Special $249 Reserve Mineral 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 bargain prices! You'll find a great mix of fine quality specimens from new and contemporary discoveries plus classics and showy display pieces!
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Baryte (fine gemmy crystals)
Cerro Warihuyn, Miraflores, Huamalíes Province, Huánuco, Peru
Ex. Demetrius Pohl
9.7 x 5.3 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Adamite var: Copper-bearing
Verkhnii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
3.7 x 3.6 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $299
Spessartine on Smoky Quartz with Opal-AN
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
6.2 x 4.3 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $365
Azurite (''rosette'')
Oumjrane, Alnif Cercle, Tinghir Prov., Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
5.2 x 4.1 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $269
Epistilbite (superb color) with Heulandite
Jalgaon District, Nashik Division, Maharashtra, India
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
8.8 x 7.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $370
Siderite with Fluorapatite on Quartz
Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal
11.7 x 6.3 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Dolomite (Manganese-bearing) with Calcite (Manganese-bearing)
Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
7.6 x 5.7 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Prehnite with Epidote
Djouga Diggings, Bendougou, Diakon, Arrondissement of Diakon, Bafoulabé Cercle, Kayes Region, Mali
Ex. Demetrius Pohl
8.7 x 7.8 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $299
Neptunite (classic material)
Dallas Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California, USA
5.3 x 4.1 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Fluorite (rare spherical habit)
Minggang Mine, Shihe District, Xinyang, Henan, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
9.3 x 7.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $629
Descloizite (excellent crystallization)
Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
12.3 x 8.3 x 8.1 cm
Winning Bid: $749
Smithsonite (Copper-bearing)
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Colin Manlove
7.7 x 6.3 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Wire Silver on Acanthite
Hongda Mine, Xiaoqinggou Ag-Mn Deposit, Lingqiu Co., Datong, Shanxi, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
4.6 x 2.4 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $269
Calcite on Siderite
Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.0 x 6.3 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Siderite pseudomorph after Pyrrhotite on Galena
Turt Mine, Turt, Negrești-Oas, Oas Mts., Satu Mare, Romania
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
6.7 x 6.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Mimetite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.4 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Beryl var: Aquamarine (doubly-terminated) with Quartz and Albite
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.4 x 3.9 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Fluorite (penetration twin) on Quartz
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Pref., Hunan, China
Ex. Dave Bergman
6.8 x 4.7 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Azurite (fine crystals) with Malachite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
5.2 x 4.5 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $400
Kunzite (doubly-terminated)
Kantiwa Pegmatite Field, Wama Dist., Nuristan, Afghanistan
8.3 x 6.6 x 2.3 cm, 275.8 grams
Winning Bid: $430
Pyromorphite on Quartz
Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
Ex. Brian Kosnar
7.3 x 5.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $472
Hemimorphite with Calcite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
6.9 x 5.7 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Cerussite (unusual twin)
Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Ex. Rich Kosnar
6.1 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $279
Beryl var: Aquamarine
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
8.1 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm, 27.1 grams
Winning Bid: $300
Copper pseudomorph after Aragonite, et al. (large ''floater'' specimen)
Corocoro Dist., Pacajes Prov., La Paz, Bolivia
3.4 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Pyrope-Almandine Garnet (GEMMY red crystals) on Graphite
Red Embers Mine, Erving, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, USA
18.5 x 11.7 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $391
Fluorite (rare bi-colored specimen)
Xianghuapu Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Pref., Hunan, China
7.3 x 6.1 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $399
Erythrite
Bou Azzer District, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
5.6 x 3.7 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $901
Fluorite
Moscona Mine, El Pontón de Solís, Asturias, Spain
10.2 x 8.8 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $320
Brazilianite
Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Brian Kosnar
5.1 x 4.8 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $300