World Wide Minerals - Assorted Collections

Mixed specimens this week include gem crystals, classic locales, fine display specimens and a selection of assorted piece from our inventory and collections we've purchased such as Dave Bergman, Brian Kosnar, Kurt Hefendehl, Bill and Anne Cook, Dr. Vasco Trancoso 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 fine quality classic BLUE HEMIMORPHITE from Italy - ex Francesco Bedogné Collection

2.  Fine classic SMITHSONITE on matrix from Tsumeb

3.  RARE OPAL specimen from LOUISIANA! – ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection

4.  RICH GREEN colored FLUORITE crystal group from the Okorusu Mine, Namibia

5.  Very aesthetic display specimen featuring FLUORITE with CALCITE from China – ex Brian Kosnar Collection

6.  Superb classic golden BARYTE from the Meikle Mine, Nevada – ex Dave Bergman Collection

7.  Large DIOPTASE crystals from the Omaue Mine, Namibia

8.  Beautiful strong gemmy green FLUORITE crytals from Peru

9.  Gorgeous FLUORITE, FERBERITE and APATITE specimen from Panasqueira, Portugal – ex Dr. Vasco Trancoso Collection

10. Rarities include AINKINITE, GLADITE, WELOGANITE, HENMILITE and PHOSPHOSIDERITE

                                                                                                                            

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Stellerite (fine quality)
Pune District, Pune Division, Maharashtra, India
Ex. Rock Currier
5.8 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $290
Quartz (var: Chalcedony)
Central Java, Indonesia
11.6 x 2.3 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $109
Kunzite (doubly-terminated) with Quartz
Nuristan, Afghanistan
16.5 x 4.1 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $376
Boulder Opal (carved / art piece)
Quilpie, Quilpie Shire, Queensland, Australia
12.0 x 5.4 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $55
Fluorite (gemmy multi-color ''phantom'' cubes) on Arsenopyrite
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
5.3 x 4.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $335
Corundum (var: Sapphire) (bi-colored crystal)
Zazafotsy Quarry, Zazafotsy, Ihosy, Ihorombe, Madagascar
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
3.8 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $405
Aikinite (rare) in Quartz
Cucomungo Spring, Tule Canyon Mining District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
7.1 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $435
Phosphosiderite (rare)
Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
3.3 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $141
Rainbow Obsidian Heart
La Revoltosa Mine, San Andreas, Magdalena Municipality, Jalisco, Mexico
4.4 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Gmelinite-(Ca)
Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
4.4 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Anatase on Quartz
Taftan, near Dalbandi, Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.7 x 5.4 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $311
Dolomite (cobalt-bearing) (rich color)
Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
3.6 x 3.4 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $131
Arsenopyrite (rare locality specimen)
Dachang Sn-polymetallic ore field, Nandan County, Hechi, Guangxi, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.1 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $320
Monazite (fine crystal)
Ampangabé pegmatite, Miandrarivo, Faratsiho, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
2.0 x 1.4 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Fluorapatite with Tourmaline inclusions
Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
4.3 x 2.9 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $409
Smithsonite (classic material)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
7.2 x 6.4 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $308
Opal (multicolor) (RARE LOUISIANA locality!)
Hidden Fire Opal Mine, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, USA
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
32 mm x 31 mm x 6 mm, 63.41 ct
Winning Bid: $363
Spodumene (var: Kunzite)
Nuristan, Afghanistan
5.3 x 2.9 x 2.3 cm, 71.0 grams
Winning Bid: $155
Weloganite (rare classic material)
Francon Quarry, Quebec, Canada
2.6 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Smithsonite (cadmium-bearing)
Wenshan, Yunnan, China
11.3 x 6.9 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $700
Dioptase (large sized crysals)
Omaue Mine, Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia
3.2 x 2.3 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $311
Hemimorphite (excellent color)
Sa Duchessa Mine, Oridda Valley, Domusnovas, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
Ex. Francesco Bedogné
7.8 x 6.4 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $600
Fluorite (richly colored crystals)
Okorusu Mine (Okarusu Mine), Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Ex. Brian Kosnar
9.7 x 9.5 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $775
Gold (rare locality)
Greaterville Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
1.1 x 1.0 x 0.2 cm, 0.49 grams
Winning Bid: $390
Quartz on Hedenbergite
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.8 x 6.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Prehnite with Chrysocolla (rare association)
Hongxizhen Unnamed Mining Area, Meigu County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.9 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $575
Pyrite (fine crystals) with Sphalerite
Huarón Mine, Huarón Mining District, Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peru
6.7 x 5.2 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $369
Olmiite (rare)
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
10.2 x 5.7 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $345
Turquoise pseudomorph after Apatite (large specimen!)
Zhushan Co., Shiyan, Hubei, China
7.7 x 5.6 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $745
Dumortierite included in Quartz (rare)
Vaca Morta Quarry, Serra de Vereda, Boquira, Bahia, Brazil
Ex. Bill Larson
6.2 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm, 50.9 grams
Winning Bid: $801