Assorted Fine Worldwide 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 Rich Kosnar, Dave Bergman, Kurt Hefendehl, Bill and Anne Cook, Chet Lemanski and Colin Manlove!  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 rare purple FLUORITE from Dalnegorsk, Russia (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)

2.  Attractive and unusual RHODOCHROSITE with RARE STILBITE association from Bulgaria

3.  Fine "Spinel"-twinned COPPER specimen from Australia

4.  Classic OPAL pseudomorph replacing fossil MUSSEL SHELL from Australia

5.  Fantastic "cast"/pseudomorph of DOLOMITE after AZURITE from Tsumeb (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)

6.  Beautiful rare green AUGLELITE crystals on matrix from Yukon, Canada (ex Dave Bergman Collection)

7.  Excellent "Alpine-type" ZOISITE from Pakistan (ex Kurt Hefendehl Collection)

8. Eye-catching VANADINITE crystal group from Morocco

9.  Gorgeous rare strong yellow color BRUCITE from Pakistan

10. Rarities include DIABOLEITE, MICROLITE, NAKAURIITE, NICKELSKUTTERUDITE and FICHTELITE

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Pyrrhotite
Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.2 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Rhodochrosite with Caryopilite
N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
Ex. Chet Lemanski
4.1 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Nickelskutterudite (formerly Chloanthite)
Schlema, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
Ex. Colin Manlove
10.1 x 8.6 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Fluorite with Quartz (2021 find)
Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
8.0 x 5.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $230
Ficthelite (rare) on Petrified Wood
Wampen, Thiersheim, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Ex. Chet Lemanski
5.2 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Chalcocite
1070 Level, Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk Co., Wisconsin, USA
Ex. Dan Behnke
3.7 x 3.4 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $31
Shattuckite (excellent quality)
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
6.1 x 4.3 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $205
Vesuvianite with Diopside and Clinochlore
Montréal Chrome Pit, Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada
Ex. Gerry Morvell
5.3 x 4.5 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Chrysotile (rare locality specimen)
Royal Green Marble Quarry, Marble Mountain, Phillipsburg, Lopatcong Township, Warren Co., New Jersey, USA
Ex. Chet Lemanski
10.9 x 5.7 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Serpierite
Genna zinc smelter slag locality, Letmathe, Iserlohn, Märkischer Kreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Ex. Colin Manlove
3.7 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Vanadinite (fine crystals)
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
3.5 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $103
Vésigniéite (rare)
Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo
5.7 x 4.1 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $161
Chondrodite (fine crystals)
Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Koksha Valley, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
3.2 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Prehnite (good quality)
O&G Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA
Ex. Gerry Morvell
8.8 x 5.7 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $91
Fluorite with Quartz "casts" after Calcite
La Fluorita Dulcita Claim, Tombstone, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
6.3 x 4.4 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $46
Augelite
Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada
Ex. Dave Bergman
9.3 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $182
Quartz
K.D. Pocket, Ouray Amphitheater, Ouray Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. Gary Weaver
6.3 x 3.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Creedite (excellent color)
Navidad Mine, Indé Municipality, Durango, Mexico
Ex. Colin Manlove
7.3 x 6.3 x 5.9 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Quartz (var: Citrine) on Danburite (rare combo for the locality)
Charcas, Charcas Municipality, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
4.2 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Calcite with iron oxide
Daye Iron Mine, Huangshi, Hubei, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.2 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Wulfenite
Silver Bill Mine, Costello Mine Group, Gleeson, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Gerry Morvell
6.7 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Andradite Garnet (new find)
Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
3.2 x 3.2 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Willemite
Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Ex. Chet Lemanski
5.6 x 5.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $72
Rhodochrosite with RARE Stilbite association
Starnitsa Deposit, Davidkovo Ore Field, Davidkovo, Banite Municipality, Smolyan Prov., Bulgaria
6.2 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $154
Dolomite pseudomorph after Azurite (excellent)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook; Ed Swoboda
11.0 x 3.2 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $205
Pyrite
Ampliación a Victoria Mine, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain
7.1 x 6.4 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Smithsonite (cadmium-bearing) (New Find!)
Sardinia Stope, Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Magdalena Mining District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
3.1 x 1.2 x 0.7 cm, 10.0 grams
Winning Bid: $70
Fluorite (gemmy crystals)
Moscona Mine, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
10.8 x 6.9 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $383
Zoisite (excellent ''Alpine-type'' specimen)
Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
3.7 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $813
Dioptase (interesting crystallization)
Mpita Mine, Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo
9.7 x 7.2 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $204