FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends September 29, 2022

Mixed specimens this week include gem crystals, classic locales, fine display specimens and a selection of assorted piece from our inventory and collections we've purchased such as Rich Kosnar, Bill and Anne Cook, Chet Lemanski, Al Kidwell and more! Look for attractive higher value pieces this week, all starting at $10 reserve bids! Some of the highlights from this week’s auction include: 1. Uniquely colored GEM multi-color TOURMALINE from Brazil 2. Classic and fine quality COPPER "ROSE" pseudomorph from New Mexico 3. Rare SHIGAITE on BARYTE with RHODOCHROSITE from South Africa 4. Large PEROVSKITE crystal from Italy (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection) 5. Doubly-terminated DIOPTASE on matrix from Republic of Congo 6. Superb & rarely seen MUSCOVITE on matrix from Myanmar 7. A rarely seen GOLD specimen from Peru 8. GEMMY ZOISITE crystal group from Pakistan 9. Attractive fluorescent OPAL-AN ("Blood Vessel Opal") from Mexico 10. Rarities include KERMESITE, VESZELYITE and KURNAKOVITE
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Fire Agate
Aguascalientes, Mexico
4.6 x 2.1 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $103
Hematite (fine crystals) (ex Dr. Vasco Trancoso Collection)
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
4.3 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Anapaite (classic material) (ex Dr. Vasco Trancoso Collection)
Zheleznyi Rog, Anapa, Taman Peninsula, Krasnodar Krai, Russia (Type Locality)
5.2 x 4.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Graphite (fine crystals) (ex Dr. Vasco Trancoso Collection)
Saint-Sauveur Graphite occurrence, Saint-Sauveur, Les Pays-d'en-Haut RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada
4.5 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Zoisite (gemmy crystals) (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Hashupa alpine-type clefts, Hashupa, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
6.2 x 1.5 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $500
Millerite with Nickeline, Skutterudite, etc. (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Kladno District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
8.3 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $38
Baryte (ex Lee Burnett Collection)
Black Cloud Mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, USA
5.2 x 4.6 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Sturmanite (GEMMY crystals) (ex Vasco Trancoso Collection)
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
2.9 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Siderite (fine crystals!) with Lazulite and Quartz (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada
6.3 x 3.3 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $390
Brochantite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Cerro Negro Mine, Cerro Negro mining district, El Salado, Chañaral, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
4.9 x 4.4 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $52
Quartz with Stibnite inclusions (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Butte County, California, USA
3.3 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $88
Fluorapophyllite-(K) and Stilbite-(Ca) (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
6.7 x 4.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Kermesite (classic material) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Mt Kolarsky, Pezinok, Male Karpaty Mts, Bratislava Region, Slovakia
5.3 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Wulfenite
Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos, Mun. de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico
2.8 x 2.0 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Grossular Garnet (rare locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
San Vito Quarry, San Vito, Ercolano, Mount Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
9.2 x 6.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $96
Bornite coating Pyrite (fine quality) (ex Rose and Phillips Collections)
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
4.2 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Opal-AN (Hyalite Opal) (''Blood Vessel Opal'') (fluorescent)
Étienne Mine, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
9.3 x 5.0 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $352
Cerussite on Goethite (RARE locality specimen!) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
San Antonio Mine, East Camp, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.1 x 3.8 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Celestine (rare style and locality) (ex Colin Manlove Collection)
Quien Tal Pensara Mine, Pilar de Jaravía, Pulpí, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
7.1 x 5.4 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $102
Veszelyite (excellent quality)
Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China
9.2 x 6.7 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $86
Calcite (attractive form)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
7.2 x 4.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $61
Galena and Sphalerite on a ''cast'' after Calcite (ex Dr. Barratt Phillips Collection)
Deveti Septemvri Mine, Madan ore field, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria
7.3 x 5.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Orthoclase (Baveno twin) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Deep Creek, San Bernardino Mountains, California, USA
7.7 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $49
Prehnite (unusual form - ''cast'') (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
13.2 x 8.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $77
Cerussite (reticulated twins) (classic material) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
29 Level, Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
4.7 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Creedite (excellent color)
Navidad Mine, Indé Municipality, Durango, Mexico
5.8 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Epidote (''Fadens'') (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Tormiq Valley, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
7.2 x 6.6 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $145
Adamite (copper-bearing) (new find)
Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
4.6 x 3.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Hanksite (large doubly-terminated crystal) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA (Type Locality)
10.6 x 7.3 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Pargasite (ex Kurt Hefendehl Collection)
Aliabad marbles, Aliabad, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistani
4.3 x 3.7 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $71