Mineral Auction - Variegated Specimens

This week's auction features a great mix of minerals including gem crystals, classic locality pieces, rarities, fine display specimens and a selection of other assorted specimens from our inventory and collections we've acquired such as Chet Lemanski, Kurt Hefendehl, John Dagenais, Dave Bergman, Dr. Vasco Trancoso, 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. Attractive bright green twinned TITANITE on matrix from Pakistan
2. A cool FLUORITE from Pine Canyon New Mexico featuring octahedral crystals on a cube – ex Dave Stoudt
3. LARGE WULFENITE crystals coated by QUARTZ from Mfouati, Republic of the Congo
4. Classic AQUAMARINE crystal from Mt. Antero, Colorado – ex Dave Bergman
5. A rarely seen PYRITE with associated specimen with STILBITE-Ca from China – ex Kurt Hefendehl
6. Hard to find GOSHENITE BERYL on TOURMALINE from Pakistan
7. Newly discovered, attractive AZURITE from a small find in Indonesia
8. Colorful, rare IRIS AGATE (with rainbow flash) from Indonesia
9. Classic GEM QUALITY RUBELLITE crystal from Mt. Mica Maine – ex Shields Flynn
10. Rarely seen association of CUPRITE with NATIVE SILVER from Tsumeb – ex John Dagenais
11. Fantastic full cabinet-sized CARLSBAD TWINNED MICROCLINE specimen from Erongo, Namibia – ex John Dagenais
12. Rarities include: ZIPPEITE, CYANOTRICHITE and VESZEYLITE     

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Titanite (twins) with Calcite and Clinochlore
Tormiq Valley, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
15.2 x 10.8 x 7.3 cm
Current Bid: $110
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Close Time: 01/04/2025 6:30:00 pm (CST)
Diopside
Orford Nickel Mine, St-Denis-de-Brompton, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
3.5 x 1.6 x 0.8 cm
Current Bid: $35
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Beryl var: Aquamarine (classic locality)
Mt. Antero, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. Dave Bergman
2.6 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm, 13.56 grams
Current Bid: $60
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Beryl var: Goshenite on Tourmaline
Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.6 x 2.7 x 2.6 cm
Current Bid: $165
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Axinite-(Fe)
Khaplu, Ghanche District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
6.2 x 4.6 x 4.3 cm
Current Bid: $70
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Chalcopyrite on Calcite
Kamoya South II Mine, Kamoya, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
5.8 x 4.6 x 3.2 cm
Current Bid: $85
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Rhodochrosite on Quartz
Madan Ore Field, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
6.3 x 3.6 x 3.5 cm, …
Current Bid: $85
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Calcite (doubly-terminated) (fluorescent)
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Chet Lemanski
8.7 x 7.2 x 4.3 cm
Current Bid: $87
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Fluorite
Berta Quarry and Mine, Sant Cugat del Vallès-El Papiol, Vallès Occidental-Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.8 x 8.2 x 4.7 cm
Current Bid: $35
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Pyrite with Stilbite (rare association for the locality)
Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.3 x 7.4 x 6.7 cm
Current Bid: $265
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Wulfenite
Rowley Mine, Theba, Painted Rock Dist., Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
5.6 x 3.7 x 3.7 cm
Current Bid: $120
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Andradite var: Melanite
New Idria District, San Benito Co., California, USA
7.6 x 4.3 x 4.2 cm
Current Bid: $70
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Quartz var: Agate (var: Iris Agate) (rainbow iridescence)
Java, Indonesia
4.7 x 3.4 x 0.1 cm, 4.86 grans
Current Bid: $50
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Corundum var: Sapphire (rare locality specimen)
Naxos Island, Naxos, South Aegean, Greece
6.9 x 4.8 x 2.1 cm
Current Bid: $140
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Vivianite
Tomokoni Mine, near Canutillos, Colavi, Saavedra Prov., Potosi, Bolivia
Ex. Brian Kosnar
5.0 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm
Current Bid: $180
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Copper with Silver
Seneca Mine, Seneca, Allouez Township, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA
Ex. Dave Bergman
4.2 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm, 55.69 grams
Current Bid: $40
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Stilbite-Ca
Jalgaon District, Nashik Division, Maharashtra, India
12.8 x 8.6 x 5.2 cm
Current Bid: $43
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Smithsonite (classic material)
Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA
Ex. Brian Kosnar
3.7 x 3.5 x 2.1 cm
Current Bid: $67
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Wulfenite (large crystals) coated by Quartz
Mfouati, Mfouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo
5.7 x 5.3 x 4.7 cm
Current Bid: $77
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Andradite with Magnetite and Clinochlore
Marki Khel, Spin Ghar range, Khogyani District, Nangarhar, Afghanistan
8.6 x 7.4 x 3.7 cm
Current Bid: $115
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Azurite (rare locality specimen) (recent find)
Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java Prov., Indonesia
9.4 x 6.7 x 6.7 cm
Current Bid: $160
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Fluorapophyllite-(K)
Pune District, Maharashtra, India
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
5.7 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Current Bid: $15
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Fluorite (bi-colored octahedrons on cube)
Pine Canyon Deposit, Burro Mountains Dist., Grant Co., New Mexico, USA
Ex. Dave Stoudt
4.1 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
Current Bid: $70
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Copper
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo Dist., Pima Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Les Presmyk; Willie & Ken Farmer
5.6 x 4.1 x 1.1 cm
Current Bid: $210
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Rubellite Tourmaline (classic locality)
Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Ex. Shields Flynn
2.9 x 0.3 x 0.3 cm, 4.40 carats
Current Bid: $109
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Quartz var: Amethystine
Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.8 x 5.7 x 4.7 cm
Current Bid: $88
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Cyanotrichite (rare locality specimen)
Peacock Mine, Leadore District, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA
Ex. Geary Murdock
6.2 x 3.1 x 2.7 cm
Current Bid: $60
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Chalcopyrite with Galena, Tetrahedrite and Sphalerite
Wolf Mine, Herdorf, Daaden-Herdorf, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.2 x 5.7 x 2.7 cm
Current Bid: $110
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Celestine on Calcite (New Find - 2023)
Laman Celestine Deposit, Qala e Naw District, Badghis, Afghanistan
5.1 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm
Current Bid: $131
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Baryte
Rosiclare District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.2 x 5.7 x 3.7 cm
Current Bid: $91
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Close Time: 01/04/2025 6:30:00 pm (CST)