Old Collection Auction!

This week on auction, we have an assortment of specimens from OLD COLLECTIONS found in our gallery and backroom, featuring dozens of old USA classics in particular from the early 1900s to the mid-1900s. This is a great opportunity to pick up excellent pieces that have been locked up in these collections for decades!

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Descloizite on Calcite
Buena Tierra Mine, Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán Mun., Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. David Stoudt
6.6 x 4.3 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $46
Quartz
Goboboseb Mtns., Brandberg Area, Dâures Con., Erongo Region, Namibia
Ex. Charlie Key
6.1 x 4.6 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Quartz var. Chalcedony
Jichka, High Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Ex. R. E. Reynolds
10.4 x 6.0 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Cassiterite with Quartz
Ximeng Co., Pu'er, Yunnan, China
Ex. R. E. Reynolds
3.9 x 3.4 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $167
Vivianite
Ukraine
Ex. R. E. Reynolds
4.7 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $97
Aurichalcite (rare locale)
Silver Bill Mine, Gleeson, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. R. E. Reynolds
4.9 x 4.6 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Wulfenite (circa 1900)
Stevenson-Bennett Mine, Organ Mtns., Dona Ana Co., New Mexico, USA
Ex. R. E. Reynolds, Bob Dryer
6.3 x 4.7 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $655
Celestine with Sulfur
Machów Mine, Tarnobrzeg, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland
Ex. R. E. Reynolds
5.7 x 5.0 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $309
Mimetite - important pocket specimen
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Ex. R. E. Reynolds, Mark & Jeanette Rogers
9.0 x 7.4 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $2,150
Mimetite (rare locality)
Potosí Mine, West Camp, Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán Mun., Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. R. E. Reynolds
9.4 x 5.1 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Rose Quartz
Araçuaí, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. A. L. Kidwell
2.0 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $101
Celestine
Matheuala Mun., San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Ex. R. E. Reynolds
5.6 x 4.5 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Amazonite with Clevelandite
The Key-hole vug, Ten-Percenter Mine, Teller Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. A. L. Kidwell
5.3 x 5.1 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $202
Gypsum (Ram's Horn)
Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán Mun., Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. A. L. Kidwell
10.8 x 5.4 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $71
Calcite
Afton Canyon Deposit, Cady Mtns., San Bernardino Co., California, USA
Ex. R. E. Reynolds
11.5 x 6.0 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $46
Atacamite
La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Prov., Atacama, Chile
Ex. A. L. Kidwell
9.6 x 4.7 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Beryl var. Aquamarine
Catuji, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. A. L. Kidwell
10.4 x 3.2 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $880
Stellerite and Epidote on Microcline and Quartz
Wulian Co., Rizhao, Shandong, China
Ex. R. E. Reynolds
13.0 x 6.8 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Calcite var. Manganoan (classic find)
Pachapaqui Mine, Aquia Dist., Bolognesi Prov., Ancash, Peru
Ex. R. E. Reynolds
11.0 x 7.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $352
Torbernite
Margabal Mine, Entraygues-sur-Truyère, Rodez, Aveyron, Occitanie, France
Ex. R. E. Reynolds
4.8 x 2.9 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $419
Fluorite - fluorescent
Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, Co. Durham, England, UK
Ex. R. E. Reynolds, Paul A. Lowe
6.6 x 5.2 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $275
Sphalerite with oriented Chalcopyrite on chert
Ballard Mine, Baxter Springs, Picher Field, Cherokee Co., Kansas, USA
Ex. R. E. Reynolds
6.6 x 4.9 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $421
Fluorite - classic find
Riemvasmaak, Orange River, South Africa
6.3 x 5.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $551
Wulfenite altering to Descloizite and Calcite (RARE COMBO)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Mun., Durango, Mexico
Ex. R. E. Reynolds, David Stoudt
10.3 x 7.1 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $229
Rosasite
Silver Bill Mine, Gleeson, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. R. E. Reynolds
8.0 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $225
Hemimorphite (large xls in matrix)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Ex. R. E. Reynolds
8.9 x 7.2 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Malachite coating Calcite ps. Glauberite (Post-mining)
Copper Canyon, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. R. E. Reynolds
8.0 x 6.2 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $306
Aurichalcite
Tecoma Hill, Lucin, Box Elder Co., Utah, USA
Ex. R. E. Reynolds
10.4 x 6.8 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Pyrrhotite
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. A. L. Kidwell
2.7 x 2.4 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $261
Gypsum
Great Salt Plains, Jet, Alfalfa Co., Oklahoma, USA
Ex. A. L. Kidwell
6.7 x 6.2 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $138