FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends October 7, 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, Charlie Key, Chet Lemanski, and our own Alex Venzke. 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. Classic cyclic twinned CASSITERITE from Viloco, Bolivia 2. Beautiful, gemmy, bi-colored ''phantom'' FLUORITE from Illinois 3. Rare "TRAPICHE" SAPPHIRE from Myanmar (Burma) 4. Eye-catching AMETHYST GRAPES specimens from Indonesia 5. Old-time WARDITE with CRANDALLITE and MONTGOMERYITE from Utah 6. Alluring blue-green CUPRIAN ADAMITE from Mexico 7. RARE FLUORITE specimen from Iowa! 8. Historic, very hard to find SYNTHETIC QUARTZ from Bell Telephone Laboratories! 9. Gorgeous rare TWINNED RHODOCHROSITE from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec 10. Rarities include CALAVERITE, HUBEITE, SAMPLEITE, SZENICSITE, CYANOTRICHITE and BARYLITE
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Cassiterite (excellent cyclic twins)
Viloco Mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
4.3 x 2.4 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $240
Fluorite (bi-color crystals) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Denton Mine, Ozark-Mahoning Group, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
9.3 x 7.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $293
Calcite (doubly-terminated) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
West Portal of the Copper Rivet Mine, several miles North of the Cashin mine, Mesa County, Colorado, USA
10.2 x 5.7 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $47
Sapphire (rare "Trapiche" habit)
Mong Hsu, Loilem District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)
0.6 x 0.5 x 0.2 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Wire Silver
Porco Mine, Quijarro Province, Potosi Dept., Bolivia
1.2 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Pentagonite (rare)
Wagholi, Poona, India
3.7 x 26 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Pyrite
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru
4.8 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Calaverite (rare telluride species) with Fluorite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Cresson Mine, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado, USA
7.3 x 4.8 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $469
Pink Quartz (recent find)
Choique Mine, Pehuenches Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina
4.2 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Epidote (''Faden'')
Tormiq, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.3 x 2.1 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Adamite (Cuprian) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
4.9 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Amethyst (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Keystone Mill Site, near Howardsville, Cunningham Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
9.1 x 5.3 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Calcite (rare color) with Atacamite(?) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Shuikoushan Mine, Shuikoushan ore field, Changning Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China
9.2 x 7.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Citrine on Danburite (rare combo for the locality)
Charcas, Charcas Municipality, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
4.7 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $81
Fluorite with Quartz
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan, China
5.7 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Wardite with Crandallite and Montgomeryite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Little Green Monster Variscite Mine, Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Oquirrh Mountains, Utah County, Utah, USA
10.0 x 5.7 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Sphalerite (fine ''Ruby Jack'' crystals)
Picher Field, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, USA
7.8 x 5.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $115
Bournonite (''cogwheel'')
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan, China
3.7 x 2.5 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $71
Wulfenite and Malachite on Calcite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
6.7 x 4.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $232
Stellerite (good quality) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Braen's Quarry (Sam Braen's Quarry), Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
5.3 x 3.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Calcite with Siderite
Billy Creek Wildlife Refuge, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
7.7 x 6.2 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Native Lead (old classic material) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
 Långban Mine, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
9.8 x 4.6 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Szenicsite (incredibly rare material) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Inca de Oro mining district, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile (Type Locality)
4.8 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $351
Rutile (twin)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.7 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $20
Aquamarine with Muscovite
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.7 x 4.6 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Sampleite (very rare)
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile (Type Locality)
3.6 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $89
Fluorite (RARE for Brazil)
Castelo pegmatite, Castelo, Espírito Santo, Brazil
3.8 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Calcite (GEMMY ''butterfly'' twin)
José María Patoni, San Juan del Río Municipality, Durango, Mexico
4.6 x 3.2 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $15
Barylite (rare excellent crystals) (ex Francesco Bedogné Collection)
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
3.6 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $466