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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Fluorite on Quartz ''casts'' after Calcite
La Fluorita Dulcita Claim, Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
6.2 x 4.7 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Hematite with Quartz
Purple Cow Ledge, Quartzsite, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
3.7 x 3.6 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Galena (cuboctahedrons) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Iron County, Missouri, USA
9.0 x 7.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Atacamite (RARE locality specimen)
Buckskin Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
7.4 x 6.2 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $145
Rhodochrosite (rare twin!) (ex Charlie Key Collection)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
1.3 x 1.1 x 0.2 cm
Winning Bid: $42
Malachite (rare and unusual shape)
St. George Apex Mine, Beaver Dam Mountains, Washington County, Utah, USA
8.2 x 5.7 x 0.2 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Fluorite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Cumberland (Cumbria), England
11.1 x 6.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Quartz (doubly-terminated) with Epidote
Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham County, Arizona
6.7 x 3.4 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Spinel on marble (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Lục Yên District, Yên Bái Province, Vietnam
12.0 x 7.3 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $279
Neptunite (classic material) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Dallas Gem Mine, San Benito County, California, USA
9.3 x 5.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Gypsum (''floater'' specimen) (ex Alex Venzke Collection)
Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
6.8 x 6.3 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $179
Azurite (classic material)
Morenci Mine, Copper Mountain District, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
5.2 x 4.7 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $240
Ferberite with rare micro Bismutite
Tasna Mine, Cerro Tasna, Nor Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
10.8 x 6.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $96
Amethyst (''Grapes'')
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
5.0 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Tourmaline (unusual formation) (ex Gioia Collection)
Santa Rosa mine, Itambacuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9.0 x 8.8 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Amazonite (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
R. A. Kosnar claim on Yucca Hill, Steven's Ranch, near Lake George, Park County, Colorado
3.1 x 3.0 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Fluorite pseudomorph after Calcite
West Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.8 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Fluorite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA
11.7 x 9.3 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Cerussite (excellent twin) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker District, Jerada Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco
4.0 x 3.1 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $298
Cyanotrichite with Brochantite (classic material) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Grandview Mine, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
7.3 x 7.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Hemimorphite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.1 x 4.3 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Orpiment and Realgar Replacing Fossil Coral (rare and unusual)
Gold Bar Mine, Antelope Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
6.5 x 5.6 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $191
Variscite (classic material) (ex Henry de Linde Collection)
Stuart Schmitt deposit (Henry de Linde No. 3 Mine), Dug Hill, Avant, Garland County, Arkansas, USA
6.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Barite (fine quality) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Meikle Mine, Bootstrap District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
5.7 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $365
Apophyllite (old rare classic material)
Cornwall Mines, Cornwall Borough, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA
6.3 x 5.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Wulfenite (classic material)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
2.3 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $232
Quartz ''casts'' after Rhodochrosite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Zanett Tunnel, Grizzly Bear Mine, Ouray, above Ouray County, Colorado, USA
7.8 x 6.3 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $454
Hubeite with Inesite on Quartz (RICH specimen!) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper Mine), Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China (Type Locality for Hubeite)
9.5 x 5.3 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $454