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 Kurt Hefendehl, Chet Lemanski, Bill and Anne Cook, Dave Bergman, 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. Classic fluorescent pink manganese-bearing CALCITE from Russia
2.  Old-time crystallized COPPER from Bisbee, Arizona – ex Dave Bergman Collection
3. Excellent GEMMY BI-COLORED SPHALERITE crystals on matrix from Slovakia  – ex Kurt Hefendehl Collection
4. Fine quality BABINGTONITE on matrix from India – ex Kurt Hefendehl Collection
5. Unique SYNTHETIC RUBY crystal group – ex Tim Sherburn Collection
6. Wonderful GEMMY etched TOPAZ crystal from Pakistan
7. Interesting QUARTZ on FLUORITE specimen from the Rogerley Mine, England - ex Brian Kosnar Collection
8.  Beautiful MALACHITE "balls" on AZURITE from China
9.  Eye-catching HEMATITE with RUTILE from Brazil – ex Dr. Vasco Trancoso Collection
10. Rarities include SODDYITE, CALLAGHANITE, STRENGITE with CACOXENITE and OYELITE 

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Fluorapatite (''Cinderella's Glass Slipper'')
Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.0 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Azurite (classic ''rosette'')
Morenci, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA
3.5 x 2.7 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Rhodochrosite
Huarón Dist., Huayllay Dist., Pasco Province, Pasco, Peru
Ex. Dr. William Logan
7.2 x 6.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $36
Copper (''Spinel'' twins)
Rocklands Group Copper Project, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
3.6 x 2.4 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Arsenopyrite with Calcite
Stari Trg Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Mitrovica, Kosovo
Ex. Chet Lemanski
10.7 x 8.2 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Kunzite (doubly-terminated ''floater'' crystal)
Nuristan, Afghanistan
5.7 x 3.6 x 2.4 cm, 88.81 grams
Winning Bid: $455
Babingtonite (fine quality)
Malad Quarry, Mumbai Dist., Maharashtra, India
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.7 x 5.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Shattuckite on Quartz
Omaue Mine, Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia
Ex. Chet Lemanski
7.4 x 7.3 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Opal-AN (formerly Hyalite Opal) (fluorescent)
Monok, Szerencs District, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary
3.6 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $66
Microcline var: Amazonite (with white ''stripes'')
Minions' Pocket, Sky Hawk Claim, Florissant, Teller Co., Colorado, USA
3.3 x 2.5 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $72
Beryl var: Goshenite with Schorl
Erongo Mountains, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.1 x 8.2 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $228
Fluorite on Quartz
Sunnyside Mine, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. Gary Weaver
9.6 x 6.3 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Baryte ''cast'' after Calcite
East Camp, San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
9.1 x 6.9 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $156
Oyelite on Calcite
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
7.5 x 4.8 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $72
Azurite (''suns'')
Malbunka Copper Mine, Areyonga, Gardiner Range, MacDonnell Region, Northern Territory, Australia
5.7 x 5.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Brucite (rare yellow color)
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan
6.5 x 5.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Prehnite
O & G Woodbury Quarry, Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA
Ex. Charlie Key
4.6 x 4.5 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $55
Pyrite Stalactite
Hubei, China
Ex. Dr. Barratt Phillips
5.2 x 2.1 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Pyromorphite on Descloizite (rare locality)
Hardshell Mine, Harshaw Dist., Patagonia Mts., Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA
4.1 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $183
Smithsonite
Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Al Kidwell
8.6 x 6.8 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Sturmanite
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
17.1 x 8.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Strengite with Kidwellite, etc.
Three Oaks Gap, Polk Co., Arkansas, USA
Ex. Al Kidwell
4.1 x 3.7 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $443
Fluorite (rare locality specimen)
Tae Hwa Mine, Neungam-ri, Angseong-myeon, Chungju City, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.7 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $393
Topaz (etched gem crystal)
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
6.8 x 6.2 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Wavellite
Mauldin Mountain Quarries, Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery Co., Arkansas, USA
Ex. Dave Bergman
8.1 x 7.3 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $258
Fluorite (beautiful color) (2020 discovery)
Cerro de Pasco, Pasco Prov., Pasco, Peru
3.1 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $299
Calcite (manganese-bearing) (fluorescent!)
2nd Sovetskii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
10.8 x 10.2 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $319
Chalcopyrite with Sphalerite
Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
6.7 x 4.8 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Malachite on Azurite
Liufengshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China
13.2 x 8.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $501
Synthetic Ruby Crystals
Kashan Laboratories, Austin, Texas, USA
Ex. Tim Sherburn
1.6 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $238