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.  

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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
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
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
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
Acanthite (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
3.7 x 1.4 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $41
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
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
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
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
Anglesite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
San Felipe Canyon, Aconchi, Aconchi Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
2.5 x 2.4 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Fluorapatite (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Golconda pegmatite field, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.2 x 0.4 x 0.2 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Brazilianite (doubly-terminated) (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Telirio claim, Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.2 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Eudialyte (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Kirovsky Mine, Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
2.4 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $113
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Aegirine (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
2.9 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $40
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
Gadolinite-(Y) (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Frikstad, Iveland, Agder, Norway
1.8 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $103
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
Beudantite (rare) (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
2.7 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $80