$249 Special - Minerals 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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Quartz with Calcite (self-collected by Dave Bergman)
Camp Bird Mine, Ouray, Ouray Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. Dave Bergman
14.3 x 9.7 x 8.3 cm
Spodumene (doubly-terminated ''floater'' crystal)
Kunar, Afghanistan
12.0 x 3.7 x 1.9 cm, 114.8 grams
Calcite in Fossil Clam Shell
Fort Drum, Okeechobee County, Florida, USA
6.9 x 5.9 x 3.5 cm
Quartz var: Amethyst (''Cactus'' style crystals)
Boekenhoutshoek, Mkobola District, Mpumalanga, South Africa
11.2 x 7.3 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Beryl var: Aquamarine (doubly-terminated) on Albite
Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
8.2 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,200
Tourmaline (doubly-terminated crystals)
Chhappu, Braldu Valley, Shigar Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
8.2 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm, 30.2 grams
Winning Bid: $700
Adamite (Copper-bearing) with Calcite (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
4.2 x 2.8 x 1.5 cm
Dolomite (large twinned crystals)
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Navarre, Spain
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
13.1 x 8.3 x 7.6 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Baryte (polished) (fluorescent)
Rutyna's Pocket, Lubin Mine, Legnica, Lower Silesia, Poland
14.2 x 7.1 x 1.2 cm
Fluorapatite with Arsenopyrite and Quartz
Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.2 x 5.7 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Quartz var: Smoky (rare locality specimen)
Western Slope of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA
Ex. Dave Stoudt
11.7 x 7.2 x 6.0 cm, 601 grams
Winning Bid: $279
Spodumene (bi-colored doubly-terminated ''floater'' crystal)
Dara-e-Pech Pegmatite Field, Dara-e-Pech District, Kunar, Afghanistan
6.0 x 2.5 x 2.1 cm, 69.3 grams
Winning Bid: $249
Ludlamite (large specimen - classic material)
Blackbird Mine, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA
Ex. University of Arizona; Russ Honea
15.2 x 9.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $745
Beryl var: Aquamarine
Pingwu Beryl Mine, Huya Township, Mount Little Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China
Ex. Dr.. Stephen Smale
5.7 x 4.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Hureaulite with Rockbridgeite (rare)
Jocão Claim, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Gerry Morvell
10.2 x 9.3 x 5.6 cm
Smithsonite (Copper-bearing) (beautiful color)
Yanga Koubenza Quarries, Mfouati, Mfouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo
10.5 x 5.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,314
Plumbogummite (excellent color and quality)
Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
8.7 x 7.7 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $420
Corundum var: Ruby
Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa District, Dodoma Region, Tanzania
3.8 x 3.3 x 1.3 cm, 24.9 grams
Winning Bid: $459
Gold on Malachite (rare combo) (NEW FIND!)
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
4.2 x 2.8 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $422
Ferberite (fine crystals) with Arsenopyrite
Tasna Mine, Rosario section of Cerro Tasna, Nor Chichas Province, Potosi, Bolivia
10.6 x 8.3 x 7.7 cm
Winning Bid: $499
Beryl var: Emerald (doubly-terminated)
Mingora Emerald Mines, Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
4.7 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $526
Stilbite-(Ca)
Jalgaon, Maharashtra State, India
14.3 x 11.6 x 9.3 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Spherical Amethyst (''Grapes'')
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Prov., Sulawesi, Indonesia
12.7 x 7.8 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $281
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite
Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Rich Kosnar
8.3 x 8.1 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $459
Chalcocite (fine crystals)
Dzhezkazgan Mining District, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.2 x 6.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Calcite (unique form with a ''Faden''-esque line)
Guilin, Guangxi, China
9.0 x 3.2 x 1.6 cm, 45.0 grams
Winning Bid: $249
Opal var: Opal-AN (formerly ''Hyalite Opal'') (fluorescent)
Erongo Mountains, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
6.5 x 5.1 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Fluorite (GEM crystals) with Calcite
Xianghuapu Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
Ex. Brian Kosnar
15.7 x 7.9 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,010
Vauxite with Paravauxite and Wavellite (rare large specimen)
Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi, Bolivia (Type Locality for Vauxite and Paravauxite)
Ex. Brian Kosnar
11.2 x 8.7 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $325
Fluorite with Quartz
Riemvasmaak Fluorite Occurrences, Riemvasmaak, Kakamas, Kai !Garib Local Municipality, ZF Mgcawu District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
6.3 x 6.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $249