SPECIAL MINERAL AUCTION - HIGH END FINE MINERAL SPECIMENS FROM OUR GALLERY - ends SATURDAY FEB 5TH, 2022

NOTE: THIS SPECIAL AUCTION ENDS ON A SATURDAY - AT 6 PM DALLAS TIME (CST) AND 5 PM TUCSON TIME 

To start the new year with a bang, we are pleased to present one of the finest sets of fine mineral specimens that we have ever offered for online auction, featuring numerous beautiful specimens from new finds and old discoveries. We've had many specimens out for cleaning during the last two years from collection purchases such as Flynn, Larson, and Obodda, and we've decided to premiere many of them HERE, ONLINE, for you! Many of these specimens are appearing here for sale for the first time ever. Look for killers released from the Larson San Diego and Burma collections; new finds from Pakistan and China; as well as old classic minerals from major collections. We also included a few choice thumbnails and miniatures from the recently purchased thumbnail collection of Shields Flynn. We are particularly honored to offer more treasures from the collection of Jack Halpern - all beautiful, all varied and rare. As we prepared this auction, it was humbling to think that so many of these minerals have been with only 1 or 2 owners for the last 40-50 years, and many of them come from collections that have been 50-60 years in the making!

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Brucite (new find)
Killa Saifullah Dist., Balochistan Region, Pakistan
10.7 x 7.9 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $1,325
Yttrofluorite on Calcite (new finds)
Qinglong Mine, Qinglong Co., Qianxinan, Guizhou, China
10.8 x 7.5 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $3,325
Turquoise pseudo. after Fossil Teeth
Schwarzleo, Austria
3.7 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,608
Plumbogummite on Pyromorphite
Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
9.7 x 9.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $475
Epidote (circa 1800s) ex Herb Obodda
Knappenwand, Untersulzbach valley, Salzburg, Austria
5.9 x 4.2 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $420
Silver (ex Howard Belsky Coll.)
Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
3.4 x 2.8 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $697
Tourmaline (floater, doubly terminated cluster)
Mawi pegmatite, Nilaw-Kolum, Du Ab Dist., Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
8.6 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $1,017
Tourmaline inclusion in Morganite (rare!)
Pederneira Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.3 x 4.4 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,050
Tourmaline embedded in Smoky Quartz ex Larson
Molo Village, Momeik Township, Kyaukme Dist., Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)
5.7 x 5.2 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $675
Gold (crystalline wire) ex Jennie Areson coll
Yuba Mine Greaterville, Pima Co., Arizona, USA
2.8 x 1.3 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $5,100
Copper - fine large crystal
Copper Dist., Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USA
6.0 x 3.9 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $865
Fluorite (fluorescent 1800s-era classic) - 1 kilo crystal!
Boltsburn Mine, Weardale Co., Durham, England, UK
9.3 x 8.3 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $2,150
Superb classic Metatorbernite ex Marv Rausch coll.
Musonoi Mine, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
7.7 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $3,650
Rhodochrosite with Quartz (old classic)
Climax Mine, Climax, Lake Co., Colorado, USA
6.0 x 4.0 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $1,700
Aragonite (Cobalt-bearing)
Wenshan Co., Yunnan Province, China
7.4 x 5.7 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $311
Manganoan Calcite (strongly fluorescent)
Manaoshan Mountain, Chenzhou, Chenzhou Co., Hunan Province, China
20.5 x 13.5 x 9.2 cm
Winning Bid: $1,210
Gold on Quartz (ex Halpern Coll.)
Grass Valley, Nevada Co., California, USA
4.7 x 3.9 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $11,300
Quartz with Goethite overgrowth (Halpern Coll.)
Graves Mountain, Lincoln Co., Georgia, USA
10.1 x 7.7 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $1,850
Rubellite Tourmaline in Quartz (Bill Larson Coll.)
Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California, USA
11.4 x 6.4 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $1,650
"raspberry" Fluorite (Halpern Coll.)
Rosiclare Mine, Cave in Rock Fluorite Dist., Illinois, USA
9.1 x 6.4 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,900
large Rhodochrosite with Schorl, Topaz and Albite (rare locale - new find)
Bulochi, Astor valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan
18.0 x 16.3 x 9.8 cm
Winning Bid: $3,625
Gem Morganite on Quartz (ex Bill Larson) - old classic
White Queen Mine, Pala, San Diego Co., California, USA
11.5 x 8.8 x 7.9 cm
Winning Bid: $825
Smithsonite and Aurichalcite (new find)
Yanga Koubenza quarries, M`fouati, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo
9.4 x 5.8 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $495
Fluorite with Quartz on Adularia (Lockhart Coll.)
Schnitzel Cleft, Dammagletscher, Goscheneralp, Uri, Switzerland
12.3 x 11.9 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $3,250
Manganoan Vesuvianite ex Flynn TN Coll.
Jeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Estrie, Québec, Canada
1.6 x 1.0 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $680
Calcite with Gypsum (new finds)
Qinglong Mine, Dachang Sb ore field, Qianxinan, Guizhou, China
12.6 x 8.4 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,610
Smithsonite (rare locality) ex Gary Weaver Coll
Esmeralda Mine, Sierra Mojada, Coahuila, Mexico
20.0 x 9.0 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $825
Elbaite
Palelni Mine, Molo Village, Momeik Township, Kyaukme Dist., Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)
5.4 x 3.5 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $1,750
unique Beryl var. Morganite with Topaz and Albite ex Obodda
Kahrgulak, near Shengus, Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
8.0 x 6.4 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $1,800
Rhodochrosite with Fluorite and Quartz
Strawberry Pocket, Sweet Home Mine, Mount Bross, Park Co., Colorado, USA
8.2 x 4.4 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $11,050