Fine Mineral Auctions from our warehouse stash and mineral collection purchases - ends Aug 6, 2020

From unpacking minerals and mineral collections, material even we have not seen since we moved over 2 years ago....we are happy to present another diverse lot of beautiful and important mineral specimens. Enjoy many older classic specimens from older mineral Collections !!

HIGHLIGHTS:

1. Superb RHODONITE w/ CHALCEDONY -  BRAZIL

2. TOURMALINES

3. Ed David Collection specimens: Old Classics

4. Chinese CALCITE w/ REALGAR INCLUSIONS & TOPAZ MATRIX

5. Rare Russian RHENIITE

6. Superb VIVIANITE from Brazil

7. Display quality large SODALITE w/ rare NEPHELINE association

8. Selection of large specimens including Libyan Desert Glass

9. ILLINOIS CLASSICS – FLUORITE,  MARCASITE stalactite

10. TEXAS! CELESTINE

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Tourmaline (74 grams)
Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.7 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $219
Fluorite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Quartz
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hunan, China
6.8 x 5.8 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $232
large Vivianite (superb cabinet piece - Brazil!)
Cabeca do Cachorro claim, Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil
13.5 x 11.3 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $1,456
Calcite w/ Realgar (excellent inclusions ! ) Cynthia Payne Coll.
Jiepaiyu Mine (Shimen Mine), Changde, Hunan, China
7.9 x 6.6 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $176
Sodalite & Nepheline (excellent display piece)
Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
9.6 x 8.0 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $590
Azurite on Malachite
Lost Lake claim, Nacimiento Mine, San Pablo, New Mexico
10.1 x 8.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $304
Olmiite (Type Locality) Ed David Coll.
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
4.8 x 4.0 x 3.8 vm
Winning Bid: $472
Scolecite w/ Apophyllite
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
9.5 x 8.9 x 6.6 cm
Winning Bid: $291
Gem Tourmaline (32.61 carats)
Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan
4.3 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $453
Calcite ps. After fossilized coral (old find)
Key Largo Island, Monroe Co., Florida
8.8 x 6.4 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $97
large Fluorapatite on Calcite (classic Canada locale)
Yates mine, Otter Lake, Quebec, Canada
9.8 x 9.3 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $436
Morganite w/ Tourmaline
Pech, Kunar, Afghanistan
2.7 x 2.0 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Gemmy Forsterite var. Peridot (VERY OLD classic locale)
St John's Island (Zagbargad), Red Sea, Egypt
1.7 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $154
Celestine (superb Texas!) ex Joe Lobell Coll.
Glenrose Fm., Lampasas Co., Texas
8.9 x 7.8 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $206
Chromian Clinochlore var. Kammererite w/ Brucite (rare)
Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Erzurum Province, Turkey
4.8 x 4.0 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $626
Marcasite stalactite (RARE - old) ex Jimmie DuFoe Coll.
Bautsch Mine, Galena, Jo Daviess Co., Illinois
8.4 x 1.4 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $282
large Kaolinite ps. After Agate (RARE Brazil! - 1960s)
Salto do Jacui, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
19.2 x 12.5 x 8.8 cm
Winning Bid: $437
large Marcasite w/ Calcite (Art Soregaroli Coll.)
Brushy Creek Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri
16.0 x 13.1 x 7.8 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Strontianite (old classic - circa 1900) Ed David Coll.
Oberdorf an der Laming, Bruck an der Mur, Styria, Austria
8.3 x 8.3 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $510
Gem bi-colored Tourmaline (classic locale - 30.39 carats)
Himalaya Mine, San Diego County, California
4.2 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $381
Spinel-twinned Copper (New Find)
Rocklands Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
4.6 x 1.4 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $221
Gem bi-colored Indicolite Tourmaline (22 grams)
Pederneira mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
10.6 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $484
large Fluorite w/ Calcite & Galena
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois
15.0 x 10.8 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,108