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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Gormanite (fine crystals) on Muscovite
Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Alvaro Lucio
4.2 x 3.1 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Fluorite with Calcite
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.7 x 5.1 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Fibrous Sugilite (fine color and quality)
N'Chwaning III Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
5.4 x 3.4 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $216
Brookite (classic material)
Dodo Mine, Saranpaul, Khanty-Mansi Okrug, Tyumenskaya Oblast', Prepolar Ural, Western-Siberian Region, Russia
3.0 x 2.2 x 0.1 cm
Winning Bid: $98
Quartz var: Amethyst / Agate Geode (2 piece set)
Las Choyas, Aldama Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Willard Wulff
11.6 x 10.8 x 5.3 cm & 11.4 x 10.8 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Chrysocolla pseudomorph after Malachite after Azurite
Lupoto Mine, Kakumba, Kipushi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
4.3 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $211
Gold (rare locality specimen)
Goldsmith Mine, Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA
Ex. Brian Kosnar
2.1 x 1.1 x 0.6 cm, 2.66 grams
Winning Bid: $860
Fluorite (classic material)
Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg Dist., Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA
Ex. Dave Stoudt; Bob Jones
6.3 x 4.7 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $335
Fluorapatite on Muscovite
Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
2.6 x 2.1 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Fluorite on Quartz
Dingjiashan Pb-Zn-(Ag) Deposit, Meixian Pb-Zn-(Ag) Ore Field, Youxi County, Sanming, Fujian, China
10.6 x 3.7 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $335
Dioptase with Mimetite
Ntola Mine, Mindouli, Mindouli Dist., Pool Dept., Republic of the Congo
7.0 x 5.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $451
Diopside on marble
Janduk Mine, Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Koksha Valley, Kuran wa Munjan Dist., Badakhshan, Afghanistan
10.2 x 5.9 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $370
Rhodochrosite (classic material)
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
Ex. Alvaro Lucio
4.4 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $255
Quartz (''Mango'' Quartz) with Halloysite inclusions
Cabiche, Quípama Mun., Boyacá Dept., Colombia
7.7 x 6.9 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $785
Fluorite on Baryte
Madoc Township, Centre Hastings Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
Ex. Chet Lemanski
6.3 x 5.7 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $265