MIXED MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTION FEATURING CABINET SPECIMENS - Ends MAY 26, 2022

A fine selection of larger specimens are highlighted in this auction also including classics, rarities and recent finds. Many are species and localities you don't normally see in auctions. Larson, Hefendehl, Cook, Reynolds, Kidwell, Lemanski and Phillips collections are ALL featured. Many of these are things from the 1960s-1990s, and the Bill Larson San Diego material even dates back further in some cases – all unique special items you simply do not see for sale!

 

Highlights:

 

1. Rare AQUAMARINES and CALIFORNIA minerals:  Bill Larson Collection.

2. Cripple Creek FLUORITE on BARITE

3. Bizarre AMETHYST

4. Classic ZINCITE from New Jersey

5. Large DIOPTASE from Morenci Arizona

6. Rare Greece AMETHYST & QUARTZ "prase" cluster

7. HUGE AMAZONITE from Brazil

8. Unusual ULEXITE, 1960s, California

9. 1962 report of OPAL at LIghtning Ridge

10. Excellent FLUORITE specimens

 

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Chabazite & Stellerite on Magnetite (rare combo) Kidwell Coll.
Sokolovskoe Iron Mine, Rudny, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan
13.7 x 12.2 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $117
Ulexite "clamshell" (probably 1960s-70s- Cook Coll.)
U.S. Borax open pit, U.S. Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern Co., California, USA
11.8 x 11.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $217
Manganoan Calcite (2017 find - fluorescent!)
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China
10.6 x 9.5 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $218
Schorl (Reynolds Coll.) - rare USA locale
Little Cahuilla Mountain, Cahuilla Mining Dist., Riverside Co., California, USA
6.1 x 2.0 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Chrysoprase (polished - 2018/2019 find)
Szklary Chrysoprase Mine, Szklary, Zabkowice Slaskie Co., Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
4.3 x 2.9 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $100
large Fluorite & Quartz w/ Pyrite (RARE color - Lemanski Coll.)
Kavalerovo mining district, Primorsky Krai, Russia
19.2 x 14.4 x 9.4 cm
Winning Bid: $460
Pyrite hemisphere (RARE from Germany)
Ronneburg U deposit, Thuringia, Germany
12.0 x 11.3 x 7.8 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Anglesite ps. after Galena, Galena & Fluorite ex Robertson & Reynolds Coll.
Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
6.2 x 4.4 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $175
Hematite w/ Andradite Garnet (Charlie Key)
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
5.2 x 3.9 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $91
Amethyst on Quartz (Reynolds Coll.)
Crystal Ridge, Johnson Spring, Inyo Mts., Inyo Co., California, USA
8.8 x 7.3 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Floater Pyrite nodule (Texas!) James Carter Coll.
Martin Marietta Materials Cement quarry, Midlothian, Ellis Co., Texas, USA
5.5 x 4.8 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $87
Gem Aqumarine on Cleavelandite (RARE CA) Larson Coll.
Blue Lady Mine, Chihuahua Valley, Warner Springs Mining Dist., San Diego Co. California, USA
5.7 x 4.8 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $2,000
Gemmy Aquamarine (RARE - 1950s!) Rogers & Larson Coll.
Hilton pocket, Audrey Lynn Mine, Little Cahuilla Mtn, Cahuilla Mining Dist., Riverside Co., California, USA
6.1 x 4.6 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $1,938
Fluorite on Baryte ps. Laumontite (RARE CO) Weaver Coll.
Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USA
7.0 x 5.0 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $430
Zincite & Franklinite w/ Willemite (Gerstmann Museum & Cook Coll.)
Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
11.3 x 6.3 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Fluorite on Drusy Quartz (rare style & excellent) Zerfass Coll.
Berbes, Berbes mining area, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
10.5 x 6.3 x 5.0 m
Winning Bid: $700
Copper w/ Cuprite & Malachite (rare) Dr. B. Phillips Coll.
Copiapo, Copiapo Province, Atacama, Chile
11.8 x 11.6 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $169
Fluorite w/ Baryte, Hydrocarbons & Bitumen (Hefendehl Coll.)
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-In-Rock Sub-Dist., Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
16.3 x 12.4 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Vanadinite (2018 find - excellent)
Mibladen, Midelt Prov., Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
7.6 x 7.5 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $645
DT Herkimer Quartz "diamond" in matrix (Cook Coll.)
Middleville quarry, Middleville, Herkimer Co., New York, USA
6.5 x 54 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $371
Gem Smoky Quartz xls (classic locale) Cook Coll.
Les Droites, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
7.1 x 6.0 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $232
Azurite w/ Arsentsumebite (Type Locality)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
7.6 x 6.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Crystallized Copper (2021 find)
Chengmenshan Mine, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China
9.5 x 8.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $175
large Dioptase (rare classic Arizona) Reynolds Coll.
Morenci Mine, Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
19.2 x 11.1 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $340
Epidote and Talc (RARE combo) Hefendehl Coll.
Tormiq Valley, Haramosh Mts., Roundu Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
16.4 x 8.3 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $221
Aragonite (RARE CA) Reynolds Coll.
Mohawk Mine, Clark Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
14.5 x 11.3 x 7.2 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Quartz w/ scepters & Calcite (Dr. B. Phillips Coll.)
Herja Mine, Baia Mare, Maramureș, Romania
15.7 x 13.6 x 7.0 cm
Winning Bid: $108
Baryte w/ Drusy Quartz (Reynolds Coll.)
Northumberland Mine, Northumberland Mining Dist., Nye Co., Nevada, USA
12.8 x 11.4 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Hematite-included Quartz on Fluorite (Dr. B. Phillips Coll.)
Johannesschacht Mine, Wölsendorf, Schwandorf Dist., Bavaria, Germany
9.1 x 7.7 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $421
Fluorapatite on Calcite ex Lemanski Collection
Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
7.7 x 6.0x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $201