SPECIAL $999 and $249 RESERVE MINERAL & GEM LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends January 7th, 2021
2021 starts off with a special themed auction of combined $249 and $999 reserve specimen into a single set this week!
We have a great mix of higher-end specimens including plenty of excellent display pieces, rarities, gem crystals and gemstones.
You'll find plenty of minerals from contemporary and classic localities around the world.
A great opportunity to get your hands on some excellent specimens for bargain prices to start the year!
- Roselite (superb classic crystals)
- Aghbar Mine, Aghbar, Bou Azzer mining district, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
- 5.4 x 4.7 x 3.7 cm
- Grandidierite (exceptionally rare)
- Tranomaro Commune, Amboasary Sud, Anosy Region (Fort Dauphin), Tuléar Province, Madagascar
- 0.58 carats ; 5.87 mm x 5.39 mm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Pyrargyrite (fine aesthetic thumbnail) (ex Mervyn Ford Collection)
- Fresnillo, Fresnillo Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
- 2.8 x 2.0 x 1.6 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Prehnite with Epidote
- Bendoukou, Sandare District, Kayes Region, Mali
- 5.8 x 4.4 x 2.8 cm
- Green Jelly Opal (rare color and locality)
- near Niquelandia, Goias, Brazil
- 10.55 carats ; 14.6 mm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Prehnite and Epidote Carving, Dolphin (210.87 grams)
- Bendoukou, Sandare District, Kayes Region, Mali
- 7.3 x 6.6 x 3.1 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Miserite (superb large rare specimen) (fluorescent) (ex Henry de Linde Collection)
- North Wilson Pit, Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs, Garland County, Arkansas (Type Locality)
- 18.7 x 9.5 x 5.7 cm
- Amethyst ('Grapes')
- Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
- 6.3 x 5.9 x 3.1 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Chrysocolla pseudomorph after Malachite after Azurite (3 generations)
- Lupoto Mine, Kakumba, Kipushi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
- 5.8 x 4.0 x 3.8 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Quartz (unique multi-terminated 'floater')
- Pederneira mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- 12.7 x 4.3 x 0.8 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Adamite (var: Cuprian) (fine quality)
- Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
- 6.6 x 4.3 x 2.6 cm
- Winning Bidder: jabaco
- Kidwellite with Rockbridgeite (excellent quality)
- Buckeye Mountain (Blaylock Mountain), Polk County, Arkansas
- 8.1 x 6.8 x 4.7 cm
- Rhodochrosite
- Sweet Home Mine, Mount Bross, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado
- 3.4 x 3.2 x2 .1 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Malachite
- Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Yangjiang, Guangdong, China
- 13.2 x 6.7 x 4.6 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Manganite (large crystal) (historic classic material - ex Harvard Museum)
- Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Harz, Thuringia, Germany (Type Locality)
- 4.3 x 4.2 x 4.1 cm
- Prehnite (large old classic)
- Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
- 17.2 x 8.6 x 6.1 cm
- Vivianite (superb crystals - classic material)
- Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
- 10.3 x 5.5 x 4.4 cm
- Magnetite (rare cubic habit)
- 2500' Level, #4 Mine, Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St Lawrence County, New York
- 3.3 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm
- Hematite (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
- Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
- 5.6 x 4.2 x 3.3 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Fluorite (rare locality specimen)
- Wheal Mary Ann, Menheniot, Cornwall, England, UK
- 5.7 x 5.0 x 3.7 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Quartz (var: Chalcedony) Stalactites with Stilbite-Ca
- Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
- 11.3 x 9.8 x 5.7 cm
- Calcite (Manganese-bearing)
- Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
- 12.8 x 10.0 x 5.7 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Calcite with Malachite (classic material)
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
- 20.8 x 15.5 x 9.6 cm
- Winning Bidder: andrew_rocks
- Stilbite on Chalcedony
- Jalgaon, Maharashtra State, India
- 11.0 x 9.2 x 6.8 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Natrolite with Serandite (ex Charlie Key Collection)
- Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry) Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
- 4.0 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Creedite (ex Bill Panczner Collection)
- Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico
- 6.4 x 6.3 x 3.7 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Smithsonite (var: Cuprian)
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
- 10.3 x 7.4 x 4.7 cm
- Winning Bidder: jabaco