Various Worldwide 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 Chet Lemanski, Bob Reynolds, John Dagenais, Dave Stoudt, Al Kidwell, Kurt Hefendehl, Brian Kosnar 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. Excellent gemmy rich blue AQUAMARINE from Erongo, Namibia – ex Brian Kosnar
2. Classic MALACHITE pseudomorph after CUPRITE from the Chessy Mines, France – ex Rich Kosnar
3. Wonderful classic AZURITE with MALACHITE from Morenci, AZ – ex Dave Stoudt
4. A cool specimen of gemmy purple CREEDITE with GYPSUM from Mexico – ex Dave Bergman
5. Lovely richly colored Cobalt-bearing CALCITE from the Mashamba West Mine, DR Congo – ex Kurt Hefendehl
6. Gorgeous GEMMY color-change FLUORITE from the Okorusu Mine, Namibia
7. Fine, bi-colored IMPERIAL TOPAZ crystal from a recent find in Zambia
8. Uncommon "Baveno-twinned" MICROCLINE with AQUAMARINE from the Pingwu Mine, China – ex Dr. Stephen Smale
9. Beautiful DIOPTASE with MIMETITE from the Ntola Mine, Republic of the Congo
10. Interesting and unusual HYDROXYLHERDERITE specimen from Brazil – ex Gerry Morvell
11. Wonderfully rich blue PLUMBOGUMMITE with PYROMORPHITE from the Yangshuo Mine, China
12.  Rarities include:  a RICH CYLINDRITE specimen, GAHNITE from Broken Hill, FERRIERITE-(Mg) from Italy and LIZARDITE on CALCITE from South Africa 

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Malachite pseudomorph after Cuprite (classic material)
Chessy Copper Mines, Chessy, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Ex. Rich Kosnar
1.2 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $181
Creedite with Gypsum var: Selenite
Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Dave Bergman
4.0 x 2.7 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $102
Baryte (beautiful form)
Lubin Mine, Lubin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
10. x 3.6 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Dolomite on Pyrite pseudomorphs after Pyrrhotite with Sphalerite
2nd Sovetskii Mine, Partizanskoe Pb-Zn deposit, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.8 x 6.4 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Calcite (Cobalt-bearing)
Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.3 x 4.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Cassiterite with Albite
Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Demetrius Pohl
10.1 x 7.7 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $51
Fluorite (gemmy color-change crystals)
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
3.7 x 3.1 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $485
Spodumene var: Triphane (etched ''floater'' crystal)
Urucum Claim, Barra do Cuieté, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Rich Kosnar
6.7 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm, 17.76 grams
Winning Bid: $151
Mollusc Fossil with iridescent Marcasite (New Find!)
Java, Indonesia
2.7 x 2.2 x 1.1 cm and 2.7 x 2.3 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $189
Cerussite (reticulated twin)
Mfouati Mine, Mfouati Dist., Bouenza Dept., Republic of the Congo
4.0 x 2.7 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Imperial Topaz (bi-color) (rare locality)
Karengerenge village, Solwezi District, North-Western Prov., Zambia
1.6 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm, 1.35 grams
Winning Bid: $430
Enargite (classic material)
Leonard Mine, Butte Mining Dist., Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA
4.7 x 2.3 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Baryte
Banská Štiavnica (Schemnitz), Banská Štiavnica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.2 x 6.7 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $230
Hematite (rare locality)
Sijiang, Shanxi, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
7.1 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $37
Microcline (''Baveno'' Twin) with Aquamarine
Pingwu Beryl Mine, Huya Township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Pref., Sichuan, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
6.3 x 5.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Galena
Picher Field, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, USA
6.5 x 6.1 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Fluorite with Baryte
Cäcilia Mine, Freiung, Stulln, Schwandorf District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.3 x 9.1 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $218
Cerussite (rare locality specimen)
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.3 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Obsidian (''Apache Tear'')
Picketpost Mountain area, Superior, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
2.2 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $435
Turquoise (uncommon locality)
Turquoise Mountain, Halloran Springs District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Ex. Dave Bergman
2.7 x 2.6 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $680
Ferrierite-(Mg)
Mt Oladri Quarries, Monastir, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
10.6 x 6.6 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $66
Ilvaite (fine crystal)
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
6.1 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $52
Pyrite replacing Marcasite
Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
12.0 x 8.7 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $153
Shattuckite with Malachite on Quartz
Omaue Mine, Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia
Ex. Chet Lemanski
5.2 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Bornite (classic material)
Dzhezkazgan Mining Dist., Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
Ex. Colin Manlove
5.2 x 4.6 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $139
Adamite var: Copper-bearing
Hilarion Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion, Lavreotiki, Attica, Greece
6.1 x 4.2 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $690
Dolomite (classic material)
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Navarre, Spain
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
6.1 x 5.2 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Brucite (fine rare yellow color)
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan
8.3 x 4.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Andradite Garnet
Sinerechenskoe skarn occurrence, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.3 x 6.7 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Aragonite (Copper-bearing) (RARE locality specimen)
Shuikoushan Mine, Shuikoushan ore field, Changning Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.7 x 5.7 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $320