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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Blue Barite
Moscona Mine, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
4.3 x 4.0 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Amethyst (GEM quality crystals)
Purple Hope No. 4 Claim, Green Ridge, King County, Washington, USA
4.0 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Aurichalcite with Calcite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Grand Deposit Mine, Muncy Creek District, White Pine County, Nevada, USA
6.3 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $142
Magnetite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Atlas Asbestos Mine, San Benito County, California, USA
3.8 x 3.3 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Tourmaline (bi-colored crystals) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Cryo-Genie Mine, Warner Springs Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
4.7 x 3.3 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $981
Lazulite
Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada
6.7 x 3.2 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Petalite (rare sharp gem quality crystals)
Pomba pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
4.0 x 1.4 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $102
Fluorapatite included with ''Byssolite'' (recent find)
Ganadao (Gandahab), Mohmand Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
2.8 x 2.0 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Rhodochrosite on Quartz (rare locality specimen) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
1100-1200 Raise, above 8572 on the 1400 Level - Orphan, Camp Bird Mine, Imogene Basin, Sneffels Mining District, above the town of Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
5.8 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $526
Microcline (var: Amazonite)
Rocket claim, Crystal Peak, Teller County, Colorado, USA
6.0 x 3.1 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $195
Sphalerite (fine quality) with Quartz and Dolomite
Animón Mine, Huarón mining district, Huayllay district, Pasco province, Pasco, Peru
8.3 x 5.7 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $383
Smithsonite (rare locality specimen)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
7.2 x 4.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Precious Opal (highly colorful)
Tsehay Mewcha, Wegeltena, Delanta, Wello (Wollo), Afar Province, Ethiopia
1.6 x 1.3 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $227
Ametrine (GEMMY polished slice) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Anahi Mine, La Gaiba District, Sandoval Province, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
7.5 x 6.2 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $980
Andradite Garnet (var: Topazolite) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Yellow Cat Mine, New Idria, Diablo Range, San Benito County, California
3.8 x 3.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $165