Mineral Auction of Assorted Acquisitions

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 Brian Kosnar, Dave Bergman, Kurt Hefendehl, Demetrius Pohl, Chet Lemanski, Bill and Anne Cook, Alex Schauss 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 classic pink RHODOCHROSITE from the Sunnsyide Mine, Colorado – ex Brian Kosnar 
2. INTENSELY colored SUGILITE specimen from South Africa
3. Desirable ''floater'' RUBY crystal from the John Saul Mine – ex Bill Larson Collection
4. Multi-colored TOURMALINE crystals on Albite from Pakistan – ex Dave Bergman Collection
5. Fine BORNITE with CALCITE from Kazakhstan
6. Excellent, rare HUREAULITE crystals on matrix from Brazil
7. Rarely seen SILVER specimen from Tsumeb
8. Lovely twinned CERUSSITE from Republic of the Congo
9. Classic PYROMORPHITE crystals on BARYTE from the Les Farges Mine, France – ex Rich Kosnar Collection
10. A hard to find SMITHSTONITE pseudmorph/"cast" after GYSPUM from Lavrion, Greece
11. Rarities include SCHIZOLITE, ROOSEVELTITE, TETRAROOSEVELITE, PREISINGERITE, ZAVARISKITE, MANSFIELDITE, MENDIPITE and SARTORITE

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Atacamite (rare locality specimen)
Moonta Mines, Moonta, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
Ex. Al Kidwell
5.6 x 5.2 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $36
Agate Earrings
Brazil
Ex. Rock Currier
5.8 x 1.8 x 1.2 (approx. each)
Winning Bid: $80
Zoisite (rare locality - ''floater'' specimen)
Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Chet Lemanski
5.5 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Mendipite (extremely rare)
Torr Works Quarry, Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK
5.7 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Rooseveltite with Tetrarooseveltite, etc., (extremely rare)
Moldava deposit, Moldava, Teplice District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
Ex. Paulo Matioli
4.2 x 4.0 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $225
Brochantite
Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Chet Lemanski
6.6 x 4.1 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Pollucite (gemmy crystal)
Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan
Ex. Brian Kosnar
2.2 x 2.1 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $46
Freibergite Subgroup coated by Stannite
Ánimas Mine, Chocaya-Animas Dist., Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Prov., Potosí, Bolivia
Ex. Colin Manlove
3.3 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $195
Quartz var: Smoky (fine rare locality specimen)
Akchatau Mine, Akshatau, Shet, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
10.8 x 6.7 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $335
Hureaulite (fine rare crystals)
Jocão Claim, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Brian Kosnar
6.2 x 5.7 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $427
Pyromorphite on Baryte (classic material)
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Ex. Rich Kosnar
7.3 x 5.3 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Bismuth (rare classic material)
Wolfram Camp, Dimbulah, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia
6.9 x 5.7 x 3.6 cm, 681 grams
Winning Bid: $253
Turquoise (rare locality specimen)
Zhushan Co., Shiyan, Hubei, China
5.7 x 2.7 x 1.3 cm, 25.0 grams
Winning Bid: $112
Wulfenite
Mežica, Slovenia
5.3 x 4.2 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $101
Mansfieldite (RARE specimen & locality)
Djebel Debagh Mine, Hammam Debagh, Hammam Debagh Dist., Guelma Prov., Algeria
Ex. Colin Manlove
7.2 x 4.3 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $285
Fluorite
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
Ex. Dave Bergman
8.2 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $305
Sugilite (rare) (fine color)
N'Chwaning III Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
5.2 x 3.0 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $454
Tourmaline (multi-color crystals) with Albite
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Dave Bergman
4.3 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $370
Smithsonite (cadmium-bearing) (rare for the locality)
Sardinia Stope, Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA
3.4 x 2.3 x 0.7 cm, 19.3 grams
Winning Bid: $70
Titanite
Bear Lake diggings, Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
3.7 x 3.6 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $103
Veszelyite (fine rare crystals)
Dongchuan Dist., Kunming, Yunnan, China
2.7 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Shattuckite
Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
6.9 x 5.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Smithsonite (Cobalt-bearing)
Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Colin Manlove
7.1 x 6.5 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $434
Spodumene var: Kunzite (doubly-terminated "floater")
Nuristan, Afghanistan
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
9.1 x 5.1 x 0.8 cm, 121.8 grams
Winning Bid: $645
Topaz (excellent classic locality specimen)
Sherlova Gora, Adun-Cholon Range, Nerchinsky Dist., Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
10.6 x 6.0 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $730
Sartorite (very rare classic material with a fantastic old label!)
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland (Type Locality)
Ex. Al Kidwell
7.2 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Azurite (''sun'')
Malbunka Copper Mine, Areyonga, Gardiner Range, MacDonnell Region, Northern Territory, Australia
8.9 x 8.7 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $605
Sphalerite with Manganese-bearing Calcite
Casapalca Mine, Casapalca, Chicla Dist., Huarochirí Prov., Lima, Peru
Ex. Demetrius Pohl
5.7 x 5.5 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Descloizite (fine quality)
Berg Aukus Mine, Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
7.5 x 4.5 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $430
Beryl var: Aquamarine on Muscovite
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.2 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm, 74.1 grams
Winning Bid: $460