$249 Reserve Pieces 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 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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Lavender Chalcedony (fluorescent) (NEW FIND)
Green Fire Prospect, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
8.3 x 6.2 x 4.6 cm
Starting Bid: $249
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Close Time: 01/04/2025 6:45:00 pm (CST)
Corundum var: Ruby (RARE classic locality specimen)
John Saul Mine, Tsavo West, Voi, Taita-Taveta County, Kenya
Ex. Bill Larson
2.0 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm
Current Bid: $249
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Close Time: 01/04/2025 6:45:00 pm (CST)
Microcline on Muscovite ''cast''
Araçuaí, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.3 x 6.1 x 4.8 cm
Starting Bid: $249
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Close Time: 01/04/2025 6:45:00 pm (CST)
Calcite (Manganese-bearing)
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.3 x 5.9 x 5.3 cm
Starting Bid: $249
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Close Time: 01/04/2025 6:45:00 pm (CST)
Baryte and Marcasite (polished)
Lubin Główny shafts, Lubin, Lubin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
19.4 x 9.3 x 1.2 cm, 484 grams
Starting Bid: $249
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Fluorite
Xinyang, Henan, China
6.7 x 5.9 x 2.6 cm
Starting Bid: $249
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Olmiite (rare)
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa (Type Locality)
Ex. Shields Flynn
9.5 x 8.6 x 2.8 cm
Current Bid: $477
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Arsenopyrite with Löllingite
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
8.7 x 7.8 x 5.6 cm
Starting Bid: $249
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Close Time: 01/04/2025 6:45:00 pm (CST)
Cavansite with Stilbite-Ca
Wagholi, Pune District, Maharashtra, India
Ex. Herb Obodda
7.7 x 5.7 x 2.9 cm
Starting Bid: $249
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Goethite (iridescent) coating Quartz
Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
11.8 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
Starting Bid: $249
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Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
4.6 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Starting Bid: $249
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Franckeite var: Potosiite (very rare large crystals) on Franckeite
San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
Ex. Brian Kosnar
9.5 x 3.8 x 3.1 cm
Starting Bid: $249
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Calcite (GEM twinned crystals)
Sokolovskoe Iron Mine, Rudny, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan
8.2 x 5.2 x 4.7 cm
Starting Bid: $249
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Rutile (twin) on Pyrophyllite (classic material)
Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mts, Mono Co., California, USA
5.7 x 3.1 x 1.3 cm
Starting Bid: $249
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Close Time: 01/04/2025 6:45:00 pm (CST)
Fluorite (strong color)
Shanshulin Mine, Zhongshan District, Liupanshui, Guizhou, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
10.8 x 9.1 x 5.3 cm
Current Bid: $249
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Bertrandite (rare)
Golconda Pegmatite Field, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Colin Manlove
6.1 x 5.7 x 4.2 cm
Starting Bid: $249
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Azurite with Malachite (fine locality specimen)
Burra Burra Copper Mine, Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
10.2 x 7.2 x 4.2 cm
Current Bid: $323
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Fluorite (''ice crystals'') on Magnetite (rare combo)
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
11.3 x 6.7 x 5.0 cm
Current Bid: $249
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Cinnabar on Dolomite
Chatian Mine, Chatian Hg-Zn ore field, Fenghuang Co., Xiangxi, Hunan, China
Ex. Shields Flynn
6.3 x 5.7 x 4.1 cm
Current Bid: $249
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Quartz var: Smoky with Calcite and ''Chlorite''
Dodo Mine, Saranpaul, Berezovo district, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
10.7 x 8.3 x 5.7 cm
Starting Bid: $249
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Close Time: 01/04/2025 6:45:00 pm (CST)
Wulfenite (classic material)
Red Cloud Mine, Silver Dist., La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
4.3 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Current Bid: $537
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Babingtonite with Prehnite
Babingtonite occurrences, Qiaojia County, Zhaotong, Yunnan, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
7.2 x 4.7 x 2.6 cm
Starting Bid: $249
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Sphalerite (gemmy twinned crystals)
Rucheng Mine, Caojia, Nuanshui, Rucheng Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
6.9 x 6.7 x 4.2 cm
Starting Bid: $249
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Smithsonite (uncommon locality)
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund Constituency, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
8.5 x 7.2 x 6.1 cm
Current Bid: $249
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Tourmaline on Quartz
Chhappu, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
8.1 x 6.3 x 3.2 cm
Current Bid: $249
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Fluorite (gemmy ''ice'' crystal)
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.3 x 5.7 x 5.2 cm
Current Bid: $249
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Close Time: 01/04/2025 6:45:00 pm (CST)
Calcite (with iron oxide inclusions)
Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.7 x 4.7 x 4.3 cm
Starting Bid: $249
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Baryte with Malachite inclusions
Shangulowé Mine, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
8.7 x 6.5 x 5.0 cm
Current Bid: $249
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Smithsonite (Cadmium-bearing)
Wenshan, Yunnan, China
8.6 x 4.6 x 4.3 cm
Starting Bid: $249
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Gold with Shattuckite and Malachite (rare combo) (NEW FIND!)
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
2.3 x 2.2 x 0.8 cm
Current Bid: $309
Time Left:
Close Time: 01/04/2025 6:45:00 pm (CST)