Mineral Auction - Worldwide Specimens

Mixed specimens this week include gem crystals, classic locales, fine display specimens and a selection of assorted piece from our inventory and collections we've purchased such as Dr. Vasco Trancoso, Kurt Hefendehl, Rich Kosnar, Chet Lemanski, Bill and Anne Cook, 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. Interesting AMAZONITE crystal from Colorado with unusual white "stripes" – ex Brian Kosnar Collection
2. Excellent AZURITE crystals on matrix from the Milpillas Mine, Mexico
3. Fantastic rare SHIGAITE crystals on RHODOCHROSITE from South Africa
4. A great association specimen from Peru featuring attractive pink CALCITE with TENNANTITE, et al. – ex Kurt Hefendehl Collection
5. Rarely seen GOLD specimen from Greaterville, Arizona
6. Wonderful VESZELYITE crystals on matrix from China           
7. Eye-catching rare BLUE AMBER from Indonesia
8. Lovely gemmy TOPAZOLITE GARNET crystals on matrix from Madagascar – ex Brian Kosnar Collection
9.  A very attractive rich golden colored GYPSUM var: SELENITE specimen from Peru – ex Kurt Hefendehl Collection
10. Rarities include SERENDIBITE, AUSTINITE, GETCHELLITE, PSEUDOBOLEITE, ARTHURITE and PARAVAUXITE

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Magnetite (rare cubic habit)
2500' Level, CCA Mine No. 4, Balmat, St Lawrence Co., New York, USA
Ex. Gerry Morvell
7.7 x 6.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Smithsonite (classic material)
Kelly Mine, Magdalena Dist., Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA
4.3 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Köttigite (rare classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
4.8 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Native Arsenic
St Andreasberg, Braunlage, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
Ex. Dan Serebrakian
2.7 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $37
Veszelyite (rare)
Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China
3.7 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Perovskite (classic material)
Akhmatovskaya Mine, Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia (Type Locality)
Ex. Herb Obodda
2.1 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Arthurite (rare)
Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
3.0 x 1.6 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Cuprite on Copper
Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Chet Lemanski
4.8 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Pyromorphite with Duftite
Mount Bonnie Mine, Grove Hill, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory, Australia
9.5 x 4.8 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $732
Sulfur (good sized crystal)
El Desierto Mine, San Pablo de Napa, Daniel Campos Prov., Potosí, Bolivia
7.3 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Gold (rare locality)
Greaterville Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
1.3 x 0.7 x 0.2 cm, 0.53 grams
Winning Bid: $143
Calcite with Sphalerite
Stari Trg Mine, Trepča Complex, Mitrovica, Mitrovica Dist., Kosovo
6.3 x 5.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $89
Fluorapatite on Quartz
Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
5.1 x 4.4 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Quartz var: Amethyst (polished slices)
Ametista do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
4.7 x 4.2 x 0.3 cm & 4.6 x 4.2 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Brookite (classic material)
Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USA
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.3 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Colemanite with Veatchite
Boron, Kern Co., California, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
4.1 x 3.8 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Fluorite (beautiful color) (2020 discovery)
Cerro de Pasco, Pasco Prov., Pasco, Peru
3.0 x 2.6 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $171
Siderite with Smithsonite and Pyrite
Chongyi Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.3 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $81
Zoisite
Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Chet Lemanski
5.7 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $177
Synchisite-(Ce) pseudomorph after Remondite
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
Ex. Colin Manlove
3.8 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $63
Fluorite with Dolomite
Moscona Mine, El Pontón de Solís, Asturias, Spain
6.3 x 5.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $335
Beryl var: Aquamarine (etched crystal)
Itatiaia Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.3 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm, 31.13 grams
Winning Bid: $256
Mottramite
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Al Kidwell
7.2 x 4.6 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $72
Shigaite (very rare and fine)
N'Chwaning I Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
3.7 x 1.9 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $777
Cerussite (reticulated twins)
Mfouati Mine, Mfouati Dist., Bouenza Dept., Republic of the Congo
2.7 x 2.4 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $115
Quartz var: Rose (rare locality specimen)
Plumbago Mountain, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
9.7 x 8.6 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $251
Cavansite with Stilbite-Ca
Wagholi, Pune District, Maharashtra, India
Ex. Angela Kosnar
8.1 x 5.7 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $282
Smithsonite var: Copper-bearing
Hilarion Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion, Lavreotiki, Attica, Greece
6.1 x 4.0 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $141
Gypsum var: Selenite
Salinas de Otuma, Otuma village, Paracas Dist., Pisco Prov., Ica, Peru
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
14.3 x 10.3 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,555
Fluorite on etched Microcline
Erongo Region, Namibia
5.1 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $214