Mixed Mineral Auction!

Rarities, classics, new finds, and large specimens in this diverse selection from the well-known Smale, Halpern, Hefendehl, Lockhart, Dagenais, Lavinsky, and other collections.

Highlights:
1. Impressive and rare large Swiss QUARTZ included with SCHORL
2. Unusual and showy old Bisbee COPPER
3. HEMATITE from France
4. John Dagenais Collection specimens
5. Rare GOLD and STIBNITE slab from Canada
6. Berezovsk, Russia CROCOITE (Type Locality) and old PYROMORPHITE specimens
7. PROUSTITE, SILVER, ORPIMENT & CALCITE specimen from Morocco
8. San Pedro Corralitos MIMETITE
9. CALCITE from the Rob Lavinsky Collection
10. Tsumeb GERMANITE & RENIERITE with XRD report

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Pyrite
Huarón Dist., Pasco Prov., Pasco, Peru
Ex. Art Soregaroli
8.4 x 8.1 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $251
Creedite
Navidad Mine, Indé Mun., Durango, Mexico
6.8 x 6.1 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $271
Aegirine
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Ex. Dr. Steve Smale
10.3 x 3.7 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $250
large Quartz included with Tourmaline (rare for Swiss!)
Lucomagno pass, Santa Maria Valley, Ticino, Switzerland
Ex. Brent Lockhart
15.8 x 13.5 x 7.7 cm, 3.9 pouonds
Winning Bid: $1,338
Calcite (2 generations)
Jiepaiyu Mine, Shimen deposit, Changde, Hunan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
14.5 x 9.3 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Malachite on Azurite (rare combo)
Orogrande Dist., Otero Co., New Mexico, USA
Ex. George Loud
11.9 x 11.7 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Pyrite concretion
Dongchuan Cu ore field, Dongchuan Dist., Kunming, Yunnan, China
10.7 x 10.3 x 9.3 cm, 3.9 pounds
Winning Bid: $310
Fluorite
Berbes mining area, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
Ex. Obodda, Lemanski
7.7 x 7.0 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $161
Smoky Quartz/Amethyst
Reel Mine, Iron Station, Lincoln Co., North Carolina, USA
Ex. John Whatley
5.3 x 4.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $61
Baryte included with Malachite
Shangulowé Mine, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
6.5 x 5.3 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Copper
Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Allan Crunden, Sr., Dick Hauck
11.8 x 10.2 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $1,775
Hubnerite and Calcite on Scheelite-included Quartz
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
10.6 x 4.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $131
Schorl, Lepidolite & Microcline
Shigar Valley, Shigar Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
9.8 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $225
Manganite (circa 1880s)
Manganese deposit, Ilfeld, Thuringia, Germany
4.7 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Calcite on Quartz
Madem-Lakkos Mine, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Ex. Dr. Rob Lavinsky
10.1 x 7.3 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $311
Goethite ps. Pyrite (rare Egypt)
White Desert, Farafra Oasis, New Valley Governorate, Egypt
Ex. Robert Whitmore
5.1 x 4.9 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $330
Gem Fluorite with Quartz
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
8.3 x 7.4 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $531
Mimetite
San Pedro Corralitos, Casas Grandes Mun., Chihuahua, Mexico
9.5 x 5.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $463
Phosphosiderite & Crandallite (rare Chile)
Paton Brook, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Prov., Atacama, Chile
Ex. John Dagenais
8.3 x 6.2 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $138
Pyromorphite (old - classic locale)
Berezovsk deposit, Beryozovsky, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
Ex. John Dagenais
8.8 x 8.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $199
Opal-AN var. Hyalite Opal
Kopasz Hill andesite quarry, Tarcal, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Co., Hungary
Ex. John Dagenais
6.2 x 3.8 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Proustite, Silver, Orpiment & Calcite
Bouismas Mine, Bou Azzer, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. John Dagenais
7.3 x 7.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $145
Amazonite, Albite & Quartz
Santa Maria de Itabira mine, Santa Maria de Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
11.1 x 8.8 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Siderite ps. Pyrrhotite with Quartz & Sphalerite
Turț Mine, Turț, Satu Mare Co., Romania
11.3 x 8.4 x 7.2 cm
Winning Bid: $98
large Agate with Hyalite Opal!
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Ex. Jack Halpern
25.0 x 13.7 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $315
Calcite stalactites (rare - 1970 finds)
Alzada, Carter Co., Montana, USA
7.1 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $341
Gold, Stibnite and Quartz slab (rare Canada)
Giant Mine, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
Ex. John Dagenais
6.3 x 3.3 x 0.5 cm, 29 grams
Winning Bid: $1,725
Crocoite
Berezovsk deposit, Beryozovsky, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
Ex. John Dagenais
9.6 x 6.5 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $261
Germanite with Renierite & Chalcocite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Ex. Geological Survey of Canada, John Dagenais
5.5 x 4.3 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Hematite
Brézouard Massif, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Haut-Rhin, France
11.4 x 10.3 x 2.9 cm, 1.7 pounds
Winning Bid: $552