Fine Mineral and old Mineral Collection Liquidation Auction featuring San Diego and Gem Crystals - Ends Thurs, October 14

This auction features an  outstanding selection of old classics and particularly a strong group of Southern California pegmatite classics and rarities from the Bill Larson and Bob Reynolds mineral Collections- both  out of California ; and classics from the Chet Lemanski mineral collection including many things we do not see on the market! The auction also includes a diverse selection of species and localities from old and new finds.

1. Old, rare TOURMALINES from Madagascar, Brazil and California

2. Large Gibeon METEORITE slab

3. Rare California BLUE TOPAZ of huge size for California

4. LAZULITE from Switzerland

5. Classic old English CALCITE of major size and sparkle!

6. CUBANITE suite

7. Rare , large Colorado PYRITE and SPHALERITE specimens

8. Selection of large specimens: including FLUORITE, TOPAZ w/ QUARTZ, CELESTINE, COLEMANITE, AMETHYST, CALCITE and more

9. Rare SUOLINITE specimen from CANADA among other rarities


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Large Calcite on Dolomite, Calcite & Sphalerite (old classic) Lee Burnett Coll.
Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper Co., Missouri, USA
16.3 x 15.3 x 8.7 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Azurite with Malachite (unusual)
Hanover #2 Mine, Hanover-Fierro Mining District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA
11.1 x 7.3 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $345
Pyromorphite (classic locale) Bob Reynolds Coll.
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
5.0 x 2.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $417
Cassiterite (rare) Scripps & Larson Coll.
Himalaya Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande Mining Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
5.2 x 4.4 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $530
Sphalerite, Quartz, Calcite & Pyrite
San Antonio Mine, East Camp, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
12.7 x 9.7 x 8.3 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Spessartine Garnet (RARE CA) Bob Reynolds Coll.
Crystal Annie Mine, Little Cahuilla Mt, Riverside Co., California, USA
7.3 x 6.5 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $218
"Angel Wing" Calcite (RARE Russian classic)
Ural Mountains, Russia
5.9 x 4.8 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $79
"Paper" Calcite (rare CA) Bill Larson Coll.
Hilton deposit (Gunsight Mine), Borrego Springs, San Diego County, California, USA
7.2 x 5.0 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Mimetite (Rock Currier Collection)
Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.0 x 5.0 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $325
Mimetite - unusual locale (Currier Collection)
Velardena, Cuencame Mun., Durango, Mexico
7.2 x 4.5 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Quartz var. Amethyst - superb TN (McGill Coll.)
Mina La Sorpressa, Amatitlan, Guerrero, Mexico
3.0 x 1.0 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $320
Acanthite (Currier Collection)
San Juan de Rayas Mine, Guanajuato Mun., Guanajuato, Mexico
2.5 x 1.5 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Vanadinite (McGill Coll.)
Apex mine, San Carlos, Manuel Benavides Mun., Chihuahua, Mexico
2.9 x 2.6 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Quartz with Shattuckite incl. (McGill Coll.)
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
2.1 x 1.5 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Chalcocite on Pyrite (McGill Coll.)
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
2.8 × 2.6 × 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $117
Pyrargyrite (Miguel Romero Coll.)
Guanajuato, Mun. de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
1.9 x 1.9 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $42
Pyromorphite (McGill Coll.)
San Francisco mine, Cucurpe, Sonora, Mexico
7.0 x 5.0 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $335
large Calcite twin (important for classic locale) Lemanski Coll.
Thomasville Crushed Stone Quarry, York Co., Pennsylvania, USA
12.5 x 8.5 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $319
Calcite (rare Ukraine)
Novotroitsk quarries, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
8.3 x 7.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Calcite, Chalcopyrite and Galena (Lemanski Coll.)
Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
9.5 x 7.9 x 7.5 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Colemanite (RARE locale - Type Locality area) Reynolds Coll.
East Coleman Mine, Furnace Creek, Inyo Co., California, USA
13.6 x 12.0 x 8.2 cm
Winning Bid: $260
large Celestine (Lemanski Coll.)
Ottawa Silica Company Quarry, Rockwood, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA
16.7 x 7.9 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $501
Heulandite (rare locale) Lemanski Coll.
Tura, Tunguska River Basin, Evenkiysky Dist., Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
7.7 x 6.4 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Large Talc (RARE PA) Lemanski Coll.
Geiger Quarry, Kirkwood, State Line Chromite Mining District, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA
18.7 x 9.0 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Malachite with Cerussite (Reynolds Coll.)
Brown's Prospect, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, Australia
11.5 x 9.2 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Schorl on Feldspar & Quartz (RARE Peru) Reynolds Coll.
Chacoya, Castrovirreyna Prov., Huancavelica, Peru
8.2 x 7.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Sphalerite, etc. on Amethyst (classic Colorado) Burnett Coll.
Emperius Mine (Bachelor Mine), Creede Mining Dist., Mineral Co., Colorado, USA
12.5 x 5.8 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $292
Bi-colored Fluorite (Burnett Coll.)
Tule Mine, Melchor Múzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico
13.1 x 12.3 x 8.3 cm
Winning Bid: $220
large Gibeon Meteorite slab (GREAT Widmanstatten patterns)
Gibeon, Hardap Region, Namibia
17.0 x 16.5 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $2,005
Vanadinite on Manganite & Pyrolusite (RARE Arizona!) - ex Weaver
Daggs Mine, Apache Leap, Superior, Pioneer Mining Dist., Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
11.3 x 7.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $169