Special $249 Reserve Auction

Continuing with our special themed auctions we have a selection of higher-end minerals this week with $249 reserve bids. This is a great opportunity to pick up excellent pieces for good values! You'll find a great mix of fine quality specimens from new and contemporary discoveries plus classics and showy display pieces from worldwide localities and various collections!
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Pyrrhotite
Verkhnii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.6 x 4.3 x 3.6 cm
Andradite Garnet var: Topazolite (recent find)
Cerro De La Concordia, Piedra Parada, Tatatila Municipality, Veracruz, Mexico
7.2 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Beryl var: Goshenite (unique form)
Pingwu Beryl Mine, Huya Township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan, China
Ex. Bill Larson
6.3 x 3.2 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $850
Corundum var: Ruby on marble (RARE matrix specimen for the locality)
Sivec Marble Quarries, Sivec Mountain, Prisad, Prilep Municipality, North Macedonia
4.5 x 2.8 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $420
Rutile (classic material)
Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, Mono Co., California, USA
7.2 x 3.6 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Azurite with Rosasite (RARE combo from Tsumeb)
Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Alex Neufeld
3.2 x 2.4 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Gypsum (gemmy crystals)
Eisleben, Mansfeld-Südharz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.7 x 6.3 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Euclase (rough and cut set)
Equador, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
2.0 x 1.6 x 0.9 cm (specimen), 0.60 ct; 6.25 mm x 4.47 mm (stone)
Winning Bid: $325
Epidote
Balochistan, Pakistan
Ex. Bob Reynolds
8.3 x 6.2 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Tarbuttite coated by Hydroxylapatite (rare)
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund Constituency, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
12.3 x 5.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $501
Cerussite (classic material)
Flux Mine, Alum Gulch, Harshaw District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.4 x 5.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $335
Analcime with Natrolite and Aegirine
Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
4.7 x 3.3 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Pyromorphite (unusual style for the locality)
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Ex. Paul Zerfass
8.7 x 7.2 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $369
Spinel var: Pleonaste
Gon phlogopite deposit, Aldan, Sakha, Russia
Ex. Colin Manlove
4.5 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Plumbogummite replacing Pyromorphite
Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
5.2 x 4.7 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Galena et al.
Madan Ore Field, Erma Reka, Zlatograd Municipality, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria
9.5 x 5.8 x 5.2 cm
Baryte (classic locality)
Moscona Mine, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.3 x 8.1 x 7.9 cm
Cobaltite (rare classic material)
Tunaberg Cu-Co Ore Field, Tunaberg, Nyköping, Södermanland County, Sweden
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.2 x 5.2 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Manganite on Quartz (fine locality specimen)
Caland Pit, Schwenger Township, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada
7.2 x 4.8 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $355
Hausmannite (excellent crystals) (1980s)
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
Ex. Charlie Key
6.7 x 4.4 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $490
Fluorite (gemmy twins) with Aragonite
Queen of Green Pocket, Diana Maria Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Frosterley, Weardale, County Durham, England, UK
7.6 x 6.9 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $825
Siderite pseudomorph after Calcite
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.2 x 4.9 x 3.3 cm
Quartz (''Japan-Law'' Twin)
Holland Mine, Duquesne Gulch, Nash Mines Group, Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
12.3 x 8.5 x 3.2 cm
Mimetite (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.8 x 6.3 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Silver (classic locality)
New Nevada Mine, Cerro San Antonio, San Miguel, Batopilas, Batopilas Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Brian Kosnar
21.66 grams
Winning Bid: $249
Tourmaline (multi-color doubly-terminated crystal)
Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Ex. Dave Bergman
26.13 grams
Winning Bid: $420
Bournonite (fine ''cogwheel'' twins) on Pyrite
Viboras Mine, Machacamarca Dist., Cornelio Saavedra Prov., Potosi, Bolivia
4.4 x 4.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Phosphophyllite (twins) (very rare)
Huayllani Mine, Infiernillos Mine, Huayllani, Machacamarca District, Saavedra Province, Potosi, Bolivia
7.1 x 5.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $485
Calcite (classic material)
Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
9.3 x 8.9 x 8.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Quartz var: Amethyst / Smoky (scepter) with Hematite inclusions
Chiredzi Mining District, Chiredzi District, Masvingo, Zimbabwe
9.7 x 4.7 x 3.7 cm