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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Caledonite with Linarite
Rowley Mine, Theba, Painted Rock Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
5.4 x 3.7 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Andradite (var: Melanite) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Arrondissement Diakon, Commune Diakon, Cercle de Bafoulabe, Kayes Region, Mali
7.8 x 6.7 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $145
Calcite (Manganese-bearing) on Quartz
Atacocha Mine, Atacocha mining district, Cerro de Pasco, Pasco province, Pasco, Peru
10.3 x 8.7 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $63
Wardite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Blow River area, Yukon, Canada
6.7 x 4.6 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
3.7 x 3.4 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $106
Amethyst ''cast'' after Anhydrite
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
6.4 x 6.3 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Stilbite with Apophyllite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Mahadari Quarry, Sinnar, Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
10.3 x 6.8 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $41
Bastnasite-(Ce) (rough and cut set)
Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France
3.5 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm (specimen) ; 0.58 cts; 5.01 mm x 3.12 mm (stone)
Winning Bid: $40
Albite (var: Pericline) with Fluorapatite and ''Chlorite''
Acushnet Quarry, Acushnet, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
10.0 x 8.0 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $71
Fluorite
Xianghuapu Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
9.3 x 6.2 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Anatase
Taftan, Chagai District, Balochistan Region, Pakistan
3.3 x 3.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Scapolite (doubly-terminated GEM crystal)
Scapolite locality, Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India
4.6 x 1.0 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $46
Hemimorphite (good sized crystals) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdan Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.8 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Phlogopite (circa early 1900s)
Sydenham Mica Mine, Loughborough Township, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada
7.1 x 5.6 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $71
Variscite (fine color) on Chalcedony
Ribeirao Cascalheira, Mato Grosso, Brazil
3.7 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Wavellite on Quartz (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
7.0 x 5.7 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Chondrodite (ex David Burgess Collection)
Tilly Foster Iron Mine, Brewster, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA
11.3 x 7.7 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $61
Cerussite (reticulated ''snowflake'' twin) with Wulfenite
Nakhlak Mine, Anarak District, Nain County, Isfahan Province, Iran
3.7 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Schorl Tourmaline
Erongo Region, Namibia
3.3 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $108
Rutile with Hematite included in Quartz (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
6.8 x 5.2 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $225
Eudialyte (ex Doxsee Collection)
Eveslogchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
2.8 x 2.6 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $102
Celestine with Dolomite and Quartz (geode)
Kentucky, USA
8.9 x 6.9 x 5.2 cm and 9.0 x 6.6 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Montebrasite with Siderite and Apatite (rare combo)
Telírio Claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.3 x 5.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $141
Magnesite
Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
4.2 x 4.1 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Barite (rare locality) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Roger Quarries, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
5.2 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $156
Jouravskite (very rare and fine)
N'Chwaning III Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
2.3 x 2.1 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $142
Willemite with Mimetite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otshikoto Region, Namibia
6.2 x 5.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $102
Fluorapatite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.3 x 3.2 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Rhodochrosite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Manuelita Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junin Department, Peru
3.5 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $170