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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Hematite replacing Clam fossil
Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Missouri, USA
Ex. Kay Robertson
4.7 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $145
Galena
Groverake Mine, Rookhope, Stanhope, Co. Durham, England
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
4.8 x 3.6 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $46
Sulfur
El Desierto mine, San Pablo de Napa, Daniel Campos Prov., Potosí, Bolivia
11.0 x 7.9 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Ludlockite - significant example from type find
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Vasco Trancoso
1.4 x 1.4 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $1,204
Quartz faden
Piz Beverin, Mathon, Viamala Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Ex. Brent Lockhart
10.7 x 3.8 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $147
Synthetic Quartz
Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA
Ex. Skip Colflesh
18.0 x 2.4 x 1.7 cm, 170 grams
Winning Bid: $221
Dolomite (Co-bearing)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Vasco Trancoso
8.9 x 6.3 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Shattuckite and Plancheite
Milpillas Mine, Milpillas, Santa Cruz Mun., Sonora, Mexico
11.1 x 7.4 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Framed amethyst stalactite slices
Iraí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
23.0 x 18.0 x 1.9 cm (frame)
Winning Bid: $136
Pyrite "sun"
Sparta, Randolph Co., Illinois, USA
16.2 x 15.6 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $409
Amethyst geode w/ Agate rim slice
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Ex. Ron Pellar
11.2 x 5.9 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Copper
Caledonia Mine, Mass City, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA
10.5 x 5.6 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $186
Gypsum
Great Salt Plains, Jet, Alfalfa Co., Oklahoma, USA
Ex. A. L. Kidwell
7.2 x 7.2 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $169
Aquamarine & Muscovite
Nagar Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
12.7 x 8.6 x 7.5 cm
Winning Bid: $368
large Calcite (rare 1991 find)
4th of June Pocket, Medford Quarry, Medford, Carroll Co., Maryland, USA
Ex. Chet Lemanski
15.3 x 15.3 x 9.0 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Emerald in Calcite & Shale
La Pita Mine, Maripí Mun., Boyacá Dept., Colombia
Ex. Sean Lincoln
9.6 x 9.4 x 7.9 cm
Winning Bid: $3,115
Algodonite with Domeykite
Mohawk Mine, Mohawk, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA
7.4 x 5.2 x 0.6 cm, 112 grams
Winning Bid: $42
Fluoro-richterite
Wilberforce area, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
9.4 x 6.3 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Bi-colored Fluorite w/ Chalcopyrite
Bergmannisch Gluck Mine, Annaberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
13.0 x 8.6 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $420
Gem Aquamarine w/ Schorl
Shigar Valley, Shigar Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
7.0 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm, 20 grams
Winning Bid: $197
Linarite (unusually large)
Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
12.6 x 8.5 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $301
Quartz
Ron Coleman Mine, Blue Springs, Garland Co., Arkansas, USA
Ex. Oscar Sisman
9.3 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Powellite, Stilbite and Fluorapophyllite
Nashik Dist., Nashik Div., Maharashtra, India
9.1 x 7.4 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $287
Almandine Garnet
Granatenkogel north slope, Gurgler valley, Sölden, Imst Dist., Tyrol, Austria
Ex. Wally Mann
9.0 x 8.3 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $1,106
Azurite
Malbunka Copper Mine, Areyonga, Northern Territory, Australia
12.0 x 10.2 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $512
Spessartine & Smoky Quartz w/ clay inclusions
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Fujian, China
Ex. Vasco Trancoso
8.9 x 6.8 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $295
Vivianite with Ludlamite
Cabeca do Cachorro claim, Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil
13.5 x 11.1 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $1,266
Euxenite-(Y)
Ankazobe District, Analamanga, Madagascar
Ex. Alex Schauss
3.2 x 1.7 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $579
Chalcopyrite and Quartz
Bad Laasphe, Siegen-Wittgenstein, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
12.7 x 6.0 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $315
Matrix Herkimer diamond
Middleville quarry, Middleville, Herkimer Co., New York, USA
Ex. Vasco Trancoso
6.3 x 6.2 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $1,350