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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Scheelite (near ''floater'' crystal)
Piaotang Mine, Xihuashan Ore Field, Dayu Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.1 x 4.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $436
Copper (''Spinel'' twins)
Rocklands Group Copper Project, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
7.1 x 1.7 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $279
Tunellite (rare and fine quality)
Rio Tinto Borax open pit, Rio Tinto Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern Co., California, USA
Ex. Colin Manlove; Jim Minette
7.6 x 6.0 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Azurite
Pit No. 9, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
8.7 x 5.0 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $575
Ludlockite (incredibly rare locality specimen)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
4.2 x 3.9 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Aegirine (fine crystals)
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
9.5 x 7.3 x 6.4 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Grossular Garnet (rare locality)
Pitts-Tenney Quarry, Minot, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA
Ex. Gerry Morvell; Al Sebela
6.3 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Lorenzenite (rare classic material)
Selsurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Ex. Colin Manlove
8.1 x 6.1 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Gold on Quartz
813 pit, Alta Gold Mine, Olinghouse Dist., Pah Rah Range, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA
3.3 x 2.9 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Lavender Chalcedony (fluorescent)
Green Fire Prospect, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
5.1 x 4.6 x 3.7 cm
Smithsonite (rich color)
Choix, Choix Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico
Ex. Brian Kosnar
11.5 x 5.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,400
Smithsonite (Cadmium-bearing) (recent find)
Sardinia Stope, Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA
6.1 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm, 65.6 grams
Winning Bid: $249
Emerald (LARGE faceted stone)
Bubani Mine, Ajmer District, Rajasthan, India
94.6 mm x 58.1 mm x 36.6 mm, 1700 carats (340 grams)
Winning Bid: $390
Imperial Topaz
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
4.3 x 2.0 x 1.4 cm, 28.0 grams
Winning Bid: $575
Quartz with Siderite and Fluorapatite
Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
10.7 x 8.3 x 7.4 cm
Winning Bid: $625
Tourmaline (mined in 1970s)
Barra do Salinas District, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.0 x 3.7 x 1.7 cm, 77.8 grams
Winning Bid: $1,350
Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series (fine crystal)
São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
6.1 x 4.9 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $269
Sanidine (rough and cut set)
Eifel Mountains, Germany
Ex. Colin Manlove
4.7 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm (specimen), 3.70 cts (stone)
Winning Bid: $249
Vivianite
Cabeça do Cachorro claim, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil
6.6 x 1.2 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Spodumene var: Kunzite
Dara-i-Pech Pegmatite Field, Dara-i-Pech Dist., Kunar, Afghanistan
9.3 x 7.7 x 2.4 cm, 171.8 grams
Winning Bid: $479
Brazilianite on Albite
Telirio Claim, Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.7 x 7.1 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,100
Dioptase (rare locality specimen)
Cobrellama Deposit, Ica, Peru
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
13.2 x 8.6 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $950
Mimetite var: Campylite (classic material)
Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells Mining Region, Cumbria, England, UK
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.7 x 8.3 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $1,100
Cuprite
Chengmenshan Mine, Jiujiang Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.2 x 8.3 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $455
Pyrite (fine classic crystals)
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca Dist., Bolognesi Prov., Áncash, Peru
Ex. Brian Kosnar; Rebecca Stewart and Steve Sinotte
7.3 x 6.3 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $343
Florencite-(Ce) on Magnesite (rare and fine)
Pomba Pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
7.0 x 5.3 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $450
Fluorite on Quartz
Xiefang Mine, Ruijin Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
14.1 x 10.7 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $501