$249 Special Auction - Minerals

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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Copper (classic locality)
Ray Mine, Scott Mountain, Dripping Springs Mts., Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
11.7 x 8.8 x 5.2 cm, 385.6 grams
Winning Bid: $381
Baryte on Fluorite (fluorescent)
Xiefang Mine, Ruijin Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
11.7 x 8.7 x 7.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Topaz (classic locality)
Klein Spitzkopje granite stock, Spitzkopje Area, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Ex. Ron Romanella
6.3 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm, 96.0 grams
Winning Bid: $343
Stibnite on Siderite
Herja Mine, Baia Mare, Maramureș County, Romania
10.3 x 8.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $320
Cinnabar on Dolomite (classic material)
Tongren, Guizhou, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.2 x 5.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $675
Fluorite (multi-color crystals)
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
Ex. Jason Adams
9.5 x 7.2 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,800
Hemimorphite on Goethite/Limonite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
8.8 x 6.6 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $625
Spodumene (doubly-terminated ''floater'' crystal)
Kunar, Afghanistan
12.0 x 3.7 x 1.9 cm, 114.8 grams
Calcite (unusual color)
San Martín Mine, Sombrerete Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
10.1 x 7.1 x 3.2 cm
Calcite (Manganese-bearing) (fluorescent)
Verkhnii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.3 x 5.7 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $330
Indicolite Tourmaline (doubly-terminated)
Pederneira Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
11.0 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm, 22.7 grams
Winning Bid: $310
Microcline (''Baveno'' Twin) with Aquamarine
Pingwu Beryl Mine, Huya Township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Pref., Sichuan, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
6.3 x 5.3 x 4.3 cm
Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Stilbite-(Ca)
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
9.4 x 9.2 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $370
Beryllonite (rare - good sized crystal)
Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan
Ex. Herb Obodda
9.7 x 7.1 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Zoisite var: Tanzanite (4 colors!) with Prehnite
D-Block Mine, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
Ex. Brian Kosnar
5.2 x 2.3 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $2,550
Ilvaite (fine classic material)
Laxey Mine, South Mountain Dist., Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA
Ex. Brian Kosnar
7.2 x 4.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $425
Cerussite (gemmy smoky colored twin)
Mfouati Mine, Mfouati Dist., Bouenza Dept., Republic of the Congo
3.7 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
Austinite (fine rare classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.7 x 2.8 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Dioptase (fine crystals) with Plancheite
Kimbedi, Mindouli Dist., Pool Dept., Republic of the Congo
7.2 x 3.6 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Cuprite (superb crystals)
Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Ex. Brian Kosnar; Wouter van Tichelen
5.4 x 5.2 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Mimetite
Pingtouling Mine, Liannan Co., Qingyuan Prefecture, Guangdong, China
8.3 x 4.6 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $580
Acanthite (excellent crystals)
Imiter Mine, Djebel Saghro, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draa Region, Morocco
5.0 x 3.2 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $435
Pink Chalcedony (fluorescent)
South of Deming, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA
6.2 x 5.6 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Quartz coated by Hematite
Orange River, Southern Africa
7.7 x 6.7 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $413
Pyromorphite (classic material)
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Ex. Paul Zerfass
13.2 x 10.3 x 8.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,110
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite
Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
8.0 x 3.2 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Silver on Copper (classic material)
Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USA
Ex. Colin Manlove
3.0 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $315
Azurite (superb thumbnail)
Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. F. John Barlow; Roland & Kathy Sherman
2.3 x 1.8 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Scheelite (fine crystal) on Muscovite (fluorescent)
Pingwu Beryl Mine, Huya Township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Pref., Sichuan, China
Ex. Brian Kosnar
6.2 x 6.0 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $332
Calcite var: Manganese-bearing (fluorescent)
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit (Huanggang Mine), Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
8.7 x 6.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $359