SPECIAL FINE MINERAL COLLECTION AUCTIONS - Ends Feb 4, 2021

THIS WEEK is a special extra large set featuring PREMIERE of many new specimens from the collections of:  Dr. Bob Reynolds, long the curator at the San Bernardino County Museum; Dr. James Carter’s estate here in Dallas; and other deaccessions and culls from friends and fellow collectors.  

Some of the highlights from this week’s auction include:

  1. James Carter Collection specimens including fine old CHESSY AZURITE

2. two AMERICAN MINERAL TREASURES SHOWCASE speimens!

3. TOURMALINES and significant AQUAMARINES

4. Bisbee MALACHITE "eyes" nodule

5. Rich California LINARITE

6. Rare WOODWARDITE specimens from Italy and China

7. Large English BARITE

8. Bob Reynolds Collection specimens

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Sphalerite var. Schalenblende slab (James Carter Coll.)
Olkusz, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
11.8 x 7.0 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $87
"Ram's horn" Selenite (old Texas classic!) James Carter Coll.
Terlingua Mining District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
7.3 x 4.5 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $136
Calcite on Dolomite (James Carter self-collected)
Black Rock, Lawrence Co., Arkansas, USA
4.5 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $230
Hematite "kidney ore" (classic locale) Bob Reynolds Coll.
West Cumberland Iron Field, Copeland, Cumbria, England
6.2 x 5.0 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Baryte (classic Colorado)
Stoneham, Weld County, Colorado, USA
6.0 x 5.8 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $138
Schorl (Bob Reynolds Coll.) - unusual CA locale
Fano Mine, Cahuilla Mining District, Riverside Co., California, USA
7.2 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $577
Ruby (unusual color - fluorescent) Bob Trimingham Coll.
Jegdalek ruby deposit, Surobi District, Kabul, Afghanistan
7.0 x 6.0 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Pyrite concretion
Dongchuan Cu ore field, Kunming, Yunnan, China
6.7 x 6.7 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $109
Pyromorphite on Quartz (rare - old USA classic!)
Chester County Mine, Phoenixville Mining Dist., Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA
6.5 x 5.9 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Tektite var. Moldavite (20 grams)
Besednice, South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
3.5 x 2.7 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $363
Seymchan meteorite slab (1967) 12.8 grams
Seymchan, Magadan Oblast, Far-eastern Siberia, Russia
3.4 x 2.5 x 0.2 cm
Winning Bid: $279
Polished Malachite - rare, old Bisbee carving grade !
Lavender Open Pit Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
11.8 x 4.0 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $200
NJ Rhodonite cabachon ex Jim Houran Coll.
Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
3.0 x 2.2 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $219
Bismite and Native Arsenic (rare combo) Josef Vajdak Coll.
Jachymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
5.7 x 5.6 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Calcite with Hematite (classic locale)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
7.8 x 7.2 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Pyromorphite on Barite (Lyckberg & Reynolds Coll.)
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
7.9 x 6.8 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $406
Smoky Quartz w/ Albite & Amazonite
Dreamtime claim, Crystal Peak, Teller Co., Colorado, USA
11.6 x 2.6 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $241
Smithsonite (2 generations - classic locale) Bob Reynolds Coll.
Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA
10.0 x 9.4 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $265
Linarite w/ Caledonite (Bob Reynolds Coll.)
Reward Mine, Inyo Mts, Inyo Co., California, USA
12.8 x 9.0 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $139
Hemimorphite (Bob Reynolds Coll.)
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan, Yunnan, China
12.3 x 10.7 x 7.4 cm
Winning Bid: $390
Brucite (good color)
Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan
8.4 x 6.0 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $98
Gemmy watermelon Tourmaline (recent new find)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
10.5 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $1,161
Carved Chrysocolla butterfly (old AZ)
Ray Mine, Scott Mountain, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
5.7 x 3.6 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $248
Unusual DT Quartz (Ron Coleman Coll.)
Ron Coleman Mine, Blue Springs, Garland Co., Arkansas, USA
10.6 x 4.6 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $119
DT Calcite twin on matrix (classic locale) ex Reynolds Coll
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
10.4 x 8.6 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $110
large Schorl w/ Smoky Quartz, etc (Bob Reynolds Coll.)
Fano Mine, Cahuilla Mining District, Riverside Co., California, USA
18.6 x 4.5 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Sharp Willemite xl in Calcite (fluorescent!)
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Franklin Mining Dist., Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
6.8 x 4.4 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $197
Charoite (Type Locality - rich old piece at 556 grams)
Murunskii Massif, Aldan Shield, Russia
12.8 x 9.0 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $650
Ruby and Zoisite Flower Carving (84 grams)
Mundarara Mine, Longido District, Arusha Region, Tanzania
6.6 x 4.5 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $460
Large DT Quartz xls ex Ken Roberts Coll.
Muli, Sichuan Province, China
19.2 x 8.8 x 6.9 cm
Winning Bid: $691