Mixed Auctions Minerals

Mixed specimens this week include gem crystals, classic locales, fine display specimens and a selection of assorted pieces from our inventory and collections we've purchased such as, Dr. Vasco Trancoso, Rich Kosnar, Colin Manlove, Dave Bergman, Bob Reynolds 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. Fine GEMMY twinned golden crystals of CALCITE from Kazakhstan – ex Brian Kosnar
2. Gorgeous richly colored blue-green and purple ''phantom'' FLUORITE from China – ex Chet Lemanski
3. Attractive and unusual ''bent'' TOURMALINE on Quartz from Pakistan
4. Wonderful GEM quality sherry colored TOPAZ from Pakistan
5. Beautiful classic ROSE QUARTZ specimen from Brazil – Mined: 1974 – ex Rich Kosnar
6. Unusual botryoidal RHODOCHROSITE from Kazakhstan – ex Brian Kosnar
7. Superb, classic gemmy bi-colored ''phantom'' colored FLUORITE from France – ex Paul Zerfass
8. Classic pink cobalt-bearing SMITHSONITE from Tsumeb – ex Dave Bergman
9. Eye-catching cabinet sized specimen of RHODONITE with GALENA from Broken Hill, Australia
10. Excellent RARE matrix specimen of RUBY from the Sivec Marble Quarries, North Macedonia
11.  Rarities include:  LEMANSKIITE, SULPHOHALITE, INDERITE, FERRINATRITE and VESZELYITE

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Copper
Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USA
Ex. Rich Kosnar
7.0 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $108
Fluorite (rare locality)
Mandronarivo, Beroroha, Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar
4.2 x 4.1 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $390
Hematite (fine crystals)
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
2.7 x 2.3 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $156
Baryte (polished) (fluorescent)
Rutyna's Pocket, Lubin Mine, Legnica, Lower Silesia, Poland
10.6 x 6.2 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $161
Azurite with Malachite and Chrysocolla
Silver Bell Mine, Mineral Mountain, Silver Bell Mining District, Silver Bell Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
11.2 x 10.3 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $343
Glaucodot (classic material)
Hakansboda, Lindesberg, Vstmanland, Sweden
Ex. Colin Manlove
3.2 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $133
Fluorapatite
Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.6 x 3.5 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Fluorite (Mined: 1978)
Sweet Home Mine, Mt. Bross, Buckskin Gulch, near Alma, Park Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. Dave Bergman
7.3 x 3.4 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $309
Stibnite (Mined: 1980s)
Salvadora Mine, Yarvicoya, Caracollo, Cercado Prov., Oruro, Bolivia
7.7 x 5.1 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $187
Rhodochrosite (uncommon locality)
Ushkatyn No. 3 Deposit, Zhayrem, Karazhal, Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan
Ex. Brian Kosnar
6.1 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $232
Spodumene (GEM crystal)
Nuristan, Afghanistan
8.7 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm, 96.0 grams
Winning Bid: $265
Fluorite (''phantom'' color zoned crystals)
La Barre Mine, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, Pontgibaud, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
Ex. Paul Zerfass
11.1 x 8.3 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $450
Schorl with Albite
Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu Dist., Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Chet Lemanski
4.7 x 3.6 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $43
Veszelyite on Hemimorphite (rare)
Palabanda Quarries, Mfouati, Mfouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo
2.7 x 2.3 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Quartz on Siderite
Stari Trg Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Mitrovica, Mitrovica District, Kosovo
9.1 x 5.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Spinel (new find - 2023)
Laghman, Afghanistan
3.2 x 2.6 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Quartz var: Smoky (doubly-terminated GEM crystal)
Galenstock, Tiefenbach, Realp, Urseren, Uri, Switzerland
7.7 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm, 78.1 grams
Winning Bid: $85
Beryl var: Aquamarine (doubly-terminated)
Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.7 x 3.1 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $187
Malachite (polished)
Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
7.2 x 6.2 x 0.5 cm, 71.3 grams
Winning Bid: $85
Vivianite
Tomokoni Mine, near Canutillos, Colavi, Saavedra Prov., Potosi, Bolivia
4.3 x 2.5 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Opal var: Opal-AN (formerly Hyalite Opal) (fluorescent)
Monok, Szerencs District, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary
3.4 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $61
Anglesite (classic material)
Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker Mining District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Ex. Colin Manlove
5.6 x 5.3 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Columbite-(Fe) (RARE locality specimen)
Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA
Ex. Jack Eaker
3.2 x 2.0 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Pectolite
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA
Ex. Gerry Morvell
12. 0x 10.2 x 8.6 cm
Winning Bid: $98
Zircon
Store Kufjord, Seiland Island, Alta, Troms og Finnmark, Norway
4.7 x 4.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $115
Calcite
Bonney Mine (Banner Mine), Virginia District, Lordsburg District, Hidalgo Co., New Mexico, USA
Ex. Dave Stoudt
5.7 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $161
Sulphohalite (extremely rare)
Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA (Type Locality)
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.4 x 2.0 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Inderite (rare)
Boron, Kern Co., California, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
7.8 x 2.7 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $97
Quartz coating Chrysocolla on Malachite (classic material)
Bagdad Mine, Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
7.3 x 6.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $237
Hematite var: Martite (pseudomorph after Magnetite)
Twin Peaks Prospect, Twin Peaks Mining District, Millard Co., Utah, USA
9.3 x 6.2 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $135