Special Mineral 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!
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Spessartine Garnet on Doubly-Terminated Smoky Quartz
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
11.7 x 5.0 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Goosecreekite (superb size and quality)
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
7.1 x 5.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $676
Sphalerite (GEMMY crystals) with Quartz and Chalcopyrite
Shuikoushan Mine, Shuikoushan ore field, Changning Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China
Ex. Brian Kosnar
9.7 x 7.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,250
Topaz (excellent crystal)
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso Collection
6.9 x 5.7 x 4.4 cm, 306.60 grams
Winning Bid: $826
Wulfenite (classic material)
Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos Mts, Ahumada Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.8 x 7.7 x 6.6 cm
Winning Bid: $650
Beryl var: Aquamarine with Kesterite (RARE combo for the locality)
Pingwu Beryl Mine, Huya Township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Pref., Sichuan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.6 x 5.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Vesuvianite (chromium-bearing)
Jeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.3 x 6.8 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $269
Mottramite on Cuprite (RARE combo for Tsumeb)
Tsumeb Mine, Otshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Dr. Barratt Phillips
4.3 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Azurite (fine quality)
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
6.1 x 5.3 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $674
Spinel var: Pleonaste (classic material)
Gon phlogopite deposit, Aldan, Sakha, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.7 x 6.3 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Andradite (classic locality)
Stanley Butte Area, Santa Teresa Mts., Graham Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
8.3 x 5.9 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Stilbite-Ca
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
Ex. Rock Currier
8.7 x 8.2 x 6.4 cm
Winning Bid: $279
Quartz var: Citrine (Japan-Law Twin)
Mansa District, Luapula Province, Zambia
Ex. Colin Manlove
11.6 x 7.8 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $285
Euclase (doubly-terminated)
Chiá mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Brian Kosnar
3.1 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $329
Calcite with Hematite inclusions
Hengyang, Hunan, China
11.6 x 7.1 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Spinel on marble
Sungate Mine, An Phu, Luc Yen Dist., Yen Bai Prov., Vietnam
7.3 x 7.1 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Chalcedony pseudomorph / fossil after Gastropod (Hippochrenes volgensis)
Volga River Region, near settlement Batai in Saratov Region, Russia
9.3 x 3.4 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $269
Fluorite (GEMMY bi-colored crystal) on Muscovite
Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
10.1 x 7.7 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $561
Scheelite with Calcite (rare combo for the locality)
Pingwu Beryl Mine, Huya Township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Pref., Sichuan, China
8.2 x 6.6 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $645
Ettringite
N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.3 x 5.6 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $625
Fluorite (large gemmy crystals)
Ruyuan Fluorite Mine, Ruyuan Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, China
Ex. Brian Kosnar
11.5 x 10.3 x 9.2 cm
Winning Bid: $291
Mimetite (classic material)
Guatomo Mine (''Hat Yai'' Mimetite Locality), Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata Dist., Yala Prov., Thailand
9.7 x 8.0 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,310
Fluorite on Quartz
Chongyi Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
13.3 x 11.1 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $650
Quartz included with Stibnite
Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
7.1 x 5.4 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $409
Phosgenite (fine classic material) (fluorescent)
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Prov., Sardinia, Italy
Ex. Wouter Van Tichelen; Renato and Adriana Pagano
4.6 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $1,000
Cuprite (large crystals) with Malachite
Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.1 x 4.5 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $902
Beryl var: Morganite
Elizabeth R. Mine, Chief Mountain, Pala Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
Ex. Leigh Price
6.3 x 4.7 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $925