Mixed Mineral Auction!

Rarities, new finds, classic and large specimens in this eclectic selection from the well-known Larson, Hauck, Reynolds, Cook, Hefendehl, and other collections.

Highlights:

1. Large BERYL specimens from the Larson and Hauck collections
2. New Finds of AQUAMARINE, SCHORL & CAVANSITE
3. Superb Michigan CELESTINE
4. Spinel-twin QUARTZ from Nepal
5. Large GALENA "brick"
6. MALACHITE stalactites
7. Excellent large COPPER specimens
8. Rare FLUORITE from Beijing, China, rare botryoidal FLUORITE from China and excellent French FLUORITE
9. "Glitter" CALCITE
10. Rare HUBNERITE on PYRITE from Pasto Bueno

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large Copper with Chrysocolla
Chino Mine, Santa Rita, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA
Ex. Dave Stoudt
19.2 x 8.4 x 6.8 cm, 3.2 pounds
Winning Bid: $1,000
Microcline
Shigar Valley, Skardu, Northern Areas, Pakistan
12.7 x 7.2 x 7.1 cm
Winning Bid: $132
Doubly terminated Smoky Quartz scepter
Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Paul Zerfass
14.8 x 5.0 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Sulfur and Calcite in drill core
Boling Dome, Newgulf, Wharton Co., Texas, USA
Ex. A. L. Kidwell
12.8 x 12.5 x 5.6 cm, 3.0 pounds
Winning Bid: $625
large crystallized Copper
Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USA
14.3 x 6.8 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $875
Botryoidal Fluorite
Yiwu, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China
11.7 x 6.7 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $800
Fluorite and Quartz (2018 find)
Four de Cluzel mine, Peyrebrune, Tarn, Occitanie, France
12.1 x 10.0 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $264
unusual Malachite stalactite coated with Chrysocolla
L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
9.2 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $151
"Glitter" Calcite (one-time find)
Baisha Copper Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
6.1 x 5.2 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $680
Blue Halite
Kerr McGee Mine, Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA
Ex. Dave Stoudt
7.4 x 3.2 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $1,050
Aragonite var. Cuprian
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan, Yunnan, China
8.9 x 8.2 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $500
Pyrite on Rhodochrosite on Dolomite ps. Calcite
Boldut Mine, Cavnic, Maramureș Co., Romania
Ex. Dr. Barratt L. Philips, Erik Rose
11.6 x 11.1 x 6.9 cm, 3.2 pounds
Winning Bid: $107
Gem Aquamarine & Muscovite (New Find)
Nagar Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
15.5 x 11.0 x 9.7 cm, 3.0 pounds
Winning Bid: $791
Iridescent Pyrite with Galena
Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
Ex. Dr. Barratt Philips, Erik Rose
11.6 x 8.1 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Baryte on Quartz
Jinkouhe Dist., Leshan, Sichuan, China
Ex. Bob Reynolds
10.3 x 7.7 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Celestine
Newport, Monroe Co., Michigan, USA
Ex. Bill & Anne Cook
8.6 x 5.3 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Hubnerite on Pyrite (RARE combo)
Pasto Bueno, Pampas Dist., Pallasca Prov., Ancash, Peru
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.5 x 7.3 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Cadmium Smithsonite (2 generations)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
5.6 x 4.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Iridescent Goethite & Hematite
Pahang, Malaysia
6.6 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $92
Sphalerite with Calcite and Galena
2nd Soviet Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
7.6 x 7.2 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $196
large Turquoise (circa 1960s)
Mona Lisa Mine, Porter Mtn., Polk Co. Arkansas, USA
Ex. James Zigras
11.3 x 10.2 x 6.6 cm, 435 grams
Winning Bid: $503
Schorl, Lepidolite, Microcline & Hyalite Opal
Shigar Valley, Shigar Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
10.7 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $370
Rhodochrosite (classic Japan)
Inakuraishi mine, Furubira Dist., Hokkaidō Pref., Japan
7.6 x 5.6 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Calcite with Chrysocolla (rare location combo)
Chimney Rock Quarry, Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA
6.7 x 5.1 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Quartz included by Cinnabar var. Myrickite
McLaughlin Mine, Knoxville, Napa Co., California, USA
10.6 x 6.8 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Scheelite with Muscovite
Pingwu beryl mine, Mt. Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Sichuan, China
8.0 x 7.7 x 4.1 cm, 1.2 pounds
Winning Bid: $189
Quartz (Japan-Law Twin)
Gunyahang quartz mine, Makalu, P1 Koshi Pradesh, Nepal
12.0 x 7.8 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $890
large Aquamarine crystal
Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Bill Larson
11.0 x 8.0 x 5.4 cm, 2.2 pounds
Winning Bid: $3,001
Aquamarine and Muscovite (New Find)
Nagar Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
13.8 x 13.6 x 6.2 cm, 3.8 pounds
Winning Bid: $455
Iridescent Pyrite on Quartz ps. Calcite
Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
14.2 x 10.4 x 8.8 cm
Winning Bid: $170