FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends June 2, 2022

Mixed specimens this week include gem crystals, classic locales, fine display specimens and a selection of assorted piece from our inventory and collections we've purchased such as Kurt Hefendehl, Bill and Anne Cook, Dr. Stephen Smale, Gerry Morvell and more! Look for attractive higher value pieces this week, all starting at $10 reserve bids! Some of the highlights from this week’s auction include: 1. Beautiful big SPESSARTINE GARNET with Smoky Quartz and "Hyalite" Opal from China 2. Gorgeous classic cobalt-bearing CALCITE with MALACHITE from Congo 3. Showing impressive large cabinet yellow cadmium-bearing SMTHSONITE from China 4. Wonderful GEM QUALITY "drillbit" twinned PHENAKITE from Myanmar 5. Super doubly-terminated, "floater" bi-colored SAPPHIRE crystal from Madagascar 6. Excellent classic raspberry colored GROSSULAR GARNET from Mexico 7. Fantastic quality rare pseudomorph of LAZURITE replacing SCAPOLITE 8. Alluring AMBER specimen with MULTIPLE INSECT INCLUSIONS!
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Calcite (cobalt-bearing) with Malachite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo
8.8 x 4.2 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $991
Kunzite (doubly-terminated crystal)
Kantiwa Pegmatite Field (Kantiway), Wama District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
5.7 x 3.6 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $230
Tourmaline (GEM bi-color crystal) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Cruzeiro Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.4 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $625
Cavansite on Stilbite-Ca (ex Angela Kosnar Collection)
Wagholi, Pune (Poona) District, Maharashtra, India
4.7 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $345
Amber with MULTIPLE insect inclusions
Sabana de la Mar (Sabana), Hato Mayor Province, Dominican Republic
4.7 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $151
Phenakite (gem quality ''drillbit'' twin)
Ohngaing, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
2.6 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $230
Halite (fine crystals)
Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA
11.3 x 10.8 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Kyanite (GEMMY crystal) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil
4.7 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Bournonite with Siderite on Quartz
Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Potosi, Bolivia
3.5 x 2.7 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $125
Sapphire (very sharp doubly-terminated crystal)
Zazafotsy Quarry, Zazafotsy Commune, Ihosy District, Ihorombe Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar
2.3 x 1.8 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Fluorite and Calcite on Quartz (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan, China
10.2 x 8.4 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $406
Pyrite Replacing Ammonite Fossil
Mikhailovsky Quarry, Mikhailov, Ryazan Oblast, Russia
5.7 x 4.4 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Vanadinite (rare locality specimen) (ex Gerry Morvell Collection)
Keban Mine, Keban District, Elazig Province, Turkey
7.2 x 5.7 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Fluorite on Fluorite (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Xianghualing Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
11.2 x 7.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $679
Fluorite with Spessartine Garnet (rare association for the locality)
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian, China
4.3 x 4.0 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $109
Barite on Calcite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Elk Creek, Dalzell, Meade County, South Dakota, USA
8.1 x 6.2 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $725
Quartz pseudomorphs after Calcite on Quartz (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Camp Bird Mine, above Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
8.2 x 4.7 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Hemimorphite ''flower''
Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
3.3 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $83
Grossular Garnet pseudomorph after Epidote (RARE pocket - 1980s) (ex Gerry Morvell Collection)
Belvidere Mountain Quarries (Eden Mills) Lowell & Eden, Orleans & Lamoille Counties, Vermont, USA
5.0 x 2.6 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $302
Malachite (ex Kurt Hefendehl Collection)
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
7.3 x 4.7 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $230
Lazurite pseudomorph after Scapolite (excellent !) (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Badakhshan, Afghanistan
3.6 x 3.2 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $290
Smithsonite (cadmium-bearing)
Wenshan, Yunnan, China
15.7 x 9.3 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $1,745
Fluorite (''Tanzanite Fluorite'')
Yongchun Co., Quanzhou, Fujian, China
7.8 x 4.5 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $900
Lazurite (large fine crystals)
Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Koksha Valley, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
10.6 x 7.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $550
Wulfenite (rare pyramidal crystals)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
3.5 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Raspberry Grossular Garnet (ex Kurt Hefendehl Collection)
Sierra de la Cruz, Mun. de Sierra Mojada, Coahuila, Mexico
8.0 x 5.6 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $1,100
Dravite Tourmaline (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Pedra Preta Pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
5.3 x 4.8 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $575
Sulfur (doubly-terminated) (RARE locality specimen) (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Alum Mine, Alum Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
4.6 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $305
Spessartine Garnet with Smoky Quartz and ''Hyalite'' Opal
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian, China
17.2 x 12.7 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $2,950
Smoky Quartz with Epidote inclusions (RARE locality specimen) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Inyo Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
10.7 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $167