SPECIAL $999 and $249 RESERVE MINERAL LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends August 27, 2020

Out our special themed auctions continue this week with a mixed selection of higher-end minerals.  You'll find piece with $249 and $999 reserve bids.  There are several pieces valued between $3,500 and $4,500 (and one gem valued at 5,551.25), so there are plenty of deals to be had.  Look for several fine quality specimens from new and contemporary discoveries plus classics and showy display pieces!  Check them out and pick up some good pieces for bargain prices.

 

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Fluorite (VERY gemmy "stacked" cubes)
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China
15.8 x 10.5 x 7.7 cm
Rhodochrosite (great quality for the locality) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Zanett Tunnell, Grizzly Bear Mine, above the town of Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado
6.6 x 6.2 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Cuprite (great gemminess and superb crystallization)
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
8.1 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $710
Dioptase (classic material) (rare locale)
Morenci Mine, Copper Mountain District, Greenlee County, Arizona
11.1 x 6.6 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $999
Amethyst ("phantom" crystals) ("floater" specimen)
Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Daures, Erongo Region, Namibia
12.1 x 6.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,310
Pyromorphite (classic material)
9 Level, Jersey Vein, Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Shoshone County, Idaho
12.7 x 10.3 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $999
Fluorite (GEM quality crystals)
Xianghuapu Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
12.3 x 10.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Pollucite (rare and large)
Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan
17.24 mm x 10.25 mm ; 6.71 carats
Winning Bid: $249
Hematite (rare locality specimen) (ex Richard A. Kosnar Collection)
Pyrtyndyrma, 65 km SW of Saranpaul, Subpolar Ural Mts., Tyumen Oblast, Russia
8.3 x 5.5 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $306
Calcite (var: Manganoan) with Bournonite on Quartz
Pachapaqui District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru
9.0 x 7.7 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
8.3 x 5.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Rhodonite (fine crystals!)
Franklin Mine, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey
10.2 x 10.0 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $675
Fluorite (gemmy cubes) on Quartz
Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan, China
10.2 x 8.3 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Azurite (superb crystals) with Malachite
Liufengshan Mine, Anqing-Guichi Mining District, Guichi District, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China
7.1 x 6.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $385