Fine Mineral and old Mineral Collection Liquidation Auction featuring San Diego and Gem Crystals - Ends Thurs, October 28

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 today - or in decades Heavy on 1960s-1990s finds, here!  

1. Large INDICOLITE TOURMALINE

2. Rare and classic SAN DIEGO GEM CRYSTALS  from the Bill Larson Collection

3. Selection of LARGE MUSEUM SIZED DISPLAY SPECIMENS 

4. Gem AQUAMARINE combination from a New Find

5. Unusual CALCITE from Mexico

6. Important large matrix EMERALD from Afghanistan

7. Classic old RHODOCHROSITE from Japan

8. Superb old RHODONITE from Franklin



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Fluorite & Quartz w/ Pyrite (old style - 1990s) Lemanski Coll.
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China
18.4 x 6.9 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $405
Solution Quartz (Kidwell Coll.)
Jeffrey Quarry, Pulaski Co., Arkansas, USA
14.0 x 7.8 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $669
Ram's Horn Selenite (Kidwell Coll.)
Bustillos Mine, Francisco Portillo, West Camp, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
14.7 x 12.0 x 7.7 cm
Winning Bid: $196
Bi-colored Fluorite w/ Hydrocarbons (old - Lemanski Coll.)
Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
10.4 x 6.9 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $277
reverse scepter, gem DT Smoky Quartz (Larson Coll.)
Pala Chief Mine, Chief Mt., Pala Mining Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
8.0 x 3.5 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $350
Fishtail-twin Gypsum
Salinas de Otuma, Pisco, Pisco Province, Ica, Peru
8.0 x 6.8 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Morganite with Tourmaline (Larson Coll.)
Elizabeth R. Mine, Chief Mt., Pala Mining Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
2.7 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Kunzite (RARE locale!) Larson Coll.
Cryo-Genie Mine, Warner Springs Mining Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
3.5 x 1.3 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $280
Fluorapatite on Cleavelandite (RARE locale) Larson Coll.
Cryo-Genie Mine, Warner Springs Mining Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
4.0 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $177
Chlorite ps. Almandine Garnet (old classic!) Kidwell Coll.
Michigamme Mine, Michigamme, Marquette Co., Michigan, USA
7.3 x 5.7 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $76
Fluorite on Hematite-coated Quartz
Dreamtime claim, Crystal Peak, Teller County, Colorado, USA
8.8 x 7.3 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $195
Rhodochrosite - superb color (old classic from 1800s)
Oppu mine, Nakatsugaru District, Aomori Prefecture, Japan
7.7 x 5.4 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $507
Weird fibrous Tourmaline
Pederneira mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.5 x 3.6 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $345
Artinite (self-collected by Ken Roberts)
New Idria Mining District, San Benito Co., California, USA
10.7 x 9.1 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Pyromorphite on Quartz (classic locale) Lemanski Coll.
Wheatley Mines, Phoenixville Mining Dist., Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA
8.2 x 6.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $50
large Columbite-(Fe) (RARE South Dakota) Lemanski Coll.
Beecher Lode, Custer Mining District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA
9.5 x 5.4 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $89
Opal
Virgin Valley, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
18.8 x 9.1 x 9.1 cm (jar)
Winning Bid: $190
large Riebeckite var. Crocidolite (rare) Kidwell Coll.
Prieska, Siyathemba, Pixley ka Seme, Northern Cape, South Africa
18.8 x 6.6 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $179
Hematite (classic locale) Robertson Coll.
La Corveraine workings, Saphoz, Haute-Saone, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France
6.3 x 4.5 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $377
Huge Andradite-Grossular Garnet
Koukouri, Arrondissement of Diakon, Bafoulaba Cercle, Kayes Region, Mali
6.8 x 5.3 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $343
Neptunite & Natrolite (Reynolds Coll.)
nr. New Idria, San Benito Co., California
5.7 x 4.7 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $220
superb old Rhodonite with Calcite & Willemite
Franklin Mine, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
6.7 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Cannizzarite & Mozgovaite (RARE - Type Locality for both) Wilson Coll.
La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Eolie Islands, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
6.7 x 1.9 x 1.9 cm (vial)
Winning Bid: $170
Schorl & Smoky Quartz (Reynolds Coll.)
Cahuilla Mountain, Cahuilla Mining District, Riverside Co., California, USA
8.3 x 6.5 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $298
Tugtupite (Type Locality - fluorescent) w/ Polylithionite (Horowitz Coll.)
Tasseq slopes, Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland
9.8 x 8.0 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Fluorite (2 generations - old) Kidwell Coll.
Rosiclare Mining District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
11.1 x 7.2 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $346
Bi-colored Tourmalines & Quartz (Larson Coll.)
Stewart Mine, Pala Mining Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
3.6 x 1.4 x 1.4 cm (largest of 3)
Winning Bid: $365
Almandine-Spessartine Garnet (Larson Coll.)
Little Cahuilla Mtn., Cahuilla Mining Dist., Riverside Co., California, USA
3.6 x 3.4 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $197
large Pyrite octahedrons
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Ancash, Peru
14.4 x 13.2 x 10.1 cm
Winning Bid: $391
Iceland spar Calcite (optical grade - old Mexico) Kidwell Coll.
Chihuahua, Mexico
7.0 x 5.2 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $305