FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends November 5, 2020

We have a great selection this week featuring plenty of attractive, fine quality, rare and unusual specimens.  Look for new discoveries that we picked up at shows or direct from the source. We have specimens from the collections of Chet Lemanski, David Burgess, Gary Weaver and Kay Robertson.  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. A superb cabinet sized FLUORITE specimen with beautiful bi-colored "phantom" crystals from Illinois                                                        
2. Uniquely compressed AQUAMARINE crystal from Madagascar
3. Excellent, old-time classic, historic BRAZILIANITE specimen from the type locality in Brazil
4. Wonderful, GEMMY, classic "Gwindel" SMOKY QUARTZ from Switzerland
5. Beautiful "Trapiche" habit pink SAPPHIRE crystal from Myanmar
6. Classic bi-colored PYROMORPHITE specimen from Idaho (1981 find)
7. Rarities include: RAMMELSBERGITE, LEGRANDITE, MISERITE, CARNOTITE and WUPATKIITE
8. Two excellent Chinese mineral specimens from the collection of Dr. Stephen Smale
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Rhodochrosite with Quartz (ex Richard A. Kosnar Collection)
Pasto Bueno, Pampas District, Pallasca Province, Áncash, Peru
6.8 x 4.0 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $285
Aquamarine (unique habit) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Ambatofotsikely pegmatite, Betsohana, Mandoto, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
5.5 x 3.3 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $175
Smoky Quartz ('Gwindel') (classic material)
Val Giuv (Giuf), Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrheintal, Graubünden, Switzerland
6.3 x 6.2 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Sapphire (rare 'Trapiche' habit)
Mong Hsu, Loilem District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)
0.6 x 0.5 x 0.2 cm
Winning Bid: $98
Cinnabar with Dolomite (ex Raul Orellana Collection)
Chatian Mine (Tsa Tien Mine), Chatian ore district, Fenghuang Co., Xiangxi, Hunan, China
8.6 x 6.5 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Wulfenite with Mimetite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
11.8 x 7.8 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $366
Topaz (etched 'ice' crystal)
Teixerinha Mine, Itinga, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.4 x 2.9 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $199
Calcite (var: Cobalt-bearing)
Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
3.3 x 3.3 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $168
Fluorapatite on Muscovite
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
6.4 x 5.7 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $657
Legrandite (rare classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.5 x 3.2 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $212
Malachite with Chrysocolla
L'Etoile du Congo Mine (Kalukuluku Mine), Lubumbashi, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
10.1 x 6.3 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Pyromorphite (2 generations) (1981 discovery)
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho
4.0 x 3.7 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $133
Bournonite ('cogwheels') on Sphalerite
Viboras Mine, Machacamarca, Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
4.9 x 3.7 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $240
Prehnite (new discovery)
near the city of Huancavelica, Huancavelica Dept., Peru
8.3 x 7.3 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $109
Scheelite with Muscovite (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Pingwu Beryl Mine, Huya Township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China
4.7 x 4.2 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Adamite (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
4.0 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Amber with MULTIPLE insect inclusions
Sabana de la Mar (Sabana), Hato Mayor Province, Dominican Republic
4.1 x 1.1 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Andalusite (GEMMY) (ex Richard A. Kosnar Collection)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.6 x 1.5 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Azurite with Malachite pseudomorphing after Azurite
Northwest Extension, Morenci Mine, Copper Mountain District, Greenlee County, Arizona
8.3 x 5.3 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Halite (rare blue color) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
PCA Mine, Carlsbad Potash Mining District, Eddy County, New Mexico
7.7 x 4.1 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Wupatkiite (incredibly rare) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan County, Utah
4.3 x 3.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $370
Pectolite (fine crystals) (ex Charlie Key)
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
3.2 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $15
Carnotite (rare locality) (ex Gary Weaver and Arthur Flagg Collections)
Egnar, San Miguel County, Colorado
4.8 x 2.9 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Barite (fine old classic) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Cumbria, England, UK
5.6 x 5.1 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $82
Amazonite (superb color) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Smoky Hawk Claim, Crystal Peak, Teller County, Colorado
7.2 x 5.0 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $296
Gypsum (unique locality) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
near the downtown McDonald's, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado
6.1 x 5.8 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $107
Calcite (var: Cobalt-bearing)
Agoudal Mines, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
6.7 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Uvarovite Garnet
Saranovskii Mine, Saranovskaya Village (Sarany), Perm Krai, Russia (Type Locality)
4.0 x 2.3 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $127