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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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
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
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
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
Fluorite (gemmy penetration twin) (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Blue Circle Quarry (Eastgate Quarry), Eastgate, Weardale, County Durham, England, UK
2.3 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $198
Ruby (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Luc Yen District, Yen Bai, Vietnam
1.9 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $400
Mendipite (rare) (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Torr Works Quarry (Merehead Quarry), Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK
3.7 x 2.8 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Inesite (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
2.7 x 2.4 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Elbaite Tourmaline (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Fisher Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
2.3 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $888
Heulandite (rare color) (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Garrawilla Station, Coonabarabran District, Pottinger Co., New South Wales, Australia
3.3 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $290
Calcite included with Dioptase (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
2.7 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $187
Lazulite (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA
2.3 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $429
Spessartine Garnet on Smoky Quartz (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
3.3 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $425
Bournonite (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
La Mure coal mines, Susville, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
3.0 x 2.9 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Autunite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Shields Flynn Collection)
São Pedro claim, Malacacheta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.0 x 1.9 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $308