FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends Aug 11, 2022

Mixed specimens this week include gem crystals, classic locales, fine display specimens and a selection of assorted piece from our inventory and collections we've purchased such as Rich Kosnar, Bill and Anne Cook, Chet Lemanski, Al Kidwell and more! Look for attractive higher value pieces this week, all starting at $10 reserve bids! Some of the highlights from this week’s auction include: 1. Excellent apple green PYROMORPHITE specimen from China 2. Wonderful gemmy "phantom" FLUORITE specimen from the Okorusu Mine, Namibia 3. Classic and fine quality CARLSBAD TWIN AMAZONITE form Colorado (ex Brian Kosnar Collection) 4. Unique NATIVE COPPER included in GYPSUM from Arizona (ex Rich Kosnar Collection) 5. Superb LARGE "Faden" specimen from Pakistan (ex Rich Kosnar Collection) 6. Beautiful RHODOCHROSITE crystals on matrix from the Eagle Mine, Colorado 7. Fine matrix LEGRANDITE specimen from the Ojuela Mine, Mexico 8. Eye-catching twinned "STAR" MUSCOVITE from Brazil 9. A cool piece of beautiful lab-grown ROCHELLE SALT from Germany 10. Rarities include GRANDVIEWITE, WOODHOUSEITE and YUKONITE
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Copper (unique ''leaf''-like specimen)
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz, Bolivia
9.2 x 7.2 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $167
Pyromorphite (fine color and quality)
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin area, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Central South Region, China
4.3 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $311
Bournonite on grey Quartz
Viboras Mine, Machacamarca, Saavedra Province, Potosi, Bolivia
3.7 x 3.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $42
Epidote (Superb large "Faden" Group) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Tormiq, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
13.2 x 3.1 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $460
Amethyst (''Cactus'' Amethyst) (ex Charles F. Lewis Collection)
Boekenhoutshoek area (Boekenhouthoek), Mkobola district, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
5.7 x 4.4 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $251
Erythrite (old locality)
Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
6.7 x 4.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $166
Galena on Quartz (ex Charles F. Lewis Collection)
Petrovitsa deposit, Borieva mine, Madan ore field, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria
9.2 x 6.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $145
Fluorite
Deer Trail Mine, Marysvale, Mount Baldy District, Piute County, Utah, USA
2.3 x 2.1 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Andradite Garnet on Epidote
Marki Khel, Spin Ghar range (Speen Ghar range), Khogyani District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
5.3 x 4.6 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $125
Microcline (var: Amazonite) (Carlsbad twin) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Harris Park, Park County, Colorado, USA
8.4 x 4.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $335
Pyromorphite on Malachite (classic material)
Brown's Prospect, Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia
7.2 x 5.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Copper included in Gypsum (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Mission Mine, Mission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
2.9 x 2.7 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $101
Aragonite (GEM crystal) (ex Colin Manlove Collection)
Číčov Hill, Hořenec, Libčeves, Louny District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
8.6 x 1.7 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Grandviewite (exceptionally rare)
Grandview Mine, Horseshoe Mesa, Grandview Mining District, Coconino County, Arizona, USA (Type Locality)
4.3 x 3.3 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $315
Corundum (var: Sapphire) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Unnamed Corundum occurrences [2], Soboba Hot Springs, San Jacinto Mountains, Riverside Co., California, USA
9.6 x 2.1 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Corundum (var: Ruby) on marble
Jagdalak (Jagdalek) Ruby Mine, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
4.6 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $513
Fluorite with Baryte ''roses"
Qinglong Mine, Dachang Sb ore field, Qinglong County, Qianxinan, Guizhou, China
10.7 x 5.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $499
Turquoise
Apache Mine, Turquoise Mountain, Halloran Springs District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
2.3 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Legrandite (rare classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
3.1 x 2.0 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $323
Wavellite (classic material)
Avant, Garland County, Arkansas, USA
11.3 x 10.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Diopside (RARE locality!) (ex Institute of Mineralogy - Tohoku University Collection)
North Korea
7.2 x 5.4 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Cuprite (rare historic locality specimen) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Levant Mine, Trewellard, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
7.7 x 6.0 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $169
Peridot with Ludwigite inclusions
Sapat Gali, Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
2.1 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Schorl Tourmaline on Albite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Little Cahuilla Mountain, Cahuilla District, Riverside County, California, USA
5.3 x 4.2 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $147
Nepheline with Calcite
Town of Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
7.7 x 6.3 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Magnetite (rare locality specimen)
Lom, Innlandet, Norway
7.8 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $20
Hausmannite (fine classic material) (ex David Burgess Collection)
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
5.3 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $149
Mimetite (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
4.8 x 4.6 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $350
Kurnakovite (ex Al Ordway and Bob Reynolds Collections)
Boron, Kern Co., California, USA
7.3 x 4.6 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Stilbite-Ca (''bow tie'') (ex Charles F. Lewis and Lee Petersen Collections)
Pashan Quarries, Pashan, Pune District, Pune Division, Maharashtra, India
7.2 x 5.3 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $141