$249 Minerals Reserve Auction

Feb 29 $249 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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Beryl var: Aquamarine on Albite
Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Bill Larson
7.2 x 6.3 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $625
Sphalerite (RARE Peruvian locality) (rare green crystals)
Ticlio Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín, Peru
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.7 x 7.7 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $400
Andradite with Quartz (uncommon association for the locality)
Quartzite Mountain, Stanley Mining District, Santa Teresa Mountains, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA
6.9 x 6.5 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Cerussite (reticulated ''snowflake'' twins) on Malachite
Palabanda Quarries, Mfouati, Mfouati Dist., Bouenza Dept., Republic of the Congo
8.6 x 6.9 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $724
Hematite var: Kidney Ore (fine locality specimen)
Irhoud Mine, Youssoufia Province, Marrakesh-Safi Region, Morocco
9.3 x 7.8 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $460
Pyromorphite (classic material)
9th Level, Deadwood-Jersey Vein, Bunker Hill Mine, Yreka Mining District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA
Ex. Jason Adams; Kay Robertson
3.5 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $290
Quartz var: Chalcedony var: Chrysoprase
Yerilla Chrysoprase Mine, Yerilla Station, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Ex. Ron Romanella
7.7 x 6.3 x 2.2 cm, 106.1 grams
Heulandite-Ca
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
10.3 x 7.2 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $387
Prehnite with Epidote
Djouga Diggings, Bendougou, Diakon, Arrondissement of Diakon, Bafoulabé Cercle, Kayes Region, Mali
Ex. Demetrius Pohl
11.7 x 10.3 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $330
Brucite (rare rich yellow color)
Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan
11.7 x 9.1 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $370
Sphalerite (rare locality specimen)
North Quarry, Dundas Quarry, West Flamborough Township, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Ex. Brian Kosnar
5.2 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $319
Wulfenite (large crystals) coated by Quartz
Mfouati, Mfouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo
5.7 x 5.3 x 4.7 cm
Magnetite (excellent crystal) with Peridot
Sapat Gali, Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Ex. Tama Higuchi; Brian Kosnar
3.7 x 2.6 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Microcline var: Amazonite (rare "striped" crystal)
Lake George, Park Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. Brian Kosnar
3.7 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Vanadinite (beautiful crystallization)
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
3.1 x 2.7 x 1.2 cm
Epidote (GEM ''Faden'' crystal group)
Hashupa Epidote Locality, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Rich Kosnar
6.2 x 5.3 x 0.2 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Blue Amber (fluorescent)
Lampung Prov., Indonesia
4.6 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm, 51.4 grams
Winning Bid: $249
Gypsum (''floater'' specimen) (fluorescent)
Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.1 x 6.7 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $505
Larimar (Natural Blue Pectolite) (LARGE stone!)
Filipinas Larimar Mine, Los Checheses, Sierra de Baoruco, Barahona Province, Dominican Republic
47.17 mm x 29.16 mm, 101.00 carats
Winning Bid: $361
Fluorite (rare locality)
Larkin's Quarry, Shannapheasteen, Costelloe, Connemara, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland
14.7 x 12.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $831
Braunite (rare - large crystals)
N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Ex. Colin Manlove
2.4 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Pyrite
Niccioleta Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
Ex. Giancarlo Fioravanti
8.7 x 6.7 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Rhodochrosite with Goethite
Potosí Mine, Francisco Portillo, West Camp, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
10.2 x 7.8 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $503
Fluorite (''ice'' crystals) on scepter Quartz with Helvine
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
14.3 x 10.8 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $631
Schorl with Fluorite and Microcline
Erongo Mountains, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
11.0 x 9.5 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $475
Quartz var: Smoky and Amethyst (''phantom'' crystal)
Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Ex. Brian Kosnar; Steve and Clara Smale
8.1 x 3.6 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,051
Topaz (natural bi-colored crystals) (RARE matrix specimen)
Khoroshiv Raion, Zhytomyr Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine
Ex. Brian Kosnar
9.5 x 8.2 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $751
Emerald (HUGE faceted stone)
Bubani Mine, Ajmer District, Rajasthan, India
91.40 mm x 53.56 mm x 38.17 mm, 1,592 carats (318.4 grams)
Winning Bid: $525
Chrysoberyl var: Alexandrite (twin) on matrix
Carnaíba Mining District, Pindobaçu, Bahia, Brazil
3.7 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $580
Calcite (doubly-terminated crystals) on Baryte
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
10.8 x 7.7 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $435