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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large Dioptase & Calcite
Altyn-Tyube, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
15.3 x 9.7 x 8.3 cm, 2.5 pounds
Current Bid: $140
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Stephanite (old classic)
Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Ex. Shields Flynn
6.8 x 3.4 x 1.4 cm
Current Bid: $110
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Smithsonite (RARE Idaho)
Birch Creek, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA
Ex. Al Kidwell
7.2 x 5.5 x 5.1 cm
Current Bid: $160
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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
Current Bid: $260
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Baryte (extinct urban USA locality)
Palos Verdes Hills, Palos Verdes peninsula, Los Angeles Co., California, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
9.0 x 8.3 x 4.0 cm
Current Bid: $42
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Epidote & Quartz (1981 find)
Saline Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
9.2 x 8.4 x 4.8 cm
Current Bid: $27
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Talc ps. Quartz (circa 1800s classic!)
Johannes Mine, Göpfersgrün, Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria, Germany
Ex. Ken Hollmann
10.7 x 8.3 x 6.0 cm
Current Bid: $110
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Pyromorphite (classic locale)
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
5.3 x 4.3 x 3.5 cm
Current Bid: $110
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Hemimorphite (rare Mexico)
Esmeralda Mine, Magistral, El Oro Mun., Durango, Mexico
Ex. Tom Collins
9.1 x 5.8 x 5.2 cm
Current Bid: $76
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Quartz and Hematite
Jinlong Hill, Heyuan, Guangdong, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
12.1 x 9.8 x 8.8 cm
Current Bid: $385
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Baryte "balls" on Sphalerite
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
17.7 x 10.3 x 8.0 cm, 3.7 pounds
Current Bid: $160
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Gemmy Fluorite cubes (urban Beijing!)
JiangJunGou Fluorite Mine, Huairou Dist., Beijing, China
6.9 x 5.2 x 3.2 cm
Current Bid: $222
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Schorl and Cleavelandite
Shigar Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.7 x 4.6 x 3.7 cm
Current Bid: $107
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RARE synthetic Titanium crystal bar
Oregon Metallugical Corp, Albany, Oregon, USA
Ex. Frank Tierney, John Dagenais
7.7 x 2.4 x 2.4 cm, 86 grams
Current Bid: $376
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Celestine (Texas!)
Oak Hill, Travis Co., Texas, USA
10.6 x 9.3 x 6.5 cm
Current Bid: $20
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Wulfenite
Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos Mts, Chihuahua, Mexico
9.0 x 7.3 x 4.0 cm
Current Bid: $130
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Bi-colored Fluorite
Rainbow's End Pocket, Lady Annabella Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
11.2 x 7.7 x 4.7 cm
Current Bid: $77
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Color-zoned Fluorite
Green Toad Pocket, Lady Annabella Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
6.6 x 5.6 x 4.7 cm
Current Bid: $109
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Fluorite with Druzy Quartz
Northern Lights Pocket, Diana Maria Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
11.0 x 8.2 x 3.8 cm
Current Bid: $131
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Gemmy Fluorite twin
Yum Yum Pocket, Diana Maria Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
6.5 x 5.5 x 5.5 cm
Current Bid: $88
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Gypsum (RARE Egypt tunnel dig - 1981)
Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel #1, Suez Canal, Egypt
6.7 x 5.3 x 5.2 cm
Current Bid: $46
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Crystallized Copper (2021 find)
Chengmenshan Mine, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China
10.5 x 8.7 x 2.4 cm
Current Bid: $62
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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
Current Bid: $142
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Floater Azurite rosettes (superb)
Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Guangdong, China
6.1 x 4.5 x 4.0 cm
Current Bid: $270
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Calcite (2 generations)
Limestone quarries, Štramberk, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.7 x 5.5 x 5.3 cm
Current Bid: $20
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Amethyst scepters (South Korea)
Eonyang, South Gyeongsang Prov., South Korea
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
13.0 x 8.8 x 8.3 cm
Current Bid: $50
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Native Copper sheet with Shale
White Pine Mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA
19.0 x 6.4 x 0.4 cm
Current Bid: $10
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banded Fluorite (polished)
Yiwu, Zhejiang, China
12.6 x 10.7 x 1.7 cm, 1.2 pounds
Current Bid: $31
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Silver (rare old Germany)
Eisleben, Mansfeld-Südharz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
5.0 x 3.4 x 1.5 cm, 88 grams
Current Bid: $121
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Color-zoned gem Fluorite crystals
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
3.9 x 3.5 x 2.2 cm
Current Bid: $150
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