$249 Auction - Mixed Specimens

Continuing with our special themed auctions we have a selection of higher-end minerals this week with $249 reserve bids. This is a great opportunity to pick up excellent pieces for good values! You'll find a great mix of fine quality specimens from new and contemporary discoveries plus classics and showy display pieces from worldwide localities and various collections!
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Fluorite (beautiful color) with Galena and Geocronite
Milpo Mine, Atacocha Dist., Cerro de Pasco, Pasco Prov., Pasco, Peru
3.6 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Dioptase (classic material)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
7.3 x 5.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,025
Cerussite imitating Baryte (twinned crystals)
Les Dalles Mine, Mibladen, Aït Oufella Caïdat, Midelt Cercle, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Dr. Eugene Sensel, Bob Nowakowski
6.7 x 4.8 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $402
Quartz var: Amethyst (scepter)
Piedra Parada, Tatatila Municipality, Veracruz, Mexico
7.3 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm
Wagnerite (old classic material)
Höllgraben, Werfen, St. Johann im Pongau District, Salzburg, Austria (Type Locality)
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.7 x 6.7 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $287
Copper (''Spinel''-twinned crystal)
Chino Mine, Santa Rita, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA
6.2 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm, 11.67 grams
Fluorite on Calcite with Sphalerite
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
7.7 x 6.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $788
Quartz var: Smoky (scepter)
Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
10.3 x 7.1 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $726
Scheelite
Pingwu Beryl Mine, Huya Township, Mount Little Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China
5.2 x 3.6 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $343
Pyragyrite (classic material)
San Luis Shaft, Fresnillo, Fresnillo Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
Ex. Colin Manlove
6.8 x 5.2 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $480
Fluorite (''phantom'' crystals) (2020 find)
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
8.7 x 4.8 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $725
Andradite (classic material)
Limestone Mountain, Stanley Mining District, Santa Teresa Mountains, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Les Presmyk
8.3 x 7.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Ludlockite (incredibly rare locality specimen)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
5.1 x 2.9 x 2.3 cm
Witherite (fine classic material)
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-In-Rock Dist., Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. George Feist; Ross Lillie
6.2 x 3.6 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $625
Fluorite with Quartz
El Hammam Mine, Ait Mimoune Caïdat, Khémisset Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Region, Morocco
8.6 x 7.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Beryl var: Morganite with Quartz and Albite var: Cleavelandite
Dara-i-Pech Pegmatite Field, Dara-i-Pech Dist., Kunar, Afghanistan
Ex. Shields Flynn
13.6 x 12.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $625
Calcite (Alpine locality)
Goms, Valais, Switzerland
Ex. Colin Manlove
5.9 x 5.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Fluorite (strong color) on Quartz
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
8.6 x 8.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $359
Hemimorphite (good sized crystals)
San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.3 x 5.7 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $357
Mimetite
Guatomo Mine (''Hat Yai'' Mimetite Locality), Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province, Thailand
Ex. Gail Dunning
14.3 x 10.7 x 8.2 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Rubellite Tourmaline with Lepidolite on Microcline
Cruzeiro Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
10.2 x 6.1 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Amber with Tipulidae (Crane Fly) inclusion
Baltic Sea Region
3.6 x 3.2 x 1.3 cm, 14.48 grams
Winning Bid: $359
Calcite
Shuikoushan Mine, Shuikoushan ore field, Changning Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China
Ex. Brian Kosnar
10.6 x 6.3 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Fluorite on Quartz
Ruyuan Mine, Ruyuan Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, China
Ex. Brian Kosnar
8.7 x 7.2 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $335
Quartz var: Rose (scepter) on Smoky Quartz (classic material) (1970s)
Sapucaia Mine, Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.1 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm, 69.09 grams
Winning Bid: $630
Beryl var: Aquamarine with Muscovite on Albite
Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
6.9 x 6.1 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $315
Corundum var: Ruby
Gairo District, Morogoro Region, Tanzania
5.7 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $300
Aventurine Carving, Flower
Karnataka, India
9.7 x 9.6 x 3.7 cm, 464 grams
Winning Bid: $249
Stilbite-Ca
Jalgaon District, Nashik Division, Maharashtra, India
18.0 x 12.3 x 10.2 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Azurite (excellent crystals for the locality) with Malachite
Liufengshan Mine, Guichi Dist., Chizhou, Anhui, China
4.2 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $675