$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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Smithsonite (cadmium-bearing) (rare for the locality)
Sardinia Stope, Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA
9.7 x 6.7 x 3.1 cm, 337.8 grams
Tourmaline Carvings (matched pair)
Alto Ligonha Pegmatite Field, Zambezia Province, Mozambique
Ex. Rich Kosnar
17.5 mm x 14.5 mm (approx each), 12.01 ct (total weight)
Wire Silver
Hongda Mine, Xiaoqinggou Ag-Mn deposit, Lingqiu County, Datong, Shanxi, China
4.5 x 1.4 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Copper with Cuprite
Bennet Brook, Cape D'Or, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Ex. Brian Kosnar
6.7 x 5.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Opal var: Opal-AN (formerly ''Hyalite Opal'') (rare PURPLE color)
Erongo Mountains, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
7.3 x 6.6 x 2.6 cm
Calcite (twins) with iron oxide inclusions
Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper Mine), Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei, China
Ex. Brian Kosnar
17.1 x 13.8 x 8.4 cm
Winning Bid: $408
Azurite on Malachite
Liufengshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China
7.7 x 5.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $282
Beryl var: Aquamarine with Muscovite
Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.2 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Stilbite-(Ca) (''bow tie'') with Fluorapophyllite-(K)
Pathardi, Nashik District, Nashik Division, Maharashtra, India
Ex. Rock Currier
10.6 x 7.7 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $480