Mixed Collections and Worldwide Mineral Auction

We have a wonderful assortment of piece this week featuring gem crystals, classic locality pieces, rarities, fine display specimens and a selection of other assorted pieces from our inventory and collections we've purchased such as Kurt Hefendehl, Brian Kosnar, Dave Ziga, Dave Bergman, John Dagenais, Dave Stoudt, Les Presmyk 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. Beautiful gemmy group of AQUAMARINE crystals (many of which are doubly-terminated) from Pakistan
2. Classic, fine quality "cogwheel"-twinned crystals of BOURNONITE from Pachapaqui, Peru
3. Excellent, stout, well-formed crystal of ILMENITE from Canada – ex Brian Kosnar
4. Lovely blue SMITHSONITE from the Skorpion Mine, Namibia – ex Kurt Hefendehl
5. A fine quality doubly-terminated DRAVITE TOURMALINE from Yinnietharra, Australia
6. Rarely seen GOLD on BORNITE from Bisbee, Arizona
7. An attractive 7-piece set of beautiful twinned SILVER specimens from Batopilas, Mexico – ex Ron Romanella
8. Wonderful MIMETITE and WULFENITE combo from the Ojuela Mine, Mexico
9. Rare reddish-pink VARISCITE from Brazil – ex Kurt Hefendehl
10. An incredibly hard to find BOULANGERITE pseudomorph after ILVAITE from Dalnegorsk, Russia – ex Kurt Hefendehl
11. A unique and rarely seen botryoidal purple FLUORITE with rainbow iridescence from New Mexico – ex Dave Stoudt
12.  Rarities include:  BOLTWOODITE, PROUSTITE with IMITERITE, BOTRYOGEN with CHALCANTHITE and FLUELLITE

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Beryl var: Aquamarine (doubly-terminated crystals)
Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.3 x 4.8 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $298
Bournonite (''cogwheel'' twins)
Pachapaqui District, Aquia District, Bolognesi Prov., Ancash, Peru
Ex. Brian Kosnar
6.5 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Aragonite (''floater'' twinned group)
Gallo River, Molina de Aragón, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain (Type Locality)
3.2 x 3.1 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $51
Gold on Bornite (rare classic locality specimen)
Cole Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
6.2 x 5.2 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Analcime with Natrolite and Aegirine
Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Ex. George Loud
6.9 x 5.2 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $322
Silver (7-piece set) (twinned groups)
Batopilas, Andres del Rio Dist., Mun. de Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Ron Romanella
2.0 x 1.0 x 0.1 cm to 3.9 x 0.8 x 0.2 cm
Winning Bid: $339
Dravite (Tourmaline) (doubly-terminated)
Yinnietharra Dravite Mine, Tomkap Tourmaline Nines, Yinnietharra, Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Ex. Ron Romanella
5.3 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $82
Precious Opal (multi-color)
Tsehay Mewcha, Delanta Woreda, North Wollo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
2.3 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm, 3.66 grams
Winning Bid: $161
Calcite (pseudo-pyritohedral)
Chenzhou, Hunan, China
12.3 x 9.0 x 7.2 cm
Winning Bid: $231
Dioptase (classic material)
Altyn-Tyube Dioptase Deposit, Altyn-Tyube Area, Bukhar-Zhyrau District, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan (Type Locality)
5.5 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Fluorite (bi-colored crystals) with Baryte
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
11.3 x 6.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Copper (''Spinel'' twin)
Rocklands Group Copper Project, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
4.2 x 1.3 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $86
Mimetite with Wulfenite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.3 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $191
Spessartine
Shengus, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
4.3 x 4.2 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $264
Aurichalcite (rare locality specimen) (Mined: 1970)
Grandview Mine, Horseshoe Mesa, Grand Canyon, Grandview Mining District, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA
3.2 x 2.6 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $171
Pyrolusite
Las Cruces, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA
Ex. Les Presmyk
3.6 x 2.9 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $186
Malachite (uncommon locality specimen)
Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
6.7 x 3.3 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Aragonite (Copper-bearing)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
9.3 x 4.8 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $66
Pyromorphite (classic material)
Wheatley Mines, Schuylkill Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA
5.7 x 5.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Scheelite (RARE locality specimen)
Gelbe Birke Mine, Beierfeld, Grunhain-Beierfeld, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.7 x 5.6 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $295
Boltwoodite (rare California locality)
New Method Mine, Amboy area, Bristol Mountains, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
4.0 x 3.9 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $103
Fluorite (''Tanzanite Fluorite'')
Yongchun Co., Quanzhou, Fujian, China
5.3 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $115
Calcite pseudomorph after Glauberite
Camp Verde Salt Mine, Copper Canyon, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Les Presmyk
9.2 x 5.3 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $43
Wulfenite with Mimetite (classic locality)
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Dave Stoudt; Ken Hollman
6.7 x 3.6 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $454
Variscite (rare color)
Boa Vista Pegmatite, Barra do Cuieté, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
4.3 x 4.0 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $71
Boulangerite pseudomorph after Ilvaite (RARE)
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.3 x 5.2 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $151
Epidote (gemmy ''Faden'')
Tormiq Valley, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Les Presmyk
4.6 x 3.1 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Annabergite
Km 3 Open Pit, Km 3 Mines, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
Ex. Gerry Morvell
4.7 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $171
Botryogen with Chalcanthite on Metahohmannite (rare)
Queténa Mine, Toki Cu deposit, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Ex. John Dagenais
7.3 x 4.7 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Brucite (rare rich yellow color)
Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan
7.2 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $239