Diverse Mineral Specimens Auction

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, Brian Kosnar, Shields Flynn, Al Kidwell, Dave Bergman 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. Fine quality BOURNONITE "cogwheels" on PYRITE from the Viboras Mine, Bolivia
2. Excellent, classic DIOPTASE crystal group from Tsumeb – ex Dave Bergman
3. A hard to find CERUSSITE ("snowflake" twins) on AZURITE from Republic of the Congo
4. Wonderful, very sharp classic MALACHITE pseudomorphs after AZURITE from Tsumeb – ex Kurt Hefendehl
5. Lovely AMBER with MULTIPLE INSECT INCLUSIONS from Dominican Republic
6. Attractive WULFENITE from China from a HARD TO FIND locality – ex Kurt Hefendehl
7. Superb, rare VESZEYLITE crystals on bright blue HEMIMORPHITE from Republic of the Congo
8. Eye-catching rich yellow Cadmium-bearing SMITHSONITE from China
9. A VERY rarely seen FLUORITE on AMETHYST from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil – ex Kurt Hefendehl
10. An obscure rich green UVAROVITE GARNET specimen from San Bernardino County, California - ex Bob Reynolds
11. An INCREDIBLY hard to find GARNET with QUARTZ specimen from South Korea – ex Kurt Hefendehl
12. Rarities include: KIDWELLITE (from Kidwell's personal collection), PENTAGONITE, OLMIITE and METASWITZERITE 

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Bournonite (''cogwheel'' twins) on Pyrite
Viboras Mine, Machacamarca Dist., Cornelio Saavedra Prov., Potosi, Bolivia
5.3 x 4.6 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $300
Fluorite (bi-color crystals)
La Barre Mine, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, Pontgibaud, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
Ex. Brian Kosnar
5.7 x 4.2 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $290
Pyrite (classic material)
Ampliación a Victoria Mine, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain
6.7 x 5.3 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $211
Dioptase (classic material)
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Dave Bergman
4.3 x 3.2 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $713
Diamond
Miba Mine, Mbuji Mayi, Kasaï-Oriental, Democratic Republic of Congo 
0.3 x 0.3 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Pentagonite (rare)
Wagholi Quarries, Pune Dist., Pune Div., Maharashtra, India
3.7 x 3.3 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $177
Quartz with Tennantite Subgroup (uncommon locality specimen)
Dzhezkazgan Mining District, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
10.7 x 6.7 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $265
Cerussite (twins) on Azurite (RARE locality specimen)
Yanga Koubenza Quarries, Mfouati, Mfouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo
9.8 x 6.9 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $800
Manganite (classic material)
Caland Pit, Schwenger Township, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada
6.7 x 4.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $61
Olmiite (rare)
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
4.2 x 3.5 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $208
Stilbite-Ca (classic material)
Teigarhorn, Berufjord, Djúpavogshreppur, Eastern Region, Iceland
Ex. Shields Flynn'
6.3 x 3.6 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $52
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite (classic material)
Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.3 x 4.2 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $133
Axinite-(Fe) with ''Mountain Leather''
Khapalu, Ganache Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
7.3 x 4.1 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $76
Pink Quartz
Choique Mine, Pehuenches Dept., Neuquén Prov. Argentina
5.1 x 4.8 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $145
Amber with MULTIPLE insect inclusions
Sabana de la Mar, Hato Mayor Prov., Dominican Republic
2.2 x 0.7 x 0.3 cm, 3.45 carats
Winning Bid: $80
Brucite (rare yellow color)
Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan
5.3 x 3.3 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $137
Calcite (''poker chip'' crystals) with Pyrite
Dongpo Ore Field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
8.8 x 5.3 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Stilbite-Ca
Jalgaon District, Nashik Division, Maharashtra, India
11.3 x 10.8 x 10.5 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Scapolite
Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.3 x 7.1 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Beryl var: Emerald
Mingora Emerald Mines, Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
3.8 x 3.5 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Spherical Amethyst (''grapes'')
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
11.3 x 9.1 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Azurite with Malachite
Liufengshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China
8.6 x 6.2 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $575
Stephanite (rare locality specimen)
San Cristobal Mine, San Cristobal Mining District, Yauli District, Yauli Province, Junín, Peru
1.1 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Fluorite (GEMMY crystals)
Naica Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.5 x 4.1 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $322
Calcite
New Broken Hill Consolidated (NBHC) Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill District, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.6 x 7.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $74
Smithsonite (Cadmium-bearing)
Wenshan, Yunnan, China
11.6 x 6.8 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $313
Metaswitzerite (rare)
Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA (Type Locality)
Ex. Jack Eaker
16.2 x 6.4 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $82
Fluorite on Amethyst (RARE locality specimen)
Iraí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
4.3 x 2.2 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $231
Fluorite (rich color)
Grant Co., New Mexico, USA
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.6 x 7.3 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Quartz coating Malachite (rare locality specimen)
Red Dome Mine, Mungana, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
4.4 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $145