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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Lawsonite (rare)
Reed Station, Tiburon Uplands Nature Preserve, Tiburon Peninsula, Marin Co., California, USA (Type Locality)
Ex. Gerry Morvell
3.7 x 3.5 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $247
Scheelite with Quartz (New Find)
Pari, Kharmang Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.0 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Cuprite var: Chalcotrichite (rare locality specimen)
Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.0 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $320
Calcite (pseudo-pyritohedral)
Shizhuyuan Mine, Dongpo ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
14.2 x 8.3 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $145
Brookite on Quartz (classic material)
Magnet Cove, Hot Springs Co., Arkansas, USA
Ex. Al Kidwell
4.7 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $119
Fluorite with Quartz
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.6 x 5.9 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $183
Molybdenite (RARE locality)
Copper Mine Point, Virgin Gorda Island, British Virgin Islands
Ex. Shields Flynn
6.7 x 6.0 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Brochantite on Chrysocolla
Douglas Hill Mine, Ludwig, Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA
Ex. Kay Robertson
5.7 x 4.2 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $134
Rosasite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.2 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Fluorite (rich color)
Milpo Mine, Atacocha Dist., Cerro de Pasco, Pasco Prov., Pasco, Peru
4.8 x 3.6 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $147
Tourmaline (richly colored)
Santa Rosa Mine, Itambacuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Brian Kosnar
4.7 x 3.1 x 2.7 cm, 86.46 grams
Winning Bid: $800
Phosphophyllite (''butterfly'' twins) (rare)
Huayllani Mine, Infiernillos Mine, Huayllani, Machacamarca District, Saavedra Province, Potosi, Bolivia
8.6 x 6.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $195
Beryl var: Aquamarine (unique ''floater'' cat's eye crystal)
Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.1 x 2.6 x 2.6 cm, 15.68 grams
Winning Bid: $380
Fluorite (''phantom'' crystals) with Chalcopyrite
Beihilfe Mine, Halsbrücke, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.9 x 6.2 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $473
Fluorite (gemmy ''phantom'' crystals)
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Ex. Art Soregaroli
5.2 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $375