Assorted Worldwide Mineral Specimens

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 Dave Bergman, Brian Kosnar, Kurt Hefendehl, Bill and Anne Cook, Dr. Vasco Trancoso 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.  FLUORITE ("ice" crystal) from China – ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection

2.  Wonderful twinned CASSITERITE on MUSCOVITE from China – ex Brian Kosnar Collection

3.  Gorgeous GEMMY sherry colored TOPAZ with multiple doubly-terminated QUARTZ crystals from Pakistan

4.  Beautiful CALCITE with HEMATITE inclusions – ex Kurt Hefendehl Collection

5.  LARGE FLUOR-UVITE / UVITE crystal from Brazil

6.  Attractive FLUORITE on CALCITE (rare for the locality) from Morocco – ex Rich Kosnar Collection

7.  Excellent AFGHANITE crystals on matrix from Afghanistan – ex Dr. Vasco Trancoso Collection

8.  Big showy HYDROXYLHERDERITE on MICROCLINE from Pakistan – ex Rich Kosnar Collection

9.  Unique twinned CERUSSITE with MALACHITE from Morocco – ex Kurt Hefendehl Collection

10. Rarities include LANGITE, PSEUDOMALACHITE, CORNETITE, FAIRFIELDITE and HUREAULITE

                                                                                                                            

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Afghanite (fine crystals)
Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Kokcha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
9.3 x 6.3 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $226
Baryte (hard to find locality specimen)
Buckshot Mine, Gravois Mills, Morgan Co., Missouri, USA
Ex. Al Kidwell
7.1 x 5.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Smithsonite (classic material)
Kelly Mine, Magdalena Dist., Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.8 x 6.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Fluorite with Schorl
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.1 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Uvite / Dravite Tourmaline (classic material)
Power's Farm, Pierrepont, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA
Ex. Kay Robertson
2.3 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Dolomite var: Cobalt-bearing
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi Dist., Lualaba, DR Congo
4.7 x 4.0 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Fairfieldite (rare classic material)
Foote Mine, Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA
3.7 x 3.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Microcline var: Amazonite
Konso, Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
6.3 x 5.2 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $132
Scolecite (from 1970)
Maharashtra, India
Ex. Rock Currier
10.4 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $54
Hureaulite with Rockbridgeite and Reddingite
Jocão Claim, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
4.1 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $279
Pyromorphite (old classic material)
Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK
Ex. Al Kidwell
4.3 x 4.1 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Cyanotrichite (rare classic material)
Grandview Mine, Grand Canyon, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
9.3 x 6.9 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $415
Rhodochrosite with RARE Stilbite association
Starnitsa Deposit, Davidkovo, Banite Mun., Smolyan Prov., Bulgaria
7.2 x 5.9 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $195
Sturmanite
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Mn Fields, Northern Cape, South Africa
6.3 x 5.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Quartz ("Faden") (rare matrix piece)
Tole, Wana, South Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
10.7 x 7.7 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $375
Vanadinite var: Arsenic-bearing on Descloizite
Chalk Mountain Mine, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA
4.8 x 4.6 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $485
Pyrrhotite with Siderite
Herja Mine, Baia Mare, Maramureș County, Romania
Ex. Paolo Matioli
6.2 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $48
Cornetite (rare)
L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo (Type Locality)
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
5.1 x 2.8 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $91
Hemimorphite (RARE Colorado locality)
Wolftone Mine, Carbonate Hill, Leadville, Lake Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. Evan Jones; Dick Strecker
10.8 x 6.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Quartz (multi-terminated crystals) with Fluorite
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.1 x 6.9 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $228
Smithsonite (cadmium-bearing)
Wenshan, Yunnan, China
6.7 x 2.7 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $345
Fluor-uvite-Uvite Series (Tourmaline) (large crystal!)
Pomba Pit, Serra das Eguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
Ex. Brian Kosnar
5.2 x 5.0 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $283
Corundum var: Ruby (rare classic locality specimen)
John Saul Mine, Tsavo West, Voi, Taita-Taveta Co., Kenya
Ex. Bill Larson
2.6 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $272
Pseudomalachite (rare classic material)
Virneberg Mine, Rheinbreitbach, Unkel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (Type Locality)
Ex. Brian Kosnar
5.3 x 4.1 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Agatized Coral (fossil/pseudomorph)
Tampa Bay, Hillsborough Co., Florida, USA
7.5 x 5.9 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Cerussite with Malachite (unusual locality specimen)
Touissit, Bou Beker Dist., Jerada Prov., Oriental Region, Morocco
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.6 x 6.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $320
Calcite included with Hematite
Leiping Mine, Leiping, Guiyang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
11.3 x 9.7 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $555
Euclase (RARE locality specimen)
Lugela Pegmatite, Mocuba District, Zambezia Prov., Mozambique
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
2.9 x 1.6 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Smithsonite
28-30 Level, Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Al Kidwell
8.1 x 6.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Copper on Cuprite (fine locality specimen)
Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
Ex. Brian Kosnar
8.2 x 5.3 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $579