FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends April 8, 2021

We have a great selection this week, featuring plenty of attractive, fine quality, classic, contemporary, rare and unusual specimens. Look for new discoveries that we picked up at shows or direct from the source. We also have plenty of pieces from various collections that we've purchased over the last year or so including David Burgess, Bob Reynolds, Chet Lemanski, Rich Kosnar and more ! 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. Rare "butterfly"-twinned PHOSPHOPHYLLITE on matrix from Bolivia 2. Amber with MULTIPLE INSECT INCLUSIONS from Dominican Republic 3. Excellent classic COPPER ROSE pseudomorph after AZURITE from New Mexico 4. Wonderful gemmy old-time classic AQUAMARINE from Brazil (ex Rich Kosnar Collection) 5. Beautiful GYPSUM (SELENITE) with "hourglass" sand inclusions from Oklahoma 6. HUGE "dogtooth"-shaped CALCITE crystal from Ametista do Sul (São Gabriel), Brazil 7. Fantastic SCEPTER and REVERSE SCEPTER QUARTZ crystals on Calcite from Mexico 8. Wonderful bi-colored thumbnail of CELESTINE from Indiana 9. NEPTUNITE with RARE DIGNIET association (ex Bob Reynolds Collection) 10. Rarities include: SUGILITE, CRYOLITE and THENARDITE
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Wire Silver
Porco Mine, Quijarro Province, Potosi Dept., Bolivia
2.5 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $169
Cobalt-bearing Calcite (superb color)
Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo 
6.2 x 4.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $369
Prehnite with Gyrolite
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
6.0 x 4.4 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $92
Variscite (fine color)
Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil
4.3 x 4.2 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Gypsum (var: Selenite) (with 'hourglass' sand inclusions)
Great Salt Plains, Jet, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma
5.7 x 2.1 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Adamite (Copper-bearing)
Hilarion Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
6.7 x 5.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $270
Golden Barite on Green Fluorite
Xiefang Mine, Ruijin Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
13.7 x 10.0 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $550
Amber with MULTIPLE insect inclusions
Sabana de la Mar (Sabana), Hato Mayor Province, Dominican Republic
5.1 x 2.9 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $775
Xenotime-(Y) (fine crystals)
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
1.7 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Morganite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.9 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $99
Rhodochrosite (rare locality specimen) (ex Dr. William Logan Collection)
Leonard Mine, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
6.2 x 5.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $209
Sugilite (rare)
N'Chwaning III Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
5.0 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $161
Thenardite (fine crystals) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Soda Lake, Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
8.3 x 5.3 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $84