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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Siegenite (fine rare crystals)
Amax Buick Mine, Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron Co., Missouri, USA
2.9 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Andalusite
Villa di Chiavenna, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
Ex. Gerry Morvell
9.7 x 7.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $74
Purpurite (rare from Colorado)
Crystal Mountain Pegmatite Mining District, Larimer Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. Gerry Morvell
5.2 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $63
Apachite (incredibly rare)
Christmas Mine, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA, (Type Locality)
Ex. David Burgess
6.3 x 5.2 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Fluorite (rare spherical habit) on Quartz (rare for the locality)
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.8 x 6.1 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $286
Hedyphane with Berzeliite (rare) (flourescent)
Långban Mine, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden (Type Locality for Both Species)
Ex. Rock Currier
8.5 x 8.3 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Fluorite
Xianghualing Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Brian Kosnar
6.3 x 4.2 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Brochantite
Mex-Tex Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA
Ex. Gerry Morvell
6.6 x 5.1 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Green Spodumene var: Hiddenite (5-crystal set)
Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Ron Romanella
4.5 x 1.2 x 0.6 cm to 2.0 x 1.2 x 0.6 cm, 20.1 grams (total weight)
Winning Bid: $90
Erythrite (historic locality)
Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Ex. Al Kidwell
8.1 x 3.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $83
Quartz after Anhydrite
near Gladstone, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. Gary Weaver
8.1 x 6.4 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Andradite Garnet
Stanley Butte Area, Santa Teresa Mountains, Graham Co., Arizona, USA
6.6 x 5.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $117
Prehnite
Lane & Son Trap rock Quarries, Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, USA
Ex. Chet Lemanski
5.7 x 2.7 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Stellerite and Stilbite with Calcite
Sokolovskoe Iron Mine, Rudny, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.8 x 8.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Schorl (uncommon locality)
Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
Ex. Dave Stoudt
7.5 x 7.2 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $215
Spessartine Garnet on Smoky Quartz
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
5.5 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Fluorapophyllite-(K) on Stilbite-Ca
Jalgaon District, Nashik Division, Maharashtra, India
5.7 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $352
Quartz / Amethyst / Agate Geode
Las Choyas, Mun. de Aldama, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Willard Wulff
11.3 x 10.5 x 3.6 cm and 11.0 x 10.6 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $411
Afghanite (fine crystals)
Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Kokcha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
4.3 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $263
Brucite (rare rich yellow color)
Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan
6.5 x 2.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Malachite pseudomorphing after Azurite
Live Oak Pit, Inspiration Mine, Globe-Miami Mining Dist., Gila Co., Arizona, USA
7.1 x 4.3 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $233
Spodumene (doubly-terminated GEM crystal)
Nuristan, Afghanistan
6.6 x 2.7 x 1.4 cm, 44.5 grams
Winning Bid: $350
Fluorapophyllite-(K) on Quartz
Pune, Maharashtra, India
5.7 x 4.1 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $198
Tourmaline on Lepidolite
Santa Rosa Mine, Itambacuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Brian Kosnar
4.7 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $436
Geyserite (Sinter) (''Fiorite'')
Santa Fiora (Monte Amiata), Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
6.6 x 5.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $245
Cassiterite (twins) with Scheelite on Muscovite
Pingwu Beryl Mine, Huya Township, Mount Little Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.7 x 5.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $245
Baryte
Niederschlema, Bad Schlema, Erzgebirge District, Saxony, Germany
Ex. Kay Robertson
7.7 x 7.2 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Calcite (beautiful color)
Grabiszyce Quarry, Grabiszyce Średnie, Gmina Leśna, Lubań County, Lower Silesia, Poland
8.4 x 6.2 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $550
Quartz var: Smoky
Mooralla, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
4.7 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $315
Calcite with iridescent Marcasite
Brushy Creek Mine, Greeley, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
10.3 x 7.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $459