FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends SATURDAY Nov 30, 2019

PLEASE NOTE:  This auction closes on a SATURDAY due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the US.
A great selection this week with plenty of attractive, good quality, rare and unusual specimens.  Look for new discoveries that we picked up at recent shows or direct from the source, plus we have plenty of pieces from the newly acquired Gary Weaver collection along with a newly purchased prominent worldwide collection from the Midwest, plus dealers' inventories, and plenty from 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. GOLD with PETZITE from the Golden Wonder Mine, Colorado
2. Beautiful gemmy green DIOPTASE from Republic of Congo
3. Eye-catching gemmy SPESSARTINE GARNET with QUARTZ from China
4. Gorgeous twinned crystals of ANATASE with epitaxial RUTILE from Brazil
5. Attractive CASSITERITE crystal with an unusual habit for the locality from Pingwu, China
6. An unusual etched / skeletal PYRITE crystal from Washington
7. A showy specimen of the PURPLE QUARTZ ("Grape" Chalcedony / Agate) from Indonesia
8. Excellent rare ANDORITE thumbnail from Bolivia
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Copper with Cuprite
Bennet Brook, Cape D'Or, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
4.6 x 3.7 x 0.8 cm
Spessartine Garnet
Garnet Hill, Ely, Robinson District, White Pine County, Nevada
5.3 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Mica / Sericite pseudomorph after Cordierite-Indialite (Cherry Blossom stone)
Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture, Kinki Region, Honshu Island, Japan
0.5 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm
Dioptase
Mpita Mine, Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
4.8 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Kunzite (doubly-terminated "floater" group) (95.75 grams)
Kantiwa Pegmatite Field, Wama District, Nuristan, Afghanistan
8.7 x 4.2 x 1.1 cm
Prehnite (fantastic quality)
Lower New Street, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
4.3 x 3.5 x 1.7 cm
Rutile (twinned group)
Diamantina, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.3 x 0.7 x 0.2 cm
Dolomite on Quartz (ex David Burgess Collection)
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan, China
7.7 x 5.3 x 2.3 cm
Quartz ("Faden") (great quality)
Tole (Tui), Wana, South Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan
6.5 x 5.1 x 2.7 cm
Fuchsite (Chromium-bearing Muscovite)
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mts, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
4.4 x 2.0 x 1.9 cm
Purple Quartz (var: Chalcedony / Agate) ("Grape" Agate)
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
8.8 x 7.3 x 6.7 cm
Grossular Garnet (ex Charlie Key Collection)
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
2.7 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
Spessartine Garnet with Smoky Quartz
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China
4.0 x 3.7 x 2.4 cm