Mineral Auction - Mixed 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, Bill and Anne Cook, John Dagenais, Dave Stoudt, Gerry Morvell, Al Kidwell, 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. Lovely old-time AZURITE from Tsumeb dating back to the early 1900s – ex Brian Kosnar
2. Beautiful classic RUBELLITE TOURMALINE from the famed Jonas Mine in Brazil (1980s)
3. Wonderful gemmy yellow MIMETITE crystals on matrix from Thailand
4. A rarely seen combo of HAUSMANNITE with GYPSUM from the N'Chwaning II Mine, South Africa
5. Excellent classic rare LEGRANDITE on matrix from the Ojuela Mine, Mexico
6. An attractive AMAZONITE with ALBITE thumbnail from Colorado
7. Fantastic, very rare twinned CHLORITOID on matrix from Pakistan – ex Kurt Hefendehl collection
8. Superb crystals (!) of BISMUTHINITE on matrix from Australia – ex Kurt Hefendehl collection
9. Eye-catching RED WULFENITE crystals on matrix from Chile – ex John Dagenais collection
10. Hard to find TOPAZ on matrix from Northern Ireland – ex Tim Sherburn collection
11. Gorgeous GEM AZURITE crystals on matrix from Lavrion, Greece – ex Christos Spiromitros collection
12.  Rarities include:  MAGNESIONIGERITE-6N6S on SPINEL, GETCHELLITE, ROSELITE with COBALTLOTHARMEYERITE & COBALTAUSTINITE, and SANROMANITE

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Fluorite (gemmy crystals)
Moscona Mine, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
11.2 x 8.2 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Ferberite
Tazna Mine, Cerro Tazna, Nor Chichas Prov., Potosí, Bolivia
3.1 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $51
Pyrite (classic material)
Ampliación a Victoria Mine, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain
7.2 x 5.7 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Azurite with Malachite (early 1900s)
Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Brian Kosnar
3.2 x 2.6 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $313
Copper (uncommon Bolivian locality)
Oruro, Bolivia
Ex. Brian Kosnar
7.2 x 6.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Rubellite Tourmaline (classic material) (1978)
Jonas Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.7 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $852
Prehnite
Köhlerloch Quarry, Radau Valley, Bad Harzburg, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.8 x 7.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $71
Stilbite-(Ca) on Chalcedony
Jalgaon, Maharashtra State, India
9.3 x 5.6 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Chabazite (rare locality specimen)
Dalsnipa, Dalur, Sandoy, Sandoy Region, Faroe Islands
Ex. Al Kidwell
8.2 x 7.3 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Beryl var: Emerald
Carnaíba, Pindobacu, Bahia, Brazil
4.0 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $117
Lavender Chalcedony (fluorescent) (NEW FIND)
Green Fire Prospect, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
4.6 x 3.7 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Goethite (uncommon locality)
Luis Lopez Manganese District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
Ex. Dave Bergman
4.2 x 4.0 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $230
Mimetite (classic material)
Guatomo Mine (''Hat Yai'' Mimetite Locality), Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata Dist., Yala Prov., Thailand
6.7 x 5.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $535
Variscite with Wardite and Crandallite (classic material)
Little Green Monster Variscite Mine, Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Oquirrh Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA
7.2 x 6.7 x 2.3 cm, 138.3 grams
Winning Bid: $98
Fluorite (GEM crystals)
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.2 x 4.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Hemimorphite (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.2 x 4.1 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Fluorite with Rhodochrosite
Sweet Home Mine, Mount Bross, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park Co., Colorado, USA
3.2 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $285
Hausmannite with Gypsum (RARE locality specimen)
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Mn Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
6.6 x 4.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $175
Wavellite (classic material)
Avant, Garland Co., Arkansas, USA
4.6 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $132
Adamite (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
4.3 x 3.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $265
Legrandite (rare classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
2.8 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Corundum var: Ruby on marble
Jagdalak (Jagdalek) Ruby Mine, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
4.6 x 4.2 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Microcline var: Amazonite with Albite var: Cleavelandite
Crystal Peak Area, Teller Co., Colorado, USA
2.0 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Mimetite with Calcite
Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Gerry Morvell
5.6 x 3.4 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $308
Hematite (''Rainbow Hematite'')
Andrade Mine, João Monlevade, Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Rock Currier
18.1 x 2.3 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $925
Sanrománite (exceedingly rare)
Santa Rosa Mine, Santa Rosa-Huantajaya mining district, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile (Type Locality)
Ex. John Dagenais
6.7 x 5.0 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $230
Augelite
Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Saavedra Prov., Potosi, Bolivia
Ex. Gerry Morvell
6.3 x 3.7 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Bismuthinite (fine crystals) (rare locality)
Biggenden Mine, Mount Biggenden, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.2 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,455
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
4.3 x 3.4 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $175
Copper (''Spinel'' twin)
Itauz Mine, Zhilandy group, Satpayev, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
Ex. Armon McPherson
5.7 x 1.0 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $43