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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Vanadinite (Reynolds Coll.)
Mibladen, Midelt Prov., Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
6.0 x 5.1 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $261
Azurite and Malachite (Lemanski Coll.)
Liufengshan, Anhui, China
12.3 x 8.9 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $450
Colemanite ps. Inyoite (RARE CA) Minette & Reynolds Coll.
Sigma #8 Mine, Furnace Creek Mining Dist., Inyo Co., California, USA
14.0 x 9.4 x 7.5 cm
Winning Bid: $188
Opal at Lightning Ridge and Grawin (1962 reference work)
Lightning Ridge, Finch Co., New South Wales, Australia
33.5 x 21.0 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Duftite (Type Locality) on Dolomite casts (old - classic locale) Cook Coll.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
10.7 x 7.0 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Pyrite (Hefendehl Coll.) - old Chinese classic find
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China
9.8 x 8.0 x 5.9 cm
Winning Bid: $560
Polished Amethyst slice (rare)
Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India
5.0 x 4.6 x 0.2 cm
Winning Bid: $185
large Pyrite w/ Freibergite & Stannite (RARE Bolivia combo) Lemanski Coll.
Chocaya-Animas mine, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
21.5 x 9.6 x 8.0 cm
Winning Bid: $349
Brazilianite - unusual elognated crystal
Telirio claim, Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9.0 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $505
Hydroxylherderite on Microcline (RARE CA combo) Larson Coll.
Pack Rat Mine, Tule Mtn, Jacumba, Jacumba Mining Dist., San Diego County, California, USA
6.2 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $402
unusual orange Quartz with iron oxide coating (Hefendehl Coll.)
Jinkouhe District, Leshan, Sichuan, China
18.0 x 13.0 x 8.9 cm
Winning Bid: $1,150
large Amazonite xl (rare Brazilian locale ) Lemanski Coll.
Santa Maria de Itabira mine, Santa Maria de Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
15.2 x 12.4 x 8.9 cm
Winning Bid: $627
large Fluorite on Quartz (2018 find)
Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
27.2 x 10.5 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,711
multigenerational, bizarre Amethyst Quartz cluster (Hefendehl Coll.)
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
13.2 x 12.1 x 7.8 cm
Winning Bid: $959
Celestine and Aragonite (Reynolds Coll.)
Hammam-Zriba Mine, Zriba-Village, Zaghouan, Tunisia
17.0 x 10.2 x 7.4 cm
Winning Bid: $453
Quartz and Pyrite (RARE Myanmar (Burma))
Maolong Mines, Wa State, Shan State, Myanmar
12.8 x 11.5 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $645
Wulfenite (2003 find)
Red Gem Pocket - 2003, Red Cloud Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
1.9 x 1.8 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $495
Amethyst & Quartz incl. w/ Actinolite "prase" (old classic )
Serifos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
6.7 x 6.3 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $580
large Quartz (Kidwell Coll.)
Ron Coleman Mine, Blue Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, USA
18.5 x 15.5 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $421
Superb Fluorite (fluorescent) w/ Quartz
Ruyuan fluorite mine, Ruyuan Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, China
10.3 x 8.3 x 8.0 cm
Winning Bid: $1,501
large Fluorite (fluorescent) with Baryte (classic locale)
Berbes, Berbes mining area, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
22.5 x 13.7 x 7.6 cm
Winning Bid: $3,425