$249 Mineral Specimen - Special Auction

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 below retail prices! 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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Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite (fine specimen)
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo Dist., Pima Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.3 x 4.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $313
Copper (excellent locality specimen)
Cole Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Les Presmyk
8.1 x 5.7 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $775
Rhodochrosite (RARE pegmatite specimen!)
Chhappu, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
7.3 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Baryte (fine crystals)
Cerro Warihuyn, Miraflores, Huamalíes Province, Huánuco Department, Peru
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.7 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $269
Quartz (unusual habit)
Mt. Ida, Montgomery Co., Arkansas, USA
8.1 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm, 121.4 grams
Rainbow Obsidian
La Revoltosa Mine, San Andreas, Magdalena Municipality, Jalisco, Mexico
Ex. Dave Stoudt
10.7 x 6.0 x 3.2 cm, 274.1 grams
Winning Bid: $343
Plumbogummite pseudomorphing after Pyromorphite
Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
5.1 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $335
Beryl var: Aquamarine (with rare darker blue ''caps'') (New Find - 2024)
Dara-e-Pech Pegmatite Field, Dara-e-Pech District, Kunar, Afghanistan
7.2 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm, 50.8 grams
Winning Bid: $496
Manganite (excellent rare locality specimen)
Atikokan Mining Area, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada
5.7 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $269
Datolite
Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk B deposit, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.2 x 6.3 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Spodumene var: Kunzite (GEM crystal)
Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
Ex. Bill Larson
7.0 x 3.3 x 1.7 cm, 63.9 grams
Winning Bid: $575
Stromeyerite (rare classic material)
Příbram District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
Ex. Colin Manlove
6.7 x 6.2 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $367
Fluor-uvite - Uvite Series (Tourmaline) (good sized crystal)
Pomba Pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
3.1 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $280
Cerussite (reticulated ''snowflake'' twins) on Malachite
Palabanda Quarries, Mfouati, Mfouati Dist., Bouenza Dept., Republic of the Congo
8.8 x 8.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Quartz var: Agate / Chalcedony pseudomorph after Gastropod
Western Sahara, Morocco
7.4 x 4.3 x 1.6 cm and 7.7 x 4.4 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Aragonite (near ''floater'' specimen - 2023 find)
Gallo River, Molina de Aragón, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain (Type Locality)
6.3 x 5.8 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Fluorapatite (good sized crystal - classic locale)
Cerro de Mercado Mine, Victoria de Durango, Cerro de los Remedios, Mun. de Durango, Durango, Mexico
5.2 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Chrysocolla coated by Quartz
Mount Glorious Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.3 x 8.1 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Calcite coated by Apophyllite
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Rich Kosnar
10.8 x 8.3 x 8.1 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Stokesite on Quartz (rare matrix specimen)
Urucum Mine, Barra do Cuieté, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Brian Kosnar
9.6 x 6.2 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $633
Pink Fluorite (''floater'' specimen)
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
3.7 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $460
Quartz (scepter)
Spruce Ridge, Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River, Snoqualmie Mining District, King County, Washington, USA
4.7 x 3.2 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Brookite (gemmy ''phantom'' crystal) on matrix
Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan
8.7 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Prehnite
Djouga Diggings, Bendougou village, Arrondissement of Diakon, Bafoulabé Cercle, Kayes Region, Mali
14.3 x 7.3 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $269
Stibnite with Dolomite
Xikuangshan Sb deposit, Lengshuijiang Co., Loudi, Hunan, China
12.3 x 8.7 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Gold
813 pit, Alta Gold Mine, Olinghouse Mining District, Pah Rah Range, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
14.2 x 13.7 x 6.9 cm
Winning Bid: $269
Calcite (rare lavender colored twin) on Calcite
Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
8.8 x 7.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,750
Cerussite (fine rare locality specimen)
Granby Field, Tri-State District, Newton Co., Missouri, USA
3.4 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $321
Quartz (''Faden'') (RARE Brazilian locale)
Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Paul Zerfass
13.3 x 6.6 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $269
Fluorite (GEM crystals)
Xianghualing Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
16.1 x 9.3 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $850