Mixed Mineral Auction!

Rarities, classics, new finds, and large specimens in this diverse selection from the well-known Hefendehl, Loud, Lemanski, Reynolds, Weaver, and other collections.

Highlights:
1. Important, old large CHALCOPYRITE, TETRAHEDRITE, etc from Slovakia
2. Large TOURMALINE & QUARTZ from Maine
3. Selection of FLUORITE specimens
4. MALACHITE specimens from DR Congo
5. Classic Franklin Mine combination fluorescent
6. PYROMORPHITE from the Wheatley and Les Farges mines
7. Austrian QUARTZ from an uncommon locale
8. AMETHYST specimens

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Calcite on Celadonite
Iraí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
10.9 x 8.9 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $694
large Malachite stalactites
Katanga Copper Crescent, DR Congo
19.5 x 7.3 x 6.5 cm, 3.0 pounds total
Winning Bid: $554
large Native Copper sheet with shale
White Pine Mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA
24.0 x 4.9 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Bi-colored Fluorite on Quartz
Jinhua, Zhejiang, China
8.0 x 4.6 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $193
large Malachite "eye" with Chrysocolla
L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
13.1 x 10.3 x 5.0 cm, 2.9 pounds
Winning Bid: $535
banded Fluorite
Yiwu, Zhejiang, China
11.3 x 11.2 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $96
Amethyst & Quartz (uncommon locale)
Chiredzi Dist., Masvingo Prov., Zimbabwe
9.9 x 9.5 x 9.3 cm
Winning Bid: $230
Tourmaline with Quartz
Black Mountain Quarry, Rumford, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Ex. George Loud
16.5 x 14.7 x 9.7 cm, 5.5 pounds
Winning Bid: $235
Iridescent Hematite & Goethite
Pahang, Malaysia
11.0 x 6.4 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $223
Ilvaite
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.6 x 5.1 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $167
Synthetic Quartz (Motorola Laboratories)
Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA
15.5 x 2.2 x 0.9 cm, 77 grams
Winning Bid: $190
Colemanite
East Coleman Mine, Furnace Creek, Inyo Co., California, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
9.1 x 8.6 x 8.3 cm
Winning Bid: $76
Gypsum with sand inclusions
Great Salt Plains, Jet, Alfalfa Co., Oklahoma, USA
6.2 x 5.4 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Azurite
Lost Lake claim, Nacimiento Mine, San Pablo, Sandoval Co., New Mexico, USA
5.1 x 4.8 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Color-zoned Fluorite with Hydrocarbons
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-In-Rock Sub-Dist., Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. Brooks Britt
6.5 x 5.8 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $403
Botryoidal Amethyst
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Prov., Sulawesi, Indonesia
7.1 x 6.5 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $154
Rhodonite slab (old)
Betts Manganese Mines, Plainfield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA
Ex. Patricia Barker
8.4 x 6.8 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Quartz var. Amethyst
Kedon, Severo-Evensky Dist., Magadan Oblast, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.0 x 5.3 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $430
Gypsum (RARE Egypt tunnel dig - 1981)
Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel #1, Suez Canal, Egypt
8.2 x 5.8 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $221
Willemite, Franklinite & Calcite
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
Ex. Bruce Smith, George Loud
10.5 x 10.3 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $295
Unusual Calcite on Pyrite (2023 find)
Tieshan Fe-Cu deposit (Daye iron mine), Huangshi, Hubei, China
7.3 x 6.8 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $76
Bi-colored Fluorite
Qinglong Mine, Dachang Sb ore field, Qinglong Co., Guizhou, China
Ex. Chet Lemanski
13.0 x 11.8 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Fluorite octahedron & Quartz
Riemvasmaak fluorite occurrences, Kakamas, Northern Cape, South Africa
10.8 x 6.8 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $380
Quartz (Herkimer "diamonds")
Ace of Diamonds Mine, Middleville, Herkimer Co., New York, USA
11.1 x 6.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $151
Pyromorphite & Baryte on Quartz
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Ex. Tim Sherburn
9.3 x 7.0 x 6.6 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Amethyst with Hematite inclusions
Jonesville, Union Co., South Carolina, USA
Ex. John Whatley
4.8 x 3.5 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Quartz (uncommon locale)
Dorf glacier, Dorferbach valley, Prägraten am Großvenediger, Tyrol, Austria
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
10.3 x 8.3 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Chalcopyrite, Tetrahedrite, Siderite (rare locale)
Banska Stiavnica, Banska Bystrica Region, Slovakia
Ex. Royal Bohemian Museum, Chet Lemanski
18.4 x 9.0 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $526
Baryte with phantoms
Cerro Warihuyn, Miraflores, Huamalíes Prov., Huánuco, Peru
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.8 x 7.5 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $785
Willemite with Chalcophanite, etc. (rare)
Potosí Mine, West Camp, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Gary Weaver
10.9 x 7.5 x 4.5 cm, 1.4 pounds
Winning Bid: $128