Fine Mineral Specimen Auction

Classics, rarities and new finds are featured in this eclectic auction with specimens from well-known collections.

Highlights:

1. TOURMALINES

2. Classic old STILBITE from the Bement and American Museum collections

3. Mexico GOLD nugget

4. Ram's horn SELENITE from Texas

5. Rare yellow WAVELLITE from Arkansas

6. Superb large SIDERITE and ALBITE from Mont Saint-Hilaire

7. AQUAMARINE

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Copper in Gypsum (classic Arizona) - polished
Mission Mine, San Xavier, Pima Mining Dist., Sierrita Mtns, Pima Co., Arizona, USA
10.8 x 8.1 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Color-zoned Fluorite (fluorescent!)
Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
8.8 x 5.8 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Agate obelisk
Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.8 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $161
Smoky Quartz and Muscovite ex Hefendehl Coll.
Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.6 x 4.7 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $716
Color-zoned Fluorite (Hefendehl Coll.)
Okorusu Mine, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
9.4 x 5.7 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $300
Amesite on chromite (rare, ex Hefendehl Coll.)
Saranovskii Mine, Gornozavodskii Dist., Perm Krai, Russia
7.7 x 4.2 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $307
Vanadinite (Hefendehl Coll.)
Mibladen mining dist., Midelt Prov., Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
6.2 x 4.1 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Aquamarine on Feldspar
Erongo Mtns., Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
6.5 x 3.4 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Gem Fluorapatite (superb) Hunt Coll.
Cerro de Mercado Mine, Durango Mun., Durango, Mexico
3.1 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $625
Tourmaline (old classic USA locale) Larson Coll.
Tourmaline Queen Mine, Pala Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
4.4 x 3.6 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $575
Quartz ps. Danburite w/ Calcite (Cook & Wood Coll.)
Charcas, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
7.2 x 6.6 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $81
Schorl, Microcline & Lepidolite
Shigar Valley, Shigar Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
13.3 x 7.0 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Malachite on Goethite (old) Lemanski Coll.
Saxony, Germany
10.7 x 8.8 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $81
Andradite var. Melanite Garnet (Lemanski Coll.)
nr. Dallas Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California, USA
10.3 x 8.5 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $195
Pink Chalcedony (rare - fluorescent)
South of Deming, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA
6.5 x 4.5 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Stilbite bowtie ex Bement, American Museum circa 1900
Faroe Islands, Denmark
4.7 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $435
Quartz "prase" included with Actinolite ex Galas Coll.
Mega Horio, Serifos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
9.8 x 5.7 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $569
Hydroxylapatite & Albite (classic locale) Cilen & Lemanski Coll.
Snarum, Modum, Viken, Norway
8.0 x 5.8 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $77
Gold nugget (rare for Mexico)
Sonora, Mexico
2.2 x 1.4 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $750
Yellow Wavellite (ex DeLinde and Kidwell Coll.)
Hot Springs Water Works, Hot Springs, Garland Co., Arkansas, USA
11.3 x 9.3 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Chrysoprase (polished - 2018/2019 find)
Szklary Chrysoprase Mine, Szklary, Zabkowice Slaskie Co., Poland
4.0 x 3.2 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $85
unusual Malachite on Dolomite ex Hefendehl Coll.
Bou Beker, Touissit-Bou Beker mining dist., Oriental Region, Morocco
7.7 x 5.2 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $452
Amethyst "flower" w/ scepters
Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
9.3 x 9.3 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $366
Fluorite (fluorescent) on Quartz (Hefendehl Coll.)
Judith Lynn Claim, Burro Mountains Mining Dist., Grant Co., New Mexico, USA
9.9 x 5.4 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $218
Gem Calcite (twinned) Hunt Coll.
Sokolovskoe Iron Mine, Rudny, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan
5.2 x 4.0 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Grossular Garnet with Vesuvianite (Gleckler Coll.)
Sierra de Cruces, Sierra Mojada Mun., Coahuila, Mexico
10.6 x 9.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $300
Baryte (old classic) 19th C. Zurich Coll.
Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania
7.5 x 7.5 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $172
Sulfur & Calcite in drill core (Art Smith Coll.)
Boling Dome, Newgulf, Wharton Co., Texas, USA
11.7 x 6.6 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $402
large Muscovite sheet with inclusions (Cook Coll.)
Italy
20.0 x 11.0 x 0.1 cm
Winning Bid: $148
Tourmaline (Hunt Coll.)
Cruzeiro mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.4 x 1.6 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $330