Special Mineral Collection Auction: Lemanski Collection - ends December 5, 2020

Our second “intro” Auction featuring worldwide Selections from the recently acquired Collection of Chet Lemanski, assembled mostly in the 1980s and 1990s. Look for an amazing mix of rare and classic , historic mineral specimens!

1. important rare species

2. historic Pennsylvania PYROMORPHITE ON QUARTZ

3. TSUMEB specimens

4. an amazing old NORTH CAROLINA AQUAMARINE WITH SAMARSKITE

5. superb THUMBNAILS

6. CLASSIC OLD CHINA MATERIAL and more !

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Lollingite (TYPE LOC. circa 1800s)
Lolling mining district, Huttenberger Erzberg, Austria (TL?)
8.3 x 5.8 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $189
Datolite - classic fine crystals, old locale
Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
12.2 x 7.3 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Aquamarine, Samarskite-(Y), and Quartz
Spruce Pine Mining District, North Carolina, USA
14.4 x 5.5 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $575
Spinel (Var: Pleonaste) with Diopside and Calcite
Gon phlogopite deposit, Aldan, Sakha Republic, Russia
7.1 x 6.4 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $592
Fluorite (fluorescent)
Fontsante Mine, Var, Provence-Alpes-Cote d Azur, France
8.2 x 5.5 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Franklinite(Co-TYPE LOCALITY)
Sterling mine, Franklin Mining District, New Jersey, USA (CTL)
1.5 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Szenicsite (TYPE LOCALITY), Cuprian Powellite, Molybdenite
Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Inca de Oro mining district, Atacama, Chile (TL)
9.6 x 8.4 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $713
Chalcopyrite on Quartz, with Pyrite
Huaron mine, Huayllay district, Pasco province, Peru
7.3 x 5.8 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $222
Malachite and Chrysocolla
Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
11.4 x 6.7 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $271
Fluorite with Baryte phantom centers on Sphalerite
Gordonsville Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
11.9 x 8.9 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $344
Zircon - large important XL (fluorescent)
Vishnevye Mountains, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
4.7 x 3.7 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $280
Ferberite with Quartz and Pyrite
Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
7.9 x 6.2 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $298
Fluorite with Pyrite - unusual locale
Milpo mine, Atacocha mining district, Pasco province, Peru
4.2 x 4.2 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Manganite (TYPE LOCALITY - late 1800s)
Manganese deposit, Ilfeld, Thuringia, Germany (TL)
10.4 x 6.8 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $481
Fluorite
T&G prospect, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
8.9 x 7.1 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Vesuvianite
Sandare, Nioro Cercle, Kayes Region, Mali
5.7 x 4.2 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $231
Blue Baryte
Sterling Mine, Stoneham, Weld Co., Colorado, USA
6.5 x 5.3 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $310
very rich Khaidarkanite (TYPE LOCALITY)
Khaidarkan Sb-Hg deposit, Batken Region, Kyrgyzstan (TL)
6.4 x 4.6 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $555
Smithsonite - superb TN
Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
2.1 x 2.0 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $149
Aquamarine on Albite - superb TN
Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
2.3 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $321
Native Silver on Native Arsenic
Pohla-Tellerhauser Mine, Saxony, Germany
7.4 x 6.2 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $421
Baratovite (TYPE LOCALITY, rare fluorescent)
Dara-i-Pioz Glacier, Tajikistan (TL)
11.2 x 7.9 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $858
Azurite and Malachite
Apex Mine, Beaver Dam Mountains, Washington Co., Utah, USA
10.8 x 8.4 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $283
Goethite (historic locale!)
Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
12.1 x 10.7 x 7.5 cm
Winning Bid: $802
Andradite Garnet Stalactite - Alaska classic!
Copper Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, USA
4.4 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Fluorite on Quartz
Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
8.2 x 3.9 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $505
very large Scheelite (classic locale!) with Quartz
Tae Hwa Mine, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea
8.5 x 7.6 x 7.5 cm
Winning Bid: $816
Elbaite Tourmaline
Hyakule Mine, Sankhuwasabha, Kosi Zone, Nepal
3.6 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $333
Legrandite (TYPE LOCALITY!)
Flor de Pena Mine, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (TL)
8.8 x 5.9 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $1,850
Loparite-(Ce) - twinned
N'orkpakhk Mt., Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
1.1 x 1.0 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $220