$249 Reserves Special 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 good values! 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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Fluorite (''phantom'' crystals)
Xianghualing Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Pref., Hunan, China
12.7 x 11.3 x 7.8 cm
Winning Bid: $321
Hemimorphite (Copper-bearing)
Mfouati, Mfouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo
10.0 x 5.7 x 3.1 cm
Calcite (''flower'')
Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
10.2 x 9.7 x 9.3 cm
Winning Bid: $580
Fluorapatite
Laghman Province, Afghanistan
5.5 x 4.1 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $651
Plumbogummite (fine color)
Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
8.3 x 6.7 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Phosphohedyphane (rare) pseudomorphing after Cerussite (twin)
Mfouati Mine, Mfouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo
5.8 x 5.6 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Chrysocolla pseudomorphs after Azurite or possibly Gypsum
Ray Mine, Mineral Creek District, Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud
6.3 x 5.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $460
Stibnite
Breiner Mine, Băiuț, Maramureș County, Romania
Ex. Shields Flynn
10.8 x 8.3 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $536
Calcite (rare locality specimen)
Gunung Keriang, Alor Setar, Kota Setar District, Kedah, Malaysia
10.7 x 8.2 x 4.3 cm
Malachite (stalactite)
Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
8.8 x 3.1 x 1.7
Winning Bid: $249
Sphalerite coated by Chalcopyrite on Quartz
Wuning Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.7 x 7.1 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Augelite
Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada
7.7 x 3.2 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Quartz with Pyrite inclusions
Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal
10.5 x 5.7 x 3.8 cm, 399 grams
Winning Bid: $249
Fluorite (GEMMY crystals)
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China
Ex. Chet Lemanski
7.2 x 5.3 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Baryte (classic material)
Frizington, Arlecdon & Frizington, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.7 x 6.1 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Corundum var: Ruby in Margarite (very rare locality specimen)
Belts Bridge Corundum Occurrence, Iredell Co., North Carolina, USA
Ex. George Loud
9.2 x 8.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $450
Calcite (2 generations) (fine locality specimen)
Brilon, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
12.6 x 9.3 x 7.2 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Baryte (classic material)
Stoneham, Weld Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. George Loud; John Betts
13.1 x 7.8 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $578
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite
Detroit Mine, Morenci, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Dave Stoudt; Harold Urish; Robert Walder
6.2 x 4.6 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $319
Mimetite (classic material) with Wulfenite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.9 x 5.5 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $526
Beryl var: Aquamarine (doubly-terminated GEM crystal)
Medina Pegmatite Field, Pedra Azul Pegmatite District, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Rich Kosnar
4.2 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm, 19.0 grams
Winning Bid: $750
Silver
Imiter Mine, Imiter District, Tinghir Cercle, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Brian Kosnar
4.7 x 4.6 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Vivianite (''scepter''-esque specimen)
Cabeça do Cachorro claim, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil
6.9 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm
Albite var: Pericline (twins)
Großer Finagl, Breitfuß - Großer Finagl area, Bramberg am Wildkogel, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Ex. Rich Kosnar
13.0 x 8.8 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $320
Rhodochrosite on Quartz (large specimen)
Wutong Mine, Liubao, Cangwu Co., Wuzhou, Guangxi, China
20.6 x 15.1 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $775
Datolite (classic material)
Charcas, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
10.8 x 7.5 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $311
Quartz var: Chalcedony (fluorescent)
South of Deming, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA
7.7 x 6.2 x 4.2 cm
Stilbite-(Ca)
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
12.2 x 8.8 x 6.7 cm
Vauxite (rare) (large specimen)
Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi, Bolivia (Type Locality)
Ex. Brian Kosnar
15.1 x 11.7 x 2.2 cm
Schorl with Quartz var: Smoky and Opal var: Opal-AN (''Hyalite'') (near ''floater'' specimen)
Erongo Mountains, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
14.3 x 7.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $547