$249 Reserves Mineral 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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Lavender Chalcedony (fluorescent) (NEW FIND)
Green Fire Prospect, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
8.3 x 6.2 x 4.6 cm
Calcite (rare locality specimen)
Steinbruch Glockl, Bösenbrun, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.3 x 4.6 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Bournonite (fine crystals)
Viboras Mine, Machacamarca District, near Colavi, Saavedra Prov., Potosi, Bolivia
4.3 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm
Analcime with Natrolite and Aegirine
Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry) Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
4.7 x 3.3 x 3.1 cm
Sphalerite coated by Chalcopyrite on Quartz
Wuning Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.7 x 7.1 x 3.7 cm
Chalcocite (classic material)
Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk Co., Wisconsin, USA
7.3 x 4.0 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Green Spodumene var: Hiddenite
Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Shields Flynn
3.2 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm, 2.83 grams
Beryl var: Aquamarine (classic locality)
Mt. Antero, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. Dave Bergman
3.2 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm, 13.50 grams
Winning Bid: $249
Topaz on Quartz
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
7.3 x 3.3 x 3.1 cm
Fluorite (gemmy twin) with Aragonite
Queen of Green Pocket, Diana Maria Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Frosterley, Weardale, County Durham, England
8.1 x 5.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Microcline with Beryl var: Aquamarine
Pingwu Beryl Mine, Huya Township, Mount Little Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
7.3 x 6.7 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Rhodochrosite with Calcite
Madem-Lakkos Mine, Stratoni Project, Kassandra Dist., Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
8.3 x 7.9 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $299
Calcite with Chalcopyrite and Malachite (classic locality)
San Pedro Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe Co., New Mexico, USA
8.2 x 5.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Calcite
Chadburn's Quarry, Kyogle, Rous Co., New South Wales, Australia
Ex. Colin Manlove
6.7 x 6.4 x 4.9 cm
Celestine (doubly-terminated) (rare locality specimen)
Hoosier Quarry, Salem, Washington Co., Indiana, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
7.7 x 3.7 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Red Quartz
Tarya Mine, Tinejdad, Er Rachidia Prov., Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
15.2 x 13.8 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $390
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) (fine quality)
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari Mn Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
Ex. Skip Colflesh
8.6 x 7.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $285
Aquamarine (GEM quality - excellent rare locality specimen)
Palermo No. 2 Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Ex. Bob Whitmore
3.4 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm, 5.01 grams
Winning Bid: $249
Spinel var: Pleonaste
Gon phlogopite deposit, Aldan, Sakha, Russia
Ex. Colin Manlove
4.5 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Fluorite (GEMMY crystals)
Ruyuan Fluorite Mine, Ruyuan Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, China
11.8 x 11.4 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $421
Copper pseudomorph after Azurite (''rose'') (classic material)
Copper Rose Mine, San Lorenzo, Georgetown District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA
3.8 x 2.6 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $420
Celestine (rare bi-colored crystals)
Beineu-Kyr, Tuarkyr Mountains, Geok Tepe, Ahal Province, Turkmenistan
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
10.6 x 4.6 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Mottramite (fine quality)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
10.3 x 6.7 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Fluorapatite with Arsenopyrite (classic material)
Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal
17.2 x 7.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $325
Sulfur
El Desierto Mine, San Pablo de Napa, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí, Bolivia
13.2 x 10.6 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Prehnite with Epidote
Djouga Diggings, Bendougou, Diakon, Arrondissement of Diakon, Bafoulabé Cercle, Kayes Region, Mali
Ex. Demetrius Pohl
10.5 x 10.3 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $339
Ettringite with Brucite (rare combo)
Wessels Mine, Kalahari Mn Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
12.8 x 7.3 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Spinel (large crystal group)
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
5.1 x 4.7 x 4.4 cm, 91.8 grams
Winning Bid: $460
Carrollite (good sized crystal)
Kamoya South II Mine, Kamoya, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
4.1 x 3.8 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $363
Beryl var: Morganite on Albite (classic material)
White Queen Mine, Hiriart Hill, Pala Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
Ex. Brian Kosnar
9.3 x 8.8 x 7.2 cm
Winning Bid: $460