Diversified Minerals 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 Dr. Stephen Smale, Rich Kosnar, Kurt Hefendehl, Dr. Vasco Trancoso, John Dagenais 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. Excellent GEM multi-colored TOURMALINE from Brazil – ex Brian Kosnar
2. Attractive bi-colored EPIDOTE transitioning into CLINOZOISITE from Pakistan
3. Richly colored "floater" RUBY crystal from Tanzania
4. Rarely seen GOLD specimen from the Goldsmith Mine, Butte, MT – ex Brian Kosnar
5. Intense BLUE EUCLASE specimen from Zimbabwe
6. Eye-catching DIOPTASE with MIMETITE from Republic of the Congo
7. Classic and rarely seen "blueberry"-style AZURITE from Bisbee, Arizona
8. Distinctive and beautiful "MANGO QUARTZ" from Colombia
9. Strong blue colored FLUORAPATITE crystals on MUSCOVITE from Brazil
10. Rare locality specimen of SCHEELITE from Kazakhstan – ex Kurt Hefendehl
11. Classic gemmy rich pinkish-red RHODOCHROSITE from Peru – ex Alvaro Lucio
12. Rarities include: BERZELIANITE, ZINCOLIVENITE, DUFTITE, POLYLITHIONITE, GORMANITE and ANORTHOROSELITE (formerly Roselite-β) with ROSELITE and COBALTAUSTINITE

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Tourmaline (GEM crystal)
Pederneira Mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Brian Kosnar
3.6 x1.1 x 0.8 cm, 7.85 grams
Winning Bid: $339
Topaz on Albite
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
13.3 x 7.8 x 7.7 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Epidote transitioning to Clinozoisite
Wadh, Khuzdar District, Balochistan, Pakistan
6.3 x 4.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $123
Sulfur
El Desierto Mine, San Pablo de Napa, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí, Bolivia
7.3 x 3.5 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $151
Mollusc Fossil with iridescent Marcasite (New Find!)
Java, Indonesia
3.6 x 3.1 x 1.3 cm & 3.6 x 3.1 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $55
Corundum var: Ruby (''floater'' crystal)
Longido District, Arusha Region, Tanzania
3.5 x 3.4 x 0.3 cm, 13.61 grams
Winning Bid: $235
Quartz var: Smoky with Spessartine on Microcline
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
7.5 x 6.7 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $343
Euclase (superb color)
Last Hope Mine, Mwami, Karoi District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
1.2 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm, 1.48 grams
Winning Bid: $115
Stibnite with Marcasite (Mined: 1980s)
Salvadora Mine, Yarvicoya, Caracollo, Cercado Prov., Oruro, Bolivia
Ex. Rich Kosnar
7.3 x 2.6 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $176
Aragonite (Copper-bearing)
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan Co., Yunnan, China
Ex. Brian Kosnar
10.8 x 8.3 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Hemimorphite (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
4.7 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $99
Heulandite-Ca
Eastern Siberia, Russia
Ex. Chet Lemanski
12.7 x 8.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Azurite (classic locality)
Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Les Presmyk
4.8 x 4.2 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $345
Scheelite (RARE locality specimen)
East Kounrad Mo-W deposit, Kounrad Massif, Balkhash, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.7 x 3.5 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $341
Fluorite (uncommon locality specimen)
10,000 Ritter Mine, Schreckenberg, Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
11.7 x 7.3 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $287
K-Feldspar var: Adularia (twins)
Winterstock, Göscheneralp, Göschenen Valley, Göschenen, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland
Ex. John Dagenais
5.2 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $207
Zincolivenite (formerly Cuprian Adamite)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. John Dagenais
7.1 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $392
Lazulite (classic material)
Graves Mountain, Lincoln Co., Georgia, USA
Ex. Brian Kosnar
3.1 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Stilbite-Ca with Fluorapophyllite-(K)
Jalgaon District, Nashik Division, Maharashtra, India
10.5 x 7.6 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Galena with Chalcopyrite
Casapalca Mine, Casapalca, Chicla Dist., Huarochirí Prov., Lima, Peru
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
10.3 x 7.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $115
Duftite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
4.6 x 4.5 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Vivianite
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp, Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon, Canada
Ex. John Dagenais
7.1 x 4.5 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $76
Spodumene var: Kunzite
Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
6.8 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm, 171.6 grams
Winning Bid: $235
Prehnite (uncommon locality specimen)
Heiligenblut am Großglockner, Spittal an der Drau District, Carinthia, Austria
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.3 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $39
Polylithionite with Serandite and Albite
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Ex. Colin Manlove
9.3 x 7.1 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $284
Andradite Garnet
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso, Luís Leite
5.7 x 4.3 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $274
Berzelianite (rare classic material)
Skrikerum Mine, Valdemarsvik, Östergötland County, Sweden (Type Locality)
Ex. Al Kidwell
7.3 x 6.2 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $115
Brazilianite on Albite
Telirio Claim, Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Shields Flynn
4.4 x 4.2 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $230
Pyromorphite (rare from this classic locality)
Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.3 x 6.1 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Anorthoroselite (formerly Roselite-β) with Roselite and Cobaltaustinite (rare)
Aghbar Mine, Aghbar, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. John Dagenais
5.8 x 5.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $365