Fine Mineral Specimen Auction - Various Collections

Mixed specimens this week include gem crystals, classic locales, fine display specimens and a selection of assorted piece from our inventory and collections we've purchased such as Rich Kosnar, Dave Bergman, Kurt Hefendehl, Bill and Anne Cook, Chet Lemanski, Dr. Vasco Trancoso 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.  Uniquely colored FLUORITE specimen from a RARE Russian locality – ex Rich Kosnar Collection

2.  Beautiful classic gemmy RHODOCHROSITE crystal from the Sweet Home Mine, Colorado

3.  "Butterfly"-twinned PHOSPHOPHYLLITE crystals on matrix from Bolivia

4.  GEM QUALITY Amethyst scepters from Washington State

5.  Fine classic SULFUR crystals on matrix from Sicily – ex Colin Manlove Collection

6.  Wonderful classic STIBNITE specimen from the Herja Mine, Romania

7.  Rare AMAZONITE specimen from Malawi – ex Kurt Hefendehl Collection

8.  Doubly-terminated "floater" AMETHYST/SMOKY QUARTZ specimen from Erongo, Namibia

9.  LARGE, impressive EPIDOTE crystal from Tormiq, Pakistan

10. Rarities include BULTFONTEINITE, LANGITE and ROCKBRIDGEITE with HUREAULITE

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Calcite (manganese-bearing)
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
4.1 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Vanadinite
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
5.2 x 4.8 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $72
Rockbridgeite with Hureaulite
Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Ex. Al Kidwell
7.3 x 6.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Fluorite (rare locality specimen)
Taourirt Complex, Taourirt Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
6.9 x 6.2 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Atacamite (classic material)
Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
7.3 x 5.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Red Quartz
Tinejdad, Er Rachidia Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Colin Manlove
6.6 x 4.7 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Ruby (doubly-terminated crystal)
Mysore corundum deposits, Karnataka, India
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
6.1 x 5.7 x 3.2 cm, 295.8 grams
Winning Bid: $150
Phillipsite Subgroup
Palagonia, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
3.2 x 2.6 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Phosphophyllite (rare) (butterfly twin)
Huayllani Mine, Infiernillos Mine, Huayllani, Machacamarca District, Saavedra Prov., Potosi, Bolivia
4.5 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Sulfur (fine classic crystals)
Cianciana, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
Ex. Colin Manlove
8.5 x 6.2 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $1,500
Tourmaline (partially hollow crystal)
Pederneira Mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.6 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm, 12.0 carats
Winning Bid: $80
Axinite-(Fe) with Albite
Khaplu, Ghanche District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
6.2 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Heulandite (rare locality specimen)
Gobbins, Island Magee, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
Ex. Lee Peterson; H. J. Foy
7.2 x 5.1 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Langite (rare)
Tankardstown Mine, Knockmahon, Bonmahon, Waterford County, Munster, Ireland
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
8.2 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Siderite
Irene Shaft, Black Cloud Mine, Leadville, Lake Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. Lee Burnett
6.3 x 4.2 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Kyanite (rare Connecticut locality)
Canton, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
5.2 x 4.0 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $141
Smithsonite (cadmium-bearing)
Wenshan, Yunnan, China
10.7 x 5.2 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Calcite (fine crystals) with Sphalerite
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Brian Kosnar
7.3 x 5.7 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $209
Rhodochrosite
Sweet Home Mine, Mt. Bross, near Alma, Park Co., Colorado, USA
2.3 x 2.0 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $330
Pyrargyrite
Veta Grande Mine, Vetagrande, Vetagrande Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
Ex. Colin Manlove
7.3 x 4.6 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $162
Hydroxylherderite
Sassi, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
6.2 x 3.7 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Galena
Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
Ex. Dave Bergman
5.4 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Bultfonteinite (very rare)
N'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
5.8 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $184
Ettringite with Hematite
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
5.7 x 4.7 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Strontianite (fine classic material)
Oberdorf magnesite deposit, Oberdorf, Tragöß-Sankt Katharein, Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District, Styria, Austria
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
4.3 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Dolomite pseudomorph after Aragonite (rare locality specimen)
Aragonite locality, Lake Arthur, Chaves Co., New Mexico, USA
Ex. Al Kidwell
5.7 x 4.7 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Amethyst / Smoky Quartz (doubly-terminated ''floater'' skeletal crystal)
Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Ex. Brian Kosnar
10.2 x 7.3 x 2.7 cm, 239.6 grams
Winning Bid: $950
Wulfenite (collected in 1967)
150 Level, Red Cloud Mine, Trigo Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Leigh Price
3.3 x 2.8 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $750
Grossular (var: Hessonite)
Jeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
2.9 x 2.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $193
Smithsonite (cobalt-bearing)
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Dave Bergman
7.2 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $625