SPECIAL $249 RESERVE MINERAL SPECIMENS LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends August 20, 2020

Continuing with our special themed auctions we have an END OF SUMMER selection of higher-end specimens this week with $249 reserve bids, regardless of retail value.   You'll find a wonderful mix of fine display specimens, plus rarities, gem crystals and faceted stones from contemporary and classic localities around the world.  We have pieces with former values, from us or other dealers in collections we are liquidating, up to $3,750, so there are huge discounts for those who bid !!  Check out everything and be sure to pick up some excellent quality pieces for bargain prices.
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Adamite (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
8.3 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $530
Fluorite (unique 'curved' crystals) on Fluorite
De'an Fluorite Mine, Wushan, De'an Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China
15.0 x 6.8 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $930
Smithsonite (copper-bearing)
79 Mine, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila County, Arizona
5.0 x 4.0 x 2.2 cm
Rhodochrosite (classic material) (ex Dr. William Logan Collection)
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
11.2 x 4.5 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $349
Hematite with epitaxial Rutile
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
5.7 x 4.7 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Calcite (classic GEM twin) (151.40 grams)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
9.7 x 4.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Talc pseudomorph after Olivine (RARE!) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Austria
8.4 x 5.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Malachite ("Primary" Malachite)
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
10.6 x 7.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Copper with Chrysocolla on matrix (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Little Daisy Group, Jerome, Verde Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona
9.3 x 5.4 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Hydroxylherderite with Tourmaline
Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.7 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Neptunite (large crystals!) (classic material)
Dallas Gem Mine, San Benito County, California
4.2 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Spodumene (superb crystal) (RARE locality specimen)
Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina
2.1 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Smithsonite (great quality) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
El Potosi Mine, West Camp, Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdan Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.1 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Fluorite (multi-color)
Cabalongo, Valle de Punilla, Punilla Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina
27.10 mm x 14.0 mm ; 35.10 cts
Winning Bid: $249
Beryllonite (rare cat's eye gem)
Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan
15.70 mm x 13.00 mm ; 9.81 cts
Labradorite (Feldspar)
Dorado Mine, Casas Grandes Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
21.20 mm x 16.50 mm ; 19.90 cts
Winning Bid: $310
Calcite (Manganese-bearing) (great old classic)
Black Bear vein, Idarado Mine, San Miguel County, Colorado
14.1 x 7.8 x 7.2 cm
Winning Bid: $280
Galena (excellent quality)
Krushev dol Mine, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
13.3 x 10.2 x 8.5 cm
Winning Bid: $377
Quartz with Tourmaline (562 grams)
Golconda pegmatite, Governador Valadares, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
11.3 x 7.2 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Magnetite (excellent crystal) with Peridot
Sapat Gali, Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
3.7 x 2.6 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Aquamarine (16.40 grams)
Teston, Braldu Valley, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.6 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $341
Schorl on Smoky Quartz
Erongo Mountain, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
9.3 x 8.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Topaz with Microcline and Quartz (old classic)
Murzinka Mine, Prigorodny District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
5.8 x 3.8 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Diaspore (large gem crystal) (57.50 grams)
Selcuk, Mugla Province, Aegean Region, Turkey
8.8 x 3.2 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $269
Malachite (beautiful form)
Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China
12.3 x 7.8 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Kunzite (doubly-terminated "floater") (133.60 grams)
Nuristan, Afghanistan
11.3 x 6.1 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Fluorite (multi-color "phantom" crystals)
Okorusu Mine (Okarusu Mine), Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
5.3 x 4.2 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $279
Dioptase (new find!)
Mpita Mine, Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
6.8 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $269
Fluorite with Spessartine Garnet and Smoky Quartz (rare combo!)
Wushan, Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian, China
12.2 x 9.5 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $327
Azurite (excellent quality crystals)
Liufengshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China
3.9 x 3.8 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $360