Mixed Auction of Worldwide Minerals!

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 Kurt Hefendehl, Rich Kosnar, John Dagenais, Shields Flynn, Colin Manlove, Dr. Vasco Trancoso 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. Gemmy, classic TANZANITE crystal with a rare green "stripe"
2. Old-time (1970s) ROSE QUARTZ specimen from Brazil – ex Rich Kosnar
3. Beautiful rich green colored gemmy octahedral FLUORITE from the Navidad Mine, Mexico – ex Kurt Hefendehl
4. A rarely seen matrix specimen of ARAGONITE on COPPER "sheet" from Coro Coro, Bolivia
5. Fantastic strong green color Chromium-bearing GROSSULAR from the Thetford Mines, Quebec – ex Shields Flynn
6. Attractive rich blue polished specimen of Copper-bearing SMITHSONITE from Lavrion, Greece
7. Interestingly pastel multi-colored TOURMALINE from the Himalaya Mine, California – ex Dave Bergman
8. Wonderful showy, WULFENITE specimen from Mfouati, Republic of the Congo – ex Dave Ziga
9. A BIG impressive "dual nodule" polished slice of AGATE from California
10. A hard to find PYROMORPHITE from Schletzenburg, France – ex Kurt Hefendehl
11. Gorgeous intense purple colored fibrous SUGILITE from South Africa
12. Rarities include: CHALCOSTIBITE, BERTHIERITE, JEREMEJEVITE, CUMENGEITE, STOKESITE, and CHENEVIXITE

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Zoisite var: Tanzanite
D-Block Mine, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
4.2 x 1.9 x 1.4 cm, 21.22 grams
Winning Bid: $451
Calcite (classic material)
Charcas, Charcas Municipality, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
5.7 x 4.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Quartz var: Rose (classic material) (1970s)
Sapucaia Mine, Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Rich Kosnar
6.6 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $128
Copper ''sheet'' with Aragonite (rare combo for the locality)
Coro Coro, Pacajes Province, La Paz, Bolivia
10.3 x 7.0 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Smithsonite (Copper-bearing) (polished)
Hilarion Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion, Lavreotiki, Attica, Greece
8.1 x 3.7 x 2.9 cm, 143.0 grams
Winning Bid: $163
Opal var: Opal-AN (formerly Hyalite Opal) (fluorescent)
Monok, Szerencs District, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary
2.3 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Fluorite (great color)
Navidad Mine, Indé Municipality, Durango, Mexico
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
11.7 x 8.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $195
Grossular (Chromium-bearing) with Diopside
Thetford Mines, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada
Ex. Shields Flynn
7.1 x 5.7 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $600
Jeremejevite (rare classic material)
Ameib Farm 60, Usakos, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Ex. Brian Kosnar
2.2 x 0.2 x 0.2 cm
Winning Bid: $137
Tourmaline (multi-color crystal)
Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
Ex. Dave Bergman
4.6 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm, 66.7 grams
Winning Bid: $265
Spodumene var: Kunzite
Kantiwa Pegmatite Field, Wama District, Nuristan, Afghanistan
Ex. Brian Kosnar
4.2 x 3.3 x 1.9 cm, 57.2 grams
Winning Bid: $218
Mimetite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
7.3 x 6.2 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Prehnite (classic locality)
Prospect Quarry, Prospect Hill, Prospect, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
12.5 x 12.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Microcline (rare locality specimen)
Entia Valley, Ambalindum Station, Harts Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.2 x 5.7 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $38
Prehnite with Pectolite
Jeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
5.9 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Stokesite (rare) with Microlite Group on Albite
Urucum Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.1 x 3.2 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Wulfenite
Mfouati Mine, Mfouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo
Ex. Dave Ziga
2.2 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $127
Quartz included with Hedenbergite (''floater'' specimen)
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.7 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $421
Quartz var: Agate (polished slice)
San Bernardino Co., California, USA
22.6 x 11.9 x 0.7 cm, 373 grams
Winning Bid: $290
Chrysocolla pseudomorph after Malachite after Azurite
Lupoto Mine, Kakumba, Kipushi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
4.7 x 4.2 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $83
Celestine (uncommon locality)
Limestone Quarries, Rüdersdorf bei Berlin, Märkisch-Oderland, Brandenburg, Germany
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.7 x 7.7 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Tourmaline (tri-color crystal)
Stewart Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain, Pala, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA
2.8 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm, 2.04 grams
Winning Bid: $100
Shattuckite
Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
4.5 x 3.7 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $201
Aragonite (Zinc-bearing) (formerly ''Nicholsonite'')
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. John Dagenais
7.2 x 6.2 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $107
Edenite (rare)
Antsirabe, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
Ex. Colin Manlove
8.6 x 2.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $23
Dioptase included in Quartz
Sanda Hills Occurrences, Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo
7.2 x 4.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $217
Sphalerite
1100 Level, Stari Trg Mine, Trepča Complex, Mitrovica, Mitrovica Dist., Kosovo
Ex. Les Presmyk
7.2 x 5.7 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $128
Fluorite
Tongbai Co., Nanyang, Henan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
13.2 x 6.9 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $625
Chalcostibite (rare)
Boldut Mine, Cavnic, Maramureș County, Romania
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
6.1 x 4.6 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Fluorapatite on Albite
Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
3.0 x 2.7 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $155