Mixed Fine Mineral Specimens - Various Collections

Mixed specimens this week include gem crystals, classic locales, fine display specimens and a selection of assorted piece from our inventory and collections we've purchased such as Rich Kosnar, Dave Bergman, Kurt Hefendehl, Bill and Anne Cook, Chet Lemanski, Dr. Vasco Trancoso, Dr. Stephen Smale 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.  Fantastic old classic purple twinned HYDROXYLHERDERITE from Brazil (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)

2.  Beautiful SILVER with COPPER from Michigan

3.  Eye-catching, gemmy, beautiful blue INDICOLITE TOURMALINE GROUP from Brazil

4.  Wonderful, sharp, lustrous gemmy RUBY crystals on matrix from Afghanistan

5.  Gorgeous pink manganese-bearing CALCITE on GALENA from Dalnegorsk, Russia

6.  Attractive multi-color BLACK OPAL cabochon from Australia

7.  Classic and fine quality BASTNASITE-(Ce) crystals on matrix from France

8.  Excellent pink FLUORAPATITE with blue LAZULITE from Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada

9.  Fantastic multi-color FLUORITE crystal group from Namibia (ex Kurt Hefendehl)

10. Rarities include ANDORITE with ZINKENITE, TALMESSITE, BREWSTERITE-(Sr), RHODIZITE and PEZZOTTAITE

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Scapolite with Titanite (RARE locality specimen)
Bear Lake Diggings, Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
Ex. Alfred Stevenson
7.7 x 6.3 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $92
Pezzottaite (very rare)
Sakavalana, near Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro area, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar (Type Locality)
0.6 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Galena coated by Marcasite
Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
Ex. Richard Rossi
6.7 x 5.3 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Fluorite (bi-colored crystals) on Dolomite
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
6.7 x 4.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $480
Topaz (doubly-terminated) on Albite
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
7.1 x 4.3 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Copper
Dzhezkazgan mining district, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
11.6 x 6.9 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $705
Calcite included with rare Chalcopyrite needles
Faraday Uranium Mine, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada
Ex. Al Kidwell
7.6 x 6.2 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Fluorite on Baryte
Berbes Mining area, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
Ex. Bob Reynolds
4.3 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $215
Quartz with Chalcopyrite
Aranzazú Mine (El Cobre Mine), Mun. de Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
5.6 x 4.8 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $136
Fluorite
Khwaye Mine, Loralai Dist., Balochistan Prov., Pakistan
6.9 x 4.7 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $255
Silver with Copper
Ridge Mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA
2.6 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm, 6.5 grams
Winning Bid: $260
Fluorite Carving, Frog
Hunan, China
5.2 x 4.9 x 2.7 cm, 53.3 grams
Winning Bid: $280
Spherical Amethyst (''grapes'')
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
9.2 x 3.5 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Fluorite on Quartz
Yiwu Co., Jinhua, Zhejiang, China
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
8.3 x 8.2 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $226
Calcite
Sweetwater Mine (Milliken Mine), Ellington, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
Ex. Chet Lemanski
6.7 x 6.6 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $236
Pyrite Concretion
Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.3 x 5.3 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Baryte (good quality)
401 Kristal Pocket, 1075 Level, Meikle Mine, Bootstrap District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
7.4 x 5.2 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $346
Muscovite with RARE Garnet inclusions
Deer Park Mine, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA
6.4 x 5.0 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $305
Dioptase
Arizona, USA
Ex. Chet Lemanski
11.7 x 6.1 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $396
Sphalerite (''Spinel''-twin) with Calcite
Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.3 x 4.2 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $436
Indicolite Tourmaline (''floater'' group)
Pederneira Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Carl Acosta
6.3 x 5.3 x 2.1 cm, 63.5 grams
Winning Bid: $2,497
Talmessite (rare)
Gold Hill Mine, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
8.2 x 5.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $168
Sphalerite (GEMMY crystals) with Calcite on Quartz
Shuikoushan Mine, Shuikoushan ore field, Changning Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.2 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $651
Brewsterite-(Sr) (very rare)
Strontian, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK (Type Locality)
Ex. Chet Lemanski
9.7 x 5.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Fluorite (beautiful multi-color crystals)
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.3 x 5.2 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $361
Calcite (manganese-bearing) on Galena
Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
Ex. Rich Kosnar
8.3 x 7.8 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $928
Andorite (rare fine quality crystals) with Zinkenite
San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Prov., Oruro, Bolivia
3.2 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $467
Calcite (gemmy twins) with Stilbite
Sokolovskoe Iron Mine, Rudny, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan
Ex. Carl Acosta
4.3 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $376
Dioptase with Mimetite
Ntola Mine, Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo
6.2 x 6.2 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $316
Fluorapatite (RARE locality specimen)
Pingwu Beryl Mine, Huya Township, Mount Little Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
4.7 x 4.5 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $361