Mixed Mineral Auction!

A diverse selection of new finds, classics, and rarities are featured in this eclectic auction from the well-known Hefendehl, Trancoso, Reynolds, Smale, and other collections. 

Highlights:

1. Large bi-colored TOURMALINE from a New Find

2. Rare APOPHYLLITE, STILBITE & CELADONITE, and classic older CAVANSITE & STILBITE from India

3. Old classic CALCITE from England

4. Austrian ALMANDINE from the Wally Mann Collection

5. LUDLOCKITE from Tsumeb

6. Large Brazil VIVIANITE

7. AZURITE and PYROMORPHITE specimens from the Steve Smale Collection

8. Superb matrix Herkimer QUARTZ "diamond"

9. Gem AQUAMARINE

10. Rare Chinese wire SILVER with CALCITE and unusual FLUORITE & QUARTZ

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large DT bi-colored Tourmaline (New Find)
Golconda mines, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
17.2 x 5.2 x 2.5 cm, 166 grams
Winning Bid: $1,110
large Amethyst w/ scepters (New Find)
Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Veracruz, Mexico
16.5 x 13.2 x 7.6 cm
Winning Bid: $594
Calcite on Calcite (old classic)
Egremont, Cumbria, England
11.7 x 9.2 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $1,105
Malachite
Katanga, DR Congo
Ex. Vasco Trancoso
9.7 x 9.0 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $61
Chrysoprase (polished - 2018/2019 find)
Szklary Chrysoprase Mine, Szklary, Zabkowice Slaskie Co., Poland
4.0 x 3.0 x 2.6 cm, 22 grams
Winning Bid: $91
Plattnerite on stalactitic Goethite
Preguica Mine, Moura, Beja, Portugal
Ex. Vasco Trancoso
7.6 x 5.6 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $96
Vayrynenite (rare)
Shengus, Roundu Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
2.0 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $333
Corundum
Soboba Hot Springs, San Jacinto Mtns., Riverside Co., California, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
7.1 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Pyromorphite (rare style)
Daoping Mine, Guilin, Guangxi, China
Ex. Steve Smale
3.7 x 2.5 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $444
Merlinoite
Pollena quarries, Mount Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Italy
Ex. Vasco Trancoso
2.1 x 1.9 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Boggsite (RARE Zeolite)
Neer Road, Goble, Columbia Co., Oregon, USA
Ex. Vasco Trancoso
4.5 x 2.9 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $51
Baryte
Jebel Ouichane, Nador Prov., Oriental Region, Morocco
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
12.2 x 8.7 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $382
large Amethyst (California)
Kingston Range, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
13.5 x 9.0 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $245
large Selenite incl. w/ Hematite (RARE combination)
Qinglong Mine, Dachang Sb ore field, Guizhou, China
Ex. Dr. Bob Byers
16.1 x 10.0 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Vanadinite (RARE locale and style)
Rowley Mine, Theba, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
10.7 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $1,053
Floater Azurite rosettes (excellent)
Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Guangdong, China
Ex. Steve Smale
7.2 x 5.3 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $366
Fluorite and Quartz
De'an fluorite mine, Wushan, De'an Co., Jiangxi, China
12.3 x 11.0 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $528
Wire Silver w/ Calcite (new find)
Linqu Co., Weifang, Shandong, China
7.3 x 3.0 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,450
Allargentum w/ Calcite
Bouismas Mine, Zagora Prov., Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Demetrius Pohl
5.5 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $342
Baryte
Cerro Warihuyn, Miraflores, Huamalíes Prov., Huánuco, Peru
Ex. Vasco Trancoso
3.7 x 3.7 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Roselite
Bou Azzer mining dist., Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Vasco Trancoso
9.0 x 6.6 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $89
Fluorapophyllite and Stilbite
Pune Dist., Pune Div., Maharashtra, India
Ex. Vasco Trancoso
7.2 x 6.1 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Amethyst "flower"
Iraí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
7.0 x 7.0 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $266
Gem Apophyllite & Stilbite on Celadonite
Jalgaon Dist., Maharashtra, India
Ex. Vasco Trancoso
10.8 x 8.8 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $1,550
Scheelite & Dolomite on Fluorite
Dongshan Mine, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Bob Reynolds
9.7 x 6.1 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $151
Cavansite and Stilbite (old style)
Wagholi Quarries, Pune Dist., Maharashtra, India
Ex. Vasco Trancoso
8.6 x 6.2 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $360
"Cactus" Amethyst
Boekenhoutshoek area, Mkobola, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Ex. Vasco Trancoso
6.7 x 5.7 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Millerite with Annabergite
Pafuri nickel deposit, Vhembe Dist. Mun., Limpopo, South Africa
Ex. Chet Lemanski
10.2 x 7.0 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $704
Baryte
Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
Ex. Paul Zerfass
7.4 x 7.2 x 7.1 cm
Winning Bid: $353
Chrysoprase slice - gem quality
Marlborough, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia
Ex. Vasco Trancoso
8.4 x 6.5 x 0.6 cm, 63 grams
Winning Bid: $261