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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Galena with Sphalerite (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Picher Field, Tri-State District, Oklahoma, USA
9.3 x 3.8 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Chalcopyrite (ex Dave Bergman Collection) (Mined 1978)
Sweet Home Mine, Mt Bross, Alma District, Park County, Colorado, USA
9.7 x 6.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $173
Gold on Quartz
Little Johnnie Mine (Ibex Mine), Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, USA
1.1 x 0.7 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Native Bismuth (ex Matioli Collection)
Wolfram Camp, Dimbulah, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia
4.6 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $335
Vivianite (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Tomokoni adit, Canutillos Mine, Colavi, Saavedra Province, Potosi Dept., Bolivia
4.3 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $255
Siderite on Sphalerite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Eagle Mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado, USA
4.3 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Topaz (excellent RARE locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Tenkergin Mine (Volchye), Iul'tinskiy Mining Complex, Iultinsky District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia
5.7 x 4.6 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $465
Brucite (excellent rare yellow color)
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan
4.7 x 4.3 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Sapphire (''floater'' crystal)
Chilas, Diamar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
1.3 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $102
Tourmaline (multicolor) with Albite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Stak Nala, Skardu Road, Haramosh Mts., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.2 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $221
Chalcedony on Siderite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Hüttenberg, Carinthia, Austria
8.2 x 6.1 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $81
Sphalerite (fine ''Ruby Jack'' crystals) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Elmwood Mine, Smith County, Tennessee, USA
6.7 x 6.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Wulfenite (rare locality) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Aurora Mine, Cuchillo Parado, Coyame del Sotol Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.5 x 4.7 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $66
Mendipite (extremely rare)
Mendip Hills, Somerset, England, UK (Type Locality)
5.3 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Mottramite (fine classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico
7.3 x 5.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Galena with Dolomite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Black Cloud Mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado
4.1 x 3.4 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $126
Trona (classic material)
Owens Lake, Olancha, Owens Valley, Inyo County, California, USA
8.7 x 6.7 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Annabergite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Lavrion District, Attikí Prefecture, Greece
3.1 x 2.1 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $81
Barite (fine classic material (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
K-22 Bypass, Sherman Mine, Upper Iowa Gulch, Lake County, Colorado, USA
5.6 x 2.3 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $195
Adamite (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
7.3 x 6.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Silver (wires)
Elura Mine (Endeavor Mine), Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia
1.1 x 0.8 x 0.2 cm
Winning Bid: $199
Fluorite with Calcite
Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
5.3 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $47
Lepidolite (bi-colored) (ex Tom Campbell Collection)
Barra do Salinas district, Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.6 x 4.3 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $350
Brazilianite with Muscovite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.2 x 5.8 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Cinnabar on Quartz (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Tongren Mine, Bijiang District, Tongren, Guizhou, China
4.7 x 4.5 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $420
Amber with MULTIPLE insect inclusions
Sabana de la Mar (Sabana), Hato Mayor Province, Dominican Republic
4.3 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $309
Senegalite (incredibly rare)
Mount Kourou Diakouma (Kouroudiako), Saraya, Falémé River basin, Tambacounda Region, Senegal (Type Locality)
3.7 x 3.6 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $379
Tetrahedrite
Casapalca Mine, Casapalca, Chicla District, Huarochirí Province, Lima, Peru
5.5 x 3.8 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $205
Ruby (fine crystals) on marble
Jagdalak (Jagdalek) Ruby Mine, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
5.7 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $458