Worldwide Assorted Minerals

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 Brian Kosnar, Ed Swoboda, Bill and Anne Cook, Paul Zerfass, Kurt Hefendehl, Colin Manlove 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. Attractive AMAZONITE from Colorado with unusual white coloring – ex Brian Kosnar
2. Rarely seen TOPAZ on SMOKY QUARTZ from the Little Three Mine, CA – ex Dave Bergman Collection
3. Fine old classic CALCITE from the Onganja Mine, Namibia – ex Rich Kosnar Collection
4. Beautiful fine quality red INESITE from South Africa
5. Rare GOLD on BORNITE from Bisbee, Arizona
6. Impressive large old classic SCHEELITE from South Korea – ex Ed Swoboda Collection
7. Gorgeous, rarely seen CALCITE included with CHALCOTRICHITE from Ajo, Arizona
8. Hard to find DRAVITE with CHRYSOBERYL from Brumado, Brazil
9. Unusual striking SCEPTER SMOKY QUARTZ crystals with CALCITE from Mexico – ex Kurt Hefendehl Collection
10. Wonderful rarely seen CHALCOCITE from Spain
11. Rarities include EPIDIDYMITE, ANNABERGITE, BARYTOCALCITE and BERTHIERITE

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Hemimorphite
Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
9.2 x 7.2 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Spinel with Chondrodite
Lục Yên District, Yên Bái Province, Vietnam
Ex. Chet Lemanski
5.7 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Galena (classic material)
Treece, Pitcher Field, Tri-State Dist., Kansas, Cherokee Co., USA
10.0 x 7.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $400
Annabergite
Km 3 open pit, Km 3 mines, Km 3, Lavrion District, Lavreotiki, Attica, Greece
3.3 x 3.2 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Actinolite (good crystals - rare locality)
Otjiwarongo Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
4.7 x 2.3 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Calcite (twin) (classic material)
York Building Supply Quarry, York, York Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Ex. Skip Colflesh
8.3 x 5.4 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $107
Fluorite (GEM crystals) with Calcite and Dolomite
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang Pref., Hunan, China
11.2 x 7.3 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $402
Vanadinite
Pure Potential Mine, Silver District, Trigo Mts, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
3.8 x 3.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $101
Barytocalcite (rare and fine)
High Cross Vein, Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
Ex. Shields Flynn
2.7 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Calcite var: Manganese-bearing with Manganite
Montreal Mine, Montreal, Gogebic Range, Iron Co., Wisconsin, USA
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.8 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Chalcocite (rare locality)
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena, Seville, Andalusia, Spain
4.8 x 3.7 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $169
Quartz (''Mango Quartz'')
Cabiche, Quípama Mun., Boyacá Dept., Colombia
8.2 x 7.3 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $167
Gypsum with sand inclusions (''floater'' specimen)
Great Salt Plains, Jet, Alfalfa Co., Oklahoma, USA
8.6 x 6.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $380
Azurite (fine quality crystals) pseudomorphing to Malachite
Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker District, Jerada Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco
Ex. Michel Jactat
7.7 x 5.9 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $157
Minium
Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
8.3 x 6.2 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $239
Epididymite (fine reticulated twin)
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.3 x 4.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $183
Smithsonite
79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden Area, Banner Dist., Gila Co., Arizona, USA
6.3 x 6.2 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $240
Beryl var: Heliodor (rare locality)
Goiás, Brazil
Ex. Al Kidwell
5.2 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm, 15.9 grams
Winning Bid: $343
Quartz var: Amethyst and Smoky (doubly-terminated scepter) on matrix
Andilamena Quartz Quarries, Andranotokana Massif, Andilamena District, Alaotra-Mangoro, Madagascar
Ex. Tim Sherburn
7.5 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $61
Stilbite-Ca with Fluorapophyllite-(K)
Jalgaon District, Nashik Division, Maharashtra, India
6.7 x 6.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Torbernite
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
4.7 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Berthierite (rare)
Vlastějovice, Kutná Hora District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
Ex. Colin Manlove
9.2 x 4.3 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $69
Olivenite (classic locality)
Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Toulon, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Ex. Paul Zerfass
9.0 x 5.7 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $353
Fluorite (bi-colored crystals)
Pine Canyon Deposit, Burro Mountains Dist., Grant Co., New Mexico, USA
Ex. Rock Currier
3.1 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Fluorite (multi-colored crystal) on Quartz
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
6.2 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $355
Inesite (fine color and quality)
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
3.6 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $465
Andradite Garnet (large crystals for the locality)
Stanley Butte Area, Santa Teresa Mountains, Graham Co., Arizona, USA
4.3 x 3.8 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $198
Smoky Quartz (fine scepters) with Calcite
Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.2 x 7.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $2,310
Calcite on Mottramite
Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Prosper Williams
4.7 x 3.6 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $280