Fine Minerals for Auction featuring old finds and Lemanski Collection - ends September 17, 2020

This week's auction featuring a wonderful selection of material that came from recent unpacking of minerals / collections, many of which we have not viewed since our move to the new building over 2 years ago.  Look for plenty of fine quality, beautiful and important mineral specimens from classic and contemporary localities !!  Also, look for specimens from the mixed worldwide collection of Richard Mushlitz, acquired in the 1990s and early 2000s; and of Chester “Chet” Lemanski.    

1. Impressive large AMETHYST from Indonesia

2. Gem AQUAMARINE & MUSCOVITE from Pakistan

3. Fine CASSITERITE from the Ed David Collection

4. Unusual CALCITE & BARITE on FLUORITE from the Minerva Mine

5. Rare RUBY xl from North Carolina

6. Thailand MIMETITE with a rare large xl

7. Superb old rare German ACANTHITE

8. large Pakistan SCHORL from the Herb Obodda Collection

9. "Egg yolk" FLUORITE on AMETHYST, red APOPHYLLITE , and others

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sharp Willemite on Calcite (Chet Lemanski Coll.)
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Franklin Mining Dist., Sussex Co., New Jersey
3.5 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $157
Pyromorphite (classic locale) Chet Lemanski Coll.
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
7.4 x 6.0 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $581
Red Apophyllite (rare), Stilbite & Mordenite
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
9.6 x 7.8 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Wavellite (very good color)
Avant, Garland Co., Arkansas
8.7 x 3.4 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Acanthite (RARE old classic) Herb Obodda Coll.
Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
6.5 x 4.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $1,052
Gem Aquamarine on Muscovite
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
9.7 x 9.2 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,150
Celestine (classic Michigan)
Maybee Quarry, Maybee, Monroe Co., Michigan
7.8 x 5.7 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $925
Calcite twin (superb - fluorescent)
Jose Maria Patoni, San Juan del Rio Municipality, Durango, Mexico
3.6 x 2.6 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $231
Gem Cerussite V-twin (classic AZ locale)
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona
2.0 x 1.4 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Color-zoned Fluorite (classic locale - fluorescent)
Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
4.9 x 4.5 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Minium (classic locale) Chet Lemanski Coll.
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
8.1 x 5.9 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $531
Ruby (RARE for USA!) - Chet Lemanski Coll.
Franklin Co., North Carolina
6.0 x 2.9 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $303
Amethyst
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
30.3 x 12.7 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $1,729
Mimetite (RARE large xl for this 1998 find)
Guatomo Mine, Tham Thalu, Yala Province, Thailand
4.5 x 3.4 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $286