FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends July 29, 2021

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 over the last year or so like Colorado mining legend, Dave Bergman, plus Bob Reynolds, Gary Weaver, Richard Kosnar and Chet Lemanski. 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. GEMMY purple and yellow bi-color AMETRINE slice from Bolivia (ex Dave Bergman Collection) 2. Gorgeous BARITE from a rare Brazilian locality 3. Rare BASTNASITE-(Ce) rough and cut set from France 4. 100 year old PHLOGOPITE from the Sydenham Mica Mine, Ontario, Canada 5. Hard to find WIRE SILVER from Cornwall, England! 6. Eye-catching, emerald green DIOPTASE crystals from Republic on the Congo 7. Attractive QUARTZ with HEMATITE and RUTILE "star" inclusions from Brazil 8. Old-time MORGANITE crystal from Brazil 9. Classic blue SMITHSONITE from the Kelly Mine, New Mexico, USA 10. Rarities include PENTAGONITE, STEPHANITE, JOURAVSKITE, VANDENBRANDEITE and MONTEBRASITE
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Vandenbrandeite with Cuprosklodowskite, et al. (ex Francesco Bedogné Collection)
Musonoi Mine (Musonoi Extension Mine), Kolwezi, Kolwezi District, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo
4.3 x 3.1 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Morganite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.8 x 5.5 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $285
Rhodochrosite (ex Dr. William Logan Collection)
N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
4.2 x 3.1 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Dioptase on Quartz
Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo
6.3 x 5.3 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $435
Ametrine (GEMMY polished slice) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Anahi Mine, La Gaiba District, Sandoval Province, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
8.0 x 5.2 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $151
Danburite (rare blue color) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Alto Chapare, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
6.9 x 5.2 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Fluorite
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
4.8 x 4.2 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Fluorite with Dolomite
Moscona Mine, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
7.4 x 6.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Calcite on Conichalcite
Level 6, San Judas, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
3.9 x 3.8 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Chalcopyrite with Barite on Quartz (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Patch Mine, Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado, USA
4.3 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $51
Vanadinite
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
12.6 x 8.3 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $87
Hematite pseudomorph after Magnetite
Payún Matrú volcano, Altiplano de Payún Matrú, Agua Escondida District, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina
4.2 x 2.2 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Annabergite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Lavrion District, Attikí Prefecture, Greece
4.3 x 2.6 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Pentagonite (very rare)
Wagholi Quarries, Wagholi, Pune District, Maharashtra, India
5.7 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Prehnite
Sandare District, Kayes Region, Mali
3.3 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $41
Tourmaline (classic material) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Pederneira mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.3 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $188
Fluorite on Quartz
Xianghualing Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
6.5 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $26
Iridescent Chalcopyrite with Dolomite
Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA
5.0 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Quartz (''Fadens'')
Tole (Tui), Wana, South Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
7.8 x 6.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Smithsonite (classic material) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
8.8 x 6.3 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $131
Wire Silver (RARE locality specimen)
Levant Mine, Trewellard, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
2.3 x 1.0 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $276
Atacamite (classic material)
La Farola Mine, Atacama Province, Chile (Type Locality)
10.2 x 8.7 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Allophane (fine blue color) with Creedite
Qinglong Mine, Dachang Sb ore field, Qinglong County, Qianxinan, Guizhou, China
3.8 x 2.6 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Stephanite (rare) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Fresnillo, Fresnillo Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
8.3 x 4.6 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $1,406
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite
Morenci, Shannon Mts, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
8.4 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $141
Calcite pseudomorph after Ikaite (''Glendonite'')
Olenitsa River, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Russia
3.0 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Fluorite (multi-color crystals) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Rosiclare Level, Minerva Mine #1, Ozark-Mahoning Group, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
5.2 x 4.5 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Stibnite on Barite
Baia Sprie Mine (Felsobanya mine), Baia Sprie, Maramures Co., Romania
1.8 x 1.2 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $31
Pink Quartz (2019 find)
Choique Mine, Pehuenches Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina
6.6 x 4.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Epidote (''Faden'') (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Hashupa Epidote Locality, Hashupa, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.5 x 2.9 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $80