FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends February 11th, 2020

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.  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. Wonderful, gemmy DIOPTASE crystals on matrix from Republic of Congo
2. Beautiful multicolor TOURMALINE from Pakistan
3. Old-time, classic fine quality SKUTTERUDITE from Germany (ex Obodda)
4. Fine, beautifully crystallized, historic COPPER specimen from Michigan  
5. Excellent metallic BOURNONITE on matrix from Bolivia
6. Hard to find AQUAMARINE crystal from Connecticut
7. Superb AZURITE with MALACHITE from Milpillas, Mexico
8. Impressive single MAGNETITE crystal from Utah
9. Terrific IMPERIAL TOPAZ crystal from Brazil
10. Rarities include KIDWELLITE with STRENGITE, PARAVAUXITE with SIGLOITE, GASPEITE and PHOSPHOPHYLLITE!
 
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Pyrite (large crystal for the locality)
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China
4.8 x 4.1 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Fluorite on Quartz 'casts' after Calcite
La Fluorita Dulcita Claim, Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona
9.6 x 6.8 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $169
Quartz ('Fadens')
Tole (Tui), Wana, South Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
9.3 x 5.3 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Gold on Quartz
Timmins area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada
1.0 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $208
Albite (unusual locality specimen) (ex Chris Cowan Collection)
The Pit, Organ Mining District, Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
8.8 x 8.3 x 7.8 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Calcite on Sphalerite
Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
5.3 x 3.6 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $20
Amber with Collembola (Springtail) fossil inclusion
Rüdersdorf, Märkisch-Oderland, Brandenburg, Germany
4.6 x 2.1 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $131
Fluorite (The 'Incan Pyramid') (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.8 x 5.6 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Dioptase (2019 find)
Mpita Mine, Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
6.8 x 5.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $625
Stilbite (bow tie) (ex Richard Kosnar Collection)
Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India
5.3 x 4.5 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $46
Phosphophyllite (very rare) (butterfly twins)
Huayllani mine, Infiernillos mine, Huayllani, Machacamarca District, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
1.8 x 1.3 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $95
"Grape" Amethyst (purple and green)
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
7.1 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $176
Fluorite with Quartz
Homestake-Jack Pot Mine, San Francisco District, Oatman District, Black Mts, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
13.2 x 6.8 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $187
Magnetite (superb crystal) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Iron Springs Mining District, Iron County, Utah, USA
3.3 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $379
Malachite (rare locality specimen) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Pioche-Bristol Silver Mine, Bristol and Jackrabbit Mining Districts, Lincoln County, Nevada, USA
9.3 x 6.6 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $139
Skutterudite (superb old classic) (ex Herb Obodda Collection)
Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
13.0 x 5.8 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $1,410
Tourmaline on Muscovite
Golconda Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.8 x 4.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $146
Gypsum (fishtail twins) with sand inclusions
Great Salt Plains, Jet, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma
5.6 x 2.6 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Hemimorphite (beautiful blue color)
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan City, Wenshan, Yunnan, China
13.5 x 7.2 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Calcite on Quartz (rare Alpine locality)
Alteck - Hoher Sonnblick area, Rauris, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
7.3 x 6.8 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Aurichalcite with Rosasite (ex Henry de Linde Collection)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
6.7 x 4.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $174
Pyromorphite (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
San Andrés Mine, Espiel, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
3.1 x 2.8 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $54
Rhodochrosite on Quartz (ex Dr. William Logan Collection)
Zanett Tunnel, Grizzly Bear Mine, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado
8.3 x 4.4 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Fluorite on Fluorite
Xianghualing Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
8.8 x 8.3 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $136
Hematite pseudomorph after Marcasite (classic material)
White Desert, Farafra Oasis, New Valley, Egypt
5.1 x 3.8 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Gaspeite (excellent quality)
132 North Ni Mine, Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
6.3 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $91
Mimetite with Wulfenite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
4.8 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Paravauxite with Sigloite (very rare)
Contacto Vein, Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi, Bolivia (type locality for both species)
4.7 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $70