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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Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Mun., Sonora, Mexico
5.7 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $209
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
Winning Bid: $160
Muscovite var: Fuchsite
Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Alvaro Lucio
4.7 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $251
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
Winning Bid: $469
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
Winning Bid: $70
Agate (var: Iris Agate) (rainbow iridescence)
Java, Indonesia
4.8 x 3.4 x 0.1 cm, 4.86 grams
Winning Bid: $127
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
Winning Bid: $405
Galena with Calcite (classic locality)
Freiberg, Erzgebirge, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.2 x 5.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Baryte
Muddy Creek, tributary of Crater Creek, Rio Grande Co., Colorado, USA
7.7 x 5.6 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Calcite with Mimetite
Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.3 x 3.4 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Quartz (''Mango'' Quartz) with Halloysite inclusions
Cabiche, Quípama Mun., Boyacá Dept., Colombia
9.3 x 9.2 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $537
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
Winning Bid: $527
Brucite (rare rich yellow color)
Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan
8.2 x 6.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $313
Murmanite (rare)
Flora Mountain, Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Ex. Colin Manlove
4.4 x 4.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $84
Ramsdellite (classic material)
Lake Valley District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA (Type Locality)
4.3 x 2.9 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $532