Assorted Fine Minerals

Mixed specimens this week include gem crystals, classic locales, fine display specimens and a selection of assorted piece from our inventory and collections we've purchased such as Dave Bergman, Bob Reynolds, Kurt Hefendel, Bill and Anne Cook, Chet Lemanski, Al Kidwell and more!  Look for attractive higher value pieces this week, all starting at $10 reserve bids!

 

Some of the highlights from this week’s auction include:

 

1. Gemmy green and pink TOURMALINE from Brazil (ex Dave Bergman Collection)

2. Hard to find "White Cap" AMAZONITE from Colorado

3. Attractive "Ram's Horn" WIRE SILVER from the Porco Mine in Bolivia

4. Newly mined IMPERIAL TOPAZ crystal from rare Zambian locality

5. Eye-catching rare TRONA pseudomorph after HALITE from California

6. Excellent gemmy red "Drill Bit" Twinned CINNABAR crystals on matrix from China

7. Wonderful SCHEELITE on a DOUBLY-TERMINATED QUARTZ crystal from China (ex Kurt Hefendehl Collection)

8. Fine quality gemmy "Faden" EPIDOTE from Pakistan (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)

9. Unusual / rare ''stalactite'' MALACHITE specimen from Peru

10. Rarities include PARAVAUXITE, VAUXITE, PARISITE-(Ce) and BOROCOOKEITE

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Rhodochrosite on Quartz (ex Dr. William Logan Collection)
Sunnyside Mine, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA
5.9 x 5.1 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $137
Moonstone (multi-piece rough and cut set)
Various Localities
4.3 x 4.1 x 3.7 cm (specimen)
Winning Bid: $147
Fluorapophyllite-(K) (doubly-terminated) with Stilbite-(Ca) (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
5.3 x 4.8 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Tourmaline (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.2 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Fluorite (gemmy crystal) on Sphalerite
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
5.3 x 5.1 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $554
Copper (''Spinel'' twin)
Itauz Mine, Zhilandy group, Satpayev, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
3.1 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Sphalerite
Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.3 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $175
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
5.2 x 3.2 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Hematite (''iron rose'') (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.9 x 2.4 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $82
Spinel
Mahenge, Morogoro Region, Tanzania
2.7 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $64
Hemimorphite (classic locality) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
9.7 x 8.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $318
Sapphire with Diaspore and Chloritoid
Naxos Island, Naxos, South Aegean, Greece
5.6 x 4.6 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $92
Wire Silver
Porco, Agua de Castilla, Antonio Quijarro Prov., Potosí, Bolivia
1.6 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $38
Imperial Topaz (rare locality)
Karengerenge village, Solwezi District, North-Western Prov., Zambia
2.2 x 0.7 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $246
Trona pseudomorphs after Halite on Trona (rare) (NEW FIND!)
Owens Lake, Olancha, Owens Valley, Inyo County, California, USA
14.9 x 11.3 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Fluorapatite on Quartz (classic material)
Horní Slavkov, Sokolov District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
4.6 x 1.7 x 1.3
Winning Bid: $148
Aragonite (attractive color) (ex Colin Manlove Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
7.7 x 6.4 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Cinnabar (fine ''drill bit'' twins) (ex Colin Manlove Collection)
Chatian Mine, Chatian Hg-Zn ore field, Fenghuang Co., Xiangxi, Hunan, China
4.8 x 4.7 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $800
Fluorite (uncommon locality specimen)
Homestake-Jack Pot Mine, Oatman Mining District, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA
6.9 x 5.8 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $161
Scheelite on doubly-terminated Quartz (ex Kurt Hefendehl Collection)
Pingwu Beryl Mine, Huya Township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan, China
4.3 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Baryte (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)
Cumbria, England, UK
5.5 x 4.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $93
Microcline (Baveno Twin) with Topaz and Albite
Yuno, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
7.3 x 4.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Quartz with Amphibole inclusions (polished)
Serra do Cabral, Buenópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.2 x 3.1 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $101
Hemimorphite (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
9.3 x 7.2 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $211
Epidote (''Faden'') (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Hashupa Epidote Locality, Hashupa, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.7 x 4.3 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $131
Pyrite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
South Mineral Creek, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA
9.2 x 5.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $195
Adamite (Copper-bearing)
Hilarion Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
6.7 x 5.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $93
Chabazite with Calcite (ex Gerry Morvell Collection)
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA
7.7 x 5.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $107
Scorzalite (rare) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Champion Mine, White Mountains, Mono Co., California, USA
8.3 x 6.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $94
Aurichalcite with Hemimorphite and Rosasite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
4.9 x 4.9 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $90