FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends January 27, 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, Richard Rossi, 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. Hard to find HÜBNERITE specimen from the Sweet Home Mine, Colorado (ex Dave Bergman Collection) 2. Beautiful bright orange "floater" SPESSARTINE crystal from Tanzania 3. Classic GEMMY TWINNED DOLOMITE on matrix from Spain (ex Al Kidwell Collection) 4. Excellent large PARGASITE crystal from Sri Lanka (ex Chet Lemanski Collection) 5. Beautiful pink CALCITE crystals in a geode from Missouri 6. Classic gemmy RUBY crystal from the famous John Saul Mine in Kenya 7. Attractive purple APATITE on matrix from Afghanistan 8. KIDWELLITE from the type locality from the collection of AL KIDWELL !! 9. Wonderful specimen of beautiful purple CHROMIAN CLINOCHLORE ("KAMMERERITE") from Turkey 10. Rarities include DAWSONITE, KRÖHNKITE, CARNALLITE and SABINAITE
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Azurite with Malachite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
10.7 x 6.6 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Scapolite (GEM quality) (7.29 carats)
Marble Occurrence, Morogoro, Uluguru Mts, Morogoro Region, Tanzania
1.5 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Brookite on Quartz (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Magnet Cove, Hot Springs County, Arkansas, USA
2.8 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Lavender Quartz (unique material)
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
3.8 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $115
Scapolite (rare locality specimen) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Pegmatite localities, Kukurt River, Pamir Mountains, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan
6.3 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $89
Fluorite on Pyrite (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru
4.6 x 3.7 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $118
Hübnerite with Rhodochrosite, Quartz and sulfides (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Sweet Home Mine, Mount Bross, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado, USA
6.2 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $277
Azurite with Malachite (classic material from Mexico)
Aranzazú Mine (El Cobre Mine), Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
13.2 x 11.3 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $295
Wulfenite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Hilltop Mine, Rustler Park, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
5.8 x 4.8 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $256
Pargasite (excellent large crystal) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Katukubura Hills, Kolonne, Embilipitiya, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
6.2 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $288
Hemimorphite (fine blue color) with Veszelyite (2020 discovery)
M'Fouati Mine, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo
11.8 x 8.5 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $99
Geode with Pink Calcite (ex Richard Kosnar Collection)
Clark County, Missouri, USA
7.2 x 6.8 x 5.2 cm and 7.3 x 6.7 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $146
Peridot (gemmy crystal)
Sapat Gali, Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
4.1 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $316
Quartz (''Fadens'')
Tole (Tui), Wana, South Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
7.8 x 4.0 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Ruby (rare classic locality specimen) (ex Bill Larson Collection)
John Saul Mine (Rockland mine), Tsavo West, Voi, Taita-Taveta County, Kenya
2.2 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Azurite (floater ''rose''-shaped specimen) (classic material)
Morenci Mine, Copper Mountain District, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
3.8 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Fluorite (gemmy ''phantom'' crystal)
Les Rocs Quarry, Buxières-les-Mines, Moulins, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
2.8 x 2.7 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Tourmaline on Quartz (RARE locality specimen) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Brown Derby Mine, Ohio City Area, Quartz Creek Pegmatite District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
6.2 x 5.2 x3 .0 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Calcite (with iron oxide inclusions)
Tieshan Fe-Cu deposit (Daye Mine), Tieshan District, Huangshi, Hubei, China
3.4 x 2.6 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Clinozoisite
Hashupa Epidote Occurrence, Hashupa, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.3 x 2.1 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Amazonite (circa 1960s) (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Crystal Peak Area, Park County, Colorado, USA
5.3 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $275
Pyrite (interesting crystal habit)
San Manuel Mine, San Manuel District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
11.2 x 6.4 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $179
Apatite (fine purple color)
Mawi, Nuristan, Afghanistan
4.2 x 3.8 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Calcite (beautiful crystals) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
8.8 x 5.8 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $270
Fluorite on Calcite
San Antonio Mine, East Camp, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.6 x 5.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $99
Gyrolite (fine quality)
Malad Quarry, Malad, Ward 38, Mumbai, Mumbai District, Maharashtra, India
9.3 x 6.0 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Calcite (old classic) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
North Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana, USA
5.2 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Tourmaline
Paprok Mine, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
2.7 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Aragonite (rare purple color) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Los Molinillos - La Vacariza, Minglanilla, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
5.8 x 4.1 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $73
Chrysocolla pseudomorph after Malachite replacing Azurite
Luputo, Kakumba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo
8.3 x 6.8 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $1,851