Mineral Auction $249 Reserves
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!
- Cavansite
- Wagholi Quarries, Wagholi, Pune Dist. Maharashtra, India
- Ex. Angela Kosnar
- 9.3 x 7.7 x 5.8 cm
- Spodumene var: Kunzite (doubly-terminated) with Quartz (doubly-terminated)
- Dara-e-Pech Pegmatite Field, Dara-e-Pech Dist., Kunar, Afghanistan
- Ex. Brian Kosnar
- 9.0 x 4.4 x 3.2 cm
- Galena (beautiful ''hoppered'' crystal)
- Septemvri Mine, Madan Ore Field, Smolyan Prov., Bulgaria
- 6.9 x 5.4 x 2.2 cm
- Azurite (classic "rose" specimen)
- Blue Grotto Prospect, La Sal, San Juan Co., Utah
- Ex. Rich Kosnar
- 7.7 x 5.4 x 4.6 cm
- Sphalerite (Cleophane)
- Gyudyurska Mine, Zlatograd, Rhodope Mts., Smolyan Prov., Bulgaria
- 10.2 x 9.3 x 3.7 cm
- Ludlockite (incredibly rare locality specimen)
- Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
- 3.6 x 3.4 x 2.3 cm
- Calcite (2 generations with iron oxide inclusions)
- Leiping Mine, Leiping, Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 8.3 x 6.9 x 6.7 cm
- Pollucite (rare and fine quality)
- Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan
- 9.8 x 9.1 x 4.2 cm
- Fluorite (2 generations)
- Xianghualing Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 14.3 x 13.4 x 5.7 cm
- Scheelite with Fluorite and Titanite(?) (rare combination)
- Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
- Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
- 12.3 x 9.3 x 3.3 cm
- Orpiment (excellent classic material)
- Twin Creeks Mine, Potosi Dist., Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
- 12.7 x 8.3 x 5.4 cm
- Fossilized Ear Bone of Sperm Whale
- Apalachee Bay, northeastern Gulf of Mexico, Florida, USA
- Ex. Jack Arbiser
- 9.7 x 5.6 x 4.7 cm
- Spessartine Garnet (superb size and color!)
- Nani Hill, Loliondo, Ngorongoro Dist., Arusha Region, Tanzania
- 5.7 x 5.7 x 5.2 cm, 267.3 grams
- Natrolite on Analcime
- Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 9.2 x 6.4 x 4.8 cm
- Dioptase
- Christoph Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
- Ex. Charlie Key
- 15.2 x 5.8 x 5.6 cm
- Carbonatecyanotrichite (rare and fine quality)
- Qinglong Mine, Dachang Sb ore field, Qinglong County, Qianxinan, Guizhou, China
- 10.5 x 6.7 x 5.2 cm
- Trona pseudomorphs after Halite on Trona (rare) (NEW FIND!)
- Owens Lake, Olancha, Owens Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA
- 20.2 x 11.0 x 6.0 cm
- Witherite (superb old classic)
- Minerva #1 Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
- Ex. Al Kidwell
- 7.7 x 6.7 x 4.4 cm
- Quartz var: Amethyst / Smoky (scepter) (New Find!)
- Chibuku Mine, near Chiredzi, Masvingo Prov., Zimbabwe
- 12.2 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm
- Anglesite on Galena (excellent classic material)
- Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker District, Jerada Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 9.7 x 7.7 x 6.9 cm
- Calcite (cobalt-bearing)
- Bou Azzer Mine, Ouisselsate Caïdat, Ouarzazate Prov., Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 10.3 x 8.3 x 4.3 cm
- Shigaite (ex Charlie Key coll.)
- N'Chwaning I Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
- Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso, Charlie Key
- 5.7 x 4.3 x 2.2 cm
- Gold (beautiful crystals)
- 813 Pit, Alta Gold Mine, Olinghouse Dist., Washoe Co., Nevada, USA
- 11.7 x 7.3 x 3.8 cm
- Native Silver (''Leaf'') on Calcite
- Imiter Mine, Tinghir Prov., Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 6.4 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
- Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite (classic material)
- Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 9.7 x 9.3 x 6.2 cm
- Beryl var: Aquamarine
- Pingwu Mine, Huya Township, Mt. Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China
- Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
- 13.3 x 9.3 x 5.7 cm
- Rhodochrosite (large crystal)
- Wutong Mine, Liubao, Cangwu Co., Wuzhou, Guangxi, China
- 7.7 x 5.2 x 0.6 cm
- Sylvanite (fine crystals - rare locality)
- Emperor Mine, Vatukoula, Vatukoula Gold Field, Viti Levu, Fiji
- Ex. Colin Manlove
- 7.7 x 4.6 x 3.5 cm
- Fluorite (gemmy ''phantom'' crystals)
- Berbes Mining area, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
- 9.2 x 8.3 x 5.1 cm
- Fluorite with Baryte (rare locality)
- Limestone Quarry, Bergheim, Colmar-Ribeauvillé, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 10.0 x 6.3 x 6.0 cm