Sundry Minerals Auction

Mixed specimens this week include gem crystals, classic locales, fine display specimens and a selection of assorted pieces from our inventory and collections we've purchased such as, Demetrius Pohl, Armon McPherson, Rich Kosnar, Colin Manlove, Dave Bergman, Kurt Hefendehl, John Dagenais, Chet Lemanski and more!  Look for attractive higher value pieces this week, all starting at $10 reserve bids!

 Some of the highlights from this week’s auction include:

1. Beautiful gemmy green FLUORITE with PYRITE from the Milpo Mine, Peru
2. Hard to find LEAD specimen from an uncommon Swedish locality
3. Attractive multi-colored doubly-terminated TOURMALINE from Madagascar
4. Newly mine PYRITE from a rare Indonesian locality
5. Wonderful DIOPTASE with MIMETITE from Republic of the Congo
6. Classic German HALITE with a STRONG blue color
7. Fantastic large cabinet specimen of "Spinel"-twinned SPHALERITE from Peru – ex Demetrius Pohl Collection
8. Lovely QUARTZ (Chalcedony) with CHRYSOCOLLA from a new find in Indonesia
9. Stellar GEM "Spinel"-twinned FLUORITE specimen from the Erongo Mts., Namibia
10. Classic rare PAPAGOITE with AJOITE from the Type Locality in Arizona
11. Gorgeous pink APOPHYLLITE on green DATOLITE from Russia – ex Kurt Hefendehl Collection
12.  Rarities include:  DISSAKISITE-(Ce), METASWITZERITE, EUCRYPTITE and METASIDERONATRITE

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Sturmanite (rare)
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Mn Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
5.2 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $82
Wulfenite with Vanadinite (Arsenic-bearing)
Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos Mts, Mun. de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Dave Stoudt; Matilda Pfeiffer
5.6 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $143
Quartz var: Amethyst & Smoky
Fat Jack Mine, Lane Mountain, Crown King, Pine Grove Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
8.1 x 5.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $126
Fluorite on Quartz "casts" after Calcite
La Fluorita Dulcita Claim, Tombstone, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
8.8 x 6.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $230
Creedite
Navidad Mine (Rodeo Mine), Abasolo, Mun. de Rodeo, Durango, Mexico
6.2 x 4.3 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Prehnite with Epidote and Quartz
Hongxizhen Unnamed Mining Area, Meigu County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.7 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $52
Andradite Garnet (classic locality)
Stanley Butte Area, Stanley Mining District, Santa Teresa Mountains, Graham Co.,, Arizona, USA
7.1 x 6.9 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Metaswitzerite with Eucryptite (rare)
Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA
Ex. Jack Eaker
7.9 x 4.4 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $159
Fluorite with Pyrite
Milpo Mine, Atacocha Dist., Cerro de Pasco, Pasco Prov., Pasco, Peru
6.7 x 4.7 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $205
Rhodochrosite
Madem-Lakkos Mine, Stratoni Project, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Ex. Colin Manlove
4.7 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Fluorite (bi-colored crystals) on spherical Baryte
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.8 x 5.9 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $193
Orpiment (classic material)
El'brusskiy Pb-Zn Mine, Elbrus Mt, Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia
Ex. Brian Kosnar
9.2 x 9.0 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $213
Quartz var: Chalcedony with Chrysocolla (NEW FIND)
Central Java Province, Indonesia
4.4 x 4.1 x 0.4 cm, 13.5 grams
Winning Bid: $55
Corundum var: Ruby (doubly-terminated)
Sahamandrevo, Madagascar
Ex. Chet Lemanski
2.3 x 2.1 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Chrysoberyl var: Alexandrite
Novello Mine, Masvingo (Fort Victoria), Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Ex. Colin Manlove
3.2 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $171
Azurite (classic locality - gemmy crystals)
Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
2.8 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Pink Apophyllite on Datolite
Partizanskoe Pb-Zn deposit, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.7 x 4.6 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $161
Aegirine with Orthoclase
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Ex. Demetrius Pohl
5.7 x 4.8 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Fluorite and Schorl on Orthoclase (''Carlsbad'' Twin)
Erongo Mountains, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Ex. Chet Lemanski
5.2 x 4.2 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo Dist., Pima Co., Arizona, USA
6.2 x 6.1 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Epidote
Gamsberg area, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.2 x 3.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $287
Ocean Jasper / Orbicular Jasper
Marovato, Ambolobozo, Analalava District, Sofia, Madagascar
8.8 x 8.1 x 1.0 cm, 167.4 grams
Winning Bid: $286
Talc (rare locality specimen)
Zederhaus valley, Tamsweg District, Salzburg, Austria
Ex. Alex Schauss
2.4 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Fluorapatite
Parun pegmatite field, Nuristan, Afghanistan
Ex. Gerry Morvell
7.8 x 6.6 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $76
Fluorite
Naica Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Dave Bergman
7.2 x 4.9 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Fluorite (classic locality)
Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.3 x 5.4 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $304
Metasideronatrite (incredibly rare)
Chuquicamata Mine, Calama, El Loa Prov., Antofagasta, Chile
Ex. John Dagenais
7.4 x 5.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $197
Baryte and Dolomite on Fluorite
Moscona Mine, El Pontón de Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Asturias, Spain
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.2 x 6.8 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $286
Phosphohedyphane (rare) coating Cerussite
Mfouati Mine, Mfouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo
4.3 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $211
Fluorite (GEM "Spinel"-twin)
Erongo Mountains, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
5.0 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $705