FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends April 22, 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, Dave Bergman 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. Doubly-terminated TOURMALINE from the Himalaya Mine, California (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
2. "Leaf" GOLD on QUARTZ from the Oriental Mine, California
3. Fine LINARITE with CALEDONITE from the Reward Mine, California
4. Beautiful unique PURPLE QUARTZ from Indonesia
5. Classic BOURNONITE from the Herodsfoot Mine, Cornwall, England
6. Attractive rarely seen matrix "FADEN" QUARTZ from Pakistan
7. Rarely seen MILLERITE with SIEGENITE from the Eugenia Mine, Spain
8. Wonderful WIRE SILVER specimen from the Beaverdell, British Columbia, Canada
9. Hard to find MOLYBDENITE with RHODOCHROSITE from the Henderson Mine, Colorado
10. Rarities include: ZINC-BEARING OLIVENITE, ANDORITE, VAUXITE, PARAVAUXITE and GOLDMANITE

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Prehnite on Epidote
Bendoukou, Sandare District, Kayes Region, Mali
5.2 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Calcite with Aurichalcite
Darwin, Inyo County, California, USA
6.3 x 5.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Fluorite (hard to find locale) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Stoneco Lime City Quarry, Lime City, Wood County, Ohio, USA
5.2 x 4.0 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $414
Quartz on Sphalerite
Tri-State Mining District, USA
7.3 x 7.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Chrysocolla with Malachite and Tenorite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Santa Fe District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
4.7 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Brookite on Quartz (classic material)
Magnet Cove, Hot Springs County, Arkansas, USA
6.8 x 6.4 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Fluorite (multi-color ''phantom'' crystals)
Okorusu Mine (Okarusu Mine), Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
7.8 x 5.8 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $379
Gypsum pseudomorph after Glauberite
Copper Canyon Area, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
8.2 x 6.3 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Molybdenite with Rhodochrosite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Henderson Mine, west of Empire, Dailey District (Jones Pass District), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
9.0 x 6.2 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Prehnite (classic material) (ex Charlie Key)
O & G Woodbury Quarry, Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
4.2 x 3.6 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $41
Bournonite (''cogwheel'') (classic material)
Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Liskeard District, Cornwall, England, UK
5.3 x 5.0 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Olivenite (var: Zinc-bearing Olivenite) (rare) (ex Terry Szenics)
Veta Negra Mine, Pampa Larga Mining District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
7.7 x 4.7 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $510
Inesite (classic material) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Hale Creek Mine, Mad River Rock, Coastal Range, Trinity County, California, USA
5.2 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $510
Calcite (ex Thomas Wolfe Collection)
La Mojena Mine, Gallegos, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.6 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $89
Calcite (rare locality specimen) (ex David Burgess Collection)
West Roxbury Crushed Stone Quarry (Grove St. Quarry), West Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
13.3 x 5.3 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $84