SPECIAL $999 RESERVE MINERAL LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends December 9, 2021

Continuing with our special themed auctions we have a selection of higher-end minerals this week with $999 reserve bids. The retail prices on most specimens range between $3,500 and $5,000 in our inventory, so this is a great opportunity to pick up excellent pieces for bargain prices! You'll find a great mix of fine quality specimens from new and contemporary discoveries plus classics and showy display specimens!
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Cassiterite (GEMMY twinned crystals!) (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Amo Sn deposit, Ximeng County, Pu'er, Yunnan, China
7.3 x 4.2 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $999
Fluorite (GEM crystals!) (ex Dr. Richard Heck Collection)
Minerva #1 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning Group, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
7.8 x 7.6 x 7.5 cm
Winning Bid: $1,125
Multi Gemstone Set (36 stones)
Various Localities
21.75 carats (total weight) ; approximately 5 mm each
Winning Bid: $1,750
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
10.3 x 8.5 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $999
Fluorite on Quartz (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Ruyuan Fluorite Mine, Ruyuan Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, China
13.7 x 10.8 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $999
Vanadinite (large crystals!)
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
5.3 x 4.8 x 3.9 cm
Sussexite with Rhodonite, Bementite, et al.
Parker Shaft (Parker Mine), Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
9.8 x 5.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,024
Azurite with Malachite (LARGE specimen)
Morenci, Shannon Mts, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
19.8 x 11.2 x 7.9 cm
Winning Bid: $1,119
Fluorite (unusually spherical) on Amethyst (ex Richard Kosnar Collection)
Mahodari, Sinnar, Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
7.3 x 5.8 x 5.8 cm
Barite (superb old classic) (ex Richard A. Kosnar Collection)
Frizington, Arlecdon & Frizington, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
7.3 x 5.2 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $999
Sapphire (excellent quality)
Zazafotsy Quarry (Amboarohy), Ihosy District, Horombe Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar
9.8 x 5.3 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $1,850
Tourmaline (doubly-terminated) with Albite (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California, USA
4.2 x 3.8 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $1,494
Calcite (''nail head'' crystals with iron oxide inclusions) (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Tieshan Fe-Cu deposit (Daye Mine), Tieshan District, Huangshi, Hubei, China
15.3 x 11.2 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $1,800
Topaz (gemmy crystal) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
6.2 x 5.1 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $1,350