Mixed Mineral Auction!

Classic, rarities, new finds, and large specimens in this eclectic selection from the well-known Hauck, Hefendehl, Reynolds, and other collections.

Highlights:
1. Bi-colored TOURMALINE & LEPIDOLITE from the Golconda District
2. Excellent FLUORAPOPHYLLITE & STILBITE
3. WOODWARDITE
4. Texas CELESTINE
5. Large MALACHITE & QUARTZ from the Live Oak pit
6. RARE California TOURMALINE
7. Large specimens including pieces from Mibladen and the Bilbao Mine of Mexico
8. IMPERIAL TOPAZ
9. RHODOCHROSITE & PYRITE from the Oppu Mine

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Bi-colored Tourmaline with Lepidolite (classic locale)
Golconda Dist., Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9.3 x 8.8 x 8.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,470
Löllingite with Calcite
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
7.8 x 6.0 x 5.1 cm, 1.1 pounds
Winning Bid: $437
Boracite (old)
Lüneburger Kalkberg, Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
Ex. Dr. J.B. Wilson, Philadelphia Academy of Sciences, Chris Stefano
9.2 x 6.6 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $832
Wulfenite on Calcite (classic locale)
Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos Mts, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Dick Hauck
9.0 x 6.8 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $370
Malachite
Milpillas Mine, Milpillas, Santa Cruz Mun., Sonora, Mexico
4.8 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $80
large botyroidal Malachite knob
L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
10.3 x 9.8 x 9.0 cm, 2.8 pounds
Winning Bid: $108
Marcasite on Quartz (old)
Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
Ex. John Whatley
13.3 x 10.8 x 6.2 cm, 1.9 pounds
Winning Bid: $70
Aragonite (Cu-bearing) (2023 find)
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan, Yunnan, China
14.2 x 9.0 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $970
Tennantite-Tetrahedrite epitaxial on Chalcopyrite & Sphalerite
El Cobre Mine, Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
Ex. David Burgess
18.3 x 10.2 x 5.2 cm, 2.3 pounds
Winning Bid: $135
Xenotime-(Y) with Rutile (excellent)
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
1.9 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Scolecite, Stilbite, Fluorapophyllite, etc
Ahmednagar Dist., Nashik Div., Maharashtra, India
12.0 x 7.5 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $112
Bi-colored Fluorite with Calcite
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
13.0 x 10.7 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $120
large Plattnerite, Mimetite & Aragonite (rare combo)
Bilbao Mine, La Blanca, Ojocaliente Mun., Zacatecas, Mexico
Ex. Bob Reynolds
14.7 x 11.4 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Calcite (classic locale)
Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Hardman, Cynthia Payne
4.3 x 4.3 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $15
Rhodochrosite with Pyrite (circa 1800s classic)
Oppu Mine, Nakatsugaru Dist., Aomori Pref., Japan
6.9 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $825
Iridescent Pyrite
Tongshankou Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
4.4 x 3.8 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Doubly terminated Tourmaline (RARE California!)
San Diego Mine, Mesa Grande Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
Ex. Anthony Silva
6.7 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm, 62 grams
Winning Bid: $454
"Imperial" Topaz (classic material)
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.7 x 2.1 x 1.2 cm, 29 grams
Winning Bid: $217
Quartz with Hematite inclusions
2nd Sovetskii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.3 x 5.9 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $373
Etched Spodumene var. Triphane
Dara-e-Pech pegmatite field, Dara-e-Pech Dist., Kunar, Afghanistan
10.5 x 4.5 x 3.1 cm, 145 grams
Winning Bid: $213
Celestine (Texas!)
Bull Creek, Austin, Travis Co., Texas, USA
8.0 x 6.8 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $525
large Malachite and Quartz
Live Oak pit, Inspiration Mine, Globe, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. John Dagenais
21.3 x 15.8 x 13.0 cm, 8.8 pounds
Winning Bid: $435
Aurichalcite (classic locale)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
7.2 x 3.8 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $28
Fluorapophyllite-(K) and Stilbite (circa 2015 find)
Savda, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
9.9 x 7.3 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,811
Thomsonite-Ca with Stilbite on Heulandite
Aurangabad Div., Maharashtra, India
6.7 x 4.8 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $86
Calcite on Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) (old)
Old Goose Creek Quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun Co., Virginia, USA
7.2 x 4.5 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Cuprian Adamite on Calcite (classic locale)
Hilarion Mine, Kamariza Mines, Lavrion, Attica, Greece
9.3 x 5.0 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $84
large Cerussite, Baryte & Galena
Mibladen, Midelt Prov., Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Dick Hauck
23.5 x 13.0 x 5.5 cm, 5.3 pounds
Winning Bid: $821
Color-zoned Fluorite on Sphalerite and Calcite
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
5.9 x 5.1 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $3,400
Woodwardite "waves"
Qinglong Mine, Qinglong Co., Guizhou, China
7.7 x 6.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $3,050