Assorted Specimens Mineral Auction!

This week's auction features a great mix of minerals including gem crystals, classic locality pieces, rarities, fine display specimens and a selection of other assorted specimens from our inventory and collections we've acquired such as Rich Kosnar, Kurt Hefendehl, Bill and Anne Cook, Gerry Morvell, Dr. Vasco Trancoso, Rock Currier 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 GEMMY "phantom" crystals of FLUORITE from La Viesca, Spain – ex Brian Kosnar
2. Big classic RHODOCHROSITE specimen from the Oppu Mine, Japan
3. Unique rare twisted "Faden Helix" EPIDOTE specimen from Pakistan – ex Rich Kosnar
4. Gorgeous tri-colored BERYL crystal from Erongo, Namibia – ex Brian Kosnar
5. Rarely seen DIOPTASE from an obscure Peruvian locale – ex Demetrius Pohl
6. Attractive, newly mined "floater" ARAGONITE specimen from Spain
7. Gemmy rich blue colored KYANITE on matrix from Brazil – ex Bill and Anne Cook
8. Wonderful doubly-terminated CALCITE crystals with FLUORITE, SPHALERITE and BARYTE from the Elmwood Mine, Tennessee – ex Brian Kosnar
9. A classic gem "etched corner" FLUORITE specimen from the Elmwood Mine, Tennessee
10. Hard to find SCHEELITE with QUARTZ from Pakistan
11. Uniquely colored DRAVITE TOURMALINE from Tanzania 12.  Rarities include:  ZANAZZIITE, PARAVAUXITE with VAUXITE, COQUIMBITE, BISBEEITE, VERMICULITE var: JEFFERSITE, MENDIPITE, CRYOLITE and SCHOLZITE

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Fluorite (classic GEM etched corner)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
5.4 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm, 37.05 grams
Winning Bid: $220
Opal Limb Cast
Virgin Valley District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
5.2 x 2.9 x 2.2 cm, 43.08 grams
Winning Bid: $50
Cryolite (rare locality specimen)
Francon Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Ex. Colin Manlove
7.3 x 5.7 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $166
Epidote (pseudo-hexagonal)
Raywoo Mine, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
5.7 x 5.6 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Scheelite with Quartz (rare from Pakistan)
Pari, Kharmang District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
8.2 x 7.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Mendipite (rare)
Torr Works Quarry, Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK
3.4 x 3.4 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $53
Rosasite on Malachite
Omega Mine, Monument Mountain, Helvetia, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Les Presmyk
6.2 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Lazulite (classic material)
Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.7 x 6.2 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $162
Anglesite
Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.3 x 4.7 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $296
Fluorite (''phantom'' crystals)
Yiwu Co., Jinhua, Zhejiang, China
5.2 x 4.3 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $242
Vanadinite on Baryte
Mibladen, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Bob Reynolds
4.3 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Beryl (bi-colored crystal)
Erongo Mountains, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Ex. Brian Kosnar
3.7 x 3.0 x 3.0 cm, 60.3 grams
Winning Bid: $2,450
Quartz pseudomorph after Baryte (rare locality specimen)
Himmelreich Mine, Brunskappel, Olsberg, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.3 x 6.2 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $880
Calcite (doubly-terminated crystals) with Sphalerite, Fluorite and Baryte
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
Ex. Brian Kosnar
10.2 x 6.7 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $875