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 Kurt Hefendehl, Demetrius Pohl, Chet Lemanski, Brian Kosnar, Bill and Anne Cook, Colin Manlove 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. Beautiful rare classic LEGRANDITE from the Ojuela Mine, Mexico
2. Attractive bi-colored FLUORITE crystals with SCHORL, QUARTZ and MICROCLINE from Namibia – ex Kurt Hefendehl Collection
3. A full cabinet sized rare GREEN ARAONITE from China – ex Brian Kosnar Collection
4. Wonderful SAPPHIRE on matrix from a rare Afghani locale – ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection
5. Superb gemmy green DEMANTOID GARNET crystals on matrix from Madagascar – ex Ron Romanella
6. Fine classic gemmy twinned CASSITERITE crystals from Bolivia – ex Brian Kosnar Collection
7. Big impressive "TANZANITE" FLUORITE specimen from China
8. A rarely seen IOLITE specimen from India – ex Colin Manlove Collection
9. Beautiful "ice" crystals of colorless FLUORITE from Inner Mongolia – ex Brian Kosnar Collection
10. Rarely seen GOLD specimen from Bouse, Arizona
11. Rarities include MONTGOMERYITE, ENGLISHITE, ALABANDITE, SPHÄROSIDERITE and NATIVE BISMUTH

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Legrandite (rare classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.2 x 3.9 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $750
Aragonite (rare green color)
Dashunlong Sn-polymetallic Deposit, Dayishan Ore Field, Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Brian Kosnar
10.3 x 9.7 x 6.9 cm
Winning Bid: $1,060
Cassiterite (fine gemmy twinned crystals)
Viloco Mine, Loayza Prov., La Paz Dept., Bolivia
Ex. Brian Kosnar
5.2 x 4.4 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Fluorite (fine color) with Calcite
Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
7.5 x 7.1 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $109
Cuprite with Silver
Rubtsovsk Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai, Russia
3.6 x 2.7 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $108
Vanadinite (classic material)
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
9.1 x 5.6 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $145
Siderite var: Sphärosiderite (rare and fine)
Spokane, Spokane Co., Washington, USA
Ex. Kay Robertson
4.0 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Fluorite (bi-color crystal) with Schorl, Quartz and Microcline
Erongo Mountains, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.1 x 8.3 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Opal (rare locality)
Wild Horse Canyon, Mojave National Preserve, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
4.3 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm, 47.9 grams
Winning Bid: $70
Fluorapatite (rich color) on Quartz
Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
6.4 x 5.2 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $68
Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Celadonite inclusions
Jalgaon District, Nashik Division, Maharashtra, India
8.2 x 5.3 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Vesuvianite (rare locality)
Kantiwa skarn, Parun Dist., Nuristan, Afghanistan
6.3 x 5.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Almandine Garnet (classic material)
Wrangell Island, Wrangell-Petersburg Borough, Alaska
Ex. Dave Bergman
10.1 x 7.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $246
Fluorite (superb ''ice'' crystals)
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
Ex. Brian Kosnar
7.3 x 6.2 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $1,020
Beryl var: Emerald
Dayakou emerald mine, Malipo County, Wenshan, Yunnan, China
9.7 x 7.2 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Muscovite pseudmorph after Spodumene (classic locality)
Bennet Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
6.5 x 5.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Corundum var: Sapphire
near Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Koksha Valley, Kuran wa Munjan Dist., Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
6.6 x 5.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Magnetite (rare cubic form)
2500' Level, Fowler Ore Body, Balmat, St Lawrence Co., New York, USA
3.3 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $84
Fluorite (''Tanzanite Fluorite'') on Quartz with Quartz ''casts''
Yongchun Co., Quanzhou, Fujian, China
16.9 x 10.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $205
Quartz var: Chalcedony (fluorescent) (rare locality)
Gobi Desert, Northern China / Southern Mongolia
9.3 x 7.2 x 4.1 cm, 122.9 grams
Winning Bid: $111
Calcite partially coated by Duftite
Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
7.3 x 6.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $335
Quartz with Hematite var: Specularite and Kidney Ore
Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, UK
8.7 x 4.6 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Mimetite (classic material)
Guatomo Mine, Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata Dist., Yala Prov., Thailand
5.0 x 2.9 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Prehnite with Babingtonite and Quartz
Babingtonite Occurrences, Qiaojia County, Zhaotong, Yunnan, China
4.7 x 3.1 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Roselite
Level 165, Bou Azzer Mine, Ouisselsate Caïdat, Amerzgane Cercle, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Demetrius Pohl
4.6 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Hemimorphite (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
7.2 x 5.3 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Alabandite (rare fine crystals)
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
Ex. Demetrius Pohl
4.7 x 4.1 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $102
Indicolite Tourmaline with rare purple ''cap''
Pederneira Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.4 x 0.9 x 0.5 cm, 7.1 grams
Winning Bid: $368
Quartz var: Amethyst (unusual rare locality specimen - 1960s)
Peregrina Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
10.6 x 7.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $240
Azurite (GEM crystals!) with Malachite
Christiana Mine, Mercati mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Dist., Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
2.3 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $460