Mixed Minerals From Our Backroom Drawers

This mixed mineral auction features many high-quality specimens and pieces from miscellaneous collections we've acquired over the years. Recent finds, classics, and rarities that have been hidden in our back drawers are highlighted, many are $1000 and more in value!

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Azurite partially altering to Malachite
Seabra mine, Seabra, Bahia, Brazil
Ex. Matt McGill, Dumont Benoit
9.8 x 7.5 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $890
Calcite with Malachite
Buffalo Ridge ext., Old Dominion mine, Globe, Arizona, USA
Ex. Dave Stoudt
9.3 x 4.6 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $191
Calcite with Pyrite
San Diego mine, Santa Barbara Dist., Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Gary Weaver
7.8 x 5.6 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $530
Calcite (twinned)
Nicolai mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia
Ex. Matthew Webb
5.8 x 3.5 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $282
Calcite twin
Leiping mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
3.9 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Mimetite
Pingtouling mine, Qingyuan, Guangdong, China
5.8 x 4.1 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $415
Baryte with Malachite inclusions
Shinkolobwe mine, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
7.1 x 6.0 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $291
Mimetite
Guatomo Mine, Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata Dist., Yala Prov., Thailand
4.8 x 3.6 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $726
Calcite on Sphalerite
Elmwood mine, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
Ex. Dr. Rob Lavinsky
7.7 x 6.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $700
Hematite
Krupka, Krusne Hory Mtns., Bohemia, Czech Republic
11.2 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $675
Fluorite
Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Dr. Steve Smale
6.6 x 6.5 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $691
Vanadinite
Pure Potential mine, Silver Dist., Trigo Mtns., La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Dr. Thomas Campbell
9.7 x 7.9 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $221
Gypsum (twinned) on Gypsum
Las Salinas, Ica Dept., Peru
6.2 x 6.2 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $370
Wulfenite on Calcite
Pure Potential mine, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
5.8 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $138
Pyromorphite var. Arsenian
9 Level, Jersey Vein, Bunker Hill mine, Kellogg, Idaho, USA
Ex. Kay Robertson
4.8 x 4.1 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $454
Chrysocolla, Atacamite, Quartz
Lily Mine, Humay Dist., Pisco Prov., Ica, Peru
8.7 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $125
Smithsonite (cadmium rich) on Calcite
Weinan, near Wenshan, Yunnan Prov., China
6.7 x 4.9 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $390
Pyrite
Eagle Mtn. Iron mine, Riverside Co., California, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
3.9 x 3.6 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $313
Scolecite on Stilbite
Nasik, Maharashtra, India
Ex. Bob Reynolds
6.4 x 4.1 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $221
Vanadinite with Baryte
Mibladen, Midelt, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
6.2 x 4.7 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $211
Malachite stalacite (rare locale!)
Tentadora Mine, Julcani Dist., Angaraes Prov., Huancavelica, Peru
3.7 x 1.9 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Quartz cast after Calcite
Silver Point Mine, Ouray Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. Ken Roberts
5.7 x 5.0 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $77
Baryte gem crystals
1075 Level, Meikle mine, Bootstrap Dist., Elko Co., Nevada, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
8.8 x 6.1 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $390
Vanadinite ps. Wulfenite
Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Mammoth Dist., Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Gary Weaver
6.2 x 5.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $113
Spessartine Garnet
Wushan Garnet Mine, Tongbei, Fujian Prov., China
9.6 x 7.7 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $460
Siderite (CLASSIC LOCALE)
La Taillat mine, La Chevrette, Rhone-Alpes, France
Ex. Herb Obodda, Ed David
8.9 x 6.1 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $352
Neptunite
Benitoite Gem mine, San Benito Co., California, USA
8.6 x 5.0 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $526
Quartz
Piz Beverin, Mathon, Hinterrhein Valley, Graubunden, Switzerland
Ex. Brent Lockhart
11.6 x 9.7 x 9.1 cm
Winning Bid: $276
Cuprite
Milpillas mine, Sonora, Mexico
8.9 x 6.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $543
Smithsonite var. Cobaltian
Tsumeb mine, Oshikoto, Namibia
2.6 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $390