Special Auction - $249 Reserves

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 below retail prices! 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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Bustamite (large crystal!)
Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Ex. Colin Manlove
9.0 x 5.2 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Agate (var: Iris Agate) (rainbow iridescence)
Java, Indonesia
8.6 x 6.7 x 0.2 cm, 143 carats
Winning Bid: $249
Microcline on Muscovite ''cast''
Araçuaí, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.3 x 6.1 x 4.8 cm
Tourmaline (multi-color crystal) with GEM Quartz
Shengus, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
6.3 x 3.1 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $535
Topaz on Albite
Nujiang Valley (Gaoligong Mts), Nujiang, Yunnan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.8 x 6.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Zoisite var: Tanzanite (bi-colored crystal)
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
3.7 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm, 16.88 grams
Winning Bid: $725
Baryte
Banská Štiavnica (Schemnitz), Banská Štiavnica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.2 x 6.7 x 5.1 cm
Pyromorphite (classic material)
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Ex. Paul Zerfass
7.7 x 5.7 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $340
Hematite
Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.3 x 4.7 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $302
Quartz (''Mango'' Quartz) with Halloysite inclusions
Cabiche, Quípama Mun., Boyacá Dept., Colombia
9.2 x 7.7 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $4,050
Calcite with Arsenopyrite
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
Ex. Gerald and Linna Pauley
7.2 x 6.3 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $269
Smithsonite
El Refugio Mine, Choix, Choix Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico
Ex. Dave Stoudt
14.7 x 12.9 x 8.6 cm, 1,673 grams
Winning Bid: $1,279
Ettringite
N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
4.3 x 2.8 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Quartz var: Chalcedony var: Chrysoprase (classic locality)
Szklary Chrysoprase Mine, Szklary, Gmina Ząbkowice Śląskie, Ząbkowice Śląskie County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
13.6 x 4.1 x 2.3 cm, 120.6 grams
Winning Bid: $299
Calcite (interesting crystallization)
Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
12.8 x 10.3 x 6.7 cm
Ferro-Hornblende (rare locality specimen)
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.8 x 6.2 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $376
Wulfenite (good sized crystal) coated by Quartz and Calcite
Hilltop Mine, California Mining District, Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
6.3 x 5.3 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $269
Calcite (Manganese-bearing)
Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.3 x 5.9 x 5.3 cm
Quartz included with Hedenbergite on Hematite
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
7.1 x 4.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Safflorite on Calcite (Cobalt-bearing) (RARE association)
Bou Azzer Mine, Ouisselsate Caïdat, Amerzgane Cercle, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.3 x 8.3 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $437
Anglesite with Thometzekite and Vanackerite (very rare association)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Dan Behnke
4.0 x 3.1 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $592
Olivenite (old classic)
Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
Ex. Colin Manlove
6.1 x 4.6 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Spodumene var: Kunzite (RARE locality specimen)
Katerina Mine, Hiriart Mountain, Pala, San Diego Co., California, USA
Ex. Brian Kosnar
8.3 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $750
Uvarovite with Shuiskite-(Mg) (rare)
Saranovskii Mine, Sarany, Gornozavodskii District, Perm Krai, Russia
Ex. Rich Kosnar
10.3 x 5.4 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Quartz (''Lattice Quartz'') (New Find!)
Erongo Mountains, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
11.3 x 4.3 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Fluorite (2 generations)
Xiefang Mine, Ruijin Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
9.2 x 8.1 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Microlite Group
Ploskaya Mt, Western Keivy Massif, Keivy Mountains, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Ex. Rich Kosnar
5.7 x 5.1 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Afghanite (rare)
Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Kokcha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
5.3 x 5.1 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $269
Rose Quartz Carving, Flower
Minas Gerais, Brazil
9.8 x 9.7 x 4.6 cm, 484 grams
Winning Bid: $557
Azurite with Chalcoalumite (rare association) (classic material)
Holbrook Mine, Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Dave Stoudt
14.0 x 7.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,450