SPECIAL $249 and $999 RESERVE MINERAL SPECIMENS LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends SATURDAY March 28, 2020

PLEASE NOTE:  This auction closes on SATURDAY, March 28 at 6:30 pm (Central Time).
  
Continuing with our special themed auctions we have combined our $249 and $999 reserve auctions into one GIANT SET! A plethora of higher-end specimens featuring excellent display pieces, rarities, native elements and gem crystals, plus minerals from contemporary and classic localities around the world. 
 
The vast majority of the pieces with $249 reserves are valued at or around $1,000 in our inventory (some are $2,000+!!) and the specimens with $999 reserves are valued between $3,200 and up to $4,500 (with one gemstone priced at $4,867.50).
 
A great opportunity to pick some excellent specimens for a much as nearly 90% off retail!
 
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Calcite on Fluorite
Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
9.3 x 7.3 x 6.8 cm
Pargasite (superb color)
Ali Abad, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
6.3 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Gypsum (GEM twin) (floater specimen)
Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
10.2 x 7.3 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Fluorite (rare habit) (1,337 grams)
Naica Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico
13.2 x 9.3 x 8.3 cm
Azurite on Malachite
Liufengshan Mine, Anqing-Guichi Mining District, Guichi District, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China
11.1 x 8.8 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Fluorite with Ferberite, Arsenopyrite and Quartz
Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
11.3 x 7.8 x 2.8 cm
Kyanite on Quartz
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
13.4 x 9.7 x 9.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Aquamarine (GEM quality) (11.38 grams) (ex Richard A. Kosnar Collection)
Medina, Pedra Azul Pegmatite District, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.5 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Opal replacing Bivalve Fossil Shell (22.90 grams)
Coober Pedy, Central North, South Australia, Australia
3.7 x 2.6 x 2.2 cm
Spessartine Garnet on Smoky Quartz
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
10.1 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Fluorite on Quartz
De'an Mine, Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China
11.2 x 7.6 x 7.3 cm
Aquamarine (ex Richard A. Kosnar Collection) (33.51 grams)
Padre Paraiso, Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.2 x 2.0 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Quartz "casts" after Anhydrite
Vein Outcrop, Dawn of Day Mine (Sunshine Mine, Cement Creek, Red Mountain District, San Juan County, Colorado
15.5 x 12.9 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Calcite on iron-bearing matrix
Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
6.0 x 5.6 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Fluorite on "Ruby Jack" Sphalerite (classic material)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
5.7 x 5.3 x 4.9 cm
Ettringite (rare) with Hausmannite and Oyelite
N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
7.0 x 6.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Uvite Tourmaline with Magnesite (ex Ken Roberts specimen)
Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
3.6 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Fluorite and Quartz on Ferberite
Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
6.7 x 6.3 x 4.6 cm
Fluorite (GEM quality) (169.79 grams)
Wise Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire
5.2 x 4.8 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Colemanite (classic material)
U.S. Borax open pit, U.S. Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California
5.0 x 4.7 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $269
Aquamarine with Fluorapatite
Dassu, Haramosh Mts., Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.9 x 3.5 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Aquamarine (fine crystals) with Microcline on Muscovite
Pingwu Beryl Mine, Huya Township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China
9.2 x 7.3 x 4.8 cm
Rhodochrosite with Fluorite
01-06 Pocket, Fluorite Raise, Sweet Home Mine, Mount Bross, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado
4.4 x 4.0 x 2.6 cm
Ametrine (natural bicolor Quartz) (HUGE stone!)
Anahi Mine, La Gaiba District, Sandoval Province, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
97.35 ct, 32.01 mm x 24.66 mm
Winning Bid: $1,074
Hydrozincite (superb large specimen)
Dali, Yunnan, China
18.1 x 12.3 x 8.6 cm
Winning Bid: $999
Amazonite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Lake George Area, Park County, Colorado
9.8 x 5.6 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Dioptase on Calcite
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
7.2 x 4.3 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $999
Fluorite (GEMMY phantoms) on Dolomite
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China
11.5 x 6.5 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $360