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
Current Bid: $50
Time Left:
Close Time: 11/07/2024 6:45:00 pm (CST)
Ferberite (twins) on matrix
Tazna Mine, Cerro Tazna, Nor Chichas Prov., Potosí, Bolivia
10.3 x 7.7 x 4.3 cm
Current Bid: $197
Time Left:
Close Time: 11/07/2024 6:45:00 pm (CST)
Topaz (classic locality)
Devils Head, Douglas Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. Brian Kosnar
3.0 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm, 19.44 grams
Current Bid: $55
Time Left:
Close Time: 11/07/2024 6:45:00 pm (CST)
Diamond (gemmy twin)
South Africa
0.7 x 0.5 x 0.2 cm, 0.80 carats
Current Bid: $61
Time Left:
Close Time: 11/07/2024 6:45:00 pm (CST)
Agate (var: Iris Agate) (rainbow iridescence)
Java, Indonesia
4.8 x 3.4 x 0.1 cm, 4.86 grams
Current Bid: $45
Time Left:
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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
Current Bid: $198
Time Left:
Close Time: 11/07/2024 6:45:00 pm (CST)
Beryl var: Aquamarine (with rare darker blue ''caps'') (New Find - 2024)
Dara-e-Pech Pegmatite Field, Dara-e-Pech District, Kunar, Afghanistan
5.4 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm, 41.74 grams
Current Bid: $305
Time Left:
Close Time: 11/07/2024 6:45:00 pm (CST)
Galena with Calcite (classic locality)
Freiberg, Erzgebirge, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.2 x 5.7 x 3.2 cm
Current Bid: $70
Time Left:
Close Time: 11/07/2024 6:45:00 pm (CST)
Fluorite
Diana Maria Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Frosterley, Weardale, County Durham, England
9.2 x 5.3 x 2.6 cm
Current Bid: $41
Time Left:
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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
Current Bid: $360
Time Left:
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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
Current Bid: $209
Time Left:
Close Time: 11/07/2024 6:45:00 pm (CST)
Baryte
Muddy Creek, tributary of Crater Creek, Rio Grande Co., Colorado, USA
7.7 x 5.6 x 3.3 cm
Current Bid: $27
Time Left:
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Anhydrite (classic material)
Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Brian Kosnar
8.7 x 5.2 x 4.8 cm
Current Bid: $70
Time Left:
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Axinite-(Fe) with Albite
Tormiq Valley, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.2 x 5.0 x 3.1 cm
Current Bid: $20
Time Left:
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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
Current Bid: $70
Time Left:
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Mimetite on Hemimmorphite
Mfouati Mine, Mfouati, Mfouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo
10.4 x 7.4 x 5.2 cm
Current Bid: $35
Time Left:
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Cinnabar (twins) on Quartz
Tongren Mine, Bijiang District, Tongren, Guizhou, China
4.3 x 2.8 x 2.2 cm
Current Bid: $183
Time Left:
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Calcite with Mimetite
Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.3 x 3.4 x 3.3 cm
Current Bid: $50
Time Left:
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Azurite (rare locality specimen)
Kelly Mine, Magdalena Mining District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
Ex. Dave Stoudt; Gary Weaver
9.1 x 6.7 x 6.2 cm
Current Bid: $99
Time Left:
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Calcite with Pyrite (RARE locality specimen)
Bismark Mine, Ascención Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Les Presmyk
8.2 x 5.2 x 2.1 cm
Current Bid: $49
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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
Current Bid: $95
Time Left:
Close Time: 11/07/2024 6:45:00 pm (CST)
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
Current Bid: $210
Time Left:
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Brucite (rare rich yellow color)
Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan
8.2 x 6.7 x 4.3 cm
Current Bid: $60
Time Left:
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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
Current Bid: $27
Time Left:
Close Time: 11/07/2024 6:45:00 pm (CST)
Cavansite
Wagholi, Pune District, Maharashtra, India
5.9 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Current Bid: $45
Time Left:
Close Time: 11/07/2024 6:45:00 pm (CST)
Ramsdellite (classic material)
Lake Valley District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA (Type Locality)
4.3 x 2.9 x 1.7 cm
Current Bid: $96
Time Left:
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Prehnite
Babingtonite occurrences, Qiaojia County, Zhaotong, Yunnan, China
5.8 x 4.2 x 2.7 cm
Current Bid: $37
Time Left:
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Baryte (RARE Brazilian locality)
Morro Velho Mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Alvaro Lucio
5.2 x 4.7 x 1.3
Current Bid: $15
Time Left:
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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
Current Bid: $45
Time Left:
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Goethite (uncommon locality specimen)
Antônio Pereira, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
4.7 x 4.1 x 1.8 cm
Current Bid: $95
Time Left:
Close Time: 11/07/2024 6:45:00 pm (CST)