Classic Specimens From Our Gallery!

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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Microcline with Quartz, Cleavelandite, and Muscovite
Shigar Valley, northeast of Skardu, Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Herb Obodda
6.0 x 4.6 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $574
Andradite Garnet in Quartz
Pampa Blanca, Castrovirreyna Prov., Huancavelica Dept., Peru
Ex. Dr. Art Soregaroli
11.8 x 8.5 x 8.0 cm
Winning Bid: $88
Boleite
Santa Rosalia, Boleo Dist., Baja California Sur, Mexico
Ex. Herb Obodda
0.7 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Uvite Tourmaline
Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
Ex. Francesco Bedogne
4.2 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $343
Dolomite (Twinned)
Eugui, Esteribar, Navarre, Spain
Ex. Dr. Art Soregaroli
7.8 x 6.5 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $526
Creedite (famous 1984 find)
West Camp, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. F. John Barlow
7.2 x 5.4 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $452
Rutile on Pyrophyllite
Champion Mine, White Mtns., Laws, Mono Co., California, USA
Ex. Bob Bartsch
6.2 x 4.0 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $332
Sphalerite
Huanggang Mines, near Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China
4.1 x 3.0 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $410
significant Weloganite with Dawsonite, Quartz
Francon Quarry, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
7.3 x 7.1 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,600
Chalcopyrite, Pyrite & Tetrahedrite
Mina Maria, Puerto de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
Ex. Richard Heck
10.8 x 9.8 x 7.5 cm
Winning Bid: $605
Fluorite
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Pref., Hunan Prov., China
4.8 x 4.0 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $255
Prehnite (unusual, elongated crystals)
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada
5.5 x 4.6 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Beryl var. Aquamarine
Erongo Region, Namibia
5.0 x 3.2 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $265
Mottramite with Calcite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Shields and Frances Flynn
8.2 x 5.0 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $160
"Ice Cube' Fluorite and Calcite
Nikolai Mine, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
9.1 x 6.0 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $690
Smithsonite with Cerussite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
3.8 x 3.4 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $96
Baryte and Fluorite on Quartz
Pohla Mine, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Ex. Dr. Ed David; Helmut Bruckner; Herb Obodda
8.2 x 7.3 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Dioptase
Pimbi, Mindouli, Pool Region, Republic of Congo
Ex. Herb Obodda
4.3 x 3.2 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $275
Pyromorphite - famous discovery
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Coeur d'Alene Dist., Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA
4.4 x 4.1 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $429
Goethite cast after Selenite
Santa Eulalia Dist., Mun. de Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Kay Robertson
7.0 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $147
Calcite with inclusions of Manganese dendrites
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Ex. Marshall Sussman; Dr. Robert Lavinsky
5.3 x 4.2 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $1,600
Malachite ps. Azurite
Northwest Extension, Morenci Mine, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA
5.2 x 4.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $239
Magnetite (significant USA specimen)
ZCA #4 Mine (2500' level), Balmat, New York, USA
Ex. New York State Museum (Albany)
16.0 x 9.7 x 8.2 cm
Winning Bid: $1,817
Hyalite Opal (fluorescent)
Kopasz Hill, Tarcal, Zemplen Mts., Hungary
8.6 x 5.5 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Heulandite (Two Generations) with Stilbite
Aurangabad Dist., Maharashtra, India
Ex. Dr. Art Soregaroli
8.0 x 8.0 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $239
Chalcocite (twinned) on Calcite - circa 1800s
Levant Mine, Trewellard, St Just Dist., Cornwall, England, UK
Ex. British Museum of Natural History; Kay Robertson
7.5 x 6.2 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $240
Silver ps. Dyscrasite
Shaft 21 Mine, Pribram, Czech Republic
Ex. Dale Armstrong
6.9 x 6.2 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $263
Ferberite on Quartz
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Hunan Prov., China
7.3 x 7.0 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $400
Copper (significant large crystal)
Phoenix Mine, Lake Superior, Michigan, USA
Ex. American Museum of Natural History; Columbia School of Mines
6.4 x 4.9 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $400
Cobaltian Calcite
Agoudal Mine, Bou Azer, Tazenakht, Quarzazate, Morocco
8.3 x 5.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $245