Assorted Mineral Auction - Various Collections

Mixed specimens this week include gem crystals, classic locales, fine display specimens and a selection of assorted piece from our inventory and collections we've purchased such as Dave Bergman, Brian Kosnar, Kurt Hefendehl, Bill and Anne Cook, Dr. Vasco Trancoso 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 WIRE GOLD on matrix from California

2.  Beautiful colorless and orange CALCITE from China – ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection

3.  Newly mined IMPERIAL TOPAZ from rare Zambian locality!

4.  Superb rare LEGRANDITE specimen from the Ojuela Mine, Mexico

5.  Outstanding SHARP and GEMMY SPHALERITE crystals on matrix from Russia – ex Rich Kosnar Collection

6.  LARGE RHODIZITE crystal on matrix from Madagascar

7.  Fantastic DEMANTOID GARNET crystal on matrix from Afghanistan

8.  Classic DIOPTASE on CALCITE from Tsumeb – Dave Bergman Collection      

9.  Stellar SYLVANITE crystals on matrix from Fiji!

10. ADAMITE (green and purple crystals) with AUSTINITE from Mexico

Filter By

Epidote with Prehnite
An Gearna, Ben More, Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
Ex. Tim Sherburn
7.6 x 6.7 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Crocoite (classic material)
Berezovsk deposit, Beryozovsky, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
6.3 x 3.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $99
Stibnite (old classic)
Ichinokawa mine, Saijo City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Ex. Colin Manlove
3.8 x 1.7 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Scapolite (GEM quality)
Scapolite Locality, Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India
Ex. Rock Currier
4.6 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm, 14.0 grams
Winning Bid: $124
Flying Insect Fossil
Florissant Formation, Teller Co., Colorado, USA
2.7 x 2.3 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Chalcanthite (lab grown)
Poland
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
8.2 x 6.7 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $134
Smithsonite (uncommon locality)
Touissit-Bou Beker Mining District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
4.7 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $96
Beryl (var: Morganite)
Nuristan, Afghanistan
Ex. Herb Obodda
2.6 x 1.9 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Sphalerite with Galena
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
4.7 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $71
Fluorapatite on Calcite
Liscombe Deposit, Cardiff Township, Highlands East Township, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada
Ex. Tim Sherburn
7.2 x 4.8 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $199
Aquamarine with Muscovite
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.2 x 5.1 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Sylvanite (rare locality)
Emperor Mine, Vatukoula, Vatukoula Gold Field, Viti Levu, Fiji
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
9.2 x 4.6 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $331
Spinel
Mahenge, Morogoro Region, Tanzania
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
2.3 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Calcite with Prehnite
Roncari Quarry, East Granby, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA
Ex. Gerry Morvell; Al Sebela
8.2 x 6.8 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $116
Topaz
Zapot Pegmatite, Gillis Range, Fitting District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA
Ex. Tim Sherburn
4.3 x 4.2 x 3.5 cm, 66.0 grams
Winning Bid: $155
Clinozoisite (fine quality)
Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
4.5 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $158
Analcime on Serandite (classic material)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
5.7 x 4.3 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $166
Scheelite (RARE locality specimen)
Darwin Mine, Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo Co., California, USA
Ex. Brian Kosnar
3.7 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Azurite (''suns'')
Malbunka Copper Mine, Areyonga, Gardiner Range, MacDonnell Region, Northern Territory, Australia
6.2 x 5.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Spessartine Garnet on Albite
Shengus, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.6 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $219
Rhodochrosite on Quartz
Wutong Mine, Liubao, Cangwu Co., Wuzhou, Guangxi, China
11.3 x 7.6 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $226
Quartz pseudomorph after Aragonite (rare locality specimen)
Estancia El Gavilán, Las Plumas, Mártires Department, Chubut Province, Argentina
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
7.7 x 6.7 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Pseudomalachite (rare classic material)
Virneberg Mine, Rheinbreitbach, Unkel, Neuwied District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (Type Locality)
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
7.3 x 3.6 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $191
Spodumene (fine doubly-terminated crystal group)
Nuristan, Afghanistan
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.3 x 4.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $580
Calcite
Tonglushan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
11.8 x 9.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $925
Quartz (scepter crystals)
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
9.7 x 6.7 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $225
Peridot (GEMMY crystal)
Sapat Gali, Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
2.4 x 2.1 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $176
Opal-AN (Hyalite Opal) (''Blood Vessel Opal'') (fluorescent)
Étienne Mine, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
4.5 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Rhodizite (large crystal)
Ilontsa, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
Ex. Colin Manlove
8.3 x 6.3 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $270
Fluorite with Calcite (unusual color zoning for the locality - 2021 find)
Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Yizhang Co., Hunan, China
7.3 x 6.3 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $609