Special Holiday Mineral Auction

Happy Holidays from our team!


We prepared a special auction for you featuring interesting and valuable specimens from our busy year of collection acquisitions. Also, look for a complete set of Mineralogical Record magazine from 1970-2019, an invaluable information resource!


We are honored to present directly to the public a selection of superb, important GEM CRYSTALS ($5000-20,000 values) from the collection of our friend, the late Dr. James Carter of Dallas, that is to be auctioned off for his family. 

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Moldavite ex Kevin Schon Collection
Besednice, South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
5.7 x 3.7 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $925
Beryl var. Aquamarine (treated) ex James Carter Coll
Wolodarsk-Wolynskii, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine
4.2 x 3.5 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $3,050
Beryl var. Aquamarine (treated) ex James Carter Coll
Wolodarsk-Wolynskii, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine
10.7 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $4,800
Kunzite ex James Carter collection
Pech, Nuristan, Afghanistan
11.5 x 3.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $2,600
rare Fluorite ps. after Petrified Wood (van Tichelen Coll)
Gneisenau street, Hilbersdorf, Chemnitz, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
4.5 x 3.0 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $3,419
Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
8.3 x 5.4 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $465
Barite on Calcite ex Bob Reynolds Coll.
Meikle Mine, Elko Co., Nevada, USA
8.6 x 7.5 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $675
superb matrix of Fluorite ps. after Petrified Wood (van Tichelen Coll)
Orthstrasse street, Hilbersdorf, Chemnitz, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
10.1 x 9.0 x 7.5 cm
Winning Bid: $1,300
Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Tetrahedrite ex Mushlitz Collection
Robs Pocket, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
7.6 x 6.0 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $16,151
Feldspar (Manebach-twinned) ex Art Montgomery
St Gotthard pass area, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
6.6 x 2.0 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $377
Calcite floater sphere, included by Boulangerite ex Mushlitz
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Mare, Maramures, Romania
6.0 x 6.0 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $1,052
Tourmaline included inside Fluorite ex Obodda
Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
11.6 x 7.5 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $833
Pyromorphite ex Bob Nowakowski Coll.
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Shoshone Co., Idaho
9.8 x 8.3 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,076
Wiluite superb crystal, ex Steve Smale Collection
Wilui River Basin (Vilyui River Basin), Sakha Republic, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia (type locality)
7.5 x 5.9 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $525
MINERALOGICAL RECORD SET through 2019, ex Bob Reynolds Collection
Tucson, Arizona, USA
8.5 x 11.0 inches
Winning Bid: $3,550
huge Fluorescent classic Willemite & Calcite ex. Lemanski
Sterling mine, Franklin Mining District, New Jersey, USA
43.0 x 14.0 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $2,927
unusual 3-part Aquamarine "shards" crystal, ex James Carter Coll
Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.0 x 5.5 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $575
Pyromorphite var. Arsenian ex. Mushlitz Collection
Bunker HIll Mine, Kellogg, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
5.0 x 3.5 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $2,222
important large Erythrite (old classic!)
Aghbar Mine, Bou Azer, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco
8.0 x 5.8 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $2,051
Quartz/Amethyst, with moveable water bubble, ex Key Coll.
Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Erongo , Namibia
7.3 x 3.0 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $1,519
Boleo Mine Stock Certificate, from 1926
Paris, France
32.5 x 31.5 x 0.1 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Gem Pyrargyrite ex Hauck Collection & WM Foote
Colquechaca, Chayanta Province, Potosi Dept., Bolivia
3.6 x 2.0 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $2,150
Topaz ex James Carter collection (1.3 kg)
Wolodarsk-Wolynskii, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine
11.7 x 9.5 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $20,650
Ruby in zoisite schist matrix
Mundarara Mine, Longido District, Arusha Region, Tanzania
10.8 x 9.0 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $802
Beryl var. Aquamarine (2 different terminations!) ex Currier
Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.0 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $830
Wulfenite ex Hauck Collection
Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.0 x 4.0 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $1,301
1st Printing Chinese Mineral Stamps (1982)
China
4.0 x 3.0 x 0.1 cm
Winning Bid: $209
Beryl var. Heliodor ex James Carter
Wolodarsk-Wolynskii, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine
10.1 x 4.5 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $18,501
Beryl var. Heliodor ex James Carter
Wolodarsk-Wolynskii, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine
8.7 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $5,728
Louisiana Opal (historic old classic!) ex Houran Coll.
Hidden Fire Opal Mine, Vernon Parish, Louisiana
20.25 cts; 3.4 x 1.9 x 0.35 cm
Winning Bid: $1,969