Mixed Mineral and Collection Auction

An eclectic mix of rarities, classics, recent finds, and large specimens from the well-known Hauck, Larson, Lemanski, Reynolds, and other collections. 

Highlights:

1. Superb AZURITE and MALACHITE from Brazil
2. Large GOSHENITE BERYL from the Bill Larson Collection
3. SMITHSONITE specimens from Choix, Mexico
4. Rare VANADINITE, DESCLOIZITE & CALCITE specimen from Texas!
5. Large Tsumeb CALCITE & DUFTITE
6. Unique FLUORITE from Germany
7. NATROLITE & CALCITE from Uganda
8. Rare large Colorado HEMATITE after CALCITE
9. Old and rare DESCLOIZITE from New Mexico
10. FAMOUS Red Cloud Mine Pocket Specimen

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Microcline and Quartz
Shigar Valley, Shigar Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Herb Obodda
15.8 x 9.9 x 7.2 cm
Winning Bid: $370
Floater Fluorite octahedron
William Wise Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, USA
Ex. Bob Borofsky
8.5 x 7.7 x 5.8 cm, 1.1 pounds
Winning Bid: $430
Smithsonite
Choix, Choix Mun., Sinaloa, Mexico
Ex. Ruben Avila
8.2 x 6.0 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $173
Galena, fine crystal
Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
Ex. Chet Lemanski
9.4 x 8.2 x 5.4 cm, 5.2 pounds
Winning Bid: $775
Hematite ps. Calcite (RARE Colorado!)
Lake George, Park Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. Kay Robertson
11.5 x 9.6 x 4.8 cm, 2.1 pounds
Winning Bid: $430
Smithsonite - huge, 1990s find
Choix, Choix Mun., Sinaloa, Mexico
14.7 x 12.9 x 9.4 cm, 5.8 pounds
Winning Bid: $2,100
huge Garnet crystal (Rhodolite)
Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
Ex. Dick Hauck
10.7 x 9.5 x 6.5 cm, 2.9 pounds
Winning Bid: $243
Wulfenite on Calcite (2003 find)
Red Gem Pocket, Red Cloud Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
5.8 x 5.7 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $295
Mimetite (excellent locality piece)
Mount Bonnie Mine, Grove Hill, Northern Territory, Australia
Ex. Bob Reynolds
4.8 x 4.0 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $525
large Goshenite Beryl (old classic)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Bill Larson
10.3 x 8.8 x 6.6 cm, 2 pounds!
Winning Bid: $575
Vanadinite, Descloizite & Calcite (rare Texas!)
Shafter Mining Dist., Presidio Co., Texas, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
6.3 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $320
Galena & Quartz with Sphalerite
Krushev dol Mine, Madan, Smolyan Prov., Bulgaria
11.2 x 7.8 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Guilin, Guangxi, China
Ex. Dr. Steve Smale
4.0 x 3.0 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $193
Cubic and octahedral Fluorite (RARE form - rich color)
Wolsendorf Fluorite Mining Dist., Bavaria, Germany
Ex. Bill & Anne Cook
4.8 x 4.7 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $835
Rhodochrosite (circa 1800s classic)
Oppu mine, Nakatsugaru Dist., Aomori Pref., Japan
4.8 x 3.5 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $357
Natrolite with Calcite on Petrified Wood (Uganda!)
Sipi caves, Kween, Eastern Region, Uganda
11.8 x 5.8 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $397
Sulfur (classic locale)
Cozzo Disi Mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento Prov., Sicily, Italy
Ex. Rossano Carlini
8.8 x 7.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $283
Mordenite, Calcite, Stellerite & Amethyst pocket
Chinchwad, Pune Dist., Maharashtra, India
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
9.2 x 8.5 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $255
Twinned Sand-included Calcite crystals
Rattlesnake Butte, Jackson Co., South Dakota, USA
6.5 x 6.0 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Andradite Garnet on Hedenbergite (classic locale)
Serifos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
7.2 x 5.3 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $317
Fluorite with Hematite and Baryte (published)
Erika Mine, Wolsendorf Fluorite Mining Dist., Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Ex. Kay Robertson
9.3 x 6.8 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $435
Zinkenite (rare locality, rich xls)
Carles Mine, Carles, Salas, Asturias, Spain
11.3 x 7.5 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $71
Rhodonite with Sphalerite
San Martín Mine, Chiurucu, Huallanca Dist., Ancash, Peru
4.3 x 3.9 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Scheelite, Quartz & Muscovite (old classic)
Tae Hwa Mine, Neungam-ri, North Chungcheong Prov., South Korea
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
4.4 x 3.5 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $91
Smithsonite (rare locale)
Wet Grooves Mine, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Ex. Charles Lamb & Tim Sherburn
13.5 x 6.8 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Gem Fluorite cubes
Xianghuapu Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
6.9 x 5.5 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,604
Descloizite granules (RARE! - old New Mexico)
Dude Mines, Lake Valley Mining Dist., Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA
Ex. Dave Stoudt
9.3 x 5.2 x 3.2 cm (bottle)
Winning Bid: $75
Sulfur and Calcite drill core
Boling Dome, Newgulf, Wharton Co., Texas, USA
Ex. A. L. Kidwell
13.0 x 8.7 x 7.5 cm, 3.9 pounds
Winning Bid: $343
Azurite & Malachite (superb, rare 1997 find)
Seabra (Ibiajara Mine), Bahia, Brazil
Ex. Chet Lemanski
12.0 x 11.5 x 9.3 cm
Winning Bid: $2,350
Cobalt-bearing Smithsonite stalactites (rare)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
7.8 x 2.4 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $180