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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Spessartine Garnet on Smoky Quartz
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian, China
9.6 x 3.2 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $240
Joaquinite-(Ce) (very rare) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
California State Gem Mine (Dallas Gem Mine), Santa Rita Peak, San Benito County, California
14.3 x 8.6 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Smithsonite (copper-bearing)
79 Mine, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila County, Arizona
5.2 x 4.3 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $114
Pezzottaite (very rare)
Sakavalana, near Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro area, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar (Type Locality)
1.0 x 0.5 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Fluorite with Barite (superb classic material)
La Cabana, Berbes Mining area, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
15.3 x 10.2 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,800
Carrollite (superb large crystal)
Kambove West Mine, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
3.5 x 3.1 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $300
Phenakite (gem quality "drillbit" twin)
Ohngaing, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
2.6 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $299
Austinite (rare)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.3 x 3.5 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Gold and Petzite
Golden Wonder Mine, Lake City District, Hinsdale County, Colorado
3.2 x 1.7 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $302
Ferronigerite-2N1S (very rare) (ex Charlie Key)
Three Aloes Mine, Uis pegmatites, Uis, Damaraland District, Kunene Region, Namibia
0.5 x 0.5 x 0.2 cm
Winning Bid: $149
Stringhamite (exceptionally rare) (ex Josef Vajdak)
Bawana Mine, NW of Milford, Rocky Mining District, Rocky Range, Beaver County, Utah (Type Locality)
5.7 x 5.7 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $139
Topaz (classic material) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Tepetate, Villa de Arriaga Municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
4.7 x 2.9 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Mimetite with Wulfenite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
2.8 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Rhodochrosite on Green Quartz (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Zanett Tunnell, Grizzly Bear Mine, above the town of Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado
4.7 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Chalcocite (classic material) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Lucky Friday Pocket, Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin
4.6 x 3.5 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $143
Brazilianite with Albite
Telirio Claim, Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.2 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $54
Tourmaline with Quartz (ex David Burgess Collection)
Gilgit, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
13.7 x 7.3 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Calcite (iron-bearing) (rare triangular habit)
Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei, China
7.1 x 4.8 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Pink Chalcedony
South of Deming, Luna County, New Mexico
5.7 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm]
Winning Bid: $509
Citrine on Danburite (rare combo for the locality)
Charcas, Charcas Municipality, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
4.2 x 2.8 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $646
Danburite (doubly-terminated group) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Charcas, Charcas Municipality, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
7.1 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $240
Copper pseudomorph after Cuprite
Rubtsovskoe Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai, Russia
3.5 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $325
Fluorite (GEM twin)
Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England
2.1 x 1.9 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Ruby (old classic) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Sivec Marble Quarries, Sivec Mountain, Prisad, Prilep Municipality, North Macedonia
2.0 x 1.8 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $526
Plumbogummite (beautiful color)
Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
7.3 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Hemimorphite with Kipushite and Veszelyite (2020 discovery)
Mfouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo
10.7 x 7.2 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $411
Fluorite (GEM green crystals)
Xianghuapu Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
13.2 x 12.2 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $413
Quartz ('casts' after Calcite) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Ohio Mine, Ouray Amphitheater, Ouray Glacial Cirque, above the town of Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado
8.0 x 4.8 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $291
Grossular Garnet (ex Charlie Key Collection)
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
1.8 x 1.5 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $816
Columbite-(Mn) (superb large crystal) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Itambacuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.1 x 6.1 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $3,030