FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends September 23, 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, Kay Robertson, 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. Beautiful red RHODOCHROSITE with purple FLUORITE from the Sweet Home Mine, Colorado 2. Gemmy blue/purple TANZANITE crystal 3. Classic orange-red colored gemmy WULFENITE crystals from the Red Cloud Mine, Arizona 4. Wonderful, fine quality MICROCLINE crystal group from Argentina (ex Alex Venzke Collection) 5. Excellent gemmy CERUSSITE specimen from Tsumeb (ex Brian Kosnar Collection) 6. Wonderful old-time STIBNITE from Japan! 7. Attractive QUARTZ ''cast'' after CALCITE from Colorado 8. Wonderful DIOPTASE with WULFENITE from Tsumeb (ex Dave Bergman Collection) 9. Superb "floater" crystal of ZUNYITE 10. Rarities include PAPAGOITE, SYLVANITE, KOCHSANDORITE, WHITEITE-(CaFeMg), SKORPIONITE and HYDROBORACITE
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Sylvanite (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado, USA
11.3 x 8.0 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $279
Quartz ''cast'' after Calcite
Crystal Cave, Canyon Creek, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
11.1 x 10.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $79
Prehnite ''cast'' after Anhydrite
Lower New Street, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
6.8 x 4.0 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Morganite (ex Obodda)
Papra, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
3.7 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $445
Spodumene (highly etched ''floater'' crystal)
Dara-e-Pech pegmatite field, Dara-e-Pech District, Kunar, Afghanistan
5.7 x 3.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Wulfenite (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Red Cloud Mine, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
5.7 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Quartz (scepter) with Fluorite and Sphalerite
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng Prefecture, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
5.7 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $875
Aragonite (cave specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Beremend, Siklós District, Baranya County, Hungary
9.2 x 7.4 x 7.2 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Ammonite Fossil
Arfoud (Erfoud), Arfoud Cercle, Errachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
4.2 x 3.3 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Fluorapatite on Quartz
Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
6.3 x 4.3 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $166
Microcline (fine crystals) (ex Rock Currier and Alex Venzke Collections)
Papachacra Pegmatites, Papachacra, Corral Quemado, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina
6.2 x 4.7 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $322
Ruby
Jagdalak (Jagdalek) Ruby Mine, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
2.3 x 1.4 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $675
Quartz (GEM QUALITY) with Calcite
Georgetown District, East Segment Mother Lode, Mother Lode Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
5.7 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Dioptase with Wulfenite (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
4.2 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $350
Pyrite (fine crystals)
Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Prov., Potosí, Bolivia
3.8 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Calcite (ex Robert Batic Collection)
Fanwood Quarry, Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
13.6 x 8.3 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $48
Smoky Quartz and Amethyst (doubly-terminated scepter)
Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India
7.3 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $540
Prehnite (classic material) (ex Charlie Key)
O & G Woodbury Quarry, Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
5.7 x 4.7 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Wire Silver (ex Robert E. Jenkins II Collection)
Cashin Mine, La Sal Mining District, Montrose County, Colorado, USA
6.4 x 4.2 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $109
Calcite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper County, Missouri, USA
6.3 x 3.6 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Babingtonite (rare locality specimen) (ex Harold Urish)
Iron Cap Mine, Superior, Pioneer Mining District, Pinal Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
3.4 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Chalcedony (''Blue Holly Agate'') (rare material)
Ngabu village, Chiwawy-Nsanje District, Malawi
7.2 x 5.5 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $330
Azurite, Malachite, Fluorite and Baryte on Quartz
Sidi Ayed, Boulemane Caïdat, Boulemane Cercle, Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region, Morocco
9.2 x 6.7 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $64
Cobaltite (classic material)
Brazil Lake occurrence (Elizabeth Lake Mine; Espanola), Foster Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
5.4 x 2.7 x 1.6 c
Winning Bid: $43
Variscite (fine color) on Chalcedony
Ribeirao Cascalheira, Mato Grosso, Brazil
4.7 x 3.3 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Flying Insect Fossil
Florissant Formation, Teller County, Colorado, USA
3.2 x 2.8 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Baryte on Calcite
Elk Creek, Dalzell, Meade County, South Dakota, USA
4.6 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Calcite with Chalcopyrite
Ground Hog Mine, Vanadium, Central Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
11.2 x 7.3 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Epidote (''Fan'')
Pampa Blanca, Ica, Peru
9.8 x 7.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $177
Chalcoalumite (classic material)
Grandview Mine, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
6.2 x 4.8 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $99