Mixed Mineral Auction!

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

Highlights:
1. "Gray-cap" TOURMALINE from the Tourmaline Queen Mine
2. FLUORAPATITE from the Golconda pegmatites
3. Classic ANGLESITE on CERUSSITE from Broken Hill
4. Large QUARTZ  geode with accessories from Indiana
5. REALGAR from the 2005 find at Baia Sprie
6. Old-time English CALCITE
7. FLUORITE specimens
8. Rare Alabama FLUORITE & DOLOMITE
9. Excellent old CHALCOPYRITE from French Creek
10. TANZANITE with rare CALCITE
11. Rare style large ADAMITE crystals from the Ojuela Mine

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Baryte & Dolomite
Cerro Warihuyn, Miraflores, Huamalíes Prov., Huánuco, Peru
Ex. Bob Reynolds
5.6 x 5.3 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Fluorapatite on Cleavelandite
Golconda pegmatite field, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.6 x 6.5 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $305
Vanadinite (important USA locality!)
Western Union Mine, Cerbat Mtns., Mohave Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
10.6 x 8.2 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Tennantite ps. Azurite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.6 x 5.2 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $277
Brookite included in Quartz (RARE combo)
Wanna, Lower South Waziristan Dist., Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Prov., Pakistan
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.7 x 5.0 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Fluorite & Quartz
Dongpo ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.8 x 6.2 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Calcite (Mn-rich) - 2012 find
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
8.0 x 7.8 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Fluorite and Dolomite (RARE Alabama!)
Airport Quarry, Huntsville, Madison Co., Alabama, USA
Ex. John Whatley
6.2 x 5.5 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $301
Spinel on Marble (large display plate)
Lục Yên Dist., Yên Bái Prov., Vietnam
17.8 x 16.3 x 5.7 cm, 2.6 pounds
Winning Bid: $171
Azurite "sun"
Malbunka Copper Mine, Areyonga, Northern Territory, Australia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
10.8 x 8.2 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $316
Realgar (classic 2005 find)
No. 5 Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș Co., Romania
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
13.3 x 7.2 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Tanzanite with Calcite & Graphite
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mtns., Manyara Region, Tanzania
5.8 x 3.7 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Copper with Cuprite (2021 find)
Chengmenshan Mine, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China
8.1 x 4.7 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $109
Calcite (old classic)
Chenzhou, Hunan, China
11.7 x 8.0 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Alunogen
Dubník, Cervenica, Prešov Dist., Presov Region, Slovakia
12.3 x 9.0 x 8.8 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Amethyst on Smoky Quartz/Quartz
Crystal Ridge, Johnson Spring, Inyo Mtns., Inyo Co., California, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
8.0 x 6.6 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Tourmaline (classic 1974 find)
Tourmaline Queen Mine, Pala, San Diego Co., California, USA
4.5 x 4.2 x 3.6 cm, 115 grams
Winning Bid: $1,350
Columbite Series & Albite
Fano Mine, Little Cahuilla Mtn., Riverside Co., California, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
9.8 x 6.7 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $143
Adamite (large xls, rare habit)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.2 x 4.7 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $261
Anglesite ps. Cerussite (classic locale)
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl, Dr. Ed David
8.7 x 4.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Vanadinite (classic locale)
Mibladen, Midelt Prov., Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Bob Reynolds
6.1 x 3.6 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Spinel-twinned Copper
Itauz Mine, Djezkazgan, Kazakhstan
6.4 x 0.9 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Pseudomalachite on Chrysocolla (illustrated)
Mt. Glorious Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Ex. William Hiss
6.3 x 5.1 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Copper with Cuprite
Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovsk, Altai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia
7.2 x 3.8 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Chalcopyrite (old USA classic)
French Creek Mines, Saint Peters, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Ex. Dick Hauck
10.2 x 5.1 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $2,127
Arsenic-bearing Vanadinite on Wulfenite & Calcite
Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos Mts, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Bob Reynolds
12.3 x 7.0 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $136
Celestine
Hanson Aggregates Sylvania "West" Quarry, Silica, Lucas Co., Ohio, USA
Ex. Robert Nowakowski
9.8 x 7.8 x 7.5 cm, 2.6 pounds
Winning Bid: $231
Arsenopyrite with Muscovite (1970s)
Barroca Grande Mine, Panasqueira Mines, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
10.3 x 7.6 x 6.8 cm, 2.2 pounds
Winning Bid: $537
Smithsonite (Cu-bearing) on Dolomite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Robert M. Rich, Ed Ruggeiro
7.7 x 4.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $245
California Issue! - 1977 MR Vol. 8, No. 6
California
27.8 x 20.8 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $80