$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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Quartz (scepter crystals)
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
16.5 x 8.8 x 8.3 cm
Winning Bid: $830
Magnetite (excellent rare locality specimen)
El Laco Fe Deposit, San Pedro de Atacama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Ex. Brian Kosnar
10.1 x 6.6 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $339
Calcite (Manganese-bearing)
Pachapaqui Mining District, Aquia District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru
Ex. Brian Kosnar
6.1 x 4.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Calcite with Pyrite inclusions (''Mercedes Calcite'')
Chenzhou, Hunan, China
14.6 x 11.6 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $3,802
Chalcopyrite on Epidote (RARE association specimen for the locality)
Les Collades Ravine (Escales Reservoir), Casterner de les Olles, Tremp, Pallars Jussà, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
13.6 x 11.7 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $520
Gmelnite-Ca
Sarbai Deposit, Rudny, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan
8.3 x 5.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $530
Vanadinite (fine quality)
ACF Mine, Mibladen, Aït Oufella Caïdat, Midelt Cercle, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
4.6 x 4.1 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $550
Aragonite (Copper-bearing)
Nawzad District, Helmand, Afghanistan
14.7 x 12.6 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $829
Quartz (scepter) on Löllingite ("flower")
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
10.4 x 5.9 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $875