Fine Gem Auction

This week's gem auction features a selection of fine quality stones.  There's a wonderful mix of well-known, colorful, rare and collector quality items, with reserve bids starting as low as $10.  Look for rare and one-of-a-kind gems in this set!  Plenty of beautiful classic stones, and unique rarities to add to your own collection.

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Afghanite (very rare and fine quality)
Ladjuar Medam, Badakhshan, Afghanistan (Type Locality)
4.13 mm x 2.80 mm, 0.14 ct
Winning Bid: $111
Swiss Blue Topaz (treated)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
10.22 mm x 7.95 mm, 3.18 ct
Winning Bid: $100
Sunstone (fantasy cut by Brett Kosnar)
near Plush, Lake Co., Oregon, USA
14.64 mm x 10.44 mm, 3.86 ct
Winning Bid: $112
Sphalerite (good sized stone) (cut by Brett Kosnar)
Aliva Mine (Las Manforas Mine), Camaleño, Cantabria, Spain
21.36 mm x 12.13 mm, 25.96 ct
Winning Bid: $99
Clinohumite (rare)
Tajikistan
3.08 mm, 0.17 ct
Winning Bid: $60
Sapphire
Sri Lanka
6.45 mm x 4.10 mm, 0.73 ct
Winning Bid: $27
Sunstone with Hematite inclusions
India
13.28 mm x 10.21 mm, 4.45 ct
Winning Bid: $80
Rubellite Tourmaline
Minas Gerais, Brazil
11.69 mm x 8.42 mm, 3.09 ct
Winning Bid: $80
Star Sapphire
Sri Lanka
9.0 mm x 7.0 mm, 2.78 ct
Winning Bid: $45
Rhodochrosite (cut by Brett Kosnar)
N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa
31.40 mm x 20.27 mm, 64.03 ct
Winning Bid: $454
Tourmaline (rare color)
Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
10.49 mm x 7.61 mm, 3.20 ct
Winning Bid: $80
Zircon (matched pair)
Tanzania
4.99 mm (approx each), 1.49 ct (total weight)
Winning Bid: $51
Aquamarine (rare locality) (1970s)
Sawtooth Batholith, Idaho, USA
7.80 mm, 1.55 ct
Winning Bid: $111
Fire Opal (with color flash)
Wello (Wolo), Ethiopia
13.50 mm x 9.60 mm, 3.48 ct
Winning Bid: $80
Tourmaline (''Sunset Tourmaline'') (rare orange color)
Manyara Region, Tanzania
10.28 mm, 3.93 ct
Black Opal (multi-color)
Java, Indonesia
11.18 mm x 8.14 mm, 1.84 ct
Winning Bid: $249
Peridot (rare locality gem)
San Carlos Indian Reservation, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Marvin Rockey
8.88 mm, 2.95 ct
Diaspore (rare pink color) (recent find)
near the village of Ragha, Goshta District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
6.17 mm x 4.28 mm, 0.39 ct
Petrified Palm Root with Chalcedony (Recent Find)
Garut, West Java, Indonesia
33.01 mm x 22.87 mm, 44.03 ct
Opal in Petrified Wood (Opalized Wood)
Java, Indonesia
13.92 mm x 6.75 mm, 3.53 ct
Star Sapphire
Ratnapura, Sri Lanka
9.68 mm x 8.49 mm, 7.07 ct
Ruby (Pre-embargo)
Mogok, Myanmar
Ex. Marvin Rockey
3.43 mm, 0.26 ct
Winning Bid: $100
Titanite (Sphene)
Mulla Ghori, Pakistan
5.08 mm, 0.43 ct
Zircon
Cambodia
4.91 mm x 4.78 mm, 0.95 ct
Citrine (natural color)
Anahi Mine, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
9.13 mm, 2.65 ct
Winning Bid: $64
Sapphire (natural / unheated stone)
Gem Mountain Mine, Rock Creek, Granite Co., Montana, USA
3.62 mm, 0.24 ct
Winning Bid: $35
Topaz
Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.90 mm, 0.67 ct
Indicolite Tourmaline
Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.11 mm x 4.32 mm, 0.58 ct
Winning Bid: $36
Fire Agate
Aguascalientes, Mexico
13.59 mm x 10.82 mm, 6.85 ct
Winning Bid: $25
Tourmaline
Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.56 mm x 6.10 mm, 1.93 ct
Winning Bid: $100