FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends October 21, 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 Dave Bergman, Bob Reynolds, Chet Lemanski, Al Kidwell 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. Beautiful RUBY crystals on matrix from Afghanistan 2. Excellent CRYSTALLIZED NATIVE BISMUTH from Wolfram Camp, Queensland, Australia 3. Attractive hard to find CHALCOPYRITE from the Sweet Home Mine in Colorado (ex Dave Bergman Collection) 4. AMBER with MULTIPLE INSECT INCLUSIONS from Dominican Republic 5. Lovely GOLD on QUARTZ from Leadville, Colorado 6. Large "floater" ALMANDINE GARNET crystal from North Carolina (ex Chet Lemanski Colleciton) 7. Excellent TOPAZ specimen from a RARE RUSSIAN locality! (ex Chet Lemanski Collection) 8. Cool bi-colored LEPIDOLITE mica from Brazil (ex Tom Campbell Collection 9. Attractive classic BRAZILIANITE with MUSCOVITE from Brazil 10. Rarities include PAPAGOITE, EUCHROITE, STRENGITE, SVANBERGITE, SENEGALITE, WIGHTMANITE and TYROLITE
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Fluorite (''phantom'' crystals)
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan, China
4.6 x 4.5 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $96
Anatase
Taftan, Chagai District, Balochistan Region, Pakistan
3.8 x 3.0 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Brookite (gemmy ''phantom'' crystals)
Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan
5.5 x 4.5 x 2.3
Winning Bid: $247
Chalcedony (beautiful form)
South of Deming, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
6.3 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Smithsonite (beautiful color) (Cadmium-bearing)
Wenshan, Yunnan, China
10.7 x 5.6 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $116
Papagoite (rare)
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA (Type Locality)
7.8 x 6.9 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Epidote (pseudo-hexagonal crystal)
Raskoh Mts., Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan
5.4 x 4.4 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $46
Opal-AN (Hyalite Opal)
Étienne Mine, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
4.3 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $41
Beryl (var: Aquamarine) (old classic) (ex Allen Heyl Collection)
Middlesex County, Connecticut
6.2 x 2.9 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $72
Fluorite (multi-color ''phantom'' crystals) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
10.8 x 6.2 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $320
Magnetite (rare cubic form)
2500' Level, ZCA No. 4 Mine, Balmat, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
4.2 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Pyromorphite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Black Star Open Pit, Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
8.2 x 5.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $99
Euchroite (old classic material) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Svätodušná Valley, Ľubietová (Libethen), Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia (Type Locality)
8.0 x 5.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $125
Strengite (unusual color) on Beraunite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Leveäniemi Mine, Svappavaara, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
7.5 x 4.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Goethite
Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.3 x 3.1 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Augelite with Barite (rare combo)
Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Potosi, Bolivia
8.8 x 5.5 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $63
Fluorite (2 generation) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Tongbai Co., Nanyang, Henan, China
6.2 x 5.4 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $71
Arsenopyrite pseudomorph after Pyrrhotite (ex Reynolds and Robertson Collections)
Double Rainbow Mine (Richmond Sitting Bull), Deadwood, Galena Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
5.3 x 4.6 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
New Cornelia Pit, Ajo, Little Ajo Mts, Ajo District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
8.2 x 5.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $99
Apophyllite with Prehnite
Mumbai District, Maharashtra, India
9.8 x 8.6 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $86
Svanbergite (rare) on Magnesite
Pomba Pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
4.3 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $79
Almandine Garnet (''floater'' crystal) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
 Franklin, Ellijay Mining District, Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
5.7 x 4.8 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $290
Tyrolite (rare) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Farbište, Poniky, Banská Bystrica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
7.1 x 4.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Fluorite on Orthoclase (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
12.7 x 10.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $187
Copper (ex Burnett Collection)
Cashin Mine, Montrose County, Colorado, USA
7.3 x 6.7 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Wavellite (rich color) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Avant, Garland County, Arkansas, USA
7.7 x 5.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $76
Wightmanite (extremely rare) (ex Matioli Collection)
Commercial Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore Quarries, Riverside County, California, USA (Type Locality)
7.2 x 5.3 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $218
Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
3.3 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $300
Arsentsumebite (very rare) (ex Mushlitz Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia (Type Locality)
2.4 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $127
Mimetite (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
4.7 x 3.8 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $170