Mixed Worldwide Specimens 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 Rich Kosnar, Chet Lemanski, Dave Bergman, Gerry Morvell, Colin Manlove, Kurt Hefendehl, Al Kidwell 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 classic GEM TWINNED FLUORITE crystals from the Rogerley Mine, England
2. Excellent rich pink-red color RUBELLITE TOURMALINE from the Jonas Mine, Brazil
3. Fantastic gemmy blue KYANITE crystal from Goias (not Minas Gerais), Brazil
4. Wonderful gemmy scepter AMETHYST specimen from India
5. Superb very rare ANDORITE crystals with ZINKENITE from the San Jose Mine, Bolivia
6. Eye-catching "hoppered" VANADINITE crystals from the Apache Mine, Arizona – ex Bob Reynolds
7. Gemmy green SAPPHIRE crystal from Montana – ex Rich Kosnar
8. Unusual combination of AZURITE and MALACHITE on FLUORITE from Morocco – ex Kurt Hefendehl
9. Hard to find association of FLUORAPATITE with FLUORITE from the Yaogangxian Mine, China
10. Good sized STIBNITE crystal on matrix from China – ex Dr. Stephen Smale
11. NEW FIND of QUARTZ and CHRYSOCOLLA replacing NATIVE COPPER from Indonesia
12.  Rarities include:  CAFARSITE with AGARDITE-(Y), OLMIITE, STURMANITE, HYDROXYLAPATITE var: CARBONATE-RICH HYDROXYLAPATITE, MANGANESE NODULE, TUNELLITE and PECORAITE

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Axinite-(Fe) with Albite
Tormiq Valley, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
7.7 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $86
Quartz and Chrysocolla replacing Native Copper ''leaves'' (NEW FIND!)
Indonesia
8.3 x 4.2 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Andorite (fine crystals) with Zinkenite
San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Prov., Oruro, Bolivia
4.8 x 4.0 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $495
Forsterite var: Peridot (sharp gemmy crystal)
Sapat Gali, Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra Dist., Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
2.8 x 2.0 x 1.2 cm, 16.46 grams
Winning Bid: $410
Cafarsite (rare)
Wanni Glacier - Scherbadung area, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland (Type Locality)
Ex. Rich Kosnar
3.3 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Rubellite Tourmaline (classic material) (1980s)
Jonas Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.2 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,700
Silver on Calcite
Bouismas Mine, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
3.7 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Fluorite (classic material)
Beihilfe Mine, Halsbrucke, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
12.3 x 9.2 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $1,250
Quartz (''Herkimer-Style'' Quartz) (doubly-terminated)
Crystal Grove, Lassellsville, Town of Ephratah, Fulton Co., New York, USA
Ex. Dave Ziga
1.8 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Spinel (fine crystals for the locality)
Lục Yên District, Yên Bái Province, Vietnam
4.9 x 4.6 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $436
Manganese Nodule
Off the east coast of the United States, Atlantic Ocean
Ex. Rich Kosnar
5.0 x 3.4 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Corundum var: Sapphire
Eldorado Bar deposit, Eldorado Bar, East Helena, Lewis and Clark Co., Montana, USA
Ex. Rich Kosnar
0.6 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm, 0.55 grams
Winning Bid: $85
Turquoise pseudomorph after Apatite (rare locality specimen)
Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. Rich Kosnar
3.4 x 2.3 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Calcite
Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.9 x 5.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $218
Hydroxylapatite var: Carbonate-rich Hydroxylapatite (rare - good sized crystal)
David Mosiah claim, Cerro Huañaquina, Yocalla Municipality, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
4.7 x 2.6 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Stibnite (rare locality specimen)
McLaughlin Mine, Knoxville, Knoxville Mining District, Napa Co., California, USA
7.7 x 7.1 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $225
Olmiite (rare)
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Northern Cape, South Africa (Type Locality)
3.6 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Calcite (gemmy crystal)
Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Rich Kosnar
4.6 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $167
Fluorite on Quartz
Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
6.7 x 6.3 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $197
Sulfur on Calcite (drill core) (RARE locality specimen)
Boling Dome, Newgulf, Wharton Co., Texas, USA
6.7 x 5.5 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $217
Rutile var: Sagenite pseudomorph after Hematite (RARE)
Cavradischlucht, Val Curnera, Tavetsch, Vorderrheintal, Graubünden, Switzerland
Ex. Brian Kosnar; Kay Robertson
2.2 x 1.3 x 0.1 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Fluorite with Schorl Tourmaline
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.7 x 5.2 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $181
Stilbite Subgroup
Fanwood Quarry, Watchung, Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA
Ex. Gerry Morvell
5.8 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $53
Copper
Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
6.1 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $109
Cassiterite (twins)
Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bustillos Province, Potosi, Bolivia
Ex. Chet Lemanski
4.7 x 4.1 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $123
Vanadinite (uncommon AZ locality)
Western Mine, Stockton Hill, Wallapai Mining District, Cerbat Mountains, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
3.3 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $195
Kyanite (gemmy crystal)
Goias, Brazil
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
3.0 x 2.9 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $321
Rhodochrosite with Albite
Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Ex. Dr. Bob Byers
3.1 x 3.0 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Gypsum var: Selenite (gem crystals)
Meggen Mine, Lennestadt, Olpe, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.1 x 5.2 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $265
Calcite with Boulangerite inclusions (''floater'' specimen)
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
Ex. Alex Schauss
3.0 x 2.2 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $135