Fine Mixed Mineral and Inventory Liquidation Auction - Ends Sept 22, 2022

Rarities, classics, and recent finds are in this eclectic auction. Specimens from the Lemanski, Hefendehl, Hunt, Cook, Lockhart, Sherburn, Gleckler, and other collections are featured.

Highlights:

1. Fine Swiss SMOKY QUARTZ specimens from the Brent Lockhart Collection.

2. Classic large AZURITE and MALACHITE from Bisbee

3. Rare MALACHITE after AZURITE with CERUSSITE from Rum Jungle

4. Gem TOURMALINE and KUNZITE specimens

5. Bizarre SULFUR from Indonesia

6. Rare synthetic AMETHYST from Russia

7. PYRITE from classic locales

8. Amazing bent SCHORL from a New Find

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Vanadinite (Sherburn Coll.)
Mibladen., Midelt Prov., Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
7.7 x 4.4 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $211
Malachite after Azurite and Cerussite (RARE combo) Hefendehl Coll.
Brown's Prospect, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, Australia
5.4 x 4.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $675
Schorl and Cleavelandite
Shengus, Roundu Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
8.4 x 6.8 x 6.6 cm
Winning Bid: $447
Smithsonite w/ Hemimorphite (Hunt Coll.)
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
8.1 x 4.0 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $242
Datolite and Quartz (Hefendehl Coll.)
Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
7.2 x 6.6 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $252
Calcite w/ Hematite inclusions (rare style) Hunt Coll.
Cavnic, Maramureș Co., Romania
7.4 x 7.1 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $371
Smoky Quartz with Gwindel (Lockhart Coll.)
Zinggenstocke, Oberaar lake area, Bern, Switzerland
9.1 x 7.2 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $1,151
Smithsonite (old classic) Gleckler Coll.
El Refugio Mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico
6.7 x 5.1 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $217
Stilbite (Hunt Coll.)
Jalgaon Dist., Nashik Division, Maharashtra, India
8.4 x 5.6 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $320
Gem Smoky Quartz (RARE locale) Lockhart Coll.
Feldschijen glacier, Göscheneralp, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland
10.7 x 4.3 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Pyrite (classic locale) Hunt Coll.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Bolognesi Prov., Áncash, Peru
6.3 x 5.0 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $267
large USA Smoky Quartz (Overcash Coll.)
Crystal Park, El Paso Co., Colorado, USA
23.0 x 10.0 x 8.9 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Calcite (fluorescent) w/ Pyrite (rare locale) Hefendehl Coll
Dongposhan Mine, Dongpo ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
6.8 x 6.7 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $300
Emerald and Molybdenite (RARE combo) Hunt Coll.
Carnaíba mining dist., Pindobaçu, Bahia, Brazil
9.8 x 5.9 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $239
large Azurite and Malachite (Bisbee!) Lemanski Coll.
Bisbee, Cochise Co. Arizona, USA
17.5 x 11.0 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $1,150
Bizarre Sulfur (ex Peter Maurer Coll.)
Kawah Ijen volcano, Banyuwangi Regency, East Java Prov., Indonesia
5.1 x 3.5 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $237
large Siderite ps. after Calcite (Lemanski Coll.)
Turț Mine, Satu Mare, Satu Mare Co., Romania
15.3 x 12.2 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Fluorite (2 generations - fluorescent!) Sherburn Coll.
Diana Maria Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
9.7 x 7.2 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $460
Amethyst (RARE synthetic example) (Cook Coll.)
Russia
10.4 x 6.8 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $477
Iridescent Goethite/Hematite (Turgite)
Graves Mountain., Lincoln Co., Georgia, USA
12.0 x 8.1 x 6.6 cm
Winning Bid: $725
Gemmy Kunzite (unusual form) Hunt Coll.
Dara-e-Pech pegmatite field, Dara-e-Pech Dist., Kunar, Afghanistan
10.7 x 3.6 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $460
curving Schorl w/ Microcline & Lepidolite (NEW FIND)
Shigar Valley, Shigar Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
7.3 x 7.0 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $470
Gem bi-colored Tourmaline (1-time find)
Dara-e-Pech pegmatite field, Dara-e-Pech Dist., Kunar, Afghanistan
5.4 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $400
Bournonite (RARE), Sphalerite, Galena, Calcite, etc (Lemanski Coll.)
570 Ore body, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
12.2 x 7.8 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $550
Cobaltian Calcite (2 generatons) Gleckler Coll.
Bou Azzer Dist., Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
11.9 x 6.6 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $401
Pyrite (classic locale )
Elba Island, Livorno Prov., Tuscany, Italy
9.2 x 4.5 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $528