Mixed Mineral Auction!

New finds, classics, rarities, and large specimens in this diverse selection from the well-known Dick Hauck, Herb Obodda, Kurt Hefendehl, John Dagenais, Bob Reynolds and other collections.

Highlights:

1. Classic old polychrome TOURMALINE from Brazil
2. Fine selection of FLUORITE specimens
3. Large AMMONITE
4. NEW FINDS of WAVELLITE (rich color), CAVANSITE and SCHORL
5. Old classic COPPER with MALACHITE from Hungary
6. Selection of large specimens including QUARTZ on CHRYSOCOLLA from the Ray Mine and California PYRITE
7. Rare old matrix BERYL from Connecticut
8. Classic old Flos Ferri ARAGONITE from Austria
9. Surreal MALACHITE "octopus"
10. Rare PREHNITE geode with SPHALERITE from Connecticut.

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Tourmaline
São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.5 x 3.5 x 2.6 cm, 116 grams
Winning Bid: $759
Native Copper
Caledonia Mine, Mass City, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
9.2 x 9.1 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Fluorite on Calcite with Gypsum
Qinglong Mine, Qinglong Co., Guizhou, China
10.2 x 6.6 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Rutilated Quartz
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
13.3 x 8.5 x 6.6 cm
Winning Bid: $575
Sphalerite crystals in Prehnite
O & G Southbury Quarry, Woodbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA
Ex. Dick Hauck
13.3 x 8.6 x 7.0 cm
Winning Bid: $465
Copper with Malachite (historic classic)
Rudabánya, Kazincbarcika Dist., Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Co., Hungary
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.8 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $207
Fluorite and Quartz - rare locale
Mt Cleveland Mine, Heazlewood Dist., Tasmania, Australia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.3 x 6.3 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $466
Iridescent Goethite
Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA
Ex. Dick Hauck
9.6 x 6.0 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Calcite with Marcasite
Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott Co., Iowa, USA
Ex. George Feist
5.3 x 3.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Wavellite (NEW 2024 find)
Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery Co. Arkansas, USA
7.7 x 6.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $280
Quartz, Microcline and Schorl
Erongo Mtns., Erongo Region, Namibia
Ex. John Dagenais
8.4 x 8.0 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Doubly terminated Beryl in matrix
Pelton's Quarry, Portland, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA
Ex. Dick Hauck
7.4 x 7.4 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $668
Descloizite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Ex. John Dagenais
8.7 x 5.3 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $137
Calcite
Faylor-Middle Creek Quarry, Winfield, Union Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Ex. Cynthia Payne
4.0 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Anatase ps. Xenotime (RARE & rare locale)
Tapira Complex, Tapira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Bob Trimingham
2.7 x 2.6 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Arthurite
Copper Stope, Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing Co. Nevada, USA
11.3 x 6.8 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Blödite
Soda Lake, Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo Co., California, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
5.7 x 4.0 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Schorl on Quartz
Shigar Valley, Shigar Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
11.2 x 7.3 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Fluorite on Quartz
De'an fluorite mine, Wushan, De'an Co., Jiangxi, China
10.3 x 9.3 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $600
Fluorite (2 generations) & Quartz
Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
9.8 x 7.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $385
Pyrite - historic California locale
Darwin, Inyo Co., California, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
16.0 x 10.2 x 7.3 cm, 3.3 pounds
Winning Bid: $265
Turquoise
Apache Mine, Turquoise Mtn., San Bernardino Co., California, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
9.8 x 5.3 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Spodumene (Triphane with Kunzite)
Dara-i-Pech Pegmatite Field, Kunar, Afghanistan
14.7 x 5.7 x 1.8 cm, 317 grams
Winning Bid: $418
Manganoan Calcite, Quartz & Pyrite
Pachapaqui, Bolognesi Prov., Ancash, Peru
Ex. John Dagenais
12.3 x 8.5 x 7.0 cm
Winning Bid: $535
Cavansite & Stilbite (New Find)
Wagholi Quarries, Pune Dist., Maharashtra, India
11.5 x 7.2 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $940
Aragonite var. Flos Ferri (old classic)
Styrian Erzberg, Leoben Dist., Styria, Austria
Ex. R. Metzger, Herb Obodda
12.8 x 8.2 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $3,031
Quartz on Chrysocolla
1400 Bench, Hercules Area, Ray Mine, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. David Stoudt
18.7 x 10.3 x 9.0 cm, 3.5 pounds
Winning Bid: $2,714
Ammonite (replaced by Aragonite) with Calcite
Ambarimaninga, Mahajanga Prov., Madagascar
28.3 x 24.2 x 2.9 cm, 4.7 pounds
Winning Bid: $2,650
Malachite "octopus"
Katanga Copper Crescent, DR Congo
8.1 x 6.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $335
Fluorite
Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Ex. Chet Lemanski
13.2 x 9.2 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $676