Mineral Auction - Assorted Pieces

Mixed specimens this week include gem crystals, classic locales, fine display specimens, and a selection of assorted pieces from our inventory and collections we've purchased such as Dave Bergman, John Dagenais, Dave Stoudt, Gerry Morvell, Colin Manlove, Kurt Hefendehl, Brian Kosnar and more!  Look for attractive higher-value pieces this week, all starting at $10 reserve bids!

Some of the highlights from this week’s auction include:
1. Beautiful gemmy green TOURMALINE on LEPIDOLITE from Brazil – ex Brian Kosnar Collection
2. Rare, fine quality, GOOD SIZED VESZEYLITE crystals with ZINCOLIBETHENITE from Rep. of Congo
3. Excellent GALENA on QUARTZ from the Grimberg Mine, Germany – ex Kurt Hefendehl Collection
4. A really interesting and unique MULTI-COLORED DOUBLY-TERMINATED "floater" DRAVITE crystal from Tanzania – ex Dave Ziga Collection
5. A wonderful CRYSTALLIZED BISMUTH specimen from Bolivia
6. An attractive, rarely seen CHRYSOCOLLA from the 79 Mine, Arizona – ex Dan Behnke Collection
7. Lovely GOLD on QUARTZ from the Oriental Mine, California
8. A very hard-to-find CHAMOSITE specimen from Wyoming – ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection
9. Rare TURQUOISE specimen from the Chuquicamata Mine, Chile – ex John Dagenais Collection
10. A fine quality, relatively hard-to-find SCHORL specimen from Mexico – ex Dave Stoudt Collection
11. Eye-catching STELLERITE with STILBITE and CALCITE from Kazakhstan – ex Kurt Hefendehl Collection
12.  Rarities include:  SIEGENITE, APACHITE, KINOITE, "GEYSERITE", PURPURITE and GEOCRONITE

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Azurite (fine crystals)
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
5.2 x 4.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $320
Quartz coated by Calcite (fluorescent)
Concepción del Oro, Concepción del Oro Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
Ex. Dave Bergman
5.7 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $168
Veszelyite (rare) (good sized crystals) with Zincolibethenite
Palabanda Quarries, Mfouati, Mfouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo
3.9 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $400
Galena on Quartz (fine rare locality specimen)
Grimberg Mine, Niederdielfen, Wilnsdorf, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.1 x 5.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Dravite Tourmaline (doubly-terminated ''floater'') (unique coloration)
Mwajanga diggings, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
Ex. Dave Ziga
3.2 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $177
Sulfur (good sized crystal)
El Desierto Mine, San Pablo de Napa, Daniel Campos Prov., Potosí, Bolivia
6.9 x 4.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $199
Quartz (''Amethystine'') (''Fenster'' crystal)
outcrop near the North Star Mine, Little Giant Basin, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA
5.7 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $61
Calcite (pseudo-pyritohedral)
Chenzhou, Hunan, China
9.3 x 6.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Vanadinite (gemmy crystals)
Mibladen Dist., Midelt Prov., Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
4.3 x 2.5 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Bismuth (thick crystals)
Carmen Mine, Pucarani, Los Andes Province, La Paz, Bolivia
4.1 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $309
Chrysocolla
79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner Dist., Gila Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Dan Behnke
3.5 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Galena
West Fork Mine, West Fork, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
Ex. Chad Dalrymple
10.6 x 7.2 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Mimetite (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.3 x 6.1 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $380
Rhodochrosite with Gageite
Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
Ex. Brian Kosnar
4.8 x 4.3 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $87
Kinoite (rare)
Christmas Open Pit, Christmas Mine, Banner Dist., Gila Co., Arizona, USA
6.1 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Gold on Quartz
Oriental Mine, 16 to 1 Mine, Alleghany, Alleghany District, Sierra Co., California, USA
1.0 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Blue Amber (fluorescent)
Lampung Prov., Indonesia
4.3 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm, 30.69 grams
Winning Bid: $81
Scorzalite (rare)
Estaño Orcko Mine, Colavi Subdistrict, Machacamarca District, Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosí, Bolivia
5.7 x 4.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $72
Hedenbergite (''Faden'')
Tormiq, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Chet Lemanski
4.3 x 2.7 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $53
Allanite Group
Nueva Vizcaya Mine, Burguillos del Cerro, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
Ex. Colin Manlove
8.3 x 4.8 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $485
Perovskite with Muscovite (rare locality)
Jacupiranga Mine, Cajati, São Paulo, Brazil
Ex. Kay Robertson
4.3 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $61
Azurite (''sun'')
Malbunka Copper Mine, Areyonga, Gardiner Range, MacDonnell Region, Northern Territory, Australia
8.7 x 7.6 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $316
Chamosite (RARE locality specimen)
Atlantic City Mine, South Pass Mining District, Fremont Co., Wyoming, USA
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
9.3 x 6.6 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $77
Geocronite (very rare)
Pollone Mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Pietrasanta, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
3.7 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $279
Aragonite (''floater'' specimen - 2023 find)
Gallo River, Molina de Aragón, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain (Type Locality)
4.1 x 3.3 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Quartz ''cast'' after Calcite
East vein zone, Mineral Farm Mine, Ouray Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. Gary Weaver
7.7 x 6.1 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Cuprite (rare locality specimen)
Chuquicamata Mine, Calama, El Loa Prov., Antofagasta, Chile
Ex. John Dagenais
6.8 x 4.2 x 2.2 c,
Winning Bid: $80
Turquoise (rare locality specimen)
Chuquicamata Mine, Calama, El Loa Prov., Antofagasta, Chile
Ex. John Dagenais
6.3 x 3.4 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Hausmannite
N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
5.3 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Fluorapatite on Albite
Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Michel Jactat
4.3 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $100