Mixed Minerals Auction - Various Collections

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 Demetrius Pohl, Chet Lemanski, Rich Kosnar, Kurt Hefendehl, Bill and Anne Cook, Colin Manlove, 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. Newly mined IMPERIAL TOPAZ crystal from a NEW FIND in Zamibia
2. Superb classic SMOKY QUARTZ from Switzerland – ex Brian Kosnar
3. Beautiful smoky twinned CERUSSITE from the Mfouati Mine, Republic of the Congo
4. A 4-crystal set of excellent GEM EUCLASE from Brazil – ex Ron Romanella Collection
5. Antique CALCITE specimen from the 1700s - Czech Republic
6. Classic DOUBLY-TERMINATED Tourmaline from the Himalaya Mine, California – ex Brett Kosnar Collection
7. Wonderful rarely seen AXINITE-Mn crystal from the Little Three Mine, California – ex Bill Larson Collection
8. A rarely seen AZURITE specimen from Indonesia
9. Beautiful blue WAVELLITE on matrix from Germany – ex Kurt Hefendehl Collection
10.  Excellent MARCASITE coating SPHALERITE from Germany – ex Kurt Hefendehl Collection
11. Rarities include CYLINDRITE, NATIVE SELENIUM, FLUOR-BUERGERITE, BOLTWOODITE, SUGILITE and SULPHOHALITE

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Quartz var: Smoky (superb quality)
Planggenstock, Göscheneralp, Göschenen Valley, Göschenen, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland
9.4 x 6.2 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $305
Silver (classic material)
Kongsberg Silver District, Buskerud, Norway
Ex. Brian Kosnar
4.5 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $373
Azurite (New Find!) (rare locale)
Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java Prov., Indonesia
8.3 x 8.1 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Forsterite var: Peridot (gemmy crystal)
Sapat Gali, Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
2.2 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $188
Sphalerite (twins) with Quartz and Pyrite
Animón Mine, Huarón Dist., Huayllay Dist., Pasco Prov., Pasco, Peru
Ex. Demetrius Pohl
6.2 x 5.7 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Fluorite on Sphalerite
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
Ex. Demetrius Pohl
10.7 x 8.2 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $420
Cookeite (classic locality)
Strickland Quarry, Strickland Pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA
Ex. Bill Wilson
6.5 x 5.8 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $209
Creedite (beautiful color)
Navidad Mine, Abasolo, Rodeo Municipality, Durango, Mexico
6.7 x 4.7 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $191
Quartz with Brazil Twin inclusion
Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Kay Robertson
7.7 x 6.9 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Allophane (*Viterbite) with Evansite (rare locality)
Teniente Mine, El Teniente, Rancagua, Cachapoal Prov., O'Higgins, Chile
Ex. Al Kidwell
7.7 x 4.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Quartz (etched GEM crystal) with Epidote on Calcite
Tormiq Valley, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Rich Kosnar
6.3 x 4.7 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $98
Imperial Topaz (rare locality)
Karengerenge village, Solwezi District, North-Western Prov., Zambia
2.2 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm, 4.5 grams
Winning Bid: $121
Cylindrite (very rare)
Santa Cruz Mine, Poopó Town, Poopó Prov., Oruro, Bolivia (Type Locality)
6.9 x 5.0 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $88
Adamite with Smithsonite and Quartz
Christiana Mine No. 132, Mercati Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion, Lavreotiki,, Attica, Greece
7.3 x 5.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $20
Quartz var: Amethyst / Agate Geode (2 piece set)
Las Choyas, Aldama Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Willard Wulff
9.4 x 8.9 x 4.3 cm and 9.1 x 9.1 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $236
Axinite-(Mn) (rare locality specimen)
Little Three Mine, Ramona, San Diego Co., California, USA
Ex. Bill Larson
3.2 x 2.9 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Anhydrite (classic material)
Naica Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Dan Behnke
6.3 x 2.7 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Calcite (great pedigree - 1700s!)
Příbram District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
Ex. Josef Vajdak
9.3 x 7.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $229
Epidote
Rosario Mabel claim, Pampa Blanca Dist., Castrovirreyna Prov., Huancavelica, Peru
7.3 x 5.2 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Spherical Amethyst (''Grapes'') included with Celadonite
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Prov., Sulawesi, Indonesia
8.0 x 5.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $335
Fluorapatite (classic material)
Horní Slavkov, Sokolov District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
4.9 x 2.3 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Emerald Carving
Bubani Mine, Ajmer District, Rajasthan, India
34.88 mm x 26.15 mm x 18.87 mm, 135.89 ct
Winning Bid: $108
Pink Chalcedony (fluorescent)
South of Deming, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA
5.0 x 3.7 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $71
Quartz with Dumortierite inclusions
Vaca Morta Quarry, Serra de Vereda, Boquira, Bahia, Brazil
3.6 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Sulfur (fine classic crystals)
Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
Ex. Ron Romanella
3.3 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $161
Flying Insect Fossil
Florissant Formation, Teller Co., Colorado, USA
1.9 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $281
Dolomite "cast"
Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Al Kidwell
7.7 x 4.5 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Fluor-buergerite (very rare Tourmaline species)
Fluor-buergerite occurrence, Mexquitic de Carmona Municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Ex. Rock Currier
5.2 x 4.1 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $423
Sugilite (rare)
N'Chwaning III Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
5.2 x 4.7 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $1,000
Galena with Sphalerite
Picher Field, Tri-State Dist., Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, USA
10.7 x 6.7 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $725