FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends April 2, 2020

A great selection this week with plenty of attractive, good quality, rare and unusual specimens.  Look for new discoveries that we picked up at recent shows or direct from the source, plus we have plenty of pieces from collections such as Gary Weaver, David Burgess and Rolando Gioia.  You might even find the occasional fossil, lapidary or gem item from time to time.   Look here for the not so typical mineral specimens along with plenty of your favorites.  We don't just offer the "standard 20 species", but an eclectic mix of specimens that appeal to everybody!

 

Some of the highlights from this week’s auction include:

 

1. Classic LEGRANDITE on matrix from the Ojuela Mine, Mexico

2. New DIOPTASE with WULFENITE from Republic of Congo

3. Attractive pink RHODOCHROSITE with purple FLUORITE from China

4. Gemmy pink and blue TOURMALINE from the Cruzeiro Mine, Brazil

5. Beautiful bi-color purple and green "GRAPE CHALCEDONY" from Indonesia

6. Rare and beautiful BLUE QUARTZ on matrix from San Diego County, California

7. Attractive, gemmy, greenish-blue, "floater" cats eye TOURMALINE from Brazil

8. Rarities include FLUELLITE, ANDORITE and LEUCOPHOENICITE

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Bi-color Tourmaline (6.71 grams)
Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.2 x 1.0 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Thulite (manganese-bearing Zoisite) (new discovery)
Snillfjord, Krokstadora, Trondheim, Sor-Trandelag, Norway
3.7 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $28
Azurite with Malachite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
3.8 x 3.5 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Strontianite on Calcite (ex David Burgess Collection)
Black Rock Mine, Hotazel, N. Cape Province, South Africa
8.7 x 6.4 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Fluorite on Amethyst (rare locality specimen) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Reed's Gap Quarry, Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut
12.2 x 8.8 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $336
Rhodochrosite with Fluorite
Wutong Mine (Wudong Mine), Liubao, Cangwu Co., Wuzhou, Guangxi, China
4.4 x 3.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $424
Tourmaline on GEM Quartz (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.1 x 1.2 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $41
Purple and Green Quartz ("Grape" Chalcedony)
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
4.3 x 3.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $172
Aquamarine with Topaz (rare locality specimen)
California Blue Mine, Yucca Valley, San Bernardino County, California
1.8 x 1.2 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $37
Halite (skeletal crystals)
Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California
10.2 x 8.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Cerussite on Malachite (rare locality specimen)
Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
7.7 x 7.5 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $164
Tourmaline (gemmy "floater" w/ cats eye effect) (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.0 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $73
Brazilianite with Albite (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.0 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $81
Quartz with Blue Indicolite Tourmaline inclusions (rare color!) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Katerina Mine, Hiriart Mountain, Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California
9.1 x 4.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Adamite (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
7.7 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Leucophoenicite (very rare) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey (Type Locality)
4.3 x 4.1 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Pyrite
Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
4.1 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Rosasite (rich color)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
4.6 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $37
Amethyst with Epidote
Hongquizhen Quarry, Meigu Co., Liangshan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China
11.0 x 7.8 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Legrandite (rare classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
3.8 x 2.4 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $133
Fluorite (color change - 2017 find)
Koh-i-Maran, Kalat District, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
5.3 x 5.0 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $134
Dioptase (new find!)
Mpita Mine, Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
6.6 x 4.5 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Andorite (very rare - highly lustrous crystals)
San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
3.6 x 1.7 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Citrine on Danburite (rare combo for the locality)
Charcas, Charcas Municipality, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
4.0 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Pyromorphite (rare from Bolivia)
Huari-Hauri, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
4.8 x 4.3 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Sapphire (doubly-terminated crystal) (17.47 carats)
Chilas, Diamar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
1.2 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $36
Creedite (nice color) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Henderson Mine, Dailey Mining District (Jones Pass Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado
8.2 x 6.7 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Fluorite Carving, Fish (22.30 grams)
Jiangxi Province, China
3.7 x 3.6 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Quartz "casts" after Anhydrite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Mineral Farm Locality, near Ouray, San Juan Mts, Ouray County, Colorado
15.5 x 12.9 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $295
Fluellite (rare) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Willard Mine, Willard Mining District, Humboldt Range, Pershing County, Nevada
7.8 x 7.7 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $241