SPECIAL MINERAL AUCTION – Classic Minerals from the Richard Rossi mineral collection - Ends Sept 30, 2021

We are proud to present a special auction featuring classics and fine display pieces from the collection of Richard Rossi, an East Coast collector and longtime Fellow and supporter of the Mineralogical Record and the community. This selection includes a very esoteric mix of display specimens with a focus on aesthetic examples of classics, many from older collections as well.

This special auction features items such as:

PENTAGONITE in a protected pocket

OLD ENGLISH BOURNONITE  VALUED over $5000 

a MAJOR KONGSBERG SILVER, and a SWEET HOME RHODOCHROSITE VALUED over $5000 

EPIDOTE from Alaska from the Smithsonian collection

SMITHSONITES And more….!

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Natrolite with Calcite- rare USA locale
Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA
5.1 x 4.3 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $270
Vanadinite on Baryte - superb miniature
Mibladen mining Dist., Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
4.0 x 3.2 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Gypsum var. Selenite (fluorescent)
Salinas de Otuma, Paracas, Pisco, Pisco Prov., Ica, Peru
6.5 x 6.5 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $280
Pentagonite on Stilbite
Wagholi Quarries, Wagholi, Pune Dist., Maharashtra, India
8.6 x 6.0 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $781
Galena (twinned) perched on Sphalerite
2nd Sovetskii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
4.2 x 3.1 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Cerussite (fluorescent) and Baryte
Mibladen mining Dist., Midelt Prov., Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
7.7 x 6.6 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $625
Purple Fluorapatite (fluorescent)
Dara-e-Pech pegmatite field, Kunar, Afghanistan
4.0 x 3.4 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $492
Pyrolusite - superb crystals
Montreal Mine, Gogebic Range, Iron Co., Wisconsin, USA
4.8 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $280
Calcite, Chalcopyrite, and Marcasite
Brushy Creek Mine, Greeley, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
6.8 x 4.6 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Wulfenite, Mimetite, and Willemite (fluorescent)
San Francisco Mine, Cerro Prieto, Sonora, Mexico
9.1 x 7.4 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $359
Epidote (ex Roebling circa 1900, Smithsonian)
Green Monster Mtn., Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, USA
7.1 x 5.2 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $825
Szenicsite (ex Szenics & TYPE LOCALITY) with Cu-Powellite
Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Inca de Oro mining Dist., Atacama, Chile (TL)
7.7 x 7.1 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $945
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
6.7 x 5.4 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $575
Ilvaite, Calcite, and Quartz, on Hedenbergite
Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
4.8 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Legrandite with Smithsonite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
4.3 x 4.0 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $631
Fluorapatite
Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.9 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $136
Covellite with Pyrite and Quartz
Leonard Mine, Butte Mining Distric, Butte-Silver Bow, Montana, USA
4.7 x 3.8 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $625
Dyscrasite with Silver and Allargentum on Calcite
Bouismas Mine, Zagora Prov., Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
5.9 x 4.4 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $127
Tourmaline var. Dravite ex NY Museum
Bower Power's Farm, Pierrepont, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA
5.8 x 4.7 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $355
Opal var. Opal-AN (fluorescent)
Zacatecas, Mexico
7.5 x 5.4 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $117
Babingtonite on Calcite and Prehnite (classic USA locale)
Lane & Son traprock quarries, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, USA
8.8 x 6.5 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $282
Rose Quartz - superb miniature
Alto da Pitorra, Laranjeiras, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.4 x 4.2 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $800
Bournonite and Quartz - old classic circa mid 1800s
Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall, England, UK
6.4 x 4.8 x 7.7 cm
Winning Bid: $2,000
Manganite (TYPE LOCALITY circa 1880s)
Manganese deposit, Ilfeld, Thuringia, Germany (TL)
7.7 x 4.3 x 4.s cm
Winning Bid: $650
Smithsonite
Choix, Choix Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico
7.3 x 4.6 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $379
Smithsonite on Calcite - 1800s, ex Bement, American Museum
Altenberg Mine, Kelmis, Liege, Wallonia, Belgium
7.7 x 6.1 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,350
Taconite
Adams Mine, Boston Township, Ontario, Canada
9.3 x 7.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $295
Cassiterite on Muscovite (old classic!)
Schlaggenwald, Bohemia, Czech Republic
8.5 x 6.0 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $2,105
Rhodochrosite and Quartz
Hedgehog Pocket, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park Co., Colorado, USA
9.1 x 6.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $5,501
Silver and Calcite , with Acanthite
Kongsberg silver mining Dist., Buskerud, Norway
5.2 x 5.1 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $5,150