SPECIAL MINERAL COLLECTION AUCTION - The Dr. Bob Reynolds collection - ends May 27, 2021

This week, we wanted to post a single dedicated auction set highlighting the incredible fun of seeing such a diversity of locations and historical pieces, that we have found in the collection of noted California collector Bob Reynolds. It is an honor to handle his collection, and to share this with the world. Dr. Reynolds was the curator of the San Bernardino Museum of Natural History and had special access and opportunity to field collect. Look for more special auctions, as well as his material in our regular auctions, over the next 2-3 years. 

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Turquoise (rare locality)
Battle Mountain Mining Dist., Lander Co., Nevada, USA
12.2 x 7.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Wulfenite on Calcite (rare late 1800s locality)
Hilltop Mine, Rustler Park, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
11.6 x 8.0 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $535
Rhodochrosite with Fluorite and Quartz
Sweet Home Mine, Alma Mining Dist., Park Co., Colorado, USA
7.3 x 6.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $725
Calcite (Fluorescent) on Colemanite - rare find
U.S. Borax open pit, Boron, Kern Co., California, USA
5.7 x 4.2 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $280
Epidote and Quartz (DT)
Rosario Mabel claim, Pampa Blanca Dist., Huancavelica, Peru
6.5 x 5.7 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $248
Red Beryl
Wah Wah Mts, Beaver Co., Utah, USA
4.7 x 4.4 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $2,100
Wulfenite (rare locality)
Darwin Mining Dist., Inyo Co., California, USA
5.3 x 3.0 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Azurite and Malachite
Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
14.2 x 8.9 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $2,465
Calcite (strong fluorescent)
Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
8.4 x 6.9 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Copper
Morenci, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA
6.8 x 4.8 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $53
Wulfenite with Fluorite and Willemite
Red Cloud Mine, Silver Mining Dist., La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
5.6 x 5.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,015
Colemanite (TYPE LOCALITY)
East Coleman Mine, Death Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA (TL)
8.2 x 5.9 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $73
Creedite (rare USA locality)
Granite camp, Lodi Dist., Nye Co., Nevada, USA
6.7 x 4.2 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $299
Inyoite (one time find, 1990s)
Monte Azul deposit, Sijes, Salta Province, Argentina
6.2 x 3.8 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $286
Azurite (classic old USA locale)
Nevada lode, La Sal Mining Dist., San Juan Co., Utah, USA
5.6 x 4.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $322
Colemanite (TYPE LOCALITY) with Todorokite
East Coleman Mine, Death Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA (TL)
7.3 x 6.4 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Vanadinite (older style)
Taouz Caidat, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
5.1 x 4.4 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $193
Aragonite (Flos Ferri)
Styrian Erzberg, Eisenerz, Leoben Dist., Austria
6.1 x 4.8 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $212
Cyanotrichite, Brochantite, and Chalcoalunite
Grand View Mine, Grand Canyon, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA
7.3 x 4.2 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $253
Fluorite on Baryte
Crystal Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
7.7 x 7.3 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $343
Calcite (twinned)
Sarbai Deposit, Rudny, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan
5.9 x 3.7 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $158
Linarite and Caledonite
Reward Mine, Reward, Russ Mining Dist., Inyo Co., California, USA
9.1 x 4.6 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Fluorite, Quartz, Fluorite
De'an Fluorite Mine, Wushan, Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China
10.8 x 5.9 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $313
Borax altered to Tincalconite
U.S. Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern Co., California, USA
10.3 x 1.9 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Beryl var. Goshenite, with Feldspar and Muscovite
Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China
5.1 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Spessartine Garnet on Albite - rare USA locality
Southern Pacific Silica Quarry, Lakeview Mts., Riverside Co., California, USA
5.2 x 3.7 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $343
Beryl var. Aquamarine
California Blue Mine, Yucca Valley, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
4.6 x 1.3 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $536
Azurite and Malachite (rare California locale!)
Apex claim, New York Mts., San Bernardino Co., California, USA
6.9 x 6.4 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $195
Tourmaline on Quartz, with Cleavelandite
Himalaya Mine, Gem Hill, San Diego Co., California, USA
5.2 x 3.6 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $325
Hematite ps. Magnetite
Payun volcano, Mendoza Province, Argentina
7.1 x 6.2 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $110