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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Rosasite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
3.7 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Ilmenite (fine crystal)
Bentley Lake occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada
Ex. Brian Kosnar
5.1 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $169
Proustite with Imiterite and Polybasite
Imiter Mine, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. John Dagenais
9.0 x 6.7 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $289
Fluellite (rare)
Toms Phosphate Quarry, Kapunda, Light Regional Council, South Australia, Australia
Ex. Gerry Morvell
4.7 x 3.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $258
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
Winning Bid: $420
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
Winning Bid: $196
Smithsonite (uncommon locality)
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund Constituency, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.3 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $204
Danburite (rare matrix specimen)
Charcas, Charcas Municipality, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Ex. Dave Bergman
8.0 x 6.2 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $180
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
Winning Bid: $64
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
Winning Bid: $153
Fluorite with rare rainbow iridescence
Small Fry Prospect, El Rito, Rio Arriba Co., New Mexico, USA
Ex. Dave Stoudt
7.2 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $307
Pink Tourmaline (Elbaite)
Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar
Ex. Bill Larson
2.1 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $183
Wulfenite (classic material)
Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos Mts, Mun. de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.7 x 3.6 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Azurite on Malachite
Northwest Extension, Morenci Mine, Greenlee Coo, Arizona, USA
Ex. Les Presmyk
7.1 x 4.9 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $257
Lazulite with Fluorapatite
Kulan Camp, Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada
Ex. John Dagenais
7.3 x 4.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $350