Mixed Mineral Auction!

An interesting mix of large specimens, rarities, classics, and recent new finds are featured in this diverse auction from the well-known Trancoso, Hefendehl, Lemanski, and other collections.   

Highlights:

1. Superb gem SMOKY QUARTZ from Chamonix

2. MAUCHERITE from the Type Locality

3. Rare phantom QUARTZ on SCHORL from Pakistan

4. EMERALD from Brazil

5. Russian AXINITE

6. Rich DIOPTASE from the Type Locality

7. BORACITE from the Lindsay Greenbank Collection

8. Large gem KUNZITE

9. DT QUARTZ with AJOITE

10. Old TARBUTTITE from the Type Locality

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Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
Ex. Steve Smale
4.1 x 3.9 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $263
Rutile epitaxial on Hematite
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
Ex. Vasco Trancoso
5.2 x 5.0 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $211
Boracite (2 generations) w/ Hilgardite
Boulby Mine, Loftus, North Yorkshire, England
Ex. Lindsay Greenbank
9.3 x 8.0 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $205
gem Smoky Quartz crystal
Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
10.0 x 4.0 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Maucherite (Type Locality), Baryte
Eisleben, Mansfeld-Sudharz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
7.0 x 5.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $196
Crocoite, Vauquelinite, Cerussite, etc.
Tsvetnoi Mine, Berezovsk deposit, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
Ex. Harvard Univ., Bill Wilson
8.3 x 4.6 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $321
Aegirine
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Ex. Bill & Anne Cook
7.7 x 2.8 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Axinite-(Fe)
Puiva Mount, Saranpaul, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.6 x 6.3 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $312
large Tarbuttite (old - Type Locality)
Kabwe Mine, Kabwe Dist., Central Prov., Zambia
Ex. Bob Reynolds
15.2 x 6.6 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Copper w/ Cuprite
Rubtsovsk Mine, Rubtsovsky Dist., Altai Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.0 x 6.0 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $410
large Baryte, Fluorite & Quartz
La Cabaña, Berbes mining area, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
23.5 x 17.1 x 8.0 cm, 1976 grams
Winning Bid: $236
large Franklinite, Calcite & Willemite
Franklin Mining Dist., Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
17.0 x 14.0 x 6.2 cm, 2326 grams
Winning Bid: $252
Fluorite (classic locale)
Blackdene Mine, Ireshopeburn, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
Ex. Chet Lemanski
11.5 x 6.6 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $187
Pseudocubic Wulfenite & Mimetite (2008 find)
San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.8 x 3.0 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $530
Goethite ps. Marcasite
White Desert, Farafra Oasis, New Valley Governorate, Egypt
6.5 x 3.5 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $106
Calcite w/ phantom on Sphalerite
Denton Mine, Harris Creek Sub-Dist., Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. Art Soregaroli
8.2 x 6.0 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Plumbogummite on Quartz
Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
8.6 x 7.0 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Smithsonite w/ Hemimorphite
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Karas Region, Namibia
7.0 x 5.5 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Fluorite
Gloria 2a Mine, La Cardenchosa, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
Ex. Chet Lemanski
9.2 x 7.3 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $348
Stibnite
Wuning Mine, Qingjiang, Jiangxi, China
25.0 x 1.3 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $173
Baryte & Marcasite
Lubin, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
11.7 x 5.7 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $97
Aragonite var. Flos Ferri
Styrian Erzberg, Eisenerz, Leoben Dist., Styria, Austria
Ex. Vasco Trancoso
13.0 x 10.5 x 7.7 cm
Winning Bid: $97
Spessartine & Smoky Quartz
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Fujian, China
15.2 x 10.9 x 8.1 cm
Winning Bid: $650
Quartz with Ajoite and Amethyst inclusions
Messina Mine, Limpopo, South Africa
11.8 x 5.6 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $2,000
Japan law-twin Quartz & Calcite
Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
Ex. Chet Lemanski
13.5 x 12.7 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Vanadinite
Mibladen, Midelt Prov., Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
7.2 x 7.0 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $217
Tourmaline var. Schorl with Albite
Erongo Mtns., Erongo Region, Namibia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.8 x 7.0 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $213
Hemimorphite
Wenshan, Yunnan, China
Ex. Vasco Trancoso
12.8 x 11.8 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $700
Hubnerite & Quartz
Huayllapon Mine, Pasto Bueno, Pampas Dist., Ancash, Peru
Ex. Vasco Trancoso
11.2 x 9.8 x 7.6 cm
Winning Bid: $241
Emerald with Quartz
Carnaíba mining dist., Pindobaçu, Bahia, Brazil
11.3 x 6.9 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $440