Assorted Mineral Auction - Worldwide Items

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 Kurt Hefendehl, Chet Lemanski, Bill and Anne Cook, Dave Bergman, Brian Kosnar 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. Excellent classic BENITOITE on matrix from California – ex Colin Manlove Collection
2. GEM FLUORITE crystals on QUARTZ from China – ex Brian Kosnar Collection
3. Classic CUPRITE on COPPER from Bisbee, Arizona – ex Dave Bergman Collection
4. RARE gemmy blue-green TOURMALINE from an obscure NIGERIAN locality
5. Attractive, hard to find IMPERIAL TOPAZ from a recent find in Zambia
6. Wonderful GOLD specimen from a rare Arizona locality
7. Desirable CARLETONITE thumbnail from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec
8.  Wonderful PROUSTITE on matrix from Morocco
9.  Historic AMAZONITE from Colorado – Mined in 1936 – ex Rich Kosnar Collection
10. Rarities include KIPUSHITE, ZANAZZIITE, JACOBSITE, WELOGANITE and LUDJIBAITE

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Epidote
Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Shigar Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Chet Lemanski
5.8 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $153
Erythrite with Skutterudite
Bou Azzer Mine, Ouisselsate Caïdat, Ouarzazate Prov., Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
2.2 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $253
Zanazziite with Eosphorite
Taquaral, Minas Gerais, Brazil (type locality)
Ex. Colin Manlove
7.3 x 4.9 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $59
Quartz var: Chrysoprase
Marlborough, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia
9.7 x 5.7 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $406
Calcite with iron oxide inclusions
San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia Dist., Chihuahua, Mexico
5.7 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Galena
Madan Ore Field, Smolyan Prov., Bulgaria
Ex. Al Kidwell
4.2 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Azurite
Liufengshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.7 x 4.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $151
Jacobsite (very rare)
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
7.2 x 6.7 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $173
Spessartine Garnet on Muscovite
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
Ex. Chet Lemanski
6.4 x 5.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Ankerite after Calcite on Goethite
Niederschlema, Bad Schlema, Aue-Bad Schlema, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook; Herb Obodda
7.1 x 5.7 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $48
Kipushite (incredibly rare)
Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo (Type Locality)
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
2.7 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $171
Cuprite on Copper (old classic)
Bisbee, Warren District, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Dave Bergman
7.3 x 6.3 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $295
Tennantite Subgroup pseudomorph after Azurite (classic material)
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
5.2 x 1.7 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $126
Imperial Topaz (rare locality)
Karengerenge village, Solwezi District, North-Western Prov., Zambia
2.7 x 1.2 x 1.0 cm, 7.3 grams
Winning Bid: $246
Corundum
near Mica Siding, Letaba Dist., Transvaal, South Africa
Ex. Al Kidwell
6.2 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm, 160.5 grams
Winning Bid: $179
Pyrite
Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
4.3 x 3.6 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Spodumene (heavily etched ''floater'' crystal) with Smoky Quartz
Dara-e-Pech Pegmatite Field, Dara-e-Pech District, Kunar, Afghanistan
12.3 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm, 64.90 grams
Winning Bid: $249
Proustite
Imiter Mine, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
9.2 x 8.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $505
Ludjibaite (exceptionally rare)
Ludjiba Mountains, Shinkolobwe, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo (Type Locality)
Ex. Wouter Van Tichelen
4.7 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $625
Uvarovite Garnet
Saranovskii Mine, Sarany Village, Permskaya Oblast', Ural Mts, Russia (Type Locality)
5.1 x 3.3 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $299
Fluorite (''Tanzanite Fluorite'')
Yongchun Co., Quanzhou, Fujian, China
8.3 x 5.7 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $460
Smithsonite (cadmium-bearing)
Wenshan, Yunnan, China
8.2 x 5.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Fluorite (RARE Locality!)
Cuanhama, Cuanhama, Cunene Prov., Angola
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
4.4 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,023
Lepidolite (excellent crystal)
Pederneira Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
4.1 x 3.4 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Datolite on Calcite
Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.3 x 7.3 x 6.9 cm
Winning Bid: $241
Carletonite (very rare)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
Ex. Colin Manlove
2.2 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $535
Fluorite (GEM crystals) on Quartz
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Brian Kosnar
11.3 x 10.2 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $1,750
Vanadinite (great quality)
Mibladen Dist., Midelt Prov., Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
3.3 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $375
Inesite (classic material)
Hale Creek Mine, Mad River Rock, Coastal Range, Trinity Co., California, USA
4.7 x 3.4 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $299
Quartz (''Mango Quartz'')
Cabiche, Quípama Mun., Boyacá Dept., Colombia
6.7 x 6.2 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $2,100