Mixed Mineral Auction

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 Kurt Hefendehl, Bob Reynolds, Bill and Anne Cook, Dr. Vasco Trancoso, Brian Kosnar 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.  Two different Japan-Law twin QUARTZ crystals - one FROM JAPAN!
2.  Beautiful classic blue TOPAZ from Brazil – Mined 1969
3.  Classic, gorgeous yellow ANGLESITE on GALENA from Morocco
4.  Wonderful GEMMY twinned green FLUORITE on matrix from the Rogerley Mine, England
5.  Fantastic rich twinned CASSITERITE crystals on matrix from China   
6.  LARGE impressive LEPIDOLITE specimen from Brazil
7.  Attractive fluorescent BLUE AMBER specimen from Indonesia
8.  Chromium-bearing CLINOCHLORE ("Kammererite") from Turkey
9.  Excellent RUBY crystals on matrix from Afghanistan
10. Rarities include CURITE with DEWINDTITE, KASOLITE and METATORBERNITE, CYANOTRICHITE, VESZEYLITE and PURPURITE

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Opal (rare locality specimen)
Herlany, Kosice-okolie District, Kosice Region, Slovakia
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
7.8 x 6.7 x 5.4 cm, 196.6 grams
Winning Bid: $63
Aragonite (twin) (classic material)
Aragon, Spain
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
3.0 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Albite (rare purple crystals)
Khyber Agency, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
7.2 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $103
Quartz (Japan-Law Twin)
Pampa Blanca, Ica, Peru
Ex. Bob Reynolds
8.8 x 8.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Fluorite (''ice crystals'') on matrix
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
8.3 x 7.2 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $275
Chalcedony pseudomorph / fossil after Gastropod (Hippochrenes volgensis)
Volga River Region, near Batai, Saratov Region, Russia
5.6 x 4.2 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Lepidolite (LARGE specimen)
Barra do Salinas district, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
13.6 x 12.2 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $301
Diopside (2021 discovery)
Janduk Mine, Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Koksha Valley, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
8.8 x 8.6 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $275
Azurite (historic material)
Chessy Copper Mines, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (Type Locality)
2.7 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Spessartine Garnet with Smoky Quartz
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
7.3 x 6.2 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $386
Cassiterite (unique habit - rare locality)
Dzhezkazgan Dist.,, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
4.3 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $285
Azurite (''sun'')
Malbunka Copper Mine, Areyonga, Gardiner Range, MacDonnell Region, Northern Territory, Australia
7.2 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Titanite (gemmy twin)
Switzerland
Ex. Colin Manlove
3.3 x 2.0 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Stilbite
Pune District, Maharashtra, India
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
7.3 x 5.7 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $71
Celestine with Sulfur
Sienna, Sicily, Italy
Ex. Bob Reynolds
9.6 x 7.3 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $330
Pyrite with Fluorite (classic material)
Climax Mine, Fremont Pass, Lake Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. Lee Burnett
9.5 x 7.2 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $308
Trona pseudomorphs after Halite on Trona (rare) (recent find)
Owens Lake, Olancha, Owens Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA
9.6 x 9.1 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Curite (incredibly rare) with Dewindtite, Kasolite and Metatorbernite
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Ex. Wouter Van Tichelen
3.6 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $447
Anhydrite (rare locality)
Madawaska Mine, Faraday Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada
Ex. Chet Lemanski
10.2 x 6.9 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $114
Topaz (GEM crystal) with Quartz and Microcline
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
6.3 x 4.5 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $181
Heulandite
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
Ex. Rock Currier
8.4 x 5.7 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $145
Pectolite (fine crystals)
Jeffrey Mine, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
Ex. Charlie Key
3.7 x 2.4 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $131
Scheelite (old classic)
Tae Hwa Mine, Neungam-ri, Angseong-myeon, Chungju City, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.0 x 4.7 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $181
Blue Topaz (1969 find)
Xanda Mine, Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.2 x 6.1 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $538
Cyanotrichite with Brochantite (classic material)
Grandview Mine, Grand Canyon, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
10.7 x 4.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Clinochlore var: Chromium-bearing (formerly "Kammererite")
Pembe Güle Mine, Kop Daglari, Aşkale Dist., Erzurum Prov., Turkey
Ex. Chris and Agatha Galas
3.3 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Sigloite with Paravauxite, Metavauxite and Ferrivauxite (very rare)
Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bustillos Prov., Potosi, Bolivia (Type Locality for all four species)
Ex. Dan Behnke
11.3 x 7.3 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $236
Purpurite (rare)
Pamaró Mine, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
6.9 x 5.3 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $137
Baryte with Cinnabar (classic material)
Clarashall Mine, Ruschberg, Baumholder, Birkenfeld District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Ex. Al Kidwell
4.0 x 3.2 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Fluorite (GEMMY twinned crystals)
Rogerley Mine, Stanhope, County Durham, England
8.3 x 7.0 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $550