FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends May 6, 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 David Burgess, Bob Reynolds, Chet Lemanski and Gary Weaver. 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. Excellent multi-color TOURMALINE on RARELY SEEN TOPAZ from Pakistan (ex Dave Bergman Collection) 2. Oddly "melted" looking GALENA crystals with Quartz from Peru 3. Wonderful GEMMY SPHALERITE crystals on matrix from China (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection) 4. Fantastic GEM QUALITY, naturally bi-colored AMETRINE (polished slice) from Bolivia (ex Dave Bergman Collection) 5. Superb rare sharp gem quality crystals of PETALITE from Brazil 6. Fantastic emerald green DIOPTASE with WULFENITE from Republic of Congo 7. Beautiful FLUORAPATITE included with GREEN ''Byssolite'' (recent find) 8. Fine quality, aesthetic MOTRAMMITE group from the Ojuela Mine, Mexico 9. Attractive BROCHANTITE "spray" from the Metcalf Mine, Morenci, Arizona 10. Rarities include: CRYOLITE, COLUMBITE-(Fe)-COLUMBITE-(Mn) Series, POLYLITHIONITE with SERANDITE
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Calcite (''flower'')
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan City, Wenshan, Yunnan, China
9.3 x 6.2 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $156
Quartz ''cast'' after Calcite
Comobabi Mountains, Pima County, Arizona
7.9 x 5.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Brochantite (''spray'') (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Metcalf Pit, Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
7.3 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $145
Brucite (rare yellow color)
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan
10.0 x 4.7 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Galena (''Spinel''-twins) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Brushy Creek Mine, Greeley, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA
3.2 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $99
Pink Chalcedony
South of Deming, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
5.3 x 2.7 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $108
Fluorite (ex Marcella Watson Collection)
Naica Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.0 x 3.7 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series (ex Neal Yedlin Collection)
Bedford, Westchester County, New York, USA
2.8 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $443
Wulfenite (pyramidal) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
4.7 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Cryolite (classic material) (ex Royal Ontario Museum Collection)
Ivigtut Mine, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland (Type Locality)
7.0 x 6.2 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $417
Hubnerite with Quartz (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Huallypon Mine, Pasto Bueno, Ancash Department, Peru
6.0 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Dioptase with Wulfenite (beautiful combo!) (2019 find)
Mpita Mine, Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
2.7 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Quartz with Anhydrite and Rhodochrosite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Sunnyside Mine, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, Eureka District, San Juan County, Colorado
10.8 x 6.3 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Mottramite (good quality - classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico
8.3 x 5.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $279
Fluorite with Quartz
Riemvasmaak fluorite occurrences, Riemvasmaak, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
11.3 x 7.1 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Anglesite (old classic - collected in the early 1900s)
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
5.3 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Wavellite (rare yellow color) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Montgomery County, Arkansas, USA
4.9 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $86
Calcite on Kolwezite
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo
5.2 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Barite (classic material) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Hartsel, Park County, Colorado, USA
7.1 x 6.2 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Polylithionite with Serandite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
7.0 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $211
Roselite (classic material) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draa Region, Morocco
4.0 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Copper (classic material)
Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
4.5 x 4.2 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Epidote (''Faden'')
Tormiq, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.2 x 2.7 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Fluorite with Barite
Emilio Mine, Loroñe, Obdulia vein, Colunga District, Caravia mining area, Asturias, Spain
7.1 x 4.0 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Mimetite (classic material) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Endeavor Mine (Elura Mine), Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia
6.2 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $152
Tourmaline (multi-color) on Topaz (rare combo) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.3 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $341
Amethyst (scepter) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Riley Pocket, Little Giant Basin, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
7.2 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Sphalerite (GEMMY crystals) with Calcite on Quartz (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Shuikoushan Mine, Shuikoushan ore field, Changning Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China
6.8 x 6.8 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $252
Galena (slight ''melted'' looking crystals) with Quartz (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Huarón Mining District, Huayllay district, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peru
5.7 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Sphalerite (''Ruby Jack'' crystals)
Elmwood Mine, Smith County, Tennessee, USA
5.3 x 5.2 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $120