Mixed Minerals Auction

Mixed specimens this week include gem crystals, classic locales, fine display specimens, and a selection of assorted pieces from our inventory and collections we've purchased such as Rock Currier, Bill and Anne Cook, John Dagenais, Dave Stoudt, Gerry Morvell, Colin Manlove, Kurt Hefendehl, 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. Beautiful GEM QUALITY green FLUORITE from China
2. A rarely seen GOLD specimen from the Greaterville Mining District, Arizona
3. Classic gemmy RED REALGAR from China - ex Brian Kosnar
4. A beautiful AZURITE and CERUSSITE combo specimen from Tsumeb – ex Dave Ziga Collection
5. A really fine GOSHENITE BERYL crystal from Brazil – ex Al Kidwell Collection
6. Wonderful gemmy multi-color TOURMALINE from the Himalaya Mine, California, USA
7. Interesting/unique DIOPTASE specimen from the Republic of the Congo
8. Classic, gemmy GROSSULAR GARNET crystals from the Jeffrey Mine, Quebec, Canada
9. Gorgeous IRIS AGATE slice from Indonesia with wonderful rainbow iridescence
10. Hard to find SPHALERITE from the New Glencrieff Mine, Scotland – ex Demetrius Pohl Collection
11. Fantastic SMITHSONITE on CORONADITE from Broken Hill, Australia – ex Kurt Hefendehl Collection
12.  Rarities include:  KESTERITE, LIVEINGITE, XONOTLITE with THAUMASITE, FRANCKEITE var: POTOSIITE, and WADEITE

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Fluorite (GEM quality crystals)
Xianghuapu Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
10.3 x 7.7 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $464
Opal in Petrified Wood
Java, Indonesia
4.9 x 2.3 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $355
Axinite-(Fe) with Albite
Tormiq Valley, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.2 x 4.3 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Tourmaline (multi-color crystal)
Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
3.7 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm, 19.65 grams
Winning Bid: $452
Calcite (GEM crystal)
Wuzhou, Guangxi, China
3.3 x 3.0 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Shattuckite (rare)
Shangulowé Mine, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
5.2 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Fluorite (classic material)
Moscona Mine, El Pontón de Solís, Asturias, Spain
8.6 x 5.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $276
Beryl var: Goshenite (fine crystal)
Aracuai, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Al Kidwell
7.4 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $205
Enargite with Chalcocite and Pyrite
Leonard Mine, Butte Mining Dist., Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA
Ex. Rich Kosnar
5.7 x 4.2 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $188
Smithsonite (classic material)
El Refugio Mine, Choix, Choix Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico
Ex. Brian Kosnar
8.7 x 6.6 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $913
Fluorite on Sphalerite
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
6.7 x 6.2 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Corundum var: Ruby
Mysore Corundum Deposits, Karnataka, India
Ex. Brian Kosnar
4.0 x 3.6 x 1.3 cm, 72.1 grams
Winning Bid: $530
Beryl var: Aquamarine with Muscovite
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
6.2 x 3.8 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $407
Cerussite var: Chrome-Cerussite
Kapi Mine, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan Mining District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Ex. Gerry Morvell
6.5 x 4.3 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $270
Purple Spinel
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Ex. Ron Romanella
4.0 x 3.5 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $275
Calcite (classic material)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. John Dagenais
11.3 x 6.3 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $303
Aurichalcite (classic material) (1965)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
Ex. Rock Currier
8.7 x 6.9 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Kesterite (rare)
Pingwu Beryl Mine, Huya Township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan, China
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
1.1 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Grossular Garnet (classic material)
Jeffrey Mine, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
3.3 x 2.6 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Cassiterite (twinned crystals)
Viloco Mine, Loayza Province, La Paz, Bolivia
Ex. Brian Kosnar
4.0 x 3.4 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $118
Quartz var: Smoky and Amethyst (''phantom'' crystal)
Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Ex. Brian Kosnar; Steve and Clara Smale
7.7 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm, 40.5 grams
Winning Bid: $436
Quartz var: Agate (var: Iris Agate) (rainbow iridescence)
Java, Indonesia
4.1 x 4.0 x 0.1 cm, 5.82 grams
Winning Bid: $310
Spherical Amethyst (''Grapes'')
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Prov., Sulawesi, Indonesia
7.3 x 5.2 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $125
Dioptase (unusual style)
Ntola Mine, Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo
6.5 x 5.6 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $625
Fluorite (GEM crystals) on multi-color Fluorite
La Barre Mine, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, Pontgibaud, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
Ex. Paul Zerfass
12.6 x 5.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $342
Silver
Chañarcillo Mining District, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
Ex. Phil Scalisi
4.1 x 2.9 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Anglesite (classic material)
Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker Mining District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
5.7 x 4.6 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $585
Epidote (''fan'')
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska
Ex. Tom Moore
3.3 x 1.7 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $87
Chalcopyrite (iridescent)
Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
5.1 x 1.0 x 0.1 cm
Winning Bid: $67
Schalenblende (polished)
Olkusz Mine, Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
14.2 x 5.7 x 0.6 cm, 269 grams
Winning Bid: $110