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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Wavellite (old style)
Avant Mine, Garland Co., Arkansas, USA
7.5 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $186
Cerussite ex Soregaroli Collection
Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
7.6 x 6.9 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Copper ps. Aragonite (ex. Roberts pseudo coll.)
San Agustin Mine, Corocoro, Bolivia
7.7 x 5.4 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $196
Neptunite on Natrolite ex Obodda
Benitoite Gem mine, New Idria Dist., San Benito Co., California, USA
5.5 x 3.5 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $223
Boracite (ex. Greenbank collection, 1993)
Boulby Potash Mine, Loftus, North Yorkshire, England
9.4 x 6.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $272
Rose Quartz (ex. Smale)
Alta da Pitora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.3 x 4.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $834
Azurite (ex. Obodda)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
7.6 x 5.0 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $534
Beryl var. Aquamarine ex Obodda
Pingwu, Xuebaoding Mtn., Sichuan Prov., China
4.5 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $428
Todorokite, Romanechite, Birnessite ex. Dr. Robert Hazen
Chesapeake Bay, Calvert Co., Maryland, USA
6.4 x 5.8 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $501
Helvite with Quartz
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten, Ulanhad, Inner Mongolia, China
6.6 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $139
superb Baryte
Cerro Warihuyn, Miraflores, Huanuco Dept., Peru
5.4 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,311
Fluorite, Pyrite and Calcite (ex. Soregaroli)
Recuerdo Vein, Huanzala Mine, Huanuco Dept., Peru
7.5 x 6.4 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $335
Rosasite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
11.5 x 8.0 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $192
Copper included in Calcite (ex. Heck collectio)
La Bufa, Chihuahua, Mexico
8.4 x 6.9 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $335
Calcite cluster
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
15.5 x 11.0 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $472
Manganotantalite (ex. Obodda)
Paprok, Kamdesh Dist., Nuristan Prov., Afghanistan
7.9 x 6.2 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $560
Beryl var. Emerald
near Kenticha, Oromia, Ethiopia
2.9 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $399
Danburite (ex. Richard Kosnar)
Alto Chapare, Chapare Prov., Cochabamba Dept., Bolivia
8.5 x 7.1 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $557
Fluorite on Quartz
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Pref., Hunan Prov., China
5.6 x 3.0 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $480
Wolframite, Fluorite and Quartz (ex. Roberts)
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Hunan Prov., China
6.9 x 5.5 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $583