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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Quartz with Hematite coating plus Magnesite
Pomba Pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
5.7 x 3.1 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Vesuvianite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Sierra de la Cruz, Mun. de Sierra Mojada, Coahuila, Mexico
5.3 x 3.2 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Hydroboracite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Inder B deposit and salt dome, Inder, Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan (Type Locality)
12.3 x 5.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $107
Fluorite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Muela Mine, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
5.3 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Stibnite (old classic material) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Ichinokawa Antimony Mine, Saijō, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
8.4 x 5.7 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $255
Whiteite-(CaFeMg) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada
5.7 x 3.7 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $51
Fluorite (''phantom'' crystals) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Erika Mine, Saulnhof, Stulln, Wölsendorf West District, Wolsendorf Fluorite Mining District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
7.7 x 5.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Kochsandorite (extremely rare) (ex Josef Vajdak)
Coal Mine, Many, Bicske-Zsambeki Basin, Fejer Co., Hungary (Type Locality)
3.1 x 2.3 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Aquamarine with Schorl on Microcline
Erongo Mountain, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
5.0 x 3.0 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Enargite with Pyrite
Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad, Peru
6.7 x 5.2 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Hematite pseudomorph after Marcasite (classic material)
White Desert, Farafra Oasis, New Valley, Egypt
3.0 x 2.6 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Sphalerite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Commodore Mine, Creede, Mineral County, Colorado
3.8 x 3.1 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Gypsum (var: Selenite) (with ''hourglass'' sand inclusions)
Great Salt Plains, Jet, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, USA
4.6 x 1.1 x 0.2 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Smithsonite
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund Constituency, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
6.8 x 5.8 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $101
Allophane (new find - beautiful color)
Qinglong Mine, Dachang Sb ore field, Qinglong County, Qianxinan, Guizhou, China
3.3 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Rhodochrosite with Fluorite
01-06 Pocket, Fluorite Raise, Sweet Home Mine, Mount Bross, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado, USA
4.4 x 4.0 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Tanzanite
Merelani Hills, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
3.7 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $580
Spinel (rare locality) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Potter Pass (Kaiser Peak Area), Fresno County, California, USA
6.1 x 4.8 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $248
Aquamarine (ex Richard Kosnar Collection)
Jaquetô Mine, Guaratinga, Bahia, Brazil
3.2 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $141
Topaz (classic material)
Tepetate, Mun. de Villa de Arriaga, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
4.5 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Fluorite (GEM crystal group)
Naica Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.2 x 4.1 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $252
Axinite-(Fe)
Khapalu (Khaplu), Ganache District (Ghanche District), Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
3.6 x 2.9 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Adamite (Copper-bearing)
Hilarion Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
3.6 x 2.4 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Skorpionite with Hydrozincite and Tarbuttite (ex Shields Flynn)
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund Constituency, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
5.7 x 4.6 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $163
Papagoite with Shattuckite (rare)
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA (Type Locality for Papagoite)
7.7 x 7.4 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Quartz (var: Eye Agate)
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2.0 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $209
Fluorite
Moscona Mine, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
8.3 x 5.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $238
Cerussite (classic material) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
8.7 x 2.3 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $804
Vesuvianite (green and purple bi-color) (ex Charlie Key Collection)
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
3.0 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $303