Mixed Mineral Auction!

A diverse auction with a very eclectic mix of recent finds, rarities, classics, and large specimens from the well-known Hefendehl, Hauck, Currier, Larson, Jactat, and other collections. 

Highlights:

1. Crystallized Colorado GOLD

2. GARNET specimen from the Bill Larson Collection

3. Classic New York UVITE

4. NEW FIND of WATERMELON TOURMALINE from Brazil

5. Rare AZURITE on WOODWARDITE

6. Important large FLUORAPATITE and unique LEPIDOLITE, TOURMALINE & MICROCLINE from Brazil

7. APOPHYLLITE

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Calcite helectite
Level 6, Potosí Mine, West Camp, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
12.2 x 9.0 x 8.4 cm
Winning Bid: $270
elongated Calcite crystal
Wenshan, Yunnan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
16.0 x 3.9 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $171
Quartz with Amethyst
Goboboseb Mtns., Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
10.7 x 7.3 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Topaz
Nujiang Valley, Nujiang, Yunnan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.4 x 5.9 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Apophyllite on Quartz
Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
11.8 x 5.1 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $160
historic Gold on matrix
Dixie Mine, Lamartine Mining Dist., Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. Ron Romanella
5.3 x 3.6 x 2.9 cm, 46.7 grams
Winning Bid: $3,339
Baryte and Fluorite
Taolin Mine, Linxiang Co., Hunan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
11.8 x 8.1 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Fluorapatite, Quartz, Siderite & Muscovite
Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Ex. Dick Hauck
10.1 x 8.7 x 7.8 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Smithsonite
Kelly Mine, Magdalena Mining Dist., Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA
Ex. Dick Hauck
13.0 x 9.6 x 7.4 cm
Winning Bid: $291
Gypsum ps. Glauberite
Camp Verde, Camp Verde Mining Dist., Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Dick Hauck
11.8 x 8.1 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $164
Zincite (Type Locality)
Sterling Mine, Franklin Mining Dist., Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
Ex. Rock Currier
5.5 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm, 163 grams
Winning Bid: $90
Enargite & Bornite on Pyrite
Leonard Mine, Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA
Ex. Dick Hauck
12.7 x 10.7 x 8.0 cm, 1997 grams
Winning Bid: $218
Titanite & Fluorapatite in Calcite
Bancroft area, Ontario, Canada
Ex. Walter Reeves, Patricia Barker, Dick Hauck
10.0 x 9.0 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $115
Lepidolite, Tourmaline & Microcline
Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Michel Jactat
6.5 x 4.5 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $775
Domeykite nodule
Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
Ex. Dick Hauck
4.4 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm, 205 grams.
Winning Bid: $90
Pyromorphite & Calcite
San Luis Mine, San José, Guazapares Mun., Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Dave Stoudt
9.3 x 6.8 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $600
Apophyllite 'waterfall'
Savda, Jalgaon Dist., Nashik Div., Maharashtra, India
14.7 x 12.2 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $825
Azurite with Malachite & Chrysocolla
Morenci Mine, Morenci, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Chet Lemanski
16.0 x 15.2 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $575
Woodwardite 'waves' with Azurite
DaChang/Qinglong Mine, Qinglong Co., Guizhou, China
14.2 x 9.3 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $913
Helvine
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China
Ex. Rob Lavinsky
7.0 x 8.0 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $550
Rutile with Hyalite Opal
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
Ex. Sean Lincoln
3.5 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Smithsonite on Tennantite stalactites (rare)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
6.9 x 6.0 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Quartz on Fluorite
Cumbria, England
Ex. Dick Hauck
13.7 x 6.6 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $81
Scheelite
Pingwu beryl mine, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Sichuan, China
5.7 x 5.4 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $316
fibrous Tourmaline on Tourmaline
Cruzeiro mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Michel Jactat
10.5 x 6.1 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $216
Andradite var. Demantoid & Serpentinite
Dossi di Franscia, Franscia, Lanzada, Sondrio Prov., Lombardy, Italy
Ex. Bill Larson
7.0 x 4.0 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $613
Azurite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Ron Romanella
11.5 x 9.4 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,251
Aragonite - highly unusual for locale
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Dick Hauck
10.1 x 9.8 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $195
Colemanite with Ulexite (rare locale)
Bigadic Mine, Bigadic Dist., Balikesir Prov., Turkey
Ex. Izmir Museum
17.5 x 12.1 x 10.3 cm
Winning Bid: $275
Bi-colored Tourmaline w/ Quartz (New Find)
Golconda mines, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
14.7 x 8.1 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,950