SPECIAL THANKSGIVING WEEK HOLIDAY FINE MINERAL AUCTION - Ends SATURDAY Nov 30, 2019

(PLEASE NOTE:  This auction set closes on a SATURDAY due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the US, and Billing will be   .)

This week's special Holiday Week  auction features the most diverse selection of minerals including classic species / localities along with gem crystals, and rare minerals from around the world.   Look for pieces from important collections that include things seldom seen for sale on a  retail market! 

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

1. Huge BENITOITE CRYSTAL from California

2. Rare Canadian GOLD and PYRARGYRITE specimens

3. Elmwood FLUORITE from the Steve Neely Collection

4. Superb ACANTHITE from Fresnillo

5. Outstanding PSEUDOMORPHS and specimens from the Ken Roberts Collection         including a superb San Juan Mts QUARTZ pseudo

6. RARE Cornwall RHODOCHROSITE  from the W.S. Logan Collection

7. Old, rare German LEPIDOCROSITE & LIMONITE

8. Fine Cabinet sized Bunker Hill PYROMORPHITE

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large Chrysoberyl var. Alexandrite sixling ex Nowakowski
Masvingo, Zimbabwe
3.0 x 3.0 x 2.0 cm
Pyrargyrite (RARE Canada locale) ex Nowakowski Coll.
Siscoe Mine, Gowganda area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Ontario, Canada
9.0 x 6.8 x 3.3 cm
Babingtonite, Prehnite, Epidote & Quartz (early 2000's)
near Meigu, Qiaojia Co., Zhaotong, Yunnan, China
9.0 x 6.6 x 3.5 cm
Sugilite (VERY RARE) on Pectolite (Charlie Key Coll.)
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
5.7 x 4.6 x 3.7 cm
Malachite on Copper xls w/ Quartz
Oumjrane mining area, Alnif, Tinghir Province, Draa-Tafilalet, Morocco
8.8 x 8.1 x 6.0 cm
Hematite w/ Quartz scepter! (Marty Zinn Coll.)
Bouse, Plomosa Mining District, La Paz Co., Arizona
6.5 x 5.2 x 3.8 cm
Gold on Quartz (2017-18 finds)
Los Delirios claim, Soto Province, Santander Department, Colombia
8.1 x 4.5 x 3.6 cm
Sandstone ps. After Dolomite (rare) Kay Robertson Coll.
Gant, Fejer County, Hungary
3.5 x 2.6 x 1.5 cm
Apophyllite (old classic) Falkenhorst & Robertson Coll.
St Andreasberg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
7.7 x 7.0 x 1.6 cm
Fluorite w/ Drusy Quartz & Dolomite (Robertson Coll.)
Erika Mine, Saulnhof, Wolsendorf Fluorite Mining District, Bavaria, Germany
8.3 x 6.7 x 5.2 cm
Quartz ps. After Anhydrite (superb Colorado) Roberts Coll.
OS pocket, Ouray, Ouray District, San Juan Mts, Ouray Co., Colorado
9.4 x 5.7 x 1.8 cm
Malachite after Baryte (RARE 2002 find) Ken Roberts Coll.
Shangulowe Mine, Kambove District, Lualaba, DR Congo
1.9 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
Dravite Tourmaline (classic locale)
Yinnietharra, Western Australia, Australia
7.4 x 6.8 x 6.2 cm
Rhodochrosite (RARE - illustrated & classic locale) Logan Coll.
Coronation Lode, Geevor Mine, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England
7.3 x 6.2 x 4.9 cm
Faden in DT Quartz xls (ex Obodda)
Toyee, Wana, South Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
8.8 x 7.0 x 1.6 cm
Hematite after Ilvaite w/ Quartz
Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
13.4 x 12.3 x 6.9 cm
Fluorite (2 generations - rare 2016 find)
Yiwu Co., Jinhua, Zhejiang, China
14.3 x 9.4 x 5.4 cm
Rhodochrosite on Calcite (Akkerman & Logan Coll.)
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
11.2 x 6.9 x 4.1 cm
Lepidocrocite on Limonite (RARE - old)
Friedberg Mine, Fellingshausen, Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill, Hesse, Germany
10.2 x 7.9 x 6.2 cm
Stibiconite after Stibnite w/ Calcite (Ken Roberts Coll.)
Wadley, Catorce Municipality, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
8.5 x 5.5 x 4.3 cm
Acanthite (superb miniature - classic locale)
Fresnillo, Fresnillo Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
3.8 x 2.9 x 2.4 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite (excellent) Dr. Steve Neely Coll.
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
10.5 x 5.8 x 4.7 cm
Calcite casts after Calcite (Ken Roberts Coll.)
Boldut Mine, Cavnic, Maramures, Romania
8.3 x 7.5 x 4.5 cm
Quartz w/ Chlorite & clay inclusions (Ken Roberts Coll.)
Sao Geraldo do Baixio, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.4 x 7.0 x 3.7 cm
Pectolite & Natrolite on Calcite (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Niederkirchen, Otterbach-Otterberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
3.1 x 2.0 x 1.2 cm
Fibrous Sugilite (rare - 2016-17 finds)
N'Chwaning III Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
2.8 x 1.4 x 0.9 cm
sharp Andalusite crystal (rare , California)
Bluebird Kyanite Mine, Vitrefrax Hill, Obregon, Imperial Co., California
2.2 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm
Evansite w/ Doyleite - 2016 find
Baoshan, Yunnan Province, China
4.1 x 2.9 x 1.4 cm
Milarite on Adularia var. Valencianite (Kay Robertson Collection)
Valenciana Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
6.0 x 4.4 x 2.2 cm
Chrysoprase (new find)
Szklary Chrysoprase Mine, Szklary, Gmina Zabkowice Slaskie, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
4.5 x 2.0 x 1.9 cm