Tucson 2023 Auction!

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 several years from collection purchases such as Hefendehl, Trancoso, 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 of many species; as well as old classic minerals from major collections. We also included a few choice thumbnails and miniatures directly from our gallery cases. We are particularly honored to offer more treasures from the collection of Jack Halpern - all beautiful, varied, and rare.

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Copper
Pewabic Lode Mines, Keweenaw Copper Dist., Michigan, USA
Ex. Chet Lemanski
17.0 x 12.1 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $5,950
Fluorite with Quartz, Calcite
Peyrebrune Mine, Occitaine, France
Ex. Paul Zerfass
8.4 x 8.0 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,130
Silver (spinel twinned)
New Nevada Mine, Cerro San Antonio, San Miguel, Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.1 x 4.8 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $1,200
Rhodochrosite, Tetrahedrite and Fluorite on Quartz
04-17 Pocket, Watercourse Raise, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park Co., Colorado, USA
16.0 x 12.4 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $4,823
Spodumene var. Hiddenite
Adams Hiddenite and Emerald Mine, Alexander Co., North Carolina, USA
Ex. Vasco Trancoso
3.3 x 0.7 x 0.4 cm, 9 carats
Winning Bid: $1,500
Manganoan Adamite (early 1980s find)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Mun., Durango, Mexico
Ex. Willard Perkins, Bill & Anne Cook
1.8 x 1.3 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $1,450
Rhodochrosite and Fluorite (1994 find)
Rainbow Pocket, Sweet Home Mine, Park Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. William Logan
7.5 x 4.3 x 5.2 cm, 265 grams
Winning Bid: $4,888
Fluorite (illustrated)
Johannesschacht Mine, Wolsendorf Fluorite Mining Dist., Bavaria, Germany
Ex. Kay Robertson
12.2 x 9.0 x 7.8 cm
Winning Bid: $1,105
Ruby with Rutile
Mogok, Burma
Ex. William "Burma Bill" Larson
2.7 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $3,400
Dioptase
Reneville, Kindanba Dist., Pool Dept., Republic of Congo
Ex. Wouter van Tichelen
12.0 x 6.0 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $2,255
Calcite var. Cobaltian with Kolwezite
Mupine Mine, Kolwezi, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
Ex. Jack Halpern, Dr. Robert Lavinsky
7.7 x 5.5 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $6,600
Elbaite scepter (1990s find)
Barra do Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Jack Halpern
6.0 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm, 8 grams
Winning Bid: $1,331
Dioptase and Cerussite on Calcite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
10.7 x 6.0 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $2,350
Chrysocolla ps. Gypsum
Ray Mine, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Dennis Mullane
9.0 x 6.7 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $353
Azurite (circa 1920)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Philadelphia Academy of Sciences, Vasco Trancoso
6.2 x 3.8 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $4,250
Beryl var. Heliodor
Khoroshiv Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine
Ex. Vasco Trancoso
10.8 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $17,000
Chrysocolla on Malachite
L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
9.8 x 7.3 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $1,850
Fluorite with Calcite
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Steve Smale
5.6 x 4.7 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $1,900
Zoisite var. Tanzanite
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mtns., Simanjiro Dist., Manyara Region, Tanzania
Ex. Sean Lincoln
4.4 x 1.6 x 0.7 cm, 27.2 grams
Winning Bid: $4,150
Elbaite
Barra do Salinas Dist., Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Steve Smale
7.3 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $3,150
Fluorite
Johannesschacht Mine, Wolsendorf, Schwandorf Dist., Bavaria, Germany
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
12.0 x 10.9 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $2,650