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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Gmelinite after Chabazite
Wasson's Bluff, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
4.6 x 2.6 x 1.3 cm
Current Bid: $100
Time Left:
Close Time: 11/07/2024 6:45:00 pm (CST)
Ferberite with Fluorite and Calcite
Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Yizhang Co., Hunan, China
4.7 x 3.8 x 2.6 cm
Current Bid: $49
Time Left:
Close Time: 11/07/2024 6:45:00 pm (CST)
Tourmaline (''bent'' crystals) with Quartz and Albite
Chhappu, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.7 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Current Bid: $165
Time Left:
Close Time: 11/07/2024 6:45:00 pm (CST)
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
Current Bid: $38
Time Left:
Close Time: 11/07/2024 6:45:00 pm (CST)
Quartz (''Mango'' Quartz) with Halloysite inclusions
Cabiche, Quípama Mun., Boyacá Dept., Colombia
9.3 x 9.2 x 6.2 cm
Current Bid: $180
Time Left:
Close Time: 11/07/2024 6:45:00 pm (CST)
Murmanite (rare)
Flora Mountain, Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Ex. Colin Manlove
4.4 x 4.2 x 2.7 cm
Current Bid: $15
Time Left:
Close Time: 11/07/2024 6:45:00 pm (CST)
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
Current Bid: $45
Time Left:
Close Time: 11/07/2024 6:45:00 pm (CST)
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
Current Bid: $87
Time Left:
Close Time: 11/07/2024 6:45:00 pm (CST)
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
Current Bid: $130
Time Left:
Close Time: 11/07/2024 6:45:00 pm (CST)
Topaz (classic material)
Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA
3.6 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
Current Bid: $100
Time Left:
Close Time: 11/07/2024 6:45:00 pm (CST)
Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Mun., Sonora, Mexico
5.7 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Current Bid: $199
Time Left:
Close Time: 11/07/2024 6:45:00 pm (CST)
Quartz var: Smoky (Elestial / Skeletal) with Fluorite and Calcite
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
5.7 x 3.6 x 3.2 cm
Current Bid: $50
Time Left:
Close Time: 11/07/2024 6:45:00 pm (CST)
Muscovite var: Fuchsite
Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Alvaro Lucio
4.7 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Current Bid: $70
Time Left:
Close Time: 11/07/2024 6:45:00 pm (CST)
Synthetic Quartz (ex Bell Telephone Laboratories)
Bell Laboratories, New Jersey, USA
Ex. Ron Romanella
20.6 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm, 138.8 grams
Current Bid: $141
Time Left:
Close Time: 11/07/2024 6:45:00 pm (CST)
Baryte
Baryte Occurrences, Châtel-Guyon, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Ex. Paul Zerfass
8.2 x 2.9 x 2.1 cm
Current Bid: $60
Time Left:
Close Time: 11/07/2024 6:45:00 pm (CST)