Mixed Worldwide Mineral 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 Kurt Hefendehl, Ron Romanella, Chet Lemanski, 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. Wonderful scepter CALCITE specimen from Shullsburg, Wisconin – ex Brian Kosnar Collection
2. Fantastic "cogwheel" twinned crystals of BOURNONITE from Bolivia
3. Rich pinkish-red gemmy rhombic crystal of RHODOCHROSITE from China 
4. A really cool ATACAMITE pseudomorphed partially by CHRYSOCOLLA from Chile
5. Two GEM QUALITY TOPAZ crystals – one from Namibia, and another from Pakistan
6. GOLD on QUARTZ from the 16 to 1 Mine, California
7. Rich red colored RUBY SPINEL crystals on matrix from Myanmar
8. Attractive DIOPSIDE on matrix from Afghanistan
9. Attractive blood red PROUSTITE crystals on matrix from Morocco – ex Chet Lemanksi Collection
10. Rarities include NULLAGINITE, OTWAYITE, CALAVERITE, NAKAURIITE and TANTEUXENITE-(Y)

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Calcite (scepter)
Shullsburg area, Upper Mississippi Valley District, Lafayette Co., Wisconsin, USA
Ex. Brian Kosnar
8.7 x 5.3 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $655
Azurite pseudomorphing to Malachite
Morenci Mine, Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
Ex. Dave Bergman
5.6 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $292
Bournonite (fine ''cogwheel'' twins)
Viboras Mine, Machacamarca Dist., Cornelio Saavedra Prov., Potosi, Bolivia
5.7 x 3.7 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $343
Opal-AN (Hyalite Opal) (''Blood Vessel Opal'')
Étienne Mine, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
4.5 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Quartz (scepters)
Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
12.8 x 10.3 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $376
Tourmaline var: Rubellite (rare locality)
Piauí Valley, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
3.5 x 2.7 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $195
Tanteuxenite-(Y) (very rare) (classic locality)
Ytterby, Resarö, Vaxholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
1.5 x 0.7 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $487
Beryl var: Aquamarine (doubly-terminated)
Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.3 x 1.3 x 0.9 cm, 15 grams
Winning Bid: $145
Rutile (twin) (rare locality specimen)
Nelson Co., Virginia, USA
Ex. Chet Lemanski
4.0 x 3.2 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $192
Atacamite with Chrysocolla pseudomorphs after Atacamite (rare)
La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas Dist., Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Prov. Atacama, Chile
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
4.1 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Hemimorphite (rare white color for the locality)
Mfouati, Mfouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo
11.6 x 6.9 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $33
Diopside (2021 discovery)
Janduk Mine, Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Koksha Valley, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
5.0 x 4.8 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $277
Topaz (GEM crystal)
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Shigar Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
2.1 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $91
Jarosite (fine crystals)
Verzeko Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Dist., Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
6.1 x 4.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Chondrodite with Graphite in Marble (rare locality specimen)
Lime Crest Quarry, Franklin Marble, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
12.3 x 7.3 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $116
Pyrolusite in Quartz Geode
Morocco
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
5.1 x 4.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $124
Fluorite with Quartz and Calcite
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China
7.3 x 5.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $454
Aragonite PLUS Copper pseudomorph after Aragonite (two piece before and after set)
Corocoro Dist., Pacajes Prov., La Paz, Bolivia
Ex. Brian Kosnar
1.7 x 1.5 x 1.0 cm and 1.7 x 1.5 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $147
Spinel (Ruby Spinel) on marble
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin Dist., Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Ex. Rich Kosnar
3.8 x 3.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $161
Quartz with Fuchsite ''phantom''
Ihovitra, Itremo Massif, Itremo, Ambatofinandrahana, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar
2.4 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Dioptase with Mimetite
Ntola Mine, Mindouli, Mindouli Dist., Pool Dept., Republic of the Congo
4.1 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $300
Siderite on Pyrite pseudomorph after Siderite with Stannite
Siete Suyos Mine, Atocha-Quechisla Dist., Sud Chichas Prov., Potosí Dept., Bolivia
3.8 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Heulandite
Lower New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA
Ex. Alfred Stevenson
11.7 x 8.3 x 7.1 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Pyrite
Ampliación a Victoria Mine, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain
5.2 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $91
Vanadinite (rare Arizona locale)
Hamburg Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
9.3 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Linarite (classic material)
Reward Mine, Reward, Russ District, Inyo Mts, Inyo County, California, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
9.0 x 5.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Calcite (old classic)
Bigrigg Mine, Bigrigg, Egremont, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
Ex. Al Kidwell; George English
4.9 x 4.5 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Fluorite
De'an fluorite Mine, Wushan, De'an Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China
3.4 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $51
Quartz with Brookite
Kharan District, Balochistan Region, Pakistan
9.5 x 8.2 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $182
Fluorite (rare locality)
Catron County, New Mexico, USA
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.8 x 5.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $151