusions
Middleville, Herkimer Co., New York, USA
7.0 x 6.1 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $265
large Tiger's Eye (Trancoso Coll.)
Brockman Tiger eye mine, Mount Brockman, Western Australia, Australia
20.0 x 13.4 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $232
Rhodochrosite stalactites slice (Trancoso Coll.)
Capillitas mining Dist., Catamarca Prov., Argentina
12.5 x 7.1 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $230
large polished Jasper slab (Trancoso Coll.)
Noreena 'Jasper' Deposit, Pilbara Region, Western Australia, Australia
18.3 x 9.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $151
large Libethenite (Trancoso Coll.)
Miguel Vacas Mine, Vila Viçosa, Évora, Portugal
18.5 x 9.4 x 7.5 cm
Winning Bid: $65
large Rhodonite w/ Franklinite
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
12.7 x 9.0 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $775
Ruby (old historic locality - fluorescent)
Sivec marble quarries, Sivec Mtn, Prisad, Prilep Mun., North Macedonia
4.0 x 3.0 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $300
Boulangerite & Pyrite (1960s) ex Lemanski Coll.
Noche Buena Mine, Noche Buena, Zacatecas, Mexico
8.2 x 5.7 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Unusual etched Morganite (rare) ex Larson Coll.
Little Three Mine, Ramona Mining Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
3.2 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $210
important Fresnoite & Analcime (Lemanski Coll.)
Junnila Mine, Santa Rita Peak, New Idria Mining Dist., San Benito Co., California, USA
11.1 x 8.4 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $246
Bi-colored Tourmaline, Cleavelandite & Quartz (ex Reynolds Coll.)
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Roundu Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
8.0 x 8.0 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $309
Ulexite 'clamshell' ex Reynolds Coll.
U.S. Borax open pit, U.S. Borax Mine, Boron, Kern Co., California, USA
9.0 x 8.0 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $53
Tourmaline (ex Cook Coll.)
Mawi pegmatite, Nilaw-Kolum pegmatite field, Nuristan, Afghanistan
3.1 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $156
multi-colored Tourmaline (ex Cook Coll.)
Cruzeiro mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.2 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $308
significant Rhodochrosite on Dolomite ex Hefendehl Coll.
Wutong Mine, Liubao, Wuzhou, Guangxi, China
8.0 x 6.0 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $1,024