Special Auction: Brooks Britt Collection

A Special single-owner consignment auction of minerals from the collection of Brooks Britt  of Virginia. He is a longtime collector specializing in quartz, gem species, and the Minerals of Virginia, having exhibited and competed in the past. We are proud to showcase a mix of beautiful selected deaccessions from the collection. 

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Quartz var. Amethyst on Quartz matrix Ex. Britt Coll.
Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes Co., Georgia, USA
5.8 x 5.6 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $2,350
Microcline var. Amazonite Ex. Britt Coll.
Blue Streak #2 claim, Teller Co., Colorado, USA
6.7 x 4.6 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $320
Fluorite Ex. Britt Coll.
Annabel Lee Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
8.5 x 4.7 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $875
Quartz var. Smoky (Gwindel) Ex. Britt Coll.
Cavradi gorge, Curnera Valley, Grisons, Switzerland
7.8 x 4.4 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $1,250
Calcite Ex. Britt Coll.
Cumberland mine, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
8.3 x 7.2 x 6.9 cm
Winning Bid: $125
Tourmaline Ex. Britt Coll.
Himalaya mine, San Diego Co., California, USA
4.7 x 2.0 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $490
Fluorite Ex. Britt Coll.
Xianghualing Mine, Linwu, Hunan Province, China
10.2 x 5.4 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $340
Quartz var. Amethyst Ex. Britt Coll.
San Margarita mine, Amatitlan, Guerrero, Mexico
7.7 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $710
Beryl var. Heliodor (floater gem crystal) Ex. Britt Coll.
Altos dos Amancios, Equador, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
4.8 x 2.0 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $726
Quartz (herkimer diamond) on matrix Ex. Britt Coll.
Ace of Diamonds mine, Middleville, Herkimer Co., New York, USA
12.6 x 8.0 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $775
Calcite (twinned) Ex. Britt Coll.
Sokolovskoe Iron Mine, Rudny, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan
6.2 x 4.8 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $526
Topaz (superb competition miniature) Ex. Britt Coll.
Dassu, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.7 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $913
Fluorite (classic style!) Ex. Britt Coll.
De'an fluorite mine, Wushan, De'an Co., Jiangxi, China
6.5 x 5.2 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $313
Fluorite with Sphalerite Ex. Britt Coll.
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
7.8 x 6.1 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $470
Quartz ("Herkimer diamond") Ex. Britt Coll.
Ace of Diamonds mine, Middleville, Herkimer Co., New York, USA
5.6 x 4.0 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $247
Beryl var. Aquamarine on Cleavelandite Ex. Britt Coll.
Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
6.5 x 5.0 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Schorl Tourmaline Ex. Britt Coll.
Erongo mountains, Namibia
6.3 x 5.1 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $114
Beryl var. Aquamarine on Muscovite "flower" Ex. Britt Coll.
Nagar, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.6 x 4.4 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $234
Smithsonite - remarkable color! Ex. Britt Coll.
Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico
6.0 x 5.0 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $338
Tourmaline Ex. Britt Coll.
Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.1 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $380
Hemimorphite Ex. Britt Coll.
Malipo Mine, Wenshan County, Yunnan Province, China
7.1 x 4.4 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $107
Stilbite "bowtie" Ex. Britt Coll.
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
8.9 x 6.7 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Calcite (classic 1988 discovery!) Ex. Britt Coll.
Malmberget, Gallivare, Lappland, Sweden
7.9 x 1.9 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $887
gem Scheelite on Muscovite Ex. Britt Coll.
Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China
5.4 x 4.3 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $329
Azurite on Malachite Ex. Britt Coll.
Liufengshan Mine, Anhui Province, China
10.0 x 5.6 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $261
Quartz var. Smoky (gwindel) Ex. Britt Coll.
Planggenstock, Goschenen, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland
7.0 x 5.4 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $674
Kunzite (twinned, floater gem crystal) ex Wendell Wilson, Britt
Corrego do Urucum claim, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.0 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $1,700
Quartz var. Amethyst (classic locale) Ex. Britt Coll.
Reel mine, Iron Station, Lincoln Co., North Carolina, USA
7.5 x 5.9 x 5.9 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Spessartine Garnet (floater) Ex. Britt Coll.
Navegador mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.2 x 2.6 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $316
Significant Schorl Tourmaline with Albite Ex. Britt Coll.
Bulochi, Astore District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
10.2 x 4.9 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $2,422