Worldwide Mineral Auction - Various Collections

This week's auction features a great mix of minerals including gem crystals, classic locality pieces, rarities, fine display specimens and a selection of other assorted specimens from our inventory and collections we've purchased such as Brian Kosnar, Bill Larson, Kurt Hefendehl, Alvaro Lucio, Chet Lemanski, John Whately 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. Classic AMAZONITE with rare "white caps" from Colorado – ex Brian Kosnar
2. Beautiful GEMMY twinned DIAMOND crystal from South Africa
3. Excellent classic GALENA with CALCITE from Freiberg, Germany – ex Kurt Hefendehl
4. Wonderful classic twinned FERBERITE on matrix from the Tazna Mine, Bolivia
5. Impressive, large GEMMY PARGASITE crystal from Myanmar – ex Bill Larson
6. A rarely seen AZURITE specimen from the Kelly Mine, New Mexico – ex Dave Stoudt
7. Very attractive rainbow IRIS AGATE slice from Indonesia
8. Lovely matrix specimen of MOLYBDENITE from the Crown Point Mine, Australia – ex Alex Schauss
9. A remarkably RARE BARYTE specimen from the Morro Velho Mine, Brazil – ex Alvaro Lucio
10. Lovely AMBER with flying insect inclusion from Dominican Republic
11. A notably hard to find AQUAMARINE specimen from Afghanistan with rare dark blue "caps"
12.  Rarities include:  MURMANITE, RAMSDELLITE and NATIVE ANTIMONY

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Microcline var: Amazonite (with white ''caps'')
near Lake George, Park Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. Brian Kosnar
3.0 x 2.9 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Ferberite (twins) on matrix
Tazna Mine, Cerro Tazna, Nor Chichas Prov., Potosí, Bolivia
10.3 x 7.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $212
Topaz (classic locality)
Devils Head, Douglas Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. Brian Kosnar
3.0 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm, 19.44 grams
Winning Bid: $140
Diamond (gemmy twin)
South Africa
0.7 x 0.5 x 0.2 cm, 0.80 carats
Winning Bid: $335
Epidote (gemmy ''Faden'' crystal group)
Hashupa Epidote Locality, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Rich Kosnar
6.2 x 3.6 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $198
Fluorite
Diana Maria Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Frosterley, Weardale, County Durham, England
9.2 x 5.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $86
Native Antimony (nodule) (rare locality specimen)
Ashburton Downs Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
7.2 x 3.8 x 3.1 cm, 316 grams
Winning Bid: $360
Pargasite (large rare locality specimen)
Pein-Pyit, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Ex. Bill Larson
7.1 x 3.8 x 2.1 cm, 110.7 grams
Winning Bid: $262
Anhydrite (classic material)
Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Brian Kosnar
8.7 x 5.2 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Axinite-(Fe) with Albite
Tormiq Valley, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.2 x 5.0 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $48
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite on Malachite
New Cornelia Pit, Ajo, Little Ajo Mts, Ajo District, Pima Co., Arizona, USA
4.8 x 4.5 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Mimetite on Hemimmorphite
Mfouati Mine, Mfouati, Mfouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo
10.4 x 7.4 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $51
Cinnabar (twins) on Quartz
Tongren Mine, Bijiang District, Tongren, Guizhou, China
4.3 x 2.8 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $193
Calcite with Pyrite (RARE locality specimen)
Bismark Mine, Ascención Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Les Presmyk
8.2 x 5.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $49
Fluorite (''phantom'' crystal) on Quartz
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang Pref., Hunan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.3 x 5.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Molybdenite (classic material)
Crown Point Mine, Railroad Creek Mining District, Chelan Co., Washington, USA
Ex. Alex Schauss
3.1 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $465
Arfvedsonite (uncommon locality specimen)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
4.6 x 4.5 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Cavansite
Wagholi, Pune District, Maharashtra, India
5.9 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Prehnite
Babingtonite occurrences, Qiaojia County, Zhaotong, Yunnan, China
5.8 x 4.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Baryte (RARE Brazilian locality)
Morro Velho Mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Alvaro Lucio
5.2 x 4.7 x 1.3
Winning Bid: $25
Fluorite (fluorescent)
Moscona Mine, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
Ex. Chet Lemanski
5.7 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Goethite (uncommon locality specimen)
Antônio Pereira, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
4.7 x 4.1 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $232
Gmelinite after Chabazite
Wasson's Bluff, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
4.6 x 2.6 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Ferberite with Fluorite and Calcite
Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Yizhang Co., Hunan, China
4.7 x 3.8 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $205
Tourmaline (''bent'' crystals) with Quartz and Albite
Chhappu, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.7 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $191
Pyrite altering to Hematite (rare locality specimen)
Tombigbee River wash, Epes, Sumter Co., Alabama, USA
Ex. John Whatley
10.3 x 5.3 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $87
Amethyst with Quartz and Agate (polished slice)
Ametista do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
6.2 x 5.7 x 0.3 cm, 25.41 grams
Winning Bid: $130
Staurolite (doubly-terminated ''floater'' crystal) (rare locality specimen)
Scaër, Quimper, Finistère, Brittany, France
Ex. Claude Bégin
4.2 x 3.3 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $276
Amber with insect inclusion
Sabana de la Mar, Hato Mayor Prov., Dominican Republic
2.2 x 1.8 x 0.4 cm, 9.20 carats
Winning Bid: $130
Topaz (classic material)
Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA
3.6 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $100