Mixed Mineral Auction!

Classics, large specimens, rarities, and new finds in this diverse selection from the well-known Halpern, Loud, Hefendehl, Sanabria, Lucio, Presmyk and other collections.

Highlights:
1. Rare AZURITE combination from Rudabanya
2. Selection of FLUORITES from Weardale
3. Unusual multi-hued QUARTZ from the Goboboseb Mts from the Jack Halpern Collection
4. New Find of AQUAMARINE
5. Rare FLUORAPOPHYLLITE with STILBITE from Brazil
6. Selection of specimens from the Halpern, Loud, Hefendehl, Whatley & Presmyk collections
7. Gemmy, rare WULFENITE xls from the Ojuela Mine
8. Framed print of a superb WIRE SILVER by Eberhard Equit
9. Bizarre "face" AGATE from Turkey
10. Classic PETRIFIED WOOD from Arizona

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"Face" Agate with Hyalite Opal
Cubuk Dist., Ankara Prov., Turkey
11.1 x 10.9 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $267
Mont Saint-Hilaire MR issue (1990)
Mont Saint-Hilaire, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
27.6 x 20.7 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Aquamarine and Muscovite
Nagar Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
9.0 x 7.8 x 7.5 cm
Winning Bid: $335
Laumontite and Calcite
Pine Creek Mine, Scheelite, Bishop Mining Dist., Inyo Co., California, USA
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.6 x 7.1 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $191
Calcite and Chrysocolla
Chimney Rock Quarry, Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA
7.3 x 6.3 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $109
Fluorapatite and Fluorite on Muscovite
Sumayar Village, Nagar, Nagar Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Jack Halpern
10.2 x 6.7 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $460
Quartz var. Agate polished slice (old style)
Brazil
Ex. Jack Halpern
11.5 x 8.3 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $251
Meteorite
Meteor Crater, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Jack Halpern
3.2 x 2.3 x 1.1 cm, 26 grams
Winning Bid: $270
Quartz var. Amethyst with scepters
Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Veracruz, Mexico
Ex. Gary Weaver
15.9 x 9.8 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Malachite slice set
Katanga Copper Crescent region, DR Congo
9.4 x 5.5 x 0.4 cm (both), 334 grams
Winning Bid: $86
large Fluorapophyllite with Stilbite
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Ex. Alvario Lucio
15.5 x 11.9 x 5.9 cm, 1.8 pounds
Winning Bid: $136
Quartz
Mt Ida, Montgomery Co., Arkansas, USA
Ex. John Whatley
8.5 x 5.2 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $181
Goethite (old classic)
Oreland, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Ex. Ray Strassler, George Loud
13.6 x 7.1 x 7.0 cm, 1.5 pounds
Winning Bid: $110
Serpentine var. Picrolite
Delight Quarry, Delight, Baltimore Co., Maryland, USA
Ex. George Loud
18.0 x 4.4 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $220
large Colemanite with Calcite
Rio Tinto Borax Mine, Boron, Kern Co., California, USA
Ex. George Loud
23.0 x 8.8 x 6.5 cm, 3.1 pounds
Winning Bid: $161
Wire Silver on Argentite and Calcite print
Weisser Hirsch Mine, Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany
33.0 x 25.5 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $27
Celestine (rare bi-color)
Maybee Quarry, Monroe Co., Michigan, USA
Ex. Robert Nowakowski
10.3 x 7.1 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Tourmaline, Cleavelandite & Quartz (rare locale)
Escondido pegmatite, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. John Dagenais
4.8 x 4.3 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $776
Gemmy Wulfenite xls (RARE style)
San Juan Poniente vein, Ojuela Mine, Durango, Mexico
8.5 x 6.8 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Chrysoprase (polished)
Szklary Chrysoprase Mine, Szklary, Zabkowice Slaskie Co., Poland
3.9 x 3.0 x 2.7 cm, 34 grams
Winning Bid: $70
Gemmy Sphalerite twins & Galena on Quartz
Dongxiang Cu-polymetallic deposit, Dongxiang Co., Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China
Ex. Les Presmyk
14.3 x 12.0 x 6.3 cm, 2.9 pounds
Winning Bid: $240
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
Ex. John Schneider
3.6 x 3.0 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Bi-colored Fluorite
Rainbow's End Pocket, Lady Annabella Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
10.7 x 9.4 x 8.7 cm, 2.4 pounds
Winning Bid: $341
Fluorite on Fluorite
Smoky Rabbit Pocket, Diana Maria Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
7.3 x 5.0 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Calcite on Galena & Fluorite
Hailstorm Pocket, Lady Annabella Mine, Weardale, Co.Durham, England
10.5 x 7.7 x 5.5 cm, 2.0 pounds
Winning Bid: $50
Bi-colored Fluorite (large crystals!)
Purple Rain Pocket, Lady Annabella Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
9.6 x 9.3 x 5.5 cm, 2.1 pounds
Winning Bid: $170
Biotite in Muscovite (rare Georgia combo)
Mitchell Creek Mine, Thomaston, Upson Co., Georgia, USA
Ex. John Whatley
12.5 x 9.7 x 0.1 cm
Winning Bid: $242
Azurite (classic locale)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Raul Sanabria
9.7 x 8.2 x 7.8 cm
Winning Bid: $398
Azurite on Calcite (classic locale)
Rudabánya, Kazincbarcika Dist., Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Co., Hungary
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
11.7 x 7.2 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $1,950
Quartz with Hematite inclusions, Dolomite, Sphalerite
Dongxiang Cu-polymetallic deposit, Dongxiang Co., Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China
10.3 x 7.5 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $357