Minerals Auction - Assorted Pieces and 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, Kurt Hefendehl, Rich Kosnar, Colin Manlove, Armon McPherson, Dave Bergman, Bob Reynolds, Demetrius Pohl 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. Old-time AQUAMARINE from Brazil – ex Rich Kosnar
2. An excellent near "floater" specimen of SPESSARTINE on SMOKY QUARTZ from China
3. Fine classic LEGRANDITE from the Ojuela Mine, Mexico
4. An interesting FLUORAPAITITE with odd PURPLE fluorescence from Pakistan – ex Kurt Hefendehl
5. Good sized rare CARROLLITE crystal from DR Congo
6. A cool FLUORITE specimen from a RARE Russian locale! - ex Kurt Hefendehl
7. Wonderful "floater" RUBY crystal from the famed John Saul Mine in Kenya – ex Bill Larson
8. An interesting brown WAVELLITE from a rare POLISH locality – ex Kurt Hefendehl
9. GEMMY flame red colored RHODOCHROSITE on matrix from Peru – ex Armon McPherson
10. An attractive specimen of synthetic BROMELLITE – ex Bill and Anne Cook
11.  Rarities include:  HOLMQUISTITE, GUANACOITE, METAHEWETTITE and KINOITE

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Copper (excellent "Spinel-twin")
Chino Mine, Santa Rita, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA
4.3 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Beryl var: Morganite
Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan
4.7 x 4.3 x 1.4 cm, 52.74 grams
Winning Bid: $363
Ludlamite (fine classic crystals)
Blackbird Mine, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA
Ex. Rich Kosnar
5.1 x 4.2 x 13 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Spodumene var: Kunzite (''floater'' crystal)
Pech, Kunar, Afghanistan
10.5 x 5.9 x 1.0 cm, 165.50 grams
Winning Bid: $530
Hematite (rare Chinese locality)
Xichang County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.3 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $213
Microcline (''Baveno'' Twins) with ''Chlorite''
Gmina Strzegom, Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.3 x 7.8 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Pyrochlore Group
Tatarskii Massif, Tatarka Range, Enisei Range, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Ex. Colin Manlove
3.7 x 3.6 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $67
Chalcedony pseudomorph / fossil after Gastropod (Hippochrenes volgensis)
Volga River Region, near settlement Batai in Saratov Region, Russia
4.1 x 3.8 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Pyromorphite (classic locality)
Gute Hoffnung Mine, Bleibuir, Mechernich, Euskirchen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
5.7 x 3.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Andradite var: Demantoid
Ghazni, Afghanistan
8.1 x 5.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $133
Imperial Topaz (rare locality)
Karengerenge village, Solwezi District, North-Western Prov., Zambia
2.0 x 1.0 x 0.6 cm, 2.87 grams
Winning Bid: $131
Vanadinite (Arsenic-bearing) (''Endlichite'')
Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos Mts, Mun. de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Bob Reynolds
6.9 x 3.7 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $222
Stilbite Subgroup with Epidote
Diaboukara, Diakon, Arrondissement of Diakon, Bafoulabé Cercle, Kayes Region, Mali
Ex. Demetrius Pohl
6.6 x 4.8 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Fluorapatite included with ''Byssolite''
Ganadao, Warsak Intrusions, Mohmand District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
2.2 x 2.1 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Copper pseudomorph after Cuprite
Rubtsovsk Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai, Russia
Ex. Brian Kosnar
2.7 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Vanadinite (classic material)
Mibladen Dist., Midelt Prov., Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
4.3 x 3.6 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $101
Rhodochrosite (rare crystals for the locality)
Santa Rita Mine, Capillitas Dist.,, Andalgala Dept., Catamarca, Argentina
Ex. Dave Bergman
5.8 x 4.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $144
Corundum var: Sapphire (doubly-terminated)
Ratnapura, Sri Lanka
2.3 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm, 3.48 grams
Winning Bid: $150
Fluorite (RARE Russian locality!)
Klichka, Borzya, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.3 x 6.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Fluorapatite (unique fluorescence)
Churka Nala, Churka, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.7 x 4.7 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Bustamite (classic material)
Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
5.8 x 5.7 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $61
Holmquistite (rare)
Spodumene prospect, Brandrücken, Frantschach-Sankt Gertraud, Wolfsberg District, Carinthia, Austria
Ex. Colin Manlove
7.1 x 5.7 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Guanacoite (extremely rare)
Guanaco Project, Taltal, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile (Type Locality)
Ex. Paolo Matioli
7.7 x 4.7 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $207
Orthoclase with Aegirine
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Malawi
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.8 x 5.3 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Fluorite (GEM crystals) on Quartz on Fluorite
La Barre Mine, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, Pontgibaud, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
Ex. Paul Zerfass
10.3 x 7.8 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $191
Spessartine Garnet (RARE locality specimen)
Koberg Zinc Mine, Gåsgruvan ore field, Persberg ore district, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
Ex. Colin Manlove
6.7 x 5.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Friedelite (classic material)
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
Ex. Al Kidwell
6.6 x 6.3 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Pargasite (fine color)
Ali Abad, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.0 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $62
Legrandite (rare classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Ex. Colin Manlove
3.8 x 3.1 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $211
Wavellite (rare locality)
Wiśniówka Wielka, Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.3 x 6.7 x 3.8 cm, …
Winning Bid: $195