Fine Mineral Auctions from the depths of our Warehouse ! - ends June 11, 2020

Needless to say, we have all been catching up on cleaning projects. Nearly all of these minerals were found still in boxes and drawers in the back warehouse, from long-ago acquisitions, and never seen by a customer since we acquired them. This week is another grouping of a wild diversity of beautiful mineral specimens! Old classics, new finds, and new material...

HIGHLIGHTS:

1. TOURMALINES from the Pederneira Mine

2. Classic old Ilfeld MANGANITE and USA RUTILE

3. Large Charcas CALCITE from Harvard Museum

4. AQUAMARINE specimens

5. Pseudomorphs from the Wouter van Tichelen Collection

6. LARGE CABINET SPECIMENS !

7. RHODOCHROSITES from Peru and Kazakhstan


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Rhodochrosite on Quartz & Pyrite ex gary Weaver coll.
Manuelita Mine, Morococha Dist., Yauli Prov., Junin, Peru
8.0 x 4.7 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $285
Manganite w/ Baryte (old classic circa 1880s) Dr. Tom Campbell Coll.
Ilfeld, Harz, Thuringia, Germany
7.0 x 6.0 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $626
Cerussite & Pyromorphite on Quartz (Steve Smale Coll.)
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
4.3 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Goethite ps. After Pyrite ex Gary Weaver coll
Pelican Point Area, Utah Co., Utah
7.4 x 6.2 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $93
Rhodochrosite (W.S. Logan Coll.)
Ushkatyn No. 3 deposit, Zhayrem, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
6.3 x 6.1 x 5.9 cm
Winning Bid: $251
Rosasite w/ Conichalcite & Calcite (Gary Weaver Coll.)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
9.0 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $99
Quartz ps. After large Aegerine xl (Wouter van Tichelen Coll.)
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
10.2 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Turquoise nodule (classic for Arizona)
Copper Cities Mine (Sleeping Beauty Mine), Miami, Globe-Miami Dist., Gila Co., Arizona
7.0 x 5.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $131
Rutile twin (old classic - early/mid 1800s)
Parkesburg, Sadsbury Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania
4.5 x 3.5 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $273
Almandine Garnet on Schist
Wrangell Island, Wrangel City and Bourough, Alaska
9.2 x 4.8 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $161
Tennantite ps. After Azurite (Wouter van Tichelen Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
4.0 x 2.2 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Zinkenite (rare locality, rich xls)
Carles Mine, Carles, Salas, Asturias, Spain
11.3 x 7.5 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $37
Botryoidal Malachite (rare locale) Tom Wolfe Coll.
Aranzazu Mine, Aranzazu, Concepcion del Oro Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
6.7 x 3.7 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Hematite included Quartz (Charlie Key)
Orange River, Namakwa, Northern Cape, South Africa
4.2 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Calcite on Dolomite (rare combo - fluorescent)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
12.0 x 7.7 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Large Ludlamite (uncommon locale!) Matioli Coll.
Cabeca do Cachorro claim, Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil
14.7 x 8.6 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Large Wavellite
Avant, Garland Co., Arkansas
12.2 x 8.9 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $215
Large Heulandite w/ Apophyllite & Stilbite
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
14.5 x 11.4 x 8.0 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Wakabayashilite (rare sulfide) Phil Oswalt Coll.
Khaidarkan Sb-Hg deposit, Batken Region, Kyrgyzstan
6.8 x 5.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Manganoan Calcite (rare NM - fluorescent!) Gary Weaver Coll.
Ground Hog Mine, Vanadium, Central Mining Dist., Grant Co., New Mexico
8.0 x 7.3 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $175
Epidote w/ Byssolite (classic locale) Kay Robertson Coll.
Knappenwand, Untersulzbach valley, Salzburg, Austria
6.4 x 2.5 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $215
Calcite in fossil mollusc (Mercenaria Permagna)
Rucks pit, Fort Drum, Okeechobee Co., Florida
15.7 x 12.0 x 11.2 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Crinoid fossil (Mississippian) Art Soregaroli Coll.
Montgomery County fossil deposits, Indiana
10.0 x 5.9 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Quartz on Chrysocolla & Chrysocolla (Gary Weaver Coll.)
Bagdad Mine, Bagdad, Yavapai Co., Arizona
11.2 x 8.7 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $179
Catapleite (classic locale) Charlie Key Coll.
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
2.4 x 1.9 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Large Magnetite octahedron (rare size) ex Ted Bartels
Bom Sucesso Creek, Serro, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.1 x 7.1 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $177
Calcite (old classic) Tom Wolfe Coll.
Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper Co., Missouri
10.2 x 6.8 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $42
Large Stibnite wand
Wuling (Wuning) Mine, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China
23.4 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $84
DT gemmy Indicolite Tourmaline (20 grams)
Pederneira mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.8 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $221
Gold nugget (old material)
Yuba River Placers area, Nevada Co., California
1.5 x 1.3 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $259