VALUABLE TREASURES FROM OUR BACK DRAWERS

This mixed mineral auction features many high-quality specimens and pieces from miscellaneous collections we've acquired over the years. Recent finds, classics, and rarities that have been hidden in our back drawers are highlighted, many are $1000 and more in value!!!

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Calcite gem crystal - ex Charlie Key collection
N'chwaning mines, Kalahari Mn Fields, North Cape Prov., South Africa
5.1 x 2.2 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $325
Brookite ex Obodda
Taftan, Baluchistan Prov., Pakistan
7.8 x 5.9 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $321
significant large USA Diopside (ex. Kevin Brown)
DeKalb, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA
4.3 x 3.3 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $315
Grossular Garnet
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada
8.9 x 6.4 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $625
Anglesite with Cerussite on Galena (ex. Fioravanti)
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy
8.8 x 8.0 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Chalcopyrite with Quartz (ex. Stoudt)
Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
6.6 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $267
Celestine (ex. Nowakowski)
Portage Quarry, Portage, Ohio, USA
11.9 x 6.5 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $305
Mottramite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.5 x 4.6 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $145
Fluorapatite and Chlorite ex Obodda
Tormiq area, Shardu, Pakistan
4.8 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Datolite (polished nodule) ex. Nowakowski
Nassau mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA
10.3 x 8.7 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $335
Magnetite (ex. Hollmann)
ZCA Mine No. 4, Balmat, St Lawrence Co., New York, USA
11.9 x 11.0 x 9.5 cm
Winning Bid: $580
Rhodochrosite (ex. Sielecki)
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
5.8 x 3.9 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $176
Talc
Broughton Talc Mine, Chaudiere-Appalaches, Quebec, Canada
8.8 x 3.4 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Creedite
Abasolo Mine, Navidad, Durango, Mexico
9.5 x 5.6 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $420
Thomsonite
Aurangabad forest, near Nasik, Maharahstra State, India
5.3 x 4.7 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Calcite (ex. Flynn coll)
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
9.9 x 8.3 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $96
Pyrite ps. Pyrrhotite ex Roberts Pseudo coll.
Nikolaivskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia
5.6 x 4.1 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $122
Spessartine Garnet gem crystal
Loliondo, near Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
2.4 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $380
Cobalt-bearing Smithsonite (ex. Soregaroli)
Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
4.4 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $290
Ilvaite and Quartz ex. Obodda
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Krai, Russia
7.8 x 4.5 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $285
Prehnite cast after Anhydrite
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA
9.0 x 8.5 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Calcite with Fluorite and Sphalerite (ex. Ross Lillie)
Rosiclare Level, Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
8.3 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $480
Cafarsite (ex. Luca Battisti)
Mt. Cervandone, Devero Alp, Baceno, Ossola Valley, Piedmont, Italy
8.0 x 5.1 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $338
Anorthoroselite/Roselite-beta
Aghbar Mine, Bou Azzer Dist., Ouarzazate Prov., Morocco
6.0 x 5.6 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $129
Clinoatacamite on Quartz
Lily Mine, Pisco Umay, Ica Dept., Peru
6.7 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $215
Pyromorphite (ex. Michael Jaworski)
Jersey Vein, Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA
4.5 x 3.2 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $350
Rhodochrosite on Rhodochrosite circa 1960s (ex. Logan)
Hotazel, Kalahari Mn Fields, North Cape Prov., South Africa
8.0 x 5.8 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $425
Fluorite with Quartz inclusions and Chalcopyrite ex Smale
Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
10.5 x 7.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $304
Chrysocolla on Malachite with Quartz
Miami, Arizona, USA
7.6 x 4.2 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $222
gemmy Wulfenite on Green Mimetite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
7.5 x 5.0 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $250