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 bargain 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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Baryte (superb quality)
Jinkouhe District, Leshan, Sichuan, China
7.3 x 5.4 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Topaz (doubly-terminated GEM crystal) on Smoky Quartz
Klein Spitzkopje granite stock, Spitzkopje Area, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
5.6 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $389
Smithsonite (copper-bearing)
Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Colin Manlove
9.7 x 6.3 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $425
Epidote (gemmy multi-terminated ''Faden'' group)
Hashupa alpine-type clefts, Hashupa, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
7.4 x 3.3 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $906
Sulfur
El Desierto Mine, San Pablo de Napa, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí, Bolivia
9.3 x 9.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $390
Pink Quartz (rare locality)
Huancayo Dist., Huancayo Prov., Junín, Peru
7.3 x 4.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Azurite (polished slice - from Russia)
Rubtsovsk Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai, Russia
Ex. Jason Adams
6.1 x 5.0 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $455
Ilvaite (superb)
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
7.3 x 6.5 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $377
Pyromorphite (fine quality)
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
4.2 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $289
Fluorapatite
Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA
Ex. Jack Eaker
13.2 x 10.6 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $311
Malachite
Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
10.3 x 4.6 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Corundum var: Ruby (hard to find locality)
Sivec Marble Quarries, Sivec Mountain, Prisad, Prilep Municipality, North Macedonia
2.9 x 2.7 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $330
Adamite var: Copper-bearing
Hilarion Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion, Lavreotiki, Attica, Greece
14.1 x 5.2 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Ludlockite (incredibly rare locality specimen)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
6.3 x 4.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $435
Zoisite var: Tanzanite (UN-heated crystal)
D-Block Mine, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mts, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
4.6 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm, 14.9 grams
Winning Bid: $975
Fluorapatite (rare locality)
Puiva Mount, Saranpaul, Berezovo district, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Ex. Rich Kosnar
4.5 x 4.1 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Microcline var: Amazonite (translucent!) with Smoky Quartz (RARE locality)
Madan Shar, Kabul, Afghanistan
5.7 x 4.7 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $455
Dioptase with Mimetite
Ntola Mine, Mindouli, Mindouli Dist., Pool Dept., Republic of the Congo
14.3 x 11.9 x 7.2 cm
Winning Bid: $825
Meteorite (Forsterite in Iron var: Kamacite)
Seymchan meteorite, Srednekansky District, Magadan Oblast, Russia
Ex. Angela Kosnar
5.4 x 4.2 x 0.2 cm, 16.6 grams
Winning Bid: $249
Fluorite (rare color for the locality)
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China
13.2 x 7.8 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,901
Ludlamite (good sized crystals) (rare locality)
Colavi Mine, Machacamarca Dist., Cornelio Saavedra Prov., Potosí, Bolivia
7.2 x 4.9 x 4.7 cm
Mimetite with Wulfenite (fine quality)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
4.3 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $600
Lavender Chalcedony (fluorescent)
Green Fire Prospect, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
9.1 x 5.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Chrysocolla (rare Chinese locality)
Wenshan, Yunnan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.7 x 5.6 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Fluorite on Fluorite with Calcite
Xianghualing Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
12.3 x 11.2 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Goethite (fine crystallized specimen) with ''Onegite''
Lakeview Lode, Park Co., Colorado, USA
7.3 x 4.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $311
Cuprite coated by Malachite (classic material)
Onganja Mine, Helen Farm 235, Seeis, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
4.5 x 3.7 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $705
Villiaumite (INCREDIBLY RARE faceted stone)
Koashva Open Pit, Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Ex. Colin Manlove
18.25 mm x 16.26 mm, 29.00 ct
Winning Bid: $360
Olmiite (rare and fine quality)
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa (Type Locality)
5.6 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $550
Anglesite (good sized crystal - classic material)
Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Ex. Colin Manlove
6.7 x 4.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $525