Worldwide $249 Reserve Mineral Auction

Continuing with our special themed auctions we have a selection of higher-end minerals this week with $249 reserve bids. This is a great opportunity to pick up excellent pieces for bargain prices! You'll find a great mix of fine quality specimens from new and contemporary discoveries plus classics and showy display pieces!
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Calcite in Fossil Clam Shell
Fort Drum, Okeechobee County, Florida, USA
6.9 x 5.9 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Gold (beautiful crystals)
813 Pit, Alta Gold Mine, Olinghouse District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA
13.2 x 10.3 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $552
Fluorite on Quartz ''casts'' after Calcite
La Viesca Mine, La Collada area, Siero, Asturias, Spain
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.5 x 7.5 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $1,661
Gypsum with sand inclusions
Gansu, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
10.5 x 7.7 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Plumbogummite pseudomorphing after Pyromorphite
Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
10.6 x 8.3 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $833
Beryl var: Aquamarine (GEMMY crystals)
Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
7.5 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm, 55.40 grams
Winning Bid: $550
Quartz var: Amethyst (''Cactus'' style crystals)
Boekenhoutshoek, Mkobola District, Mpumalanga, South Africa
11.2 x 7.3 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Baryte (old classic material)
Frizington, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
10.4 x 7.2 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $405
Calcite (manganese-bearing) (2 generations)
Manaoshan Mine, Dongpo ore field, Suxian District, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
11.5 x 8.6 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Vanadinite on Baryte (fine classic material)
Mibladen Mining District, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Dave Bergman
13.7 x 9.3 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $1,185
Emerald Carving
Bubani Mine, Ajmer District, Rajasthan, India
8.1 x 4.1 x 3.3 cm, 237 grams (1,185 carats)
Winning Bid: $270
Smithsonite (cadmium-bearing) (2021 Find)
Sardinia Stope, Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA
5.2 x 2.7 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Calcite on Quartz
Boldut Mine, Cavnic (Kapnik), Maramureș Co., Romania
Ex. Dr. Barratt Phillips
12.3 x 10.7 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $625
Almandine Garnet
Gaisberg valley, Obergurgl, Gurgler valley, Sölden, Imst District, Tyrol, Austria
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
7.8 x 6.7 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $479
Opal-AN (Hyalite Opal) (''Blood Vessel Opal'') (fluorescent)
Étienne Mine, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
14.1 x 11.3 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $605
Fluorite on Fluorite (two generations and colors)
Xianghualing Mine, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
7.7 x 6.4 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Cassiterite (excellent gemmy cyclic twins)
Viloco Mine, Loayza Prov., La Paz, Bolivia
4.3 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $289
Andradite (classic locality)
Stanley Butte Area, Stanley Mining District, Santa Teresa Mountains, Graham County, Arizona, USA
Ex. Dave Bergman
10.7 x 9.2 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $412
Tourmaline (doubly-terminated) on matrix
Pederneira Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.2 x 4.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,714
Smithsonite on Coronadite (classic material)
Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
12.6 x 9.0 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $456
Fluorite (''ice crystals'')
Naica Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Brian Kosnar
11.8 x 7.7 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $645
Fluorite
Xianghuapu Mine, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Pref., Hunan, China
Ex. Brian Kosnar
12.8 x 8.7 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $534
Calcite (gemmy crystal)
Xianghualing Mine, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Pref., Hunan, China
Ex. Brian Kosnar
10.2 x 6.8 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $732
Molybdenite (excellent large ''rose'')
Babu District, Hezhou, Guangxi, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.3 x 6.6 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $1,953
Ferberite
Tasna Mine, Cerro Tasna, Nor Chichas Prov., Potosí, Bolivia
11.8 x 9.7 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $460
Calcite on iron-coated Quartz
Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
11.4 x 8.7 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $2,500