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
Current Bid: $40
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Bournonite (''cogwheel'' twins)
Pachapaqui District, Aquia District, Bolognesi Prov., Ancash, Peru
Ex. Brian Kosnar
6.5 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm
Current Bid: $165
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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
Current Bid: $10
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Gold on Bornite (rare classic locality specimen)
Cole Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
6.2 x 5.2 x 3.1 cm
Current Bid: $117
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Powellite with Stilbite-(Ca)
Pandulena Hills, Nashik, Nashik District, Nashik Division, Maharashtra, India
Ex. Rich Kosnar
8.1 x 7.3 x 4.8 cm
Current Bid: $31
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Ilmenite (fine crystal)
Bentley Lake occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada
Ex. Brian Kosnar
5.1 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Current Bid: $64
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Fluorite (classic material)
Pine Canyon Deposit, Burro Mountains Dist., Grant Co., New Mexico, USA
Ex. Dave Stoudt; Harold Michel
6.7 x 5.2 x 3.8 cm
Current Bid: $65
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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
Current Bid: $100
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Smithsonite (uncommon locality)
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund Constituency, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.3 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm
Current Bid: $111
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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
Current Bid: $160
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Pink Tourmaline (Elbaite)
Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar
Ex. Bill Larson
2.1 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm
Current Bid: $65
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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
Current Bid: $30
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Wulfenite (classic material)
Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos Mts, Mun. de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.7 x 3.6 x 2.1 cm
Current Bid: $96
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Danburite (rare matrix specimen)
Charcas, Charcas Municipality, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Ex. Dave Bergman
8.0 x 6.2 x 3.6 cm
Current Bid: $113
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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
Current Bid: $50
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Calcite (pseudo-pyritohedral)
Chenzhou, Hunan, China
12.3 x 9.0 x 7.2 cm
Current Bid: $192
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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
Current Bid: $110
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Magnetite (rare locality specimen)
Calumet Orebody, Iron Mountain, Pinto Iron Mining District, Iron Co., Utah, USA
Ex. Dave Bergman
3.9 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Current Bid: $15
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Fluorite (bi-colored crystals) with Baryte
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
11.3 x 6.7 x 3.7 cm
Current Bid: $260
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Copper (''Spinel'' twin)
Rocklands Group Copper Project, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
4.2 x 1.3 x 0.6 cm
Current Bid: $30
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Mimetite with Wulfenite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.3 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm
Current Bid: $110
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Spessartine
Shengus, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
4.3 x 4.2 x 3.5 cm
Current Bid: $240
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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
Current Bid: $110
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Pyrolusite
Las Cruces, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA
Ex. Les Presmyk
3.6 x 2.9 x 1.2 cm
Current Bid: $96
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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
Current Bid: $79
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Aragonite (Copper-bearing)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
9.3 x 4.8 x 3.6 cm
Current Bid: $20
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Pyromorphite (classic material)
Wheatley Mines, Schuylkill Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA
5.7 x 5.3 x 4.3 cm
Current Bid: $60
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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
Current Bid: $65
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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
Current Bid: $10
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Azurite (rare Spanish locality)
La Estrella Mine (La Platilla Mine), Pardos deposit, Pardos, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Ex. Chet Lemanski
7.7 x 5.6 x 5.3 cm
Current Bid: $50
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