Worldwide Mixed Minerals!

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 acquired such as Kurt Hefendehl, John Dagenais, Bill and Anne Cook, Chet Lemanski, Al Kidwell, Dave Bergman, Dr. Vasco Trancoso, 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. Wonderful old-time gemmy TOURMALINE from Brazil – ex Rich Kosnar
2. Attractive rich purple FLUORAPATITE with TOURMALINE from Afghanistan
3. Fantastic gemmy ''floater'' cat's eye crystal of AQUAMARINE from Pakistan
4. Rare GOLD specimen from the Giant Yellowknife Mine, Northwest Territories, Canada – ex John Dagenais
5. A classic and eye-catching DIOPTASE specimen from Tsumeb
6. Beautiful gemmy AMETHYST/SMOKY QUARTZ scepter specimen from the Chibuku Mine, Zimbabwe
7. Rarely seen fluorescent BLUE AMBER from Indonesia
8. A large "floater" COPPER pseudomorph after ARAGONITE from Coro Coro, Bolivia
9. A notably hard-to-find HEMATITE specimen with excellent crystals from Novo Horizonte, Brazil
10. Gorgeous gemmy crystal of "ICE" FLUORITE from Dalnegorsk, Russia – ex Shields Flynn
11. Rarely seen RHODOCHROSITE specimen from the Foote Mine, North Carolina – ex Jack Eaker
12. Rarities include: BARYLITE, VESZEYLITE with CUPRODONGCHUANITE, KRÖHNKITE, OTTRÉLITE and SØRENSENITE

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Cinnabar (classic locality)
Almadén Mine, Almadén, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
13.3 x 4.3 x 2.6 cm
Current Bid: $70
Time Left:
Close Time: 01/16/2025 6:45:00 pm (CST)
Synthetic Zinc
N/A
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
2.5 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Current Bid: $10
Time Left:
Close Time: 01/16/2025 6:45:00 pm (CST)
Tourmaline on Quartz (Mined: December 2023)
Tourmaline King Mine, Queen Mountain, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Ex. Bill Larson
4.3 x 3.3 x 2.4 cm
Current Bid: $60
Time Left:
Close Time: 01/16/2025 6:45:00 pm (CST)
Hematite pseudomorph after Marcasite (classic material)
White Desert, Farafra Oasis, New Valley Governorate, Egypt
3.8 x 3.0 x 2.9 cm
Current Bid: $40
Time Left:
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Scheelite on Quartz (rare from Pakistan)
Pari, Kharmang District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
6.7 x 6.2 x 3.2 cm
Current Bid: $32
Time Left:
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Ottrélite (rare)
Salmchâteau, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
12.3 x 7.3 x 1.9 cm
Current Bid: $15
Time Left:
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Veszelyite with Cuprodongchuanite (very rare)
Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China
5.6 x 3.7 x 3.4 cm
Current Bid: $60
Time Left:
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Sørensenite (very rare and fine)
Kuannersuit Plateau (Kvanefjeld), Ilímaussaq Complex, Kujalleq, Greenland (Type Locality)
Ex. Chet Lemanski
7.3 x 5.7 x 4.7 cm
Current Bid: $165
Time Left:
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Aragonite (''floater'' specimen - 2023 find)
Gallo River, Molina de Aragón, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain (Type Locality)
5.2 x 4.1 x 3.1 cm
Current Bid: $57
Time Left:
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Calcite (doubly-terminated - fine locality specimen)
Alto da Serra Quarries, Rio Maior, Santarém, Portugal
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
6.0 x 3.1 x 2.2 cm
Current Bid: $10
Time Left:
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Fluorite (''ice'' crystal)
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Shields Flynn
6.8 x 6.1 x 5.8 cm
Current Bid: $165
Time Left:
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Quartz (''Mango'' Quartz) with Halloysite inclusions
Cabiche, Quípama Mun., Boyacá Dept., Colombia
7.2 x 5.3 x 2.3 cm
Current Bid: $97
Time Left:
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Epidote
Guadalupe Island, Ensenada Municipality, Baja California, Mexico
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.5 x 4.9 x 4.3 cm
Current Bid: $76
Time Left:
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Aragonite (possible pseudomorph?)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. John Dagenais
5.6 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Current Bid: $15
Time Left:
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Rhodochrosite (rare locality specimen)
Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA
Ex. Jack Eaker
4.9 x 3.7 x 2.2 cm
Current Bid: $45
Time Left:
Close Time: 01/16/2025 6:45:00 pm (CST)