Mixed Mineral Auction!

Excellent and impressive selection of large specimens, plus classics, rarities, and new finds in this eclectic offering from the well-known Larson, Halpern, Smale, Flynn, Hefendehl, Reynolds, Loud, and other collections.

Highlights:
1. Large gem AQUAMARINE from the Bill Larson Collection
2. Classic old STEPHANITE, SYLVANITE, and SILVER specimens from Europe
3. Large DIOPTASE & CALCITE from Kazakhstan
4. Rare RHODOCHROSITE, PYRITE & SPHALERITE from China
5. Selection of FLUORITES from Weardale
6. Rare synthetic TITANIUM crystals
7. Worldwide AGATES, some with HYALITE OPAL
8. Classic, old German TALC pseudomorph after QUARTZ
9. Chinese FLUORITES including a fine large specimen from the Dr. Steve Smale Collection
10. Superb AZURITE rosettes from China
11. Old and unusual Wheatley Mines CERUSSITE occluded with GALENA, CERUSSITE & PYROMORPHITE

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Stephanite (old classic)
Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Ex. Shields Flynn
6.8 x 3.4 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Sylvanite with Quartz (old - classic locale)
Săcărâmb, Hunedoara Co., Romania
Ex. Bouglise, Harvard, Marshall, Shields Flynn
7.3 x 6.2 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $460
Epidote & Quartz (1981 find)
Saline Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
9.2 x 8.4 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Pyromorphite (classic locale)
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
5.3 x 4.3 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Hemimorphite (rare Mexico)
Esmeralda Mine, Magistral, El Oro Mun., Durango, Mexico
Ex. Tom Collins
9.1 x 5.8 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Quartz and Hematite
Jinlong Hill, Heyuan, Guangdong, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
12.1 x 9.8 x 8.8 cm
Winning Bid: $1,800
Celestine (Texas!)
Oak Hill, Travis Co., Texas, USA
10.6 x 9.3 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $125
Wulfenite
Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos Mts, Chihuahua, Mexico
9.0 x 7.3 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $725
Gypsum (RARE Egypt tunnel dig - 1981)
Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel #1, Suez Canal, Egypt
6.7 x 5.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $137
Crystallized Copper (2021 find)
Chengmenshan Mine, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China
10.5 x 8.7 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $205
Cerussite occluded with Galena, Cerussite and Pyromorphite (RARE - old)
Wheatley Mines, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Ex. Buckelew, Hauck, Chenard, Loud
6.3 x 5.3 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $231
Calcite (2 generations)
Limestone quarries, Štramberk, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.7 x 5.5 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $42
banded Fluorite (polished)
Yiwu, Zhejiang, China
12.6 x 10.7 x 1.7 cm, 1.2 pounds
Winning Bid: $270
Silver (rare old Germany)
Eisleben, Mansfeld-Südharz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
5.0 x 3.4 x 1.5 cm, 88 grams
Winning Bid: $175
large Agate with Hyalite Opal!
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Ex. Jack Halpern
24.8 x 12.5 x 0.5 cm, 285 grams
Winning Bid: $160
large Adamite (Cu-bearing) and Calcite
Christiana Mine, Lavrion, Lavreotiki, Attica, Greece
Ex. Christos Spiromitros
19.0 x 10.4 x 8.9 cm, 4.7 pounds
Winning Bid: $465
Calcite on Calcite with Hematite
Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
22.0 x 12.2 x 12.1 cm, 5.4 pounds
Winning Bid: $520
Large Analcime (RARE Russia!)
Ryabinoviy pipe, Aldan, Sakha, Russia
14.3 x 13.3 x 8.7 cm, 3.5 pounds
Winning Bid: $370
Chrysanthemum Stone
Yonghe sepiolite mine, Yonghe, Liuyang City, Changsha, Hunan, China
17.0 x 9.8 x 5.2 cm, 3.8 pounds
Winning Bid: $116
large Dioptase & Calcite
Altyn-Tyube, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
15.3 x 9.7 x 8.3 cm, 2.5 pounds
Winning Bid: $321
Smithsonite (RARE Idaho)
Birch Creek, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA
Ex. Al Kidwell
7.2 x 5.5 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $560
Azurite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Raul Sanabria
11.2 x 9.9 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $540
Polished Agate end nodule with Hyalite Opal
Semey, Abai Region, Kazakhstan
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
14.9 x 12.3 x 5.2 cm, 2.3 pounds
Winning Bid: $127
Schorl and Cleavelandite
Shigar Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.7 x 4.6 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $137
Color-zoned Fluorite
Green Toad Pocket, Lady Annabella Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
6.6 x 5.6 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $156
Gemmy Fluorite twin
Yum Yum Pocket, Diana Maria Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
6.5 x 5.5 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $287
Amethyst scepters (South Korea)
Eonyang, South Gyeongsang Prov., South Korea
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
13.0 x 8.8 x 8.3 cm
Winning Bid: $400
Botryoidal Malachite
Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Guangdong, China
8.0 x 7.2 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $161
Talc ps. Quartz (circa 1800s classic!)
Johannes Mine, Göpfersgrün, Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria, Germany
Ex. Ken Hollmann
10.7 x 8.3 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Baryte "balls" on Sphalerite
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
17.7 x 10.3 x 8.0 cm, 3.7 pounds
Winning Bid: $395