FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends February 24, 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. Beautiful rich blue-green AMAZONITE with ALBITE from Colorado 2. Unusual spherical DIOPTASE from Republic of Congo 3. Excellent quality COLEMANITE crystals from California (ex Rich Kosnar Collection) 4. Wonderful classic CERUSSITE on matrix from Bisbee, Arizona 5. Rare INESITE with HUBEITE from China (ex Chet Lemanski Collection) 6. Classic ANDRADITE GARNET from Arizona (ex Dave Bergman Collection) 7. Large impressive ARSENOPYRITE crystals from Panasqueira, Portugal (ex Chet Lemanski Collection) 8. Wonderful, sharp old classic GLAUCODOT crystal from Sweden (ex Rich Kosnar Collection) 9. Beautiful iridescent classic COVELLITE from Butte, Montana 10. Rarities include ALABANDITE, EUCHROITE, COLLINSITE, GUDMUNDITE and STRUNZITE
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Valentinite (beautiful color - 2012 find)
Xikuangshan Sb deposit, Lengshuijiang Co., Loudi Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
4.6 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Alabandite (large crystal)
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
3.7 x 2.7 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $153
Strunzite with Stewartite (rare classic material) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
9.3 x 5.9 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $141
Hemimorphite (with iron oxide coating)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
4.4 x 3.7 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $92
Amazonite with Albite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Smoky Hawk Mine, Teller County, Colorado, USA
4.0 x 2.9 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $575
Colemanite (superb quality crystals) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Extension #23, U.S. Borax Open Pit, U.S. Borax Mine, Boron, Kramer District, Kern County, California, USA
6.5 x 5.8 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Diopside with Grossular Garnet (var: Hessonite)
Testa Ciarva, Mussa Alp, Balme, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
8.3 x 6.8 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $101
Pyrite (fine quality locality specimen)
Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi, Bolivia
5.0 x 4.5 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Sapphire
Ganesh, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
4.6 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Glaucodot (classic crystal) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Hakansboda, Lindesberg, Vstmanland, Sweden
2.2 x 1.8 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Cyanotrichite (rare locality specimen) (ex Geary Murdock Collection)
Peacock Mine, Leadore District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
9.7 x 4.1 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $199
Copper (ex Burnett Collection)
Cashin Mine, Montrose County, Colorado, USA
9.2 x 5.1 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $213
Fluorite (ex Richard Rossi Collection)
Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
9.1 x 7.7 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Calcite with Mimetite and Hemimorphite
Potosí Mine, Francisco Portillo, West Camp, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
9.6 x 3.6 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Arsenopyrite (large crystals) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
8.2 x 4.5 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Euchroite (rare classic material)
Svatodusna deposit, Lubietova (Libetbanya; Libethen), Banska Bystrica Region, Slovakia (Type Locality)
9.1 x 7.6 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Fluorite (gemmy twin)
Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Frosterley, Weardale, County Durham, England, UK
2.2 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Andradite (classic locality) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Stanley Butte Area, Stanley Mining District, Santa Teresa Mountains, Graham County, Arizona, USA
3.7 x 3.4 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $86
Sapphire (rare ''Trapiche'' form)
Mong Hsu, Loilem District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)
0.7 x 0.5 x 0.2 cm
Winning Bid: $34
Wulfenite (classic locality) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Glove Mine, Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
2.9 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Linarite (rare locality specimen) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
War Eagle Mine, Shoshone Mines, Upper Noonday Camp, Nopah Range, Inyo County, California, USA
4.7 x 4.3 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $169
Schorl Tourmaline on Albite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4. 7x 3.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Collinsite (very rare locality specimen)
Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.3 x 4.8 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $99
Calcite with sand inclusions (ex Alex Venzke Collection)
Rattlesnake Butte, Jackson County, South Dakota, USA
6.0 x 4.6 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Andradite Garnet (var: Demantoid) (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Green Dragon Mine, Tubussis Farm 22, Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia
4.2 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Fluorite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Vrchoslav fluorite deposit, Vrchoslav, Krupka, Teplice District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
8.3 x 5.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Vanadinite on Barite
Mibladen, Midelt, Khénifra Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
3.7 x 2.4 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Quartz (''Faden'')
Monte Serra, Capannori, Monti Pisani, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
4.2 x 3.4 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Azurite in Granite (''K2 stone'' ''Ketonite'')
Foothills of K2 Mountain, on the border between Gilgit–Baltistan northern Pakistan and the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang, China
2.3 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $20