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

Filter By

Pyrochlore Supergroup var: Betafite (fine crystal)
Betafo District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
2.3 x 2.3 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $54
Stellerite
Tambar Springs, Pottinger Co., New South Wales, Australia
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
4.8 x 3.2 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $119
Ilvaite with Calcite and Pyrite
1st Sovietskii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.0 x 6.1 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $76
Marcasite coating Sphalerite (old rare specimen from 1890)
Hohmannsburg Mine (Clemens adit), Neviges, Velbert, Mettmann, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
10.3. x 7.7 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $115
Epidote (pseudo-hexagonal)
Raskoh Mts., Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan
Ex. Ron Romanella
5.7 x 5.5 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $15
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite (1980s)
Morenci Mine, Copper Mountain District, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Stan Esbenshade
5.7 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $171
Schorl (unusual form)
Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.4 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $55
Sphalerite (twins) with Bornite and Quartz (rare locality)
Dongxiang Cu-polymetallic Deposit, Dongxiang Co., Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China
9.3 x 7.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $36
Svanbergite (classic material - rich specimen)
Västanå Iron Mine, Näsum, Bromölla, Skåne County, Sweden
Ex. Colin Manlove
11.3 x 7.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Sulphohalite (extremely rare)
Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA (Type Locality)
Ex. Bob Reynolds
3.3 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $62
Xenotime-(Y)
Zagi Mountain, Peshawar District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Prov., Pakistan
Ex. Colin Manlove
2.6 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Muscovite var: Fuchsite on Glaucophane
Rio Oremo, Chiavolino, Pollone, Biella Province, Piedmont, Italy
Ex. Chet Lemanski
10.9 x 4.4 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $15
Zircon (rare locality)
Fort-Dauphin, Taolagnaro District, Anosy, Madagascar
Ex. Colin Manlove
4.7 x 3.7 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Rosasite pseudomorph after Malachite after Azurite (very rare locality)
Uncle Sam Mine, Uncle Sam Gulch, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Gary Weaver
3.6 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Hydroxylherderite (twin)
Golconda pegmatite field, Golconda, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
3.8 x 2.1 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $101
Fluorite with Pyrite on Quartz
El Hammam Mine, Ait Mimoune Caïdat, Khémisset Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Region, Morocco
6.6 x 5.7 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $31
Baryte
17 Level, Eagle Mine, Gilman, Eagle Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. Lee Burnett
6.3 x 4.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Tourmaline (doubly-terminated)
Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego Co., California, USA
Ex. Brett Kosnar
4.6 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm, 11.8 grams
Winning Bid: $393
Smithsonite coating Cerussite (classic material)
Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Al Kidwell
6.2 x 4.7 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Fluorite (octahedral)
Berta Quarry and Mine, Sant Cugat del Vallès-El Papiol, Vallès Occidental-Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Ex. Colin Manlove
7.7 x 5.0 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $83
Wavellite (beautiful color)
Lichtenberg Open Cast, Ronneburg, Greiz District, Thuringia, Germany
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
13.0 x 5.2 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $315
Rhodochrosite (rare locality specimen)
Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA
Ex. Jack Eaker
6.2 x 5.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $81
Quartz with Hematite (classic material)
Cleator Moor Iron Mines, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
Ex. Rich Kosnar
4.8 x 4.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Afghanite (rare)
Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Kokcha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
8.6 x 4.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $370
Brochantite on Chrysocolla (rare locality)
Douglas Hill Mine, Ludwig, Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA
Ex. Chet Lemanski
6.4 x 5.7 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $101
Wulfenite (good sized crystal) with Mimetite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Ex. Bob Reynolds
3.3 x 3.0 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Cerussite (smoky colored twin)
Mfouati Mine, Mfouati Dist., Bouenza Dept., Republic of the Congo
2.3 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $41
Euclase (4 crystal set)
Conselheiro Pena Pegmatite District, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Ron Romanella
2.7 x 1.4 x 0.7 cm to 2.3 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Boltwoodite on Calcite
Goanikontes Claim, Goanikontes, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Ex. Demetrius Pohl
10.2 x 6.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $335