Minerals From Our Backroom Drawers!

This mixed mineral auction features many high-quality specimens and pieces from miscellaneous collections we've acquired over the years. Recent finds, classics, and rarities that have been hidden in our back drawers are highlighted, many are $1000 and more in value!

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Richterite var. Winchite (superb TN)
Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Dist., Badakhshan Prov., Afghanistan
Ex. Herb Obodda
2.1 x 1.6 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $223
Creedite (1960s) ex Wilber and Smale
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Dave Wilber, Steve Smale
9.1 x 6.7 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Witherite on Fluorite
Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Illinois, USA
Ex. Al Ordway
7.0 x 5.0 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $346
Rutile (1800s label)
Graves Mountain, Lincoln Co., Georgia, USA
Ex. Dr. Carl Riemann
4.5 x 3.5 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $277
Beryl var. Emerald
Kenticha Mine, Kenticha pegmatite field, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
2.3 x 1.2 x 1.0 cm, 22.67 carats
Winning Bid: $260
Fluorapophyllite-(K) with inclusions
Nashik Dist., Nashik Div., Maharashtra, India
1.9 x 1.8 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $88
Dolomite with Fluorite and Quartz
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang Pref., Hunan Prov., China
Ex. Ken Roberts
10.5 x 9.0 x 9.0 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Quartz with Hedenbergite inclusions
Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
11.6 x 8.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Stibnite with Baryte
Breiner Mine, Băiuț, Maramureș Co., Romania
Ex. Herb Obodda
11.7 x 9.4 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $726
Afghanite on Calcite
Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Prov., Afghanistan
Ex. Herb Obodda
3.9 x 3.5 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $600
Alkali-beryl
Deo Darrah, Kuran Wa Munjan Dist., Badakhshan, Afghanistan
3.6 x 2.5 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $315
Adamite on Aragonite
Levels 8 and 9, "Q" Trend, Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.8 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $115
Stilbite-Ca
Lower New St. Quarry, West Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA
8.4 x 5.7 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $87
Ettringite
N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, KMF, Northern Cape, South Africa
6.2 x 2.4 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $280
Ramsdellite
Mistake Mine, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
5.7 x 4.6 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $152
Apatite
Astillero Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.4 x 4.3 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $77
Thomsonite-Ca
Aurangabad, Nasik, Maharahstra State, India
9.0 x 7.0 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $250
large Fluorite octohedron on Sphalerite
Naica Mine, Saucillo Mun., Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Richard Heck
9.0 x 9.0 x 7.1 cm
Winning Bid: $315
Zircon
Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia
Ex. F. John Barlow, John Medici, Robert Nowakowski
4.0 x 3.0 x 2.0 cm, 33 grams
Winning Bid: $253
Cerussite
M'fouati, M'fouati Dist., Bouenza Dept., Republic of Congo
6.8 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $444
Baryte (late 1800s)
Frizington, Cumberland, England, UK
5.6 x 4.5 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $1,101
Spessartine
Loliondo, Ngorongoro Dist., Arusha Region, Tanzania
1.9 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm, 44.35 carats
Winning Bid: $198
Brucite
Killa Saifullah Dist., Balochistan, Pakistan
13.4 x 10.2 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $330
Fluorapophyllite-(K) on Stilbite stalactite
Jalgaon Dist., Nashik Div., Maharashtra, India
9.2 x 5.4 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $582
Azurite
Christiana Mine, Lavrion, Lavreotiki, Attica, Greece
Ex. Alain Martaud
11.1 x 6.5 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $1,550
Adamite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.0 x 4.8 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $725
Copper
Itauz Mine, Zhilandy group, Karagandy Prov., Kazakhstan
Ex. Francis & Patricia Benjamin
8.9 x 2.4 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $680
Quartz var. Amethyst
Piedra Prieta, Las Vigas, Mexico
Ex. Jason New
8.1 x 6.8 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $430
Smoky Quartz (Japan Law Twin - classic USA find!)
Tira Estrella Claim, Lincoln Co., New Mexico, USA
2.8 x 2.6 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $500
Prehnite (rare style)
Jeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Québec, Canada
Ex. Charlie Key
5.2 x 4.6 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $230