Fine Mineral Auctions from the depths of our Warehouse ! - ends June 18, 2020

One bonus to being stuck at work 18 hours a day, is there is more time to go looking for old classics and treasures in the back rooms....here is yet another set featuring a mix of beautiful and important classics:

HIGHLIGHTS:

1) Large PERU RHODOCHROSITE

2) COLORADO RHODOCHROSITE

3) Amazing BASTNASITE thumbnail from France

4) Antique Garnet brooch from Germany, ex Kay Robertson

5) Shattuckite ps. Malachite ex Charlie Key

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Calcite (Twinned)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Tennessee, USA
14.0 x 7.5 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $361
Adamite (fluorescent classic)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.8 x 6.5 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Bastnaesite-Ce on Calcite (superb TN!)
Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Midi-Pyrenees, France
1.5 x 1.3 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Rhodochrosite with Quartz (unusual combo!)
Wuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
3.5 x 3.0 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Gmelinite Pseudo. After Chabazite
Wasson's Bluff, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
7.6 x 5.7 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $113
Malachite With Cerussite, Pyromorphite ex Urish Coll
Brown's Deposit, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, Australia
10.5 x 5.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $423
Calcite
Cumberland, England
11.3 x 7.5 x 6.6 cm
Winning Bid: $99
Fluorapophyllite With Stilbite (ex. Brent Lockhart)
Jalgaon, Maharashtra Province, India
9.7 x 6.0 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $801
Shattuckite (Rare Crystals Ps. After Malachite) Ex. Charlie Key
Okenwasi Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
6.8 x 5.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,201
Pyrope Garnet 'Bohemian' brooch & loose crystals (ex. Kay Robertson)
Iserwiese, Silesia, Germany
5.2 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $430
Dolomite (Twinned)
Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
11.5 x 9.2 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $585
Calcite "discs"
near Daye, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
14.0 x 10.3 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $575
Euchroite (TYPE LOCALITY)
Svatodusna Valley, Libethen, Banska Bystrica Region, Slovakia (Type Locality)
4.2 x 2.9 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $385
Rhodochrosite with Chalcopyrite and Quartz
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park Co., Colorado
6.8 x 5.5 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $3,701
large Rhodochrosite with Quartz (old classic!)
Huayllapon Mine, Pasto Bueno, Ancash, Peru
14.4 x 9.1 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $1,950
Vesuvianite
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada
5.2 x 3.6 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $487
Pyromorphite
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, France
3.8 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Lepidolite With Tourmaline on Albite
Pech, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
15.9 x 12.0 x 8.9 cm
Winning Bid: $676
Inyoite With Meyerhofferite
Monte Azul, Plano, Argentina
6.0 x 5.1 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $317
Legrandite "pinwheel" on Limonite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
4.5 x 3.7 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $416