Mixed Mineral Auction - Worldwide Specimens from Various Collections

Mixed specimens this week include gem crystals, classic locales, fine display specimens and a selection of assorted piece from our inventory and collections we've purchased such as Dave Bergman, Brian Kosnar, Kurt Hefendehl, Bill and Anne Cook, Dr. Vasco Trancoso and more!  Look for attractive higher value pieces this week, all starting at $10 reserve bids!

 

Some of the highlights from this week’s auction include:

 

1.  Excellent gemmy twinned HAMBERGITE on matrix from Afghanistan

2.  Beautiful big rhombic RHODOCHROSITE from Greece – ex Colin Manlove Collection

3.  Fantastic FERBERITE on QUARTZ from China – ex Brian Kosnar Collection

4.  Unique / unusual TOURMALINE from the Himalaya Mine, California

5.  Wonderful GEMMY twinned FLUORITE from the Rogerley Mine, England – ex Brian Kosnar Collection  

6.  Rich blue color GEM QUALITY etched AQUAMARINE from Brazil – ex Rich Kosnar Collection

7.  Superb intense purple colored LEPIDOLITE from Brazil – ex Vasco Trancoso Collection

8.  Notably LARGE TSAVORITE crystal from Tanzania – ex Vasco Trancoso Collection

9.  Good sized classic RUTILE crystal from Graves Mountain, Georgia – ex Dave Bergman Collection

10. Rarities include STILLWELLITE-(Ce), HUBEITE, GAUDEFROYITE, JOURAVSKITE and a ROSASITE from the TYPE LOCALITY in ITALY!

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Babingtonite (fine classic material)
Lane & Son traprock quarries, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Ex. F. John Barlow
4.7 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Hambergite (excellent gemmy twins) on Albite
Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Herb Obodda
5.7 x 3.2 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $277
Austinite (excellent rare classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.5 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Pyrrhotite (excellent thumbnail)
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Shields Flynn
2.8 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Adamite (Copper-bearing) (new find)
Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
10.6 x 6.7 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $423
Rhodochrosite (excellent large crystal)
Madem-Lakkos Mine, Stratoni Project, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Ex. Colin Manlove
6.6 x 5.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $702
Cuprite on Chrysocolla
Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo
6.2 x 4.8 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Tourmaline (unusual style for the locality)
Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego Co., California, USA
7.0 x 2.9 x 2.3 cm, 96.0 grams
Winning Bid: $435
Fluorite (classic gemmy twinned crystals)
Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Frosterley, Weardale, County Durham, England, UK
Ex. Brian Kosnar
9.2 x 6.9 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $556
Sphalerite (GEMMY crystals)
Dzhezkazgan Mining District, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
Ex. Rich Kosnar
8.5 x 3.8 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $650
Pyrite pseudomorph after Pyrrhotite (''roses'')
Zacatecas, Mexico
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
4.3 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Rosasite (classic material - type locality!)
Rosas Mine, Narcao, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
Ex. Paolo Matioli
5.2 x 4.7 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Chromium-bearing Clinochlore (''Kammererite'')
Krop Krom Mine, Kop Daglari, Erzerum Province, Eastern Anatolia, Turkey
Ex. Al Kidwell
5.7 x 4.3 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $510
Peridot (GEMMY crystal)
Sapat Gali, Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
2.3 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $215
Smithsonite (copper-bearing)
Sounion Mine No. 6, Agia Varvara Mines, Sounion Area, Lavrion, Attikí Prefecture, Greece
6.3 x 59 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Smoky Quartz (doubly-terminated crystal) with Aegirine
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Malawi
7.4 x 5.8 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $207
Vanadinite (excellent crystals) (classic material)
Mibladen Mining District, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
4.3 x 3.7 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $750
Fluorite with Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite
Naica Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
9.7 x 8.3 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $192
Amethyst (''flower'')
Ametista do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
7.7 x 6.9 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Magnetite
Atlas Mountains, North Africa
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
9.3 x 8.6 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $298
Fluorapophyllite-(K) (beautiful color)
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
6.9 x 5.9 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $399
Spessartine Garnet with Smoky Quartz and Baveno Twinned Microcline
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
3.3 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $256
Azurite (floater ''rose'' specimen)
Morenci Mine, Copper Mountain District, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
3.7 x 3.6 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Purple Chalcedony Carving, Star
Java, Indonesia
44.29 mm, 55.64 carats
Winning Bid: $48
Rutile (good sized crystal)
Graves Mountain, Lincoln Co., Georgia, USA
Ex. Dave Bergman
5.9 x 5.2 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Celestine with Quartz (rare locality specimen)
Redeyef, Gafsa, Tunisia
Ex. Bob Reynolds; Al McGuinness
13.7 x 10.7 x 8.3 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Grossular Garnet (var: Tsavorite) (BIG crystal!)
Tanga Region, Tanzania
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso Collection
4.6 x 3.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $285
Silver with Copper
Houghton Co., Michigan, USA
Ex. Colin Manlove
4.3 x 3.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $261
Gypsum (classic ''floater'' specimen)
Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.3 x 5.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $214
Datolite
Roncari Quarry, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Ex. Gerry Morvell
8.2 x 4.4 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $149