Assorted Specimens from Our Backroom

This week's set features a selection of many high-quality specimens from assorted collections and parcels we've acquired over the years. Recent finds, classics and even some rarities that have been hidden in our back drawers are highlighted within this auction set!

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Pink Fluorite
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
Ex. Jason Adams
7.3 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,615
Gold with Atacamite (rare combo)
La Compañia Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Prov., Antofagasta, Chile
Ex. John Dagenais
8.1 x 4.2 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $283
Beryl var: Emerald (classic Russian locality)
Malyshevo, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
Ex. Bill Larson
4.0 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $2,717
Arsenopyrite on Sphalerite (fine quality)
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
7.3 x 5.7 x 5.1 c,
Winning Bid: $267
Fluorite (unusually colored crystal) on Quartz
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
8.7 x 7.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $479
Wulfenite (classic locality)
Rowley Mine, Theba, Painted Rock Mining District, Painted Rock Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Ex. Jason Adams
8.3 x 7.3 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $755
Diopside (superb GEMMY crystal)
Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.1 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm, 24.7 grams
Winning Bid: $703
Corundum var: Sapphire on Spinel (rare combo)
Ratnapura, Sri Lanka
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
2.4 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $565
Siderite (fine old classic material)
Neudorf, Harzgerode Mining District, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Ex. Herb Obodda
14.7 x 9.4 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $335
Forsterite var: Peridot (sharp gemmy crystal) with Ludwigite inclusions
Sapat Gali, Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra Dist., Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
3.6 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm, 20.4 grams
Winning Bid: $245
Fluorite (2 generations) with Quartz and Muscovite
Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
8.3. x 7.2 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $950
Kröhnkite (rare classic material)
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile (Type Locality)
Ex. John Dagenais
6.0 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $125
Pyromorphite (fine old classic)
Barstow's Trench, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells Mining Region, Cumbria, England, UK
Ex. Ralph Sutcliffe
2.3 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Quartz var: Amethyst (''flower'')
Ametista do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Ex. Bob Reynolds
12.3 x 9.3 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $232
Sphalerite (excellent twin)
Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Dave Bergman
5.9 x 4.0 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Rhodonite (classic material)
Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Ex. Dave Bergman
5.0 x 3.7 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $1,050
Tourmaline (multi-color doubly-terminated crystals) with Albite
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains Massif, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.3 x 2.5 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $206
Calcite (GEMMY ''butterfly'' twins)
José María Patoni, San Juan del Río Municipality, Durango, Mexico
7.6 x 6.3 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Vanadinite (fine crystals) on Baryte
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
5.1 x 4.4 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $1,575
Titanite (GEM twin) with Calcite
Tormiq Valley, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.8 x 4.3 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Copper (large fine specimen)
Ray Mine, Scott Mountain, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Wayne Thompson
16.2 x 9.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $255
Tourmaline (interesting colors)
Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
6.4 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm, 6.8 grams
Winning Bid: $220
Quartz (''Faden'') (rare matrix specimen)
Tole, Wana, South Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Ex. Herb Obodda
10.3 x 9.2 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $575
Grossular var: Hessonite (rare CUBIC faces!)
Faiallo Pass, Urbe, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
Ex. Colin Manlove
8.8 x 5.2 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Aquamarine (classic locality)
Jaquetô Mine, Guaratinga, Bahia, Brazil
Ex. Rich Kosnar
7.7 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm, 8.9 grams
Winning Bid: $360
Goethite on Malachite (rare locality specimen)
Sepon Mine, Vilabouly District, Savannakhet Province, Laos
6.3 x 4.3 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $551
Smithsonite (Copper-bearing)
Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
4.1 x 2.6 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $725
Quartz var: Amethyst, Smoky and Scepter (large specimen)
Petersen Mountain, Hallelujah Junction area, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA
19.6 x 12.2 x 9.3 cm
Winning Bid: $485
Azurite with Malachite ''snail''
Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Ex. Rich Kosnar
6.0 x 4.1 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $420
Smithsonite (large multi-colored specimen)
El Refugio Mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico
Ex. Dave Stoudt, Ted Bartels
16.2 x 9. x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $395