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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Baryte (ex Gerry Morvell Collection)
Black Cloud Mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, USA
5.7 x 3.9 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Wavellite (classic material) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Ronneburg U deposit, Thuringia, Germany
9.1 x 5.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $61
Dolomite (''cast'') (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
8.0 x 5.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $32
Pyrite
Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
6.7 x 6.2 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Yukonite (rare) (ex Colin Manlove Collection)
Venus Mine, Windy Arm, Tagish Lake, Carcross, Whitehorse mining district, Yukon, Canada
7.7 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $102
Rhodochrosite with Chalcopyrite (ex Lee Burnett Collection)
Level 20, Area 28, Eagle Mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado, USA
8.2 x 5.5 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $164
Spinel
Mahenge, Morogoro Region, Tanzania
1.8 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $124
Pectolite (ex Alfred Stevenson Collection)
Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
8.2 x 7.8 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Enargite (fine classic material) (ex Hal Miller and Bob Whitmore Collections)
East Colusa Mine, Butte Mining District, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
4.5 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $385
Hilgardite on Boracite (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Boulby Mine, Loftus, Redcar and Cleveland, England, UK
5.6 x 2.8 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $122
Silver (classic material)
Cobalt area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canadair
8.8 x 4.8 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Muscovite (''Star'' Muscovite)
Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.7 x 4.2 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Libethenite (classic material) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Miguel Vacas Mine, Nossa Senhora da Conceição e São Bartolomeu, Vila Viçosa, Évora, Portugal
8.7 x 6.3 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $341
Shattuckite (excellent quality)
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
7.2 x 5.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $241
Rutile epitaxially growing on Hematite
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
3.7 x 3.0 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $81
Baryte (rare locality specimen)
Xikuangshan Sb deposit, Lengshuijiang Co., Loudi, Hunan, China
7.2 x 3.9 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Sulfur
El Desierto mine, San Pablo de Napa, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí, Bolivia
5.8 x 2.4 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $82
Almandine Garnet (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Tejon Ranch Occurrences, Lebec, Gorman District, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern Co., California, USA
4.3 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Calcite (GEM twin)
Wuzhou, Guangxi, China
3.1 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $142
Linarite on Galena (classic material)
Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
2.7 x 2.6 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $131
Brucite (fine rare yellow color)
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan
9.3 x 6.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $122
Woodhouseite (rare) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono Co., California, USA (Type Locality)
6.7 x 5.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Andradite (classic locality) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Stanley Butte Area, Stanley Mining District, Santa Teresa Mountains, Graham County, Arizona, USA
4.4 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Adamite (classic material) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
3.7 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $179
Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
3.1 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $195
Rochelle Salt (lab grown) (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Germany
7.3 x 6.3 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $586
Zircon
Astor Valley, Astore District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
2.5 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Azurite (''blueberries'') (ex Charles F. Lewis Collection)
Lost Lake claim, Nacimiento Mine, San Pablo, Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA
7.2 x 4.6 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $712
Fluorite (multi-color "phantom" crystals)
Okorusu Mine (Okarusu Mine), Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
3.5 x 3.1 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $432
Wulfenite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Warren Lode 5, Tut Peak, Lost Basin Mining District, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
8.8 x 8.3 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $236