SPECIAL MINERAL AUCTION - THE COLLECTION SHIELDS FLYNN - ends SATURDAY Aug 6, 2022

A special auction highlighting mostly thumbnail sized specimens from the worldwide collection of Shields Flynn.  Many fine quality specimens from classic and contemporary localities, spanning from well-known species to some very rare minerals.  PLEASE NOTE:  This auction closes on a SATURDAY, not our normal Thursday closing.  

Rhodonite (classic material) (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia
2.6 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
Chrysoberyl (UN-twinned crystal) (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Espirito Santo, Brazil
1.1 x 0.6 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
Andradite Garnet (var: Demantoid) (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Green Dragon Mine, Tubussis Farm 22, Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia
3.3 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $108
Winning Bidder: mmcdade
Azurite with Malachite (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
2.6 x 2.6 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
Wardite (fine crystal) (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada
2.6 x 2.5 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $285
Winning Bidder: jabaco
Hedenbergite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Tormiq Valley, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
2.9 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
Yugawaralite (RARE Iceland locality) (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Hvalstöd, Hvalfjörður, Hvalfjarðarsveit, Western Region, Iceland
3.3 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $215
Winning Bidder: jabaco
Tremolite (var: Hexagonite) (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Gouverneur Mine, Fowler, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
3.0 x 2.3 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
Quartz with ''Chlorite'' inclusions (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Aktas Deposit, Ulytau, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
2.7 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
Pyromorphite (old classic) (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Wheal Alfred, Great Wheal Alfred (Alfred Consols), Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK
0.9 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
Stichtite (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Stichtite Hill, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia
2.1 x 1.5 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $73
Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
Copper (RARE wires) with Quartz and Prehnite (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Osceola Mine, Osceola, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
2.4 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
Aegirine (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
2.9 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
Botryogen (rare) (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Libiola Mine, Sestri Levante, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
2.3 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Winning Bidder: jabaco
Gadolinite-(Y) (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Frikstad, Iveland, Agder, Norway
1.8 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $103
Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
Calcite (Cobalt-bearing) (rare Spanish locality) (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
San Carlos Mine, San Juan de Plan, Huesca, Aragon, Spain
2.6 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
Beudantite (rare) (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
2.7 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
Andradite Garnet (var: Melanite) (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Ojos Españoles Mine, General Lázaro Cárdenas, Julimes Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
2.7 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
Tyrolite (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Mammoth Mine, Mammoth, Tintic Mining District, Juab County, Utah, USA
2.7 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
Serandite with Natrolite (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
2.7 x 2.0 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
Hectorite (rare) (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Stewart Lithia Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
2.0 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $125
Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
Hausmannite with Andradite Garnet (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
2.8 x 2.6 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $53
Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
Elbaite Tourmaline (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Stewart Lithia Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
2.0 x 1.0 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $225
Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
Hollandite (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Yavapai County Manganese deposits, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
2.7 x 1.7 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $321
Winning Bidder: jabaco
Leucophanite on Aegirine (rare) (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
2.7 x 0.7 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
Acanthite (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
3.7 x 1.4 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $41
Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
Marialite (Scapolite) (GEM crystal) (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Marble occurrence, Morogoro, Uluguru Mts (Uruguru Mts), Morogoro Region, Tanzania
2.2 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $175
Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
Lithiophilite (fine crystal) (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Emmons Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
2.7 x 2.4 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
Adamite (classic ''pinwheel''-shaped groups) (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
2.9 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $86
Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
Mellite (rare) (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Csordakuti Mine, Bicske-Csordakut, Bicske-Zsambeki Basin, Fejer Co., Hungary
1.2 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $61
Winning Bidder: Private Bidder