FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends January 28th, 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. Large, impressive "floater" crystal of Spinel from Myanmar (Burma)
2. Beautiful blue (multicolor) TOURMALINE from Pakistan
3. Fantastic, rare OLMIITE on matrix from South Africa (ex Charlie Key)
4. Newly discovered (2020) BLUE HEMIMORPHITE with KIPUSHITE and VESZELYITE
5. Wonderful AMBER containing CATERPILLAR FOSSIL from Russia!
6. Attractive RHODOCHROSITE with PYRITE and CHALCOPYRITE from Huaron, Peru (rare for the locale)
7. Hard to find GOLD specimen in green copper matrix from Darwin, California
8. Superbly crystallized, large single CARROLLITE crystal from DR Congo
9.  GEM GREEN FLUORITE crystals from the Xianghuapu Mine, China  
10. Rarities include LEGRANDITE, JOAQUNITE-(Ce), FERRONIGERITE-2N1S, PEZZOTTAITE and STRINGHAMITE
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Anhydrite (unusual blue color)
Braen's Quarry (Sam Braen's Quarry), Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey
8.8 x 5.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Spinel (large 'floater' crystal)
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar (Burma)
3.7 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Acanthite (classic material)
Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico
2.4 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $83
Tourmaline (beautiful color combination)
Gochalay, near Shengus, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.6 x 1.2 x .08 cm
Winning Bid: $480
Arsenopyrite (uncommon locality specimen)
San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
5.3 x 4.0 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Legrandite (rare classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
2.5 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Aquamarine (GEMMY crystal)
Pingwu Beryl Mine, Huya Township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China
6.7 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Olmiite (fine quality) (ex Charlie Key Collection)
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Northern Cape, South Africa
5.0 x 4.2 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Cassiterite (twinned crystals) on Muscovite (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Pingwu Beryl Mine, Huya Township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China
4.7 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $169
Fluorite (multi-color phantom crystals)
Okorusu Mine (Okarusu Mine), Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
6.3 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $510
Andradite Garnet
Trantimou, Arrondissement Diakon (Diako), Commune Diakon, Cercle de Bafoulabe, Kayes Region, Mali
6.0 x 4.8 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Malachite
Kabolea Mine, Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
6.7 x 4.8 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $435
Quartz (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Cliffhanger Pocket, Ouray Amphitheater, Ouray Glacial Cirque, above the town of Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado
7.2 x 6.7 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $145
Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Stilbite-(Ca) on Chalcedony stalactite
Jalgaon, Maharashtra State, India
12.2 x 7.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $300
Vivianite (classic material)
Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi, Bolivia
4.4 x 1.6 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Red Horn Coral (classic material)
Red Horn Coral Occurrence, Rileys Canyon, Woodland, Summit County, Utah, USA
9.3 x 8.8 x 6.6 cm
Winning Bid: $368
Copper (sheet)
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
10.3 x 8.6 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $87
Amber with Caterpillar Fossil (ex Art Soregaroli Collection)
Kaliningrad Region, Baltic Sea, Russia
2.8 x 1.9 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $198
Fluorapatite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.2 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Fluorite with Celestine (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Tule Mine, Melchor Múzquiz, Mun. de Melchor Múzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico
11.1 x 7.6 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $149
Galena
Tri-State District, Kansas/Oklahoma/Missouri
7.0 x 6.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $136
Rhodochrosite with Chalcopyrite and Pyrite (rare combo for the locale)
Huaron Mine, Huaron Mining District, Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peru
5.6 x 5.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,469
Gold (rare locality specimen) (ex Al Ordway Collection)
Darwin, Inyo County, California
2.7 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $231
Goethite (great quality)
Lakeview Lode, Park County, Colorado
4.2 x 3.8 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $267
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine (Tangping Mine), Gongcheng Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
3.6 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $131
Rhodochrosite (rare locality specimen) (ex Dr. William Logan Collection)
Julia Fisk Mine, Iowa Gulch, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado
8.2 x 4.2 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Chalcanthite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Posey Mine, Red Canyon, San Juan County, Utah, USA
5.7 x 4.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Prehnite (recent find - unique color)
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mts, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
7.0 x 5.8 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $104
Plumbogummite pseudomorphing after Pyromorphite
Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
6.3 x 4.4 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $465