Special Items 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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Quartz var: Agate / Chalcedony pseudomorph after Gastropod
Western Sahara, Morocco
9.9 x 5.3 x 2.2 cm and 9.2 x 4.8 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Fluorite (classic material)
Huanzala Mine, Huanzala, Huallanca Dist., Bolognesi Prov., Ancash, Peru
Ex. Rich Kosnar
7.3 x 4.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Quartz (GEMMY crystals)
Griesserental, Maderanertal, Silenen, Kanton Uri, Switzerland
Ex. Brent Lockhart
7.7 x 6.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Andradite var: Demantoid and Topazolite (color change crystals)
Antetezambato Demantoid-Topazolite Mine, Antsakoamanondro, Ambanja, Diana, Madagascar
4.8 x 4.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $280
Copper with Calcite
Lake Superior, Michigan, USA
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
11.2 x 5.8 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Calcite with Siderite
San Martín Mine, San Martín-Sabinas District, San Martín, Sombrerete Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.1 x 6.0 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Fluorite (GEMMY crystals)
Queen of Green Pocket, Diana Maria Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Frosterley, Weardale, County Durham, England
10.3 x 8.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $926
Goosecreekite (superb)
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
12.7 x 11.2 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $850
Goethite pseudomorph after Siderite with Quartz (rare locality specimen)
Gourrama Cäidat, Er-Rich Cercle, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
11.7 x 7.8 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $309
Valentinite (beautiful color - 2012 find)
Xikuangshan Sb deposit, Lengshuijiang Co., Loudi Prefecture, Hunan, China
6.7 x 5.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $389
Miserite (incredibly rare) (fluorescent)
North Wilson Pit, Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs, Garland Co., Arkansas, USA (Type Locality)
Ex. Henry de Linde
15.8 x 13.2 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $367
Moschellandsbergite (exceptionally rare)
Berezovsk deposit, Beryozovsky, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.3 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $886
Topaz (old classic material)
Schneckenstein cliff, Kielberg, Klingenthal, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany
Ex. Colin Manlove
7.3 x 6.7 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Chrysocolla (RARE locality specimen)
Lucky Mine, Orogrande Mining District, Otero Co., New Mexico, USA
Ex. Dave Stoudt
6.7 x 5.7 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Baryte (gemmy doubly-terminated crystal)
Champeix, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Ex. Paul Zerfass
7.8 x 4.1 x 3.7 cm
Baryte and Marcasite (polished)
Lubin Główny shafts, Lubin, Lubin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
19.4 x 9.3 x 1.2 cm, 484 grams
Stilbite-Ca
Jalgaon District, Nashik Division, Maharashtra, India
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
10.6 x 6.9 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Calcite (Manganese-bearing) (fine twinned crystal) (fluorescent)
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.8 x 5.6 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $1,100
Muscovite (unusually skeletal crystal)
Water Hole Pocket, Blackberry Crossing Campground, Albany, Carroll Co., New Hampshire, USA
Ex. Rock Currier
3.9 x 3.2 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $333
Quartz ''casts'' after Calcite on multicolor Fluorite
Xiefang Mine, Ruijin Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
12.0 x 9.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $269
Schorl (doubly-terminated) with Fluorite and Albite
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
7.1 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Calcite (unique ''floater'' specimen)
Verkhnii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Rich Kosnar
5.7 x 5.6 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Cuprite
Itauz Mine, Zhilandy group, Satpayev, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
Ex. Rich Kosnar
9.4 x 5.9 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $975
Aragonite PLUS Copper pseudomorph after Aragonite (2-piece before and after set)
Corocoro Dist., Pacajes Prov., La Paz, Bolivia
Ex. Brian Kosnar
3.7 x 3.7 x 2.5 cm and 3.7 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Aragonite (''floater'' specimen - 2023 find)
Gallo River, Molina de Aragón, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain (Type Locality)
7.3 x 4.5 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $775
Hydroxylherderite (rare purple color) with Albite
Xanda Mine, Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.9 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $343
Smithsonite (Cobalt-bearing)
Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Colin Manlove
8.3 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Calcite (twin) with Hematite inclusions
Mine No. 884, Leiping, Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
11.7 x 8.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $390
Fluorite
Xianghualing Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
17.8 x 11.6 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $626
Fluorite on Calcite
La Viesca Mine, Huergo, La Collada mining area, Siero, Asturias, Spain
9.7 x 7.6 x 5.9 cm
Winning Bid: $269