Auction - Assorted Minerals

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 Kurt Hefendehl, John Dagenais, Dave Bergman, Al Kidwell, 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. Classic gemmy GROSSULAR crystals on matrix from the Jeffrey Mine, Quebec – ex Brian Kosnar
2. Rarely seen MOLYBDENITE from the British Virgin Islands – ex Shields Flynn
3. Excellent, gemmy, rare, classic LEGRANDITE crystals on matrix from the Ojuela Mine, Mexico – ex John Dagenais
4. Wonderful multi-color OPAL from Ethiopia 
5. Intense GREEN FLUORITE from the Milpo Mine, Peru
6. Fine thumbnail sized specimen of CHALCOITE from Republic of the Congo
7. Classic PURPLE APATITE from the Noyes Mountain Quarry (Harvard Quarry), Maine – Brian Kosnar
8. Fantastic GEM AZURITE crystals on matrix from Mexico – ex Les Presmyk
9. Beautiful gemmy bi-colored TOURMALINE from Brazil – ex Brian Kosnar
10. Gemmy, "phantom" FLUORITE crystals from the Okorusu Mine, Namibia – ex Art Soregaroli
11. Unique, attractive, botryoidal golden FLUORITE from China – ex Kurt Hefendehl
12. Rarities include: METATORBERNITE, PHOSPHOPHYLLITE, LAWSONITE, NATIVE BISMUTH and a rarely seen SHATTUCKITE pseudomorph after MALACHITE   

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Grossular Garnet (classic material)
Jeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
Ex. Brian Kosnar
9.3 x 5.2 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $323
Rutile on ''Turgite''
Graves Mountain, Lincoln Co., Georgia, USA
Ex. Dave Bergman
3.2 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Precious Opal (multi-color)
Tsehay Mewcha, Delanta Woreda, North Wollo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
2.7 x 1.6 x 0.7 cm, 2.96 grams
Winning Bid: $285
Purple Apatite
Noyes Mountain Quarry (Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Ex. Brian Kosnar
3.7 x 3.7 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $211
Quartz with ''Chlorite'' phantom
Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
7.2 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm, 57.0 grams
Winning Bid: $75
Zoisite var: Tanzanite
D-Block Mine, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mts, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
2.3 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm, 5.75 grams
Winning Bid: $410
Legrandite (rare classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Ex. John Dagenais
9.6 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $638
Quartz (uncommon locality)
Bayerland Mine, Pfaffenreuth, Leonberg, Tirschenreuth District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.2 x 6.7 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $101
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
4.7 x 2.8 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $49
Diamond
Miba Mine, Mbuji Mayi, Kasaï-Oriental, Democratic Republic of Congo 
0.5 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Sphalerite (gemmy crystals)
Commodore Mine, Creede, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. Dave Bergman
6.2 x 5.1 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Boulangerite with Pyrite
Noche Buena Mine, Noche Buena, Mun. de Mazapil, Zacatecas, Mexico
Ex. Brian Kosnar
9.2 x 6.3 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $176
Galena
Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
5.0 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $87
Fluorite (botryoidal)
Lanyang, Hubei, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.6 x 7.3 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $351
Strontianite var: Emmonite on Baryte
Großkogel, St Gertraudi, Brixlegg, Kufstein District, Tyrol, Austria
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
12.4 x 5.2 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $313
Pyrolusite
Las Cruces, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA
Ex. Les Presmyk
5.5 x 4.7 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $87
Azurite (classic material)
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo Dist., Pima Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Les Presmyk
5.8 x 3.5 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Chalcocite (fine crystals)
M'Passa Mine, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo
2.3 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $187
Spherical Amethyst (''grapes'')
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
11.8 x 8.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $485
Vanadinite (beautiful crystallization)
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
3.1 x 2.7 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Native Bismuth (rare locality specimen) (2021 find)
Piaotang Mine, Xihuashan ore field, Dayu Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
2.1 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Adamite (Copper-bearing)
Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
4.6 x 3.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Quartz var: Agate
Železnice, Jičín District, Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
6.0 x 3.5 x 3.3 cm, 87.90 grams
Winning Bid: $50
Shattuckite pseudomorph after Malachite (RARE locality specimen)
Van der Plas Mine, Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.7 x 4.7 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $206
Sphalerite on Quartz
Trepča Stari Trg Mine, Trepča complex, Trepča valley, Mitrovica, Mitrovica District, Kosovo
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
10.5 x 10.2 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Spodumene var: Kunzite
Nuristan, Afghanistan
11.7 x 4.1 x 1.3 cm, 129.9 grams
Winning Bid: $207
Metatorbernite (RARE locality specimen)
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Ex. John Dagenais
4.7 x 3.4 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Azurite (GEM crystals - classic locality)
Concepcion del Oro, Concepcion del Oro Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
6.2 x 3.8 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $265
Pargasite (rare classic locality specimen)
Ersby, Pargas, Southwest Finland, Finland
Ex. Brian Lloyd
5.6 x 4.5 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Variscite (rich color) on Chalcedony
Ribeirao Cascalheira, Mato Grosso, Brazil
4.7 x 3.2 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $85