Assorted Fine Minerals

PREMIERING a new release of old specimens from the Dr. Vasco Trancoso Collection (Lisbon) and also large cabinet specimens from a private Kalahari dealer's collection. Offerings this week include a wide-ranging set of classics, rarities, and new finds plus large specimens from well-known collections, including Hefendehl, Trancoso, Owen, and other recent collection purchases.

Highlights:

1. Arkansas WAVELLITE (rare color)

2. Large Erongo SCHORL with AQUAMARINE

3. FLUOR-BUERGERITE from the Type Locality

4. Orange-red OLMIITE

5. Large HYDROXYLAPOPHYLLITE and classic DUFTITE on CALCITE specimens

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Rosasite & Calcite (classic locale)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Ex. Vasco Trancoso
5.5 x 4.2 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Azurite (RARE 1997 find)
Seabra, Bahia, Brazil
Ex. Vasco Trancoso
14.4 x 13.2 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $379
Titanite & Chlorite (rare locale)
Scheiblinggraben, Bad Gastein, Pongau Dist., Salzburg, Austria
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
14.7 x 10.5 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $287
Fluorite (2 generations)
Xianghualing Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
7.8 x 7.0 x 6.6 cm
Winning Bid: $198
Nepouite/Garnierite (RARE locale)
Palhal Mine, Branca, Albergaria-a-Velha, Aveiro, Portugal
Ex. Vasco Trancoso
9.3 x 7.8 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Azurite, Malachite & Cerussite
Touissit, Jerada Prov., Oriental Region, Morocco
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.2 x 4.7 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $430
large Selenite incl. w/ Hematite (RARE combination)
Qinglong Mine, Dachang Sb ore field, Guizhou, China
Ex. Dr. Bob Byers
23.6 x 2.6 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $102
Fluorapatite, Quartz & Lepidolite
Dayu Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.6 x 3.8 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Rhodochrosite (rare 2015 find)
N'Chwaning III Mine, Kuruman, KMF, Northern Cape, South Africa
Ex. Colin & Helga Owen
6.7 x 5.0 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $280
Rhodochrosite with Kentrolite (rare French locale!)
Level 1, Le Rivet Quarry, Peyrebrune, Tarn, Occitanie, France
Ex. Vasco Trancoso
4.6 x 2.9 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $950
Libethenite (RARE large size - 1975 find)
Mindola Pit, Nkana Mine, Kitwe, Copperbelt Prov., Zambia
Ex. Lemke
2.2 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $955
Bi-colored Smithsonite (old style)
El Refugio Mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico
Ex. Gary Weaver
9.5 x 8.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $285
Pseudocubic Wulfenite (rare Perkin label)
Erupcion Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Willard Perkin
2.5 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $390
Pyromorphite
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
8.9 x 7.0 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $175
Olmiite (RARE color - Type Locality)
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, KMF, Northern Cape, South Africa
Ex. Vasco Trancoso
10.2 x 9.2 x 7.7 cm
Winning Bid: $515
Gem Citrine (partially polished)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Rock Currier
12.6 x 4.5 x 3.4 cm, 264 grams
Winning Bid: $352
Epidote & Quartz (unusual locale)
Bird Springs Garnet claim, Lee Mining Dist., Inyo Co., California, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
11.3 x 8.2 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $151
Fluorite, Muscovite and Quartz
Piaotang Mine, Xihuashan ore field, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
14.7 x 8.0 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $651
very large Duftite on Calcite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Colin & Helga Owen
23.0 x 16.0 x 10.0 cm
Winning Bid: $758
large Schorl w/ Aquamarine
Erongo Mtns., Karibib Con., Erongo Region, Namibia
Ex. Colin & Helga Owen
19.5 x 12.4 x 10.9 cm
Winning Bid: $578
Pyromorphite (RARE style and fine color)
Daoping Mine, Guilin, Guangxi, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
4.8 x 4.1 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $357