Worldwide Minerals 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 Dave Bergman, Dave Stoudt, Gerry Morvell, Colin Manlove, Kurt Hefendehl, Al Kidwell, Paul Zerfass 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. Excellent "cogwheel" shaped twinned BOURNONITE crystals on PYRITE from Bolivia
2. Attractive orange WULFENITE with green MIMETITE from Mexico – ex Dave Stoudt Collection
3. Saturated pink colored ROSE QUARTZ specimen from Brazil
4. Fine classic RAMSDELLITE crystal group from New Mexico
5. Wonderful rich green DIOPTASE on CALCITE from Republic of the Congo
6. STRONG blue color EUCLASE crystal from Zimbabwe
7. Newly mined rare CHRYSOCOLLA replacing COPPER from Indonesia
8. Hard to find REALGAR with ORPIMENT from the White Caps Mine, Nevada – ex Al Kidwell Collection
9. Rare, attractive "blister ore" HEMATITE specimen from China
10. Fine gemmy DANBURITE crystals on RARE SPHALERITE matrix from Mexico – ex Kurt Hefendehl Collection
11. Wonderful matrix SIDERITE specimen from the Mimosa Mine, Peru – ex Kurt Hefendehl Collection
12. Rarities include: PAPAGOITE, BUSTAMITE (good sized crystal), EUDIDYMITE (large rare crystal group) and SUGILITE!

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Aragonite (''floater'' specimen - 2023 find)
Gallo River, Molina de Aragón, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain (Type Locality)
4.5 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Bustamite (good sized crystal) with Galena
North Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Ex. Gerry Morvell
6.7 x 5.3 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Millerite with Chalcopyrite
Sudbury area, McKim Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Ex. Colin Manlove
6.7 x 3.7 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Eudialyte with Chkalovite and Tugtupite (rare)
Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland
Ex. Colin Manlove
6.0 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $137
Quartz (''Japan Twin'')
Pampa Blanca District, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica, Peru
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
9.1 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $181
Descloizite (classic material)
Berg Aukus Mine, Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Ex. David Burgess
4.1 x 2.5 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Eudidymite (large rare crystal group)
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
Ex. Demetrius Pohl
4.7 x 3.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $96
Baryte
Baryte Occurrences, Châtel-Guyon, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Ex. Paul Zerfass
12.6 x 9.6 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Rhodochrosite with Fairfieldite (rare association)
Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA
Ex. Jack Eaker
7.2 x 5.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $115
Papagoite with Ajoite (rare classic material)
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo Dist., Pima Co., Arizona, USA (Type Locality for BOTH species)
6.9 x 3.7 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $175
Creedite (excellent color)
Navidad Mine (Rodeo Mine), Abasolo, Mun. de Rodeo, Durango, Mexico
6.3 x 5.3 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Pyrite pseudomorph after Aegirine(?) with Albite
Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
Ex. Dr. Bob Byers
4.6 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $86
Fluorite
Rogers Mine, Huntingdon Township, Centre Hastings Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.7 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $97
Quartz with ''Chlorite'' inclusions
Val d'Ossola, Provincia del Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemonte, Italy
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
4.2 x 4.1 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Vanadinite (classic material)
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
4.7 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $97
Silver (classic material)
Batopilas, Andres del Rio Dist., Mun. de Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico
3.3 x 2.6 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Ramsdellite (classic material)
Lake Valley District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA (Type Locality)
4.7 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $241
Dolomite
Niagara Falls, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada
10.3 x 6.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $86
Sugilite (fine color and quality)
N'Chwaning III Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
6.9 x 3.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $207
Apophyllite Group
Inner Mongolia, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.3 x 5.1 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Azurite (gemmy crystals) with Malachite
Christiana Mine, Mercati mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Dist., Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
Ex. Christos Spiromitros
4.7 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $222
Spessartine Garnet
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
3.1 x 2.2 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Prehnite on Epidote
Bendoukou, Sandare District, Kayes Region, Mali
5.6 x 3.2 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $81
Andradite Garnet (classic locality)
Limestone Mt., Stanley Butte Area, Stanley Mining District, Santa Teresa Mountains, Graham Co.,, Arizona, USA
6.7 x 4.0 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Siderite (fine rare locality specimen)
Mimosa Mine, Julcani District, Angaraes Province, Huancavelica, Peru
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
4.7 x 3.2 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Bournonite (fine ''cogwheel'' twins)
Viboras Mine, Machacamarca Dist., Cornelio Saavedra Prov., Potosi, Bolivia
5.1 x 4.1 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $626
Wulfenite with Mimetite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Ex. Dave Stoudt
9.2 x 7.2 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $312
Variscite with Crandallite and Wardite (classic locality)
Little Green Monster Variscite Mine, Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Oquirrh Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA
Ex. Rock Currier
5.1 x 4.6 x 0.4 cm, 26.36 grams
Winning Bid: $453
Opal var: Opal-AN (formerly Hyalite Opal) (fluorescent)
Monok, Szerencs District, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary
3.4 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Realgar with Orpiment (rare locality specimen)
White Caps Mine, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA
Ex. Al Kidwell
5.7 x 4.9 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $2,351