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

Filter By

Azurite with Malachite (classic material)
Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Chet Lemanski
12.3 x 11.7 x 9.1 cm
Winning Bid: $348
Liveingite (incredibly rare)
Lengenbach Quarry, Fald (Feld), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland (Type Locality)
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
3.3 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Pyromorphite
San Andrés Mine, Espiel, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
Ex. Dan Behnke
5.0 x 4.1 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Xonotlite with Thaumasite (RARE combo)
Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
Ex. David Burgess
3.5 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $137
Amber with insect inclusion
Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia
2.8 x 2.1 x 0.7 cm, 3.58 grams
Winning Bid: $110
Apophyllite Group (slight blue color) (rare locality)
Streymoy, Streymoy Region, Faroe Islands
Ex. Colin Manlove
6.7 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $98
Quartz (classic material)
Mt Ida, Montgomery Co., Arkansas, USA
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
9.2 x 4.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Microcline var: Amazonite
Konso, Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia
Ex. Demetrius Pohl
10.3 x 8.2 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $184
Sphalerite with Calcite
New Glencrieff Mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
Ex. Demetrius Pohl
8.3 x 6.2 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $241
Azurite with Cerussite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Dave Ziga
3.1 x 2.5 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Copper
Ray Mine, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Dave Stoudt
15.0 x 9.7 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $201
Wadeite (very rare)
Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Ex. Colin Manlove
3.1 x 2.6 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $187
Calcioancylite-(Ce) pseudomorph after Remondite with Aegirine (incredibly rare)
Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Ex. Dr. Bob Byers
3.7 x 2.6 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $415
Smithsonite (Cadmium-bearing)
Wenshan, Yunnan, China
9.2 x 4.1 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Zircon
Store Kufjord, Seiland Island, Alta, Troms og Finnmark, Norway
2.3 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Plattnerite on Hydrozincite with Calcite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
Ex. Chet Lemanski
14.3 x 9.6 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Colemanite
Thompson Mine, Boraxo Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District, Inyo Co., California, USA
Ex. Demetrius Pohl
8.2 x 6.3 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Realgar (fine crystals)
Jiepaiyu Mine, Shimen deposit, Shimen Co., Changde, Hunan, China
Ex. Brian Kosnar
4.1 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $582
Galena pseudomorph after Pyrrhotite (RARE)
1st Sovetskii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.3 x 4.7 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $397
Quartz var: Chalcedony var: Chrysoprase
Yerilla Chrysoprase Mine, Yerilla Station, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Ex. Ron Romanella
7.7 x 6.3 x 2.2 cm, 106.1 grams
Winning Bid: $111
Halite (rare bi-colored crystals)
Owens Lake, Olancha, Owens Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA
8.7 x 6.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Natrolite (uncommon locality)
Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA
Ex. Gerry Morvell
8.2 x 5.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $64
Fluorite (''Tanzanite Fluorite'') on Quartz
Yongchun Co., Quanzhou, Fujian, China
4.6 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $280
Wulfenite (classic material)
Stevenson-Bennett Mine, Organ Mountains, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA
Ex. Chris Cowan; Dave Stoudt
7.2 x 5.7 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $565
Franckeite var: Potosiite (very rare)
San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
Ex. Demetrius Pohl
9.3 x 5.3 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $177
Plumbogummite (excellent color and quality)
Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
4.7 x 4.6 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $315
Smithsonite on Coronadite (classic material)
Broken Hill South Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
11.2 x 5.1 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $807
Gold (rare locality)
Greaterville Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
0.8 x 0.6 x 0.1 cm, 0.19 grams
Winning Bid: $239
Hardystonite with Calcite, Willemite and Franklinite (fluorescent)
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
Ex. Armon McPherson
7.8 x 5.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Baryte
Mefis Mine, Taouz Caïdat, Er-Rissani Cercle, Errachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.1 x 5.1 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $150