SPECIAL MINERAL AUCTION – Fine Minerals Lost in our warehouse! - Ends Sept 9, 2021

We are proud to present a special auction featuring mostly old and some more modern classics and rare finds, mostly sourced from our own warehouse as we keep unpacking old storage boxes from years ago, clean old materials that had been set aside or lost, and prepare things from collection acquisitions. This is a really interesting lot of mostly highly unusual things, often with subtle and rare aspects when you look at them closely.

This special auction features items such as:

ANATASE – superb thumbnail from Pakistan

A huge LEUCITE crystall from the USA

Significant RUSSIAN GWINDEL  SMOKY QUARtZ – superb cabinet piece

ZIRCON in matrix

SUGILITE and ETTRINGITE from SOUTH AFRICA

YELLOW FLUORITE from old finds  

And more….!

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Epidote floater cluster
Near Sadiola Gold Mine, Kayes, Mali
8.5 x 6.3 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $179
Senegalite
Kouroudiako, Tambacounda Region, Senegal
8.5 x 6.6 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $49
Quartz var. Smoky Quartz ex Larson coll
Carmelita Mine, Warner Springs District, San Diego Co., California, USA
10.6 x 6.2 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $232
Scheelite with Wolframite (old classic) ex Payne
Tae Hwa Mine, Chungju City, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea
4.1 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Blue Prehnite (large xls - rare)
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Manyara Region, Tanzania
4.8 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $499
Tourmaline var. Elbaite
Malkhan pegmatite , Krasnyi Chikoy, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia
4.5 x 1.9 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Malachite Slice (the best quality!)
Star of the Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
8.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $725
Red Vesuvianite - rare old classic
Rocciavre, Val Chisone, Piemonte , Italy
3.0 x 3.5 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $370
Anatase - fine TN
Kharan District, Belouchistan, Pakistan
1.2 x 1.2 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Ramsdellite
Mistake Mine, Sam Powell Peak, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
7.0 x 4.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $162
Austinite on Goethite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mapimi Municipality, Durango, Mexico
4.1 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Blue Spinel
Ampanivana area, Andrembesoa, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
6.8 x 6.5 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $527
Rhodochrosite Slice
Capillitas , Andalgala , Catamarca Province, Argentina
7.8 x 7.5 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $2,039
Shattuckite ex Charlie Key
Okenwasi Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
4.0 x 2.6 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $242
Leucite - very rare USA crystal!
Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas
5.0 x 4.4 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $414
Powellite on Scolecite (important find circa 2000!)
Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
7.9 x 7.3 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $924
Betafite (unusually large xls)
Silver Crater Mine, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada
4.7 x 3.5 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $575
Turquoise ps. after Apatite
Baviacora Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
4.6 x 2.6 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $277
Cuprite with Silver
Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovskoe, Rudnyi Altai, Siberia, Russia
3.3 x 2.0 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $614