SPECIAL $999 and $249 RESERVE MINERAL & GEM LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends October 13th, 2022

Continuing with our special themed auctions we have a selection of higher-end minerals this week with both $249 and $999 reserve bids. This is a great opportunity to pick up excellent pieces for bargain prices! You'll find a great mix of fine quality specimens from new and contemporary discoveries plus classics and showy display pieces!
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Fluorite (GEM colorless crystal) on Quartz (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng Prefecture, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
5.7 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Azurite (''rose'' groups) (1980s) (ex Richard Kosnar Collection)
Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong, China
5.7 x 5.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $430
Epidote (Multi-terminated ''Faden'' group) (ex Richard Kosnar Collection)
Tormiq, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
6.0 x 3.2 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Fluorapophyllite-(K) on Stilbite-(Ca) (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Lonavala Quarry, Lonavale, Pune District, Maharashtra, India
8.8 x 7.8 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Calcite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Lee Burnett Collection)
Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St Lawrence County, New York, USA
10.7 x 8.2 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Bastnäsite-(Ce) (fine classic crystals) (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
9th Level, Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Foix, Ariège, Occitanie, France
5.2 x 4.8 x 2.2 cm
Fluorite (rare color and style for the locality)
Minggang Mine, Shihe District, Xinyang, Henan, China
11.3 x 8.6 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,324
Hemimorphite (fine blue color) (copper-bearing)
M'Fouati Mine, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo
16.7 x 10.2 x 6.4 cm
Winning Bid: $999
Ruby (large faceted stone)
Subramanya, Dakshina Kannada District, Karnataka, India
722.50 ct (!) ; 67 mm x 49 mm x 13 mm
Calcite (manganese-bearing) (''herringbone"-style) (NEW FIND)
Septemvri Mine (Deveti Septemvri Mine), Madan ore field, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria
7.7 x 7.6 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,024
Mottramite (fine quality) (ex Dr. Barratt Phillips Collection)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
5.4 x 5.4 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Smithsonite (stalactite with ''stem'')
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
5.0 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Rainbow Obsidian Heart
La Revoltosa Mine, San Andreas, Magdalena Municipality, Jalisco, Mexico
8.2 x 8.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Quartz over Chrysocolla pseudomorphs after Malachite after Azurite (ex Rose and Phillips Collections)
Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo
10.7 x 7.2 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Hubeite with Inesite (RICH specimen!) (ex Bill and Anne Collection)
Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper Mine), Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China (Type Locality for Hubeite)
9.3 x 8.4 x 8.2 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Gypsum (var: Selenite) (GEM crystals!)
Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
7.7 x 7.2 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $380
Red Quartz
Tinejdad, Er Rachidia Province (Errachidia Province), Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
11.7 x 9.7 x 7.7 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Watermelon Tourmaline with Lepidolite
Pederneira Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
10.6 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,824
Rhodochrosite on Quartz (mined 1978 by Richard Kosnar and Dave Bergman)
Sweet Home Mine, Mount Bross, near Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
10.1 x 8.3 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,249
Tourmaline (multi-color) on Albite (var: Cleavelandite)
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains Massif, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
6.2 x 5.7 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $470
Fluorite (GEMMY bi-color ''phantom'' crystal) on Sphalerite
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee, USA
5.3 x 5.1 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,000
Megalodon Tooth Fossil
West Java, Indonesia
11.7 x 7.9 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $455