Mixed Mineral Auction!

A fine mix of classics, rarities, recent finds, and large specimens from the well-known Hefendehl, Lemanki, Trancoso, Severance, and other collections and Les Presmyk dealer stock.

Highlights:

1. Fine Chinese FLUORITE

2. SULFUR specimens from Sicily

3. Large and rare SCOLECITE from the Bill Severance Collection

4. NATIVE MERCURY & CINNABAR from Almaden

5. Rare yellow CREEDITE from China with URANIUM

6. Large doubly-terminated multi-hued TOURMALINE from a New Find

7. Rare matrix PYRITE from Turkey

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Fluorite
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
6.4 x 6.0 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $1,050
Sulfur and Aragonite (classic locale)
Casteltermini, Agrigento Prov., Sicily, Italy
9.0 x 7.5 x 7.2 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Smithsonite
Kelly Mine, Magdalena Mining Dist., Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA
5.6 x 4.0 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Hemimorphite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
Ex. Ruben Avila
11.7 x 6.8 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Pyrite on matrix (RARE - old)
Trabzon Province, Turkey
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
10.7 x 6.6 x 6.6 cm
Winning Bid: $325
Schorl, Lepidolite & Microcline
Shigar Valley, Shigar Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
9.5 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $221
Sulfur
Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
Ex. Colin Manlove
6.1 x 3.8 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $271
Makatite
Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
4.6 x 2.7 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $419
Turquoise nugget
Mona Lisa Mine, Porter Mtn., Gilham, Polk Co., Arkansas, USA
3.8 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm, 27 grams
Winning Bid: $130
Quartz ps. Anhydrite on Chalcedony
Sao Gabriel, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
11.1 x 5.8 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $93
Stibnite
Baia Sprie, Maramureș Co., Romania
Ex. Chet Lemanski
18.0 x 9.5 x 9.0 cm, 1.23 kilos
Winning Bid: $260
Prehnite ps. Laumontite
Lonavala Quarry, Pune Dist., Maharashtra, India
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
11.2 x 6.5 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $63
Calcite on Sphalerite
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
16.5 x 11.5 x 4.8 cm, 1.2 kilos
Winning Bid: $501
Azurite
Lost Lake claim, Nacimiento Mine, San Pablo, Sandoval Co., New Mexico, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
7.8 x 4.2 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $195
Baryte
Cerro Warihuyn, Miraflores, Huamalíes Prov., Huánuco, Peru
4.2 x 3.0 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $108
Native Mercury droplets on Cinnabar (classic locale)
Almadén mining dist., Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Ex. Chet Lemanski
7.1 x 5.0 x 5.0 cm (jar)
Winning Bid: $625
Calcite (rare locale - 2020 find)
Gunung Keriang, Alor Setar, Kota Setar Dist., Kedah, Malaysia
7.3 x 6.1 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $146
Goethite ps. Marcasite
White Desert, Farafra Oasis, New Valley Governorate, Egypt
Ex. Robert Whitmore
3.5 x 3.2 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $178
Creedite (RARE yellow color)
Qinglong Mine, Dachang Sb ore field, Guizhou, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.6 x 9.3 x 8.7 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Celestine (Texas!)
Bull Creek, Austin, Travis Co., Texas, USA
6.5 x 5.0 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $246
Heulandite with Celadonite (1994 find)
Pato Branco, Paraná State, Brazil
5.8 x 5.0 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $353
Pyrite nodule
American Aggregates Corp. Quarry, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana, USA
5.5 x 4.6 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Spodumene var. Triphane
Pech pegmatite field, Dara-e-Pech Dist., Kunar, Afghanistan
9.1 x 5.3 x 2.3 cm, 203 grams
Winning Bid: $241
Hedenbergite with Apophyllite (rare combo)
Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
8.0 x 4.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $132
Copper with Cuprite
Chengmenshan Mine, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China
5.5 x 5.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $141
Doubly terminated Watermelon Tourmaline (New Find)
Golconda area, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
12.2 x 6.1 x 2.7 cm, 140 grams
Winning Bid: $525
Large Scolecite (rare locale)
Roadcut near Gangapur, Nashik Dist., Maharashtra, India
Ex. Bill Severance
18.0 x 3.8 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $800
Arfvedsonite & Zircon on Orthoclase
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Ex. Robert Nowakowski
8.0 x 7.5 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $280
large Grossular Garnet (old classic)
Sierra de Cruces, Sierra Mojada Mun., Coahuila, Mexico
Ex. Ruben Avila
6.9 x 5.9 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $289
Duftite
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Ex. Bob Reynolds
10.3 x 7.7 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $720