WEEKLY MINERAL & GEM AUCTIONS!

Mixed specimens this week include gem crystals, classic locales, fine display specimens and a selection of assorted piece from our inventory and collections we've purchased such as Kurt Hefendehl, Bill and Anne Cook, Dr. Stephen Smale, Gerry Morvell and more! Look for attractive higher value pieces this week, all starting at $10 reserve bids!

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

1. Beautiful big SPESSARTINE GARNET with Smoky Quartz and "Hyalite" Opal from China
2. Gorgeous classic cobalt-bearing CALCITE with MALACHITE from Congo
3. Showing impressive large cabinet yellow cadmium-bearing SMTHSONITE from China
4. Wonderful GEM QUALITY "drillbit" twinned PHENAKITE from Myanmar
5. Super doubly-terminated, "floater" bi-colored SAPPHIRE crystal from Madagascar
6. Excellent classic raspberry colored GROSSULAR GARNET from Mexico
7. Fantastic quality rare pseudomorph of LAZURITE replacing SCAPOLITE
8. Alluring AMBER specimen with MULTIPLE INSECT INCLUSIONS!

We have a great selection this week, featuring plenty of attractive, fine quality, classic, contemporary, rare and unusual specimens from around the world. Look for some great specimens from various collections that we've purchased like, Al Kidwell, Bob Reynolds, Chet Lemanski, Dave Bergman and Gerry Morvell. You might even find the occasional fossil, lapidary or gem item from time to time. Look here for the not so typical mineral specimens along with plenty of your favorites. We don't just offer the "standard 20 species", but an eclectic mix of specimens that appeal to everybody!

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

1. Fine sharp gemmy PERIDOT crystal from Pakistan
2. Multicolor OPAL replacing Petrified Wood Limb from Virgin Valley, Nevada
3. Gorgeous classic Chromium-bearing CLINOCHLORE (''Kammererite'') from Turkey
4. Beautiful classic WULFENITE crystals on matrix from Los Lamentos, Mexico
5. Excellent quality GEMMY RUBY crystal group from Chatham
6. Attractive purple AMETHYST "Grapes" from Indonesia
7. Fantastic old classic HARMOTOME on FLUORITE from Scotland
8. Rare PURPLE APATITE crystals on matrix from Maine
9. Wonderful yellow cadmium-bearing SMITHSONITE from China
10. Rarities include VALENTINITE, CYLINDRITE, LAVENDULAN with CHENEVIXITE, and TIPTOPITE with ROSCHERITE, MONTGOMERYITE and FAIRFIELDITE