2024 Tucson Auction!

In recent years we’ve hosted a series of special auctions involving some of the minerals we already carefully selected for our retail sales venue in Tucson so that our Internet and social customers can have a chance at some of the good things we have saved up for the show!

To start the new year with a bang, we are therefore pleased to present one of the finest sets of beautiful fine mineral specimens and associated lapidary objects, that we have ever offered for online auction. Look for numerous beautiful specimens from new finds and old discoveries! We've had many specimens from older collection purchases out for cleaning during the last several years that are up for auction now. 

These special auction items will be available for viewing at the Tucson show, but they will only be available for bidding online at mineralauctions.com!

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Rubellite tourmaline
Jonas Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
11.1 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm, 30 grams
Winning Bid: $3,258
Fluorite, Pyrite and Quartz
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca Dist., Bolognesi Prov., Ancash, Peru
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.8 x 4.9 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $765
Silver variety "Feather Silver"
Pohla Mine, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
Ex. Wolli Wendel
9.2 x 6.3 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $3,231
Fluorite (1985 pocket)
Berbes, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
Ex. Sam Cooper
11.3 x 6.8 x 5.9 cm
Winning Bid: $2,450
Quartz var. Amethyst
Mamuju area, Sulawesi, Indonesia
8.3 x 6.5 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $460
large Spessartine Garnet and Smoky Quartz on Feldspar
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Fujian Prov., China
18.0 x 13.5 x 8.0 cm
Winning Bid: $2,400
Fluorite with Calcite and Chalcopyrite
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. Chet Lemanski
9.3 x 7.7 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $2,079
Calcite with Hematite phantoms and inclusions
Tieshan Daye iron mine, Tieshan Dist., Huangshi, Hubei, China
15.5 x 8.7 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,900
Tourmaline
Kamdesh Dist., Nuristan, Afghanistan
17.5 x 7.2 x 4.7 cm, 820 grams
Winning Bid: $1,494
Vanadinite (2009 pocket)
ACF Mine, Mibladen, Khenifra Prov., Morocco
21.0 x 18.0 x 6.4 cm
Winning Bid: $1,850
Stibnite with Baryte and Quartz (USA!)
Murray Mine, Elko Co., Nevada, USA
Ex. Marcus Johnston, Raul and Helen Madrid
12.5 x 9.1 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $750
Pyrite on Hematite
Elba Island, Livorno Prov., Tuscany, Italy
Ex. Jeffrey Starr
12.5 x 9.2 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $444
Unique historic Malachite Jewelry Box
Demidoff Malachite Mine, Nizhne-Tagilskoye, Russia
Ex. Christian Weise
10.2 x 8.9 x 4.8 cm, 521 grams
Winning Bid: $4,250
Aquamarine with Muscovite
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Herb Obodda
9.6 x 9.0 x 7.4 cm
Winning Bid: $7,800
Indicolite Tourmaline
Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Ex. Bruno and Rolando Gioia
3.1 x 2.9 x 2.7 cm, 47 grams
Winning Bid: $1,555
Fluorite with Sphalerite
Cerro de Pasco Dist., Pasco Prov., Peru
5.2 x 4.4 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,850
Azurite (early 1900s)
Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Jack Halpern, Alex Neufeld
9.2 x 5.4 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $1,760