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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Unusual Manganoan Calcite (fluorescent) Weaver Coll.
Palmarejo Mine, Chinipas Mun., Chihuahua, Mexico
13.6 x 5.6 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $360
large polished "eye" Agate slab
Minas Gerais, Brazil
21.5 x 15.0 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $475
large stepped Calcite (classic locale) Kidwell Coll.
Picher Field, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, USA
11.5 x 8.0 x 5.9 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Stilbite & Apophyllite in Drill Core (RARE New Mexico!) Kidwell Coll.
Pinos Altos Mining District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA
9.2 x 4.7 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $265
Schorl on Chlorite Schist (RARE for Maryland) Lemanski Coll.
North East Quarry, Cecil Co., Maryland, USA
7.8 x 6.0 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Unusual Calcite (RARE old Missouri classic) Burnett Coll.
Waco Field, Tri-State District, Jasper Co., Missouri, USA
13.0 x 6.3 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $69
Rhodonite & Braunite polished slab (Wilson Coll.)
Langban mine, Langban Ore District, Filipstad, Varmland County, Sweden
4.7 x 1.8 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Hematite-included Amethyst (Royal Ontario Mus. & Kidwell Coll.)
Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
10.8 x 8.2 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $240
Gemmy bi-colored Tourmaline (Larson Coll.)
Pala Chief Mine, Chief Mt., Pala Mining Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
3.3 x 2.8 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $531
Lepidolite on Microcline Feldspar (Larson Coll.)
Himalaya Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande., San Diego Co., California, USA
3.3 x 3.3 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $185
significant, large Emerald on Smoky Quartz
Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan
9.3 x 5.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $2,850
Gem bi-colored Fluorite (rare - fluorescent)
Weilasituo Ag-polymetallic deposit, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China
6.3 x 4.9 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Descloizite & Vanadinite on Wullfenite (old - classic locale)
Erupcion Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
12.8 x 7.2 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $469
important large Copper (Lemanski Coll.)
Copper Country, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
24.3 x 11.3 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $2,875
Sulfur & Aragonite w/ bitumen (Kidwell Coll.)
Cozzo Disi Mine, Agrigento Prov., Sicily, Italy
14.0 x 12.6 x 6.4 cm
Winning Bid: $941
large Quartz and Pumpellyite (rare & old!) Kidwell Coll.
Copper Country, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA
13.4 x 9.7 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $280
Smoky Quartz with Indicolite Tourmaline (RARE!) Scripps & Larson Coll.
Fargo Mine, Hiriart Mtn., Pala Mining Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
6.4 x 4.1 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $830
Bi-colored Tourmalines (Larson Coll.)
Tourmaline King Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mtn., Pala Mining Dist.San Diego Co., California, USA
4.8 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm (largest of 3)
Winning Bid: $927
large cave Calcite w/ Hyalite Opal (Weaver Coll.)
Vieja Mine, West Camp, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
18.0 x 13.3 x 9.9 cm
Winning Bid: $685
large gem Indicolite Tourmaline
Pederneira mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
12.6 x 2.0 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $2,822
Scheelite (fluorescent) with Quartz
Piaotang Mine, Xihuashan ore field, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
7.7 x 6.5 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $250
large Quartz plate (Kidwell Coll.)
Mt. Ida, Montgomery Co., Arkansas, USA
28.5 x 14.9 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,660
gem Aquamarine on Feldspar with Quartz (New Find)
Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
13.2 x 9.8 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $2,472