FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends July 22, 2021
Another week of organized bounty of the earth! This auction is rich in tourmalines and offers a diverse selection of species from current finds, classics and old-timers from collections and acquisitions.
This auction features specimens from the Richard Rossi Mineral Collection and another diverse set of species and localities from new and old finds through collections we have obtained!
Highlights:
1. APOPHYLLITE "disco ball" from the 2001 find plus more fine pieces from India.
2. Bill Larson Collection TOURMALINE, MORGANITE and APATITE specimens
3. Large DOLOMITE specimens from Kosovo
4. AQUAMARINE from a NEW find
5. Classic older TOURMALINES
6. Sceptered BARITE from France
7. Arkansas WAVELLITES from the Zigras Mine
8. Large WULFENITE & DOLOMITE from Touissit
- Elpidite (classic locale) Dick Hauck Coll.
- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
- 12.2 x 8.2 x 5.5 cm
- Wulfenite & Dolomite (Richard Rossi Coll.)
- Touissit, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
- 15.7 x 12.3 x 7.2 cm
- Tourmaline & Cleavelandite (classic locale)
- Anjanabonoina pegmatites, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
- 8.1 x 4.6 x 4.2 cm
- Pyromorphite (1990s finds) Richard Rossi Coll.
- Bunker Hill Mine, Yreka Mining Dist., Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA
- 3.6 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
- Epidote on Grossular Garnet (rare CA) Bob Reynolds Coll.
- Coyote Range, Bishop Mining Dist., Inyo Co., California, USA
- 11.4 x 6.9 x 3.7 cm
- Turquoise (RARE Arizona) Bob Reynolds Coll.
- Turquoise Mountain, Cerbat Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
- 12.2 x 5.2 x 3.6 cm
- Cuprite (circa 1800s) 19th C. Zurich Coll.
- Wheal Phoenix, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England
- 3.8 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm
- Magnetite (RARE CA) Minette & Reynolds Coll.
- Iron Hat deposit, Cadiz, Marble Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
- 7.1 x 3.6 x 2.6 cm
- Vanadinite (classic 1990s finds) ex Reynolds Coll.
- North Geronimo Mine (Pure Potential Mine), La Paz County, Arizona, USA
- 7.8 x 5.4 x 4.3 cm
- Gemmy DT Calcite twin, etc. (Ex. Ross Lillie Coll.)
- Denton Mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
- 7.6 x 4.6 x 3.2 cm
- Azurite (High luster crystals!)
- Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
- 5.6 x 4.0 x 2.1 cm
- Tourmaline (rare locale) Bill Larson Coll.
- Cryo-Genie Mine, Warner Springs Mining Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
- 4.8 x 4.0 x 2.0 cm
- Azurite (classic locale)
- Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, Attica, Greece
- 6.0 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
- Faden Quartz (rare Arkansas) Ron Coleman Coll.
- Ron Coleman Mine, Blue Springs, Garland Co., Arkansas, USA
- 6.6 x 3.8 x 2.1 cm
- Fluorite w/ Chalcopyrite (old Czech locale) - Lemanski Coll.
- Vykmanov, Perstejn, Chomutov District, Ustà nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
- 8.8 x 5.8 x 5.7 cm
- Unusual Hematite
- Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
- 5.9 x 3.3 x 1.1 cm
- Stibnite w/ Barite (historic locale) ex Herb Obodda
- Dahegou Mine, Lushi County, Henan, China
- 7.7 x 2.8 x 1.5 cm
- Manganoan Dolomite w/ Calcite (classic locale) ex Bembia Coll.
- Trepca Stari Trg Mine, Trepca complex, Mitrovica, Mitrovica District, Kosovo
- 13.8 x 8.7 x 5.9 cm
- Cyanotrichite
- Qinglong Mine, Dachang Sb ore field, Guizhou, China
- 10.3 x 5.2 x 4.7 cm
- Weird citrine-colored Quartz w/ clay inclusions ex Ken Roberts
- Corinto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- 12.4 x 8.1 x 6.2 cm
- Fluorapatite & Quartz (Ex. Bill Larson Coll., selfcollected)
- Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande Mining Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
- 5.3 x 3.4 x 3.3 cm
- Morganite (rare - Bill Larson Coll. collection)
- Katerina Mine, Hiriart Mtn., Pala Mining Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
- 4.9 x 2.7 x 2.6 cm
- Pyromorphite (classic locale) Lee Burnett Coll.
- Wheatley Mines, Phoenixville Mining Dist., Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA
- 10.1 x 6.6 x 5.3 cm
- Apophyllite
- Rahuri, Ahmadnagar Dist., Maharashtra, India
- 10.7 x 8.8 x 6.0 cm
- Aquamarine xls w/ Muscovite (NEW Find)
- Nagar, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
- 9.0 x 6.8 x 5.0 cm
- Floater Pyrite nodule (Texas!) James Carter Coll.
- Martin Marietta Materials Cement quarry, Midlothian, Ellis Co., Texas, USA
- 8.8 x 6.8 x 6.4 cm
- Unusual Baryte scepter (Zerfass coll.)
- Saint-Babel, Issoire, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
- 7.8 x 4.4 x 2.4 cm
- Scolecite sprays (Richard Rossi Coll.)
- Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
- 7.7 x 7.3 x 8.3 cm
- Large Manganoan Dolomite and Quartz (Paul Bembia Coll)
- Trepca Stari Trg Mine, Trepca complex, Mitrovica, Mitrovica District, Kosovo
- 26.0 x 19.5 x 13.0 cm
- Wavellite (beautiful color)
- James Zigras Mine, Avant, Garland Co., Arkansas, USA
- 12.9 x 5.4 x 5.1 cm