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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Fluorite on Quartz (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Sunnyside Mine, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, Eureka District, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA
4.3 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $172
Galena (rare octahedral habit) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
Eagle Picher Mine, Galena, Cherokee Co., Kansas, USA
6.7 x 4.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $99
Precious Opal in Rhyolite (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Mezezo Opal Occurrence, North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
4.1 x 4.0 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $153
Fluorite (beautiful color zoning)
White Rock Quarry, Clay Center, Ottawa Co., Ohio, USA
6.0 x 4.6 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $181
Atacamite (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
La Farola Mine, Atacama Prov., Chile (Type Locality)
7.2 x 6.2 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $205
Allophane (fine blue color) with Creedite
Qinglong Mine, Dachang Sb ore field, Qinglong County, Qianxinan, Guizhou, China
4.1 x 3.3 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $55
Malachite (unusual / rare ''stalactite'' locality specimen)
Tentadora Mine, Huancavelica, Peru
2.7 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Fire Agate
Aguascalientes, Mexico
3.1 x 1.6 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Tapiolite (fine quality) (ex Bruce Jarnot Collection)
Brazil
2.7 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $64
Aquamarine (GEMMY crystals) with Muscovite and Albite
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
6.0 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $550
Sphalerite (gemmy crystals) with Dolomite (ex Bill Clark and Gerry Morvell Collections)
Dolomite Products Quarry, Penfield, Monroe Co., New York, USA
5.3 x 4.7 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $350
Antigorite (var: Picrolite) (RARE locality) (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Delight Quarry, Soldiers' Delight Ridge, Delight, Baltimore Co., Maryland, USA
6.3 x 6.1 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $198
Quartz (var: Chalcedony) (''Gobi Agate'') (ex Jim Houran Collection)
Gobi Desert, Mongolia
3.4 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $112
Pyromorphite
Resuperferolitica Mine, Minas Viejas, Santa Eufemia, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
6.2 x 5.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Amazonite (white cap crystal) (ex Bill Sobolewski Collection)
Crystal Park Area, Park Co., Colorado, USA
3.8 x 3.2 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Cavansite
Wagholi, Pune District, Maharashtra, India
5.3 x 3.7 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $101
Millerite on Calcite (rare locality specimen) (ex Kurt Hefendehl Collection)
Saranovskii Mine, Saranovskaya Village, Gornozavodskii District, Perm Krai, Russia
4.7 x 3.2 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $226
Goethite pseudomorph after Pyrite (ex Dr. Barratt Phillips Collection)
Norfolk Southern Railroad Bellevue Yard Occurrence, Erie Co., Ohio, USA
4.8 x 4.7 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Perovskite (classic material)
Rocca Castellaccio, Ciappanico, Torre di Santa Maria, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
7.2 x 5.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Parisite-(Ce) (rare large crystals) (ex Steve Pullman Collection)
Snowbird Mine, Fish Creek, Alberton, Mineral Co., Montana, USA
4.5 x 1.3 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Brookite with Quartz (ex Dr. Vasco Trancoso Collection)
Kharan District, Balochistan Region, Pakistan
2.7 x 1.6 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $311
Magnesite
Pomba Pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
6.7 x 4.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $379
Borocookeite (very rare) on Rubellite Tourmaline (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Malkhan Pegmatite Field, Krasnyi Chikoy, Krasnochikoysky District, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia
4.7 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Zoisite (rare MARYLAND locality) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Milford Quarry, Baltimore Co., Maryland, USA
8.4 x 7.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $87
Staurolite (twin) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Pestsovye Keivy, Keivy Mountains, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
9.7 x 6.3 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Dolomite pseudomorph after Calcite (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)
Durham, England, UK
6.7 x 5.7 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Spessartine with Galena (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
8.8 x 5.6 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $206
Strontianite (classic material) (ex Günther Schnorrer Collection)
Oberdorf Magnesite Deposit, Oberdorf, Tragöß-Sankt Katharein, Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District, Styria, Austria
5.3 x 4.3 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Paravauxite on Vauxite (very rare)
Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Prov., Potosi, Bolivia (Type Locality for both species)
7.2 x 6.8 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $495
Titanite with Muscovite on Orthoclase (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Acushnet Quarry, Acushnet, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA
10.3 x 7.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $298