Assorted Mineral Specimen Auction

Mixed specimens this week include gem crystals, classic locales, fine display specimens and a selection of assorted pieces from our inventory and collections we've purchased such as Demetrius Pohl, Chet Lemanski, Dr. Vasco Trancoso, Kurt Hefendehl, Bill and Anne Cook, Colin Manlove, 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 LUDLAMITE specimen from the Colavi Mine, Bolivia
2. Fantastic twinned CASSITERITE crystals from Brazil – ex Brian Kosnar
3. Rare beautiful AQUAMARINE crystals with rare DARK BLUE "CAPS" from Pakistan
4. Wonderful thumbnail specimen of HEMIMORPHITE from the 79 Mine in Arizona – ex Kyle Kevorkian Collection
5. Gorgeous "ICE" FLUORITE crystals from the Huanggang Mine, China – ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection
6. Superb matrix display specimen of AUSTINITE from the Ojuela Mine, Mexico – ex Brian Kosnar
7. GEM QUALITY DIASPORE crystal from Turkey – ex Demetrius Pohl Collection
8. Rarely seen FLUORITE with GREENOCKITE from Kentucky – ex Chet Lemanski Collection
9. Attractive RUBY SPINEL crystal from Myanmar – ex Ron Romanella Collection
10. Eye-catching rare golden colored TOURMALINE (polished slice) from Mexico – ex Bill Larson Collection
11. Rarities include LINNAEITE, LOPEZITE (synthetic), GETCHELLITE, INDERITE and HUBEITE

                                                                                                                                                     

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Vesuvianite
Hashupa Epidote Occurrence, Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.7 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Tourmaline with Lepidolite
Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan
4.9 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $430
Austinite (excellent rare classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Ex. Brian Kosnar
5.0 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $415
Pyrite (classic material)
Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Ex. Rich Kosnar
6.7 x 4.4 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $115
Calcite (GEM twin)
Sokolovskoe Iron Mine, Rudny, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan
Ex. Rich Kosnar
5.2 x 4.8 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Nickelskutterudite (formerly Chloanthite)
Schlema, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
Ex. Colin Manlove
7.9 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Linnaeite (very rare locality specimen)
Littfeld, Kreuztal, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Ex. Colin Manlove
5.4 x 4.2 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $276
Calcite (Cobalt-bearing) with Safflorite
Tamdrost Mine, Tamdrost, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Colin Manlove
5.3 x 4.8 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Hemimorphite (excellent thumbnail)
79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner Dist., Gila Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Kyle Kevorkian
2.5 x 1.7 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Azurite with Malachite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Mun., Sonora, Mexico
4.5 x 4.5 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $215
Diamond (3 crystal set)
Miba Mine, Mbuji Mayi, Kasaï-Oriental, Democratic Republic of Congo 
0.3 x 0.3 x 0.3 cm (approx each), 1.05 ct (total weight)
Winning Bid: $185
Spessartine Garnet on Microcline
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
5.6 x 4.7 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $261
Calcite on Stilbite Subgroup (classic locality)
Malmberget, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
Ex. Brian Kosnar
5.2 x 2.9 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $107
Fluorite (multi-color "phantom" crystals)
Okorusu Mine (Okarusu Mine), Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
4.7 x 3.2 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $455
Wavellite (fine color and quality)
Dug Hill, Avant, Garland Co., Arkansas, USA
10.6 x 9.3 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $221
Fluorite with rare Greenockite association
Eagle-Babb Mine, Salem, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, USA
Ex. Chet Lemanski
9.9 x 9.9 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $98
Rhodochrosite
Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdan Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
3.2 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $171
Fluorite (''ice crystals'')
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
5.3 x 4.6 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $850
Calcite (classic material)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
9.6 x 8.1 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $236
Quartz var: Rose (1970s)
Ilha Claim (Lavra da Ilha), Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Rich Kosnar
4.7 x 3.6 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $850
Forsterite var: Peridot
Sapat Gali, Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
3.1 x 1.6 x 0.2 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Smithsonite var: Copper-bearing
Hilarion Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion, Lavreotiki, Attica, Greece
7.5 x 5.7 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Lopezite (synthetic)
N/A
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
1.3 x 1.2 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Hydroxylapatite (rare)
Oksøyekollen apatittbrudd, Snarum, Modum, Viken, Norway
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
4.9 x 4.3 x 3.2
Winning Bid: $69
Diaspore (gemmy twin - color change)
Muğla Province, Turkey
Ex. Demetrius Pohl
4.5 x 2.3 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $265
Siderite (rare large locality specimen)
Aue-Bad Schlema, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
Ex. Chet Lemanski
14.5 x 14.2 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Lavendulan
Hilarion Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion, Lavreotiki, Attica, Greece
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
4.9 x 2.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Baryte pseudomorph / ''cast'' after Celestine (RARE locality specimen)
Sub-Rosiclare Level, Annabel Lee Mine, Harris Creek Mining Sub-Dist., Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. Wouter Van Tichelen
3.3 x 2.9 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Ilmenite (fine crystals)
Arendal, Agder, Norway
Ex. Steve Chamberlain; Josef Vajdak
4.7 x 2.5 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $277
Spinel (Ruby Spinel)
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin Dist., Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Ex. Ron Romanella
3.3 x 3.1 x 2.7 cm, 35.1 grams
Winning Bid: $675