FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends June 17, 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. GEM quality AQUAMARINE crystals from Pakistan (ex Dave Bergman Collection) 2. Rare, fine, classic JEREMEJEVITE crystal from Namibia 3. Stellar AZURITE "ROSE" from the Detroit Mine, Morenci, Arizona 4. Highly sculptural Mn-bearing CALCITE specimen from Peru 5. Classic GEM QUALITY penetration twinned FLUORITE from the Heights Mine in England (Mined 1928) 6. Beautiful WULFENITE on MIMETITE from the Ojuela Mine, Mexico (ex Bob Reynolds Collection) 7. Fine quality, rare RAMSDELLITE from the TYPE LOCALITY in New Mexico 8. Gorgeous, aesthetic "leaf"-like COPPER specimen from Bolivia 9. Fantastic ROSASITE pseudomorph after MALACHITE after AZURITE from Arizona 10. LARGE CABINET sized "finger"-shaped PREHNITE specimen from Pakistan
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Fluorite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Highway 17 roadcut, Rossport, Ontario, Canada
7.1 x 4.2 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Prehnite (cast after Anhydrite)
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic Count, New Jersey, USA
5.3 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Rhodochrosite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Zanett Tunnel, Grizzly Bear Mine, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
5.5 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Fluorite included with Jamesonite
Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
6.0 x 5.5 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $151
Quartz (rare ''Faden'' specimen for the locale)
Purple Cow Ledge, Quartzsite, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
5.6 x 4.3 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Linarite with Caledonite (rare)
Darwin District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
4.3 x 2.6 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $59
Cerussite (old classic) (ex Josef Vajdak and National Museum {Prague})
Stribro (Mies), Plzen Region, Czech Republic
6.0 x 5.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $69
Barite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Muddy Creek, Tributary of Crater Creek, Pagosa Springs, Rio Grande County, Colorado, USA
6.2 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $66
Calcite (Mn-bearing) (highly sculptural specimen)
Pachapaqui District, Bolognesi Province, Áncash Department, Peru
5.0 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Quartz (''Herkimer Diamonds'') (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Herkimer County, New York, USA
6.0 x 4.1 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $163
Ferberite (twin) with Marcasite
Tasna Mine, Atocha-Quechisla District, Nor Chichas Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia
3.7 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $92
Calcite (rare locality specimen) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
near La Junta, Otero County, Colorado, USA
6.3 x 5.8 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Rosasite pseudomorph after Malachite after Azurite (excellent quality) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Silver Bill Mine, Costello Mine group, Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
4.9 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Stilbite (bow tie) (ex Richard Kosnar Collection)
Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India
6.3 x 4.1 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $36
Petrified Wood
Madagascar
4.3 x 3.8 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Rutile (twin) (classic East Coast locality)
Parkesburg, Sadsbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
2.2 x 2.0 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Monazite-Ce (color change ''butterfly'' twins) on Quartz
Contacto Vein, Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillos Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
5.3 x 3.5 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Variscite (fine color) on Chalcedony
Ribeirao Cascalheira, Mato Grosso, Brazil
4.7 x 4.0 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Dioptase with Wulfenite (ex Reynolds) NOTE corrections added
Onderra Mine, Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia
2.8 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $147
Ferberite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Tae Wha Mine (Tong Wha Mine), Neungam-ri, Angseong-myeon, Chungju (Chung Won Kum), Chungcheongbukdo (Chungchong-pukto), South Korea
5.7 x 3.4 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $330
Vesuvianite on Grossular Garnet (rare combo for the locality)
Jeffrey Mine (Johns-Manville Mine), Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
2.8 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Gold on Quartz
Oriental Mine, 16 to 1 Mine, Alleghany, Alleghany Mining District, Sierra County, California, USA
1.3 x 0.7 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $350
Amethyst (scepters and reverse scepters) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Bombori, Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.3 x 4.8 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Pink Quartz (new find)
Choique Mine, Pehuenches Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina
6.7 x 5.2 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Sphalerite with Galena on Calcite and Quartz (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Shuikoushan Mine, Shuikoushan ore field, Changning Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China
11.8 x 6.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Fluorite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Johannes Shaft, Wolsendorf West District, Wolsendorf Fluorite Mining District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
8.8 x 6.4 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Carrollite on Calcite
Kamoya South II Mine, Kamoya, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
4.5 x 3.4 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Malachite
New Cornelia Pit, Ajo, Little Ajo Mts, Ajo District, Pima County, Arizona
5.7 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $110