Assorted Specimens Mineral Auction!

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 Rich Kosnar, Kurt Hefendehl, Bill and Anne Cook, Gerry Morvell, Dr. Vasco Trancoso, Rock Currier 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. Excellent GEMMY "phantom" crystals of FLUORITE from La Viesca, Spain – ex Brian Kosnar
2. Big classic RHODOCHROSITE specimen from the Oppu Mine, Japan
3. Unique rare twisted "Faden Helix" EPIDOTE specimen from Pakistan – ex Rich Kosnar
4. Gorgeous tri-colored BERYL crystal from Erongo, Namibia – ex Brian Kosnar
5. Rarely seen DIOPTASE from an obscure Peruvian locale – ex Demetrius Pohl
6. Attractive, newly mined "floater" ARAGONITE specimen from Spain
7. Gemmy rich blue colored KYANITE on matrix from Brazil – ex Bill and Anne Cook
8. Wonderful doubly-terminated CALCITE crystals with FLUORITE, SPHALERITE and BARYTE from the Elmwood Mine, Tennessee – ex Brian Kosnar
9. A classic gem "etched corner" FLUORITE specimen from the Elmwood Mine, Tennessee
10. Hard to find SCHEELITE with QUARTZ from Pakistan
11. Uniquely colored DRAVITE TOURMALINE from Tanzania 12.  Rarities include:  ZANAZZIITE, PARAVAUXITE with VAUXITE, COQUIMBITE, BISBEEITE, VERMICULITE var: JEFFERSITE, MENDIPITE, CRYOLITE and SCHOLZITE

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Fluorite (GEM ''phantom'' crystals)
La Viesca Mine, Huergo, La Collada Mining Area, Siero, Asturias, Spain
Ex. Brian Kosnar
4.4 x 4.3 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $775
Epidote (''Faden Helix'') with Albite
Tormiq, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Rich Kosnar
7.2 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $342
Spodumene var: Kunzite (bi-colored doubly-terminated crystal)
Kantiwa Pegmatite Field, Wama District, Nuristan, Afghanistan
8.6 x 5.7 x 2.3 cm, 243.20 grams
Winning Bid: $363
Almandine Garnet (''floater'' crystal)
Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
1.7 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm, 9.02 grams
Winning Bid: $70
Zanazziite with Eosphorite on Scepter Quartz (Mined: 1974)
Ilha Claim (Lavra da Ilha), Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Rich Kosnar
6.2 x 3.1 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $118
Rhodochrosite (classic material)
Oppu Mine, Nishimeya-mura, Nakatsugaru District, Aomori Prefecture, Japan
12.2 x 7.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $435
Pyrite (classic material)
Ampliación a Victoria Mine, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain
6.9 x 6.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Zoisite var: Tanzanite
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mts, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
2.3 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm, 11.48 grams
Winning Bid: $474
Babingtonite with Prehnite
Hongxizhen Unnamed Mining Area, Meigu County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
5.2 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $99
Shattuckite
Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
5.2 x 5.1 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Cuprite with Copper and Malachite (rare locality specimen)
Roadside prospect, Boston, Franklin Township, Houghton Co., Michigan, USA
Ex. Dan Behnke
7.0 x 3.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $169
Coquimbite (fine crystals) on Krausite
Javier Mine, Huac-huas District, Lucanas Province, Ayacucho, Peru
5.2 x 4.3 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Quartz (''Faden'')
Tole, Wana, South Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
8.3 x 6.7 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $270
Forsterite var: Peridot (gemmy crystal)
Sapat Gali, Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
2.3 x 1.3 x 0.6 cm, 6.79 grams
Winning Bid: $137
Wire Silver
Porco Mine, Quijarro Province, Potosi, Bolivia
1.6 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Chalcedony coating Quartz
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mts, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
5.2 x 4.8 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $15
Aragonite (''floater'' specimen - 2023 find)
Gallo River, Molina de Aragón, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain (Type Locality)
6.3 x 5.7 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $322
Dioptase (RARE locality specimen)
Cobrellama Mine, Nazca Province, Ica, Peru
Ex. Demetrius Pohl
5.3 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $443
Quartz var: Rose on Quartz
Pitorra Claim, Laranjeiras, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.5 x 2.9 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Bisbeeite (rare)
Shattuck Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA (Type Locality)
Ex. Rock Currier
4.3 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $215
Opal var: Opal-AN (''Blood Vessel Opal'') (fluorescent)
Étienne Mine, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
11.3 x 3.8 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Dravite Tourmaline (unique coloring)
Landanai, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
3.5 x 2.2 x 1.2 c,, 12.47 grams
Winning Bid: $130
Paravauxite on Vauxite (very rare)
Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Prov., Potosi, Bolivia (Type Locality for both species)
8.3 x 6.2 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $198
Realgar with Orpiment
Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi District, Osgood Mts, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
Ex. Alvaro Lucio
5.7 x 4.2 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Beryl var: Emerald
Mingora Emerald Mines, Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
4.2 x 3.0 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Baryte
Elk Creek, Dalzell, Meade Co., South Dakota, USA
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.2 x 8.3 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Bismuth
Dayu Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
3.7 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $115
Kyanite
Barra do Salinas District, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
3.7 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Scholzite
Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
Ex. Gerry Morvell
9.2 x 6.4 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $93
Calcite with iridescent Chalcopyrite
Brushy Creek Mine, Greeley, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
6.7 x 5.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $613