$249 Reserve Special Mineral Auction

Continuing with our special themed auctions we have a selection of higher-end minerals this week with $249 reserve bids. This is a great opportunity to pick up excellent pieces for bargain prices! You'll find a great mix of fine quality specimens from new and contemporary discoveries plus classics and showy display pieces from worldwide localities and various collections!

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Schorl Tourmaline (RARE Virginia locality!)
Powhatan Co., Virginia, USA
6.4 x 3.6 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Microcline var: Amazonite (''white cap'' crystals)
Crystal Park are, Park Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. Bill Sobolewski
4.3 x 4.1 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Quartz var: Amethyst / Smoky (scepter) (New Find!)
Chibuku Mine, near Chiredzi, Masvingo Prov., Zimbabwe
12.2 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Stellerite
Sarbai Deposit, Rudny, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
6.9 x 6.7 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $526
Rhodochrosite with Fluorite on Quartz
Hedgehog Pocket, Sweet Home Mine, near Alma, Park Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. Dr. William Logan
5.1 x 3.6 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $1,255
Quartz var: Smoky
Polar Urals, Ural Mountains, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.3 x 7.7 x 7.5 cm
Winning Bid: $392
Grossular var: Tsavorite
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
3.8 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $469
Pyrochlore Group
Tatarskii Massif, Tatarka Range, Enisei Range, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Ex. Colin Manlove
3.7 x 3.6 x 3.4 cm
Pink Fluorite
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
6.7 x 5.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $602
Quartz included with Hedenbergite with Calcite
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
6.6 x 6.3 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $349
Quartz var: Amethyst / Agate Geode (2 piece set)
Las Choyas, Aldama Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Willard Wulff
12.3 x 11.3 x 6.1 cm and 12.0 x 11.4 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Goosecreekite (excellent large rare specimen)
Alibag, Raigad District, Konkan Division, Maharashtra, India
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
12.2 x 11.3 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $769
Fluorite (multi-color ''phantom'' crystals) on Sphalerite
Denton Mine, Ozark-Mahoning Group, Hardin County, Illinois
Ex. Jason Adams
11.7 x 8.5 x 7.2 cm
Winning Bid: $1,125
Cerussite (large twinned crystals - fluorescent)
Mibladen Mining District, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
5.7 x 5.1 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Miserite (very rare) (fluorescent)
North Wilson Pit, Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs, Garland Co., Arkansas, USA (Type Locality)
Ex. Henry de Linde
12.7 x 9.9 x 7.6 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Green Spodumene
Dara-i-Pech Pegmatite Field, Kunar, Afghanistan
15.4 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm, 610 grams
Winning Bid: $500
Plumbogummite (excellent color and quality)
Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
8.8 x 6.4 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $459
Fluorite (classic material)
Wise Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, USA
Ex. Bob Whitmore
26.17 mm x 18.86 mm, 38.23 ct
Winning Bid: $249
Almandine (fine old rare locality specimen)
Palermo No. 1 Mine, Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA
Ex. Lee Burnett
8.6 x 8.6 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $365
Fluorite (gemmy cubes) on Quartz
Xianghualing Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
19.2 x 8.4 x 7.9 cm
Winning Bid: $951
Hopeite (classic material)
Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill), Kabwe District, Central Province, Zambia
Ex. Chet Lemanski
3.6 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Spinel on Calcite (rare locality specimen)
Malipo Co., Wenshan, Yunnan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
10.7 x 8.2 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $269
Azurite (excellent crystals) with Dickite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
6.2 x 3.6 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $1,350
Calcite with iron oxide inclusions
Leiping Mine, Leiping, Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
10.6 x 6.9 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Rhodochrosite (classic material)
Sunnyside Mine, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. Brian Kosnar
5.3 x 4.4 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $330
Fluorite with Quartz
Riemvasmaak Fluorite Occurrences, Riemvasmaak, Kakamas, Kai !Garib Local Municipality, ZF Mgcawu District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
10.0 x 6.7 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $725
Hematite (fine quality classic crystals)
Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
8.6 x 4.9 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Agate (var: Iris Agate) (rainbow iridescence)
Java, Indonesia
8.6 x 6.7 x 0.2 cm, 143 carats
Imperial Topaz (RARE matrix specimen)
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Colin Manlove
7.2 x 5.1 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Sturmanite (superb crystals) with Brucite
Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
5.2 x 4.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $439