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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Trona (classic material)
Owens Lake, Olancha, Owens Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA
8.3 x 7.4 x 5.9 cm
Winning Bid: $126
Garnierite and Limonite pseudomorph after Millerite (RARE locality specimen)
Mabilikwe Hill, Pafuri Nickel Deposit, Musina Local Municipality, Vhembe District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
5.7 x 5.3 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $131
Sphalerite (twins)
Stari Trg Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Mitrovica Dist., Kosovo
6.5 x 4.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $76
Linarite (rare from Broken Hill)
Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Ex. Chet Lemanski
8.8 x 5.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Quartz var: Smoky on Microcline
Moat Mountain, near Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire
Ex. Gerry Morvell
6.1 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $251
Brazilianite (rare locality)
Chandlers Mill Quarry, Newport, Sullivan Co., New Hampshire, USA
Ex. Rock Currier
3.7 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Epidote (rare locality)
Zacatecas, Mexico
Ex. Al Kidwell
6.1 x 4.7 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $72
Pyrite (unusual habit)
Stari Trg Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Mitrovica Dist., Kosovo
7.5 x 4.3 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Freibergite Subgroup (rare locality specimen)
Galena Mine, Placer Center Mining District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA
Ex. Dan Behnke
6.3 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $43
Quartz with Hematite coating
Morocco
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.3 x 5.7 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $203
Calaverite (rare classic material)
Cripple Creek, Teller Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. Colin Manlove
4.6 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $442
Fluorapatite (rare locality)
Mount Rubellite Quarries, Hebron, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Ex. Al Kidwell
3.3 x 2.7 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Cassiterite (rare prismatic crystal)
Amo Sn deposit, Ximeng County, Pu'er, Yunnan, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
4.5 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $420
Nullaginite with Otwayite (ridiculously rare)
Otway Ni Deposit, Nullagine, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia (Type Locality for both species)
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook; Jack Parnau
5.7 x 5.3 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $413
Clinozoisite
Gmina Strzegom, Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.7 x 5.1 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Nakauriite (incredibly rare)
Nakauri Mine, Shinshiro City, Aichi Pref., Japan (Type Locality)
Ex. Chet Lemanski
4.3 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $53
Rainbow Obsidian Heart
La Revoltosa Mine, San Andreas, Magdalena Municipality, Jalisco, Mexico
5.6 x 2.9 x 2.3 cm, 56.3 grams
Winning Bid: $79
Cuprite (rare locality)
Thailand
Ex. Colin Manlove
2.7 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Titanite (twins) with ''Chlorite''
Capelinha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.2 x 4.9 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Gold on Quartz
Oriental Mine, 16 to 1 Mine, Alleghany, Alleghany District, Sierra Co., California, USA
1.0 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Fluorite
Moscona Mine, El Pontón de Solís, Asturias, Spain
9.5 x 6.5 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $335
Pink Quartz
Choique Mine, Pehuenches Dept., Neuquén Prov. Argentina
6.2 x 3.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $128
Austinite var: Copper-bearing Austinite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Ex. Chet Lemanski
6.2 x 4.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $236
Proustite
Imiter Mine, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Chet Lemanski
7.1 x 5.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Dolomite pseudomorph after Aragonite (RARE locality specimen)
near Yeso, De Baca Co., New Mexico, USA
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
3.1 x 2.6 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $84
Topaz (GEM quality)
Klein Spitzkopje, Spitzkopje Area, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Ex. Ron Romanella
3.2 x 3.2 x 3.1 cm, 64.3 grams
Winning Bid: $395
Purpurite with Heterosite (rare locality)
Crystal Mountain Pegmatite Mining District (Storm Mountain Mining District), Larimer Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. Gary Weaver
5.4 x 5.3 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Rhodochrosite
Wutong Mine, Liubao, Cangwu Co., Wuzhou, Guangxi, China
2.6 x 1.7 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Fluorite on Quartz (uncommon locality specimen)
Homestake-Jack Pot Mine, Gold Road District, Oatman District, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA
5.7 x 5.3 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $526
Axinite-(Fe)
Khaplu, Ghanche Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Ron Romanella
8.7 x 7.2 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $205