Worldwide Mineral Specimen Auction

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 Demetrius Pohl, Chet Lemanski, Dave Bergman, Dr. Vasco Trancoso, Kurt Hefendehl, Bill and Anne Cook, Colin Manlove, Brian Kosnar 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. Fine gemmy TANZANITE crystal
2. Excellent ANGLESITE on matrix from Morocco with unusual style crystals – ex Colin Manlove Collection
3. Superb CAFARSITE on matrix from Switzerland
4. Fantastic TETRAHEDRITE crystals from Cavnic, Romania – ex Brian Kosnar
5. GEMMY green SPHALERITE crystals on Quartz from Bulgaria
6. Rare pink PECTOLITE from the Millington Quarry, New Jersey
7. Classic GEM etched HELIODOR from Ukraine
8. Attractive bi-colored FLUORAPAITE crystals on matrix from the Foote Mine, North Carolina – ex Jack Eaker Collection
9. Classic RHODOCHROSITE on matrix from the Wolf Mine, Germany – ex Colin Manlove Collection
10. Fine WULFENITE crystals on matrix from the Red Cloud Mine, Arizona – ex Dave Bergman Collection
11. Rarities include BOTRYOGEN with COPIAPITE, BUTLERITE and PARABUTLERITE, WENDWILSONITE and LITHIOPHOSPHATE

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Fluorite (rare locality)
Akchatau Mine, Shet, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
Ex. Chet Lemanski
4.5 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Stephanite (old classic material - 1800s)
Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Ex. David Burgess
10.3 x 6.9 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $460
Fluorellestadite (rare) on Blue Calcite
Commercial Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside County, California, USA
Ex. Colin Manlove
6.7 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $92
Columbite-(Fe) (RARE locality specimen)
Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA
Ex. Jack Eaker
4.1 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Fluorapatite on Muscovite
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Bob Reynolds
9.2 x 5.4 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $438
Grossular (good sized crystal)
Sierra de Cruces, Sierra Mojada Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico
Ex. Ron Romanella
4.4 x 4.2 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Calcite on Botryoidal Goethite
Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Dan Behnke
5.6 x 4.6 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Chrysocolla (old RARE locality specimen)
Rammelsberg, Goslar, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
Ex. Al Kidwell
8.5 x 6.2 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $79
Topaz (Imperial)
Katlang, Mardan Dist., Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Prov., Pakistan
Ex. Ron Romanella
4.2 x 3.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $526
Afghanite (fine crystals)
Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Kokcha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
5.7 x 5.3 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $298
Azurite (classic material)
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo Dist., Pima Co., Arizona, USA
6.3 x 4.1 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $248
Smithsonite (Cadmium-bearing)
Wenshan, Yunnan, China
8.6 x 4.6 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Chalcopyrite with Pyrite
Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
11.7 x 9.8 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Wulfenite on Zincolivenite
Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Bob Reynolds
4.2 x 2.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Fluorite (rare Brazilian pegmatite specimen)
Castelo pegmatite, Castelo, Espírito Santo, Brazil
2.7 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $485
Staurolite (twin) (classic material)
Semiostrov'e, Keivy Mountains, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
5.7 x 5.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Beryl var: Heliodor (classic material)
Khoroshiv Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine
4.1 x 0.9 x 0.6 cm, 3.6 grams
Winning Bid: $315
Inesite on Baryte
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
Ex. Demetrius Pohl
6.2 x 4.6 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $935
Feldspar (Moonstone)
Sri Lanka
Ex. Colin Manlove
2.7 x 2.6 x 2.0 cm, 23.4 grams
Winning Bid: $42
Quartz var: Chalcedony (''Blue Holly Agate'')
Ngabu village, Chiwawy-Nsanje District, Malawi
9.1 x 6.6 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $318
Pectolite (rare pink color)
Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA
9.3 x 6.3 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $225
Calcite with Epidote (rare locality)
Córdoba Province, Argentina
Ex. Bruce Carter
8.3 x 4.4 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Spodumene var: Triphane (doubly-terminated ''floater'' crystal)
2011 Triphane Pocket, Oceanview Mine, Chief Mountain, Pala Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
6.7 x 4.1 x 1.5 cm, 83.0 grams
Winning Bid: $296
Rhodonite on Galena (classic material)
Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
4.1 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $219
Mimetite (unusual ''casts'')
Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
7.1 x 5.3 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $320
Bismuthinite (large crystal - rare locality)
Victoria Mine, Dolly Varden Mining District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA
Ex. Colin Manlove
8.7 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $600
Rhodochrosite (classic material)
Wolf Mine, Herdorf, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Ex. Colin Manlove
4.7 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $270
Fluorite (''Tanzanite Fluorite'')
Yongchun Co., Quanzhou, Fujian, China
6.3 x 6.1 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $380
Beryl var: Aquamarine (near ''floater'' specimen)
Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Ron Romanella
8.3. x 6.3 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $961
Sphalerite (gemmy crystals) on Quartz
Septemvri Mine (Deveti Septemvri Mine), Madan Ore Field, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria
7.3 x 4.7 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $496