SPECIAL NEW YEARS $249 RESERVE MINERAL SPECIMENS LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends Jan 9, 2020

Continuing with our special themed auctions we have a selection of higher-end specimens this week with $249 reserve bids.  Everything is valued at least at $750, while MANY are priced at $1,000+ and one is valued at $2,750 in the inventory! We're offering a chance to pick up some good pieces from 66% to 90% off retail!  You'll find a wonderful mix of fine display specimens, plus rarities and gem crystals contemporary and classic localities around the world.  Check out everything and be sure to pick up some excellent quality pieces for bargain prices.
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Rutile included in Quartz (polished egg) (514 grams)
Diamantina, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.8 x 5.6 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $365
Kaolinite pseudomorph after Orthoclase (Carlsbad Twin) (ex Rob Sielecki Collection)
Cornwall, England, UK
8.3 x 4.8 x 1.9
Winning Bid: $369
Fluorite ("phantom" cubes) on Quartz (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
7.8 x 6.0 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Amethyst (scepters) on Datolite with drusy Quartz (very rare combo)
Charcas, Mun. de Charcas, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
8.3 x 5.4 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Proustite with Rhodochrosite (rare association) (ex Dr. William Logan Collection)
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
4.7 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Pyrite
Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada
7.7 x 5.3 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Fluorite on Quartz
Riemvasmaak fluorite occurrences, Riemvasmaak, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
4.8 x 4.7 x 2.3 cm
Pyrrhotite with Quartz (ex Washington Roebling - Smithsonian Collection)
Stari Trg Mine, Trepca, Kosovska Mitrovica, District of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo
6.0 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Ernstite pseudomorph after Childrenite (very rare) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Linopolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.6 x 2.3 x 0.8 cm
Calcite (gemmy twin) on Malachite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
6.6 x 5.9 x 3.7 cm
Andradite Garnet (var: Melanite) (ex Leigh Price Collection)
New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito County, California
14.3 x 10.9 x 7.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Crocoite (ex Wouter Van Tichelen Collection)
Tsvetnoi Mine, Uspenskaya Mt, Berezovskoe Au Deposit, Berezovskii, Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia (Type Locality)
6.6 x 6.4 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Quartz ("Fadens") (RARE matrix piece!)
Tole (Tui), Wana, South Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
8.6 x 7.3 x 5.9 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Adamite (Cuprian)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
3.5 x 2.7 x 1.3 cm
Calcite (GEM twins) on matrix
Sokolovskoe Iron Mine, Rudny, Kostanay Province, Kazakhstan
4.9 x 4.1 x 3.5 cm
Malachite (ex Wouter Van Tichelen Collection)
Kalatala Mine, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo
12.9 x 7.7 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Betafite (excellent size & quality - rare locale) (ex Josef Vajdak)
Silver Crater Mine, approx. 8 miles west of Bancroft, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada
3.3 x 3.1 x 2.6 cm
Helvine on Microcline with Opal-AN
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
4.8 x 3.1 x 2.4 cm
Tennantite on Quartz (classic material)
El Cobre Mine, Mun. de Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
11.8 x 7.8 x 4.8 cm
Malachite (stalactites)
Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Yangjiang, Guangdong, China
10.2 x 3.2 x 1.7 cm
Opal with Petrified Wood
Virgin Valley District, Humboldt County, Nevada
3.1 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Azurite (great quality)
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
4.3 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Vanadinite (great quality)
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
6.0 x 4.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Quartz (GEM) with Hematite inclusion
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
8.3 x 7.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Stilbite (bow tie) on Fluorapophyllite-(K)
Jalgaon, Maharashtra State, India
6.7 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $249