Assorted Fine Minerals Auction

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 Rich Kosnar, Dave Bergman, Kurt Hefendehl, Bill and Anne Cook, Chet Lemanski, Dr. Vasco Trancoso, Dr. Stephen Smale 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.  Wonderful gemmy blue cubic FLUORITE from the Minerva No. 1 Mine, Illinois (ex Dave Bergman Collection)

2.  Superb, classic DIOPTASE crystals with CALCITE from Tsumeb (ex Dave Bergman Collection)

3.  Classic twinned CERUSSITE with DOUBLY-TERMINATED MIMETITE from Tsumeb (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)

4.  Beautiful pink and green TOURMALINE crystals on matrix from Vietnam (ex Dr. Vasco Trancoso Collection)

5.  Attractive micro crystals of GOLD from Nevada

6.  Excellent GEM QUALITY rare DRAVITE TOURMALINE crystal from Tanzania      

7.  Fine rare GOSHENITE BERYL from the Cryo-Genie Mine in San Diego County, California

8.  Superb LIBETHENITE on matrix from the Nkana Mine, Zambia (ex Colin Manlove Collection)

9.  Outstanding classic ORPIMENT from the Twin Creeks Mine, Nevada (ex Colin Manlove Collection)                         

10. Rarities include MANGANVESUVIANITE, YUGAWARALITE with GOOSECREEKITE, FRANKLINITE and CYANOTRICHITE             

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Amethyst
Piedra Parada, Tatatila Municipality, Veracruz, Mexico
5.8 x 3.7 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Scheelite (rare locality - fluorescent)
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.3 x 5.3 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $83
Cerussite with doubly-terminated Mimetite
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Brian Kosnar
6.3 x 4.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $222
Grossular Garnet (large crystal)
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
6.2 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Hematite (''iron rose'')
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
5.3 x 4.6 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $269
Wulfenite
Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos Mts, Ahumada Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
6.0 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Quartz (var: Chalcedony) (var: Agate)
Chihuahua, Mexico
15.5 x 11.2 x 4.5 cm & 15.8 x 11.7 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Chrysoberyl (twin) (2013 find)
Ambatondrazaka District, Alaotra-Mangoro Region, Toamasina Province (Tamatave), Madagascar
1.6 x 1.3 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $31
Franklinite (classic material)
Franklin Mine, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (Type Locality)
Ex. Gerry Morvell
5.3 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $107
Calcite with Boulangerite inclusions
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
Ex. Rich Kosnar
6.5 x 6.1 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $585
Fluorite (''ice'' crystals)
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.3 x 7.9 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $634
Dravite Tourmaline (GEMMY crystal - rare color)
Landanai, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
4.5 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm, 15.7 grams
Winning Bid: $1,700
Lavender Chalcedony (fluorescent) (NEW FIND)
Green Fire Prospect, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
4.5 x 4.0 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Libethenite (superb quality)
Nkana Mine (Rokana Mine), Kitwe, Kitwe District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
Ex. Colin Manlove
6.7 x 4.5 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $291
Pyrope Garnet
Hamarøy, Nordland, Norway
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
7.6 x 5.2 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $193
Fire Agate
Aguascalientes, Mexico
5.3 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Fluorite (gemmy blue crystals)
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. Dave Bergman
7.6 x 7.2 x 7.1 cm
Winning Bid: $1,250
Bournonite (''cogwheels'') on Quartz
Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Potosi, Bolivia
10.7 x 7.2 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $225
Helvine with Spessartine Garnet, etc.
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.2 x 3.8 x 2.3. cm
Winning Bid: $245
Azurite (''sun'')
Malbunka Copper Mine, Areyonga, Gardiner Range, MacDonnell Region, Northern Territory, Australia
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
7.6 x 6.2 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $297
Rhodonite (classic material)
Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Ex. Carl Acosta
5.3 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $580
Smithsonite (fine color)
El Refugio Mine, Choix, Choix Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
10.1 x 6.7 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $126
Rutile on Pyrophyllite
Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mts, Mono Co., California, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
5.2 x 4.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Manganvesuvianite (rare)
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa (Type Locality)
8.5 x 5.2 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $1,257
Calcite with Amethyst
Iraí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
12.8 x 9.2 x 8.7 cm
Winning Bid: $900
Zoisite (var: Tanzanite)
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
3.2 x 1.2 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $256
Spessartine Garnet on Microcline
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
3.8 x 3.2 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $325