FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends February 10, 2022

We have a great selection this week, featuring plenty of attractive, fine quality, classic, contemporary, rare and unusual specimens from around the world. Look for some great specimens from various collections that we've purchased like, Bob Reynolds, Chet Lemanski, Al Kidwell, Dave Bergman and Rich Kosnar. 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. Gemmy rich purple SCAPOLITE from Afghanistan 2. FLUORITE with BARITE (RARE locality specimen) (ex Rich Kosnar and William Sanborn Collections) 3. Old classic RUBY on matrix from Norway 4. DIOPTASE on QUARTZ with PLANCHEITE / SHATTUCKITE from Republic of Congo 5. Strong pink colored cobalt-bearing CALCITE from Morocco (ex Charlie Key) 6. GEMMY sherry colored TOPAZ from Pakistan (ex Dave Bergman Collection) 7. Rare Japanese DANBURITE crystal 8. Beautiful GEM QUALITY green FLUORITE from Naica, Mexico 9. Cool CORUNDUM pseudomorph after SPINEL from Tanzania 10. Rarities include MACFALLITE, HASHEMITE, LEGRANDITE, STIBARSEN and WOODHOUSEITE and GETCHELLITE
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Getchellite (superb) on Stibnite
Twin Creeks Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
2.1 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Bloedite (fine crystal)
Soda Lake, Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo Co., California, USA
3.1 x 2.5 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Fluorite (GEM quality crystals)
Naica Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.8 x 5.2 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $319
Corundum pseudomorph after Spinel
Mahenge, Morogoro Region, Tanzania
2.9 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Mimetite (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
3.1 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Pectolite (rare pink color) (ex Richard Rossi Collection)
Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
6.7 x 5.2 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $66
Barite (classic material) (ex Richard Kosnar Collection)
Muddy Creek, Tributary of Crater Creek, Pagosa Springs, Rio Grande County, Colorado, USA
4.3 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $136
Multicolor Fluorite Carving, Dolphin
Jiangxi Province, China
4.9 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $61
Lazulite (old classic) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Metapelite outcrops, Stockhorn, Gorner glacier area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
8.7 x 4.7 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $261
Anhydrite (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Tarascon-sur-Ariège, Ariege, France
6.3 x 5.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Fluorite (classic material) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Stoneco Lime City Quarry, Lime City, Wood County, Ohio, USA
9.3 x 8.7 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $550
Chrysocolla with Quartz (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Bagdad Mine, Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
8.5 x 8.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Stichtite with Stichtite-2H (formerly Barbertonite)
New Amianthus Mine, Kaapsche Hoop, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa
9.7 x 5.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $331
Cinnabar (old classic) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Siele Mine, Piancastagnaio, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy
5.7 x 4.8 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Stibarsen (formerly Allemontite) (rare locality specimen) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Engineer Gold Mine, Tagish Lake, Atlin Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
4.7 x 4.4 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $245
Woodhouseite (rare) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Champion Mine, Mountain Peak, White Mts, Mono County, California (Type Locality)
5.7 x 4.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $76
Calcite (cobalt-bearing) (ex Charlie Key)
Bou Azzer Mine, Ouisselsate Caïdat, Amerzgane Cercle, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
5.7 x 4.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Danburite (rare locality specimen)
Toroku Mine, Takachiho, Nishiusuki District, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan
3.6 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $74
Grossular Garnet (good sized crystal)
Sierra de Cruces, Sierra Mojada Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico
5.6 x 3.8 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $72
Prehnite on Pumpellyite-(Fe2+) and Pumpellyite-(Fe3+) (ex Bill Wilson Collection)
O & G Woodbury Traprock Quarry (Orenaug Quarry), Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
8.3 x 6.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $47
Barite (classic material)
Pöhla, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
5.4 x 5.2 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $86
Witherite (classic material) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
7.8 x 6.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $270
Sapphire (excellent rare locality specimen)
Pressley Sapphire Mine, Canton, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
4.7 x 4.6 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Fluorite (penetration twin) (classic material (ex Tom Campbell Collection)
Weardale, Co. Durham, England, UK
4.3 x 3.2 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $159
Pyromorphite (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
3.2 x 2.3 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $89
Legrandite (rare classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
2.7 x 1.9 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $169
Goethite / Limonite pseudomorph after Marcasite (classic material)
White Desert, Farafra Oasis, New Valley, Egypt
4.7 x 3.9 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Calcite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
1675 Level, Meikle Mine, Bootstrap District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
5.6 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $189